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TAXIHGEORGIA ICON BEAVER
iMrs. Copley Thaw Dusky Cue Artists
Weds Gr. Gr. Whitney Interrupted at 3 a. in.
Ceremony Takes Place at George
Carnegie's Home on Cum
berland Island.
Understood Governor Will Em
body Request in First Message.
Levy Has Many Friends.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
. Now that the income tax amend
ment to the Federal Constitution has
been ratified by the. necessary num
ber of States to make it effective, and
Georgia, therefore, is estopped from
turning in that direction in future
effbrta to increase its Income, there
encouraging signs a-plenty that
.an Inheritance tax may be. placed
upon the statute books by the next
legislature.
Governor Slaton, it-is understood,
will advocate such a qieasure in his
drat message to the General Assem
bly, and already there are members-
elect who are outspokenly committed
to the idea.
Advocates of this form of taxation
declare that it is, of all taxes, the
easiest to collect, and that its collec
tion seemingly is attended with a
minimum of friction and ill-feeling.
The person inheriting, so students
of the inheritance tax theory aver,
rarely objects to the payment of the
duty imposed upon the inheritance,
and many times they freely admit
and acknowledge its justness- Such
a. claim can not be made in behalf of
the income tax, of course, for its col
lection frequently is the source of
much vexation and annoyance.
Nearly all European countries have
have an’inheritance tax of one sort
or another on.theiF statute books, and
wherever such a tax has been inau
gurated it never has been abandoned,
ft invariably has proven to be a fine
source of revenue.
It. is expected that Mr. Slaton will
4eal at ■ length with . the inheritance
tajt in his forthcomihg message, en
tering into more or less elaborate de
tails as to its equitable features and
great possibilities as an income pro
ducer. . •
The prospective appointment of
Thomas G. Scott, of Monroe County,
to be Federal Statistician for Geor-
f ia in succession to the late Governor
7. J. Northen, .which has been an
nounced by- Secretary of Agriculture
Houston, apparently gives great sat
isfaction throughout the State.-
In this position it will be the duty
Of Mr. Scott to tabulate and consoli
date the reports received from the
various correspondents over the State
and to keep the Government at Wash
ington apprized of the acreage in the
Various crops, - the weather condi
tions, the crop, conditions and the pre
vailing prices; in short, to .give the
Government authentic reports of the
condition of the farming interests of
Georgia. -
Mr. Scott was formerly president
of the Sixth District Agricultural Col
lege, stationed at Barnesville, but sev
eral years ago resigned to devote his
time to his farm. On this farm he uses
the latest improved machinery and
most scientific methods exclusively.
He is regarded by agricultural ex
perts ,as one uf the most, successful
expopents of intensive farming in this
.section.
Th,e appointment comes to Mr.
Scott largely as a recognition of his
n^erit, for, although he was highly rec
ommended for the place, it is under
stood that he made no efforts to land
it:
'Says The Macon News: “Hon. John
T. Allen Representative In the Leg
islature from Baldwin ..County, and a
• candidate for Speaker of’the House,
•is in Macon to-day. Mr. Allen is
confident that ho- Will be chosen
Speaker, although Representative J.
Randolph - Anderson, ' of Chatham
County, has already claimed the of
fice."
Ail of which is interesting enough
apd very much to the point, except
for the facts that Judge 4 Ailen is' a
Senator-elect and not a Representa
tive-elect, as. is Mr. Anderson, and
each is a candidate for the Presidency
of the Senate and not the Speakership
oft the House.
The latter job, Mr. Burwell, of Han
cock, appears to have securely nailed
down • .
Governor Declares Tom H. Jones,
Convicted Policeman, Guilty of
Bishop Killing.
Governor Brown to-day refused a
pardon to Thomas H. Jones, the Ma
con ex-policeman, who is serving a
life term for the murder of Wiley D.
Bishop in a Macon resort.
fhe action of the Governor ends one
of the hardest fights for a man’s free^-
dvim made in Georgia for years. In
declining to extend clemency, Gov
ernor Brown went directly counter to
the recommendation of the State Pris
on Commission, which asked that
Jones’ sentence be commuted to the
present term of service, and denied
the weight of the representations
made by many of the most promi
nent citizens of Macon and the re
mainder of Bibb County.
For weeks the members of the
Prison Commission and Governor
Brown have been besieged with rela
tives, friends and legal representatives
i.of the condemned man. Business men
have Joined with attorneys in making
trips to Atlanta especially to appear
before the Commission and the Chief
Executive. Members of the State Sen
ate and Mouse of Representatives
from Bibb' County have been among
those who added their voices to the
pleas for mercy.
