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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Old Reporter
Glad of Work.

II this Old Police Reporter. aft
er his own manner and method
Of doing things, has had a hand
In that work, he is very glad
his work has been abundantly
and abidingly worth while.
We are coming very close to the
trial Of Leo Frank. duly indicted
by a Grand Jury composed OF
good men and true" for the muir
der of Mary Phagan.
Much has been written OF this
crime that is worthless as evil
dence I'm a court OF law. Hearsay.
a mass Of IT, long ago discarded
by the court officials as ipcom
petent has been printed for what
IT might he worth by way Of
news. The newspapers are agen-
Cies for the PRONUNCIATION OF news,
not for the administration Of jus
tice-and within the broad scope
of the word news" always Is to
be found much that Is totally ir-
relevant in legal procedure.
This fact, The Georgian, The
American and the Old Police Re
porter constantly have sought to
impress upon the public many.
many news Stories" legitimate
and ethical. have been given out
with the advice that they be taken
with a grain of salt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Question of
Imagination.

There is one point Of fact that
l shall touch upon to-day, and
that merely because ! have been
called to account in that direction
by a correspondent, very courte-
ously, however. This correspond
ent disagrecs with my doubts as
to the complete truthfulness of
the final Conley affidavit, and
gives IL as his opinion Conley
could hardly have imagined or
made up the tale concerning
Frank he sets forth therein"
Wen, Gonley is three times a
confessed liar That Is admitted
by all parties on all sides A pre-
sumption of lack of veraCity in
Conley is not unwarranted. there
fore. as 10 his fourth attempt 10
speak the truth.
Now, let's SEE whether Con-
ley could have imagined the
wonderful tale he tells OF Franks
doings on the day Mary Phagan
was killed, as ingenious, in parts,
as that tale is.
A few days ago. Couley gave
out an affidavit concerning a new
phase of the Phagan case, He
sets forth in detail how a GER
tain man had undertaken to feed
him sandwiches. which he de-
Clared he suspected Of being
POISONED. and which he. there
fore, shudderinsly REJECTEDl
Quite dramatiC-even melOdra-
matte,
The truth of the matter is. Con-
ley land this has been establish
ed beyond all doubt RAVEN
OUSLN DENOURED THE SIM
PILE SANDWICHES THIS MAN,
OUT OF MERE PASSING
KINDNESS. GAVE HIM. AND
PRONOUNCED THEN FINE
If Conley afterward imagined
all that poison stuff and non
sense, with its melodramatiC
turn. why could he not have i'm
agined. after three weeks in sail,
the other melodramatiC thing
involving Leo Frank, particular
" in seeking To throw 6Ccumu-
laung suspicion from himself?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Counsel Can Be
Furnished Free.

Georgia. through the orderly
and impersonal processes Of her
courts. furnishes the most de-
PRAYED criminal the free benefit
Of counsel, and that lawyer who
refused to undertake the defense
Of a defendant when ordered by
the court would himself. no mat
ter how satisfied HE might be as
TO the innocence or guilt of the
accused, be i'm contempt OF that
court and subject 10 the punish
ment its displeasure might pre-
scribe
have never mentioned the
Phagan case 10 Mr.. Rosser but
once. and then ca sually and with
out tangible result OF my per
soual knowledge, / co not know
what he thinks of it. really. l
have been told by a brother attor-
ney. however, who does know
him. Well. and who has discussed
tlllsscase with him. that Rosser
unTlfestionably believes vehe-
mently and thoroughly iH
Franks complete innocence And
this brother attorney is one of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

the leading members OF the At
lanta bar
| shall not enter to-day into a
discussion of the facts, near
facts, gossip and rumor abroad
with respect TO the Phagan case.
! have looked back over the files
of The Sunday American, and I
can find little, if anything, that
would change In what heretofore
l have written.
Every word has been set down
In an earnest and sincere desire to
throw such light upon the great
mystery as l could. In doing
that ! have gone pretty far, per
haps, IN many directions know
that because I have been both
approved and disapproved so gem
erously and so vehemently-bu
inasmuch as l have kept my own
conscience clear, and as that is
the only conscience these articles
MUST satisfy, I am reasonably
we'll satisfied with what l have
done
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

