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mmmm FORSYTH Mat. To-day 2:30 To-night at 8:30 Sophye Barnard--lieu Angler &. Co.—Chris Richards — Gaby — Heim Children—Barr & Hope—wuriel & Francis and V)thers.... T:tF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, THURSDAY. MAY 1. 1913. HE SUPREMACY OF THE It should not be necessary to say that THE LAW of the sovereign State of Geor gia IS SUPREME, that all branches of the judiciary have their proper func tions, and that those presiding over various branches of our courts are hon est and capable and will cheerfully safeguard all public interests, and at the same time perfoim their duties in a legal, time-honored way. These trite remarks are published that the public may understand that trials by newspapers, by experts, so-called, and by other persons who have no judicial functions are valueless and no cognizance should be taken of them by anybody k anywhere. \ \ \ f No Trials by Newspapers-- The Courts Will Attend to All 1 ^ Jr\ \\ • Judicial Matters in an Orderly and Legal Way, as Usual. In its slow way, perhaps, the law may seem tedious to those who are unduly hurried by what may or may not be regarded as of importance, but in the end we all have FAITH IN OUR COURTS, IN OUR JUDGES, IN THE LAW AND THE SANITY OF OUR PEOPLE. Therefore, let everybody, rich and poor, high and low, of whatever race or creed, look to THE LAW for judgment in a dignified way, and not to news papers or sensation mongers for legal advice that has no basis whatever in any law book. It is time to recall Browning’s beautiful words: ‘‘God’s in His heaven, all’s well with the world.” » 10 TESTIFY TO-DAY u Continued From Page One. factor: atir at ►’dock. CWT LRK, the mil watchman, Prank showed ilffns by rubbing ills hands, ng he had never seen him That Frank called him bhoiy i < " <- b>' >' m Vg . f <•' er> • 1 Mg k jrf m« hing he had done before, ( RRY DENHAM, one <»f the two In the office Saturday afternoon, led 'hat Frank did NOT seem nor- KptiAus wh* • H1n loYVi'ek. th . \/* ek had a habit I of r (ISORG1 W I UPS, JR - l<; I ox Street boy friend of Mary Phagan, ^stifled fej'hat Mar' Pteigan had told him pahee th at Leo M t'Yank had stood al the factory do .r When she let. t!nd had > nk t it h't itid tried tn flirt vith M left 1 facto It Ml • Bfti rni s. sc | r ’ ■ 11 That l. |th,- tynn din a Mot dnjght Sat urt aw Sa turd a Ini at certain n That he rode uptown las: Saturday: that ini to get her money at with an engagement at 2 o'clock in the ver ap'T'ared t 224 1- 1’ ter* us NOT one of ■ saw with a glia Ptu sail about ry; tinyl the girl rtiSht he was ul- >* the stune one avc In the ng. LL, an employee firm, teitiffed ithout a possl- none other an walking on et, near Hunter, be am! 12 30 Saturday a man. The man wan e was almost positive, id. Hello, Mary,” and responded, "Hello, Kd.” . policeman, tesii- Ihe base- plaln signs of gged from the e where the und.> That a was at the bottom of the shaft T H. .1 BROWN, of the nt. testified— would have been almost to s«»e the body from the negro told him he it. L. 8. Do BBS. of tin ny comment, said that "night witch” meant tchman,” in the notes found b> the side of d girl. OFFb’EK ANDERSON irs- t he attempted to get Frank his r< sidence by phone right ter the bod> was found, but.u .s to get ill in Says Frank Was Nervous. Iimony was In tin main on of what he told Th< en he was arrested His testimony came when t Frank was nervous t the fattory for his when ( 4 or> n« r Dane* to toll of i > inove- night: no factor.' to get m> YJr. Frank it the door ion to cone in. When peared ver\ nervous W into his office; then t ag ;t Jle told the night to g.t ith trie to get the and to ith me.” Gantt testii , a t while in the tory he ten . j his sister. Airs. C. Terrell, Ejst Linden that he v l(? borne aboutrD and tie n , ,j- t the factory, negr6 ai core,, , ;i v him to the her with Al t’ ley, w ent to re th*y re- Then, he ayeJT there n on, when vc. He . He said . White Uti v ’. ( Globo . d until < he went hi o'clock Build, and came on a girl friend s y night., ifi+J, and -V '’clock. H* sb era came to t hat he war n -- • - home H \ k vIorH morning and started to Marietta to visit his mother, who lives On a faun six miles east of the town. Was Discharged by Frank. Gantt testified that he had known Mary Phagan since she was 3 years old, and that lie knew her when he was timekeeper at the pencil factory. He said Frank discharged him from the factory because of a personal dif ference. Asked as to the nature of •this difference, he said that there was a shortage of $2 in his payroll and that Frank told him he must either make the amount