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VOL. XXX.
Leo M. Frank Lynched by
A Well Organized Mob
The Frank case is ended. Frank has been lynched. The oft
peated sentence of the courts, that he be “hanged by the neck until
dead,” has been executed by the avenging mob, and near the home
of Mary Phagan, and in the grove where her childish footsteps of
ten trod.
On Monday night about 10:30 o’clock, eight automobiles filled
with heavily armed citizens of Marietta and vicinity approached
the State Prison Farm at Milledgeville. In the most orderly man
ner and with precsion that indicated the most thorough drilling,
they proceeded to secure the person of Leo M. Frank, and without
a single hitch in the proceedings, they had accomplished thier daring
work inside of ten minutes, and were speeding across the hills with
their victim in the direction of Marietta byway of Eatonton.
They quickly divided into squads, one crowd going to the home
of State Warden J. E. Smith, and covering him with pistols, put
handcuffs on him. Another posse took in charge Superintendent
J. M. Burke, and putting the irons him, forced from him the keys
of the main prison. Warden Smith was next taken in charge and
forced to lead the way to the prison door where the guards were
quickly over-powered. Four men grabbed Frank by his hair, arms
and legs and dragged him out as he groaned in pain and mumbled
in his fright, and threw him into one of the cars.
All the wires from the prison farm had been cut, except one to
Augusta, and no alarm could be sent towards Atlanta. One man
gave orders and all the others obeyed like clock-work. The com
mand was given: “Now for the swamp,” and one remarked as they
left the prison that Frank’s body would be found on the grave of
little Mary Phagan Tuesday morning.
But the sun rose on the party before they reached the little girl’s
lowly grave, and at an oak grove near Frey’s gin, on the Roswell
road, two miles from Marietta, and near the home where Mary
Phagan spent most of her childhood, the body of Frank was hoisted
to the limb of an oak. Clad in a silk night shirt, with his hands
attached in front of him by handcuffs and his naked feet tied with
a rope and a crocus sack tied around his waist, the body hung four
feet above the ground, suspended by a new rope that opened up the
wound in his neck recenty made by Green.
Frey, the owner of the gin, saw the automobiles approach with
Frank handcuffed on the rear seat of the front car, and followed in
the dust down the road to find the dead body of Frank dangling
from a limb of an oak in the grove.
Crowds soon thronged the place. Bob Howell of Marietta, the
man who attacked Detective Burns in Marietta, urged the crowd to
burn the body of Frank, hut Judge Newt Morris reached the awful
scene in time to speak to the excited multitude and plead with them
to allow the body to be taken away by the undertaker. The crowd
gave way to his pleading and he cut down the body. Howell rush
ed in and repeatedly stamped in the face of the dead man. In the
surging mass the body was placed in the undertaker’s basket and
hurried towards Marietta. Judge Morris in an autobobile pursued,
and overtaking the undertaker’s wagon, dragged Frank’s body
across the automobile and made a furious drive towards Atlanta.
Hundreds followed in the mad and grewsome race, but a telephone
message started Greenburg & Bond’s ambulance from Atlanta,
which met the wild dash in the suburbs and soon had the body in
the undertaker’s establishment.
Thousands crowded the place, and it became necessary to place
the body on exhibition, and a vast throng filed through and view'ed
the remains. The body was prepared for shipment by Greenburg
& Bond, and shipped to Brooklyn, N. Y., for burial.
HR. HENRY C. GRACE
OF TOOMBS IS DEAD
Prominent Citizen Passes
Away near Cedar
Crossing.
On Sunday night last, Mr.
Henry C. Grace died at his coun
try home near Cedar Crossing.
Mr. Grace was one of the best
known and highly respected men
of his section. He had passed
the alloted “three score years
and ten,” and his finai dissolu
tion was the result of paralysis.
He was a planter of substantial
means, and had been identified
with various enterprises, and
will be missed in his county and
community.
He is survived by his wife and
four children, three sons, B. H.
Grace of Vidalia, H. E. Grace
and J. A. Grace, and a daughter,
Mrs. T. H. Faircloth of Cedar
Crossing.
Mr. T. P. Smith Dies
Suddenly on Train.
Quitman, Ga., Aug. 13.—While
on his way from Bain bridge to
Thomasville, Mr. T. P. Smith
died suddenly Wednesday after
noon on the Atlantic Coast Line
train. Mrs. Smith was visiting
here and was to meet Mr. Smith
in Valdosta on Thursday and
they were going on to White
Springs, Fla.
Mr. Smith was about thirty
seven years old. He is survived
by his wife, one daughter, Theo,
and two brothers, who live in
Madison, where he will be buried.
