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With the rollapse of the ‘'open
town tk-kei for Council, Mayo*
James G. Woodward turned his un-
divided attention to the defeat of the
new charter.
on ac ount of Council’s refusal
to grant the people an opportunity
to get any real charter reform I wa «
in hopes that a. full ticket would be
brought out against the old crowd
and elected," he said Saturday, "it'
is the people's fault that the old
crowd Is going lo remain In the sad
dle. I can stand it If they can
"I didn't try to get out any ticket
myself. I have my preferences for
Council, but 1 am not running any
body's campaign What I am inter
ested in now is defeating this fake
new charter. Its whole object is
block genuine charter reforms. I am
convinced It will be rejected by an
overwhelming vote.”
Hall Turns on Mayor.
Despite Mayor Woodward's denial
that lie tried to get out a ticket the
opposition candidates charge that hd
exhausted every resource in such an
effort.
Councilman Orville H. Hall, can
didate for re-election from the Thi*<J
Ward, was regarded as a supporte*
of the Mayor, but after the close 06
the primary entry list FYiday he
openly denounced the activities 0 *
Mayor Woodward against him.
Councilman Hall told his friends
that Mayor Woodward had tried to
persuade hint to enter the race fos
Alderman against Alderman Jam-a
R. Warrei*. He refused. The nex* 1
thing he knew R. R. Jackson had an-
nounced against him for Council.
Count'*! man Hall explained that
Jackson had been persuaded to com*
out of the race Friday morning, but
that Mayor Woodward railed him up
and promised to stump the ward fop
him (Jackson) if he would stay in.
Otis Tells of Ruse.
I have done everything I consist
ently could to please the Mayor,” h*f
said. “Claude Mason, from the Tentn
Ward, fought him tooth and nail.
Yet he got out opposition to me and
left Mason to run unincumbered.
A humorous trick was worked 'H
one of the schemers for opposition
by R R. Otis in the Second Ward.
Mr. Otis was approached by a map
who said he represented a committee
of 25. The man wanted him to op
pose C. D. Knight for Council.
“Mr. Knight Is one of my bent
friends,” said Mr. Otis, "but I told
this man I would lake his proposition
under serious advisement. He came
to me day after day and each time S
put him off without a definite answer.
Yesterday I told him I had decided i
could not possibly run.”
The result of the trick is that Mfc
Knight has no opposition.
Club Owner Is Active.
There has been no more active fig
ure in politics during the past few
weeks than T. M. Webb, owner of the
Theatrical Club It was he who spread
the report that both Dan S. Walraven
and Jesse Armistead would withdraw
from the Seventh Ward aldermenid
race and that Marcellus Anderson
would run unopposed. Mr. Walrav.-a
was to be Police Commissioner.
Mr. \rm f siead'» absolute refusal to
enter in any such plans destroyed the
plans Mr Webb is now an active
supporter of Mr. Walraven for Alder-
man. _ _
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MRS. EDNA PERKINS GODBEE
Daughter Collapses When Jury,
Deadlocked Overnight, Returns
Verdict, Asking Mercy.
MIUL.EN, Sept. 14—With the
doomed woman sitting stolidly in her
rhair in the Jenkins County court
house, staring blankly and unbeliev
ingly at the twelve Jurors who had
just pronounced her guilty, Judge F.
A. Saffold, chief of counsel for Mrs.
Edna Godbee, sentenced to Imprison
ment for life for the killing of Mrs.
Florence Godbee, tl bride of her di
vorced husband, on August 18, an
nounced Immediately after the pass
ing of sentence that he will ask for a
new trial. Judge Hammond proba
bly will name the date for arguments
some time later in the day.
Colonel F. A. Saffold. Benior coun
sel for Mrs. Godbee, announced this
afternoon that a skeleton motion for
a new trial wqv?d be filed at once, ac
cording to statutory regulations.
