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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
UNION MISSION SERVICE.

GREENSBORO, March 5.-A union
missionary service will take place in
this city. beginning next Wednesday
afternoon The Rev G. c. farrell,
pastor of the First Methodist Church
Of Athens. VIII deliver an address
Wednesday Mrs l., L, Dutton has
arranged the music.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
FATHER Of EPPS
BOY ATTACKS
AFFIDAVIT
Detective Black Declares He viii
Whip Some One if Charges
Of Frame-up Continue,
Continued From Page I.

children. more so, it seems, than after
the children grow up.
That is where this great mass Of
testimony is coming from now-the
conscience. Nina Formbys con
science, Albert Meningitis conscience.
George Epps' conscience they arc a.
work.
The human conscience Is won
derful thing. / should say 1t was a
spark Of the divine implanted in the
human breast to raise man above The
brutal doctrine that might makes
right But for conscience tn stronger
would dominate the weaker, and the
weaker would submit without a strug-
gle.
Whenever you find the weaker
man or class rising against an oppres-
sion to which IT would be easier TO
submit, you will find conscience rs
the spur It always has been so. The
reputation OF all this testimony at
the trial is the voice OF conscience MT
Cd against the work Of fear and op-
preston"
Thinks Burns May Be Here.
Frank was not at all certain that
Detective Burns had gone 10 New
York. as stated
"He is a shrewd workman, | am
told,' said Frank 1T might be that
he is running trolley car somewhere
In Atlanta. II seems that his methods
are not at all public when he Is on
case. ] am very glad to know that
he is on this one to the finish. There
can be but one finish "a triumphant
vlndication for me-
Leonard Haas, Of counsel for Leo
NJ Frank, said Thursday that in spite
of threats from accused officers. TIE
defense would go right ahead trying
10 show that testimony against the
convicted man was manufactured. and
expected to furnish more proof before
the extraordinary motion ror new
trial was fled with Judge Ben Hill.
Chief Lanford says the Epps am
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supervisor for 1914. Mrs. Tfbbettss
will be at the head of the school, ant
will be assisted by Mr.. Bean.
Announcement of the plans was
made Thursday by Park Manager Dan
Carey, who said that appointments as
directors of Fairgrounds this year
will be made from among the young
women who attend the school. lie
urged that all who contemplate seek
ing positions in the Fairgrounds send
i'm their applications at once, IN or
der that they may enroll.
1T will be a case of no school, no
job, this year." said Mr.. Carey, The
Young women who want positions as
directors of our Fairgrounds must at
tend the school or they will not be
considered. They will be taught every
thing necessary to know about man
aging a playground, such as first aid
to the injured, rules of games, songs,
and a plan of organized play, so that
sn the Fairgrounds in the city can be
doing the same thing at the same
time The quicker the applicants en-
roll in the school, the greater will be
their chances for a job
Mrs. Tibbets, who will be in charge
Of the school, is considered one of the
best playground workers in the coun-
try. Before her marriage and re-
moval to Atlanta she was Miss Flor
ence Kent, Of Washington, d. c.,
where she was in charge Of the Mount
Pleasant playground, one of the best
in the United States. For three years
i'm succession Mrs. Tibbets' captured
all OF the first prizes offered by the
city for playground work. During her
last wear there she conducted a school
similar to the one she will conduct in
Atlanta.
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davit is false because the boy says
John Black asked him TO make his
story agree with Conley's story be-
fore Conley had even been arrested.
Well l2pps says he was approached
in May and COnley was arrested
April 90" said Haas.
Il see that Black threatens physi-
cal harm to any one that accuses him
of framing evidence We are going
ahead getting all the evidence We
can and threats will not stop us. We
will have more proof of this terrible
conspiracy before we are through
Chief Lanford reiterated his belief
In the truth OF the evidence dug up
by the police. THE truth will stand -
he said. and all this ridiculous falsi-
flying viii be unavailing."
Epps Scores Sons Affidavit.
The Frank case now has reached
the stage where at least one house Is
divided against itself, and State
wide organization is contradicting and
deploring the assertions OF the lead
ing lawyer for the defense,
George w Epps. father of the
Epps boy who has made an afildavit
that he swore to a false story in the
