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Official Organ of Coweta County.
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BROWN <ft CARPENTER.
KUITORM ANI» pmi.lAIIBRII.
L. 1’. WINTER, g Editor.
GEORGIA IS SHAMED IIEFOHL
7 IIE W( >HU>.
Gov. Slaton’s action on Monday last
in commuting Leo Frank’s sentence,
thus saving him from the gallows, was
a disappointment to his friends and a
shock to the entire Slate. Not only
does the vilest criminal ever pilloried
in the courts of Georgia go unwhipt of
justice, hut Justice herself is Galled in
the dust, abashed and humiliated.
More than that, the clemency extended
Frank will be construed as justifying
the slanderous charges made by Col
lier's Weekly, the New York Times
and other Jew-bought publications at
the North, that the mob spirit was ram
pant at the time of the Frank trial, and
that it was impossible for him to get
justice in the courts of Georgia then or
thereafter.
It is mortifying even to suspect that
Gov. Slaton could have been swayed by
this outside clamor, and yet the utter
inadequacy of the reasons assigned by
him in justification of his official order
granting commutation to the thrice-
condemned criminal must cause se
rious reflection, approach the subject
from whatever angle you may. For
the Governor to set his arbitrary will
against the intelligence and integrity
of the "twelve good mon and true”
who heard the evidence and returned a
verdict in accordance therewith, and
against the affirming judgments of all
thecourtH of the country, was un exhi
bition of arrogance as reprehensible as
it was disgusting.
Small wonder that the people have
risen in their wrath and are denouncing
the Governor from one end of the State
to the other. They feel that they have
been cheated—that justice has been
thwarted—that a red handed, Bin-hard
ened monster solemnly condemned to
die has, by a strange caprice of their
twice-honored Governor, been given an
indefinite lease on life, with ultimate
freedom among the certainties of the
not very distant future.
When guilty wietches of the Frank
type can, by the use of money and
other disreputable means, escape the
penalties of the law, how can we ex-
P'cct the masses of the people to show
proper respect for our courts? — how
cpn we hope to maintain the peace and
good older necessary for the protec-
tian of society?
By his unpardonable interference iu
saving from deserved punishment the
guilty wretch whose horrible crime
stirred the people as they have never
been stirred before Gov. Sluton has
Created a grave situation in Georgia.
A military guard ami barbed wire en
tanglements may protect his home from
invasion and save him from bodily
harm, but he cannot hope to escape the
execrations that will be heaped upon
him by an outraged populace. And this
is said more in sorrow than in anger, for
we have been a friend and supporter of
the Governor in his various campaigns,
and have no wish now to do him harm —
but his action in the Frank case has
strained our forbearance to the breaking
point.
ITHI.1C OFFICIALS.
Public officials arc public servants.
This fact should be borne in nmid, both
by the public and by the-officials.
ltut this relation does not mean ub-
j-'Ct servitude on the part of the offi
cial to the public, nor absolute owner
ship of the official on the part of the
public.
No citizen surrenders his independ
ence of thought, his self-respi ct nor
his manhood when he asks or accepts a
public office. Neither docs he surren
der his conscience. The moment lie
gives up any one of these, he is no
longer worthy to remain in the service
of the public.
Of course, a public official is amen
able to those who placed him in a
position of public authority and trust.
An official can be defeated at the
following election, if in anything he
acts contrary to the will of the major
ity of his constituents. If an appoin
tee, if he has abused his office he can
be impeached.
Under the many safeguards of our
Constitution it is not easily possible
for a public servant to become a mas
ter of the public.
A practical application of these gen
eral principles leads to one or two re
marks. Public officials should be
treated with respect. It is as wrong
to judge them unjustly as it is to mis
judge a private individual, and possi
bly more so. To treat public officials
with contempt or injustice is to bring
the law itself into contempt.
And public officials should always
deserve, as well as seek, the respect
and confidence of those who invested
them with authority.
