Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE FRANK CASE. jrnon a>*hf.ks pilpit Heplie* lo ttersnou Allegiug That Projedlce !??? tt?i<M? Verdict. Atluntu. Ou March 18.?The ver a .t of guilty in the trial of Leu M Krank, nul?erintendent of the National rem-II company. charted with the murder of Mary Phugan. 14 years uld. wim defended In a statement le> ?ued yesterday hy J. T Osborne. one vf the Jurors. Pleas by three Atlanta ministem last Sunday for a new trial for Frank, now sentenced to b* hanged on April If, called forth the Juror's statement. The ministers asked m new hearing tor the con\W t<-d man on the ground th.it. according to their statements, public opinion wan Inflamed against Fiank at the time and the evidence w*? subject to doubt The statement of ihe juror follows In part: "Three men. speaking from as many pulpits In Atlanta last Sunday, are quoted ^s* chsrglng that the trial S4 Leu M Frank wu* unfair und demanding that the verdict be set .?Md*. ? The jury heard all tho testimony and claim to have sufficient Intelli? gence und honesty to have weighed ihe evidence without prejudice. notwithstanding the opinion of the holler-thun-thou gentlemen to the < ontrary. ' Ws are not trying 'yellow dogs,' sheep killing dogs' nor dogs of any other character, but u white man ? barged with u heinous crime and. speaking for myself and, us 1 be? lieve, for every member of the Jury, realised the soUmruty of the respon mt-lllty resting upon us. The testimony wus strongly cor? roborated by sown witnesses, as well us by circumstantial evidence in ev try point which influenced the mind ?.r the Jury." Freak's death sentence has been affirmed t-> the S ale supreme court and his attorneys now are making preparations to tile un extraordinary motion for n new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. Mary t'hagan was an employe in the pencil factory und her body wus lound in the fuctory basement. James Fonley, a negro employe in the fac? tors, testified that Prank killed the (Irl In hie ofllce und that he ulded in the disposition of the body at the mutant* of Frunk. Conley wss sentenced to a year s imprisonment on the charge of being an uccesnory after the murder. A D FAT 11 TUM*. ?Jhell of MUNOurl Athletic club Col lapse**?Two Desks] Ten Hurt. Ml Louis, Murch IT.?At least two persona were killed, || were buried under debr.n and ten were Injured when the wiM wall ?f the Missouri Athletic gtSjij butld.n . attieh was de-, atroyed by fire, in which :?0 personal loet their Uvea u week ago, collapsed under a high wind here late today and crashed through u four-story building occupied by .he St. Louis Heed compan\ The wall of the Missouri Athletic elub building which stood seven atnrles high, crumbled when a 36 milnj wtnd veenU to the northwest. A few minutes before tho collapse, Pudding Commissioner McKelrey. who wus di? recting 170 men in the work of ex? ploring the ruins of the Missouri Ath? letic club, feared the wall would full and ordered hla men out of the debris. This action probably prevented a heavy loea of life. sei Ks INFORMATION. - f ederal Government Makes Inquiry j About itee Culture. Columbia. Murch If,?Cwrniniasion er Watson or the department of agrl ?uitur* 11 ni reeetpt el ? reqnsot from the chief of the ! i.i?.-,] States bureau j f ?*tatts?ies ut Washington asking him to aupph us early as possible the name* of the leading nun |g gfajaj ion ey bulneaa In South Carolina who msy bo both willing and able to fur? nish Infoimation in view o, th#? bens tits to be gained from a eomprehen **\\% und ui biased government report. The Idea is It g^?? Si the proposed federal report useful Ulf or matlon In regsrl to ISM prod'e tein of hones ( ?I market purposes, und such a re? port should be ?d benefit |o every man or woman w ho keeps bees and aro eHsSei h nev for sale Mr. Wutson re SuestS that am an.I e\.rvbndv In the ?tat* who feels the slightest interest in Oils matter will OOmmunlOatt n Ith him hnsaaeliatsl] M'lIJUNOM Itt H.NKII IN KKW ARK. Many Narrow F.s?upe* in 11 no mm Fire. Newark. \ J Mai' b i ? POrttet mlv ertl'UtS btilMlng and the RsntS Clsr* Cordial Plant wer.? hutned to? il iy and a thousand emplove* fled in panic There weie manv nur ow ?M.ipr? The Inn* it e*4 SMted Si lite, an SMITH i:\ri.TS IN N'l-'VY Yt.dtli KX(ll \Mii: PLAN. Wou't Allow Long Distance Conces? sion lo Proem Him lYom Going UmmkI. Washington, March 1R.?"This is the most signal victory won by ad? vocates of fair dealing lor the cotton lurmers of the South yet achieved.'' said Sen.tier Smith of South Caro? lina when shown the statement from Natl York thut the cotton exchange of that metropolis had adopted res? olutions making the government standard t\pe of cotton the basis for .trading after April. 