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k THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, IS GM; SEEKS IE SACRED HARP SINGERS SCORE RAGTIME AIRS Jury Convicts Millen Divorcee.; but Brings in Recommenda tion for Mercy. Rev. H. S. Reese, 86. who has written many sacred songs. Continued from Page 1. parsons gathered at the courthouse at 8:30 o'clock, drawn by a rumor hat the jury had reached a verdict during the night. It was disclosed, However, that the verdict was not ar rived at until the twelve men re turned to the courthouse, one man aving held out all night for a leaser penalty. The jury entered the courtroom at y:15 o’clock. The crowd had been augmented until nearly 2,000 people hronged the courthouse and the side walk outside. Within one minute after they took their seats, the fore man of the jury rone and announced (he verdict. Judge Hammond imme diately pronounced setence. The verdict had been expected late j last night, but the Jurors failed to fome to an agreement. At 10 o'clock fudge H. C. Hannnond told the ex pectant crowd that filled every avail able foot of »pace in the courthouse that the jury was hung and that there fPould he no verdict until later. Big Crowd Gathers Early. Disappointed, the hundreds of peo ple left the courthouse and the grounds and went to their homes. This morning the Interest and anxiety were exactly aa keen. Early in the morning crowds began to congregate mi the street and near tl\e court house. At the regular time for con vening the little room wa,« packed full Again Mrs. Oodbee, seeming to feel little j »f the weight of the accusation of killing her divorced husband, Judge j God bee. and his young wife, was hopeful through all the time she was awaiting the verdict. 8he talked 4ieerfully with friends who came to her side to apeak to her. “i shall be ac quitted,” she said con- idently. "T shall be free before Sat- •rday night, and 1 shall be in church j Sunday. The members of the Jury must see that I was justified In kill• ug Judge Godbee. He had perse- uted me and threatened me. T wan afraid When I saw him August 18 hat he was going to carry out hla hreat to shoot me. Makes Self-Defense Plea. ‘Tie called me a vile name and started toward me. In my terror and deerperntion 1 simply pulled the re volver which I carried for niy pro jection and shot at him until the oullets were exhausted. I did not shoot at his young wife. I did not '•©aline that I had hit her until after the horror of the thing had passed away a Tittle. I did It all in aelf- defense and desperation. Sorely that ?b not a crime.” An eloquent ptea in behalf of the accused woman wan made by Judge O'. A, SafToid yesterday afternoon. Mrs. God bee and scores of other semen about the courtroom broke In to tears when her attorney dramat ically Implored the jurors not to take nis client away from her daughter, who would be loft with no one to care Tor her. He pictured Jn bitter words the ai- eged conduct of Judge God bee to ward his former wife. He related in stances of persecution, of threats and of vilification. Ife asked If there were any woman who would not have been goaded to desperation by such persistent humiliation and who would not have been In fear of her life In view of the constant threats that vore made against her. Brands Judge as Greedy. jJnfTold represented Judge Godbee as greedy and heartless, as a man who would stop at nothing for the sake of obtaining money and luxuries for himself. He pictured Mrs. Godbee as a lov ing wife who had borne the Judge’s persecutions for years and had given him possession of piece after piece of property in the hopes of keeping his love and making him independent. The attorney declared that she went back to him time after time after her husband had driven her from home by his ill-treatment, and that, finally, when he had obtained all her money, he cast her off and married a young er woman. “Godbee aspired to greed and money: Mrs. Godbee to love and hup- piness. The two ambitions were dis astrously incompatible.” he said. Bullet Holes Tell Tale. “It was just a question of the two inimical natures that caused that nf- iuir at the post office. The woman 'who Wc*s persecuted and oppressed slew the man who persecuted and oppressed her. And the bullet holes In his body tell the tale. They show he ^as shot in advancing upon her." Solicitor General Moore's closing address was a bitter attack upon the laxity of the courts in homicide cas-s where a woman is the defendant. Ho* demanded that Mrs. Godbee be mad * to pay the penalty as though she were s man. He said that the law mace no distinction and that none should e.\- st He described the killing as a brutal and cold-blooded murder,,and ^aid that the punishment should be the same for a woman as for a man Burlesque, Columbia Bubonic Plague in California; One Dies HAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 111.—One death due to bubonic plague was admitted to-day by Dr. J. D. Long, of the United Slates Marine Hospital Service here. The victim died at Mar tinez, Cal., but Dr. Long said there was no indication of an epidemic. The Federal Administration had agreed to an appropriation of $40,000 to fight the plague in California. SALOON LICENSE IS $10,000. ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 13.