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VOL. XXX.
LEO M. FRANK |
HAS CLOSE CALL!
Throat Cut By Fellow Pris
oner While Asleep
In Prison.
On Sunday night about 11:00
‘o’clock while sleeping in the
prison dormitory with a lot of
other prisoners, Leo M. Frank
was almost cut to death by Wil
liam Creen, another life term
convict, v. ho occupied a cot near
that of Frank.
With a butcher knife, made
from an old file, that Creen had
secured from the kitchen, he ap
proached Frank’s cot and seizing
him by the hair, cut Frank’s
throat, severing the outside jug-j
ular vein on the left side of his,
neck, and making a gash about
six inches in length.
The lights were switched on
and Creen was overpowered by
the guards and other prisoners
and placed in irons. Dr. J. W.
McNaughton, a fife termer from J
Emanuel county, and another;
life term physician named Harris!
rendered Frank attention im- \
mediately, and stopped the flow;
of "blood that would have ended!
his life in five minutes more.
Expert medical attention was !
given Frank at once. Dr. Guy
D. Compton, prison physician, j
arriving in a short time and with \
the two doctors mentioned above ;
soon had the ghastly wound
stitched up.
The incident attracted world
• wide interest, and the condition
of the notorious prisoner is
watched with intense interest.
COMMITTEE GIVES
FAVORABLE REBOKT!
The New County Bill Will
Doubtless Meet Death
in House.
Past experience in such mat-
ters prepared the opponents of
the proposed new county of,
Treutlen to expect its recommen
dation at the hands of the com
mittee on constitutional amend
ments of the house, which was
announced Tuesday afternoon.
This action was taken two years
ago, and last year the House j
promptly voted down the bill,
and the same course is expected
this session. We are not willing
to admit that the Legislature
will deliberately do any people
such an irreparable injustice as
the dividing again and again of
Montgomery county. The matter
is up to the House.
Accidentally Shot By
Guard’s Falling Gun.
Columbus, Ga., July 19.—Lor- 1
rie Collins, a young man of Ab
beville, Ga., is lying at the city
hospital in a very low state from
the effects of a gun shot wound
in the breast, accidentally in
flicted last night while at the
Muscogee county convict camp,
inspecting.
One of the guards placed his
gun at the side of the auto to
light a cigarette when it acci
dentally fell, discharging.
The young man is not expected
to recover.
Goes to Raleigh.
Miss Minnie Abt left Tuesday
for Raleigh, N. C., where she
will doubtless remain for some
time. She goes to look after the
estate left by her uncle, Mr. C.
A. Abt, an account of whose
mysterious murder was recently
published in this paper. Miss
Minnie is quite competent to
effect the settlement of the es
tate, to which she and h'er sisters
and brothers are heirs.
Chiefs Os Police
To Hold Convention.
At the request of more than
one hundred chiefs of police and
town marshals throughout the
state, Chief of Police L. M. Sum
ner, of Cordele, has issued a call
for a convention to be held at
Macon, on Wednesday and
Thursday, August 4th and sth,
1915, for the purpose of organiz-,
ing an association to be known
as the “Georgia State Associa
tion of Chiefs of Police and Mar
shals. ”
Chief Sumner has taken up the
matter of securing a reduced
rate over all the railroads for
this convention and feels certain
of succeeding in obtaining a very i
low rate for those who desire toj
attend. 1
Every chief of police and mar
shal is urged to attend this meet
ing and make it a great success,
as it will be the first meeting.
WARDEN FERRELL
PATRONIZES FARMERS
Buys Feed and Keeps the
Money Circulating
At Home.
We are glad to note that our
efficient county warden, Mr. C.
F. Ferrell, is pursuing the
highly commendable plan of pur
chasing supplies for the teamß
and convicts, as far as possible,
from the farmers of the county.
Every dollar kept at home for;
supplies helps our farmers and
at once secures the best in feed
and produce. That our farmers
can can furnish the very best in
feed supplies there is no doubt,
and under Mr. Ferrell’s manage-1
ment much can be kept at home,
to the help of our own people.
Macon Doctor Gives
Day to Frank’s Case.
