The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 20, 1915, Page 2, Image 2

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wr. ' 2 - - LYNCHING OF FRANK TO BE THOROUGHLY AIRED Governor Harris Returns to Atlanta to Aid Prison Commission in Investigation. FRANK HANGED BY MOB. Kornior Judge licslruias Crowd From Mutilating Iteinains?Prison Otticials Kxoncratnl of Illume. | Fitzgerald, Ga., Aug. 17.?Clover-j ivor Net E. Harrs, who came here early today to attend the annual reunion of Confederate veterans, announced that he will return tonight to Atlanta for the purpose of aiding the prison commission in an investigation of the lynching of Leo M. Frank. "The people are entitled to all the facts in the case," said the governor, i "and I propose to see that they shall have them." He said that a thor- j ough inquiry will be made. I tody Taken to Brooklyn. Atlanta. Ga.. Aug. 18.?The body of Geo M. Frank, under a heavy police guard, was placed aboard a Southern Railway train, which departed at 12.01 o'clock this morn.ig. The funeral party including Mrs. : Frank and several Atlanta friends of the family, who will accompany the tody to Brooklyn, also was guarded varefully by the police until the train t left the terminal staton. Story of the Lynching. Marietta. Ga., Aug. 17.?Leo M. ! Frank is dead, a victim of mob law. Shortly before 7 o'clock this morning he was hanged to an oak tree in <t woods two miles east of here, after having been removed from the Gonr-, gia prison farm one fiundred miles away late last night by a mob of j about twenty-five men. Thus ended I?ic \aicvi \j I III*- 1111111 Wild iur I W IJ years had maintained his innocence ( of the murder of Mary Phagan. Frank, on his ride to death, was clothed in a silk night shirt, with the letters "L. M. F." embroidered over his heart. When found today a white handkerchief had been placed over his face and a piece of brown ' cloth bound around his limbs. His hands were bracketed before him an I his feet were bound with a piece of rope. The hangman's knot lay against his right jaw. | Discovery of the body was made at 8:30 this morning bv searching parties, whch had been j organized after Frank's removal from the prison farm became known. The news spread with lightning-like rapidity and within half an hour hundreds of people, including scores of womnn and children, from Marietta and the surrounding country-j side began to arrive to view it. This continued until Coroner Hooth arrieved three hours later. IFUGE APPEALS TO CROWD. Objection was made by some, to the coroner's announcement that the body would be cut down at once and taken to Marietta. Cries of "Don't move the Jew's body till we shoo' it full of holes" were heard. Then former Superior Judge N. A. Morris of Cobb county, appealed to thoi crowd. "Let there be no further violence." lie pleaded. "The work of :he mob is done. Leo M. Frank has] given his life for the crime he is al-, leged to have committed. Do not mutilate the body. Let it be sent to his mother. I appeal to your better judgment and I ask all who agree] with the course I suggest to raise their hands." Vor a moment the crowd seemed i to hesitate as the speaker concluded, j Then simultaneously hands appeared I everywhere. A moment later thej swish of a knife cut the rope that1 nein r rans s Doay suspenaea mree feet above the ground. It was quickly placed in an undertaker's wagon and started to Marietta. Two score automobiles loaded with people im-| mediately followed. BODY PUT IN AUTOMOBILE. Officials evidently feared the earlier mood of the crowd might return and some form of vengeance result To avoid this poss:bllity, the body uurneniy was taken rrom the undertaker's wufton at the edge of Marietta, placed in an automobile with former Judge Morris and hurried to Atlanta. With the departure of the body the excitement that had stirred the town, rapidly diminished. The dense crowds that had filled the streets during the early morning hours thinned quickly and by noon only an occasional small knot of people discussing the lynching was to be found. The scene of the hanging was within 200 feet of the roadway and within a few hundred yards of two| farm houses. Occupants of both said they had noticed nothing unusual during the early morning hours. However, William J. Frey, a former sheriff, in whose woods Frank was hanged, living a half mile further east, said four automobiles passed j j his house