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NOTICE
If you have any difficulty In buying Hearefs
Sunday American anywhere In the South notify
Circulation Manager, Hearst’s Sunday Ameri
can. Atlanta. Ga.
VOL. 1. MO. 24.
Copyright. 1313. by
Tlie Georgian Company
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1013.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MRS,GODBEE CIRCOLATI °™o™«
" IN SPIN BIT
BY HER LIFE
"IE
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.
Growth of The Georgian
and Hearst’s Sunday
American.
Below is given (hr circulation fig
ures of Hear 8 Vs Sunday American
and Atlanta Georgian so that read
ers may see the remarkable growth
of the two leading newspapers of the
South.
Circulation of
The Sunday
American
The circulation of The Sunday
American follows, from the date of
first publication, April 6, to the last
Sunday in August:
April 6 87.828
April 13 80.612
April 20 79,300
April 27 77,30a
MILLEN, Sept. 13—-Stoical and
calm as she has ever been since she
fired the shots that ended the lives
of her former husband and his young
bride, Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee
Immediately began preparations for
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her fight for a new trial as soon as ! July 20
she heard the Jury pronounce her
guilty and the court fix her punish
ment at life imprisonment.
Colonel F. A. Saffold, senior coun
sel 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.
“I am glad Mrs. Godbee was given
a 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
dangerous at large.”
Mrs. Godbee would not see report
ers, but it was reported by friends
who visited her cell that she was
cheerful and optimistic, and was con
fident of an acquittal on a new trial.
Miss Sarah Godbee, the beautiful
daughter of Mrs. Godbee, collapsed as
the foreman of the Jury announced
the verdict. She has been a constant
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 filed 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 j
cheeks. As the foreman rose to an- .
nounce the verdict she leaned for- i
ward, the most intensely eager person
in the room.
Mrs. Godbee Not Moved.
As the dreaded wor 1 ‘‘guilty” fell
from the lips of the jurymen Miss
Godbee shrieked and collapsed. In a
hush broken only by the sobs of the
daughter, 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- j
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 j August 20
the trial was as silent as the grave August 21
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
clanged behind her. her only words
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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 13 85.851
86.175
July 27 86,864
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| BOSTON, Sept. 13.—That Miss Amy
Lowell, poetess, sister of President
- - - Abbott Lawrence Lowell, of Harvard
University, made a regular habit of
D . r A , j n • i nmoklng an after-dinner cigar on the
Brother of ASSSSSineted I resident deck of the Cunarder Laconia, was
the assertion 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.” Miss Lowell’s age. a mat
ter of some discussion among her
fellow passengers, is understood to be
about 45.
P ° After-Dinner Cigar Ge0r S ia Man PLlnS 0c£an F % ht 11R f N T
Proposes European Air Line
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Inventor Sees Sure Success
Sister of President Lowell, of Har
vard, Makes No Attempt to
Hide Smoking.
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.
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 13.—Private
dispatches received here to-day an
nounce definitely that the family of
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., who wan
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
;.‘i defended by a Federal army of
2,000.
Lr. I rrutia has refused to give up
the portfolio of Minister of the In
terior and wdll be allowed to retain
that office.
CIRCULATION OF TH: GEORGIAN i Americans’ Absence
Stuns Hotel Keepers
FOR JUNE
Captain Matthew A. Batson, ! S. A. retired, of Savannah, !
who is the inventor of a multiplane which he declares will make;
aerial commercial navigation possible.
Injured in Joy Ride;
Sues for Damages
Birmingham Girl Claims Car Was
Negligently Driven, Which
Caused Accident.
BIRMINGHAM. Sept. 13.—As a re
sult of a joy ride on the night of Julv
26, Daisy Gibson to-day entered suit
In the City Court against C. M. Bind
er, asking for $10,000, claiming that
the automobile was negligently driven
and caused to run into a tree or pole
and the plaintiff was painfully in
jured.
This is the second case of the kind
made.
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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 was almost
CIRCULATION OF THE GE1RCIAN
FOR JULY
50,141 disastrous to them/
49,083 | The Munich hotel proprietors were
48,860 I hit hardest and are complaining
48,934 I loudly. This loss of American pa-
47.490 I tronage is due largely, it is said, to
60,127 j the agitation by certain Americans
51,065 J in Munich against the systematic ex-
50,774 | ploitation to which travelers are sub-
60,877 j jeeted in that city. Experienced tour-
51,487 I ists. tired of paying double prices for
60.349 j everything, are shunning Munich and
63,806 j going to Berlin and other North Ger
man cities.
GOVERNOR DENIES NEGRO
CHILD SLAYER A PARDON
Will Varner, a negro, of Newton
County, must go to the gallows in
spite of the appeal made to Governor
Slaton. Varner shot and killed his
young stepchild while trying to shoot
his wife because she refused to re
turn to him.
