White Star liner Arabic Torpedoed by Submarine, 291 Saved, 32 Drowned.
A PBOGBBSSIVjE ftBPUBLlCAN NEWSPAPER ^'VOfED TO THfc L:i*BOIL0fNG OF AMEEJCAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTBI^
BUkLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. FKIDAY AUGUST 20. 191S,
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la filNK, H10 MEI
rntm iMNea^ JOB aim wtihn
' SHin i HOME OF THE ffilRBERED OI«l
THOMAS nE-LMON VESTERDAY.l BIRTHDAY DIXNER AND FAMILY
—I fiE-L’MION.
Th« . Second Annual. Re-Union of'
the descendants of Joseph Thoma^ |
Tnmis M ATUKH
tucffg TUFHcm
VIEW HOIf 8f flUNK
Steady Strraai of Perwns Pass in to
Look »t Corpse—Wanted to be Cef-
tain.
Temper of Pwle Seemed Not to
Wreak Venceance But to Hake Sure
it W«B Frank—Forty Oiiicen on
Ihity.
Secretary Oanieis IsHies Stateaieat
Saying Lynching of Frank WooM
be More' Sincerely Condemned in
South Than the North.
M06 CA8R1EQ FRANK
NEARIY100 MiiES 10
HANi fill 10 A ME
fully by the police until the train left
'the station.
Mrs. Frank appeared at the traiii
unassisted and showed no serious af-
fccts of her ordeal. Several police
men surrounded her and her friends
'and refused to allow any one to con
vert with thern.
I The body was teken from the under
taking establishment under ^ard by
30 policemei^ i%e police guarded
the wagon bearing it until it was
placed on the train and then watched
t.hB far until the train departed.
.■Vtlantu, Ga., Aug. 17.—Leo. M.
Frank’s body was brought to Atlanta
this afternoon and secretod in a barn
until a crowd searching for it threat
ened serious irouuiv. It then Ts’a;;
taken to an undertaking establishment,
where tonight a steady stream of
persons passed to view it. The tem
per of the people seemed not to wreak
vengeance upon the lifeless form, but
they seemed determined to personaliy
assure themselves that it really was
the body of Frank-
Forty policeman were on guard at
the undertaker’s' estibljrficient and
a crowd that blocked traffic for more
than a block stood for hours in front
of the place, Th» body Was shosvn
just as it had been cut down from the
tree at Mariett;i this morning.
Arrangements were made to place
the body o:i « train leaving ist mid
night tonight tor the home of Krank'.s
parenls in Brooklyn. It will l>e a>.’-
ccmpllshed by Mrs. Frank, Mr.-i.
Frank’s brother, A. E. Marcu.s, Uaviii
I. Mar.x, H, A. Alexander anti .V'r.
iiaas.
Shortly after 7 o'tlock loniithl the
undertakiiifr establishment wa.-; t*!ose:i,
und.a cordon of jrolicc -suilioiioil al>oul
it. No one alb'wod' a>»proa!-^’:
within i"i() feet nt' thi' iuiiWin};'.
Men and did a thriviTij;
nos.s 1)11 the slrecl.s ln-ve toni:thl sell-
ins tarii photoKyaphi? cl' Franii’.i
body a? it .swuiit; from, ibc trev '■>
whicii it %v;is foLii;il iKav
.'SiiTic-U.a.
Hei'oei't li:'.;is* who wu-s one u!‘
I’rai-.l.;':; altor:',L:ys, stated icni'ght that
Mrs. Frank is= not, in a surioii.s condi-
tiiw. -She .•itar',!-‘il from Millocigeviilc
fi.)!- .\tlanta this afiernooi'., luvom-
panieti by her uncle in an automobile.
■At 10 o'clock tonight the door;; of
the undertaking e."?tablishineiu again
wore opened to the public and 200 n-
.lOO persons who had been naiting-
in the vicinity viewed the body., v/hich
had been prepared for burial. They
continued to pass the coffin unti! a
.«hort time before it was made ready
to take to the railroad .station.
Friends and relatives had plannsd
to hold a private funeral at 11 o’clock
tonight. Mrs. Frank, who had arrive 1
from Milledge¥ille, tonight and wa.^
taken to the home of Herbert Haas,
objected, however, and the plan wa,s
abandbned.
