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n ieciuuiatih n Kia IT ITlMTi JUT THIONG LIKES VEUICT Populace Shows Its Approval bjr a Noisy Demoastratiou When Jury's Finding Is Announced—Solicitor Lifted on Men’s Shoulders and Tri umphantly Carried Off. Leo M. Frank, convicted late Mon day of the murder of 14-year-old Mary Phagan, showed no visible signs of emotion early Monday night when informed that lie had been found guilty. The factory superintendent's wife, with him when the message was delivered, collapsed. More than an hour before Frank was notified the Jury's verdict of murder In the first degree was re ceived with a noisy demonstration by a crowd estimated at more than L’,- 000 persons that Jammed the street. All spectators were excused from the Court room before the verdict was announced Hy agreement of coun sel the prisoner was permitted to re main in bis cell at the cou nty jail Only lawyers, Court officials and newspaper men heard the verdict rendered: After listening to the presents tlon of the evidence and argument of counsel for more than four weeks the Jury retired at 12 4? o clock Monday afternoon when Judge Loan concluded bis charge Shortly after 4 o’clock It waa announced that a verdict had hewn reached but It was nearly & o’clock before the jury re tarned to the Court room ▲ t 4 SO o clock Foreman Win berne read the verdict It contained no recommendation to mercy Aa the neon wan flashed to the crowd oat tide there was loud cheering Mount ed policemen rode through the crowd IS disperse It. bet the demoaetretlon ooatlaeed ana he led •olidter Hash Itoreey ebo roe darted the proeeretlon see the tret te leave the t ourt room As Into the Street he was lift ed te the eheetdere of eeveral men ead carried far more thee e hundred leet threwgh the shouting throng Mary Phagea • body 'ear eg mark* ef vtoieere eas fouad a 'h» base •eat ef the NatU'Se. I'm il Factory early Sunday morning the factory an 1 'at g toon April M ' r 'r- her body waa f'>i*i ! ' e hl< h w erw a . ea • r. ‘ loa* black n»gf’>e Vcwl Tee argro r.lght watchman of the factorr who found 'he bo!» fmmed'atrlT ea• arrcate.J on aua^\ Ion Ituperln ten dcr. t Frank anT a*-> •ral othera conne.tr! w th -he 'a tory eere detalne>1 *e»rra! lay* a’er Among thr*e was Jame# < onley ne gro aeeeper Freak a trial began July 2t The State built a beets of circumstantial evidence and then called Jams# Ton- ley to (be stand to give the only Jl reel testimony agalnat the defendant Conley aeore that he had stood guard oatnide the factory office while Frank was closeted with the pretty 14 year old flrl, and that later he helped Frank carry the body to the base nient. The negro aleo told a atory of Other alleged incidents at the far tory office, charging the defendant with degeneracy The defence * at torney'a attacked Conley a veracltv hy attempting to prove an alibi for their client and by producing throe pre vious affidavits. In which the negro toM widely varying stories of the crime. Late In the trial the defendant took the stand, making a statement of general denial. Ho said he paid Alary Phagan her wages on the day she disappeared, and that she left his office Immediately Judge Roan’s charge to the jury, delivered Immediately after he had overruled a motion of the defence for a mistrial, was terse and direct. With reference to “reasonable doubt” he said: “You are not compell ed to find from the evidence his guilt beyond any doubt, but beyond a reasonable doubt, such a doubt as grows out of the evidence, or for the want qf evidence; such a doubt as a reasonable and Impartial man would entertain about matters of the high est Importance to himself, and after all reasonable efforts to ascertain the truth This does not mean a fanci ful doubt, one conjufed up by the Ju ry." During the trial much stress was placed by both,sides on the question of Frank’s character. Judge 'Roan charged the Jury that while evidence of the defendant’s good reputation previous to the death of Mary Phag an was to be considered possibly ag