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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AN1) NEWS, THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1913.
Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest
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Rogers Tells What Police Found at the Factory
Frank’s Stenographer and Girl
Employee of Pencil Company
Also on Stand.
Following is the testimony of thf*
.early witnesses at the Phagan inpuest
t oday:
YV. VY\ Rogers was the first wit
ness. lie lives at 104 McDonough
Road, and operates an auiomoblle
for himself. He said he took a party
of officers to the National Pencil
I plant at five minutes past 3 o’clock
Sunday morning, April 27.
He corroborated statements of of
ficers regarding the finding of Mary
Phagan’s body and the notes beside
it, and of the body being face down
ward.
Q. Who telephoned Frank of. the
murder?—A. Starnes called him and
asked him to come to the factory.
Q. How long were you in front of
the pLuit before you were let in?—
A. Two or three minutes.
Q. Did you hear him coming?—A.
We saw him coming down the steps
with a iantera.
Q. What did he say?—A. She’s in
the basement, white folks.
Q. Was he excited?—A. No, he an
swered questions coolly.
Q. What did he say when you went
downstairs?—A. He thought at first
it was something the boys had placed
there to frighten him.
Q. How did he say he ‘ found the
body?—A. On her face.
Q. How’ did you find it?—A. On
her face.
Q. Do 'you remember any other
questions asked him?—A. Yes, but he
talked in a straight way.
Q. Who went back upstairs with
Leo and Anderson after Lee had been
placed under arrest?—A. No one
else.
Q. Where did they go?—A. Into of
fice, where Anderson attempted to
get Frank over the phone.
Lee Was Not Excited.
Q. Was Lee excited then?—A. No.
Q. What else did you find?—A. We
looked all over the place for her hat and
shoe. Then Sergeant Brown and myself
w alked out the back door and down the
alley. When we came back I went
ut on McDonough Road in my ma
chine and got Miss Grace Hicks, who,
1 knew, worked at the pencil factory.
1 brought her to town about 5:30 ir
5:45. She told us w'ho the girl w'as.
Q. Did you ever get in touch with
Frank while in the office?—A. After
! got back with the young lady Mr.
Starnes called Frank again and got
him. That was a little after 6. It
took about five minutes for me to go
out to his house.
Q. Who answered the door?—A.
Mrs. Frank.
Q. Was Frank there?—A. He was
standing in the hall behind the curtains.
He was dressed, with the exception o'
coilar, coat rind hat. He asked Black
what was the matter and Black d.l
not answer, but told .him he had bet-
i ter put on his clothes and go to town
with us. Frank was hoarse and Black
suggested that a drink might do him
good. Mrs. Frank went upstairs ,o
see if there was any whisky in the
house, but did not find any.
Says Frank Was Nervous.
Q. Was he well groomed?—A. Yes:
I noticed particularly that he had on
a clean white pleated-bosom shirt.
He was nervous, and moved abou.
very nervously.
Q. How do you know he was nerv
ous?—A. By the questions he asked.
He asked if anything had happened
at the factory and when Black did
not reply he asked it the watchman
had found anything unusual. Black
did not answer them, and he asked
If the watchman had called him, and
when we did not answer he said that
he dreamed the night watchman
called him about daybreak. He struck
me as being highly nervous.
Q. What did you talk about on the
way to town?—A- Black asked him
ft he knew Mary' Phagan and he
asked If she worked at the factory.
Said he did not know whether he
knew her or not.
Q. Where did you go?—A. To the
undertaking establishment.
Q. Did Frank see the body?—A.
No.
Q. Where did he go?—A. When we
went into the room the undertaker
turned the child’s head and Frank
sidestepped into a toilet.
Q. Was Frank trembling?—A. I
did , not notice that he was.
Ql What questions were asked?—
A. He asked us the girl’s name and
we tjld him Mary Phagan and asked
it be knew her. He said he would
he ye to look on the payroll to find
i fit. We went around to the factory.
V-te opened the safe and got out his
nooks.
Q. Who was in the factory?—A.
Several officers and Mr. Darley. the
foreman, went In just ahead of us.
Tells When She Was Paid.
