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> Ell THE UNION TIMES 1=1 __l w Johnson. Comi>- fcD VOL. LXV. NO. ;t4. UNION, S. C.. FIUDAVt VfGl ST .>(>, l?l.>. g, 00 A YKAr FRANK DIES VI OF MU CARRIED TO MARIETTA AND HANGED TO TREE Plea of Former Judge Prevails, However, and Town is Spared Further Horror?His Remains Taken to Atlanta by Auto. Marietta, Ga., Aujr 17.?Leo S?. Frank is dead ,a victim of mob law. Shortly before 7 o'clock this morniti* he was hanged to an oak tree in a woods two miles east of here, after having been removed from the Georgia prison farm 100 miles away late last night by a band of about 25 men. Thus ended the career of the man who for two years had njuintained his innocence of the murder of Mary Phagan. Frank, on his ride to death, was clothed in a silk night shirt, with the letters, "L. M. F." embroidered over his heart. When found today a white handkerchief had been placed ovgr his face and a piece of brown cloth bound around his limbs. His hands were manacled before him and his feet were bound with a piece of rope. The hangman's knot lay against his right jaw. The Body Found. Discovery of the body was made at 8:30 o'clock this morning by searching parties which had been organized after Frank's removal from the prison farm became known. The new? spread with lightning-iike rapidity, and within a half hour hundreds of people, including scores of women ana children, from Marietta and the sui rounding countryside began to arrive to view it. This continued until Coroner Booth arrived three hours later. Objection was made by some to the coroner's announcement that the body would be cut down at once and taken to Marietta.! Cries of "Don't move tije Jew's body till we shoot it full of holes," were heard. Then Former Judge N. A. Morris of Cou? county appealed to the crowd. ' "Let there be no further violence," [I he pleaded. "The work of the mob w- is done. ' Leo M. Frank has given | his life for the crime he is alleged to I have committed. Do not mutilate th. J body. Let it be sent to his mother. J I appeal to your better judgment and ] I ask all who agree with the eou?. 1i sukkcsi, w> raise tneir rignt nanas. WILL MAKE INQUIRY. Fitzgerald, C?a., Aug. 17.?Gov. Nat E. Harris, who came here early today to attend the annual reunion of Confederate veterans, announced that he will return tonight to Atlanta for the purpose of aiding the prison commission in an investigation 01 the lynching of L. M. Frank. "The people are entitled to all the facts in the case," said the governor, "and I propose that they shall have them." He said a thorough inquiry would he made. Leo M. Frank, convicted us tlu alayer of Mary IMiagau. was taken by a mob from the state prison farm at Milledgeville between 10 and 11 o'clock Monday night and rushed away in an automobile, after the mot} Iinauri mill il 11 imillll'lMl 1<> CU|)I llt'HI prison officials that Frank would In taken to Marietta and bunded over the rave of the little girl for whose death he was serving a life term in prison. The mob worked quickly and quietly, and by a surprise attack succeeded In capturing Warden Smith. Superintendent Iturke and the three prison guards then on duty. The mob of between fifty and seventy-five men quietly approached the prtson farm in their automobiles, eight or ten in number, about 10:30 o'clock, and had within a few minutes secured Frank and were speeding away with him in the general direction of Kaloiiton. Warden Smith, asleep at his home, was awakened by the crowd, and when he came to the door in answer to the mob leaders' insistent demands he was seized and handcuffed. With the warden in their custody and his keys in their possession, the leaders then proceeded to the home of Superintendent Iturke. Within a few mill1 llt/Kj f ho Itl'Icikii I was ii prisoner in the hands of the moli. lilttlp attention WIIS givell l?y tilt1 mob to tlio excitement caused at the homes of the prison officials. Forced i by the mob. Warden Smith and Htiper1 ' intendent Burke led lite way to the 1 prison otlice. where the three guards i on duty were overpowered. 