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The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Used Razor To End Existence.

Durham, N. c., July 24.-John AL
exander Vickers, who lives three
miles in the country, committed sui
eide yesterday afternoon by almost
severing his head from his body with
a razor. Barring the fact that Wick
ers had not been able to eat and was
subject to melancholy seasons, there
had been nothing to indicate unusual
unhappiness. He started out to the
barn, and his failure to return caused
his son to go there. He found his
father with his neck bleeding. Later
Vickers slashed himself again, and
before the doctor could be gotten to
him he had bled to death. He was
about thirty-five years of age, had a
wife and three children, father and
mother, brother and sister. He was
living on his fathers farm. 1t is be-
ieved that he was insane at the time.
! He belonged to a well-known family.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
PAUL BEATTIE's STATEMENT.
Attempts to Prove An AIib In Con-
nection With The Murder.

Richmond, Va, July 24.-Beu1ah
Binford says, '1 would swear to any
thing to save Henry from electrocu-
ton; love him more than anybody
in the world
The grand jury will indict Beattie
August the 14th. The prisoner pre-
serve nonchalant attitude. Paul
Beattie is recovering his nerve.
Richmond, Va, July 24.-Following
the verdict of the coroner's jury that
Mrs. H. G. Beattie came to her death
at the hands of her husband, Paul
Beattie, testifes concerning his con
nection with the affair:
Alibi For Paul Beattie.
Mrs. E. J. Houchens, mother-in-law
of Paul Beattie, and in whose home
he lives, made statement in which
she said she would swear that Paul
Beattie was at home at 7:30 Tuesday
night, and after eating supper retired
Immediately, and did not leave the
house until next morning. The same
statement is also made by Mrs. Paul
Beattie.
1t was Mrs. Paul Beattie that per-
suaded Paul to make his original
statement to the police regarding the
purchase of a shotgun for his cousin.
Because his conscience troubled him,
he told his wife of the link in the
chain of evidence which the police
were forging against his cousin. Mrs.
Beattie persuaded him to tell the
story to the police, for whom he
made the following formal statement:
"I, Paul D. Beattie, hereby state
that, during the week of July TO-,
Henry G. Beattie called me up at my
house and asked me to meet him at
the corner of Short and Main streets,
which / did, and after meeting him
we talked for while and he asked
me to buy him a shot gun, whereupon
asked him what he wanted it for,
and he didn't tell me what he want
ed it for. 1 told him that l would,
whereupon I went to a pawnshop in
Sixth street and priced single
barreled shotgun, the kind he advised
me to get, and on the following Sat
was July 18th, 1911, in company with
Henry G. Beattie, in his, the said
Henry G. Beattie's automobile, I went
| to the pawnshop and secured the gun
paying $3.50 and delivering the gun
to Henry G. Beattie, whereupon we
both got into the automobile, and he
the said Henry G. Beattie, brought me
home, arriving at home about II Is
p. m, July 18th.
81 also state that I bought three
shotgun shells from w. B. Kidd's
hardware store, at the corner of Har
rison and Cary streets, on the after
inoen ef~July a1Es1911. and gave then
/ to Henry G. Beattie."
The Binford girl, the other woman
in the case with whom Beattie was
intimate, together with Beattie, are
all in Jail, Paul Beattie and the Bin
ford girl as witnesses against Henry
IBeattie
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Audubon Society Changes.

Raleigh, N. c., July 24.-The execu-
tive committee of the North Carolina
Audubon Society, at a meeting just
held in this city, accepted with deep
regret the resignation of Prof. t.
Gilbert Pearson as secretary, he hav-
ing become secretary of the National
Audubon Society with headquarters
at New York P D. Gold, Jr., is
elected secretary in his stead. The
other officers of the society, which
has it's headquarters in Raleigh now
are: Dr. r. H. Lewis, president; ex-
Governor c.. B. Aycock, vice-presi-
dent; other executive committeeman
being II. H. Brim1ey, w. H. William
son, Raleigh; Rev. Melton Clark and
C.. M. Stedman, Greensboro; E. L.
Travis, Halifax. The society is main
tanning motorboat in the sounds OF
the Carolina coast for the protection
Of the sea birds and their eggs. A
book on North Carolina bird life ls
! soon to be published.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Asiatic Cholera Patient Shipped.

