The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 17, 1914, Image 3
LEO FRANK SENTENCED |
ONCE MORE TO DIE
IN FULTON COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT AT ATLANTA, GA.
DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE
This Wealthy and Degenerate Man
Has Kept Ilis Case Playing Shuttle
Cock in the Courts for a Long Time.
The wealthy and degenerate pencil
factory manager, Leo M. Frank, who
was convicted of the murder of little
Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Ga., in
April 1913, was again sentenced last
week in the Fulton County Superior
Court to die in the electric chair. For
more than a'year this man, whose life
and degenerate habits worn mjn'nlv
responsible for his conviction on the
word of a negro employee, has had the
aid of the sharpest lawyers that couk(
be obtained and has kept his case going
from one eourt lo another and
putting off longer and longer the time
when he would have to pay the penalty.
Last week he was seemingly at
the end of his row at last, and his sentenced
was pronounced apparently for
the last time.
Before receiving sentence, which
was pronounced by Judge 1>. H. Hill,
Frank made a statement to the court,
denouncing the "spirit of mob violence
which pervaded the court room at his
trial, declaring his death would lay
an indelible stain upon Georgia's
name for justice,' and charging that
James Conley, the negro sweeper at
the factory of which Frank was superintendent
and who was the State's
princpal witness against Frank, "had
committed perjury."
The statement was'as folows:
"May it please your honor, this is
a momentous day?a day of far greater
importance to the State of Georgia
and to the majesty of the law, even
than to myself, for under the guise
of law your honor is about, to pronounce
words that will condemn to
death an innocent man. Transcending
in importance the loss of my own life
is the indelible stain and dishonor
resting upon the name of this State
by reason of its judiciarly murdering
of an innocent man. The jury's ver<lict\of
August 25, 1915, finding me
guilty of the death of Mary Phagan,
did not then and does not now speak
the truth. I declare to your honor and
to the world that that verdict was
made in an atmosphere seething with
mob violence and clamor for my life
?a verdict based on evidence absolutely
false?which under other circumstances
would not have been given a
momentous credence.
Expressed Deep Sympathy
"Your honor, I deeply sympathize
with the parents of Mary Phagan. The
hl'llln tlitif W.1W.L. ?.. ? --
mi %? v\, viimv mi II1UL11 J*" fit-'I upon
them has plunged me into sorrow and
misery unspeakable, and is about to
accomplish my undoing-.
"But this I know, my execution will
mark the advent of a new era in Georgia,
where a good name and stainless
honor count for naught against the
word of a vile criminal; where the testimorty
of Southern white women of
unimpeachable character is branded
as false by the prosecution, disregarded
by the jury, and the perjured vaporing
of a black brute alone accepted
as the whole truth; where a mob crying
for blood invade the court room
and become the dorminant factor in
what should have been a solemn judicial
trial. Oh, shame?that these
things be true !
"Life is sweet to me. It is not an
easy thing to give up the love of dear j
ones, of wife and parents, of every
loyal friend. Though this be true,
death has no terrors for me. I go to
my end in the full consciousness of innocence
and in the firm conviction
that, as there is a God in heaven, my
full vindication must come some day.
With the dawn of that day there will
come to the people of Georgia a full
realization of this terrible mistake, a
mistake irretrievable?the execution
of an innocent man, a victim of perjury,
prejudice and passion."
Says Secretary McAdoo, in His An
nual Report.
"
, Secretary McAdoo in his annual report
to Congress outlined' at length
the steps taken by the Treasury Department
to restore confidence and
support American business, shaken j
and weakened by the European war. |
"A catastrophe of calamitous pro-1
portions," saifl the report, "was nar- I
rowly averted. It is a tribute to the
economic strength and soundness of
the country and to the patriotism of
its people in every class and walk of
life that the shock has been so admir- (
ably withstood. A panic of cataclys- [
mic proportions might easily have re-'
suited and if it had, the injury to the
country would have been incalculable
and many years would have been required
to overcome its elTccts."
