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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
III
FOR OUTER BUTTLE OVER
NEGRO CONLEY’S STORY
Continued From Page 1.
o’clock the Monday mornlnp after th*
crime, he now was not Bure that it
was not 10 or 10:30.
Rosser, seeking to discredit Black’s
previous testimony and his memory,
drove Black to admit that he couM
not remember any of the details n!
Frank’s attire the morning that Black
visited the Frank home, and that oe
was not sure at all that Frank could
not have seen the face of the Phagan
girl when he visited the morgue Sun
day morning.
Shal^y Testimony.
Black swore when Dorsey w^s ques
tioning him that Frank put on his
collar, tie and coat on the first floor
of his home, but when Rosser got
hold of him he was Just as willing to
admit that It might have been in the
cellar or on the roof, and the remain
der of his testimony became shaky
to the same extent.
Taking up a number of the details
of Black’s testimony on direct exam
ination. Rosser made the perspiring
detective admit that he was not cer
tain of a single one of them. None
too fluent and assured under the
friendly interrogation of the Solici
tor General, Black instantly became
halting and confused when Rosser let
loose with his fire of disconcerting
questions.
The detective's features flushed
crimson. He mopped Ills face which
was running with perspiration Then
he held his handkerchief up by two
of Its corners to dry in the breeze
from an electric fan. Before he could
accomplish -this. It must be applied
again to his liquid features.
He tripped and stumbled over hit
answers. He became hopelessly mud
dled as to times and conversations. He
was groping, but his memory turned
traitor.
The "Plant” Story.
The climax came when Solicitor
Dorsey came out with hts declaration
that the bloody shirt found at Newt
Lee’s home was a "plant," and that It
was Inspired by Frank or persons In
terested In Frank. He said that he
Intended to show that Black had gone
to Lee’s home to make a search only
after Frank had Informed him that
several punches were missing from
the time tape taken out of the regis
ter clock, and that Lee would have
had time to go home between punches
The Solicitor added that he proposed
to show that the only interpretation
of Herbert Haas' demand for a search
of Frank s house was in order to open
up the way for a search of Lee’s house
by the detectives.
It took only a few moments to
demonstrate that the Solicitor was
leaning on a broken reed. Black
already had passed through the ordeal
•of more than an hour's grilling by
Rosser and Dorsey had him In the
Stole to Keep Family
And Enjoy Gay Life
CHICAGO. July 31.—Richard Zen-
kers, member of an old French-Ger
man family and a graduate of Heidel
berg, was being held to-day for an
embezzlement of 37,000.
Zenkers confessed he could not
make his 3200 a month pay the ex
penses of himself, his wife and his
five children, and his activity In the
“white light" district.
800-Year-Old Turtle
Given Home in Zoo
NEW YORK. July 31.—A 464-
pound turtle, said to be 800 years
old. was presented to the Central
Park zoo by Benjamin Katzenstein.
The turtle was brought here from
the California coast on a tramp
steamer.
Don’t Be
“Grouchy”
just because your stomach
has “gone back” on you.
There’s a splendid chance
for it to “come back”
with the aid of
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STOMACH BITTERS
It soothes and tones the
tired nerves, promotes
bowel regularity, aids di
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re-direct. Black gave only a half
hearted and half-certain assent to
Dorsey's inquiry if these circum
stances did not transpire before the
search of Lee’s house.
But when Rosser charged at him
again even this fragment of memory
and assurance had departed from
him.
"Don’t you know, Black, that, as
a matter of fact, that shirt wa« found
before Frank ever said anything to
you about the misses in that time
tape?*’ Rosser bellowed at the red
faced, wilting detective.
Waited Six Minutes.
Black opened his mouth, but no
answer came forth.
"Don’t you know it?” persisted the
lawyer.
Still no answer.
Rosser drew his watch from hlv
pocket and held it on the witness. Six
minutes pasted and the silence con
tinued. Judge Roan started to speak
"Give him time to answer, your
honor,” interrupted Rosser grimly,
still holding the watch.
