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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912.
Vincent Astor Reported Captured
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Name Is Linked With Miss Sands
Match Long Predicted by Gossips
Miss Elizabeth Sands and Vincent Astor.
Divorced Wife of Milien Judge,
Who Killed Him and Young
Bride, Shows No Remorse.
Planned Shooting With Care.
Trouble Alleged to Have Started
Twenty Years Ago Over Prison
er’s Property—Jurist Is Said
to Have Slain Brother-in-Law.
MILLEN, Aug:. 23.—Convinced that
she has been an instrument of jus
tice, satisfied that the work she had
planned for days has been well per
formed, Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee,
in her cell in the Jenkins County jail,
to-day calmly and confidently awaits
the hour when she will face a court to
answer to the law for the slaying of
her former husband, Judge Walter M
Godbee, and the bride who had taken
the slayer's place in his affections.
Mrs. Godbee saw life pass from the
body of the man with whom she had
lived for years, and there was no re
morse shown on her face. While im
prisoned for his slaying she was told
that she must also answer to the
charge of having murdered his wife.
She did not blanch.
She had determined on the death of
both. She had planned her deed care
fully. ^ She believed that she was jus
tified *in resorting t«o arms to avenge
her real or fancied wrongs, and per
sons who know her best declare she is
ready to meet the consequences.
No effort to obtain bail has been
made by her. She has waived the
right of preliminary trial. She is con
tent to remain in jail until her time
of trial comes.
Started Twenty Years Ago.
The attitude of this woman, who
has passed her fiftieth year, is one of
the most remarkable features of this
remarkable tragedy.
Twenty years ago, when Judge God
bee and his second wife found they
were mismated, the foundation for
the double slaying was laid. The cli
max came Monday morning In the
Millen postoffice, when Judge Godbee
wae almost instantly killed and his
young wife fatally wounded, by pistol
shots fired by the woman from whom
he had been separated by the courts.
Both Judge Godbee and the woman
held as his slayer are of prominent
Jenkins County families. Godbee had
been prominent in politics. He had
been married three times.
His first wife died many j'ears ago,
but. at his request, he is buried at
her side in the cemetery at Waynes
boro. Soon after her death he mar
ried Miss Edna Perkins, daughter of
the late Mills Perkins, and heiress to
considerable property.
They lived in apparent happiness
until the early nineties, when the first
signs of trouble came. At this time
Judge Godbee acquired rights to cer
tain properties which belonged to his
wife before their marriage. It is
charged that the judge afterward sold
this property and reinvested the pro
ceeds for his own personal benefit.
Shot Brother, Is Rumor.
Then there is an old story that
years ago in Burke County Judge
Godbee became involved in a difficul
ty with a brother of the woman he
afterward married, and killed him.
He pleaded self-defense and was ac
quitted.
There is no record., though, that
this trouble had any bearing on the
marital differences of the couple.
Friction between the couple reached
a critical stage ten years ago. when
Mrs. Godbee filed suit for divorce In
Jenkins County, charging cruelty on
the part of her husband.
She declared that the judge had hu
miliated her before her children, had
driven her from his room and had
nailed the entrance between the two
chambers in which they lived.
Even after this suit was filed there
was a reconciliation, but the troubfe
cropped out again about five years
hgo, when Mrs. Godbee again entered
suit. She was granted absolute di
vorce. but the judge was successful
in resisting her plea for alimony. Mrs.
Godbee was also given the custody
of her minor child. Miss Sarah God-
bee. with whom she lived at the time
of the tragedy.
Divorce Didn’t End Trouble.
The divorce decree did not end the
troubles of the pair, however. Mrs.
Godbee always contended that the
money on which Judge Godbee was
living luxuriously after the decree
rightfully belong to her.
it is certain that she was in strait
ened circumstances at the time of the
killing, and it is believed that the
sight of another woman enjoying the
fortune she believed hers, while she
virtually was living in poverty, had
no little to do with her determination
to take justice into her own hands.
For after the divorce Judge Godbee
married again. His third wife was
Miss Florence Boyer, 25 years old.
of Youngstown. Ohio. After their
meeting at the sea shore Judge God
bee continued his courtship at her
home, and little more than four
months ago he brought her to Millen
as his bride.
