Newspaper Page Text
NEED LOCAL HELP
IN TAX VALUATION
Auditor Calls on Supervisors,
Mayors and Council tu
Aid Tax Reform.
CONFER WITH ASSESSORS
People Should Understand Uni?
form Assessments Will Bring
Justice to All.
???? In the enforcement of the tax
assessment laws of the State la being
hotight by Auditor C I*ee Moore from
the boards of supervisors of the coun?
ties and from the Mayors and Councils
of the cities and towns. In circular
letters addressed to these public bod?
ies, he calls attention to the ways In
which they can aid materially In se
> urlng an assessment of property this
year at Its fair market value.
"The law has conferred upon you,"
says the Auditor, In his letter to mem?
bers of boards of supervisors, "very
large powers In the administration of
the affairs of the < ountleH and of the
districts In counties. l.'nder the law,
county and district levies must be ex?
tended on the valuations of real estate
and personal propart" assessed for the
purposes of h'tat- taxation. The coun?
ties and districts are, therefore, very ,
materially concerned to have those as?
sessments made at a fair market value,
as the law requires"
Confer With Assessors.
In order to obtain full and uniform
assessments, the Auditor urges that ,
conferences be hepi between super?
visors and commissioners of the rev?
enue, who are now engaged In the work
of valuing property for taxation.
? alls attention to the fact that su?
pervisors, chosen from different sec
tMM Of their county, are familiar with
the personal property in their districts
.'?nd with Its value. Support given to
< omrnissloners of the revenue who are
trying to do theli duty will, it Is
argued, havo the effect of sustaining
them In their efforts to work efficient?
ly, and enoourajre taxpayers to com- j
ply with the law, provisions of which :
are now better understood by thern, 1
la the opinion of Mr. Moore, than ever !
l>efore. "I believe," be adds, "they 1
wiU this year readily furnish the eons
misslonere with full and accurate in- '
formation."
Suparvlnors annual!-.- fix the rate of
county and district levies for.general,
school a-id road purposes Whenever
the property assessed j lelds more rev?
enue thiin Ls necessary the boards may
make reduction ac- ordtng to their j
judgment, so that increased assess- ?
tnents and uniform valuations will not j
i>e burdensome.
The \uditor con<H>r!os by urging sli
LYou LOOKING For ai^rgain
Real Estate or Desire to
SELL
fill out this coupon and mail or bring it to our office, 1109
Last Main Street, when you will hear something to your
advantage.
Mr.
Mrs.
Miss
Address .
Real Estate Department
O. A. Hawkins, Manager. W. E. Buford, Asst. Mgr.
Richmond Trust and Savings
Co., Inc.
IJohn Skelton Williams, President. g
Capital, One Million Dollars.
P. O. Box 1555,.Richmond, Va. 9
pervlaors to comply with the law and
fix the t?te of county and district
levies at the April meeting-. Delays
in attending to thl* duty frequently
operato to prevent the commissioners
sending in their books promptly to the
local treasurer and to the Auditor by
July i ">. as required h; statute
'???cd l oaarll ? ommllteea.
Ad kMntaaT Mayors of cities and
towns, ihe Auditor h'st directs atten?
tion to the provision of law that as?
sessments of property for municipal
taxation must be the same as that for
State taxation 8ucn localities are.
therefore, materially concerned to have
assess.nents of personal property arid
of new ijulldlnga and improvements to
buildings, made at a fair market value,
as thu Uw requires.
He requests the asal.-tance and co?
operation of Mayors to this end. be?
lieving that most sa-.sfactory results
will be obtained by conferences be- 1
tween appropriate committees of town
and City Councils with commissioners
of the revenue while they are engaged
in their work Togeth? r. they may dis?
cuss of new buildings, and talk
over tn I fair market valuation of per?
sonal property of peor.lt and corpora?
tions In the community
"I think It important." says the Au?
ditor, "that the people should thor?
oughly understand that the ultimate
effect of compliance with the law will
not Inc'tiase the bprden of taxation,
but thai proper assessment of every
taxpayer will produce euch largely in?
creased asessed va'ues. placing the
burden of taxation on every one in pro?
portion tr hie or her possessions, as it
should be. as wiil result most prob?
ably In reducing the rats of levy,
which ieduction will inure to the bene?
fit of all "
SHE WEDS 4 Ml I I
Baltimore. February 9.?Miss Elinor
' Douglas Wise, daughter of the late
Commander Frederick M. Wise, U. >S.
