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THE 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 perform 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
anywhere.
T A YAT? No Trials by Newspapers-The Courts Will Attend to All
1 v i \ \ \ • 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.”
FRANK 10 TESTIFY TOM
AT PHAN CASE INQUEST
shoes. He said when < 'oroner Dorn-
hoo asked him to tell of his move
rnents Saturday night:
"1 went to the factory to get my
shoes and met Mr. Frank at the door
and got permission to come in. When
he saw me he appeared very nervous
end started back Into his office; then
' he came oat 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 telepnoned his sister, Mrs.
F. C. Terrell, of 284 Fast Linden
Street, that ho would be home about ft
o’clock, and then he left the factory,
the negro accompanying him to the
door. He said he, together with Ar
thur White and <\ G. Bagley, went to
the Globe pool room, where they re
mained until 10:80 o'clock. Then, he
said, he went home and stayed there
till 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, when
he left and came downtown. He
called on a girl friend Sunday night,
he testified, and staved at her home
till 11 o’clock. He said he didn’t know
the officers came to his home Sunday
night; that he we.- not told of their
visit by his sister. He suld he left
his sister's home at 8 o'clock Monday
morning and started to Marietta to
visit Ills mother, who lives on a farm
six miles east of the town.
Was Discharged by Frank.
Gantt testified that he had known
Mary’ Phugan since she was 3 years
old, and that he knew her when he
whs 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, lie said that there was
a shortage of $2 in his payroll and
that Frank told him lie must either
make the amount good or be dis
charged.
Gantt testified that lie had never
heard 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
l>aid 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 payroll.
Ho said her weekly salary wtis $4.05.
Asked how this w'as computed, h*»
declared ahe received 7 1-11 cents an
hour for 55 hours’ work. Coroner Don-
ehoo called attention to the fact that
this did not figure up $4.05, but noth
ing more was said about the matter
by (ilher the w itness or the jurymen.
K. S. Skipper 224 1-2 Bet era Street,
declared positively that Leo Frank
was not one of the men he had seen
on Trinity Avenue, near Forsyth
Street, lushing a reeling girl along
Saturday night abQut 11 o’clock.
Skipper described the dress worn by
the girl he had seen and declared it
looked very much like the one that
Mary Phagan wore when she was
murdered. He was then asked to give
a description of the three men who
were with the girl. Frank was then
brought In and Skipper was asked if
Frank was one of the men. He snfd
that Frank did not resemble any of
them.
Tells of Mother’s Worry.
Skipper testified that he had seen
tho body of Mary ph f gnn at Bloom-
floid’e morgue, end said she looktd
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
I 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 mother s worry over her con
tinued absence from home Saturday
night. He anid he left home Satur
day morning before Mary awoke, and
that he had not seen her alive since
last Friday night.
“I 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 down
town and tried to find Mary. I went
to all the picture shows, and every
where I could think of. but could not
find her.
"I 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 hud tele
phones. but none of them had heard
fr >m her. We shl 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 hous-v and cried that
Mary had been murdered. Then sin-
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 1 told him v im
I was. Then I went in and did all 1
could to help In the investigation
which the detectives had started.’’
Mr. Coleman testified that he hadj
several times heard Mary speak ot
her employers, hut had paid Tittle a - |
tention to her statements’. He didn't j
remember whether she had ever said
anything about Frank. He said sim i
had often said that things went on ;.r
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, ,'s
Bonnie Brae Avenue, one of the two
men who worked at the pencil factor} j
Saturday afternoon, brought out for
the first time the fact that in Frank'.- |
private office there is a wardrobe or I
closet large enough lor a person t<* i
hide in. He testified that the close:
was about 9 feet higti and 4 feet w ide, j
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
White testified that he
knowledge of tho small room
was found in the basement,
the employees of the plant
drank cans of beer in the ba
but said he had never heard of
women being brought in there
Other witnesses called during
afternoon session of the jury inc
Detective J R Black, who is in
of the police who are working on the
case, and Guy Kennedy, 2ft3 Bellwood
Avenue. Black testified that Skipper
had made a statement to him about
seeing three men and a girl on Trinity
Avenue Tate Saturday night. He said
Skipper told him the girl he saw wore
white shoes and stockings.
Kennedy, who is a street car con
ductor on the English Avenue line,
had previously told detectives and re
porters that he had seen Mary Pha
gan Saturday afternoon. He told the
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.
Claik asserts that the incident oc
curred on Saturday rather than Fri
day, and the man, w hen he finally j
abandoned his trip at the girl’s ex
postulations. went to the check, room |
and put in his traveling bag.
