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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
MRS. WILHELMINA MILLER
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY
,MoTHER or MR.4 CONSTANCE
MILLER DIED YESTERDAY
:FTERNooN.

Mrs, Wilhelmina Miller, aged SO
years, widow of the late H. NJ. Miller
passed away at her home on Rey
nolds street yesterday afternoon very
suddenly. Though well advanced in
age, Mrs. Miller wa in apparently
good health up to few minutes be
fore her death. She suffered acute
indigestion and died within few min
utes after being strickened.
The deceased has been a resident
of Brunswick sor long number of
years and was known and loved by an
unusual large circle of friends, who
viii be deeply grieved to learn of
her death Mrs Miller came to
Brunswick from the old country with
her husband many years ago. She is
survived by five children, Constance
Miller, Of this city; and p c, Miller,
of Waycross; Frank Miller, of Saran-
ac, n Y, H. A. Miller. of Kingtree,
S. c. and Mrs Emily Schmidt, of
Chrmnintz Germany
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed last night owing to the fact
that advice is awaited from the out
of town relatives who will be in the
city to attend the funeral The in
terment, however, will probably oc-
cur sometime tomorrow.
The News joins the many other
friends in extending coincidence.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
DIXIE WOMEN TO SPIN
MISS WILSON'S LINEN

Washington Sept 13.-Miss Jessie
Wilson second daughter of the Pres
ident, whose marriage to Francis B.
Sayre, of New York, in the White
House on November 25 will be the So
cial event of the season, has declared
emphatically for an all-American trous
seau made of American goods by
American women
Part of the trousseau will be spun
Of linen by the mountain women of
the south, in whose uplift all the Will
son ladies have shown much interest.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
DELEGATION NAMED FOR
THE MACON MEETING
BRUNSWICK TO BE WELL REPRE-
sENTED AT THE STATE
ORGANIZATION.

Brunswick viii e well represented
at the meeting Of the State Chamber
OF Commerce in Macon on Tuesday
next.
At the last meeting of the directors
of the Board of Trade Secretary Wea-
therly was delegated to name local
to accompany him to
the state meeting and yesterday, an
nounced the following members who
will be present in the interest Of the
local organization: C. D. Ogg, C. H.
Leavy, f. E. Twitty, L. P Artman,
Frank Aiken, E c. Bruce and w. Fl.
Wood.
From reports that have been sent
out great interest is being manifested
over the State Chamber of Commerce
and there is little doubt but that
great benefits are to be derived from
the organization and concerted action
will do much for every section Of
Georgia the coming year.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
Builder of Three
Friends a Suicide

John N. Daley, a we'll known ship
carpenter, and one of the men whose
work stands today, in the building Of
the old-time filibustering boat, The
Three Friends" was found suicide
in the lumber office of Carl G. Col.
leen, corner of Catherine and AdaNs
streets, Jacksonville. after having
taken the contents of two-ounce bot
tie of carbolic acid.
'''Bhe Three Friends" made a great
reputation as a filibuster during the
days before Spanish-American War at
which time tho late Governor Bro
ward was her captain.
"Tho Three Friends" is we'll known
in this port having made several trips
here for the Bahama Lumber compa-
ny before they purchased the Bodo.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
ATHLETIC CLUB TO Be
ORGANIZED IN CITY
MEETING NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT TO
PERFECT THE DETAILS OF
ORGANIZATION.

Plans to organize an athletic club
in Brunswick are now under way and
the first meeting to perfect details Of
the organization will be held next
Friday night at 8 O'Clock in the old
Progress Club rooms over the South
ern Express office.
A club of this description is badly
needed in Brunswick where the young
men of the city could spend their
evenings in clean athletic healthy
manner and the perfecting of such
an organization should receive the
hearty support Of the business men
and citizens generally
Among the young men gho are ar
ranging the preliminary ! Ans for the
organization, may be men ioned q. F.
Newlan, F. L. Haver, Fra pix Marlin,
George Blanton, Willard Royal and
Palmer Stacey.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO OPEN
A WEEK FROM TOMORROW
ENRoLLMENE. .-oF : NEW WHlTE
PUPILS CLOSED YESTERDAY
WITH GOOD INCREASE.