N.. was married at the cathedral here
; to-day to Armand. Dae de Richelieu
! et do Fconsac of France. Cardinal Gib
! bons j?erformd the ceremony at a low
: mass, the nuptial mans not being sung
I during Lent.
Folowlng the service a wedding
breakfast was serveri to about IQo
guests, <n>ite a number of whom came
from New York. I hiladelphia and
Washington.
The jjuc de Richelieu, who is the
, inher:;or of the nr.rrn and nobiliary
'dignities of Cardinal R:chelieu Is half
] Americ-in. His mo'.her was Alice
'. Heit.e, davghter of Michael Heine, a
' banker of New Orleans.
democrats not
bound oy pledge
They May Vote as They Please
en Battleship Appro?
priation.
ECONOMY CAUCUS"' FAILS
Quorum Is Not Present, and
Called Meeting Quickly
Adjourns.
Washington. February t ? No caucus pledge
?III bind the House Democrats this year
wh*n they vole, on the appropriation for bat?
tleship construction.
An 'economy caucus." called for to night
by members opposed to the authorization of
any bat tleshlps In the naval appropriation
bill at this session, failed to materialize as
a. result of the absence of practically all
Democratic members ?ho favor an Increased
navy, only seventy-three members appeared
ami. ae 112 were needed for a ouorum. the
meet Ina* adjourned after listening to a pen?
sion speech by Representative Sherwood, of
Ohio
.speaker Clark and Democratic Leader Un
derwood were present, although it Is an
open secret that both opposed the calling
of the caucus Only three members of the
Naval Committee attended. Representative
Haaalay. of Missouri. and Triable, of
flioraia opposed to battleships, and Taloott,
of Maryland, who made the point of no
quorum and moved adjournment
The absence of a quorum was not unex?
pected, word bavins been paaeed yesterday
that the "two-battleship" men wer? to stay
away to make certain there should be no
action. It is stated that the Naval Commlt
, tae is certain to recommend the conatruc
i tlon of at least two battleship* and. with
a large majority of Republicans in the
House favoring an increased navy, the big
navy advocates say there is no doubt about
. favorable action on the committee's report
Representative Curley. of Massachusetts.
, said to-night that early next week Demo
i < rats standing for a progressive naval pol?
icy would boid a conference to agree upon
( a course of action.
streetWsafe
eor girls or boys
Settlement Worker Discusses
"Monstrous Condition" Which
Exists in Cities.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch ]
New Tork. February *>.?Mpeaking on
the topic, "Control of Vice," at the Re?
publican Club's regular Saturday dis?
cussion to-day, Mrs Florence Kelley.
formerly of Hull HosUSB, Chicago, and
long Identified with settlement work
here, declared that in many sections of
the city the street? are not safe for
boys of fifteen years or older on their
Furniture Purchased From Us Is Always
Dependable Furniture
The kind that looks well, wears well and oosts no more than oheeper grade* you'd buy elsewhere. Besides, it's easy to make selec?
tion when you deal with us. Five mammoth floors are stocked with the newest designs from the country's most reputable manufac?
turers. By handling large quantities we control the best lines manufactured. By paying spot oath we obtain the best discounts.
Consider these items and figure out if it's not beet for yen to deal with us.
Notice These Few Values
WHICH WZ OFFER AB AN INDEX TO THE HUNDREDS OF GOOD THINGS WE HAVE TO SHOW YOU.
TERMS. A LIBERAL DISCOUNT IF YOU WISH TO PAY CASH.
THE EASIEST
Iron and BrassBeds
rone sold
antee. Ranging
#100.00.
with full guar
from $3.75 to
wtute BaasnsJ Bed, im? cut.
$4.75
fee
Fn.ll 8Ue> Bros? Beda, with {19 7C
S far guaranteed lacquer, for * ?