New York, July 24-Medical ex-
perts from the board of health swept
aside the doubts and waning hopes
of Bellevue's doctors by diagnosing
Asiatic cholerat the case of Manuel
Bermudes, the Spaniard sailor whom
the big hospital has sheltered for two
days. The verdict was hardly given
before a closed ambulance, bearing
Bermades rumbled away to a nearby
pier and placed the victim aboard a
waiting vessel which steamed down
the harbor to quarantine.
Manhattan's first case of the plague
in the present Infection came as a
shock to the municipal authorities,
who lost no time in attempting to
purge the city of any germs that may
have been left behind. In the trail
of the sai1or-two days cold-there
travelled a fumigating squad to the
boarding house where the ma1ady at
tackled him. For five hours gthey
turned their batteries upon the struc-
ture, and left it, they said, without a
living germ of the dread disease.
Swinburne Island hospital, which
sheltered Bermudes, lost another suf-
ferer from the cholera, a 17-year-o1d
boy who was a steerage passenger on
the steamer Moltke.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25

North Carolina's history glorious
never adopted the teaching that the
war OF the Revolution was begun and
fought for the establishment of a
new nation but solely and alone for
the freedom and independence of the
sovereign States. That is a mighty
little word declared this anxious
critic, but used in this connection and
in that manner it is a sneak. The
author, he declared, could surely have
had nothing in common with the peo-
pie Of North Carolina. And while he
would therefore regard this of minor
importance, our people never regard
ed these United States "a nation until
after the Civil War of 1860-65, and
are not very loud on it now for they
have a profound respect for the idea
of States rights. Just how man
could make a geography, said he, and
see nothing in North Carolina worthy
of illustration in it seems a puzzle.
He probably has never been in the
State"
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Texas Probably Wet.

Dallas, Texas, July 24.-Returns re-
ceived by The Dallas News show a
ma jority for the prohibitionists of
about 1900. This is a total of about
100000 votes, probably one-third of
the vote po1led. The returns from
which these totals are made are rath-
er more from prohibition than from
anti-prohibition territory. They in
clude no returns from the cities and
the larger towns are, therefore, in
dicative of an anti-prohibition vic
tory, though it will require much full
er returns to warrant any prediction.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
American Medical Association Thanks
Mr.. Busch.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 24-The
American Medical Association, recent
ly in session here, has sent by cable
two messages to Adolphus Busch at
his German villa in recognition of
his iberality in promoting the aims
and interests of the association. The
first one reads:
"Adolphus Busch, Langenschwald-
bach-The president, DR.. Mattison,
the local committee and $4,000 mem
bers of the American Medical Asso-
citation send hearty greetings and
best wishes and a rising vote of
thanks for your generosity to the
American Medical Association, your
donations to the scientific advance
ment and your contribution to its per-
sonal comfort.
(Signed) JOHN B. MURPHY,
f'PresideDt."
The second one is as follows:
"Ado1phus Busch, LagenschWa1bach-
Cordial greetings, grateful apprecia-
tions and best wishes from American
Medical Association"
Signed: Murphy, Gorgas, jacob,
Welsh, Mattison.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
seares ouriste.

Asheville, N. c., July 24.-The story
sent out over the country from Ashe-
vile last week to the effect that "a
terrible and mysterious plague" was
raging in Mitchell county, leaving
death in it's wake" has evidently
caused serious alarm on the part of
prospective visitors to AsEeville and
the mountains, and as result this
section will lose no few visitors. 1t
develops that there were but two
cases of the terrible disease. One
of these was blood poison and the
other, that of Dr.. Buchanan, who
was taken to Johnson City for treat
ment, was a case where the patient
had been burned in the eyes and on
the face by ammonia. These facts
have been thoroughly established. The
health authorities of Ashevi1ie have
received numbers of communications
relative to the story and District
Passenger Agent Wood, of the South
ern Railway, has been officially ad-
vised that Wednesday night every
reservation in the Jacksonviile-Ashe-
vile sleeper was cancelled as a result
of the plague story"
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Put Dead Rat In Sugar.

