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SAY GERMANS
 GET READY
EXPECTS GREAT AT TACK ON ENGLAND WITH
 SEA AND AIR FLEETS.

LONDON, Feb. l2.-It is now fully believed that Germany is preparing for a mighty battle for the possession of the French ports and also for 8 tremendous attack with batt.eships and airships on England direct Re ports from the Hague are that i'm mense bodies of troops are being shifted westward since the Belgian borders were closed and that no Ger man officer can secure a leave of ab- sence while all who had been on leave have been ordered back to their regi- ments.
 From the Hague also comes the in- formation that the activities at Ktel are extreme and the public is convinc- ed that the German war fleet is about to make a dash out accompanied by zeppelins and focks of Taubes. The information that the big battloships have been equipped with seventeen inch guns has been virtually confirm  ed. In addition to this fact comes the news that the Zeppelins have been equipped to shoot torpedoes from the air whose striking would have a similarly disastrous effect to the striking of torpedo from a sub- marine. England says she is prepar- ed to meet whatever comes in this line but if it happens it will make every other sea engagement in the worlds history look puny if what is heard is a real statement of the fact
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Docks that will cost anyhow fifty thousand dollars, a fine new bridge. that will also cost thousands of dol- lars, over Resurrection river, the re- grading of the Alaska Northern and the cutting of many thousands of ties that will keep all the sourdoughs go- ing for a long time are some parts of the work that will be carried out here at Seward within the next few months and which will be begun just as soon as the conditions permit.
 The docks vii, be such that they can accommodate all the business of Seward and the railroad work, Mir Weir says, and the bridge over Resur- rectiOn will be a new type and one perfectly adapted to the nature of the stream it will cross.
 "we will get our share of the em- ergency appropriation" said the en- gineer in charge this morning.
 Mir. Weir has not yet received of-
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NEWS NOTES

Several travelling men arrived on yesterdays boat. Among them the names of Gus Giles and A. Shyman are remembered.
 Captain A. Grosvold, of Sand Point, arrived on the Dora and will leave on the Alameda for the outside. His visit to the States is a business one.
 F. H. Bailey and George Richard son, both very popular members of the railroad staff, leave on the Alameda for the outside. They will probably return again but Mr. Richardson may not come to this place as he belongs to the interior force.
 Gus SeifTert, the mining man, ar rived yesterday on the Faragut and will be here until May. It is said that he has interested vast financial inter ests in Alaska mining properties.
 The Admiral Watson left Seattle on the 18th according to the Seattle P.L
 Mrs. Stokes, mother os Mrs Anton Eide, went out on the Fauagut.
 The Bank of Seward received cable yesterday from the Territorial Bank Board calling for a statement of business on February 17th.
 Dr. J. S. COble has gone to Anchor age to practise his profession.
 Bill Devine will leave on the Ala meda for a visit outside of about thirty days. He is going out on min ing business.
 Mrs. Selma Scott will leave Seat tie for Seward about the last day of this month and will make acr home here. She is now spending a little vacation in San Francisco.
 Bennett T. James will leave for Seward about the beginning of the month. He will probably go over the trail to Iditarod.
 On Saturday night several teams came in together. There were about seventy dogs travelling down Fourth avenue in a line. Three or four teams left for Anchorage this morning. Martin Lanning, Tom Finnegan, Arthur Speaker and Harry Ellsworth were the drivers. George Vinger, a popular travelling man, was one of the passengers.
 Mrs. Joe Smith, wife of a promin- ent Iditarod merchant, arrived on the Farragut and will go to her home city with the team of Captain Norton.
 Dave Strandberg, the Iditarod min ing man, arrived on the Farragut. He will take in a small mill to open a quartz property there.
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Woman Arrested
 As Lazy Husband
Lived as a Man for Twenty YeOrs and Married in Seattle
 in 1914.

SEATTLE, Feb. 18.-one of the most extraordinary cases of its kind in all history occurred here yesterday when Robert Gafney was arrested under the 'azy husband act and found after arrest not to be a man at all but woman. The police have learned from her since the arrest that she has masqueraded as a man for twenty years and was married as a man in 1914.
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FAIRBANKS MEN
 ARE ACQUITTED
O'CONNOR AND MILLER FREED BY GRAND JURY OF MUIR
 DERING MRS. ROWE.