"I don’t remember.” finally came
from the lips of the witness.
A moment later Black gave up.
"I’m all crossed up” he said. “I
don’t know where I’m at.”
Rosser laughed.
“Come down,” he said.
“Come down," echoed the Solicitor
J. M. Gantt, discharged employee of
the pencil factory, followed Black on
the stand. Gantt’s most Important
piece of testimony was that Frank,
contrary to the representations he
made the morning after the murder,
knew Mary Phagan bv name.
He knew this, he said, because one
day when he had been talking with
the Phagan girl Frank said to him:
“You seem to know Mary pretty well,
Gantt.”
Rosser brought out in his cross-ex
amination of Gantt that the young
man had failed to tell «f this alleged
incident when he was before the
Coroner’s jury when he was asked if
Frank knew the girl.
Say Frank Was Nervous.
The bulk of the State’s evidence
Wednesday was only for the purpose
of showing that Frank was nervous,
trembling and pale on the afternoon
of the tragedy and the next morning
when he was taken to the morgue and
to the factory by the detectives. Gantt
testified that Frank seemed nervous
and apprehensive Saturday night at
6 o’clock when Gantt went to the
factory to get same shoes he had left
there when discharged. “Boots” Rog
ers and Detectives Starnes and Black
testified that he acted In ft nervous
and aglt^ed manner the next morn
ing. Rogers and Black declared that
Frank would not look on the face of
the dead girl when they took him to
the undertaking rooms.
RED BANDANNA, A JACKKNIFE AND
PLENNIE MINOR PRESERVE ORDER
Posse To Be Tried
For Slaying Fugitive
MOUNT VERNON. July 31.—When
the Montgomery Superior Court con
venes here next week the case against
Lamar Holmes, Mayor of Soperton; T.
K. Wade. Marshal of Soperton; Wyatt
Marten, a prominent farmer, and Lee
Keen, for killing W. L. Radney near
Soperton about March 1. will be tried
The case is set for Thursday.
It is contended by the State that
the posse went in search of Radney
with the intention to kill him, al
though they had a warrant for his
arrest for burglary. The defendants
will contend that the killing was
purely an accident.
Knoxville Baby at
Birth Has 2 Teeth
KNOXVILLE. TENN., July 31.-
baby bom with teeth is a record that
D. A. Gossett, a carpenter, of Vestal
claims for his family. Mr. Gossett
states that the baby boy had two
teeth through the lower front gum
when he came into this world. The
baby is now five weeks old.
The child is perfectly formed, is a
lusty voungster and his two teeth are
the only things that make him dif
ferent from other children of his age,
says Mr. Goesett. The other six chil
dren had no teeth when the stork
brought them.
CANNING DEMONSTRATIONS.
BAXLEY.—Miss Annie Lou Tap-
pan. of Greensboro, has conducted
eighteen successful canning demon-
| strations at different schools and
clubs in Appling County this month.
PORCELAIN-NO GOLD
CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK
OUR SPECIALTY.
^B9ielebone;
- v »ucnow Beet Set.
$3.00
No More. No
Less.
GOLD CROWN (22-K) $3.00
BRIDGE WORK.PER TOOTH 3.00
SILVER FILLING8 26
GOLD FILINGS SO
CLEANING TEETH 60
TWENTY.YEAR GUARANTEE.
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Fate Drags Major Francis Walker
to Vagrant’s Cell—Career
Reads Like Novel.
rVUIDIT DftPT (1[ Balkan Toll 80,000;
LAniul I run I Ul Turk War Eclipsed
Handiwork of 2,700 Pupils Will
Be Feature of Commencement
Thursday Night.
COLUMBIA, S. C„ July 31.—Major
Francis Douglass Walker, 72 years
old, Is dead at the Home for Confed
erate Soldiers here. He was a mem
ber of the Pinckney family and
fought In many btg battles of the war
between the states.
After the war he went to New York
City to enter business and was for a
time prominent In social circles. In
1908, after a series of financial losses,
he was sent to Blackwell's Island .n
vagrant.
