Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-22

up Yer. : ne next M0rnlngatt3rhe ne
returned from his trip, I heard
hm ask his land-lady what day
of the week it was. So YOU had
better come on back, Ethel; we
miss you.
| have Just learned that the
Senate has, bv almost unanimous
vote, killed Oh income tax bill.
The paper corporations and rich
men in theSenate could not stand
this bill, because lc would have
made them pay a large share of
this tax, and they VIII get some
poor fellow who would rat have
had anything to pay on tl.is tax,
to be exercised on it, just Ike a
farmer was that jim Lipscomb
tells about. He said this man
was very much opposed to being
taxed to build a rock road by his
house, and spoke against it at all
times. One day he was plough
ing in his field, and got so mad
about it, he took out his mule,
rode into town and was talking
about this tax for the road; said
it would ruin everybody, etc.
when the sheriff said, Bill. how
much will you pay on this taxi"
He said he did not know, and the
sheriff said, Let us look it up"
1t was found that his tax was
only fifteen cents a year, and the
sheriff told him to 90 back to
ploughing, and he would pay it
for him.
A bill passed the House today
that repeals the siX-percent ex-
emption loan, and subjects all
minors to the ad valorem levy
for state purposes only. The ad-
vocates of this bill said the bene-
fits that would be derived from
it would more than counter-bal-
ancc the advantages We would
lose by the repeal Of the six per
cent exemption blk Believing
this, Brame and Hubbard voted
aye" but | could not agree toI
It, SO voted no. though I be-
lieye the bill will become a law,
and if so all persons now getting
money at six percent will have
to pay this tax. 1t can't effect
contracts in force.
The House passed a bill giving |
the Confederate veterans $462,- |
800 for the year 1918-1919, same
as the appropriation for the year
1916 and 1917. The Senate raised |
this to $685. 900 for each year,
but the House refused to concur, |
and the Confederate committee
have just agreed on q c0mpro-
mise Of &500,000 for each year. !
Gen. Vance, Of the Senate. is en-
titled to the greatest credit for
this increase, for our committee !
and the House was very much /
to any increase.
The War Council of Defense
was called to order in the hall Of T
the House of Representatives on
Friday afternoon by President w. /
II. Smith, Of the A. & M. College. |
We had the A. & NJ. band, and
Miss Mary Lou Green, of Aber-
deem, (Who has visited in Macon) /
sang patriotic songs. Noted |
speakers made patriotic speeches /
and all were enthused and in
spired to do more than "our bit" ."
That night the meeting was held I
in the large, new Galloway Mem
orial Methodist church. and this
noble edihce was filed to over
flowing to hear Secretary Of Ag- /
riculture Houston and Capt. Peri /
gOud, Of the French army, tell of I
the war and what we will have.
to do to win. Secretary Houston /
spoke first and gave us a calm /
and disp2sSionate presentation Of I
the causes Of the war, and what .
we must do to win it. When he /
told what caused Mr.. Wilson to
declare war, he said, What .
would Jefferson Davis have said /.
to the Kaiser; what would Abra-
ham Lincoln, Robert L. Lee,
Grant, Jackson, Sheridan. Sher-
man, Wade Hampton and John b.
Gordon have said?" arose in
my seat and said in loud voice.
They would have said Johnnie,
get your gun. d" He bowed and
laughed and all the audience
joined in. He afterwards paid
nice compliment to the Confed-
crate uniform, and when Miss
Green sang and was encored, she
sang Johnnie, Get Your Gun"
IS a compliment to my answer to
Secretary Houston's question.
Capt, Perigoud told Us Of the