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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23

know that Mary Phagan had disappeared
None of the States material witnesses
could be impeached, and the defense had no
evidence which at all shook the States case
In fact, the defense never did have
rational theory, and has none now.
Like a lot of parrots they repeat, ''The
negro did it," relying upon prejudice and
ignorance to lose sight of the fact that at
the time Mary Phagan and Leo Frank both
disappeared, Monteen Slower came in at the
front door, walked up the stairs, looked at
the clock, went into Franks otfices-both Of
them and couldn't find him.
That was the time of the crime, faced 6y
Frank himself, before he learned of Mon
teens visit.
That ecas the time the crime conememced.
and had the negro been at it, on the floor
below, the Stover girl acouzd hare caught
him IN the act
Only those who are ignorant Of the
record, OF bitterly prejudiced in Stations
favor, or selGshly interested in his return to
the State he betrayed, can fail to see it.
The jury said "Guilty" Judge Roam
officially declared the evidence sufficient.
The Supreme Court did the same thing
THAT OUGHT TO HAVE ENDED IT.
Had Mary Phagan been Jewess, and Leo
Frank Gentle, the case would have ended
right there
Had Leo Frank been man without
means and without wealthy relatives, moth
ing more would have been heard.
He had had his day in court: he had been
defended by able lawyers: he had been
legally convicted: nothing more remained
except to let the Law take it's course.
That was the way it was last gear, with
the four Gentiles.
Why wasn't it the way, this year with the
Jew?
But John Cohen and James r. Gray found
a new Code for Frank. They made the dis
covery that judicial power is not vested
solely in the courts.
Criminals must be tried in the newspapers,
and acquitted on the sensational statements
of Hessian writer's.
The Haas Committee set itself up, to de-
fame the Courts and defy the Law.
The Burns Agency was imported, to buy
off, and to buy up, witnesses
They tried to get rid Of George Eppes,
and they took him out Of the State.
They hired one of the girl witnesses to
undertake to change the evidence of the
other girls. They tried to get Marys chum,
the State. They tried to bride the machin-
ist who found the hair. They tried to intimi-
date those who found the blood.
Burns, Rabbi Marx and Mrs Frank, all
three, beseiged Monteen Slower, and the girl
was passionately urged to change her evil
dence.
When she refused, Burns acru,oq his hands
en- despair and virtually told Mrs. Frank
there was no hope.
They tried to persuade" another negro
man to swear that he and Conley committed
sodomy with each other. They tried to get
another negro to swear he heard Conley con-
fess. They tried to get the cooks husband to
swear away his court house evidence. They
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23

than ever Big Money was determined to
''save Leo Frank"
The Prison Commission transformed itself
into a Court of review, and went over the
same ground the Supreme Court of Georgia
had travelled
But again the case was lost. Then it was
up to one Of Franks own lawyers-the New
York attorney having speeded up the send
ing of the decision of the y. S. Supreme
Court, and ex-Congressman Howard having
abruptly ended his argument before the
Commission.
1t is now denied that Louis Marshall re-
quested the D. S. Supreme Court to trans
NIT the decision, aoithout qcaiting the usual
length of time.
All I know about it, is what the newspa-
pers said. Nobody denied it, then.
1t is said that nobody raised the point
with Slaton that he ought not to pass on the
Frank case-being Rosser's partner
Wrong again! The point acas raised, by
member OF the Atlanta bar, and it was done
IN writing, and in a most delicate, respectful
way. [ published the letter.
The point aCGs also raised, IN q Cobb conn.,
ty n2ass-meetimg, held at Marietta, last year,
The question was put squarely up to Sla-
ton while he was in the race for the Senate,
and he evaded it!
What a reckless thing it is, therefore, to
say that the point came too late! Dorsey
knew of the letter, and knew of the Cobb
county action; consequently, he knew it
was useless to again endeavor to reach the
"honor" of a man who has none, or to arouse
conscience" that doesn't exist.
It has been said that it would have been
''cowardly" for Slaton to have reprieved
Frank and left him for Governor Harris to
dispose Of.
Why, then, did he reprieve the negro who
was under death sentence, and leave him
to Governor Harris?
And if he is such a brave man, why didn't
he pardon the Jew whom he says was innO-
cent?
I am very credibly informed that Leo
Frank, on his way to Cobb county, denounced
SzatOn as O. crook.
This must mean that Frank had been
promised a pardon.
IF innocent, he was entitled to one; and if
Slaton believed him innocent, he acted pusil-
lanimously, in not setting him free.
There IS no middle ground.
Those who admit that they believed Frank
to be guilty, but favored Communication, can
only excuse themselves by saying they OPP
pose capital punishment
If married men of middle age are not to
be hanged when they deliberately leave
young and healthy wives, and pursue young
girls to such horrible death as fell to the
hard lot Of Mary Phagan, then we've got no
use for the law Of capital punishment
Slaton saw lots of use for it, last gear, as
protection to homes, and human lives the
commuters saw it, too it was not until this
gear, AND THIS CASE, that the railroad
lawyers and some Doctors of Divinity be-
came such rampant commuters.
It is said that Slaton made no money by
the communication.
That is an assumption which settles the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
FIRST TO PERFECT REVOLVER
Colonel Colt Has Place In History
for His nvention-American
Makers Of Ordnance.

