The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 17, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUMNE X
MEMBER OF UNITED PRESS.
BALLINGER. RUNNELS COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY AUGU- ’ 7 O'.
Price 5 Cents
WE CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU with everything necessary
for the suslenance and comforts of life. Phone 37.
Kirk & Mack
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(By United Press)
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug., 17.—Leo M.
Frank, convicted for murdering Mary
Phagan, and whose death sentence was
commuted to life imprisonment by Gov.
Slayton, was taken from the Milledge-j1
ville jail by a mob of twenty-five mask-
ed men and lynched last night. The
mob overpowered Warden Smith and
placing Frank in an auto hurriedly car-
ried him to a point near Marietta," the
home of Mary Phagan where his body
was found hanging to a tree this morning.
DEMONSTRATION WORK TO
FORE Y. M. B. L
A move is oil foot and a call will
he issued, lor a meeting of the Bu-dnes-
..eague to he held probahK
not
I than
the
Friday
question
•moon
out.
the president of th
Doose, returns fron
business trip out (
a
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demoiistratti
be discussed
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to the idea
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MILLEDGEY1LLE, Ga., Aug it —
There is considerable my ster\ surround-
ing the kidnapping from the jail here
last night and the lynching of Leo M.
Frank. Frank was serving a life sen-
tence on the Georgia prison farm, and
since being injured by an attack made
on him by a fellow pri-oner, he has
been kept in the Milledgeville jail, one
of the best and safest prisons in the
state. The mob that taken him from
the jail last night had planned their
work well and the plans were carried
out without a hitch.
Previous to the attack all wires lead-
ing to the jail had been cut. Frank was ;
placed in an auto and the death car was
RECEIVER
IS NAMED
FOR ROAD
it tins time, and it >i opium:
cry man that the interest of the i->:u:tf
would be better served if *oim- plan cm
be Hoiked out wherein the dent > ;-ti .
tor can go a head with his work.
Scvcia. plans ha>lien sucue>t •:
and at the proposed meeting some ;>lar.
will no doubt lie adopted. The call tor
the meeting will be made as soon as
iiltsiness l.ea-g le w !i a>. reeiat ■ -u .
estions and expre sions from the citi-
zen; and e>pe'-iail\ from the ‘dinners
who should hi- more directly interest-
ed in the demonstration work. Amplt
notice of the meeting, place, hour, etc
will he given and even citizen in Bal-
linger will he urged to be present.
It If Cuitol Prijt-
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17.—Bcnjaminc
Bush, president of the Missouri Paci-
fic, Iron Mountain, was today named
receiver for the Iron Mountain railroad,
followed by a half dozen other big cars j in answer to a petition filed by the St
containing about twenty-five men lieav- ! Louis Steel Company for a claim <>■
ily masked
Frank had recovered from the attack
made on his life two months ago, and
it was thought the sentiment so strong
Against him when the governor of Gco-
ghl commuted his death sentence to lilc j I uesday.
imprisonment was dying out.
Frank’s wife was making her home
with friends at Milledgeville, and learn
ing of the lynching of Frank the wo-
man became prostrated and her life
condition today is dangerous.
Frank's case was the most noted in
the annals of Georgia. He was con-
victed on circumstancial evidence, sn
ported by that of a negro accomplic
and his punishment fixed at death. Tj
higher courts held good the finding <
the trial court and it was not until ,
Gov. Slayton extended leniency and com •
muted the sentence to life impri-onmi r.t i ,
was the jury’s verdict thwarted, bran* J
was attacked while asleep on his hunk j t
after being placed in the penitentiary • 1
and a fellow prisoner with a butcher p*
knite almost severed Frank s jugiar, j
and for a time it was thought he would 1 t!
$55,000. asking that the road be plact
in the hands of a receiver.
G. W. Ray of the Maverick country
was transacting business in Ballinger
GOVERNMENT GIVES
TICK INFORMATION
I A
few swims throng
cm which is
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stockmen
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the arsenical
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...TONIGHT...
WHITE CITY
William Fox, Presents
Nance O’Neill, in
“Kreulzer Sonata"
With Wm. E. Shay and
Theda Bara the “Vam-
pire Woman.”