Macon, July 19.—Dr. Harry
Moses, a prominent Macon sur
geon and friend of Leo Frank,
who returned this morning from
Milledgeville after spending a
day at Frank’s bedside, said:
“I do not think Frank is in any
critical danger. His only danger
now is from infection, and if
that should set in it would most
likely be induced by the hot and
sultry weather conditions.
“When I left. Frank at 6
o’clock this morning his tempera-,
ture was about 102 1-2, but I do
not consider this altogether j
alarming."
Returns to Mail Route.
After having been indisposed
for several weeks, Capt. M. D.
Hughes resumed his mail route
yesterday morning. He will
shortly retire from the service,
after having carried Route No. 2
since it was established many
years ago. He is one of Mont
gomery county’s most honored
citizens, and hosts of friends
hope that he will have many
more years of usefulness.
“Siain” Man Returns;
Finds ‘‘Slayer’’ in Cell.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 19.
Frank A. Klug, for whose mur
der Nic Georgic, of Chicago, is
serving 25 years in the Wisconsin
State Penitentiary, today walked
into a saloon and ordered a drink.
A crow-d in the saloon, thinking
Klug was a ghost, fled in panic.
After the crowd returned and
was convinced that Klug was
alive, they informed him that a
body supposed to have been his
was found last December riddled
with bullets, and that Georgic
was convicted of his murder.
According to the ruling of the
court which heard Georgic’s tri
al, Klug is legally dead.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 22. 1915.
THE KENT TRIAL
WAS POSTPONED
Case Goes Over To Wheel
er’s Regular Term
Court For Trial.
I
According to adjourned term
set for Wheeler county superior
court, the court was convened at
1 Alamo on Monday morning last.
On account of Judge Graham be
ing disqualified in the Kent case,
for which the term was called,
Judge W. W. Sheppard of the
Atlantic Circuit was on hand to
preside. The court was or
ganized, and the case taken up,
but on account of absent witness
jes for the defense, the matter
; was allowed to go over until the
regular fall term in September.
Girl Finds Baby Boy
Drowned in a Tub.
Macon, Ga., July 19.—While
playing about a tub of water at
the home of his parents, Clarence
Barkley, 13-months-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Barkley, re-;
sidir.g near the Idle Hour nurser-!
ies on the Forsyth road, today
fell into the tub and was drowned.
His sister, who was playing
with the baby, left him to feed
the chickens. When she returned
she found the body half-sub
merged in the water. Coroner
Stubbs pronounced it a case of
accidental drowning.
Vast War Orders for
United States Firm.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 19. —
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
has received orders in the last
! few months for locomotives, car
wheels and axles and war mu
nitions totaling $97,000,000. This |
includes an order for $80,000,000
worth of shrapnel booked last
year for the Allies.
To handle the manufacture of
the war munitions, the Eddy
stone Munitions Company will
be incorporated immediately and
$1,500,000 will be expended in
i the erection of new buildings at
the Eddystone branch of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works.
NEBRASKA INDIANS
TO PLAY IN VIDALIA
The Fast Indian Baseball
Team To Flay Vi
dalia Monday.
The great and only Green’s
j Nebraska Indian baseball team
will be in Vidalia on Monday
next to play Vidalia’s fast team.
As this Indian team has a world
wide reputation, it is more than
probable that a great game will
be played. The local boys pro
pose to hold therridown to a close
score, and an exciting game is
anticipated. On account of the
heavy expense it will be neces
sary to charge everybody.
Always Safety First.
“You say that you want some
name engraved on this ring,”
said the jeweler to the bashful
young man, relates the New York
Journal.
“Yes; I want the words ‘George
to his dearest Alice’ engraved on
the inside of the ring."
“Is the young lady your sis
ter?"
“No; she is the young lady to
whom I am engaged.”
“Well, if I were you I would
not have ‘George to his dearest
Alice’ engraved on the ring. If
Alice changes her mind you can’t
use the ring again."
“What would you suggest?"
“I would suggest the words
‘George to his first and only love.’
You see, with that inscription
you can use the ring half a dozen
times. I have had experience in
such matters myself."
NEW BANK OPENED AT
11VALDA THIS WEEK
Dr. A. H. Weathers Puts in
a Branch of His Home
Institution.
Dr. A. H. Weathers of the
Weathers Banking Co., of Doo
ling, Ga., has recently opened a
branch bank at Uvalda, and is
occupying the Kennedy building
in that town.
