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TALKS OF HKK SH.VMF. Tells IJfe History ? Speaks of He lations With Accused Beattio. Unmoral Itatlier Than limnoral. Richmond, Aug. 3. ? Beulah Blnford is unmoral rather than im4 moral. Much may be forgiven her - in that she lacked the care and devotion that a mother usually gives a daughter. She has a mother, it is true, but one that accorded her the fullest measure of freedom and seemed to find delight in the wildness that the girl began to display at the early age of nine. She told this herself. It is the habit here to say that Beulah is cut off the same cloth as her mother, but whatever may be her moral shortcomings, she is undeniably pretty and fascinating. She is small, about five feet four, with golden hair that she parts in the middle, brown eyes and a pert little nose that fits well with its owner's general scheme of gaiety. Her mouth is weak and sensual. She has a figure that one associates with the maturity of the thirties rather than t e youth of the teens, and she has an assurance that bespeaks the life she has led, which has stretched from Richmond to Chicago and includes an adventuresome summer in Illi nois, where she posed as the wife of a baseball player. She has a quick mind, but with little in it. She maes no pretense at being anything more than she is, nor does she aspire to the heights of real love. She made that clear in the interview with I her when she was first held as a witness under heavy bond that she could not supply. She was playing "jacks" when the sheriff brought visitors to her. "hike," Not "hove." "Love Harry," she said, and smiled. "Oh, no; I don't believe I'd put it quite that strong. "Yes I like him. I like him a great deal. He is well educated, is a gentleman, is rich and has charming ways. But I just like hinv ? that's all. There are four or five other fellows that 1 like just as much. Maybe there are one or two that 1 like a little more. "Yes, he sent me away to school. Incidentally, l want to say that tlie stories that 1 was expelled from school are all untrue. They knew my character at St. Mary's ? it's in Alexandria ? when I went there. There were lots of other ) girls there just like me. 1 was a little over 14 when 1 went. It was terribly lonesome. Resides, you see 1 had been used to having a good time. At home here in Richmond I could stay out late whenever 1 pleased. Up there they wouldn't even let us outside the gate. "One night I sneaked away from v school with another girl, from Washington. Her name doesn't matter. She was of good family and is now married. She was 14 then, too. We climbed the fence and went to Washington. We spent the night there. The next day the people from the school found us. Two sisters came after us and took us back. Then 1 said 1 wouldn't stay. They tried to persuade me to, but 1 told them I was tired of being a good girl. They didn't expell me. They let me go und I came back to Richmond. "At that time 1 thought a good deal of Harry, but he wasn't the first fellow 1 ever loved. Yes, 1 know I was only thirteen when 1 ; met him, but 1 had had other fellows before that. "Harry told nie, too, that he was sending me off to get rid of me. Hp wouldn't have anything to do witi me for some time. "1 went with other fellows. After awhile Harry and 1 went together again. All the time 1 was going with other men, though. 1 don't know whether Harry knew it or not. 1 never made any secret about it. Why She (<ot Money. "After my baby was born Harry f" gave me some money. He didn't give it to me because he loved me though. Not on your life. He gaye it to me to keep my mouth shut. "Harry never did give me much money, anyhow. He gave me some every now and then, but not much. No 1 won't say he was a cheap man. I wouldn't say anything about a genttleman. Hut 1 hjve known other men who gave a lot more. "1 didn't come back to watcn nis wedding, either, i was in Chicago ^ at the time. It costs about $20 to come from Chicago to this town, and I wouldn't spend $20 to see anybody on God's green arth get marred. Gamble on that. No Marriage Involved. "Mr. Beattie never told me much about his married life, i believe he did tell me he could do most anything he wanted to ? stay out as late as be pleased and never be asked any questions and some more lie that ? but that's all. I didn't ask him. I didn't care. "I don't know how many men 1 nave Known well enouglit to call them by their first name. You'll have to ask me an easier one. Haven't loved any of them. Yes, I guess 1 cared about as much for Mr. Beattie as any of the others, but 1 wouldn't go as strong as tc say that I loved him or the othere either. "I went away. I went down in Virginia. Then I went to Nashville Tenn. Then 1 went to Chicago. 