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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-12
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

er partner of the firm, had been ap-
pointed Judge pro hac vice to try the
case, would the papers have been
silent?
Ben Phillips had just as much legal
right to preside in the courthouse,
as Slaton dio to preside on the case
in the Executive Office.
A partner is just as much disquali-
fed to sit on the case of a partner,
as a juror is disqualified to try the
case of his partner.
The stockholders of Franks PEN
Gil factory were no more disqualified
to serve as jurors for him, than was
RoSser'S partner to serve as COM
mUter for him.
In legal contem plation, Franks
sentence was committed by his own
lawyers, and it is therefore out
rageously illegal.
In the eye Of the Law and of
Justice, the communication is a null
lily, and would be so held by the
best lawyers in the world.
If the Attorney-General will move
to have Leo Frank re-sentenced,
treating the Slaton Communication as
a Legal nullity, the judges would be,
compelled under the Law to hold
that Slaton's action was absolutely
illegal, because his legal relation
with Franks lawyers made him
Franks lawyer, too.
Finally, / assure Judge Hill that
had he done exactly what my inform
ant alleged, his conduct would have
met my warm commentator. -
Every judge is high officer of
State, and naturally prizes the honor
and dignity of the State; and if
Judge Hill, or Judge Bell had spoken
to Slaton on this subject, it might
have deferred him.
While SO many outsiders were ar
rogating to themselves the right to
dictate, an influential voice, and a
friendly warning from an insider
might have saved the State from a
greater stain than the Yazoo fraud.
I am not able to see that it would
have been improper for Judge Hill
to act as amicus cUrie and to have
said to Slaton-
''You are Rosser's partner, and
therefore Franks lawyer: THINK
OF THAT and disqualify yourself, as
any honest juror, OR any honest
judge, would dO!' T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-12
HERE'S OLD UNCLE JIM PARRISH
AGAIN, AND OF COURSE, WITH
A LIST OF NEW SVRS.

Dear Sir: After sending 2 club of
ten last Monday, l am glad to be able
to send another club Of ten today,
Saturday. l would be glad to know
that there were five thousand of
your many good friends sending you
two clubs week.
l hope that the good people of
dear old Georgia who are taking the
Atlanta Constitution, the Journal and
the Georgian will write to the edi-
tors and tell them they do not want
any more of the things, as they were
bought over by the big Jew money
to SANDER and abuse the courts in
the Leo M. Frank case. I hope the
good people in Alabama will also
stop the rotten things, and let the
editors know they do not want any
more of the things to come to their
homes.
Your old friend,
Ala. JIM PARRISH.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-12

common people, uncovering more
hidden mysteries in church, politics,
Frank, and Slaton, than any living
man.
Those who do not read The JEFF
only cheat themselves out Of their
rights.
The jeff proves Franl. guilty, and
Slaton equally SO. If it could be left
to vote to every man and woman
who is competent to judge, and not
paid to see it from q certain angle,
Slaton would never return to Geor-
gia again. He has done more to en-
courage lynch law than any, man OF
today.
1 write to express to you my ap-
probation Of a Georgia man who
money cannot buy. Long may you
live and have God to protect you.
Yours truly,
Ga. J. E. BLANCHARD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-12
PEOPLE INTERESTED.

Dear Sir: I have given away a
lot Of copies of The Jeffersonian, and
only wish that mine would come
more often so that [ could distribute
it all over this country so that the
common people could get peep in
on the dirty work that is going on
in the inner circles of the fellow
higher up. Yours truly,
Ala. w. A. CLOUD, JR.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-12

Watch the label on your paper,
don't let your subscription expire.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-08-12
JUDGE BENZ. III. HILL CCRRECTS
ONE OF OUR CORRESPOND
RNrTG
ENTS.

