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These Are the Real Sentiments of the People
BERRIEN COUNTY DENOUNCES
SEATON.
We, the undesigned, herewith at
tach our names to this protest
against the act of John M. Slaton,
Governor of Georgia, in commuting
the sentence of Leo M. Frank to life
imprisonment, when the evidence of
the case as reviewed by the courts of
Georgia and the United States Su
preme Court clearly shows that the
crime for which Fr >,nk was sentenced
to hang was committed by him in an
effort on his part to satisfy a fiendish
and lustful desire on an innocent
young girl.
We do not believe that John M.
Slaton was controlled wholly by the
evidence of the case;
We do not believe that John M.
Slaton was not under outside influ
ence when he commuted this foul
murderer’s sentence from death to
life imprisonment.
If John M. Slaton w'as without out
side influence why did he give out
that he would render his decision on
Monday morning and then at 10
o’clock p. m. Sunday hand down his
decision and instruct the Sheriff of
Fulton county to rush Leo M. Frank
to the State Penitentiary?
By his acts in this manner John M.
Slaton has shown to the people of
Georgia that he distrusts them, and
by the same token we, the under
signed, desire to register our protest
against his actions as pertains to the
case of Leo M. Frank, believing that
the sentence of the courts should
have stood, and that the Governor
should have used his office in main
taining the dignity and supremacy
of the courts of Georgia and of the
United States. We also desire to
protst that we will, on tliis account,
have no further confidence in any of
the actions or manner of actions of
John M. Slaton.
Sixty-five names signed in a few
minutes.
Sparks, Berrien County, Ga.-
FROM SOME CITIZENS OF PAULD
ING COUNTY.
Dear Sir: We, th undersigned
citizens of Hiram and Paulding
county, desire to express our sincere
thanks for your noble and patriotic
defense of our State in the noted
case of Leo M. Frank.
We are thoroughly disgusted with
John Slaton, anl every one here be
lieves he was paid a large sum of
Jew money to betray the State of
Georgia.
Mr. Watson, we have lost confi
dence in the three Atlanta daily
papers, and will hand them the boy
cott. if you will come to Atlanta and
publish a daily paper which will
stand for truth, equity and justice,
as The Jeffersonian is doing.
Signed: Amos Shipp, Fred Phil
lips, P. D. Shipp, F. B. Clark, J. I.
Alexander, and many others.
A MISSISSIPPI MAN ANGERED AT
GEORGIA.
Dear Sir: I want you to know that
I am with you in the fight you have
made in the Frank case, and against
political and journalistic prostitutes.
I believe that Governor Slaton
committed the most cowardly act of
modern times, and should be ban
ished from decent society and be
made to begin paying the penalty
for his crime in this life.
It seems to me that Governor Sla
ton has apporved and legalized as
far as he could, rape of innocent
poor girls by rich degenerates.
Tn his defense of Frank, can Gov
ernor Slaton wash the blood of poor
Mary Phagan off his own hands?
I cannot express my contempt for
the method of the defense of the
perpetrator of the blackest crime
ever committed against decency, law,
and the State of Georgia.
Wishing you many more years of
health and prosperity to continue
your great work, I beg to remain
Your friend S. B. MYERS.
Miss.
THE JEFFERSONIAN
JACKSON COUNTY DENOUNCES
SLATON
We, the undesigned citizens of
the city of Jefferson and the county
"of Jackson, hereby condemn the de
cision of the Governor, John M. Sla
ton, in commuting the sentence of
Leo M. Frank, believing that the law
of the State and of the United States
has been annulled, giving free license
for rape and murder.
Signed by citizens.
Georgia, Jackson County.
STEWART COUNTY SPEAKS.
Dear Sir: When in the course of
human events it becomes necessary
for a people to arise in righteous in
dignation in order to secure protec
tion to the virtue and womanhood of
our Southland, a decent respect to
womankind impels us to denounce
the act of Slaton in commuting the
death sentence of Leo Frank to that
of life imprisonment as being unjust
to the judicial authorities of Georgia,
and as being an act that the greater
number of citizens of our State can
not approve of.
We, the undersigned, request that
this be published in The Jeffersonian,
and that it be known that we fail to
endorse this act as being consistent
with the verdict of the jury.
Signed. J. T. Goree, Jr., B. W.
McLean, J. T. Goree, Sr.
Ga.
STEPHENS COUNTY LOATHES
TRAITOR SLATON.
Dear Sir: Jack Slaton hung and
burned in effigy here June 23rd, with
this inscription on same: “John M.
Slaton, Leo M. Frank’s Governor. A
traiotr to his friends, a disgrace to
the State, and a reflection on woman
hood.’’
Your friend, W. A. STOWE,
Sheriff.
Toccoa, Ga., June 28, 1915.
CITZIENS OF DOERUN CONDEMN
SLATON.
Doerun, Ga., June 28, 1915.
