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QREENTILLE 18 THE
HEART OF EASTERN
MORTE CAROLINA. IT HAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED
IND ONE, AND IS SUR
ROUNDED BY TEE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR WE
HAVE EVERYTEING TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
10B A N D
PLANT.
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WE BAYS A CIRCULA
TION OF TWELVE HVN^
DR ED AMONG THE BEST
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERS
PART OP NORTH CARO
LINA AND INVITE THOSE
WHO WISH TO GET BET
TER ACQUAINTED WITH
THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE
4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT loV
'lAVE TO BRING TO TIJEIR
A TT ENT ION.
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‘iATES ARE LOW AND ('AN
BE HAD UPON APPLICA
TION.
VOLFME XXXIV.
GiiKEXViLLE, >. FUID.VY November 27, 19 14
NO. 7;
Justice Bows Her Head
^ 'I
'Weeps In Very Shame
Strange Statemenis From the
Bench to Jury in the Poilsrd
Case
f
Jud);r I’l'obli's Tells Jury That I'liless
Tlu'j- Agm- ’I'liis Ai’teriioon Thfty
Hill lie Ucqiiiroil To I‘ay
Tlit-ir Own lUiard.
prcHonting the defense.
The second trial of the case opened
last Thursday morning and the ca3o
IlMH. ItD* l<« miCOIIfEillCF [iS
tatZ ra iWEiis
Ai ASHED
leo Prank Oenied a
Irial by Jiisiice Lamar
in Supreme Court
Juatit'e--the crownlnK purpose
Civilized and Christiunizi'd Amcric.-a
bows her head anU weeps in very
Mhunu- ill I’itt Counly.
Witli a soriuuti <'ase on trial, the jury
unable to a.i;roo, tlu' people wlio hav.*
heard tin’ trial fronj its very besinnii'-;
and wh) have, because of that trial,
felt (lls[;u.st'-d and ashuied by reason
of the afiparent fact tiiat a farce w;\s
beiiiK 1 nacted, there ia in Greonvil'.o
today, p.irticularly among those coii-
Tcrsaijt with the farts a I'-.alization
that a (uculiarly saddeniiiMg situa
tion i-oafronts the fiiunty.
In op"n ciJurt, when Solicitor Aber-
uatliy rose to address the Court, mi
his oliK'ial capacity as ll:o attnrncy
for th,’ State, the auiiieiuo is shock
ed and chained with the thunderois
rcbuUi—Kit down—ynur opinion has
■ ot been recjuested. I
Hut that was niorely one of the in-
• identa of the trial. |
Vera (;ruz. Xov. 23—The American
went to the jury Saturday evening at forces of occupation evacuated Vera
7 o clock. Ihia trial did not oo-|(’rnz today after having been iu pos-
cupy much time, for the reason that session of the city for seven months
much testimony introduced was not The Withdrawal of the Americans pro •
permitte.l under certain rulings of the pressed without disorder. At 11 o‘-
.ludgo on the bench at this term. j dock they commenced going on the;
Array of Loi^ul Taleut. f waiting transports, and by half pant
Possibly there was never a mo’-e one th‘'y were practically all on beard,
lotiiiidil/ly array of legal talent in (Ijq Americans withdrew Jlexi-
criminal case in this State- certainly constitutionalists tool? possession!
ni'M r in I’itt tiuinty. the State is of the city. There wa*' little
represented by Solicitor Abernathy si;jsni, little e.xeiement and no trouble
II. S. Ward, llardii.g and Tierce, \V. of any kind,
Qf 1'. Kvans, and Albion Dunn. I*or the Washington, N'ov. .\merica'i
dcit I'sc atlorneys Harry Skinner, Ks- troops, after holciiing Vera ('ruz sinc'!
tioiernor rhornas J. .larvis, Kx-Oo/- ..\pi-ji, avacuat« d (ho city and sail-
rrnor William \\ . Kitchin, F. G. p,j f(,r home today. Oillcials here ex-
.lami's a:ul Sou, .Uiliu.-; Hcown, \V. If. p,>ct tomorrow will ,'ioe the Mexican
Long, N. W . Outlaw, I'. M. \\ ootcn, l<. I jiji.j. floating again over the ancient
1. .Moore, and .ludgi’ Manning. : fortress of sail Juan and the Anicrica.l
W Minislefs are Sen! u! to Ssrv
Conprgpatiois Oyring Ihe
Coip.ifio Year
eiM UCK !j
II EiilPE
iVf <1 I
iHIS m
'I'he defendant!-
('or:iI>arati\rly few (lianucs Were
.Matle; llusiiig Year lias Iteeii
Successiiil, l,'J.'»| .\ew .Mem
bers iia>o l!e(>ii Added.