Books for the registration of new
pupils for admission into the public
schools, were closed at the office of
'Supt n H. Ballard yesterday after
noon. Quite a large number of chill
dren have applied for admission cards
during the week the total reaching
approximately 100
Tomorrow the books will open for
the registration Cf new colored pupils.
All colored children in the city who
have not admission cards and who de-
sire to attend the public schools this
year, should make application at the
superintendent office during the
week.
Everything is now practically in
readiness for the opening of schools
on next Monday Some of the teach
ers who have been away for the sum
mer have returned to the city and
the others will arrive during the
week
While it is expected that the in
creased attendance will somewhat
crowd some of the lower grades, Su-
perintendent Ballard announces that
all children will be provided with
lseats
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
SALE or THE "A. B. g A.
is GAIN. POSTPONED

Foreclosure 81 the la Atlanta
Birmingham and railroad, or
dered by Judge Don 4, Pardee of the
United States court Of appeals, is
proving to be complicated under
talfing. v M Smith, special master
appointed to conduct the sale, has
been forced to postpone until October
Z determination Of the proper allot-
ment of the re@ivers' certificates
The receivers have assumed i've
million dollars indebtness, for which
they have issued certificates. The A.
3. & a. consists of three parcels Of
the railroad proper and two
terminal corporations. the Georgia
Terminal Company and the Alabama
Terminal Company
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
REST OF HER
NATURAL LEE"
Nike BALANCE OF HER.
PENITENTIARY
-Ss<Ys VERDICT. ~
JURY RECOMMENDED MERCY
The Case Has Excited the Keenest
Interest Throughout the State, Mrs.
Godbee Claiming That She Had
Long Been Mistreated by Husband.

Millen Gay Sept. 1S.-Mrs. Edna
Perkins Godbee today was found gull
ty of the murder of Mrs. Florence
Godbee, wife of her divorced hus-
band. Mercy was recommended by
he jury.
The verdict was returned at $40
o'clock this morning, after the jury
had been out thirteen hours. n
Mrs Florence Godbee and her ehus-
band w. S. Godbee. a prominent resi-
dent of this place were shot to death
ty the convicted woman on August
18th.
The killing occurred in the Millen
Tostoffice. Mrs Godbee was immedi-
ately arrested and on September 9Th
was indicted for the two murders.
Her trial for killing Mrs. Godbee
was called Tuesday. Only small
number of witnesses were examined
their testimony dealing with details
OF the crime. The accused woman
took the stand and told story Of
alleged mistreatment by w. S. Cod
bee.
Two minutes after the jury return
ed its verdict Judge Hammond SEN
fenced Mrs Godbee to remain in the
penitentiary the rest of her natural
life" She stood while sentence was
pronounced. Ear daughter, Sarah,
broke down and wept audibly but the
mother was calm and stole as she had
been throughout the trial.
Mrs Edna Perkins Godbee has been
in jail since the killings. She was in
dicted for the kilieg of her former
husband and also for the killing of his
wife. She was tried for the murder
of Florence Boyer Godbee and och-
victe1.
The case has excited the keenest
interest throughout the state. Mrs.
Godbee claimed as defense that she
had long been mistreated by her bus
band before and since his divorce,
/. and that he applied a vile epithet to
her as he entered the postoffice on
the fatal morning Her excuse for
killing the judges wife was that af,
ter she began shooting she was so ex-
cited she did not know what she did.
The dead woman was from Williams
port Pa,
The defense is expected to apply
for new trial at once, and A this
is denied, to appeal the case to the
Supreme court.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
III sA1s. MATES I'll
w YORK FINANCIAL IN.
RESTS ARE BACK OF
REVOLUTION. a

q Pnta, Ga, Sept. 13.- Charging
Rthe bankers of New York City
behind the present trouble in
?, and that the Mexican people
cd der President Woodrow Wilson
of She United States a tool in the
hands OF the great American financial
interests, Bartolo Dodriguez, a wealthy
laRd owner and ranchman of Tampico
Vera Cruz. Mexico, who is in Atlanta
to put his three sons in the Georgia
Military Academy, told an interesting
story Friday morning of conditions in
the southern republic.
Mr. Rodriguez declared emphatical-
ly that reports emanating from Mex
leo are garblsd sd distorted. He de-
clares that WITH The exception of row
ing bands of Constitutionalists and
Followers of Zapata, Mexico is quiet
@had mot been for the bank
@d financial interests of New
Fcity," said Mr.. Rodriguez, thN
pie in Mexico would have been
over long ago
It is these same big bankers. de.
sirous of controlling the country and
all the vast resources of the
republic, Awho have caused the trou-
BILE. -
Their reasons for tYing to stir up
war between the UIt2ed States and
Mexico can be plainly seen by any
one who will take the trouble to look
Mexico is one of the richest countries
ON earth in natural resources that
need only development Thousands
Of Americans have Invested their cap-
itai in my country, and are making
fortunes.
THE control OF many OF the great
industries shipped from the hands OF
the financial interests of New York.
and they started the trouble to fright.
en- Americans into selling out thair
holdings and leaving Mexican indus
tries in their control and, to prevent
any more Americans from going into
the country.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
Vacation Has Ill
Effect on Edison