Major Walker was sent here by a
group of wealthy New York women of
Southern birth, who arranged a ba
zaar in his benefit at the Waldorf-As
toria.
Major Walker was a cadet at the
Military Academy In Charleston when
the first Confederate gun was fired
at Fort Sumter. He Jumped frtJa the
lassroom and ran to the water’s edge,
four classmates w’lth him. There was
no boat, so they swam half a mile
to the Ironclad Battery w'hlch helped
batter the Federal fortress Into sub
mission.
Flogs Rival on Stage.
In the winter of 1877 Walker was
the chief actor in an event that
stirred Brooklyn's society folk and
became a national sensation. One
night in the old Academy of Music,
where the Amaranth Society was giv
ing an amateur performance, Walker
jumped on the stage and horsewhip
ped a player who was his rival for
the love of a young widow. Walker
had warned him not to appear in the
same cast with the woman. The man
Walker whipped later became vice
president of one of the most impor
tant corporations in the world and
the husband of the young woman.
Walker was arrested for assault.
After a trial he was sentenced to 60
davs In the penitentiary on Crow
Hill. His lawyers soon got him out
of Jail and a petition was started o riAV’S MARKET OPENING
his behalf, which was signed by Hen- iU-JJAx ° urr,mitu
ry Ward Beecher. A letter from Gov
ernor Hampden to Governor Robinson
turned the tide in his favor. He did
not return to the penitentiary. He
traveled for many years and then
poverty overtook him.
Asks Shelter: Sent to Jail.
One night in the fall of 1908 a tall
man with snow white hair stood be
fore Magistrate Tighe in the Adams
police court In Brooklyn and asked
for 8 night’s lodging. It was Major
Walker. The Magistrate could do
nothing but commit him to the pen
itentiary for six months. Then,
through the co-operation of the Con
federate Veteran Camp of New York,
and the U. S. Grant Post. G. A. R.,
of Brooklyn, the Major was trana
ferred to the Kins’s County Alms
house.
Wealthy women of Southern birth
heard of Walker’s troubles. They or
ganized a bazaar at the Waldorf-As
toria on January 14. 1909, and $3,000
was raised for his benefit With this
money he was sent to the Soldiers'
Home at Columbia, where friends got
a clerical -'osition for him. Major
Walker had outlived ell his relatives.
Plennie Minor, chief deputy sheriff,
has a man’s sized ,job on his hands
and he handles It with the aid of a
red bandanna handkerchief and a
pocketknife.
More formidable armament has
been Invented, but the oriflammed
kerchief and the barlow blade are all
that Plennie Miner requires to per
form a duty that many would deem
arduous, all of which shows that the
deputy sheriff Is a man of resource
and ability.
It is his job to keep order in Judge
Roan’s courtroom, while Leo Frank is
being tried as the slayer of Mary
Phagan. It’s a real job, when it is
considered that during each day at
least two thousand persons attend
the trial or try to and each one looks
to Plennie Minor, to see to their per
sonal accommodation.
Everything is Up to Him.
Minor Is a public officer, ergo a
public servant, and the public expects
him therefore to attend to all Its
wants from a seat beneath an elec
tric fan to a drink of ice water.
In the old days before Democratic
simplicity and grape juice became
popular In the public mind, Minor
NEW YORK COTTON.
Cotton quotations:
July
Aug
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Pec.
Tan.
Feb.
Mch
May
I I T TEIrstj Prev.
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.11.70 11.70111.67111.67|11.66-67
.! ' 1 ! 111.35-37
. 111. 27'H. 28111.37111.28111.24-25
j 1 111.20-22
.11 25 11.25 11.24111.24 11.22-23
.111.16111.16 11.14*11.14U1.14-15
I ill .16-17
.’11.22 11.22111.21 11.21 11.22-24
11.24:11.24111.23'11.24111.26-28
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
TO START ASBESTOS PLANT.
GAINESVILLE.—An asbestos manu
facturing plant is to be established here
by a Chicago concern, which will also
make this a distributing point for a pat
ent roofing Operations begins at once
Cotton quotations:
1 |First| Prev.
|Open|High|Lowl Call.! Close.
.Tulv 1
1 11.55
Aug. . 1
Ill .57-59
Sent. i
1 ‘11.33-35
Oct. . 11.29lll.29
11.27:11.27 11.28-29
Nov
i 11.23-25
Dec. , .11 26 11 .26'H. 26*11.26 11.25-26
Jan. . 11.2411.24
11.24 11.24 11.26-27
Feb. . .1
1 11.23-25
Mch. . 1
1 Ill .36-38
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'.... 11.41-42
would have been equipped with a
periwig and a mace. These things
were supposed tot impress on every
one the majesty of the law.
A red bandanna can never rank with
a periwig as an emblem of authority.
A pocketknife is hardly in the mace's
class.
But Minor keeps the law’s su
premacy as firmly fixed as the rock
of Gibraltar, which shows there is
considerably more to him than the
bandanna and the knife.
When he wipes his rather high
brow with the bandanna, spectators at
the Frank trial turn toward him with
respect. When he raps on a chair leg
with his knife, hyjlf jjie courtroom ’s
as quiet as a drum with a hole in it.
He Has Other Resources.
And if the bandana and the knife
are not performing their duties effi
caciously. Minor has other resources.
If the spectators wish to titter or to
squirm. Minor make- an oration aft
er he has flourished the bandanna and
played the long roll with the knife.
He tefis the spectators that a court
room is no pla a; for merry quip, that
laughing is entirely as out of place at
a murder trial as orange blossoms are
at a funeral, and he’ll be gosh dinged
—or words to that effect—if he will
have It
His methods are thorough. They
get results. This is proved bv the.
fact that he is called on to officiate
at every hearing in which tlrr P / dc
interest is great.
‘Squarest Gambler,
Silver Bill Riley, Dies
CHICAGO, July 31.—Colonel “.Sti
ver Bill” Riley, known to gamblers
of the United States as the “squarest
sporting man” of all the race track
and pool room fraternity, is dead.
Hhe was rated a millionaire when
he quit gambling activities In 1888.
He was almost penniless when he
died. He gave away large sums of
money. He settled Sldfl.OOO on his
wife in New York when they separat
ed several years ago.
"Silver Bill’’ never allowed a minor
In his pool room and he prohibited
the smoking of cigarettes, card play
ing ad faro in his place.
The handiwork of nearly 2,700 At
lanta children, who have been util
izing the past |ive weeks* of their va
cation time in attehding the sessions
of the daily vacation Bible schools in
different parts of the city, will be on
exhibition when the commencement
exercises of the schools are held
Thursday night.
From this exhibit will be sel|:ted
sewing, baskets and other articles,
and these will be exhibited this fall
In Wanamakpf's store In New York
City. Mr. Wanamaker has set aside
a special place in his establishment
for this unique exposition.
The pupils of the five white schools
will assemble in the Second Baptist
Church, and the pupils of the four
negro school In Big Bethel Church in
Auburn avenue. Programs have been
prepared for the exercises in both
churches.
Study Three Hours Daily.
These Bible schools, inaugurated
for the purpose of giving the idle
school children an opportunity for
improvement during the annual vaca
tion period, have proven a great suc
cess and have been taken advantage
of by all classes of children between
the ages of 5 and 18 years. They are
given three hours' instruction each
day. and receive the benefit of music,
Bible study and manual training
They are taught to sew, make bas
kets and to otherwise use their hands
and brains.
More than 65 young college men
and women are devoting their time
and energies to the training of these
idle little hands, under the general
supervision of the Rev. G. R. Buford,
assistant pastor of the Central Pres
byterian Church, who Is superintend
ent of the school system.
Part of National System.
The schools are distributed in vari
ous sections of the city. The white
schools are conducted i« the Second
Baptist Church, the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, the Wesley |
House, Barnett Mission and the pub,- |
lie school of the Exposition Cotton ]
Mills. The negro schools are held in j
the Fraser Street Mission, Antioch j
Baptist Church, St. Luke’s Episcopal;
Church and Warren Chapel.
