The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 24, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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Thursday, August 24, 1911.
I No movement heretofore started
&: ; in Bamberg is so popular as the
sewerage proposition. Every citizen
that we have talked to is in favor of
it. That our people want a sewerage
system seems to be certain, and they
all* say that nothing would be of
more benefit to the town. It is up
to our legislative delegation to have
the proper'bill passed at the session
f-n Tnrmarv so that the constitutional
I amendment can be submitted to the
voters of the State at the election in
November of next year, and then to
K the voters of Bamberg.
H The matter of primary elections
is again receiving some notice by
the newspapers. Something should
pertainly be done to insure fair and
honest elections, and we trust that
the press of the State will take up
| the matter and not cease the agitacronoral
ARSAmhlv is
Ilium UJ^UI tuc gviiv?v.? ? ?
forced to throw proper restrictions
around.the primary. We don't want
anybody disfranchised, but no person
should be allowed to vote in a
primary who is not qualified. The
* system now is entirely too lax and
gives room for fraud.
The Bamberg Herald seems to
think the public service corporations
are about to take the State. In a re
>- cent issue it said "the greatest men,
ace which confronts South Carolina
at this time is domination of our
I politics by public service corporations."
We do not know how it is
' over in Bamberg, but we are sure
that no public service corporation
dominates the politics of Orangeburg
county. The Herald ought to expose
the politicians of its county if they
are being unduly influenced by public
service corporations.?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
No reference was made to county
affairs in our article, and none was
intended. Bamberg is, we believe,
free from corporation control, but
the same cannot be said of the State
as a whole.
Thinks Crop Reports Colored.
Atlanta, Aug. 17.?Alleging that
Southern crop conditions have been
.grossly exaggerated, T. G. Hudson,
||tv' commissioner of agriculture of Georgid>
has written to all similar officials
llpr in all the Southern States, asking
ife- that they meet and devise plans to
~ correct what he calls wrong impressions
of the outlook,
jfo- He asks that all farmers' organiza^
tions co-operate with the State com||?v
missioners. It is declared that crops,
Wj0/ especially cotton, will not have as
jfe;. large yields as have been reported,
Sp' -V and that such alleged false reports
pPC ywill tend to hurt prices.
ASK PARDON FOR HAINES.
I Jurors Petition Governor J>ix in Case
of Army Captain.
New York, Aug. 21.?The jurors
who convictecl Capt. Peter C. Haines,
United States army, of the murder of
William E. Annis three years ago
this month, it was learned to-day,
have sent a petition to Gov. Dix, asking
the pardon of Haines, who is now
serving a sentence of from eight to
fifteen years in Sing Sing."
Aaron Barnes obtained the signatures
of other jurymen, he says,
""who express the greatest sympathy
with the captain and his aged parMiss
Lucile Gunter of the Odd Fellows
orphanage, Greenville, won the
scholarship in Winthrop college offered
by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
KILLING IN SUMTER COUNTY.
Allen McCoy Charged with Murder
of Tommy Heneghan.
Sumter, Aug. 21.?News was received
in the city Sunday morning
of the killing Saturday night of
Tommy Heneghan, colored, on the
Plowden's Mill road, about four
miles from this city. From the evidence
that was gleaned and from an
alleged confession made this afternoon
by Allen McCoy, another negro,
it seems that Heneghan was killed by
Allen McCoy, death resulting from a
blow delivered from a shovel. Testimony
was taken yesterday by Coroner
Flowers and the jury brought in
a verdict that Heneghan had come to
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his death from a Diow aenvereu wuu
a dull instrument by Allen McCoy,
and that his wife, Georgiana McCoy
was an accessory to the act. Both
of the parties were arrested and
lodged in jail.
This afternoon McCcfr was stripped
in the county jail by Jailer Owens
and his underclothes were found to
be splotched with blood. He then,
it is said, confessed to killing Heneghan,
and stated that he had done
it because he had heard that Heneghan
threatened -to kill him. He
stated that his wife had nothing to
do with the killing and she stated
that she had not seen him Saturday
night. Georgiana McCoy was held
on the testimony of her mother, that
she had said that her husband had
threatened to kill her if she did not
help him bury the body of the slain
man.
