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TOLD COV; MANN SjifiUiiitt S orj ijr * BMJtk B-ii'i IaLKID Wlltt <Ht DEAD Wrote It Out and Sent It to Got. ^ Maim lief ore keattie Coofewed lii.s Awful Crime uud Was Corroborated by the Coufewsiou of tlie Murderer. That a spiritualist wrote to Governor Maim, of Virginia, a full and minute account of the Heattie murder, which was later entirely corroborated by lioattie's confession, became known in Charleston says The News and Courier during Gov. Mann's recent visit to that city. The governor himself, while at a loss to explain the mystery admitted that the spiritualist had been correct In every detail of her description of the murder. Ho averred, however, that her communication had not iiv fluenced him in the least in his decision not to pardon Heattie. 0 In the days after the trial, Governor Mann received an average of from fifty to seventy-flve letters a dry, many of which declared that the evidence was insufficient to convict, r while others maintained that Paul Heattie was the guilty party. One letter in particular caught the governor's attention. A spiritualist wrote to say that she had at first beer, convinced that Paul Heattie was the murderer. As she had the power to converse with the dead, however, in order to satisfy her curiosity, she had summoned a frionrl from the other world and vhad asked her to call on tho murdered Mrs. Heattie and get from her a Mill description of the affair. This her obliging friend had very willingly done. Mrs. Heattie and her husband, It seems, had been talking about Beul;;h Hinford. The conversation was resumed in the automobile. Beattie . stopped the machine and took her T lino i ho road. There he shot her, w which accounted for the pool of * blood in tho turnpike. He then had plaeo.i her body acroaa the front scats of the machine and aat on her head while coming back. At the time this letter was received tho prosecution was unable to explain the pool of blood in the turnpike, except on tho theory that he w had dragged his wife from the car, ^ and was unable to offer any acceptable theory as to the big spot of blood on the seat of Beattie's trousers. Other details at that time clouded in mystery were also fully stated in this remarkable spiritualist's letter. overnor Mann ol course, let the , matter drop from his mind until J^Beattie's complete confession was brought to his attention. He was then astounded to not? the accuracy j c? tho letter when compared with the confession. The two doretalled exactly. It is possLbl? that the spirit- , uallsts merely guessed what had hajn pcnod. If so, she ought to bo !n~the .weather department, for she could Easily make a living estimating tho size of the crops or the status pf the ' future market. It is noted that she did not claim to have taken or communicated with Mrs. Beattie herself, but sent a friend to interview her. , ^ Governor Mann himself is too en- ] grossed in the prosent to be worry- ] ing about spiritualism, but he does ? not deny tho facts as they have been i presented here. On tho contrary, he substantiates the whole story. There have been rumors of late f that Detective Burns depends for his ( success almost entirely on his ability j to ( mmunicate with the dead. Me , has not denied or affirmed this, if indeed, it has been brought to bis attention. The Beattie case is al- . vjT'St the first in which a spiritualist has given advance information that later proved to be accurate. Did she guess or did she kr.ow? , i WHISKEY CAUSES A KILLING. 1 4 ? ? V oll-Known West Virginia Physician ] Shot by Feudist Son. Dr. Edwin O. Thornhill, aged 3h, \ a well-known physician and business man of the southern section of West 1 Virginia, was shot and killed Monday by Willie Ilatfield, son of the ! noted feudist, "Devil Anse" Hatfield, in a drug store at Mullens. The physician was attending an injured per - - ahrtnHnir took iilaoo. bH II >V I I l ' I I LUC UXWUVO'd . t Hatfield, it is said, asked Dr. Tliornhill to issue a prescription for a pint of whiskey. The doctor re- 1 fused and when Hatfield used abusive language the physician slapped him. 1 W Hatfield, it is alleged, immediately drew a revolver and fired, two bul\ &ts into Dr. Thornhill's bddy. Step- i ping closer, Hatfield again fired two more shots, each taking effect in the i hod of the prostrate man. i TTntfleld ran from the drug store, 1 but was captured within a few minutes by persons who bad witnessed the shooting. Fearing lynching Hatfit Id pleaded with the bfflcers to protect him, and he was taken to Plneville, the coiinty seat, where deputy sheriffs are guarding the frail prison. TKAUllU ItAUUJii ' ? NE?U>F1> fN Tp? 8TAT(f FOB TUB ' oouyvy qcHVQf*. # ! Prpf. W. K, T?