Meriwether Vindicator: "If we had
the remotest idea that Frank would
qpend the remainder of his life in prieon
in expiation of his horrible crime we
would be Inclined to withhold an ex
pression of opinion upon the subject of
the Governor's action; hut there is not
a penitentiary in Georgia that can hold
I.eo Frank for twelve months. The
wealth of Jerusalem is pledged to his
aid. The same sleepless, tireless, pow
erful race that has shaken the nation in
Frank’s behalf will continue its work
Mary Phagan sleeps in an obscure
gruve, and after awhile the details of
ihe horrible tragedy will he forgotten.
The ceaseless force of money will in a
few years do its work, and Leo Frank
will walk out of the penitent iary a fr. e
man, with no punishment save a few
short years at the Prison Farm, where
the wealth of the mighty have created
for him an atm sphere of luxury. The
voice of Mary Phagan crieth from the
ground.” _________
Some time since there was talk to
the elfect that Postm ister-General
Hurleson was arranging to make a
considerable reduction in the number
of rural mail routes. Now it develops
that instead of that course he proposes
to greatly increase the number of
routes, and to render the service much
more effective in every way. The auto
mobile is to he used on many routes,
and this will be mu h easier on the
carriers and much more satisfactory to
the patrons of the routes. Postmas
ter-General Burleson has put much
common sense and good work into his
department. The country knew little
about him when he was named as one
of President Wilson’s cabinet, but the
more it knows of him the better it
likes him.
Savannah Press: "Life imprisonment
is pretty bad. But how few men of
Frank’s station in life ever serve a full
life term? We make this prediction in
the Frank case: Before the term of of-
ficeof Gov. Nat Harris has expired for
mal application for a full pardon for
Frank will be filed ”
Frank's commutation from the death
penalty to life imprisonment was a
great victory for the Jews and the At
lanta Journal.
Communicated.
Whither Are We Drifting?
The commutation of Leo Frank's sen
tence, as I see it, is a dangerous stroke
at the foundations of our Constitutional
Government. I have always been an
ardent advocate of organized party rule
— restricted, of course, by a conserva
tive set of by-laws or rules. Also, I
have earnestly advocated the submis
sion to the laws of our land and the of
ficial edicts of those in control of the
government. We have been told to
"let the law take its course,” and let a
jury pass upon the guilt or innocence of
the" accused; and this 1 believe to be the
only way to get at the unbiased truth.
This wo have done in the ease of The
State against Leo M. Frank. All the
courts in the United States have passed
upon the case, both us to his guiii and
as to the fairness of the trial, each tri
bunal passing upon such questions as
were relevant. It has been established
that he was legally guilty; that he was
legally and fairly tried; that the evi
dence adduced at the trial was suffi
cient to warrant a verdict of guilty.
The Prison Commission, after a careful
hearing, said there were no grounds
for a commutation of sentence. Now
our Governor says he is not satisfied
thut Frank murdered Mary Phagan,
sets aside the findings of both Judge
und jury, and assumes to know more
than all the courts, juries, judges, so
licitors and witnesses put together.
This is a serious thing. How can we
now appeal to an infuriated father,
brothers and other relatives of this poor
little girl to "let the law take its
course” after such an outrage upon
justice as has been perpetrated in the
Frank case?
I know what it is to contend with an
outraged father after his daughter—his
own flesh and blood—had been subjected
to such treatment, although not mur
dered I spent an entire night pleading
with the father and relatives of a sweet
little girl, about Mary Phagan’s age, to
let the laws of our grand old State take
charge of the accused, and'guarding
the prisoner to prevent his liberation
by his friends and associates. The man
accused met his just deserts, and long
since has accounted to his Maker for
his heinous crime. But l shall never
forget the agonized face of the dis
traded father and mother next morn
ing when the guard that had stood be
tween law and order on the one side
und un infuriated family on the other,
started with the accused to court.
In conclusion
Solicitor Hugh Dorsey Gives His
Views on Frank Commutation.
