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From 1905 to 1907, Frantz was employed by ''The Shreveport Times,'' the only daily newspaper still in publication in Shreveport. Thereafter, Frantz became in 1907 the Shreveport city auditor and subsequently secretary to the city council as well as secretary to Mayor Ernest R. Bernstein.<ref name=bio/> Within a year, however, Frantz left the municipal positions to become the city editor of ''The Shreveport Journal.''<ref name=bio/> Two years later, his uncle, Andrew Jackson "A. J." Frantz, Jr. (1877-1947), became the president of the Journal Publishing Company and was thereafter an editorial writer for the paper.<ref name=ajfrantz>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55065913|title=Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

From 1905 to 1907, Frantz was employed by ''The Shreveport Times,'' the only daily newspaper still in publication in Shreveport. Thereafter, Frantz became in 1907 the Shreveport city auditor and subsequently secretary to the city council as well as secretary to Mayor Ernest R. Bernstein.<ref name=bio/> Within a year, however, Frantz left the municipal positions to become the city editor of ''The Shreveport Journal.''<ref name=bio/> Two years later, his uncle, Andrew Jackson "A. J." Frantz, Jr. (1877-1947), became the president of the Journal Publishing Company and was thereafter an editorial writer for the paper.<ref name=ajfrantz>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55065913|title=Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Frantz worked in the unsuccessful mayoral campaign of J. Claiborne Foster and as assistant secretary for the Shreveport-based Louisiana State Fair from 1916 to 1918, when he returned full-time to ''The Shreveport Journal.'' He was ''The Journal'' managing editor from 1919 to 1942 and editor from 1947 until 1953.<ref name=bio/> After 1925, he worked under his former roommate, the Journal president and publisher, the senior Douglas Attaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Attaway&GSfn=Douglas&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1957&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=53534190&df=all&|title=Douglas Fisher Attaway, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Frantz worked in the unsuccessful mayoral campaign of J. Claiborne Foster and as assistant secretary for the Shreveport-based Louisiana State Fair from 1916 to 1918, when he returned full-time to ''The Shreveport Journal.'' He was ''The Journal'' managing editor from 1919 to 1942 and editor from 1947 until 1953.<ref name=dict>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-f/|title=Frantz, Dolph|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (F), publication of the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 23, 2019}}</ref> After 1925, he worked under his former roommate, the Journal president and publisher, the senior Douglas Attaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Attaway&GSfn=Douglas&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1957&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=53534190&df=all&|title=Douglas Fisher Attaway, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Throughout his career, Frantz was particularly active in the fight for [[prohibition]], having had unfavorable with drunks on Shreveport streets prior to the banning of the sale of alcoholic beverages.<ref name=bio/>

Throughout his career, Frantz was particularly active in the fight for [[prohibition]], having had unfavorable with drunks on Shreveport streets prior to the banning of the sale of alcoholic beverages.<ref name=bio/>

In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver (1884-1934);<ref name=eldaf>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/elda_frantz|title=Elda Frantz|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref> after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn. Frantz also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> and a delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, which met in [[Chicago]] to nominate [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for a third term as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franko-franzke.html|title=Franklyn to Frase|publisher=''The Political Graveyard''|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>

In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver (1884-1934);<ref name=eldaf>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/elda_frantz|title=Elda Frantz|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref> after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn.<ref name=dict/>Frantz also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> and a delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, which met in [[Chicago]] to nominate [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for a third term as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franko-franzke.html|title=Franklyn to Frase|publisher=''The Political Graveyard''|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>

Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. Like his first wife Elda, his uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., Frantz is interred at the historic Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=ajfrantz/><ref name=eldaf/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> Frantz was sufficiently prominent that ''[[The New York Times]]'' filed an article on his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/07/08/archives/dolph-g-frantz-66-shreveport-editor.html|title=Dolph G. Frantz, 66, Shreveport Editor|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=July 8, 1953|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>

Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. Like his first wife Elda, his uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., Frantz is interred at the historic Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=ajfrantz/><ref name=eldaf/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> Frantz was sufficiently prominent that ''[[The New York Times]]'' filed an article on his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/07/08/archives/dolph-g-frantz-66-shreveport-editor.html|title=Dolph G. Frantz, 66, Shreveport Editor|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=July 8, 1953|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>