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VOL. XXII.
LEO FRANK MEETS DEATH
AT HANDS OF MOB IN COBB.
Seized at State Fa-m, Rushed in
Night to Cobb County and
Hanged to Tree.
Marietta, Aug. 17 —Leo M. Frank
is dead. He was hanged at sunrise
Tuesday morning in Cobb county,
two miles from the public square of
the town and colse to the cemetery
in which the body of Mary Phagan
lies.
M. Frank was hanged by a
well organized and disciplined mob, a
mob that took him from the State
Prison Farm at Milledgeville, rushed
through the country in motor car-,
avoiding large towns and frequented
highways, and reached Cobb County
just at daybreak.
All Tuesday morning a grow
ing crowd of curious people made
the breathless pilgrimage to Frey's
gin.
The news that Frank had beeji ta
ken from the State Farm reached Ala
rietta at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning.
Papers came in later from -Atlan
ta. They must have reached the town
almost, precisely at the time when the
noose was being fitted about the nee
of the doomed man not two miles
from the courthouse.
“Where is he —what lia\e they don
with him.’’ was the question. And
the answer at that moment was hang
ing in the death agony in the little
oak grove on the Roswell Road, not
two miles away.
Suddenly the news broke.
A dust-covered buggy with the horse
* in a lather came dashing into the pu
lie square. As if by instinct a knot
of men gathered about it.
There was a low hum of conWßß#*'
tion. The*—
•‘He’s there,” shouted a man, and
he began to run to the -east along the
Roswell road. “They got him.” he
shouted. Others began to ru*. A
car buzzed out of the square.
Another followed, men fairly drop
ping off the running board as it got
under way. And the Rorwell read
was hidden under a thick -cloud of
dust.
It wat then 8:10 o -clock.
When the fits! persons reached
the spot, Frank Is bady was still war
The limb# were unset by rigor mor
tis. The wound on his neck had
gapped beneath the rope, a.nd the
holod was still fresh and unclolted.
He had been hanged—hanged in
i, calm., deliberate and businesslike
manner —hanged “by the neck .until
dead” —as the eourt had sid so man
times.
The body of Leo M. Frank was 3-eft
banging, four feet above the earth,
"an offense against the rising sun.'*
The body was clad in a silk nigitt
shirt, the initials, “L. F.” worked m
red over the left breast. A burlap
sack was tied about his loins. The
legs and feet were bare, and show
ed the deep purple that follows death
by strangulation. The ankles weie
bound with rope, the hands, also pur
ple, were manaceld by steel hand
cuffs in front of the body.
Across the upturned face was neat
ly bound a linen hankerchief, con
cealing the eyes and most of the fea
tiv'-s. The hair, long, black and
wavy, fell back from the brow, tum
bled, but not disordered. There was
blood on the noose, where is squeez
ed the freshly opened and gaping.
The noose was tied as if by an ex
pert__it had not failed to draw taut
and deadly upon the slender throat
within. The work had been done
neatly— in a workman-like manner.
The new rope of hemp, was run thru
the fork of a large limb fifteen feet
from the earth, drawn across and
made fast to another tree, twenty feet
a wav There was no evidenc of bung
! 1 >
ling.
All about the swinging object of
, their gaze the thickening crowd press
UUnkr Mem
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARROW COUNTY AND THE CITY OF WINDER.
FARM LOANS FOR BARROW
COUNTY AND VICINITY.
Winder Concern Secures Direct Loan
Connection With Large Life In
surance Company.
Mr. A. J. Shropshire Jr., Georgia
General Agent for the Pan-American
Insurance, of New Orleans, La., is in
Winder this week completing ar
rangements by which the North Geor
gia Trust and Banking Cos., will make
farm loans on approved property in
*his section of the State, handling
all loans direct with head office in-
New Orleans instead of through At
lanta or Macon as heretofore.