SIXTEEN DIVORCE SUITS
FOR WEEK IN BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM. Hept. 13. -Sixteen
suits for divorce were filed in the
Chancery Court here this week, and
Assistant Register Freeman an
nounced that business was a little off
for the week.
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July 19 60,997
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July 22 63,748
July 23 62.828
July 24 61.608
July 25 64,596
July 26 54,378
July 28 64,567
July 29 63,113
July 30 64.340
July 31 63,864
CIRCULATE OF THE GEORGIA*
FOR AUGUST
REIGN 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
Strict Economy Practiced by Farmers
Makes Margin of Profit Tremen
dous-Bankers Are Jubilant, While
Merchants Predict Great Season.
Ambassador Wilson
To Take Platform
Former Diplomat Will Write Book
and Lecture on Experience
in Mexico.
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 r. ■. mm . I m i , • IT
The book win deal with Mr wii- Saloon loo Close to ! Charleston s New
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.
Multiplane Intended to Carry Pas
sengers Across Ocean Is Being
Built in Savannah.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 13.—A Georgia
man, with ambitious vision, is plan
ning an aeroplane trip across the At-
j lantc Ocean. The time for the ven-
j 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
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Washington to Lose
Most Noted Beauty
Mrs. Spencer Cosby Accompanies
Husband to New Post as
M ilitary Attache.
Special Cable to The American.
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 Prussia, during
his recent American visit, saw Mrs.
Cosby in Washington and exclaimed:
“There is the most beautiful Ameri
can woman 1 have ever seen.” Mrs.
Cosby has a fragile, delicate beauty,
and her arms and hands have been
pronounced by sculptors to be fuuit-
t.Jb in proportion.
Captain Batson’s multiplane, in which he plans to fly across
the Atlantic from Savannah to England. #
Birmingham Church Channel in Use
By M. A. ROSE.
Georgia, the 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 con
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. Indica
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 corn, hay and oats than ever before,
having record-breaking crops of all three food stuffs; the shortage
of coru, hay and oats will mean good prices for that most impor
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
uatson, Chi ca g 0 ant i gt Louis for the
a retired army officer, who will make j
Seventy-seven cent corn means nigh beef and pork
Dealer Is Placed Under Bond of $200
for Alleged Violation
of Law.
BIRMINGHAM, Sept 13.—W L.
Dellheim, saloonkeeper, against whom
a warrant was issued a few days ago ,
charging him with conducting a sa
loon within 300 feet «f a church, was
placed under a $200 bond to-day.
The case will be heard in the Crim- ,
inal Court in October.
Affords Depth of 23 Feet at Low Wa
ter and Will Be Made
Deeper.
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 $2,000 the Vice President
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 b d on it. ;
the Vice President and Mrs. Marshal 1 j
are refusing to tell its exact loca- I
tion.
It is admitted, however, that it is j
on the fashionable Avenue of the ,
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 if
has been brought to perfection. II
greatly improves the port facilities
NICKEL IN SLOT MACHINE
PLANNED FOR STREET CARS
Admission to street cars in Atlanta
hereafter will he attained only when
the passenger drops a nickel in a slot
machine at the entrance, if the offl-
! rials adopt a contrivance which they
: inspected Saturday. The machine is
■ the invention of C. J. Beauchamp, of
j Marietta.
By the arrangement, the insertion
j of a 5-cent piece in the slot starts
; ;n operation a small electric motor,
which, releasing a clutch on a re
volving door, allowing it to open and
Presideoia.
admit the uu-hh^. laer
actual stuff.
this challenge to destiny. h« has j seventy-seven cent corn means high beef and pork. It’s pret-
been working for years toward this 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
lor 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-
end, and has perfected a unique type
of flying machine that is popularly j
known as the Batson hydro-aero
plane.
So certain arc t’aptnin Batson and
his friends that the daring venture
will be successful that a concern has j
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 liaison Is president of the | ter j n y ou th Georgia,
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-
Crushers say Georgia will send 900,000 tons of seed to oil mills
this fall. At $20 a ton 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. lie has borrowed as little money as possible. He has
cut down his supply of fertilizer. The old harness, the old wagon,
the same old mule, the same overalls, have served another season.
sembled, the (lying section having i ,, -.
been fixed to the boat hull several i Small expense and good selling price make excellent profits.
days ago. LITTLE COTTON IN WEST
It is the intention of Captain Bat- i rrt , ... , , .
son to navigate u.e craft into the | un,] Oklahoma, experts say, will produce not more than
Wilmington River, and to make the j 4,000,000 bales this year, as against 5,278,500 in 1911. Alabama
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
that thousands of people will make
the trip to the resort to see the big
machine as it takes to me air.
Of a size to permit the carrying of
Continued on Pane 4. Co'umn 5*
ami 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 htk got for corn., hay and oats to i£ed tu«