Q. What did Frank do?—A. He
ooked in his hooks, ran his finger
down a column and said: “Yes, she
was here.” Then he said: "Yes, she
was paid off yesterday. 1 ,can tell
you just when. The stenographer
and office boy left at 12 o'clock and
she came in here—let’s see, 1 can
tell you the exact time—it was Hi
minutes past 12. I paid her $1.20.”
Frank looked nervous and asked if
anyone had found the envelope: that
it must be around “there somewhere.”
W. Did you take Frank into the
basement?—A. Yes, we went down.
Frank ran the elevator
Q. Did he say anything about the
negro running the ele\ 'or?—A. ye,',
he was asked if the negro ever ran it.
and he said no.
y. Had you noticed the elevator be-
fore?- A. No, except when we firs!
went into the basement.
y. Where was It?—A. Above us.
’Boots" Rogers, former county policeman who drove the police
to the Pencil Factory when the first news of the Phagan slaying
reached headquarters.
Q. Did you inspect the shaft then?
—A. Yes.
Q. Did you see anything?—A. No,
but I did not have a flashlight.
Q Was anything found there later?
—A. Yes. a parasol.
Q. Did you make a close inspec
tion when Frank went into the base
ment?—A. No, we just took a casual
look around,
Q. When did you see parasol, hat
and shoe?—A. 1 did not see them un
til nearly 7 o’clock,
them upstairs.
Frank Inspected Building.
Q. Did Frank inspect rest of the
building?—A. Yes, and Chief Lanford
and Frank, with several officers, went
to the other floors and left the ne
gro with me.
Q. Did Frank come back into the
office?—A. Yes, he came In twice
while I was there with the negro. He
spoke to Lee once, shook his head
and said "Too bad.”
Q. Did you notice tlie clock?—A.
Yes. Frank and Darley were out
there by the clock, and Frank said “I
guess I had better change the clock."
He opened It. took out the slip and
placed It by the clock while he went
into the office to get another slip. He
then called to one of us and I held
the lever up and foufid a pencil stick
ing in hole. Frank asked Lee what
the pencil was doing there. Lee said
he put it there so he could be sure
of hitting his number. Then Frank
locked the box with a key. He had
opened it with a key.
Q. What was done with the slip
taken out?—A. Frank dated it and
took it into his office.
W What date did he put on the
slip?—A. I think It was April 26; J’m
not sure.
Rogers said he looked at the slip
and the first punch was at 6:30 and
last at 2:30. There were no misses,
he said.
Q. Where was the slip taken?—A.
Frank took it into the office and put
it on file.
Q. Did Chief Lanford take it
away?—A. Not then; he may have
The officers had got it later in the day.
Q. Are you sure there were no
misses on the slip?—A. 1 would have
noticed if there were.
Q. Did Darley and Frank have any
conversation while on the way to the
station house after that?—A. Not
that 1 remember. I was driving the
car and Frank was seated in Dar-
ley’s lap.
Q. Was Frank still nervous?—A.
Yes. He still wanted a cup of cof
fee. He had been anxious all morn
ing to get a cup of coffee. Several
times he had asked Chief Lanford
if he could spare him to go and get
a cup of coffee.
Frank Wrote Nervously.
Q. What was done at the station
house?—A. When we got there the
officers were having Newt Lee write
for them.
Q. Did he look nervous?—A. No, he
W’as writing what they told him.
Q. Did' they have Frank write?—A.
Yes.
Q. Was he nervous?—A. Yes, his
hand was shaking.
Rogers was excused and Lemnkie
Quinn, foreman of the metal depart
ment, was called.
Quinn, Foreman Over Slain
Girl, Tells of Seeing Frank
L. A. Quinn, foreman of the depart
ment of the pencil factory in which
Mary Phagan worked, testified as fol
lows:
Q. What is your business?—A. Ma
chinist.
Q. Did you know Mary Phagan?—
A. Yes.
Q. What is your department?—A.
Metal department.
Q. What department was she in?—
A. Same.
Q. When did you see Mary Pha
gan last?—A. The Monday before the
murder.
Q. Do you know her associates?—
A. I know some who talked with her —
girls.