Heneghan was killed Saturday
night, when he was accompanying
Georgiana McCoy, Allen McCoy's
wife, home from the lodge, where a
crowd of negroes had spent part of
the night, and his body was dragged
almost half a mile and buried in a
pile of sawdust.
Magistrate Must Pay Fine.
Spartanburg, Aug. 19.^-As a result
of his fight with R. G. Gibbs, in
Thompson & Dillard's store yesterday
afternoon, during which he fired a
revolver four times, missing Gibbs'
but slightly injuring Mrs. Jones F.
Thompson, a saleslady, Magistrate T.
O. Fowler, of Reidville, in police
court to-day was fined $100 for disorderly
conduct, $100 for carrying
concealed weapons and $25 for discharging
firearms in the city. The
evidence was that the attack on
Gibbs was unprovoked and Gibbs
was discharged.
A charge of transporting whiskey
has also been made against Fowler,
but this case was continued. Fowler
has also been bound over for general
session court on charges of assault
and battery with intent to kill and
carrying concealed weapons.
CAROLINIANS SHOW UP WELL.
Doing Some Fine Shooting at Camp
Perry Meet.
Camp Perry, 0., Aug. 21.?The
nresident's match began to-day. wjth
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the 'Palmetto team participating.
Each man fired ten-shot scores at
200 and 600 yards, also making one
skirmish run.
The shooting of the South Carolina
men to-day was excellent, Capt. C.
W. Boykin making 100 per cent, on
the 600-yard range. The match
closes to-morrow with a score at
rapid-fire and 1,000 yards slow fire,
only the 100 men making the highest
scores shooting. It is expected
that several South Carolina men will
get in on the finals.
Dies at Hands of Thugs.
Boston, Aug. 20.?Lieut. A. Whittier,
executive officer of the United
States revenue cutter Androscoggin,
died at the relief hospital to-day
from injuries received at the hands
of thugs last night. Lieut. Whittier
with another officer of the ship
and two friends were returning to
their vessel from the theatre and
were set upon and all heat to unconsciousness
while passing through
North street. A small crowd gathered
but the assailants escaped.
Lieut. Whittier did not recover
consciousness and was taken to the
relief station where he was operated
upon early and a blod clot removed
from his brain. He did not revive.
A widow and one child survive.
Lieut. Whittier was 32 years old and
was appointed to the revenue cutter
service from Maine, his home being
at Searsport.
Up to a late hour to-night the po
lice had secured little information
about the assault.
All of the party were struck down
from behind with no opportunity for
self defense. Walking with Whittier
was Lieut. Horace Reach, chief engineer
of the Androscoggin. Behind
were George H. Farwell, and Harry
G. Gleason, both of Boston.
The murder adds one more to several
of like nature which have occurred
in the North End during the
past few years, the victims being in
almost every case connected with
some department of the navy. It is
believed that slugshots or clubs were
used in the assault. Lieut. Whittier
had a high reputation in the service
for character and ability.
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TWO KILLED, OTHERS INJURED. ,
Fatal Collision on Atlantic Coast
Lumber Corporation's Road.
Kingstree, Aug. 21.?The Atlantic 1
Coast Lumber Corporation's train i
No. 101 was wrecked this morning i
at Cooper's siding, five miles east of
this place, and T. Blakely, white, of
Trio, and Willie McCrea, colored,
were killed outright and four others
badly, if not seriously injured. The
train left Andrews early this morning,
with the logging and track crew
for Camp No. 7. As it approached
Cooper's siding, running at about
twenty to twenty-five miles an hour, 1
Engineer Smith saw the open switch i
ahead, when he immediately reversed i
hie pnen'ne. and he. with the fireman,
jumped. The engine and crew cars
rushed into the open switch, colliding
with a car of logs that had been 1
placed there Saturday night. I
Blakely, it is said, was riding on
the pilot of the engine and was fearfully
mangled in the collision. McCrea
was on one of the log trucks
and when the momentum of the train
was checked was thrown under the
trucks and mashed to death. The
engine and cars did not leave the
track. The injured are: J. H. White,
general woods foreman; John Smith,
engineer; D. Long, fireman, and J.
