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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17
One Duty Of Good Citizens

One Duty of Good Citizens
II the people Of a community
realized how one act Of gross law
lessness encourages other lawless
acts and puts spot on It's reputa.
ton that is very hard to remove
they would be far more ready to
frown upon lawbreakers and assist
the authorities in running them
down. There is reason to fear that
tile killing Of A. D. Oliver at Lees
burg and the failure to punish any,
body for the crime, although three
men took part in ii and it occurred
in the heart Of the town, have done
that community and Lee county
and the state much harm. 1t seems
remarkable that the grand juries
that investigated it could not find
sufficient evidence to enable them
to point out the guilty men.
While the killing Of Oliver may
have been caused by a desire for re.
venge because OF an imagined or
real personal grievance, it happens
far too often in Georgia that little
groups Of men in communities take
it upon themselves to try to regu-
late the habits Of living of some Of
their neighbors, and as rule do
their regulating at night and in
secret. Recently in Coffee county
a party of men went to the home of
a white man who lives in Taylor
Town district, and with shotguns
and pistols fired into it, and when
they went away left oehind them a
miniature coffin and note telling
him, in effect, that the visit was
the result of his talking too much
and warning him to leave Small
shot and bullets entered the house,
some even falling on one of the
beds.
That sort Of thing must stop if
Georgia is to continue to grow and
prosper, and if her idle lands are to
be attractive to settlers Of the right
sort. The class of men that Geor-
gia wants to come into the state
will not move to a community
where such nocturnal visits are per-
mitted to pass UNPUBLISHED. 1t
makes no difference what the visi-
tors charge against the man who is
visited. If he has done wrong he
should be punished in a strictly
legal way. If he has angered some
elements by his too vigorous de-
nunciation of wrongdoing he should
be given thefullest protection and
anybody who tries to harm him be-
cause of his vigorous uprightness
should be quickly and severely
dealt with.
The good people are in the ma
jority in most communities and it
is both their duty and to the mater
ial advantage to give officers of the
law all the assistance they can in
bringing law breakers before the
courts and in giving the courts and
the laws the support OF healthy
public sentiment against lawless-
ness. The man who is in posses
sion of evidence pointing to a man
who is guilty Of a crime but keeps
it a secret from the authorities is
himself wrongdoer. He injuries
not only himself but also his COM
munity. 1t is remarkable that
otherwise good citizens often help
to cover up the tracks of criminals.
The man who commits crime in
jures the good citizen and then is
supported to some extent by a
warped public sentiment when he
denounces the good citizen for tell
ing the authorities what he knows
about the deed. 1t is high time
that such sentiment disappeared
lin Georgia. Savannah Morning
News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

The editor Of the Griffin News
and Sun says he has climbed sever
al mountains. So have we-the
last one being mountain Of straw
berry short cake whose freezing
summit was crowned by a layer Of
vanilla ice cream. But, at that,
we would like to get the dates and
figures on his record. Macon
News.
If the editor of the News wall in
vite us to go mountain climbing
With him next time. we viii see
that Duke furnishes bis record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

The Coredels Sentinel is advo-
eating the appointment of Prof.
Fort E. Land, of Macon, as super
intendsnt Of schools by Governor
Nat E. Harris, to succeed Hon. NJ.
Z. Brittian, who win shortly sue
coed to the superintendency of the
Atlanta public schools. No doubt
Prof. Land would make a valuable
man for this Office, and the Jour
nal hopes that he may receive the
appointment,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Why asks talkmaker, does the
bridegroom always look so scared,
while the bride is perfectly calm?
Well, gee whizl Why shouldn't
her
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Some people are born foolish,
some get hit on the head in their
early youth, while Others wear a
wrist watch.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Have you noticed the chicken
that does the least squawking al
ways seems to get away with the
most corn?
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

The only way to avoid being
criticised is to do nothing; then
you'll be called loafer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Another industry that the auto.
mobile has killed is that Of the old
fashioned horse thief.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

