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BEMtfiMlllNlfiER DISMISSED ?III/1 An \| o .\ < i : PKAW CP Pl! TITIO.N I OK It II A I.I. OJP MAY? OR AND CtH NCI 1.MAN. I rl< tlon Hetwccu Member* of Council end Cliy M.ui ? i Growing out of Collection of Tuxi*m Is IU'iimmi Gl\cn I?) Mayor f?r ITrltig Cltj Manager? Kn>> Method* in, Ion l?n?Htl< lleaufort. Aug. 17.? Mayor Panner ? ml Councilman Mu*? Ihm voting vom ? ml Councilman lllchardson voting no, the council dt*mt?Aed t'lty Man sger Home at a regulur meeting last J?*gbc the discharge to take effect im? mediately. Thin culmination of the , back collection light waa witnessed by the largest crowd that has attended SOUnrtl mooting i r\ y?'ars, all doors * end windows were crowded, as well as the Interior of the one story build? ing. A Citizen?' meeting, after the council session, decided to invoke the recall against Mayor Panner and Councilman Marscher. The petition ? Iready ban received a sufficient num? ber of sfgnutures to Insure an elec? tion. Mayor Panner offered the dlsmslsal resolution as follows: "In view of the friction existing be? tween members of this council and some of our citizens and the city manager. K. C. Home, Jr., I recom Jgrnfl^ \|nrt Mr. Home's services be dispensed with from this date. I there? fore introduce the following resolu "Resolved, That the services of R. C. Home, Jr., city manager, be dls | j>ensed ttyth for the above named rea rseV\ and \he position of city manager be declared vacant from this date. The mayor then stated his position on the tax matter. "As I think It proper that the pub? lic should know my position in the matter of hack taxes claimed due the town by the People's bank, George ? el c forces and others, I beg to be allow? ed to state that 1 wltl guarantee that every dollar dkis the town Is collect? ed frrgjB there and from any etker persons who may be foissd to owe, the, town bark sixes, and from such back taxes can be col h>- execution or otherwise, i sm not In favor of the methods ?""How Telng used to collect these taxes, ?s I think they are unneoessarlly 4r*sejls. but I will vouch for It that the* cffurts shell decide these cesee without unnecessary delay, end that the Inf? t-ests of the 'own ehnTI he properly eared for." Avisrae pert of ?h* crow, ujion the adjourn^- nt of council met in n hall fSjrosei the street and elected .1. D. s*>dd chairman and Thomas Harms, Jr., secretary. A resolution was condemning the action of *dfic!J, calling for a mass meeting to be held Thursday night and direct? ing the chairman to appoint a com? mittee) >f ten to arrange fer the meet? ing and circulate a recall petition. Louis Bond then offered ? recall peti? tion which was unanimously adopted. Tens petition hss already received the fWesaary number of gfjggsj to insure Hft? ordering of th?- election. The re call petition to the governor follows: ?"Whereas Mayor C K Panner and Councilman W. F Mancher of tho city of Beaufort, State of South Car? olina. a*rs hindering nnd obstructing the collection of the city's taxes by the city treasurer, even to the extent of actually discharging the city man? ager end coercing the chief of police ?nd using their official positions to protect d?-lliuiuent taxpayers, and "Whereas these officials are not oorylng out the provisions of ths ststule under which they were elect? ed. In that they have not possessed M0L sserclsed all powers and duties rierejh-)f<sre exercised by the enminis slrrner* of pit idle works, as required be said statute. ^'?rtterefore. we. the undersigned qualified registered electors of said city, residing within the corporate limits of said city, do hereby petition you to order an election to enable the voters of the city of Heaufort to igtldo whether the above named offi? cers shall b? recalloe, and if they are recalled to .eclde who shall be elect eel In their places." _ i; v 11 ki?\ i? M \v IUKH in \i> T s Sptsr, of Georgia Ccntrul, Pans cw Away In < aim da M.ivgnfinh. Crc Aug 1*.? Meagre Inforofntiow was received here today of th. death yesterday afternOesj ??f T. J*. Molse, gencr. 11 manager Of the Central of Georgia r.<ll\v?y. He died Irt the interior of Canada after a ? Uv i fMilng. HN hid not hOOg pby siciuiy stresjig 11t eogjM lime and it is thought hi died fnuTi oVOt ix.iH-ui. Montgomery. Ala . \*g It, Kid" 'Jackson nnd ii iry Itusnell, negroes were lya* h? sf at Hop? llwtl. |g miles frrfm hsre early today. An.dher negcu whose n.uae ban n<d bSjgg Isen!eg wsJ re*saje\l. hut died g| i lo< at hospital latey. The negroes >?ere accused ??l |M?kei>ntng nodes on (be Mi l ain plan several months ago. oov, iiahhis says r.vfhy Fokt will BIT MADE to con? vkt oni/rv pahtikm. All Stories ol' Lynching Bicnpt One state Frank Declared ill* Inno QMffj dust BcfntfJ Ho PtoA Atlanta. Oft., AUf< IS.?Plans for Investigating the abduction and lynch? ing of Leo M. Frank went forward steadily today, Oov. Harris stntod that a thorough Inquiry would bo made, and that rewards would he offered for the arrest and conviction of the men who took Frank from the State prison at MllledgevUle and hanged him near Marietta. "I am inexpressibly shocked,'' snld the governor. "This affair has placed a blot upon the fair name of our State that can never be wiped out. The lynching will be probed to the bottom > and ?vory effort within my power will j be made to bring the guilty members of the mob to Justice. At the proper I time I will offer rewards for the ar- | rest and conviction of the man, and I i will urge the Judge, the solicitor and j the sheriff to make diligent efforts to J apprehend them." Oov. Harris will have a conference! with the three members of the State J prison commission tomorrow morn-1 ing. All of the commissioners were j In Warden Smith's home the night Frank was taken away. It is not un? usual for them ?.o be there on Mon? day and Monday night as they make weekly inspections of the prison. The governor hopes to obtain in? formation from the commissioners and 1 possibly some of tho prison officials who were overpowered, that will lead to the identification of some of the men. Only a part of the gang wore masks. If the identity of any of the j men is established the governor said today he would make every effort to have them arrested. Nothing was done at Marietta today in the way ef an investigation. Tho coroner's Jury which held a brief ses? sion yesterday adjourned until next Tuesday. Much Interest attaches to what may be brought out at a meet? ing of the Cobb county commissioners yesterday. Official opinion here is that MllledgevUle is the place for the investigation or at least the beginning of it. That the prison commission would not make an Inquiry was further in? dicated today when another member, F.. L K ?:uvy stated that he Jid not j Chink any cue QOBI)tj0te>d WMh the. prison was to blame The pHeoi coin mission hn? absolute powers in ban li ng prlao; affairs' and In *. m conference tomorrow the commission? ers will act only in an advisory ca? pacity. Stories represented as coming indi? rectly from "men who krew" and re? citing details of the actual lynching increased In number today. All ex? cept one of these "statements" sah' that Frank stated that he was not guilty of the murder of Mary. Phagan. It was the sindlarity of the "state? ments" that began today to gain tor them some serious attention. The manner of making the sup ? posed information public was for t*ie person telling the story to say that It had come from an Intimate friend, | who had perfect confidence in him, j but whose name, of course, could not be used. One "statement" that caus? ed much comment began by referring to the "loyalty and bravery" of the men who did the lynching, hat clos? ed with the statement that Frank snld Just before he was drawn up and strangled to death that he was innocent. Fach one of these stories Indicate that Frank was not harmed on the trip from MllledgevUle to the lynching scene, and that he met death in full realization of the fate that awaited him. After these stories had caused com? ment, another mio was brought forth today, in which it was said that Franks last words conveyed an ova slve answer to a question as to his KUilt. One of these statements, published heffe today, quoted a citizen ot Mari? etta, whose name was kept secret, but who was said to bo in a position to know, as follows: "F.vcr since the day Oov. Slaton commuted the sentence uf Frank the hanging had been in process of for mulatlon. There was not a missing thread from the fabric of the perfect? ed scheme when the twenty-live men set out early Monday night lor M111 edgc\ llle. "Meetings were held In a spot so conspicuous that you would be as? tonished In hear Its name called. A i< ader was ohoseni ? man who hears as reputable a name you would hear iii a laufui cummin. Hundreds*of men a ould hat i ols ed him. "The twenty-live men chosen, al? though ibis was not the entire nuin bei available, were biiaineea?llk? as Well ai determined. hike busiluss irentttrei Ihej would not go into it without in t knowing every lay or the ground. j "Advnnce m? n were sent la Mill ednevllle, when- ihey made ihorougn l ob*?r\?1U0119 of i he prlaon und ita am - <>vi:it ONE UUNMtED peusons thought TO HAVi: PLUlSll KD ox TEXAS coast. ihimago to Property is Rrfitf tnl ut $:to,oon,ooo with city or Q>4vcotoa lloavifst Sufferer in Loss of Life and Propoft) Loss. "V\<th large lectiom ot the storm swept southeastern const of Texas still cut off from com mu uicut ion reports received last night and early today piece the number known to have boon killed in the tropical hurricane which swept the Texts coast at more than 100. The property loss was vaguely estimated in the millions, some esti? mates placing the probable loss as high as |:i(),000,000. Galveston suffered probably the heaviest llnancial loss, but only 14 persons are known to have lost their lives In that city, while at Virginia Point 11, Sylvan 1 leach 3, Houston 2,< City, across the bay from Galveston, 18 lost their lives. Other points re? porting loss of life were: Morgan's Point U, Ely van Deach 3, Houston 2, Hitchcock 7, Iai Porte 7, Port Arthur 4, Lynchburg I, Seabrook 3. Property loss estimates were vague, except in a few instances. Somo of t^e estimates were as