(? M>jrt Snm jfrlaraafc 1b| fjiijf# #!< ? WIA ffijwwni t* \r'j / .,,! 'i' ' llur?i floktild. T ^ .j >| ?y?-\ ; "The most ljuaiatea.1 kmA ef Ik# country Mokuttl lis for the trained teacher who U willing lo eater into the community life and lift the educatlonal standard of the people." This stateweilt la Contained in the annual report of \V. K. Tata, supervisor of rural elementary schools. Under the caption, "Wanted: Trala "i - - I a n o ?V. AAIA ?? 1.A oti leacuoiu iur ^uuuu; ocuw**, av points out that "onu year with such a teacher will often revolutionize the popular attitude towards the school." "Near the close of the past scolastic year," says Mr. Tate, "I endeavored to obtain accurate facts as to the number of college graduates now teaching in the town and city schools of South Carolina. A complete list of all the teachers employed in the county was obtained from most of the county superintendents. Of this list the superintendent was asked to indicate after the names of the college graduates the colleges from which they received their diplomas, us recorded on his certificate register." The table appended hereto includes the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Parnwell, Calhoun, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dillon, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Greenwood, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Marlboro, Nowborry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, SaLuda, Williamsburg. I was unable to secure definite information from the other counties. Tbo result was as follows: College graduates now teaching in 26 counties of South Carolina: Town Country Chicora 7 12 Citadel 10 ; 12 Clemson 2 20 College for Women. . 7 3 Charlftstoa college. .5 Columbia College. . 19 17 Converse 8 0 ftrskine 9 0 Furinan University. .14 5 r.'Till* F?mal? Collsse 17 27 Lander 14 27 Limestone 14 19 Newberry 17 8 5 Presby. Co. of S. C.. . 8 3 University of S. C.. . 9 29 Winthrop 114 71 VVofford 21 25 Woman's C. of D. W.. 14 28 Col. in other States. . 52 29 Totals 353 401 \ ' Grand total 75 4 "In the counties named there were 2,(516 white teachers employed. Twenty-eight per cent have received college training and most of these are teaching in the town and city schools and in the consolidated country schools. Few are employed in the one-room country schools. Of the colleges named( only two or three offer an adequate course of professional training." ? ? CHINESE CUT OFF QUEUES. This Is the Way They Pay Tribute to tlio Chinese Republic. Hundreds of Chinese In New York celebrated the inauguration of the first president of the Chinese Republic by having their queues cut, thus 3evering, as they said, the' last symbol of Manchu rule. At noon, when 2,000 Chinese gathered for the celebration not a queue was seen. Many of the Chinamen also shook r?ff their sandals and in heavy American shoes climbed the stairs of the Lrh h nil so in Moth street, which was rechristened "The Chinese Public hall," and gravely bowed before a large portrait of the new president, Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Chinese girls and boys dressed In American fashion sang a new Chinese national song entitled "The Country of the Chinese Republic" to Lhe air of "America." The sentiment of the song was something as follows: "Dr. Sun Sen has sown the seed and grown the republic. All Chinese , should be patriots of one heart, one love and one life for their country and liberty and freedom. Manchu rule is gone, and the Chinese shall remain forever free." More than 500 of the new Chinese flags were displayed in the district, together with portraits of the new nro?mATif There was a narade through the district and speech-making at the public hall. The shops contributed almost their entire supply of firecrackers, hundreds of thousands of them being thrown from roofs and balconies. Another Victim of Blizzard. The fourth victim of cold and snow during the last week In Western Kansas was found near Van Ness Thursday morning In be discovery of: the body of E. Taylor, a farmer, by searching parties who ha I bom 04 the hunt sli ce \)"nday. e e ? Some one asks if the Republican party san reform itself. If it did it would eemmit sulfide. ROCK HILL PLAN ? Aafarua T?U* Ivitn Cmcimu *t Iks SjkjMj ti Bek FtfifW t , f ., .'' .