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VOL. XXVIII.
VERDICT GUILTY
FOR LEO FRANK
CASE ON TRIAL FOR MONTH
Motion For New Trial Will
be Heard October 4.
Interest Intense.
The most noted criminal case
ever tried in Georgia, that of Leo
M. Frank charged with the mur
der of Mary Phagan, occupying
29 days in Judge L. S. Roan’s
court in Atlanta, came to an end
Monday evening.
The jury found Frank guilty of
murder without recommendation
to mercy. As was expected, the
greatest excitement prevailed
when the court room was cleared
and the jury’s verdict was read
at 4:50 o’clock. The vast crowd
that blocked the streets went
wild when the verdict became
known. Solicitor Dorsey was
caught up and borne upon the
shoulders of men when he left
the court room, and it was with
difficulty that the police kept the
crowd in bounds.
The case went to the jury at
12:47 and -they deliberated four
hours, the verdict being reached
at 4:56, when Judge Roan dis
charged the twelve jurors
who had served almost a month
on the case that had held the in
terest of the state. Solicitor
Dorsey polled the jury, and as
their names were called the at
torney was in tears.
The prisoner was allowed to re
main in his cell and did not hear
the verdict read. A motion will
be made for a new trial and the
case will probably go to the U.
S. Supreme Court before reach
ing its final end.
So intense was the sentiment
of Atlanta people against Frank,
it was generally believed that a
great riot and lynching would
have occurred in case of his re
lease by the court. The tense
situation has been relieved, and
the majority of Georgians will
approve the verdict.
On Tuesday morning at 10:80
Judge Roan pronounced sentence
on Frank, naming Oct. 10 as the
day x)f execution. Frank’s at
torneys filed a motion for a new
trial, and Oct. 4 was.fixed as
the date of hearing by Judge
Roan. Frank Said when called
on to know why sentence should
not be passed: “Your honor, 1
say now, as I have always said,
I am innocent. Further than
this my case is in the hands of
my counsel.’’
A LIGHTNING BOLT
SHOCKS AIITOISTS
Driver Shocked and Brother
Is Struck by Inlying
Timber.
While traveling along a road
leading out from Uvalda Sunn ay
afternoon, Messrs. \V. F. and H.
G. McAllister were severely
shocked by a bolt of lightning,
which struck a large pine within
about ten feet of them.
The car was suddenly filled
with flying bark, a piece of flying
wood five or six feet in length
being thrust into the seat. The
bolt seems to have played about
the hood of the car, and but for
the non-conducting properties of
the rubber ties, The results may
have been serious.
Mr. W. F. McAllister, driving
the car, and having a firm grip
on the steering wheel, received
a greater shock than his brother,
who was struck by the flying
piece of wood. The driver was
shocked in his arms and should
ers, and the young men are to be
congratulated on their escape
from serious injury.
To Miss Vinson.
On last Thursday evening Mrs.
A. P>. Hutcheson entertained very
delightfully at her home in honor
of Miss Vinson of Savannah.
The main features of the even
ing were a progressive rook
game and a penny contest, Miss
Madge Ledbetter receiving first
! prize in the contest.
! Later in the evening a delicious
ice course was served after which
: the guests retired to their re
spective homes declaring Mrs.
i Hutcheson a most charming
; hostess.
Those invited to meet the guest
of honor were: Misses Bessie
Stuckey, Urania Mcßae, Flora
Smith. Minnie Abt, Inez Mcßae,
Madge Ledbetter, Mattie Mc-
Bride and Iris Simpson;
Emmett Hunt, Tom Mason, it.
Roberson, Will Peterson, Jim
Stacy, Ben and Max Segall and
Roy Smith.
Big Bargain Sale.
Next week the announcement
of a big bargain sale by Mr. A.
Segall will appear in this paper.
Mr. Segall will offer some rare
bargains, and his special bagain
sales always arouse interest.
Watch for his advertisement
next week.
MONTGOMERY MAY
GET DEMONSTRATOR
State College of Agriculture
Offers to Co-Operate
With Farmers.
