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By STECK, 8HELOR & SCHRODER. JICHT THE DAY; THOU CANST NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN." WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1913. New Sortee No. 007.-Volume LXV.-No. 1. '.' Corni Our shipme Winter Goods a: from the Eastei are being open* inspection. Call and exa No trouble to sh c. W. & J. E. "VV ax ll lilli ??rlT PAYS TO B . . CONFIDENCE 1 Young man, has it e Confidence is the greatest fl The man who succcec is the man who believes sir he undertakes, and inspires CONFIDENCE is th< it is the Basis of Credit. T "would not do business with So, young man, if you World of Endeavor, begin i Inspire the Confidence of ot Come to our Bank; with our officers. You wi glad to advise. We want to give human service-no you. Westmine Westmins P. P. SULLIVAN, PLAN FOR FULL STATE TICKET. It I? Ruanored ?'mi McLaurin's Bark ers Will (Jo Uie Full Length. (Columbia Cor. News and Courier.) Announcement of the candidacy of james H. Craig, of Anderson, for merly auditor of that county, for Comptroller General against A. W. Jones, has started ;i ""mor in politi cal circles that bacKors . State Sen ator John L. McLaurln who is ex pected to make tho race for Gover nor, contemplate placing a fi.il State ticket in the field next summer. The rumor has lt that Senator Mc Laurln will run for Governor, and that his backers are hoping to have Senator J. Arthur Banks, of Calhoun county, the president of the State Fair, make the race for Lieutenant Governor. They contemplate, it is rumored, endorsing Mr. Craig, of An derson, for Comptroller General. It is said that they plan to place F. M. Hyatt, of Columbia, in the field for State Treasurer against S, T. Carter. For Attorney General they are ex pected to endorse Attorney General Thoa. H. Peeples for re-election, the rumor assign'ug as a reason that the McLaurln propaganda looks to cur rying favor with tho Bleaso follow ers, and hence they will endorse Mr. Peoples. May Prove Strong Ticket. This ticket, if there is anything in tho rumor-and rrolitie.nl circles place some credence in Mia. gossip would, it is admitted by some, be a strong one. Sqnator McLaurln him self halls from the rich and Influen tial county of Marlboro, in tho Pee Dee section. Senator banks comes from Calhoun county, not far from Columbia, and near tho influential county of Orangeburg. Mr. Hyatt hails from the Capital and his Influ ence would lend great weight to the ticket In Columbia and throughout the State. Mr. Craig has been audi tor of the mighty county of Ander mts of Fall and re arriving daily *n markets, and ed up for your . ? * ,rnine the stock, ow goods. -: Bauknight, a, S- O UY FOR. CASH, ?zr [IKES MONEY. vcr occurred to you that /loney Maker in the world? ls best in any undertaking icerely in the thing which a like belief in others,, : expression of charatcter 'he late J. P, Morgan said he i the man he could not trust." i want to cut a figure in the now, in your home town, to hers. have a heart-to-heart talk Il find them ready to listen, you to feel that we are here t to awe you, but to Inspire >ter Bank, ter, S. C., Cashier. son, and he would ho expected to bring votes to the McLaurln ticket in the Piedmont. Attorney General Peep lea comes from Barnwell, and his friends would be counted on to swing that section. It 1B believed here that, failing to force open endorsement of his candi dacy for Governor from Governor Blease, Senator McLaurln and his followers will be contented with get ting all the support they can from the Blease following by a display of friendliness to the administration. Tho Mci turin movement is expected to play .he "peace and harmony" lune throughout, but meanwhile flii with Bleaseism and antl-Bleasoiein as the revival progresses-at least that ls the gossip. The significant article appearing in a strong Blease weekly paper last week throwing doubts on the candi dacy of Governor Blease for the Uni ted States Senate and the eulogistic endorsement of several of Governor Bleaso's actions in a later issue are taken to mean that the McLaurin fol lowers were afraid to "buck" the Governor. It was thought here early lu the week that the McLaurln back ers were attempting to force the Governor's hand, and an open dec laration from him for McLaurin ns his successor, but it is now believed that tho littio excursion frightened them off from this move, and they now contemplate "whoopiug-'em-up" for Governor Blease for the United States Senate. The "peace and harmony" slogan as an argument for Senator McLau rln's election to tho Governorship is hoing derided by several of his oppo nents. At the recent |>olitlcal gath ering