New York, July 24.-Claus Angus
tus Spreckles, son of tee late Claus
Spreckles, of California and principal
owner of the Federal Sugar Refining
Company of Yonkers, N. Y, gave the
most sensational testimony that has
developed before the Congressional
committee investigating the sugar
trust during the hearings here.
Besides giving most important
sidelight on the conference between
John Arbuckle and the late H. O.
Havemeyer, which is believed to have
ended the great sugar war, he de-
scribed under oath, the vicissitures
of an Independent sugar refiner. He
said that his plant in Philadelphia
before it was controlled by the trust
had been put out of commission sew
eral times by persons who threw
sand in the machinery bearings and
otherwise wrecked the plan. He swore
that at the Yonkers refinery after he
had turned down trust overtures,
dead rats were placed in barrels of
sugar ready for shipment and that
whole watts of liquid sugar had been
drained off in the night into sewers.
The nuisance of dead rats continued
until private detectives pointed out
number of his employees who he dis
charged, refusing to pay their wages
| in the hope that they would sue him
and thus enable him to question them
under oath as to who had employed
them. Much to his disappointment
| he was never sued.
Interesting points in Mr.. Spreckles'
| testimony included his assertion that
in four years he had made $2,000,000
in Hawaiian sugar plantation on a
cash investment of $4,000. Since
4Ir 10,
years ago by cash payment of $3,-
100000 for equipment, he has paid
Is per cent dividends on that S3,5OO,-
600 regularly, he declared, represent
| ing the preferred stock and has
turned earnings amounting to an
equal amount back into the improve
ment of the plant.
Representative Garrett asked Mr..
lSpreckles if he knew anything about
| the conference between John Ar
buckle and H. o. Havemeyer, which
was supposed to have ended the
sugar war.
Eyes, something he said. "Soon af-
ter that conference John Arbuck1e
came to me and said Tive just had
a little talk with Henry o. Havemey-
er. He said an understanding had
been reached; that there was an over
production of sugar and asked me Ii
I would reduce the output of the
Federal / told him the Federal would
work too its full capacity forever. He
lsaid: You misunderstood Havemeyer
Just like I did. He is a fine, cultivat
led man-why he plays the violin.
$50 did Nero play the violin, said
II.
did you understand from John
Arbuckle that he had reached an
agreement Havemeyer and the Am
erican Sugar Refining Company that
the production of sugar was to be
reduced" ?"
Eyes, he said that he and the Am
erican Sugar Refining Company had
buried the hatchet.'
did any one else ever try to ge1
lyou to reduce the production OF
sugar?''
Eyes, Mr.. Warner, of the American
company. He said it would create
better feeling among the refiners gen
orally and that an understanding
could be reached. I think that boil
Arbuckle and Warner were sent by
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany to get me to enter an agree
ment."
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Rich Son Will Bury Her.

Chicago, July 22.-Selwyn c. Ed
gar, Jr., wealthy st. Louis clubman,
and son of Mrs. Catherine E. Porter,
who was run down and killed by an
automobile in Sheridan road Thurs
day evening, telephoned from Tarry-
town, N Y, that he would come to
Chicago and take charge of his moth
er's body.
w. F. Hobbs, for whom the woman
worked as a domestic at the time of
her death, had arranged to hold fun
eral services and have the body in
tered in Graceland Cemetery at his
own expense.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
NEGRO CUT TO DEATH.

While Attending Church Near Apple,
in Greene County-Assailant Fled.
Andrew Pool cut to death another
negro last evening in Lebanon church
in Green county.
The minister was preaching and the
congregation were intent upon the
services when Pool entered the
church and walking to where his vic
tim sat remarked: "1 have you now
and slashed him with a knife"
The negro fell forward with a groan
and the members of the congregation
fled
Pool escaped and has not yet been
apprehended.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
EaqIe Rock a Winner.

Eagle Rock, N. c., July 24.-The
Eagle Rock and Knightda1e teams
crossed bats here in a very interest
ing game of ball, with the result of a
score of 16 to in favor of Eagle
Rock. amos Deans pitched, while A.
r. Talton caught for Eagle Rock. B..
]. Wall pitched and w. c. Pair caught
for Knightdale.
Batteries: For Eagle Rock, Rhodes
and Broadwell; for Knightdale, He's
ter and Harrison.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
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New York, July 24.-The cotton
market broke after the opening, de-
clining from 5 to 10 points in conse-
quence of heavy liquidation and poor
cables. Futures and spots are easy
and quiet in Liverpool.
New York, July 24.-July opened
1919; August, 1249; September.
1904; October, 11.85: December,
11.85; January, 11S3, and at noon
was: July, 1890; August, 12.47; Sep
tember, 1902; October, 1888; pecem-
Der, 11.84; January, 1882.
At 2:30 p. m. the market closed as
follows: September, 1912; October
11.83; December, 11.83; January 11.S1.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
TAFT FAVORED LoRiMER.

