Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13

Twelve Virginia farmers knelt In
the obscurity of the small jury room
of hte Chesterfield, Va, courthouse,
praying fervently that they might pass
Judgment Alright on Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr., indicted for the murder OF MS
wife. Grimly determined, they arose
a moment later and silently, one by
one, recorded unanimous vote or
guilty" The court of appeals to be
sure will be asked to grant writ OF
error and a new trial. Young Beatue,
cognizant of the legal weapons yet at
his disposal, did not surrender. In
stead, he ccGsoled his broken-doWn
father. white-haired and wrinkled, and
comforted him as he whispered, i
haven't lost yet, father" The spec
ter of death, which stalked Midlothian
turnpike road on July IS, last, when
the life of Mrs. Louise Owen Beattie
was taken away with the single re-
port of shotgun, stared hard at the
young husband, ready to claim its VIC
tim by electrocution on Friday, No
vember "a next but the prisoner re-
turned the gaze unservingly and un-
afraid.
In a. stirring address delivered be-
fore the annual convention OF the
Farmers union, in session at Shaw
nee, Okla, President Charles S. Bar
rett stressed the necessity of compe-
tent leadership for the success OF the
movement. During the past year,
and especially during the past sum-
mer, I have personally visited all the
important state organization and all
the state conventions. And 1 come
to you with the message that the
Farmers union is stronger, better
drilled in discipline, in finer financial
condition and more inspired with
stern enthusiasm of sacrice, Of broth
erly love and of cooperation than
since that never-to-be forgotten day
when Newt Gresham launched its
first great principles" said President
Barrett.
Separate indictments accusing Ma
than Allen of Kenosha, Wis, and John
R. Collins of Memphis, Tenn, reputed
millionaires, of smuggling gems val
ued at many thousands of dollars into
the port of New York, were brought
to light in the office of United States
District Attorney Wise. The indict-
ments had lain on his desk, bearing
the seal of the Federal grand jury,
since August 20, when they were hand
ed down.
After members of the international
committee representing unions involv-
government, although rarely resorted
Central railroad company had refused
to sanction strike of the federated
shop employees of the road, action
was deferred until members OF the ex-
ecutive board of the International AS
sociatior of Machinists can meet in
this city. The international commit
tees decided it would be unwise to
grant the sanction of the international
organizations.
Another link in great North and
South highway, which, according to
present plans, eventually will connect
Galveston, Texas, and Winnipeg, Man,
was covered when the county commits
sioners of Sumner county, Kansas, es-
tablished as county road the old
Chisc m trail from Wellington to this
city, a distance of twenty miles. The
road already has been established
across the state of Oklahoma from
here to Red river.
Although DR.. Belisario Porras, min
lister of Panama to the United States,
has been too busy to leave Washing
ton. he was married last week at San
Jose, Costa Rica, to a member OF a
prominent Costan Rican family, ac-
cording to mail advices received from
Colon. The wedding was by proxy,
perfectly legal, and sanctioned by the
government, although rarely resorted
to in the Latin Americas. Sonora Por-
ras will join her husband soon.
Three are known to be dead and
as many more are thought to be be-
meath the wreckage of the Erie and
Pittsburg passenger train that crash
ed into a Lake Shore freight at Dock
Junction, Pa. .~. -.