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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
5
Banner dispatch details the rescue of Leo M. Frank's body from a Marietta crowd that had planned to mutilate and burn it. Judge Newt Morris persuaded the mob to allow burial, the body moved by wagon and car to Atlanta, amid a chase by hundreds of cars, with officials coordinating efforts to preserve order and avoid further violence.
The governor orders full effort to identify and arrest those responsible for the Marietta lynching of Leo Mrank two miles from Cobb County. Prompt reports are to be sent to the governor’s office as progress is made, following early morning dispatch to the Cobb County sheriff.
Eye witness accounts recount a mob taking Leo Frank from a car in broad daylight near Marietta, suspending him by a rope from a tree, and removing his clothing before his body was found with multiple wounds. Judge Newt Morris recalls how the mob saved the body from burning as it was brought to Atlanta.
Governor N. H. Harris voiced deep distress at the Wrank case, saying the state has suffered a great wrong. He, in a somber tone, urged Georgians to uphold law and order and condemned the tragedy.
Special to the Banner Center Ga Aug 17 1915 the program lists a 2 oclock Saturday Aug 21 convention at Redstone church including Center Attica and Redstone districts of Jackson county. events include prayers songs readings subjects by Eloise Bennett Bessie Walker and others, addresses by Rev James Cooper and W A Wright, delegate enrollment and officer election, with all delegates invited to attend.
Albon Reed son of Mr and Mrs T W Reed of this city graduates from the University of Georgia law class on June 2 and will practice in Athens in Judge Horace M Holden's office. He has had strong training and broad backing as he enters the profession. Meanwhile Georgia regiments gather in Fitzgerald for their annual reunion meeting old foes from fifty years past are noted.
Edward S. Wade, a former Athens man, interviews Senator Ben Tillman in Skagway on the Sophia voyage to Alaska. Tillman defends Wilson, calls Republicans too dead to revive, and predicts a Democratic win in 1912 with Wilson re-elected and the Democrats gaining the House.
A planned schedule between Athens and Washington via Lexington and Crawford aims to boost Athens retail trade. Local leaders petitioned county commissioners to repair a five mile impassable strip in Oglethorpe county and may use convict labor. The route, passing through strong local counties, is expected to bring substantial business to Athens merchants.
Miss Effe Kell a 20 year old from near Watkinsville Georgia died after ingesting Paris Green and attempting to shoot herself. She had been heartbreakingly deserted by her fiancé on the day they were to marry and died about a day later. Atlanta reports note nineteen poisonings by consuming buttermilk this week with churning still common in Georgia homes.
New Orleans, La. ranked second among U.S. ports in total foreign commerce for the 1914 15 fiscal year with 289 000 000 a decline of six million New York led with 4 443 000 000 indicating shifts in trade patterns and port activity.
Aug. 17 delegates at the annual American Federation of Catholic Societies convention in Toledo discussed immigration. Charles K. Way of Boston warned against falsehoods about socialism and urged action over statistics, praising the Common Cause Society for reducing socialist activity in Massachusetts.
Milledgeville Ga August 17 President J C McAuliffe announced appointments to Georgia Weekly Press association committees with ex officio member president. Executive committee H M Stamley Atlanta C B E Burns Butler Paul F Callahan Decatur W G Sutlive Gavansab Ernest Camp Monroe. Memorial Frank Reagan McDonough R Beckham Dublin J C Willams Greenport Finance W A Shackleford Lasington R M Milikin Jomup Commerce
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