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VIIi: Dili DOG GETS THE BONE.
It is passing strange that there is
not a more fraternal spirit prevailing
among* the farmers and the consumers,
and between the two classes.
B.ecausc of their lack of organization
they are being plundered by the
robber middlemen and trusts?scientifically
ricked to The Marrow.
Did you ever throw a bone out to a
little dog and then watch half a dozen
big dogs pounce upon it? And did
you .tnkc notice of the little fellow's
pained look as ho watched his meal
fade awav?
The consumer and the farmer arc
in much the same position as the little
dog and his master.
There are loo many dogs around.
In other words, instead of having
farm products take a short cut from
the producer to the consumer, either
direct or via the retailer, they pass
through the hands of numerous middlemen,
all of whom slice oil* abnormal
profits ' wl boost the price sky high
before v. j consum-^ ever gets a taste.
Midd'mnon v.*ill ,.avo their pound rf
flesh, wiiethor the producer and the
retailer get anything or not. And often
produce junkets around from out |
big dog to another until the price
mounts so high the robbers must go*
their additional plunded by lopping off
the legitimate profits that are due the
farmer.
Too much big dog and not enough
bone !
The average farmer is keen upor
chasing l^io big dogs away from his
little one, but through force of habit
he just about lets the middlemen and
the trusts rob him of even the socks
ho stands in. lie has been soaked and
gouged and fleeced so often and so
much he would feel lonesome if some
one didn't hand him another wallop.
And he will continue to be gouged
and fleeced and swindled and plundered
until some one comes along with
a sane plan for kicking the buzzards
into the discard and marketing his
products without trebling and quadrupling
their cost to the consumer.
Down among the Florida fruit
growers the big dog got the bono for
a good many years, until some fellow
with brains advanced the idea of a
fruit growers' organization. Of course
like everything else new, it was poohoood
at first, but now the members
of that organization are getting good
prices for their fruit, their crops are
marketed by the organization, they
arc sure of their money, and the consumer
gets his fruit at a reasonable
price.
Many little dogs can lick a big one,
and in like manner consistent organization
can do wonders for the farmer
and the consumer.
Middlemen and the trusts are Big
Dogs.
They are hungry?ravenously hungry?and
will continue to goble every
thing in sight until the farmer arises
in his might and thunders a mighty
"NO."
With the right kind of organization
among the farmers the big dog will
cease to exist. But unutil such*an organization
is an accomplished fact he
will continue to get the bone.
GROWERS OF TOBACCO
CALL FOR ACTION
~
Want Needed Law Passed by the Legislature.?Crop
Should be Tied
and Graded on Floors.
Mull ins, Dec. 12.?A representative
gathering of Marion county citizens
was had in Mullins this morning, the
purpose of meeting as advertised being
to discuss the advisability of me|
morializing the legislature to make it
I unlawful to sell tobacco on a wareI
house floor unless it be graded and
tied.
I Several men of prominence from
other counties were on hand. The
bankers, the merchants, the editors,
the farmers, the laborers, warehousemen
and tobacco buyers all were well
represented. All were of the
mind that something should be done
by the legislature to remedy present
conditions and prohibit tobacco being
sold ungraded.
Experts claimed that at least 20
per cent increase in price would be
obtained if the proper legislation was
effected. The meeting was addressed
by N A McMillian, James R Williams
W. A. Gray, J. Dock Provatt, John C.
Sellers, A. D. Jackson of Horry and
ntViArs
Some concerted action will be taken
to pet the matter in proper form.
Proper committees were appointed
and it is understood that the tobacco
growers all over the State are in sympathy
with the movement.
The proposed plan will give a money
season and will give employment
to thousands of white people, men,
women and children who if the cotton
acreage is reduced will have nothing
else to do.