1915. Rut Sena ; tor Smith declared that the adop? tion of this resolution will not in any way affect him in rushing through congress his bill which would force the New York brokers to begin this new method of dealing at much earl? ier date. "I'p to the present, New York has had 27 or more grades," said Mr. Smltn. "All of these represent an avbiira ??>? and fictitious difference in 1 values, whi^h, of course, was detri ! mental to the farmers. The adoption I of these grades as being the only ones I deliverable upon contract will go far 'towards making the quotations from 'the New York exchange in line with j the real value of spot cotton. If they strictly adhere to the real values of the grades. This means that if the nine grades are adopted, and these \alone are tenderable upon contracts [for the future delivery of cotton, and ? ; the fixed difference between grades fj eliminated and the real spinning values of the grades as found by the department of agriculture under the provisions of my amendment to the \ last agricultural appropriation bill, I that the farmers will be guaranteed a 'fair and Just price for cotton. "1 feel that this la an achievement 'brought about by the fact that the New York exchange saw the inevitable and bowed to lt. 1 am perfectly con? fident that my bill now pending will pass and I am glad that the New York exchange has made it easier for it to pass In that they have at least ? recognised one 'cuturo of the bill, jvlx: That the government standardiza? tion shall be recognized by the ex? changes of this country. Now the other proposition that the exchanges shall not have a fixed difference or a deceptive commercial difference, but shall have a dlfferenoe bused en? tirely upon the real ascertained spin? ning values of the different grades is cared for also in the bill which fj have pending. 1 am certain that the finding Of the department of agricul? ture as to the spinning values of the government standard grades has been largely if not entirely responsible for the action of the New York exchange, because in the light of the startling facts which that test proves a* to the small difference in the values of the different grades, no exchange could hope to exist which had the absurd differences now obtaining. "The New York exchange makes this new grade delivery effective April 1. 1915. This shall not deter me from forcing with all of the vigor at my command the passage of my bill at the earliest possible moment I and the putting of it into effect im-, mediately upon Its passage. 1 want' to save the farmers the balance of I this crops at a better price, and guar-j antes to them, if it be possible, a bet-] ter price for the crop soon to be j planted. "There Is no reason why the New York cotton exchange should recom? mend the adoption of the nine gov? ernment standards a year hence; un? less It be that they have already com? mitted themselves to the delivery of such a quantity of cotton at such prices that they may nfver hope to; escape without a tremendous loss un? less they keep in vogue the pres-, sn$ old robbery system to enable them 10 escape. 1 shall call up my bill at the earliest possible moment, now I that it is upon the calendar, and] press it to u finish." ENGLISH III LI ?MAN Kll.l.ll). I.lout. Trvhv Falls to His Heath on Salisbury Plain. i ?allehuty, Kng . March 19. ?Lieut Trahy, of the Imperial Aviation corps. Was killed lodaj while flying over Sal-, lebury Plain His biplane collapsed t"0 foat In the air. Goes |n lletidersonvllle. In HT. Bcott Marvin of this town' hai dm Idee to i nsi his i<?t in Hend< r sonvllte, s t?? and left reeterday, uc ? ompanled ?>\ ?us wife for ?hal t?