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. V ‘ * ' ■ r A h 10 A TTRARRT’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913. Friends of Slayer of Former Hus- csnd and His Bride Predict Story of Long Suffering. CONFIDENT OF ACQUITTAL Difficulty Expected To Be En countered in Impaneling Jury in Jenkins County. MILLEN, Rppt. R—As the time draw® near for the trial of Mrs Edna Perkins Godbee on the charge of kill ing her divorced husband and his young bride, her successor In hi* af fections. there are indications a- plenty that the story to be told will be lifted out of the commonpliu'e and sordid setting of jealousy, out of the flimsy plea of emotional Insanity and will become the human document of a woman wronged ahd neglected for more than twenty years. Many people In Southeast Georgia believe that the woman on trial for her life will have a story to tell that wil^ quicken pulses and grip hearts and excite sympathy, and the trial Is anticipated with a breathless eager ness. The Grand Jury of Jenkins County will assemble Monday to consider the rase of Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee. who. less than a month ago, met her former husband In the Millen post- office, arm In arm with his laughing young bride, and who shot them to death with hardly a word of warning. The trial of the case will proceed al most Immediately, It is expected, be fore Judge Henry O. Hammond. Awaiting trial. Mrs. Godbee remains in a comfortably appointed cell In the Jenkins County Jail She Is a woman of pleasant appearance, hardly look ing the fact that she is a grandmother and the mother of a daughter who Is known widely for her beauty. Mrs. Godbee Is undisturbed, it seems, almost cheerful, and ready to talk on any subject except that of herself and her case. Hard to Find Jurors. Considerable difficulty, it Is expect ed. will be attached to the selection of a Jury. Either Mrs. Godbee or her slain husband Is kin to every third man. woman or child In Jenkins County, and everybody knows, to the degree of intimacy, the families of both. Jury selection, then, will be difficult, certainly, for It Is expected that the veniremen who are not re lated by blood or marriage to one or the other tnay have fixed opinions which will eliminate them. As It Is. the case is on the lips of every one, common subject for speculation in ev ery household. Common speculation also hinges about Mrs. God bee’s probable motive in killing Judge Godbee and his wife. Although It has been stated she will plead emotional Insanity, there are few who believe her defense will be based altogether on that plea. Those who know her declare that her actions of n lifetime contradict the argument of lack of balance. Her self-posses sion before the crime and since the crime has been remarkable. It Is said . The fact that she had the revolver in her handbag the morning of the tragedy leads to the certain conclusion that the killing was premeditated. No other motive would have influenced her to go about armed, it is generally considered. Fascinated by Shooting. But the motive that prompted her to fire n shot into the brain of the youthful bride is shrouded with mvs- tery. Mrs Godbee the first had no grudge against Mrs. Godbee the sec ond. except the natural grievance that comes with jealousy. It is considered that in the excitement of the moment, after she had begun to work the trigger rapidly, fascinated by the sound of shots and the thrill of shoot ing, she almost involuntarily turned the revolver on the woman. The most common anticipation con cerning the defense is that Mrs. God- bee will charge her former husband with brutal treatment and neglect, beginning even in the years of their early married life, 25 years ago. EXPOSURE TO SI® DEMANDS Fit Homeless Child In Childless Home Is Work of Society Unique Organization for the Care of Orphans in State of Georgia. ROME, Sept. 6.—Mrs. L 8. Beck er a representative of a unique phil anthropic society, the Georgia Chil dren’s Home Society, is tn the city In the Interests of the organisation. The Children's Homs Society is unique in th*- annals of philanthropy. Its business is to fit the homeless child into the childless home. It does not believe in orphans' homea and like Institutions, hut workn on the idea that every child has the right: to be a member of a family circle. The society does not stop at that. It has representatives who travel around finding those who wish to adopt chil dren and also raring for destitute orphans. The lists are carefully com piled and the right child is fitted Into the right home. The society believes in temperament—-that people of cer tain temperaments Should adopt chil dren of like temperaments. The people of Home are very much Interested In Mrs. Becker’s work. Atlantans Held as Robbery Suspects Savannah Detective* Arrest R. S. Freeman and George Mann—Jack sonville Man Also Taken. SAVANNAH. Sept. 6.