The Atlanta vacation schools are a j
part of a great national movement in j
the interest of idle school children .n |
vacation. At present 30 cities are i
represented, and more than 50,000 j
children enrolled.
Dr. R. G. Boville, of New York, one i
of the national directors of the move- |
ment, inspected the Atlanta schools
this week and pronounced them 1
among the finest in the country.
Marshal White To Be
Retained as Deputy
MACON, July 31.—George F.
White, present United States Mar
shal, will be retained as chief deputy
by Joseph S. Davis, of Albany, the
newly appointed marshal, who takes
the oath of office Thursday before
Judge Speer at the latter’s summer
home at Mount Airy, N. C.
Mr. White was a deputy twelve
years, and for the same period he
has been marshal. He was a delegate
to the last Republican convention.
Special Cable to The Georgian.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, July 31.—The
losses in killed and wounded in the
second Balkan war have already
reached appalling figures, far exceed
ing those of the first war with Tur
key. The Servians, it is estimated,
have lost 30,000, in addition to thou
sands who have died from cholera,
which is claiming hundreds every
day. The Greeks have lost 18,000
men, including an unusually large
number of officers. In Bulgaria 30,-
000 men are lying in the hospitals.
The total loss is estimated at 80,-
000. The Servian and Greek losses
are fully double those of the Turkish
war.
England Not to Join
In the Panama Fair
Special Cable to The Georgian.
LONDON, July 31.—The foreign
office to-day announced that England
would not participate in the Panama
Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.
There is considerable mystery in
diplomatic circles over England’s re
fusal, but outside of the bare an
nouncement made by the foreign
office, no further statement was is
sued.
It is generally believed, however,
that England adopted this attitude
because she still resents the treat
ment accorded her by the United
States in the Panama Canal tolls con
troversy. .
WIDOW IS TRIED
IN SLAYING PLOT
Two Convictions Already Have
Resulted for the Killing of
Bellton (Ga.) Man.
GAINESVILLE, July 31.—Mrs. Sil-
va Hawkins goes on trial to-day as
the third defendant indicted Jointly
for the murder of her husband, Ar
thur Hawkins, near Bellton, on May
27.
Bartow Cantrell, 16 years ol&, was
found guilty without recommendation
by a jury Wednesday night, following
the conviction on Tuesday of his
brother, James Cantrell. Sentence
has not been passed -on either of
them pending the disposition of the
case against the slain man’s wife.
The evidence is that Bartow Can
trell killed Hawkins at the instance
of his brother, by shroting Hawkins
from Ifis mule as he was returning
from the day’s work in the flel I.
Judge Jones called the jurors to the
courtroom Wednesday afternoon and
recharged thejn. Tho jury was out
from 2 to 7 o’clock.
Columbus Runaways
Found in Rio Janeiro
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Special Mail Order Department for
out-of-town customers.
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| 14 Whitehall St. ATLANTA. GA.
COLUMBUS. July 31.—McClarken ‘
Clarke and Emmett Smith, boys who |
disappeared from their homes here i
about April and who were thought |
to have "shanghaied” on an Italian j
bark in Mobile a few days later, have !
been located by the United States j
Authorities in Rio Janeiro, Brazil.
Arrangements for return passage i
for the runaways will be made at
once.
COLUMBUS NEEDS THE MONEY
COLUMBUS.—City taxes for 1913
will be due August 1, and as the city
finances are low. City Treasurer Mat
thews has called on the taxpayers to
be prompt.
SPECIAL NOTICE I
Wilton Jellico
COAL
$4.23
July Delivery Only
Place Your Order at Onoe
JELLICO COAL CO.
82 PEACHTREE ST.
Ivy 1S8S Atlanta 36SS
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Crown and Bridge Work $3, $4, $5
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Fillings in Gold, Silver, Platinum and Porcelain, 60c and $1.