—Town Council of Bunnell, town of 500 in habitants in this county, has placed the saloon license at $10,000. QUEEN TO VISIT FATHER. ROME, Sept. Ilk—King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena will visit King Nicholas of Montenegro, father of the Italian Queen, at Cettinje in October, it was announced to-day. THAW'S HEARING SET FOR SEPT. 18 Old Hymns Pure Gold, While Pop ular Songs Are Only Plated, Says Professor Bartlett. Theater. Monday 7:30 d. ra. 1. COLEBROOK, N. H., Sept. 13.—The hearing on the Thaw police warrant again has been postponed, this time until September 18 at 3 p. in. The same conditions as were agreed to yesterday prevail. Lawyers representing the fugitive have scored a decided point in hav ing Governrr Felker consent to give Thaw a hearing before signing or re fusing to sign an extradition warrant on which the fugitive may he taken back to Dutchess County, New York, and placed in the Matteawan asylum. Thaw was elated. ‘*1 am not much of a sporting - man," said he, "but I am willing to wager $bOO that .William T. Jerome fails in his purpose of getting me back to Matteawan. Thaw still fears kidnapping by representatives of New’ York State, or Canada and seemed to welcome the idea of being put behind iron bars In a real Jail. He complained that he did not feel safe In the Monadnock House, de spite the presence of armed guards at the doors and windows of his room. % The healing before Governor Felk er on the extradition of Thaw prob ably will be held on Wednesday. Through a mistake Sheriff Frederick Hombeck, of Dutchess County, New York, started for Colebrook with requisition papers bearing the signa ture of Acting Governor Glynn of New York, when he should have gone to Concord. The adjournment of the fugitive of Justice proceedings before Justice Carr was anticipated and caused no surprise. G. A. R. Marches Oil Chattanooga CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 13.— 1 The arrival of General Alfred Beers, com* iffander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Friday afternoon .set in motion the program for the en tertainment of the veterans in blue who go into their forty-seventh an nual encampment Monday. The ai rival of General Beers and his staff practically opened the re union. Veterans are coming in on every train. The vanguard arrived Thursdav Chattanoogj. is ready lor her task, and does not anticipate as much dif ficulty as was the case when the Con federate veterans assembled here in | May. The managers learned how to handle «i reunion at that time. Transp» rtation facilities now are greatly improved with the completion of the surface line up Lookout Moun- I tain and the one to Signal Mountain, on Waldens Ridge. The fact that 'he Grand Army re union is devoid of social features ne- I cebsitatii.g the piesence and entei - I tainmeut of mai^s and sponsors also greatly lightens t ie work. From external tppearances, the city is ready to open the encampment at a moment's notice. The decorations all have been completed. All the streets are A snare of the evil one” was the designation given to modern ragtime music and its accompanying words by Professor R. E. Bartlett, of Wlnns- boro, Texus, Saturday. Professor Bartlett is one of the delegates to the Sacred Harp Musical Association which is holding its an nual convention in the Auditorium and is the conductor for most of the choruses. When he is in Texaa he Is an instructor in the peculiar four- note system of singing which is used by the Sacred Harp singers. "I used to think that this sort of singing was old-fogy and out of date,” said Professor Bartlett, "but when 1 became better acquainted with its melodies I saw that 1 was mistaken. The ragtime airs last for a day and are gone. This music will last as long as the country lasts. "Our sacred music is like pure gold. The more it is rubbed, the brighter it shines. “Ragtffnc*. on the other hand, is like some cheap plated material. After a while you rub through the outer veneer and got to the unbeautiful alloy. "I know that ragtime is very popu lar. but it is a device of the devil for the most part, and is wholly of the world. You know the Bible says that the world will have its own.” The Rev. H. S. Reese, of Coweta County, and A. L. ("Honey”) Smith, of Lithonia. the two oldest singers at the convention, fully accorded with the singing instructor in his views. They did not approve of many of the popular musical innovations and | voted that the old-time melodies were i good enough for them. The Rev. Dr. I Reese is 8G years old and has been a Baptist minister in Georgia for nearly GO years. The old officers of the association were re-elected. They are: President, ; Colonel J. S. James. Atlanta; vice , president, C. ,1. Griggs. Atlanta: sec- I retary. S. W. Everett, Almon, Ga.; i general manager, T. l>. Newton. At- i lanta. Child Killey by Pork; Five More Are Dying MICHIGAN CITY, IXD.. Sept. 13.