1 don't remember all the places 1 J uiait.wl ?1- * - -? < iwacu. ouiuc |)mic? i vmiien people I knew. Some places I didn't. 1 went both west and east, mostly in the cities. I was in St. Louis foi a while. Of course I saw men all the time travelling to have a good time. I thought I might as well + I had the money. "After a while I tried to b< good, but it was no use. 1 would find a place to work ? and aftei w I'd been there a couple of weeks somebody would recognize me. Th? next thing I knew I would be dis charged ? and then I'd go righ back to the old life. Why not? "I Never Had a (Jianoe to be i Good Girl/' "I want to say here, too, that have never had a chance to be a good girl. When other girls were being watched by their brothers > | and mothers and fathers, being sent off to school, being kept home i at evenings, I was allowed to do just as I pleased. My mother : thought she was letting me enjoy myself. She let me stay out lute i whenever 1 wanted to and hardly , ever asked me where I had been. I was only thirteen years old. I'll I admit 1 knew the difference between right and wrong. But 1 didn't think of the future. "I'm thinking of it now all right ?and it seems pretty blue to me, . t- >o.' i The golden head dropped for a moment. It was the first sign of ; anything even approaching emotion. Then Beulah raised her head and '-he was laughing again. "But what's the difference," she i demandprt "Whn ? 5- ? ? , ....v, vuioi. 1<. 13 "ij business and nobody else's. 1 suppose 1 will live somehow, won't I?" And she swung her feet and | hummed. "About that letter to me from j Harry, sending me $10 and telling me to get an itemized bill for | everything I bought," she remarked. "Don't ever think Harry was going to furnish that flat out of j his own pocket. 1 wish 1 thought it. Other people were going to ! help pay for that flat, too. "There was a very good reason j why lie sh6uld toll me to get an it? mi zed bill. It happens that he j had given me money several times before to spend ii yes, blow it. He I wanted to make sure that 1 would buy furniture with that money next j time. The (iiirst of (lie "Blues." "I didn't intend to do it either. If tiiis hadn't happened 1 had made arrangements to go back to Basic ; City as the guest of three members of tlie Richmond Blues. Never mind their names. They are rather prominent in Richmond. But 1 was sure going if this hadn't happened. Now, of course, 1 can't. "Whatever He Says I Think Too." "No use for you to ask me what 1 think about the murder. Twenty detectives tried to ask me at the same time. They couldn't rattle me and if they couldn't you can't. Don't waste your time, kid. Toil you what you do. You go down i and ask Mr. Beattie what he I?l 1 i . >i>iivs. ?iiaiever nc says, 1 lliinK too. 1 believe just what he says. "Yes, 1 did tell the detectives I I'd confess to killing; Mrs. Iteattie to keep Harry from going to the chair ? hut that was because he is rich. He has a ha by and a future. What have 1 got? Who caves about me? "A girl who goes wrong hasn't a chance in this part of the country. I I never thought Harry would marry me. Never had any such idea. If 1 had thought he or any other man would I would have been good. I don't think it, 1 know it. No chance for yours truly, though. Nobody hut a poor fool in a padded cell would marry me. "Altogether, you can say this for for me. Harry was one? but there were others-?plenty of them. There still are, and I hope still will he. I "Am I going to stick to him? Stick to him about what? I've got t to look out for myself. II "That's all." Her I Mart Tells a Different Story. Her diary which was printed is a curious contradiction to her interview. So much so that it gives | rise to the suspicion that she was I "throwing off" in saying that she did not "love" Beattie. Her prij vate journal shows that she was in j fatuated witli him. XKW KRA IN WARFARK. 14-Inch <>iiii Will Make t'onsj l>efrnci's Hflplcss At Boston recently Rear Admiral Prances T. Bowles, retired, made the following remarks upon the adoption of the 14-inch gun for battleships: The adoption of a 14! inch gun which could shoot accurately 15 miles would revolutionize naval warfare. It would make all the coast defence of the present day practically useless. "A fleet of battleships equipped with 14-inch guns could send into Boston messengers of death and destruction sufficient to reduce the entire city to ruins before the coast defence could train their guns on the hostile fleet. "If the new 14-inch guns turn out as successfully as is hoped." the Admiral says, "their destructive power would be terrific. Not jonly is the impact very great and their penetrating power practically unlimited, but also the explosion of the shell would play havoc that would be appalling. "There is no question that the general introduction of the guns of very large calibre will revolutionize warfare, it will make many changes necessary to naval construction. "For instance, it will necessitate the improvement of armor. The plate will have to be made thicker or of moreee intpentrable material i in order to withstand the increasing striking power or the new ord nance. "The coast defense would serve, perhaps only to withstand an ac,1 tual invasion should the enemy rei sort to this after having demolishi ed the coast cities. "There is no doubt that a fleet [ equipped with new 14-inch guns of , the finest type could raze New York Or anv other seanort in looo than an hou^. .' "The only way to prevent a nav[ al invasion is to have a fleet which i could successfully prevent it. Ships are about the only thing that I would prevent destruction of our I seacoast in case of war. . | "It seems to me that the answer to this problem of coast defence is ft; made by submarine. I believe that I the submarine is going to be taken r | more serious each year by naval i: experts. It Is the most deadly ene;: my of the battleship. In the naval -1 experiments made with them subt marines have proved themselves I capable of doing things, i They can prevent an invasion of a ; hostile fleet even in the absence of I the home fleet of battleships. / SCHOFIELO ENGINE! ??? "Have Stood the Tes They have no superior in point of DURABII for Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Cotton Gins; ii required. Write for prices on M?uUc*?re BOILERS. We carry for i T??!!