Col. Samuel Colt has a worldwide
fame as the first man who perfected
a practical revolver. His first impor-
tant patent was taken out in 1885, but
he had to face a skeptical public and
army and navy officers refused to
grant permission for an official test OF
his weapon. However, the effective
ness of the Colt revolver was shown il
the Seminole war, in 1887. A com
pany was formed to exploit the inven'
ton, but soon failed. as no market
was found. Gen. Zachary Taylor, who
witnessed the work of the revolver
in the Seminole war, at the outbreak
of the Mexican war persuaded the gov
eminent to order a thousand fer the
use of Texas rangers. Stories praising
the American revolver soon began to
come back from Mexico and the for
ty-niners' made it we'll known. Colt
shortly afterward found a market in
England and orders were placed in
America for the Crimean campaigns
The revolver of that period, however,
was clumsy weapon compared to the
types in use today. Calling, Maxim
Remington, Parrot and Dahlgren are
names of other Americans who won
fame as riflesand ordnance makers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
RESEARCH STOPPED BY WAR
Observations Of Wireless TeIesraphy
on q Large Scale Had Been
Planned by Nations.

Worldwide cooperative observa-
tons in wireless telegraphy were
planned by committee Of the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science, which reported at the Aus
tralian meeting year ago this sum-
mer that the project had been cordial
ly embraced throughout the British
empire and in other countries A
variety of statistics were to be collect
ed three days each week and suitable
forms had been distributed on a large
scale. The outbreak of the European
war, however. wrought havoc with
this undertaking, which had promised
to throw light on several obscure ques-
tons in autobiography, and only a
few stations in India, Australia, Can
ada, the West Indies and the United
States are now keeping up the work.
Private wireless stations throughout
the British empire were either dis
mantled or taken over by military au-
thorities, while naval and other official
stations stopped all purely scientific
observing. Similar conditions pre-
vailed in the other belligerent coun-
tries. The same circumstances led to
the complete failure of the extensive
scheme of special observations planned
In connection with the solar eclipse of
August Fl, 1914, except for few OBJ
servatfons made in Norway and
Sweden.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
MAKING DIVISION OF WEALTH
Respectable Sum of Money Could Be
Allotted to Each lnhabltant
Of the United States.

II all the wealth in this country were
divided among the Inhabitants there
OF, every man, woman and child would
get $1,965. Thus the ordinary family
of five would get about $4,000, which
would give it several years OF quiet
happy living, not counting the divi
dends it might yield.
But there is bug in the ointment,
II the wealth were all divided, there
wouldn't be anything to live on-no
mills, no railroads, no factories, no
dry goods stores or groceries, and
thus all the avenues of life would be
shut against one. There is much said
about the distribution Of wealth. 1t is
distributed and everybody gets happy
living out of it becausesit is so. The
property itself is not divided, but the
thing for which the property exists is
thoroughly distributed. There are cal
leo, flour, railroads, schoolhouses for
all.
OF course, one has to do something
to get his share, and this is his good
fortune. II it would come to him
while he sat doless and thoughtless,
he would soon wither away into q
trilobite. 1t is well that we haven't
got all we want; well, probably, that
the rich man wants to get richer.
Stagnation is the last state OF human.
ity.-Ohio State Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
MEANT YES ALL THE TIME
Kitty Feared Lest Answer Of the
Previous Evening Might Be Taken
Literally by Her Lover.