Q. Any boys in that department?—
A. Henry Smith and John Ramey.
Q. Were they thrown together?—
A. All were working in the same room.
Q. When did you leave the factory?
—A. Friday.
Q. When were you to return?—A.
Monday morning.
Q. What time did you arise Satur
day morning?—A. 7 a. m.
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Q. Where did you go?—A. My wife
and I w’ent uptown and had baby’?
picture made. We left home at 9:30
and got to the photographer’s at 10
We then came down Whitehall and
stopped in the Globe Clothing store
and talked to friends, and then came
on down Whitehall Street and stopped
at a meat market. We were there
about five minutes. Then we went to
a soda fountain and then home. Wa
reached home at 11:15 and left again
at 11:45, and I went to a meat mar
ket. I went from there to a soda
fountain at Benjamin’s Pharmacy an!
bought two cigars. It was a few mo
ments after 12 then. Then I went .1
the National Pencil Company.
Q. What did you go for?—A. Ti
speak to Mr. Shiff.
Q. Did you see Mary Phagan?—a.
No.
Q. What time was it when you went
to the factory?—A. About 12:20.
Q. Are you sure it was not after 12
when you left your home?—A. Yea
Q. How long were you at the meat
market?—About ten minutes.
Q. What part of the factory did
you go to?—A. To the office.
Q. Who was there? — A. Mr. Frank.
Q. Anyone else?—A. No.
Spoke to Frank.
Q. What did you say?—A. Good
morning. Mr. Frank.
Q. How long were you in ihere?—
A. About two minutes.
Q. Do you know the exact time?—
A. It was between 12:15 and 12:30.
Q. Could it have been as late as
12:30?—A. No.
Q. How do you know?—A. 1 was
at another place at 12:30.
Q. Where did you go then?—A.
Outside the factory.
Q. Whom did you meet?—A Mr.
Malsby.
Q. What did he say?—A. He said
that the girls—meaning Mrs. Free
man and Miss Corinthia Hall—were
in the restaurant.
Q. What restaurant did he mean?—
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IT SEE 1L LATE
! Italy and Austria
Map Albanian Rule j
Charter Is Drafted Creating Depart j
ments of Government—King
Not Yet Chosen.
J. L. Watkins, who testified that he
suw Mary Phagan Saturday after
noon. April 26, between 4 and 5
o’clock, was called to the witness
stand.
He was accompanied to the inquest
by a girl, Daisy Brown. who he
said was the girl he mistook for Mary
Phagan.
lie said he became convinced of his
mistake when detectives came out to
his place and had Daisy Brown to
dress as she was Saturday afternoon.
Then he discovered, he said, that she
was the girl he had mistaken for
Mary Phagan.
Daisy Brown was placed on the
stand and testified that she bad pass
ed along Bell wood Avenue at that
time Saturday. April 26.
She said she knew Mary Phagan,
but could nut understand how Wat
kins had mistaken her for Mary Pha
gan. as Mary was a little shorter and
heavier.
A. "Busy Bee’ Cafe, at Hunter and
Forsyth Streets.
Q. What did you do then? A. 1
went to the restaurant
Went to Pool Hall Then.
Q. Who was there?—A. Miss. Hall
and Mrs. Freeman.
Q. ILow long were you in the cafe?
—A. About two minutes; they came
out with me.
Q. Where did they go?—A. To
Malsby’s to use the phone.
Q. Where did you go?—A. DeToro
Brothers’ pool parlors.
Q. What time was it?—A. 12:30.
Q. How long were you there?—A.
Till 1:15.
Q. How long does it takes yon to
walk to the factory from your home?
A. Between twelve and fifteen min
utes.
Q. Where did you go when you left
the poolroom? A. To Atlanta Thea
ter.
Describes Franks’ Attire.
Q. Who is John Rainey?- A. I don’t
know; only he operates a machine in
my department.
Q. What time did you get to the
Atlanta Theater?—A. About 1:20.
Q. How was Frank dressed when
you were in the factory?—A. Wore
brown suit.
Q. Who did you talk to on Sun-'
day?—A. Mr. Darley and Mr. Mon
tague.