The Lord takes a hundred years
to make an OAK, bnt only two
months to make a squash.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Diplomatic Investigations may
become 50 exhaustive as to be ex-
hausting.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

The man who digs in with his
toes trying to stay on the level will
never 90 very far down hill.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

You can't crowd ambition. II
you catch up with it, it wasn't am
bition, but desire.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

When troubles come, wise men
take to work---weak men to the
tall timber.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

lima be necessary for some
benevolent outsider to help the
Mexicans take Mexico.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Give the windbag a chance and
he viii blow up. When the dust
settles, like the wind, you can't
find him.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

There's no limit to mans credit
when be wants to borrow trouble.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

He that does not fight but runs
away, may live to fight another
day. Bryan.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Favor, foster and further the
development Of your town.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

No contributions will be considered
rnIess written plainly upon only one
aide OF the paper and writer's name
furnished the Editor. We assume no
responsibility for views expressed IN
communications.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Bryan thinks we have no rights
in Germans ocean anyway.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

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resolutions Of sympathy and all SINH
lar notices, other than those given
n the paper as news items, must pc
paId for at the rate of five cents per
printed line.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

Crops are looking good.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17

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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-06-17
rnr LEE COUNTY JOURNAL

one Year. s''O0
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md shall never receds from my po-

:,,fa1: and I shall never rso'd' from my po-
"You are very young. my dear
Prince"
"And / intend to remain young. my
dear Count. Loveless marriages
make old men and women of youths
and maidens. l remember thinking
that remark out for myself after q
great deal of effort. and you may re-
erable effect on the cabinet when the
matter was formally discussed q year
or two ago. You heard about 1t,
didn't you, DAnk?"
II did, Highness."
And every newspaper In the world
printed II as coming from me. didn't
they? Well. there you are. can't
go behind my publicly avowcd prin-
ciples."
He summoned Hobbs. his English
valet, and sent him to order for the
ing saloon. In three minutes Hobbs
was back with the information that
two ladies had taken the table and
refused to be dislodged, although tho
head steward had vainly tried to col-
vince them that 1t was reserved for
the passage by II. Schmidt and party.
II am quite sure. SIR. he put It to
them very hagreeablyiand politely. but
the young lady gave I'm the 'aughtie Il
look I've ever seen on mortal fice, sir.
and he came back to me 30 'umble
that l could 'ardly believe he was an
'ead waiter"
81 hope he was not unnecessarily
persistent" said the Prince, annoyed.
1T really is of no consequence where
We SIT"
"If Blithers were only here" sighed
Dank. HE would mako short work
Of the female invasion. He would
have them chucked overheard"
II beg pardon. sir" further advcn-
tured Hobbs, "but I fancy not even
Mr.. Blithers could move that young
woman. sir, II she didn't 'appen 10
want to be moved. Never In my life.
sir, have I seem
Twenty minutes later. r. Schmidt.
seated at the dining table, happened
to look fairly into the eyes OF the
loveliest girl he had ever seen. and
on the instant forgave the extraor-
dinary delinquency of the hitherto
infallible Hobbs.
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had been secured by the
forehanded Hobbs.
Two women came and stood over
him. but little did they suspect that
his dream was OF ono Of them: the
one with the lovely eyes and the soft.
brown hair. They surveyed him.
whispering. the one with a little
frown on her brow, the other with
distinct signs Of annoyance In her
face. The girl was not more than
twenty. her companion quite old
enough to be her mother-a consid-
crate II not complimentary estimate.
for girls mother may be either
forty. nifty or even hfty-fve. when
you come to think Of it.
Il beg your pardon" said the older
woman. without the faintest trace Of
embarrassment-ind with some
asperity-'T think you are occupying
one Of our chairs"
He scrambled out Of the steamer
rug and came to his feet, blushing
to the roots Of his hair.
II beg your pardon" he stammered.
and found his awkwardness rewarded
by an extremely sweet smile-in the
eyes Of the one he addressed.
1--WE were looking for letter that
am quite sure was left In my chair
she said.
N letter." he murmured vaguely.
and at once began to search with his
eysA
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.. There must be some private

