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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Rain Tuesday night;
clearing:, much cooler Wednesday,
with west winds. Temperatures
Tuesday (taken at A. K. Hawkes
Company’s store): 8 a. m., 88 de
crees; 10 a. m.. 70 degrees: 12 m.,
;( degrees: 2 p. m., 80 degrees.
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The Atlanta Georgian
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
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VOL. VH. NO. 211.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 6,1909.
PRICE:
HOW MUCH IS INCOME
OF COUNTV OFFICIALS?
SUSPECTED OF
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Grand Jury To Inquire
Into Fee System’s
Cost.
MAY CUT OUT FEES
FOR SALARY PLAN
Held Following Death
of Husband and
Father.
Birmingham, Ala., April 8—With
young babe In her care, Mrs. Bertha
Taylor, a handsome woman of the blond
type, occupiea a cell In the county Jail,
charged with poisoning her husband, J.
j. Taylor, and her father. John Baker.
The coroner has been ordered to ex
hume the body of a little «-year-old
niece of Mrs. Taylor for the purpose of
having a chemical analysis made of
the stomach to ascertain whether Its
death was caused by poison. Mrs. Tay
lor will nqt make any statement. She
was Indicted some time ago for the
death of her father and was allowed to
make bond In the sum of 81.000 because
of her condition. Since then a chemist
reported that there was any quantity of
poison administered to the husband,
and she was arrested at the order of
the solicitor.
She will be given a preliminary hear
ing Thursday.
Special Session of Grand
Jury Will Call on Offi
cials to Report Their
Income.
J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney-
General, Consults At
torneys.
States Attorney-General I. Fraser
Lyon, of South Carolina. 1* In Atlanta
Tuesday, and l» being warmly congrat
ulated by those who have been watch
Ing the great legal battle which has
been In progress for months In South
Carolina over the winding up of the af
fair* of the state dispensary, which was
abolished by legislative action In Keb j
ruary. 1907. ‘ Ha
spent a part of the
forenoon at the offices of Anderson.
Felder, Rountree & Wilson, discussing
the case. He refused to give out an
Interview as to future action In South
Carolina.
ELECT SPEAKER
Won a Signal Victory in
the Florida Senate
Caucus.
The Fulton county grand Jury has
tackied the fee, system.
The grand Jurors, it is Is learned,
want to know Just, exactly how much
the county officials make each year. In
order that the public and the tax-pay
ers may be enlightened.
The matter .Is now under advisement
and If the grand Jury dennttely deter
mines on a systematic Investigation,
which now seems probable. It will
mean that each of the county officials
will be summoned before the Jury to
declare the sum netted him each year
by his Job.
On Salary Basis.
This would probably result In rec
ommendations that the county officials
be placed on a salary basis, as a means
of saving money to the tax-payers, as it
Is understood that some of the grand
Jurors feel that certain of the county
places are entirely too remunerative on
the fee basis.
In addition to interrogating the of
ficials. it Is expected that the grand
Jury will also employ an expert ac
countant to check up the books and ac-
ounts In the several offices.
A Special Session.
Whether a special session of the
grand Jury will be called to start this
proposed Investigation Is not known.
The Jury meets subject to the call ‘of the
solicitor-general, but It Is known that
some of the Jurors are anxious to start
the probe to work at once, and for this
reason it Is possible that the foreman
may be asked to cgll a special session
for this matter nlone.
In this connection, thqjiuggfstioii Jiaa
been advanced that fully 330,01)0 or 3(0.-
000 would be saved to the tax-payers
anaually it the fee system were abol
ished. It Is for the purpose of ascer
taining whether such a condition Is
possible that the grand Jurors have
taken up the matter.
The presentments of the grand jury
will be returned about tbe first of May.
RESTRICISALE NO CLEW YE1
OF DRUGS TO
GUARD PUBLIC
Long List Drawn Up
by State Board of
Pharmacists.
Sweeping Interpretations. of the re
cently enacted pure drugs act, which
will In future throw greater restrictions
around the sale of medicines containing
heroin and codeln and other similar
compounds, were made by the Georgia
Board of Pharmacy, at a meeting held
In the office of Commissioner of Agrl
culture T. G. Hudson Monday after
noon.
In addition to other regulations and
nd the sale of
Photo by McGee.
’ This picture shows ths back room of the office of the Dodge Lumber Company at McRae, Ga., in which
Colonel Pope Hill was found dead Monday morning. The cross mark between the desk in the foreground and
the door thews where Colonel Hill'a body was lying when discovered by Marshal Dodd Yancey.
WHO TAMPERED WITH
SAMPLES OF ASPHALT?