J. Barwick, timekeeper, all white.
SEEKING NEGRO PREACHER.
Two Hundred Men Hunting Slayer of
Marshall.
Donaldsonville, Ga., Aug. 16.?Two
hundred armed men, with track dogs,
are scouring the woods across the
Chattahooche river in Florida, in
search of Charles West, a negro
preacher, who last night shot and
killed Marshall Newberry while resisting
arrest. Should the negro be
caught it is believed a lynching will
follow.
Newberry was attempting to arrest
West on the charge of wife-beating.
THREE HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
First Degree Murder Charged
Against Alleged Lynchers.
Coatesville, Pa., Aug. 19.?Three
men, alleged to have been members
of the mob which last Sunday took
! Zack Walker from a hospital here
and burned him to death1, are behind
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Chester, charged with murder. They
are Joseph Swartz, who came here
recently and is a wrigger for Worth
Erothers, iron and steel manufacturers;
Capt. E. C. Berry, a parachute
jumper, and William H. Gilbert,
a Philadelphia and Reading
railroad fireman. The two latter
were arrested yesterday and sent to
jail in default of $1,000 as material
witnesses. They were later released
on bond, but late this afternoon, after
the district attorney had questioned
Swartz for a long time, Berry
and Gilbert were rearrested and held
on the charge of murder in the first
degree.
I All three of the men were taken
into custody late this afternoon and
rushed to West Chester, where they
are held without bail. These are
I the first men to be held on a direct
charge of the murder. Other arrests
are expected Monday.
TWO WIVES IN SAME HOUSE.
Female Enoch Arden Unable to Stay
Away?She Has No Redress.
Pittsburg, Kan., Aug. 19.?"I love
him and I cannot stay away from him
even if Louisa is also his wife," declared
Mrs. Anna Catherine Sharp,
first wife of Peter C. Sharp, of this
city, who returned here yesterday
from New Orleans, where she went
following a quarrel with Sharp's second
and younger wife, Louisa.
The first Mrs. Sharp last night was
a guest again at the Sharp home.
"She can stay as long as she wants
to," said Mrs. Louisa Sharp last
night, "but I am to be the. boss."
Sharp and his first wife, Anna
Catherine, were parted in the great
Chicago fire. Nine years ago he
came to Pittsburg and married his
second wife, Louisa. Anna Catherine
located Sharp through the United
States pension bureau. She came
here but found him married. As
she had been legally dead many
years, she had no standing in court.
Sharp, however, took her into his
home and for several weeks the two
wives lived in the same house, the
first one as a guest. Quarrels caused
Anna Catherine to go to New Orleans
to live with a son over a month
ago.
Chicken Roasted by Auto.
Thomaston, Conn., Aug. 20.?
Roasting chicken on the radiator of
an automobile going 50 miles an hour
is the latest method of preparing that
delicacy in this State, autoists say
to-day.
As Mr. and Mrs. Cyler, of this
place, were returning from Thompsonville
in their automobile, they
smelled roast chicken, and thought
for a time that every family along
the road must be preparing it for
dinner. The problem was solved
when a fine broiler was found entangled
in the radiator, which had
roasted the chicken to a dedicate
brown during the 30 mile drive.
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I Our lines of Staple
Groceries always insure
success, because
they we always pure,
fresh and reliable, so
that what you put up
will be found good
and sweet when
opened for use later
on in the wilnter.
IHerndon
Malcolm Moye, Mgr.
"NOT GUILTY," BEATTIE'S PLEA.
Motions for Delay Denied and Prisoner
Arraigned for Trial.
Chesterfield, Va., Aug. 21.?Quick
action marked the opening to-day of
the trial of Henry Clay BeattLe, Jr.,
charged with the murder of his wife
while on a motor ride a month ago.
The jurors will be chosen from a
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special venire ui iwbuij.
Beattie, when arraigned, pleaded
"not guilty." The jurors, all hut two
of them, are farmers from the county.
The two exceptions are a quarryman
and a druggist.
All motions of the defense for postponement
were denied, and the preliminary
steps were taken this morning
at the opening session of the
trial.