trial Of Leo Frank, has issued state
ment that his son told the truth on
the stand and an untruth in his re
pudiation.
Epps asserts that his son told him
an the circumstances connected with
his seeing Mary Phagan on street
car shortly before she was murdered
lie SAYS the noy conhded in him sew
cral DAYS before he (the hoyl had ever
seen John Black. the detective ac-
cused In the boys affidavit as fran
ing up the testimony. Epps asserts
that the boys testimony. as give on
the stand. was exactly what he had
told his father and mother before the
inquest even.
MY son told me the story first"
said Fpps '"l made him give me the
details. and he did so. precisely as he
gave them later on the witness stand.
This so-Called affidavit states that
the first ! knew OF my sons testi-
mouy was after the inquest, That Is
absolutely false. and the whole atii
uaVu mauifestly rs untrue
Boy Now in Reforms tory.
Epps is night superintendent of the
Gambler Annex building. His son now
is in Milledseville serving a sentence
in the reformatory there. The afli-
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see what a tight place the accusers
are in. But I'm not going to let these
dirty lies continue. l had probably
as much 10 do with the Phagan in
vestigation as any other man, but
there is no man, living or dead who
can truthfully say that l turned the
weight Of my little finger TO crooked
ness or trickery. have done my duty
straight through-and now l consider
it my duty to whip the man who
charges me with crookedness. l mean
that"
william J. Burns. the detective, will
soon be actually at work on the ia
nous case. He will return to At
lanta within a few days.
my investigation will be absolutely
impartial" he said TO The Georgian.
This is a mysterious and interest
ing case, and l am going to follow
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davit that reused the ire of his faith
er was made at that place
The differences between Luther
Rosser and the Georgia Chamber OF
Commerce regarding the famous case
were expressed in telegram Wednes-
day night to The New York Times
which had published an interview
with Mr. Rosser in which 1t was said
that the anti-Jewish feeling in Geor-
gia, the prejudice of the employee
against the employer. and some Local
prejudice against a stranger, had had
much to do with Franks trial being
unfair
The State Chamber Of Commerce
through Charles u. Mckinney, tele-
graphed a statement to The Times
requesting it's publication Thursday
concluding as fellows:
Without expressing any opin-
ion on the merits of the Frank
case, this organization can only
account for Attorney RoSser's
misstatements concerning Cd the
alleged anti Jewish feeling in
Georgia, and t2) that there is any
prejudice to be found in this
state Of the employee class
against the employer. and (S) that
against a stranger ON account
Of his zeal for his client.
Atlanta's Jewish population has
gained over 100 per cent during
tne past ten years and they num-
Der among our most respected
Nand hest citizens,
Strangers Welcomed.
Atlanta and the whole state OF
Georgia not only have no preju-
dice against stranger, but we
cordially invite manufacturers
and investors. farmers and the
better class Of immigrants to
make their homes and engage In
business among us. The state
ment of Attorney RoSser con
corning some local prejudice
against stranger" is doubly alb
surd when il is known that the
heads Of our public service cor
poration, many OF the banks and
largest business houses and man
ufacturing concerns came to At
lanta from New England. the
North and the Middle West
In the name of fairness to At
lanta and the entire state Of
Georgia, this Statewide organiza-
tion requests your publication OF
this telegram in your issue Of
Thursday morning
John Black, the detective recently
SO much coupled with the term
frame up" also has made state
ment denouncing all such insinua
tions and promising that there will
be some eyes blackened" IL the
dirty accusations continue.
The Epps boy made his statement
! TO me voluntarily" said the detective
He was brought 10 headquarters bJ
| j, w Coleman, Mary Phagan's step.
i'father. He gave his statement with.
out any kind OF Instructions or sug
! gestions. and several persons beside!
/ myself heard IL.
/ when he had finished told him n,
/ would have to tell the story AZ IN,
/ Corouer's inquest. and he readily
| agreed. That was the last saw q
! him until the inquest
Tired OF Bunk, He Says.
The story he first told me, his ties
| umouy at the inquest, and that d
the trial. all were identical
Now, I'm getting mighty tired .
| all this bunk about frame-up. I
doesn't worry me, because can easil!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Solicitor Ross Drops
War on Vice in Macon

