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EDITION FOB NOTICE .f you have U»v d.fflcuU, in buying rteari*r« Sunday American anywhere in the Soutn notify C rcmttion Manager. Hearst’s Sunday Ameri can. Atlanta. Ga. SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA Copyright. 1913. by Tba Georgian Comr^any ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1913 Convicted Woman Immediately Begins Fight for New Trial. Declares She Will Surely Be Freed in Long Run. Mother of Slain Bride Expresses Joy When She Hears of Convic tion Without Death Penalty. Dramatic Scene in Court. AtlLLEN, Sept. 13.—Stoical and *lm as she has ever been since she tired the shots that ended the lives of her former husband and his young bride, Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee immediately began preparations for her fight for a new trial as soon as she heard the jury pronounce her auilty and the court fix her punish ment at life imprisonment. Colonel F. A. Saffold, senior coun- el for Mrs. Godbee, announced this afternoon that a skeleton motion for a new trial would be filed at once, according to statutory regulations. Slain Bride's Mother Glad. '1 am glad Mrs. Godbee was given i life sentence,” was the comment of Mrs. M. G. Boyer, mother of the slain girl, after Judge Hammond had set the penalty. "She deserved pun ishment, although I did not want her hanged. A woman of her type is Mrs. Godbee would not see report- dangerous at large." ers, but it was reported by friends who visited her cell that she was cheerful and optimistic, and was con- liuent of an acquittal on a new trial. Miss Sarah Godbee, the beautiful daughter of Mrs. 1 Godbee, collapsed as the foreman of the jury announced the verdict. She has been a constani companion of her mother during the trial, and her own cheerfulness has had much to do with the cheerfulness of her mother. She held her mother’s hand in hers as the jury died slowly Into the court room. Eagerly she scanned the faces of each man. hoping for a sign that they would declare Mrs. Godbee not guilty. Each man’s face was grave. Her hand tightened over that of her mother, and tears rolled down her cheeks. As the foreman rose to an nounce the verdict she leaned for ward, the most intensely eager person in the room. Mrs. Godbee Not Moved. As the dreaded word ’’guilty'’ fell from the lips of the Jurymen Miss Godbee shrieked and collapsed. In a hush broken only by the sobs of the (laughter. Judge Hammond ordered Mrs. Godbee to stand and receive the sentence of the court. Gently disen gaging the clinging hands of her daughter. Mrs. Godbee rose and stood without a tremor while the court or dered that she be confined in the pen itentiary the remainder of her natu ral life. Mrs. Godbee's daughter, young and beautiful, presented a pitiful specta cle that brought tears to the eyes of every person in the courtroom. She clung to Mrs. Godbee’s neck, while the mother gently patted her head and whispered words of encourage ment. As the Sheriff stepped forward and placed his hand on Mrs. God- bee’s shoulder to lead her away to prison the young daughter broke down completely. She pillowed her head on her mother's breast, tears streaming down her face, her sobs audible in every part of the court room. As the hand of the Sheriff fell upon her shoulder, opening wide the gates of the prison. Mrs. Godbee disen gaged her daughter's hand, imprint ed a last kiss upon her lips and rose to her feet, gazing calmly at the jury. “I am ready.” she said. Still Expects Liberty. Silence fell over the crowded court room as the convicted woman was led to the doors. The crowd outside, sensing the dramatic touch given to ihe trial was as silent as the grave while Mrs. Godbee entered an auto mobile that was waiting. She was followed to the Jail by a number of her friends, many of them prominent in Millen society. As the gates langed behind her, her only wordp vere: ■'I’ll bs treed in the lone run Growth of The Georgian and Hearst’s Sunday American. Behru' givett the circulation fig ures of Hearst’s Butt-Bay American and Atlanta Georgian so that read ers may see the remarkable growth of the two trailing newspaper* of the South. Circulation of The Sunday American The circulation of The Sunday American followa, from the date of first publication, April «, to the last Sunday in August: April « 37,828 April 18 80.612 April 20 70,800 April 27 77,305 May 4 77,729 May 11 78,061 May 18 78,379 May 25 76,914 June 1 74,353 June 8 76,107 June 15 80,683 June 22 85,309 June 29 82,478 July 6 87,599 July 18 85.851 July 20 86,175 July 27 86,864 August S 88,836 August 10 95.827 August 17 95,841 August 24 101,259 August 31 102.487 CIRCULATION OF TMF GEORGIAN FCR JUNE June June June Junta June June June 9 June 30 June 11 June 12 June 18 June 14 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 21 June 23 June 24 June 25 June 26 June 27 June June 30 49,725 52,609 53,494 52,692 61,311 49,114 46,862 48,007 49,540 48,228 49,69; 19.5S5 55,110 50,141 49,088 48,360 48,934 47.490 50,127 51,063 50,774 50,877 51,487 50,349 53.306 Georgia Man Seeks Job as 'DiatoceiF Rockmart Applicant Writes Post- office Department, but Letter Goes to Secret Service. Brother of Assassinated President Leads Army of 1,500 Men On Aguas Calientes, FEDERALS AWAIT ATTACK Government Force Has 2,000 Troops in Town—Dr, Urrutia Refuses to Quit Office. WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.