Q. What time?—A. 9:30.
Q. Where did you go?—A. We took
a lantern and went into the base
ment.
Q. Did you see Frank on Sunday?
—A. I saw him at Bloomfield’s Sun
day afternoon.
Q. How was he dressed?—A. 1
think he wore a black or a blue suit
Q. What did he say?—A. Nothing
except hello.
Q. Did you tell any of the officers
that you had not been at the factory
since Friday?—A. No.
Q. You didn’t tell Officer Payne?—
A. No.
Q. You didn’t tell Detective Staines?
—A. No.
Refreshed Frank’s Memory.
Q. How was Frank dressed on
Monday?—A. I think he wore a
brown suit.
Q. Whai is the name of the white
substance kept in the barrel in the
factory?—A. Haskoline.
Q. Did you talk to Frank about
your being in the office on Saturday?
—A. 1 refreshed his memory of my
being there.
Q. When?—1 don’t remember
the exact datk It was after he had
been locked up.
Q. How did you refresh his mem
ory?—A. We were discussing the
supposition of the girl having never
left the factory. 1 told him: "Why
1 was there Saturday after the time
you say Mary' Phagan was." He said
he remembered ine being there, but
wasn’t sure of the time. I told him
what time It was and he said he
would tell his lawyers I told him I
did not want to be drawn into the
case, but If it would help him I would
do Hi).
Questioned of Talk With Girl.
Q. Were you alone with Frank
when you talked of this?—A. Yes
The witness was questioned closely
regarding any conversation he might
have had with Grace Jones, one of
the girls working at the factory He
denied having discussed the murder
with her at all, or having made the
remark that he had not been at the
factory on Saturday.
Q. Did you go out to the Colemans’
home after the murder?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you discuss with them about
Frank having fixed the machines?—
A. No.
Q. Is there a man working at the
place named Barrett?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you tell him you were there
on Saturday?—A. No.
Q. Who was the first person you
told you had been there on Saturday?
-‘-A. 1 told my father 1 had been
there.
Q. Did you ever tell an officer?—A.
Yes. Chief Lanford.
Q. You said that you had very little
to do at the factory and came down
to see Frank?—A. Yes, I was down
there three or four hours a day for
several days.
Tells How He Is Paid
Q. Did your pay go on while you
were here?—A. Yes.
Q. Have you been off at other
times?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you receive full pay?—A.
Ever since I have been foreman.
Q. Do you get paid by hour, day or
week?—A. Week.
Q. Are you sure you had never told
any officer of this before telling
F^ank?—a. Yes.
Q. Why did you just tell him?—A.
Well. 1 knew he wouldn’t question me
three or four hours like the officers
would.
Questioned as to his duty tow'ard
solving the mystery, witness said he
thought if the officers were making a
thorough investigation they would
certainly question him, as he was
foreman of the metal department.
"I knew they had three or four men
locked tip.” he said, "and as f had
been In the building they might lock
me up, too.”
Stenographer in Factory
Office on Witness Stand
Miss Hattie Hall, the stenographer
who worked at the National Pencil
Factory Saturday morning. April 26.
testified as follows:
She lives at 69 Luckie Street and
w r orks for the National Pencil Com
pany, in Montag Bros.’ office. Sat
urday morning, April 26. she went to
Montag Bros.’ office on Nelson Street,
arriving there at approximately 8
o’clock. She left there between 10:30
and 11. She ha*d talked with Frank
over the phone several times during
the morning.
"The regular stenographer at the
plant was off, I think on account of
sickness,” she said, “and I went over
to the pencil factory to help Frank
out. My w’ork there consisted of ac
knowledging orders and writing some
letters.”
Q. How long would it take to ac
knowledge one order?—A. I don’t
know exactly.
Q. Would it take as long as min
ute?—A. Not over that, if that long.
Q. Did you do any other work?—
A. Wrote some letters, about ten or
twelve, I think.
Q. Did you Fee Holloway there Sat
urday morning?—A. I don’t remem
ber.
Q. Would you have seen/4iim by the
clock?—A. I don’t know'; I am near
sighted.
Tells of Callers at Office.
Q. Were there any people there
during the morning?—A. Yes.