See tonight Count Tolstoi’s
Greatest Masterplay 1 f
Emotion. Greater than
“The Resurrection”
Last Night Here
O'Brien & Donglr
in an entire change
All New Vaudeville
Prices Slightly Higher
Children 10c Adult 20c
Reserved Seats 30c
Cheaper if you buy a
Coupon Book
>> (HIT t
NOTE—Admmission Price is Controlled by the Flaker
heture.
oi Mus T3;
nor and your count\ hack -their tick>
The case has attracted attention all hurt your cattle,
over tin nation and many are free to! ^ 011 cant do it alone, but you and
express the opinion of Frank's inno- : your neighbors working together can
cence. * do it. and enrich y our county’".
____ j Five cents' worth oi arsenic per head
I is all it costs after the vat is built. A
vat cost only $50 to $too. and will dip
jail the cattle as often as needed. The
only other costs are driving the cattle
j to the vat and handling them in the
1 hath.
TOM GREEN COUNTY
WANTS DEMONSTRATOR
prominent Visitor child attacked
ADVISES ON SHIPPING BY A MAD FOX
an
1 li*
whole cost,
county and
doing their
the profits, i
its p
share.
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T!
- | The United States Department of
( San Amrclo Standard) Agriculture will help you from the
George P. McLellandf the government start, ( 1) hi sending it experts to heip
demonstrator who converted the cot-i you and your county organize to fight
ton fields of Runnels county into di- the tick. (_• 1 !>> supplying plans for
versified farms, is now at liberty to ac-j and superv ising the construction of tin-
rent another engagement, hi> contract ' vat, (3) by del;tiling a field expert to
with Runnels county having expired | supervise the dipping,
during the past week. j The Department, however, can not pay
Mr. McLelland has made one o: th
biggest records ever produced 1
agricultural demonstrator in lex:
received a salary of $1800 per annum, j .'
Of this sum $1000 was paid by th* I pi
federal department of agriculture and j
$Soo i- paid by Runnels county. So i.irlbi
had the work advanced in Runnels conn 1 S
tv before the termination of the con- :
tract that three of the county cotninis- take a hand. 'I hat i
sinners did not see the necessity of j cry state and county that has been
spending an additional $800 lor an-1 freed from this money-wasting pest
mother year’s engagement. j But somebody has to start. Be a
S, It is probable that negotiations will j starter. Write today to the Secretary
\ opened between the Chamber of . of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. for
fierce and Mr. McLelland if the result-getting, profit-making advice on
r* encouragement is received from j how' to get rid of your ticks and how
n Green county commissioners. ‘ to start the dip-the-tick movement.
V\ 11 Cleveland, secretary of the
1 Eratli C minty Marketing Association,
joi Stephenville, Texas, was a promin-
j cut visitor in Ballinger Monday. Mr.
Cleveland was making an effort to sell
j some ol the •surplus apple crop from his
j county , and made several good sales
| All other crops are about harvested in
I that county said Mr. Cleveland, and hi
j thought Runnels County might be able
some of her watermelons
tlier fruit, thus n-eiproci.it
to
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your nuiLMinor mu*
o lielp you interest
the county will be
ext county, ai
. interested,
the State
ic history o
l*rown 111 I irue (juantitius near Stephen-
ville, and the flavor is said to be the
best. Samples of his fruit were dis-
tributed by Mr. Cleveland, and all
| clajnis for superority are bortn out
and ynore.
ThV Eratli County man said ^Imt
there was a Lumper corn crop raped in
his cqunty, that very little maize was
grouty and that Funnels maize would
be bought there to fatten tiieir hogs and
stock; shipping their corn fpr greater
profit.*"
Last Saturday night a fox that must
j have been rabid entered the bunk house
I at the \\ . II. Bachier ranch in this
countv and savagely attacked "1. lb”
the ten-year-old son oi Mr. Bachier,
j says the < )zona Stockman.
In the early part of the night the boy
awoke to find the animal standing di-
rectly over his hind. Think it, in the
darkness, a cat or dog. lie put out his
hand to push it aw.p. when the brute
bit him several times on tlie hand and
arm. Ilis cries and the yells of the
man sleeping with him aroused lie
ranch and the fox was soon attacked
>11
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wound >
left wit
re cautt r
urn Frid
i Institute at Austin.
fox was also take
i tion and analysis.
Icr tl
The In
there 1
e Pasteur
id of the
>r dissce-
V
I ?r. and Mrs. \\. W. Fowler and
Mrs. \\. C. Penn and children left
Tuesday morning in tin doctor’s auto
to spend a few days ? hristoval.
(By United Press)
! NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug., 17—A
direct wireless message received here
! from Galveston brings the first news
since early last night of the damage in
i that city. The wireless says the city is
'safe, and the water is receeding. Five
people perished so far reported, and prop-
erty damage will exceed a million dollars.
