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ley to come back the next morning
to work at the factory. But if he
did, said Arnold, how was he to know
that Mary Phagan was not going to
come after her pay envelope Friday
night at 5:30 or 6, along with the
rest of the employees?
He did not believe that Helen Fer
guson asked Frank for the pay en
velope of Mary Phagan and was re
fused. Of course, the Ferguson girl
testified on the stand that she did,
but but other testimony developed
that Schiff was the man who paid off
and not Frank at all. And Magnolia
Kennedy, in whose word Arnold was
inclined to place as much credence as
in that of the State’s witness, swore
that she was standing by Helen Fer
guson at the pay window and that
the Ferguson girl got her envelope
and never asked for the Phagan girl’s
pay.
But even granting that this was so,
argued Arnold, what reason had
Frank to believe, accepting the
State’s theory that he knew all about
Mary Phagan not coming for her pay
Friday, that Mary would not come on
Monday, the next work day, for her
money, as was the general outcome in
the pencil factory?
Arnold presented it as his positive
conviction that the man who wrote
the notes found by the body of Mary
Phagan was her murderer. He brand
ed Jim Conley as a miserable, lying
scoundrel who was busily engaged in
concocting stories, with the help of
the detectives, with which he might
save his own black neck from the
hangman’s noose. The crime, he
said, was the work of a savage negro.
The eloquent lawyer paid his com
pliments to “Christopher Columbus”
Barrett, the “discoverer” of the al
leged blood spots and of the strands
of hair on the lathing machine. He
charged that Barrett was only after
the reward money, and called to the
attention of the jury that Chief of
Detectives Lanford and his sleuths
went over the same place on the fac
tory floor Sunday where Barrett dis
covered the spots on Monday morn
ing.
He further called their attention to
the fact that four chips were taken
up by the detectives in the place
where the supposed blood spots were
found and that on only one of them
were any blood corpuscles found—and
then only three or four, when one
drop of blood contains thousands of
the corpuscles. He referred to the
testimony and showed that the chips
were covered with grime and dirt and
that there was nothing to show that
the few blood corpuscles had not been
there months or years.
The spots, inasmuch as they failed
to respond to the blood test, he
maintained, must have resulted from
aniline dyes, exactly as the defense
had contedned from the very first.
C. B. Dalton, who was one of the
spectators in the room, along with
“Christopher Columbus” Barrett,
heard himself described by the attor
ney as a "common liar'’ and hfcard
again his chaingang and court record.
Says Detectives
Coached Negro.
Arnold then turned his attention to
the negro Conley’s story, as told in his
various affidavits and on the stand.
He took it from the first and pointed
out what he deemed the inconsisten
cies and the impossibilities.
He pictured the detectives helping
the negro in his story. He exhibited
a chart and pointed out the time dis
crepancies in the State’s case from
the viewpoint of the defense. He
concluded with an appeal to the jury
not to be swayed by prejudice or by
any slander that had been uttered
against the prisoner.
Attorney Hooper made a vigorous
assault on Frank’s morals in the
opening argument of the trial. He
charged that Frank, respected among
the people of influence of the city,
might very easily carry on his acts of
Immorality in the factory without its
becoming a matter of general knowl
edge.
He accused the young factory su
perintendent of having Dalton as one
of his associates in the gay parties
that the State charges were held in
Frank’s office and in which several
women participated.
Hooper said that his trio—Frank,
Darley and Schiff—practically had the
moral lives of the factory girls in
their hands. He charged that as a
result the factory had been the scene
of many grossly improper Incidents,
and that Frank had started an ac
quaintance with the Phagan girl
which later culminated in the tragedy
of April 26.
He charged premeditation. He said
that the pay of Mary Phagan delib
erately was withheld from Helen Fer
guson on Friday so that the Phagan
girl would com© for her envelope
Saturday. / He was convinced that
Conley was told on Friday to come to
the factory Saturday so that he might
watch against unwelcome interrup
tions while the Phagan girl was on
the second floor.
Attorney Outlines
Plot Against Girl.