'liie body of Leu M. Fiaiik. under a
heavy police guard, was placed a board
a Southern railway train, which de
parted at 32:01 o’clock this nioniiHB.
The funeral party, including Mrs.
tVank and several Atlanta friends of
the family who will a^cosipany the
body to Brooklyn, was gi^arded care-
(ireat Crowd Gathered at Scene of
Lynching to View Body—Wanted to
.Mutilate li.
Finally a Vote of the Crowd, 'Which
Included Women, Wag Taken; Body
Cut Down—Lynchers Not Identified.
It is Believed, However, That Since
the Mob Went Almoc^t as Far as
Marietta to Hang Frank, Many of
Them Were From There.
I Marietta, Ga., Aug. 17,—Leo M.
1 Frank, convicted of the murder of
IJlIary Phagan, was taken from the
Utate prison farm at Milledgeville last
night by a sm.ill band of determined
I men, was brought to within a few
! mile.s of the PhaK'ai) homo in this city
hit ‘Jaylight tnriay, and handed to a
jlrc'-' oiiiy idiort distance from the
i .Vl:incttu-.Mil!i;dg?viili‘ highway,
; The body, found at 8 o'clock this
I morning, dangled rroni the tree fO‘.‘
liijurs while u throi;f;- from
I the riui'rouriiliiii;; counlry.ide gatheri-' J
;i'.boiit the scene. By a vote of the
'crowd the Imdy »v;is cut d^wn ivitii-
icill mutilaiion and takisi by nutomu-
i i\- to Atliiiit:!. where ;'.in>lhor thron;;
coii^re-.;;it,‘tf to ii,
OtUfials of t’ol'.ii county, i*: whim
till- tynchin); occui'ml, inimeiiiale’.y
iixtituted an inveslijtation. (xnoner
, lioo^b einpanelk'd a jui'y and ;n'.iU)U'.:i'-
i‘i; the county c.ininiii.^ioners h;;l eni-
fi.Tv.ered him to employ jidditiontil
t*;,!unjjel. Two witnesses appoaroil hc-
.foi'C the jury, which adjourned its
Ai-.-^sioii rn' a week while oflicial.^^ co!-
li'ct (>vidt*ni'*\
While the identity of ihe liieniiior-i
•if the hiiMi! was nnt known to otTiciais
; toi!i«:!)t, it vv;;.'- .sujrge.sieil that the
fact that. Frank was talcen nearly .IKO
! miles in an automobile from the sta'.e
,(.i:-iso'> .■ilnio.'it tff the outskirij of liai'-
ietta indicated that most of the
lynchers came fi-om this city.
Oi.seovery of Krank't; )Ody w;>s
made this morn ins by se:'.rchei s from
Ueveral cities in this section who start
ed out in automobiles after news
spread that Frank had been kidnapped
from the state prison farm. The body,
Stnging from an oak tree, was clothed
only in the silk shirt which Frank
wore when lie was torn from a bed
;ih the prison dormitcj-y. A white
handtvcrciiicf cov^rcd his facc. his feet
and legs were firmly bound, and unde •
his right jaw v/as ti4e knot of the
hangman’s noose expertly tied to pro
duce a quick death.
knowB in history as the “White Pil-
grini,” was held at Piedmont Park
yesterday., The exercises were held
in the auditorium of the Casino Build
ing and presided over by Hon. E, S.*
W. bamerdn,
Tl«r large crowd gathered in the
Casina at il:30 A. M. to enjoy the
program which had been prepared for
th; occasion. After musical selections
on the piano by Miss Sadie Trollinger,
Mr. Dameron, , master sf ceremoaies,
delivered a shart address of welcome
and explained the purpose of the oc-
cision. This Was follow^ by a. piano
solo by Mr. I. N. Williams of Ohio,
after which Rev. D. H. Tuttle conduct
ed the devotional exei'cise.
The speaker of the daj’, Dr. W. .S,
Long of Chapel Hill, was then present
ed to the audience, who spoke on the
“White 'Pilgrim.” His address was
u most excellent one, full of interest
-■•nd highly enjoyed by all who heard
it. Dr. Lc.ig has a fair knowledge
of tha Thomas family and gave his
hearers many interesting facts con
cerning the life and character of the
“White Pilgrim.”