A crisis was reached. Soon after
the judge’s return, it is declared, he
received demands from his former
wife that he contribute to the support
of her and her daughter. In these
demands she cited the fact that she
was entitled to at least part of the In
come he derived from property which
had originally been hers.
Judge Feared for Life.
Intimate friends of the judge say
that from that time on he feared, not
only for his own life, but for that of
his bride.
So alarmed did he become that on
receiving a threatening letter Sunday
he refused to take his bride to church,
although he was a steward of the
First Methodist congregation, and re-
onested the pastor, the Rev. E. E.
Rn^. to come to the Hotel Estelle,
where he had apartments, to conduct
V.^ate prayers
i* -evident that on that same day
Detectives Shadowing Mail Thief
Believed to Have Cached $40,-
000 After Robbery.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 23.—Charles
Savage, a negro mail robber, released
from the penitentiary In Leavenworth,
is being shadowed by three detectives.
He will be kept under watch con
stantly because somewhere is hidden
$40,000 of the $50,000 in currency he
stole five years ago from a registered
mail pouch, and nobody except Sav
age knows where it is.
When Savage was released he was
met at the door by his mother and a
young woman to whom he was en
gaged before he was sent to prison.
They came at once to Kansas City
to see an uncle, who is dying.
“They needn’t watch me,” he said.
“If they think I’m going to dig up
Mrs. Godbee No. 2 decided on the deed
she committed Monday. She got into
communication with Marshal P. T
Foote and requested him to call on
her at her daughter’s home.
There, the marshal says. Mrs. God
bee showed him a .32-caliber pistol.
“Will this kill as quickly ae« a ,38? n
was the surprising question he was
asked.
“It will if it hits the right spot.” he
replied. She seemed satisfied with
the answer and the interview closed
This same pistol was in Mrs. God'
bee’s handbag Monday morning when
she went to the Millen postoffice. She
knew that each day the judge visited
there early in the forenoon to Inquire
for mail. She was seated writing as
he entered the building, accompanied
by his young wife.
Tried to Save His Bride.
Eyewitnesses declare that the
Judge saw her and immediately
seized his bride and hastened to leave
the place.
His retreat was too late. The
woman who had divorced him was on
her feet. Her pistol was in her hand
and she leveled it steadily. The first
shot struck him lA the body. The
wound was mortal, but with his last
strength he threw himself between
the pistol and his wife, acting as a
shield for her.
Another shot sent a bullet through
his brain. He died instantly. Mrs.
Godbee stood frozen with horror. One-
look at the judge’s body told his for
mer wife that she had done her work
there well. Again the pistol was lev
eled and as the young woman cried
hysterically two shots were fired into
her body. She sank to the floor, then
attempted to rise. A third shot lef.
her lying helpless.
The divorced woman then turned
and without haste left the postoffice
and returned to the home of her
daughter and calmly told her what
she had done.
She was found there a few minutes
later by Sheriff M. G. Johnston, who
placed her under arrest.
Mrs. Godbee died Tuesday night in
the apartments in which she and her
husband had lived during the two
months of their married life. Mrs. G.
W. Boyer, mother of the slain bride,
was en route from Williamsport to
Millen when her daughter died.
An interesting legal point now
arise*’’. It was at first contended that
as the shooting took place in the
postofflee, a Government reservation,
the United States Court would have
jurisdiction in the case.
Now, however, the point is advanced
that the Government merely lease-
! the postoffice property and that ac-
I cordingly the case will be tried in the
* Jeukins County Circuit Court.
Fiancee-To-Be Measures Up to
Rigid Requirements of Young
Multi-Millionaire’s Mother.
NEWPORT, Aug. 23.—Decidedly the
most interesting aftermath of the re
cent Newport yacht races is the per
sistent report that Miss Elizabeth
Sands, beautiful daughter of Mrs.
Frederick Sands, of this city, occupies
the place of honor in the affections of
Vincent Astor. head of that family
and heir to its huge estates.
This report, which has been cur
rent in social circles here and in New
York, took the form of a practical
certainty, according to society's self-
constituted soothsayers, when it was
noted that In the party taken to the
races by young Astor was only one of
three girls to whom he paid marked
attention last year. That one, of
course, was Miss Sands.