Q. Who were they?—A. Two men
came in to see about some trouble
their boys, who worked there, had
gotten in. A woman, who was the
wife of one of the employees, came
up to see her husband, w’ho was up
there, and two young ladles, one w r ho
had just been married a few days,
came up and drew their pay.
Q. How long did it take you to
write the letters?—A. I don’t remem*
ber.
Q. How long does it take you to
write a page on a typewriter? A I
don’t know.
Q. Did you make carbons of those
letters?—A. Yes.
Q. Can they be identified?—A. Yes,
they have my initials on them.
Q. What time did you leave the of
fice?—A. About 12 o’clock. I remem
ber that I forgot my umbrella and
went back to get it. As I w'as going
out again I heard the 12 o’clock whis
tle blow.
Frank Busy When She Left.
Q. Was Frank busy?—A. Yes, the
work was behind.
Q. Were you in the inner office
with Mr. Frank except when he was
dictating to you?—A. 1 don’t remem
ber. *
Q. Was he working in there? A.
He was quiet, and I Judged that he
was busy.
Q. Did Frank make any remark
that some of the employees had failed
to get their pay on Friday?—A. I do
not recall him making any such re
mark.
Q. Did you hear him talk to anyone
about the amount of pay due?- A.
No. I heard him talking to the of
fice boy about the amount of postage
Frank thought was due him.
Q. Did you see him working on the
financial sheet?*—A. I do not remem
ber.
Q. Did he say anything about his
work?—A. Yes; he said he had lots of
work to dd.
Q. Was Darley there at all? A. No.
The witness then was excused, and
told to return at 2:30 o’clock.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, May 8.—Austria and
Italy have taken upon themselves the
task of constructing a government
for Albania, which soon is to become
autonomous.
A charter ban been drafted, em
bodying the creation of necessary
branches of government. Among them
are the constitution of a national
gendarmerie, the creation of a fiscal
system, an agreement as to the size
of the first national loan, the Institu
tlon of a judicial system and i
scheme for the building of harbors
and public highways.
As yet no king has been chosen
the Due DeMontpensier having re
fused an offer to rule the country.
Powers’ Troops in Scutari.
BERLIN. Mav 8—International
troops, representing Austria, Italy,
France and Germany, to-dav took
possession of Scutari, according to a
telegram received from Cataro. The
actual giving up of Scutari to-day by
the Montenegrins puts an end to an
incident which, for over a fortnight,
threatened to plunge Europe into war.
Napoleon’s Palace
Impresses Alfonso
Spanish King and French President
Witness Troop Review at Foun-
tainebleau, Emperor’s Old Home.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, May 8.—King Alfonso of
Spain and President Poincare of
France, accompanied by a brilliant
suite, went to Fontainebleau to-dav.
where they witnessed maneuvers and
target practice by the flower of the
French army.
Afterward the Spanish King wae
conducted to the apartments in the
Fontainebleau Palace,once occupied bv
Napoleon, and was much impressed ns
he viewed the articles once touched by
the hand of the conqueror. Luncheon
was served in the Henry II gallery.
The Parisian press to-day ex
pressed the opinion that Spain soon
will become an ally of France, Eng
land and Russia.
Cannon’s Card Table
Auctioned Off for $16
Gas Lamp. Which Cast Its Rays on
Many Notable Players,
Brings $1.25.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The card
table of former Speaker r’annon,
around which many notable states
men have met in games of chance
and skill, yesterday went under the
auctioneer’s hammer for $16, and the
gas lamp which shed its rays tipon
those who sat around the board
brought $1.25.
The sale was attended by about
200 persons, many of them wives of
men prominent in official life, who
sought articles as souvenirs. The
house the legislator occupied during
his long residence here will be used
as a boarding house.
Girl Employe on Fourth
Floor of Factory Saturday
Miss Corinthia Hall, one of the em
ployees at the National Pencil fac
tory, was a witness. She lives near
Kirkwood, at 13 Weatherby Street,
and has worked at the factory for
three years. She knew Mary Phagan.