* ? SU6CKST SOME THINGS , ' .t Tk? First 94*9 to (M 4Cu?t Bto> cium4 pim u to flrito m stoto 8uperl?lemd#?U, ui ftoi Mm ?r m_ - * /V 1??? _ ? ? fUAAi W OrK US VrMMUpua < ? im*?ii| Pled^ts Should Pinhid. As a further stay in the direction of putting the "Rock Hill Plan" kefor# tha plantars of tka South, John G. Andarson of Rock Hill Saturday night sant out lattars to tha govarnora of twelve aotton growing States, a eopy of which follows: "At tha raauaat of Col. E. J. Watson, president of tka Southern Cotton congrees, I am sanding you under auothar oorar a package of printed matter setting forth tha 'Roek Hill Plan,' as adopted by tha executive committee of tha Southern Cotton congress In New Orleans on December 1, and am also inclosing a copy herein. "Col. Watson is busy preparing his annual report for the legislature, and hasn't the time to give this matter attention, but roalizing that it is very important, and that you should havo the information Immediately, he has, as stated above, requested me to write you for him. "You will note that the governor, commissioner of agriculture and State Farmers' union president are to select a State superintendent, who U to hav# direct charge of the organization of counties. A sail for funds is also to be mad# by the above named officials, and I should think that from $3 00 to $500 will be am pie, *ia the only expense to be Incur rod by th? Stat? superintendent is the salary ?f stenographers, postage, printing, ?to. "Col. Watson suggests that a letter b? mailed th? larger banks of your State, manufacturers, Jobbers' and fertiliser men, asking for a donation of $25 each, and he belleres that will bring the necessary funds at once. v "If you tan got a good man to act as State superintendent, who has the necessary ability, energy and enthusiasm and will get the counties organized promptly, and then keep In behind them every few days, I am satisfied that wo can put this thing through by the last of February, and if wo do it will be the best thing that h>as ever been done for the South. "Just as soon as you select your State superintendent, please giro mo his name and address, and I will forward him some other matter that will be useful in his campaign, and will also send him a donation from the Rock Hill Buggy company of $25 for the general expense fund. "I am enclosing a sample of the Farmer's union pledge. In order that these may he obtained promptly, I hare arranged with a printer to get them up at $$.50 per 1,000; $1.50 per 500, and 50 cenU per 100 for a less quantity. ' "The1 State superintendent may need a few more copies of the Hock Hill plan' for his correspondence with the Yarious county committees. I havo asked the printer to keep the typo up, and If any of these blanks are wanted they can bo had at the same rate as that of the Farmer's union pledge. "Honing to hear from you as early as possible, I ara, yours very truly, "J. G. Anderson." What the "Rock Ilill Plan'* Is. As slightly modified by tho executive committee of the Southern Cotton Congress, at a meeting in New Orleans 011 December 21, 1911, it is proposed that the plan shall be put into operation by each state acting for itself and not in collusion with j others. ' It is proposed to call upon bankers, merchants, mercantile and manufacturing interests for small subscriptions to meet the expenses of organization and iho work to bo done in the various counties. It provides for the selection of a state superintendant who shall have entire charge of the work in the state and be responsible for it. It is suggested that the governor, the commissioner of agriculture and the president of the Farmers' Union start the work and arrange for raising tho necessary funds. The state superintendent is to appoint county committees in each county, composed, it is suggested, of men taking enthusiastic interest In the work?one a banker, one a merchant and one a farmer. The county committee is to have charge of raising county funds for the purpose of conducting a house to house canvass for the purpose of securing signed pledges from all farmers, and those interested in farms, that they will reduce their cotton acreage in 1912, not less than 26 per cent, or by whatever amount may be agreed upon. It is pointed out that the average county can be covered by canvassers at a cost of from $125 to $200, which can easily be raised by proper effort. Enough canvassers should .be | CAUSE A FLURRY ALL NOT HAIIMONIOUS AMONG TEH BIG DIHOOtilR I * ! ? - [ . Haomim Uxfm* Wm QArmm I?i Piwe JmIum Dimmer, Umderwoot Refmeee tm Ipwir Tke deeimlmm ef Oeear W. UmAerwood. Democratic leader, mot ve mt* ? -?