MACON, March 3. Indictments
against the owners, operators or les
sors Of % houses. located within the
restricted district, will probably be
dismissed this week in the City Court.
Failure Of Solicitor Ross to secure a
conviction in four Of these cases al
ready tried has convinced him that 1t
Is futile to further proceed with
them.
The Solicitor stated in open court
that he did not think ii worth while
to proceed with any more trials. The
indictments were found last year by
a crusading Grand JURY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Jails Husband to
Keep Him Here for
Alimony Suit Trial

Because his wife charges he in
tends to leave the State before the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
More Noted Women
Coming for Rally

Two more noted leaders of the suf-
fragists have been added to the list
who will speak. at the rally to be held
in Atlanta Wednesday, March IL.
They are Mrs. Medill Mccormick and
Mrs. Antoinette Funk, heads of the
Congressional committees of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association.
The equal suffrage amendment now
before Congress was drafted by these
two women.
Mrs. Funk is a practicing lawyer in
Illinois.
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it to the end, without regard to whom
ii may help or hurt"
Judge Hill would not talk Thursday
about the resentencing of Frank but
ii is known that he has fixed no def
mite date. There is no doubt that the
sentence will b, merely formality--
that is, the original penalty of death
will be merely reinflicted, Franks
lawyers will make no attempt to have
Judge Hill change It to a life term,
centering all their efforts on the later
fight for a new trial on an extraOr-
binary motion.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05

hearing of her suit against him for
alimony, set for March IA before
Judge Bell, of the Superior Court
Reuben Gaber, an employee of the
Bell Telephone Company. must re-
main in Jail until that time or fur
nish bond of 5000 to guarantee his
appearance at the trial.
An order Tor Gaber's arrest, issued
by Judge Bell, was executed We'd
nesday night. Gaber still was behind
the bars Thursday afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Robber Caught by
Woman Bound Over

Isaiah Hall, the negro who attempt
ed to rob a cash register in the store
of Samuel Feldman on Piedmont ave-
nue. last week, was bound over by
Judge Broyles on $1,000 bond
The negro was identified in court by
Miss Ida Feldman. who caught the
man in the act of rihing her fathers
money register
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
City to Buy Uniforms
For It's Drum Corps

MACON March $50 proud is the
city of Macon Of its drum and bugle
corps. which has represented the city
al numerous conventions and on
trade boosting trips, that the Council
is going To grant an appropriation
Of $1,000 for the purchase of new uni
forms. The corps numbers more than
90 men,
The city will appropriate this
money as an advertising item, as is
permitted by the city charter.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
ANOTHER AUTO STOLEN.

Automobile thieves are at work
again. Detectives Thursday were
searching for the 1914 model Ford
automobile of ]. H. Roberts, sales
man for John Silvey & Co, which was
stolen Wednesday afternoon from
Hunter and Whitehall streets under
the very eyes of a traffic policeman.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Fraternity Alumnis
Plan Annual BanqueE

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Frst.,
rity Alumni Association is planri.-
its annual Founders Day bsnonaes
which will be given at the Wineeoeess,
Hotel the evening of March
feature of the entertainment win a a
the performances of several yana "
vile actors between the courses,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
NEW SCHOOL FOR
AYGROU N D
DIRECTORS

A school for playground directors
will be conducted March is to June l
under the auspices of the Atlanta
Park Board by Mrs. Florence Kent
Tibbetts and Joe Bean, who has been
chosen by the board as playground
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-04

