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DuPre Marches to Death Wearing Smile Atlanta, Sept. 1.?Maintaining his stoicism to the last and with a smile on his lips as the black cap was adjusted preparatory to springing the trap under him, Frank B. DuPre, nineteen years old, paid the death penalty at the Fulton county jail here today for the murder of Irby C. Walker, private detective, December 15, last. The trap was sprung at 2:04 o'clock and sixteen minutes later the youth was pronounced dead. The scenes attending the execution of DuPre were described by old jail officials as the most dramatic ever witnessed by them. Outside the jail the streets on three sides were blocked with persons eager to get a glimpse of the proceedings. Even the tops of buildings nearby were occupied by men, women and children. Police reserves were called out to keep order. Inside the prison walls DuPre probably was more composed than any of the officials, witnesses or fellow prisoners. The youthful bandit was engaged in religious services when the fall of the death trap for Luke McDonald^ negro, convicted of the murder of a negro woman, could be heard throughout the jail. He paid no attention to the subject which within the hour was to mean his own end. He continued in prayer until fifteen minutes of the hour set for his execution, when unfalteringly he started for the gallows five stories abpve. Upon reaching the death chamber, DuPre stopped and looked out a windwo. "That's some crowd, isn't it," he -- said to his brother, Joe DuPre. He then pointed out acquaintances below and waived to them, shouting "Good-bye." A deputy sheriff called his attention to Betty Andrews, the sweetheart for whom he robbed the jewelry store and killed Walker. She was in a cell two floors below, her face pressed closely against the bars of the window. She became hysterical at the sight of the condemned youth, who shouted to her: "Good-bye. Betty. I want you to be a good girl. Won't you?" His words were drowned in the cries of the crowds below. "Be good, Betty, be good." Dupre repeated again and again. Then as the crowd became q,uiet: " "You are going to meet me in Heaven, aint you Betty?" the bandit shouted to his sweetheart. "Yes," was the reply. DuPre turned to a deputy sheriff and asked. '"Well, are you all ready?" - ?- * -?? a? -t?^ ine aepuiy, iuo cuuacu wim emu' tion to reply, led the boy away to the gallows. "God bless you all," DuPre shouted as he waived a farewell. The condemned youth led the procession to the gallows, surveyed his surroundings and then asked his spiritual advisers to sing: "A mother's prayer has followed me." * DuPre's last audible words uttered as the black cap was being adjusted over his read, were: "Please brush back my hair." The suit in which DuPre was hanged was the same one worn by him on the day of his crime. The execution of DuPre brought to an end one of the most determined legal battles ever waged in the history of Georgia criminal courts. All other efforts having failed to stay execution a final appeal was made to President Harding yesterday but he replied that he was without authority to intervene in the case. His Answer. The cor^Mnt-maior was reaching the end of his patience in his examination of the recruits' squad. "For the last time," he yelled, going almost purple in the face, "I ask you the simple question, what is a fortification?" i ?.-? ** r Shoulders dropped and with faces TOid of intelligence as a vacum of air, the recruits stood fast as a man. No one answered. * Rushing up to the most intelligent looking man, the irate N. C. O. bawled: "Tell me, my man, what is a fortification?" The answer came like a cork out of a bottle: "Two twentifications, sir." How it Happened. "Yes," observed a boastful business man to his actor friend, "your 0 profession may be a very lofty one in an artistic sense, but that of a successful merchant is much better. Look at mel At the early age of 45, retired on my fortune and presented by my fellow merchants with an illuminated address! Can you boast of anything like that? Have you ever had an illuminated address?" "I have," replied the actor, "once." "When?" asked the merchant. "Why," replied the actor, "when my lodgings caught fire." RAT KILLS RATTLER. Rig Snake Succumbs in Battle With Rodent. Charles Johnson, a farmer, living south of Clyde, N. Y., caught a rattle snake and housed it in a box. He had planned to take the snake to Rochester and turn it over to Pete Gruber, better known as "Rattle Snake Pete." A rat of enormous size ventured into one of Johnson's steel traps. The rodent was so large that he could not enter the trap. The springs held him by his front legs. Astonished at the size of the rat Farmer Johnson thought a little sport would be appreciated. Inviting several farmer friends, Johnson managed to drop the rat into a potato pit and and cheese. From the farm it was carried to the Montezuma swamp, a mile away, and given its liberty. High Cost of Laving. Joseph Cole, of New Orleans, is a bridge builder on the Illinois Central Railroad. Following is the reason he resists a cut in his salary, he having kept an accurate account of the cost of his purchases: A coat and trousers for $40. Shoes, $12, $10.50 and $10 pair. Stockings, $1.39,and $1.35 a pair. A corset at $10. A hat at $10.39. Shirts at $3.48 each. Neckties at $1.25 each. Suspenders at 99 cents a pair. Toilet water at $1.04 a bottle. Cold Cream at $1.50 a jar. Rouge at 50 cents a box. Fruit cake at $2 a pound. Poor old Joe, with an extravagant wife, further said his expenses for the last month were $162 while his income (wages) was only $142.40. Did you note stockings at $1.39 and $1.35 a pair? Toilet water, $1.04 a bottle? Cold Cream, $1.50 a jar? Rouge, 50c a box? Cake, $2 a pound? Working men cannot always live in extravagance and watefulness at the pace many of them have set themselves. Only a few years ago Mr. Cole's list of expenditures wouia have read something like this, and he and his family were just as happy, if not more so, than they are now: Coat and trousers, $20. Shoes, $3, $4 or $5 the pair. Stockings, good cotton instead of silk (and wife's skirt hiding 'em), 10c a n r ? then shook the box holding the rattler over it. The snake soon fell into the pit and ceiled up in a corner. It was expected that the snake would make short work of the rat. So for a few minutes nothing happened, both snake and rat taking opposite