at Filbert, In York county, Representative Geo. R. Rembert, of Richland county, a stanch Bleaselte, and an avowed candidate to succeed him as Governor, laughed at "peace and harmony" talk and boasted that he was ;?roud of being known as a partisan. Tho rumor that L. M. Green is to open a McLaurln publicity bureau here on the first of September will not down. The arrival of Col. Green with his bureau ls being anxiously awaited. HON. F. 1?. ALEXANDER DEAD. Former Oconeean, But Had Resided in Oklahoma Many Veal's. There are many in Oconee who will learn with deep regret of the death of Hon. Frank P. Alexander of wapanucka, Okla., which sad ev^nt occurred there last Monday morning. Mr. Alexander had been in failing health for many months, but recently more hopeful news had been receiv ed here as to his condition. His brother, T. E. Alexander, of Wal halla, recently visited him In Okla homa, and at that time there was great improvement in his condition. Frank P. Alexander was horn at Old Hickens on September 1, 1 S5:t, being a son of the late E. E. and Vlnetta (Norton! Alexander. As a young man he entered the printing ellice of The Keowee Courier, then being published at Old lMckens, where he remained ahem one year, coining to Walhalla with the paper and remaining bert; for two years, completing a three-year apprentice ship, at Hie completion of which he went to Atlanta, da., where he work ed on the Atlanta Constitution for a short while, going from that city to Jefferson. Texas, at the age of 17 years. For a time he worked there In the oflleo of the Jefferson Demo crat, then the leading daily of that section, and after a short term of employment on the Democrat as an employee he and two other young men bought the plant, Mr. Alexan der taking charg? as editor. This was before Mr. Alexander had at tained his majority, and during the later years of his life he actively en gaged in the newspaper business in several fields, at the time of his death being connected with a news paper at his home, though the greater part of his energies were devoted to tho practice of law, his chosen profession. Mr. Alexander married at Green ville, Texas, early in his career in that State, and he resided there for some twenty years, making that his home until he moved to Oklahoma, settling in the town of Alva at the time when the first part of the In dian Territory, known as the Chero kee Strip, was thrown open to set tlers. He became one of the fore most citizens of that section, being chosen as registrar for one of the new counties, which place he held until he relinquished it to practice law. During his .residence in the Done Star State ho also took active part and prominent place in public affairs, holding a seat in the State Legisla ture for a period of six years, during the latter two years being Speaker of tho House. Mr. Alexander was one of the young men of this section in whom we always felt a peculiar pride. Starting out as a mere boy in his early teens, lie "made good" wher ever he went, and to-day his passing away will be mourned, not only In the prescribed territory embracing the place of his birth, but in his na tive State wherever he was known, and in many sections of the West and Southwest, where he had made for himself a name of which any man might well be proud. In his death a good man has been called to his reward, and the country has lost an exemplary and honored citizen. Mr. Alexander is survived by his wife and two children, one married daughter and a son 2 4 years of age; one sister, Mrs. Rosa A. Schroder, and one brother, T. E. Alexander, of Walhalla. To the bereaved ones we Join with a host of other friends in extending deep sympathy in their great loss. THOS. R. KEITH IA)SES DY FIRE. Dam Destroyed With Five Mules, One Horst? and Other Property. News reached Walhalla Monday of a disastrous Aro which occurred at the farm of Thoa. R. Keith, who lives at the Keith, old home place on Keo wee river, some seven miles east of Seneca. The origin of the fire is un known. lt was first discovered about il o'clock Sunday night, but lt was then so far advanced that it wns im possible to savo much of the prop erty contained In tho building. There were nine mules and ono horse in the stalls, four of the mules being gotten out, leaving tho loss in live stock five mules and one horse. About $500 worth of farm machinery and implements were a total loss, and feed stuffs, hay, fodder, etc., to an amount about double the value of the Implements was destroyed, as was also the entire barn building. Mr. Keith's loss Is, lt is estimated, about $2,f?00, which is partially cov ered by insurance, ho having a policy in the Oconee Farmers' Mutual In surance Association to the amount or $1,000. Mr. Keith is one of Oconeo'a most energetic and enterprising farmers and was probably better equipped for advanced methods of farming than any other farmer in tho county. He has a host of friends throughout Oconee and adjoining counties who will learn of his heavy losses with deep regret. -<* . Woman President ol Itnilroad. Bainbridge, Qa., Aug. 24.