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FIRST IN ROUTINE; TAKES
'GYM' EXERCISE DAILY
Remarkable as was the crime of
which he stands convicted, remark
able as has been the fortitude with
which he has borne his sentence to
the gallows, remarkable as has been
the tireless interest in the case, they
are none more striking than the daily
routine that Leo M. Frank goas
through in his Tower cell.
It is hard to conjure interest in
these narrow confines of steel and
atone. Life there would seem as dully
monotonous as a lonesome existen
on a desert isle.
But Frank's personality makes this
routine as vividly interesting as
though it were enacted in the throb
bing heart of the city instead of the
quiet monastery of the prison For
as a prisoner under sentence of
death, even as he was a prisoner un
der charge of crime or the manager
of a business concern, Frank remains
a business man.
Looks to His Health.
The same rules of life he followed
when he was factory superintendent
are followed by him each day as he
awaits the decision of the question
whether he is to be tried again or is
to hang by the neck.
As a business man Frank know-s
that his health must be good, his
mind must be vigorous, for him to
win the battle ahead of him Accord
ingly his health is his first interest.
A cell has never been considered a
health resort, but Frank is tnying In
that cell to keep himself in the best
physical and mental shape possible.
He insists on nine hours’ sleep—
and he gets it. If his mind is per
turbed by dreadful dreams through
the night, the jailers have hot found
it. They say he sh ps as soundly as
a day laborer who has well earned his
rest. #
Keeos Up With News.
Promptly at 7 o’clock each morn
ing he leaps from bed and his daily
routine begins. First, he takes deep
breathing exercir■» at the grated win
dow of his little room. Then for
20 to 30 minutes he works witn the
dumbbells. His Watchers say that h^
does this work with spirit and in
terest.
A shower bath adjoins bis cell. Un
der the water he goes, and then comes
« ut for a brisk rub-down.
This done, he dons his bath robe,
and sitting on the side of the cot.
reads the morning papers carefully,
absorbing not only all th* 4 news <n
reference to his case, b t everything
of general interest. Completing bis
toilet, he walks about the cell until
8:50 o’clock, when his father-in-law.
Fmil Selig. is his first visitor of the
day.
Mr. Selig firings bis breakfast from
the Selig home. It is always a
light repeast of cantaloupe or other
fruit, coffee and rolls. As be eats
this with evident relish, Frank con
verses with his father-in-law. their
conversation being largely of affairs
o/ the Selig household, in which
Frank resided before bis imprison
ment.
Gives Business Ac^'ee.
Other intimate friends follow. Sig
Montag, head of the National Pencil
Company, and Herbert Schiff. the as
sistant superintendent, never miss
an hour or so each day in the Tower.
When they come, the affairs of the
pencil factory are the subject of the
conversation. Frank's advice on all
matters is eagerly sought and he
keeps in almost as active touch with
the concern as he did when he was
a free man. Frank, in reality, is still
superintendent of the National Pen
cil Company in fact as well as in
name.
Other friends follow until 12:30,
when Frank is left to himself Then
he takes up the work on his case,
making notes of suggestions to his
counsel, studying the testimony for i
weak places, reading the argument \\
of counsel for the State to suggest
points of attack
His dinner arrives, at 1:30 o’clock
and after he has eaten, the prisoner
usually lie? on his cot, resting and
thinking until the arrival of his wife
at 4 o’clock.
Wife Remains Several Hours.
Mrs. Frank sits outside the cell
and they converse through the barred
door. As a rule they are never dis
turbed during this period.
At 6:30 o’clock Frank’s supper ar
rives and his wife remains until he
concludes this meal. Then, with a
farewell kiss, she leaves him to him
self and his thoughts.
When she departs he goes over the
aftern«‘dn papers and magazines,
which his friends send him. From
8 until 9:30 o’clock he receives visits
from friends and then is again left
to his studies. He invariably works
on his case until a few minutes be
fore 11 o'clock, when he retires.