W.'isl'iMgton, Nov. 23 The final se
ion of t!>.-' {'onfereiu'e was hi'Ul h
s attorneys included troopers well on tlK'ir way homowari!. | tour’y at'.d was taken up maialy wit!)
two cx-Kovt-rnor^ ex-stat(> Scnato
I x-ina,vor of (Jrei-nviile, the present
mayor of Greenville, the pres- nt county
iiiHiriii'v of J’iit Coiint.v 111.' c,\-conn!y
ntt.'niey. I'X-soliiMior and ex-i:nit''d
SMtes Attorney
From the vtry beginning the trial
111' >1;;,. case has ai!r:,.’'.cd in'Ciiliar at-
tent ii)n.
1’ii'piitches larly today from Major'
General Kunston said his furtherest
outposts had beeji v.itlidrawn at '.i
o <!ock; at ten tr<<o[i.s gaard’i'ig ?
railroails at (hi- apt.roacUe^; lo <h" < .;y'
the .uinouncenients of the appoint
ment? ot the dil'ferent inenib rs of the
cojifcfi nee.
Sev"!;i! connnittvs aiadi? reports
t'riu. ; Hier' ti-'i ifr (he rennrt of t!\ '
were wHhdrawii and at eleven the em-1 ceniniiiUc- on Hnhhatli observance
b;ir'.:alion was on in earneit.
General Kui.stnn sailed for
Gilvi
eiior Abernatiiy read <n ,,,u ^ noon. He reported coustit i-
ep ! enurt a li ;li‘r wlii< h lie receiv'd
from .Tudge I’eelde.-', and whicli aiivi-i -1
ilie ,-;o’ii. itor that in tliis term of t!u!.
court criminal cases would be taken
i;p lor trial in order in which they
were iloeki ted with tin' exception of
jail cases and submissions. Tiie casa
he t^tate against I’oiiard was No.
lioi.ali 'ts tr(;ops under General .-Vr^uiiai
were taking posse.-Js-ion of ilie cify.
Oer '.ipation of tl’.e Mexican port ia
repri.-ial for Huerte.'s insult tu !iie ile.g
al 'i'anipico has cost the t'nited States
more than a score of liv('s, some i.i
battle and some from disease, and. ac-
I eailing f<-r better Sabiiatli ol).;crva'ico.
i law pT'iiviiiing fe.r br'it' r ob^' rva i
,(e ol' the S.iei ath was advocalul.
I Tlu- orplei”.a'-:'; ci>n:n.iilf-'e ri'pert-’ ’
! ant! con.rraiuiiif^^d tl'.e church on the
' work of liiu .^ietho:l)st ()rp!ianae,e.
j Tlio Jloard of -Mi.ssio'ia r> ported.
I Tiiey urged greater zeal and effort
I ing of I he board to be held at Smit’i-
lield .January ir>-U). .A.lso a country
This morning the jury, after beinj;' „ ,, , , , ,, 7 . ,, ' ‘''’•'"K to some estimates, as niui-'i | cont'erenco to b‘; held at Triu-
41) ou the docket and the county ja.l tea million dollars. But iMe.xico; j,y The report showed a su v
will be asked to pay no indemnity. j financial year, the Jum raiseJ
-Administration otllcials want taht i
unable to agree on a verdict was
told in open court, by the judge on
the bench, that unless they agreed
«pon a verdict before 5 o'clock thi.-?
jifternoon. they would be hel-’, at their
•wn cost for board and lodging,
■ntil a verdict was rendered, even
though it took them until the last day
•f the year 1914.
Quietly, for there was the fear of
the august presence upon every man,
did the people file from the court home
mnd across the yard. Then, out m
the open, men again, they stopped m
groups and discussed the Incident—
What does It all mean? Is the Judga
striving to coerce the jury? The ques
tion has been heard many times to
day.
.\»i88ertln^ His Anthorlty.
Standing before the Judge presid
ing is the jury of twelve men, they
were sworn to hear the testimony in
the case and on their oath to bring
In a true verdict. Since Saturday
night those twelve men have had the
case, they have considered it in th-j
light of the meagre evidence permitted
to come before them. They have not
agrred upon a verdict.
They are ordered to state “how they
stand”—not individually but coiiec-
tively. Then they hear this expres
sion from the bench—1 don’t think
there ought to bo a mistrial. This
ease ought not tc be tried again. If
« small minority is for conviction
they ought to yield. If a small minor
ity is for acquittal, they ought no;
to yelld. That is my view about it.
■Tustice weeps again.
