Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TWO GOVERNOR WILL " PROSE LYNCHING Says He Will Make Effort ] , to Punish the Guilty , Men c TO OFFER REWARDS \ URGE DILLIGENT EFFORTS i Postcards Excluded From the * Mails by the Atlanta Post- * ( nffioQ AiitliAritiQa Villus nUbUVAlVAVH. 1 4 ___________ # Atlanta, Ga.?Plans for investigat- ^ ing the abduction and lynching of Leo M. Frank are going forward steadily Governor Harris announced a thorough inquiry would be made, and that ^ rewards would be offered for the ar- ^ rest and conviction of the men who took Frank from the State prison at Milledgeville and hanged him in Ma- t rietta. ] "I am expressibly shocked" said y the Governor. "This affair has placed 1 j a blot upon the fair name of our ( State that can never be wiped out. ( The lynching will be probed to the bottom and every effort within my power will be made to bring the \ guilty members of the mob to justice ^ At the proper time I will offer re- j wards for the arrest and conviction ^ of the mep, and I will urge the judge,! \ the solicitor and the sheriff to make j dilligent efforts to apprehend them." i r Governor Harris had a conference ] with the State Prison Commission. The three commissioners were all in Warden Smith's home the night Frank was taken away. It was not unusual for them to be there on Monday as 1 they make weekly inspections of the' ( prison. The Governor hopes to obtain information from the commissioners and possibly some of the orison officials < who were overpowered that will lead ] to identification of some of the men. (] Nothing was done at Marietta in the j; way of an investigation. The coron- er's jury, which held a brief session adjourned until Tuesday. That the prison commission would not make an independent inquiry was further indicated, when another member E. L. Rainey stated that he did not think anyone connected with the! . prison was to blame. The prison com- j ] mission has absolute powers in handling prison affairs, and in the conference the commissioners will act only . in an advisory capacity. Stories represented as coming indirectly from 'men who knew" and directly from "men who knew" and 1 were heard. All except one of the . "statements" said Frank maintained his innocense of the murder of Mary Phagan. It was the similarity of the ] "statements" that began today to gain ' for them some serious attention. Each < one of these stories indicated that Itorunk was not harmed on the trip < from Milledgeville to the lynching scene, but that he met death in full 1 realization of the fate that awaited < him. i After these stories had caused com- 1 ment another was circulated saying 1 that Frank's last words conveyed an ' evasive answer to a question as to his guilt. Local postal authorities excluded from the mails postcard photographs I of Frank's body before it was cut down. Photographers and others did i a large business selling them in Mari- ' etta and Atlanta. Acting Mayor Ragsdale received several protests against their sale, but said he was powerless to stop the venders who had obtained a license to sell them. Three such licenses were issued. Mr. Ragsdale said no more licenses would be given out. One statement published quoted a citizen of Marietta, whose name was kept secret, but who was said to be in a position to know, as follows: "Ever since Governor Slaton commuted the sentence of Frank, the hanging had been in process of formulation. There was not a missing thread from the fabric of the perfected scheme when the 25 men set out early Monday night for Milledgeville. "Meetings were held in a spot so conspicuous that you would be astonished to hear its name called. A leader was chosen, a man who bears as reputable a name as you would hear in any lawful community. Hundreds of men would have obeyed him. j "The 25 men chosen, although this was not the entire number available were business-like as well as determin ed. Like business ventures they would not go into it without first knowing STATE ITEMSlj OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLE Double tracking on Southern railvay lines between Greenville and Spartanburg has begun, at Paris sta-1* ;ion, about four miles from Greenville. j The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Miller Realty company of Greenville, with a capital jtock of $10,000. Agitation has begun in Columbia 1 Tor the establishment of "moonlight i i I> < i-i. ?i . .1- ? scnoois ior aauua, similar do tnose operated in Laurens and Newberry :ounties last spring. Fat Ward, a negro who bears the J reputation of being a desperate character, was taken to the Spartanburg jail last week, having been spirited away from Greer to escape a mob .vhich gathered outside the lockup. ' The business section of the town of ^ Sstill, in Hampton county, was reported wiped out by fire last week. News has reached Charleston of ^ he death at London, Ontario, of Mr. 1 Sdward Manigault, a Charlestonian >y birth, his father being Mr. Gabriel Manigault. He is survived by a wid>w, who was Miss Barnwell, of that * nty, and a son. Application on behalf of the Char eston-Southern railway for a charter < ,vith the power to condemn lands for ^ rights of way will be made to the Sec- y !