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J PLUS IIS FREE 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?”' a* CHAMBBRUN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO. ATL.\NTx\ NEW YORK PARIS p&ce fer - irtect frieud./ CAFE DENCCHPM) 9VAII0M ST - Jim OFF PEACIITRJE * I F LOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS? ATLANTA FLORAL CO. Both Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree 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 AT 89c 'oO 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. Agenti. for Butterick Patterns and Publications. Cliamberlm=Johnson=DuBose SB *