Miss Hall was at the factory at
11:45 Saturday, April 26. She went
to get another girl’s coat. She went
to the fourth floor and stopped in at
the office and asked Mr. Frank if she
could go to the fourth floor. She was
accompanied by a young woman who
had recently married and whose coat
they were after. They saw a woman
on the fourth floor. It was May Bar
rett. They also saw a young woman
stenographer in Frank’s office, and
Arthur White’s wife in the office.
White was on the fourth floor with
Harry Denham and Miss Barrett.
Q. Did you see any sacks on fourth
White City Park Now Open
floor?—A. No.
Q. What was Miss Barrett doing?
—A. She was talking to Arthur White.
Q Does she work on that floor?—
A. Yea.
Q. Did you speak to her?—A. No.
I was in a hurry.
Q. You are sure you did not see her
with any sacks?—A. Yes.
Q. Do you know A. P. Hayes?—A.
I know one Mr. Hayes.
Q. Did you tell him you had se^n
May Barrett on the fourth floor with
some sacks, and when you asked her
what she was going to do with them
that she looked confused?—A. No.
Q. Where did you go when you left
the office?—A. I went to Alabama
and Forsyth Streets and used a tel
ephone; then went to the Busy Bee
Cafe at Hunter and Forsyth and got
a (>up of coffee and a sandwich.
Q. How long were you there?- A. I
can’t remember exactly.
Q. Did any .of the factory em-
With a New Knee,
Girl Quits Crutches
Unusual Bone-Grafting Operation for
Tuberculosis Joint Proves
Successful.
PHILADEPHIA, May 7.—Through
a discovery of Dr. Alexis Carrell, of
the Rockefeller Institute, the sur?
geons at the Methodist Hospital in
this city have enabled Anna De La-
renzo, 15 years old, to throw away
her crutches and recover from a con
genital tuberculous knee joint.
Dr. Walter G. Elmer grafted a new
bone In place of the tubercular sub
stance. He made a new Joint oy
making a new point of contact be
tween the two upper and lower bones.
The knee is now as pliable as though
the child had never been treated as
an Incurable.
Greece Swept by
Terrific Storms
Warship and Transport Driven
Ashore—Many Buildings
Destroyed.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ATHENS, May 8.—Terrific storms
are raging over the coast of Greece.
Many ships, including a man-of-war,
have been driven ashore and a num
ber of buildings have been destroyed.
It is feared that the loss of life will
be heavy.
Three Greek bluejackets were
drowned when the transport Ypero-
khi was driven ashore. Several sol
diers are missing.
The warship Penlos was blown
against the Piraeus quay and her
bow plates were smashed.
WHITENALLSTREETI JUNE TO SEE EJIRLt
GRADING ASSURED ClOSIffi OF SHOPS
ployees come in while you were
there?—A. Lemmle Quinn.
Q. What time was it when he came
in?—A. About 12:30.
Q. What time was It when you left
the factory?—A. Quarter to 12. I
looked at the clock when I came
down.
Q. Were you eating when Quinn
came in?—A. No; we were waiting
while a waiter went out to get a ftve-
dollar bill changed
Q. Did Quinn make any change for
you?—A. Yes, he gave me some pa
per money for some silver.
Q. How long did Quinn remain
there?—A. Just a minute or two.
Q. Where did he go after you left
restaurant?—A. We left him talking
to some men on the sidewalk.
Q. Did you se» Mary Phagan that
day?—A. No.
Q. Did you see any other employees
that day?—A. We met Mr. Holloway
coming away from the factory and he
told us Mr. Frank was there and [
would let us in to get the coat.
Q. Did Mr. Frank know Mary Pha
gan?—A. Not that 1 know of.
Q. Did he show any familiarity
with any of the girls there?—A. No.!
Committee of Property Owners
Declare Opposition to Plan Is
Fast Vanishing.
Opposition to regrading Whitehall
Street between Trinity Avenue and
Forsyth Street is fast vanishing, and
the success of the big undertaking
is now assured, according to a re
port from the committee of property
owners.
Robert R. Otis, chairman, who,
with others, has made au Investi
gation and worked out the details of
the scheme, said Thursday:
"We now have everything in good
shape and the Improvement of
Whitehall Street Js certain. The
small opposition to the big improve
ment which cropped out at first be
cause tiie plan was not thoroughly
understood is fast disappearing.”