After the addres.s, Little Mias
-•Vgrnes Boyd delightetj the audienej
with a miuafc beautiful violin solo,
rendered in a splendid and pleasant
tilanner.
Ten minute talks were then maae
by Mr, 1. N. Williams, of Ohio, Post-
miister Crowson of Burlington and
Rev. J. Vi. Wellcna of Klon College,
Mr. Williams l>ore greetings from
the descendants of the “White Pil
grim” in the Northern states who
could not be present and spoke of the
leiatives of the “White Pilgrim” in
Ohio and how the annual ni-unionr,
are held in that slate.
Mr. Crowson, in a few weil-cliosen
j wo^d^^, paid a hiuh tribute to the
r “White Pilgrim” and his descendants
j and spoke more particularly oC the
I Thonws .iventlonu'n in this city of
! whom he knew so wcl! and whose luy-
jr.Uy io his Sunii;iy Kchoo! class was i
I without question.
! !!cv, Mr, WeiloiiB spoke of his know- i
1 ii'iipe of tile “While Pilgrim,” hi^
Pro.'pe.l Hill, Asgust 18.^0ne of :
the larjirest family gatherings in thi.'s,
commuuity in many years was the'
GULF HURUE STRIKES COAST CITIES,
WIND REACHES NINETY MUES AN flOyi
birthivy coiebration and fanuiy re-] Qalveston Ih Darlcncss When Wircs Are Blown
union event ^hi^h occtirrcd Sunday, 1. Dowh; Watcf Three Fctt CUy’s
Stretts; Many Texas and Mexican Towns
Flooded
August 15th, at the home of Mr. F.
P. BUijlock, who lives two niiles from
town. The occasion was planned and
uriang:j#4 for several days prior to
the day and all the relatives were in
vited to be present.
Thie children, grand-children, great
grand-childreh and. other relatives be
gan airii’ing early in the morning
and befoi'e the noon hoUrihad ai'rived,
there were present all of. Mr, Blay
lock’s children, six in number, all of
hig grand-children, numbering thirty-
four and one great grand-child, be
sides aboiit twenty oth^r relatives and
about twenty-five friends.
Large tables Were built and placed
out-doors and a sumptious dinner was
served. Everything good to eat had
been prepared and the dinner was en
joyed by the eighty-five relatives and
friends in the highest degree.
After the dinner several hours were
spent in social conversation. Mr.
Blaylock wa.-i over-joyed with this oc
casion which broug’ot together all his
oflfspring and so many friends, and hi
lierj't was cheered by the many good
'^^es and congratulations whicn were I
lavished upon him in bi'? declinin;
years.
5.000 FLEE FROM HOMES TO SAFETY BEFORE STORM
Huddled in Business Buildings. Many Families Spend Night
in Teri’cr; Gale Forces Newspapermen To Give Up
Attempt To Reach Striken Village; No Lives Re
ported Lost.
KORRIGANE DEATH
TOLL HEAVY- mAS
COTTON CROP IS
_HIT HARD.
.Fourteen Dead. 500 Houses Ruined in
tJulf Storm at Galveston—^Sea Wall
Sait's City—Thousand Feet of
Causeway Washed Away by Tidal
Wave and Island is Covered With
Wrerkagf; Wind Reaches 93! Miles
an Hour During Storm's Height.
Case; Regret Loss to Planters; Ja
pan’s Attitude Not Defined.
ANERICAN eOLUR
NOW RJIiS WORIO,
■Ml Foreign Exchange Makes Record
Drop us War Order Bills .4rrive—
Demand United States Currency.
' .Miliion. of Dollars Lost When Wind
The occKsion was the celebration'of
the G!th birthday of Mr. Bb.iylock,
and as he took a reti-ospective view
of his life, he was enabled to rejoica
over the achievements attained iiij
ti'ese kixty-faur long years. Mr. f
Blaylock 1,5 .«till in appaiuMt good
■health and enjoying the many blc.s-;-:
in^cs of this life..