The field has been unoccupied
since the suspension of The
Uvalda Bank in December, the
affairs at this institution being
in the hands of Mr. W. A. Peter
son of Mt. Vernon as receiver.
It is understood that the new en
terprise has no connection with
the affairs of the Uvalda Bank.
The Uvalda Bank building, un
der an order from the superior
court, will be sold on the first
Tuesday, and after that date will
probably be used as a banking
house. It is thoroughly fitted up,
and all fittings and fixtures are
to be included with the building.
Commissioner Rainey
Says Creen just Mean.
State Prison Commissioner E.
L. Rainey, who spent a portion
of Monday at the state farm near
Milledgeville, where he talked
with Frank’s physicians and with I
Creen, the convict who attacked
Frank, was in Atlanta Tuesday.
To a Journal reporter Mr. Rai
ney expressed the opinion that
Creen was not crazy. "He ap
pears to be just a mean and sul
len man," said Rainey. “He is
not a lunatic, as has been stated.
“The doctors told me that
there was little doubt of Frank’s
recovery. They stated that he
was sure to recover unless blood
poison developed, and that they
did not expect this.
I talked at length with Creen,
but the only question he would
answer about the attack on Frank
was when I asked him why he
had done this. He replied that
he thought he was doing right.
He steadily refused to answer
any other questions concerning
the attack, but talken freely on
any other subject suggested."
Mr. Rainey was on his w'ay
from his home in Dawson to At
lanta, and decided to go by the
state farm to make a personal
investigation of the situation. He
will go back with the commission
and the governor Saturday when
an official investigation will he
held. - Atlanta Journal.
Not in the Contract.
Recently a colored party living
in the suburbs of a big city mar
ried a large brunette named
Lucinda, says the New York
Times. Three weeks later he
appeared at the office of a lawyer
looking as if he might have been
dented with flat-irons and bump
led into by a road roller.
! “Can’t stand it no longer,
boss," he sadly remarked to the
legal one. “I wants a divawce
from dat Lucinda. Last ting she
chucked at me was de stove. To
rnorrer it will be de chirnbley."
“That’s all right, Sam," sooth
ingly returned the lawyer, seek
ing to effect a reconciliation.
“Everything will come out all
right. Besides you took Lucinda
for better or for worse."
“Yes, sah," admitted Sambo.
“So I did, sah, but she is a whole
lot wuss dan I took her for."
Notice of Dissolution.
By mutual consent the firm of
J. M. Dees <fc Co., is this clay dis
solved, ./ M. Dees retiring Mr*o
J. E. Braswell assuming all li
abilities and collecting all ac
counts due said firm.
This June 15th. 1915.
J. M. Dees,
Mrs J E. Braswell,
j Alston, Ga.
Prisoner Kills Another;
Similar to Frank Cutting.
Reading, Pa., July 19.—Frank
Snayley was murdered in the
Berks county prison today by
Michael Puttinger, a cellmate
who cut his victim’s throat. Put
-1 tinger then committed suicide by
hanging himself.
The watchman distributed
knives to be used at breakfast at
(5 a. m. A half hour later the
meal was served. When the
I tragedy was discovered, both
men were dead.
Re-enters Business.
Having suspended business in
j Uvalda after the fire which de
stroyed the business of Morris
& Hart, Mr. B. F. Hart has just
opened a general mercantile es
tablishment in Charlotte, where
he invites his friends and patrons
! to call.
Mr. Hart is an energetic and
conscientious gentleman, and de
serves success.
INJUNCTION STOPS
COUNTY ROAD WORK
Condemnation Proceedings
May be Necessarry to
Settlement.
The county road work was
stopped here Monday morning by
an injunction filed by the exec
utors of the estate of the late W.
J. Peterson. For some time the
road force has been constructing
a public road running north and
south from the Toombs county I
line below Uvalda to connecting
roads in the northern portion of
the county, and when completed!
will be one of the best roads in
South Georgia.