Mr. F. W. Bondurant, manager of
the .Insurance and Farm Loan de
partment of the Trust Cos., having
been successful enough in writing
life insurance for the Pan-American
Life, that this company' is reciprocat
ing, by returning this money to the
seciton from which it comes, a s is
thei'r rule generally.
One of the company's inspectors, a
ter looking over this territory, spoke
in highest terms of the development
of farm lands in this section, and
this connection is to a large meas
ure given upon these grounds.
.Messrs. Shropshire and Bondurant
left today on an inspection tour
throughout the territory and expect
to close several loans on the trip.
ed anc peered, and caught its breath
—and there was no loud talking, an
there was no demonstration.
But they said *Jt’s him, all right,”
and pointed to the gaping wound
along the neck, and they peered at
the limp purple hands and said, “See
where he grabbed the knife.”.
And gain they said, “It’s him, all
right—they got ijirn.”
There were women in the growing
crowds that reached a thousand be
fore the coroner of the county start
ed te .the scene, just before 9 o'clock.
There were women, many women.
Some of them fend children in their
arms, very smaJl children, and oth
ers were led by the hand, and some
were permitted to see the dangling
thing in the quvert grove.
Among the men there was evident
a grim and terrible satisfaction.
"They did a good job,” was the
commeet, spokea in many tones, but
with a curious inflection that was al
ways the same.
No man spoke a name.' No man
had a guess to make of where those
men came from. No man had a hint
to drop of where they were—of wher
they bad gone.
In the night they had stormed the
State Prison Farm, in the night they
had swept across 160 miles of coun
trywide, skirting the big towns, slip
ping along by unfrequented roads. In
the gray morning light they had ap
proached the town where Mary Pha
gan lies buried. And then —
It is a secret locked in the breasts
of the men who saw Leo M. Frank
“banged by the neck until dead.”
Was there a demand for a confes
sion. Was the half-clad prisoner wit
his manacled hands confronted by a
grim array of men at once judges
and eecutioners. Did they tell him
to make his last and final statement.
And what did Leo Frank say.
What did he do. Did the iron nerve
that sustained him through the trial
in the Tower, in the former shadow
of the gallows, and on the road to
Milledgeville, did the iron nerve sus
tain him still.
Did he grovel and plead for his life
Did he weep and shriek in the gray
daw that presaged his alst living
sun. Or did he front that terrible
band, and once more and finally de
clare his innocence.
Questonsi —questions that may nev
er be answered —for who of the ex
ecutioners will tell. Qustionse —only
questions.
But the last stark answer met the
sunrise hanging by the neck in the
oak grove, just off the Roswell road.
Winder, Barrow County, Ga., Thursday,August 19, 1915.
THE PASSING THRONG;
PEOPLE YOU KNOW ABOUT.
Little News Items Caught by the
Cubs as They Mingle With
The Crowds .
Charlie Chaplin at the No-Name
theater tonight.
Mr. Guy Kilgore spent Monday in
Atalnta.
Hr. C. B. Almond spent Monday
and Tuesday in Atalnta.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mcßae have
returned from a visit to Rockmart.
Messrs. Alac Potts and R. L. Ca
rithers spent Wednesday in Athens.
Mrs. E. V. Snipes has returned to
Winder from a visit to friends in
Abbeville.
Air. G. N. Perkins of Bethlehem,
spent Friday with Airs. A. T. Harri
son.
Miss May Audrey Chandler of Ath
ens is the guest of relatives in this
city.
Mrs. A. A. Camp is in Loganville
at the bedside of her brother, Mr.
Tribble.
Miss Aline Craft of Atlnata re
cently spent a few days here with
home folks.
Miss Ernestine Mcßae of Rock
mart is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O.
B, Mcßae.
Mrs. F. L. Wittcamp and children
of Atlanta are visiting relatives here
this week.
Mr. Park Cofield passed through
Winder last Sunday en route to his
home near Campton.
Miss Varina Dunbar has returned
to her home in Jefferson after a
visit to friends here.