The legislature wil lalso be asked
to reduce the charges for selling leaf
tobacco in the State of South Carolina
The low price of the season just
closed has thoroughly aroused the'
people to action. I
I
WARSAW IS MENACED""
GERMANS FALL BASK
SERVI \NS STROKE AGAINST
AI ST KIA IS ST AGC, EKING
BIT OF NEWS.
SLUES PRESSING !N WEST
Remarkable Reversal of Condit'onsi
in Positions of Germans and Allied
Armies.?Allies are Gaining Ground
in Western Theatre.
London, Doe 3 1.?The reported rout
of the Austrian forces in Servia together
with tlie steady advance of the
German center toward Warsaw domi41.~
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uai\ ; in.: >viU IIV" V* lUUti V.
After occupying Lodz, the Germans!
have b'^en pushing to the northeast to
ward Warsaw along the railroad and
a dispatch from Petrograd estimates
they are only 15 miles from the Polish
capital, while another message from
Petrograd speculating on the possible!
fall of Warsaw warns the Russian
people that the abandonment of this
city, if such a move becomes necessary,
should he regarded as a strategic
( p'U-ation by the Russians rather ;
than a decided German victory.
A similar view was expressed when:
the Russians retired from Lodz.
Although conceding in effect the pro!
grcss of the German center the Rus....
. .1
sums, judging from dispatches received
ui London contend the tide is running
in their favor in lighting south
of Cracow, where Austro-German
force trying to move northward.
They declare,however, they are holding
in check the German forces pushing
down toward Warsaw fiom East
Prussia.
It would appear today that the Servian
retirement before the Austrians
some weeks ago was in reality a move
mcnt for strategic purposes. Their J
sharp return blow, if the Nish report?
are to he accepted, has been cxtraor
dinarily effective. After sustaining
enormous losses the Austrians are being
rapidly driven to the notthwest
in the direction of their own borders.
In the west the allies are applying
pressure against the whole German
line, and while thov annear to ho mnl*
ing slight advances, they have not as
yet taken advantage of the transfer
of German forces to the east to attempt
a general advance.
Emperor William is better according
to a report reaching here from
Berlin, but he appears still to be confined
to his room.
The British admiralty remains silent
concerning the reported German
submarine raid on Dovery yesterday
morning, and the public today is sueculating
as to whethed over zealous
correspondents were not partly responsible
for this episode.
GERMAN LINE ACROSS
FRANCE GIVING WAY.
French War Office Claims That the
German Line is Falling Back.
A news dispatch from France the
latter part of last week in relation to
the long German line so long maintained
across French territory, said:
The German line across France is
said by the French war office, to be
giving way before the allies' attacks.
The Berlin official statement today
gives few details of the fighting in
France, although asserting that the
allies in one instance were repulsed
with heavy losses.
The French announcement says the
allies have prosecuted the offensive
successfully at points scattered much
of the way across the country. Specific
mention is .made of the capture
of the trenches, of victories in artillery
duels and of advances. Those
onslaughts led to spirited counter attacks
by the Germans.
The German military authorities
say in the east the advance along the
Vistula river is continued and that a
small Polish town has been captured.
A <3 f r? tVl/i ?* ? 11 -
- - ? vv VIIV. V.UI11 jyui^ II III nuuilicril I U"
land, where, according to unofficial advices
from Berlin, the Russian \vings
have been thrown back, the war office
' ?*
statement merely says tnnt attacks
of the enemy were repulsed. To the
north, in East Prussia, the fighting
has diminished in intensity.
In the northern region, says the
German war office, only artillery encounters
are proceeding.
SECOND TO ENGLAND.
The ability of the American navy
to successfully meet the war fleet of
any nation except Great Britain was
asserted by Rear Admiral Fletcher,
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet, before the House naval affairs
committee. The possibility of conflict
with Great Britain was so remote, the
admiral said, that he did not believe ,
in a naval policy designed to control t
the oceans against that country. '
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iM'OI-lTS WOl LI) itESLLT ! ,
FLAM QOTTON RISK.