after Michael Torhan, whom he
thought was his missing father, upon
learning that he had been trailing the
wrong man.
The elder Torhan disappeared from
Newark, n. j., % years ago, leaving
wife and three children His son,
John, since 1903, visited several cities
from Boston to Omaha and finally To-
Gated a Michael Torhan in PhiladeI-
phia, only to find he is a bachelor and
much younger than the missing
father
He returned to Yonkers disappoint-
ed yesterday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

top Of Lassen Peak have been solved
by constructing a house in sections
and packing it up the peak on horses.
The station, which will be 10x1O feet
was designed by Forest Supervisor
King and was built at Red Bluff. No
section is more than six feet on its
longest side or weighs more than 100
pounds.
The house is now being packed UP
the mountain where it will be assem-
bled and fastened together with iron
clamps and steel cables extending
from opposite diagonal corners and
anchored to the ground.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Race Question
Not Considered.

I refuse, therefore. in these ar
ticles to consider the race ques-
ton seriously 1t is not the is
sue
The sole question 10 come be-
fore the court is, WHO killed
Mary Phagan? And whether he
be Jew or Gentle, white or black.
yellow or green, If the evidence is
CONVINCING, and the jury con-
victs or acquits, the court and the
Jury will have done their DUTY.
The Jewish race needs no de-
tense from anybody. In fact, my
experience with representative
Jews the world over, leads me TO
believe that this often prosecuted,
but undying, race win go on, as
il has for centuries, in its own
splendid way, making history and
doing good IN the world, without
regard to obstacles, real or im-
aginary. that may be placed in It's
pathway Of progress.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

DROMINENT speakers at
I Methodists' meetings to-
day for a representative
church in Washington. Bishop
John c. Kilgo, of Durham,
y. c., is at the top, next is
Rev. W. R. Hendrix, while be-
low is DR.. George Sexton, of
Dallas.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Trails Wrong Man
as Father 10 Years
Son Abandons Quest When He Dis
covers Man He Had Followed
Is An Old Bachelor.

NEW YORK, June 2I.-John Tor
han, of 165 oliver Avenue, Yonkers.
gave up a ten-year chase yesterday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
JURORS, NOT NEWSPAPERS,
TO RETURN FRANK VERDICT,
DECLARES OLD REPORTER
Writer Declares He Has Only
Worked for Fair Trial and Fair
Play---Race Question Is No Issue in
Phagan Case---Rosser Not Writer.

guilty but, personally. l shall
wait until / hear all the evidence
in court. That would seem 10 me
TO be the fair way, and the legal
way, to go about the business Of
reaching a final verdict
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
House Taken to Top
Of Peak by Horses
Problem of Putting Fire Lookout
Station on Top of Mountain Solved
by Equine Transportation.

Los ANGELES, June 21.-Trans-
portation facilities in connection with
building a fire lookout station on the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
Sole Aim Is
To Get at Truth.

Now, again, may ! make il
CLEAR that what ] am writing
represents only my OWN views
the views OF an old police report
sr, who has had a great deal Of
experience, and whose SOLE aim
is a get at the truth, ana keep
an loben and fair mind.
II may be that our detectives
are correct in declaring that
Frank is guilty. or that Conley is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
SOUTHERN INSURANCE is
SHOWING MUCH GROWTH
State Commissioner Has Compiled His
Annual Report.

Atlanta, Feb Estate Insurance
Commissioner w. A. Wright has re-
ceived and compiled the annual re-
ports of Southern insurance companies
doing business in Georgia, and the to-
tai figures show growth and prosper
ity in striking degree.
The companies have until March Z.
to make their reports, so that the fig
ures are not yet absolutely complete,
but most OF the reports have already
been filed, so that the general results
can be accurately deduced
Increased business is particularly
noticeable, in this reports, among the
Southern fire insurance companies.
Georgia has several companies of her
own which have made remarkable re-
cords. and the figures on file at
the capitol show that assets have
climbed up while losse have goua
down.
Several factors are regarded as be,
irg responsible for this increase in
business. One of the reasons, accord
ing Ia the inusrance men, is that bust
cess generally is good; that sound
hess and conservatism prevail, with
mercantile stocks not expanded, COL
lections prompt and prospects all en-
couraging.
The Keep Money at Home" slogan
Is also credited with large part in
the responsibility for the growth and
prosperity OF Southern fire Insurance
companies. This movement was be-
gun year or two ago by the Associa-
ton of Southern Fire Insurance Com
panies, which has membership from
Virginia to Florida, and is represent
ed by more than score Of comp >.
ries. All lines Of Southern bushes !
and industry joined IN the movement
and all have benefited from it, The
association above named will meet n
Atlanta within the next few weeks, *
which time officers wi II be elected for
another year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
WINTER HAS LITTLE
CHANCE HERE NOW
Cold Wave Only a Cool One,
And Short