Cousin Confessed to Crime.
While Jones was on trial for the
murder his cousin, John B. Jones,
made the startling confession that it
was he who fired the fatal shot.
Thomas Jones, however, was convict
ed. Later John Jones was tried and
also convicted, although he denied on
his own trial that he had fired the
shot. The verdict of guilty was aft
erward set aside on the ground that
the two men could not have fired the
same shot, and that Thomas Jones
already had been convicted of the
crime.
The application for pardon was
asked on the ground that John Jones
had told the truth when he confessed
to the shooting.
Governor Brown, in declining :o
pardon, quoted at length from the
record of Thomas Jones’ trial and
said:
“The basis of this application is
that Wiley D. Bishop was not shot
dead by Thomas H. Jones, but by
John B. Jones, yet the trial record un
mistakably shows that Thomas H.
Jones did the shooting, and hence was
rightfully convicted by the jury.
Refers to Powder Stains.
“The extracts from the record in
dicate conclusive! ythat the trial jury
•made no mistake in ignoring the claim
BRUNSWICK, GA., April 22.—A
wedding of unusual interest took place
at Dungeness, on Cumberland Island,
to-day, the principals being Mrs.
Copley Thaw, formerly and better
known as the Countess of Yarmouth,
and Geoffrey G. Whitney, of Boston,
Massachusetts.
The wedding was solemnized at the
country estate of Mr. and Mrs.
George Carnegie, brother-in-law and
sister of Mrs. Thaw, on Cumberland
Island. Elaborate preparations had
bepn made for the event. The bride is
a .‘•■ister of Harry K. Thaw, who killed
Stanford White. Mr. Whitney Is the
son of Mrs. Charles Whitney, of Bos
ton. lie and his mother are both
prominent in Eastern society. He is
a banker and broker, member of the
firm of Charles Hea & Company.
AUGUSTA BARTENDERS JOIN
UNION; TWO NOW IN STATE
When State Organizer Strauss, of
the International Brotherhood of Bar
tenders, completes the organization of
a local in Augusta to-day, Georgia
will be placed In the unique position
of being a prohibition State with a
strong liquor men’s organization.
The Augusta local makes two
branches of the bartenders’ organiza
tion in the State. The other one is
in Atlanta.
Policeman Interferes In Game Be
tween Pool Room Attendants in
Peachtree Place.
Policeman Clack this morning at 3
o’clock was attracted by the clacking
of pool balls one aguinst the other in
a pool parlor In Peachtree Street, and,
Investigating, discovered a champion
ship game in full swing. It was
Chester vs. Witherspoon for the dusky
championship of the world.
Chester and Witherspoon are em
ployees of the place and had long
boasted of their respective skill. The
rivalry and the bantering became so
heated that finally came the cham
pionship battle in the wee small hours.
Officer Clack made a case against
J. L. (Mark, manager of the pool room.
Recorder Broyles dismissed the case
on the showing that the doors were
locked and that* no outsiders were
present.
FIFTH REGIMENT BAND
BANQUET BIG SUCCESS
Members of the Fifth Regiment
Band are to-day being congratulated
on the success of the annual banquet
and reception given at Fort McPher
son last night. B. Lee Smith, toast
master, was introduced by Chief Mu
sician Clint E. Barber, and several in
formal talks were made. Jerome
Jones, labor leader, was the princi
pal speaker.
The band has been engaged for the
three-day Confederate reunion at
Chattanooga in May.
HEIRS DEMAND FEE FOR
RECEIVER FOR RAILWAY
Administrators of the estate of the
late “Samuel F. Parrot have filed a pe
tition before Judge Pardee, of the Dis
trict . Court, for remuneration for the
services of Mr. Parrot as receiver for
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Railroad.
The amount of the claim is not stated.
It is understood that $1,000 a month for
the eighteen months’ services is asked.
of John-B. Jones that he—not Thomas
H. Jones—took the life of Wiley D.
Bishop. The powder stains and the
hair burned away around the wound
could not have resulted from a pistol
fired by a man standing 5 or 6 feet
away. They were inevitable from a
man standing close enough to the vic
tim to have touched him with his
hand when he fired.
“Added to this is the uncontested
fact that Thomas H. Jones beat Bish
op over the head with the butt end of
a pistol, cracking his skull, a wound
sufficient to cause his death, leaving
out of consideration everything else.