Dear Sir: We, the undersigned
citizens of Colquitt county, do hereby
condemn the action of John M. Sla
ton in regard to the Leo M. Frank
case. We, loving the State of Geor
gia as we do, and its people, and its
laws, that we are not wiping for the
slander that John M. Slaton and his
gang has brought upon us. We want
to know' if there is any way that this
matter can be readjusted by heavy
petitions and the State of Georgia
can be restored to its honor that is
due it. If so, please send a copy of
petition to S. J. Harrell, Doerun, Ga.,
Route 4. By so doing you will grate
fully oblige.
Signed my many.
DON’T FORGET THE COUNTRY
PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU,
GOVERNOR HARRIS!
Dear Sir: I quote you copy wire
message to Gov. Nat E. Harris this
afternoon, which speaks for itself:
“This is to inform you that
your friends and supporters
here earnestly protest against
the maintenance of a guard"
around the premises of Jack
Slaton at the expense of the tax
payers of the State.”
Your friend and admirer,
F. L. PITTS, Mayor.
Locust Grove Ga., June 2, 1915.
DEPLORES GEORGIA’S DISGRACE
Dear Sir: Sixty-six of Poulan’s
registered voters have signed and
mailed to Georgia’s traitor Governor
a strong letter of condemnation rel
ative to his action in the Frank case.
We are indeed proud that Slaton’s
term of office has expired, and here’s
hoping that he never again will oc
cupy a position of trust given him
by the people.
We bow our heads with you in sor
row at Georgia’s disgrace.
Respectfully, C. W. WILSON.
Poulan, Ga., Jun 25, 1915.
AN ATLANTA CITIZEN WHO EX
PRESSES HIS VIEWS.
Dear Sir: Undei' caption of “The
Old Paths —and the New Path Taken
by the Frank Case,” in The Jeffer
sonian of June 27, which came from
your pen, we wish to go on record
as commending in the highest pos
sible terms. It was a masterpiece of
logical reasoning and argument
against a Governor of Georgia who
has turned traitor to his State, vil-
Hfied the oath he solemnly took
when elected to the highest office in
our boundary, and brought shame
and disgrace upon a people who want
nothing but honesty, justice and fair
ness.
That the finger of the world should
now point to us and remind us of this
breach of all the highest principles
of the Constitution of our country,
and say with truth that we have been
guilty of dishonesty, injustice and
unfairness, let us thank Almighty
God it is not our fault, but solely
that of a single individual —a bought
Governor —who sold not only his
State, but the virtue and purity of its
womanhood; for, as you say, “She
was true: he was not.”
We are grateful to you for the ar
ticle and for the good work you and
The Jeffersonian are doing. With
best wishes. Yours sincerely,
S B. ALEXANDER,
C. S. HILL,
Atlanta, Ga.
AN OLD FRIEND WRITES.
Dear Sir: Words can not express
the feeling of the people of Butts
County.
We are in sorrow', and disguested
with Slaton and the three daily pa
pers of Atlanta.
It appears to me the time is op
portune for a new daily—and I hope
there are enough good people in At
lanta to see this necessity—and will
establish one.
You fought a fearless fight for
the little girl, and the law's of the
State, and you are appreciated by
eight-tenths of the peopel of Georgia.
Pardon this intrusion, but I felt
that I must say this to you.
Your faithful friend,
R. W. MAYS.
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THOMSON, GEORGIA
WHAT A GEORGIA LADY SAID TO
JOHN M. SLATON.
Dear Sir: During the inauguration
ceremony the other day a striking in
cident occurred which h.'is not been
mentioned in the local papers, and
it goes without saying that it never
w'ill be.
It seemed to be the sense of the
people that it w r as the inauguration
of Nat Harris. Consequently there
was no disorder, except that from
floor to dome every move or remark
made by Slaton produced a storm of
hisses that swept the place like a
gale. The contrast between the wild
enthusiasm with which Harris was
greeted, and the cold, deliberate con
tempt poured out upon Slaton, was
carried out from start to the latter’s
crushing finish. So soon as Harris
had been inducted into office, and
seated himself after his speech, a
lady, who had been sitting near the
rostrum, suddenly mounted the steps,
took possession of the platform, and
facing Slaton directly, said:
“Now that you are a private citi
zen, in the name of the womanhood
of Georgia, I call you traitor and
dastard. And if there is manhood
enough in Georgia they will attend
to your case, you Judas.”
Slaton had first looked up with
that pathetic eagerness he showed
towards any stray individual who
gave him a nod of recognition, but
at her words he dropped and he
seemed fairly to cringe. The gentle
men on the rostrum had listened in
silence, but as the lady passed quietly
down, one of the guard of honor
shook hands most cordially with her,
and there seemed to be no disap
proval. A member of the Senate,
sitting on the rostrum, said to the
lady: “While the Legislature is in
session, you had better retire.”
“What is that to me,” replied the
lady. “Who pays the bill? I w'ill
pass out at my leisure.”
I am personally acquainted with
this lady, who is well known through
out the State. In my opinion she
deserves the sincere thanks of the
women throughout the State of Geor
gia for her fearless voicing of their
sentiments.
Yours very truly,
Ga B. Z. V7OOTEN.