"a few of us girls get
Together and embroider,
work raffia baskets and do
tatting. VIII you please print
a few names for this little
club? Thanking you in adj
vance,
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Read the Classified Ads on
Page Six.
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wanted a respectable place to
stay, and asked il We would be
safe there. He said we would,
so | paid the drunken fellow and
the cabby, and we followed the
old man up fight after flight of
dark stairs, he going ahead with
a half-burned candle. He took
us to a large, front room at the
top of the house.
bolt your doors, ladies' he
called back to Use from the dark
ness. He had left the candle in
the room. l slept for three
hours and was awakened by my
companions voice. She was
leaning out of the window and
asking a policeman the time.
"Six o'clock, lady" came the
answer. She had not slept at all.
We were at the White Star
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CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
" Love and Life are Mortal"

l want to marry has been gobbied
up by some other man."
That's very pretty, but IL Is
not true. you know Jim. for there
are lots OF girls who would make
probably better wives than you
would a husband right in your
own set"
That's Just 1t. Margie." said
Jim earnestly. Il don't think IL
told you the truth I could say that
l was afraid of not getting a good
girl to marry me. The world IL
full of lovely girls who will make
splendid wives IL given \ chance
but l am afraid OF marriage"
Then you have never been In
lover"
"oh. yes. I have. scores of
times"
Ibid all the girls refuse you7''
81 didn't ask any of them be-
cause | was afraid they would ac-
cept me-"
what a queer idea" said.
laughing. Il am curious to know
Just why you are afraid of mar
rage"
We'll. you see. Margie, I have
never bccn III lONt with u gill tuht
l did not get over II in time. Now
suppose | was married to her and
got over IL; think how awful it
would be-"
Jim's tragic face kept me from
laughing.
Don't you think everyone who
marries experiences a diminution
of that wonderful alteration and
desire we call lover"
Yes, JIM" | answered soberly,
'and l think here you have put
your finger on the weak spot in
our ideas about love and marriage.
1t does not seem to be given to
mortals to realize that neither
themselves nor any of their aspir-
ations are immortal. and yet what
we are pleased to call love be-
tween the sexes must be born and
must die just as everything on this
mortal earth.
But we can nourish love and
keep it alive as long as possible by
all the arts with which we have
tried 10 bring it into being"
"And after. Margie?"
81 don't know, Jim; don't
know-yet."
Continued Tomorrow
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TACOMA THEATER
Friday and Saturday, Sept. As
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A.-Don't deceive yourself In
90 believing the young man would
allow another girl 60 monopoIize
his time IL he really preferred
your company. You are a con-
ceited. short-sighted girl. and viii
come 60 grief IL you don't turn
your thoughts into broader chan
nels. IL is evident from your own
statements that this youth cares
no more for you than the other
girls of his acquaintance. IL he
loved you, You would not need 20
make him prove it. II you want
10 lose his friendship altogether,
why just keep right ON with your
shallow-braiBed effrontery.
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Q.-There is a young man
living within two blocks of
my house that l am In love
with, but there seems 20 be
another girl In the case.
Not that he cares for her;
put she seems to care for
MIN. 10 there any way | can
make him prove that he
cares for me?
He is q fine gentleman,
and | know he would see
more of me IL this third
party didn't take SO much OF
his time. As long as am
with him. he seems to have
a good time; but don't you
suppose. Miss Grey, he is
Just that way with all other
giris2 He seems to enjoy q
large circle OF friends. am
afraid he doesn't care any
more for me than he does
for the others, and | want to
find out just how much he
does care for me.
Please answer right away
as | will await a reply in
your columns.
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CYNTHIA GREY'S
:: LETTERS 8:


tell me what to dor
BILLIE.
A.-Xou think the married
man would make the best hus-
hand because you are not sure
you can get him. 1 win not at
tempt 40 advise one who IL In
such an uncertain state of mind,
but | will sag you will do well 60
stop entertaining married men.
That man IL his wife's husband
Just as much as though
they were living together. and a
woman who will come between q
man and his wife ought 20 take a
good inventory OF her own char
aefer
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HOW AMERICAN GIRL .
FLED FROM EUROPE