FAIRBANKS, Feb. 16.-William O'Connor and Julius Miller have been freed of the charge of murdering Mrs. Rowe last July. The grand jury found that the evidence of the chief witness against the two men was not corrobOrated and it decided that the uncOrroborated testimony of one man was not sufficient on which to hold men on such a serious charge. Miller has been held on another charge but O'Connor is at liberty and the mur- der of two women in this division last spring and summer will most likely pass into history without the punish ment of anyone.
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NEW GOVT. MEN COME

E. R. Tarwater and Charles W. DOnnelly arrived on the Fauagut to take positions with the engineering commission. Mir. Tarwater began work this morning as assistant to Paymaster Cramer and MT. Donnelly will i'll a similar position at Anchor age. They are both from Denver where they were engaged with the U. s. Reclamation service.
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A DOG TAKES 4 BITE
 OF UNCLE JOE IRVINE

Uncle Joe Irvine got knocked down by a dog team yesterday near the dock and while he was prOstrate one of the dogs in the team bit him severely in the face, He got two bites on the right side of the face and is now patched up. q never saw thing done so quick in my hfe," is JOe's comment. Dr. Sam Mcdonald says Mir. Irvine will not have his looks spoiled permanently,
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GREAT DANCE OF THE
 ELKS HERE TOMORROW
Great Order Will Entertain City PeO- pie and All Will be There
 With Bells.

Tomorrow evening the Elks of Seward will entertain the people of the city at what will be most likely one of the most enjoyable of all dances. The members of the fine order have sent invitations almost to everyone and everyone is sure to show appreciation of the courtesy by show ing themselves.
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Where Will that
 New Dock Stand?

Part of the plans which are being formulated for the building of the docks by the Engineering Commis- sion are in relation to the location of the docks. The officials of the Com mission decline to give out any in- formation concerning this part of the subject and all attempts to throw any light on the matter are unavailing. It was stated in this paper before that rumors were anoat about certain new locations but there is nothing known positively.
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INDICTED FOR SHIPPING
 RUBBER TO THE GERMANS

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-A German man and a Swiss woman have been indicted on the charge of shipping rubber to Germany. The rubber was discovered in the personal baggage of the pair.
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FED 63O HOT CAKES
 FOR THE DOG TEAMS

Martin Lanning says that when all the teams were on their way to Sew ard a few days ago sixty-three dogs arrived at one time at Mile 68 road house, which is some coincidence. To feed the brutes the roadhOuse people cooked ten hot cakes for each of them so that 68O cakes were turned out pronto, and in doing this it was pos sible to cook only five cakes at a time.
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G. F. CRAMER MARRIED

Mir. c. Fenton Cramer and Miss Florence Evans were married recently in the east and are now on their honeymoon at Atlantic City, Mir. Cramer is a nephew of the popular paymaster of the Engineering Com mission and occupies similar posi- ton with the Commission in the in- terior He visited Seward last fall and he and his bride will come to AL aska this summer.
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SAYS ANCHORAGE TROUBLE
 IS NOT A REAL STRIKE Man Who Arrived Yesterday Morn in Declares It to be a Mere
 Misunderstanding.

The strike on the railroad at An chorage, according to Pete Neilsen, IS not a real strike at all but just mis- understanding. Mir. Nielsen arrived from that town early yesterday morn ing and declares that the railroad is growing like mushrooms" meaning that it is being built fast in spite of the difference of opinion. Mir. Neil sen is also high in his praise of Sup o'Reilly.
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FARRAGUT ARRIVES

The Admiral Farragut arrived yes terday forenoon with the following from the outside for Sew ard: Gus Seiffert, E. R. Tarwater, c. W. Donnelly, Mrs. A. c. Mathews, Ira Isaacs, S. W. Wing, E. L. van Giser, c. Avingan, A. Shyman, W. c. Baird and Gus Giles.
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6ENEeRL ga pERcYLAFel

IGeneraI Sir Percy Lake, the new com mander of the British forces in Moso- potamla in succession to General Nixon. fell heir Co @ troublesome problem. His forces were outnumbered by their Turk lsh foes and a considerable portion of them under General IOwushend waB be- sleged at Kut el Amara. General Lake has been chief of the general stan of Che army In India and has seen active service in Afghanistan and the SudRn.l
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BRITISH GOVERNMENT
 WOULD CUT OUT AUTOING

LONDON, Feb. 18.-The British government has made a statement urging the owners of automobiles to cease using their cars for pleasure. It declares that such a course would mean a great saving of supplies and worlmen.
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TRANSFERS GET THE
 SCALE FROM CONTRACTOR