* T^*' Constructed. Roilers, ranging s?uSupporting Write today for our ; Steel Stacni, 5 s- SCHOFIELD'S SCNS CO., Wor J ' Branch OUicc, 307 West Trj A New insurance Participating policies at less tliun ixxlied in the guaranteed fifty per cent, the PHILADELPHIA LIFE INSURANCE This policy guarantees your ntsurui price. Guarantees a policy increasing each Guarantees a loan of :tO ix*r cent, e from date of issue. Guarantees the full amount of the p in case of death. Guarantees paid-up cash surrender vn ter the third year. OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES An individual account with each po Company owned by its policyholders A policy without restrictions. W. H. L. McLAURlN, Distrit IateS Prize Offers from Leading Book on patents. "Hints to invento ' "Why some inventors fail." Send r ' search of Patent Office records. Our ' Acting Commissioner of Patents, and I the U. S. Patent Office. bJREELEY&SIl Washington, dfr.ton I Pains All < "You are welcome," says Mrs. I I Arrow, Okla., "to use my letter in I If it will induce some suffering woma I oains all OVPr anH cnffornH urith o.i _ m ? - J W?,.V4 UUIIVIVU TV I II I C4I1 I sicians failed to relieve me. Since I better health than ever before, and tl I because 1 suffered many years with I different kinds. What other treatm I for a few days only." TAKE ICardui wc Don't wait, until you are taken I ing care of yourself. The small aclu I symptoms of womanly weakness an< I worse to follow, unless given quick You would always keep Card I what quick and permanent relief it g I and disease of the womanly system I to bear. Cardui has helped over a i Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga. I for Special Instructions, and 64-page book, "Home Trea I1IREHIHI HI Presbyterian Hii Florence, S. Home and School for Hoy The Home. 1. In charge of principal and wife. 1. Nice bed rooms, good board, city wi 3. Hot and cold baths, electric lights. 4. Large athletic field for recreation 0. .uurai ana religious miiuences. Tlie School. 1. Does only High School work. 2. Courses in English Ilible and Gre< 3. All High School branches taught. 4. A Christian school?not Sectarian. 5. Study hall, where lessons are prepar teacher. Our Aim. To give thorough preparation for Collj competitive examinations; careful attenti thoroughness in scholarship, earnest hat characters. Terms moderate. Next session begins further information address George Brig? a >- jJ w ifl Jk. . i <9 BOILERS !|TTn it of Time" ??, t ^ V jITY and are Best AuajjUil * }cas 1 fact, where Heavy Duty \a > ^ $ South < Saw Mills, Shingle Mills,etc. * immediate shipment the Best * ? from 12 H. 1'. to 150 H. P. * ,OUth Cal illustrated catalog. * } la* eN < invested i ks and Head Office, K-ACON, GA. * eeeived. ule Street, Charlotte, N. C. I 1 J The Sc in Dillon ( . + policy-hol< * * Is it nc i\ < whose bus Proposition. non>]Mirticiputiiig rates em- > South-j Mortuary Dividend l'olicy of <. COMPANY. * Edmund i ice for 13 or lit) years at halt > 1 MA) year iu value us cluiiu. f the premium every year ' ^vvvvv ulicy besides paying the loun lues ami exteiulde insurance OF THIS COMPANY. ' V '* /r- /S' liey of the company. ' Agent, Latta, S.C. ff?j fills ^ NTT* ) g Manufactur e rs." "Inventions needed." ough sketch or model for ; a Mr. Greeley was formerly. | as such had full charge of | | J f ah iCIM 1 \1iiM |i; | D*c* ^ Over! g j|isd( N'ora Guffey, of Broken I lj?J| ^'"1 any way you want to, H I Pf I "Th< in to try Cardui. I had H Aboul i abscess. Three phy- I taking Cardui, I am in I ents 1 tried, helped me I itment for Women." sent free. J 51 " " ELEI """ HEAL nna8iBiii?Bs>? |T? tIi Srhnnl otou 5 I oi un C *?rn EVA and exercise. ???? NOR ?k. ed under the direction 01 a 14H | P.M. ;ee, teachers examinations, or 8 30 | on to the individual pupil; 9 08 j lita nf QtnH v of rn r* or mnr<jl 9 37 i 10 02 I September 12th, 1911. For; 1? 25 , rs. Principal, Florence, S. C. 10 10 55 | ___________ 11 20 | ^KWIIIIHhHI 11 55 I PM | 9"8"Q"Q"O"0"M?++++4"9?+***++<O"O?+++?Q?**++4>++*?+*<?**+++ * ARE DEAL FOR DILLON COUNTY ; i t one Life Insurance Company lias kept faith with * Carolina policy-holders. X the South-Atlantic began to solicit business in * rolina its representatives were authorized to state * dollar of surplus from premium receipts would be * n the communities in which the premiums were * * 4 null-Atlantic Life- Insurance Company has loaned * "ountv three tin.es its total premium receipts from ders in that County. * t your business to help the business of a Company .? liness helps your business? ? ? Atlantic Life Insurance Company | sTRrmviCK, Prest. 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