-At a meeting of the directors of the Geor gia, Alabama and Florida railroad hore yesterday Mrs. Cora B. Wil liams was elected president, succeed ing her husband, the late Capt. J. P. Williams. Mrs. Williams is believed to be the only woman in the South president of a railrond. All other officials were re-elected. "GUILTY" SAY! Crowds Outside Court I Cheers and Yells-Sol Over Heads of C House to 1 T.$FEEL FOR HIS MOr SOLICITOR'S O? (Atlanta Constitution, Aug. 26.) "Quilty ot' murder in tlx- first de gree" was the verdict rendered by the Jury in the famous Phagan mur der case, and Leo M. Frank, convict ed of slaying little Mary Fhagan, stands in the shadow of the gallows: "(Juilty," read tho foreman. 'I'Here were signals from the re porters that Hanked the room in (?very corner. "Guilty," they called over che telephones to the waiting presses. The eager mob outside took up the word, and it traveled through the air for every block in the vicin ity. An ovation arose that never was accorded man. woman or spirit. Tho mob went rampant; hats flew into the air; men shrieked them selves hoarse There were many women who screamed hysterically. The jury filed out. They were lit erally embraced in the arms of the crow-d. Solicitor Hugh Dorsey, tears llowing and hands trembling from the greatest victory in Southern crim inal annals, emerged from the court room. A blanket of men, spreading all the way from tho court house door to thja entrance to Dorsey's office, took atm on their shoulders. Judge Thanks tin* Jury. .lust after the ballot was polled Judgo Roan said: "Gentlemen, I am now taking leave of you^i You have been h??"e for r, mouthy and it has been a hard and trying.time for all of us. I want to thank you for your faithful service and consideration of all details In this invs' arduous case." TW^judge's voice broko at 'this j point, but Collecting his composure, .he continued: "Gentlemen, I hope you wilKfind your families well." Frank was not in the court room. Sentence will be pronounced in a day or two, said Judge Roan. The verdict was reached at 3.39 o'clock and was read in court at 4.5 6 o'clock. Solicitor Exhausted. With hat raised, tears coursing his cheeks, the solicitor was bonded from man to man over the shrieking throng. Reaching his office, ho fell into an armchair, exhausted and be sieged by a horde of admirers. "I feel for his mother and wife," were his only words. Ho broke 1 anew into tears. . Sheriff Mangu m and Rabbi Marx hurried to the jail. Frank's pres ence had been waived. Ho and his | wife sat arm In arm in his cell awaiting the verdict. Tho sheriff and rabbi entered the prison gate. They wavered. Frank lind not yet heard the verdict. . An hour before the verdict was rendered Judge Roan, surveying the surging mob, deemed it best to clear the room. The mob flowed from the place Into the street. Mounted po licemen drove them from the pave ment to the walls. They clung to po sitions of vantage, eager, expectant. Only reporters, court officials and a few lawyers were allowed within the place. The silence that prevailed could be felt. Long before the jury filed solemnly into the room the au dience sat as calmly, as quietly as though attending a funeral. Sentence Imposed To-Day. The sentence will be Imposed to day some time. The jury recom mended no mercy. Frank will be brought Into tho court room and punishment of death will bo an nounced. That, will be all. He will be returned to jail to await the ac tion of higher tribunals. Will Appeal tho Case. The defense has long ago laid its foundations for an appeal. Their most substantial basis will bo the demonstrations of the audience and crowds on the outside during tho lat ter part of the trial. Attorney Ar nold strongly intimated this Monday morning, when, during his motion for a new trial, stated that, he insist ed on his plea entering the records. Sentenced to Hang October 10th. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 26.