follows: Galveston $15,000,000; Houston $2, 000,000; Texas City $4 00,000; Port Arthur $200,000; Seabrook $100,000; Sabine $100,000; Sabine Pass $100, 000; Kemah $50,000. In addition, there was an enormous loss to cotton growers in the storm belt. The damage in the oil Heids was estimatevl at $500,000. Galveston, as in the storm of 1900 which took a toll of more than 8,000 lives, bore the brunt of the hurricane which reached its height there at 3 a. m. Tuesday when the wind reached a velocity of 92 miles an hour. Five hundred buildings in Galveston were wrecked and the sea wall damaged and the causeway, connecting the is? land with the mainland, was cut into. A shortage of drinking water has added to the seriousness of the situa? tion in Galveston, Texas City and other coast towns. Food is also re? ported scarce and lighting systems and street cars are out of commission. The dead includes 14 soldiers of tho second division of the United States army, stationed at Galveston and Texas City. State, federal and municipal author? ities in Te\ 11 have started mensures i n hef. Rot, 11 u dd Itoosne* Decline* < oil to] Burnt cr. Florence, Aug. 16.?Rev. Harold Thomas, rector of the Episcopal church here, who was recently callod by the church In Sumter, has notified the vestry of the Sumter church that he would not leave Florence. Mr. Thomas recently declined a very attractive call to the church in Char? lotte, N. C. roundl.igs, which included barbed 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 reconnoltered and severed tele? graphic and telephonic connection with the prison, so that authorities in the surrounding territory could not be notified and intercept them as they carried Frank to the place selected for his death. "It was originally planned to carry Frank to the cemetery in which Mary Phagan's body is burled, but day? break overtook the captors. There was no little dissension over the propos? al to hold the lynching in the woods where it took place, but a word from the mob's loader silence all opposi? tion. Asked to recount the actual hang 1 ing of Frank and what happened, he is said to have replied: "Nobody ever will know that out? side the men who were actually pres? ent." "Not even what Frank said?" "He never confessed," was the con? cluding reply, according to the pub? lished account. Local postal authorities today ex? cluded from the mails post-card pho? tographs of Frank's body before it w. cut down. Photographer! and others did a largo business selling them In Marietta s?nd Atlanta yester? day and last night. Acting Mayor llngsdule received several protests against their sale here today, but said he was powerless to stop the vendors, who had obtained n license to sell them. Three such lie neos were is? sued, Mr. Ilagsdale said no more 11 censei would be given out, , It, e. Duvlson, chairman of tho State prison commission, announced lu re today that the Identity of one member of the mob might be disclos? ed through n pair of handcuffs' which ! w vli- (el t on t he wrists of J. M. Ilurkc, superintendent of the prison farm. Mr. Davlson said they bore the serial number of the manufac? turer! ami thai he had been Informed the name of the original purchaser , \hus could be obtained. GERMAN OFFER ACCEPTED. PLAN SUBMITTED YOU BETTLE MENTOF PRYE < \si; SATIS? FACTORY, United States, However, Maintains That it Must be without Prejudice to Interpretation of Prussian-Amer? ican Treaty?Asks for Expression. Washington, Aug. 17.?The Ameri? can reply to Germany's last nuto on the sinking of the American sailing ship William P. Frye, made public today by the state department, ac? cepts the proposal tn t ''amages be lixed by a mixed eommi lion and that the disputed treaty provisions be submitted to arbitration at Tin Hague, but calls on Germany for a statement meanwhile as to whether she intends to conduct her future naval operations in accordance with her interpretation of the Prussian American treaty or those of the United states. The note is regarded as putting the noted case well on the way to a set? tlement. It is addressed by Secretary Lansing to Ambassador Gerard at Herlin, as follows: "You are instructed to present the following no%y to the German minis? ter for foreign affairs. "Under instructions from my gov? ernment, I have the honor to inform your excellency, in reply to your note of July 30, in regard to the claim for rep. ration for the sinking of the William P. Frye, that the government of the United States learns with re gret that the objections urged against it by the submission of this to the prize court for decision have not commended themselves to the impe? rial German government, and it equally regrets that the reasons pre? sented by the imperial German gov? ernment for sumbitting this case to prize courts have failed to remove the objections of the government of the United States to the adoption of that course. As this disagreement has been reached after the full presenta? tion of the views of both governments i? our provious correspondence, a further exchange of views on the questions in dispute would doubtless be proiitable and