come. There must be some private
err"
A steward was politely accosting the
trio.
II beg pardon. Is this Mr.. Tot
ten?"
"Yes."
Message for you. sir. at the
Bring 1t to my stateroom, Totten,"
said II. Schmidt briefly. and the old
man hurried away on the heels of the
messenger.
The two young men sauntered care
lessly In an opposite direction and
soon disappeared from the deck. A
few minutes later Totten entered tho
luxurious parlor of X. Schmidt and
laid an unopened wireless message On
the table at the young mans elbow.
open 1t. Totten."
The old man slit the envelope and
glanced at the contents. He nodded
question.
'Sold?" asked r. Schmidt.
Paris and Berlin, both Of them.
Prince. Every bond has been gobbled
up"
Does he me ton the name Of tho
''Only by the use of the personal
pronoun. He says-I have taken
over the Paris and Berlin holdings.
All is we'll It is signed 'B' So!
Now we know"
by jove!" fell from the lips Of both
men, and then the three Graustar-
ment at each other for the space Of
q minute before another word was
spoken.
"Blithers!" exclaimed Dank. sink.
ing back into his chair.
"Blithers." repeated Totten. but
with an entirely different infection.
The word was conviction itself az he
pronounced 1t.
r. Shmidt indulged In a wry little
smile. 1T amounts to nearly twenty
million dollars, Count. That's 4
pursuit Of an idle whim."
"Humph!" grunted the old Count,
and then favored the Snug faced
Prince with singularly sharp glance.
'Of course. you understand his
Perfectly. It's clear a. day. He
intends to bo the crown father-in-
law. I suppose he will expect Grau-
stark to establish an Order of Royal
Grandfathers."
1T may prove to be no Jest, Robin"
said the Count seriously.
my dear Quinnox, don't look 90
have money enough IN buv Grams,
tark. but he hasn't enough TO buy
grandchiidren that Won, arow VOL,
Snow He is countinS chicLan. nv
fore tbev're hatched which isn,, !.
GOOD business nrincinia IA hewa vo,,
70 Lnow" '' "'' wv
"Hs s.id ba had rav.r m, hi, h..r,
nm anvthinv that ba d,dn,. -. ~ a.
end. yasn't ,hat 10, e''
81 ,h,nT so Som.,h,r~ n, Oh. ,or.
, as yo"e.
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tho promenade deck woSeo-
Ing the operations.
II shall b glad when this is alI
over and We have him safely IN 0rau-
stark" said Count ouinnox; s2A
Dank answered.:
THAT VIII not mako the slightsse
difference. sir. II no sets his heaA
Ia marry this Miss b. Guile he'll %
II II We take him to the North Pels.
AL 0raustark can't stop him-noe ~
man Blithsrs eithar. Besides, hs sayU
he Isn't going to Eds,weiss imns1l.
atoly."
That u news to me-"
II thought II would be. He came
to the decision not more than Two
hours ago. He Is determined to speol
a couple OF weeks at Interlaksn:" "A.
''Interlakenf"
Yes. Miss Guile expects to s1eo
there for . fortnight after, lsaviag
Paris." .,,,--f. : q
II must rsmonstrats with Roh1n-
II needed In Oraustark He muse o.
made TO realise the importanss
"And what are you going 70 a. 4.
he declines to realize anything hmt
the Importance Of . fortnight n tho
shadow OF the JungfrauT'
II don't know. pank." The Coun3e-
brow was moist. and he looked any
thing but an uncomfortable colder. "
Il told him we were expected q.
reach home by tho end OF next weelk.
n 49, ~ Nnw1a A..
Of U.S." N.llls;
"Do YOU mean to say he sxpsets,
me to dawdle"-- ~ =.
''More than that. sir. He also sn-f
poets me to dawdle too. shall prob-
ably shoot myself before the tvss
ton into my confidence. It In the oaiy
hope. l fear. shail tell her that y
- ~
mo hope there" said Dank mourn-
fully. Haven't you noticed how keen
she she T. =. to have them together al the
The Jupiter disrorgsd most of - /.
passengers at Cherbourg and tho
descent upon PARIS had scarcely ~
away for Antwerp, Bremen and HAm-
burg.
For some unaccountabio reasea
Miss Guile and her companion pror
ferred' to travel alone to PariA Thay
had private compartment. over
which q respectful but sdsmantino
conductor exercised an suthos1ty
that irritated n. Schmidt beyond en-
preston. The rest OF the train WUo
crowded to tts capacity. and here W.
desirable space going to waste IN tho
section occupied by the selfish NJ
Guile. He couldn't understand Il q
her. Was II, after all. to he put down
~ q simple steamer cncountsrf WAe
she deliberately snubbing him, noV
that they were on landf Was ho, -
prince OF the royal blood. to he taoooo I
aside by this purse proud Anertoan
- - = he were the sin'p'est q anDaes Z.
tTs - ceasiaspAl q 80. =
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CHAPTER w,
IA Letter From Maud.