It has long been known and great
ly gossiped about at afternoon teas
and other social functions that young
Astor has felt a strong liking for the
young beauty ever since they were
school children.
Society wiseac/es. who have long
ago hung up in their mental art gal
leries a picture of young Astor and
Miss Sands as a happy married cou
ple, were not at all discouraged when
the young man’s affections at times
seemed to wander from his ch.ld-
hood’s choice.
“Just wait until Vincent's mother
gets back to America and resumes
her place at the ‘helm,’" said these
social clairvoyants, “and you’ll notice
a sudden slump in the fortunes of
Elizabeth Sands' attractive rivals.’’
The prediction was based upon a
firm belief that the aristocratic for
mer Ava Willing would see to It that
her son. who is now the head of the
family and chancellor of its Inexhaus
tible exchequer, should marry some
one who measured up in every way
to her rigid requirements as to an
cestry, connections and social stand-
ins:.
$40,000 they're mistaken. I wish l
knew where there was $40,000 buried.”
“Isn’t it queer that $2,000 in $20
gold certificates of the same series
as stolen from the mail sack were
found blowing around in the wind
near your mother’s home in South
Leavenworth this spring?” Savage
was asked.
“Yes, that's queer. I don’t under
stand,” he answered. rt I read about
that, and I figured it out that some
person who lived in South Leaven
worth had stolen that mail sack and
hidden the money there, and the rain
had washed away the dirt where P
was buried, and the wind got at it and
blew it away.”
Dweller in Desert
Sees First Pine Tree
Full Grown Woman Is Mystified by
Foliage—Also Takes Moun
tain Snow Bath.
CHICO. CAL.. Aug. 23.—Miss Ilene
Locey, of Visalia, cousin of Frank
M. Moore, of this city, a grown worn
an, saw her first pine tree when she
went with the Moores for an auto
trip to the mountains.
She has resided long in the desert
southlanM. and was not only pleased
but mystified at the foliage and the
fact that she could reach the snow
bound regions of the Sierra Nevadas
inside of an hour’s time.
The party left here especially to give
Miss Locey an idea of the diversified
j climate of the Sacramento Valley and
a snow bath in the higher altitude.
Colonel Gailliard, of South Caro
lina, Breaks Down Under
Tremendous Task.
More than any other section of
the country, the South is expected
to realize in prosperity and develop
ment by the opening of the Panama
Canal. But the South is to pay its
toll and pay for it dearly.
Just when the canal was an as
sured fact. Senator John T. Morgan,
of Alabama, father of the Isthmian
Waterway idea, died as a result of
his years of ceaseless labor impress
ing the necessity of rthe canal on
Congress.
Nok Lieutenant Colonel David Du
Bois Gailliard, of South Carolina, the
army engineer who dug the Culebra
Cut, has had to abandon the scene of
his triumph and return to the United
States to give his nervous system
shattered by his work, a rest which
it has needed for months.
And that is not all. From the zone
the advices come that Colonel Wil
liam L. Sibert, of Alabama, the army
engineer in charge of the work on
the great Gatun Dam, is on the point
of a breakdown and It is extremely
doubtful if he will be strong enough
to stay in the zone to see his work
completed.
Careers of Two Similar.
The careers of Colonel Sibert and
Colonel Gailliard have been remark
ably similar. Gailliard was born in
South Carolina; Sibert, in Alabama.
They entered West Point the same
year and both graduated in 1884
among the first five men in their
class.
After their graduation, both were
sent to Willets Point and in 1908.
when the canal work was put in the
hands of the army engineers, Colonel
Goethals immediately picked th£ two
Southerners as his chief aides. Sibert
was put in charge of the work on
the Atlantic side, which included the
building of the Gatun Dam, while
Gailliard was in charge of work
in the interior of the zone.
That Lieutenant Colonel Gaillard
had suffered a nervous breakdown
was known only to a few of his inti
mate friends in the army. A few
w'eeks ago when his condition be
came serious the matter was brought
to the attention of General Bixby,
the chief engineer in Washington, and
by General Bixby called to the at
tention of Secretary of War Garrison,
who immediately granted the strick
en engineer a long leave of absence.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Ma
son, Medical Corps, U. S. A., the di
rector of the Ancon Hospital, in the
Canal Zone; Mrs. Gaillard and Lieu
tenant Colonel Gaillard’s young son
came with him and went W'ith him to
Baltimore, where he wdll enter the
John Hopkins Hospital. There he
will b e under the care of some of the
most eminent specialists in nervous
disorders in this country.
