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THE ATLANTA (iEOKUiAN L\D NEWS.
NEW CHIEF OF
ATLANTA GIRL PLEADS
FORSUMMER ROMANCE
MISS GLADYS WATKINS.
Charges Breach of Faith With the
Police and Questionable Pro
cedure in Phagan Case.
Continued from Pafe One.
this evidence a.«* it is railed for in
rourt. regardless of whom it may help
or hurt. We mav have our private
opinion as to who ig the guilty per
son, but this shall not be allowed to
color the testimony as it is given in
court. It is for the Jury to make its
Interpretation of the evidence.”
Defense Gets Copies of Notes.
Request was made Saturday by At
torney Rosser for photographic copies
of then otes found beside the body <>f
Mary Phagan. The copies were in the
possession of Solicitor Dorsey, who
readily acceded to the request. The
defense will seek to show that Frank
could have had no part in their com
position or dictation.
The State's case Is reported to be
ready for immediate presentation. All
of the witnesses have been sum
moned. All of the panel of 144 jurors,
with the exception of six or seven |
who could not be found, have been I
notified to be on hand Monday.
Both Sides Getting Ready.
Prosecution and defense continued
their preparations for the Frank trial,,
the last-hour hurry of interviewing
new witnesses and gathering up the
stray ends of evidence, giving a fair
promise that the trial will start as
scheduled next Monday forenoon.
That Solicitor Dorsey' has nearly a
score of Important witnesses whose
testimony has been carefully guarded
from the defense and the general pub
lic is well known. The*e witnesses
have come to his office from time to
time, and the Solicitor has refused to
give out the vaguest intimation of
the line of testimony they would give
at the trial.
The prosecution has reserved their
evidence to spring as a surprise dur
ing the trial. On these persons the
State depends to clinch its case
against the young factory superin
tendent. Some of them will be called
to bear out different portions of the
negro Conley’s affidavit. In which was
told the story of the disposal of Mary
Phagans body. The Solicitor Is un
derstood to have witnesses who will
corroborate portions of Conley’s story
which have been under the severest
Are.
Thinks Conley Story True.
The Solicitor several times has an
nounced that he believes Conley .s
telling the truth in the essential
statements of his affidavit. He has
strengthened his belief by interview
ing many people who were In a posi
tion to know of different circum
stances mentioned in Conley’s story
The only possibility of an alteration
in the State’s theory is that the time
element may be modified in certain
respects.
Similar surprises may be expected
from the defense. Attorney Rosier
has not been communicative with the
newspaper men. The few bits of his
evidence that have become known to
the public were oot lined In spite i f
him. Except for the Mincey affida
vit, published in The Georgian, most
of the important evidence of the de
fense has been so carefully guarded
as to make it still a matter of con
jecture. The general plan of Frank's
defense can be surmised, but the con
tents of the hundred or more affida
vits in the possession of Attorney
Roaser remain a deep mysterv
"Plant” Generally Suspected.
No one expects at this time that
the pay envelope, thV bloody club or
the piece of rope found on the first
floor will play any large part In the
trial. Neither side is convinced of
their genuineness *The suspicion of
a "plant” has prevailed from the time
of their discovery.
Two operatives who began turning
up this* sort of startling evidence the
moment they were placed on the case
eoon were taken off the Phngan mys
tery by the Pinkerton agency.
Both sides announce themselves
ready for the trial to proceed. It is
regarded as doubtful that the defense
will ask for another continuance, ex
cept on account of the absence of
material witnesses or the illness of
counsel. About lf>0 witnesses al
ready have been summoned by the
defense
According to Bernard Chappelle.
counsel for Newt Lee, the night
watchman in the pencil factory’, the
negro Saturday denied in the pres
ence of Reuben R. Arnold, attorney
for Frank, that he had broken down
and admitted catching Jim Conley
with the body of Mary Phagan.
Chapelle had heard that Frank's
counsel understood Lee had collapsed
while being grilled with the sweeper
and called up Mr. Arnold. At Ills
suggestion. Arnold visited Lee at the
jail and there Lee is said to have re
affirmed his previous statement that
he did not see Conley the day of the
murder.
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It's a Poor Rule
Thai Won ! Work
Both Ways
A GEORGIAN WANT
AD is a good rule, for it
gets work for workers and
workers for work—ten
ants for houses and houses
for tenants. It buys or
sells things. It brings
loser and finder together.
It introduces people whose
interests are mutual even
if their quests are diverse.
Read ior Profit
Georgian “Want Ads”
i Use for Results
Only Reason Vacation Romances Do Not Last Is
Because People Laugh, She Says.
If Miss Gladys Wrtkins, one of At
lanta’s prettiest society girls, had her
way, the good old summer time would
no longer be an open season for flir
tations; friendships formed under the
spell of the full moon and the moun
tain breezes would be as lasting and
ns Ann as friendships formed before
an open tire, and sure-enough, honest-
to-goodness romance would feel as
much at home in a rowboat as it is in
a sleigh.
"Is there any good reason,” asked
Miss Watkins, "why every romance
that begins during summer should be
greeted with skepticism and labeled a
’summer flirtation?’ Wbv should not
summer, the most beautiful season of
the year, be as good a time as winter
for forming everlasting friendships? 1
think it’s a shame that every time
a girl meets a man at a summer re
sort and speaks to him kifndly once
or twice, it is set down as a flirta
tion—when in reality they may like
eaeh other very much.
"A girl meets many nice men at the
seashore, in the mountains or where-
ever people go to escape the heat. Yet
if she likes one particular man and
they go together much, people laugh
and say, ‘Oh. it’s just another sum
mer flirtation.’ And that laugh has
destroyed many a romance. Knowing
that no one will take them seriously
the man and maid are not apt to take
themselves very seriously.
"Summer has simply gotten a bad
name and can not get rid of it. A
girl is not nearly so apt to believe
the things a young man tells her In
summer as sh« la to be lieve the same
things In winter. And it is because
she lias heard all her life that summer
friendships were Just flirtations.”
Sheriff and Force
On Annual Outing
Sheriff C. W. Mangum and twelve
deputies, with their families, are
spending the day at Johnson’s Ferry,
on Roswell road, at their annual fish
fry and barbecue. The pleasure -
seeking officers left at 11 o’clock In
automobiles, and do not expect to re
turn until they have eaten all the
fish they can and have delivered all
their extemporaneous speeches.
Besides the Sheriff, those who
made the trip were Deputies J. H.
Owen. G. H. Broadnax. G. L. Poin
dexter, W. Lee Haygood, J. T. Gold
en. J. M. Suttles. Warren Knight,
E. T. Stanley, Drew Liddell. T. A.
Burdette, Foster L. Hunter and R. 3.
Deavers.
Pallbearers Get Fan;
He Misses the Game
MONTGOMERY, MO.. July 26.—A
baseball rooter came here from a dis
tance to attend the St. Charles-Mont-
gomery game. By mistaken he got
into a hack occupied by pallbearers
going to a funeral.
He had crape on his hat. The pall
bearers thought he was a mourner,
and he was taken to the cemetery in
stead of to the ball park.
When he realized he was in a fu
neral procession, he hurriedly de
parted. He got to the bull grounds
just in time to see the home team
win.
Girl ‘Hiker’ Averages
25 Miles Every Day
PITTSBURG. July 26.—Misp Gladys
Mason, a petite little New Yorker,
who is "footing it” from Broadway to
the Golden Gate, left here to-day for
Cleveland. She left New York on June
29. and has averaged 25 miles a day
since. Her high mark for a day was
41 miles, made east of Harrisburg.
Mis.q Mason is 22 years old and is a
graduate of Emerson College, at Bos
ton. She expects to reach San Fran
cisco and end her 3.000-mile walk, on
Thanksgiving Day.
Ilf HECK ON STARTS FIGHT
Beads Only as Dress
Indorsed by Parson
SPARTANBURG. S. C.. July 26.—
The Rev. Stephen A. Nettles, editor
| of The Southern Advocate, decided
i it would be far better for women to
! follow the custom of many African
! tribes, who are robed in nothing more
1 than beads, than to wear the sugges-
| live dresses which are so popular at
present.
Fireman Jones 'Has Rib Broken.
Engineer Jennings, of Macon,
Injured—Porter Is Killed.
MACON, July 27.—Southern pas
senger trains Nos. 13 (northbound)
and No. 24 (southbound) had a head-
on collision on a siding at Hilton,
near Macon, this morning at 3:10
o'clock, resulting in the death of Will
Jackson, the negro porter, who open
ed the switch, and injuring Engineer
H. G. Jennings, of Macon, and Fire
man W. E. Jones, of Atlanta, of train
No. 24.
When train No. 24 was within 100
yards of the siding the porter became
excited over the apprehension that
he had not turned the switch prop
erly. He turned it again, opening the
siding to the approaching train. He
was struck by the engine of train No.
24 and instantly killed.
Engineer Jennings sustained a
bruised shoulder and sprained back,
and Fireman Jones had a rib broken.
None of the passengers was hurt, al
though all were severely jarred.
A delay of less than an hour was
occasioned by the wreck, train No.
23 taking train No. 13 on to Atlanta,
while the passengers from No. 24
were transferred and brought to Ma
con.
Sloan Funeral To
Be Held on Sunday
’ The funeral of Robert M. Sloan,
which was to have been held Satur
day afternoon, has been postponed
until Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock,
waiting the arrival of his sister, Mrs.
Noda Bryson, of Kennedale, Tex. Mr.
Sloan died at his home at Austell,
Ga., at 7 o'clock Wednesday night.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Noda Bryson; an uncle, M. C. Mar
tin; a niece, Mrs. Henry L. Jackson,
and a nephew, B. II. Mitchell. All
flowers should be sent care Burkert
& Simmons Co. before l o'clock
Sunday morning. Interment will be
at Rose Hill, with the following as
pallbearers: Tom Strickland, J. D.
Perkerson, R. M. Clay, H. C. Brown,
W. B. Westmoreland, F. A. Daniels
and Cleve Davis.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. R. J. Griffin, sixty-five years old.
died at the residence. No. 21 How
ard street, Friday, after several
weeks’ illness. She is survived by
her husband, two daughters, Mrs.
J. G. Respess, of New York, and
Mrs. R. J. Williford, of Raleigh, N.
C.; two sons, R. J. Griffin, of Law-
renoeville, Ga., and J. M. Griffin, of
Washington, and two brothers and
a sister. Funeral announcements
later.
R. P. Becker, sixty-one years old,
died at a private sanitarium Fri
day night at 10 o’clock. He was
the father of Miss Maybelle C.
Becker, well-known in Atlanta as
the "Sandwich Girl.” Mrs. Becker
died less than three months ago.
The family lived at 126 Waverly
place, Inman Park. The body was
removed to the chapel of Greenberg
& Bond. Funeral announcements
later.
Levi S. Martin died Thursday even
ing at 7 o’clock at Mount Airy, Ga.,
after an illness of several months.
He is survived by his father and
mother. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Martin;
four brothers, Q. E., J. F., F. M. and
W. M. Martin, and five sisters, all
of Atlahta. Ga. The funeral will
take place Saturday afternoon at
Moreland, Ga.
The funeral of Mrs. Essie House, who
died Thursday at a local hospital
will be held from the Western
Heights Baptist Church at 3 o’clock
Saturday afternoon. • Mrs. House
was twenty-nine years old, and is
survived by her husband. L. C.
House, and two small children.
Funeral services of Helen Maqruder,
the one-year-old daughter pf Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Magruder, who died
Friday morning at the home in
Kirkwood, were conducted from the
residence Saturday,morning. Inter
ment at Westview.
Mrs. Emilie Melchers, of Charleston.
S. C., died Saturday noon while on
a visit at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Emile Bjeitenbucher, No. 114
Sunset avenue. She is survived by
one other daughter, Mrs. Herman
Bischoff. of Charleston.
The funeral of W. J. Poss. who died
at the residence. No. 710 East Fair
street. Friday morning, will be held
from the home at 10:30 o’clock Sun
day morning. Interment at Holly
wood.
Arrest of Former Tennessee Gov
ernor Causes Judge Meeks
to Oppose Howse.
NASHVILLE, July 27.—Indlngant
over the arrest of ex-Governor M. R.
Patterson, who was caught in what
is alleged to have been a "framed-
up” raid on a house in the restricted
district, M. H. Meeks, Circuit Court
judge, to-day announced for Mayor
of Nashville, to oppose Mayor Hillary
Howse for re-election.
Governor Patterson, who parted
company with Mayor Howse two
years ago on account of the ex-Gov
ernor supporting Sheriff Borum, has
been trying for some time t<* get
Judge Meeks to announce When
Patterson was caught, the pressure
was so great m Judge Meeks that he
announced without further hesita
tion. Meeks and Howse are both
Democrats.
Meeks being backed by Criminal
Judge Neil and Howse having the po
lice under him, th ■ saloonmen are
trembling and fearful that they will
be ground in the factional fight, or
that Noah W. Cooper, Independent,
will win and close them up.
Meeks has five years to serve r.s
judge.
ALLEGED BIGAMIST ARRESTED.
CHATTANOOGA, July 26.—The lo-
I cal authorities have been notified of
the arrest of Ed Langford, of this
( city, at Risin, Ark., upon a charge if
j bigamy preferred by his wife here.
| She has six children. Wife No. 2 was
married at Risin in April.
Funeral Designs and Flower*
FOR ALL OCCASIONS,
Atlanta Floral Company,
465 EAST FAIR STREET.
3 GIRLS BELIEVED BURNED.
MALDEN. MASS.. July 26.—One
man was oadly burned and three girls
probably perished when fire swept the
New England Dyeing and Cleaning
Company's plant on Charles street
after a naphtha tank had exploded.
POSTMASTER AT GREENVILLE.
WASHINGTON, July 26.— The
! President has nominated Teresa G
• Williams as postmaster at Greenville,
rGa* -
Black Sleuth Trails
Negro Slayer; Jailed
COLUMBUS. July 26—After trail
ing Manuel Bailey, a negro murderer
of Tennessee, through four States,
Frank Walker, a black detective, of
that State, caused Bailey’s arrest in
Girard, Ala., to-day. Bailey is being
held at Seale. Ala., pending the sign
ing of requisition papers by Governor
O'Neal of Alabama.
Walker will return to Covington
Tenn.. with his man. who is wanted in
that town on a charge of murdering a
negro preacher.
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Tickets on sale July 26,
27 and 28. Limited August
5, with privilege of exten
sion until August 20.
TWO DAILY THROUGH
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
52 Sunday Concerts
Planned by Music
Festival Association
Plans for an unbroken series of
Sunday afternoon concerts at the Au
ditorium-Armory next year are now
being prepared by the Atlanta Mu
sic Festival Association. It is the
hope of the association to arrange
wifh the Auditorium Committee of
the General Council to secure the
building for each Sunday during the
year that there may be no break in
the series of concerts.
A meeting of representatives of the
association and of the Council com
mittee was held in Mayor Woodward’s
office Friday afternoon. V. H. Krieg-
shaber declared that during the last
year the association had paid $4,000
for an organist, but because other at
tractions were booked Sunday, It had
been able to give only 35 concerts. He
declared that a break in the series
caused people to lose interest, and
asked the committee for an arrange-
ment whereby each of the 52 Sun
days of the year could be used for
concerts.
Teachers' Loan Is
Favored by Report
The House was in session 35 min
utes Saturday morning and disposed
of some local bills. Under the rules
of the House, only bills of a local na
ture may be taken up at the Satur
day sessions, ajid Consequently but
few more than a quorum of the mem
bers were present.
A report by the Ways and Means
Committee was favorable to House
Resolution 96, which provides for bor
rowing money by the Governor on
reasonable terms. This resolution is
in line with the effort being made to
relieve the deficit in the school-teach
ers' appropriation.
The House authorized the printing
of 200 copies of House Bill No. 22,
which provides for a text book com
mission. This is one of the bills tend
ing toward publication of school books
by the State.
Speaker Pro Tern McMichael, of
Marion County, presided.
Barwick Relents, and
Mattiford Is Freed
John D. Mattiford, arrested in Bos
ton Friday, after a 3,000-mile chase,
on a charge of kidnaping two chil
dren of John A. Barwick, of Atlanta,
has been released. Barwick notified
the Atlanta police he had recovered
his children and that he would not
press the prosecution.
It was charged that Mattiford and
Mrs. Barwick eloped with the children
about three months ago. The princi
pal? have decided they will not re
turn to Atlanta to live. Barwick is now
in New York City with his children.
OLD CLAYT ROBSON IS
GIVEN BIRTHDAY ’CUE
ID CONTEST IS
OLD CLAYT ROBSON.
State’s Best Known Drummer Is Surprised by
Friends Led by Old Joe Pottle.
Old Joe Pottle, Solicitor General of
the Ocmulgee Circuit, aided and abet
ted by a dozen or more members cf
the Legislature and as many more
well-known citizens of Atlanta, not lo
mention an additional dozen or so or
dinary folks, surprised Old Clayt Rob
son. of the State at large, with a big
barbecue party in the Kimball House
Friday night, the occasion being Old
Clayt Robson’s thirty-fifth birthday.
Jlobson knows and is known by
more people in Georgia than anybody.
There Isn’t a town he hasn’t visited
many times in h1s rounds of commer
cial traveling, and there isn't a com
munity in which he is not well ac
quainted.
It is said that he can use the long
distance phone in Atlanta and sell
more goods than tluee or four ordi
nary salesmen put together. This
may or may not be so, but Robson
doesn’t deny it.
Old Clayt Caught Napping.
Anyway, Old Joe Pottle loves Old
Clayt Robson with a love that sur-
passeth understanding, and so he
came up from Milledgeville Thursday,
armed with a barbecued shoat, a lot
of fine, fat tomatoes, and other ap
proved barbecue trimmings, and he
gumshoed around town collecting up
a bunch of Robson’s admirers, with
a whispered word to meet at the
Kimball at 7:30 in the evening, there
to surprise Old Clayt and make mer
ry for a time.
Just before the big "eats” was
pulled off, everybody was wise but
Robson. He was caught napping in
the KlmLall lobby about 7:15, and
forthwith was rushed into the ban-
quete hall, and things were explained.
He admitted that it was hi® thirty-
fifth birthday, however, ai d that,
therefore, he was a legitimate object
of a surprise party, and, besides, be
liked surprise parties first-rate, any
way they came.
Presented With Umbrella.
In the meantime, a lot of Old Joe
Pottle’s guests had gumshoed arouni
themselves during the afternoon, and
during the progress of the festivities
a handsome umbrella was presented
to Mr. Robson as a token, of every
body’s good will and esteem, and is
NOMINATION BLANK
I hereby nominate as the most beautiful girl in Atlanta:
Name
Address
Only one of these blanks will be credited to any one
contestant.
VOTING COUPON
For any regularly nominated Candidate in th#
BEAUTY CONTEST
Name of Candidate.
Address
Fill out this Coupon and send It to “Booster Button” Editor of
The Georgian and American.
an evidence of their hopes for many
happy returns of the day.
Mr. Robson’s speech of acceptance
was mostly smiles—his smiles con
stituting his biggest asset, anyw r ay!
And Old Joe Pottle returned t.o
Milledgeville to-day, a perfectly hap
py and contented man!
Fine Opportunity for Winning an
Automobile by Work Among
Business Men Uptown.
The American and Georgian’s Want
Ad Contest is opening up in great
style. Contestants brought in a bunch
of want ads yesterday afternoon, and
they were just getting their hand in
at that.
But the field is still open. There’s
a great opportunity for live, hustling
young men and women.
Don’t think this is just a "kids’
game.” It isn’t every day that an
automobile or a piano or a trip to
California is given for a bit of light
work. A young man or young wom
an with some business ability and
some spare time can win a prize
worth while by working uptown
among the business men. Real es
tate firms, retail stores, every kind ,
of business offers opportunity for
want ads, and they count just the
same as house-to-house business.
Some of you people with lots of ac
quaintances uptown can get in now
and win.
Contestants should let their
friends know they are in the con
test. If they will give the Want
Ad Man a list of all their friends
he will help them spread the news
and assist them in rounding up the
business and the votes. Some of the
contestants have brought in these
lists and others should do it at once.
The Want Ad Man is planning a
campaign to help the contestants.
One young man, in his teens, won
big success on his first day out. reap
ing a harvest of want ads in one
street. It’s easy to get them if you’ll
just suggest want ad possibilities.
Mrs. Jones may not think of needing
something an ad would bring her, but
a hint that she could rent that va
cant room or hire a new cook or sell
an old piece of furniture will always
bring an idea and the idea brings
the ad.
The coupon published on another
will count 1,000 votes for a start-
page will count 1,000 votes for
a starter. Clip it out. take it to the
Want Ad Man or your district man
ager nearest your home and start in
to win. You may be driving your'
own motor car this autumn.
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2 and 3. Return limit Au
gust 15. Through electric
lighted sl^el sleeping cars.
Dining cars on most con
venient schedules.
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her as a horse, a dog and a goat, and
cheated her out of her pin money, will
be told of in
NEXT SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
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