shortly before 7 o'clock i this morning, each contining six or! j seven men. TiirvtTniiT r\xz* I WPUiMn Iiiri v & a 1 nwuun i ur u i | y "I puid no particular attention to j j them," Mr. Frey added, "and the | t possibility of a lynching did not oc-'| j ' cur to me." ' t | After tho disposal of the body j ' ! officials turned their attention to an i investigation of the crime. Coroner j t Booth empanelled a jury and an-j nounced that Cobb county commis- j i sioners at a called meeting a short f time previous had empowered him to1 l hire a special attorney for the in- j c quiry. Two witnesses testified as to a the identity of Frank as the nan t lynched. An adjournment then was i taken for a week to allow time for j Sheriff Hicks and other officers to collect evidence. | v No sympathy for Frank was heard | e frnm n n v n f fhn hnmlro/lo fhof nonb_ . v \> u ti vr*. v>tv t> u 11 vt t vuo tiioi |/av/iv- f pel the streets here and viewed the v body as it hung suspended. "I hate to hear of people being c lynched." said one woman, "but this s ?this is different. I think it is the e justice of God." e Similar sentiments were expressed t by scores of others. The women as a rule, however, were more free to r make public their feelings than the f men. I t ONLY ONE CHANGED COURSE, j n It became fairly well established tonight that only one automobile \ 1 that left Milledgeville with Frank S continued for any considerable dis-1 a tanee towards Eatonton. This ma-, i chine was fitted with chains 011 the! tires and was easily traced. The men in this automobile did a great ileal of shooting at a bridge over ^ Little River, near Eatonton, which led to reports that Frank had been killed there. Then, it is believed.!' they took a shorter course to the road ' traversed by their companions and 1 joined them in the trip here. Another evidence of the care with I ' which the raid was planned was ' shown when it was ascertained that gasoline in tanks of automobiles used 1 by officials at the prison farm were | 1 emptied before tho gang made thei * rush for Frank. * 1 Officers Held Blameless. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 17.? I Prison officials here are held to be i without blame for the situation aris- i ing from the taking of l^eo M. Frank from the principal state penal institution by a mob numbering about * twenty-five men. in a statement given out tonight by it. E. Davidson, chair man of the state prison commission. ' Mr. Davidson with the other two c members of the body, Commissioners Itainey and Patterson, were here to 1 inspect the penitentiary when Frank i was taken away. ' ( The prison commission has full s nower. not exrontinc tli:it vested in I tho governor, to conduct or order any a investigation it may deem (it. Mr. Davidson is accredited with, the statement that as the mob worked so quickly and was so well or ganized and immediately upon its arrival at the prison so completely controlled the situation that "no responsibility rested upon either the commission or anybody of the farm." Some comment was heard here today as to why the mob had to deal with only five men?the warden, thei superintendent, two guards and a "trusty" in charge at a gate. j MOB WORKED QUICKLY. | That Warden J T. Smith and Superintendent J. M. Burke were powerless with facilities they had at hand, when the mob arrived, is not questioned here. Burke says the mob completed its work in five minutes; Smith says five or six minutes. First all wires were cut at tho prison. Then Warden Smith was made prisoner by a part of the inobi while another squad handcuffed Unfl/A ond 1 twI *U. A - *? I ..... no mi., icu nun iu in?* y<iie mey wished to enter. A command to the | "trusty" to open the Kate was demurred to hut a threat to kill him if it was not opened immediately, quickly gave the mob easy acceas to ( the inside. As the gate was opened , a guard came up. He was overpowered. Another guard was encountered, but was soon at the mercy of the mob. Frank was grabbed by five men, according to most reports, hurried outside and thrust into the ton- ! neau of an automobile along with a < 'ong rope that was dangled in front 1 of his eyes. Ho did not utter a word. An occa- ? sional groan escaped h's lips. What ' he sa'd, if anything, during the five or six-hour trip from MlllodgevUle . (to the outskirts of M^r'etta probably , never will bo generally known. I i ; v !'