The letting of the contracts for the hauling of the R. K. supplies to Mata- nuska, has resulted in the giving of striking teamsters the wages they asked for, J. W. Balzimer, "the Rus sian kid" says. Cooks on the rail road are asking seventy-five dollars for twenty men and ninety for cook ing for thirty men.
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WOMAN SHOOTS BAPTIST
 MINISTER FOR ISLANDER

SHERMAN, Texas, Feb. S.-Rev H. M. Cagle was shot, probably fatal ly, last night by Mrs. Annie Faust, the wife of a farmer, because, the wo- man says, he slandered her. A by stander received a flesh wound also from a bullet from the womans gun.
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LODGE WARNS GERMANY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-Senator Lodge declared today in the senate that German submarine activitiss against Merchant ships must be stop ped and the senate seems to agree with him.
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% # $ * < * " # z * 2 .
 < ANOTHER WEEK '" # WITHOUT BOAT *

The Admiral Watson was scheduled to leave Seattle on the 18th and the Northwestern was scheduled to leave on the goth, and these will be the first to arrive after the Alameda. This will keep us until early next week without a boat.
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WENT OUT

The following went out on the Far ragut: c. Scott, J. NJ. Wood, Policy GOttstein, c. B. Welte, R. J. Hunter, Mrs. Alice Stokes, J. L. Galen, Flor ence Gray, H. +. Waller and 8 second class for Valdez and LatOuche.
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WANTED.
TEN EXPERIENCED

TEN EXPERIENCED TRANSFERS wanted by the Alaskan Engineering Com mission for work freighting in supplies in Matanuska Valley; pays seventy five dollars -$75- per month and board. For further inform atiOn apply Room No. 7, Alaskan Engineering Com mission, City.
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HOUSTON WILL GET JOB
 VACATED BY GARRISON

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-The general belief here is that Secretary Houston of the department of agri- culture will succeed Garrison as sec retary of war.
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MRs. sLoANs BROTHER DIS

Mrs. Sloan, wife of pr. J. NJ. Sloan, received a telegram on yesterdays boat telling of the death of her broth CT, Lee Loutit, at Council, near Nome. Mir. Loutit was one of the oldtimers of hs place.
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NOTHING FROM ALAMEDA

Nothing had been heard from the Alameda at 1:15 this afternoon and Mir Mcdonald had secured no infor- nation from the Farragut about his company's ship.
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SENATOR CHARGES A
 SCANDAL IN U. $. ARMY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-Scnator Robinson of Arkansas has introduced a resolution conforming the aviation service of the United States army. He also made scandal charges against the infantry branch.
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NO SHOW TOMORROW

No show will be given at the Elm press Theatre tomorrow evening as the hall will be given over to the Elks for the big dance.
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SCHOONER SUNK

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 8.-The steamer Harvard which plies in San Francisco harbor rammed and sank the schooner Excelsior yesterday. All the crew were saved.
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PRIMARIES WILL BE HELD
 HERE IN ABOUT MONTH

George Phelps, secretary of the Seward Democratic Club, has received instructions to call the primaries here some time between March 8 and April IS.
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Among tho cases of Americans murdered fin Mexico, leading to the demand for American intervention. is that of Peter Keen, caretaker of the Phoebe Hearst ranch in Mexico who was shot dead by Mexicans recently in front of his resi- dence. located on the ranch.l
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NOTICE

All Elks are requested to attend meeting at A. B. Hall tonight at 8 o'clock. Business of importance.
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COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT

The regular meeting of the city council will be held this evening.
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$ * % * % q * . % < Q D .: NO PAPER FOR [" * TOMORROW MAYBE ["

AS tomorrow is a national holiday the Gateway will not be issued unless something important comes on the Alameda.
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THE WEATHER

Feb. 19: Max. 36, Min. 25-i p. m. 9 Feb. 20: Max. 37, Min. 25-4 D. m. 37 Calm ;Cloudy ;Rain ;Change to Snow.
 Calm-ClOudy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-07