The State’s attorney outlined a
horrible plot- against the innocence
of the pretty little factory girl, on
whom he said Frank’s lustful eyes
had been for weeks. He stopped Just
short of charging premeditated mur
der. ,
“I do not have any idea,” he said,
“that Frank had murder in his heart
when he went back to the metal room
with the little girl on Saturday.”
Hooper believed in the negro. He
expressed his opinion that Conley
finally had arrived at the truth and
would stick there under the severest
pressure. He showed how his story
dove-tailed In with the other circum
stances of the case.
“That girl was killed on the second
floor of the factory,” he declared.
“Either Frank did it or he sat su
pinely in his office where he could
not faril to have heard the scream and
the sounds of the struggle, nor could
he have failed to see the negro when
he sought to dispose of the body. The
latter supposition is preposterous and
we must return to the belief that
Frank was the guilty man.”
Hooper said that the incidents Con
ley related as taking place in Frank's
office were the most natural things in
the world. He declared that Conley
could not have manufactured the con
versation out of his own knowledge.
Frank must have been there and ut
tered the words that Conley put into
his mouth in his affidavits to the po
lice and his story on the stand.
Hooper closed hi9 address with an
inquiry as to the whereabouts of W.
H. Mincey. who was expected to
swear that Conley made a virtual
confession to him.
Hargis-Cockrill F eud
IsRenewed; One Slain
LOUISVILLE, KT„ Aug. 22—A re
port from Jackson, Breathitt County,
to-day said that Asberry McIntosh
soht and killed Kreenberry Combs.
The killing is a result of the old
Hargis-Cockrill feud, of which the
murder of Sheriff Ed Callahan was a
part. During the last week three
men have been sentenced to life im
prisonment for Callahan’s death.
Complaints Arouse Commissioner
Price to Action—He Gives
Warning of Crusade.
A SHAMPOO—
And how much better you feel.
Our process is different. Try it.
Makes you feel like new.
“The Little White Shop
Around the Corner’’
Leslie’s Place
10 Alabama St.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of
The American Credit-Indemnity Company
OF NEW YORK
Organized under the ltfws of the State of New York, made to the Gov
ernor of the State of Georgia in pursuance with the laws of said State.
Principal Office—No. 302 Broadway, New York City.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Amount of capital stock $ 350,000.00
Amount of capital stock paid up in cash 350,000.00
II. ASSETS.
Total admitted assets .' ... $1,21(1,629.00
III. LIABILITIES.
Surplus over all liabilities $ 152,205.01
Total liabilities (including $350,000 capital) 1,058,423.99
IV. INCOME DURING FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1913.
Net premiums $367,501.69
Income from interest 29,483.80
Total income $ 396,985.49
V. DISBURSEMENTS FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1913.
Total loss payments $ 182,762.49
Operating expenses (including items for which we carried
a reserve of $23,564.53 December 31, 1912) 180,171.39
Loss on bonds 5,502.50
Total disbursements $ 368,436.38
A copy of the act of incorporation, duly certified, is on file In the of
fice of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF MISSOURI—City of St. Louis.
Personally appeared before the undersigned, Joseph J. Gross, who,
being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the secretary of The
American Credit-Indemnity Company of New York, and that the fore
going statement is correct and true JOSEPH J. GROSS, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of August, 1913.
SHEPARD R. EVANS,
Notary Public, City of St. Louis, Missouri. •
State Agent—R. S. WITHERSPOON.
Agent at Atlanta—R. S. WITHERSPOON.
Commissioner J. D. Price, of the
State Department of Agriculture, Fri
day morning formally declared war
on, the violators of the pure food laws
of Georgia.
The campaign, which is the result
of numerous complaints, will be di
rected against slaughter houses, beef
markets, daisries, groceries, soda
founts and drug stores which handle
illegal narcotics.
Mr. Price will conduct the cam
paign personally through Chief P. A.
Methvin and six inspectors.
Mr. Price declared Friday he was
forced to take the step in accordance
with the provisions of the pure food
lawfe. He said he would give fair
warning and then if conditions were
not improved he would not hesitate
to make wholesale arrests.
“We are making no grandstand
plays in this fight,” said Mr. Price.
