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Governor Declares Tom H. Jones,
Convicted Policeman, Guilty of
Bishop Killing.
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I Mrs. Copley Thaw Dusky Cue Artists
Weds G, G. Whitney Interrupted at 3 a. m.
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
efforts to increase its income, there
are encouraging signs a-plenty that
an inheritance tax may be placed
upon the statute books by the next
i Legislature.
I Governor Slaton, it is understood,
will advocate such a measure in his
drat.message to the General Assem
bly, and already there are members-
olect who are outspokenly committed
I ro the idea.
Advocates of this form of taxation
declare that it is, of all taxes, the
I easiest to collect, and that its collec-
I tion seemingly is attended with a
I minimum of friction and ill-feeling.
The. person inheriting, so students
I of the inheritance tax theory aver,
I rarely objects to the payment of the
I duty imposed upon the inheritance,
1 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 their statute books, and
wherever such a tax has been inau
gurated it never has been abandoned.
It invariably has proven to be a fine
source .of revenue. t
It is expected that Mr. Slaton will
deal at length with the inheritance
tax in his forthcoming 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
I Thomas G. Scott, of Monroe County,
It.o be Federal Statistician for Ueor-
| gia. in succession to the late Governor
] W. .1. Northen, which has been an-
I nouneed by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston, apparently gives great sat
isfaction throughout the State.
.In this position it will be the duty
I of Mr. Scott to tabulate and consoli
date the reports received from the
I various correspondents over the State
I md to keep the Government at Wash-
I Ington apprized of the acreage in the
’•arious crops, the weather condi-
I tions. the crop conditions anc\ 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
j the latest improved machinery and
most Scientific methods exclusively.
He is regarded by agricultural ex
perts as one of the most successful
| axponents of intensive farming in this
j section.
The appointment comes to Mr
I Scott, largely as a recognition of his
I merit, for. although lie was highly rec-
lommended for the place, it is under-
Istood that he made no efforts to land
lit.
.Says The Macon News: * “Hon. John
IT Allen Representative in the Lrg-
|ialature from Baldwin County, and a
(candidate for Speaker of the House,
i in Macon to-day. Mr. Allen is
onfident that he will be chosen
Speaker, although Representative J.
Xiandolph Anderson, of Chatham
younty, lias* already claimed the of-
ce.” • *
All of which is interesting enough
Ind very much to the point, except
lor the facts that Judge Allen is a
Senator-elect, and not a Representa-
livp-elect. as is Mr. Anderson, and
lach is a candidate for the Presidency
If the Senate and not the Speakership
|f the House.
The latter job. Mr. Bur well, of Han-
>nk, appears to have securely nailed
(own
Governor Broun to-day refused a
pardon to Thomas H. Jones, the Me.-
con ex-policeman, who is serving a
life term for the murder of Wiley D.
Bishop in a Macon resort.
The action of the Governor ends one
of the hardest fights for a man’s free
dom 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 tlie
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 anil legal representatives
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 House 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,
madt* the startling confession that it
was he who fired the fatal shot.
Thomas Jones, however,-whs 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 liped the
same shot, and that Thomas Jones
already had been convicted of the
crime.
The application for pardjon was
asked on the ground that John Jones
had told the truth when he confessed*
to the shootmer.
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 th*• trial record un
mistakably shows that Thomas H.
Jones did tire 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
a,t Dungeness, on Cumberland Island,
to-day, the principals being Mrs.
Copl&y Thaw, formerly and better
known as the Countess' of Yarmouth,
ajid Geoffrey G. Whitney, of Boston,
Massachusetts.
The wedding was solemnized at the
country estate of Mr. and Mrs.
George Carnegie, brother-in-lkw and
sistrr of Mrs. Thaw, on. Cumberland ! houtoU that finally came the chani-
pionship battle’in the wee small bout’s.
Officer .Clack made a case against
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 , halls one against the other in
a pool parlor In Peachtree Street, and,
investigating, discovered a champion
ship game in full swing. It was
Chester vs. Witherspobn for the dusky
championship of the wovld.
Chester and Witherspoon' are em
ployees of the place and had long
boasted of their respective skill. The
rivalry and the bantering became so
Boy Scout Leaders
Form Organization
New Body Plans to Get Entire Mem
bership of Army In Atlanta
Working In Unison.
I
California Women Libel Suit Is Lost
.Vote to Oust Judge j By Lord Douglass
Suffragists Lead Fight in First Ap- I
plication of the Recent Law
in That State.
Judges Hold English Nobleman'*
Character Was Not Injured by
Wilde Letters.
Island. Elaborate* preparations had
been made for the event. The bride is
a eister of Harry K. Thaw, who killed
Stanford White. Mr. Whitney is the
son of Mrs. Charles Whitney, of Bos
ton. He and his mother are both
prominent in Eastern society. He is FIFTH REGIMENT BAND
a banker and broker, member - of the
firm of Charles Hea & Company.
J. L. ('lark, munager of the pool room.
Recorder Broyles dismissed the case
on the showing that the doors were
locked and that no outsiders were
present.
BANQUET BIG SUCCESS
A Scout Mantes’ Association has
been organized in Atlanta, composed
of heads of various troops of Boy
Scouts. Through the association it
is planned to ge th. entire member
ship of the Boy Scoitfs 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: 14. W. Farrar, Troop
7. vice president, and Tillou H.
Forbes, Troop 3, secretary and trea.s-.
liter of the new organization.
SAN FRANCISCO.. CAL., April 22.
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 San Fran
cisco led in the fight against Judge
Weller.
Women were active ;.t the polls,
most of .them voting to remove him
Judge Weller reduced the bail bond
of a man accused of criminal assault.
