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tice him. I just happened to see him there." Both Sides Res in Beattie Case. - Chesterfield Court House, Sept. 5. With unexpected brevity both the com monwealth and the defense in the trial of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indicted for the murder of his wife, closed the evidence in the case shorty after 6 o'cl ock tonizht. Judge Watson stretched his arms wearily, yawned. audibly)and wi a sigh of relief an nounced that cou-rt would adjourn un til Thursday nr ng, tomorrow, to '1e devoted to argument of counsel .with the court as to the ins4ruction_z to be given the jury before the argu ment proper is begun on ThursdiS. When court adjourned tonight Beu .ah Binford, the "girl in the case," al eged ,by the prosecution to have been the motive for the murder by Beattie of his young wife, still was in jail without having uttered a single word of testimony. Scarcely an hour had passed in the 11 days of testimony when her name was not on the lips of -witnesses or counsel for either side. Feared Her Testimony. Admittetdly fearing that sh1 would scrupulously avoid injuring the case of her former companion at any cost, though statements and interviewers galore had fortified the prosecution with what it regarded as all necessary information, the commonwealth did mot put her on the stand. "We have proved that she was the "motive for the crime," said Prosecu tor Wendenburg tonight, "without hearing her testimony as our witness, and the admissions of the prisoner himself have told the jury enough." Another figure, Paul Beattie, cousin of the accused, whose confession con cerning the purchase of a shotgun for Henry four days before the homicide led to the building of the case for he prosecution, likewise was kept in jail, b'Ut both he and the Binford girl fare likely to be released tomorrow. Judge Watson explained his attitude toward her continued imprisonment by saying in the court room yesterday that unless the girl was to be put on the witness stand- he wished "to. turn lier loose." I CCame Suddenly. The closing of tnle case was sudden. Harry M. Smith and Mill Carter, at tornieys for the defense, first announc -ed that they had a few witnesses for the sur-rebuttal, but if the common wealth would agree to rest its case they would do likewise. The agree ment was accepted, and Judge Wat ~son arranged to meet counsel for both sides in Richmond tomorrow in a con -ference concerning instructions to be given to the jury. The prisoner will be kept in confinement in the jail at -hesterfield and the jury also will re main in the hamlet. The taking of evidence today was along no well connected line, the pros ecution, after completing its short -cross-examination of the prisoner, 'aking up scattered points in the evi ace.jromn one feature of the case teprosecution skimmed in its efforts to corroborate certain points in the case it had built up previously, but most conspicuous was the direct attack on the testimony of the pris oner. One Important Question. The single question of importance* that the prosecution put to the accus d in its brief cross-examination ear-, ly today was the one on which the commonwealth lras been basing prac tically its whole case against him. The prosecution wanted to know how it appened that a gun, admittedly pur chased 'by a cousin of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., and identified by witnesses for the defense as having been pur chased on the Saturday before the murder, came to be in the hands of ~ e very highwayman who killed Mrs. Beattie on the Midlothian turnpike four days later. The prisoner answered simply that he knew nothing of the purchase of, any gun by Paul and did not see the weapon till it was raised by the lon-e hghwayman. The prosecution here ested the examination and thereupon gan the introduction of witnesses o discredit the testimony of the ac used. To Discredit Prisoner. The attack, it was evident, was con ucted by the prosecution on the tepry that if one or two important, oints in the story, of the prisoner ould be discredited the case would be tablished. The commonwealth introduced sev-. ral witnesses, including members of Paul Beattie's family, to prove that' he cousins were together Thursday night, as well as Saturday night pre ceding tfle murder, which contention' was denied by the prisoner on the stand. It was Thursday night, Paul: declared, that his cousin first asked ir to buy a shotgun. Not only were' -itnesses brought to the stand who Ified that Paul was called on the .sehone by his cousin Henry that ight and requested to meet him at who said they saw the pair on the corner as well as in a bar room later corroborated the- story of Paul Beat tie as to his movements on the Thurs day night in question. Witnesses also were introduced with the object of discrediting the testi mony of E. H. Nesblitt, who declared l' sdw Paul with : shotgun Ca iie bridge where Neblitt, w0rk'd a d after Paul Beattie's stor% allges he transferre-d the fatal gun te IIenry. Had No. Gtun. Tw o men said they wire on the ridge while Ncblitt w:a ihee ra( they declareC that Paul u. no shot gn. The co:onwcaltl a(empted to ,ast "01 doubt, too, on the :. dence of Chas. H. Kestleberg, whL said it was he who was motoring c the Midlothian turnpike on the nit of the murder and who stopped ha manchine while a woman stood on the running board. Roland LIssiter, one of the group of boys who saw the car with the woman on the running board and man crouched before the hood, declared that he