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[aTON calls out militia TO PROTECT HIM FROM MOB fjpp fgu'* Chief Executive De fov Diitric^ A round Hit Home Within Which Force With Fixed Bayonetg Dig per?? Crowds. " f' ? , ? ? ?l.- Oa . .lUlH* 21. ? With several we?i e\rt<l iiii'ii nii*i '???>'? clamoring to ,lb front uutt*, which hail been ? JJed ?1"1 threatening to o*?i Jo county iH)Ueemeu# Governor E, called uimjii tbqmilitia late to l0 protect Ills home. a. pi four companies of militia who (J urn lH'1.1 iimler arms and rushed L Governor's country home lu auto K.j,w j?. proclaimed martial law in Elt extending half a mile back for a dint ii nee of about a quarter jnille ?" cither side. kitn the soldiers Une<l up with b?yo?ets to disperse the crowd, bricks ?n<r bottles were thrown them. A brick struck Lieut. Arnold and rendered him unconscious I short while. The commanding ^ctr, Major Catron, was struck by a ? an were several of the men. 'jv governor proclaimed martial 'it exactly 11 o'clock anil by mid-' I the crowd had practically been ewed. There was no bring, telephone message from -MUledge , where the state prison, la located if where Frank was taken after the pernor commuted his sentence, said ft trouble was feared there tonight pd asked that the Governor order out I Milledgertllo company of militia. Ik Governor told his informant that eh a request would have to come w the sheriff of Haldwlu county, # mldnjuht the sheriff had not fcfc |etted troops. ht Governor was surrounded in his pe by about a dozen friends,. aearJy jprj sue of whom was armed with krifle or pistol. The unexpected ar Ml of a member of the ( mob at a irk corner of the front porch caused * Governor himself to hastily pick I a large pistol. iln front of the Governor's house ire- more than 100 automobiles filled 1th persons evidently there to -see lit the crowd would do. The troops id great difficulty in clearing the road t these machines and many of 'their riere were met with the retort of "tfUOOt 1" A < I. -u.l estimated itt 7(H) meu and boys reached Governor Hiatou's coun try bom* <mi iva<i?treet road alwut 10 '.45 tonight. A f?>r?v of county pollct* was on the large estate and the crowd wade no effort to Kt't into the grounds, standing outside and shouting. ? .. (insrdi InereMed at "Pen." Milledgeville, Ga., June 21,-^AItho' officers at^he state farm here would not discuss the matter, It waH learned from reliable sources here tonlgbt that the number of guards on duty tbtn bad l>een increased since Leo M. Flunk'* arrival. It also was as<-ertaiu ed that there ban be?*n no request made for Htate troops. There was no disturbance ut the prison tonight. Warden Hmltb stated that Frank would be assigned to work tomorrow, probably In tbe cotton or corn field*. Late today crowds that had been demonstrating on downtown streets practically had disappeared, but Short ly after dark tbe main business thor oughfares became thronged. The po lice had difficulty In keepipg down ? rowdyism. Flually the proposal that they march to Governor Slaton's home, four mileb from the (antral of tbe city was accepted by several htyndred men and boys. It was reported at the Governor's home that the crowd was on Its vay , and he immediately got In touch with Hherlff Maugurn and state militia offi cers. The sheriff arrived soon after and swore in as special deputies each of the Governor's, friends who had gone to his home to aid in any emer? flency that might arise. Before the soldiers arrived the crowd had ended its long march and was .be coming threatening at the entrance to the Governor's spacious grounds. They were prevented from entering by sev eral strands of barbed wire stretched between huge pillars at the gateway. Behind the barbed wire stood several county policemen. As the crowd be came louder all lights /in the Governor's home, about 200 yards froiU the gates, were extinguished. His friends sat on the porch, rifles in hands, and all 'seem ed relieved when several automobiles loaded with soldiers, arrived at the gates. Major Catron immediately reported to Governor Slaton, who proclaimed martini law, giving Major Catron full bower. Those oil the Governor's (torch Could Uot that the crowd wan throwing missile* at the soldiers, and a rail I-' restoratives for IMeuteuant 