-Judge L. S. Roan to-day at noon sentenced Leo M. Frank, found guilty yesterday of tl . murder of Mary Phagan, tho lit tle pencil factory girl, to die on tho gallows on Friday, October 10tb. When the prisoner was brought Into the court room he showed tho same unconcern that ho has dis played throughout the long trial, but when the sentence of death was pro nounced there was a perceptible shudder. Only a small crowd -hoard the death sentence pronounced, and there was no evidence of a demon stration as there was yesterday af ternoon <vhen the Jury returned its verdict ct guilty. Attorneys for Frank have given notice of an appeal for a new trial and argument will be heard on his on Saturday, October 4th. louse Hail Verdict with icitor Dorsey Handed rowd from Court ?is Office rHER AND WIFE/* IS ?JLY COMMENT. The Heath Warrant. State ot* Georgia vs. Leo M. Frank -Indictment for murder. Fulton Su perior Court. May term. 1913. Ver dict of guilty, July term 1913. Whereupon, it ls considored, or dered and adjudged by the court that tho defendant. Leo M. Prank, he taken from the har of this court to the common jail ol' the county ol' Fulton, and that he he there safely kept until his final execution in the manner fixed hy law. lt is further ordered timi adjudged hy the court that on the tenth day of October, 1913, the defendant, Leo M. Frank, shall he executed hy the sheriff ol' Fulton county In private, witnessed only hy the executing offi cer, a sufficient gtjard, the relatives of such defendant, and such clergy men ?md friends as he may desire; such execution to take place in the common jail of Fulton county, and that said defendant on that clay, be tween the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p. m., be by the sheriff of Fulton county, hanged by the neck until he shall be dead, and may God have mercy on his soul. In open court, this 2Gth dav of Au gust, 1913. Hugh M. Horsey, Solicitor-General Atlanta Circuit. L. S. Roan, Judge Stone Mountain Circuit., Presiding. TIflO FAHMKKR' OAXW?Y FIONI?. Almut 700 Present in SpHe of Threat ening Weather-President Dabbs. The people who attended the far mer's vally at Oak way on last Friday began to arrive at an early hour, but because of tho inclement, weather not more than six or seven hundred were present. While Mr. Harris was speak ing, rain began to fall, but he con tinued, saying that he believed lt all a bluff, but supposed many of the people would take to shelter because a farmer will run from a bluff quick er thnn anything. At ll o'clock Mr. Dabbs, State president of the Farmers' Union, was introduced by Mr. McMahan. He de voted his remarks to the matter of finances with regard to the cotton crop, and to an appeal to the farm ers to organize and act as a unit in marketing their crops. With regard to Secretary McAdoo's plan of putting $25,000,000 In Sou thern banks for the purpose of mov , ing the cotton crop, he said that lt would be no direct benefit to the far mers because of the fact that they cannot borrow this money to hold their cotton with. It will be lent to the buyer and not io the farmer. A slight advantage will be felt from this, but no direct advantage will accrue to the farmers. Again, the central banka claim that the red tape j connected with securing and hand ling this money will render it neces sary for them to charge the branch banks 6 per cent. This would of course be prohibitive In itsolf. The banks east or Columbia are going to j call a meeting, so he was informed, to consider some r'.an, and present it to Hie Secretary, by which this money cnn be used to better advant age. Mr. Dabbs scored the banks for lending the farmers only from 50 to 60 )>er cent of tho value of their cot ton, willie they would lend a buyer 100 per cent. This can only bo rem edied by a strong union to look Into and protect against such practice. The farmers, in his opinion, fail to show backbone in dealing with the world, and as a consequence they arc imposed upon by the finnm-'al world. In closing lils speech Mr. Dabbs commended our good roads, our ex cellent farming, and impressed upon those pr?tent that all material pros perity was only a means to an end, and that end, he said, is the cultiva tion of the children for a stronger and better citizenship. Ho closed hy saying that the farmers must DO something, and Illustrated this prop osition by the following anecdote: An old darkey was asked by his landlord if he believed in the effi cacy of prayer. "Wat dat you say, boss?" "Do you believe you will get what you pray for?" "Now, boss, dat 'pends on what you pray for. Here Dither week I wui pow'rf ul sick, an' I prayed: 'O Lord, please sen' Mose one dem' fine tukkies down at Mas Capman's house'. ' An' de nex' mawnin' dar warn't no tukky, so I prays agin dat night: 'O Lord, please send dis poor niggar one dem fat tukkies down at Mas Capman's house'. An' de nex' mawnin' dar still ain't no tukky, so I says, now dis yhar gotta change, so dat night I prays: 'O Lord, please send dis poor nigger atter one dem fine, fat tukkies al Mas Capman's HOMES POR THE DELEGATES. Union Mooting nt Now HO|H>-Rev. Crain IN Expected. Tho delegates to the union meeting at New Hope, August .'U> and 31, have been assigned as follows: Newry-W. Ii. Owens. Wolf Slake-J. A. Kelley. High Falls Mrs. .1. W. Miller. Mount Olivet .lohn Br?cke. Pleasant Ridge H. C. Wood. Bethlehem- J. IO. Robinson. Village Creek .lohn Rearden. Double Springs- J. H. Morgan. Rocky Knoll J. F. 1 lunn icu lt. Walhalla-S. W. Smith. Walhalla No. 2 -C. K. Oppurmaiin. West I nion Whit. Knox. Poplar Springs .Mrs. C. A. Mor gan. Clearmont R. L. Boggs. Seneca M rs. io. P. Woo i Coner088 -W. M. Hammond. W< st minster T. M. Elrod. Changa--E. M. Morgan. Cross Roads No. 2?