HE,WON BATTLE -
.OVER DISPENSARY
L
OR FREE LIST
House Votes To Strike
Out Countervail
ing Duty.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 6.—The Dem-
n( ratlc caucus of the Florida legislature
convened last night with Senator W. W.
Hourney, of Defunlak Springs, presid
ing over the senate, and Hon. 8. J.
Hllburn, of Palatka, chairman of the
house caucus. F. M. Hudson waa nom
inated for president of the senate over
•L H. Humphreys by a vote of 20 to 11.
b^nator Hudson Is one of dhe strongest
advocates of prohibition in Florida.
In the house of representatives the
r ^ntest for the speakership was a run
way for Ion L. Farris, of Duval coun-
*>• 'V. A. McWilliams, of St. Johns.
a nd sid Tarter, of Alachua, never en-
tned the race, as expected, leaving only
rnr^p candidates for the first ballot.
The vote stood: Ion I-*. Farris. 39:
K. Roberson, of Suwanee county. 16.
*nd James Alexander, of Volusia
county, 13.
The flrst regular session of the legls-
I v ur « w Hl convene at 10 o'clock and.
»n*r routine organisation. Governor
Albert W. Gilchrist’s flwt message will
be read.
TWO DEAD IN CYCLONE
$200,000 Damage to Proper
ty in Illinois. _
April 6.—Two persons
■ ed by -
Marion, III,. . _Jg JS I
"»n> killed and ’ many Injure:
J»rn«do that wrecked more 100 house*
" this City and In Pittsburg, a email
mn six miles northeast of here, early
'"day. The property damage Is estl-
"L u 'd at about 8200.000.
p,’"lit of the persons killed resided In
'H'hurj. The storm unroofed barns
and damaged farm ' property between
\I«». pi
Marlon and Pittsburg.
WANTED—The Atlanta Oeorglin, the
Piper that does thing,, to h*lp Eaton-
1®" g,t rid of an aye,ore by cartooning
*' calaboose.—Eatonton Manenger.
Washington, April 6.—The tariff bill
■as considered In the house today, un
der the five-minute rule, adopted yes
terday. Representative Fordney offered
the committee amendment to strike out
the countervailing duty on lumber. A
parllmentary tangle ensued. Minority
header Clark offered a substitute to
Fordney’s amendment, which would
have placed lumber on the free list. Mr.
Tawney offered an amendment, claim
ing that his should take precedence.
The Democrats claimed the chair had
recognised Mr. Clark.
Mr. Olmstead. In the chair, said as
Mr. Clark was the ranking member of
the ways and means committee he was
entitled to recognition.
Mr. Pavne protested against the rul
ing, but Clark was recognised. Tawney
made a point of order against Clark's
amendment and hla substitute wae read.
Fltsgeratd made a point of order against
Tawney's amendment and It wae ruled
out. Fordney' then spoke on the
amendment to strike out the counter
vailing duty on lumber.
Mr. DeArmond offered an amendment
to plnce on the free list ail lumber Im
ported from South America and other
countries. The amendment was held to
he In order. Mr. Payne opposed the
amendment. He said amendmenta to
be offered by the ways and means com
mittee would be supported by the com
mittee. because they represented the
amendments desired by the majority?
DeArmond'* amendment was defeat
ed by a vote of 178 to 131. The Ford-
nev amendment, striking out the coun
tervailing duty on lumber, waa then
carried. Air. Tawney offered an amend
ment striking out paragraph 187 of the
Pavne bill, the effect of which would
have been to put lumber on the free Hat.
Tawney’a amendment was defeated.
Somebody Added Bits
toThat Gathered For
Evidence.
INSPECTOR-GENERAL
OF CONFEDERATES
SENSATION IN CASE
PF CLAYTOX-COLLIER
Janitor'Saw Two Men
Office at Early Hour.
Meeting-Called.
J. FRASER LYON.
State attorney-general of South
Carolina here.Tuesday for confer
ence.
Trolley Magnate
Kills Himself
Philadelphia, Pa., April 6.—Charles K.
Kills, president of one of the Philadel
phia street railroad llnea and well
known aa a financier, committed sul
clde today by shooting himself.
ESCAPED CONVICT
ATTACKS WOMAN
MAY PROBE LYNCHING
Negro Who Broke Away
From Camp Near Depa
tur Chased by Dogs.
were pot
ly after the escape, ha baa not yat been rap
tured. Bel! attacked a negro woman whom
he met near Decatur after hia escape and se*
verely tore her dree* before the auceeded
in breaking a*ay from him.
BARRED _FROM CABS
'First Step in Moral Clean-
Up Is Taken.