/ ; >\\ THE LANCASTER NEW! Hundreds View Ikxl)'. Atlanta. Ga.. Aug, 17.?Leo M Frank's body was brought to Atlan a this afternoon and secreted lc .1 jam until a crowd searching for il hreatened serious trouble. It ther vag taken to an undertaking estab ishmont, where tonight a stead) stream of persons passed to view it rhe temper of the people seemed tt sot wreak vengeance upon the life ess form, but they seemed determln ?d to personally assure themselves :hat it really was the body of Frank Fprty policemen were on guard ai he undertaker's and a crowd thai blocked traffic for more than a block itood Tor hours in front of?the place rhe body was shown just as it had >een cut down from the tree at Mari;tta this morning. The body will leave here at midlight on a Southern Railway train or the home of Frank's parents in Brooklyn, according to a statement >f Herbert J. Haas, one of Frank's Lttornevs. It will be accompanied tv Mrs. Frank, Mrs. Frank's brother, V. K. Marcus; David I. Marx. H. A. Alexander and Mr. Haas. Shortly after 7 o'clock tonight the indertaking establishment was closd and a cordon of police stationed, tfo one was allowed to approach cithin fifty feet of the building. When the place was closed the rowd was dispersed and within a hort time only a few scattered gath tiugh were 10 dc seen. Many, nowver. walked past the establishment, tut were not allowed to halt. Men and boys did a thriving busiiess selling post-card photographs of ''rank's body as it swung from the ree to which it was found hanging icar Marietta. Mr. Haas stated tonight that Mrs. ''rank is not in a serious condition, '.lie left Milledgeville for Atlanta this ifternoon, accompanied by her uncle, n an automobile. lir.MHt \I>K AGAIN \TT.\( KKI>. Jovciiicnt to Crush the Serbians Thought to lie I'ntler Way. London, Aug. 15.? llombardment if Belgrade, the Serbian capital, has >een resumed by the Austrians with urge caliber Howitzers, according o an oflicial statement issued at ??ish Friday and telegraphed here ty Reuter s. The statement says: "Tlie enemy yesterday bombarded telgrade with large caliber Howit:ers. There was no loss of life. The lomhardment ceased after we shelled Semlin (in Austria on the tongue of and formed by the junction of the )anube and the Save opposite Beltrade) and Panscova, (across the tanubc from Belgrade in Austria) ausing fires in Semlin and a panic n Panscova." The Speed Mania. lalisbury Post. Tlie speed mania is a menace to the and and 110 section is escaping the langers of fast driving high power ars. Within the past few weeks there las been an unusual number of comllaints about the fast and danger>us driving on the streets of the city, niflicient to cause the authorities to M'.unr .tun K ivtr nil' trliei'KUHU mention to the growing tendency o throw restraint to the wind and Irive fast regardless of the laws and 'egardless of the attending dangers. It is a temptation to the most houghtful and careful driver to ipeed up when he strikes a long tretch of level road, and the driver vho does not feel the moral responibility of his position is always eady to "open up." This is always it tended by danger, especially in hickly populated sections of the city ind there is sufficient of this tenlency to keep every mother's heart >ver anxious. The disposition In so ntany quarers to run high power machines at -.igh speed is too prevalent and night to be stopped before it be omes necessary to call in the underaker. Iteglstry jny In the I'nited Kingdom. l-onWonVTvug. 15.?This was na tional registry day throughout thf I'nited Kingdom. . Kvery person between the ages of 15 and 65 wa? 'ailed on to fill out a form giving tge, occupation and ability to do tvork useful to the state, so the gov mucin iniii lie in possession ot complete information as to the counry's labor resources and the number of men available for military icrvice. Vonr (otign fan be Htopped. Using care to avoid draughts, ex losure, sudden changes, and taklni i treatment of Dr. King's New Dls overy, will positively relieve, r.nd ii ime will surely rid you, of you ough. The first dose soothes the li tation, checks your chough, whir1 tops In a short time. Dr. King *Jew Discovery has been used su< essfully for 4 5 years and Is guarai eed to cure you. Money back If 1 alls. Oet a bottle from your drur tlst; it costs only a little and wll lelp you so much. 3 S, AUGUST 20, 1915. BUILD UP THE SOIL BY USE OF LEGUMES liCt Thwe tiatherrra of Nitrogen Share the Farm This