Miss Lurleen Harrison has return
ed from an extended visit to friends
.and relatives in Atlanta.
Mrs. C. M. Young, of Washington,
D. C., spent several days here last
week as the guests,of.Mrs. W. C. Ross
Mr. R. N. Pentecost has returned
from a trip to Texas. He reports cot
ton only moderately fair in that,state.
Miss Anita Sims has returned af
ter a weeks’ visit to Gainesville as
the guest of Miss Horten.se Hardy.
Mr. Edwin Strange, Mrs. J. T.
Strange, Misses Lida May McKib
ben, Mary Alice and Louise Strange
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Harrison had
as their guests for the week-end Miss
Belle Harrison, of Bethlehem, (3a.
and Miss Ktffie Darby of Vidalia, Ga ,
Mr. C. E. Furlow of City Pioint,
Va., is spending a few days in the
city as the guest of his sister, Mrs.
Mac Potts.
Mrs. W. M. Robinson, of Social
Circle, who has been the guest of
relatives here, has gone to Conyers
to visit friends before her return
home.
Miss Pauline Camp, who attended
the wedding of Lieut. Bullock and
Miss Miriam Morrison, was de
lightfully entertained at a house
party given by Miss Morrison, re
turned home Saturday.
Mr. C. U. Born, of Lawrenceville,
spent Tuesday in Winder. Mr. Born
is one of good citi
zens who takes an interest in home
newspapers. He represented The Jour
nal at the recent press convention
and acted well the part of a coun
try editor.
We were pleased to greet this
week Mr. W. W. Sigxnan, of Red
Oak, who was in Barrow county vis
iting relatives. He called upon us
and complimented us upon our recent
Booster Edition, handed us a dollar
and told us to let The News continue
to visit Red Oak.
LOCAL PLAYERS READY
TO BATTLE WITH MADISON.
One Game this Afternoon and Anoth
er Tomorrow—Good Sport
if Weather Man Keeps
Hands Off.
Winder should be proud of the ag
gregation of ball players she has,*
composed mostly of home boys. At
the first of the season they defeat
ed every thing that came their way
and have played excellent ball up un
til now, having recently won two out
of three from Lavonia’s strong team,
two out of five games from Monroe
this season, but giving Lawrenceville
two games which we expect to win
back soon. Before it has always bee
easy for Winder to win from Mon
roe, but the good citizens of that city
seeing that they were out-classed by
teams from neighboring towns, se
cured the services of players of the
Georgia-Alabama and South Atlantic
Leagues. Since these players have
been secured by Monroe we have
found it no easy job to defeat them.
This week Winder has a series with
Madison, beginning Tuesday in Mad
son, playing two games there and two
here on Thursday and Friday. Tues
days’ game in Madison was hotly
contested and after Madison had a
three run lead in the fourth inning
they allowed Winder to obtain five
runs in the fifth and the sixth
innings. Morrison who pitched for
Vinder did good work, and with the
hitting of the home boys, We won.
Weaver, who pitched for Madison,
did well. The game Wednesday was
rained out and the boys are home
for games today and tomorrow. Be
out and yell for Winder and we'll
take this series.
Entertains Matrons.
Mrs. Walter Cooper was hostess
to the Young Matrons club last Thurs
day afternoon at her beautiful little
home on Athens St.
The living room and dining room
were thrown together and very ef
fectively decorated with tall vases of
“cupe myrtle flowers.” A large
punch basket was placed on a pedis
tal between the two rooms, and was
filled, with the same pink flowers,
the handle being tied with a large
pink satin bow.
The punch bowl was placed on a
table in the dining room, embedded
with pink flowers and ferns, and
'was presided over by Misses Sara
Hayes and Vallie Mae Woodruff, both
wearing lovely pink dresses.
The color scheme of pink was beau
tifully carried out In the decorations
and refreshments. Bonbon dishes
filled with pink candies were placed
on the tables, and the score cards
were handpainted in the same pink
flowers used in the decorations.