creating a doubt of his guilt, such ev Idence would not suffice to clear him if, in the opinion of the jury, other testimony was sufflelent to show that ha had ooamlttad the crime charged him. AGAINST PROTECTION SMITH MASKS STRONG SPKBCH ON THK TARIFF Inconsequent Nature of Republican Argument for ProtecUoa Explod* ed hy Carolina Senator. A special dispatch to the State from Us Washington correspondent, says that Senator E. D. Smith of South Carolina Monday made what was pronounced by many senators to be one of the strongest tariff speeches that has been delivered during this session of Congress. The cotton schedule was under consideration and Senator Smith made a plea for the American laborer against the im migrant laborer. ’ c He took up the claim of the manu facturers of New pjngland that they need protection for the benefit o! the American laborer, and showed hy the reports of the immigration commis sion that <5S per cent, of the employ ees in New England cotton mills a T e foreign born, while 2'J per cent, are native born of foreign parents and only 9 4 per cent, are native horn o r native parents. HU argument we.s that the manufacturers, after geMing high tariff duties under the guise of benefiting American labor, had im ported cheap immigrant labor and had supplanted American labor. He also undertook to show that there had been a great d«-. r* ase In the cost of production, by reason of Improved machinery, but the v. ig> s uf the operatives had not In re.v 1 In proportion He denounce.) the plea for protection for tbe benefit of American labor aa a delualon and a • nare. not warranted by any facts and went on to ahow tJiAt . Of rco rae the wages paid the native rot'on ni l labor In the South waa larreiy go*- ered by the «age«^agd tbe cl.rag I migrant labor In tha mill* of \e« England Senator Smith a apeevh attracted much attention as he uael a I’n* <f argument that had not be* a heard before during this aewaton Ml# argument was mad* mor* ' r rib!# by re**on of the 'act tha’ the report of the ImnFgrattoa ro:um'n aioa fro* which h# quoted »»• (Bad# by two KepubMcan Sena* r» from Sew Fagtand Aeea'or I*><1fe ' Wawwwch user ts and Aeea'cr iMlPng ham of Vermont Me was tnterr pi* I s * 'trf.*' .CU f4m<«>t of t 'ah t.alPCfeC ef See Mam pah're t o' !(*• 1 • l an 1 aa J ■'•her# b-i* t k c» »• - a * * * n • h a # e • • • ’ - e ' • • * • SICK iW LYNCHED CMtUTTE IN TAIES REND FIM lISrtTAL SHUT HIM II HEATH X p r t ' T ' » f * • M * ra » • M • f tt: ‘ A ' ** ! ' » ' r * * n f* IN. 1 c -1. . , r • # ' » » -V k A •- ‘ a a ’ ( il l.- t - • * ' « r» ' r « * ! *-•’ ’-r 1 ' • • i c » '•<•»• • ' f. ' c • * 'A . ra j 8 1 ' - e * * m. ■ e f e ' K + r % ■ "rT 9t th* «n* Iff. At- » i«.* i •*'.»- s I > U rtlM L ' t •» r • f < e . . . a t c, ! T i k n • > .are '»• * ' »•' » pe T > a*-e » t e •! • s. e • . • . 1 !, e * 1 • r ’ \ the a# C« The lore a'lt »h n • x Iti y < ’ ir lear r I .« lleaut 'ul efea rrv re d-ar to l: e Than a.I tt.e eea.th of the e.jr.l Co UId be' It ti aometh'.ng deareat to fee] you near When life with Iti aorrowa »e.-ma hard to hear To fee!. When I falter the clasp dl vine Of your tender and trusting hand In mine Meautlful hand, more dear to me Then the teruh rest things on earth could he' Sometimes, dearest, the world goes w rong. For Cod gives grief with Its gift of song. And poverty, too! Hut your love is more To me than riches and golden store; Heautiful love, until death shall part, It Is mine, n« you are—my own sweetheart! Snmll Mob of About Thirty-five Men Stormed Good Samaritan Hospital Vid Drag Victim to the Streets, Where His Body is Riddled With Bullets. Tbe first lynching In the history of Mecklenburg county occurred at 2:15 o’clock Tuesday morning, when a mob of about thirty-five men storm ed the Hood Samaritan hospital at Charlotte, N. C , and took therefrom tho negro, Joe McNeely, who last week shot. Policeman I.. L. Wilson, according to a special to The Green ville Daily Piedmont. The vrowd threw the negro In the stret in fr>nt of the door and riddled him with bullets, and thereupon dispersed up on the instant. The coup against law and order was planned and carried through with a minimum of outward disturb ance, It waa whispered about the sire-ts in the hours just before mid night that something unusual had Se.