1'arker came hm a surprise to them at the house. The missiles ware hurled Just Hti tho soldiers were drawn up to dis perse the crowd. The llr*l line tnareh ed out of the gate gnd tho crowd be Kan to fall hack. It wan followed In ft few minutes hy another line. The soldlqrs Hurrounded altout 20 men near tho gate and ordered them to get Into automobile* and return to the city. The crowd* dispersed reluctantly hut' within an hour the road in front of the Governor'* estate had practically been cleared. la Co? v let No. 965. Mlllodgcville, Ga.., June 21. At the Georgia Prison Farm, dressed in tdrli>es denoting the lowest grade prisoner, Ix'o M. Frank today protested his ln nocence of the murder of Mary rhagan and expressed a "conviction that the day Js not far distant when I will he exonerated." Frank said that he had no Intima tion of what was going to lutpi>cn late :ust night when officers went to his cell to get him for the trip here. Ho left the cell six minute* after they called. He expressed gratitude toward Governor Blaton, hut said he felt iu tultively that he would rif leaat have his sentence commuted. Frank will be known as convict No. 00ft. ; Dummy Cut Down 4nd Burned. Marietta, Ga., June 21.? 'A llfe-siEod dummy, bearing the inscription "John M. 81a ton, Georgia's Traitor Gover nor" was burfted in the public square here tonight by a small crowd of mefi. The effigy was hanged to a telegraph pole on the edge of the square today after the news was received of the commutation of Leo M. Frank's death sentence. . The police made no* attempt to in terfere with the crowd when they cut down the dummy wnd set Ore to it near the base of the monument to the late Senator Alexander S. Clay. Mary Phagan, the victim of the pencil fac munler, formerly resided here. it "Hanging" at Newiuui. Newnati, Ga., June 21. ? Governor' slat on and Leo Frank were hanged in efligy here tonight. 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Atlanta at Mid nl|hi by Htwriff. Atlanta, (irt . June 21 l*o M. Frank today lu'?an serving a life tn-iiUtHCC at the < .corals prison farm for the mur ?lt'r of Mary Phagun, the fourteen year old employe of the peneii factory of which he wttH suiierlntendent. 111k hurried secret trip hy train ami auto nohlle froiu the Atlanta Jail to Mil* iedguvllle was preceded hy a few hour* the Issuance of a long statement hy Governor Hlatou, giving his reu Soiim for commuting the death sentence, which was to have bqen executed to morrow, to life imprisonment. Frank waa delivered at the state prison at 4 :80 o'clock this morning aud soon after extra editions of news pattern announced the fact liere. With in a Hhort time crowds began to gather on down town str??et corners and with in three hours their demonat rations hud resulted In calling out two-thirds of Uie |>o|ice force and later au order closing all near-l?eer saloons and cluhs where liquor could be obtained. At about noon a crowd conservatively es i (mated at 2,500 gathered on the Capi tol grounds und listened to several speakers. The gloat of this crowd later took charge of the hall c f tho house of representatives where several speak ers aaid they doubted Frank had been removed from Atlanta. A committee of live waa selected to visit the jail. They reported that Frank was uot there. Then Sheriff Mangum, who, with deputies, took the prisoner to Milledgevllle, gave the crowd his wortl he had delivered hlra there and explained his trip In detail. The crowd, which packed the floor and galleries, then marched to 'Five Points' in the center of the business section aud later went to the city hall. .As this had been the scene of a demonstration early. In the day the police took stern measures. Within a few minutes the list of arrest* had Iteen Increased to ten In all, charged with failure to "move On." ( "j Mounted police rode in circles in the crowd separating it Into small de tachments. Apparently disheartened by such methods the j demonstrators gradually dispersed. lOnrly tonight the crowds on the streets api>eared quiet. At Marietta, twenty miles from here, the former home of Mary Phagan, Governor Sin ton was hanged in efflgy. An inscription on the dummy read : "John Slatnn, Georgia's traitor gover nor" ? The ' governor went fully luto details "of. jfiiy, tee