good or be dis charged. Gantt testified that he had never heard Mary Phagan complain of her treatment at the factory and that he had never heard her say she coufd not trust Frank. While he was on the stand Gantt also threw new light on the wages paid the girls who work at the pencil factory. He said he paid off the girls, and had paid Mary Phagan every Sat urday while lu* handled the payroll. He said her weekly salary was $4.05. Asked how this was computed, he declared she received 7 1-11 cents an hour for 55 hours* w ork. CoronerDon- ehoo called attention to the fact that this did not figure up $4.05. but noth ing more was said about the matter by »Uhcr the witness or the jurymen. E. S. Skipper 224 1-2 Peters Street, declared positively that Leo Frank was not one of the men he had seen on Ti'i ity Avenue, v near Forsyth Street., j uahing a reeling girl along Satv»’da> night about 11 o’clock. Skipper inscribed the dress worn by the gill lie had seerj and declared it looked very much lik<* the one tha* Many Phagan wore >vhcn srtu wc* murdered. He was then asked to give a description of the three men win were v ith the girl. Frank was then brought in and Skipper was asked if Frank was one* of the men. He sold that I‘'rank did not "* sernble any of them. Te'ls of Mother's Worry. Skipper testified that he hud se n the body i f Mary Pk: gan at Bloo- i field's morgue, end said she looked like the girl he had seen on Trinity Avenue. He said he recognized her by her dress, parasol and the* ha i hanging down her back, lie said lie didn’t follow the girl and the three men Saturday night because it is a common occurrence to see things like that in Atlanta on Saturday night. j. \V. Goleman, the stepfather >t the dead chtld. told a pathetic story of h*?r mother's worry over her con tinued absence from home Sat uni. night. He said he left home Satur day morning before'Mary awoke, and that he had not seen her alive she • ;ist Friday effcht. ’ ! got home Saturday afternoon 4 o’clock.” testified Mr. Coleman, "and Mary had not come home; but we paid little attention to her absen c then, as she often went to a moving picture show after 'work. 1 went downtown and came back about 7:2 > o’clock, am! Mrs. Coleman met me at the door. She said Mary had not earm* home yet. and we were shocked and began to worry. My w ife said for me to eat supper and then we’d see if we could not find her. I went down town and tried to find Mary. 1 w fit to all the picture shows, and ever,, where I could think of. hut could not find her. “I went back home about 10 o’cloc k, and Mrs. Coleman was marly craz> with worr> and anxiety. 1 though- maybe Marv had gone to Marietta with her aunt, Mattie Phagan. and that she had telephoned to a neighbor thut she would not be home. 1 w« nt to all the neighbors who had toh - ! phones, but none of them had bean, from her. \V< sat up nearly all nigh: trying to figure out - hat had become of the girl, and decided to get up early and try to find her. Child Brings News of Crime. “As we were getting up the next 1 morning little Ellen Ferguson came running up the steps. My wife was excited and exclaimed that something had happened to Mury. The Ferguson girl ran into the houtv and cried that Mary had been murdered. Then sht began screaming and my wife fainted I caught a car and went downtown. 1 was* with a tr end. VYe passed de tectives leading a handcuffed negro and we followed them to the pencil factory. The mar there was not go ing to let me in until I told him who Miss Trances I lighfower The announcement of the approach ing marriage of Miss Hightower and Mr. Gustave Beauregard Sis3on, to take place Saturday afternoon, May 3, at 3 o’clock, at the Druid Hills home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bcdney Hightower, is of great inter est to Atlanta society. Only the immediate relatives of both families will witness the ceremony. Hr A ivmember whether she had ever said anything about Flank. He said she tad often said that things went on ut the factory that ware not nice, and that some of the people there tried to get fresh. “She told most of those stories to her mother,” said Mr. Colo- m:i n. The examination of J. A White, 58 Bonnie Brae Avenue, one of the two men who worked at the pencil factory Saturday afternoon, brought out for the first time the fact that in Frank’s private office there is a wardrobe or elodbt large enough for a person to hide in. He testified that the closet w as about 9 feet high and 4 f« et wide, and was direct 1? behind the door in Frank’s office. He said hi went into Frank’s office when he left the factory Saturday to borrow $2. but didn't no tice the closet