No grounds will be named, but they
will be supplied as boon as the law
yers for the defense have had the op
portunity to review the evidence pre
sented at the trial of the convicted
woman. They were in conference all
the forenoon.
Slain Bride’s Mother Glad.
“I am glad Mrs. Godbee was given
a life sentence.” was the comment
of Mrs. M. G. Moyer, 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 har
cheeks. As the foreman rose to an
nounce the verdict she leaned for-
, ward, the most intensely eager person
*Wn the room.
Mrs. Godbee Not Moved.
As the dreaded word "guilty” fell
from the lips of Lie juryman Miss
Godbee shrieked and collapsed. In a
hush broken only by the sobs of iho
daughter, Judge Hammond ordered
Mrs. Godbee to stand and receive the
sentence of the court. Gently disen
gaging the clinging hands of he"
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. Without a change of coun
tenance, with no trace of the emo
tions that were sweeping through h jr
heart, she bowed calmly as the judge
concluded and resumed her seat.
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
ihe 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-
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CREMATORY FIGHT IS
The old crematory fight whs re
vived in a new r form Saturday when
Councilman Claude L. Ashley, chair
man of the Council Sanitary Commit
tee, declared that he was convinced
that the city was robbed by the con
tract with the Destructor Company,
of New* York, and that a rebate on
the purchase price must be secured.
His statement was made following
a conference with Mayor Woodward,
in w’hich they agreed they would re
fuse to approve any more payments
on the plant until a satisfactory set
tlement was agreed upon. The city
has paid $125,000 on the plant and
$135,000 still is due.
Councilman Ashley's criticism of
the plant was inspired by the belief
that it will not come up to the speci
fications. He is an engineer and as
chairman of the Council Sanitary
Committee has kept a close watch on
the testing of the plant.
Thinks Firm Is “Stalling.”
“Some two weeks ago I told the
Destructor people we were ready for
an official test,” he said. “They have
postponed it and postponed it until I
am convinced they are falling.
"There is no trouble about the plant
burning the garbage. It is burning
all the city is producing, about 227
tons a day. But we don't have to
pay $260,000 to get a plant to do
that.
“During the fight to get CouncH to
approve the contract the crematory
people insisted that the heavy cost
was due to the steam producing ca
pacity of such a plant. The specifi
cations provided that a pound of
garbage should produce a pound of
steam.
■ it is not doing it. I have watched
it from day to day. With the tons
of watermelon rinds to be burned
this has been a bad season. It seems
that the Destructor Company wants
to wait until the leaves are falling,
and they will have material capable
of producing much heat per pound
That would be unfair to the city.
Insists on Enforcing Pact.
"The steam producing power of
that plant must be constant, within
certain limits, to make an electric
power plant in conjunction with it
practical.
“That’s what we thought we were
getting by the contract, and that’s
what we are going to have or know
the reason why.
"We have agreed to pay $260,000
for the plant. My offhand estimate
is that it Is not worth more than
$200,000. We are going to have the
proper rebate if the Destructor Com
pany doesn't demonstrate to us In
an official test that the plant will do
what the contract says it shall.”
Plan Public Tours
Of Industrial Atlanta
V. H. Kricgshaber and Mell R. Wil
kinson are handling the matter of
placing bulletins of the Industrial
Statistical Bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce in the railway stations and
hotels to show Atlanta's industrial
growth.
The bureau is considering the pro
jected excursion around industrial At
lanta. Similar excursions have been
conducted p other cities to broaden
the public conception of local indus
tries.
New Clew in $72,000 Express
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AYOR ATTACKS CHARTER AS
Express Officials More Confident
Than Ever of Apprehending
$72,00u Thief.
That they expected to put their
hands uf>on the man responsible for
the big $72,000 robbery from the
Southern and Adams Express Com
panies within a few hours was the
Heflin Challenges
For Suffrage Debate
BALTIMORE, Sept. 14.-Declaring
woman suffrage, if universally adopt
ed, would result in the downfall of
the republic. Congressman J. Thomas
Heflin, of Alabama, in a speech here,
challenged any Democratic member
of Congress to meet him in a public
debate on the subject.