Solicitor Hugo M. Horse), who pros
ecuted Leo M. Frank, i,us givenoutthe
lolloping c unment on Gov. riiaton s ac-1
tlon in commuting Frans’s sentence to
life imprisonment:
"Trie action of Gov. Slaton, nullify. !
mg the judgments ot tne State and 1
hederai Courts and overruling the rec- I
ummendalion of the Stale Board of
Pardons, was as surprising to me as it I
was unprecedented.
"No defendant within my recollection
has had the benefit of mure appeals to j
the judicial processes, State arid Feder
al, Ilian Leo h rank. His guilt whs con
clusively established beyond a reasona
ble douot to the satisfaction of an im
partial jury of twelve reputable Geor
gians, und their verdict was approved
by tne trial Judge and affirmed hy the
Supreme Court of Georgia. Repeated
efforts to have the judgment set aside
have been denied by the State Supreme
Court, me United States District Court
and the Supreme Court of the United
States.
"With the unbroken record of all
available courts declaring Frank guilty
of the heinous crime with which he was
charged, the inllucntial friends of Frank
appealed to the State Board of Pardons
elected by the people to pass on appli
cations for pardons and commutations
to be considered by the Chief Executive
of the State, and the Pardon Board sus
tained the records of the courts of jus
tice and declined to recommend the ap
plication for a commutrtion
"I did not appear before the Pardon
Board because I felt confident that,
with the evidence and the court records
before them, there would be no inter
ference with the courts of justice.
When their decision refusing to recom
mend commutati-m was transmitted, I
felt it to be my duty to plead for the
enforcement of the law by the Chief
Executive, because I knew the force of
the influences at work to upset the
judgments of the courts and of the Par
don Board.
"I knew that the senior member of
Gov. Slaton’s law firm, Rosser, Slaton
it Phillips, was the leading counsel for
Frank, not only throughout his trial,
but in pros-cutmg the original and ex
traordinary motions for new trial, and I
knew it would be difficult for the Gov
ernor to escape the subconscious effect
of his environment.
"The Constitution of Georgia com
mands the impartial and complete ad
ministration of our laws, and imposes
this command upon the Solicitor-Gener
al of each circuit, as well as upon the
Governor of the State.
"My feeling that the Governor was
disqualified, at least to an extent, by
his environment and affiliations from
viewing the records in this case impar
tially, prompted me to appear before
him in person to urge the enforcement
of the law.
“Not one of the grand jurors who
found the true bill against, Frank, and
not one of the jurors who convicted
him, joined in the petition for clemen
cy, which was granted ove the protest
of the prosecuting attorneys and over
the adverse recommendation of the
Slate Board of Pardons.
“I cannot find in the record of the
Frank case, or in the Governor’s
lengthy statement of attempted justifi
cation, one reason why the Governor
should have departed from his declared
policy and interfere with the judgments
of the courts in this case.”
Encourages Anarchy.
LnGrange Graphic.
When, at any previous time in the
history of Georgia, has an official act of
the Governor so enraged the people as
to call for police and military protec
tion to save his lif. from the hands of
an outraged people? When Jack Slaton,
with the power vested in him, swept
aside the verdict of the courts of the
State he threw wide the doors to anarchy
and invited as a tribunal of justice,
“Lynch Law” and “Mob Rule.” Jack
Slaton may not realize the seriousness
of his act, but when the people begin to
reap the whirlwind as a result of his
sowing, he may well hang his head in
shame, knowing that this one act of his
life has placed a blot upon the Empire
State of the South that time cannot ef
face. Every true Georgian is proud of
his State, and stands for the enforce
ment of law and order; but to-day they
hang their heads in shame at the base
betrayal of her virtue, and Jack Slaton
stands before a righteously indignant
people branded as a traitor to the trust
reposed in him as the protector of the
home and the guardian of the people.