The office door, h testified, was opened and resting .against it. He said lie didn’t notice whether AH'. Frank was exci-ed. Didn’t Know of Basement Room. White testified that he had no knowledge of the small room was found in the basement. II the employees of the plant son; drank cans of beer in the bus but said he had never heard < women being brought in ther< Other witnesses called durin afternoon session of the jury in* Detective T i’». Black, who is in c of the police who are working » case, and Guy Kennedy, 203 l>* i Avenue. Black te^tfied that S seeing three men and a vur; on trinuy Avenue late Saturday night. He said Skipper told him the girl he saw w or ’ white shoes and stockings. Kennedy, who is a street car con ductor on the English Avenue lim, had previously told detectives and re porters that he had sven Mary* Fha- I gan Saturday afternoon. He told th** j Coroner's jury that he was mistaken, tHut the girl he saw was not Mary Phagan He said lie thought she was until he had seen the body of the murdered girl at th morgue Terminal Official v Certain He £av Girl. GINDLER ILL Thoroughly trained, gentle, heglthy And young— -Thfrt is the guarantee that goes with -every one. of the twelve Shet land ponies The Georgian and Sun day American will award as prizes to boys and girls successful In the con test just now opening. fn othdr words, these ponies are the best to be.had, and the harness and cart tn at 8° with each pony are in keeping with the splendid little animals. There it no use in doing things by halves, The Georgian ari l American believe, and when the de cision was reached to give prizes to the boys and girls it was determined that the prizes should be of a charac ter to make the winners happy for years .to coiuc. But the ponies ore on their way, and soon may be seen by the’children of Atlanta. They are such fine little fejlows that one might almost say they can "speak for themselves." Everyone in Atlanta and the State of Georgia now seems to be interest ed in the pony contest, if the inquiries by letter and by callers are an indica tion. Those in charge of the contest are kept busy answering questions and seeing that contestants get start ed right. Rules Are Simple. This 'b> an easy matter, for the rules are Ver*y simple. The prizes go to boys ami gir’s who get the most votes, and the votes are awarded according to the number of subscriptions procured for The j Georgian and Sunday American, to gether or separately. Coupons clipped from each is»ue of The Ge >r- gian and American also count. So li payments in advance'by present sub scribers, and even payment of ar rearages by such subscribers. Thefe is only one restriction—no subscrip tion will be received for more than two years. A h eady the entrants are sufficient ly numerous to insure the success of tiie contest. There is room for more, though, and it is not too late for live contenders to enter. In fact, the real campaign has not begun in earnest. Nominations count 1,000 votes. Sen I yours along. Pleasant work, the most attractive of prizes and •impfc rules*—don’t you thtnk you could win a pony outfit? See Billy Long Free. “The Girl From Out Yonder” is the attrac tion ut the Atlanta Theater next week. The Georgian and Sunday American offer to present you with a seat for a performance at the Atlanta Theater, without cost to you, but with our complimens. The Atlanta Theater believes it has a stock company superior to any seen in the city in recent years. Every effort is being made to acquaint At- iantans with that fact. \v’e suggested that the readers of The Georgian and Sunday American are among the city’s best playgoers, and that when our readers had passed favorable ver dict on the stock company headed by Miss Billy Long their good word would insure the success of the com pany. "Good idea." said Homer George, manager of the Atlanta Theater. Then and there it wap arranged that The Georgian and American shorn j present readers with reserved sears, by way of introducing Miss Long and her competent players to a discrimi nating public. There is no contest, no guessing game, no lottery. Simply save four coupons—Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday—mail them in and get your seat. Or send in more than one complete set and get more seats. The Georgian and American have nothing to gain except,the pleasure of adding to your enjoyment. We hope you will avail yourself of the offer. vineed that the girl who created a scene.there last week, when the man she was with attempted to board a train, was Mary Phagan. Clark came out to-day with a story that substantiates, in part at least, the story told by iho two station