Yesterdays unusually mild and
springlike weather was another argu-
ment in favor of the statement that
winter has but little standing in the
weather community this season. A
cold wave had practically been pre-.
dicted for yesterday morning and the
previous night, but it was merely j
cool one
After the chillines sof the early
morning passed away yesterday the
most agreeable weather was expert.
enced here that has been felt in some
time. Last night was again cool, but
it was not cold enough to be uncom-
Portable pring is so rapidly advanc-
ing that there seems to be but little
chance of any more unduly cold
weather.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
BREED TESTS FOR
BEEF IN GEORGIA.
M. p. Jarnagin, Professor Animal
Husbandry.

Query-What is the College of Ag-
riculture doing to demonstrate the
value of crossing pure bred sires with
the common Georgia COW?
Some very interesting experiments
have been conducted by mating ordi-
nary cows with a pure bred Hereford
bull with remarkable results within
a generation, the first progeny being
a good beef producing animal, and the
second still better.
Plans have been WORKED out where
by the tests will be enlarged to four
leading breeds, the Hereford, Angus,
Short Horn and Red Polls. The CO.
operation of the Bureau of Animal
Industry of the United States Depart,
ment of Agriculture has been obtain
ed, which will greatly assist in the
work. Sixty cows will be bred to
the four leading types of bulls and
the evolution of the Georgia piny
woods type into better beef producing
types will be thoroughly demonstrate
ed. The experiments will, however.
only show what can be done in the
absence of the cattle tick
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
BY STAFF OF Ca STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Georgia Farmers Heavy Losers
By Wrong Use of Fertilizers
President Andrew M. souIe.

What kind of fertilizer must /
use?' is the ever-increasing cry of
the Georgia farmers. The College
is receiving a food of such inquiries
but the College cannot undertake to
make soil analyses for individual cit
liens, the appropriation for soil sur
vey provides only that a general sur
vey of types of soil be made and that
experiments be conducted on these
various types. We have studied the
qualities of a number of the type
soils and have test plats now estab-
lished on some fourteen or fifteen
acres scattered throughout the state.
From these test plats we are secur-
ing data that will be of great value
to the farmers of Georgia We hope
to obtain an increased appropriation
for this kind of work and extend
the scope of the survey very materi-
ally.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
MARION COUNTY
IS INTERESTED
in BOND issue
WILL,LVOTE OMIT soon
Question VIII be Placed Be.
fore People

Like Sumter county, Marion coun-
ty is strong for good roads, and we
want to issue bonds to build more and
better ones" said Mr. Roswell NJ
Hair, a promiheRt citizen of Buena
Vista, while spending yesterday in
Americas with his brother, DR.. ]. r
Hair. Mr.. Hair is an enthusiastic
good roads advocate.
Some of the finest roads in South
Georgia are those OF Marion county,
Mr. Hair continued The work we
hace accomplished thus far is the very
best; our people now appreciate fully
the value of fine roads, and We are go
ing to build more of them this year.
Mr. Hair stated that citizens of Ma
dion county, like those of umter,
would vote shortly upon bond issue
of $4,000 for the extension of road
work, and with good prospect of car
rying the proposition through success,
fully. Fifty thousand dollars will &C
far towards affording that county a
better road system Buena Vista is
equi-distant between Americas ana
Columbus, and from this city to the
county seat of Marion there is al
ready a superb highway, via Ella.
Vile.
Recently this fine road has been ex-
tended from Buena Vista ten miles
V estward to the line of Chattahoochee
county, and in the direction of Colum-
bus. Muscogee county has good roads
down to the northern line of Chatta,
hoochee, and with a link of five miles
built in that county another superG
highway, Columbus to Americas, dis
lance Of seventy-f1ve miles, will have
been established.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
GOVERNMENT SUES
ELECTRICAL union
Suit Against the Chicago
Electrical Workers