Those present from a distani'c
\Vi*re: Mr. G. M. Blaylook and family
and Rain Sweep Fields—12 United
States Soldiers Drown; Army Camp
at Texes City Entirely Dpgjroyed;
Many Towns Along Co*st Report
I^DCiBes in i.ives and Property; W'iies
Still Down; Deratt; Are Laickingr
.-Vustin, Tt'Xii.s .\ug, IB.—Hiiinaga
which will fun inlo millions of dol
lars ha.s been dime 't% the cotton crop
in Texas by the . tormi^f .Monday and
of Union Ridge; .^Ir.-. Vt. C. Hodgj Tuosilay.
and little niece, I.oi.s fSanu.ell, i^f
Mv'tij'.ne, an(i .Miss Ucnini Tatiun oi
15;M'l!iiglon.
It is (.stimatml thui oil parent of
.ill the cottui! in I his .-;ei-iion op'j". 1
and fr(nn onr-foui'th to oni -ludf o^ the j
Sterling Decline Heavy When W’ali
.Street Learns Contracts for Muni
tions >11 Called for United States
Gold Instead of British Silver in
Pay men!.
3G VESSELS ADDED
TO NAVniNCE 1913.
Secretary Daniels Gives Figures Show-
injr PrepttrwUiea* of United State* .
—Did y/ot Wait For War.
America Was .Strengthening Forces
Ileforr European Trouble Segan;
..SubmarineK and .Six liattleKhips
fonstructed Within Two Years,
open cotion w;'.- li'^^.
tMliS. J. S. I'.M'.SEl) \WAV.
tv
GERMAN ADVANCE
FORCES IN aiiS-
u;.
Thi*
i ;5inl iflaUMi inciJcut-i j
! iho ilUuslrou.'; charactc) In iho early j
I iiU lit'c. Ut?v. Wotlous r?-1
j f(.‘!-rc'd to tho i!r;i\’ory und heroism {
ol' ibf “White PilgTiMi'’ aiul lokl ho'V j
he rescued and saved tho life of :« |
youiiiT hvdy that had fiillon into u rivor. i
This speaker j?ave c-vidoi'.^e of ihe I'aci i
‘.h-.’.t the lilV- ol' and ^o\\-\
Ifor hiiir.ar.jty ih-it the “Wliiie ‘
1 t'iltiririr' HvchI had a ijrc':!.!. influc.:u-..-
• r'»r ^.ood upo:i hi^. lii'c as;d ihe Hvcij |
of aii wiio h.nVL* read the life-hjstory i
cT lhi:i .ureaJ iiad noble man. •
the exovclsoi^ weri
iliicd al OcciMUft'luH* I'ariii Vr.^lfrd,
ai UVIiuk
Sat«n\av.
I
C’arr IJad fWrP ii
iieallb Tor Ihe l*asi 'J*!} reo Vi*ar>.
Hii?\V)isvilU
arniv wl:elc>.; ^laiiiiu !ut‘
I'lineral a rc|u>rl from ilic Uviin.vd ' •
at (i;i!s i.>’ i.-U’ I’li.t tliv Wi’.l '
h.’uJ J-j.M-n l.-ji jt'fl ;;n;l lliat
I>tt*!iainu 'ru! vr- oi. h;id
ilA’S FRONT.
i
I Aunrit dd's I V a r ii» n > I' i iv lit
*rh'*ir Uay Acrn.'^.'- Kivi-r Ituii —
S.^Uniariuc Honihr.urds I'h r.'i* h'Mv:-
Il^li 'I'tuvns.
ir>. --\ We-:
la.hcd i.hi- Tc-xa^ iiuii'
iiV.ijrl:'.. tile wili.i
tK'c.i-. (>f 7i> mile- cin . J'UI Ui;
In'’:!!' r;'-> «.!•
» pi isjH'i'iy dariia.ii't; Ikm; i civ; ro-
J i.i ‘-v ailoai.
V (ia'!\r--!'>i''' .M'a w;\'A liad wui’.s^l
.'‘Ii'ji. Nannit' (.jraliaJ’v t'arv, wife- oi'
:;n-.*ial JidiaTi S. (;il'i. iiimi :i\ Iho
i-. ni.lry estau* c»y uic ,
rai-n», Ki'ur i U:;.-i.
i' y niiirnij;.ii' S:1'i Siu- h:i'
.■vO't in Joc'iii:i;:|A' heaiii’. :iu
*.V\C yOiU'S (M n^,‘Vc'.
