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BELIEF FRANK i
MIDSUMMER DAY DREAMS
Copyright. 1015, lnUrn»Uon«l N«*i Servlet.
Here’s a‘Black Hope;' Two Boys Held as
He Weighs 333 Lbs. Robbery Suspects
Solicitor Prepares to Battle Ap
peal of Doomed Man for
a New Trial.
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was said to be damaging to the su
perintendent. .
If the case is reopened by a new
trial, tne Solicitor proposes to have
the strands of evidence even more
strongly woven than they were at the
first trial. The Investigation is con
tinuing with almost the same vigor
that it did in the early days of thf-
mystery, except that only three de
tectives are working on the case no*
They are Bass Rosser. J. N. Starne:
and Patrick Campbell.
Frank Aida Counsel.
Whenever a report comes to the
Solicitor’s office of any new evidence
it is investigated by the detectives
with the same care as it would have
received before Prank was condemned
to death. It is regarded as likely that
Dorsey will have a number of new
witnesses if another trial Is grantei
'he convicted man.
Frank, apparently as cheerful an
optimistic as he was before the twelv*
jurors voted him to hang, is asslstii
his attorneys in picking out what
considers the weak points of Solid;
Dorsey’s case against him. Witn
mass of clippings and court tr;i
scriptions before him, he is boin:.
down the most important testimony
of the trial and noting the various
phases of the investigation as it pro
gressed. Incidentally, he is preparing
a statement in reply’ to the closing
argument of the Solicitor which he
has described as “as full of holes as »
sieve.”
The prisoner is being made com
fortable at the Tower during iho
period that he is awaiting final dispo
sition of his case. A new bed and
some other furnishings were brought
there, and Franks quarters were
thoroughly cleaned and renovated.
The prisoner’s wife and his mother
visited him during the afternoon, hi.s
wife remaining until nightfall. His
mother will return to Brooklyn withiu
a short time, but probably will be
back in Atlanta when the arguments
for a new trial are made October 4.
Solicitor Dorsey has no doubt that
• n indictment against Conley as ac
cessory after the fact w’ill be returned
by the next Grand Jury. The indict
ment will be the first thing that will
be brought to the attention of the
Grand Jury when it meets the first
week in Sepember.
Frank Works on Statement.
Frank continued Thursday to wors
on the statement which he intends as
an answer to Solicitor Dorsey’s clos
ing speech before the jury. He also
received many visitors, among them
his mother, Mrs. Rea Frank, \vho will
leave shortly for her home In Brook
lyn.
Mrs. Frank's bearing showed no
traces of the effect which the death
sentence imposed upon her son must
have had. She was dressed in a
white shirtwaist and black skirt,
with thp broad-brimmed black hat
which was familiar to courtroom at
tendants during the trial.
The prisoner’s father-in-law, Rmil
Sellg, joined him at breakfast and re
mained for two hours. Frank's wife
did not visit her husband during the
morning.
Friends reported the convicted su
perintendent as being in good spirits
end very much engrossed in the state
ment upon which he is working.
Discharges Jury Which
Tried to Indict Conley.
The Grand Jtir which took up the
question of indict ng Jim Conley, ac
cuser of Leo Frank, over the protest
of Solicitor Dorsey, will be discharged
Friday by Judge George L. Bell, of
the Superior Court. A new Grand
Jury will be sworn in next Tuesday.
It is significant that the Grand Jury
which sought to Indict Jim Conley
will not have the opportunity to in
dict him as an acknowledged acces
sory after the fact in the murder ot
Mary Phagan.
Judge Bell is expected to return
Thursday while his colleagues, Judge
Pendleton and Judge Ellis, will return
in time for the new term which be
gins next Tuesday.
Sheriff Denies Frank
Is Favored Prisoner.
Denying vigorously that the floors
of Leo Frank’s cel! were being oiled
and varnished, Sheriff Mangum
Thursday morning declared he wa.5
treating Frank just like any other
prisoner.
“It is folly to talk about Frank’s
cell being oiled,’’ said the Sheriff,
“w'hen the floor of the cell Is made of
concrete.
“I am treating Frank Just like any
other prisoner. Certainly ni one can
blame me for allowing him to eat
food that is sent to him by his rela
tives and friends—and that is the only
difference in treatment.”
A negro who said he was the big
gest in the world appeared as> the
star witness in Police Court Thurs
day morning.
Ho is Anthony Varner, of No. 102
Smith street, an employee on the
Southern Railway coal chute. H •
weighs 388 pounds. He admitted to
Recorder Pro Tern Preston that he
had “ailed” a few tim^s, but said ho
had never been real sick. A South
ern Railway locomotive lav on him
for nine hours one time, he said.