Leave Did Not Aid Him.
Colonel Gaillard was in New York
less than two months ago after a six
w'eeks’ leave of absence that he had
taken in the hope that the rest would
benefit his health to the extent that
he would be able to remain in the
Canal Zone. He sailed from New
York on June 27 last, again to take
charge of the work in the Central Di
vision.
Those w r ho talked with him at that
time remember that he expressed a
desire to get away from the Isthmus
as soon as his work was finished, but,
he added, with a touch of sadness in
his soft Southern voice, “When I do
leave it will be with deep and sincere
regret.”
Lieutenant (^olonel Gaillard is the
first of the famous army engineers?
employed in the construction of the
Panama Canal to be stricken as a
result of his work. A few weeks
ago Colonel William M. Black, Corps
of Engineers, the chief of that branch
of the service in this part of the
United States, the officer who was
head of the engineering board which
solved the problem of raising the old
battleship Maine, was in Panama and
was Gaillard’s guest.
Close Friends for Years.
The two officers have been inti
mate friends for years. During his
stay at Empire, the headquarters of
Colonel Gaillard, Colonel Black noted
and realized that the builder of Cu-
lebra Cut needed a long and complete
rest.
“Gaillard.” said Colonel Black Ia$t
night, “is one of the most wonderful
organizers the army has developed.
His work in the Canal Zone has been
little short of marvelous. He laid out
his plans in such a way that he got
the maximum out of everything, es
pecially in the handling of the rail
road part of the work. He was also
able within a few' months after he
took charge at Empire to double the
work accomplished in a specified
time. Some of the things that he
did experienced railroad men had
said were practically Impossible.”
Tame Trout Craves
Petting; Fed by Hand
Feel* Insulted If Food Is Not Served
in Manner to Which He Is
Accustomed.
ESTES PARK. COLO., Aug. 23.—
Sunbeam, the pet speckled trout in
the fish hatchery at Estes Park, has
just recovered from an indisposition
caused by stomach trouble or rheu
matism, and is again able to take its
place as the only pet trout in cap
tivity.
The fish, now a 3-year-old and
about eleven Inches long, is as good
an example of gentle and loving
trouthood as It is possible to find.
Fed from the hand from the time it
was hatched, it feels insulted now un
less its food is given to it in that
way.
It is very fond of being stroked
and petted, and will swim around and
rub itBelf against* a person’s hand
whenever a chance Is given it.
:
Woman Given Job
Of Cleaning Up State
Success In Making Tacoma a Spot
less Town Causes Promotion
In Service.
TACOMA, Aug 23.—Because of her
successful efforts to transform Tacoma
into a "Spotless Town,” Miss Arizona
B. Wimple, food and market Inspector,
is to be rewarded with a bigger job—
the cleaning up of the State of Wash
ington.
This was the advice received here to
day from the Governor’s office in Olym
pia, whereat Is said Miss Wimple is to
be appointed State bakery ancl sanitary
Inspector.
Her methods in cleaning up Tacoma
were simple and direct and Included
publicity as an aid In bringing about the
desired reforms.
Frequent inspections of bakeries and
other food dispensing establishments
were made and the score announced In
the newspapers.
Miss Wimple, who Is young and pret
ty, will receive $4 000 u year from the
State.
She la a graduate of the University
o* Michigan.
CANDLES BURNING AT
WAKE SET HOUSE AFIRE
CALGARY. ALBERTA. Aug 23.—A
fire which started from candies set
about a coffin at a wake, at the house
of J. Selar. here burned the hair and
eyebrows off the body of an aged wom
an. Portions of the face were charred
Firemen extinguished the blaze
Employees’ Pension
Measure Approved
Pennsylvania Cities Are Permitted
to Establish Fund for Faithful
Municipal Workers.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23—Under
the provisions of an act passed by
the Legislature, which Governor Toil
er has approved, this city is given au
thority to establish a municipal pen
sion fund for employees. The act ap
plies to all city employees who have
given twenty years of service to the
city.