It is the contention of projterty
owners backing the scheme that re
grading will open up that portion of
Whitehall for retail trade ami that
both lots and store houses wfll be
greatly enhanced in value
Largest Stores Decide to Start
Half-Holidays for E mployees
Sooner This Year,
Saturday half-holidays in the big
stores of Atlanta will begin earlier
this year than ever before.
The managers of six of the largest
shops brought joy to the hearts of
their employees when they decided to
a meeting Thursday morning to be
gin the early closing the first Satur
day in June. Half-holidays will con
tinue until September 13. the aeoond
Saturday of th*> month.
The stores represented at tha
ference were those of J. M. Hlgn,
Keely Company. Chamberlin-John*
*on-I>uBose Company, J. P. Allen &
Co.. I>av1 son-Paxon-Stokes Company
and M3 Rich & Bros. Co.
If you have anything to sell «dver«
tise in The 8unday Amerloan. Lar«
goat circulation of afiy Sunday «
paper in the South.
A Modern Invention—
A Recipe for Happiness
By EVELYN WREN.
Would you like my recipe for
happiness? Here It is:
When weary, when anxious, when
almost desperate because of the
trials of the day. I do not sit down
and bewail my fate—I go to a mov
ing picture show
Because i often reach the little
cris*es of anxiety and resort to this
most efficient remedy, I have grown
gradually and unconsciously to be
quite a critic. It has become a
real responsibility, for I feel, if I
say that a certain picture show 1s
good, that a certain number of my
friends immediately plan to visit
It.
I love the "movies" I enjoy the
talent and triumphs of the actors
and have learned to regard them as
my friends. I appreciate what they
have done for me in making my
dark days bright. I like the
glimpses into untraveled roads
which help me in my daily life.
Now. you are going to listen to
me, l am sure, when l tell you what
I have seen to-day. You won’t
believe it at first, unless you were
fortunate enough to go too.
I have seen moving pictures that
talk al the Savoy Theater. "Of
course." you will say, "they all
talk.” No, you are wrong, for this
Is not a lip-reading contest, but
real, loud words which even a child
would understand.
The pretty picture 1 saw was like
a miniature Grand Opera, a bit of
the prettiest part of an idyllic act.
To the grace and charm of the
thesplan participants were added
the marvelous words issuing from
their lips.
It was almost unbelievable. I
rubbed my eyes and tried to per
suade myself that I was not In
dulging in a remarkably pleasant
dream. It was a realistic dream,
just as are ho many, and the en
tering of the Savoy Theater was
but the memory of many happy
little rests. Then, so I theorized,
my dream had become fantastto,
as dreams will do no matter how
practlca41y. they begin.
I felt like Alice hi Wonderland,
to whom all sorts of strange things
happened most plausibly. I had
even determined to ask the lady
who sat next to me whether she
were only a dream or real. Then I
thought I had best wait, for I muwt
soon awake.
The awakening dtd not come un
til I had the very nicest time imag
inable listening to the pictures talk.
Then I began to enjoy the other
films and stayed until the talking
pictures appeared again. Then I
rushed to see Mr. Jackson, manager
of the Savoy Theater.
He was glad to tel] me about
this new invention. 1 did not en
deavor to learn how the lips of
the performers and the words
which they uttered were kept in
perfect unison. I was onty anxious
to learn "When?” "Twice a week,”
was the reply, and I have made an
other mental note in my happiness
book.
That means new talking films
every Monday and Thursday. But
if you wish to see the charming
one which aroused my enthusiasm
you may see it to-morrow. Each
and every day the Savoy Theater
will show these wonderful pictures..
We are accustomed to almost
miraculous inventions and to the
unusual. We feel almost disturbed
if we are surprised out of our in
difference. Sometimes we even
feign indifference, so afraid are we
that we may show appreciation.
Don’t do this. ViMt the Sew
Theater at once and learn to live
and to enjoy. Let your suppressed
enthusiasm know no bounds when
you see the product of master
minds, the stories which are told
**0 artistically as to seem simple,
wherein is the highest art.
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