-* ** ? TclronB 4a* VaaSkxi. kt lltuu ? ?v?*va ??/ ....... Washington next Monday might* which bocamn known Wednesday immediate'? after the announcement hat the managing committee had given to William Jennings Bryan, at his own request, the last place om the speaking programme, threw Democrats in congress into a flurry. Mr. Underwood declared he would not attend the banquet because of his recent attack of threatened appendicitis. Ills physician, he said, had ordered him to attend no banquets and particularly to make no speeches nor do anything requiring unusual exertion. "I will not hare any speech to be read at the dinner," added Mr. Underwood. "If I were there to make a speech I would desire to deliver it myself." Nevertheless the prospective absence of tho majority leader of the house from a national Democratic affair, at which other leaders of the party and men who are mentioned as candidates for tho presidential nomination are to speak, aroused discussion, particularly in connection with tho socalled break between Messrs. Bryan and Underwood. Mr. Underwood's letter to the committee, announcing he would not attend, was sent after it became known that Mr. Bryan was to speak last. Tho arrangement did not meet the approval of many leaders, but it will stand. Some of Mr. Underwood's friends pointed out that Mr. Bryan, speaking last on the programme, , would be in a position of derided advantage to make declarations which would of necessity remain unanswered, and that such a contingency was to be avoided. Others said Mr. Underwood did not wish to enter an oratorical contest witn Mr. i^rjam. Tho controversy between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Underwood, which developed over the woolen schedule, the secret cauous and other party affairs at the special session of congress last year was recently renewed when Mr. Bryan practically leferred to Mr. Underwood as Wall street's choice for the Democratic presidential nomination. Mr. Underwood never has denied that his political views differ much from Mr. Bryan's, but manv of Mr. Underwood's friends recently have declared that he has no hesitancy to express himself concerning iMr. Bryan's position. RECENT MATRIMONIAL TANGLE. ) ' , .! ' The Mix-Up That Divorce People Mako by Marrying. Speaking of a recent social event ' < among New York's millionaires Ths , State says Alfred Vanderbilt, who j was for a fow years husbasd of Ellen j French, has married Margaret Em- j rson who was for a few years wife ^ of Smith Hollins McKim. Alfred Vanderbilt is a man of horses, wo- ] men and money. He inherited about , $80,000,000. The woman of his lat- t est choice is the daughter of an old t fellow who made a great deal of t money out of tho manufacture of ^ drugs and recently divorced the j mother of Vanderbilt's bride, marrying a little while later Mrs. Anne f Preston McCormack. Summing up, j it appears that the mother of the j Vanderbilt bride Is a put-away bride, , the latter has a second-hand or hand- j me-down husband somewhere on the shelf and the bridegrom has a put- t away wife. , employed to cover the county thoroughly within a period of two weeks. They should make daily report to the county committee, and tho names should be published in the county paper. The county committee should report daily to the state superintendent who should give out a consolidated statement to the press. It is confidently believed that the percentage of those who would fail to adhere to such a pledge would be eo small as to bo insignificant. The newspapers are counted oipon for assistance, which they will unquestionably give, and county rallies are urged to arouse interest. It is earnestly recommended that the acreage of cotton planted in 1912 be reduced not loss than 25 per cent as compared with 1911, and that the written pledge adopted by the National Farmers' Union, be used in each state. ? +> ? Chinese Change Calendar. Tho Chineso Republican government has Issued a proclamation to the effect that the plan to change the Chinese calendar to conform to the European calendar had become effec- ( tlve. 1 ? Want to Lynch Brute. Mrs. Smith Guthrie, wife of a con- 1 stable living on a farm hear Parks* < burg, Pa., #as attacked