—R. S. Free man and George Mann, of Atlanta, well-dressed young men, are held by the Savannah detectives as suspects In a series of burglaries that have alarmed the flouth Hide here the past week. The young men were sub jected to a gruelling examination, but the detectives would make no state ment other than they were "Just sus pects.” Freeman claims to be the son of ,T. D. Freeman, Atlanta sport goods man. He had in his possession several pictures of women recently po^ed at Tybee. F. W. Teasdale, of Jacksonville., is also hold. There is more direct evi dence Against him. He Is charged with live Jewelry thefts Some of the residences robfoed are the moat fash ionable In Havannah deserted by the occupants, who have gone on their vacations. # Hundreds Expected At Harpists' Meet Noted Singers to Take Part In An nual Convention Opening at Auditorium Sept. 12. Local officials of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association completed plans Saturday for the eighth annual convention, which will be held at the Auditorium-Armory September 12 to 14, Inclusive. Several hundred dele gates will be in attendance. The complete program includes the names of some of the bdst known harpist* tn the South Among some of the noted singer* will be Profes sor John VV,. Miller and H. E. Bart lett, of Texas, and W. T Uoston, president of the Texas Association; W. R. Davis, president of the Ala bama Association; R. A. Worley, T. J. Denson, S. H. Denson and L. Lind sey, also of Alabama. Several noted women singers, including Mrs. A. J. McClendon and Mrs. Blake, of Hef lin, Ala., also will attend the conven tion. S Tries to Fight Man He Says Lured Girls Buckhead Butcher Declares Carpen ter Brought Two Sisters to At lanta for Immoral Purpose. Police are Investigating the charge of R. K. Cain, 28 year? old. a butcher of Buckhead, that P. B. Bell, a car penter of Sandy Springs*, brought two girls to Atlanta for an Immoral purpose. Both men were arrested Saturday afternoon by Patrolman Florence while engaged in a fist fight in Harris street. Gain told the police that Bell had brought two girls, sisters, to Atlanta and had taken them to a downtown hotel. He said he had followed Boll to the city for the purpose of punish ing him for his alleged wrongdoing "Let me at him." Gain cried as he was shoved Into a cell. "You will want me for murder then." Pellagra Ward for $500,000 Hospital Donor of Durham Institution to Pro vide for Study and Treat ment of Malady. 7 % 3s: CUTICURA SOAP And Cuticura Ointment. For heat rashes, itching*, chafing*, sunbuxa, bites, stingi and redness and roughness of the face and bands, Cutkura Soap and Ointment are most effective. 'They promote and main tain the beauty of the skin and scalp un der most if not all conditions of exposure. Cuttrur* Soap Mid OiDUnort sold throughout th« world Lifters! sample of e*rb mailed free, with 12-p boof. aMdrene ,'ut!our».” Dept Vj. Huston who •timve and shampoo win, tu*p wui tad k bail far ills aad scalp. Committee Is Working to Keep Children in School and Im prove Hygienic Conditions. Five years ago the negro women of Atlanta began a crusade on vice con ditions and the lack of hygenic en vironment of their race, fhat has been fruitful of good to the community A handful of women started the movement to educate the mothers wjio were hindered by poverty and daily labor that led them from their homea and the care of their children. The group of women call their or ganization the Woman's Social Im provement Committee, and has as its head Lugenia Hope, the prime mover of the enterprise. To further the work they are do ing the committee will call a mass meeting at an early date, when they will put before the mothers and fathers of the negro children the im portance of vaccination and of hav ing them entered in the public schools at once. This committee has done much to impress upon the people the impor tance of fresh air, light and cleanli ness, to aid the law in suppressing vice and crime and in breaking up re sorts of immorality in the neighbor hood, to encourage wholesome thought by lectures and the dissemi nation of good literature among the young and to encourage habits of In dustry by establishing classes In cooking, sewing, millinery, etc. The work Just mentioned is fol lowed out systematically through live departments, namely: The moral, educational, literary, industrial. Hani tary and musical departments, each with its committees and officers. From this work have come excellent results in the homes of the people. Borne evidence of the work of the union might be mentioned. Way ward girls have been put into proper environment, dens of vice and im morality have been eliminated from communities; practical aid has been given to the sick; really active girls' clubs have been organized where there have been heart-to-heart