* We simply are going after these
fellows to see that the laws are
obeyed. It is my Intention to give
these men fair warning before taking
any action. Such a warning I am
now giving. Inspections will follow
and then arrests whenever the law Is
violated.”
Recent Investigations by inspectors
of the State Department, according
to the Commissioner, have brought to
light shocking conditions in some of
the dairies, beef markets and other
food dispensaries. One can of milk
inspected showed millions of germs to
the cubic centimeter.
Drowns in Attempt
To Rescue 2 Women
BILOXI, MISS., Aug. 23.—Emile
Faviere, a prominent young man of
New Orleans, w r as drowned at Horn
Island trying to rescue two women
who got beyond their depth. The
women were unconscious for an hour
after being rescued.
, The three were members of a par
ty of five people who went out to the
island on a pleasure boat.
REAL ESTATE AND
CONSTRUCTION NEWS
Lot on Edge wood Ave,
Brings $110 a Foot
Sale to Record Friday—Ground Brok
en for Clubhouse—Oil Peach
tree Road Saturday.
Edgewood avenue property con
tinues to be in demand, and at good
prices. Papers w hich went to record
Friday reveal a price of $110 a front
foot, 125 feet east of Howell street.
This conveyance was made by George
J. Dexter to the Atlanta Real Estate
Company. The property is on the
north side of the street, and is un
improved. The lot is 100 by 161.2
feet, and the aggregate price was
$11,000.
Loan Business Good.
The loan business is fast improv
ing and indications point to an un
usually good autumn business. There
seems to be plenty of money, now
that the insurance companies are
lending more, and all that the lend
ers ask is good security. The small
er loans are occasionally bringing 8
per cent, but frequently large amounts
are placed at 6 per cent, and once in
a while at 5.
Ground Broken for Club.
Ground has been broken for the
golf clubhouse of the Druid Hills
Golf Club, and th© structure should
be completed in about three months.
The situation is on the north side of
Ponce DeLeon avenue, a few blocks
east of Lull water Bridge. 4n the vi-
cinify pf “Fern Bank,” the attractive
country place of Colonel Z. D. Har
rison. The house will be constructed
by day labor. The club will have
about 200 members, and H. M. Atkin
son is the president.
Loan Deed Given.
Luther Z. Rosser, Jr., has given a
loan deed on a Houston street lot,
near Hilliard, to J. F. Crabbe, of Ala
bama, for $3,000, five years, at 8 per
cent. The lot is the northwest cor
ner of Hilliard street, 34 by 85 feet.
Contractors Submit Bids.
Atlanta contractors are busy pre
paring bids for the new city refresh
ment pavilion at Grant Park, plans
of Hentz & Reid, architects, having
been accepted. The cost will be ap
proximately $8J>00, and the Job is
considered a nice pick-up for the suc
cessful contractor.
To Oil Peachtree Road.
The McKenzies, the Nunnallys, the
Gradys, the Sullivans, the Cooledges
and others at Brookwood and along
Peachtree road received with much
satisfaction Friday the news that
Peachtree road will be oiled from
Brookwood to Buckhead, the work to
start Saturday. Dust which has been
whipped up by street cars and auto
mobiles has covered shrubbery and
front porches, and relief has long been
sought.
Shelby Smith, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, said
that the work should be completed
within a few days, and that Peach
tree would be one of the best thor
oughfares In the country. The road
will be treated with a California oil
product. It was recently broken up
and rerolled from Fifteenth street to
Buckhead.
Additional County Work.
Moreland avenue paving has been
completed, and President Ingram, of
the Southern Bitulithic Company,
who had the contract with the county,
Inspected the work and also went over
Marietta street, which was recently
completed, and Georgia avenue.
The neighborhood around East
Tenth street and Boulevard will soon
be busy with a big stone crusher At
work preparing stone for the Butler
street sew'er. The county has 100 men
at work, and the job is considered one
of the most important on the- county
calendar.
Building Permits.
$3 750—A. H. Bailey, No. 257 St.
Charles avenue, one-story frame
dwelling. Day work. •
$200—R. C. Little, No. 33 La France
street, additions. Day work.
$250—A. O. Woodward, No. 601
Martin street, alterations. Day w’ork.