Chicago, Feb. 25.-An alleged al
Dor trust" was attacked by the federal
government in civil suit filed here
today against local unions Nos 8 and
1874 of the International Electrical
Workers engaged in a strike against
the Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany.
AS part of the labor war against
the telegraph company the govern
ment charges officers and employees
of the unions with combining and con-
spring through acts of violence and
depredations to injure the Postal Tele-
graph wires to interfere with the
transmission of government and com
mercial messages in interstate COM
merce. The alleged interference is de-
clared to have been deliberate.
While restraint of interstate com
merce is alleged, the Sherman law is
not specifically mentioned in the gov
ernment's bill of complaint, which
generally declares that the defend
ants alleged unlawful acts have vio-
lated the rights granted under the
constitution and laws of the Unite
States to the telegraph company and
the senders of messages. The govern
ment asked that the defendants be
enjoined from obstructing interstate
and government messages over tn }
Postal; from cutting, burning or 9TH
erwise injuring its telegraph lines. and
from interfering, by threats, intimi
dalton, persuasion or force, with en-
ployes or prospective employees of the
company. Pending final hearing the
petition pleads for a temporary in
junction against the alleged unlawful
acts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
NEW UTOPIA PLAN
OF new YORK MIN
Make Highways Connecting
United States

Washington, D. c.. Feb. 25.-To con-
meet the four boundaries of the coun
try by two interesting areas q mile
wide, extending from Northern Mime
sofa to the Gulf of Mexico and from
the national capital to San Francisco
Bay, within which shall be ten or more
separate macadamized highways suit
able respectively for automobiles and
every other form of vehicle and along
which shall be built model cities and
villages, beautiful summer resorts, pic
rio grounds, park villas, colleges, gar
den city sites, hospitals equipped 70
care for the sick and provide for tho
dead" pneumatic tubes for carrying
parcels, water, gas, sewer aud oll
pipes, etc, such is the Utopian dream
of a good roads enthusiast who has
drafted a bill recently introduced by
Representative Hobsoh of Alabama by
request.
Garden X. Owens of New York, &C
cording to Mr.. Hobson, is responsible
for this good roads phantasma, which
rivals the proposition recently present.
ed to Secretary Stimson of the War
Department to build a breakwater 200
miles into the Atlantic, near Labrador,
to turn the current of the Gulf Stream,
melt all the icebergs afioat and trans
form the bleak Atlantic shores into AN
Italian riviera, and which makes tho
building of the Panama Canal seem
like mere idle pastime
The proposed path OF the north to
south highways passes along the Miu.
nesOta border down through Nebraska,
Kansas. Oklahoma pai Texas, forming
the boundary between Oklahoma and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26

the Texas Panhandle. From east to
west it yeers southwark from Wash
ington, so as to follow a southern
course, SO that the intersection of the
two would be located on the line be-
tween Oklahoma and Texas. At this
favored spot it is proposed to establish
a national reservation for resident pur-
pos S, called Park Villa Reservation
to be 100 miles square.
This is to be the headquarters OF
the sixty-six commissioners who are
to be the directors of the gigantic en-
terprise, with Fort Cobb, Ok, as the
approximate center of the reserva-
ton.
In addition to the ten or more par
alleled highways provided for In the
till, number of zones are set apart
for factories, public buildings AM
dwellings; two park zones, four law
and flower zones; sixteen shade-trat
zones and twelve foot ways These
zones vary in width from 10 feet fol
the footways to 100 feet for the par,
and dwelling zones, making the high,
way proper 1880 feet wide, while tn,
right of way is one mile in width.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
Veterinary Surgeons.
DE RRRET W. HUDSON.
Veterinarian.
FOR SALE