commuted the seutenee, his ir>.noo word statement not being com' pleted Tintll almost noon. He'sald his decision "may mean that I muHt live In obscurity the rest of my days, but I would rather lie plowing In a field than to feel for the rest of my life that I had that man*s blood on my hands." * "All that I ask Is that the people of Georgia read my statement of the; nmsons why I commuted to life Im prisonment, before they pass judgment "Feeling as I do about this cane 1 would bo a murderer If I allowed this man to hang." ?In his statement exhaustively ex plaining bis reasons for commuting Frank's sentence, Governor slat on re viewed the circumstances surrounding the murder of ^lary- Phagan In the National Pencil factory -here on April 26, 19J& ; the convictions of Frctnk and hbRipiieal for clemency. A History of Frank Case. The following is the complete Chron ology of the Leo M. Frank ease-: April 20, 191 8, Mary Phagan was murdered in the . National Pencil Fac tory> Atlanta. April 27, 1013, her body was found in basement of factory. April 29, 1913r Leo M. Frank placed under arrest. April 30, 1913? Frank accused- of knowledge of the murder. Mny 1, 191$, Jim Coriley, negro sweeper In factory, arrested. May 24, 1913, Frank indieted on murder charge, on Conley's testimony.. July 28, 1913, Frank's trial begun in Fulton county superior court, At lanta. August 23, 1913, jury finds verdict of guilty. August 20, 1913, Frank sentenced to liang .October 10. Motion filed for new trial; October 31, 1913, new trial denied hy- superior court. February 17, 1914, Georgia supreme court afflirms conviction. March 7 i 1914, Frank re-sentenced to hnng on April 17. April 10. lfiljL another motion for new trial filed, staying execution. April 25, 1914, . Frank's sanity ex amined, -found to be normal. June 6, 1914, new trial again denied. November 14, 1914, Georgia supreme <-ourt sustained denial of petition for new trial. November 19, 1914, Georgia supreme eomrt deifies writ of error. " November 21, 1914, Frank's attorneys seek writ of error from Justice Lamar, of United States Supreme Court. I November 23, 1914, Justice Lamar re*| fuses writ November 25, 1914, Justice Holmes, of United States supreme court refuses writ of error. 1 >ecesaber 9, i?f? Frank re sentenced to hang January 22. I>eceml>er 2L1914, United States] District Judge W. T. Newman rotates for writ of habeas corpus. 24, 1914, Frank's attorneys] to Jostles Lamar for a certlfi-| cttlo of reasonable doubt aud appeal. Deccinlwr 1'n. 1UH, JUHtltv l,u mar Krauts apical ami certificate of rca ?ouahle doubt. February 25, lhlft. Frank case ar itued before full l>ench of {Jutted States Supreme Court. April 10, 1015, supreme court, with Justice 1 loj iik'S and Hughes dissenting, dismiss pb'a f?n writ of habeas ??? ?i i ?< i April 22, 1015, plea for commuta tion to lift' imprisonment tlbil with | Ocorgla Prison commission. Juno 0, 1015, (ieorgla prison com mission refuses plea. J um* 10, 1015, plea for commutation to life imprisonment tiled with <lov-4 i'rn?r John M. Klaton. June 21, 1015, fMttlteuce commuted. TIMELY POINTERS FOR ORCHARD AND GARDEN (Clemson College Hulletln.) Hot;!" to set out tomato plants for the fall crop. IMaco your order now (bnt not with the tree agent) for fruit trees to set out this full. There is but one aafe way to bar* vent fruit. Pick It by lmml. If you are not sure an to the varie ties of fruit trees to buy or where to purchase them, writ* to the Horticul tural Id vision of Clemson College, In placing pcaches on the murkot, see that they are graded uniformly and arrange attractively in the pack age. It will Increase your sales and the price yon receive. The agricultural short course to bo held ut Clemson College In August offers some good tliiugH in fruit and vegetable growing. For complete In formation, apply to J. C. Llttlejohn, Registrar, Clemson College. Put In a crop of fall Irish potatoes. They will keep throughout the win ter. To insure a stand, plant the jk> tatoes in a very deep, fresh furrow and cover deeply or mulch heavily with pine straw. Market problems are now upon you. Are you co-o|>erating with your .neigh bors or are you trying to work out i-'i </r salvation atone? It in often difficult at this season to get a stand of small-seeded