Professor Cunningham of the
State School of Agriculture was
here last week conferring with
l Hon. A. B. Hutcheson, superin
tendent of schools, in the matter
of a farm demonstrator for this
county. We heartily approve of
every movement looking to the
advancement of our agricultural
interests. Put our farmers on
the upgrade to prosperity and
all other interests will take care
of themselves. Other counties
are becoming deeply interested
in improved farming and stock
raising, and a man thoroughly
posted and stationed here to give
competent advice and assistance
would do much for our farming
interests. The man employed
would also look after the corn
club and girls’ canning club
work. One man can do the
work in this “and an adjoining
county, if proper efforts are
made to secure hfs services.
Pie Came Near Stepping
On Large Rattler.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug., 20. —Dan
Wisenbaker, a young farmer liv
ing near here, came in a few
i inches of stepping on a large
rattlesnake while picking cotton
yesterday He was just lifting
his foot to take a step forward
I when the rattler turned loose an
'alarm which caused young Wis-!
enbaker to fail over and almost
: faint.
When he recovered himself he
went to the house and got his
jgun, returned to the scene and;
j killed the reptile, which was five
feet long.
W. H. M. Society To Meet.
The first monthly social meet
ing of the Woman’s Home Mis
isonary Society of the Presby
terian Church will be held at the
residence of Mrs. J. Leconte
Adams Friday, Aug. 29, at four
o’clock.
All members who will take
part in these social gatherings are
urged to be present.
Inez Mcßae,
Secy.
.J. Turner Shepherd, book
keeper for the Neel Clothing Co.
of Macon, left his wife and chil
dren and a shortage in his ac
counts of $3,600 a few days ago.
MT. VERNON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUG. 28, 1913
General News Ilems
fold in Short Meter.
The five-passenger auto of R.
S. Young, a merchant of Macon,
was found wrecked almost be
yond recognition out on the
Jones county road after he had
sent a negro to the garage Sat
urday evening with the car.
I Martha Ituffien, at. one time a
j maid for Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace
1 and a witness in that noted trial,
: was found dead Sunday in At
lanta with a single knife wound
in her throat.
The fourth annual conference
iof the governors of the states is
in session this week in Colorado
I Springs, Col., and Gov. Slaton of
this state isjittending.
A negro woman in Rome, Ga.,
has a mania for fine flowers and
rare plants, and was recently ar
rested and found in possession of
many pot plants she had stolen.
Official probe is to be made of
the olficial conduct of Judge Em
ory Speer by the judiciary com
mittee of the house in Washing
ton, and Judge Speer ha.s
asked to be heard on the charges.
By the capsizing of a small
boat, three young men, Toby
Hernandez, Wm. Walker and
Burmain Grimball, were drowned
near Charleston last Thursday.
Mrs. Miller French of Oregon
found her father, 84 years old,
from whom she was separated
53 years ago when he went to the
war, at Tarry town, N. Y., last
week. Applying for a pension
caused her to find him living.
The large new freight depot of
the M. I). & S. railway at Dublin
will be thrown open for business
on next Saturday.
Frank Collier, the negro who
was convicted for killing Morris
Robinson, another negro, over a
year ago, was hanged in the jail
at Savannah Friday morning.
Addison B. Perrine of Highs
town, N. J., was convicted of
manslaughter and sentenced to
18 months for killing a man by
running his auto into a truck
while in a drunken condition, the
man riding with him being the
one killed.
.A report made to the iusular
government of the Phillippines
shows that slavery is still practi
ced in the islands, and Commis
sioner. Worcester says he could
give hundreds of instances of
peonage.
A crowd at Charlotte, N. C.,
took a negro from a hospital,
who had fatally wounded a po
liceman on Friday, and after
shooting at him fifty times left
him still aiive.
Will Enter The
Real Estate Field.
Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 27. Mrs. 1
Victoria McArthur and her son,
Douglas S. McArthur, are named
as incorporators in a petition for
charter for the firm of McArthur
& Co., a realty concern to operate
in Fulton county with a capitali
zation of ?5'>,000. The petition
was filed by Attorneys Moore &
Pomeroy.
Mrs. McArthur and her son are
land owners in Wheeler county.
Douglas McArthur intends to
move to Atlanta to conduct the
realty business here, while his
mother remains iri Wheeler coun
ty to operate their plantation
there.
The body of Virgil Swanson, a
negro, was found hanging from
a limb and riddled with bullets
near Greenville, Ga., Monday
evening. His lynching grew out.
of the killing of Marchman, a
white farmer, by another negro,
about a week ago.
