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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MACHINISTS UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY AT TRIAL OF LEO M. FRANK “I found the strands of hair on the handle of the lathing machine in the National Pencil Factory Monday morning. I also found the blood spots on the second floor by the water cooler at the ladies* dressing room. I know they were blood. The same day that 1 found the spots of blood, I found the pay envelope under the machine at which Mary Phagan worked. The lathe on which I found the hair was about 20 feet away from where I found the pay envelope. The hair was not there Friday, for 1 worked on the lathe up to 5:30 o’clock, quitting time. The factory was closed Saturday. The spots were not there Friday.”—Testimony of R. P. Barrett, machinist at the pencil factory. GIRL DIDN'T SEEI [ Monteen Stover, Who Was at the Factory on Day of Slaying, Testifies at Trial. Continued From Page 4. SWEARS SHE DID NOT SEE FRANK IN OFFICE AT NOON ON TRAGIC DAY verse could Identify the hair.” The objection was sustained. Rosser began cross-examination. Q. How far was it from the ma chine where the hair was found to where the girls combed their hair?— A. About 10 feet. Q. How do you know that hair was not on that machine Friday?—A. I worked at the machine until 5 o’clock Friday afternoon. Q. Did any girls work there Satur day?—A. No. Q. How far was it from where you found the blood spots to where you found th^ hair?—A. About 8 feet. Pay Envelope Also. Q. Did you find anything around Mary Phagan’s machine?—A. Yes, I found a part of a pay envelope. Q. Describe how you found it.—A. The latter part of the week I was standing about 15 feet from her ma chine when I saw a paper under her machine and I went over and picked it up. It was a part of a pay en velope with the letter “P” or “F” on it. Q. What day and date was that?— A. The same day I found the spot of blood between the 28 and 30. Q. What did you find under tht machine?—A. Nothing but filings. Q. What did you do with the pay envelope?—A. Turned It over to that man (pointing out a deputy). Solicitor Dorsey here had the wit ness to identify the paper and it was then fchown to the attorneys for the defense. Examined Factory Closely. Q. Did you examine the factory?— A. Yes, very closely. Q. Did you find anything like a baseball bat around the first floor A. No. Q. Did you find any part of a pay envelope?—A. No. Q. Dic^. you search closely?—A. Very closely. Q. You say you found blood?—A. Yes. Q. You don't know that it was bihod—it just looked like blood?—A. No, sir, I know it was blood. Q. What time was it when you no ticed the strand of hair?—A. A few minutes later. Q. Were they long strands or knot ted?—A. They Were around rny fin gers when I noticed them. Strands of Hair Foot Long. Q. How long were they ?—A. About a foot long. Q. You didn't see them when you took hold of the handle and the first you saw of them was when they were wound around your fingers?—A. Yes Q. You say this envelope was found under her machine?—A. Yes. Q. Then the lathe the hair was on was 20 feet away?—A. Yes, 20 or 26 feet away. Q. The pay envelope you found had no name or number on it—only this little loop?—A. Yes. Attorney Rosser here walked over to the jury and showed them the loop marked on the envelope. Told of Find Same Day. Then Mr. Rosser called the witness closer to the jury. Q. It is the same sort of envelope they always have used at the factory? —A. Yes. Q. There is nothing to identify it unless this little loop be a part of a name?—A. Yes, sir, the top of the envelope was tom off. All the writing on it was a loop that looked like the lower part of a “G.” Dorsey here took up the re-direct examination. Q. When did you tell Schiff about this?—A. The same day. Barrett was excused. Mell Stanford, who had not figured in the case up to this time, was called. Stanford also Is an employee of the pencil factory. • The witness stated that he had TAX SUPERVISOR PRISON REFORM BILL PASSED 8K SENATE Monteen Stover, Thursday witness for State. . A .§£ J ' worked at the pencil factory for two yearn and was at work there Friday, April 25. Spot Not There Friday. Q. What did you do this Friday?— A. I swept the whole floor of the metal room. Q. Did you see anything there Monday?—A. I saw some white com pound smeared over something. Q. Was it there Friday?—A. No. Q. What kind of a broom did you use?—A. A little broom. Q. Do you know anything about a big cane broom?—A. Yes. Q. Where was this broom Monday? —A. About 8 feet from the spot. Q. What was under the white sub stance?—A. Some spots. Q. Was it blood?—A. 1 don't know. Q. Could you tell whether the broom used was big cane or a little broom?