The act provides that in the event
of the creating of the fund every em
ployee will be compelled to pay Into
the fund 1 per cent of his yearly
salary.
The pension to be allowed the bene
ficiary will be equal to one-half of the
average yearly salary received by hi in
during the last two years before his
rotirement.
Stranger Is Son,
Gone for 20 Years
Father Turns Wanderer Away, but
Mother Calls Him Back, and
Reunion Follows.
GLASGOW, KY., Aug. 23.—Virgil
Huffman had been away from home
twenty years, seeking his fortune in
Alaska, and the father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. James Huffman, were
sitting in a room of their home near
here discussing him and wondering
if he would ever come back.
There was a knock at the door and
Mr. Huffman opened it to see a dusty
traveler, who said he was tired and
was seeking lodging for the night. Mr
Huffman thought he could do noth
ing for him, but Mrs. Huffman "reck
oned” they could manage somehow.
Then they led him into the hall, un
der the swinging lamp, and as the
light fell on his face the aged couple
recognized him as their son.
University of Chicago Professor
Declares Prophet Took Wife as
Horrible Example.
Maryland Jews to
Raise Shaft to Friend
Thomas Kennedy, Who Passed Law
Giving Them Right to Hold
Office, To Be Honored.
HAGERSTOWN, MD„ Aug. 23.—
Mendes Cohen, of Baltimore, a grand
nephew of one of the first Jews elect
ed to office In the State of Maryland,
will act as treasurer pf the fund to
be raised to build a monument to
Thomas Kennedy, author of the law
passed in 1826 that gave Jews the
right to hold office.
Kennedy was famous in several
other respects than as champion of
the cause of political equality, for
which he fought as a member of the
Legislature eight years. He wrote
many ballads that aroused the mar
tial ardor of his fellow citizens in the
days preceding the War of 1812.
Thieves Warn, Then
Rob Rail Station
Telephone Central Office They Had
Looted Pay Phone, Then Steal
Instrument.
NYAOK, N. Y., Aug. 23.—Before
carrying sway the telephone from the
Stony Point station of the West Shore
Railroad last night, thieves tele
phoned to the central office to say
that they had robbed the office and
telephone coin box. The operator
thought some practical Joker was at
work and paid no attention to the
man who called.
This morning It was found that the
money drawer at the station had been
robbed of 75 cents in cash, and from
the telephone box had been taken
about $3 in coins. The thieves also
took the telephone.
Common Laborer
Strikes Big Gold Vein
Ore Will Run $60,000 to Ton and
Mine Is Largest In Southern
Oregon.
UHICAGO. Aug. 23.—Hosea "8 family
skeleton has come to light, if not to
life. The domestic scandal of ancient
Israel’s prophet has been removed
from its closet, scoured with higher
criticism and rattled in the face of
Biblical scholars, who were perfectly
willing to let it rest. Professor J. M.
Powis Smith, of the University of
Chicago, exhibits it in an article on
“The Marriage of Hoses.” in the cur
rent number of The Biblical World.
Hosea’s wife, Gomer.Bath Diblaim,
is the villalness of the story' recon
structed by Professor Smith f^om the
account of her marriage to the
prophet, and in the first three chap
ters of the book of Hosea, Profes
sor Smith asserts that Gomer, con
trary to the usual interpretation of
the Scriptural account, was a person
of evil reputation before the wedding
ceremony was performed.
Prophet Knew His Fault*.
Professor Smith adds to Ms ver
sion the fact that Hosea knew of
Gomer’s faults and took her “with
his eyes open.” In short, the
prophet married Gomer with the cu
rious purpose of making the match
a horrible example to the rest of the
Israelites, he asserts.
The marriage was to impress Israel
with the fact of its own disloyalty to
God.
According to the professor’s view,
the belief that “Hosea, as a young
man, fell in love with Gomer and mar
ried her, supposing her to be all his
youthful imagination fancied her to
be,” that she later left his home to
live with another man, that he bought
her back and then become a prophet,
will not hold w'ater. The scholar de
clares that this version is founded on
an imperfect notion of the physiology
of prophets.