Il am in too much Of a hurry 70
write a superscription, or whatever It
is you write at the beginning of a let
ter, and l am going to send this of
at once by a delivery boy; because
1t suddenly came to me what a risk
l was running-with life SC uncertain,
and all. You see, it's like this:
Last evening, when you told me
you loved me, and l was so startled
and surprised (and all the time I'd
known more about 1t than YOU and
when you begged me to marry you,
and I said No, I never could, and no,
and no over and over, all evening-O.
dear, how can I explain? Well. it
seemed all right, and all-but then
this morning it suddenly came to me
what If you should die or something
before you come over again, and never
know!
Because. you see, everyone of
those nos was as black as the trey
of clubs, not little white lies at all,
but regular ebony. Because it isn't
mo- at all. It's yes o, a great big
yes; only wanted to make you wait,
and make me say it. o, why are
girls made like that? l don't know
I'm as ignorant of the machinery in.
side of me as am of the little Gravity
wheels in my watch And l just did
what my diabolical ancestor grand.
mothers did, suppose, when 1 said
no. and 1 meant yes But l was
scary this morning when 1 got think
ing of what if 1 never had a chance
at all to change it, and tell you the
truth.
SOL Just took a pencil stub out of
my smallest brothers pocket and a
piece of mothers best stationery and
sat down here on the floor, with my
door locked, to scribble this off to
you. Good-by. And-'yes, yes, yes.'
kitty."-Chicago Tribune
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Romance a la Cinderella.

Pretty Miss Edith Mervine of Phil
adelphia Is only one of the millions O;
girls who have read the love story OF
Cinderella and then dreamed that
their love story might be like unto it.
But Miss Mervine is the one to whom
the wish has been granted.
Two years ago Miss Mervine lost
her slipper at dance at Atlantic City.
Paul A. Kimmins of Charleroi, Pa,
found it on the dance floor. For sew.
eral days the young man tried in vain
to find the owner; he searched every.
where, but his efforts we're unsuccess.
full. Finally, by accident, he heard OF
young lady who had lost a slipper at
a dance, and he called at her home
to restore the tiny piece of footwear.
The modern Prince Charming and
the upto-date Cinderella both under.
went the old, old experience Of love
at first sight. The fire did not dim,
either, for they were married a few
days ago, and hidden in the center
Of the bridal bouquet, was q little
satin slipper.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Satan's Way.

Mrs. Kilgorc was the pretty youn,
wife of the elderly village pastor. One
day she Went into the city With /,
friend and. among other things. bonght
new frock
Another frock. III. dearY' said be,
husband Did you need anotherT"
Yes" said the wife. besita1ngly
Il do need 1t. and. besides. 1t was 90
pretty that the devil tempted me-"
But you should have said. Get thee
behind me. Satan Have you forgot
ten that?'
"Oh. no! But that was what made
the trouble. hubby dear. said. Get
thee behind me. Satan and he did,
but he whispered over my shoulder,
1t just fits you beautifully In the
back. And just had to take It then"
-Harper's Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Reading One. Own Books.

Cultivated men and women have n
ways counted good books among their
most valued possessions, and one can.
not believe that this taste can be sac
rifced without definite loss to our
civilization. The spoken word can
never supplant the written word; and.
in fact, the present tendency is all to
ward substituting print for speech
Nor IAN reading in public places take
the place Of reading ones own books
in the quiet of ones home. Books
that are owned wait patiently on the
readers leisure; and to have just the
book one wants, when one wants 1t, 10
and must remain one of the supreme
luxuries of cultivated life.
Books, too, when personally owned.
gather around themselves a wealth OF
personal associations. The very bind
ing, paper and title-page recall the
conditions under which the book came
into our possession. As we open its
pages we remember the last time we
read it, the place and circumstances
and the people with whom we dis
cussed 1t. Books have personality !;
and they must always remain the
warm friends Of their possessors.-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12