Hines Produces Letter From Boutelte
So Stating.
Washington, July 24-Edward
Hines was before the Lorimer COM
mittee today. He produced a letter
alleged to ~ from former Congress.
man Boutelle, now minister to Switz-
erland in which Bouttell said he
wanted Lorimer to know that he.
Bouttelle asked President Taft il
Lorimer. would be o.. X. as a sena-
torial candidate and Obtained Taft's
promise. that the President WIS favor
able to Lormier.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Stole A March On Them.

Edinburgh, Scotland, July 24-Steal-
ing a marcn on his competitors in
the Daily Mails fifty thousand dollar
aviation race, Verdine, the winner of
the Paris-Madrid flight, sped across
the English borders, arriving safely
here. He has covered the worst part
of the 1,000-mile trip.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York, July 24-Union Pacific
was a leader on the stock market at
the opening and gained IL. The
general list was strong. Steel is Off
IL and Southern Railway declined 3-8.
The curb is heavy. Americans in
London are narrow.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY

National League
Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
New York at Cincinnati.
Boston at Chicago.
Philadelphia at ST. Louis.
American League
No games today.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, July 24-The opening in
wheat was as follows: July, 81; Sep
tember, 88 5-S; September corn 62 IL.
Chicago, July 24.-11:30 a. M
Wheat was: September, 88 7-8; Sep
tember corn, 63 3-4
Chicago, July 24.-Wheat closed at
SS IA; September corn, 62 Is.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
fire in CON-
STANTIN0PLE
CONSUMES 5000 BUILDINGS
ten THOUSAND PEOPLE
HOMELESS
s.l
100000 DAMAGE
100000 DAMAGE

Constantinople, July 24.-After rag.
ing for twelve hours, fire which
wiped out the Stamboul quarter, was
extinguished.
Five thousand buildings were con-
sumed.
Ten thousand are homeless, with
five million dollars damage.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Bomb Exploded.

New York, July PA bomb explod-
ed in the milk wagon of Joesph Sira-
gusa & Company in a ferry boat,
scattering milk and chickens. There
was a panic among the passengers.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Wakefield Reds Defeat Spring Hope.

Wakefield Reds Defeat Spring Hope.
Wakefield, July 24.-In a very in
teresting and exciting game of ball
here Saturday afternoon, the Wake
field REDS" won over the Spring
Hope boys by the score of to 2. The
score was tied until the ninth, when
a timely hit by Whitley turned a
score. Features were the twirling of
Maiden for Wakefield and fielding of
Hilliard for the visitors. Hits, for
Wakefield 4, for Spring Hope 6. Err
Batteries: For Wakefield, Horton
and Maiden; for Spring Hope, Ber-
geron and Richardson. Struck out,
by Maiden 13, by Richardson 5. Two
base hits, by Massey, Honeycutt and
Pearson.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
THE VOTE VERY CLOSE.

An Official Count and Resorts to
Courts May. Be Necessary to
Decide.
Dallas, Teas, July 24-The anti
prohibitionists lead by 400 votes. 25,-
900 votes are yet to be counted. A
fight is predicted in the courts.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
HOT OFF Of
THE Wires
The Biggest Yet.

Glasgow, July pa. Brown & Com
pany, the builders of the Lusitania,
announces that the Cunards' newest
Greyhound Aquitania will be 900 feet
long. The Olympic White Star Line
is 832 feet long.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
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North Carolina: Local showers this
afternoon. Probably fair tonight and
Tuesday. Cooler tonight with mod
crate TO brisk southwest and west
winds.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Tried To Wreck Long Island Train

New York, July 24.-Detectives and
bloodhounds are hunting the persons
who tried to wreck a Long Island
train early this morning.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Body of Homer Diman Recovered.

Geneva, Switzerland, July 24-The
body of Homer Diman, nephew of
Sidney Diman, of New York, was
found today at the Crevasse Alps. He
has been dead nineteen days.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25
Studying Cholera Situation.

