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The Fort Mill Times. Established in 1891. " .. FORT MILL, S. 0., THURSDAY. JUNE 24, 1915 ,, t> ? .i i ' ' * i - ... i $1.25 Per Year. FRANK WILL SPEND LIFE ON STATE PRISON FARM ? Leo M. Frank Monday began serving a life sentence at the Georgia prison farm for the murder of Mary Phagan, the 14-year-old employe of the pencil factory of which he was superintendent. His hurried secret trip by train and auto mobile from the Atlanta jail to Milledgeviile was preceded by a few hours the issuance of a long statement by Governor Slaton giving his reasons for commuting the death sentence, which was to have been executed Tuesday, to life imprisonment. Frank was delivered at the State's Prison at 4:30 o'clock Monday morning and soon after extra editions of newspapers announced the fact. Within a short time crowds began to gather on Atlanta's downtown street corners and within three hours their demonstration had resulted in calling out twothirds of the police force and later an order closing all near* i l i t Deer saloons ana ciuds wnere liquor could be obtained. At about noon a crowd conservatively estimated at 2,500 gathered on the Capitol grounds and listened to several speakers. The most of this crowd later took eharge of the hall of the House of Representatives, where several speakers said they doubted Frank had been removed from Atlanta. A committee of five was selected to visit the jail. They reported that Frank was not there. Then Sheriff Mangum, who, with deputies, took the prisoner to Milledgeville, gave the crowd his word he had delivered him there and explained u:? i ? ,1 _A 1 -m_ _ i uts trip in ueiau. xne crown, which packed the floor and galleries, then marched to "Five Points" in the center of the business section and later went to City Hall. As this had been the scene of a demonstration early in the day the police took stern measures and the crowd slowly dispersed. Governor Guarded by Nilitia. With several hundred men and boys clamoring to enter his front gates, which had been barricaded and threatening to overpower 20 county policemen, Governor Slaton called upon the militia late Monday night to protect his home. Upon arrival of four companies of militia who had been held under arms and rushed to the Governor's country home in automobiles, he proclaimed martial law in a district extending half a mile back and for a distance of about a quarter of a mile on either side. When the soldiers lined up with fixed bayonets to disperse the crowd, stones, bricks and bottles were thrown at them. A brick struck Lieut. Arnold Parker and rendered him unconscious for a short while. The commanding officer, Major Catron, was struck by a stone, as were several of the men. The Governor proclaimed martial law at exactly 11 o'clock and by midnight the crowd had poetically been dispersed. There was no firing. The crisis has been reached in th$ campaign of Governor Manning for law enforcement to the j extent of abolishing entirely the liquor traffic at Charleston, in which attempt every Governor since Governor Tillman in 1892 has failed. The present critical situation arose Monday when a Charleston grand jury returned , "no bill" in 32 cases referred to them, action described as withou t precedent in this State. STATUS OF CATAWBAS EXPLAINED IN FULL In the matter of the Catawba Indians, as to whether the mixed breeds should be allowed to participate in the appropriation or not which matter was carried before Judge Ernest Moore at Lancaster on May 28 by attorneys of this city representing each side, the judge last week handed down a decree dismissing the application to restrain the present agent from paying to the mixed breeds contesting, and the order allows them all to participate alike. The facts in the case are as follows: Theoe has been a custom among the Indians for a number of years to allow the children of the tribe to participate from the mother's side only; in other words, if the mother was an Indian and the father a white man the children were allowed to share; but, on the other hand, if the father was an Indian and the mother a white woman their children were not allowed to share in the appropriation. Just before the present financial agent was ready to disburse the appropriation an Indian, whnsp wifp is half whitp nnrl half Indian, appealed to him (the present agent) stating that he had three children who were more than half Indian and that they or their mother had never oeen allowed to share in the appropriation, and he asked thati the Attorney General be written to and his opinion had on the matter, which was done. The Attorney General advised that he did not see where any distinction could be drawn, for if the mijced breeds had a right to share from an Indian mother and white man, they certainly had a right 'to share from an Indian