Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 24, 1915, Image 1
The Fort Mill Times.
Established in 1891. " .. FORT MILL, S. 0., THURSDAY. JUNE 24, 1915 ,, t> ?
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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
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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-;
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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
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In the pretty Ne
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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 &
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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
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[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.
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[now you will be plea
Hose in pink, light
ach at 25 and 50c.
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Velvet Ribbons in e^
5.
Young(
ind Sell Everytl
FORCES OF GERMANY
AT LEMBERG'S GATES
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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.
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only I 5c yd. ?
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blue, navy blue, g
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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.