A viciously unjust law is that which
compels young men, who oftentimes do
not own a foot of lnnd or a horse und
do not directly need the roads, to build
and keep up the county roads, while
men who own thousands of acres, or
, have bought Und along these roads on
:’. er , speculation and never do a stroke of
ls ' 1 work on them, will get the fruit of this
co npulsory labor of these poor young
men. Also big farmers and merchants
who haul heavy loads over these roads—
some every day, who have passed the
; age limit - need not do a lick of work on
1 will say with regret I these roads. It seems to me that it
and sadness that all along I believed I should be the wealth of a community
Gov. John M. Slaton wo’Id not coni- that should be taxed and not the indi
mute Frank’s sentence 1 have been | vidual.—Otto Johnson in The Progres-
snddened by defeat in campaigns, local, ( s j ve Farmer.
State and national, but never have I j " . ' «
had such a sickening, nauseating feel- i Nothing worries some women like
ing as 1 did when I read the Governor’s j troubles that fail to develop.
statement setting forth his reasons for j ———— ——
commuting Frank's sentence. It read
more like an argument from some paid
lawyer talking in Frank’s defense than
that of a man seeking to fix the truth
ful and legal status of the case.
Hoping that Georgia will never have
to pass through another such ordeal, I
am, as ever, for Law and Order.
F. T. Meacham.
Grafitville. Ga., June 22d.
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Take Hall s Family Pills for constipation.
New Advertisement*.
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors.
In the District Court of the United Stated for the
Northern District of Georgia.
No, in Bankruptcy.
In re B. C. Moore. Bankrupt:
To the creditors of the above-named person of
New nan. Go., in the county of Coweta and dis
trict aforesaid, a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of
June. 1915. the said person was. duly adjudica
ted bankrupt, and that the first meeting of credi
tors will be held at the Court-house in Newnan on
the lid day of July. 1915. at 9 o'clock a. m..
at which rime the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bank-
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We have a large and beautiful assortment of stationery indifferent shades—
lavender, green, fawn, pink, gray and buff, or white with green or blue border,
at 50c. All the very newest styles. Anything in white stationery.
Pound paper, 25c and 35c.
Plain or gold-edge correspondence cards, 25c and 50c.
Visiting cards, 10c package.
Tablets and envelopes, score, tally and playing cards, tissue paper, crepe
paper, memorandum books.
Keller’s writing fluid, 65c quart; fountain pen ink, indelible ink, etc. In
fact, everything in the stationery line.
Dahl’s Cut Flowers
J. F. Lee Drug
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Norris’ Candy
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Prompt
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Service
rupt and transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
ALVAN D. FREEMAN.
Referee in Bankruptcy,
Newnan. Ga.. June 23. 1915.
Big Celebration
And Barbecue
AT WARM SPRINGS, GA.
JULY 4
Very low round trip fares Sunday July
4, and Monday, 5.
From all stations on the A., B. & A.
railroad between Atlanta and Warm
Springs and between Lineville and Warm
Springs.
Tickets good to return on date of sale
Week-end tickets will be sold Saturday
or Sunday, good to return until Tuesday
afternoon trains.
Splendid schedules and train service.
C-et complete information from ticket
agent, or write—
W. W. CROXTON, G. P. A.,
Atlanta. Ga.
EXCURSION
To Birmingham
July 2, 1915
Spend the 4th in the Birming
ham District. Very low fares
uia the A.. B. & A.
SCHEDULE AND ROUND TRIP RATE
Leave Woodbury
Leave Manchester
Leave Bullochville...
Leave Durand
Leave Stovall . ....
Leave LaGrangc
Leave Standing Rock
Arrive in Birmingham
... 9:59 a. m.
... 10:35 a. m.
10:47 a. m.
. 11:02 a. m.
. 11:15 a. m.
.. .11:55 a. m.
12:25 p. m.
6:25 p. m.
$4.00
4.00
4.00
3.75
3.75
3.50
3.50
Half fare for children.
Tickets good to return until July 6th.
Get complete information from nearest
A., B. & A. railroad ticket agent, or
W. W. CROXTON, G. P. A-
Atlanta, Ga.
5th of July
EXCURSION TO ATLANTA
July 4th being Sunday the regular celebration will be held Monday
SCHEDULE AND RATES
Leave West Point
8:15 a. m.
$1.25
Leave Gabbettville
8:30 a. m.
1.15
Leave LaGrange
8:50 a. m.
