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THE ATT. A NT A GEOPGTAM AND NEWS. THURSDAY. MAY 1. 1013.
TESTIFY TO-DAY
E
Miss Frances I lightovver
The announcement of the approach
ing marriage of Miss Hightower and
Mr. Gustave Beauregard Srison, to take place Saturday afternoon, May 3, at 3 o’clock, at the
Druid Hills home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bedney Hightower, is of great inter
est to Atlanta society. Only the immediate relatives of both families will witness the ceremony.
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twenty minutes on Saturday night,
testified—
That Frank appeared nervous
and apprehensive when he saw
him at the factory at about 6
o’clock.
NEWT LKE, tlie night watchman,
testified—
That Fyank showed signs of
nervousness by rubbing his hands,
something he had never seen him
do before. That Frank called him
on the ’phone about 7 o’clock in
the evening to see if everything
was “all right,” something he
never had done before.
HARRY DENHAM, one of the two
men in the office Saturday afternoon,
testified—
That Frank did NOT seem ner
vous when he saw him at 8
o’clock; that Frank had a habit
of rubbing his hands.
GEORGE W. EPPS, JR.. 246 Fox
Street, boy friend of Mary Phagan,
testified—
That Mary Phagan had told him
once that Deo M. Frank had stood
at the factory door when she left
and had winked at her and tried
to flirt. That he rode uptown
with Mary last Saturday; that
she left him to get her money at
the factory, with an engagement
to meet him at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon, but never appeared.
E. S. SKIPPER. 224 1-2 Peters
Street, testified—
That Frank was NOT one of
the three men lie saw with a girl
resembling Mary Phagan about ^
midnight Saturday; that the girl
he saw Saturday night he was al
most certain was the name one
whose dead body he saw in the
morgue Monday morning.
EDGAR L. SENTELL, an employee
of Knmper’s grocery firm, ^testified—
That he saw. without a possi
bility of a mistake, none other
’ than Mary Phagan walking on
Forsyth Street, near Hunter, be
tween 11:30 and 12:30 Saturday
night, with a man. The man was
Mullinax, he was almost positive.
That he said. "Hello, Mary,” and
that she responded, "Hello, Ed.”
R. M. LASSITER, policeman, testi
fied—
That he had inspected the base
ment and had found plain signs of
a body being dragged from the
elevator to the place where the
—■ body of Mary was found. That a
parasol tvas at the bottom of the
elevator shaft.
SERGEANT R. J. BROWN, of the
police department, testified—
That It would have been almost
impossible to see the body from
the point the negro told him he
first saw it.
SERGEANT L. S. DOBBS, of the
police department, testified —
That Lee, without anyone else
making any comment, said that
the words "night witch*’ meant
‘‘night watchman,” ii^ the notes
that were found by the side of
the dead girl.
CALL OFFICER ANDERSON tes
tified—
That he attempted to get Frank
at his residence by phone right
after the body was found, but was
unable to get him.
Gantt Say* Frank Was Nervous.
Gantt’s testimony was in the main
a corroboration of what he told 1 he
Georgian when he was arrested. His
most striking testimony came when
lie declared that Frank was nervous
when he called at the factory for his
shoes. He said when Coroner Done-
hoo asked him to tell of his move
ments Saturday night:
T went to the factory to get my
t-hoes and met Mr. Frank at the door
and got permission to come in. When
he saw me he appeared very nervous
and started back into his office; then
he came out again. He told the night
watchman to go with me to get the
shoes and to stay with me.”
Gantt testified that while in the
factory he telephoned his sister. Mrs.
F. C. Terrell, of 284 East Linden
Street, that he would be home about 9
o’clock, and then he left the factory,
the negro accompanying him to the
door. He said he, together with Ar
thur White and C. G. Bagley, went to
the Globe pool room, where they re
mained until 10:10 o’clock. Then, he
*aid, he went home and stayed there
till 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, when
he ieft and came downtown He
called on a girl friend Sunday night,
he testified, and stayed at her home
till ii o’clock. He said he didn’t know
the officers ramp to his home Sunday
night; that he was not told of their
visit by his sister. He said he left
his sister’s home at 8 o’clock Monday
morning and started to Marietta to
visit his mother, who lives on a farm
six miles east of the tow n.
Was Discharged by Frank.
Gantt testified that he had known
Mary Phagan since she was 3 years
old, and that he 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
hat Fr ink told him he must either
lake the amount good or be dis-
Gantt justified that he had never
ieard Mary Phagan complain of her
treatment at the factory and that he
had never heard her say she could
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 he handled the payrolj.