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 Ransome on account
of statements made in Mr. Uiinsome'?
book, “Oscar Wilde; a Critical Study.’’
The judges held that the lord's
character had not been hurt by these
statements.
It Was Some Questioi
What Is the Answer^
An Impromptu Debating Society Fell
Afoul of Abtruee Higher
Political Economy.
Thu Georgian's telephone rang and
a hesitant voice aeked for an editor.
' Say,” It said, “four or five of us
fellows had an argument last nlghi
and we went you to decide It. The
question wax this:
‘ Which would produce the great-**
er panic, if Rockefeller, Carnegie and
all the other big rich men cashed in
all their resources and took the money
to Europe, or If these same men were
to remove by some superhuman
means all their actua! resources, their
oil wells, factories, railroads and so
i forth?’”
WOULD HAVE ALL NATIONS
SHARE COST OF CANAL
CHAMBERUN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO.
ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS
AUGUSTA BARTENDERS JOIN
UNION* TWO NOW IN QTATF on the success of the annual banquet
UlilUlij I WU ItUVY 111 olnl L and reception given at Fort McPher
son last night. B. Lee Smith, toast-
When State Organizer Strauss, of
the International Brotherhood of Bar-
master, was introduced by Chief Mu
sician Clint E. Barber, and several in-
. ^_ nnmn ,„, ao n, .. .formal talks were made. Jerome
tenders, completes the organization of Jones , labor lp ' dor was the princi .
local In Augusta to-day, Georgia pal speaker.
will be placed in the unique position
erf 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.
The Ifand 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 Kamuel 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.
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 aefoss 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,
WASHINGTON. April 22. -Repre
sentative Moore, of Pennsylvania, has
introduced bills in the House relative
to the Panama Canal. One measure
directs the Secretary of 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 L r nited States to derive advan
tages from the canal.
GEORGIA SEWANEE ALUMNI
PLAN TO GIVE BANQUET
Thb 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,
lias charge of the plans for the en
tertainment.
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
ould 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 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 jn one
trial that he did a felonious deed
which in another trial he denies he
did. it must 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.”
Finds New Vapor Treatment
Invaluable In Keeping Seven Little Ones Free From
Colds and Croup.
Atlanta, Ga.—“Last wdnter 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 1 had consumption and though
I tried everything. J seemed no better.
On advice of Mr. Williams, of. th** Owl
Pharmacy,* I commenced using Vick's
Croup and Pneurrronia Satve. The ef
feet was wonderful. In a short time
the’cough and pain in my sjrte were
gone. Since then I 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 fifte.en 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 t«- 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 ^uethod of
closing the stomach and having the di
gestion/ out of order for a week or ten
.days.
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9 WALTON ST — JUJT OTF PEACHTREE *
9WERS and FLORAL DESIGNS;
FLANTA FLORAL CO.
Ih Phones Number 4. 41 Peachtree
MS
ENRICO CARUSO
fw Company at Bonita
Makes Decided Hit
At Opening.
pfc most beautiful and best
ped chorus appearing in At-
ia that of the Roberts-
^urs Company at the Bonita,
sing and dance and the cos-
s are new and bright. The
Mians are also above* par.
fcere is not one dull moment
the performance. Tak*
Ian hour off from business and
| yourself at the Bonita.
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Whims
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.
Wasli fabrics, very beautiful and summery wash fabrics,
meaning both exquisite novelties, such as embroidered
voiles, and vear-in and year-out necessities such as iiaxons
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
“do 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 hem—
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 27 v*
25c, 30c and 35c a yard, Checked White Voiles, 28 inches 1 \ ^
wide, a great variety, are JL^XV*
20c a yard, Plain White Klaxon, 36 inches wide, and Colored Bordered
Klaxons, 28 inches wide, that were 19c a yard, 1
25c, 30c, 35c and 40c a yard, Shirtings, very soft, in beautiful pat-
ferns. checks and stripes, 32 inches wide, and with these are 1
Imported Ginghams that were 30c, 35c and 40c, all now X
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, TOp
tan, blue,'black and white; beautiful; they are
65c a yard. Ramie Linens, 45 inches wide and full of weight
and wear; tine for suits and skirts; in colors; arc
$1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard, Voiles, white and colored grounds, em
broidered in white and colors and eyelet embroidered, 32 „
inches wide, are v ✓X.
$1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard, Linens, embroidered; choose about any
color you might want, or black. 32 inches wide; Z
they are now v/L
$2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 a yard. Embroidered M arquisettes of most
beautiful texture and embroidered designs, in white and. QQ
in colors; 36 inches wide; they are -7OL
$1.50 a yard, Ratines with wide and attractive open-work *h t
border; these in white and colors; 45 inches wide;they are. . .W *- •v/v7
delighted this world-famed star—his indorsement is but another emphasis of the superb j
quality of these delicious
CHOCOLATES
Made of “melt m-your-nicuth nialerial
Manufactured.bv HARRY Li'SCHLESINGER Sizes - 25c. 80c. ft. 00. $3.50
•at.': I r
“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
>0
Every Oriental Rug That We Own, You
May Own at a Reduced Price
p
Seems strange that Oriental Rugs should be reduced,
lmi they, just as all merchandise in this store, are subject to
the rules of merchandising as practiced here.
Oriental Rugs of worth are of fixed value, or rather, of
increasing value—and yet these reductions, and at the same
time when good housekeepers are fixing up their homes
for summer.
A11 opportunity!
Every rug—without exception—in this great, splendid
stock is reduced. Indeed it is anything but a sale of odd
pieces and patterns. Choose from among them all—small
est mats, greatest room carpets, and pay less.
Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications,
Chamberlindohiison*
aturns
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