He testified again'! “Slick” lack-
son. a negro accused of stealing \
lantern.
Dispensary Carries
Election By 4 Votes
SUMTER, S. U. Aug. 28.—After a
legal fight lasting two days the Com
missioners of Election declared the re
sult In favor of the dispensary by 4
/otes majority.
The prohibitionists allege unfair treat
ment at the hands of the board and will
contest the election. The managers’
returns and the first count by the Board
of Canvassers gave the prohibitionists
a majority which was changed by tlie
withdrawing of alleged Illegal prohibi
tion votes.
When Policemen Hannah and Don-
ahoo Thursday morning arrested Hus
ton Jenkins, 15, and McKinley Har
mon, 17, an automatic pistol taken
from Jenkins began firing in th°
hands of Hannah Before the police
men could learn the mechanism of the
giln it had fired twelve times.
' Jenkins and Harmon w'ere taken on
suspicion of having had something to
do with the robbery of W. Moore’s
dairy. 4 44 Decatur street, early Thurs
day morning. A pistol and several
cases of soda water were taken. Jen
kins was taken to the detention
home. Harmon was locked in the city
jail.
Peeking Divorce from
Wife Now Bird Woma
Tramp ‘Student’ Gets
Chaingang Sentence
HUNTSVILLE, Aug. 28.—W. G.
Maloney, charged w ith being a tramp
was arraigned ir the City Court, an !
when asked why he was stealing rides
on trains, he answered that he was
making a study of the people of the
underworld.
Mayor Smith sentenced him M
twenty days on the chaingang and
told him that he would have a go >d
opportunity to continue his studies
and at the same time help the eitj
with his work.
MISS HELEN PARDEE DEAD.
SPARTA.—Miss Helen Pardee died
at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. H.
Birdsong, after an lilness of several
months. She was more than 70 years
of age and practically all of her life
had been spent in Sparta,
DURHAM, Aug. 28.—Divorce pro
ceedings have been started by ,W. A.
Jacob:? against his wife. Mary Thomp
son Jacobs, alias Miss Tiny Broadnock.
Jacobs, a prominent Durham man,
married in 1005. In 1006 his wife ran
away with a carnival man Nothing
was heard of her until her picture ap
peared In papers in connection with
< r having made a leap into ake Mich'-
ran from an aeroplane last week. D
i ad been reported that Mrs. Jacobs wa?
dead.
CRUDE OIL UP 5 CENTS.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, Aug.
28.—The Texas Company arid Mag
nolia Petroleum Company to-day an
nounced an increase of 5 cents in •the
price of crude oil. advancing the quo
tation to $1.05 per barrel.
Alexander R. Lawton
Commissioned Major
Alexander R. Lawton, Jr., of Sa
vannah, was commissioned Thursday
morning as major in the First In
fantry of the Georgia National Guard,
stationed at Savannah. Major Law-
ton succeeds Major George H. Rich
ter, resigned.
The promotion of Major Lawton
followed an election by the members
of the First Infantry and later con
firmation by the State Military De-
pa rtment.
Postmaster’s Home
Aat Zetella Robbed
Griffin, Aug. 28.—While he was at
Mount Zion campirueting last night
the residence of E. R. Rogers, post
master at Zetella. was entered by
burglars and more than $100 in cash
and a large quantity, of stamps were
taken.
Entrance was made through a
kitchen window and a trunk contain
ing the money was broken open. Sus
picion rusts upon a negro familiar
with the house and surroundings.
Missing Boy Falsely
Reported To Be Dead
A false report that Arthur Riley, 19,
of 76 Altno avenue, had been killed by
a train underneath the Bellwood avenue
viaduct, has intensified the mystery of
the disappearance of the youth, missing
since Tuesday,
His brother. M. D. Riley, has taken up
the matter with Police Chief Beavers
and asked that a thorough search be
made. Riley explained that Wednesday
he received mysterious information that
his brother had been killed under the
Bellwood avenue via<!Tiet, but that In
vestigation shuwed there had been no
sueh accident.
Violence Feared In
Courthouse Rivalry
GADSDEN, Aug. 28.—The fight ove*
the removal of the Cherokee County
courthouse from Center to Cedar
Bluff is growing acute, and violence
may follow. It is stated more than
$30/1)00 has been raised by business
men of Cedar Bluff to get the court
house at that place.
Twenty-five years ago the court
house burned at Center. Cedar Bluff 1
made an effort to get the new build
ing, but failed. Fifteen years ago
the courthouse was again destroyed
by fire and again Cedar Bluff failed
to get the new building. The Com
missioners and Probate Judge are be
ing petitioned to call an election io
decide the question.