IT Maud did not come back
that day. And next morn
ing Mr.. Blithers learned
that the Prince was about TO
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CHAPTER VI. NJ
The Lieutenant Ren0rfa.

; the Jupiter was dischare-
Ing Passengers at Plymouth
Count ouinnox and Lisue. J.
Dank stood we'll forward ON
fhA nromAna aAA A~ck $500.
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O. the Jupiter. That day brought
letter from Maud, Mrs. Blithers read
it aloud 10 her husband. 1t ran:
''Denrest Mother: I inclose acutting
from o weekly. paper You may see
for yourself what a sicksning thing Il
%. Tho whole world knows by this
taas thai s.shs ball was joks--a bor-
~ jekA Dvesyssds xasvs thsi
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CHAPTER Y.
The Prince Meets Miss Guile.

ATER on r. Schmidt sat
alone. dreaming. In a shell
tered corner Of the prone
made deck. where chairs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-18
"BUT GEORGIA
NOW ON TRIAL."
SAYS ATTORNEY

Albany. n. Y, Aug T.-Louis Marshall,
attorney for Leon NJ. Frank in the Unit
ed States supreme court. was vehement
in his denunciation of Franks slayers
when he heard today Of the lynching Of
his former client.
"Has Not Died in Vain"
at seems incredible" he said, that In
any civilized community it can be pos
sible for such a recrudescence of saw
aeery and brutal lawlessness to manifest
itself. It is a stain upon our country
and an ineffaceable blot upon the name
of Georgia. He was a man of whose in
nocence every fair minded, unprecedented
thinker who had occasion to study the
facts, was unqualifiedly convinced. Frank
had been bounded by prejudice aroused
by unreasoning agitators. His conviction
followed. not because of any evidence
worthy of the name, but solely in conse-
quence of outcries of a mob maddened by
the falsehoods upon which it had been
fed.
brutal Lawlessness"
His sufferings and martyrdom are at
an end but he has not lived in vain. His
sad fate may direct the eyes of the world
to conditions which cry to high Heaven
for relief. 1t demonstrates that he was
convicted by mob and not by due pro-
cess of law. 1t verifies the prophecy
which 1 uttered before the supreme court
Of the United States. Frank is no longer
on trial. In fact he never had trial.
But Georgia is now on trial in the forum
of civilization. Will she vindicate her
laws? Will she permit the miscreants
who instigated it to go unwhipped of
justice? Upon her actions depends her
rehabilitation in the good opinion of
those who in the past have admired and
loved her."
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SMITHFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Bickford arriv-
ed home Saturday.
Erma Reynolds returned to her home
in Winslow Saturday, after a two
weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. Fred
Thompson. She also visited her uncle,
c. S. Holmes.
The different summer places are quite
we'll filled, the hot weather of the past
week bringing many from the cities.
A party Of boys from Fellows
camp in Belgrade passed through town
on a 10-days hike of about so miles.
They camped over Saturday at Jay
Merrow's. Marcellus Cobb accompanied
them driving the team with their lug
gage.
William Judge and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hill Of Boston were guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. c. c. Dow at Sunday dinner.
A large congregation met at the
church Sunday afternoon to listen to
an interesting sermon by Rev. Mr.
Trites. Mr.. Trites is a cousin Of the
pastor. Special music was furnished.
Mrs John Hill and little son are max
ing a short visit with Mrs. Myrtle
Holmes.
Harry Kilgore's barn caught fire in
some way Monday forenoon and but
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-18
TWO CHILDREN
LOSE LIVES AT
PRESQUE ISLE