Mrs. Florence Godbee, who was
shot and died after her husband
was shot dead at Millen last week
by the divorced wife of Judge
Godbee, was 'buried at Waynes
boro by the side of her husband
Friday.
Virgil E. Carver is under arrest
at Columbia, S. G., for attempt
ing to shoot J. T. Gray, manager
of the Western Union Telegraph
office, on Tuesday morning.
In the case of Caspar, a 19-
year-old boy, the Court of Ap
peals reversed the lower court,
claiming that one who picks up a
pistol in the road and takes it
home without any attempt at
concealment, is not guilty of vio
lating the law.
A train on the Monon Line
between Cedar Lake and St.
Johns, Ind., struck an automo
bile Sunday, killing six persons
and wounding six others.
The Rankin House in Columbus
was discovered to be on fire at 2
o’clock Monday morning and the
guests fled in night attire, but
the flames were extinguished
with but little damage.
Richard W. Harrison, telegraph
operator at Scottsville, Va., was
found dead, shot through his
right shoulder, on Monday. He
had an automatic revolver in his
hand but it contained no empty
shells.
Prof. Hugh F. Train, a native
of Scotland, who was principal of
the Savannah High School for
almost half a century, died in
that city Monday afternoon at the
age of 84 years.
Three stores and two dwellings
were burned at Ridgeland, S. C.,
Monday night. The loss is plac
ed at $15,000, and included about
$5,000 worth of whiskey.
Postmaster McKee iff Atlanta
has been asked to resign, and
President Wilson has nominated
Bolling H. Jones for the place.
The director of the Pottsburg
Health Department has discover
ed that nervous diseases among
the young men are on the in
crease, and attributes it, to the
slashed skirt worn by the wo
men.
Ed. S. Hicks, a plumber of At
lanta was severely injured Tues
day morning and had one linger
blown off when he picked up a
package of dynamite and struck
it with a hammer.
Iri front of the African Metho
dist church at Douglasville on
Sunday night, a negro named
Evans shot to death another
named Longino.
Cattle Raising Profitable
In Lowndes County.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 20.—While
the shipments of cattle to the
West from South Georgia and
Florida have been very large re
cently, there are a great many
fine cattle left in this section and
some of the cattle men here are
making a good thing of it. For
the first time in many years peo
ple are willing to take* Georgia
beef in preference to the Wes
tern beef, especially when they
know who raised it.
There are several large ‘farm
ers here who are making a
specialty of stall-fed beef for the
markets, and their cattle 'are
bringing fancy prices. The out
look is that there will be very
much more of it during the next
year or so.
Wiiile the Frank trial cost Ful
ton county about $6,000, it is
said that Solicitor Dorsey’s fee
may be as much as $80.50.
l
Picnic at Ochwalkee.
Or. Tuesday morning a number}
of o • our. ,; folks kept the tele
phon busy making arrangements
1 for a day of pleasure at the
spring near Ochwalkee.
At 10 o’clock the autos &’ere
! ready and the jolliest crowd of
I the season was off, and we were
delightfully entertained by jokes
! and the game rook, arriving in
due time.
All in our party were young
folks, (had left all old bachelors
at home,) and decided to be
school children for awhile. After
reciting in arithmetic, geography
and a guessing contest, our effi
cient: teacher, Miss IJrania Mc-
Rae, awarded each a diploma.
Next the dinner, and everything
good in abundance was there. In
j the afternoon rook and old-timey
games were played. On our re
turn trip we visited the brick
yard and our sister town, Ailey.
All had a jolly good time. Those
present were, Misses Urania
Mcßae, Madge Ledbetter, Flora
Smith, Minnie Abt, Annie Bolton
ofSylvania, Bessie Stuckey, Mat
tie Mcßride, Dorcas Mcßae, An
na Morrison and Marion Adams.
Messrs. Harry Smith, Max and
Ben Segall, Clarence Mcßae.
Mrs. J. E. Cock field, chaper
one.
JUDGE SPEER MAY
GO 10 THE GRIM.