High Masons to Meet
In October Reunion
BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 28.—Thirty-
third degree Masons from Washing
ton. D. C. f New York, Savannah,
Nashville, Montgomery, Little Roclc
and other parts of the coutnry, who
will attend a sovereign meeting in
October, will be in Birmingham th®
week of October 6 to participate ii\
a Scottish Rite Masonic reunion to i>«
held In the Masonic Temple here.
It is announced there will be 28
candidates to take the degrees from
the fourth to the thirty-second, in
clusive.
YOUTH SLAYS FATHER.
LEXINGTON, Aug. 28.—After a
family quarrel at the breakfast table,
Estill Winchell, aged 15. killed hij
father, James Winchell, with a shot
gun at Harrow's, Ky.
^(^rV»VWAll Charge Purchases for Rest of August Go on Sept. Statement.
Atlanta Cycle Racer
Near Death in Spill
COLUMBIA. S. C., Aug. 2S.—L.
Perkle. a motorcycle racer, said to
be from Atlanta, w-hile speeding on
the Columbia track to-day at 55 miles
in hour was hurled 25 feet in the air
when his machine crashed through
ihe fence.
He w'as picked up unconscious and
lurried to a hospital. He will re
cover.
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. RICH & BROS. CO.
Gadsden People File
Suits Against Roads
GADSDEN, Aug. 28.—Mrs. W. B.
Wood has filed suit against the
Southern Railway, asking $2,500 dam
age because .-'he was forced to pay
fare on a train for which she had
bought a ticket. She was going from
Gadsden to Duncan. S. C., w'hen a
train auditor told her the ticket was
Invalid and she w'ould have to sur
render it and pay cash fare.
Clyde Caddell, through his next
friend. Lyle Caddell, has filed suit
against the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad for $50,000. The plaintiff
alleges he lost both his low’er limbs by
being run over by a car in the Gads
den yards last December.
Governors To Meet
In Madison In 1914
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.,
Aug. 28.—Madison. Wis., has been
chosen as the meeting place for the
Governors' Conference next year. The
time of the meeting was left to,the
executive committee.
The executive committee, consist
ing of Governor McGovern, of Wis
consin. Governor O’Neal, of Alabama,
and Governor Ammons, of Colorado,
was re-elected. The office of secre
tary-treasurer was abolished, sepa
rate offices being created. J. F. Fort
was elected treasurer for the <jbming
year and M. G. Riley was re-elected
secretary.
RATE ADVANCE HALTED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission to
day suspended advances in rates on
log shipments over the Southern
railroads from points in Alabama to
Chattanooga, Tenn., until May 10.
BASEBALL BLOW KILLS.
TRENTON, MO., Aug. 28—John
Cole, aged 19. of Blue Ridge, Mo.,
died this morning after being hit in
the head by a baseball in a game
yesterday.
Clemency Record of
Blease Reaches 747
GREfeNVILLE, S. C., Aug 28.—With
the pardon to-day of Ben McBee. of
Greenville, serving life sentence for
killing his brother-in-law. John Fowler
Governor Blease’s clemency record
reaches 747 In two and one-half years.
Dynamite Used In
Fighting Tick Law
HUNTSVILLE, Aug. 28.—There
has been a violent uprising in Paint
Rock Valley, in Jackson County,
against the regulations and restric
tions of the cattle tick law. Two dip
ping vats have been blown up with
dynamite.
At Trenton a gang of men cut the
telephone wires and destroyed the
dipping vat with a charge of dyna
mite. On the wreckage they left a
note giving warning that “blood will
flow' through the town if the thing is
rebuilt.” An attempt was made to
blow up this vat once before.
Send Your Roll
To Me
FOR
Free Developing
AND
8-Hour Finishing
Service
Send roll for trial. Don’t
send any money. Pay if
O. K. ‘ Write SHELLEY
IVEY, Manager, The College
“Co-Op,” 119 Peachtree St.,
Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga,
YOUR FAVORITE HERE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OFFERINGS, BEST MAKES AT
ABOUT HALF PBSCE '
Ivers & Pond, Chickering & Sons, Bush & Gerts, Kranich
& Bach, Kurtzmann, Knabe Bros.,
Strohber, Hoffmann.
WE MUST MAKE ROOM. NEW AND
GUARANTEED.
$275 Mahogany Case $127
$300 Walnut Case, new $136
$325 Mahogany Case, new $146
$350 Oak Case, new $158
Special List-Store
Worn
$550 Packard, mahogany $318
$500 Kranich & Bach, mahogany . .. $312
$500 Bush & Gerts, mahogany $308
$475 Kohler, mahogany $296
$450 Standard Make, mahogany . . . $287
$500 Frederick Player, mahogany. . $268
NOW $268
CLEARANCE SALE, BEST MAKES USED UPRIGHTS
■!