West Orange, N j., Sept 18.-
Thomas A. Edison, who is i'll at his
home here, has been ordered by his
physicians to take no more vacations.
He is commanded also to stay away
from his laboratory for fortnight
to recuperatei from his recent vaca-
ton in New England
This is Edison's first vacation in
eight years and according to his med
ical adviser the inventor is more tired
out from his holiday than he ever
was from working twenty hours a
day
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
ANNA HELD AGAINST THE
STAGE FOR HER DAUGHTER

New York, Sept 13.-Anna Held,
who, with her daughter, Lame, ar.
rived. recently from Europe does not
encourage the latter to follow her
mothers footsteps.
NO l hope to keep her away from
the stage" said Miss Held, "and |
will see to it that she sees as many
sides as possible. There is good but
a good deal that is bad
Miss Held has grown thinner since
the last time she visited Ameria. Her
figure is now slim and girlish.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
Thanks Board for
Action in Matter

Atlanta, Ga, Sept 13.-"I thank
God and your honorable board "or
recommendation for full pardon.
knew God would not permit the inno-
cent to suffer-"
Such a telegram received by the
prison commission from DR. w. j.
McNaughton who is in the Savannah
Jail Governor Slaton will give in
terested parties full hearing on the
case within the next week and he
expects to decide the matter by Octo-
Der l..
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
YOUNG COL0RED GIRL
DROWNED YESTERDAY
FALLS OFF DOCK AT FOOT OF
MANSFIELD STREET AND
NEVER CAME UP.

Kate Lee, a 17-year-old colored girl,
of st. Simons, sister of ]. b. Lee, a
groceryman on the island, was drown
ed in Oglethorpe bay at the foot of
Mansfield street yesterday morning,
She fell off the dock in some un-
explained manner and as she was
not seen to come to the surface it
was impossible to rescue her. 1t is
thought she either unwitdngly held
on to some object within reach or
that her clothes caught on some pro-
jectile.
The body was recovered last even
ing. No inquest will be held as her
deathe was clearly an accident. b
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
All Foreigners to
BeWelcomed Here

Washington, D. C., Sept. 13.-Euro-
pean subjects and other foreigners,
as well as Americans, may find re-
fuge with United States consular Of
fcers in Mexico.
The state department has ordered
those officials to extend the same pro
lection to foreigners as they would to
Americans and the transport Buford
now down the Pacific coast of Mexi-
co for refugees has orders to give
accommodation to all foreigners
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
HORSE BADLY HURT.
Belgian, Fine Animal Owned by the
City, Is Seriously Cut About the
Head Friday Night.

Belgian a, horse used by the street
department and one of the finest ami
mails owned by the city, was badly cut
about the head in some unknown man
ner Friday night.
The cut was severe one over the
forehead and about eight inches long.
DIR. Coester, sanitary inspector sewed
up the wound, it being necessary to
throw Belgian and hold him down dur
ing the operation.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
DUKE OF MANCHESTER
IS SUED AS BANKRUPT

London, Sept. 13-The Duke of
Manchester, husband Of Helena Zim-
norman, of Cincinnati, is hopelessly
in the tolls Of money lenders. A pc
tition in bankruptcy filed by one of
them, will be heard in the Bankruptcy
Court.
The Duke owns 10000 arces and q
magnificent gallery OF old masters,
but these are either entailed or heav-
lily mortgaged
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
NEW SHOW CASE IN PLACE
The Wood-5ailey Clothing Company
Have a Fine Display Case in
Front of Their Store.

The Hood-Bailey Clothing Co, yes,
terday put in place in front of their
store new Grand Rapids show case
for the display of goods.
The case is very handsome affair
made Of glass, marble and brass and
is fitted with electric lights.
1t adds greatly to the appearance of
the store front and should prove a
fine advertising medium for this pro
gressiye firm
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
5 Bt5LARE.
KNOW Who
L SHlEF
NAY sE EXPECTED AT
ALMOST ANY MOMENT WITH
THE REMOVAL OF coNstoN.
MENT OF s7t,soo FROM SAFE.