As Shown by Figures C'um^i^! i 01:1? 1
Days Ago on This Subject.
That the State would l>o saved op-1
proximately 5142,000. irrespective of
possible loss in cotton, by the insurance
with the Stat? Sinking- fond com
mission of the cotton stored in the
warehouses of the Stat? warehouse
svstom, based upon the estimate that
"00 000 tales?one-third of the 1914
crop?will bo stored for one year jn 1
these warehouses, is shown by figures
complied Thursday in ace?rdanco with
4 lie terms of the re-insurance contract
the sinking fund commission has with
insurance companies. Losses by fire
and other causes, and the exact number
of bales stores and the length of
the term of storage would, however,
decrease or increase the saving to
the State.
Allowing for a loss of sufficient (,ot
on to result in a loss of 50 per cent
of the premiums received by the comOliccinn
^ 1 ^ ,r\ Cf o f/, \t?Anl/l 1* ??/\*\> 1
i< i ui k'icivr ? I/HI\I ivAvnr i i um
this source alone, a profit of $50,000,
it was shown, while without considering1
possible loss, the State would
receive from this source a total of
100.000 in profits.
Under the terms of the commission's
contract with insurance companies.
the commission re-insures upon
a (>0 per cent basis, which, in this, instance
would be upon cotton of suf'ioiont
value to bring a gross premium j
of $1.">0,000. The commission receives
a commission of 28 per cent of the .
premiums for re-insurance, which!
would he $42,000. The terms for the
contract requires the sinking fund
commission to carry 40 per cent of insurance
risk. This risk would be of
a sufficient value to require a premium
of $100,000 and a loss of f>0 per
cent of the cotton insured would occasion
a loss in premiums to the sink-,
ing fund commission of only $50, ooS.
In that event, the total savings to the
State, under the mentioned terms and
conditions, would aggregate $92,000,
in round numbers.
No public announcement by any
i State official as regards the identity
of the insurance companies with
which the State's cotton will be insured
has been made.
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
NEAR COWARDS, S. C.
Discovered Under a TTouse.?When
Avro-d?d is Taken From the Oflicers
and Killed.
Willie Green, a negro laborer on
the county roads, was discovered un:
derneath the home of Mr. Charlie
| Matthews, five miles from Cowards
late one afternoon last week and was
arrested on information given Rural
Policeman Jordan and Magistrate
Johnson.
As the oflicers were speeding their
prisoner to the jail, they were met in
a swamp near Lynch's store by a
crowd of nearly a hundred men, it is
stated, and were forced to deliver him
into the hands of the mob.
According to all reports a lynching
followed quickly, Green being strung
up to the nearest tree and his body
riddled with bulets.
Coroner Gunn was sumoned and the
verdict of the jury of inquest was in
accordance with the facts as stated
above.
The details of the affair are meagre,
Coroner Gunn being still on the
scene. It is reported that other County
oflicers hastened to Cowards.
YEGGMEN BLOW UP
BANK AT NICHOLS
Practically Destroy Building and Considerable
Currency.
Mullins, Dec. 4.?Three explosions
from charges of nitroglycerine practically
destroyed the bank building of
Nichols five miles from here, when the
safe was blown open by yeggmen at
2:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Portions
of the heavy safe door were
hurled into the ceiling tearing through
the roof. All windows in the bank
were shattered and the building was
generally demolished.
Just how much money was taken
can not yet be determined. The final
charge, which was to open an inner
chest containing the money, was so
powerful that 1,300 one-dollar bills
were torn into shreds. Of the $1,854
in currency in the safe, $30.04 was
picked up in the debris.
Three men have been arrested. Two
coming from the direction of Nichols
were arrested by Policeman Byrd. Another
giving his name as Tom Key_
. i i
noios and ins homo as Richmond, Va.,
was arrested at Pee Dee by Oflicors
Berry and Davis.