He said her weekly salary was $4.05;
Asked how %his was computed, he
declared ahe received 7 1-11 cent* an
hour for 55 hours’ work. Coroner Don-
ehoo called attention to the fact that
this did not figure up $4.06, but noth
ing more was said about the matter
/ oy fither the witness or the Jurymen.
K. E. Skipper 224 1 -2 Peters Street,
declared positively that Leo Fjank
was not one of the men he had seen
on Trinity Avenue, near Forsyth
Stree*, rushing a reeling girl along
Saturday night about 11 o’clock.
Skipper described the dress worn by
the girl he had seen and declared It
looked very much lifer the one that
Ma.y Phagaii wore when »he was
murdered. He was then asked to give
a depcrlption of the three men who
were with the girl. Frank was then
brought in and Skipper w'as asked If
Frank was one of the men. He said
that Frank did not resemble any of
them.
Tells of Mother’s Worry.
Skipper testified that he had se*n
the body cf Mary Phagan at Bloom-
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 hair
hanging down her back. He said he
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. W. Coleman, the stepfather of
the dead child, told a pathetic story
of her mothers worry over her con
tinued absence from home Saturday
night. He said he left home Satur
day morning before Mary awoke, and
that he had not seen her alive since
last Friday night.
"1 got home Saturday afternoon at
4 o’clock," testified Mr. Coleman, “and
Mary had not come home; but we
paid little attention to her absence
then, as she often went to a moving
picture show after work. I went
downtown and came back about 7:20
o’clock, and Mrs. Coleman met me at
the door. She said Mary had not
come home yet, and we were shocked
and began to worry. My wife said for
me to eat supper and then we’d see if
we could not find her. I went dpwn-
town and tried to find Mary. I went
to all the picture show*, and every
where I could think of, but could not
find her.
"1 went back home about 10 o’clock,
and Mrs. Coleman was nearly crazy
with worry and anxiety. I thought
maybe Mary’ had gone to Marietta
with her aunt, Mattie Phagan, and
that she had telephoned to a neighbor
that she would not be home. I went
to all the neighbors who had tele
phones, but none of them had heard
fr im her. We sat up nearly all night
trying to figure out what 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
morning little Ellen Ferguson came
running up the steps. My wife was
excited and exclaimed that something
had happened to Mary. The Ferguson
girl ran Into the houfc*e and cried that
Mary had been murdered. Then she
began screaming and my wife fainted.
1 caught a car and went downtown. 1
was with a friend. We passed de
tectives leading a handcuffed negro,
and we followed them to the pencil
factory. The man there was not go
ing to let me in until I told him who
I was. Then 1 went in and did all 1
could to help in the investigation
which the detectives had started.”
Mr. Coleman testified that he had
several times heard Mary speak of
her employers, but had paid little at
tention to her statements’. He didn’t
remember whether she had ever said
anything about Frank. He said she
had often said that things went on at
the factory that were not nice, and
that some of the people there tried to
get fresh. “She told most of those
stories to her mother,” said Mr. Cole
man.
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
closet large enough for a person to
hide in. He testified that the closet
was about 9 feet high and 4 feet wide,
and was directly behind the door in
Frank’s office. He said he 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 he didn’t notice
whether Mr. Frank was excited.
Didn’t Know of Basement Room.
White testified that he had no
^knowledge of the small room which
was found in the basement. He said
the employees of the plant sometimes
drank cans of beer in the basement,
but said he had never heard of any
women being brought in there
Other witnesses called during the
afternoon session of the Jury included
Detective J. R. Black, who is in charge
of the police who are working on the
case, and Guy Kennedy. 203 Bell wood
Avenue. Black testified that Skipper
had mad! a statement to him about
seeing three men and a girl on Trinity,
Mayor Blocks Move
To Limit Beer Zone
Veto** Resolution Making Block
Near Terminal Station 'Dry'
aa 'Foollah.'
TARIFF PROTEST
Wilson’s Policy on Free Wool
and Sugar Depends on Out
come of Conference.
Avenue late Saturday night. He said
Skipper told him the girl ho saw wore
White shoes and stockings.
Kennedy, who is a street car con
ductor on the English Avenue line,
had previously tqld detectives and re
porters that he trad seen Mary Pha
gan Saturday afternoon. He told th»-
Coroner’s jury that he was mistaken;
that the girl he saw was not Mary
Phagan. He said he thought she was
until he had seen the body of the
murdered girl at the morgue.
Terminal Official
Certain He Saw Girl.
O. H. Clark, in charge of the check
room at the Terminal Station, is con
vinced 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 the two station
guards who watched the couple’s pe
culiar actions.