guards who watched the couple’s pe culiar actions. Clark asserts that the Incident oc curred on Saturday rather than Fri day, and the man, when he finally abandoned his trip at the girl’s ex- postui&Monsy went to the check roo*n and put in his traveling bag. Clark says lie remembers distinctly that the* identification tag on the bag bore the mark of the ‘ National Pen cil Company." Now Evidence Is Favorable to Mnllinax. Further ♦ vadohee* favorable to Ar thur MulMnax. one of the suspects held* in connection- with the Phagan inystci y. * dovelopt d to-day when ! » t | W. Adams, a street car conductor, as- lo rtcd that E. L. Sentell. on whose identification Muliinax lias been held, ad ill ! ques E r ou tmmedii that he w:< lullinax wit Saturday night. Adams said iha doubt as to win Muliinax was Ma llobinson. Mullina It has been sho inson. on Saturd; accompanied Mull \vn» dressed much i Alarj Sen to her t \ copied in Phagan or Peail ; sweetheart, i that Pv all Rob- j night when she j .x to Vhe theater.! : <■ Mary Phagan. : DEMOCRATS PREFARE TO. DEAL COMMITTEE JOBS . . WASHINGTON. May 1. As soon as the traiff bill is disposed of, the ! Democratic members of the House J Ways and Means Committee, who) < institute the Democratic commit-1 Lee on committees, will begin parcel- j Ing out committee assignments. For- j iy . hairmunshij's and about 300 com mittee memberships are to be divided { among 147 members. > JOB”FOR ANOTHER ‘ORIGINAL WILSON MAN” U. S —Will R. . O:*og\. an "original ts to-day appointed r the United States rdc* by Secretary rior Department. WASHINGTON. May 1—The first important opposition to the Under wood tariff bill manifested itself at the White House to-day in a conference between the President and 14 West ern Senators Chamberlain and Lane, Oregon: Astlur’st and Smith, Arizona; NVwiamls anti Pittman. Nevada; Stone arid Redd, Missouri: Myers and Walsh. Montana; Thomas and Shaf- roth,. Coiurxjpi Hitchcock, Nebraska; Thompson. Kansas. Upon, the result of tint's conference will be based the President's decision —whether he will stick to his de mands for free sugar -and wool and take his chances of passing the bill over tlie majority opposed to these schedules in the Senate, or retreat from this position and make Certain the passage of the bill. One of the principal arguments ad vanced by New lands in his plea against free sugar at the White House to-day was a table which he pro duced showing tb;\t the average de cline in the stock of live beet sugar companies Sifieg the announcement of the Democratic free sugar policy was 54 per /cent, while the decline in the trust stock was only 11 per cent. Sen ator NVwlands told the President that this 'proved conclusively that the sugar combination would be the most materially benefited by the free sugar schedule. “Endurance Cure” for Tariff Talkers Wins. WASHINGTON. May 1. The House to-day entered on the fourth lap of tjie tariff bill grind, the wood schedule ^being, under consideration. Majority Leader Underwood’s ”en- d am> cube” for tlreUss tariff talk ers was beginning to bring results, and members who at the outset were ■ nstantiy on their ter pose • • M >n> an-' ask qu. Ions sN m,.■- seat as til. R a ki ng\ r • *' Resists Judge Speer’s Order Awarding $82,287 Payments and $10,000 Costs. MACON, GA„ May 1.—Develop ments to-day in the bankruptcy ca.e of YV. A. Huff, which has been in liM- gation in the t'nited States District Court since 1808, indicated that this case will, hardly be terminated fo: several years. Judge Emory Spent to-day passed an order awarding pay ments aggregating $82,28with cost ■ of about $• 0.OOd .andper cent in terest if appeal is taken. Notice of appeal has been given. There is now' $94,000 in the posses sion of the court, besides unsold as sets. If tl case should be settled now. Colonel Huff would have a large surplus and two of his children would each get $8,000. Not only will Colonel Huff appeil the decree, but several of*the cre’i itors will also file objections, as the order requires them to pay 10 per ce it of their claims t.. the attorneys wt. tiled the original' 5)111 in the case fout, teen years ago. Mayor Blocks Move To Limit Beer Zone Vetoes Resolution Making Block Near Terminal Station ’Dry’ as ‘Foolish.’ Mayor Woodward to-day vetoed the resolution of Council cutting out of the beer zone the block on Madison Avenue between Hunter and Mitchell Streets. The light is over a single saloon and Council has reversed itself several times on the proposition since it came up several weeks ago. Mayor Woodward stated that on ac count of the proximity to the Termi nal station, it is a good location for beer saloons. He added that Council has the right to reject any and all beer saloon permits, and “that it is foolish for Council to pass a law to prevent itself from doing a thing.” Continued From Pags 1. Fourth National Bank: J. K. Ottley, vie* president. Charles Ryan, cashier, and W. T. Ferkerson, assistant cash ier. dented the statement of Alderman McClelland that they had information regarding these beer loan transac tions. Councilman W. G. Humphrey ex plained how, just before Mayor Winn took his oath of office in January, 1911, the Mayor called him to his d'- fice and told him he would be made chairman of the police committe . Mayor Winn, he said, informed him he- had changed his decision to ap point Alderman Spratling because of rumors that had reached him. Neighbor Ruled Out. J. R. Wesley, a next-door neighbor of Alderman Spratling, wanted :o testify. He admitted, however, that he was personally unfriendly to the Alderman and that his evidence was based or. hearsay. His testimony was ruled out. Many witnesses were called in the investigation of the case qf Alderman I. N- Ragsdale, most of them being competitors in the stock business with the Alderman. The most imp*/F- tant points developed were the state ment of J. R. Lawhon thai he sold stock to .the city despite the objec tions of Alderman Ragsdale and the statements of several of the stock- men that Alderman Ragsdale got ex ceptionally good prices for the old mules and horses he sold for the city. $35,000,000 IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED BY GRAND TRUNK CHICAGO, Maj 1.—Plans for tbs expenditure of ’$35,000,000 for im provement of its lines and additional equipment in time to move next fall's crops in the Northwest were an nounced to-day by officials of the Grand Trunk Railroad. The company intends to build 30,000 new T freight cars,” 350 freight locomo tives and 40 passenger locomotives this summer. i RIVER STEAMER SINKS. LOUISVILLE, KY„ May l.— 1 Tive. passengers and crew of the steamer Fountain City were saved when the ship s ink in the Cumberland River at Robertspert. Ky. The loss to the steamer’s owners was $20,000. SEVERAL STUDENTS OF THE SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE WALK INTO 0000 POSITIONS ; FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS ATLANTA FLORAL CO. Both Phones Numbe< 4. 41 Peachtree: ATLANTA T HEATER Matinees Wed . nd Sat Mights 15c to 50c ALL THIS WEEK | Except Wed. & Thurs. Mights ! Miss BILLY LONG And Company In A Butterfly on the Wheet First Time In Atlenta This Week F4ats. Tuds., Thurs., Sal. BILLY THE KSD A DRAMA OF THE WEST. With the Young American Star, BERKELY HASWELL. Home Again With Vaudeville New Pupils Arriving, While Others Who Are Finishing Their Courses Are Daily Going Out Into Good Positions. Several new arrivals to-day at the Southern Shorthand and Business University, 1" West Mitchell Street. This busy school gets busier every day. If you want a good position, the quickest way to secure it is to take, a course In shorthand or bookkeeping at this well-known institution. The public is rapidly becoming aware of this fact, and that is the reason why the Southern's patronage Is larger than the combined patronage of any oth -r two business colleges of this section. Cal! upon Atlanta’s prominent busi ness men and ask their advice— Then call at the Southern, 10 West Mitchell Street, and sea its facilities. It looks businesslike! Plenty of teachers and thorough training have made Jhe business men its friends. They want and prefer the South ern’s students, and this fact accounts for its great popularity. Of the several who have just ac cepted positions secured for them by the managers of the Southern. Mr. \Y. H. Jenkins, placed with the important iirm of "The Knight Tire and Rubber Company, of Atlanta." writes under date of April 28tli, as follows: “I recently attended the Southern Shorthand hnfl Business University, and do not regret the time I spent there, for It has bern worth more to me than any other one thing It is worth one’s while to get in touch with the Southern's excellent teachers, who are considered the 1 est in the State. "In fact, the Southern is the best Business College in this State, and I would advise those ’desiring a Busi- W. H. JENKINS. Who Goes With That Prominent Firm, The Knight Tire and Rubber Com pany, After Taking a Course in the Southern Shorthand and Business University. ness Education to attehd this ble institution.” The beautiful college penr gold and purple, have just arrj may be obtained at B0 cents , Enter now. Send for Address A. <2. Briscoe. Pres., Arnold. Vice Pres., Atlanta. Prof. Thus. L. Bryan, lej representative.