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TTTF ATT NT A GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Seek 400 Voices for Convention Chorus the statement that an acquittal was expected Court then adjourned until the aft ernoon Solicitor Moore will be the first speaker after dinner, and Judge Saf- fold will conclude for the defense. The court then will charge the Jury. The Jurors should retire to deliberate by 6 p. m. There will be six epeeches during the day, and the defense, by not put ting up i ny witnesses, will have the concluding argument Judge Saffold will make the concluding argument for the defense. Two spectacular features marked the hearing Thursday. One was the impassioned statement of Mrs. God- bee in her own defense and the other the testimony brought forward by the State. Mrs God bee, her voice trembling with emotion, told the Jurors that she had slain Judge Godbee In the Millen postoffice solely In self-defense, and that she had feared fie was about to carry out his throats to shoot her. She said that she did not fire until he stepped toward her, reaching toward his hip pocket and calling her an ob scene name. Woman Tells of Alleged Plot. Strongly discrediting this .statement of the accused woman was the testi mony of Mrs. Arthur Spader, a tele phone operator, who swore to having overhead Mrs. Godbee confess to the hiring of a thug to assassinate Judge Godbee and his wife three months be fore she did the killing herself. Mrs. Godbee took the stand again to deny the sensational story of the telephone operator. She said that Mrs. Spader’s testimony evidently was Inspired by a spirit of revenge. The defendant declared that Mrs. Spader LEADING WITNESSES, JURY IN GODBEE CASE Four hundred voices are needed for the chorus which will be one of the features of the convention of the Southern Christian Citizenship Con gress, to be held in the Auditorium- Armory September 19, 20 and 21. A call for volunteer choristers was sent out again Friday by Professor Albert Girard Thiers, chairman of the. music committee. EfTorts to get singers for this event have not met with success, according to Dr. Thiers. A rehearsal will he held Frldav night at No. 80 North Associated Charities Fund Nearly Exhausted, but Many Pupils Still Lack Texts. With the school season in Atlanta fairly well inaugurated and thousands of youngsters daily falling in line at the sound of the bell, the demand for schoolbooks is still coming into the office of the Associated Charities, and the campaign for funds to supply It still is in progress. J. C. Logan, general secretary of the Charities, stated that the de mand probably would continue throughout September and that the fund to meet it is nearly exhausted. Several hundred children have been enabled to enter this fall through the good work though, and If the generosity of Atlantans keeps up to its present mark, every future citi zen in the city will be given his chance for an education. The Georgian acknowledges the subscription of C. E. Pritchett. Lee street and Avon avenue, of $6, and will gladly receive any further sub scriptions to the schoolbook fund that may be sent in, and turn them over to the proper authorities. Damage Suit Follows Flood in Warehouse id that the last shot was fired Godbee after she was shot and he vas struggling to get up. hen shot the last time, she self-defense and hud no Intention of harming his wife, why didn’t she say so? She never until yesterday ex pressed any regret for the deed." Anderson concluded for the State with a strong plea for conviction. Dixon was th^ first speaker for the defense He recited the sufferings which Mrs. Godbeo hud endured, spoke of the threat against her life made by Judge Godbee and told the jury that the defendant had told a plain, straightforward story to the jury and deserved an acquittal Defense Ridicules Plot Story. Dixon ridiculed the idea of Mrs. Godbee, the defendant, telling Mrs. Spader that she had hired a negro to kill Judge Godbee and his wife; that she would have to have been a fool nr a crazy woman to have done such a thing. He said that the defendant had no intention of killing either Judge God bee or his wife when she went to the postoffice that morning; that Judge Godbee called her a vile name there and had sent her word beforehand that he would kill her unless she left Millen. The attorney said that Judge God bee was anxious to alienate his chil dren from their mother, but they stuck loyally to her. The defendant was warned by her daughter "to watch out for papa as he may kill you." and that was the reason why she was always prepared to protect herself. On the morning of the shoot ing. Judge Godbee, addicted to the use of morphine, had a desperate look. Dixon said, and made a motion with his hand as if to draw a pistol after he had Insulted the stayer. The shooting of Mrs. Florence Godbee was purely accidental, contended Dixon, and anyone in the vicinity was Just as likely to have been shot at that time as the bride. In conclusion, Dixon said that he confidently expected a verdict of not guilty. Defense Shows Hand. W H. Davis, the second speaker for the State, stated at the outset that he wanted to know the position of the defense as to the law in the case ing to gain for him the support of Councilman A. R. Colcord. The ruo came when it was found that Mr. Col cord was pledged to