“Inasmuch, therefore, as the execu
tive office can have no part in sus
taining the claim of a man in one
trial that he did a felonious deed
which in another trial he denies ne
did, it mSist insist that the man really
guilty of the crime shall suffer the
penalty which the verdict of the jury
placed upon him. That man is Thom
as H. Jones.”
WiLSONS MISS CRASH IN
AUTO BY NARROW MARGIN
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson narrowly es
caped a serious automobile accident
last evening when the White House
automobile, darting across the tracks
in front of a street car near the Cap
itol, missed a collision by less than a
yard. The jamming on of the brakes
by the motorman halted the car so
suddenly that passengers were shaken
from their seats.
Boy Scout Leaders
Form Organization
New Body Plans to Get Entire Mem
bership of Army in Atlanta
Working In Unison.
California Women Libel Suit Is Lost
.Vote to Oust Judge j By Lord Douglass
A Scout Mas tea’ Association has
been organized in Atlanta, composed
of heads <»f various troops of Hoy
Scouts. Through the association It
is planned to ge tho entire member
ship of the Hoy Scouts working in
unison.
The Boy Scouts will be a feature
of the Memorial Day ■■parade. The
youngsters have been drilling regu-
larly. Each troop is anxious to make
the best showing.
Linton Johnson, master of Troop
4. is president; B. W. Farrar. Troop
7. vice president, and Tillou H.
Forbes, Troop 3. secretary and treas
urer of the new organization.
WOULD HAVE ALL NATIONS
SHARE COST OF CANAL
WASHINGTON, April 22.'—Repre
sentative Moore, of Pennsylvania, has
introduced bills in the House relative
to the Panama Canal. 6ne measure
directs the Secretary ot State to con
fer with other nations with a view
to having them share with the Un
ited States in the cost and mainte
nance of the canal.
Two bills provide for the creation
of a Panama Canal trade commis
sion to enable the commercial, agri
cultural and industrial interests ot
the United States to derive advan
tages from the canal.
GEORGIA SEWANEE ALUMNI
PLAN TO GIVE BANQUET
The Sewanee alumni of Georgia is
planning a banquet in Atlanta some
time In the Spring. That all grad
uates and Sewanee men may be
reached by a personal Invitation, they
are requested to send their names to
John D. Babbage, 1123 Candler
Building.
E. H. Hinton, president of the
Georgia Sewanee Alumni Association,
has charge of the plans for the en
tertainment.
Finds New Vapor Treatment
Invaluable In keeping Seven Little Ones Free From
Colds and Croup.
Atlanta, (Ja.—“Last winter I had an
awful cough and severe pain in my
side,” says Mrs. T. M. Cannon, of 103
Payne Street. “In fact my friends
thought I had consumption and though
I tried everything. I seemed no better.
On advice of Mr. Williams, of the Owl
Pharmacy, I commenced using Vick's
Croup and Pneumonia Salve. The ef
fect was wonderful. In a short time
the cough and pain in my side were
gone. Since then 1 find Vick’s inval
uable in keeping my seven little ones
free from colds and croupy troubles.”
We hear this every day from persons
who have tried this new remedy. They
are enthusiastic over it and claim it
does not interfere with the digestion;
relieves worst colds overnight and
croup in fifteen minutes. It is in the
form of a salve containing healing va
pors. When applied to the chest and
throat and covered with warm cloths,
these vapors are released and inhaled
direct to the affected parts, affording
instant relief. At the same time it is
absorbed through the skin, taking out
all soreness.
Leading druggists are selling this
new treatment in 25c. 50c and $1
packages with a guarantee that full
retail price will be returned if it is
not entirely satisfactory. It proves a
welcome relief from the old method of
dosing the stomach and having the di
gestion out of order for a week or ten
days.
Suffragists Lead Fight in First Ap
plication of the Recent Law
In That State.
SAN FRANCISCO., CAL., April 32.
California’s recall law was applied
for the first time to-day when bal
lots were cast for or against the re
moval of Police Judge Charles L.
Weller. Women’s clubs of Sun Fran
cisco led In the fight against Judge
Weller.
Women were active at. the polls,
most of thorn voting to remove him.
Judge Weller reduced the ball bond
of a man accused of criminal assault.
Judges Hold English Nobleman's
Character Was Not Injured by
Wilde Letters.
LONDON, April 22.—A verdict in
favor of the defendant was returned
this afternoon in the libel action
brought by Lord Alfred Douglass
against Arthur Kannome on account
of statements made in Mr. Hansome’s
book, “Oscar Wilde; a Critical Study.”
The judges held that the lord’s
character had not been hurt by these
statements.