June n-6 mo.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Proper liuhtino,

Add immensely to the attractive
ness OF your home by diffusing the
lights instead of focusing them On
one point. Eye strain will be relieved
and shadows and outlines will be soft.
ened, especially when amber lights
are used. The new indirect lighting
fixtures are replacing old-fashioned
ones, making the lighting problem
more artistic and less expensive.
Much the same effect may be pro
duced with less expense by frosted
bulbs and globes There are various
types OF this indirect lighting suitable
for all rooms, from the kitchen to
the parlor, and it ia to be recommend
ed as blessing to the busy eyes and
the tense nerves of today.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
TOYS FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
They Pass Through European War
Zone and Reach America to
GLADDEN. Children.

A German invasion of the United
States has been effected through the
port of New York-a pleasant sort OF
invasion to come from war-ridden Eu-
rope. Thousands of jumping jacks,
popguns and yellow-haired dolls;
armies of lead soldiers in very bril-
liant paint uniforms and Noahs arks
and music boxes-in all, $500 cases
of toys-were brought in by the Hol-
fundamental steamer Veenbergen
from Rotterdam.
Special grace extended by the Brit
ish blockade permitted the arrival Of
the cargo Of toys to supply the Ameri-
can Christmas market
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British
ambassador, has informed the state
department at Washington of the
progress Of negotiations looking to-
ward the release Of similar cargoes Of
German-made Christmas goods which
have been held up for many months
Ia Dutch ports.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Fake Extras in japan,

In order to prevent the wanton is
sue Of extra editions of newspapers,
the metropolitan police of Tokyo,
Japan, have issued instructions to the
newspaper Offices which include a
warning that the authorities are pre-
pared to take stringent steps against
those which issue special editions
without any real news of special in
terest. Among the offenses which
are to be prosecuted is one which con-
Germs the newsboys. They are re-
quired to call out the names OF the
papers whose extra editions they are
selling; If they fail to do so they are
to be punished. Publishers and all
those concerned will be prosecuted
for issuing any news which has once
been published before, as people are
being cheated in that way. Those
who are responsible for such are to
be punished for fraud. Fancy these
official terrors operating in New York
or Chicago, or even in Philadelphia or
Boston!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Was Not a Roman.

While sergeant of certain Brit
ish regiment was engaged with a COM
pany of the National Reservists a
short time ago in physical drill-a
drill that demands, to say the least Of
It, small amount of agility-a pri-
vate, who looked as If he had been
younger in his day, complained to the
non-commissioned officer in charge
that he was too old for that sort Of
practice.
How old are you?" said the in
Structor
"Fifty.three," said the private.
why, exclaimed the instructor,
~the Romans used to do this sort of
thing at the age Of sixty
That may be- said the private,
"but I'm not a Roman; I'm Wesley
an:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
"Some" Voice.


Here is story that was told by
Congressman John E. Baker of Cali
fornia, the other night, when the talk
topic in the lobby Of hotel took a
musical turn:
Some time ago the guests at a re-
ception were discussing the relative
merits of several vocalists, when one
of the party turned to a man named
Brown.
by the way, Brown" said he, you
are something of singer, are you
not?"
mot on your 1ife!" was the emphat-
ic response Of Brown. Il never sang
a note that somebody didn't threaten
to send in a riot call. You are prob
ably thinking of my brother"
Perhaps am" was the thoughtful
rejoinder of the other. HAS he q
heavy bass voice?"
YES smiled Brown; so derned
heavy that it makes him bowlegged to
carry it."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Process of Makino Blood.

Natures process of making blood il
interesting. Briefly, it is on this wise:
When the stomach and other alimen.
tary organs have completed their d.
gestive work the blood-forming mate
rial is absorbed by innumerable little
mouths, and conducted through maze
of assimilating glands to a storage
pocket in the regions Of the kidneys.
From this receptacle the refined blood
material passes upward through !
long goose-quillsized tube emptying
into great vein between the neck
and the heart. The heart receives
this crude, rich blood and pumps 1t
into the lungs, where it is oxygenized
and purified. Then the life-sustain-
ing stream returns to the heart to be
forced out to the remotest tissues Of
the body.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Precious Metals In India.