line before seven, camping out
side the door on our suitcases.
At eight, the office opened and
we began our struggle to get our
Philadelphia tickets changed for
steerage places on the Celtic, for
steerage was all that was left.
We were almost worn out with
lack of food ar sleep, and the
strain of the last day. We had
barely money to keep up another
night, not nearly enough to take
US back to London. The woman
who was with me looked at the
clock and then at me.
I'm going to the manager of
the line" she announced.
When she came back our yell
low tickets were written over
with red ink. We picked up our
bags and walked through the
Liverpool mud and rain. and with
the rest of the Celtic steerage
herded aboard the tender.
l pulled myself and my lug
gage on board and put myself on
the luggage and closed my eyes
and waited to be taken home.
felt that my troubles were over;
but l had not reckoned with the
steerage. The tender filled with
people, American and immi-
grants, and the first warm
breaths of the unnatural atmos-
phere which was to surround me
for nine days closed in.
The immigrants seemed to be
in another part of the boat, for
all around me were Americans.
dishevelled, sleepless, wan Amer
leans, silent.
At five o'clock the vessel sail
ed. From the steerage deck out
in the stern we bad watched the
first and second class passengers
come on board, and had seen the
crowds of Americans who could
not get on boar1 waving good
by and good luck" to those
who had gotten on. It was one
of the finest things l had seen.
Some of those who were left had
been in line with us all the morn
ing, begging for any kind of bunk
on that boat or any other.
Now they stood on the deck
waving American flags or hand
kerchiefs, or If they had neither,
IuSI Iu6lT nduuSs anu AOOhln6
glad. There were many of them
there who hadn't enough money
to keep them another night in
Liverpool. but I think they some
how helped each other.
Our room was one of the very
best, being an outside one. The
beds were as hard as the boards
of which they were made. The
mattresses, IL that was their
name, were filled. or partially
filled, with straw or corn husks,
and covered with some coarse ma
terial. There were no sheets,
and the covering consisted of a
black blanket.
The food was the least Of the
evils, so We believed. Breakfast
was at seven, which was too
early, and tea. the evening meal,
came about ,four-thirty. which
was also too early, but no one
complained of this.
There was a dearth OF butter.
the coffee was vile, and the
bread was stale, but no one CON-
planned of this. IL was the very
bad. rank bologna which started
a slight murfuur Of protests, and
from that moment the stream of
for second class be-
gan to besieee the purser and the
second class steward. and the
great game Of graft. plaTed I'M
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goodby TO my first home since
l was married.
Dick and I were very happy In
these rooms and | felt as though
l was saying goodbye to a friend
who had been very kind to me.
Dick has never mentioned them
since we left for Eliene's and
have often wondered IL they ever
seemed like home to him. have
wondered IL the word home"
meant as much to him as IL does
to me. IL seems to me that ! shall
be quite content when we get into
our apartment.
While | was thinking OF all
these things there was a knock
on the door and Jim Edie entered
when | said come in"
81 knew Dick was out of town,
Margie, and | thought perhaps l
could help you pack up"
That's awfully kind of you,
Jim."
We'll, it's no more than I
should do, for I don't mind telling
you l have been happier than l
ever have been in my life in these
comfortable rooms. l found out,
Margie, that il takes a woman
thought and taste to make a place
comfortable, even for a man. Why
my rooms at the club are not in
1t for comfort and good taste with
these"
why don't you get married,
Jim?"
Because every one of the girls
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-04

By unanimous vote the city
council has authorized Commits
sioner Woods to dredge out the
middle waterway on the tideflats
and make Ii navigable. The ex-
pense will be taken out of the
power bills for the Pacific Iron
and tSeel company, whose smell
ter is located on the waterway.
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We stopped
in front of a
stumbling old,
black house.
A drunken fell
low who had
been following
us opened the
cab door aud
began to take
our ba gs to the
sidewalk.
An old mans
head peered
out of the door.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-09-04

Perfectly fitted glasses, $1.5O
up. Pfaff, Graduate Opticisn, 1147
@ Sc. Advertisement"
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tiringly between the petty stew
ards and the American steerage.
began to flourish. Money chang
ed hands for a second class meal
served in a third class cabin, and
in some mysterious way IL be-
came known that there were,
after all, some second class rooms
OF bertfE left.
AS for myself, had no money
with which to tip or bride, but
as things fell cut, blind luck
again stepping in, got along with
out IL.
Continued Tomorrow
Transfer and moving; prompt
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