-wn, 111 and Mrs Ii.,, .,.,y popular in Manning end w? commend them to ih? good people or Hendersonvllle. Manning Tlmea Real Kninie Transfers, Mai gsiet n Dooth to R p. HcInci ami MeCollum ftealti Co,, lot on Hm\. IH .\ v uiiK . 11,000, C h Tisd.iie to i? it MeCallum, lot on Calhottn street, 1411.60, ?*, I. Tied tie to 11 It. Mel .ilium. .'>i on McQueen otreet, |11Q. noter li:<l\l u thokity. William MMCk. Editor Of Wf>U Known Series or Law Honks, a Native of Kumt or County. South Carolina, and Long a Resident of Fort Mill. As the momentous year of ltltj wan drawing to a close, there made its appearance in the offices of vari? ous lawyers all over the United States a calendar?an advertisement Of a law book tlrm?the most no? ticeable feature Of which was the striking reproduction of a group of portraits, men evidently learned in the law. In that group were the pictures of two men whose names havo become household words where ever the great science of English law Is known. And there was a third, none the less scholarly and per? spicacious that he is less well known. The group was the pictures of the editors of what lawyers refer to as "CYC" otherwise known as "Cyclopedia of Law and Proceed ure." The two pictures first re? ferred to are those of the late As? sociate Justice Rrewer of the United States Supreme court and his col? league, "the great dissenter," the. late Associate Justice Harlan. The third of the trio, in whom South Carolinians are bound to feel more than a passing interest, is the picture of William Mack, a na? tive of this State, now editor-in-chief of "CYC." Mr. Mack, as may be gathered from a consideration of the importance of his work, stands at the top of the ranks of legal authorship. ? He is secretary of the American Law Rook company, and is editor of its other important publication "Cyclo? pedia of Forms and Precedents." Though not widely known in South Carolina, even by name, Mr. Mack is a familiar character to his one time j fellow townsmen in Fort Mill. There he spent his boyhood days and there his little mothereless son, "BUlie" is now living and learning to follow in the footsteps of his distinguished father. Born in Sumtcr county in 18C5. William Mack was thp son of the Rev. l>r. J. B. Mack, a well known Presbyterian minister, who was once stationed in ' Columbia, and Mrs. Harriet Banks Mack. In his early youth he went to Fort Mil! with his parents, and there he grew up. From j Fort Mill he went to Davidson col? lege, whence he emerged, in 1883, with the degree of M. A., having tak? en that degree along with the de? gree of A. R., and having ranked second In his class. The call of schol arship, combined with the independ? ent spirit which broosed no long waiting before ent/fering the world of service, took him to Adger college, where for a year he lent his ener? gies to the upbuilding of the youth of the land, even as in later years he lent of his brain to the erection of a consonant and coordinated struc? ture of American law. The school room did not hold him long, however. One year later found him plunging eagerly into the mys? teries which had proved so inter? esting, found him at work in the mental laboratory of a law oftlce. Rlackstone his alembic and Coke his retort, while he studied and analyzed the principles which made great the body of the English Jurisprudence. For a year he studied in tl e law office of his uncle, W. L. Mack, In Lamar, Mo., leaving that to enter the Missouri State university. There he kept up his reputation for promise matched with performance, and completing the three year course in two years, was graduated first in his class. Subsequently the university ronferred on him the degree of LL. D. Lamar, which had seen his first embrace of his new mistress, the law, soon saw him again. For one year he practiced there, and then went to the land of promise on the Pacific coast. In San Francisco he stayed ten years, leaving there in ItOQ to accept an editorial position with the Edward Thompson compa? ny, publishers of law booka, at North port, a suburb of New York. In this congenial atmosphere his genius for legal authorship blossomed into flower. The first fruits were the seven volumes of "Rapalje and Mack's Digest of Railway Decisions," a standard work of great repute. A short time later he again changed his residence, going to New York