Savannah. Sept. I3.--Aecordingl to
"a high official of the southerpf Ex-
press Company in sayEnnah arrests
may be expected al almost any mo-
ment in connection with the removal
of the consignment OF s71,9OO from
the small. shiRpmg safe destined for
the Savannah Bank and Trust Com.
pany. OF this city and for financial
institutions in Brunswick .Yaldosta
and Albany.
This Official, in the presence of
Thomas J Watts. chief special agent
of the Southern Express Company
who had just made report upon the
course of the investigation which is
being conducted declared that there
was in the hands of the men who are
Srailing the lost sum information that
,placed them in a position so that
Aey knew almost to a final certainty
sctly who took the large ocnsign-
Of cash and just where it was
fved from the small safe in which
as sealed in the presence OF the
ials of the Chase National Bank,
New York, by the Adams Express
Company.
He said it may be but few hours
or It might be a week before an ar
rest was made From his manner
however and the general nature of
the conversation, it was strongly indi-
c@ed that he expected some immedi-
Fe developments.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
w. g. A. COMMISSION TO
MEET SEPTEMBER 2.

Gov. Slaton has issued call for
meeting of the new Western and At
lantic railroad commission to meet
in the capitol on September 22. The
commission will complete its organi-
zation on that date and will make
preliminary plans for its investiga-
tion into the property in order to de-
termine as to its future. o
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
ON HUNGER STRIKE.

Cleveland, Sept 13.-Mrs. Margaret
Carter, Of Elyr, O., alleged black
hand letter writer is near death in
the county Jail rs result of her six
day hunger strike
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
RICH PLANTER WEEDS.

Memphis. Sept 13.-Love at first
sight 3 weeks ago led to the mar
(. riage here Friday in the Peabody Ho-
Z tel of N. G Gatlin, Of Walls, Miss,
geputed to be the wealthiest planter
ssh that state, and Miss Bette Yerger,
trained nurse Of Greenville, MISC.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
WHITE SLAYER HELD.

Salmer, Tenn, Sept. 13.-J A. Tnge
80 years, married, was held to the
Federal grand jury here on a charre
OF white slavery in taking velda
Hodge 21, from Chester to Cooter,
Mo.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
.Ale Cabinet.

Ihese d3mands are m the hands q
the Cabinet
There is a force OF 1000 Japanese
marines at Marking, and the Japa-
nese Consulate there is projected
a battery Of quick-fring guns, while
there are five Japanese warships ii
the harbor.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14

Colebrook, Sept 49, After another
night featured by kidnapping rumors,
Thaw awoke this morning facing a
day Of inactivity He went into early
conference with his attorneys to make
plans for the hearing before Governor
Felker in opposition to the extradition
warrant. The hearing, according to
the understanding of Thaw's lawyers,
win be held Wednesday. Thaw will
probably be taken to Concord, Mon
day, without further court proce-
dure.
At 2 o'clock this morning a report
er saw strange men and autos about
the building. He became excited and
awakened the entire hotel. 1t proved
TO be a false alarm.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14


after It bad lain for thirteen.
IN local morgue
lliyan, who was III. eluded his
M il the early morning Of Aug
st and a few hours after was
i riick and killed BY train at Pal
am Parkway
With no identifying marks on the
thing on articles iR his pockets, the
las u FofdhatH morgue for thir-
IN awaiting Identification. This
ng il was sent to Bellevue NOR
There was stationed Peter Pur-
a policeman who had known
Tim and liked him before
IS mind beeanDe Glouded. Some
abopt The Fexsression of the
islreg stirred Furiieldis memory.
ana pa after Re had pondered an
4, ~ PuriY9ld remarked to
ID little bit like big
Tim.
4 Peering " at the mutilated and
dIseelored face the reporter thought
so. too. The telephone brought Big
Tins East Side friends in groups
to the morgue, but none recognized
in the changed features the man they
had known in his prime. Larry Null
ligan, Sullivan's step-brother was
sunmoned. He looked at the face
once and turned away.
It's Big Tim, he said.
big Tim" met his death two hours
or less after he had wandered out In
to the night from the home oe his |
brother, Patrick, at Williams Bridge |
The neighborhood is sparsely settled
there and Sullivan had but dollar
in his pocket He struck out across
fields for the railroad, apparently
the thought in mind he would
rain for New York. and revisit +
hi { mer cronies on the East Side. |
Pa Jm Parkway station lay not
far away. 1t is possible that Sullivan
saw it's lights, and made 1t his i'm
mediate destination. At any event
his body was found at o'clock in
the morning near the tracks by po-
liceman.
Sullivan's body was on its way to
the potter's field when the chance OBJ
servation of Policeman Purified lGd to
its Identification.
big Tim was a child of the Bowely
He was born in a Leonard street ten
ement in 1869. and all his life he re-
sided in tlfe@down town section of
New York He was one of four chill /
sssss9h left fatherless. When he was II /
years old he was selling papers on
the streets. But he was too ambitious
10 stay newsboy. A year later he
was 1Harking sinaa newspaper press
room. "a
Sullivan political power in
small way fore he was Of age.
At 23 he was e~Stced to the state as
sembly. There le served continuous
" for four years
After the assembly came the state |
senate where he served four full two /
year terms and part of fifth Then
went to Congress. big Tim" did
find Washington as congenial as
ny. and after few years in pri-
life he was reelected to the state /
So Re- Against his will he said he
ran again for Congress last fall
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
. AstRil WqT,OF
HABEAS Con E
FOR THAW
UNITED STATES TAKES A HAND
AND ENJoINs INTsRFsRENcE
WITH WRIT ON PRISONER uN.
.TiL AFTER PRoE sAEF