The afternoon session moved more
slowly. A second venire of twenty
men was examined, but five more
jurors, subject to the four peremp
tory challenges of the defense, were
added to the list. Judge Walter Watson
then adjourned court, giving the
sheriff until noon on Wednesday to
assemble the additional venire.
Binford Girl Not Present.
The majority of the onlookers
came from Chesterfield Court House,
and about two hundred of them?all
men?crowded into the court room.
Beulah Binford, the 17-year-old "girl
in the case," did not appear at the
court house. She is held in jail at
Richmond as a material witness, but
it was not deemed necessary to bring
her here to-day. Paul Beattie, the
prisoher's cousin, and one of the
commonwealth's chief witnesses, also
was left in his cell at Richmond.
Mrs. Claude Powell, sister of the
Blnford girl, appeared and attracted
much attention. Henry Clay Beattie,
Sr., sat beside his son and followed
the proceedings closely. Few words
were passed between him and the
prisoner, wrho showed no nervousness
when the indictment was read,
though he fretted about being confined.
He scanned with interest the
newspaper reports giving the details
of the proceedings. Sheriff Mills took
Beattie back to Richmond to-day.
The Prisoner Arrives. <
Bareheaded, chewing gum and :
smiling, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., 1
swept up to the Chesterfield county :
court house in an automobile at 10 '
o'clock to answer the charge that he :
killed his wife in an automobile on
Midlothian pike, near Richmond, 1
more than a month ago. Judge Wat- J
son arrived before the prisoner to 1
convene court. Beattie's aged father 3
had reached Chesterfield half an
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sat side by side, and exchanged whispers.
Beattie then began to talk
with his lawyers. 1
There were all sorts of rumors of 't
possible postponements or continuance,
but, with more than sixty witnesses
subpoenaed by the common
wealth and a venire of 32 talesmen
en route to the court house, the
crowd began to assemble early, hop- 1
ing to catch a glimpse of the mer- (
chant's son charged with shooting his
young wife as they motored near i
Richmond on the night of July 18. i
W. T. Tinsley, the aged father-in- ?
law of Judge Walter Watson, of the ?
Chesterfield circuit court, whose ill- 1
ness gave rise to reports of possible <
delay in the case, spent a compara- t
tively good night and the judge let I
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ness in the family, he would be on J <
hand to convene court. <
Eager to See Accused.
It had been given out that the dap- j
per young prisoner might be brought
here as early as 8 o'clock and the
shadows of dawn had scarce been dissipated
when the crowd began to
gather. Court opened at 10 o'clock. ^
Beattie was up with the sun, ready j
for the fifteen-mile automobile ride (
from Richmond to the jail here. His ,
jailers say he slept well?as he has j
done since his arrest more than a
month ago. He dressed carefully,
glanced at the morning paper, ate a .
light breakfast and sat waiting in the (
jail corridor for his first trip in the
open air since his imprisonment. '
There was a slight prison pallor on .
his face, but the wholesome routine ,
of jail life has healed his hard-earned
scars of boyish dissipation and on
the whole he appeared the well
r?lpnn-r>nt. hov of a fifOOd
family that he is.
Beulah Binford, the pretty 17- ,
year-old "girl in the case," made no ]
preparations to leave the jail in ?
Richmond, where she has been held
as a material witness, but Paul Beat- ,
tie, the prisoner's cousin, who has ,
sworn that he purchased the gun with ]
which Louise Wellford Owen Beattie ;
was shot, was instructed late last \
night that he must be ready to make j
the journey by automobile to Chester- ]
field. J
State Depends on Cousin. j
The star witness for the prosecution,
Paul, has said little since his 1
incarceration, but on his testimony
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26-year-old cousin to the electric j
chair. The Binford girl may be called
as a witness as the trial progresses.
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The strictly formal proceedings of ]
Beattie's indictment drew more than \
500 persons to the court house here t
last Monday and with prospect of the ^
actual beginning of his fight for life, ^
Chesterfield county has a prospective
spectator or. auditor in every family ^
with a male member more than 12 <
years old. i
To Virginia's credit, it was noted t
that not one white woman was in c
court when the prisoner was indicted 1
and, barring those who may be call- i
ed as witnesses, it is believed that t
few, if any, women will attempt to c
crowd into the little court room dur- r
ing the trial. ' t
Henry Clay Beattie, Sr., father of 1
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the defendant, probably will be in 1
almost constant attendance at the s
trial, but few members of the Owen
family are expected.