1 Witli the otlice of the prison in their possession, and the officials and I guards securely bound, the mob ended | their attack when they took Frank from his lied in a room adjoining I lie prison office and bound him with ropes and handcuffs. They accomplished their purpose so quickly that the other prisoners In the cellhouses were not awakened, and neither were the day guards, sleeping near the office. The leaders gave a few words of instruction, ami the members worked methodically, Indl CT/M RDEROUS eating that complete instruction had | been Riven at a previous time. No time was lost after Frank hud been secured. He was almost thrown into oue of the waiting automobiles. Because all wires entering Milledgevilie had been cut by the mob as oue of their precautions, it was impossible early in the morning to communicate with those at the prison. One of the inob leaders announced to the two or three prison guards and , officials that Frank would be taken to \ Marietta and hanged over the grave of Mary Phagun. One of the last acts of the mob was i to remove the handcuffs from 'ie wrists of Warden Smith, but Si; r- I Intendent Burke was left securely i bound. Leo M. Frank was found at 8 o'clock Tuesday, his body, still warm, hanging by the neck to a tree near Frey's gin. t\?o miles from Marietta. 011 the Itoswell road. A mob of lynchers thus completed their plan of vengeance which includ ed overpowering officials of tlie state < prison at Millcdgevillo shortly before midnight Monday, an automobile 1 rush with their captive to Marietta, and the hanging within a few miles of the spot where Mary f*huguu, the little factory girl, for whose murder Frank was convicted, rests in the ' cemetery of the ('obi) county town. The tinal dramatic scene of the ' most famous tragedy that (leorgin. the south and the nation have known was enacted about 5 o'clock in the haif-moruing light near the isolated gin. So quietly was the work of the lynchers performed that people in 1 Mariettu did not know that Frank had been brought to their very doorstep for more thun two hours. When the news readied the Cobb county seat a throng at once hurried to the mill. The body was still hanging to the tree. At least twenty reputable men rec- ; ognlzcd the features that have been printed in papers of five continents. Identification was made doubly positive by the seur of tlie scarce healed wound inflicted on Frank by his fellow prisoner, William Creen, a few weeks ago at the orison farm. The bringing of the body to Cobb county, where Mary F'hagun was born and reared, was but an exumple of the relentlessness of purpose of the mob members. Frank's body was taken to Atlanta to Greenberg & Bond's undertaking establishment. Governor Harris, on hearing the news that Frank had been taken from the prison farm by an armed mob, said lie was both shocked and grieved. '"I feel a great wrong has been done." said the governor, "and I do not think the people of Georgia who stand for law and order will approve of the act." JONESVILLE JOTTINGS. Joneseville, S. C., Aug. 17th.? ( There has been several good rains in this community the last week, and tiup arc 11 in*. V/Uivuii nets commended to open. Mr. N. B. 1 I Eison brought in the first open boll ( several days ago. There is same dan! ge of the cotton shedding if it don't, 1 it will be very good. If the oriee will only 'stand at ten cents, our country will be in good shape, but we ' are at the mercy of the unmerciful 1 bears and must take for our cotton what they please to give us. The fact is, we think we are free people but I when we investigate, we find that we are not. New York prices our 1 cotton and the middle West prices our meat and bread and New England sets the price for which we pay for ' , our clothes, shoes and dry goods. We 1 like to think of the "land of the brave and the home of the free" hut we do 1 not realize the latter clause of it. The Sunday School of Jonesville have their summer outing today and ' have gone to Mendersonville on the 1 Excursion. ( Mr. .1. W. Bates has been tenting at West Springs for several days for 1 his health; he