Paris, July 24-There is a general
meeting of experts here to cope with
the cholera situation
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-25

Miss Rosa Morris, of Tarboro, who
has been visiting relatives in the
city, ,eruterodntehm78 7890$. .s789O$. :.
city, returned home this morning.
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Aurora, July 24.-Aurora defeated
the team from Farmville here Sat
urday afternoon by the score of to 4.
Score: R. HE.
Aurora 202 100 21*-S 10 2
Farmville >. 900 O20 0O2-4 5 4
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-23
SALT LAKE MEN HAVE PLAN
TO CAPTURE WILD HORSES

SALT LAKE CITY. Mar. 2O.-A no.
vel scheme has been devised by two
Salt Lake City men to capture the
best of the wild horses that roam in
Southern Nevada. 1t is proposed to
shoot the animals with a bullet tipped
with magnesium and containing a gel.
atine capsule filled with narcotic
drug. The magnesium, It has been
found, dissolves in the flesh and
causes no permanent injury il a vital
organ Is not penetrated, while the
opiate deprives the game temporarily
of the power OF locomotion.
In the nomadic equine bands are
many magnificent specimens. Stal.
lions valued at $1,000 head are not
uncommon. The present method of
capture is to wear them out by chasing
In relays. If their method proves sue.
cessful in Nevada the Salt Lakers will
try 1t on some OF the wild beasts val.
liable for exhibition purposes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-23
WASN'T ME."-BookER T.

NEW YORK, Mar. 21.-Before leav-
ing the Hotel Manhattan today to go
to the police court, Booker T. Wash
lngton. the negro educator, denied all
reported interviews with him in which
he is quoted as having said that a let.
ter or telegram had caused his pres
ence In West Sixty-third street Sun.
day night, when he was severely beat
en-
Washington said, at noon today, that
he might not decide TO prosecute AL
bert Ulrich. the carpenter. who is
charged with assaulting him.
Ulrlch said that his wife complain
ed to him that negro lettering In
the hall way OF the apartment house
where Ulrich lived had smiled at her
and addressed her in a familiar man
ner The assault followed.
Washington was looking for Mr.
Smith. the auditor OF Tuskogee insu
tute. and believed that he could be
found at friends rooms in the apart
bNhi hOubS III oiAt1-tnhu otictL-
Many sympathetic kilograms, from
every section OF the United States
and telephone calls have been receiv
ed by Washington while many per
sons have called at the hotel. Andrew
Carnegie telephoned offering any as
sistance that Washington might wish
George Foster Peabody, a banker
made a similar offer. Seth Low, the
president OF the board OF trustees o
the Tuskogee Normal and Industrial
institute. conversed at length witt
Washington and together they prepar
ed statement repeating Washington,
statement OF the affair and pledgint
the support and aid Of Lows col
leagues on the board.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-23
le affair and the demands made BY

tie affair and the demands made by
the hardware ms, If Denve' that Lie
ceath penalty be NOTED out to Wach-
ter, there is considerable difficulty in
obtaining men unbiased and nnprei
,diced." 1t 's expected thas the Sc
curing OF jury all! occupy several
cBys.
Lewis Wechtsr shot W. Clifford
burrows. an employe OF the Tritch
Hardware company. on Saturday ev-
ening, Feb. IL. The shooting took
place In the White house cafe at Six
teenth street, run by Mrs NJ. Hoff
and her daughter. Mrs. Hoff was en-
gagged to marry Burrows. wechter en-
tered the place at $3.50. he was masked
and armed with revolver. and at.
tempted to force Mrs. Hoff to turn
over to him the contents OF the cash
register. Burrows grappled with him
and Wechter shot. the bullet lodged
near Burrows spite. Mrs. Hoff and
Mrs. SHREDDER, unaided, captured Wech-
ter as he attempted to escape and
held him n prisoner at the muzzle of
his own gun until the arrival OF the
police.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-23
WON'T LEASE coNvIcTS.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Mar. 20
Governor Hadley this morning at 10
O'Clock signed the bill to abolish the
leasing system of prisoners in the
penitentiary. Six years ago the Re.
publicans OF the state in convention
at st. Joseph insereed plank in their
platform denouncing the methods In
vogue and for six years the Republic
ans have been fighting to have the
leasing system abolished. More re-
Gently, realizing that this was becom.
ing a vital issue nj the state cam
paigns, the Democrats followed the ex-
ample OF the Republicans and at the
last state convention adopted simi.
lar attitude toward the leasing sys.
TEN. Both parties, therefore, were
pledged to do all in their power to
bring about legislation that would re.
suit in abolishing the system. There
fore, when the measure was brought
up at this term of legislature 1t met
with little opposition either in the
house or the senate.