-n planned but nobody knew ex actly what It was to be and most of those who heard th« rumors believe! that noth.ng would materuelize. Hat too Urge a percentage would recede from thHr Intentions when the critl ral moment came The probable succeaa If such a word Is permissible of this under taking was due to !h# »erre.y In th*- bel'.rf of the community « absolute safety from such an uprising, tbe authorities had permitted the negro to remain In the hospital, instead of removing h'm to the county jail, or from the rountv There had •♦en ronatderabls t*'k it Is sail hut tt was not (jf (he housetop variety and •eem rg y cobody took It with suffl r en' **-*'ouaueee to take a’epw which are or'lnarily taken such as railing out Me rall.tta or placing squadron* of Ir* T 1 e negro Who had been cha ne*1 t" t •’even* the josalblltty of hla e* I rape was n an upe'alrs '<>om guard e! !>» two p*,!|r»®wn Mfltreva llafle- , ' -a an 1 Fverec Farnhardt About ■re '.» k t w xi a >tr-1 ''at foups * '-.rn wr»r ••anting about on bark • i• • * r **.* roa! armatioa , *.. ■' ^ p- «* »»« • ’ e ! e», r, a' o a * '''o*-n ,r twofi*» p «t » a# ’'.ot » . f r • ' ' r ■ A ' . ‘ ' r . |e*> ' ' r J - «tf »'r * •" r Vf r \ »- e f ' • ^ < a , • a ,., I ,« * I • H ,» I -* ■ • . •, r.-1 an * t' l • •!, •• • , w ; s - r ■ ' • ' w a * • 1 r . ' ' * e f. e . ' O »« t ' o h o • j • a : d ■ • ' • ‘ c u.., j I! ai • ‘ r- q *• * ^ .p' 'ward \S *i< n 'I * a» -.g pur. i«- ) * e ! * - k rC e 1 »• * pc pnt ’he* ' un 1 r •‘iut and ’.o.-kpd A great deal has been said » the Spartanburg sheriff who suic fully resisted a mob and saved a pris oner. No doubt the sheriff is entitled to all the good things that has been said of him, but that mob is due some credit for dispersing without insist ing. Had it been like some mobs that have gathered in thi» State, Spartanburg would be making ar rangements to get a new sheriff. » Kills Daughter's Seducer. Edward J. Dupre, of Chicago, who killed the man just freed hy a jury of the charge of seducing Duprey’s daughter, has been freed by the Jury under a great mental strain”. the hearing in October 4. This ren ders It certain that Frank will not be hanged on the tenth, for if an ad verse ruling is given to the motion for a new trial an appeal will be tak en to the Supreme Court, which will necessitate a long delay. Judge Roan ordered the release of the negro watchman. Newt Lee. Con- the negro whoee testimony wia to Frank's cnee, la ex it and sent weed to ter his •art of tha will of i e i CLAS0ID COLUMN ANDj BOLL WEEVIL FIGHT FARIDS EXCHANGE POULTRY AND BOGS. Poland Chinn figs of ftne breeding. Write tor fiicee. 8. J Summers, Cameron, 8. C. For Solo—Registered 0. I. C. Plga, 2 to 3 months eld at reasonable prlcee. <B. P. Jenee, Reynolds, Oa. SENATOR SMITH'S FLAN OF 00T- TONLE88 ZONE Barred Rocks, White Eggs, 39 for 91; chicks, dosen, 1.20; weaners, 35c; half grown, 50c. Marlon Moseley, Jeffers, Va. MISCELLANEOUS. 1 bey all klada of smpty barrels aa* bags. Try ms. Waitsr A. Moore, I George 9t., Charlestoa, S. C. Farm* for Sale—Large or small in lower and upper country. Ten to forty dollar* per acre. Some bar gains. Addres* Box 442, Green wood, S. C. iMlea can be relieved at oeco—Sea: 15c for liberal sample, ‘‘Line Pll* Remedy,” and he convinced. Largs slxe, 5(Jc, • for $2.50. H. M. Knigki and Co., Manufacturing Pharma cists. Lancaster, Penn. Marry if you are lonely. The ReliabU Confidential Successful. Club ha* large number of wealthy eligible members, both sexea wishing early marriage Descriptions free. Mrs Wrubel, Hox 26, Oakland, Cal. f or Sale*—1 Dlxl 2 Liddell-Tump- kins Just overhauled; 1 Boss cotton press and 1 70-saw gin. both In good condition Also a full line of gin and saw mill repair parts. Or angeburg Machine Shop m.gw—\\ anted d<>gs