—What is a “diatoceff ?’* This is a question that is puzzling the Postofflce Depart ment. To-day the following letter from a Georgia mar: applying for a job was received: “Postmaster General: “Dear Sir—I wont a job with you all. Say. I wont a Job of diatoceff. j You writ soon to me. I sure wont a job with you all. My age is 25 1-2 years old. “Tour kind friend, Georgia Man Proposes European Air Line v»v +•-!- rt'f Inventor Sees Sure Success Captain Matthew A. Batson. U. S. A. retired, of Savannah, who is the inventor of a multiplane which he declares wilJ make aerial commercial navigation possible. MEXICO CITY, Sept 13.—Private dispatches received here to-day an nounce definitely that the family of Francisco I. Madero, Jr. f who wa? assassinated after abdicating the presidency of Mexico, has launched a full-fledged revolution against the regime of President Huerta. Raoul Madero. a brother of the late President, is reported to be leading an army of 1,500 rebels against the city of Aguas Calientes, capital of the State of the same name. The city is defended by a Federal army of 2,000. Dr. Urrutia has refused to give up the portfolio of Minister of the In terior and will be allowed to retain that office. “Rockmart, Ga,' The Postofflce Department thinks that “diatocefT’ may be Georgian for detective. If it is discovered the Rockmart youth is afflicted with “Sherlock Holmesitis,” the application will be turned over to the Secret Service Bureau. CIRCUIATIQN OF THF GECR6IAN FOR IlllY Americans’ Absence Stuns Hotel Keepers August Is Disastrous to Both Boni faces and Tradesmen in South ern Germany. Special Cable to The American. BERLIN, Sept. 13.—The hotel keep ers and tradesmen in certain quar ters of South Germany are dismayed by the marked decrease in American tourist traffic; August war almost disastrous to them. rbe Munich hotel proprietors were hit hardest and are complaining loudly. This loss of American pa tronage is due largely. It is said, to the agitation by certain Americans In Munich against the systematic ex ploitation to which travelers are sub jected in that city. Experienced tour- j ists, tired of paying double prices for j everything, are shunning Munich and going to Berlin and other North Ger man cities. Marshall at Last Finds $2,000 House Vice President Keeps Location Se cret Fearing a Raise in Rent by Landlord. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—After long months of weary house hunting. Vice President and Mrs. Marshall ; have found a house which comes well within the 12.000 the Vice Presiden. feels he can Afford for house rent out ! of his $12,000 salary. Lest some envious person see their house and try to raise the bid on it the Vice President and Mrs. Marshal’ are refusing to tell its exact loca tion. It is admitted, however, that it is on the fashionable Avenue of the Presidents. Poetess Enjoys After-Dinner Cigar Sister of President Lowell, of Har vard, Makes No Attempt to Hide Smoking. 1611 OF PROSPERITY Fine Yield of Corn, Oats and Hay, With Top Prices for Staple’s By- Products, Is Expected to Give the State Its Banner Year. FEELING OF OPTIMISM IS EVIDENT IN ALL BUSINESS .. W'.V -'V'- BOSTON, Sept. 13.— 1 That Miss Amy Lowell, poetess, lister of President Abbott Lawrence Lowell, of Harvard University, made a regular habit of smoking an after-dinner cigar on the deck of the Cunarder Laconia, was ; “S. '' July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July July 671 401 063 988 ,308 956 326 823 761 ,778 948 867 077 980 077 419 997 750 748 828 608 596 378 567 113 340 864 Ambassador Wilson To Take Platform Former Diplomat Will Write Book j and Lecture on Experience in Mexico. CIRCHLAT ON OF THE GEORGIAN FGR AUGUST August 1 64,397 August i 65,453 August 4 74,244 August 5 74,857 August 6 76 297 August 7 75,002 August 8 77,387 August 9 73,523 August 11 73,742 August 12 72,743 August 13 73,455 August 14 70,709 August 15 72,139 August 16 71,534 August IS 75,623 August 19 74.669 August 20 75,403 August 21 76,208 August 22 77,306 August 23 79,372 August 25 131,203 August 26 . . 98,957 August 27 82.502 August 28 77.831 August 29 76.681 4.u£ruur. 30 ... 