Victim's Parents Stay Away. 3
Thomas Owen, an uncle, will be a 1
witness, but the father and mother
of the murdered woman, Mr. and
Mrs. Owen, are now in Dover, Del.,
and will not attend' the proceedings ^
unless their testimony is considered
absolutely necessary by the commonwealth.
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Judge Watson spent several min- t
utes talking with special newspaper ]\
correspondents and arranging seats. a
Beattie leaned over the walnut o
railing and talked lightly with those
aear him. The old father sat silent, c
stroking his gray hair. Dark circles a
showed under the prisoner's eyes, r
out otherwise he looked trim and i:
cool. Counsel for both sides took b
;heir seats at 10:15 o'clock. The e
prisoner entered into an earnest con- e
rersation with H. V. Smith, Jr., his b
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serving j
rhose housekeepers ?
yho put up theirown a
reserves know that g ? ,
pints and other es- A ,/l.
entials, {only can be g
tsed and that the^ ?
;hief lawyer. At 10:20 t"he sheriff
jpenr" court. The
tiny room wa? jammed as the
proceedings began, and to discourage
the curious and idle, the court orderid
that all disinterested spectators . <
stand up and remain standing. Two
tvomen newspaper writers were the
)nly white representatives of the feminine
sex in the yard or court building.
The clerk formally called the
jase for the commonwealth and the . . a
prosecution asked that the prisoner g
be arraigned.
Hears Indictment Read.
Hill Carter, for the defence, then
asked for further delay, saying the
defence was not ready to go to trial.
His plea was that the case go over juntil
next Monday. The court denied
the arguments for postponement j
and instructed that the trial proceed.
In denying the requests of the defence
for a postponement of the case,
Judge Watson said that the matter
nf continuance might be considered ?
after the trial proper had begun. The
defence moved that the indictment
be quashed on the ground of error,
rhe motion was overruled. jj
Dtatliio was aiiaigucu <vc xx j
j'clock. He stood steadily, but with
eyes closed as the indictment was
read. He entered a plea of not guilty.
Beattie did not seem to realize when
the reading of the indictment had r tj
teen concluded. It was necessary for
his lawyers to prompt him. Then in '
i clear voice he said, "Not guilty."
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L.EVER GETS WEDDING PRESENT
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Flandsome Gift from Congressman's
Colleagues on House Committee.
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Washington, Aug. 21.?Chairman
Lamb, of the house committee on
igriculture, called a special meeting
>f the committee for the purpose of
presenting Representative A. P. c'
Lever, of the 7th South Carolina disrict,
who is the ranking membef Of
;he committee, with a beautiful cut
?lass and silver vase, by way of con- ,
jratulating him upon his marriage.
The presentation speech was made
rery neatly by Representative Beall,
)f Texas, who threw a little humor
nto his remarks *by saying that all
he other members of the committee
>n agriculture felt grateful to Mr.
L?ever for letting some of the balance
n the treasury go to other States
han South Carolina. Mr. Lever ex- 1 y
-ncarf bfinsplf nn the ground of his
ecent illness, from making an eXended
reply, but thanked the com- nittee
very feelingly, in behalf of
drs. Lever and himself, for the handome
gift.
JOINT REUNION PROPOSED.
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femphis Ex-Confederates to Invite
Union Veterans.
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Memphis, Aug. 21.?With an esleclally
engraved invitation to the
ommander and members of the
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trana Army oi xne ivepuunc, m actual
encampment this week at Rohester,
N. Y., Judge J. M. Greer, W.
J. Dullinger and N. B. Forest left /
o-night to invite the old soldiers to
lemphis on the occasion of the first
ttempt to hold a national reunion
f the blue and gray.
The joint reunion is set for this
ity on September 27. The parade
nd reunion will be followed by va- :
ious events in behalf of the veterans,
ncluding a barbecue cooked by ante
ellum slaves. The Confederate .Vetrans
and the Sons of Veterans have
ndorsed the joint reunion of the
lue and gray.