talks. It was under the auspices of the Neighborhood Union that the public schools of Atlanta were used for the first time for free summer schools and recreation centers. This has been done for the past two summers in several of the negro publia schools. Through this effort more than a thousand negro boys and girls have been given instruction in handicraft, games and deportment. In carrying out its work the union looked over the city and saw that the streets were filled with children of school age loitering, that their edu cation was being neglected, and that certain conditions were responsible for this. So the members of the union were moved to do something. To know the true state of affairs it was thought best to appoint an investigating committee to visit the various schools and make reports at the meetings. These reports formed th« basis on which to work. Eleven schools were visited and thoroughly Inspected. The reports from the different schools were such that all concerned about the welfare of chil dren were moved to work zealously to bring aid to negro children who are studying under such unsanitary and Inadequate conditions. DURHAM, Sept. fi. -George W. Watts, who donated $500,000 for the llnest hospital in the South for Dur ham several months ago, has an nounced that he will erect a private ward for treatment and study of pellagra. Prominent Durham men are making efforts to secure the annual appro priation of $45,000 the Government proposes to make for pellagra re search in some Southern city. Dr Faison. Congressman from North Garolina, is making a special appeal to have Durham named. Teachers Get Second Pay Check This Week State Treasurer Will Mall Out $500,- 000, One-fifth of Common School Budget. Three Men Struck By Lightning Bolt One Perhaps Fatally Injured—Cop per Band on Hat Saves Another. CARTERSVILLE. Sept. 6.—During an electric storm at Hitchcock’s Grist Mill, ten miles from Taylors ville, three men were struck by light ning while sitting under a tree. They are R. D. Hitchcock, Jeff Freeman and John Carroll. Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Freeman were both seriously Injured. Their heads and bodies were badly burned and their clothing burned almost Into shreds. A copper band on the inside of Mr. Hitchcock's hat saved him from Instant death. PASTOR TO PREACH ON STYLES AND MANNERS MACON, Sept. 6 —Great Interest has been aroused locally by the announce ment that the Rev. w. N. Ainsworth, nastor of Mulberry Street Methodist Church. and former president of Wes leyan College, will deliver a special ser mon Sunday night on "Style. Manners and Morals of the Dress of Modern Women." AS G.A.R.CHIEF Liveliest Race in History of Or ganization Predicted for Chat tanooga Encampment. Admits He's a Poet; Passes Around Hat Col. John A. Joyce Tells Friends to Send Cash Now and For get Flowers. CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 8.—Every Indication points to a spirited content at the Chattanooga encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic for commander-in-chief. Five States have ho far made entries, and each entry Is a popular man. The States already in the contest for the prize are, in alpha betical order, Indiana, Michigan, Ne braska, New Jersey and South Da kota. The Department of Indiana has in dorsed O. A. Somers, a private in the ranks. Mr. Somers lives at Kokomo, and Is a popular man with the mem bers of the Grand Army. He has the active and undivided support of his State and counts on help from a num ber of the utrong States of the Cen tral West and from every member of the Grand Army; to use the words of a friend and supporter, "who believes that the time has come when a pri vate soldier should be honored." Nebraska has entered the lists with Colonel C. E. Adams, a banker and farmer, of Superior. Nebr. He is in dorsed by his State Department, and has a war record linked with the his tory of the Fourteenth Army Corps. Michigan Presents Gardner. Michigan will come to the encamp ment carrying the flag of the Hon. Washington Gardner. *»? Albion, the well-known editor-Htatesman, and en ter him as a candidate for the honor. Colonel Gardner enlisted in the serv ice when only 16. was with General Sherman during the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta and sustained a serious wound at Resaca, which ne cessitated retirement on an honorable discharge. New Jersey's candidate ror the hon or Is Colonel Ralph D. Cole, a popu lar G/and Army man, who has a cred itable war record. He has the in dorsement of the New Jersey Depart ment of the G. A. R. and is regarded as the candidate of the Eastern sec tion. South Dakota has indorsed Captain N. H. Kingman, of Selby, and will come to Chattanooga determined to land him. Captain Kingman organ ized a company in the Thirteenth Wisconsin Regiment, and served with that organization