knew Kestleberg, as well as the make of his car, and that neither the man or car were the same. Though various phases of the case were entered into the prosecution in effect concentrated its effort on cor roborating the story of Paul Beattie. Witnesses were brought forward to controvert the story of the accused on1 the stand yesterday that while Paul was on the v(eranda that night theyi were not alone and that too many people were present for any private I conversation. The principal witness in refuting this was Henry B. Owen, a I brother of the dead woman, who testi fled that Paul and Henry not only were alone in one portion of the veranda, but that he later observed them alone within the house. Automobile Experts Heard. Several automobile experts testified during the late afternoon. C. S. Oliver contradicted testimony of automobile experts' that the Beattie car by its construction was impervious to the dripping of blood through it to the ground except in two place, where blood was not visible. R. B. Alport, an automobile expert, who examined the Beattie car, corroborated OlivIer's statement. He also declared that the steering gear of the Beattie car was such that it could not be driven with 0ne hand at 40 or 50 miles an hour as the accused testified. Mrs. Paul Beattie then took the stand. ."Do you remember Paul 'being brought home in an automobile at any time during the week preceding the murder. "Yes, about 9.30 on Thursday night. "Who was with him?" "As near as I can tell a young .man.'" "Do you know who he was?" "'Where was he when you saw him?' Looked Like Henry Beattie. "He got out of the machine and fixd ed the- front light. It looked like Henry Beattie to me." "Did you know Henry Beattie be fore?" "Yes."- ' 1' "Where were you ?"I "In the front window 'of my room." "How long had Paul been out that' night?" "About 20 or 25 minutes." "Tell about it." "A phone message came that some one wanted to speak to Paul, asking Paul to meet him at Short and Malii streets." "When did you see this machine again ?" "Saturday night." "Same machine?" "Yes." T. Y. Lindsey, Rev. J. R. Blount, Gregory Fisher and I. L. Kay testified to Paul Beattie's good reputation. Was Not Xestleberg. Roland Lassiter,, who came from a dance at Bon Air with other boys on' the Mid lothian turnpike, declared on the stand that the car he saw in the' road with the man in front and the woman on the running board was- not the car of Kestleberg. He said he was familiar with Kestleberg's machine and knew Kestleberg also, but he saw; neither on the road that night. D. A. Dunlop, timekeeper at the1 bridge, testified that Paul Beattie was at work 10 hours from 7 o'clock on the morning of Saturday, July 15. A wit ness for the defense had declared that] Paul Beattie bought the gun at a pawn: shop in the morning, whereas his story was that he purcifased it in the even ing. Dr. H. H. Mann described the1 condition of -Paul Beattie at the cor oner's inquest as a hysterical speell or nervous breakdown. This was intend ed to refute the charge of the defense] that Paul was "faking" at the time. Tietim's Brother on Stand. Henry B. Owen, a brother of the dead woman, was next on the stand. "Mr. Henry Clay Beattie, JIr., has testified," said Mr. Wenderburg, "that e had no gauntlets. Dr you remem be his having any?" "On Wednesday after the murder gether and something was hot on th, car when Henry looked into it. H was asked by Douglass where hit gauntlets were and he said in th, garage." "Did you see Henry C. Beattie -o the night of July 1R when he left th barage?" "Yes. He left azout 7.45 o'clock. "Did you see Paul and Henry a the latter's home on Wednesday nigh after the murder." "Yes. They were alone on the porcli Later I saw them in the dining roo alone." It was at this meeting Paul had ~te tifled Beattie made a confession. whil Lle ar-ciis,d yesterday claimed that h was not alone with Paul that nigh en the veranda. "After the baby was born do yo remember any occasion when the pris oner kissed his wife?" "Yes, on one occasion." "When was that?" "Two weeks before her death." commonwealth at 6.10 p. m. rested it evidence in rebuttal and the defens said it had closed. The court ad journed until 10 o'clock tomorrow. ROAD DIPROVENENT TRAIN. Of Southern Railway Will be in New berry Next Tuesday-Everybody Invited. The Southern Railway's specia "Road Improvement Train" now tour ing the South in the interests of th, good roads movement will be in New berry on Septefiber 12 -at 2 p. m., t< give a demonstration on the import ance of good roads and how to buil< them and keep them in repair. With exhibits, photographs, workinj models and the aid of a stereopticon two road building experts of the Unit ed States department of agriculture L .E. Boykin and H. S. Fairbanks, as sisted by W. J. Hurlbut, of the lan and industrial department of tho Southern railway, will conduct 'frei lectures which are sure to be of in. terest to the person at a loss how t( improve his road. The train consists of two demon stration coaches and a sleeper for thi use of the men in charge. One car i, fitted up as a lecture room and is pro 'ided with stereoptio'on equipment Views covering every phase of th4 good roads movement are shown dur ing the lectures, lending point and in terest to the subject 'discussed. Th< second car is filled with enlarget photographs, exhibits of different roat rnaterial and working models, whici are shown in actual operation, teach ing the visitor not only what materiah are best to use in the building or im provement of a road but