This routine hardly varies five
minutes from day to day. It is as
regular as that of a soldier. It is
as carefully planned a> the daily life
of a boarding school miss. It is
simply in keeping with the remark
able nature of this remarkable • pris-
day night that Leo M. Frank should
be hanged if his guilt was clear.
Dr. Barnard took "Capital Punish
ment” as the subject of his sermon.
He asserted that every murderer
should hang and quoted Biblical au
thority from the book of Genesis:
" ‘Whoso sheddeth man’s blood
shall his blood he shed; for in the
image of God made He man.’ ’’
"My friends,” he said, "there is
nothing In the Bible, from Genesis
to Revelations, to show that God did
not intend for a murderer to forfeit
his life on proof of guilt.”
Dr. Barnard talked specifically of
the Frank case all during his sermon.
He said he had not been in Georgia
until the last ten days, but that he
had read the newspaper accounts of
the case.
Wants Guilty Punished.
’ This man has been adjudged guilty
by twelve men good and true, men of
the highest standing in the commu
nity,” he said. "And I want to say
I am unqualifiedly in favor of hang
ing bim by the neck until he is dead
'—if he is guilty.
"I wo*d not for anything in the
world see an innocent man go to the
gallows, but neither would I see a
guilty man escape punishment.
" What of this man’s family, his
wdfe. his mother, his father?’ you
ask
“‘What of the mother, the father,
the sister of the poor little girl w'ho
was the victim of that detestable
crime?’ I ask you in answer. Would
not their hearts be more than crushed
to see the murderer of their child
walking the streets?
For Circumstantial Evidence.
"A life sentence practically would
mean that. 1 firmly believe that if
this rnan were sent to the penitentiary
he would be free within ten years.
Interest in the case would die out
and his friends would get busy and
obtain a pardon for him.
“I want to say one last word on
evidence. Some people say they
would not hang a man on circum
stantial evidence.
"Brethren, the New Testament is
founded on circumstantial evidence.
No one saw- our Lord arise from the
dead. The only proof we have. He did
arise is circumstantial.
"I want to state I am most emphat
ically in favor of capital punishment
for murderers convicted of first de
gree crimes, even if the evidence is
circumstantial.”
Colonel Huff Injured
By Fall Down Stairs
MACON, Sept. 1— Colonel W. A.
Huff, former Mayor of Macon and
widely known as the chief antagonist of
Judge Emory Speer, who was rendered
unconscious and painfully hurt Sunday
by falling down the stairway of his
home on Hardeman avenue, is confined
to his bed to-day and probably will be
for some time. He was found sev
eral hours after the accident by an ear
ly rising member of the family. Colonel.
Huff was delirious for several hours. It
has not been determined yet whether he
was Injured internally.
As he is 82 years of age, Colonel
Huff’s relatives and friends are appre
hensive lest the accident may prove se-
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rlous.
Pope Joins Fight on
Dread White Plague
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Sept. 1.—The Vatican is the
latest agency to be enlisted In the
universal war again#! the white
plague. Pope Pius X to-day ordered
that all persons in Italian convents
afflicted with tuberculosis be sent at
once to the new sanitarium.
The Pope is also sending recom
mendations to all the bishops to have
hospitals for the treatment of con
sumption of the lungs built in their
bishoprics.
Girl Bathers Wear
Bells on Garters
EDGARTOWN, MARTHA’S VINE
YARD. Sept. 1.—A girl bather started
the fad here of wearing a garter with
a tiny bell attached. Other women
took up the fad and the beach fairly
tinkled.
The fad was voted a great success
until u mar. walked Into the dining
room of one of the hotels with a
pink garter around each of his
trouser’s legs, to which was at
tached a cow bell. The fad blew
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Death Bars Dancing
By Isadora Duncan
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Fitzhugh
! Hansel has received a letter from
I Isadora Duncan, the dancer, in w hich
she said it had been erroneously re
ported she was touring South Ameri
ca.
"To dance would be a crime against
the great lesson of death I am try
ing to learn in silence,” she said.