until the close of the war. He has been one of the prominent figures in the Grand Army of the Republic since its organization and his strength is general. With live strong candidates, said to bp the greatest number ever presented before a national encampment, the fight for the honor promises to be spirited and full of interest. It should be explained that these men are can didates in the sense that their re spective State Departments have in dorsed them. RISK AGENTS GATHER. Sixty members of the office force in Georgia of the Mutual Life Insur ance Company, including some of the New York officials, begin a two days' session at the Hotel Ansley Monday. WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—Reduced to cold prose. Colonel John A. Joyce, who disputes the authorship of "Laugh and the world laughs with you” with Ella Wheeler Wilcox, has issued a manifesto to the world in which he states. "Send me the hard cash now and you need not trouble about flowers for my coffin.” This amazing proposition has been put up to the ^Colonel's friends and admirers in the shape of a mimeo graph letter, which he is sending out. What he wants the cash for is to purchase a bust of himself made re cently by Jerome Connor. In his concluding paragraph the Colonel says: "How much more sensible it will be for the public td honor its poets and heroes while liv ing than to monument them long aft er death, when they can » <t ar nor feel the applause of mankind." Two-Step and Waltz Too Tame for Club Turkey Trot, Bunny Hug, Boston Dip and Tango Prevail In Macon. MACON, Sept; 6.—No one may at tend the regular weekly Thursday night dances given at the Recreation Club, whose grounds are located five miles from the city, unless he or she can dance the turkey trot, the bunny hug, the Boston dip and the tango. In an advertisement published in a Macon newspaper by the Recreation Club to-day, it is stated: "All per sons attending daces must do the turkey trot, bunny hug and all the latest dances.” The two-step and the waltz are not permitted on the floor of the club. It is believed that this is the only club in the country which obliges its members to dance the new-fangled steps. GIRLS GIVE WHITFIELD CONVICTS PICNIC DINNER DALTON, Sept 6.—Through the ef forts of Misses Josie Massey, Emma Na tions. Fannie Moore Prothro, Mattie Lee Brewer and Margaret Green, an ex cellent picnic lunch was prepared for the members of the Whitfield County convict gang, the young ladies expend ing their efforts toward making the oc casion one of pleasure to the convicts. The dinner was donated by the people of Tunnel Hill, and included chicken, cakes, ice cream and other delicacies. Several Offerings in Reynolds Concert Program Chosen Be cause of Popular Appeal. A musical treat for Atlantans has been provided by the Atlanta Music Festival Association in the appear ance at the Auditorium Sunday aft ernoon at 4 o'clock of Clarence Rey nolds, official organist of the Ocean Grove, N. J., Auditorium. Mr. Reynolds, whose home is In New York City, has served four sea sons in this capacity at the Ocean Grove Auditorium, where there is lo cated one of the largest and t most complex organs in the world. 'He is an organist of wide reputation and ability, and his work at Ocean Grove has brought him into national promi nence. The program for the Sunday aft ernoon concert has been carefully chosen, several of its numbers being selected particularly with a view to their popular appeal. The program is: Frank Liszt—Prelude and fugue on Bach. Sigfrid Karg-Elert—Harmonies du Soir. Cesar Franck—Piece Heroique. Gaston M. Dethier—Variations on Adeste Fideles. (a) Luigi'Boccherini—Minuet in A; (b) Antonin Dvorak—Humoresque. Richard Wagner—Prelude to Parsi fal. Richard Wagner—Pilgrims’ Chorus. Mr. Reynolds said he would like to have rendered "The Storm" here, but will be unable to do so, owing to the absence of certain organ attach ments which are essential to it. WRIT FOR NEGRO UPHELD. ROME, GA., Sept. 6.—Judge Reece, of the City Court, yesterday sustained the writ of habeas corpus obtained by attorneys for Jack Duncan, al leged to have been the assailant of Miss Belle Kirkpatrick, the telephone operator at Piedmont, Ala., on June 30. Canal Ready This Year, Say Experts French Engineer Who Negotiated Canal Treaty Thinks Success 18 Now Assured. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—Phillipc Bunau-Varilla, the French engineer who negotiated the Panama Canal treaty with this country, arrived on board the steamer France for a two months’ visit. He said that he had been closely watching the progress of the canal and was confident that it would be completed in time to sen 1 the fir.