ONE OF OUR CORRESPOND
ENTS.
Dear Sir: My attention has been
called to the following extract which
appeared in The JeHersonian Of
Thursday, July 18th, 1915:
II am informed that the
Judge who sentenced Frank
the last time suggested the
same thing to Slaton, and Of
fered to fix the date of Franks
execution SO that Gov. Harris
would have to pass on the appli-
cation for clemency; and that
Slaton said No He demanded
that the case come before him.
I am the Judge" referred to. The
information given you was not only
incorrect, but without the slightest
foundation of truth. / never spoke
to Gov. Slaton on the subject of fix
ing the date for the execution of the
sentence of Leo M. Frank 1t would
never occur to me to seek the advice
or to accept suggestions from the Ex-
ecutive as to the exercise Of my
judicial functions. Neither Gov.
spoke a word to me on the subject
Of fixing the date for the execution
of Franks sentence.
The only man whoever did, at any
time, speak to me on the subject,
was the Solicitor-G General, and he did
SO in the line of his official duty,
without making any suggestion as to
the date for the execution Of the
sentence.
In fixing the date, I acted entirely
upon my own initiative and response
bility, selecting the medium between
the maximum and minimum dates,
under the statutes, as I had done on
two previous occasions, and [ did
this on the last occasion regardless
of the personnel of the Governor who
might have the responsibility of pass
ing upon any future application for
executive clemency.
Kindly insert foregoing in next is
sue of The Jeffersonian.
Yours truly BENZ. H. HILL.
(COmment.)
It gives me pleasure to publish
Judge Hills letter.
lie S0uCl0uldu WHO wrote HE 0Vl"
IDENTIFY mistook a rumor for a fact,
:. for there was undoubtedly rumor
that Slaton was being urged not to
act on his partners case, but let it
go over to the incoming Governor,
Harris.
There was not only a rumor to that
effect, but I have in my possession
written evidence to show that at
least one member of the Atlanta bar
wrote to Slaton, intimating as deli
cately as possible that his partner
ship with Franks leading lawyer
disqualified SIaton to act.
My own opinion is, that Slaton had
no more right to pass on Franks
case than Rosser had.
Wouldn't the whole legal fraternity
be shocked and scandalized, if
member of Rosser's firm had pre-
sided as Judge in the trial of Frank?
It is the Law which defines and
fixes the relationship of partner to
partner.
In the eye of the Law, your part
ner is yourself, in business transacted
by the firm.
Therefore, in the eye of the law,
RosSer himself committed his clients
sentence when his partner did it.
ri -
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

Few of the fugitives had had
time to bring any food, and on the
narrow strip of sand there was moth
ing onswhieh they could suhsist. The
bitter winter weather that had
made the flight so terrible, however,
proved to be their salvation, for 1t
froze the sheltered water between
the sand and the mainland so that
supplies could be sledged across in
sufficient quantity to keep soul and
body together.
Ignorant of the fate that might
have befallen those they had left
behind. suffering terribly in the Bit
ter weather, the fugitives waited,
hoping desperately that the REIN
forcements for which they had APP
pealed so earnestly had arrived to
drive the Russians out. There they
remained a week, or for four days
afr the invaders had been expelled
with great losses.
For three days the Russian troops
camped about the town. Their
swoop on Memel seemed to have
been inspired by no tactical reasons,
: for they did not sink the ships in the
land-locked harbor, nor fortify
themselves. Germans threat that
Russian towns would be destroyed
+, if they continued to burn down Ger
man villages is believed to have re-
strained them from destroying Me-
mel.
Instead they cleaned out virtually
every delicatessen store, every pro-
vision market and every wine and
liquor establishment in Mcneil In
dividual soldiers, prowling about,
entered the homes of inhabitants
and added to their fear by their dep
relations and their threats.
On Sunday the German reinforce
ments began to arrive, and the Rus
slams began to leave. A few hours
q
later a trail of dead bodies from the
center of the little city to AlthCf-
or it's remnants-told the story of
the departure. When the last Rus
sian had gone and the inhabitants
ventured out of their homes, III
corpses were picked up and piled to-
gether preparatory to burial in a
common grave.
This gruesome work was still in
progress when an Associated Press
correspondent reached Memel.
One of the first to reach the scene
was Ober-President Won Batocki of
the province OF East Prussia, and he
began at once to sift out the truth
from the mass of rumor and hearsay
regarding the invasion. Shortly he
determined that between 500 and
600 persons in the Memel part of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
Mcneil, EAST PRUSSIA,
INVADED BY DEATH
DEALING RUSSIANS