Winter With Oats and Wheat. Clenison College. Aug. 18.?For three years the demonstration forces of Clenison College and the United naaUnlft.iaA S oittiva ut-pai luiciu ui agutuiiui V UHW - put soil-building in the very front ^ of the things they have been teach1 ing South Carolina farmers, for the reason that they believe that the I most serious limiting factor in . Southern agriculture in the lack of humus, or decayed vegetable matter, . in the soil. Giant strides in soili building have been taken by the i state during these three years, but ; there are many farms which .have i not yet felt the invigorating influ[ ence of good soil-building methods , and this work will be continued energetically until the state has been completely won to soil-building. Many experiments have proved that the quickest and most economical way to build up worn-out soils is by using the winter legumes, such as burr and crimson clover and . I vetch. The use of the clovers and vetches as winter cover crops was accordingly made tho principal point of attack by tho demonstration forces and the results since 1909, when South Carolina had only 3 87 acres in clovers of all kinds, are commonly known. Last fall, owing to the advisability of growing money crops during winter and to the difficulty of obtaining winter legume seed, Olemson College used its principal efforts to hava farmers seed their land to wheat and oats, and the results have justified this. But there was necessarily not so big an acreage in winter legumes lust year as there would have been had the war not begun when it did. This year, morever, Olemson College is again urging farmers to sow wheat and oats and again it is likely iiiai mere win oe less interest In | lovers than there would have been had this been a year of normal conditions. Nevertheless. Clenison College urges farmers to remember that a farmer's first need Is good land and that in South Carolint much of the laud cannot he called good land, because it is lacking in humus. While a farmer is planning to sow his oats and wheat this fall, he should prepare also to plant burr or crimson clover. The clovers will gather nitrogen from the air for him. as nn other crops but the legumes can do, and if he turns them under in spring they will give him not only a new, free supply of nitrogen, but a large quantity of humus as well. Any farmer who is trying to reduce his fertilizer bills should by all means grow the clovers this winter. By supplying nitrogen an<l a largo mass of humus, which unlocks some of the plant food in all soil, a continued use of the clovers can save at least one-half of m man's fertilizer hill. The arguments in favor of sowing winter legumes are many. Let these gatherers of nitrogen share your farm this winter with oats and wheat. An idea. Spartanburg Herald. One of the strangest experiences of the human mind is the sudden stimulating influence of kn idea. A man may he lolling in his office chair, i rv iiik in get i<> steep at niglit or engaged in the consumption of his noonday meal, and have an idea "strike him." If it is a good one, one that promises the solution of some difficulty, or some problem, he is at once tingling from head to foot with impatient energy, the desire to lo the thing to try it out or to get it to the point where it is needed. An idea will destroy sleep, put appetite out of business, and set a man who has been restfully posing at his ottice desk to pacing the office floor. i This same energy suddenly gener aiea in tne Drain and body of the i man who receives the Idea, may bo ; transmitted to other bi~lns and other i bodies by this same idea. That is ?he strange power of the thing. Give it ' to the other man, he sees it?he gets t- and he is up and doing. Indeed, in idea Is a funny thing. And while > ve are figuring on ideas we might sk where the things come from? ?at* of Oh 1a. City of Toledo, Lnraa County. aa. Frank J. Cboney makea oath thut he la aenkx artnrr of tlm Arm of f. J. Cheney A Co., do K htiolii>'*H In the City of Toledo. County and cate afor< aald. and tbrt aald Arm will par aim of ONI IfI'NIiRKf* IH'I,I,AKS for , rh a' d f-frjr r .a* < f Catarrh that cannot be iml by tbo o?e of IlaU'a Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CriKNCT. | Sworn to be'ore me a-d anbscrltied In my w?nco, thla 6th day of December, A. D., 18S6. Seal. A. W. CDCaSON. Notary Public. Ffall'a Catarrh Cur* I* taken Internally and ta directly u on the blw d and muroua atir ea ot tba ayatrm. Send for teatlmonUls, F. /. CMKNRT A CO., Toledo, 0. Bold by r II I>ruitrl*ta, Tfle. Taka Hall'a Family I'll la for rooatlpatlon. I I .