Fifty years Of happy married lIfe
were completed ON Wednesday when
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew p. vinson. of II
Society street. reached their golden
wsddins day. mo formal celebration
Of the anniversary was held. as most
Of their family live at a distance. the
day being spent quietly at home with
members of tho household. Mr.. vinson
10 70 years Of age and Mrs. vinson Ia
eight years his junior. They reside at
the houe Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry C..
IAursy. Mrs. Laurcy Is their daugh-
ter. They have had seven children. of
whom ax are living. and IS grand
children. Mr.. vinson, Q retired bust
nsss man, spent his boyhood near Co
lumbia. Ms. vinson Is a native of
Sumter county. Although distant cou-
sins the two had known each other
only three months at the time of their
marriage The wedding ceremony was
performed at stateburg by the Rev.
Dr. Robert Wilson. OF Charleston. Mr.
and Mrs. vinson are In excellent
health. and a year ago they attended
the Panama exposition. which they en-
5oyed hugely.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-07
SHERIFFS HOLD SOCIAL MEET.
.,, ING,
iss,r "a --.,.s,,g,
No Business at Midycar Meeting Of
Officials in Anderson.

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No Business at Midycar Meeting oi
Officials in Anderson.
Anderson, Oct. 3.-7Thirty sheriffs
and about as many deputies. rural
policemen and detectives attended
the midyear meeting of the State
Sheriffs' association here today. The
midyear session Is purely social and
on business was dispatched at the
brief meeting held here.
The visitors. including Mayor
Griffith Of Columbia, were given au-
tomobile rides over the city and sur
rounding country. They and the
mayor and members Of the city coun-
Gil. members of the police depart
ment and about 200 other guests, in
clpding many women. were Sheriff
Ashley's guests at a barbecue served
at McKinney's springs.
The visitors have been given a
royal time and the visit to Ander-
son has been thoroughly enjoyed. A
few of the visitors returned to their
homes tonight, but majority of
them remained over to be entertained
at dinners In various homes tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-07
MIR. JAMES, RECOLLECTION.
Statement in Reference to Alleged
Bolt i'm Constitutional Convention
Election of 1895.
Editor of Sumter Daily Item.

Editor of Sumter Daily Item.
You all are, to be sure. the awful
est people ever"-just like you were
In 1890 or a little more so.
The proposed Reformers' Conven-
ton. the call for which has so dis
turbed you, is for no other purpose
than for us to get better acquainted
and felicitate ourselves on the good
fight which we put up in the last pri-
mary,
Concerning your extended notice of
the. doings in the eos. your memory is
not SO good with reference to those
things you said about me.
The two factions met on the same
day. did not know that the propo-
sition for a division was coming up
in our caucus, but liked it and urged
it as stoutly as I could, though with
out influence. for it was voted down.
While some walked out. felt bound
to remain since had participated in
the test. A ticket was nominated to
stand for election in the special cleo
tton which was to be held for dele
gates to the Constitutional Conven-
ton, of course no negroes being NOM
mated.
can at this writing call to mind
only three of those put out by us
Tillmanites, they being Capt. D. E.
Keels. L. d. Jennings and myself.
During the interim before the cleo
tion, which for our side was
being managed entirely by Capt.
Keels. who was also at the
time chairman OF the county executive
committee, Mr.. Jennings and l heard
that some understanding had been
arrived at whereby the negroes were
to support our ticket. We went at
once to Capt. Keels to inquire as 70
its truth or falsity, We having decid-
ed forthwith to have our names
stricken from the ticket IL the rumor
were true. However, the captain as.
Esnred US most positively that there
was absolutely no truth in the report
This is all ever heard of negroes be.
ing involved in that special election.
well remember. and with high
degree Of pleasure. the manly manner
Fin which Mr.. Jennings backed up the
Interviewer who put the questions to
Capt. Keels.
| shall thank you for Publishing
this version Of the circumstances you
alluded to in Fridays issue-this be-
hing true account Of the whole OF
my experiences and knowledge Of ths
ffocosaicf Under diseHsgt6z >- ~. x
81 w. A. James
Bishopytlle. Sept. 80, 1916.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-07
CROP SHORT OF ESTIMATE.

Fort Worth, Tex, Oct. 3.--The
present cotton crop will fall short OF
the 11,637,OO0 bales estimate issued
yesterday by the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, according to
Henry N. Pope, president of the Asso-
citation Of State Farmers Union pres
idents. The governments first esti-
mate was for crop of more than
| Ii, 900, 900 bales but this has been re-
duced 100000 bales by revised fig
ures and is said to be caused b. cli-
matte and pest damage but according
to President Pope these two factors
are going to be instrumental in fur
ther reducing the revised estimate.
The top crop which is the smallest
in history has also been generally
over estimated" said Mr.. Pope, ''and
the present cotton crop is one of the
largest acreage, is the smallest yield
per acre within 20 years and the in
dications are it will bring the highest
aggregate price of any crop in the
history Of the cotton industry. 1t is
an established fact that small produc-
tiOn is usually followed the next year
by a large acreage and heavy yield.
The cotton farmer will never get out
of debt or the tenant become a home
owner until we get a reasonable price
for a reasonable crop. Ever since
the South has been planting 10000
600 acres in cotton each cotton farm
er has been selling cotton at about
three cents per pound less than cost Of
production. The only protection of a
cotton farmer against a calamity of
low prices is in IL cent loan mini
mum by government or some agency
capable of protecting it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-07