Memel, East Prussia, May For
eight months and half the war
had been little more than a rumor
for the inhabitants of the little city
iof Memel, tucked away in northern
most East Prussia on the Baltic.
Beyond the mobilization of 600 of
the 1andstrum" to take the place
of the regular troops things had
gone on much the same as usual.
Then, suddenly, on the 18th OF
March, there came the report that
the Cossacks were coming from the
North and the East, and Memel be-
gan to get it's first direct impression
of the gigantic conflict In the days
| that followed it was to get other
| and more terrible Impressions.
While officials frantically appeal
ed for help from the military
authorities, thelittle band of Land
strum slowly fell back from one de-
/
the oncoming Russians, made one
final but ineffective stand at the
outlaying village of Althof, and on
Thursday night, March IS, were
forced to let the Russians enter.
Burning and pillaginy as they
went, the Russian troops swept in
to Memel. AS terrified villagers
gazed from their windows, the sold
iers marched through Memels main
street, smashing in the store win
dows, stopping only long enough to
help themselves to tobacco, liquid
and food.
| Memel, however, had had "a
hours notice, and h ID utilized the
time for partial fight. Terrified
villagers from the outlying districts
had come painting into town with
stories of dwellings footed and burn
ed. relatives and friends seized and
/ borne off to Russia by Russian CIV
ilans following the wake of the
| soldiers, and of atrocities too terri
Bile to mention.
Eight thousand of the town's pop
, ulation, thanks TO one final stand
! of the 1.andstrum at the KARLSRUHE
che with q c.achine gun, succeeded
: in cottinC out Of Mcneil, with few
belon rings, and onto the long strip
of sand dune Snown as the "Kuris-
| che Nehrung that runs in curv-
ing direction southwark toward
Koenigsberg.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned trustee in bankruptc.
ofthe estate of C. F. O'Doniel, doing
business as the Sangully Mercantile
Company, will offer for sale to the
highest and best bidder for cash the
stock of merchandise, fixtures and
accounts receivable at the place of
business of the Sangully Mercantile
Company, at Sangully, Florida, on
the 29th day of April, 1915, at 8
o'clock a. m.
Inventory of stock, s1,662.00; in
ventory of fixtures, $642.O0, and in
ventory of accounts receivable
s16100.
Dated at Tampa, Florida, this
23rd day of April, 1915.
S. II. ROGERS, JR.,
Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate
of c. F. O'Doniel. 4091
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
WILLIAMS BARGAIN COUNTER

FOR SALE-At very low cash
price, or will exchange for real
estate, one five-passenger Oakland
car, and one 5-passenger Model
1915 Buick-both these cars are
in fine condition, and are really
bargains.
LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH
given on note of $4,000, bearing
per cent interest, due Dec. 1,
1915. Six months interest al
ready accrued. Note guaranteed
as good as any bank.
$3.50 PLAYER PIANO, slightly used,
first-class condition, can be bought
for an unpaid balance Of $685.;
terms if wanted.
NICE S-ROOM HOUSE, with all
modern conveniences, large yard,
right in town; will rent it cheap
er than you can pay taxes on your
own property.
80 ACRES firstclass citrus land right
in the orange belt, near Haines
City, timber never been cut. Will
exchange all or part and pay some
cash for Lakeland property.
40 ACRES in city limits, nicely sit
uated and fine for subdivision
proposition; only SIS per acre.
This time next year you'll wish
you owned some of these lots.
TWO SPLENDID LOTS in Dixieland,
near Florida avenue, for $3.50
each. Lakeland is growing this
way, fast, and this property will
soon double in price.
10 ACRES GOOD CITRUS and truck
land 1-2 miles from city-just
the thing for an orange grove,
truck and poultry farm. You can
get the whole 10 acres now for
$3.50.
Is ARCES excellent truck and citrus
land miles from Lakeland, close
to church, school house, stores,
and good neighborhood. You can
buy all or any part of this for only
$45 per acre.
I also have some as good land as
anybody-both citrus and truck
to trade for city property or auto
mobile, in good conditin.
g. ]. WILLIAMS.
Phone 242 Red
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
LAKELAND'S NEW.
EST ENTERPRISE

Gl0x GlN / Ghx MOE
The Peoples Electric Shoe Repair
Shop has secured location here and
will make their opening announce
ment soon. This shop will be man
aged by Mr.. j. R. Marshall, the ex-
pert shoe repair man who recently
severed his connections with the
Shoe Fixery that was formerly in the
Dutton- Harris Store on Kentucky
Ave. Mr.. Marshall enjoys the rep
utation of being the best shoe repair
man in the State Of Florida and the
PEOPLES ELECTRIC SHOE RE-
PAIR SHOP will thrive and prosper
under his management. Lakeland is
very fortunate in having this firm
open their shop here and Its citizens
will extend hearty welcome to
them and assist Mr.. Marshall by
giving him their patronage. 4117
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
F o R S A L E