by a negro * and roughly handled. The negro es- i aped but was pursued by a posse, i WAIT FOR BRYAN Ik* Great tii?1111 Anirn ia Wuk? iagtaa I* Caauk Uakn ABOUT PAKfT AFFAIRS "* ? A (itiii Muthii ( Mrfmm mm4 la? FolMt* M Ike Dep*t, Tkefr Traims Arririag AWil tka font Tint, Sets Tiigm lafglif Abit a Haw PM|f. Col. William J. Br yam, af Nabraeka* an 4 Saaatof Re bar! M. La Follatte, Af Wisconsin, had a cenferenee At the Union Statlen at Washington Sunday night upon tkalr joint arrival la tka elty, tka former from tka Sautk and the latter froxa tka Waat. Tka meeting between tka threetime Presidential candidate ef tka Democratie party and tka progressive Republican whe i? seklng to wrest tka Republican nomination from President Taft, wae accidental. No looner wae it known that the progressive leaders ef tke two parties had come together than tongues began to wag and third party talk flew thick and fast about the hotel corridore. It was not wholly confined to members of the Democratic national committee, who were gathering for the meeting Monday. Republicans, tod," showed a lively interest. All day tke Democratic committeemen had been seeking methods of dealing with the several perplexing questions scheduled to come up at the meeting, but nearly every poe sible Bolutiom advanced sesined to depend upon tile probable attitude of the Nebraska leader Progress was slow hecatiee of the general desire to seasall Mr. Bryam, end his arrival scheduled for 4 p. in. was awaited with great lapatlenee. Finally it was learned that his train had been blesked by a wresh and was two ksars lata. fthertly before f e'olook the Nebraskan's train arrlTed. Many pretn[aent Demoeratlo leaders were at the Rtatlea. After handshaking all around Mr. Bryam sighted Semater La Follette, or to be exact, they seemed to sight eaeh other at the same time. They rushed toward each other and shook hands and then lest no time in withdrawing a shert distance from the crowd. They sat down on a bench and conversed with evident earnestness for several minutes. "What's being pulled off?" was ths question the walling Democrats seemed to be asking each other as tksy watsked ths two men. This interrogation In the vernacular ef the street was not actually propounded, but that there was some consternation In the party waa apparent. When Mr. Bryan and the Senator parted there waa anether show of Koed feeling. Mr. Bryan then explained tereely that Senator Da Follette and he had talked about the reeslntlen pending In Congress providing fer the eleetlon ef the Senators t?y pepnlar vote. Senator La Follette gave the earn# explanation by teleikan* bnt In ths minds ot some tkere remained a llttla ceptlclam. It wai reported that Senator La Follette had gone to the station to cneet Mr. Brjan. When telephoned ?l>out thla report, the Senator said :hat the meeting wai purely accidental, resulting from the fact that their :rains happened to get in at the same lour. "We only talked about the direct elections resolution," said the Sena;or. "We are both deply interested n the subject, and Col. Bryan agrees rvitli me that the resolution should be passed." Col. Bryan drove from the station ;o the homo of Cotter T. Bride, his dosest friend in Washington. Ho dedined to talk about any of the probems the national committee will lave to solve. It was evident that le wanted to get his bearings beTore dunging to what promises to be a itirring gathering. After removing travel stains, Col. 2ryan drove to the hotel apartment if Norman E. "Mack, chairman of the lational committee and with wdiom le dined. At the hotel Mr. Bryan was mot iy a large number of newspaper men. de would not discuss candidates, con;ests, Presidential primaries or any )f the matters before the committee, fde would not talk of the letter said o have been written by Woodrow Wilson a few years ago, urging the ?arty to rid Itself of the Nebraskan, nit he was affable as eyer, as he >dged away from the persistent group ind slipped Into the elevator, which jarrled him to Mr. Mack's apartment. \V. P. McCombs, manager of the Woodrow Wilson headquarters, charged tonight the report of friction between Wilson and Bryan was Inspired In Wall street, and that other stories of the same character might be expected from that source. He lid not deny the existence of the alleged "Jollne" letter, however. The letter "K" promises to he the most prominent In the alphabet In jongress for the next few months. 3chedule K of the woolen tariff Is probably the one around which the i greatest controvert^ will rage. , GREED FOR GOLD m MJMU'f OJTLT HOUSE FOB KLROHfimO THU PKR8IANS. ? The BlMMfld mid Crielty is the Resalt of PerefA'e Refusal to Re Robbed Amtf Loiiftf by the Russians. AW ef the bloodshed, the misery, the burned and sacked cities and villages, the indescribable cruelty of the Coseaeks and Turcomans in Persis I si a 1 mail Ad Ana h i n ir lonnrrllno *<? i* mujvu v?v WIIT; lump,, at/^v/i UIU5 to information received in Washing* ton from the Persian Central Committee in Constantinople Saturday Might. According to this information, the real motive of Russia and her silent partner, Belgium, now brought for the fret time into this sordid tragedy, ie that $400,000 in annual draft ehall not escape their hands. For yeare the financiers of Russia and Relginm had mulcted the Persian government of $400,000 annually for taking care of her fiscal affairs?this in addition to the great sums that disappeared from the Persian Treasury, going no one knows where. It wai learned Saturday night that the contract mado by the Persian government with W. 'Morgan Sinister and his tvventy-one assistants was for three years at approximately $100,000 per year, a saving to Persia in the aggregate for that time of nearly $3,000,000. This in addition to the vast sums that by honest administration will be kept out of the hungry hand of the greedy grafter. Practically the first day Sinister was in office he and Russian and Belgian bankers clashed. So eager were the two grasping nations to retain control that they proposed to Persia that Shunter and his party bo paid ike full amount of their contract and be eent home to America. Belgium evon went so far, is was stated Satarday night, as to cffer to foot the bill. Persia refused. Diplomacy having failed, only the Coeeaok eabre and the rifle of the Tureonian remained. An instance of the march of the Cossacks from Resht to Kasbin was read to the International Newi Service correspondent Saturday night, which for barbarity eeeme almost incredible. When the Cossacks reached Kasbia ahead of the column of 4.000 troops th#y invested the place and evicted the residents. A drunken L'ossack, according; to this story, was in the act of carrying off the child of a widow whose husband had served in the civil war against the Shah. The woman endeavored to recover the child and at her last appeal was given her little one impaled on a bayonet. At another point 3 00 women and children were penned in a fleld that had been irrigated for cultivation. Then in the night Cbssacks opened the sluces and those who escaped death by drowning were shot and sabred to death by drunken calvarymen. MONEY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. +. The Mission Review Gives Figures i for World's Evangelization. v Gifts to foreign missions in 1911 by protestant Christians throughout the world, as tabulated by the Missionary Review, show a decrease over preceding years of $175,000. North America's total appropriation of twelve million, three hundred thousand was nearly half of the grand total, twenty-five million three hundred thousand. Great Britain gave nine million. The five societies of the world having the largest incomes follow: Methodist Episcopal, headquarters New York, two million, two hundred Hir>itan Till Church of England, London, one million, nine hundred thousand. Presbyterian, New York, one million, seven hundred thousand. Baptist, Boston, one million, one hundred thousand. Congregational, Boston, one million. ' ? CAUSE OP POISONING TRACED. Liquor Dealer Sold Wood Alcohol to the Victims. A cablegram from Berlin, Germany, says since the arrest of the wholesalo liquor dealer who had been in the habit of disposing of wood alcohol and groceries to the inmates of the municipal night shelter for the home less, and the confiscation of the adulterated whisky found on his premises, no further poisonings have beon reported In the city. The official total of the dead since December 26 Is 72 out of 162 cases. Caused by too Much Booze. A gambling and drinking row among negroes at Ctover, York county. on Sunday afternoon led to the killing of Hud Adams, breaking a leg of John Stowe, and Kd Orr In Jail on the charge of murder. Notaries Public Named. The annual report by the secretary of state, tt. M. McCown, shows that 3.377 notaries public have been commissioned during the year. The fees received from this source amounts to $7,1(4. . k . :. - :