Mrs. Duncan’s two children were
recently drowned.
Gets Napoleon Set
That Cost $20,000
State Game Commissioner Issues
Orders to Prosecute Hunters
Who “Salt’ 1 Fields.
Unsportsmanlike hunters who re
sort to baiting to attract birds to their
fields will he the special prey of the
Game Wardens this season. Game
Commissioner Jesse E. Mercer has
Issued strict orders to his men to
watch out for them and to push the
cases against them to the utmost.
In this campaign Mr. Mercer hopes
to have the co-operation of every
thoroughbred sportsman in the State.
Baiting is "salting" of a field with
certain kinds of feed which quail and
doves are fond of. By distributing
this feed liberally, over a field, the
Commissioner says, it i9 possible to
attract every bird in 50 miles.
‘ "Why, even .some feed dealers are
putting out a feed composed of mostly
wheat with cracked corn and sun
flower seed, which is too expensive for
chicken feed and w hich is being used
for baiting." said the Commissioner.
"Baiting is the most destructive and
most unsportsmanlike method of
hunting, if such an unfair way of kill
ing birds can be called hunting. It
does not give the real hunter a fair
chance. It simply attracts the birds
to one Held, where they may be
slaughtered indiscriminately."
Hunters in Middle and North Geor
gia have s* nt many complaints to the
Commissioner about the lateness of
the season opening, charging that it is
unfair to them, as most of the doves
have migrated to the southern part of
the State by that time. Commissioner
Mercer favors an earlier opening date,
but also wants the season to close
February 1 instead of March 1, as
many of the birds, especially in the
| southern part of the State, begin lay
ing in February.
Marital Failures in
Movies as Warning
ST LOUIS, Sept. 1 — Desiring to
warn young persons w’ho contemplate
matrimony Mrs. Matilda Good and her
son John will have their wedded life
troubles spread over the country in
a moving picture play. Mrs. Good
and her sons have just filed suits for
divorce.
"The pictures,” said Mrs. Good to
day, “will he especially intended for
young men and girls who intend mar
rying against their parents’ wishes.
My mother warned me against my
husband and I advised my son against
his wife, but neither of us listened to
the advice.”
BESSIE TIFT OPENS SEPT. 1.
FORSYTH. Preparations are being
made at Bessie Tift College for the
opening on September 17. Some of
the teachers are already here. The
indications are that the enrollment
will he larger than last year.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1—The
most desired collection of works on
Napoleon, “The History of Napoleon,”
has been brought here by Charles
Lessler from Europe, where it was
compiled forty years ago at a cost
of $20,000.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
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I A»k i > o..r l>ru* f l,t for /\
I III* in K«-d and Gold metallic
J*?*f*. sealed with Blue Ribbon.
T*k« no other. Hut of yoar *
! Ask lor <11 l ClfCR-Trn*
i»iAmo\i» non pilm, £ •«
years k non as Best. Safest, A1 -ays Keliabl,
SOID BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHFP5
Prison Board Takes Up Plea of
Condemned Doctor—Friends
Say He Has Chance.
The Georgia Prison Commission
convened in regular session Monday
morning at the Capitol. The session
probably will continue throughout the
week.
Among the important cases before
the Commission is the case of Dr. W
J. McNaughton, the Emanuel County
physician under sentence of death for
killing Fred Flanders, and the case
of J. J. Mangham. the Griffin cotton
mill operator serving a four-year term
for alleged frauds in connection with
the insolvency of the mill in which
he was interested.
Friends of Dt. McNaughton claim
he has a splendid chance to win clem
ency, as new affidavits have be?»
presented in which it is alleged Flan
ders’ death was caused by acute
nephritis rather than by arsenic poi
soning. The Prison Commission will
weigh carefully every bit of the new
evidence.
The Commission also will go care
fully into the Mangham case, in
which a hearing was granted several
weeks ago. A vigorous fight is being
made in behalf of the Griffin man.
