Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1914 b Finis lias us, as its tirst bill tragedy unless it ; l.?eai our misfort t Permit us j ( and less of sorro ; We hope t( >nly do we este< thousand ways tl | made, yet with it | misfortune, that y1 man, woman and I Quality, qi | We want your e\ 5 make a transacti fl Hoping thi WHITTLING JUSTICE AWAY. li (Columbia Record.) d Having Upplied to the Supreme o Court of the United State- and hav- n ing been turned down two or more I; times iiy the justice of that court n A U ? - -J A- I A. 1.1' . ... A t 1 I (Ill llll! KI'UIIIIU null U1IS CUlM'l IllKl J no jurisdiction of his case for the \< lack of a Federal question, Leo M. I Frank has now been granted an a])- <i peal and review of hi.-> whole case i by this supreme tribunal on the 1; yround that a federal question has ( been presented as determined by Justice Lamar, the same justice who formerly decided that the case pre- (| seated no Federal question. 1 Any one who attempted to follow 0 reconcile the intricacies, contradictions and complexities of the loyal | \ ichiperv of these United States ! j and of the several and respective' ? commonwealths of which the nation I is composed would very quickly he j J qualified for the huyhousc. i ( It is the theory of the law that the j t crtainty of its judgments is esser. a tial to its utility, whereas in the practice and administration of it t uncertainty is the only certain ele- ; ' lent that can be predicated of it. Every judye seems to have an indi- t vidua! theory and sometimes one i judye has two or more theories that contradict and neutralize each other. Look at this record in the Frank case: i April 27, 1912?Body of Mary Phairan. fourteen years old. found in ?. cellar of National Pencil factory at Atlanta, Ga. Had been murdered f the niyht before. April 29?Leo M. Frank, superintendent of factoiy, and James Conley, a neyro sweeper, arrestee. May 24?On evidence of Conley, Frank was indited for murder. July 2N?Trial of Frank beyan. ( Auy. 24?Conley testified Frank j entrapped the yirl in his office, beat ^ her unconscious, then stranyled her. Auy. 25.?Jur> found Frank yuiltv of murder, first deyree. Auy. 21!?Judye Roan sent meed ~ Frank to die Oct. 10. Motion foi I * new trial filed. j v Oct. 21 ? Now trial denied. j jj iuujii1, i?fii i'111 susiameu veni'.n 01 lower court. | Feb, 24 -J in lyre Hill <lcnie.l now (, trial, Conley, one negro, convicted f as an accessory. |i March 7?Frank resentenced l>y li Judge lien Hill; April 17 set as day j of execution. i y May <'??State Judge Hen Hill de-j t: nicd Frank's extraordinary motion 1 S for new trial. i o Oct. ?W. M. Smith, lawyer for f Oonley, announced negro a^ nunh rer ll of i'hagan girl. 1 p I! r We wish to thai season. Accept for responding s settled in full hj monthly, and w rying ourselves sent the best, nr at ion than slow an /our purchas We want more our store more attn more complete and not you are a large < vnnr hill.? nmmnllv ^ W"?W Vith its Joys, its ! ad Times and tti been written?what yester ishes, burst like the earliest serves to temper and tit us unes, our sorrows and failu to Wish for every custome w, more of success and les > impress you with the since ?m above all other things lat you have not always knc ; all, it has made us feel vei may have ruffled the smo< child in this part of the cm lantity, service and price c< rery favor, large or small, \ on with us. at every day of 1915 may bi HON GRC Oct. 14?Supreme Court, all memiors sitting and concurring, affirmed ecision of .Indue Ben Hill, denying xtraordinary motion on ground of ie\vly discovered evidence. Frank's rnvyers announced intention to carry notion to set aside verdict to State Supreme Court on ground that Frame ras not in court room when Judge fill gave decision, which Judge llil! lenied. Nov. 14.?State supreme court upield prosecution's demurrer to moion to set aside verdict of guilty. Nov. 23?Associate Justice Lamaif the United States Supreme Court lenied written application of Frank'.awyers for writ of error for review if case. Nov. 27?Associate Justice Oliver Vendel Holmes of United States Suirenie Court denied application for i writ of error. Nov. 30?Motion made by Frana's awyers to United States Supreme 'ourt for leave to file a petition for vrit of error. Chief Justice White iccepted papers. Dec. 7?United States Supreme 3ourt denied motion presente.l Nov. 50. Dec. !'