*etary of State at Columbia on Sep- j member 17, at 1 o'clock in the after- y -toon, form Charleston to Savannah c rhe new road as surveyed will be 85 y miles long. ( 1 Philip Watson, a young electrician, 1 i j i i i i. i L : i _ i. i was electrocuted last weeK wane test- i ing an elevator in one of Columbia's * department stores. Ffe touched a live w[re- V ''"* Senator Tillman of South Carolina, ' chairman of the senate committee on , t* I 1 naval affairs, and Senator Chamber-1 \ lain of Oregon, chairman of the senate committee on military affairs, after a conference, expressed the opinion that an extra session of congress to provide for national defense was unnecessary and inadvisable. H. F. Towles, Magistrate at Green Pond, and his constable, Smith Leach, made an important capture of a criminal last week at Ritter in the form of Mat Brown, a negro, who was wanted m uamDerg county tor the killing of a woman last September at Sehofield. Governor Manning was saluted with 17 guns by the U. S. S. Hartford, Station Ship at the Charleston navy yard apon his arrival at 1:15 last Thursday it the local station. f I o Only One "BROMO QUININE" ro tret the cenuitie, cal! for full name, LaXA FIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature ol K. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops tough and headache, and works off cold. 25c every lay of the ground. "Advance men were sent to Miledgeville, where they made thorough observations of the prison and its surroundings, which included barbed- 'm wire entanglements, and acquainted themselves with the telegraph and telephone connections. "On Monday night two men were sent in advance of the main body. They rcconnoitered and several telegraph and telephone connections with the prison so that authorities in the surrounding territory could not be notified and intercept them as they carried Frank to his place of death. "It was originally planned to take Frank to the cemetery in which Mary Phagan's body was buried, hut daybreak overtook the captors. There was no little dissension over the proposal to hold the lynching in the woods where it took place, but a word frorw the mob's leader silenced all opposition. Asked to recount the actual hanging of Frank and what happened, he is said to have replied: "Nobody ever will know that outside of the men who were actually present." "Not even what Frank said?" "He never confessed," was the concluding answer, according to the published account. R. E. Davidson, chairman of the State Prison Commission, announced that the identity of one member of the mob might be disclosed through a pair of handcuffs left on the wrists of Superintendent Burke of the prison farm. Mr. Davidson said they bore the serial number of the manufactureer and that he had been informed the name of the original purchaser could be obtained by that means. THE HORRY HEU WHAT OTHER PAP Disappeared. What has become of the dear old .ister who turned her back when she found herself looking at the "ready,o-wear" windows of the stores?? Vlarion Star. The Reason. borne people read the Times reguarly but if they died we woudn't have :o take their names off our list?you ?ee, they read somebody else's paper. ?Georgetown Times. Why Not? If, as the liquor interests claim, prohibition does not prohibit, why ion't they work for prohibition ?? Dillon Herald. Beat Georgetown. Georgetown should not be allowed j ;o get away with that minnow of a forty-one pound bass. Go to it.?! Evening Post. New Remedy. If we had a legal whipping post for /agrants and prowlers, country life >vould be safer.?The Record. The Question. Query?did the government ever Aiif 4-U? V?r*4-U 4-*?U ~A. O rT,1~ - . i^un vut uatn iuu irusil L nu Record. The Combination. Sweet potatoes and 'possums will ;oon be with us again. How delightful. Those who live in the cities don't )egin to know what life really is. They lave never seen a big fat possum on :he coals, and a great lot of yams spread all around. The Chatham rabbit is known in that county as a fine iish and a profitable t^rop, but bro possum is away ahead. When it comes to rare dishes, nothing is better than me of these on a cold December day. ?News-Reporter. v " ""I Hope Gone. When an unmarried girl gets to the' point where she doesn't give a whoop whether or not a pimple is mobilizing on her nose, it's a pretty good sign that hope has fled.?The State. Are Afraid. n oome newspapers are such prood friends to some politicians that they . AMERICAN NAr OF WIL1 Capital and Surplus Total resources DOES BOTH COMMERCIAL 4 per cent, compounded i depart 0 F F I Thos. E. Cooper Geo. O. Gaylord Chas. E. Bethea Wm. C. Denny E. Fred Banck mmmmmmmmmmammmmmammmmmfmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmm m BUT WE ARE STILL AT T VILIE, S, C? WITH THE E8AL MERCHANDISE EV THE HEEDS OF THE FAR Our Prices ? THE BEAUTY OF IT IS TH GOODS AT PRIGES TO S WE BUY IN LARGE QUAN SMALL PROFITS. YOU DUSENBU Toddvilli I LALD, CONWAY, S. 0. 