on Tuesday next at II a. m. Nathani-
.el E. Martin OF this city and Mar
rill Shurtleff, of Lancaster, appeared
as counsel for Thaw The state of
New York was not represented at
the hearing.
Proceedings We're in chambers only
the judge, counsel and clerk of the
court being admitted Judge Aldrich
issued also an injunction restraining
all parties from interfering with the
service of the writ, or with Thaw
pending the hearing at Lit&ton Cop
les of the writ and injunction will
be served on Sheriff Drew, of Coos
county, William T. Jerome ana Attor-
ney James P. Tuttle.s
The effect of this proceeding IL to
bring the situation to standstill
until next Tuesday.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14


chapel on the forward deck of the
steamship. The Lusitania is due to
arrive in New York on Friday, Sep
tember 18th.
A special guard of six policemen
watched over the body in the town
hall throughout the night. The cas-
ket rested on great catafalque which
had been brought to Liverpool from
Westminster Abbey
Early today the Mayors body BIS
re-embalmed, this being found D Sges-
sary A death mask of the q Zures
Of the mayor was also taken today in
accordance with instructions received
from Mrs Gaynor.
The Liverpool clergy headed by the
Bishop of Liverpool, persuaded Ru-
fus Gaynor to consent to the holdfne
of a religious service at Z O'Clock II
morning.
In the dim light of candle
vicar of st. Matthews condue
hallway, the Rev Theodore Ho%ard,
vicar OF st. Matthew's. conducted an
impressive Church of England funeral
ritual over the remains of the dead
mayor.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
bid ON
, , !. !. =: : :.
feLD, "a :
alEN0.
NMANY LEADER
Was Child Of the sowery Which
2 Hlh ssroashola and Where He
strlhathd Shoes and Clothing to
oesanlss t Dsrsllets in Winter
MMANY LEADER

Iew York, Sept. 13 big TieH
aivan, the New York politician, VINO
EfFoin a neswssoy TO Congressman,
i'd.
mangled body was identified to-
hjs step.bsother Larry Multi
II after II hed lain for thirteen
+. N local morgue.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-01-24
Woodville Items

Misses Terrie Stone and Sue Cotton
have gone to Washington on visit;
from there Miss Cotton will go to Rock
vile to spend the rest of the winter and
Miss Stone will return to Woodville
after spending two or three weeks IN
Washington.
Miss Helen R. Turner died in Balti-
more at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Leib, on Monday of last week and was
brought to Woodville and buried in
ST. Mary's Church yard on Wednesday
Miss Turner lived in Woodville until
she was about eighteen years old and
: then went to Baltimore to live. Her
death has cast gloom over her many
relatives and friends.
Mrs. P. A Bowen, who has been
quite sick, is now able to go about the
house.
Mrs. Mary Thomas is visiting rela-
tives in Washington.
MISS Pearl Armiger, of Calvert coun-
ty, spent the week end with Miss
Evelyn Keech.
Mrs. Willie Harrison, of Charlotte
Hall, is a guest of Mrs. Albert Turner.
Woodville has been very quiet since
our bright and attractive young ladies
have gone back to college.
Mr. R. c. Naylor who has been quite
sick for the past two weeks is out
again.
Mr.. Ollie Delmad spent several days
in Washington last week.