"Women have been the inspiring
power back of the men—not with the
ballot, but with their babies in their
arms,'' he said.* “Will the time ever
come w hen woman will cease to trust
her husband and her brother to vote
for her best interests?”
U. S. Diplomat, Under
Charges, Is Recalled
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—Post
Wheeler, secretary of the American
Embassy at Rome, to-day'was re
called to Washington to answer
charges of irregularity filed at the
State Department
MISS SARAH GODBEE AND DR. M. E. PERKINS
confident statement this morning of
General Manager J. B. Hockaday and
Harry Scott, of Atlanta.
The finding of the missing way bill,
they said, had given them the clew
that they needed to uncover the dar
ing thief. The way bill covered the
shipment of the $72,000 from the
Chase National Bank in New York
to Savannah, Valdosta and Bruns
wick banks. It had been myste
riously missing after the disappear
ance of the money w*as discovered, its
finding was the last thing to make
the evidence complete.
Net Tightening.
Either the last man whose signa
ture is on it or the one whose sig
nature immediately preceded it must
account for the money, according to
Detective Scott and Manager Hocka
day. The net is tightening around
the guilty man and the detectives arc
prepared to make an arrest at any
moment.
immediately upon the finding of the
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Cavalry Charges
Women in Strike
CALUMET. MICH., Sept. 14 —Hun
dreds of striking copper miners and
their wives to-day resumed their
demonstrations against imported
mine guards. Because of the serious
ness of the situation and the temper
of the crowds, arrests were not made
except when absolutely necessary.
On Eighth street cavalry charged
the strikers with drawn sabers to
clear the streets.
Capitalist's Son Denies He Flour
ished Weapon During Argu
ment With Street Car Man.
Walter T. Candler, of No. 80 Hurt
street, a teller in the Central Trust
and Bank Corporation and a son of
Asa G. Candler, will bo given a hear
ing in Police Court on September 16.
charged with drawing a revolver and
threatening to shoot a street car con
ductor during an argument at Broad
and Marietta streets late Friday aft
ernoon.
Mr. Candler was arrested and given
a copy of charges by Plainclothes Of
ficers Green and McKlbben shortly
after the occurrence, on complaint of
the street car man According to the
story the latter ioid the police, he
started to cross Marietta street at
Broad and narrowly escaped being
run down by Mr. Candler's automo
bile.
The conductor claims lie told Mr
Candler to look where he was going,
and asserts that Mr. Candler told him
to keep off the streets. One word led
to another, the street car man says,
and the quarrel became violent.
Conductor Reports to Police.
After a few minutes, the street car
man claims that Mr Candler drew a
revolver from his pocket and leveled
It at him, saying:
"Shut your mouth: I haven’t got
time to fool with you!”
The conductor told the police that
he was afraid Mr. Candler would
shoot him. so he returned to the side
walk and Mr. Candler went on up the
street in his car. The atreet car man
at once called up police headquarters
and entered a case against Mr. Can
dler.
Mr. Candler Saturday morning de
nied having drawn a revolver on the
man.
"I had a revolver in my autom )-
bile," he said. "I h-d between $10,000
and $15,000 in the which I was
taking to the express company from
the bank for shipment, and when 1
carry that amount of money through
the streets I always have a revolver
in my car. I would be foolish to car
ry a large sum like that without some
means of protection.
Denies Drawing Gun.
"1 did not draw the revolver on the
man, and I did not threaten to shoot
him. 1 do not remember that I cursed
him. either. He probably saw the
weapon lying in the automobile, ani
got the impression that I had drawn
it from my pocket during th ; quarrel.
From where he was standing when
the argument began he could not see
the gun, but later he moved up closer
to the automobile, and then the weap
on was in plain view.