father and white woman. So, with this information, the Indian in question stated to the present financial agent that he was going to contest the matter if he had to carry it into the courts. The financial agent then notified those, who had drawn the appropriation previously that, acting upon the opinion of the Attorney General, unless steps were taken to prevent it, he would allow the children by an Indian father and white mother to participate the same as those by the Indian mother and white father. The contestants immediately employed W. B. Wilson, Jr,, to represent them, and the Indians on the other side of the question employed Herbert M. Dunlap to represent those who had net been allowed to participate. They carried the matter before Judge Moore, with the result that he issued a decree dismissing Mr. Wilson's application for injunction. Mr. Williams, the present financial agent, gives out these facts so that it will be clearly understood by any one who may be interested, that the matter is purely one among the Indians themselves and that he has no personal interest in it, and nothing whatever to do with bringing the suit, as it is fully understood by the Indians and the attorneys representing each side. He is simply awaiting the direction of the court in the matter, and whatever that opinion is he will carry it out. The first shipment of cotton from Charleston for a foreign port since April 23, left that port last week, when the Spanish steamer Angel B. Perez sailed for Huelva, Spain, with a cargo of 5,000 bales. MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM OVER THE COUNTY (Yorkville Enquirer.) Commutation tax payers appear to be unusually slow this year and although the total amount, of the tax is but $12,000. and the time for payment expires July 1, hardly more than $500 has thus far been paid. Unll f Un %?n/vnlnM v/\n Un??^v * iiuv tuc ic^uiai .IIICIC to no penalty attached for non-payment of the tax at the lime of the expiration of the period except that every person liable who has not paid this tax by July 1, must assist in building roads in York county for a period of five days. Claude Hunter, an employe of of the Carhartt mill of Rock Hill, had the misfortune to lose his right arm Wednesday when the member was cut off in some machinery. It seems that Hunter was oiling a ventilator fan on the top of the dyehouse in the mill when his oil can in some manner was caught, bringing his arm in contact with the rap-; ,r\] \T klnrl/\o A f * k ^ I iuij nuiiiiug uiiiuco. ni ivi Li if accident he was taken to tl e Fennel infirmary where he was i given surgical attention. Judge John S. Wilson is to preside at the court of general ses-1 sions for York county, which is I to convene the second week in ; July. It is expected that both J the criminal and civil business of the court will be very light, j There are hardly more than half j a dozen prisoners in jail awaiting i trial and these are charge with j minor offenses. The most fm-1 nortant pasp vvhioh will liMv come before the court is that against J. S. Stevenson, who is charged with shooting John Hafner in Bullock's Creek township several weeks ago. Tuesday, July 13, has been set as the date for the formal dedication of the new York county courthouse and exercises appropriate for the occasion will be held on that day. A petition is now being circulated among the members of the York County Bar association asking Presiding Judge Wilson to instruct the clerk of court to notify first week jurors not to appear on Monday, but on Tuesday instead. As has afceady been mentioned in The Enquirer, the 1 principal address of the occasion will be delivered by Chief Jus tice Eugene B. Gary- of the State supreme court. Robert Marion Wallace, familiarly .known to hundreds of York county citizens as "Uncle Boh," died at his home in the New Zion section, about 4:30 o'clock Friday morning of heart trouble. He had been in poor health for several weeks, but during the past few days had shown signs i of improvement, and his death i was entirely unexpected, coming ( as a distinct shock to his family . and to his scores of friends. Niss Boyd to Leave Winthrop. i Friends of Miss Florence Boyd, 1 who for a number of years has 1 been stenographer at Winthrop 1 college, which position she has I filled most efficiently, will be 1 interested to know that she has 1 resigned her position at that 1 place to accept one at the Ala- 1 bama Technical Institute at 1 Montevalla, Ala., as secretary 1 to the president. Miss Boyd has many friends here who will regret very much to see her leave Rock Hill, but wish her much success in her new place. She will take up her new duties the latter part of July.? Rock Hill Record. Oklahoma's Big Grain Crop. A conservative estimate of the' number of binders to be sold in Oklahoma for this year's harvest is 13,000. The sale of 13,000 binders will mean work for from ! 