corners and eyeing each other very carefully. Suddenly the snake began an attack. With lightning swiftness it shot out its head, caught the rat unawares and sank its fangs in the animal's nose. The hat squealed with pain and rage and actually tore itself loose in a desperate struggle in which both rat and rattler rolled over the floor of the pit. Next the rat sprang at the snake. As the snake squirmed the rat leaped into the air and caught the snake back of its head, tearing the flesh and inflicting a deep wound with its teeth. The energy of the rat's attack apparently puzzled the snake, which was bitten time and again. Finally the rat secured a firm hold on the snake directly under its head and hung on until the serpent was fairly choked to death. The farmers covered the pit with cordwood and left the rat and dead snake alone over night. The rat was found to be alive and active in the morning. Much surprise was expressed that the rat was alive, as it was believed the snake's poison would have ended the rat's life in the night. Johnson decided that the rat had earned a right to live. Accordingly the rodent was enticed into a box containing a quantity of dry bread ana zoc pan. Hat,, and a good one, $3.98. Shirts, not silk, 98c. Necktie, 39c, or 2 for 75c. Suspenders, gooduns, 50c. Toilet water, $000,000 per bottle. Cold cream, 10c jar. Rouge, $000,000,000 a box. Fruit cake, made at home at onehalf the expense, and a dinged sight better'n store boughten, A happy day that will be when ordinary workin' folks (and. that means most of us) find out they are not rich and can't run with millionaires and get by with it.?Monroe, (N. C.) Enquirer. The Wrong Map. A visitor to Chicago was standing at the corner of State street with a - - - - j - a i I map in his hand. Jtie gazeu at il latently. A kindly passerby offered his assistance, whereupon the man, with the map, smiled wanly. "I reckoned I'd figure it out very well," he said; "with this little map, but I guess I'm beat." "Yes, yes," said the Good Samaritan, soothingly, "I dare say you'd have managed very well, but you're looking at the map of New York." TIP FOR TEA HOUNDS. Coral Isle in South Seas Presents Attractions. A sunny coral isle in the South Seas, where lazy palms fringe the ; coral atolls and the women, young i and beautiful, outnumber the men t more than fourteen to one, where i thirty cents lasts a month, this is the | story told of Tagawa, an islet of the Ellis group by Captain J. A. T. 01: sen, of the American schooner, Henriette, wrecked July 16. Captain Olsen and members of the crew are in Honolulu with the Brit, ish steamer, Hauraki, which picked , them up at Tagawa, and is taking - them to San Francisco, and the cap tain's tale follows: ''Tagawa is the only habitable island of the Ellis group. Its population consists of 190 persons, of whom only 12 are men. "Our schooper was swung off its course and onto Nukualili reef by the heavy seas. "We struck at night and at dawn we tried for the shore. Before we hit the coral we saw native men, clad only in loin cloths, pushing an outrigger canoe into the water, and with their assistance we made shore in safety. It if had not been for the natives we probably would have lost our lives in the heavy surf. "Our coming was hailed with joy by the natives, who pass^their existence in a state of isolation. The women outnumber the men fourteen to one or more, and some of them are beautiful. Their ages range from 12 to 18 years and there are only a few older. "The chief of the tribe, a husky Sa moan, turned over his grass hut palace to the mate and myself to be used as our private quarters. He also tendered me one of his daughters, a beautiful dark-haired girl with a lovely figure, as a servant. Other pretty girls were assigned to the mate and to other members of the crew to wait on them. "We did not lack for entertainment. I had a great time and would not have missed the experience for any money. "I had only thirty cents in my pocket, but money was no object. "Many dinners were given in our honor and native maiden in grass skirts performed the hula dances Tor our amusement. "All inhabitants of the island are Christians and all lead upright lives. ''We had a hard time getting away. The women wanted husoanas ana they pleaded with us and coaxed us to stay. Owing to the isolation of Tagawa, most of the men of marriageable age have left it, some have gone to sea as sailors and others are scattered throughout the southern ocean and as far west as Australia. "On our twentieth day on the island Mate T. P. Bensen sighted the masts of the steamer, Hauraki. We put out in our boat and signalled repeatedly, finally catching the attention of those on board her and they picked us up. "We were not worrying, for if the Hauraki had not sighted us we would have been taken off the island by the London Missionary society boat which calls at Tagawa twice each year." Paid Republican for Appointment. Fort Mill, Sept. 2.?The statements contained in an interview published in the last issue of the local newspaper with J. C. McElhaney, Fort Mill man who served as postmaster for a month and a half in 1Q91 with reference to assessments by the Republican organization in this state to secure their influence in landing federal offices, have been confirmed. Mr. McElhaney said: "There wasn't anything surprising to m,e in the newspaper stories sent out from Washington a few days ago telling that Senator Dial was opposing the Confirmation of Joe W. Tolbert as marshal for the Western district of South Carolina on the ground that the Republican organization in this state, of which Tolbert is chairman, had assessed postmasters and other,, federal officeholders who have been appointed through the organization's influence since Harding became president. I secured the postmastership of Fort Mill through the influence of the Republican organization and paia $50 for its assistance. The money was sent by me to one of the Republican bosses in the state, who has since been appointed to and is now holding an important federal office." Mr. McElhaney gave the details of the preliminaries and says that he was directed to remit an express money order rather than a bank check or postoffice money order. He exhibited a receipt from the express company for the remittance, which indicates that the amount of $50 was transmitted by him to the officer referred to. 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