— Laura Green, three years old, is dead from trichinosis, caused by eating uncooked pork. Her father and lour other children I are dying from the same disease. LIONS' HALL ORDERED CLOSED. GAINESVILLE, Sept. 13 As a re sult of the conviction of eleven mem bers of the Order of Lions for disor derly assembly. Mayor Robertson to day ordered the hall closed within fifteen days. The arrests of the de fendants began last Sunday. WOMEN CALLED BRAVER SEX. W ASHINGTON. Sept. 1”. Women i are braver and more sacrificing than j men in limes of peril at vea, accord- I li’t to t statement b> the depart- J ment after an investigation oi *team- j ships on the Great Lakes. QUIT KICKIN' DOGS AROUN'. SI'MMIT. N. J.. Sept. 13. it’ a man ! lyi. Us a dog the animal it- justifle ST. PAUL'S CHUACII PLANS A BIG RALLY Announce Home-Coming Services for Week Before Coming of Evangelist Bridges. St. Paul’s Methodist Church, with its membership of 2,000— one of the biggest in the Southern Methodist Church—is planning to establish a record for attendance on home-com ing day services In Atlanta by hold ing a great gathering of present and former members on Sunday week, September 21. The rally will be in anticipation of the opening on the following Sunday, September 28, of a two weeks’ series of revival services in which the famed evangelist, L. B. Bridges, will be the principal preacher, and of the dedi cation of the church *on October 19, the Sunday following the close of the revival. It is expected that the home-coming day services will be attended not only by hundreds of present and for mer members of the church, but by fight or ten distinguished former pas tors. Rev. B. F. Fraser, the pastor of the church, during the past year has increased the church roll by more than 200 names. Through his efforts also the church has become free of debt, making possible the planneo dedication on October 19. The church has prospered in every other respect also. Its Sunday school is attract ing particular attention as one of the most nourishing in Atlanta. This Sunday there w’ill be tlie us ual services at the church, corner of Sidney and Grant streets, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The revival will open the following Sunday with a sermon by Evangelist Bridges, who will be assisted during the services by the Rev. Mr. Fraser, the pastor, and a corps of well-known singers. BILL W PROVE CLEWTO SOLVE BIG THEFT Continued from Pago 1. way bill, the company from Us agency in Savannah sent a long dis patch to the officers at New York. Jersey City and Washington. The j lightning is expected to strike at one] of these three places. It is believed that the detectives know exactly the man who took the money, but are waiting for his arrest before disclosing his identity. Barry Believes Robbery Occurred in Jersey City. Robert E. Barry, United States Postoffice Inspector, one of the best- known criminologists and efficient detectives in the Government ser vice, declared Saturday morning that it was Iris opinion that the $72,000 Southern Express robbery occurred in Jersey City. "Of course," said Mr. Barry, “the money may have been stolen in tran sit, but I rather think that such is not the case. The yeggs who pulled off the job without a doubt are pro fessionals and they evidently planned the crime some days ahead, waiting for the safe to be shipped. "The thieves knew that the money would not be missed until the safe was opened by the parties to whom it was consigned. They figured that Savannah was a considerable dis tance from New - York and that they would have plenty of time to make their get-away. "Southern Express Company detec tives are most efficient and know just what agents handled the safe, there fore by a process of elimination and deduction they can readily place un der suspicion the guilty man and if the man or men have not made a clean get-away I am more than con fident that they will be apprehended in a comparatively short time." LISTEN MDTHEfl DO BE CAREFUL If Child Is Cross, Constipated, Sick, Give "California Syrup of Figs,” Don't scold your fretful, peevish child. See If tongue is coated; this is a sure sign its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with sour waste. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn’t eat, $leep or act naturally, has stomach ache, indigestion, diar rhea, give a teaspoonful of "Cali fornia Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bow’els and you have a well and plr.vful child again. Chil dren love this harmless "fruit lax ative," and mothers can rest easy after giving it, because it never fails to make their little "insides” clean and sweet. Keep it handy. Mother! A little given to-day saves a sick child to morrow’. but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown ups plainly on the bottle. Remem ber there are counterfeits sold here, so surely look and see that yours is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company.” Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup. Trust Braves T. R.; Invades Oyster Bay OYSTER BAT, N. T., Sept. 13.— At last a trust has invaded the home town* of Colonel Roosevelt. big oyster company, which controls nv3» of the beds along the sound shores, has secured control of the local beds, formerly regarded as the legitimate property of 200 oystermen and clam diggers of Oyster Bay. The validity of the company’s hold ings is to be tested in the courts*. $75,000 BOND ELECTION VOID. JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 13.—After voting $75,000 school bonds Palatka citizens have discovered the election was irregularly called and is. ac cordingly, null and void. THE ATLANTA Matinee To-day 2:30 To-night 8:15 A Real Winning Show The MERRY COUNTESS Matinee 25c to $1. Night 25c to $1.50 FORSYTH WORLD’S GREATEST TURKEY TROTTERS. 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