4-r\ ? i? ? 1 kinvv. iuui men 10 a macnine j or for 40,000 or 50,000 altogether. Twenty thousand head of j horses will be required to furnish means of locomotion for the new 1 binders this year. In the section of the State where headers are in use four to six horses will be required to each header and the the same number to the barges, making a total of eight to twelve horses for each header outfit. It is estimated that 12,000,000 pounds of twine will be used during harvest season in the State. Figuring at five pounds to the ball of twine and 500 feet to the pound, an aggregate total of 6,000,000,000 feet of twine is attained. This figure represents : 1,117,424 miles, a trifle over 44 j times enough to girdle the earth, or a little better than 266 limes to reach from New York city to San Francisco. D. A. R's. Elect Officers. Kanawha chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, have elected officers for the new year as follows: Mrs. J. Lee Spratt, regent: Mrs. S, L. Meacham, vice-regent; MissSus'e White, secretary-treasurer. The appointive offices will be filled at the next meeting. Mrs. John J. Bailes, Mrs. F. Murray Mack and Miss Nora Hamilton are the committee to make up the new year book. Last Monday, June 21, was the longest day of the year. Sumi We call spe g mer Dress G< s new lot of eac In the pretty Ne ? also Rice Voile in 0 Crystal Voile in ? New "Seashore' Ifor a Summer Skii only 25c yard. Our line of Hos and prices. We h New lot Ladies' sand and Palm Be g white at I Oc to $ 1 N^wf] anrl ? our lot of 5c Lacej I Mills & | "Buy c STATE NEWS ARRANGED FOR QUICK READING. A bank is to established at Landrum. Spartanburg county, within the next few weeks. The institution will be capitalized at $30,000. R. B. Belser has announced his candidacy for the legislature frnnt Qnnifor nmi t? /> vw xyxy tyxy <jnurv w^vyyy [tier Spec cial attention to o Dods, Laces and h. New Voiles. w Awning Stripes in white, all 40 inches v. light pink, 27 inches, and Palm Beach Clc rt or Coat Suit, both ii Hosiery. iery can t be beat. Cc [now you will be plea Hose in pink, light ach at 25 and 50c. no . V7V7 , Velvet Ribbons in e^ 5. Young( ind Sell Everytl FORCES OF GERMANY AT LEMBERG'S GATES ?l Late despatches from London say that, after seven weeks' battering across Galicia, in which time the Russians have been thrown back more than 150 miles the Austro-Germans are now as close to Lemberg as were the Germans last fall. Never perhaps since before the battle of Marne have the Teutonic allies appeared so confident of success. Having failed in their original plan of crushing France and then turning to Russia, they have reversed the order of their strategy, and now. judging by the expenditures of life and ammunition in Galicia. they have pinned their whole faith on paralyzing the Russian army to permit the throwing of tremendous weight of men and guns into the West, there either to break through the Franco-British line or force the interminable piece of sanguinary warfare. In 1 J un uicamilllC, IjII^IcUUI mm her allies wonder whether Grand Duke Nicholas can emulate the tactics of General Jofre last fall and check the Austro-Germans at the urates of Lemberg. Rock Hill Will Celebrate. There will be big times in the city of Rock Hill on the occasion of the Fourth of duly celebration, which this year comes on Monday. the bth. The railroads hive given specially reduced rates to Rock Hill for the occasion and it is expected that large numbers will go there from Chester, Lancaster, Fort Mill, Charlotte and other nearby cities. :ials. | >ur New Sum- x Hosiery. A ? 11 1 111 A black and blue; |?j ride, only 25c. g only I 5c yd. ? >th, just the thing q n white and tan x >mpare our goods g sed. ? blue, navy blue, g Tan, black and q /ery week. See ? ]!omp'y I ling." 1 ?v/ii< UUIIIVV.1 VVUUV^ LU ?>UV.Xt'l."U Dr. Geo. VV. Dick, resigned. Mr. Belser formerly served two .terms in the legislature. Senator B. R. Tillman, accompanied by his family, arrived at Colon. Panama, Friday, from New York. The party will leave Panama for San Francisco during the week. _ ^ _ Nineteen vacant scholarships for as many counties are to he awarded at the State University this summer in the department of education. The competitive examination for these will be 1 held July 9. The Southern railway will begin at once the erection at Spartanburg of a modern freight terminal, consisting of separate inbound and outbound warehouses with ample team-track facilities, involving construction to cost in the neighborhood of $100,000. There are 17 prisoners in the Cherokee county jail awaiting trial in the term of court which convenes there next week. Two defendants, both negroes, are charged with capital offenses, and it is thought that it will take the entire week to dispose of the business of the court.