:Ki the pa:^l vhrcv- wec-k;'. ! fiVi-f oj' ilu- \va*ois au.i t-Nvi-i';
over h.is liv’;-., ;i*i Orvviia'v" for iviinov a i‘f iho
'varone'.-. Xttintion (Vatcrcd flu, l>‘-
|)!*«ialic N'i'k uI sat ions in I‘ros’Ti Ss
in Kalliiins: iM.rnicr I’rernier Vini-
.'■.I'his Wins N'ictnry ;il AJhctis Ovi .'
Ori;;.!iti,\;Iion of t^rt-ck ("hainbi-r of
i'rpuii.'s; (ihaniit- Tnrri;:'.)
i Vi Tin; KIIi.ST H.VPTi.sr I HI'US 11.
nuiiiemc wasi invitoti to the piciii.-
1*: r.-u!!ds whore a sumptiou.> dinno;-
w:'.,.! served,
everything gcod to e.nt. Everybody
m the grounds was invited to parti-
cipste ;ind did so to the entire aati--
fnction of the appetite. Thi.s was the
cnnciading feature of the occasion &nd
thus is recorded in the memory of tha
descendants of the “White Piigrim”
the Second Annual Re-Union of the
Thomas family in this state.
i'liio and -,vhi!e 1 ci of 'Jie .-trec.s oii the o.iy
*.!u' family have know;', :.hai slu- \va.^ ,-;de of t'no i-iiy. tiie prt’.'iwty
The dinner consisted jf '^^ireniely i!( the .'im'.Oiiiurn'cia oi
her death yestei'uay moi'nir.i;' Krou^ht
>:iiinea.5 and surprise to oi'
fru-nds in tliis ciiy wi'-.n-o ~hc l\.i ?
li\etl for ntany p;t^t .vein’s.
P&ath was cause(l i\v a eoinplica-
tion of diseases,—i'tnrhnm Sun;
ALAM.4.NCE COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION.
It is fortunate that the rival Me.\i-|
can factions haven’t submarines.
The Seventeenth Annual Alamance
County Sunday School Convention wiH
be held at the M. ,Bi Church, at
Swepsonville, N. C., August 28th and
29th, 1915.
L. W. HOLT, Pres.
MISS ANNIE WILLIAMS, Sec’y.
CARD OF THANKS,
We wi.^h to thank ou- many friends
of the Spring community and entire
communities for their kindness and
sympathy shown us during the sick-
ne.ss and death of our dear father and
husband. May God’s richest ble.ssings
rest upon them all and that some
si--eet day vve all may meet in that I
sweet beyond, vrhere kindness will for
ever last.
I'.i'ut r*^f!i m,'.u
Toxa,-v rvp^rted a wi)ui of
niiU'?. and ai I'ovi, Arthur the
ivai'hel a voloi'ity oT 47% miio.'i n! 10
oV](h-K.
ALLIES ARE READY
TO DECURE COT
TON CONTRABAND
OF WAR.
Washington Receives ^Unofficial Report
of tntontions of Entene Nations^
Shipped to Germany?
Claim Teutons Have Been Receivi'i>'
Supplies *fhrou]?h Neutral Port«;
Ki^st l^apti^l Church, Sinuhiy. \uu.~
u.-^t (he pulpit will siuppli.ni ,
;)>■ K, T, Xai'.ii, li. i>., tji* Kuleiji’li,
V, fur >onu' (ifii'en year-^ F’re.-i-
dent oi‘ Meredith Collej.^e. vvhc* has j't'-
i-ejiUy bei'j’ eio-jletl t:> the re-ponsibl.'
pn.-iition ot SNOcretary of the Board :>iT
Kihteation of ihe Uaptist State Con
vent of Xrrih ('aroUuii. In early
life • 1*. Vaiin ,j?uffevel the lo.s of both
blit notwithstanding* this handj-
.) he elimlK?d to th#* v-evy top of
..dendid attiiinmenis ai^d is today oao
of the most inrtuentia] leaders in the
Baptist denomination with its two
hundred and sixty thousand, or more
members. Dr. Vann’s addr^gsses will
he of unusual intei'est, particularly
that for the evening* which will bo
popular in character. The public at
Ir.rge is most cordially invited.
5?he -may got a note front Mist^uri.-
MRS. P. W, CATES & CHILDREN } Declare Action Justified in Present Macon Telegraph.
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