-(}. I. Kelley. Long Creek-J. O. Harton. Damascus-H. A. Wood. Mountain drove-O. A. Kelley. Old Liberty-A. E. Dearden. Madison-W. L. Miller. Toxawav S. H. Hubbard. Pleasant. Hill-B. F. Cox. ll there is no union in du? lower division, a special invitation ls ex tended for them to meet wth the tip per division nt New Hope. Dev. J. I). Grain Expected. Rev. .1. D. Crain is expected to bo at the union meeting at New Hope. He will address the meeting in tho interest of tho proposed Long Creek school. He is In the employ of tho Baptist State Hoard of Home and Foreign Missions and is ono of tho most untiring and energetic work ers of the Haptist church. Ile is pe culiarly iltted for the work of pre senting 8iKh a proposition as tho Long Creek Mountain School, ho hav ing been educated nt a similar insti tution, later being identified with one such in tho capacity of instruc tor, and still later with another as principal. Those who attend thia union meeting have in store for them a l'eal treat in what Rev. Mr. Crain wi.". have io prissent to thom along the line o? the proposed mountain school and allied subjects connected with the work ttl tho home mission field. house,' an' 'foro God, boss, by do nex' mawning bof dem tukkies what I prayed fur lias done been sont." Henean Harris was next introduc ed, and announced himself in the po sition of the young man who asked his girl to marry him, and when sh? accepted him he was silent for some fifteen minutes. Sho asked: "Why don't you say something?" To which lie replied: "I think enough lias al ready been said." Mr. Harris said: "Chin music is cheap; farmery have been chinning long enough; it is now dine for them to do something." He then announced his text as being (first) Organization, (second) CO-OIH erntion, and (third) Diversification of Crops. The farmers must organize before they can co-operate, and they must co-operate before they can effectively demand the attention and respect of tho outside world. Tho farmers themselves, Mr. Harris said, are re sponsible for their condition, be cause they fail to show nerve and backbone In trading", though in war they make the very best of fighters. That organization would prove ef - fective as a remedy Mr. Harris has no doubt, and ho cited the different organizations of workmen to prove the same. He took specific notice of the order of engineers, showing that they were now in position to simply send representatives to their em ployers and ask for what they want and get it with no further trouble. But the main thing ls that, these en gineers stand by their union, and if an organization among die farmers is to prove effective, they, too, must work for and stand by their union. Again, organization and co-opera tion cannot prove effective so long as our cotton is raised with supplies brought from all over the country, and paid for with codon money. Tito farmers must diversify their crops and raise what they need for food at home, and then they will bo inde pendent. Mr. Harris say that moro than 50 per cent of the cotton raised is put on the market as fast as gathered by the negroes anti renters who aro not able to hold against the claims of their creditors. Somo means should be found by which this can be reme died. Ho closed his remarks by urg ing the farmers to join tho union, work for and In tho union, and make die union thoir medium of communi cation with the business world. . Rov. I. IO. Wallace, of Seneca, and Richland, was Introduced to put tho clincher upon what had been said. He called for those who wanted to join the union to hold up their hands, and received quito a few converts. Dinner was served about 1 o'clock, and it was in no wise short of Oak way's reputation for serving a boun tiful repast. At 2.30 tho farmers were called in the school building for the purpose of organizing a local linfern The organization completed, the farmers left for their homes determined to awaken some interest in Oconoo county over the newds and benefit? of the union.