for rash t'ommerce. Ha to buy trained bird Write K C Stark. Wanted—By every famlD Return if not delighted Tour* for five one- rent stamps 8 D Jones A Co . Melrose Fla Vew. ItKea Hpr-tag* has music and dancing The plac* you can play golf tennis, croquet, go fiablng sw'.mm ng boating riding and drtv Ing automobillng Fine lawn sad board walks, and the boms of tbe OH Reliable Rhea ftprtng* Water the beet that finwe been tried for a ren'urt No better place to recap erete Fin# accommodetlone Rate# reasonable Write for pefklcelere Rhea Springs Co . Rhea Springs Term i dm Many Pinna Have Been Tried With More or Leee Succeaa and Large Stuns Spent. The following article on Senator Smith’s proposition of a cottonless zone from the ■ Country Gentleman, one of the moot influential agricul tural joprnals published at the North, will be read with interest. The Coun try Gentleman says: A crisis has arisen in Uncle Sam’s war against the cotton boll weevil. This does not mean that the aggres sive campaign waged against the pest ever since it became established in the southern neck of Texas in 1892 will lag or lapse. On the contrary, it means the considering by the do- cartinent of agriculture of two ex tremely heroic measures, each claim ed hy its sspensors to gi>e the final deathblow to the weevil. Recently Senator Smith, of South f’arolina, advanced the idea ef es tablishing a zone in the cotton belt that should he left entirely free of cotton in order to retard the weevil’s eastward progress into states which have not yet felt its blight. The pro posed zone is approximately one hun dred miles wide and embraces por tions of Tennessee, Alabama. Georgia and Florida. The idea is that this area, planted to anything and every thing except cot'on. will serve as an Impregnable barrier to the lns**ct's progress To appreciate the situation which has promoted Senator Smith to give voire to this proposition It I swell to remember that the total louse* to pro ducers by the weevil between ls9.'> end 1912 are estimated at more than Ivnn nno.oon an average during the eighteen year* of more than $4 4 - OQO.nOO a year The prewent annual loa* Itmore than $1 000 noo a year This 1* to the producer of cotton of cotton alone It doean t not In elude the loeaca to gjn* oil mills broker* buvers merrhan's banker* spinner* and the people in general For this reaeon rnt'on grower* In the eastern section of the cotton belt have developed a wholesome fear of the weevil which Is manlfeeted bv the South Carolina senators rerom mrndatlon But there are two sldee to this question wM h must be ’hre-shed out ‘■••'ore at! p*rt!,-« cun ce-ned are satisfied that anv new move unde-taken tv the department of jgr . ulture such the creating o' a cot'un'.aa rone * H and pro 1 Ilk MOM AN W HO l \DKR*»T AM»S» I , ,m M r'ew a’Ik T* JMI n. r w h • re a r w in l our toul han !» Some w here t he vou The woman 1 waits to make you par* e-a a annua’ \ v I ue * h #• rof f ■vfj ’n h'-r firm white goed have tueda for rho under*’an«'t t»r.« man alvam-e! t> the door ‘ anged on it »nd ca.led for Police man Kern bard' You il not get In this house to night replied otie of tt}* Colored women nurse# nharply For answer the man f urled hi# we'ght against the door which > i elded and tha crowd throngod In and up the stairs Thoae on the outside sav they heard them demand. “Which is the right one’'' “Show us the right one - ’ Th# wo man shrieked In t<Tro.- Never in the hlstorv of Charlotte had juat such a scene been enacted The two policemen on guard lev elo ) their revolvers at the crowd and ordered them to stand back, hut the vengeance seekers leaped upon them and tore the pistols from their grasp. “Then." said a spectator on the out side. narrating his experience after ward, “we heard the clinking of the chains as they brought him down the stairs.’’ The rest must have happened in a very few seconds. A score of pis tol flashed In the faint gas light and from the helpless form on the ground came not even a moan. The swiftness with which the mob dispersed, according to those who saw the occurrence, indicate their confidence that their aim had been deadly and that the object of their foray had been accomplished. But when the police station was notified, the patrol sent down and the negro's body examined it was found that life was not extinct. He was taken to po lice headquarters. The greatest excitement naturally prevailed in the hospital while the unexpected visitors were achieving their gruesome mission. When the mob demanded to know which the right one, Joe McNeely, whom they sought, pointed to another ne gro lying on a bed on the other aide of the room. “That’s the man,” he cried. “He’s the one you want.” “For the Lord’i 8c!:o. no," shouted the other. 'Tm not the one.” The intruders forced one of the officers, It is said to say which one was Mc Neely, in order that A totally inno cent man might not ho tho victim. In the pistol dool last Friday in which Policeman Wllooa was virtual ly shot from smbooh as ho rods on his motorcycle to arrant MeNotly, tho negro received two ballet woaads, neither of which hat they had As the tide »ent out stir found hltr. I-ashed to a spar of despair - The wrot k of bis ship around him. The wreck of bis dreams ia Hie air—- Found Mm. and loved him. and gath ered The soul of Mai to her heart; Tha aoul that had tailed an unchart ed see - Th# soul that had thought to win and be free— The aoul of which ah* was part; And there In the dust she cried to the man; “Win your battle you car> you can.” Helping and loving and guiding — Urging when that waa best— Holding her fears in hiding Deep in her quiet breast— This is the woman who kept him True to his standard lost, When tossed in the storm and stases and strife. He thought himself through with the battle of life And ready to pay the cost, Watching and guarding and whisper ing still: "Win—you can—and I know you will.” This is the story of ages— This is tbe woman’s way— Wiser than seers or sagee, Lifting us day by day— Facing all things with courage Nothings can daunt or dim; Treading life’s path wherever it leads— Lined with flowers or choked with weeds, But ever with hkn—with him. Guardian, comrade, and Golden Spar, The men who win are helped by her. Somewhere she waits, strong In be lief. Your soul In her firm white hands; Thank well the gods when she comes to you— The woman who understands. —J. Appleton. ajnuck on extreme Sooth Tyron street firing his pistol at whomever ap proached. Charlotte officials- are nsKng every effort to uncloak tha identity of the mob. At a spadaft acral an tha board of aldermen oRraaff a reward of Ur who cemprtrad the Jary raadered a prn • j'r-i at t ') 1 l ' . /.!,.• i ' ere 1* an snr value ! at $2 1 T."U'». n M.l* •■•m- sMj' i ' 'k i'* t b *• »' « p. !>*• an annual • 1 H. ! « I! 11» r • » 1MI ! ■ p r. 'Ms pr.'i...-. ! !•'••••• ’ / t i' 1 ! t • » m r ■ i r • h > »n il*- t *! i r f <>»• lo n 2 :* r ' .i. - ’ ' I an ' I! a 'i t 1 annual 1"#« t be •• iperL-ncfil t>T '• f (i 1 miiN crop (in'* rn'i«f < ' »<>uM pr So far as the plantfr* t hf ms**! v*-# arr concerneil »t is proposed that the gov eminent shall pay the coet of reseed Ing this abandoned area t«> other crop# at a cost of perhaps $12 on" - itciO to toix the seed of 25.OoO.Oftu acres It 1* apparent that if the scheme Is feasible the cost of Insur ing th** $2 1 T.ofto.'Hto cotton crop east of the proposed zone would he round $ 2 n.poft.ftftft At first sight this wouhi seem pretty good insurance But it so happens that the Idea thus far advanced does n omtean to tal abandonment of this zone for an indefinite period Government entom ologists state that the western boun dary of this zone can he moved at least fifty miles Ihe second year of its existence and an equal amount of land removed from this zone on its eastern side and put to cotton, They believe that this could be carried on year by year until eventually the weevil would be forced from the cot ton belt and across the Rio Grande, whence it came. Again, it frequently happens that a particularly hard winter or a