returned yesterday ; i evening much improved. ' Mis. Charles Pender, of Augusta, is the guest of here parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Foster. Mr. .1. It. I.ittlejohn has added an- < other Ford to the transportation of his family. Mr. U. H. Roger, is on a pleasure trip to New York and Boston. The i title Mr. has almost gone out of use I among the negroes. Col. and Captain have been substituted. There j are more colonels and captains in the ] country now than there were in the ? time of war. . Telephone. , Mr. T. M. Gossett of New Yoik Cit> . and Mr. Ralph Gossett of William- . sto, visited at the homo of Mr. iind Mrs. J. E. Kirby, this week. Thev J have been spending a month at l'acolet with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Prioleau, and 5 Mrs. James Munro, left Saturday for ( Eutawville, to visit the family of Major W. H. Sinkler for two weeks. ' Mr. C. R. Wilhurn, of Gninsviile, 1 Fla, spent last week with his uncle, * Mr. John H. Wilhurn, where Mrs. Wilburn has been visiting for several i BAPTISTS TO I AN Union County Association 27-27?Standing C Prominent Vh The Union County Baptist Asso ciation wirt hold its fortieth annua session at Lockhart, August 25-27. There are twenty-four churches with a combined membership of something over 3,000 communicants, com posijiir the Association. There are tc be a number of visitors in attend ance upon the sessions of the meeting. The opening exercises will be gin at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning, and there will be morning, afternoon and night sessions of th< body. Committees to report at this meeting: 1. State Missions?J. I). Croft, I M. Sumner. 2. Home Missions?I). W. Garvin F. M. Coleman. 3. Foreign Missions?C. C. Sanders, L. S. Shealy. 4. Sunday Schools?R. B. Black, P C. Wylie. 5. Orphanage?DeAubrey Grego ry, J. C. Lowe. 6. Christian Education?Davis Jeffries, L. C. Ezell. OVER ONE HUNDRl UPON 7 Reports From Section DevasI Deaths at Over Five So at Something I With large sections of the s^oi... swept southeastern coast of Texa: still cut ofl from communication ,re ports received last night and earl; today place the number known t< have been killed in the tropical hur ricune which swept the Texas coas at more than 100. The property loa was vaguely estimated ia^tha mil lions, some estimates placing th< probable loss as high as $30,000,000 Galveston suffered probably th< heaviest financial loss, but only 1J persons are known to have last thei: lies in that city .while at Virginli FORMER UNIO WINS TE1 Mr. Nathan H. Hawkins, Formerly o Union, Now of Bennettsville, wa Married to Miss Grace Thelm; Jones, of Milan, Tenn., on Tuesday August 3rd. Trezevant, August 5.?The weddin] of Miss Grace Thelma Jones to Mr Nathan Harrison Hawkins was sol emnized 011 Tuesday evening, Au^, 3, 1915, at nine o'clock at the Firs Baptist church by Rev. Geo. Burroug of Milan. The church was artistically decorated with ferns and palms. Miss Gladys Blanks presided at thi piano, rendering a piano solo, an< Miss Julia Harrison, of Milan, guv. two vocal selections, "My Very Own' and "At Dawning." oT the strains of Mendelsohn's wed ding march the bridal party passer in. T Y\ n Itfi/lo XXIOC Imrollf i ? n A IIV *-?? IVIV ll/TVIJ' III U ^UVVII U Georgette crepe with lace trimming: and a beautiful veil was caught it with orange blossoms. She carriet a shower boquet of bride roses valley lilies. The bride's sister, Mrs. Stanton Df Tatum, S. C., was matron of hon or and was gowned in pink crepe d< chine with pearl trimmings and car ried a basket of pink carnations am pink roses. I'HE MUSIC CLUB ENTERTAIN El The Music Club was delightfullj entertained Tuesday morning by Mrs I. Frost Walker, Jr., at her home o, South Church street. The program was full of interest ing sketches of Schumann-Heink am Lhe songs were her favorites. Mrs. U. A. Jones sang the "Rosary" and "Down in the Forest", am Miss Kathleen James sang "In the rime of Roses." Miss Mamie Oet/.o ijave an interesting number, which completed the program. A guessing contest was entered in io and caused much merriment. Mrs Walker played bars and snatches ol popular musTc and prizes *'ere giv?n for the one guessing the greatest lumber. Misses Etta McDow am Lois Townsend cut for the first prize ?nd Miss Edith Smith received the onsolation. In view of the fact that Vliss Etta McDow is a popular fall >ride elect, she was presented with a Miniature bride - "dressed in tulle, vearfng the v? il and carrying an armpul of roses and ferns." The hostess served a salad course vith iced tea. iOLD INUAL MEETING Gathers at Lockhart August ommittees to Report. 