He formerly was in the drug
business in Quitman, but moved
to Madison several years ago.
Milk Cow For Sale.
One Jersey cow and calf, cheap
for cash. W. A. Peterson,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
The Marriage Ceremony
is Curtailed to Suit.
Major George W. Teideman, of j
Savannah, condemning a munici- j
pal bill that he deemed too hasti
ly drafted, said to a reporter:
j “Why, they drafted this bill the
i way the old-time Georgia editor
! used to perform his wedding'
j ceremonies.
“The old-time editor of Geor-:
gia was usually the mayor as
well. He was also justice of the |
peace, conveyancer and real es-;
tate agent, deacon of the church,
leading lawyer and head of the
building and loan.
“As one of these editors was
writing a two-column editorial on 1
the tariff, a Georgia couple came
in to be married. The editor,
without once looking up, without
once slackening the steady move
ment of his pen, said:
“ ‘Time’s money. Want her?”
“ ‘Yes,’ said the youth.
“ ‘Want him?’ the editor con
tinued, nodding toward the girl. I
“ ‘Yes,’ she replied.
“‘Man and wife,’ pronounced
the editor, his pen traveling
smoothly and rapidly. ‘One dol
lar. Bring a load of wood for it—
lone-third pine, balance oak.”
What Mr. Edison
Thinks of Whiskey.
Mr. Edison compares the drink-
I ink of whiskey to the throwing
,of sand into the bearings of an
engine. It is his emphatic way
of saying that intoxicating liquor
is disturbing and destructive.
He is on record as saying that
his reason for not drink is that
he has a better use for his head.
The time is coming when com
mon sense will lead men to let
deadly poison alone. Some men
have common sense now, and do
not touch liquor under any cir
i cumstances.
MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 19. 1915.
Tattnall Campmeeting.
The annual campmeeting in
Tattnall at the old campground
near Manassas, commences to
night and will continue through
Wednesday of next week. These
annual gatherings are peculiar to
the Methodist denomination, and
have long been occasions of great
interest to the people generally.
The people of Tattnall county are
known far and wide for their re
ligions zeal and hospitality, and
the meeting to embrace next
Sunday will be quite up to the
standard. Real old-time singing,
the soul-stirring kind, is always j
a marked feature of Tattnall
campmeeting.
Will Grow Irish
Potatoes And Peanuts.
A new organization in South
Carolina that is getting right
down to work is the Florence
truckers’ association. It will
give its first attention to the
growing of Irish potatoes, which
promises to be a good and an
early money crop. The keynote
of the enterprise is co-operative
raising and selling. Florence
will probably have 500 acres in
potatoes. Under the by laws all
the truck that is sold will have to
pass rigid inspection, that it may
be guaranteed to the buyer. The
association means that its name
and brand shall stand for quality.
Quite a number of farmers in
this section will raise peanuts,
and something like 200 acres have
been promised. The prospects
for the sale of peanuts are very
good indeed, and arrangements
are being made at the selling
end.
REV. G. J. THOMPSON
PASSES TO HIS REWARD
Highly Esteemed Citizen
Died Friday at His
Home.
On Friday evening about 4:00
o’clock, at his home south of
Ailey, Rev. Glenn J. Thompson
died after a general decline in
his health lasting about three
years. The end was not unex
pected, but full of sadness for
those who viewed with depp re
gret his rapid decline for the
! past four months.
Mr. Thompson was a native
lof Screven county, and was a
little past 02 years of age. Be
! sides his wife, he is survived by
I five sons and one daughter, Her
i schel V., Jas. W., Collie G.,
Thomas and Henry, and Miss
Vela Thompson. His surviving
; brothers are Mr. George Thomp
son of Effingham county and Mr.
;T. J. Thompson of Mt. Vernon.
His sisters, Mrs. Usher, Mrs.
Fraser and Mrs. Ennis, of Screv
en county, and Mrs. Graham of
j Effingham.
Rev. Thompson was long an
accepted minister of the Baptist
j church and did niissionary work
at various churcnes over South
i Georgia. The town ofGlennville
in Tattnall county was named af
ter his first name—Glenn by ad
miring friends in that section.
Truly, the children of this good
man will rise up and call his
name blessed.
The remains were interred at
McGregor on Sunday morning, in
the presence of a large concourse
of relatives, old neighbors and
friends. The funeral services
were conducted by his intimate
friend, Rev. J. A. Scarboro of
Summit, Ga., assisted by Rev. J.
D. Rabun of Mt. Vernon.
Governor Harris Vetoes
Newly Passed Bill.
The first time Governor Harris
has exercised his power of veto
was on Thursday last in the
matter of a bill passed at the re
cent session to abolish the office
of treasurer of Jasper county.