Th, flr,t Mep In the “moral rl,,n np“
plan of the new police eommiksion ha, been
taken.
The order has gone forth from Chief Jen*
nlng, to tbe women Inmates of the Washing-
Pensacola, Fla, April 6.—Advices
from Tallahassee are that Governor
Gilchrist Is to order an Investigation
of tha lynching of the negro, Dave Al
exander, in Pensacola Sunday night.
SCHOONER IS DI8ABLED
OFF CAROLINA COAST
Beaufort, N. C., April 5.—The
schooner A. A- W. Oarllsle, of 802 tons.
Captain A. F. Horner. Is reported off
shore disabled. 8be was bound up, the
coaoL
The samples of asphalt cut from
the Peachtree-at. pavement by orders
of the committee Investigating the mer
its of the Clayton-Colller controversy
have been tampered with! .
This extraordinary condition of af
fairs waa brought to the attention of
Captain R. M. Clayton, city engineer;
Dave Reed, who waa appointed custo
dian of the samples; Mayor Maddox
and Councilman. Cofield, acting chair
man of the committee, Tuesday morn
ing.
As a result, ■ the city hall waa all
a-flutter all the morning, the mayor
holding frequent conferences with
members of council, and the final result
being the call for a meeting of the In
vestigating committee nir 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, at which the
matter will be thoroughly Investigated.
New Samples Ti
. urn Up.
Just to what extent these samples of
asphalt have been tampered with Is not
known. This much, however, seems
certain. There are several samples of
asphalt which have been added—sam
ples not ordered by the Investigating
committee, and which were not there
until Tuesday morning.
When the committee met last week It
Waa decided-to postpone the measure
ment of-the samples until two members
of the roinlnittee—Councilman Amor
ous and Alderman Candler—returned to
the city. It was decided to leave the
samples In ,the office adjoining the may
or’s office, and In the custody of Dave
Reed, the'(flavor's stenographer.
It whs understood that these samples
were to he left entirely alone until the
committee met to take .action. The
samples wire to show whether or not
the charges made by Henry Collier,
commissioner of public works, against
the city engineer were justified or not.
The committee went out In automo
biles and marked the places where
they wanted the samples cut, and the
next day representatives of Captain
pi . ------
In taxicabs. «utmnobil«s or cabs. There has
been considerable complaint along tbls line,
it us understood, end thle was followed by
the official action.
Chief Jennlnge, when naked about tho mat
ter Tuesday, said:
“These people are forbidden to ride thru I know If the samples cut at th
the etreete and display themselcen in leii-1 tee's orders have been tampered w ith
pies. It Is understood
plea showed that there had been no
neglect of duty and no Incompetence
on the part of the engineer or hla de
partment.
8aw Two Men There.
Tuesday morning, the Janitor, a ne
gro named Jackson, reported to the en
gineer that two men had been tamper
ing with the samples early in the
morning. This report was made about
7:30 o'clock and It la supposed that the
men must have been seen around the
asphalt samples about 7 o’clock or
earlier.
The matter waa then reported to
Dave Reed, the custodian, who,exam
ined the samples and found this to be
the rase.
J here Is s box with several sam-
In It,” said .Mr. Reed, "and that
box waa not here.when I left thei office
about 8:30 o’clock Monday night. Ill
addition, there are other cuts of asphalt
In the pile which were not there before.
I can not say how- many, and I do not
commit-
reatrlctlnns placed aroun_ _
drugs, the pharmaceutical board ruled
that the sale of the following prepara
tions Is In violation of the narcotic law
and ran only be supplied legally on
prescriptions of physicians, dentists and
veterinary surgeons:
Drugs Specified.
Habltlna, antlkamnla and codeln tab
lota, antlkamnla and heroin tablets,
acctanllld and codeln tablets, all codeln
tablets, all tablets containing heroin
and codeln, aomnoo, bromldla cerebral
sedative compound, hypnobromlc com
pound,elixir hypnotic compound, bromo.
chloral compound, bromadyne, bromide
chloral compound and all preparations
that contain more than 20 grains of
chloral hydrate to each fluid ounce.
Also. IValte's local Anaesthetic Antl-
Mahy and all preparations that rontnln
cocnln, are violations of the narcotic
law and can be supplied legally, only on
prescriptions of physicians, dentists and
veterinary surgeons.
Authority was also given by the
board of pharmacy to T. A. Cheatham,
state drug Inspector, representing the
board of pharmacy, to certify In future
against any and all similar articles,
hcrever and whenever found.
As To Rat Poisons.
The sale by general dealers, mer
chants and druggists who do not keep
poison registers of such articles as parls
bolic acid, except where used aa a d)s
infectupt, waa also discussed, but no
definite action taken. It was held for
future consideration.