5 itors Expected. 7. Aged Ministers' Relief?S. W. Jol1 ly, J. M. Huskey. 8. Observance of the Lord's Day? > F. M. Adams, C. G. Ivey. - 9. Public Morals?A. McA. Pittman, - .J. P. Cain. , 10. Religious Literature?Dr. J. T. - Jeter, J. F. S. Adams. 11. Woman's Work?Superintend ent W. M. U. Introductory sermon?J. D. Croir, - Alternate?L. S. Shealy. Missionary sermon?1). W. Garvin; Alternate?J. M. Culberson. Each church is urged to senda full delegation and also see to it that a ' report is sent up. Rev. I,. S. Shealy, pastor of the church at Buffalo, writes requesting _ that all the churches send representatives, and says all delegate^. will be taken care of. The trip to Lockhart can be easily - made. The Southern train which leave# Union at 9:20 in the morning, > make# close connection with the Lockhart train at Lockhart Junction. ' i ED LOST ORM SWEPT COAST Wed by Gulf Hurricane Places 'ire and Property Damage .ike $30,000,000. Point 30 were killed, and at Texas s City, across the bay from Galveston, - 18 lives were lost. Other points rey porting loss of life were: Morgan's > Point, 77; Sylvan Beach, 3; Houston, " *Ifefheock 7; La Porte 7; Port Art thuiMVl; Lynchburg 3; Seabrook 3. \ Pt$y<?ttv Joas estimates were vagu- * - iaataneee. Seme of a the estimates were as follows: i. Galveitoh $1;">,000,000; Houston $2,e 000,000; Texas City $400,000; Port 4 Arthur $v00,000; Seabrook $100,000; r Sabine $100,000; Sabine Pass $100,\ 000; Kemah $f>0,000.?hTe Stace. N MAN NTNESSEE BRIDE Miss Fay Jones, the bride's sister, was maid of honor and was dressed f in a beautiful gown of blue crepe meH teor trimmed in lace and delicate pink roses and pink tulle. She eara ried a basket of pink carnations and f pink loses. Miss Rprni'/>n Rnsuroll M: - V....vv HVH auu Lucille Denton were brides' maids. Both were lovely in pink taffeta r gowns and carried baskets of carna s tions and roses. 1 iltle Altha Wingo carried the ring in a beautiful lilly an<l was daintily dressed in white organdie ^ with pink ribbons. s Dr. Virgil Hawkins, of Union, S. Cfl., was best man, and Messrs. Guy Graves and Robert Blanks were groomsmen. ? The groom is manager of the cot' ton seed oil mills at Benettsvilie, !t s. C. The bride's home is in Trezevant, but has been living in Milan for the " past two years, where she has a host ' of friends. f Mr and Mrs. Hawkins left on tho , midnieht train for Atlanta, Washing ^ ton and a few week's stay at Wrighls, ville, N. C., then to their home in Bennettsville, S. C. Mrs. Hawkins wore a midnight blue silk sui'.jyith hat to match. The lovely array of bridal "ifts j show in a small way the good wishes - of their friends for a happv and prosI IS*~ rru.. u;i - . ,.v.v?- me.? i n? .>iiian ( lenn.) Kx- i change. > PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT CARLISLE. Quite a treat is in store for the w citizens of Carlisle and surrounding country next month. Rev. Watson R. . Duncan, Jr. pastor of the Carlisle I Methodist church, has secured several prominent speakers to deliver addressee in the Carlisle Methodist j church. , On September the ">th. the first I Sunday. Dr. Henry Snyder, the presi, dent of Wofford Colleee, will speak at 4:30 p. m. Dr. Snyder is considered one of the strongest and most gifted of speakers, f On September the 12th, at 11 a. m. . Governor Richard I. Maning, will deliver an address. Governor Manning s without doubt the finest speaker in J the State. He always has something . good to say and s\ys if in a good way. I Every one is cordially invited to > attend these services. Come and you