Two big fires are raging in the city. Big
ships damaged and many crafts destroy-
ed. The wind is blowing at 30 mile today*
1089 LIVES
LOST WITH
TRANSPORT
Bu 1jntud Pream
LONDON’, Aug. 17.—The British
transport Royal Edward was sunk by'
a German submarine in the Aegen sea
yesterday. The transport was loaded
with British soldiers and 1000 were
lo-t when the ship was destroyed.
GERMAN’S CAPTURE
ANOTHER FORT.
By United Press
BERLIN, Aug. 17.—The capture of
the for:- at Ivin no with a small supply
of ammunition and guns, was reported
By i'ntted Press
HOUSTON, Aug. 17.—All means of
communication with Galveston was cut
off last night, and the only report re-
ceived from that city today comes by
the w ay of w ireless out of New Orleans
Efforts of the wireless station at Fort
Sam Houston failed to bring response .
irom Galveston after eight o’clock last
night.
Up to a late hour today the extent of
the damage is not known. Before all
communication were cut off last night,
reports from the island city stated that
the water had risen to a depth of ten
feet in the city and was pouring over
the seawall.
Jt is known here that the storm is a
repetition of the iooo storm, and that
the sea wall is responsible for the sav-
ing of lives.
SUPERVISOR EXPLAINS
EDUCATIONAL LAWS
DON’T THROW YOUR HATS
j AWAY—
Bring them to me and I will make
j them new at a surprisingly small price,
j \\ ork done bv Houston Hat Co. Phone
558. N. PASSUR. “Watch Me Grow."
13-d-tf.
25 county school trustees met
iliici- of County Superintendent
Monday afternoon, listening to
anation ol recent educational
t!
* I
slature o
Superv is
**********
TODAY’S ODDEST STORY.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 17.—
“Has a bill collector the right
to carry a gun ?
This is the question before
state officials today, following the
request for an opinion by J. A.
Sclitnahl,. secretary of state.
**********
am said that the re-
had placed Texas _’5
the state
previous
HOUSTON BECOMES
SEAPORT WEDNESDAY
ead o! her self, that
behind other states
iction. He stated that
HOUSTON, Tex. .Aug. 17.—Forty
inly 8 i Texas beeves the fattest that could be
>tatf' were worse off than Texas as ! found, were killed, quartered and dress
to scholastic advancement, seven of j ed today for the big barbecue tomor-
tliese states being harder to make a liv- | row when Houston becomes the new-
ing in than this. The supervisor stat- , esc of the world’s seapons. 'Hie first
ed ill it out of every 100 children of a steamship to carry a cargo <"r tn New
scholastic age Texas, only 46 were ^ ork to Houston will arrive in Hous-
found at their desks in the schoolroom
“While this may not be true of Run-
nel; County, it is true of this state of i Steamship Co.
Texas.” said the supervisor “The ! The people of Houston are ready to
law - passed by our last legislature ; day to make her arrival the occasion
— for the biggest celebration the city
ton harbor at noon. She .« the Satillo
of the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies
(Contmuea on Last Page.)
EVENTS IN THE WAR ONE
YEAR AGO TODAY
r> _ .11 seat of government re-
in ed to Antwerp. German cav-
alry approaching Brussels.
F-- nch claim continued forward
r. ".eni it in Alsace and capture of
< ■ Alsatian regiment.
i\''.'sia says Austrians suffer
severely in sabre engagement on
1 rentier
The Adriatic is swept clear of
Austrian warships by a French
fleet. Four vessels sunk.
The Kaiser reported to have left
for th6 battlefront in Alsace.
Wealthy' Americans reach New
York in steerage.
. ever lias held. The entire populace will
! gather along the hanks of the new
j ship channel to welcome the freighter.
Every person will be invited to eat his
fill. Several United States and State
j officials will be present.
The new waterway reaches from Gal-
veston bay 50 miles inland to Houston,
bringing tide water that mill'll nearer
j the heart of the Lone Star State. The
j channel is from 25 to 28 feet in depth
j and wide enough at its narrowest point
1 tor two ocean-going vessels to pass.
Its construction cost approximately $5,-
; 000,000, shared about equally’ by the
United States and a local navigation
, district.
, The city of Houston is spending $3,-
I 000,000 more to equip the harbor with
terminal facilities of the most modem
j type. Regular service will be inaugu-
rated tomorrow between Houston and
New York, with at least three steamers
a month.
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 17, 1915, newspaper, August 17, 1915; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1137858/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.