Atlantic City Bars
1-Piece Bathing Suit
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 1.—One-
piece bathing suits for women may
be the real thing at European water
ing places, but they don’t “get by”
on Atlantic City’s beach, if Hewling
Craig, official censor, sees them first.
A woman came blithely dow f n the
strand to-day clad in a one-piece
suit. A short parade and she was
the sensation of the beach Then
into the breakers the fair one plunged
Craig sighted her as she came up.
Right down to the water’s *-dge he
marched and ordered her to come
out. She obeyed.
CHEAP EXCURSION TO
FLORIDA
Via G. S. & F. Railway.
Fare from Macon to
Jacksonville $4.00, Palatka
$4.50, St. Augustine $4.50,
and Tampa $6.00. Propor
tionately low rates from in
termediate stations. Spe
cial trains leave Macon
10:30 a. m. and 11:30 a., m.
September 9. Tickets lim
ited five days.
C. B. RHODES, G. P. A.
Macon, Ga.
^Pastor Wants Frank
jed if Guilty.
] Rev. John K Barnard, of Ashe-
„ ‘ * . declared in a sermon at j
Tuqjrnacle Baptist Church Sun-
“How Does Wrigley’s
Steady Your Nerves?”
“The same way tobacco
steadies yours.
“It’s wonderful. Try it.”
It’s a soothing outlet for nervousness. It’s
a refreshing, pleasant pastime that im
proves teeth, breath, appetite, digestion.
Carry this inexpensive pleasure in your
pocket. It’s always ready to chew and to
benefit you—to take away the effects of
over-smoking and over-eating. It’s as good
for you as sunshine.
BUY IT BY THE BOX
Look for the spear Avoid imitations
Chew it after every meal
Enthusiasm IsRunningHigh
In Pedalmobile Contest
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“Gee, ain’t it a peach! Couldn’t I speed some if I had one of
them! How many are you going to give away, Mister?” These
are some of the remarks to be heard around The Georgian Office
where the big red “Georgian Flyer” is on exhibition—the one
just like The Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian
will give to each boy and girl who secures forty new subscrip
tions to the paper before October 1.
There are many earnest workers and the subscriptions are
coming fast. It would only be a wild guess now to say who will
win the first fifteen cars and receive the Charter Membership
Certificates to the Atlanta Pedalmobile Racing Club. These Cer-
•tificates will entitle the holder to compete in any or all races and
events to be held in the near future.
Pedalmobile Clubs are to be found in many of the large
cities, having been promoted by some of the largest and best
newspapers in the country. This sort of sport may be new in At
lanta, but in many particulars the Pedalmobile races are to the
children what the Auto races are to the grown-ups. In fact, they
are handled a good deal on the same order and are interesting
to the parents as well as the children.
These little machines are not to be confined to pleasure
alone, but can be put to good use in many different ways. Tn
some cities carrier boys who have won Pedalmobiles may be seen
distributing their papers in them. All these cars are w T ell-made
and serviceable and will surely gladden the heart of any boy or
girl who is fortunate enough to win one.
These cars are now on exhibition in the window of 0. C.
Polk Dry Goods Store, 29 South Gordon Street; South Pryor Ice
Cream Parlor, 353 South Pryor Street, and Imperial Tire and
Tube Company, 349 Peachtree Street. While attending the Odd-
and-Ends Sale at Polk’s Dry Goods Company, be sure to notice
the “Georgian Flyer” in the window.
OUTSIDE WORKERS.
A number of hoys and girls outside of the city of Atlanta
have sent in their application blanks and are now working earn
estly to obtain one of the handsome little cars. The Pedalmobile
man will be glad to send subscription blanks to more honest hust
lers who would like to own a Pedalmobile.
Just fill out the application blank below and full particu
lars will be mailed vou at once.
APPLICATION BLANK
Pedalmobile Department of the Hearst’s Sunday American and
Atlanta Georgian.
20 East Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga.
I am interested in your free Pedalmobile offer and am determined to win
one if my application is accepted. Please send blanks and full particulars.
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