City, l<> Join the American Law Hook company. With that company he has remained f<?r 11! years, add? ing steadily to his reputation as a clear ami forceful thinker and a Concise and SCOUrate expounder of le?al truth. His service with Ihe American company early brought him to the verj lo ad of the t ompuny's corps ol experts. Selected to undertake the tremendous task of directing the preparation of a comprehensive but convenient exegesis <d law and pro? cedure, he entered upon ins task with eneray and zeal. The 40 vol? ana-; the "Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure" already published are .hi edurlng testimonial of his skill and industry These, with the anno? tations, which also ars In his charge,! A Notable Collection and Exposition of the New Season's MILLINERY Will be presented for your critical in? spection and Approval in the Millinery Parlor oa Monday, March 23rd, 9 A. M. to 7 P. M. Featured in the display are Paris Model Hats, Also Brilliant Examples of the Genius of the Best American Milliners. Reproductions of Paris Hats, perfect models, made in our own workrooms are also shown. A wealth of new French Flowers, Feathers and Ribbons. We invite your critical inspection and comparison. The Schwartz Millinery* have assumed rank as among tho | most authoritative legal works. The ''Cyclopedia Of Forms and Precedents," a like work on a dif? ferent phase of the subject, is also well known among the legal folk. > While he has been pursuing the lights of legal learning, Mr. Mack has not neglected other avenues of j l activity. He is a member of the' Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and presided at the national convention of that fraternity in Chattanooga., He is a high rank Mason, being a Knight Templar and a Noble of Kis-1 met Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Missouri Society Of New York and of the Southern Society of New York. Though Mr. Mack's work has led him far afield, he has never forgot ten the home interests. His alma ranter has been the recipient of many gift! of books. His home town too,-' and his home folk, know him and like him as a brilliant man who can he thoroughly democratic and kindly, j Mr. Mack's progress in the North! has been closely followed by his I friends and relatives, of whom he] has many. Among them is A. lt. I Hanks of Columbia, the well known! educator, who, like his nephew, Mr. Mack, spent much of his life in Fort I Mill. Mr. Mack's mother lives in Fort I Mill with his brother, Murray Mack. I and he has another brother, Harry j Mack, an electrical engineer in New York, und another in Cincinnati, the! I Rev. Edward Mack, D. D., professor of Lane Theological geminary. Mr. Mack also has two sisters in Fort Mill?Mrs. Bllaibeth Belk and Mrs. \V. B. Ardrey. MAHHIF.D AT 111SIIOPYILLF. Miss Clara Kolley and Mr. C. B. Munn?To Florida. llshopville, March 18.?Mr. c. B. Munn, a prosperous young merchant of this place, smd Miss Clara Kelley, the popular and highly accomplished daughter of Mr. \V. \V. Kelley, were quietly married at the home of the bride's father on Sunday afternoon ai 3.30 o'clock. The Rev. M. M. Venson, pastor of the Baptlsl church, per? formed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Munn left immediately for the Land <d Flowers, where the) Will spend their honeymoon. Newark, <?hio. March 19. -llecause she refused to ?dope with him, tftove Francis, aged 24, shot and killed his brother's wife, Mars Francis, aged this morning lie then killed himself. Booze is Destroyed. Manning, March 18.?The town and county authorities united in the de- ' struction of a lot of contraband "booze" this morning. It had been! seized when shipped here some time ago to the Country c lub, a proposed j organization that was never perfect? ed. The liquor was in pint and quart bottles and amounted to 17 1-2 gal? lons. The stuff was at least of ques? tionable quality, for when it waa at? tempted to set fire to the rubbish heap the liquor failed to burn. Toilet Articles <I We have just open? ed up the largest assort? ment of Colgate's Toilet Goods ever displayed in our stores. All the new productions in Soaps, Talcum Powder and Perfumes. CJ Jergens 1 lb. can Talcum Powder. Rose and Violet?3 cans for 50 cents. O'Donnell 6 Co.