'ERS ARE SAYING won't print a word they say.?The State. . Must Deliver. We hfcard that the wife of a certain fisherman had issued an ultimatum to him and his associates who are always going fishing but never bring the fish.?Times & Democrat. Fight it Out. A candidate for the legislature in Greenville was called a "liar and a dirty puppy" at a public meeting recently, and Tuesday morning the sheriff and postmaster had a fist fight. Some kind of a town!?Times & Democrat. Olden Hospitality. What*9 become of the old-fashioned gentleman, who use to corral the dogs in the back yard and ask you to 'Light and come in?"?Morning Star. Not Concerned. For one, The Observer is not much concerned about that proposed retaliatory invasion "of Texas by the Mexicans. The doughty Greasers are not likely to get very far inland.?Charlotte Observer. Beast Now. What has become of the old-fashioned woman who use to say severely of a tipsy man that he was "in his cups?"?The State. The Departed. What has become of the old-fashioned man who used to complain that there wasn't much news in the paper??The State. The Difference. In China they drown old and useless wives; in New York they simply discard them.?Marion Star. ? * - * The Scurvy Kind. Deliver us from the man who comes to you for confidental information, only to peddle it on. Some of those creatures live in York.?York News. o Keep the newl^r planted privet hedge well cultivated. This should be kept up for at least two years after | planting, when the hedge will have be- j | come well established. _ riONAL BANK I MINGTON, N. C. | $300,000.00 $2,500,000.00 . AND SAVINGS BUSINESS quarterly paid in savings ment. ' > CERS President Vice-President Cashier Asst. Cashier Asst. Cashier HE OLD STAND AT TODD LARGEST LINE OF GEN-1 ER PURCHASED FOR IMERS OF THIS SECTION luittheTimes IAT WE OFFER OUR :UIT THE WAR TIMES. ITITIES, AND SELL FOR GET THE RENEFIT AT RY & CO. s, S. C* * FOREIGN ITEMS GATHERED AND CONDENSED FOR EASY READING The interstate commerce commission is to make an exhaustive investigation of l>cean transportation facilities and rates at the request of Presi-! dent Wilson, the treasury department has announced. * , i Plans for a searching inquiry intp the administration of the steamboat inspection service are announced by Secretary Redfield in a report to Pres ident Wilson on the Eastland disaster, recently mdde public. Berlin declares the left wing of the Bavarian army under Prince I^eopold iougnt us way across tne Jtsug 'river, near Drohiczn, which is east of Sokolow and 50-miles northwest of BrestLitovsk. This forms a slight wedge in the Russian front, virtually straight since the Warsaw salient was abandoned. With the great Russian forces of Warsaw and Ivangorod captured and the fall of Riga, the capital of the Baltic provinces, imminent, the Austro-German onslaught has reached its high tide in the east and the next step is the German emperor's triuifphant entry mto the Polish capital. The political side of the war for the moment has arisen to the fore through the announcement that the quadruple entente allies intend to declare cotton contraband. The Russian war office has set aside $25,000,000 to help pay the cost of the removal of the Warsaw mills ' and factories to the interior of the empire. The British transport Royal Edward has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. i Scores of children and many others placed flowers on the grave of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson last Friday, the first anniversary of her death. One case of bubonic plague was reported last week in Havana, the first since early last winter. The steamship Eastland was formerly released from the custody of the United States and turned over to its owners last Wednesday. A violent cyclone devastated the entire southern side of the Haitien republic last week. The border situation along the lower Rio Grande assumed an ugly aspect last week. o OBITUARY. Miss Lula Bryant died on July 31st at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bryant. She