$500 Painter & Ewing, mahog
any $243
$450 Strohber, mahogany . $238
$400 Kimball, oak $218
$450 Conover, mahogany ... $228
$400 Standard Make, mahog
any $183
$375 Standard Make, oak... $138
$1,150 Steinway, at a sacrifice.
$475 Vose & Sons, walnut. .. $168
$400 Bush & Gerts, mahogany. $158
$400 Hallet & Davis, walnut. $138
$350 Sterling, ebony $112
$350 Cooper, ebony $ 75
<; DON'T WAIT; CALL EARLY FOR CHOICE, THEY ARE GUARANTEED )-
WESTER MUSIC CO
64 PEACHTREE ST.
MACON-157 Cotton Ave.
= Clear aw ay— Fill Your Shirt Waist Box!
1 *5! !
■i Fifteen Hundred Eighty-seven (1587) Waists,
: including every $1 waist in stock, to go at . .
A store must plan ahead. Seprtem- j
her 1st marks the start of fall business. Sum- |
mer waists, therefore, should not. be here. !
True, these particular waists are pretty and !
practical styles for early fall. True, many !
women would buy them throughout Steptem- !
her at full prices. True, too, however, that I
these waists conflict with our store plans, j
Bought to sell before August 31st, they'now ,
pay the penalty for having Lingered.
Every $1 Waist in Stock \
Goes at 69c
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as well as about a hundred waists :
formerly selling at $1.25 and $1.50. Up- ,
wards of a score of styles in all, in ,
charming white voiles and lingeries.
There are waists with high or low necks;
long, three-quarter or short sleeves. '
Waists that button down the back; j
waists that open in front. Plainly trim
med waists; and waists elaborately em- ]
laces and embroideries. More than a thousand and five hundred waists in ]
about every style “good” this season. All sizes. The values are EX- ;
TRAORDINARY—see the window for proof. Buy enough waists for the rest of the.sum-
mer and fall. Because standard $1 waists come but seldom at 69c j
(Selling Starts at 8:30; Ready-to-Wear—Second Floor! J
pm
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bellisbed with
all, including
i 75c Long Silk Gloves at 39c
5 Pure silk, mind you, in the tinn Tricot weave.
5 Not, the thin, sleazy silks flimsy as cheesecloth; but full
> plump weight silks that will wear and wear. Double tipped
ig fingers, of course.
Lj* The gloves are full fashioned and finely finished. Full 16
button length. Black, white, tan, brown, lavender and navy. All
-u sizes, save 5 1 2 in white. See window display. A really superior
* 75c glove for only Jibe.
: 25c & 50c Chamoisette Gloves 10c
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Natural chamoisettes in standard 25c and 50c qualities.
Broken sizes, however, break the price. If your size is 6 1 /-.,
7, 7i/ 2 or 8, select any quantity you wish at 10c a pair.
(Gloves—Main Floor, Left)
Ladies’ Initial
Handkerchiefs
Making way for the new
lines by clearing the tag ends
of broken lines. About every
initial in each lot. Sold only by !
the half dozen:
6 for 69c; value $1.
6 for 49c; value 69c.
6 for 59c; value 85c.
25c Handkerchiefs 15c
I-adles’ all linen Handkerchiefs with 1
one corner daintily embroidered. \
(Main Floor—Left) J
—
? Notion Sale
' ftm m
5 A hundred and one little
| things at savings of a cent
■5 to a dime on each. Staple
j ^ articles, always needed. Buy
^ up to Saturday noon and
| 5 save.
' (Main Floor—Center)
\r
Blanket Sale
You will pay from a fifth
to a third more for these
identical blankets and bed
ding articles after Saturday.
Buy now while the price-
bars are down.
(Main Floor—Left)
For Travelers
A specially planned sale |
of wicker, cane and leather |
suit cases; and cowhide, imi- \
tation seal and walrus hand \
bags. Former prices $5.95 1
to $8.50; choice now at $4.95.
(Main Floor—Right)
Foresighted Women Will Buy Furniture
Within the next fifteen hours; for after that
prices advance 10 per cent to 50 per cent.
Loss than a sc’ant score of shopping hours, and the August
Furniture Sale ends.
If yon need furniture, therefore, these are hot moments for
marking time.
We don’t say this to hurry you in—merely to warn you that if
your furniture purchase is not made by Saturday at 1 P. M., yours
will be the loss.
Upon request furniture will be stored for future delivery until
October 15th. (Fourth Floor)
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