the government of the United States therefore welcomes your excellency's suggestion that some other way should be found for settling this case. "The two methods of settlement proposed as alternative suggestions in your excellency** note have Kw given careful consideration and It is] ? ?fclh ved that it they can be cpm-| ? Ined so that thea may both be udont i I ed they will furnish fl aattsfactorj basis for the solution of the questions at issue. "The government of the United States has already expressed its de? sire that the question of the amount of'indemnity to be paid by the im? perial German government under its admitted liability for the losses of the owners and captain on account df'the destruction of the Frye should be settled by diplomatic negotiation and it entirely concurs with the sug? gestion of the imperial German gov? ernment that the simplest way would be to agree, as proposed in your note, 'that each of the two governments designate an expert and that the two experts jointly fix the amount of in demntly for the vessel and any Amor? lean property which may have been sunk with her to be paid by the im? perial German government, when as? certained as stated in your note. It is assumed that the arrangement will include some provision for calling in an umpire mi case the experts fail to agree. "The government of the United States notes that your suggestion is made with the express reservation that a payment under this arrange? ment would not constitute an admis? sion that American treaty rights had been violated but would be regarded by the imperial German government merely as fulfilling a duty or policy founded on existing treaty stipula? tions. "A payment made on this under? standing would be entirely accept? able to the government of the United States, provided that the acceptance of such payment should likewise be understood to be without prejudice to the United States that the sinking of the Frye was without legal justifica? tion and provided also t. .it an ar? rangement can be agreed upon for the immediate submission to arbitration of the question of legal justification in so far as it involves the Interpreta? tion of existing treaty stipulations. "There can be no difference of opinion between the I WO governments as to the desirability of having this question of tin- true intent and mean? ing of their treaty stipulations de? termined without delay and to that |end the government of the United r'tates proposes that the alternative suggestion of tho imperial German govt rument also be adopted) so that this question of treaty interpretalon can he submitted forthwith to arbi? tration, pursuant to urteile 3H of Tin Hague convention 'or tke pacific sei tietnenl of International disputes. 'In this way tlie question of in demnlty and the question of ireaty interpretation can promptly be set? tled and it will be observed that the only change made In the plan pro? posed by the imperial German gov? ernment is that instead of eliminat? ing either one of Its alternative sus gestlons thee7 are both given effect In order that both of the questions under discussion may be dealt with at the same time. "if this proposal pr??\?\s acceptable to the Imperial German government, ' it will be necessary also to determine whether, pending the arbitral aWBffid, the imperial German government shall govern its naval operations in accord? ance with its own Interpretation or in accordance with the Interpretation maintained by the United States, as tu the obligattone imposed by their tr<aty stipulations, and the govern* ment of ih<' United Suites would be glad to have an expression of the view of the imperial German government <>n this point. (Signed) "Ijan.-ing." ( Camden, Aug. Ig,?R, C stoker, a metal worker, employed by the I)e Lay Itooftng company <>n the Carnegie library building in this city, fell from tli.- building yesterday morning a dis? tance of Si feet and was badly bruised. Mr. Stoker is from Colum? bia ami has a wile and children liv? ing in that city, lie was taken to the Camden hospital for treatment, i No bones were broken, and if he was I not internally intjured will recovery "A ROLL OF HONOR BANK." CAPITAL $100,000.00 EARNED PROFITS $125,000.00 THAT'S WHY SPEND LESS THAN YOU EARN For Living, Clothes and Pleasure?Bank the rest at our Savings Department, weekly. As y?ur account begins to Increase you will find ptetttura in ^vinfj more ench year. 4 Per ?eiit. iuieicM raid on Savings. THE NATIONAL BANK OF S?MTER ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" SUNDAY EXCURSIONS TO THE SEASHORE I Round Trip Fare From SUMTER to CHARLESTON #175 Tickets sold only for trains specified below on Sun? days, limited to date of sale. Schedule Going- Leave Sumter 6.30 A. ML, Arrive Charleston 10.30 A. M. Schedules Returning?Leave Charleston 8.25 P. M.f Arrive Sumter 12.05 A. M. For futher particulars, tickets, etc., apply to O. V. Player, Ticket Agent, SUMTER, S. C. W.J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pass. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt. WILMINGTON, N. C. ! AtlanticCoast Line T lie Standard Railroad of the South