FOR SALE OR RENT-Ten room,
two story dwelling, with all mod
ern conveniences, being No. 502.
four blocks from depot, on North
Kentucky avenue. Monthly rem
tai s25; will sell on installment
plan, $500 cash, and $50 per
month with per cent interest.
w. Fiske Johnson. owner. Phone
$50. 4O53
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

Having purchased and subdtvided
the Jesse Keene estate of $50 acres
sne-half mile west of city limits. we
are now selling in 10 and 20-acre
tracts some of the finest truck and
Arm lands in this section at the
hight price and terms. For particu-
ars see G. C. Rogan, Room Z and 2.
Deem & Bryant Bldg. Phone TAG.
1895
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

WANTED TO RENT-Permanen
modern 6 to room house, close
in. or 5 to room convenient
house, good locatin. Phone 292
Black. 4116
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
Another Way

You feel bad, TAKE LIV-ER-LAX
at night Feel better next morning Take
LIv-ER-LAX along daily in small doses.
and the more you take the better you feel
NO sickness No gripping. Eat good. Feel
fine as silk
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

WANTED-Position by honest in
dustrious young man. Will accept
any honest employment. Address
M. S., care Evening Telegram.
41O9
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
GWINE TO THE COUNTRY

Having recently purchased q farm
on outskirts Of the city, I am going
to sell my home, No. s1s South
Florida avenue. at reasonable
price and on good easy terms to a
quick purchaser, and move to the
country. Any one wanting q nice
modern. up-to-date home call ana
80 me. Monthly payments II 70,
desire. N. q. WARINo.
5sS Ia Ais
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

FOR RENT-Handsome new bunga-
low. 6 rooms, electric lights, wa
ter phone and garage. Furnished
or unfinished, or Will sell on
easy terms with cash payment.
Ep2es Tucker, Jr. 4095
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

province had been carrid off to Rus
STA, that IL civilians had been kill
ed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

SALE lots in new
Dixieland, 3 lots on East. Orange
st.; acres citrus land two miles
from depot. II you want a bar
gain come and talk to G. l. In
man. 1897
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

I am prepared to DO al kinds Of
we'll work from four inches up. All
work guaranteed. Have had years Of
experience. and my work has always
given sa''sfaction.
". H. STRAIN. Lakeland, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

FOR RENT-S02 South Florida ave-
nue.; all modern improvements
For terms phone 1874. 4123
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

WANTED-One to I'VE Thousand
dollars, pay 10 per cent interest =.
Al security Lakeland property.
Boz 81 city. l09f
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

FOR RENT-4-room apartment and
bath; electric lights, telephone
and water free. All for $500 a
month. 81 So. Virginia Ave.
4O02
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

IT'S WOOD, WOOD That's good,
Oak and pine. Very, very fine. S.
J. Perry. Phone 1923 Green
APPS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01
~ the CIRCUIT COURT
F.. OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF POLK
The State Of Florida

City OF Lakeland, municipal corporation,
ct al
VALUATION OF BOND ISSUE
Notice 10 the City of Lakeland and All
Others Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue Of an order made by the Honorable F.
A. Whitney, judge Of the above stated court
on the 9th day Of April. A. d. 1915. you are
hereby required to appear before the judge Of
the said court on the 18th day OF May, A. d.
1915. in Arcadia. DeSoto county. Florida to
show cause IL any there be. and there may be,
why the municipal bonds Of the City of Lake
land. in the sums and for the purposes to-
wit: Twenty thousand dollars for Fire De-
partment improvement and Enlargement; One
hundred and thirty thousand dollars for the
enlargement Of the Light and Water Plant
and the Light and Water Distribution system
and fifteen thousand dollars for the building
or altering and equipping Morrell Memorial
Hospital, voted at an election in and for the
City Of Lakeland heretofore; should not be
confirmed and validated
J. A. JOHNSON,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Polk County
Florida fl22
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

DRESS MAKING AND SEWING by
Mrs. J. B. De LaZarra, 405 y !.
Kentucky. 4l25
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-01

You feel bad, take calomel. Feel
heap worse. Go home and go to bed,
Hate your friends Sick-sicker- sickest
Three or four days you drag around before
YOU feel like hustling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-22
STUART HAS PAINTING SPELL
Refuses 10 Yield 10 Exhaustion From
OrerwOrk.