Several shots were exchanged with
the robbers when the bank was being"
robbed. Later when the yeggmen
were leaving, Carl Griffin came to the <
porch and inquired what the trouble
was. The answer was one or two
shots fired at him by the escaping
safe blowers.
Piles Cured :r. 6 to 14 Days
four druggist will refund money if PAZO
>INTMHNT fails to cure nny cnse of itching
Hind, Weeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days
flu drst application gives Kase "iul Re*** SOo
GERMAN WAR CRITICS j
ON EURBPEAN WAR
||
infoumation ciyfn ovt by
Tin: orri i \l pp.:ss. lh keal'.
IMPRRVFMFNTS SRF HI AIMFH
mil iiui uun.il I w Mill. uuiuiuLU
Views of the War Critics With the
Germans Newspapers as to Results
of Battles Now Raging on German
Frontiers.
Berlin, Nov. 28. (by wireless.)?Information
given out today by the ollieial
press bureau follows:
"Military critics of the Berlin news
papers consider that the success of|
the Austrian,s on November 2"> and of
General MacKonson on the following |
day have made still more favorable
tho position of the Germans. Russian
r6inforcemcnts appear to have
come from Ivangorod and from Ga-,
licia. The latter movement may he J
followed by an advance of tho Austrians
over the Carpathians an toward
the river San.
"Reports from Vien-ui say the con-1
lliet along the greater part of the
front has assumed the character of a
stubborn and long drawn battle.
"Fighting in the West has almost
been lost sight of in view of the important
conflict in Roland and Gniicia,
tho outcome of whicjiW^ likely to exert
an ii^pbrtae'. ijjfluei^ > ;'>, whole
Siffefcition.
C 'rijfayijMjxs ll| Ser v i a.
Furthef progress of tho Austrian'
forces in Seryia is reported from Yion
nn whore it is said that the enemy |
has beefv forced *b$ek Hioar 1,a/are vat 7.
on his center which has been broken
through. Further successes are also
believed to have been won along the
Kolubarsr\jeiver south of Valdevo, the
Austrians now being before Kosjo-1
vici.
"The Turin Stampa reports that j
high Egyptian dignitaries are bring j
expelled by the British, extensif.ving
the excitement of the natives in Egypt
"On French prisoners have been I
found bullets with the tops bored out
and tilled with white phosphorus.
"A mutiny has broken out among
Servians in the Drina division of the
army. Servians deserters are arriving
in Bulgaria.
"Envcr Pasha, Turkish minister of
war, and Djemal Pasha, minister of
marines have left for Egypt. Turkish
newspapers say that if Turkey liberates
English political prisoners dissention
will disappear.
"Since the French established a naval
base at Bizerts, Tunis, Italy has
been threatened in the Mediterranean.
She likewise has been menaced at
Bengazi by the British naval base in
the Gulf of Soloum. Victory for Turkey
and her allies, the newspapers say
ill I---* A rn I rt
win extricate lui'Key trom those clangers.
"The Tasfiri Efkiar, of Constantinople
says that Russia's only way of
approach to Constantinople is by way
of Vienna since Italia and Roumania
are masters of the Russians in the Ad
riatic and Black Sea."
Hunting German Cruiser.
According to reliable information
reaching Tokio last Friday a squadron
of Japanese warships are seeking
the German convoyed cruiser Prince
Eitel Fredrich, off the coast of Chili.
One of the most recent exploits of
the Prince Eitel Fredrich was the
sinking early in December of the British
steamer Charcas off Port Corral,
Chili.
Total Loss of Fires.
Fires in South Carolina during the
month of November resulted in a
property loss of $221,650.79, according
to the report issued last Thursday
by the State insurance department.
This loss resulted from 252 fires, 20
per cent of which were from preventable
causes and alone entailed losses
aggregating $79,148. During this
month, 1913, 217 fires resulted in a
total loss of $109,300.