The action was at the request of
the representative and senator,
and upon the ground that the
bill had not been properly adver
tised.
Resumed Road Work.
On Monday morning Super
visor Ferrell resumed work here
on the highway being built from
the /outh to north end of the
county. The injunction proceed
ings brought a few days ago to
prevent the cutting out the road
near the court house square that
would divide the town lot owned
by Mrs. T. J. Smith of Mcßae
have been settled by the town of
Mt. Vernon purchasing the iot.
The improvement takes out a
very bad crook in the road be
tween the residences of Col. W.
L. Wilson and Mr. C. A. Mason
that was really dangerous for au
tomobiles. Mr. Ferrell is doing
some fine road building, and
Montgomery county’s system of
public roads will soon compare
favorably with any in the state.
Tough on Aunt Mary.
There is a very stern Philadel
phia woman who demands in
stant and unquestionable obedi
ence from her children. One af
ternoon a storm came up and she
sent her little son John to close
the trap leading to the flat roof
of the house.
“But, mother,” began John.
“John, I told you to shut the
trap!”
“Yes, but mother—”
“All right, mother, if you say
so —but—”
“John!”
Whereupon John slowly climb
ed the stairs and shut the trap.
The afternoon went by and the
storm howled and raged. Two
hours later the family gathered
for dinner, and when the meal
was half over Aunt Mary, who
was staying with the mother, had
not appeared. The mother start
ed an investigation, but she did
not have to ask many questions.
John answered the first one.
“Mother, she is on the roof.”
S. S. CONVENTION,
DANIELL ASSOCIATION
Program for Meeting as Ar
ranged by Program
Committee.
The Sunday School Convention
of the Daniell Association will
be held with Red Bluff Church,
August 27, 28, 29, 1915.
FRIDAY MORNING.
10:00 o’clock. Devotional ex
ercises—!). J. New.
10:30 o’clock. Organize.
11:00 o’clock. Introductory
Sermon —S. D. Walker.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
2:00 o’clock. The Value of a
Life—W. C. Langston.
3:00 o’clock. The Importance
of Early Conversion—J. W. Pal
mer.
4:00 o’clock. Business session.
FRIDAY NIGHT.
7:00 The Church, through the
Sunday School, Carrying out that
part of the Commission which
reads: —“Teaching them to ob
serve all things whatsover I have
commanded you.”- T. B; Con
ner.
7:30 o’clock. Sermon—J. E.
Taylor.
SATURDAY MORNING.
9:00 o’clock. Devotional exer
cises Albert Sidney Johnson.
9:30 o’clock. The Sunday
School as an Evangelistic Agen
cy- J. E. Taylor.
10:00 o’clock. How to Teach a
Class—R. E. Robertson.
11:00 o’clock. How to Develop
the Teaching Force of the Church
—L. M. Jessup.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
2:00 o’clock. The Relation of
Christian Education to the Sun
day School T. J. Ainsworth.
3:00 o’clock. The Sunday School
as Related to the Work of the
State Mission Board-A. D. Ken
drick.
4:00 o’clock. Business session.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
7:30 o’clock. Sermon —O. O.
Williams.
SUNDAY MORNING.
9:30 o'clock. Devotional exer
cises J. F. Murchison.
10:00 o’clock. The Sunday
School as a Factor for Civic
Righteousness L. H. Darby.
11:00 o’clock. Sermon-A. I).
Kendrick.
J. D. Rabun, Committee.
General News Items
Told In Short Meter.
William Glover, a boy of 19,
was shot with a 22 rifle by Dur
rell Cox near Moultrie and died
from the wound. Cox and his
friends claimed the shooting was
accidental, but cox is in jail
charged with murder.
The intention of the Allied
Powers of Europe to declare cot
ton contraband has been author-!
itatively communicated to Wash
ington. The British government
will claim that they have a pre
cedent for such action in the
l
proclamations of Presidents Lin
coln and Johnson.
Two negro girls were killed by
lightning Sunday while standing
on the banks of a lake at Live
Oak, Fla.
W. A. Johnson, a lineman
working on top of a pole in Sa-,
vannah Monday afternoon, was
electrocuted by a live wire and
his body left hanging by his life
belt thirty feet from the ground.
The dead body of Lee Roy La
mon, a lfi-year-old Savannah boy
was found on top of a freight
train Monday morning. Lamon |
was killed by his head striking
the Southern bridge while leav
ing Jesup, and lodged on top of
the freight car and was not dis
covered until near Savannah.
On Monday afternoon Iff men
and boys were taken seriously ill
in Atlanta and were rushed to the
Grady Hospital. They had been
poisoned by drinking buttermilk
purchased at the Forest Park
dairy.