^v:WW" SUBSTITUTE FOR ICE BOX! Food May Be Kept Cool In Contrivance Which la Not at All Hard to Put Together. A box fitted up to hold food helpu to solve the problem of keeping food during the heated months. If the cover Is removed and the bottom taken out. and the remaining frame fitted with a shelf or two, and then stood in a window that is free from sun and to which the breeze has access, it proves quite a good cooler. But its construction is not oomnlot* until It Is covered with stripe of heavy cloth, such as burlap. Backing, or flannel. These are fastened on top of the box and hang down over the sides, completely covering the whole. On top of this again is placed a dish of water, with narrow strips of material laid in it and hanging over on the cloth covering of the box. The water oozes through these and keeps the cloth covering wet, it having been first giv^n a good wetting. The air reaching this causes evaporation which in turn creates cold. The vessel of water must be kept constantly filled. The degree of cold obtained will depend greatly upon the condition of the atmosphere When this is very dry, the evaporation will be much more rapid, and the cold will be Increased correspondingly. WHEN JELLY WILL NOT JELL Putting Material Back Into Saucepan Only Serves to Make a Bad Matter Worse. When Jelly wlU not jell, and that ' happens sometimes, do not turn it back Into a saucepan to cook over. That breaks the little gelatlned globules that have formed, even though not enough to make Jell, and you will have at best a sticky, stringy mess. Instead, take a large dripping pan, half till it with water, set the undisturbed glasses of jelly in it. not close enough to touch, put into a hot ! oven and allow to bake until sufficient- | ly jellied. It sometimes takes three- j quarters of an hour, but tbe jelly will j cut as smooth and clear as though i stiff enough at first cooking. A pinch of powdered alum will help the Jellying process. Now h. the time when the far-seeing housewife, while doing fier preserving, puts up dainty little glasses of jelly or pots of jam, to be j used for Christmas gifts. Kor a few cents little fancy glasses, jars, mup.s ! or tiny pitchers may bo had, which, ! filled with homemade Jelly and accom- j panied by a Christmas greeting, will 1 prove very acceptable gifts. Small cold cream jars and the like, if well scalded, make excellent containers for jelly. How to Repack Ice Cream. When the cream is frozen, take off the cross bar, remove the lid and dasher, pack the ice cream neatly in the bottom of the can, replace the lid. I closing the hole in it with a cork. Fill the tub with salt and ice, pushing them down to the bottom of the tub ! until the tub 1b filled to its top and covering the can; then put over the freezer a piece of carpet or blanket, to exclude air, and stand in a cold ' place for ono or two hours to ripen and harden. When ice cream is fresh each ingredient is tasted separately; but after standing one or two hours they blend and form a pleasant whole. , This is called ripening. Hollandaise Sauce. Cold or hot asparagus can be served with hollandaise sauce and. indeed. | many loverB of this succulent vege- ! table consider this sauce its best ac- ! companiment. To make it, V?eat a half a cupful of butter to a cream and then add the yolks of four eggs, beating again. Next add six tablespoonfuls of boiling water and then a tablespoonful of lemon juice or vinegar and salt and pepper to taBte. Beat now for five minutes with a beater and then cook in a double boiler, stirring all the time until thick. Serve cold. COULD SCA w And For Tbree Sohmti Mr*. Vincent Was Unable to Attend to Any ef Her Housework. PUeaant HUI, N. C.?"I suffered for three summers/' writes Mrs. Walter Vincent, of this town, "and the third and last time, was my worst. I had dreadful nervous headaches and prostration, and was scarcely able to walk about Could net do any of my housework. I also had dreadful pains hi my back and sides and when one of those weak, sinking spells would come oa me, I would have to give up and Ue down, until It wore off. I was certainly to a dreadful state of health, when I finally decided to try Cardui. the woman's tonic, and I firmly " ' T J1 M l1" M fl MANY WAYS