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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AN1) NEWS, THURSDAY. MAY 8, 1913. Testimony at Early Session of Phagan Inquest *•+ +•+ 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. French Fried Potatoes To be good must be nicely browned and crisp. To make them best you must have piping hot fat—so hot *that most lards and compounds would scorch and color. Swifts Silver-Leaf Lard is ideal for frying. You can heat it up to the high degree that gives best results, and it will still be clear enough to fry doughnuts, fritters and other delicate foods. 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?— Silver-Leaf Lard is economical because it can be used many times. It is clean Land wholesome. Put up in tight cov- lered, new tin pails, under Govern ment supervision. Use it for frying and for shortening. You will like it. Swift & Company U. S. A. Dealers HAVE YOU SORE GUMS OR LOOSE TEETH? A prominent dentist, after years of experience, has found a home rem- ! edy that will cure Riggs’ disease, i bleeding, inflamed and spongy gums, 1 and tighten loose teeth by rinsing the ! mouth. Probably you have not enjoyed eat ing for some time. Get a bottle of ; STYP STRING-A NT and that dis- , ease of the gums and teeth will be cured; therefore, aiding digestion. 1 ? 50<- bottle at all druggists, or par- < eel post. 55c in stamps DeLamater- I > 1 awrenee Drug Company, wholesale , ) distributors. 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. LET THE TRAVELERS BE YOUR SANTA 150,000 People Have Joined The Christmas Saving Club 2,000 Atlantans Have Already Joined There is still time for YOU to be come a member. This Saving Plan has been thor oughly tested out. It is based on sound hanking principles. It is a special service that some of the greatest banks of the East render to their customers; it is a service we wiil take pleasure in rendering YOU. Why not join today? 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