Professor Smith asserts that the
wife’© name, which means “Gomer,
daughter of Fig Cakes,” signifies that
she was held in low' esteem. He re
translates several w’ords in the Bibli
cal account and gives the following
as the proper version:
“Hosea, a prophet already burdened
with the isense of his people’s sin,
felt himself called upon by Yahweh
to marry a lewd woman, to the end
that through such a marriage he might
open the eyes of Israel to the enor
mity of its offense in being disloyal
to Yahweh, its rightful lord. In pur
suance of this conviction. Hosea
bought Gomer, a woman living in
public shame with her paramour
Placed Her Under Restraint.
“But he at once placed her under
restraint, denying her association
with himself a© well as with others
and seeking by such discipline to fit
her for her position as his wife. This
phase of the experience was Inter
preted for Israel a* meaning that
she as Yahweh’s bride must be dis
ciplined by exile before she could ex
pect to enjoy any further favor from
Yahweh.
"After this period of restraint for
Gomer she was taken by Hosea Into
his home and became the mother of
three children. Kach of these In
succession was given a prophetic
name, and, like Isaiah's children, be
came a walking sermon to Israel Just
as the Institution of marriage itself
had been.”
Young Engineer Kept From Love
by Succession of Revolu
tions in Republic. *>
DENVER, Aug. 23.—What chance
has a little fellow like the god of
love In a mix-up with a big bully like
the person who holds down the Job
of god of war?
The young man is Arthur N. Zwe-
tow, a mining engineer employed In
Mexico. He and the young woman.
Miss Mildred Lewin, have tried to
get married five times, to Use their
own expression, and each time that
god of war person has “butted In” and
dealt Cupid a knock-out blow.
Young Zwetow is in Concepcion del
Oro, a mining camp near the border
of the State of Coahulla. Six months
ago he wrote his betrothed that he
had obtained a leave of absence and
the wedding halls would ring any
time she said. The young woman got
her trousseau ready and sot the wed
ding day. But the bridegroom did nor
come. A letter from him said the
Federals had started a war, the rail
road had quit running, bullets were
flying and he had to stay.
So It has been for five successive
attempts.
U.S. Officer Invents
Airship Destroyer
Balloon Equipped With Explosives
and Wire Feelers Will Pro
tect War Craft. f
NEW YORK, Aug. 23—Joseph
Steinmetz, a retired lieutenant of ar
tillery in the United States army, has
just perfected an invention that la
likely to interfere greatly with the
effectiveness of the aeroplan In navai
warfare. Steinmetz is now negotiat
ing w'ith the War Department for the
use of his invention. It consists of a
captive hydrogen ballon suspended
over either an arsenal or battleship.
It carries a large quantity of explo
sives, w'hich would be touched off bv
any aircraft coming in contact with
wires extended from it. The airship
would at once be blown up.
MEDFORD, GREG., Aug. 28.—What
is reported as the biggest gold strike
made In Southern Oregon has been
been reported by Elmer Higginboth
am on the mine owned by him and
M. G. Womack on Kane’s Creek. The
ore will run $60,000 to the ton, ac
cording to assays of samples made
here.
Higginbotham had been a common
laborer for many years until Womack
offered to “grub-stake” him on a
prospecting trip up Kane’s Creek.
AGED FATHER THRASHES SON
WHO THINKS HIM EASY PREY
BAHT LIVERPOOL, OHIO, Aug. 28.
When Francis Beaver. 30 ynars old.
charged his father, Henry Beaver,
aged 65, with having spoken in an un
complimentary tone of the former’s
wife, the father resented the imputa
tion and soundly thrashed his son.
The son, thinking he could easily
w'orst his aged father, began the fight
with a hard blow* on the elder man's
nose. Thoroughly around, Beaver. Sr.,
then started in and soon the son wal
lying on the ground with a fractured
ankle and a fractured right leg.
African Chieftain
Is Harvard Student
Begins Stupendous Task of Reduc
ing His Own Language to
Written Form.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Aug. 23—A
full-blooded African chieftain has Just
passed his entrance examinations it
Harvard with flying colors and will
enter the university next September
as a member of the class of 1917. He
Is P. Gbe Wolo, and his people, 300,-
000 strong, are the Krua of Liberia, on
the west coast of Africa.