This case is that of the State
against S. M. Pollard, charged wita
killing Chief of Police Smith at Farir-
villo in .January 1P14. Readers oi
The ftedector are familiar with the
facts of thf* shooting and the former
Irial of Mr. Pollard resulting in a
verdiet of manslaughter and a sen-
t( nee of live years in the penitentiary.
The case was appealed to the Supreme
Court and I’oiiard was given a new
trial based upon the permitted Intr >-
rtuctioii of certain testimony object '1
lo at the trial by the attorneys r.>-
luui 31 prisoners for trial.
Of Tlic Itcginiiings.
i'^arly in the (veek Solicitor .Aberna
thy asked the .Judge if it would be pos- ^ disinterested freindship of th
sible to take up the Pollard case : x'nited States for her southern neigh
Pollard being out on bond and was in-: jjora.
structed that the ca.se would be taken
for foreign missions being $21,-15.S and
fact to stand out as an added evidence i home and conference missions ?19.-
up in its turn. Last Wednesday even
ing, after reaching the end of the les
ser jail cases, there remained a mur
der case, with tho defendant in jail
and Solicitor Abernathy announced
his intention to ask for a verdict of
murder in the first degree.
Immediately, Judge Peebles ordered
the case continued until January, with
the defendant in jail and announced
the next case to be the case against
S. M. Pollard. Attorneys for the
State filed a motion at once for
a continuance, accompanied by affi
davits establishing the absence of two
important witnesses, both being men
who were present at the scene of the
killing. Tno motion was denied and
the case ordered to trial.
Change of Venue Refused.
The next move was the filing of an
atndavlt On the part of the State ask
ing for eother a change of venue or fo •
a special venire from another county.
This motion was based on the facts,
that the prominence of the defendant.
General Kunston established his
headquarters on board the transport
Cristobal at an early hour this morn
ing and ail the organizations of his
command began at daylight tho wor>t
of moving out their equipment pre
paratory to final evacuation. Every
thing progressed smoothly and in ac
cordance with previous arrangement.
Four Harvard Teachers In War.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 24.—Four
members of the Harvard faculty and
five graduates of Harvard are seeing
service In the European War.
Prof. E. J. Duquesno of the depart
ment of architecture is in Paris as a
reservist, subject to call should Paris
be again endangered. He Is devoting
lis own fortune to Red Cross work
Prof. Louis Allard has rendered 8ervi.;e
as an Interpreter, and is now station
ed at Rouen, in English Hospital No.
8. L. J. A. Mercier, Instructor In
French, joined the territorial troops, 4^258, the largest number brought
ol his native town of Le Mans iu
143.
Kev. Dr. R. C. Beaman was appoint
ed to preach tho next opening sermoii,
Rev. E. H. Davis alternate.
The statistical reports were made
as follows:
No of local preachers and members
?5,234; preachers licensed during the
>ear, 17; infants baptized, 849; adults
baptized, 2,826; Epworth Leagues. 11');
members, 4,467; Sunday schools, 69.<;
officers and teachers, 6,148; scholars,
67,497; contributed for missions, for
eign, $21,458; home and conference,
$19,271; church extension, $8,929; for
American Bible Society, $784; support
of presiding elders, $18,901; preachei'S
$192,194; bishops, $3,186; number of
soclties.. (Individual churches) 754;
church buildings, 741; value, $2,511,-
653; indebtedness, $101,067; pastoral
charges, 197; parsonages, 178; valuo,
$425,512; indebtedness, $30,952; dis
tricts, 9; district parsonages, 9; value,
$50,003; indebtedness, $1,020; collect
ed for all purposes, $603,797.
Perhaps the most satisfactory of all
the items Is addition on profession of
fireenviile ladies Assislliig k k:
nishing ihs i/arrinp Haiions
y'l fjL
iti\ hlL
fjim I.I
uOLiu
fli!:
■ilii
-\eu
distres
for
in»:
tlie
Washington, .\ov. 23—Justice Uimar
today refu-sed to issue a writ of error
to bring to tho Supreme Court, to
review I lie l onvietioii of Leo M. Frank
for the murder of .Mary I’hagan, a fac
tory girl, in Atlanta, Ga., in l!»13.
Attorneys uiipiied to Justice ijimar
tor I lie writ on tlie ground tiir.t a rigi't '
under tiie Federal <'onslitution had;
hi'eii denied I'runk vtlien (he Jury'.i!
verdict was returned during his ai)-i
seiiee ii’(ini I lie court room.
li'"ii y .'.lixander attorT'ey for | 1 j
l'’rank, slat"d he was uiiabie to suv i
wlu'tiier tile niiidicatioii for the writ '
'•■'(iiUd be presenied to other justices or 1
m<; iHiti! Ii<> iiad ('oi’.'-ulted willi liis ai i
sceial.'. Henry I’eojiles. who is in the
suburbs of the city.