4.761 NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Henry Lane Wilson, who has resigned as Ambassador to Mexico, is writing a book and is getting ready to make a lecture tour with a lyceum bureau. Mr. Wilson has arrived at the Wal dorf from his home in Indiana to receive his household furniture, which was forwarded from Mexico City. The book will deal with Mr. Wil son’s seventeen years in the diploma tic service, including his work in Mexico and events of a recent date. Parts of the book dealing with the situation across the Southern border will be printed in a magazine. The lecture will deal with the Mexican situation. Mr. Wilson declined yes terday to comment on Mexican af fairs. Washington to Lose Most Noted Beauty Mrs. Spencer Cosby Accompanies Husband to New Post as Military Attache. •! If •' A ’■ J Captain Batson’s multiplane, in which he plans to fly across the Atlantic from Savannah to England. the assert ion made by her fellow pas sengers on the vessel, which arrived Wednesday from Liverpool. No attempt to conceal her penchant for cigars was made by Miss Lowell, these passengers say To newspaper men at the dock Miss Lowell admitted that she was inter ested In suffrage, though she denied any sympathy with the militants and insisted that she supported them very “mildly.” Mias Lowell’s age. a mat ter of some discussion among her fellow passengers. Is understood to be about 45. Special Cable to The Americas. WASHINGTON, S*pt. 13.—Wash ington will soon lose ‘Its most beau tiful woman,” for Mrs. Spencer Cos by, wife of the newly appointed mil itary attache of the American Em bassy in Paris will accompany her husband to the French capital in a few days. Prince Christian of Piussia, during iiis recent American visit, saw Mrs. Cosby in Washington and exclaimed: “There is the most beautiful Ameri can woman I have ever seen.” . Mrs. Cosby has a fragile, delicate beauty, and her arms and hands have been rrononneed by b tilptor® to feu It- i Lae in proportion. i Syndicate Formed To Build Defender Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. P. Morgan and Others Join Forces in Constructing Yacht. NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 13.—Cor nelius Vandervilt, J. P. Morgan, Hen ry Walters, Frederick G. Bourne, Ar thur* Curtis James and George F. Baker comprise the syndicate which will build the first of the yachts to strive for the honor of defending the America's cup. Other syndicates may be formed for building other yachts and all will be given try-outs in Narragansett Bay next- spring. Th? Herreshoff order for the « up defender has come from the V»nH«r- 'ilt .avridir.rir.t’ Charleston's New Channel in Use Affords Depth of 28 Feet at Low Wa ter and Will Be Made Deeper. CHARLESTON, Sept. 13.—Mari ners entering and leaving this port hereafter will use the new straight channel just opened, which, at low water, affords a depth of 28 feet, and at high water a depth of 33 feet, and which will be made deeper in a >ear or two. The new course was laid out when the Atlantic fleet was here last November, and since then it has been brought to perfection. It greatly improves the port facilities Commuter Travels 684,376 Miles Championship Awarded New York Clerk Who Has Done Dis tance in 11 Years. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. A man who ha» traveled 684,376 miles to and from work during the past eleven years has b-en discovered by the De partment of Commerce arid promptly awarded all honors for long distance commuting. He is J. J. Maione}. of Hartford, Conn. Maroney has made Multiplane Intended to Carry Pas sengers Across Ocean Is Being Built in Savannah, SAVANNAH, Sept. IS.—A Georgia man, with ambitious vision, is plan ning an aeroplane trip across the At lanta Ocean. The time for the ven ture Is not far distant, and the busy hammering and filing that can be heard in the workshop near Savannah tells that every preparation Is being made. It Is Captain Matthew A Batson, a retired army officer, who will make this challenge to destiny. He has been working for years toward this end. and has perfected a unique type of flying machine that is popularly known as the Batson hydro-aero plane. So certain are Captain Batson and his friends that the daring venture will be successful that a concern pas been organized, known as the Bat son Aero Company, incorporated un der the laws of New Jersey, with a capital stock of $300,000, “to operate between Savannah, Ga., and Liver pool England, a line of passenger- carrying air craft.” according to the words of the charter. Captain Batson is president of the company. The line will not be es tablished for little more than a year, but there will be trial flights a-plenty before that time, as the plans state, at Thunderbolt, Brickyard Island, on the Wilmington