They have no written language, so
that the only way he can communi
cate with his family is through trad
ers on the coast, who send the mes
sage by word of mouth along the
trail. He has begun the stupendous
task of reducing his langvmge :o
writing.
Husband in Prison;
Wife Willed $20,000
Richmond Woman Given Share of
Estate After Helpmate Is Sen
tenced for Embezzlement.
RICHMOND. VA„ Aug. 23.—Mrs.
Maud Kent Rowley, whose husband,
William J. Rowley, formerly connect
ed with a hotel here, was recently
sentenced to serve two years In State
prison for embezzling $8,000 from the
Jefferson Hotel in this city while au
ditor there, inherits $20,000 from the
estate of her aunt, Mrs. Junius A.
Morris, of Richmond, who died Au
gust 3 at Atlantic City.
The value of the estate Is placed at
$496,000.
Women Better, Men
Worse, Says Report
Board of Public Welfare of Kansas
City Finds Slit Skirt
Harmless.
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 23.—Criticism
of women’s apparel, the slit skirt anJ
other supposedly immodest raiment,
was indirectly repudiated to-day by a
report of the Board of Public Welfare.
Women, the report indicates, are get
ting better.
There were only 450 women delin
quents at the Women’s Reformatory
last year, a decrease of 44 from the
year before, and a decrease of 150
from two years before.
The report shows men are becoming
worse. The average daily attendance
of men at the MuniMpal Farm last
year was 210, an increase of 6.
Hard Fall Re-sets
Dislocated Spine
Tumble Downstairs Cures Delaware
Woman, Badly Injured Six
Years Ago.
WIMINGTON, DEL., Aug. 23.—An
expenditure of $16,000 and treatment
for years in sanitariums in Germany
and Paris failed to accomplish what a
fall downstairs did. Mrs. William
Heim, of Ellendale, Del., tvas cured or
a dislocated spine In this unusual
manner. The fall forced her spine
into place. To-day she says she is
well.
Her head is bandaged, but she w'as
able to preside over a recent meeting
of the Ellendale Ladles’ Social, of
which she is president.
FRECKLES
Doflt HI4s Th*m Wttb a VaWj
move Them With tha Othlna
PvMcrlptlon
This pTMcrtjrtioi) for th« vgmoawt
of freckloa wm written by » prom
inent phrwlokm la uroally an
■ucceaaful In removing freckiee and
giving a dear, beautiful complexion
that It la sold by Jaooba' Pharmacy
under an abeolute guarantee to re
fund the money if tt falls.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil; gat an ounce of othlne and re
move them Even the flrat few art
plications should show a wonderful
Improvement, some of the lighter
freckles vanishing entirely
Be sure to ask the druggist par
the double strength othine; if la thle
that is soM on the money-hook guar- ,
an tee
PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY
If yeu have been taklitv treatmen
Inf out your hard earned money
think It Is high time to accept
Vou will certainly not be out a
•ultatlon and Examination are F
If I deride that your condition
treatment. I will be honeat with
eept your money under a prom
My treatment will positively
for the following diseases:
t far waeks and months and pay-
wlthout being cured, dan’t yau
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ny more money If not cured. Con-
rae for the next thirty days.
will not yield readily to ray
you and tell you so, and not ac
law of a eure.
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CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON
Eczema, Rheumatism. Catarrhal Affections. Plies and Fistula and ail Werveus, Ch.enle and
Private Diseases of Men and Women.
Newly contracted and chronic Caics of Burning. Itching and inflammation slopped in '14
hours. I am again*? high and extortionate fees < harged by some physician* and specialist*.
My fees are reasonable and no mure than you are willing to pay for a cure. All medicines,
the aure*t and beat of drugs, are supplied from my own private laboratory OUT-OF-TOWN
MKN VISITING THE CITY, consult me at once upon arrival, and maybe you can be cured
before returning home. Many case* can be cured in one or two visit 1.
CALL OK WRITE Vo detention from business. Treatment and advice confidential. Boura
9 a. in. to 7 p. m. Sundays, 9 to 1. If you can't call, write and give me full deM-ription of your
case In >oui own words. A complete consultation costs you mubing. aud If I can help you I will.
HP Opposite Third National Bank
I'VvnUU, 16 1-2 North Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga.