The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-16
DIR. J. G. BEATTIES FLAG
THREATS MADE AGAINST AN OLD
RICHMONDER.

=. pm nj. House Downfall 'h'
Doctor Saws.
nr1. q. Beattie, some two or three years
go, ,,as tbe resident Of that pretty h"h'e
ON the Grove road, about TWO m''es ''''
Richmond. adjoining Schoolcrat' so'u p''V'
ON the west. lac was a popular ana Wen
rno,yn phvsician. and was Mr.. John L'
Scboolcraft's stepiather. Nter ms VIC ,
-, from a visit 10 Europe. Dr.
nth went North 10 live, and settled
in Succasunna. little town IN New "'
soy. Lately the Doctor seems 10 nav -
80, himself in hot water with the 0"''"'
,nians How 10 occurred eNacli!' th'
eclloyyinc interesting special dlSpdtC" - ."'
NJ Work World of yesterday VIII s"""
rho i've hundred citizens OF Nuccasuh""
ore slowly bat surely working ihehStN,
INTO a rioious state OF mind because TT
a. Rcattie keeps provoking c"uh', lo'
,ho lotto Confederate flag flying above inc
.". ,,,'s,,,,o.t cable of his house. The house
sits three hundred yards up n grass! "'''
60, Tho NcCaiusyille road. The ROAD l'
IN - ,bree-ouarters Of a mile from Nuccd-
",,,,,o VILLAGE. Dr. Bcattc swcals that no
mere man or men can invade ms castie anu
~, Mn, strike his colOrs. bat u ne - ever
,'l,;6cd by one i'm authority that the mann
,cnance and waving Of the aiorcsalu MAJ u
aoainst the law. his own hands VIII ue INC
first 10 haul it down.
WARM FRIEND OF VIRGINIA.
Dr. Beattic. although hc did not hshl Hn
the Confederate army, Is "a warm lriehI "'
Virginia and all the southern states lis
friends say he was born IN Ireland, hul "S
he was not at home Yesterday 10 ich' u can
not be- stated positively mere Mhelne' VI IT,
no was born abroad. AZ all events III
is.oftie has lived most of his sixty years on
moro in virginia. where he owns much
,,ronerfv lie also owns several hpmcslcau7
IN and about ~uccasunna village WhlIh
lies i'm the heart Of Morris county y o..
The Doctor has not practiced medicine l'I
nearly a score OF years. lie Is "a inc-loohihs
,,on ~ medium height. with gray hair and
rravcr muttou-chop Whiskers. HIS manner
may be- SUMMED up i'm one word-courlli-
nose For the past three years. win MS
wife and four children. Dr. Beatue ma
lived in the old Garfield place. Mrs. Beaiilc
was a Miss Garfield. and her family y one
az the oldest and most influential in All TINS
mari of New Jersey. The Bcaitics nave
never associated much with the Succa,un-
mans around them. They were friendly
with all but intimate with none.
CAME To THE UNWILLING.
Dr. Bcattie went down to Richmond a.
10 attend the unyeilmg of the statue u
General Robert l.. Lee m the latter part "i
Nav. He sent home 90 his children "a lot oil
nhotorraphs. souvenirs Of the ceremonies.
Ono of these was "a tinted picture Of the Ola
Confederate nag. The children were very
fond Of this. t'p 90 this time no member OBJ
the family had ever sceua Confederate MAJ.
DIR. Bcattie STAYED i'm Richmond long enough
10 hiring home his eldest daughter MISS
Alice from school. They were not cNptclcG
home until the latter part Of June. Illllt
Miss Agnes Bealtic, hazel-eycd, rtd-
checked child of fourteen. determined It'd
surprise her father by welcoming him home
with q little Confederate flag which she
would model after the tinted photograph
Now the photograph represented the siUe
in the Confederate flag rs golden ON bars OF
blue i'm "a field of white. Not "a hit OF req
was there in II.
NOT CONFEDERATE.
This. rs all old observers know, wa, i.r
from a true picture Of the Confederate id-
The little girl had nothing but black ai|
white muslin 10 fashion her nag out oi. 'H
the. upper right hand corner Of a strip o.
white muslin, two feet wide ana iouI l.''
long. she laid TIVE strips Of black stun cross
wise. ON them she was going TO sew t.e'' h
STARS. At this point she had % leave home
ON "A visit. and her mother. t0 spare the cHi4
disappOintment. undertook 10 finish the i.o-.
Right here IL, where the trouble began lt
brew Two ladies from Chester. Village
seven miles away, came 10 call on Mt
Beattie. They found her on the porch. sew
industriously on the black and white nag.
incidentally. she apOlOgized for Ter uuccae-
Ing sewing in "a pleasant way.
Pm making" said she. "a Confederate
nag for my little girl" Now, how the new
,rot ont who shall saw
On THE SUMNER not ~.
When DR.. Bcattie aud Miss Alice drove
M the winding roadway home neat day.
little Miss Agnes proudly told her papa .
look at the summer-hOuse. At the p'th ol
"A tiny pole ON a little rustic house half way
up the lawn huttered the tiny hlack-and-
white ilag. Or. Beattie smiled When d.
small and enthusiastic daughter tod pam
that that was a Confederate nag lie had
been looking at the real article. You scc.
down i'm Richmond. and this childish c0uu-
terfeit of the stars and Bars had to Dee esd
planned 10 him. The little taS waved H-
eleven Confederate stars nOdestly all after
moon. Divers patriots ot the home-g guard
came as far as the Bcattic fence, oa OBJ.
Met ainsyile road, and stared at tine s.n1u
rustic house. sure enough, there Wis
something fluttcring apcak. hrrrui.H
they ran home and told the ncignhor, thai
lltN lAil Nftl til' NttiN't' iii ''i ttiN '''
cv waving ON high.
Miss Agne, Beattie put away her little
black-and-white lag that night. Probably
nobody would have heard any more about
IL, and this bit of history wouldn't have
been written but for the gOssips. some day
later Or. Beattie got a letter from Arthur
Elmer. good but eXcitable Grand Army
man. who lives in Succasunna Plains, iuI
mile from the Doctors home.
Take down your Confederate FLAG
wrote Elmer, ''OT I'll tear down your house.
HAD BEEN PIT AWAY.
Now. the fag had long since been pui
away. but DR.. Bcattie naturally felt iH1l
he'd see himself in Texas before he'd lci a.'
man come around and tear down his hou '.
Still, he quietly waited until the Fourth 'I
July. That morning he had two more VIII.
muslin stars sewn on the black ~. A'-
drew's cross, thereby changing The eleven
4 Confederate stars 10 thirteen good AW Poe
can stars. Then the nag WAS SGT 400 ia'
masthead over the n0rthernmo-t eabi. rl
The house the family live in. There 10 haH-
all DAY.
In the meantime, the two hundred m.u.'-
who live in the little village of Mine ii'..
The settlement at the mouth of The old /. e.
ersOn iron mines. more than mile from ..
Doctors home, had worked themselves 'a.'
"A white heat Brown. the stOrekeci Dc
William WhitmOre, OF the Grand Arut o.
The Republic. and another man, hurried &.
Dover, live miles away, and begged Cap
tain Sedgwick X. Bennett. Ct Separate
Company c., First Regiment. y. G.. y. j..
go come 10 Succasunna and tear down That
awful flag. Captain Bennett telegrap hri
for orders to Colonel Campbell, the CONE
mandant, and Colonel Campbell replied ihat
be could do nothing without orders from th-
Governor. Governor Albeit happened %
Dc Yachting at Larchmont, and the ie.t-
graph couldn't reach him.
WANTED TO TEAR II DOWN.
The Mine Hill delegation begged Frank
kenstler, Commander Of McDeyitt Post, g..
4. H.. Of Dover. 10 bring his men ont ana
tear down the nag. kenster was sick ia
bed. and so that plan fell through. The
Mine Hill men travelled 10 Succasunna and
held consultations with the Succasuuuians.
They threatened all sorts of horrible things,
but they did nothing.
The little mag has Mapped over DIR. Boat
ties nOrthernmOst gable ever since. Mrs.
Beattie had it brought down 80 that the
World artist could sketch il. Then Jim
Leech the Beatties' c0lOrcd man, hauled 10
10 the masthead again
There has been much ill-leeling and
.,rumblfng an axarV hand Duf uobodN has