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I 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. 0 r r\ a i»L fck JsLihl ^ The Atlanta Georgian “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’ AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” H'-' SPOT COTTON. sternly; 9 9-16. Halvmton. flrn .Mot»ll<'. firm: I VOL. VH. NO. 211. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 6,1909. PRICE: HOW MUCH IS INCOME OF COUNTV OFFICIALS? SUSPECTED OF II 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