.lu;-tiee f.amar, iu denying the appli-
eation, explain-’!! liis aelicm in writle'i
iiU'ornial opininn,
.\fter a eonlerenee luiween al':inii-vs
Aie.xamier .uhI IV' pl's, who reiiri.jeri
i'ra.'k, it was .Tiinonneed i.o furtlitr
f.iove wunlii be made today. 'I'lie ai-
torneys still have the e'\oieo of appi. -
'O flMei- justil'cui Ol 111* 4 I...
tiie writ tiiey s.nieiit, ui. ;ii. r
from ’ustiee i.aniar or iliev may app:v
. :i ■ I'onri a.- a wlioie wi' .'ti it hear:-
tuntiijii.-i tii'Xi Menda>.
'ilieie were some iiuiiei'th.n-;, )iow-
evi r, that liie next iikiw in the light
fur i'rank's life r.iiglit bn di'^eeted to
ward efiorts to obtain e!eiii“^;ey frori
ilie Cuvernor of Cli'ort'ia o'’ the Stal-'
Pardon Hoard.
Vnmk Vet ilo[iefiil.
.-"itkiiita Ga., .N'ov. 23—"1 still have
hope that the death sentence against ‘ ' “iwii is di.-^app. anng.
me will not be executed.’ declar-i! ■'^nieriean tnam.facturers ar.
Leo M. Frank In tho county jail here! operated night and day and ai-
still unable to till the huge orders. One
manu!'aeturer estimated that mor«>
VorV:, Xov. 2.J—A
j laek of nr'.li'. ol oupyl.
v.ouuded on European baitieiields is
■^ho'-vr. ii.'' aril'eals to various relief ,ir-
ganizations hero and by treniendotis
oni'Ts reevivetl frcni the warning u:;-
lio;,;; !;y .Vni-'riea:! iiianu/aiturei'H. lie-
[iiilj riie.'.id ai lied iii’a:.-
i)ua."ti rs f-bow ttia t th'-. sviiiply oi
ai).^or!»e:.t eolti..::, bau(!a;ier. gaazi-'.
ui.‘.,;’ii-ties-, ioiiii'e ani) aU:i, hoi iui.l
K.ni!lar i.-.ct ^Hi'.ies is utt<'rl\ i;;-
. I.iii Ik -pitr.l.-'
:hc‘i(.- ihree
:.i at’(Ui.--
i; whi!(
' i,i *io. 1
Ae.'ks ago
;n<Tv liivye
1! il I
ilJU e
Wen
[ler .
eoa■;e■.l,'.!^■.
Cross ropcirts, Many
^iKjL'ks (,;ier;'!
.\;!”:.'.s in i-'.-enrli ihe-ji
ti'.:.l ‘'iian'lai'et," m-. tlii
wonndeu siili
!: U'.l
death."! fioal
are ri ycrt- 1
itals ref)..: I 'd
iaes aiai .4..-
bnlaui e ni ees;-it’.es are like the trea —
urea of l.ings. Gauze and anfs-
!.tatr. lue .-ieruTii an.' very iiiffieuH t,i
today, when told that Justice Uaniar
in Washington had refused to grant a
writ of error to take his case before |2.000,000 pounds of bandages and
tho United States Supreme Court for
review. The prisoner declined to make
further comment.
Following receipt here of the news
of Justice Lamar’s decision. Solicitor
General Uorsey said he would take
steps at once to have Frank re-sen
tenced.
The State Supreme Court is expected
to hand down a remitter Wednesday
and the solicitor general plans to have
gauze, had been shipped to HubsU.
Servia, Austria Germany and Prance
since the war began. One large or
der for surgical instruments has been
placed in New York by Russia.
No restrictions are made by the
Red Cross In making shipments ot
medcal supplies as fast as they can
be purchased or donated. Great quan
tities of hospital clothing supplies and
surgical dressings are being recclve.i
Frank brought before the Fulton j here from voluntary organizations ..f
county Superior Court next Friday or
Saturday to have him re-sentenced ami
the date set the third time for his exe
cution.
Mrs, Yandorbflt Patroness.
.New York, Nov. 24.—For the benefit
of the Big Sisters, a philanthropic or
ganization of which Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt is president, there will bj
a dance tonight <at the Ritz-Carltou.