It waa agreed that wholesale drug-
gists and Jobbers (where manufactur
Ing Is done) and manufacturers o
drugs, pharmaceuticals und prepara
tions made In accordance with IT. 8. F
& X. R. should be required to have a
man licensed by the Georgia Board of
Continued on Pago Eight.
THOMAS G. JONES.
He has been named Inspector-
general sin staff of General C. A.
Kvans, commander of United Con
federate veterans.
Tried To End Life
With His Necktie
Savannah, G*., April 6—J. Prescott Me
Kinney, of Rochester, N. Y., arrested hart
last night for attampting to paaa worthier*
cheeks, attempted twice to commit aulclde In
tha police, station by hanging hlmaelf with
hia necktie. McKinney la a young man about
25 year* of age,. formerly on The New York
(Journal. His parent* had disowned him.
IS MISSING BOY
Little Roney Bettis Seen at
Chattahoochee Last
Sunday.
D. G. Bettis, of College Park, has of
fered 335 reward for the return of hla
15-year-old son. Roney, who has been
missing from hla home since last Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr. Bettis says that Roney left hla
home In College Park Saturday after
noon at about 3 o'clock and that he has
not seen him alhcc, but that r report
caine to him Sunday that a boy an
swering to hts description was aeen
on the banks of the river that after
noon. It Is thought that the boy may
possibly have fallen Into the river and
been drowned.
TD BE PAVED
City Council Votes For
Wood Block to
Yonge-St.
cabs, automobiles or cabs. This is an old | or no »
rule of the police department and we fre- i
quently have to force them to observe the
Meeting is Called.
As soon as Captain < May ton heard of
. - people bad! it. he reported the matter to Council -
to rid* in taxicabs, but I man Cofleld. acting chairman of the
would be permited t« ride In the ordinary I committee, who, after a conference
TH* monad win.. d..ro,.lon on tk* I with the mayor, called’a meeting of
’dark Wednesday
part of the taxicab official*, a* they be|teced| ttl ..nminliu*#* for 1 nV
it dierrimineli'in. Chlnf Jnnninca. hown.nr, ror * 0 c
states that taximli* are not singled out, but | Bttrrnoon.
thaC the order include, any kind ul public "It I* passible for the samples’ to
cvnvajrsuca. have been altered,” said Captain Clay-
Adjutant-General Scott Dead.
Springfield, III., April 6.—Adjutant-
General 8cott, of Illinois, died today at
Fairfield.
ton. “and I don't think it right that
anybody should have been monkeylgg
with those samples, especially at such
an early hour In the morning. My un
derstanding Is that the men whom
Jackson referred to. Judging from their
description, were employed In the office
of the commissioner of public works.T
Mayor Maddox, when asked about
the matter, would give out no state
ment prior to the meeting of the com
mittee.
By a unanimous vote council adopted
Monday afternoon a resolution calling
for the pavement of Decatur-ot. with
wood blocks from Peachtree to Yonge-
sto., and for the pavement of Marletta-
st. with wood blocks from Peachtree-ot.
to Tabernacle place.
Following the adoption of the reso
lutions, each of which carried an ap
propriation of 310.000 to pay the city's
share, council adopted resolutions In
structing the city attorney to examine
the signatures attached to the agree
ments of the property owners to see
that a necessary number had signed.
That the necessary number has signed
Is positive, says Alderman Huddleston,
chairman of the streets committee, who
offered the resolutions as a report from
the committee. The Georgian has urged
the movement for new paving for sev
eral months.
Council went further and practically
adopted a resolution which submits a
proposition to the railroads, which,
will, no doubt, mean the paving of De-
catuc-st. far beyond Yonge-st.
Build Bridge at Jackson-st.
This resolution provides that the sub
committee on Decatur-st. paving from
the streets committee be authorised to
submit this proposition to the railroads:
That, If the railroads will contribute
83,(00 toward the paving of Decstur-st.
from Yonge-st. to Waddell-st., will
build an overhead bridge at Jackson-st.
and will give the city a grade crossing
at Moreland-ave., the city will with
draw- Its suit for a crossing at Gullatt-
is ID DEATH
DFPDPEHILL
AT M’RALGA.
If It Was Murder—
As Every Indication
Points—It Was
Coolly Planned.
MoRst, Ga., April 6.—Despite rigor
ous work by local authorities and by
United States Marshal George White, of
Macon, nothing haa yet been divulged
that throf sany light on the mystery
shrouding the death of Hon. Pope HilL
of Macon, early Monday morning.