cuasvs IN fsvsr Wm Maxe Ad.
ess ea Monday, October sth, on
- ping subjecs 70 Fsrmers.

His Ncnos Judgs Prince. the pre-
saolng 1edgs 81 the October term Of
Ne circuit court which convenss IN
semtsr ON MandAy. October eth, In.
vesy hHldly aGrssd that hs viii ad.
5sern court next Monday from 1889
- : o'dlock In order to, allow the use
- The eeuvt room for the big agricul.
ettal a1d commercial meeting which
vln be. sddtssssd BY Hon. Asbory
- Lever. chairman Of the COMMITTEES
q asrtDulturs OF the -national house
- rspf>ssntat ~ "
Major Abe Levi. prominent attor-
~ q Ms1iln6, - The request OF the
ooptsr Chamber Of Commerce secre-
NJ On yesterday interviewed Judge
r1lnes &n4 5scSfsz s6is concsasion.
MAJOR Levi has .aid that he viii do
- bss< q Interest the. nsrchants.
eenhsrR and farmers Of Manning and
clhrsadon couney In drsndins nsxt
Menday's meeting which vim be triA
eesnsy afRair. embracing sumter. Lee
ano Clarendon countisa and tic
msstins win be open to the citizens
g al etksr Pee pss section counties
an1 tovnA
consrs.msA lsvss has not a0s
dFesssd . sumter or Pee Dee county
nestlng IN some time. and a. ne q
Wy popular is} thin sest,oh of the
oeats. and - ne occupies one Of the
nost important positaong in congress
g chairman OF the most imporiart
eensnittss Of the legislative branch Of
~ government. \ ~ vs3y probable
thaA hs WIN prpv&s : d>xxins card for
Ans1ss1s q M sdmirers and sup
peeeers from several countlss. He il
hnown fAr ana vide a. . brilliant and
fsvesssP sDsnssvs sue z fsHrnsn sasw-
- whe hits out from the shoulder.
me 10 perhaps the best posted man
% agricultural legislation and needs
h the s6tusSn' sfstes. ana q I I lead
- Ter agricultural legislation sucn
- fsdseal cooperation, OF narketins
fas1litss& cotton ey&l<sS Mn rural
ese1ltA home dsshtps1lsSbn worIt
~ the author o1 ne E3vst smith az
vaoulsurti and c1<Sol wafsAouss klsk
- = IN . position to tell farmers
nsrsha3ts. and bankers "a great deal
ehat win prove beneficial to them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-07
JOHN e. BEATTIE DIES.
One Of Greenville's Most Prominent
Business Men and Confederate Vet

One Of Greenvillc's Most Prominent
business Men and Confederate Vet
ersns.
Greenvffle, Oct. 3.-John Edge
worth Beattie, popularity known as
Ned Beattie. died this afternoon at
5 o'clock at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, after an illness Of several
months. Mr.. Beattie was one of the
leading business men Of Greenvllls
'and a member Of we'll known family
Of the State. At the time of his death
he was president OF the First Nat
ional Bank, OF Greenville. He was
born in Greenvilie m 1s47. He was a
brother OF the late Hamlin Beattie
and the late William Beattte.
At the age Of II Mr.. Beattie joined
the Butler Guards. of Greenville, and
served during the last year OF the
War of Secession. He attended Fur
man University and the University of
Virginia. He was at one time a
tfaYeling salesman and later was a
member Of the dry goods firm of Nc
Alister & Beattie. of Greenville. He
succeeded to the presidency of the
First National Bank, the oldest bank
in Greenyille, upon the death Of his
brother, Hamhn Beattie.
His widow and six children, as fol-
lows. survive: F.. F. Beattie. Hamlin
Beattie. Edgeworth Beattie, Mrs. n,
C. Poe. Jr., Mrs. J. F. Matthews and
Miss Emily Beattie.
The body will be brought back to
Greenville from Baltimore for inter-
ment here.