will be well repaid for your trip. Watson B. Duncan, Jr., Pastor. , Happy is the Rirl who thinks her father is the best man on earth. OLIVER W. STE TO LEC "TELEPHONE" WHITES ABOUT UNION'S SWIMMING POOL Says Ho Cannot Got Reconciled to Both Sexes Bathing Together? Tells Anecdote of His Boyhood Days Before Bathing Suits Were Known. Jonesville, Aug. 17. A friend told me the other day that he was down at Union a few days and that the swimming pool down at the park was finished and in full operation, and that a number of both sexes were in the water?the men with their short bathing suits and the women's suits being a little longer. Now this is something new for Union and something 1 never will get reconciled to. I have seen bathing suits and people in bathing for many years, but swimming and bathing was altogether dit^rent in the country in my young days. The men and women did_not go in bathing together, which is more respectable am. decent way. Right here I am r? minded of an incident that occurred way back when I was a boy that I will call Jones vs.Leap. In a ce* tin neighbohood on a certain creek there was a nice place to bathe. A sand bar on one side and a bluff on the other. .Quite a number of young women had met at this place on the creek one warm evening to go in bathing. There were no bathing suits in the country then and of course all pulled their clothing off and stripped nude. A certain mean fellow in the neighborhood and vou will soon see that he was mean, named Bill, red headed at that, knew of this bathing party, and knew also that there was an old woman lived up the creek by the name of Aunt Sookey, and he knew she had some large gourds, so he went to Aunt Sunlfpv a large gourd, took it down to the creek, cut a large hole in it, that his head would go in, and then slit two small holes to fit his eyes; he then pulled off his clothes, hung them on I the bushes, put the gourd over his | head, got in the creek and sunk under the water and let the gourd rest upon the surface of the water and TWlWWed slowly down the creek witn the gourd floating along until he got right ud to the bathers and let his gourd rest against the bank. The girls were having a good time, some j were in the water, some were out on > the sand bar and Jones through his port holes in the gourd could see all to. v movements but "be sure your sins will find you out" for one of the young ladies happened to see the gourd and she came up and lifted it up and here was ones's red head perched out of the water. The young lad> screamed and the others gathered around Jones and bid him come out; they took him up on the hill, broke some good switches and formed two lines and started Jones to run Ik., tween the lines; as he ran they cut him with the hickories.* There was a little bluff at the lower end of the line and they made him jump down the bluff, and some of them that stood below would catch him and lean Vim back and start him through again and they ran him though several ; i . i whim aim rney slashed him till his legs and hack were badly lacerated and the hlood running down and off his feet. The girls then discharged him and told him never to be seen around there any more. The place was afterwads called "Jones' leap." DEATH OF L. I\ FOUCHE. A tlegram received yesterday announced the death at Williamston of Laurens P. Fouche, of Columbia! While Mr. Fouche had been in failing health for some time, the immediate cause of his death was heart failure and the announcement will be a shock to his friends and relatives. Mr. Fouche was <54 years old and was born at Ninety-Six. Mr. Fouche was twice married, the first wife being Miss Prince of Williamston and the second Miss Mary Vincent of Union. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. Mrs. T. A. Murrah happened to a very painful, though not serious accident last week while on a visit to her daughter in Spartanburg. She was walking through a building which was being remodeled ,and a hatchet which had been left on the scaffolding became loose and fell striking her 011 the chin and cutting it off. She was taken to the hospital end is reported doing (pute well DEATH OF MISS ELIZA HOBO. Miss Eliza Bobo died at tin hor-j, ,,f I,,.,- Iii-rvt hoi- m.. o 1 . - . V~- V v. , mi. Hill llll.llll IMIIIU, Tuesday about 10 o'clock and was buried the following day at Padgett's Creek church. .Miss Iiobo was about 70 years of age and was a woman of exceptionally beautiful character. She was a d voted christian and was always ready to serve others. She was never happier than when administering to the sick or comforting the sorrowing. Her life will long continue to be a benediction to others. Mrs I.. V. Padgett and little daughter, of Lincolnton, N. C., arrived this week to visit at the home of Mrs. Padgett's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Barnett. WART TURE MONDAY 4 HE IS A LECTURER OF NATIONAL REPUTATION Will Deliver Prohibition Address in Salvation Army Tent, Near Court House, Monday Evening, August 23, at 8 O'clock. Hon. Oliver W. Stewart, vice president of the "Flying Squadron" o* America, will deliver an address Mon2.'<rd, at Jonesville. Immediately a. ter the address in Jonesville Mr. Stewart will make the trip to Unioo by automobile, speaking here in ti. large tent of the Salvation Army, opposite the court house, at o o'clock. This tent is located on Main street opposite the court house. Beginning at 7 :'i() o'clock the children belonging to the various temperance bands, led by the W. C. T. U. leaders, will earr\ out a program of singing and recitations. The public is invited to attend. The children's program will begin at TiNO promptly, and promptly at * o'clock Mr. Stewart will be introduced. It was first arranged to have this speaking in the city park, bu? owing to the fact that it would be lifficult to provide seats for the people, it was decided to move the place of meeting to the large tent of the Salvation Army. / * *??' xV- $?-' 'MSPr^i'' ^H! Hon. Oliver W. Stewart. Our people are fortunate in havinu the ni'ivileii'n of* Iict?>nin<> fry ? > o.^_ dress by Hon. Oliver W. Stewart, of Chicago. Mr. Stewart is to speak or. Monday, Aug. 2", at 8 I'. M. under the auspices of the Flying Squadron Foundation. This organization has as its Ilea... Hon. J. Fank Hanly, former (lovernor of Indiana. Mr. Stewart has been closely associated with 0?ov. Hanly for nearly two years. They worked together in the long campaign which took the Flying Squadron of America into every state of the Union. ; id thev are continuing that association in the work of the Flying Squadion Foundation. Mr. Stewart was the only prohibition member of the Forty-third (leneral Assembly of the State of Illinois. He was elected on the prohibition ticket from the Chicago Dis trict. Those who are responsible for Incoming here have arranged for the lecture to be free and everyone is in vited to attend. The Flying Squadro" Founda' makes a contribution of r. Stewart's services including his expenses to ?... sist the people of South Carolina in the great campaign to rruj^e this a drv state. All that is asked of our community is that the local expenses such as advertising, etc., he met. The meelir.g will be held in the large tent of the Salvation Army opposite the Court House. Everybody is invited. Admission free. INTERIOR KKTorCHED. The interior of the banking rooms of the Citizens National Rank has had new coats of paint and varnisn and is greatly improved in appearance therebv. Another room in the rear nas heen lilted up as the president's office, while the room formerly used by th ; president has been turned into a waiting room. Com er-McCarson. Miss Eva McCarson, ofl'nion, C. and Mr. Albert Comer, of Spartanburg, S. C. were quietly married by Rev. I,. L. Wagnon, at his home on South Church steet, at Union, S. C. Tuesday evening, August 111, 19 l."i. Nl( HOI.I.S TO SPEAK HERE. Hon. Sam J. Nicholls, candidate for Confess, will deliver an address h je Saturday evening, August 21st, at 8 'clqpk. The address will be delivered in front of the court house. Th>public is invited to hear him. As a matrimonial bait, however, a dimple in a girl's cheek is worth more to her than a cooking school diploma.