In response to a petition from
the solicitor of the circuit, Gov
ernor Harris has offered a re-1
ward of $250 for the arrest of i
Nick Johnson, who last week
shot and killed Stewart F. Fos
ter at Swords, Ga.
Three bushels of jewels, pur
ses, and small pieces of personal l
property were recovered last
week when the Steamer East
land was raised in Chicago, that
belonged to the victims of the
great disaster.
More Corn Club Prizes.
The American Goal Products
Co., manufacturers of sulphate
of ammonia, is offering a capital
prize in each congressional dis
trict in Ga., Ala., and S. C., to
the boys’ corn clubs for the best
yields of corn grown in 1915.
This prize consists of a short
course scholarship to the state
college of agriculture in the re
spective states, or in lieu of this
1000 lbs of sulphate of ammonia.
This prize will go to the boy in
each district who is declared the
winner in that district by the
state agents in charge of the
boys’ corn clubs. A boy, to be
eligible for these prizes, must be
a member of the boys’ corn club
and must conform to all rules
made for such contests. This
company is also offering $25 in
gold to the student in each of the
state agricultural colleges of Ga.,
iAIa., S. C., and Fla., for the
best essay written on the subject
of Sulphate of Ammonia an eco
nomic source of nitrogen. This
prize was offered last year to Ga.
students and was won by W. D.
Hasty of Chicamauga.
Notice To Taxpayers.
Taxpayers of the town of Mt.
Vernon are hereby notified to
make return of town property
for ad valorem taxes to the under
signed for the year 1915 between
this date and Sept. Ist, when
' books will close. This the 12th
day of August, 1915.
G. V. Mason,
8122 t. Clerk Council.
Governor Harris is quoted as
' saying that he will about August
i 20th make his call for the extra
ordinary session of the legisla
ture, but has not i>ositively stated
what matters are to be specified
for consideration.
Charlie Hinson, a boy near
Ha/.lehurst, ran a rattlesnake in
!to a gopher hole a few days ago
that had struck at him. He
marked the hole and hurried
I home for help and tools, and
when he had finished digging he
had two large snakes and 39
small ones, 41 in all.
Porter Dyer, a farmer of Whit
i field county, bought a wagon on
time from the Fite Hardware Co.
of Dalton to haul ofF a number
of spools of wire he had stolen
from the same company.
John S. Boswell, cashier of a
bank in Lexington, Ky., and Miss
Jeanette Lindenfield, a young
lady riding in an automobile with
him, were instantly killed last
Thursday when a freight train
struck them on a crossing.
The State Supreme Court hand
ed down a decision on Saturday
declaring the children’s courts
unconstitutional. These courts
had power to commit children to
reformatories and charitable
homes.
John Anderson shot and killed
Jack Hutcheson at Fitzgerald
Monday night. In trying to es
cape, Anderson was seriously
shot by officers who arrested
: him.
I
William A Collins, a prominent
I young business man of Savannah,
Ison of Jacob S. Collins, a banker,
i was drowned in St. Catherine
I Sound on Saturday last. He was
out on a fishing trip with a party
of friends and was drowned by
falling from the launch they were
using.
Vincent Bowman, a resident of
|Tunnell Hill, near Dalton, Ga.,
i while driving a coal wagon on
j Saturday, was killed by light
| ning. A companion riding with
him was not hurt.
COMMERCIAL BANK !S
READY FOR BUSINESS
Mr. Elmo J. Bass, Cashier,
Will Meet New
Friends.
The Commercial Bank, with
Mr. Elmo J. Bass as cashier, has
formally opened for business at
Uvalda, having been launched in
to the business world under most
flattering prospects. The new
bank is a branch of The Mount
Vernon Bank, which is recognized
as one of the strongest banks in
the state, and the parent institu
tion will in every way be respon
sible for the activities of the new
bank. Patrons of the new bank
will readily realize the advantages
to be offered the territory form
erly filled by the Uvalda Bank,
which closed last December.
The stock holders and depositors
of the suspended bank are to be
congratulated on the sale of the
splendid banking house and fix
tures to The Mt. Vernon Bank,
i since the price paid was in excess
of that offered by other bidders.
Mr. Bass comes well recom
mended, and as a man of ex
perience, it is safe to predict that
The Commercial Bank will soon
be in the front rank. It is amply
backed from a financial point,
and the experience and integrity
of its promoters is all that could
’: be asked in the business world.
Farm Loans.
i
1 am in position to close some
i good farm loans, from SIOOO up,
at once. If you need money,
see A. B. HUTCHESON,
415tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
NO. 16.