1.00
Leave Louise
9:05 a. m.
1.00
Leave Hogansville
9:23 a. m.
1.00
Leave Trimble
9:29 a. m.
1.00
Leave Grantville
9:40 a. m.
.95
Leave St. Charles
9:48 a. m.
.90
Leave Moreland
9:55 a. m.
.80
Leave Newnan
10:10 a. m.
'.75
Arrive in Atlanta
11:30 a. m.
Returning train will leave Atlanta at 10:30 p. m„ July 5th, 1915,
ervbody ample time for all festivities.
giving ev-
One Day of Nothing But Pleasure
Two games of Southern League Baseball—morning and afternoon. Atlanta
vs. New Orleans at Ponce de Leon Park.
Also games between colored teams.
Free Band Concerts at All the Big Parks
Boating, Bathing, Dancing, etc. Fun and Amuse
ment for Everybody.
First Annual Seashore
EXCURSION
JULY 6
On July 6. Central of Georgia Railway j
will operate low per capita excursion to
Tybee. Jacksonville and Atlantic Beach,
ROUND TRIP, $6
Good six days.
*
Also, to Tampa. Fla.,
ROUND TRIP, $8
Good eight days.
Comfortable sleepers and easy riding
coaches.
Tickets good on morning trains as well
as night trains.
For full information ask the ticket:
agent.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
"The Right Way."
Legal Notices.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Joe A. Camp having applied to the Court of Or
dinary of said county for letters of administration
on the estate of Matie Teasley Camp deceased,
all persons concerned are required to show cause
in said Court by the first Monday in July next, if
any they can. why said application should not be
granted. This June 9, 1915. Prs. fee. $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
Richard Grimes having applied to the Court of
Ordinary of said county for letters of administra
tion on the estate of Sarah Hicks, deceased,
all persons concerned are required to show cause
in said Court by the first Monday in July next,
if any they can. why said application should not
be granted. This June 9.1915. Prs. fee, $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
J. 1. Scroggin having applied to the Court of
Ordinary of said county for letters of administra
tion on the estate of George Lee. deceased, all
persons concerned are required to show cause in
said Court by the first Monday in July next, if
any they can. why said application should not be
granted. This June 9. 1915. Prs. fee. $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Theo B. Davis, executor of Jonathan B. S. Da
vis. deceased, having applied to the Court of Or
dinary of said county for letters of dismission
from his said trust, all persons concerned are re
quired to show cause in said Court by the first
Monday in July next, if any they can. why said
application should not be granted. This June
10. 1915. Prs. fee. $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Mike Powell, guardian of Annie Will
Turner and Lewis Redwine. having applied to tne
Court of Ordinary of said county for letters oi
dismission from his said trust, all persons c0 “*
eerned are required to show cause in sanl L^urt
by the first Monday in July next, if any they
can, why said application should not be gran.«w-
This June 9. 1915. Prs. fee, $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary
Notice to Non-Resident Heirs-at-Law-
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Court of Ordinary.
June Term, m -
In re: Probate of will of A. W.
late of said county, deceased. To E. F. .
ford, of the city of Chattanooga. State of Te
see. and to A. P. Shackelford, of King City. • * .,
of California, non-resident heirs-at-law ■>»
A. W. Powers, deceased: Take notice that -- •
Powers, jr.. ana John P. Shackelford ha> * ’
plied, as executors, for probate in solemn
the last will and testament of A. W. I lV>v ' i ’ r “',
late of said county, deceased, and that said \»'
cation will be heard at the July term. L - r _
Court of Ordinary of said county. This J
1915. Prs. fee. $4.14. L. A. PERDUE^
Court Calendar.
COWETA CIRCUIT. 4
R. W. Freemau, Judge; J. Render Terre
Heitor-General. an d
Meriwether—Third Mondays in February
August. „ renl*
Coweta—First Mondays in March und -**• 1
Heard—Third Mondays in March and SeF“ m
her ,. j October
Carroll—First Mondays * n AP r “ *J* Q
Troup—First Mondays in February a