Late in the afternoon, a lovely sal
ad course with tea was served.
Bethlehem Division Now Gold Star
Itethlehem Divis.ion of the organiz
ed Sunday school work is the first
to make the Cold Star .Under the
leadership of W. W. Jennings, divis
ion president, a meeting was held
with the Carter Hill church Sunday.
All the Sunday schools in the Divis
ion were represented with delegates,
made their statistical report, and of
fering to the county and state work.
All the schools in this Idvision
pledged themselves to send in their
report every week to The Winder
New*.
We hope to report another Gold
Star division in the net two weeks.
Singing at Chapel.
We are asking the singers of Bar
row county to meet with us at Chap
el the sth Sunday afternoon at 2.30
o’clock for the purpose of practicing
for our singing convention which il
- meet the second Sunday in Sep
tember and Saturday before. Come
bring your song books.
J. H. Wheeler.
L. R. Sheridan.
OUR BUSINESS
IS
TO GET BUSINESS
FOR YOU
LET US DEMONSTRATE
STORMSWEPT AND BATTERED
GALVESTON VICTORIOUS.
Saved by Her Sea Wall From Worst
Storm in History of Gulf of
Mexico.
Galveston, Tex., Agust 18. —Storm-
swept and batten'd, with a loss of
only fourteen lives, Galveston, forti
fied by its enormous sea wall, today
emerged victorious from one of the
most severe storms known in the
history of the Gktlf of Mexico. How
ever, about r>oo houses have been
crushed, and the island is covered
with debris. Four of the dead are
United States soldiers and ten civ
ilians.
The fourteen persons lost their
lives in an attempt to reach the
Tremont hotel during the height of
the storm. Several thousand per
sons were quartered in that hotel.
One thousand feet of the sea wall
has been washed out, one breach
of 2A feet being directly in front of
the Galvez hotel. It was through
this break that most of the residence
section of the city was flooded.
FATHER ABDUCTS DAUGHTER.
Fourteen years ago Oscar Dooly,
of Gwinnett county, married. A year
later a baby girl came to the home.
A year after her birth the mother
died. The child was adopted by the
paternal grandfather and was reared
in his home, near Eastvllle, Oconee
county. She was being educated by
tlie grandfather. The son and fath
er moved to Gwinnett county a num
ber of years ago and recently mar
ried again. Sunday he visited his
father at Eastvllle and asked for his
child. The grandfather objected In
no uncertain terms. Monday morn
ing the father rolled up to the school
house where the little girl was at
tending and spirited her away. The
grandfather sought the courts only
to find that he had no t legally adopt
ed the child.
Re-Une at Ebenezer.
The Gamp sisters re-union is being
held today at Ebenezer church, Jack
son county. A number of relatives
of Winder are in attendance. The
date selected by the committee prov
ed inconvenient for many others who
were anxious to join the throng at
the annual gathering. It goes
without saying that it will be an en
joyable occasion for those present.
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Teachers’ Notice. 4
The monthly institute for this
month will be held on Saturday, Aug,
28th. All teachers of the county
are required to attend. Respt.,
W. M. Holsenbeck, C. S. S.
See Charlie Chaplin tonight at the
Mo-Name theater. "In the Park.”
We will pay 17 1-2 cents per dozen
for eggs.—Baugh &. Henson.
Judge G. A. Johns spent Monday
and Tuesday in Alpharetta on legal
business.
Mrs. Clyde Williamson, Mrs. H.
E. Millikin and Mrs. W. E. Henry
are guests of Mrs. Carl McDonald
of Atlanta this week.
Dr. and Mrs. S. T. Ross are at
Wrightsville Beach this week. They
went with the surgeons of the Sea
board who met at the Beach this
year.
Rev. A. W. Williams, a former pas
tor and one much beloved by the
people of Winder, will preach at the
Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing.
A man who used to go out with
the boys for a good time but never
treated, died some time ago. His
friends had a tombstone placed over
his grave that read: “This is on
me."
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