«*t vessel through this year. "It will be a great achievement," he said, "to celebrate the opening of the canal on the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific by Bal boa in 1513.” EXCURSION TO BIR MINGHAM. $2.50 round trip, Septem ber 22. Special train leaves Old Depot 8:30 a. m. SEA BOARD. SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY Every schGOI chiid must have a sound set of Teeth as part equipment for the year’s work. Bring your children to us for FREE EXAMINATION; we will tell you frankly whether they can stand the test.;;;; DR. E. G. GRIFFIN'S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS 241-2 Whitehall Street, Over Brown & Allen’s Telephone Main 1708 Lady Attendant OUR PRICES WITH GUARANTEE: Set of Teeth $5 Gold Filling $1 Gold Crowns S4 Bridge Work $4 Amalgam Filling 50c . up Teeth Cleaned... $1 up CHEAP EXCURSION TO FLORIDA Via G. S. & F. Railway. Fare from Macon to Jacksonville $4.00, Palatka $4.50, St. Augustine $4.50, and Tampa $6.00. Propor tionately low rates from in termediate stations. Spe cial trains leave Macon 10:30 a. m. and 11:30 a. m. September 9. Tickets lim ited five days. C. B. RHODES, G. P. A. Macon, Ga. ATLANTA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Twenty-two years of remarkably successful work. Greater demand for onr graduates than we can supply. Best attendance south of Philadelphia. I Begins October «th. Addresa GEORGE F. PAYNE, PH. CL, President. 265 Courtland St., Atlanta, Georgia, I “Developer of Efficient Executives’ Salary Measures Capital Value You have a capital value. It Increases or decreases. Your Income Is based on this value. The average Increase In sal ary of men attending Schools of Commerce varies from 6.4 per cent to 15 per cent each year. Capitailse the gain at 5 per cent—It represents $1,320 to $3,360 a year Increase capital value while in school. Has your capital value in creased that much in the last year? Work decisively THIS year. You can grow. You can Increase It. Take our collegiate courses In Commerce. Accounts, Finance and Commercial Law. Class hours don’t conflict with your work or pleasure. Number of students limited. Your future life and hap piness may be In the balance. Decide right. Enroll now. Work be gins September 15th. Evening School of Commerce Georgia School of Technology J65 W. North Ave., Atlanta, Ga. “YOU WIM” The* second payment on the 1913 mlarles of Georgia public school - teachers will be made early this week w hen State Treasurer Speer will out checks approximating $500,000. This it. onc-flfth of the tytal amount appropriated to the support of the •minon schools of the State during the year. The first Installment was paid several weeks ago, of an amount equal to that to be paid this week. BOY HURT IN FALL. Earle Brookv 17 years old, No. S6 Foundry street, fell out of a tree in front ornhe Davis Street School Sat urday afternoon His arm was broken and he was badly bruised when the appe tite is normal and you are able to eat without distress; but how quickly you go “down to de feat” when the ‘‘inner man” becomes weak. Play safe, and at the first sign of trouble you had better take HOSTETTERS STOMACH BITTERS It will help you con tinue to be a ” winner. ’ ’ Classes 6»J5 to 8sJ5 Ivy 4775 Free booklet on request SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY SESSION 1919-14. The Sovthsm Coil eg* of Medicine and Surgery will begtn Its 1918-14 ««»- slon Monday. September 8. lllS with a full staff of paid Professors We havs added a Pharmacy. Poet-graduate and Literary Sohool to the Medical Depart ment thus making the college ebmplsts in every sense for the matriculate In Medicine. Vast Improvements have been made in the college building, including the enlargement of the amphitheater, Chemical. Anatomical. Path ological, Bacteriological and Histological laboratories; with the addition of our n#w Hospital, the student will receive bedside training and have an ep- pertunRy of studying different cases In their several phases POlT-GRADUATE SCHOOL COURSE Oar Peat-Graduate 8chool Course (six weeks! Is for the busy preotl- tlener. who wishes to perfect himself In certain lines of work. PH ARM AO Y SCHOOL. The Pharmacy Sohool consists of two sessions, of six months each, and will continue throughout the year the same as the Post-Graduate School. For catalogue and information apply to WM. BERNARD LINGO, M Dean 68-64 McDaniel street. Atlanta, Ga. MISS WOODBERRY S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 428 Peachtree Street. Atlanta, Ga. Fall Session begin* September 17. . _ . _ eati Enrollment dally at the school for collegiate, high school and grammar grades, and arrangements made for the boarding pupils. Professor* In Plano, Voice. Expression, Violin, Art. Wall equipped Primary Department for the fir*t four grades. Large grounds, opposite the Governor’s Home, with basket ball and ten nis courts, open Jftr classes in season, and the environment of a Chris tian school. ROSA WOODBERRY, Principal. 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