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OPEN FROM 8 TO 8. SUNDAYS, 10 TO 3
TERMS TO SUIT
Largest and most thorou ghly equipped Sanitary office fn the
South.
Entrance, 73 1-2 Whitehall St., opposite Vaudette Theater, fburth
door from J. M. High, over A. & P. Tea Store.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Futures opened steady.
Opening
Ra
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Stock quotations to 10 a
STOCK— High. Low.
m.:
10 Prev.
AM. Close.
69% 70
LOSES SUIT FOR HORSE.
FORSYTH— R. B. Giles lost his
suit In the city court against the
Mayor and Aldermen of Forsyth., He
sought $200 for the death of a horse
fatally injured by a road machine.
CHILD BREAKS AN ARM.
FORSYTH.—Louise. the young
daughter of Mrs. James Kendrick
who is visiting her mother. Ms. C. A.
Ens'gn, at Forsyth, fell while play
ing around the house breaking two
bones In an arm, the fractured bones
protruding through the flesh.
GETS $500 DAMAGES.
FORSYTH.—Because he was not
allowed a sufficient time to alight
f~om a train at Pope’s Ferry, W. H.
Ev*ns, of Monroe county, recovered
trom the Southern railway in
*' City Court of Forsyth.
Prev.
ange 2 P. M. Close
July 6.27%-0.28 6.26 6.26%
July-Aug . . .6.26%-6.25% 6.26% 6.24%
Aug.-Sept . . .6,l8%-6.19 6.19 6.18%
Sept.-Oct. . . .6.11 -6.11% 6.12 6.08
Oct -Nov . . .6.06 -6.06% 6.06% 6.04
Nov.-Dec . . .6 01 %-6.02 6 02 5.99
Dec.-Jan. . . .6.01 -6.01% 6.01% 5.99
Jan.-Feb . . ,6.01%-602% 6.02% 5.99’
Feb.-Mch. . . .6.03 6.01
Mch.-April . . .6 04% 6.05 6.01%
April-May . . .6.05 -6.05% 6 06% 6 04%
May-June . . .6.05 -6.08 6.04%
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIVERPOOL. July 31—This market
was due to open % point hheorgi
was due to open % higher on July and
2 to 2% points higher on late posi
tions. but opened steady, generally 2
points higher. At 12:15 p. m.. the mar
ket was steady at a net advance of 2%
points on near positions and 2% to 3%
points higher on distant months Later
the market advanced % potnt from 12:15
p m.
Spot cotton steady at unchanged quo
tations, middling. 6.53d; sales. 6,000
bales, including 5.800 American bales;
tenders, new docket, 2,000 bales.
Amal. Copper. 7
Am. Beet Sug 27 27 27
American Can 32% 32% 32
Am. Iiocomo.. 32 32 32
xAtchison .... 97% 97% 97
Can. Pacific... 216% 216% 216
C. and 0 56 56 56
Colo. F. and I. 80% 30% 3C
Erie | 28% 28% 2f
do, pref. .. 45% 45% 46
G. North. Ore. 35% 35V 4 36
Ill. Central... 105 105 105
North. Pacific. 109% 109% 10$
Pennsylvania. 114 113% 113
Reading 159% J59% 15S
Rep. I. and S. 23% 23% 23
R. I., pfd 28% 28% 2S
So. Pacific.... 93% 93% 93
So. Railway.. 24 23% 23
Union Pacific. 148% 148% 148
U. S Steel.... 59% 59% 59
do. pref. .. 108% 10S% 108
Utah Copper.. 47% 47% 47
x—Ex-dividend 1% per cent.
69%
Allen’s Special Shoe Sale
To-morrow and Saturday Until 1 o’ Clock
1000 Pairs of Shoes
At $2.95 “ Pa "
These include our $4.00 and $5.00 shoes.
In this lot at $2.95 we have shoes of all
leathers, and most every size in every
leather. You can’t help from getting your size in one
of the styles, for all sizes are in this sale.
We also have a special lot of white shoes at $1.95
and $2.45 a pair.
P. Allen & Co.