Fred Lester. A further complication set in with the intimation from Alderman Spratling that he was seeking the place. Woodward Out for Lester. Mayor Woodward w f as bitterly op posed to Mr. Anderson being Aider- man without opposition. He tipped off Mr. Armistead and Mr. Armistead paid his fee and announced he was in the race to stay. In addition, Mayor Woodward let it be known that he was supporting Fred Lester for Po lice Commission. The natural assump tion is that Mr. Armistead also ’s back of him, w'hich gives Mr. Lester two of his three ward representatives. According to Couneilmanlc prece dent this should insure his election. The Great Northern Paper Compa ny brought suit in the Federal t ourt Friday against the Morrow Transfer Company for $.1,659.26 damages. The suit is based on an allegation of negligence in permitting a ware house to be flooded in which the plaintiff had $10,000 worth of paper stored last January. Who says Romance is dead ? 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The NEW MOD ELS FOR FALL are here in endless variety of weave, color and style. are now of uppermost interest, and for “snappy” style and GENUINE SERVICE we recommend our IMG VAL UE SPECIAL. i ne story or Mrs. Spader came near the close of the night session. Judge Hammond deciding on holding court late In order to get the trial through by Friday night. The witness was nervous and trembling when she took the stand. She had been asked only i few questions before she was weep ing unrestrainedly. When it came to the cross-examination, the attorneys for the defense found it a difficult task to get a word from her between her hysterical fobs. She collapsed entirely as she whs led from the wit ness stand and out of the courtroom. Says Thug Was Hired. She managed to say during the time »he was on the stand that she had boarded at the Godbee home for oome time and that she was the chief oper- | ator at the Millen telephone exchange She testified that Mrs. Godbee, goad, ed into a desperation by the taunts of her former husband, had confided in her that she had hired a negro thug to kill both him and his new wife. "She told me that she had endured his persecutions to the point of mad ness” said the witness, "and that she was desperate. 1 did not give much thought to the story at the time, as 1 did not think it peculiar that she should talk in this wild way under the circumstances " Mrs. Godbee was on the witness stand two hours. Her statement was earnestly delivered and created un I impression on the crowds attending the trial. Many of the marital diffi culties of Mrs. Godbee and her former husband were well known here, but she pitilessly bared the intimate de tails of her life, telling of her unhap piness as her trump card in her buttle for freedom. Mrs. Godbee told the jury that aft er her marriage to Judge Godbee in 1887 she has known but few days of happiness. She charged that her for mer husband had robbed her and her J brothers and sisters of their father’s j estate; had killed her younger broth- d without a favorite with all the boys for school wear. They stand the rough-and-tumble rebellion of playground romp- ings. Ages 6 to 18 years. Prices $5 to $ 15 All That’s New and Best in Law Brothers for Quality BOYS’ WEAR for Fall and Winter Is Now Ready to Show You ew Fall Woolens ■ two women are Miss Maud Barnwell ; eyewitnesses of the shooting, and in the which will decide the slaver’s fate. They're here in great abundance. You'll enjoy looking through them to-morrow, and it’s not a bit too early for tint Fall Suit order. Suits and Overcoats threatened her with a revolver; that she had discovered him in thefts of letters from the post office at Perkins, Gn . where he was postmaster for i time, and finally, she said, he brought to Atlanta and installed her in a house that had once been an Immoral resort. Later, she claims, he circu lated reports that she was an immoral woman and keeper of a resort. Tells of Marriage. "When my father died in 1886." Mrs. Godbee said, "he left as execu tors of his jotute my uncle and cousin. Mr. Godbee came to look over my fa ther's mercantile business and bought it. He met me and called on me con stantly. In July of 18S7 we were married. and succeeded in gaining control of the plantations. My younger brother, Jake, had trouble with Judge Godbee over the property, and there was con stant friction between the two. “My mother died in 1889. Follow ing her death our married life grew more unhappy. He insisted upon be ing made the administrator of my mother’s property, and finally gained control of it. My brother Jake was ordered not to put his foot on tin place. Judge Godbee’s treatment be came almost unbearable. He threat ened the life of Jake. One day Jake, who was coming to the postoffice, was ahot and killed by Judce Godbee. I»i telling of the killing. Judge Godbee said he had done it for my sake. He would not let me go to the funeral or see the body. 1 managed to obtain $1,500 and gave it to him for his de fense in his trial for Jake's murder." Children’ a Department Entire Second Floor and—the greatest line of School and Dress Shoes for Boys and Children in Atlanta. (Shoe Department—Main Floor, Rear) 10 WHITEHALL ST. 11-13-15-17 Whitehall Street Official Outfitters Boys’ Scouts of America J er. Jake Perkins and es*cap< punishment; had choked ai j her, and struck her with h