?Frank sentenced for third ioie. Fxecution set by Judge iten lilt for Jan. 22, 1015. D?c. 17?Petition filed for writ of lain as corpus before Judge VV. l\ Newman in the Ur.ited States ldsrict. Dec. 10?Judge Newman denied labeas corpus application. Dec. 21?Judge Newman announced he would allow appeal to United States Supreme Court, hut declined o issue certificate of "'probable ause." Dec. 24?Louis Marshall presented ippeal to Justice Lamar. !)ec. 28?Justice Lamar granted letition of Dec. 24, and case will now >e reviewed by the United States Supreme Court. The result of all this is that ail ense of substantial right and wrong ?of the merits of the case?is whitled and refined away and the coniction is forced upon the public iiiiid that as long as a defendant has noney to hire lawyers to raise fine mints to keep his case going through he courts as the juggler keens the mils going through the air he may eel confident of dying of Md age iefore ho is brought to the end of is i ope. In the usual course it will be two ears before Frank's case can be akon up for review by the United tales Supreme Court and confirmed r remanded to the Georgia court or retrial (which will be fougln on lie ground that no accused can be lit in jeopardy of his life :\ o.-ond lip Fr lk you for the libei our best wishes fo o well to our annoi ! the 10th of each e certainly appreci with slow paying ? ost prompt paying paying accounts, es?in fact a bette of your business durin ictive and more popula x ~ J x _ rr. J. up-tu-uatt;. iouay is or small account, we u each month for die y( lburi i ii i i i hi iitiij n?anm? Sorrows, its Succt le Tilings that go t day were the realities of life rays of the morning sun on t for the right use and recepti< ires, as becomes those to who r, patron and friend: That th< s of failure, than has yet com rity of our good wishes in the your confidence and trust, bi; iwn, and while that best may h y humble and very grateful, < )thness of our relationship and intrv who will entrust his or 1 ansidered, we are determined t vith the assurance that dollar ring you Good Health, Good H'fcKY CO. time?another novel refinement on < .he low) Governor Slaton, who 1 should be familiar with the case nrd 1 who doubtless would have commuted s Frank's sentence because of the sha- 1 dow of doubt of his guilt arising i from the circumstantial character i of the case, will have been succeeded t by another Governor, possibly by ; more than one successor^' and the < only thing that can be conlfidentially < predicted now is that .Frank will 1 never go to the electric chair or to < the penitentiary and, in all prob- < ability, that justice will be whip- J sawed all around, made a laughing ] stock and brought into still further 1 public contempt and disrepute. 1 OAKLAND. i 1 Oakland, Dec. 29.?The old year is almost passed from us i\ever to be. ( numbered as the days of' our future ] lives again, and no doubt, but that 1 many of us have failed to grasp the * great opportunities th?t were nlucd ' before us for no other purpose than ' to make better men and women <?f us. I If this be true with many of us, then I \ why let us go on in the same old rut! ! pleased with what we are doing for 1 ourselves and fellowman, and at the end of another year the same ol<t ! thing he said of us again? An op- ' portunity once lost to us is never to be recalled again. We should all be j more devout and aspire to the bright- ' | er and more uplifting ?*)prals of man! kind. The great trouble ith so ! many men is that th^fc i^lizvt^raliU7. ! and everything pertaining to Wvency J and do not seek opportunities that will make better men of themselves ' and without first seeking an object we ' are not fit to find it. The new year ' which is just at hand will come and ; ' find many a little diary with its flr.-f pages filled with resolutions am. pledges which the party fully intend ( to keep and as the time glides swiftly by they forget themselves and are ' back to the point where they were b - \ fore the pledges were made. Of course it is all right for a person to 1 make resolutions if it is for the bet torment of their condition and can keep them but to pledge ourselves to ' do a thing and then fail to comply 1 with it is worse than making no star; ' at all. Christmas was passed v?ry quietly but pleasantly around hcve. Evervbodv seemed to pnjoy the real Christ- 1 mas joys despite the c??ld and rainy ' weather. The Christmas tree was 1 rained out on the evening of th" j 2"?th but came off on Saturday after- 1 noon at three o'clock. A large crowd was present and many complimentary 1 comments were heard about .the beau- 1 tifully decorated tree with iti brilliant ' ral patronage gfven u >r a Happy and most meed plans Sept. lsl month." All of o ate so much your co iccounts; our time is accounts in Union, a: This 30 day system r. more attractive stc g the coming year. We r than ever. Then, too, i the beginning of the