$750—R. C. Little, No. 343 Euclid
avenue, same and additions. Day
w r ork.
$350—W. W. Tracy, rear No. 466
Lee street, build servant’s house.
Day work.
Warranty Deeds.
$7,500—Ben Feld to Annie M. Cox.
lot southeast corner of Glenn and
Hill streets, 41 by 123. September
16, 1912.
$12,000—Mrs. Annie M. Cox to Mrs.
Anna M. Sutton, same property. Oc
tober 4, 1912.
$12.000—Mrs. Anna M. Sutton to
Provident Savings Association, same
property. October 11, 1912.
$12,000—Provident Savings Associ
atlon to L. P. Weathers, same prop
erty. May 26.
$7,000—L. P. Weathers to L. A.
Wood, same property. June 18.
$4,000—James S. Donaldson to C. H.
Hicks lot west side of Roswell road
350 feet north of Pace’s Ferry road,
50 by 200. August 6. 1912.
$4,000—Same to same, lot west side
of Mathleson street, 410 feet north
of Peachtree road, 50 by 187. August
6. 1912.
$750—H. N. VanDevander to George
L. Morris, dot west side of Mayson
and Turner’s Ferry road, 388 feet
northwest of Ashby street, 43 by 144.
August. 10.
$600—Same to same, lot west side
of Mayson and Turner’s Ferry road,
432 feet northwest of Ashby street,
43 by 121. August 10.
$600—Same to same, lot west side
of Mayson and Turner’s Ferry road,
477 feet northwest of Ashby street,
43 by 106. August 10.
$500—Same to same, lot north side
of Neff street, 163 feet west of May-
son and Turner’s Ferry road, 40 by
117. August 10.
$500—Same to same, lot north side
of Neff street, 203 feet west of May-
son and Turner’s Ferry road, 40 by
117. August 10.
$11,000—George J. Dexter to At
lanta Real Estate Company, lot on
north side Edgewood avenue, 125 feet
east of Howell street, 100 by 161.
August 19.
$6,950—Peachtree Heights Park
Company to Charles T. Hopkins, lot
on west side Peachtree road, 800 feet
south of Wesley avenue, 100 by 400.
August 21.
$26,200—J. R. Smith et al. to W. P.
De Laprierre and C. M. Hudgins, 63
lots in land lot 131, of subdivision of
J. R. Smith & Co.’s part of Wilson
estate. August — l .
$3,650—Lott Warren to Harry' A.
Vamedoe, No. 510 Highland avenue,
50 by 160. November 22, 1911.
$500—Mrs, Mattie A. Faith to D. W.
and J. P. Wall, lot on west side Wil-
EISEMAN BROS., Inc.
Boys’ and Children’s Department
(Entire Second Floor)
Buy theBoy’s School Clothes
At Clearance Prices!
August Discounts list many items of exceptional value at
bargain prices, including splen did Suits for Fall wear.
BOYS’ HANDSOME NORFOLK SUITS
25% Discount
BOYS’ DOUBLE-BREASTED SUITS
33*^% Discount
Boys’ Nobby Felt Hats
25%
Discount.
Boys’ and Children’s
STRAW HATS, values up
to $2.00
60c
CHILDREN’S ROMPERS
50c Values 40c
75c Values 60c
$1.00 Values 75c
WASH SUITS
Boys’ and Children’s
Wash Suits in great va
riety—
33 l /s% Discount
Boys ’ Knee Pants in fancy
mixtures, 25 per cent dis
count.
Boys’ Underwear, one lot
shirts and drawers, 25c
values
Per Garment 15c
Boys’ Underwear, one lot
shirts and drawers, regu
lar 50c values,
Per Garment 25c
Boys’ and Children’s
SHOES, Main Floor Rear.
Clearance Prices on Boys’
and Children’s low shoes.
CHILDREN’S RUSSIAN and BLOUSE SUITS
made of Fine Woolen Fabrics in a variety of solid colors and
fancy effects—just the thing for early Fall wear—now selling
at Special Discounts of
331%
Summer Clearance Prices are drawing to a close, and the
opportunities now offered for substantial economy in buying
should be quickly taken advantage of.