('lark 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
postulations, went to the check room
and put in his traveling bag.
('lark says he remembers distinctly
that the identification tag on the bag
bore the mark of the “National Pen
cil Company.”
New Evidence Is
Favorable to Mullinax.
Further evidence favorable to Ar
thur Mullinax. one of the suspects
held in connection with the Phagan
mystery, developed to-day when D
W. Adams, a street car conductor, as
serted that E. L. Sentell, on whose
identification Mullinax has been held
admitted immediately after the in
quest that he was not sure that h"
saw Mullinax with Mary Phagan on
Saturday night
Adams said that Sentell seemed m
doubt as to whether the girl with
Mullinax was Mary Phagan or Peail
Robinson, Mullinax’* sweetheart.
It has been shown that Pearl Rob
inson, on Saturday night when she
accompanied Mullinax to the theater,
was dressed much like Mary Phagan.
Ohio Auto Magnate
Is Sued for Divorce
Mrs. Walter C. White. Who Was
Freed From New York Broker,
Accuses Second Husband.
Beautiful Shetlands To Be Given Away
by The Georgian and Sunday
American Trained and Gentle.
CLEVELAND. OHIO. May 1 —Mrs
Marion Gilhooly Lawrie White, so
ciety woman, formerly of New York,
charges her husband, Walter C.
White, clubman and second vice pres
ident of the White Automobile Com
pany. with neglect in a petition in
which she asks absolute divorce.
Mrs. White was a divorcee when
White met her on in ocean liner in
1910. She had divorced Frederick
Lawrie. a New York broker, in 1909.
ARTIST STANLAWS WEDS.
NEW YORK. May 1 —Penrhvn
Stanley Adamson, the artist, known
as Penrhvn Stanlaws. \va.« married
yesterday to Miss Jean Pughsley,
daughter of Lester P. Bryant, of Now
York and Paris, at the Hotel Gotham
Thoroughly trained, gentle, healthy
and young—
That is the guarantee that goes
with every one of the twelve She:
land ponies The Georgian and Sun
day American will award as prizes to
boys and girls successful in the con
test just now opening.
In other words, these ponies are
the best to be had, and the harness
and cart that go with each pony are
in keeping with the splendid little
animals. There is no use in doing
things by halves, The Georgian an 1
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 come.
But the ponies are on their way.
and soon may be seen by the children
of Atlanta. t They are such tine little
fellows that one might almost say
they can "speak for themselves.”
Everyone in Atlanta and the Stare
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 Simpie.
This is in easy matter, for the
rules are very simple.
The prizes go to boys and gir’s
who get the most votes, and the votes
are awarded according to the number
of subscriptions procured for The
Georgian and Sunday American, to
gether or separately. Coupons
clipped from each issue of The Geor
gian and American also count. So 1:>
payments in advance by present sub
scribers. and even payment of ar
rearages by such subscribers. There
is only one restriction—no subscrip
tion will be received for more than
two years.
Already the entrants are sufficient
ly numerous to insure the success of
the 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 3
yours along.
Pleasant work, the most attractive
of prizes and simple rules—don’t you
think you could win a pony outfit?
See Billy Long Free.
“The Girl From Out Yonder” is the
attraction at 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 witn
our ccmplimens.
The Atlanta Theatez'believes it has
a stock company superior to any seer.
in the city in recent years. Every
effort is being made to acquaint At
lantans with that fact. We suggestel
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 was arranged that
The Georgian and American shouVj
present readers with reserved sears,
by way of introducing Miss Long and
her competent players to a discrimi
nating p-ublic.
There is no contest, no guessing,
game, no lottery. Simply save fo'ir
coupons—Thursday, Friday. Saturday
and Sunday—mail them in and get
your seat. Or send in more than one
complete set and ^et mor*> 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.
Dictagraph Traps
For Park Spooners
Inventer Offers to Record for Mil
waukee Police Tete-a-Tetes of
All Lovrs Through Summer.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., May 1.—This
season’s prospects for park spooners
are threatened. An inventor has of
fered the city a dictagraph which ne
guarantees will record every word of
conversation carried on in the park.
When it is installed police will be
dble to listen to the tete-a-fcetes jf
every couple within several hundred
feet of them.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The first
important opposition to the Under
wood tariff bill manifest**! itself at
the White House to-day in a conference
between the President and 14 West
ern Senators—Chamberlain and Lane,
Oregon; Ashurst and Smith, Arizona;
Newlands and Pittman. Nevada;
Stone and Reed, Missouri; Myers and
Walsh, Montana; Thomas and Shaf-
roth, Colorado; Hitchcock. Nebraska;
Thompson, Kansas.