—A. A big one. The witness was then turned over to the defense for cross-examination. Court then adjourned until 2 o’clock. /Praises Hooper. Attorney Reuben Arnold took up the cross-examination of Mel Stan ford when court resumed after the re ft ss. Jusr before court opened Leonard Haas, friend of l^eo Frank, leaned across the table to Attorney F. A. Hooper, Dorsey's assistant, and said: "Mr. Cooper, I want to congratulate you on the very gentlemanly manner with which you have conducted your self He said nothii g to Solicitor Dor sey, who was sitting beside him. Dor- Three Reform Measures Now Be fore House With Sheppard’s Having Best Prospects. The fight between advocates of the Lipscomb bill, creating a State hoard of tax equalizers. and the Shepherd substitute, creating county boards only, took an unexpected turn | in the House of Representatives Thursday morning, when Represen tative Barry Wright, of Floyd Coun ty, offered a substitute to both the Lipscomb and Shepherd measures. Mr. Wright’s measure creates neither a State nor county board. It establishes the office of Deputy : Comptroller General, who shall be | ex-officio Tax Commissioner at a sal ary of $3,000 a year and have general supervision of the taxes of the State. He shall appoint, at his discretion, lax agents or assessors to visit the | various counties. The purpose of his substifute, Mr. Wright explained, is to ferret out and get at the untaxed property of the State, which he claims runs up into the millions of dollars. He declared that the provisions of his bill will not i increase any man's taxes if he returns his property at a fair valuation, but will cause those who evade the law to contribute a just proportion of their wealth to the State. A determined effort was made by the opponents of tax revision to kill Mr. Wright’s bill before the members of the House could become familiar with its provisions. The introduction of the Wright substitute places three tax reform bills before the House. The Lipscomb bill which was perfected, with the committee amendments. Thursday morning after being shorn-of Its pow- j er by amendments offered by Mr. Stovall of Elbert, creates a State Board of Tax Equalizers and county \ boards. The Sheppard substitute | abolishes the State hoard and creates I county boards only. It is understood that other substitutes will be offered when the House convenes Friday morning. Mr. Sheppard - substitute is regard ed as the only bill of the three that is likely to pass. Provides Indeterminate Sentences for Felony Cases—Eugenics Marriage Bill Resurrected. The Senate Thursday morntnf, by a votes of 27 to 3, passed Senator Foster’s bill presiding for the inde terminate sentences in felony cases and agreed to reconsider two bills de feated Wednesday, providing for an eugenics marriage law and the con- bills the following new bills were in troduced. 0y6ter Protection Urged. By Smith of the Ninth, providing for the protection of the oyster indus try in the State. By Watts, of .he Eleventh, and by Turner and Elkins, bill providing for the creation ot a commission to dis pose of the Governor's mansion and to erect an annex to the State Cap itol In addition o a new mansion for the chief executive hi executive session the State con firmed the nominations of the Gov ernor submitted Wednesday. Hobson’s Charges Denied by Carrier SELMA, July 31.—8. A. Reynolds, secretary of the Alabama Rural Let ter Carriers' Association, denies that a secret resolution was passed at the last session of the association July 4-5 at Montgomery favoring United State Senator J. F. Johnston, as inti mated in charges brought by Con gressman R P. Hobson, opposing Johnston for the Senate. Hobson made a protest to President Wilson and Postmaster General Bur- stitutional ameniment restricting the leson on the alleged "pernicious polit ical activity” of men In the civil serv ice, declaring that Johnston was try ing to use the carriers’ association. U. S. JOB FOR COROLINI AN. ^ _ . , WASHINGTON, July 31.—President y was.unmindful if any slight wad J wu Ron to-day named Duncan C. Hey- lntended. | ward to be collector of internal rev enue, district of South Carolina. creation of new counties. Under the indeterminate sentence urged by the Men and Religion Com mittee. persons convicted of felony will receive a maximum and minimum sentence rather than a sentence fixed, and, in addition, the wearing of con vict stripes is excluded to prisoners classed as of the lowest grade. The bill was endorsed by the State Prison Board. Pleads for Eugenics Bill. Senator Allen, ot the Twentieth, in making his motion for a reconsider ation of the eugenics bill, made a strong plea for the measure. He de clared that Its authors were more than willing to eliminate the alleged drastic provisions of the bill in or der to get it through. The bill has the support nbw of a number of sen ators who opposed it Wednesday. The Senate also passed the Bush bill, providing for the regulation and control of insurance companies, in cluding foreign ard domestic corpor ations and fraternal organizations. Senator Burtz’s bill, revising jury listing, also received the unanimous vote of the Senate. Acts on Ducktown Row. The Senate also passed a resolution giving the Governor authority and power to look into the differences be tween certain <i*i?