dry, hot summer gives the weevil a natural set-back, so that this zone could be reduced on the east and moved west during some years by more than fif ty miles. Several times in the history of the weevil it has happened that the government had the situation in h^nd so that by taking advantage of a sea son particularly adverse to the insect and following this with a vigorous campaign of destruction it could well- nigh have annihlated the pest. To be specific these instances oc curred in November, 1&07, November 1908, ecember 1909 and October 1910, when in many cases th« weevil was killed outright in the bolls. But it takes a great deal of money and a great deal of advertising and a great deal of noise to arouse snch an enor mous area to immediate action. By the fall destruction of the cotton stalks and spring rotation of crops the death-blow might have been dealt the weevil at any bat there available. Perhaps that ACCUSED DY a ITIRi lAR ATYUPTS10 US DEAD VUE IUT IUT TEC THU ? 1 » After Shooting His WKe Man Fatally * Wounds Himself—Tells Those Who Rash in That She Shot H« Then Him, But His Little Tells a Different Story. Neighbors w r ho heard half a pistol shots fired late Tuesday in the cottage of Thomas Furl Pennsylvania Railroad engineer Berwyn, Pa., ran to the plaoe hi caking open the door, found long's young wife, Mary, ."'©.id on t, dining room floor and the man lyi beside her, dying. She had boon shot in the ablot; the right side and the right eye had a wound in ills right side n. other through bis brain T! John, four years old, was fift side th© bodies, weeping. twentv months was crawling # tho floor, entirely undisturbed Policemen and doctors were| mon* d The engineer was cons hut unable to move. “How di happendemanded the police. “ did this shooting’’’ “My wiE me." Furlong was able to vfcli Th©n s!ie shot herself I colld' s' >p t.'T I fell when I was I$t^ T’at explanation soun led 8 tra:':e. in view of tli© three In th« woman's body, any ofjwhlc would have been fatal. Thfb. tC the revolver was lying much near** to the man than to the wotnin Be side# the neighbors and pollcenen alV knew that there had been &v«ral re cent quarrels between the Furlong#.* On account of one of the##. Mrs Fur long had caused her husband # arrant and he • aa to have ap?ear#d next week at the county #eat We«t Ches ter. Pa to stand trial for assault and Pa to s'and trial for assault and battery After hta Aral statement F> lapsed Into unror.sctousne#* Ttir doc tor* sal! he would d> -Ithln # t-w hours and #ould not be able to speak again So the pollrr decldel to Inter roga'e little John, th# four »-ar <i| t b<'» who might be able to tell tl.-m som-thing l at happen-d. John’" th-» ask ed “Papa esme h''"’© and *•» the little iw sail il© and Man.rra eere talking iotid Pip# got h:* ptstot ant pointed if a' " sm ma *n ! *h© fell T’ m pa. « po n'- l t at Mu.•• If and he '• ii too That »ett'e<l It Th© child »a* so parmtly teilmg the truth There w.i* corroborative evtdm > In Furl ng s pocket was found a n-u b-»x of c.irt ridge# » • h six m »*lng 11- was rushed i»v-r to th- \\-»t Chester M># pita! with a police guard Hut th-ro is scarcely any likelihood that his son will ever have to a cus© him on the witness aland for his recovery Is now deemed Impossible FMMHU4K (TKRKNCY BILL House I Vmoo rate in Me*e«re Final A| The administration cur$ after nearly three weeka sion, was finally approt House Democratic caucus! night, by a vote of 163 qlne dissenters were R#pi Henry, Kagle and Callat Hardwick of Georgia, Lol hraska, Buchanan and Fc nols, Neely of Kansas Mississippi. After agreeing to cus adopted a n most unanimous bill to be a j “members of for the bill tt> out amentjmefft the bankufcRk may offer am< ly maturing j tneae culth the contr brought itself cc them wj instant tions Tt men! that] strat coult cotton iel soilsfean othet c* theri to tii#I tbvWj- ttv crop cott UM r might hare been dealt any one of thera tiros, 1 a not enough monWI U la one reason Eflra kna not bran mad* Ir allotted bf theft bm *E*