Nev nhesitatintflv n command >ar 1915. " n Bro ~ T~ *sses, its Failures, i 0 Fill up the Cup < , is today history that all tim< ;he consciousness of our beings an of our successes our joys an m have been committed the gi ? New Year may bring you mc passed your life in the span oi fact, that not only are we gra it we feel that we have done ave seemed poor indeed to you *nd fully determined, that cvei 1 understanding, shall operate f ler business in our line to our ,nat no concern in South Carol] for dollar, value for value, yo Luck, Good Spirts and a willir The Pure Food St >9 Phone 100. | / oils of white and green tinseling and ong chains of various colors. AU :his combined made the effect very .1 striking, and besides this the tree was a <| jurdened to its capacity with all man- he < lcr of Christmas gifts which didn't rail indicate to me anything like hard mai times. Just before the presents were whi given off the tree, a program of the t'hristmas exercises was given to the wet ongregation by the school childret. ten which was very appropriate for th:?(>strt accasion. The teacher, Mrs. Belue de- sho serves much credit for her earnest ef- ope forts in getting up these exercises peo for we certainly did enjoy it all. 1 you wish to thank those who rememberer dau me with gifts off the Christmas tree! Mis and didn't sign their names to them, I Mr. nevertheless, I appreciate them jus' on i the same. tan It was gratifying to know that one lets af The Times' ablest writers, "Tele- yoi phone," ranked my last letter as be- stn ing worthy of mention to the host stn af The Times readers. Some encour- bre agement along the way is always bet- but ter than so much criticizing. Mis Mr. Victor Smith visited relatives rigl at Pacolet last week and is also visit- the ing relatives in Santuc at this writ- ing ing. | ladi Miss Susie Black of Spartanburg i ! stoi iDAndinir thp hnli/lowo nt :*K I 1 p. v..~ ..V.IUUJ O UV I IV/ lilt* Willi ctliu tier parents. ran Mr. Lewis Gault of the Spartan the Academy is spending the holidays at the; lome. stoi Miss Ruth Finehcr of Greenville but ipenl Christmas at the home of her acr grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. and r incher. gat Miss Louise Littlejohn returned to the; rrer home in Spartanburg yesterday son after spending Christmas with her son grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. E. esci Black. gro Miss Leda Ivey of the Brown's Chi Creek section was visiting her broth- Far 2r, Mr. C. G. Ivey for the week-end. '41 We hear lots of complaining about hel< Irad colds and sore throats. I have n she Ireadful cold and cough myself; guess ove I have been paddling about in the stei mud too much for my health. and We tire sorry to know that wer Loreen Gault is very sick at her off tiome and that her holiday pleasure- bac will be marred by having to stay in one loors. Ned. Of l.ist of .\dyerlised Leters. ' Robert Browning, Miss. Bessie hea Brown, Miss Bulah Burnfes, Mrs. Alice it 1 Claton, G. N. Dayton, Rev. I*. Dogan, hea Miss Elmiley Duncan, Mrs. F. E. Fair ed Agnes Garner, Mrs. M. .J. Hoard, Mrs. ed Frances Means, Sam Jackson, Miss mos Julia Baton, Mrs. Janie Moss, Mrs. abir Drusilla Pendergrass, Mrs. Witter was Itice, 1). .J. Smith, Mrs. Lena Teague, to 1 Union Guano Co. tist and C is during the past yea Prosperous New Yea :?"All goods sold a ur accounts (with f -operation. As statei worth more elsewher nd for that reason yoi means a much bettei >re for you in every \ believe under this system it will check this out of r Year and we want all I to you the policy of pay s. " Tli its Good and |l of Life L J and eternity cannot chani >, we feel that history an id our triumphs, and makes eat things of time. >re of peace, and less of str ? time that men count as th .teful for every favor at ; our best for you and you at some time in the histor y failure, that every misl or your benefit and for the keeping for the New Year, ina shall do better for yo u shall profit not once but )g an dcheerful customer t( ore, Home of Goo V W **T_ J Li. l.. wagnc JONESVILLE onesvifle, Dec. 29.?Christmas was uiet one in our town?we had to ]uiet for the constant downpour of i kept the people in doors and ny were the pood dinners served le the rain was pattering upon earth. Everything was quiet and it off well until late Saturday afloon when two negroes met on the ?et near John Gilmori^s barber p and whipped out pistols and ned tire on each other. Several pie were on the streets and two 11 g ladies. Misses Marie Fowler, ghter of Mf. Coleman Fowler, and is Myrtle Coleman, daughter of Robert Coleman, happened to be the side walk just a few paces disce from the shooters and the