The Holly chieftain., 1911-12-01
GENERAL.

The American Federation Of Labor
will make no direct appropriation for
the defense Of the McNamaras.
The National Horse Show, the last
to be held under the roof of old Mad
ison Square Garden, New York. has
closed.
Henry Clay Beattie, charged with
the murder of his young wife, was put
to death at Richmond, Va, In the elec.
tric chair.
Lafayette Choate of Liberty, Mo-,
pleaded guilty to charge OF harness
ing his wife with mule and COM
pelling her to help harrow field.
BY the grave Of the wife whom he
murdered July 18th. the body of Henry
Cley Beattie, Jr.. who was electrocuted
at Richmond, Va, was buried in Maury
cemetery.
Three n1urderers We're put to death
by electricity In Sing Sing prison at
dawn, November 20. The executions
began at 5:28 O'Clock and lasted only
twenty-three minutes.
Sent by the clubwomen of Iowa to
learn how to rear more perfect babies,
DR.. Margaret yaupel Clark of Water
loo. will sail from New York Dec. 2.
and will spend a year in Europe.
The Gary steel plant OF Chicago,
which is considered creditable baro-
NP H1,uf ;v, ~
Middle West. Is producing more steel
than ever before In the history. There
is much activity in all departments
and there are $500 men ON the pay
rolls of the steel works alone.
With but one dissenting vote the
American Bankers Association in New
Orleans gave its unqualified approval
to the proposed Aldrich plan for the
reform Of the currency. @ Congress was
urged to deal with the proposition as
an economic question outside the do
main of party politics.
C. w. Morse, the New York banker,
now in the Atlanta penitentiary, will,
If there is no legal objection, be re-
moved from that institution within a
few days to point near Atlanta and
placed under observation by physi-
clans to determine whether or not his
physical condition is such that he
should be granted pardon by Presi-
dent Taft.
An Independent sugar refinery
which 1t is declared will be q relent-
less and formidable rival OF the So
called sugar trust, has been organized
in Philadelphia by George H. Earle,
Jr., the wizard of finance" who has
effected 1t by building from the ashes
Of suicide and bankruptcy a corpora.
tion to be capitalized at $4,000,000
with plant to cost the same amount.
Two victims were claimed on the
Savannah, Ca, automobile race
course, over which the grand prize
and Wander bilt cup races will be run.
The first accident was general pile
up. Joe Dawson was badly hurt. J..
d. McNay was killed in the second
accident. His car turned over and he
was pinned underneath. Maxwell,
McNay's mechanician, was seriously
hurt.
John F. Dryden. founder of the Pru.
dental Insurance Company of America
and at its head practically all of his
life, member of the United States
Senate and multi-millionaire. died at
his home in Newark, N. j. Death was
due to pneumonia, which developed
after an operation which he under.
went a week ago for gallstones. Dry.
den was sevenly-two years old. He
was native of Harrington. Me.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer has
devised plan for utilizing in time of
war the golfers ana supply vessels OF
the Panama canal service, and he also
will emphasize in his annual report
to President Taft, which shortly will
be made, that the Navy Department
is encouraging the production OF
aeroplanes specially designed for use
rom shipboard. Declaration that gov.
ernment ownership and operation OF
all Panama canal facilities would be
OF great benefit, economically. as well
10 from the standpoint of naval pre-
paredness Secretary Meyer goes on to
say that If "the canal golfers, oil
.ankers and supply vessels are pro.
yided as parts OF the canal establish
ment these vessels will be available
for use as fleet auXiliaries in time
of war and thus the necessity for add
ing just that many expensive vessels
20 the regular naval establishment