Mrs. Vanderbilt is one ot the patro
nesses.
the political standing of attorneys for i-ranee, and Is in charge ot the office 1 p^j^^e the adjournment ot the N.
the defense and the tormer trial of, that depot of the French Army. I ^ conference Monday, the appoint-
the case with the publication of tho^or. Alfred Luger, an assistant instruct' j^r tho coming year were rea l
testiinony. _wouid ope^^^^ Harvard Medical School, is Washington district are.
Presiding Elder—C. L. Reed.
Aurora Circuit—W. E. Trotman.
Ayden Circuit—Haniel Lane, Jr.
Rath Circuit—J. J. Lewis.
Uethel Circuit II. E. Tripp.
Elm l'ity---J. M. Ashby.
Farnivilie Cireut—Y. E. Wright,
’’airtield—John P. Ilro.ss.
Fremont Circitit J. L. Riimley.
Greenville—Jarvis Memorial: J.
fair trial In this county. The niotlo.i tached to the medical corps of the
was denied. The special venire from' Austrian Army,
another county was refused. The Stat‘.
then asked for a special venire fro.a boars’ .\frlcan Kxpedltion,
this county to try the case and this 24.-Tho Congo Ex-
v.as also refused. I sent out by the American Mu-
Hie Trial Bog n.«. j setiri of Natural History in coopera
Thursday morning the case went
trial. The State was permitted to in
troduce tho testimony given at the
’’ormer trial by the witnesses absi at
at this tinn'—the two witne.sses who ;e
absenei* was th.- basis of the appli
cation for a continuauce.
.•\ttorneys for lh<- defense, at the
opening of the ease admitted tin k !l
ing with a dendly weapon and agreed
iContinued on Page Six)
with the llelgian Government has |
(ompleted its four years’ work in th->.
„inigle, according to advices recelvej
here. Over $50,000. was expended by Daniel,
the niu-ientn Thf> collection gathered Mattanius
consists ot 5,000 specimens, exclusive
of 15,000 invertebrates and more than
I5tjn piiges of I ata and niaiiy photo:!
Herbert Land who had charge of (he
expedition, will remain in Africa for
liie preseut.
C. Craven.
South Rocky Mount .1. C. Humble.
Stantonsburg Circuit—D. A. Cu-
trell.
Spring Hope Circuit—W. T. Phipps.
Swan Quarter—R. R. Grant,
Tarboro—H, I. Glass.
Vanceboro Circuit—W. .T. Covein?-
ton.
Wa.shlngtoii~E M. Snipe.®.
Wilson—M. llraiisha'.v.
Fiirnier Greenville pastors ar.-
assigned as follows;
women throughout the country. The
French Line steamship company is
forwarding free of charge all dona
tions of supplies for the allied soldiers
in France.
Still those in charge of the relief
work say all this response constitutes
but a friction of the vast quantity of
supplies for which the hospitals i f
Europe are appealing.
Kli-wbeth »'
Fir'* ell 11 roll
Shore.s
I ,.iii ,X
t Circuit W. P. Con-
stpble.
■McKendrei' Circuit—I-', A. 1 npti'n.
Mt, PleoKant Circuit I'. K. Pn.'-
liatn.
Nashville Circuit--J. W. Autry.
Rocky Mount—First Chureli; R.
Dunn—3. H.
Ilelo. rl,
Hi)!l.
I’re.idii;g l-'Id
M 'I' I'lyler
Smit U field-U.
I.'eii SpriTig If. M I lire.
M'etdiiii J A Hornoday.
Conference ovanglist—L. L
H n W,i
Ri^eU-ii niMriit
n. John.
The Sans Souci Book Club wishes
t > thank the people in Greenville
who have contributed to their Old
Linen Campaign and also the pcoplt*
out of Greenville who have so Kindly
seiit us packages by parcel post.
We shall continue collecting all
kind of white goods tor you can s;’d
from the above r.otiee how badly it If)
needed. 1 00k th'nugh your closet.-,
trunks, etc., and send us the whito
goods for bandages.
It does not nii;‘ter iiow badly wor.i
it i« send it on.
If you have no way to send you.’
{donation to tho l.ulies named below, iC
(!. F. you 'm!1 ' olify them they will see that;
j it IK ( a!'( d for.
I V,'e af|. sending those coutriliutif>ii>(
to ;iie X.ition.-il ill ;idf!-:urter.<? i:i N. t
V'lrk wli' r > y or.' made int i ii:ui I-
;i es :'i'.d ; ; : iKisIer m‘ diui’ rup'
^::ion. '
.'^e- il youl old linen to.
Mi:s; J I. CARPKU,
G I! W. HADLEV,
MRS. FRANK WILSON,
f
Nash.