Discounts In All Departments!
Men’s Clothing === Furnishings=== Hats=== Shoes
At Cut Prices
LUGGAGE NOW SELLING AT CLEARANCE PRICES
Eiseman Bros., *
11-13-15-17 Whitehall
bur avenue, 190 feet north of Fast
Fair street, 60 by 213. August 19.
$450—Thomas J. Wesley to V. G.
Simmons, No. 18 Ashby place, 40 by
90. August 21.
$3,000—George Shaia and Joseph
Guthes to M. J. Prince, Nos. 326, 328,
330, 332, 336 and 338 Woodward ave
nue, 100 by 150. August 21.
$300—S. T. Watkins to Mrs. Flor
ence C. Harris, No. 34 Norcross street,
70 by 163. August 20.
Bonds for Title.
$3,500—C. S. Winn to Ora L. Easton,
No. 33 Tattnall street, 40 by 150.
June 19.
$600—Vannie Lee to Josie and Per
ry Patterson, lot north side of Brown
avenue, 100 feet west of Orogman
street. 89 by 150. August 15.
$860—Mrs. K. C. Alexander to
Charles F. Sexton, part of lot 48 of
Ben Little subdivision In land lot 54,
60 by 91. August 19.
$4,000—L. Z. Rosser, Sr., to W. H.
Heard, No. 28 Lake avenue, 40 by 142.
August 21.
Deed to Secure.
$3,467—Mrs. Lillian S. Harris et al.
to Dillon-Morris Company, No. 60
Penn avenue, 50 by 150. August 12.
Mortgages.
$610—Mrs. Anna Bradley to W. H.
Tariff Act May Cost
The U.S. $10,000,000
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22,—A report
from the Secretary of the Treasury
showing that the Government weald
lose about $10 000,000 if the good*
now stored In bonded warehouses eg
taxed under the proposed duties of
the Underwood bill Instead of being
taxed under the present tariff law,
was sent to the Senate to-day.
The Democrats are seriously con*
sidering adopting the suggestion of
Senator Sutherland that the Paynn
law rates be imposed upon all goodrf
brought to this country *nd aiorjtfi In
bonded warehouses prior tine «n*
actment of the pendin^law.
Towery, No. 664 Decatur street, 60 bjr
116. August JO.
$501—Mrs. Georgia A. Hollings
worth to Colonial Trust Company, lot
south side of Rankin street, J00 feet
east of Arnold street, 60 by 190. A».
gust 21.
FINAL
REDUCTIONS
CLOUD-STANFORD COe
ANNOUNCE NEW PRICE SCALE
EFFECTIVE AUGUST
23d to 30th
It is a continuation of our former method to clear
our stock completely of seasonable wearables*
The wisdom of such a policy must be obvious to
every one familiar with the character of our mer
chandise, and the mere announcement of a second
and final reduction is an economy tip to those who
enjoy the luxury of men’s extra fine apparel at
prices much lower than is usually obtained for in
ferior grades.
ANY SUIT IN THE HOUSE . . . $ 17.00
And no restrictions govern your selection. You have full latitude to choose the must
appealing style with the exception of Dress and Tuxedo Suits.
ANY SHIRT IN THE HOUSE
95c
This does not include silk shirts, but all white and fancy negligees and plaits are included
at the above price.
ANY SILK NEGLIGEE SHIRT
$2.85
Here you get the finest grides of silk shirts we have shown heretofore ai a price far below
the cheaper grade silks.
Any Straw Hat in the House . .
Any Panama or Bangkok Hat.
All 50c Neckwear Reduced to .
All $1.00 Neckwear Reduced to
$ .95
$2.50
.25
.50
All $1.50 Neckwear Reduced to ...... .75
All $2.00 $2.50, $3.00 Neckwear ♦
All 50c Hosiery, “Onyx Make” . .
All $1.00 Hosiery, “Onyx Make”
All $1.50 Hosiery, “Onyx Make
All $2.00 Hosiery, “Onyx Make
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$1.00
.25
. .50
.75
$1.00
Belts, Pajamas and a special lot of
broken sizes in Underwear reduced to
half former prices*
Cloud-Stanford Co.
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