was 14 years and throe months old. She joined the Good | Hope Missionary Baptist church in early life arid lived a faithful life until death. She is survived by a father and mother and five brothers and a host of friends. Bearing her sufferings with patience, she lingered for 5 weeks with the dreadful malady pellagra. She was reconciled. Everything possible was done to stay the hand of death. Her place at home is now vacant and can never be filled. In the lonely graveyard many miles away lies our dear sistcfr sleeping be neath the clay. Lula gave up all to Jesus and promised her brothers to meet them in the skies. Sleep on dear sister and take thy rest, God called the home, He thought it best, i While we, left here to weep and cry, Will meet you in the sweet bye and bye. , Her Loving Brothers, Lewis and Gaston Bryant. Malaria or Chills & Fever Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. Five or six doses will break any case, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does pot gripe or sicken. 25c HORRY REALTY, BROKER OFFICE IN SPIV Conway, We find you a purchaser for e secure for you anything you | Those who have land to sell ? I either farms or town lots, woul i / GERMANY STILL """ FIGHTING RUSSIA German- Armies Have Arrived Before Slavs' Big Depot * of Supplies DESPERATE BATTLE MAY BE UNDER WAY Russians Have Not Concede^ T ftlnl T nan sx# V ntm n mm jkvvcM uvaa ui AUTUV M Reported. - I London.?Russian reports do not ' concede tne total loss of Kovno, as- ^ serting the Germans have captured only the fortifications on the left banlft ^ of the Niemen. South of the Bug, the Germans are now before BrestLitovsk, which is Russia's greatest military station and an important rail- J road center. Novogeorgievsk, which ft has been invested for the last ten days is in immediate danger. Reports from both sides indicate that a desperate battle may be under way along a line parallel to the Bia- ^ ^ 1 1.1. T"? I T !i. 1 <1 l iysiuK-?3rest-Liiu>vsK railroad. On the British section of the western front there has been no serious infantry fighting since the advance at Hodge. The French, however, are more active. Paris announces violent artillery engagements in the Artois ' region, in the Champakne, beyond the Mouse and in the Vosges. AttacWfi with grenades by^the army of the German crown prince in the Argonne arc reported to have been repulsed. An Austro squadron attacked the Island of Pelagosa, in the Mid-Adri1 atic, seized by the Italians early in the I war. Attempts to make a landing | were defeated. There is no further change in tl^p Balkan situation. o FRANK'S BODY AT PARENTS'HOME | New York, Aug. 19.?The bodyJkpf I Leo M. Frank arrived here early to- I j day on board a Pennsylvania railroad I train. More than a score of detectives I and police were on hand to guard I against any demonstration, but a few I persons were gathered at the station. I Mrs. Frank, who nmnmnnniorl fVio M body of her husband on the trip from Atlanta, was greeted by her sister^law, Mrs. Otto Stern and other of Frank's relatives. o Capture Mexican Flag. Texas rangers in Hidalgo county captured a flag hearing in Spanish an inscription "Army of Liberation for Mexicans in Texas" and officials at Brownsville said that for several HO to 40 Mexicans, apparently, soldiers, had been crossing into Texas each day. Requests from officials along the border for more trcps have been re- I ferred to Gen. Funston. Gen. Fun- I ston has on the border and at Texas I City about 17,000 troops. Secretary I Garrison telegraphed the general nlo- I day that the 12,000 Mobile troops re- I maining at other posts in continental B United States would be sent to the I border if he asked for them. | CATARRH CANNOT RE CURE!? I By LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as /"I they cannot reach the seat of the (lis- m ease. Catarrh is a blood or constit?tftional disease and in order to cure it . I you must take internal remedies. I Hall's Cattfrrh Cure is taken internal- II ly, and acts directly upon the blood I . and mucous surface. Hall's Catarrh I s Cure is not a quack medicine. It was I prescribed by one of the best physi- I sians in this country for years and is I a regular prescription. It is compos- I ed of the best tonics known, Combined I with the best blood purifiers, acting I directly on the mucous surfaces. The I perfect combination of the two ingjfcd I lents is what produces such wonder- I ful results in curing catarrh. Send |l for testimonials, free. I F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa- I tion.?adv. I AGE & COMMISSION CO 1 IEY BUILDING 9 South Carolina II 7erything you have to sell; we I want to buy. II or those who desire to purchase II d do well to see us first. ||