Upon the result of this conference
will be based the President’s decision
—whether he will stick to his de
mands for free sugar Aid wool and
take his chances of passing the bill
over the 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 Newlands in his plea
against free sugar at the White House
to-day was a table which he pro
duced showing that the average de
cline in the stock of five beet sugar
companies since 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 Newlands told the President that
this proved conclusively that th. 1
sugar combination would be the moyt
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 the tariff hill grind, the wood
schedule being under consideration.
Majority Leader Underwood’s “en
durance cure” for tireless tariff talk
ers was beginning to bring, results,
and members who at the outset were
constantly on their feet to interpose
objections and ask questions sat limp
ly in their seats as the Reading Clerk
droned his way from agate to zinc.
It is known that Underwood is con
fident that the bill will pass the
House without a single important
change from the language in which
it now stands, and that he is confident
it will go through the Senate without
being materially altered. a>nd then to
the President practically as now
framed.
Underwood expects the final vote
on the measure to be taken in the
House not later than a week from
to-day.
The Democratic leader also believes
that only a small portion of the Re
publican members of the House are
seriously opposed to the bill.
There are two important changes,
however, that members of the Ways
and Means Committee other than Un
derwood expect to see made in the
Senate. These will provide for plac
ing cattle and wheat on the free list.
Wilson Drops Jap
Quarrel for Present
Anti-Alien Bill Will Be Taken Up
to Supreme Court If Mikado
Formally Protests.
WASHINGTON. May 1.—After a
conference with Attorney General
McReynolds to-day, President Wilson
decided to let the Caltfornia-Japanese
situation remain untouched for the
present. The question of the consti
tutionality of the anti-alien bill will
be brought to the attention of the Cal-
lifornia Supreme Court and, if neces
sary, to the Supreme Court of the
United States, should Japan enter a
formal protest against the California
action.
Secretary of State Bryan will leave
Sacramento to-night and will reach
Washington next week.
Fight on Bill Develops.
SACRAMENTO, CAL., May 1.—A
fight developed against the passage
of the anti-alien land bill in the Cali
fornia. Senate to-day. A conference
of administration Senators was held,
and Senator Thompson, whose name
the bill bears, said he was willing to
postpone ^ final vote on the measure
until to-morrow.
Senator Birdsall conferred with
Governor Johnson on the postpone
ment and returned to the Senate with
a message that the Governor desired
that the bill be passed to-day.
< FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS
ATLANTA FLORAL CO.
UIILEI ILL
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 fight 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 lavy to
prevent itself froip doing a thing.”
Opera Artists Have
Violins Made Here
Mays Badgett, Atlanta Stradivarius,
Gets Order for Three From
Metropolitan Orchestra.
Mays Badgett, Atlanta’s violin -
maker, is rejoicing to-day over an
other tribute paid to his workman
ship. Three of the members of the
Metropolitan Opera Company Orches
tra ordered instruments from him
when they were here last week.
Julius Herner, first cellist of the
company, purchased a violoncello to
use in his professional work. He said
the instrument was entirely satisfac
tory, F. Brinkman, cellist, and Fritz
Schaefer, violinist, were the other
members of the company who bought
instruments.
Mr. Badgett is 39 years old and has
been in Atlanta thirteen years. He is
a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and is an
honorary member of the American
Federation of Musicians. Violins of
his make are u£*ed by many of the
leading artists of the country.
Plan Child Welfare
Show at Knoxville
Miss Julia Lathrop to Prepare Ex
hibit for National Conserva
tion Congress.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—A com
mittee on child welfare is being form
ed to prepare an exhibit for the Na
tional Conservation Exposition to be
held at Knoxville next September.
Miss Julia C. Lathrop, chief of the
United States Children’s Bureau, is
chairman of the committee. Miss
Lathrop already has received accept-
ailces from the following committee
members: Dr. S. S. Crockett, Nash
ville. Tenn.; Mrs. Charles A. Perkins,
Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. T. R. Hen
derson, Greenwood, Miss.; Sherman
C. Kingsley, Chicago; Dr. Elizabeth C.
Kane. Memphis, Tenn.; Miss Adele
Brandeis, Louisville, Ky.; C. McC.
Hamill, Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss
Ellen C. Babbitt. New York City.
The child welfare exhibit will co
operate at the Knoxville exposition
with the educational exhibit and with
the public health exhibit.