bul gew tnicK and fast about the ing ladies and they were both ick each by a bullet. The hallfhat ick Miss Coleman grazer. her ast and only made a'slight wound. ; a ball passed through across is Fowler's breast from left to it, going through the flesh across breast near the breast bone makan ugly and painful wound. The ies screamed and ran back to the re of the J. J. Littlejohn company the negroes emptied their guns in the same direction one after other and they ran into the otner; y all ran into the J. J. Littlejohn re which made bad matters worse, the young ladies were soon taken oss the street to Mr. Huiett's store I by this time a crowd of men had hered at the Littlejohn store and y gave one negro, Crawford Thcma good beating, but for some reaWill Hames, the worst of the two, aped without a clubbing. The nees were rushed into thd lockup by ef of Police Gill Fowler. Sheriff it was phoned for and camo on No. at seven o'clock and the conductor 1 the train a few minutes till the rihj, like a stone wail, walked r to the lockup only about ten is and took charge of the negroes I rushed them back to the train and it to Pacolet with them and got and waited for the train going k to Union. He carried his prisrs to Union and locked them up. course for a while iust. after thi? y occurrence there was a j;ood deal excitement and a few men were rd to make threats of violence, but vas soon quieted by some coder ds, and law and order was resterfor which Jonesville has been nolfor many years. We have for the ;t part a quiet community?law iintf citizenship. Miss Coleman ! carried from Mr. Iluiett's store ler home in the town near the Bapchurch and Miss Fowler was car!uston r, and especially r. Al^o we wish t cash prices an ew exceptions) h j i u ueiore, we ao ri e. We believed 01 are entitled to service for youvay. that we can sell at town shopping by : accounts to settle in ing cash for your pi % ie Ladies'! \ / \ GONE II ^e. 1915 is with ! d the past is a I > us stronger to I ife, more of joy I te vear. I /our hands, not | I UltClCOtd 111 cl 1 y that has been I take, that every I benefit of every I u than we will. 1 every time you I d Things to Eat I in, Mgr. I lied to the hotel nearby where she is yet. Both of these young ladies had prompt medical attention. Miss Fowlew is still at the hotel and is doing ' well. I saw her yesterday evening and she talked of the affair and gav* a very thrilling experience of the while they we're under the reign of pistol halls. The sad, but expected, news was received here yesterday evening that the Hon. II. C. Little had died at two o'clock at his home near Kelton. Mr. Little had many friends in "Honcsville as well as over the county and state. Others will write of him who are better informed of his life than 'myself. Quite a number of our young people who are off at other places in business and schools are spending the holidays with their relatives nere. A great many visitors have been the guests of our town folks but I am not posted as to their names. Mr. 1). L. McLaughlin and Noak Fowler of Pacolet were in Jonesvillfe yesterday on business. i After all the talk of hard times our | merchants had a fair Christmas eve trade and our people have all feasted \ not one of us will starve the incoming year; but many are perishing over in the war zone of Europe so let us quit complaining of poverty and hard times and help starving Belgians. ami ? r> i < vr ~ luiaa rcciii rosier 01 iNewman, *.?a., is expected to arrive in Jonesville to visit relatives and will go thence to Durham, N. C. I uiu the editor and ail his force, \ the readers of The Times good-bye It for the old year, 1914, and wish them ^ a happy, prosperous new year. "Telephone " SEDALIA Sedalia, Dec. 28.?The weather has been quite gloomy and the people are not enjoying Christmas very much; the reads are in a rather bad condition for traveling and on that account the folk are staying close around home. Mr. C. II. Ilennett has returned from the Presbyterian college to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents. Mr. Brooks Chaney was visiting in this community last week. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wilburn and little son, William, are spending the holidays with relatives in Union. Mr. E. S. Bennett has returned from Marion, S. C., where he has been teaching school to spend some :or time. It is possible to be an idol of the people and not be able to land many votes when running for office. iers! during the Fall I i to thank you f d all accounts ave been paid iot intend worjr books repremore consider-a cash saving a less profit, make making our stocks full. Whether or * jrchases or paying Store, j