how the road is built and kept in repair at the smallest necessary cost. The Southern railway, believing thai the construction of good roads will result in great. benefit to the people of the South, whose interests it con iders identical with its own, is send ing this train out over its entire sys tem in order that the people may rea ize the full economic value of the ovement at the same time affording aluable instruction in the building f roads. The entire. expense of the campaign, which embraces the whole South, is being borne by the Southern ailway and affiliated lines. The train has received a most cor ial welcome in its tour through Ala anma. Mississippi, Tennessee, Nor'th arolina and Virginia, the people oni ll sides turning out in large number nd showing an appreciative interest n the lectures anid exhibit. The tour egan May 1 and daily exhibitions will e made until the whole territory serv d by the Southern railway and affi iated lines is covered. The final ex ibition will be made during the good oads convention to be held in Rich aond, Va., last in the fall. It is hoped that the train will sti rulate interest in the good roads r.ovement in those sections that have 2t bee aroused. Those in charge of ~he train extend a cordial welcome to he citizens of this section to attend bhe meeting at the train. American A ssociation Cooperates. As part of its general plan fort browing its great strength to the lo ~ality where, at a giv'en time, the most ood can be accomplished, the Ameri ~an Association for Highway Im rovement, which is coordinating the ork of all the road 1mprovement as ociations in the country announces :at throughout the month of Sep 'mber it will be represented oL the ood roads train of the Southern rail -a:- and Blue Ridge railway, travel g in the State of South Carolina, by . D. Baker, formerly State engineer f West Virginia. MIr. Baker has been engaged as one f the c-hief representa.tives of the .merican Association for Highway provement b)ecause of his er:cutive nd engineering ability, demonstrated i his work for the State of West Vir ~inia. He is an able organizer and art of his work while with the good 'ads tran wil be to organize asso ciations for aiding in the good roads movement. He will aid such associa tions in drawing up constitutions and by-laws, and point out'lines of work which should be followed. He will show to the people of the various ci a ties visited just how connerce and general conditions can be improved by a better system of public roads. In t his lectures he will also tell how to t obtain them. All associations that are formed as a result of his work will have the privilege of becoming di 1 rectly affiliated with the Association for Highway I mprovent1c; n - - Pr,sident Taft is a member. They will also be able to participate in the con vention of the big association and the t congress of its allied organizations at Richmond, November 20 to 23. i The good roads train, which is be . ing sent out under the auspices of the Southern railway and Blue Ridge railway in conjunction with the Unit ed Statcs oflce of public roads, will be equipped with miniatur, working models, run by electricity, showing improved road building machinery and all of the best types of roads. The ob ject cf the lecturers on board, includ ing two road experts from the office of public roads and an agent from the land and industrial department of the Southern railway, v'iil be to "give practical instruction in the building and maintenance of improved roads," with the view of inducing their con struction and saving millions of dol lars annually to the farmers in the a movement of their crops to the rail d .way." NEWS OF POMARIA Cotton Selling for 12 Cents-Merchants Determintd to Keep Price Up. Personal. Pomaria, Sept. 4.-The ginnery at this place is in splendid running fix, and is now ready to gin the fleecy n staple. Cotton is bringing 12 cents in our - little town. Our cotton buyers say they are going to keep the price up this season, so the farmers can depend -I on Pomaria being a good cotton mar ket this year. ; Some of *yr young folks enjoyed - a social at the residence of Mr. T. A. -Epting's on last Thursday night. Mr. T. A. Setzler has remodeled his -dwelling by enlarging his house and - extending his porch around his house W. S. Seybt, who is now erecting a dwelling on Easy street, expects to L have it finished in about three weeks. SAfter it is finished a bachelor, I have Sbeen informed, will occupy the house Sfor a few months. SMr. J. J. Crooks and family requests Sus to extend a card of thanks to the surrounding citizens and friends for their acts of kindness, during the last illness of their mnother,.Mrs. Lucy Hen drick, who was buried last week, and that the richest blessing may rest upon each and every one of them. Mrs. Hendrick was about 75 years of age. The girls of town will leave for Mt. Pleasant, N. C., next Wednesday, where they will resume their studies. Misses Ida May Setzler and Olive Richardson will go with them. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of Simpson ville, returned home on last Friday. They have been on a few days visit to Mr. H. P. Thomasson's family. Mrs. Thomasson is -a daugh.tek of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. The meeting conducted by Rev. S. C. Morris and others, was very well attended, regardless of the rainy weather. The president of the Woman's Aid society requests us to say that there will be a lawn party on next Thursday night. 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