FEDERAL ATTORNEY IN
TENNESSEE TO RESIGN
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. May 1 —
General J. B. Cox, United States Dis
trict Attorney for the Eastern Division
of Tennessee, has announced that he
will resign July 1. He was an ap
pointee of the Taft administration.
He gained prominence in prosecuting
the Government’s pure food case
against the Coca-Cola Company two
years ago.
SEVERAL STUDENTS GF THE
SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE
WALK INTO GOOD POS
New- Pupils Arriving,
While Others Who Are
Finishing Their Courses
Are Daily Going Out Into
Good Positions.
ATLANTA
T HEATER
Nights 15c to 50c
ALL THIS WEEK
Eicept Wed. & Thurs. Nights
Miss BILLY LONG
And Company In
A Butterfly
on the Wheel
First Time In Atlanta
LYRIC
This
Week
Mats. Tues.,
Thurs., Sat.
TOBACCO EXPERT SCOFFS
AT GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY
WASHINGTON, May 1.—In the
eight years ending three years ago
there was no competition between the
Austrian and Italian government i.»-
baceo monopolies in the purchase uf :
American tobacco. This was the tes
timony of W. D. Dunnington before
the Joint Congressional committee in
vestigating foreign purchases if
American tobacco.
The tobacco expert did not believe
a government monopoly in this coun
try would be feasible.
BILLY THE KID
A DRAMA OF THE WEST.
With the Young American Star,
BERKELY HASWELL.
Home Again With Vaudeville
FORSYTH Mat To-day 2:30
r LJrtO I ■ ■■To-nlghtat 8:30
Sophye Barnard--Lou
Angler & Co.—Chris
Richards — Gaby —
Heim Children—Barr
& Hope—Muriel A
Francis and Others....
NEXT WEEK
Sbs Edvards
Kid Kabaret
Several new arrivals to-day at the
Southern Shorthand and Business
University, 10 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 other two business colleges of
this section.
Call upon Atlanta’s prominent busi
ness men and ask their advice—
Then call at the Southern, 10 West
Mitchell Street, and see its facilities.
It looks businesslike!
Plenty of teachers and thorough
training have made the 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. W.
H. Jenkins, placed with the important
firm of “The Knight Tire and Rubber
Company, of Atlanta,” writes under
date of April 28th, as follows:
“I recently attended the Southern
Shorthand and Business University,
and do not regret the time I spent
there, for it has been 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 best in the State.
“In fact, the Southern is the best
Business College in this State, and I
would advise those desiring a Busi-
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to get me to leave the city Just be
fore the vote was to be taken.”
Albert Steiner, president of the At
lanta Brewing and Ice Company, said
that he Indorsed'notes for $800 for Al
derman Spratling, but that he did it
purely on the basis* of friendship.
J/imes F. Lynch, a brew'er’s agent,
said he loaned Alderman Spratling
$500 in June, 1910, before bis election
to Council, on the basis of friendship.
Loaned Spratling $550.
T. O. Poole, of Poole & McCullough,
brewer's agent*, said that he loaned
Alderman Spratling $250 in July, and
1910, and $300 in August of the same
year, but that he did not know he
was going to bo eiocted to Council.
Frank M. Berry, assistant cat'hier
of the Fourth National Bank, told
how he advised the late. Paul Smith, a
beer dealer, not to make a loan to Mr.
Spratling.
James W. English, president of tho
Fourth National Bank; J. K. Ottley,
vice president: Charles Ryan, cashier,
and W. ' v . Perkerson. assistant cash
ier, denied 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 of
fice and told him he would be made
chairman of the police committee.
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 on hearsay. His testimony was
ruled out.
Many witnesses were called in the
investigation of the case of Alderman
T. N. Ragsdale, most of them being
competitors in the stock business
with the Alderman. The most impor
tant points developed were the state
ment of J. R. Lawhon that 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 h-e sold for the city.
$35,000,000 IMPROVEMENTS
PLANNED 3Y GRAND TRUNK
CHICAGO, May 1.—Plans for the
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 freight cars, 350 freight locomo
tives and 40 passenger locomotives
this summer.
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 attend this reputa
ble institution.”
The beautiful college pennants, in
gold and purple, have just arrived and
may be obtained at 50 cents each.
Enter now. Send for catalogue.
Address A. C. Briscoe. Pres., or L. W.
Arnold, Vice Pres., Atlanta, Ga*
Prof. Thos. L. Bryan, lecturer and
representative.
RIVER STEAMER SINKS.
LOUISVILLE, KY., May 1.—The
passengers and crew of the steamer
Fountain City w’ere saved when the
ship sank in the Cumberland River at
Robertsport, Ky. The loss to the
steamer’s owners was $20,000.
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