Precious metals continue to accu.
mulate in India in enormous quanti-
ties in spite of the war. This is
brought out by the figures of the gold
and silver imports of the current year,
which are now published. These show
that after deducting all expectations
there has been in three months an ad.
dition to the stores in the country of
no less than 1853 lakhs worth Of gold
and 229 lakhs worth of silver. In the
same period the minis in India have
struck OFF the large sum of sc lakhs
OF rupees which has thus also been
added to the circulating wealth of the
Inhabitants, total value of over
$4,000 900,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12

ZeppeIins Carry Machinery to Turks.
German Zeppelins are said to have
been employed to relieve the Turk
ish shell shortage by one Of the most
novel schemes of the war.
One hundred tons of fine machin-
cry used in the manufacture OF
shells are reported to have been car
ried from the Austrian frontier
across Servia and Bulgaria to Tur-
key. The Zeppelins travelled by
night to escape detection by the Bull
garian border patrols and protests
against violation of Bulgarian ter
ritory. Each of the dirigibles car
ried from three to four tons Of ma
chinery for the Turkish ammunition
works.
II reports are true a dozen OF
Count Zeppelin's largest dirigibles
were used on the 2S0-mile fight from
the Austrian to the Turkish border.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
broad prtmmeo rats.

Toward the end Of the thirteenth
century big broad brimmed hats were
fashionabl in Austria. They were Of
such huge dimensions that a face I'M
der one Of them could not be recog-
nized. A poem written by Johannes
Hadlaub expresses disgust with the
style and the hope that the hats might
be consigned to the Danube $50 that
the pretty faces of our women might
once more become visible"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
Coughs and Colds
Not to Be Neglected

Anyone will realize the seriousness
of neglecting a cold If he observes
results of such neglect among his
acquaintance. How often have you
heard, He caught cold, didn't do any.
thing for it and it turned into"-then
some dreaded disease is named:
Ordinary colds yield to prompt
treatment at the beginnings That is
why every family should be.supplied
with reliable cough medi Ane-one
that will heal raw and infiamed sur
faces, loosen the phlegm, allay irri-
tation, ease the hoarseness and stop
the tickling sensation in the throat
that does not permit one to sleep.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Is invaluable for relief of coughs,
colds, Group, whooping cough, tick
ling in throat, tightness or soreness,
grippe or bronchial coughs. It con-
tains no harmful ingredients 1t is
healing, soothing, efficient and pleas
ing.
WALTDt &SMOOT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-12
HAD NOT THE SAME RESULT
Soldiers Saw Great Difference In Re
wards Offered by the Two
Hospital Nurses.

There is on the Breton coast q little
seaside resort nestled in an admirable
setting Of rocks and groves and
equipped with q Grand Hotel of the
Beach, which has been transformed in
these sadly changed days into hos
pital for wounded soldiers Of France
For all that there are other people
on the sands besides the convalescent
heroes, and especially any number
of pretty women, always ready to lend
their help to the doctors in charge
Among these charming dancer from
the Theater of Varieties in Paris was
particularly lavish with her atten.
lions to the soldiers. One day when
she was present a big, dark fellow
from the South manifested an irwin
chile repugnance to a bitter dose
which, by the doctors orders, he was
to drink.
IF you are a good boy and do what
the doctor tells you," said the dancer,
you may kiss me-"
Instantly and with one gulp, the big
fellow swallowed the stuff, wiped his
great mustache, and claimed his re-
ward. 1t was all done so prettily that
even the head surgeon permitted him
self to smile
But the real comedy began when tho
head nurse, matron turning fifty, ap-
peared next morning and announced:
Every one of you who takes his
medicine will be allowed to kiss me-"
The effect was immediate. Each
and every patient made face and put
down on the table beside him the dose
which he had been about to swallow.
Now the head nurse is goodness
itself, and her goodness is well spiced
with wit. She was the first to laugh
at the result Of her invitation. Then
she pretended to be angry.