vegetables. A good plan' is to sow the seed in the bottom of a furrow 8 inches deep and ftiii a wheel furrow over them. They will then not dry out as they w.lll when planted on a bed or on the level. CAN SURPLUS FRUIT. Wute of Fruit Should be Stopped and Canned for Winter. ; ? ?? . -O ClemHon College, June 22.? At thiM season of the year and from now until August many farmers have more fruit than they dispose of proi)eriy. In most oases that portion which 1b not eaten green or cooked for tbe table during the ripening season Is either allowed to fall to the ground and rot or Is picked up and thrown to the hogs. This Ik a wasteful method. In the majority of cases, when surplus fruit is allowe<i to waste in summer, canned fruit has to be bouglit during the winter to. supply the table, Ity'xall means the surplus should bo put up In cans. This la easily done and is Inexpensive. Ofteu more can he put up than is needed for home use. -In such cases, there is always good" aale for It on the local market. Sev eral farmers in this state last year paid most of their fertilizer bills with money from the sale of fruit canned Jin this manner. They had before been letting it go to waste. Tho same applies to vegetables. Some extra beans and tomatoes should always bo grown -to-auppiy- the table during winter. It will be cheaper to grow these and cari them than to get them at thcr grocer's. ~ The profit In most of the home orchards and gardens Is In that portion which Is not used In summer, hut canned and saved for winter use. i Senator Tillman at Colon. Colon, June 18. ? Senator B. R. Till man, of South Carolina, accompanied I ' by his family, arrived here today from New tork. All the party afe well, al though they had rough weather down. They will leave Panama for San Fran cisco about June 22. Russia exports 480,000,000 eggs an nually. _ MONKV 'IX) MIAN. ? On Improved farms, Rpsy term* Apply to B. B. ciiirke, Camden. 8. O. 60 Notice of Final Settlement and Application for Discharge. ' 4 ? o I I l\m I [ I !? ? Notice is i ? ? ? i ? *i ?>? glvptt that ons month from this date, on tho iiOth May <>f June, 1015, I will mak*' t?? th<? l?ro bate Court of Konntiw bounty my fl imi return as (iuardlan of thf estate Of Margin IfftO Croxton, minor, and <m (1)0 same day apply to the said <\>mi for a discharge as said < iuard Ian JKNN1K M. CHOXTON, Uuardian. Camden, H. O., May 2Hth, 1015 FINAL DISCHARGE Noth-e Is hereby given that one month from HiIh date, on Saturday, June 2(1, 101 r?, 1 will make to the Pjro bate Court of Keeshaw Comity my fi nal return ax Administratrix with Will Annexed of tile (Mtoto Of Nellie Doliy, dOQlimd, and on tHo smite day apply for 1 -ctti'i's Dlsinlssory. I'MMA (IASKIN. Administratrix with Will Annexed. ( 'atnden. S. 0.. May 20. 11)15. WINTlIKOr COIXKUK SCHOLARSHIP AND KNTHANCK EXAMINATION. Tho examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Wlnthrop Col lege ami for tho admission of new students will bo hold at the County Court Houho oil Friday, July 2, at 9 a. m. Applicant* must not he less than sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 2 they will he awarded to those making tho highest average at this examina tion, provided thoy meet the condi tions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships should writo to Pres ident Johnson before -the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tultioci. The next session' w$l open September 15, 1015. For further Information and catalogue, address l'res. D. B. Johnson* ltock Hill, AN UNTIRING EFFORT to repair your own wheel may be praiseworthy from some standpoints but it is boor economy. * Only an ex tJeTtcnn do It well. Our Bicycle Repair Shop in the working place of skilled ma* clilnisls - bicycle machinists and It Is equipped with modern tools and Mil other things to enable us to make "thorough! y , .?a tlsf actory ro? pairs at moderate prices. H. E. BEARD DEATH '"VERMIN RAT CORN Bost rat and .mice exterminator mudo. Kills quickly and ?T>jioluluTy wlt'iontodor Muininlflos ? thus proven tlntf docbmpohi t'<?n n 1 1 the traps I n tin world. Insist on <ionu1m? 1MTOOTW. .r2?c;60c, ft at dealers or Djr niftll, posl . paid. BOTANICAL MFG. CO. ^ 4th A Raea Sta. , Philadelphia. P* z i n g. . 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