River, where the plant is located. Models Fly Faithfully. The first flight of the hydro-aero plane will be made early. The mod els of the machine have flown faith fully. The entire machine is now as sembled, the flying section having been fixed to the boat hull several days ago. It is the intention of Captain Bat son to navigate the craft into the Wilmington River, and to make the first trial flights in the direction of Wilmington Island. The tests of the airship will be visible from the* Casi no, Thunderbolt, and it is expected ihat thousands of people will make tiie trip to the resort to see the big mnchine as it takes to tnc- air. • » i-. irizL to permit the carrying of Continued or* Pace 4 Column h- Strict Economy Practiced by Farmers Makes Margin of Profit Tremen dous-Bankers Are Jubilant, While Merchants Predict Great Season. By M. A. ROSE Georgia, ine whole Southeast, and Atlanta—because it is the commercial and financial center of the Southeast—will enter upon one of the most prosperous eras any section of the nation ever has enjoyed when the cotton crop is moving in earnest this fall—by October 1 at the latest. In 1911. all seasons put their heads together in kindly eon spiracy, and Georgia grew 2,768,627 bales of cottton, the greatest! crop the historic State ever knew. It is the fashion to quote 1911. as the most wonderful year the State could expect. Unmistakable signs show 1913 will overtop 1911. Here is the proof: In 1911 Georgia grew, or let us say gathered—for it grew thousands of bales which never were ginned or even picked— 2,768,627 bales of cotton. But the whole South grew 15,622,701 hales, excluding linters. Prices were correspondingly low. Georgia got about $124,500,000 for its 1911 crop. Almost ready for the gins to-day are 2,250,000 bales. Indies tions are that this crop will bring Georgia $155,500,000, for 14. cent middling cotton is a probability, not a possibility. Of this $155,000,000 a much greater proportion will be profit* than accrued from the banner crop. Four reasons are apparent: This is a yield produced at less cost than any previous crop; drouth in the West will make the total yield short of the world's actual, needs, particularly as the left-over supply Is abnormally small.; Georgia will spend less for coni, hay and oats than ever before, having record-breaking crops of all three food-stuffs; the shortage of corn, hay and oats will mean good prices for that most import tant by-product of cottton, cotton seed. SHORT CORN CROP INEVITABLE. Consider the last first, because it has been overlooked gen erally. Drouth in Kansas and the other great agricultural States of the West and Southwest makes a short crop of corn inevitable. Corn is selling at an abnormally high price—around 77 cents at Chicago and St. Louis for the actual stuff. Seventy-seven cent corn means high beef and pork. It’s pret ty expensive to fatten hogs or cattle for market on that sort of diet. High pork spells high lard. High lard means greater de mand for cotton seed oil products, so much so that the cotton seed oil speculator watches the lard market as closely as he does the oil quotations. Expensive feed, too, means a shortage of cattle for slaughter and a shortage of blood and bone fertilizer, the packers’ by-product, which is just where cotton seed meal fertilizers may reap a harvest. Expensive corn, again, insures greater demand for cotton seed hulls as cattle feed. No one wants to go on record as saying that cotton seed will sell at a record price. But it is evident it will not be a drug on the market. Already cotton seed is selling for $20 a ton and bet ter in South Georgia. Crushers say Georgia will send 900,000 tons of seed to oil milk this fall. At $20 a toll that is $180,000,000. Add that to $155,000,000 for the lint—it makes one dizzy! Back to the first reason for Georgia’s enormous prospective profits. Everyone recognizes that economy has been the watch word for the year. The farmer has bought as little as possible at the store. He has borrowed as little money as possible. He hae cut down his supply of fertilizer. The old harness, the old wagon, the same old mule, the same overalls, have served another season Small expense and good selling price make excellent profits LITTLE COTTON IN WEST Texas and Oklahoma, experts say, will produce not more than 4,000,000 bales this year, as against 5,278,500 in 1911. Alabama, and Mississippi show severe deterioration through the combined malevolence of bad weather and insects. Louisiana never has been a factor in the cotton world since the boll weevil invaded the Cre ole State. The Southeast will make, in proportion, the best crop of all the belt. All this would be of little avail if the Georgia farmer had to spend all the money ie got for corn, hay and eats to 11 feed hi?