Pressure Isle. Me-, Aug. 17.-while
George Skinner Of South Presque Isle
was berrying Monday his house was
destroyed by fire, and his child, one
year old. was burned to death. The
mother had left the baby on the bed
asleep and went to the garden to gath
er vegetables. The mother became so
frightened she could not rescue her
little one. One horse was burned in
the stable. There was no insurance on
the buildings.
The 5-year-old daughter Of John With.
am. South Pressure Isle. was killed Sat.
urday by fall from a double team. She
was not run over. and appeared conscious
when picked up. but died Immediately
it is thought. as result of the shock
Mrs. Witham was completely Frustrated
by the sad event and is in a critical con.
dition.
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THOUSANDS VIEW
LEO FRANKS BODY

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 17.-Leo NJ.
Frank, who was lynched last night by
mob, was brought to Atlanta this
afternoon and secreted in a barn I'M
til a crowd searching for it threatened
serious trouble. 1t then was taken
from the barn to an undertaking es-
adjustment where tonight a steady
stream of persons passed to view it.
The temper of the people seemed not
SO much to wreak vengeance upon the
lifeless form. but personally to assure
themselves that it really was the body
of Frank.
Forty policemen were on guard at
the undertaker's rooms and a crowd
that blocked traffic stood for hours in
front of the place. The body was
shown just as it had been cut down
from an oak tree at Marietta this
morning.
Because of the insistence Of the peo-
pie to see the body it had not been
definitely determined tonight whether
funeral plans first arranged could be
carried out. A member of the under
taking firm stated positively late to-
day that the body had been secretly
placed in a private home.
He said he had been charged by
friends of the family here to take the
body from it's first resting place to
the former home of the Franks here
at an opportune time. From there he
said it was to be shipped to Brooklyn
for interment.
The body is understood to have left
here at midnight for the home of
Franks parents in Brooklyn, accord
ing to Herbert j. Haas, who was ono
of Franks attorneys. 1t was accom-
panied by Mrs. Frank. Mrs. Franks
brother. A. E. Marcus, David l. Marx.
H. A. Alexander and Mr.. Haas.
Shortly after z o'clock the under
taking establishment was closed and
Gordon of police permitted no one
to approach. When the doors were
closed a crowd was awaiting chance
to enter. The police Immediately dis
persed the throng and soon only
few scattered gatherings remained.
Many however, walked past the es-
Establishment, but were not allowed to
halt.
Sell Photographs
Men and boys did a thriving BUSH
ness selling photographs of Franks
body as it swung from a tree near
Marietta.
Mr.. Haas stated tonight that Mrs.
Frank is not in a serious condition.
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NEWS RECEIVED
BY FRANKS PARENTS

New York, Aug. 17-When Rudolph
Frank and his wife, parents Of Leo
NJ. Frank learned definitely today
that their son had been hanged near
Marietta, Ga, they drew the shades
at all windows of their home in
Brooklyn and refused to answer the
doorbell or telephone.
Neighbors said the Frank family
had begun an eight day period of
mourning, which was customary I'M
der the Jewish religion.
Early callers at the Frank home
were met by Otto Stern, Franks
brother law. He said that Mr..
Frank and his wife were asleep and
had not then been told Of the kidnap-
ping of their son. Stern said he learn
ed of the matter through the news
papers. Within two hours the family
had received word that Franks body
had been found hanging to tree. .