Clark says he remembers distinctly* j
the. the identification tag on the bag'
bore the mark of the "National Pei- 1
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 T>
\V. Adams, a street car conductor, as
serted that E L. Sen tell, on whose
identification Mullinax has been held,
admitted immediately after the in
quest that he was not sure that he
saw Mullinax with Mary Phagan on
Saturday night.
Adams said that Sentell seemed in
doubt as to whether the girl with
Mullinax was Mary* Phagan or Peail
Robinson. Mullinax's sweetheart.
It has been shown that Pearl Rob
inson on Saturday night when she
accompanied Mullinax to the theater,
was dressed much lik4 > Mary Phagan.
!ED IN GEORGIA
Carrollton. Colquitt, Fayetteville,
Louisville, Sandersville, Social
' Circle, Woodbury in List/
W ISLINGTON, May 1 President
Wilson to-day sent the following
nominations' to the Senate:
To be Surveyor of Customs, port of
Louisville. Ky. -Warner S. Kinkead,
Kentucky.
Collector of Customs. Jacksonville,
Fla.—John W. Martin, of Florida.
Assistant Comptroller’of the Treas
ury—Walter W. Warwick, of Ohio.
Commissioner of Corporations—Jo
seph E. Davies*, of Wisconsin.
Postmasters:
Georgia—Carrollton, W. F. Brown;
Colquitt. Henry M. Miller; Louisville.
Charles V. Clark; Sandei sville. An
drew J» Irwin; Social Circle. Mattie
R. Gunt r; Woodbury. B. F. Baker;
Fayetteville. Samuel B. Lewis.
Alabama—Dothan. Robert Boyd;
Goodwater; W. T. Crew; Alexander
City, J L. Thornton; Jacksonville, E.
G. Caldwell; Selma, David M. Scott.
Florida-^Alchua, J. A. Williams;
Apalachicola, Crawford I. Henry;
Daytona, William Jackson. Defuniak
Springs. B. P. Morris; Kissimmee. B.
B. Simpson.
Kentucky—Ruesellvilla, Charles N.
Griffith; Shelbyvllle, Ervin Derby
Todd; Mount Vernon, Cleo W. Brown.
Louisiana—Eunice, Theodore Tatte;
Lake Providence, Adah Rous; Kinkier,
W. A. Stedley: Pineville, Mary Hun
ter; Boyce, Carey E. Blanchard.
Mississippi—Oakland. R. P. Tay
lor: Picayune, Dora E. Tate; Gloster.
O. O. Connerly: Utica. E. S. Chap
man; Charleston. C. S. Summers.
Tennessee—Manchester, Charles E
Rodes; Smithville. Clarence W.
Moore; Woodbury, William Brewer.
PONIES OFFERED IN CONTEST
BEST TO BE BAB ANYWHERE
Thoroughly trained, gentle, healthy
and young—
That 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.
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 and
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 wav,
and soon may be seen by the children
of Atlanta. They are such fine little
fellows 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 is an easy matter, for the
rifles are very simple.
The prizes go to boys and girls
who get the most votes, and the votes
are awarded according to the numb.T
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 do
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 1
yours along.
Pleasant work, the most attractive
of prizes and simple rules—don't you
thhik 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 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
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 shorn j
present readers with reserved sear.*,
by way of introducing Miss Long an:l
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 eet morp 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.
iCSiLEB ILL
CUSH AGAIN
GRAFT EVIDENCE
Continued From Page 1.
Fourth National Bank; J. K. Ottleyi
vice president: Charles Ryan, cashier,
and W. T. Ferkerson, 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 l
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 to
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 t^ie
investigation of the case of Alderman
I. N. Ragsdale, most of them being
competitors in the stock business
with the Alderman. The most impor
tant points developed were the state- »
rnent of J. R. Lawhon that he soli \
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.
W. H. JENKINS,
Continued From Pag# On#.
Ir*ai3 to an extensive Investigation
that has never been made.
"People have been let go and come
at will In various places who should
have been locked up and guarded until
the Investigation was completed.
"The matter must be sifted to the
bottom, and if it Isn’t not done soon
the State will assume charge and he
Grand Jury will be put to work on
It."
Features of Testimony.
The principal feature* of the testi
mony that have been brought out so
far are as follow's:
J. G. SPIER, of Cartersville. Go..,
testified—
That h e saw a girl and a man
standing in front of the pencil
factory at 4:10 Saturday after
noon; that the girl was the one
whose body he had viewed Mon
day morning at Bloomfield’s un
dertaking establishment.