TO USE COFFEE Wise Housekeeper Will Not Allow -^J Left-Over Material to Be i Thrown Away. If you have coffee left over from breakfast or dinner by no means al- ? low It to be thrown away, but see that it is saved from day to day and kept in a bottle, as it can be used in many different ways. One of the best ways of using coffee is In making coffee jelly. But there are other equally as nice. For instance, there is coffee souffle, the recipe for which 1 stumbled upon quite by accident not nu ivug ?KU, ttliu w II1UII 1 UKVU UBHU many times since, always with good success. Take a hair cupful of milk, one :md a half cupfuls of cofTee, twothirds of a cupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of gelatin, a good pinch of salt and three eggs. First, soak the gelatin for an hour in cold water. Then, mix with the coffee, milk and half of the sugar. Heat in a double boiler. Heat the yolks of the egg slightly, add what is left of the sugar and the salt and pour slowly into the coffee mixture. Cook until the mixture becomes thick and then add the 1 whites of the eggs, beaten stiflly, and | half a teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat the whole thoroughly and turn into a mold. j Then there Is another: Take seven, lu-np of sugar, half a cupful of coffee, half a cupful of Santa Cruz rum. I Heat the coffee, mix the rum and] sugar with it and nllnw it to stand nn-l 'til cold. You have made a most dd llclous cordial, which may be served after dinner.?Exchange. CHICKEN IN SPANISH STYLE i * Variation From Accepted Method Which la Familiar to the Housewives of America. It will be noticed that in Spanish cookery white onions, tomatoes and olive oil play a proyiinent part. Little butter is used for frying. If good olive oil is not obtainable they prefer a vegetable fat. This way of stewing a chicken Is delicious and makes a pleasant variation from any American style. f'llt. linn lari'ti ronklnir Hiumnfiil nf olive oil i|i a frying pan; cook in it until tender one large peeled and sliced onion and one tomato (or half a cupful of canned ones), and half a banana. Four this boiling hot over the chicken in a slew pan. To a four-pound bird add one and a quarter quarts of boiling water, one tablespoonful of salt and an eighth of a saltspoonful of white pepper. When the meat is done stir in the thickening. cook and stir for two minutes and drop in one tablespoonful of minced parsley. You muy require a little more salt and pepper; that is left to individual taste. Serve in a deep dish with the sauce -V* poured around it. , Sometimes half a cupful of rice is used (uncooked of course), then boiled in it for the last 20 minutes. In this case omit the thickening. Old Sport, of Falconry. Falconry is an ancient sport. It ap pears to have been known in China A aaa 1 ' ->,vuu jcum n^u, Hnu ui an equauy early date In the valleys of tho Nile and Euphrate*. The references to It In Aristotle, Pliny and Martial are definite. It sao probably introduced Into England from tho. continent Id the ninth century and was followed there down to the middle of the seventeenth century with greater ardor than any other sport, even than fox hunting. Falcons were allotted to men according to their rank: To the emperor, the eagle and vulture; to kings, the gerfalcons; to earls, the peregrines; to yeomen, tho goshawks; to priests, the sparrow hawks, and to servants, the useless kestrelB. ?. _____ i For Coloreu Goods. To wash delicately colored goods so that fbey will not fade grate raw po tatoes into the water and wash with out soap. RCELY * lLK ABOUT believe I would have died if I ted/t taken it. After I began taking Cardui, I was aranilu ?J * "* milieu, <tnu ui mrM. ootUM relieved me entirely. 1 fattened up, and grew so muck stronger in three months, 1 felt like another person altogether." Cardui Is purely vegetable and gentleacting. Its ingredients have a mild, toaie effect, on the womanly constitution. Cardui makes for increased strength, j improves the appetite, tones up the acr| vous system, and helps to make pale, sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy. I Cardui has helped more than a mtfflsa weak women, during the past SO years. It will surety do for you, what ft has done for them. Try Cardui today. WriU to: Chw<?nMH MWIctM Co., La4Im' M. vimry Chrnrnoc* Ten*., tar Mptruil m? fh ltrnrtton$ on your cm* W-m|< booh. "Hm| ' trmumu to WwM." mm i* sih *rm?. J-S( ' ' i 1 - ' mm