Richmond, Feb. 22-On advice of
physicians. Governor Stuart will take
several days of complete rest indoors.
Following a sudden fainting spell
while attending a meeting of the
State Board Of Education Saturday
afternoon, the Governor was exam
ined by Or. George Ben Johnston.
DR.. Johnston stated later that he
did not consider the Governors condi-
ton as in any way serious or alarm
ing, but that he had oyertaxed his
strength. and had consented or adj
vice Of physicians to take a complete
rest before the General Assembly
again convenes.
1t was recalled that the Governor
has been at his office several nights
during the past week until mid
night or later
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-22
VICTIM OF PHTHISIS
White Plague May Send Mrs Ida
Walters to the Grave Before
She Goes TO Trial.

New York, Feb. 22-The white
plague may send Mrs. Ida Sniffcn
Walters to the grave before she goes
to trial for the murder Of her two
nameless infants, children of her
lawyer-over, Lorly's Elton Rogers.
Dr.. Riegelman, coroner's physician.
admitted today that Mrs. Walters is
a victim Of tuberculosis. One lung is
affected, he said, and the woman pois-
oner is beginning to show the effects
of long confinement in Lebanon Hos
pital.
No traces of the bichloride she
swallowed after poisoning her babies
were disclosed in the examination
Consequently District Attorney Mar
tin probably will ask that Mrs. Wal
ters be removed from the hospital to
a Jail cell within a few days despite
her tubercular condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-22
ADOPTS HIGH SCHOOL LIST.
Action Deferred OH Offer of B. r..
Johnson Company to Cut
-. Price.

Richomnd, Feb. 22.-The State
Board of Education adjourned late
! Saturday afternoon until February
2G, after adopting the. greater part
Of the list of textbooks to be used in
the high schools for the next four
years.
No action was taken on the offer
submitted bv the &. F. Johnson Pub
fishing Company to sell textbooks to
the State at reduction Of 10 per
cent from the prices quoted by that
firm last April, provided the entire
Johnson list is adopted. Some of the
mcbmcrs Of the hoard were much i'm
pressed by the proposal. Others
would reject t as undesirable. 1t
was finally decided to refer the mat
ter to Il subcommittee, consisting of
Governor Stuart. Acknowledgement
Pollard and Superintendent: Frank I.
West, of the Louisa schools. The
committee is instructed to consult
further with the Johnson company,
with reference to terms of exchange
and other details. The result of the
will be reported at the
February 2i.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-22
STUDENT KILLED Bf TRAIN.
North Carolina Youth Jumps And is
Caught Under Wheels.

Wake Forest, n. c., Feb. 22.-F
3. HAYES. a freshman Of Wake Forest
College, sustained injuries here early
Yesterday morning from which he
died several hours later.
Hayes. in company with several
other students. who were returning
from Raleigh on an early morning
train, jumped from the train while
it was some distance from the sta
ton in order to save long walk to
their boarding house. In some way
he was. dragged under and his left
leg crushed His comrades rushed
him to the college hospital, where his
leg was severed, but the shock was
so great ne succumbed while under
the influence of ether. Hayes was
2l years of age, and lived at Roa-
neke Rapids. n. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-22
LIFE TERM FOR KILLING GIRL
Shaver Who Left Hatehet St'ck'he
in Skull Confessed.

Akron, Ohio, Feb. 22.-upon a plea
of guilty, Harry Boomer, former gro
cerv clerk, was yesterday sentenced
in Common Pleas Court to life M
p,isonment for the murder of Miss
Vinne Becker, mission worker.
Boomer hacked the young woman
to death with hatchet, which was
found sticking in her skull when her
brother discovered the murder.
Miss Becker. prominent in relig-
ious and charitable work. was murd-
cred in her brothers store. Boomer
who had formerly been employed
there, confessed that he murdered the
girl so that he could rob the place
He asserted that being out of en-
ployment he was temporarily insane