Approaching the court house
square Monday morning, papers
were served on the county com- j
missioriers, C. F. Ferrell, county
warden, and the mayor and coun
cil of Mt. Vernon, restraining the
force from using portions of the
Peterson lot and a lot owned by
Mr,s. T. J. Smith of Mcßae, for
i the construction of the road ap
proaching through the south
eastern part of Mt. Vernon. The
road gang discontinued work at
this point, and for the past three
days has been engaged on the
; road leading out of the place on
i the north side.
The injunction was set for a
hearing on the 31st. A settle
ment was pending Tuesday, but
carried over. The town of Mt.
Vernon has offered to pay the
Peterson estate for a small por
' tion of land with which to widen
! the road, and has made similar
offer to Mrs. Smith for a small
1 space near the home of Col. W.
L. Wilson. Should this not be
accepted the town will offer Mrs.
Smith SIOO for a right-of-way
across her lot or S2OO for the lot.
Should this not he accepted, it is
understood that the mayor and
council will institute condemna
tion proceedings at once.
It is unfortunate that the dis
: ference should have arisen. The
road necessarily passes through
the town, arid at a point where
it is very narrow and incon
venient to pass into one of the
main streets of the place. It is
understood that only a small
piece of land would serve to
widen the road to the necessary
width, and it is hoped that the
matter will be adjusted today,
that the work may not be delay
ed further. This is a highway
of which every citizen in the
county should be proud. It is
what the county has needed for
many years. The road from the
Toombs county line, running
west, is up to a good standard,
and the new road, being built
along modern lines, will serve a
great need. It will be many
years before the county can have
a clay road through every com
munity, hence the necessity for
main highways through the coun
ty.
SUCCESSFUL WORK
WITHOUT REWARD
'
Worthy Example Muscogee
Commissioners Who
Serve F'ree.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I am sending you
a clipping from the Columbus
t Lodger, which explains itself.
Mr. E. Phillips is a leading citi
zen of Columbus and Muscogee
county, and is in every way re
liable.
This tax rate should be an
item of interest to the tax payers
of other counties, and the finan
cial condition of the county shows
what can be done when the af
fairs of the county are properly
managed.
Then, to know that there are
county commissioners who serve
“well” without any remunera
tion should also be a worthy ex
ample, especially to counties
which are both bonded and in
debt. Hurrah for Muscogee!
H. C. Ewing.
“Editor Ledger:
“Before Harris county road
was worked to Muscogee county
line, a gentleman from Troup
county was in an auto enroute to
Columbus, they inquired of a
Harris county man about the con
dition of the road to Columbus
and how we would know the
road. The answer was: ‘You
will be in Muscogee county as
soon as you get over the new
hill, and when you get on the
Columbus road nothing can en
tice you off of it. Besides, the
road is so good all you will have
lo do will be to keep one hand on
your brake.’
“A gentleman from Birming
ham, who travels from Virginia
to California, after being shovyn
over Muscogee county roads,
said: ‘They are the best I have
ever seen.’
“A prominent man, a manu
facturer from Chattanooga, a
man who travels extensively, af
ter going over our roads, said:
‘I have never seen such splendid
i roads.’ When told that our tax
rate for state and county is only
t per cent, and that Muscogee
county is not bonded and does
not owe a dollar, he said: ‘What?
Jerusalem! Hamilton county is
bonded, and our rate is $1.65.’
Coming from Birmingham last
week on a train with two Colum
bus friends, I noticed alongside
the railroad track a very good
county road, and 1 called my
friend’s attention to it. He re
plied with courtesy, ‘Yes, but it
is not as good a road as ours,’ as
if the limit of good roads had
been reached in Muscogee and
the question now closed.
“In no other county have I
seen roads made to a finish, nor
the roads cared for as done in
Muse gee.
“We have one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars worth of
concrete bridges, culverts and
drains, by cutting down of hills
and filling up to these culverts,
there are made permanent roads,
good for hundreds of years.
“When citizens of other coun
ties and other states are told
that our county commissioners do
not receive any pay, great sur
prise is expressed. I have re
ferred to aily one part of their
work, viz: Itoads, but, in their
conduct of all county affairs, I
arn sure I express the sentiments
of all well informed citizens
when L say: ‘Well done, good
and faithful servants.’
E. Philips.
Missionary Meeting.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Missionary Society announce that
the next regular meeting will be
held on Wednesday of next week.
1 A full attendance is urged.
NO. 12.