“I had some words with the fellow,
but he was never in any danger of be
ing run down by my car. I was com
ing up Marietta street from the bank
and was not running at a high rate of
speed. This man got in front of tha
machine, and 1 stopped to let him ge v
out of the way. He yelled something
about looking where 1 was going, and
I probably said something along the
same line to him. We argued only a
few' moments and then I drove on ;o
the express company.”
Government Gives
Farmers Magazine;
Credit More Needed
“The Government will publish ■
monthly magazine for farmers.”
— Department of Agriculture.
Excellent.
But when is the Government
going to give our farmers a credit
system enabling them to get money
at somewhat les than double the
rate paid by Wall street specula
tors?
This would be a real step to
ward lowering the cost of life’s
necessaries.
Flagler’s Dream of
Through Car Service
To Havana Realized
ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 14.—Con
tracts will bo let within a few days
by the Florida East Coast Railway,
it was learned here to-day. for gi
gantic ferryboats to carry train3
bodily from J\ey West to Havana,
thus bringing to a culmination the
dteam of Henry M. Flagler of fast
serv ice from New York to Havana.
The ferryboats will be of steel
and the largest in the world, each
large enough to carry 36 large pas
senger cars. Passengers from New
York will be enabled to go direct
to Havana without alighting from
their cars
Perkins Says Bryan's
Retirement Is Due
NEW YORK. Sept. 14—George W.
Perkins, who returned with hi« fam
ily on the liner Olympic, said Eng
land is amazed at Secretary Bryan’s
absences from duty.
“I tnink Mr. Bryan's performance.'*
will resuit in his retirement, and if
so a great service will have been
done the country.” amid Mr. Perkins.
"There must be a unified movement
to overthrow Tammany this fall.”
Doctor, Engaged to
Two, Kills Himself
TERRE HAUTE. 1ND„ Sept. 14 —
Dr. Van Cleve. who committed sui
cide here in the house where lie wa*.
to have been married to Lillian Bros-
na, of Marshall, Ill., also was en
gaged to marry Miss Steinbaugh, em
ployed in a publishing house in In
dianapolis.
She is said to have furnished $100
to aid in his medical education.
Black Frost Ruins
President's Garden
CORNISH, N. H., Sept. 14.—There
was consternation in the culinary de
partment of President Wilson’s sum
mer home when it was discovered
blatk frost had ruined the truck gar
den at Harlakenden House.
Late corn and other vegetables in
this vicinity were badly damaged.
The temperature went below freez
ing
Eat 150 Chickens
Fried by Lightning
PITTSBURG. PA., Sept. 14.—When
lightning struck a barn owned by
Ja;iies Gill, near Sharpsrville, 150
chickens were shocked and fried to
death. The barn was destroyed.
The victim of the fire took his loss
philosophically and issued invitations
to his neighbors to attend a chicken
dinner
TO MANUFACTURE BENZOL.
BIRMINGHAM. Sept. 14. —Benzol
will be manufactured in the Birming
ham District by the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company, subsid
iary organization of the United
States Sieel Corporation, according to
a statement made here to-day.
Slaton Rules Negro
Slayer Must Hang
Will Varner, a negro convicted of
murder in the Newton County Su
perior Court and sentenced to be
hanged, was denied a commutation to
life imprisonment by Governor Sla
ton Saturday.
Varner shot and killed the 6-year-
old child of his wife while endeavor
ing to snoot her when yhe refused
to return t him.
Trust Braves T. R.;
Invades Oyster Bay
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. Sept. 14.—
At last a trust has invaded the home
town of Colonel Roosevelt. A big
oyster company, which controls moui
of the beds along the sound shores,
has secured control of the local bed?
formerly regarded as the legitima:*
property of 200 oystertnen and clam
diggers of Oyster Bay.
The validity of the company’s hold
ings is to be tested in the courts'.
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