F, M. BERRY, assistant cashier of
th. Fourth National Bank, testified—
That the handwriting of the
notes found by Mary Phagan’a
body and that of test written
by Lee indicated -that they were
written by the same person.
M. GANTT, in the factory about
twenty minutes on Saturday night,
testified—
That Frank appeared nervous
and apprehensive when he saw
him at the factory at about <5
o’clock.
NEWT LEE, the night watchman,
testified—
That Frank 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
w’as "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 r him at 3
o’clock; that Frank had a habit
of rubbing his hands.
GEORGE W. EPPS, JR.. 246 Fox
6treet, boy friend of Mary Phagan,
tee tilled—
That Mary Phagan had told him
once that Leo M Frank hnd 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
ahe 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
T& S. SKIPPER. 224 1^1 Peters
Street, testified—
That Frank was NOT one of
the three men he saw with a gjri
resembling Mary Phagan about
midnight Saturday; that the girl
he saw Saturday night he was al
most certain was the f»aine one
whose dead body he saw in the
morgue Monday morning.
EDGAR L. SENTELL, an employee
of Kamper’s grocery firm, testified—
That he saw, without a possi
bility of a mistake, none other
than Mery 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
h body being dragged from the
elevator to the place whore the
body of Mary was found. That a
parasol was 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,” in 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, hut was
unable to get him
Gantt Says Frank Was Nervous.
was in the main
of what he told The
when he was arrested. His
testimony came when
that Frank was nervous
called at the factory* for his
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 th# block on Madison
Avenue between Hunter and Mitchell
Streets. The fight is over a single
saloon and Connell has reversed itself
several limes 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."
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$35,000,000 IMPROVEMENTS
PLANNED BY 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.
RIVER STEAMER SINKS.
LOUISVILLE, KY., May 1.—Th» 1
passengers and crew of the steamer
Fountain City were saved when the
ship sank in the Cumberland River at
Robertspcrt, Ky. The loss to the
steamer’s owners was $20,000.
SEVERAL S1UDENTS OF THE
SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE
WALK INTO GOOD POSITIONS
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, 10 West Mitchell Street.
This busy school gets busier every
day.
If you want a Rood 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.
K. 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
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.
Who Goes With That Prominent Firm,
The Knight Tire and Rubber Com
pany, After Taking a Course in the
Southern Shorthand and Business
University.
\ljcc hrv Ui/ , lhtA\A/PP The announcement of the approach-
L ^ I I '■II wGA I ll(-)l HOW v I j n g marriage of Miss Hightower and
Mr. Gustave Beauregard Sisson, 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.
Home Again With Vaudeville
FORSYTH "*«*• T «>-«»y 2:30
rvnsi in To-night at 8:30
Sophye Barnard--Lou
Angler 4 Co.—Chris
Richards — Gaby —
Helm Children—Barr
A Hope—Muriel A
Francis and Others....
NEXT WEEK
Gus Edvards
Kid Kabaret
LYRIC w™!
Mats. Tues.,
Thurs., Sat.
BiLLY THE KID
A DRAMA OF THE WEST.
With the Young American Star,
BERKELY HASWELL.
1
Captain John D, Patterson, of
Georgia Joint Terminals, Given
Important Canal Appointment.
Captain John D. Patterson, super
intendent of the Georgia Joint Termi
nals, to-day received his appointment
to the important position of general
{•uperintendent of the Panama Rail
road Company. The new berth will
pay Captain Patterson $7,500 a year.
Captain Patterson will leave for
Panama within a few days to .succeed
B. M. Smith, of New York, resigned.
The road is operated under the direc
tion of the Isthmian Canal Commis
sion and connects the seaports of
Christobal and Colon on the Atlantic
side with the cities* of Ankon and
Panama on the Pacific. The company
also owns and operates a line of
steamships between New York and
Colon.
Captain Patterson long has been
connected with railroads, starting as
conductor on the Atlanta-Birming-
ham division of the Southern Railway,
many years ago.
He was appointed superintendent of
the Atlanta Terminals Company . c x>on
after the opening of the Atlanta sta
tion and had charge of the reorgani
zation of the operation of the Atlanta
Terminal Station and the Atlanta
Terminals. He resigned that position
to become superintendent of the M. J.
& K. C. Railroad.
\ FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS;
ATLANTA FLORAL CO.
\ Both Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree!
ATLANTA
THEATER
Matinees
Wed ?rd Sat
Nights 15c io 50c
ALL THIS WEEK
Except Wed. & Thurs. Nights
Miss BILLY LONG
And Company In
A Butterfly
on the Wheel
First Tim# In Atlanta