CITIZEN BLEASE OF COLUMBIA.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 8.?Governor
Coe L. Blease is now a citizen of Columbia.
He went before the registration
board this morning and registered
in Ward 2 of the city of Columbia.
His registration certificate is
No.1,111, issued by the Richland Coun
ty registration board. The Governor (
will live in Ward 2, at the corner of (
Bull and Washington streets when he
retires from office in January and will
practice law. The Governor was form- J
orly a citizen of Newberry.
ow To Give Quinine To Children,
tip IT.INK Is the . *adc-mnrk name given to an !
,roved Quinine, J* is a Tasteless Syrup, pie isto
take ami doe.* not disturb the stomach.
Mren take it and never V now it is Quinine,
o especially noapted to adults who cannot
ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
-e iii'tvoitMu ss nor ringing iti the head. Try ,
??. :u xt time vou nctd Quinine lor any pur- i
\ ,/v k for 2 ounce original package. The
1* 1.UK1L.1N1C is blowu iu bottle. 25 CCut*.
n #
f* ' J < W1 *?#* - Z* f/
RAT CORN?
1 t yat and ni!cft oxtermlnotofitid^
Kill s 11 l i v k! y n in I a molulely without odor. |
u Mununl.Mt'v?thus fttcvontluK tleeompoMl|
V< >u. Jii'llt'r t'-iiu nil tho traps in tho
\y?m-Id. I:.si. ,t ''i lipimlro 11 AT (.'OilM.
. . , rkV, si a'. vU'alcr.s or by mall, ix>st,\
pala.
\ BOTANICAL MFC. CO.
41 ft i"2r Race Sts. . Philadelphia, Pa.
W. E. McCORD,
Dental Surgeon,
CONWAY, S. C.
H. II. WOODWARD,
Attorney and CouURcllor at Law,
CONWAY S
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1\. B. SCARB01
Attorney at 1 /
CONWAY, &
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HAL L. BCCK,
* * Fire Insurance * *
Office Con" "?y National '
Conway, - > - . S* C.
We have boujjl t out the stock of
S. F Gas-que Co, en the corner opposite
iho Horry Tobacco Warehouse
We carry up-to date iStaple
and Fancv Groceries, Beef, Fork,
Sausage, Etc, Give us a call and
oe convinced ttiat our jjfoods are
fresh.
Yours for business,
J. T. Proctor Jr.
& Co.
GEO. LUM LAUNDRY,
CONWAY, S. C,
Beginning July 1st. 1913
All persons must take tickets Ifor
work Wt here Possitively no
work delivered until ticket is prosen
ted. Laundry not called for in
30 days will be sold for charges.
GEORGE LUM
CHICHESTER S PILLS
THE DIAMOND IIIIAMK A 1
f>\ I.ud'vul Auk your MrugjUl foi AV
CM vhi??.(er'? ]Muiflund1lraa4/i\\
JKL I'lll't in lieu ami uold metalllc^^?^
boxes, sealed with Dlue RiUx>n.
* VvJ T?lie no oth-r. llnjr of year ?
Of l?ru?t?t. .> W r< IU.<ifV:H-TF.*?l
lUAMOMf IEUANI) PILLH.fctMl
0 years mown as Best, Safest, Always ReUabta
f SOI n *y IWIlfiOISTS FVEBmffUfr
J. M. JOHNSON,
CIVIG ENGINEER
Marion, S C.
Railroad, City and Land Surveying;
and Drainage. Road-building mm
Sewers Draughting and Blue Printing
H. C. CANINON
General Land Surveying.
Office?Buck Building
CONWaY, S. C.
W C SINGLETON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Conway, S. C.
Office up Stairs Buck Building
ENOCH S. C. BAKER
Attorney at Law
Spivey Building.
CONWAY. S. C.
D A Spivey & Company
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