Groom house. csiIed throughout,
81 Soc
5-R00sm AAgas's. FaTge lot with barn.
etc, ON one od this main streets. 81 $50;
half casR
S-Room House. large lot, $l,750.
I0AR0om House ON one of the desir-
able streets OF the city. with barn,
4 acres Iana
T-R0om House, pn corner of one OF
he main streets. with six acres of land,
sewerage. Sath, ste. only $4,000; one
&hir6 cash rms Is y nice home and
viii doub7e TU value.
125-Acres. 8 miles OF Americas, two
room house. 40 acres open; timber and
wood encugE ON place to pay for it.
sngy $40 per acre. one-fourth cash.
100 Acres pebDRy clay land, miles
of Americas. on good graded road, 90
acres open; VIII sch AT bargain and
On easy eeTms.
500 AerEs choice level land, miles
OF ralifoauS 800 acres open; $40 per
acre. 0zzs-gouTt7 cash.
$40 Acres. Ia miles of Americas,
ESQ acres. open. running water; 5-room
house. 4 tszant houses. good barns,
crib, etc; near church and school;
soiE red an9 gray Of excellent quality.
200 acres FIRE gr4veliy land; $50
acres open. miles Of railroad, worth
$40 per acre. sOr quick sale s25 per
eere.
If you @1R4 anything in farm or
town property F1UIn vacant lot to a
brick building. remember always
have Some EzsonsS makers TO exchange
for youT' SdFe cash.
P.B. WTLLIFORD,
West Side sS Main Entrance 10 Windsor
@SaeI
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26

In every possible way at its com
mand, the College is ready to tell the
farmers of Georgia wherein their
soils are deficient and what formula
of fertilizer to apply to secure the
best crop yields. Until the farmers
of Georgia know what their soils con
tain naturally, and what form of fer
tilizer to use to supply existing de
ficiency they will continue to spend
much money inadvisedly and without
securing the results to which they are
entitled
Ordinarily it is hardly necessary
TO more than determine the nitrogen,
phosphorus, potash, lime and the
acidity of the soil Private analysis
by a competent chemist costs from
$40 to SIS depending upon the num-
Der of elements determined in Civ
en- soil
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
EVERY PROFESSION HAS
SOME CROOKS IN UF
Roster at Federal Prison Tells Story
Too Well.

Atlanta. Feb. 25.--The big register
of 500 names at the federal peniten-
tiary contains representatives of ev-
cry learned profession, every branch
of business and every trade known 20
modern civilization.
No one profession can point to an
other and say, This Is the class from
which criminals come" The list at the
penitentiary seems to teach eloquent
ly that II is the man himself and no.
the education or environment.
There are convict lawyers, conviat
preachers. convict physicians, convict
bankers, convict newspaper men, con-
yict railroad men. convict mill presi
dents. convict lumber kings; then
there are convict brickmasons and
convict shoemakers and convict car
penters, convict miners. convict clerks.
Not a single trade or profession has
failed to furnish its quota,
1t is said that there are over 150
college and university men among
the prisoners; an equally large pro.
portion were men prominent in their
respective communities before th,v
donned the stripes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
ORCHARD CULTIVATION.

r. n. Mediation, Prof. Horticulture
Query-Recommend a form of or
chard cultivation.
All orchards we'll cared for are
plowed from TO 10 inches as early
in the spring as possible and are
then cultivated every ten days or
two weeks, or after every rain, by
use of the spring tooth harrow or
similar cultivator. until about the
first of August when a cover crop
Is eown.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-02-26
THE BUZZARD AND
OTHER DISEASE CARRIERS
W. M. Burson, Prof. Vet. Science.

The laws of Georgia require that
carcasses of animals dying of con-
tagious diseases should be buried not
less than four feet deep or be burned.
A failure is punishable as ,misdemean-
or.
Buzzards, stray dogs, opossums,
rats, ETC., having access to disease
bearing carcasses carry infective ma
terials over a wide territory. Among
the diseases that may be spread by
these are anthrax, affecting farm ami
mails and people: cholera of swine;
cholera of fowls. CHAMBERS of horses
and people; blackleg of cattle; tuber-
culosis of cattle, of hogs, of fowls
and of people; rabies or hydrophobia
of all animals and people, and many
other diseases of lesser Importance.
The destruction of the buzzard, the
elimination of the stray dog and the
proper disposal of carcasses will go
far toward improving live stock con-
ditions and make the state more pros
porous. We do not need the buzzard
nor the stray dog in either town or
country. Proper sanitary laws would
mean the elimination of both.