The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, August 28, 1913, Image 1
(Fljp lllmttjjinumj lEnmtnr. 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.