€ns of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company, a controversy whifh has been pending lor several years. The resoluti m of President Ander son, giving the Governor authority to furnish military protection at the Vanderbilt road races In Savannah In Novembei, al*o passed the Senate. Senator McGregor, of the Nineteenth, voted for the hill after he had been assured that the proposed service was: purely voluntary on the part of the militia. Following the passage of a large number of local House and Senate Plan to Drop Probe Of Augusta Strike The investigation of the riots dur ing the steet ca strike at Augusta last year probablv will he absndjned by the House Committee cn Military Affairs, according to a st» - ment made Tnursday morning by Repre sentative Spence of Mitchill county, chairman of the committee. "It is not likely,” declared Mr. Spence, "that another meeting of thll committee will be called to continue the investigation, because we have been unable to see what good will re sult fro It. So far as we can see the investigation will lead nowhere, and will result in nothing by bad feeling.” A meeting of the military affair* committee was held at the Capitol* Thursday afternoon. KODAKSSh First C!&m Finishing and En larging. A complete stock lima platen, papers, chemicals, ate. Special Mail Order Department for out-of-town customer*. Send for Catalogue and Price L(a4. 4. ft. HAWKES CO. Kidak Orpafsityf | 14 Whitehall 8t. ATLANTA, QA. Mad Dog Epidemic Frightens Eufaula EUFAULA. July 31.—Eufaula had a mad dog epidemic to-day. about half a dozen persons being bitten by rabid canines. One boy. Lin wood Boyer, had to be taken to the State Pasteur Institute at Montgomery for treatment. E. R. West, one of the oldest Confederate veterans in the city, was attacked twice by one dog. but escaptd by flee ing indoors. “Law Bros. For Quality” Semi-Annual Reductions On Manhattan Shirts Our entire stoek of high-grade soft Shirts, in cluding silks, are now on sale at SUBSTAN TIALLY REDUCED PRICES. Make your se lections early. All Straw Hats Now Half-Price Watch Our Show Windows (YiYfS(YiiViWfY«V«'«>■ Stamps, Money Orders, Etc., at Postal Sub-Station in Famous Center Aisle yWYWMrVWWWWW RICH & BROS. CO. TALBOTTON MISSION MEETING. TALBOTTON.—The district meet ing of th- 3 Woman’s Missionary Union of the Columbus Baptist Association was held wMth the Talbotton Baptist Church Wednesday. Mrs. P. G. Aw- try. of Manchester, presided. Mrs. W. K. Kimbrough, of Talbotton, made the welcome address. THE BOHEMIA, WHERE JOY REIGNS SUPREME, 100 WHITEHALL ST. The American Theater is no more. With a complete change of management, change of show and change of appearance, the Bohe mia takes Its place under the man agement of B. T. Glenn. If there is a better, cleaner or more attractive show' in Atlanta than that at The Bohemia, the writer has been unable to find it. The girls are pretty, can sing and dance, and the comedians are headliners. With it all there is nothing to offend the most modest. One visit will convince you. Alienas Special Shoe Sale To-morrow and Saturday Until 1 o’ Clock 1000 Pairs of Shoes At $2.95 a Pair These inqlude 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. J. P. Allen & Co. % £ £ & i**' s a , s I” [’it -S Beginning To-morrow Rich’s Offer Their Entire Stock of High- Grade Furniture at Price Reductions of 10 to 50 Per Cent Special Purchases Made by Our Buyer on His Recent Trip - Are Also Offered at Savings of an Average Third T HERE in a nutshell is Rieh’s August Furniture Sale—all the furniture that we own, or have recently acquired by special purchase, is offered at savings of 10 per cent to 50 per cent. Please remember that these savings come but twice a year—once in February and again in August. 2nd—Because we can advantageously ac quire special purchases from the manufac turers only for February and August. Two things more we especially stress in this August Sale: 1st—Because our own furniture is marked at such a close margin of profit that we can not afford to take a mark-down more than once in six months. 1st. All the Furniture in this Sale is Sound Sound furniture means no puttied-up knot holes, no defects glossed over with varnish, no “green” woods, no slovenly cabinet work, no imita tions of any kind masquerading as genuine. When the day comes that we sen net offer genuinely sound furniture at genuine economies in a Furniture Sale or any other, we shall not hold such a sale. 2nd. All the Furniture is in Good Taste Furniture, to be in good taste, must be both useful and beautiful. To be useful it must be well constructed and comfortable. To be beautiful it must be of proper proportion and harmonious throughout. It may be simple or highly ornamental, but it must have harmony of proportion and of de sign, and it must always be useful and comfortable. Knowing these truths about good furniture, you may be sure we allow no other kind on our floors. The August Sale prices would mean nothing if the furniture were not in most instances re markably fine and beautiful, and in every instance thoroughly good. All Reductions Are Plainly Marked---Savings Evident at a Glance Every piece of furniture retains its former price ticket and the new August Sale price ticket. Former and present prices are easily compared—t he savings are evident at a glance. N. B.—Customers wishing to profit by th ese special August prices, and desiring more than the usual 30 days’ credit, can arrange terms to suit through our office. HH;M. RICH & BROS. CO. M. RICH & BROS. CO. fiMRMMI! V