Will Investigate the Official
Acts Distinguished
U. S. Jurist.
Advices from Washington state
that the House Judiciary Com
mittee has agreed to investigate
charges made against Judge
, Emory Speer of the United Stat
es Court, Southern District of
Georgia. The committee will in
troduce a resolution in tin* House
to empower them to investigate
; the official conduct of Judge
j Speer and determine whether im
peachment should follow their
findings.
The charges emanate from the
investigations made some time
ago by It. Colton Lewis, examiner
of D. ruMmerit of Justice,
an . . n Lie charges made by
W. .V. Hull of Macon, who made
j serious charges against Judge
! Speer some time ago, and was
fined for contempt.
Judge. Speer makes a vigorous
denial of the charges in a pub
lished 'statement and demands
that he lie heard at the proper
time if the matter is taken up by
I Congress. The charges have not
been made public in full, but are
i said to be highly sensational, and j
more grave in their nature than i
those preferred in the recent im
peachment of Judge Archbold. I
It is said that the Georgia dele
gation in Congress will favor a
| full investigation, but will also
insist that Judge Speer have a
chance to be heard on the charges
which lie already protests are
made by those upon whom the
law has had to lay a heavy
hand.
Many prominent men have
telegraphed members against the
impeachment, proceedings, while
others have insisted on the in-,
vestigation proceeding. The case |
progressed so far that the matter j
will probably be pushed to a con
clusion, and will arouse great in
terest. because of the prominence
of Judge Speer as a jurist and ,
the gravity of the charges made. |
Meeting Postponed.
The regular meeting of the ,
Springhill Literary Society which
was announced for Saturday, has|'
been postponed on account of I ]
illness, and this notice is given 11
at the request of parties con- i
cerned. 1i
TALL OPENING
B. P. INSTITUTE
WILL BE A PICNIC OCCASION
Prospects Unusually Bright
For F'all Term of
Big School.
Great preparations have been
made for the opening of the fall
! term of the Brewton-Parker In
i stitute on Tuesday morning next.
■ The buildings have been thor
oughly renovated, and paint and
| calsomine have not been spared
i in adding freshness and beauty
|to the interiors. Much has been
expected as to an increase in the
attendance, and it seems sure
that the enrollment for the term
will far surpass all previ< .
ords.
It is planned to make the open
ing on Tuesday an interesting and
profitable occasion, not only to
the pupils attending but to the
friends and patrons as well. The
I local patrons and friends of the
big school are invited to enter in
to the excerises and attend with
well-filled baskets to add sub
stantial pleasure to the opening
day.
Hon. Jere M. Pound, ex-state
school superintendent, and one
of Georgia’s foremost educators,
will deliver an address, and this
feature alone ought to insure a
large audience. It is also stated
that one of the professors of
Mercer University may attend
and deliver an address on educa
tional lines.
The prospects are bright for
the 1 opening of the most success
full term in the history of the
school, and its friends are nat
urally in a most optomistic mood.
Professor It. E. Robertson, the
new president of the school, will
meet many friends for the first
time on Tuesday.
UVALDA (iETS NEW
COTTON WAREHOUSE
Staple Coming in Rapidly
and Many Buyers
are Present.
A cottbn warehouse will soon
be in operation in Uvalda. This
institution will mean much to the
farmers of the lower part of the
county, enabling them to store
cotton in safety while waiting for
increased price or for other pur
poses. Advances can be obtained
on the warehouse receipts.
Cotton is coming into Uvalda
freely and the gins will doubtless
be running on full time by the
latter part the week. Almost
enough cotton was brought in
Friday and Saturday to insure
full runs. Uvalda is fast devel
oping into one of the best cotton
and cotton seed markets in the
county. Several buyers are on
the grounds every dav to offer
the highest market price:’, ~r 1
six cotton oil mills haverert
atives there to look after u. .r
interest in the seed market. The
farmers wish the highest prices
for their cotton, and naturally
appreciate such advantages as
warehouses, good ginneries and
shipping facilities.
Hon. D. M Bradley
Gets Arm Broken.
Friends of Hon. D. M. Bradley
of Hagan will regret to hear that
he had his arm broken on Sun
day evening last. Mr. Bradley
was attending the Tattnall camp
meeting and when cranking his
automobile preparatory to leav
ing for home the crank “kicked
back,” after the manner of un
ruly machines, breaking his
right arm near the wrist.
NO. 18.