It Was Some Questic
What Is the Answt
An Impromptu Debating Society Fe(i
Afoul of Abtruae Higher
Political Economy.
The Georgian's telephone ran* 4 aikt
a hesitant voice asked for an editor.
"Say," it said, “four or Are of us
fellows had an argument last night 4 ,'
and wo want you to decide It. The
question was this:
"'Which would produce the great
er panic, If Rockefeller, Carnegie and
all the other big 4 rich men cashed tn
all their resources and took the money
to Europe, or if these same men were
to remove by some superhuman
means all their actual resources, their
oil wells, factories, railroads and at,
forth?”'
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Beautiful Wash Fabrics Lose a Good
Part of Their Price ,
In This Remarkable Sale
Plan to be here early in the morning—for some unusual hap
penings.
Wash fabrics, very beautiful and summery wash fabrics,
meaning both exquisite novelties, such as embroidered
voiles, and year-in and year-out necessities such as flaxons
and ginghams, are reduced most extraordinarily.
Yes, it is still April, and the wash fabric season lies be
fore us. This sale is nothing, if not timely. The full bene
fits of merchandise priced at less, a great deal less than their
actual worth, shall accrue from this sale.
Take the instance of these embroidered marquisettes.
They were priced until now $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 a yard.
Now they are 98c a yard. They are the summer dress fabric
“de luxe.” Exquisite weaves, light as tissue, and yet very
often embroidered in floral patterns and in eyelet work.
These in white and colors.
However, this is but one item—
Here are many—read them all, it is to your advantage.
15c, 17 l-2c and 20c a yard, Checked White Batistes, 28 inches Q_
wide, various checks, are .
25c, 30c and 35c a yard, Checked White Voiles, 28 inches "I A _
wide, a great variety, are TcL-
20c a yard, Plain White Klaxon, 36 inches wide, and Colored Bordered
Flaxons, 28 inches wide, that were 19c a yard, 15c
25c, 30c, 35c and 40c a yard, Shirtings, very soft, in beautiful pat
terns, checks and stripes, 32 inches wide, and with these are *1 Q /->
Imported Ginghams that were 30c, 35c and 40c, all now S.
85c a yard, Madras, 32 inches wide, a silk and cotton fabric for waists
and shirts; soft tans, blues and cream, with stripes in gray,
tan, blue, black and white; beautiful; they are
65c a yard, Ramie Linens,.45 inches wide and full of weight C
and wear; fine for suits and skirts; in colors; are V/L-
$1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard. Voiles, white and colored grounds, em
broidered in white and colors and eyelet embroidered, 32 r A^,
inches wide, are
$1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard. Linens, embroidered; choose about any
color you might want, or black, 32 inches wide; /. Qp
$2.50. $3.00 and $3.50 a yard. Embroidered Marquisettes of most
beautiful texture and embroidered designs, in white and QQp
in colors; 36 inches wide; they are -7Ov
$1.50 a yard, Ratines with wide and attractive open-work dl* 1 /TIT
border; these in white and colors; 45 inches wide:they are.. .4P
New Company at Bonita
Makes Decided Hit
At Opening.
The ‘most beautiful and be.st
trained chorus appearing: in At
lanta is that of the Robert: -
Fa 11 ours Company at ,the Bonita.
They sing and dance and the cos
tumes am new and bright. The
comedians are also above par.
■There is not one dull moment
during the performance. Take
half.an hour off from business and
epjoy yourself at (he Bonita.
delighted this world-famed star—his indorsement is but another emphasis of the superb
quality of these delicious
CHOCOLATES
Made of “melt-in-your-mouth” material
+*><*• “Hold-Fast” Sheets
The Hold-Fast Sheets—that fit over the end of the
mattress so that they cannot pullout—are winning friends.
WORTH
$1.15
Size
They are a very practical
innovation—and still to
morrow they are reduced.
81 inches by 99 inches
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89c
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Manufactured bx HARRY L. SCHLESINGER
Sizes--2Sr. ROc. SI.00. S3.SO
Every Oriental Rug That We Own, You
May Own at a Reduced Price
Seems strange that Oriental Rugs should be reduced,
but they, just as all merchandise in this store, are subject to
the rules of merchandising as practiced here.
Oriental Hugs of worth are of fixed value, or rather, of
increasing value—and vet these reductions, and at the same
time when good housekeepers are fixing up their homes
for summer.
An opportunity!
Every rug—without exception—in this great, splendid
stock is reduced. Indeed it is anything but a sale of odd
pieces am. patterns. Choose from among them all—small
est mats, gi attest room carpets, and pay less.
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