The coroner's Jury, after an exhaus
tive examination, yesterday afternoon
returned a verdict that Mr. Hill had
been murdered by parties unknown.
8TRANGE FEATURE8
OF THE KILLING
McRae, Ga., April 6.—As facts are
added to facts and circumstances to
circumstances so a result of an In
vestigation of the tragedy In the death
here of Colonel Pope Hill, of .Macon,
public sentiment Is rapidly being crys
tallized Into the firm belief that the
brilliant young attorney Is the victim
of a cpld-blooded murder.
If a murder.lt was, certainly, from
the facts obtainable, there was never
one more cold-blooded, for the vldence
Is Indubitable that If Colonel Hill was
the victim of a foe’s bullet that foe
tried to create the Impreoalon that Col
onel Hill was a suicide.
True, hadid not rearrange the chairs
which evidently had been overturned In
the encounter, nor the wire waste bas
ket nor the water cooler, both of which
also had been upset. Xor had he re
arranged the papers which were spread
In confusion around the floor.
But this does not alter the theory
mt If f'nlnnnt mil's. ll#\. .... s.i .. .
that If Colonel Hill's life was taken bv
a burglar it was taken by a cool, col',
lected, cold-blooded murderer.
The Evidence.
Here. In summary, are the evidences
which lead to the theory of murder:
Colonel Hill, representing the Dodge
Land Company, whose agents previous
ly had been murdered, had received
two threatening notes prior to arriving
In McRae Sunday afternoon at l:.lo
o'clock, one of which had no signature
other than a crude drawing of a skull
and cross-bones.
He was found dead In the office of T.
J. Curry, local representative of the
Dodge estate, about 1:30 o'clock Mon
day morning by the night watchman, a
bullet hole thru hla eye.
The cross-bar which held the rear I
door of-the office lay at right angles |
by the side of the dead body. Colonel i
Hill's skull was fractured.
The bullet which had pierced his eye I
was found Imbedded In his brain. Tha '
only known way to account for the
bullet's fracturing his skull and at the
same time remaining in his brain was I
for the bullet to have hit the skull and 1
rebounded, which hardly seems possl- I
ble. , |
The utter disarrangement of the of
fice Indicated a struggle. I
No Powder Bums.
There Wert no powder burns around j
the eye of the dead tnan. such ss nat- ■
urally would he expected hsd the pis- I
tol bean fired close to his face, which
necessarily would have been tha case
had It bean suicide.
It would be most extraordinary for
man to commit aulclde by shooting |
himself thru the eye.
Despite these facts, there are many |
who believe and express the belief that I
Colonel Hill did commit suicide.
While It Is known that Colonel Hill I
Continued on Psga Five.
CITY MAY CARRY
Pittman Ordinance Is Re
ferred to Committee
For Report.
St.
It Is believed the railroads will accept
this proposition.
Fixed New Grades.
The council, on recommendations
from the streets committee, also fixed
new grades for Cone, Falrlie. James.
Luckle and Poplar-st*., and appropriat
ed 32.500 for re-laying the pavement
on these streets.
The movement for the re-paving of
Decatur and Marletta-xts. has been
pushed by The Georgian for several
nmnlhg and Ilia anfIon n#
month*, and the action of council mean*
a successful culmination of The Geor
gian’* efforts along this line.
Harriman In Wall-St.
New York, April 6.—R. R. Harriman
visited the financial district today for
the first time since he returned from
his Western and Southern trip. .Mr.
Harriman attended meetings of th** ex
ecutive eommlttees of the Hnrrimah
lines and the National City Hank.
beginning January 1, 1910, It Is possible
Inst the city will csrry its own insurance.
As an amendment to an ordinance intro-
durrd by Alderman Huddleston. Alderman
Pittman offered this as th* solution of th*
city's insurance problem.
Alderman Huddleston’s ordinance provided
for a committee, consisting of the chairmen
of several committees, which will give out th-
city’s insurance, distributing it as equitably
as possible and feasible.
Both the ordinanre and tha amendment
were referred to tbe ordinance committee.
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.
^ rORRENT—nJRNISHEDROOMS.
TWO furnished rooms for rent for gentle
men only: nil convenience*; close Tn. 71
rupitol-iive, 4-4-0
FARMS FOR RENT.
WANTED—'White tenant for "farm.
miles from city: cor. furnish him t
Apply 1009 Kuirllsb-American building
phone Main tJttL «*r Atluut* 3S1.
ROOMS FOR RENT.
HELP WANTED—MALE.
WANTED—A voong uuui
Ity of Atlnntn. ncvslen
nieiiis for m» old estul
ngeucy. Apply 1\ O. Ilo