Mattresses
We show and make several different
grace* of Mattresses in every conceiv?
able ticking and quality.
We quote an All Fait ??-Ptrand
Matm?, Ilka cut, mad* in 2 fJB nr
?action*, far .#*?'?
For Monday
We offer twe great speciahv -emlnes such as this
town has never sees.
SPECIAL Ne. f
100 OAK ROCKERS
Wood seats, nloely finished in a beautiful golden
oak, and substantially made. Any store in Rich?
mond would ask you $3.5C far the same Rocker.
For Monday only we say
SPECIAL No. X
Owing to the lateness of the season and the fact
that they needed money, a big mQl has shipped us
250 PAIRS REAL COTTON
FLEECE BLANKETS
The famous Pocahontas Brand. They are full 11-4
size and nieeiy hound, and cannot be purchased
flsewhere for less than $3.50. Mondav only we say
$1.48
Ward?
robes
rrumrfrsa* of
?ertet-aa, to all
weoOa ranging
from flS.IS to
SltS.IS.
Wtrlrekt
Uka out. full
dsubls srse, far
'18
.50
China
Cases
A large variety in
all woods and fir
lshea. Caee Ilk*
cut. In solid gold?
en oak. for
arcs ii
B19
.50
Brl2 Wool and Fiber Druggets...
9x12 Axmlnster Druggets.
8x12 Tapestry Brussels Druggets
$10.50
$23 50
$16.50
Mattings
A direct importation of 300 rolls enables us to quote you
a price of 82c per yard, laid, for the beet grade China Mat?
ting, i
Cash or Easy
Payments
flOUNTREf;
SUTHERLAND CHERRY
111 11J 115 U RRO A D f , T F!f f 1
Cash or Easy
Payments
CORP
Are Medicines Wholly Useless?
Can The Masses Get Along Without Them
8. B. HARTMAN. M. P..
Columbus. Ohio.
I give a portion of a letter lately
I received, which vai to me very in
i teresting. I also give a portion of my
(answer. The writer says.
"Dear Doctor Hartman: I am very
much interested in your articles. I
I have no doubt they will do a great
; deal of good. Sometimes 1 am almost
i tempted to buy a bottle of 1'e-ru-na
:iTid have it on hand, because of your
? convincing talk, but I belong to a
health club. It is one rule of this
club to have nothing to do with dis
! ease or medicine. Our whole talk is
health and things that make for
health We are determined, all of u*.
to never use medicine in any form.
Of course we do not attempt to deny
the usefulness of medicine on some
occasions, but for ourselves we have
decided that we will so live that we
shall never need the services of a
doctor or the assistance of a medicine.
What would you do if you were in my
place?"
My Dear Boy: Tour letter inter?
ests me greatly. I am glad to know
that you are reading my articles that '
are appearing now In the papers. Tou ! cold, a chill, cough, hoarseness, tight
have perhaps noticed that a portion ' ness In the chest, biliousness, dyspep*
of each article is devoted to the sub- j sis, any one of these things Is liabl*
? f keeping well to <xxur at any time in such a housa?
What would I advise you to do under j no1,1
the circumstances.' I should advise | Now, such people ought to hav*
fan to go right on as you have been Pe-ru-na At the first symptom that
going. Oet along without medicine if presents itself, or any disturbances of
you possibly can. Look toward Nature the body, a few doses of Pe-ru-na
for assistance Clean habits, frugal i should be taken. If the disease 1*
diet. Early to bed. In a well ven-: acute Pe-ru-na had better be takea
tilated room Work every day at eome
teaspoonful every hour. If It is a
like t<> do Keep up your disturbance that allows the patient to
?hualaac Have f.iith la Natureand go about his usual business, taken
laws of Nature are according to the directions on the
I .wards of Nature bottle is best. If this is done it will
Nature's (Jod. Th<
Inexorable, but th .
are kind and beneficent beyond all ex- I save the people untold expense and
prasslnii If you do these things you suffering Not one case In fifty that
may during your whole life escape the comes under the care of the dSClt**
necessity of using medicine, but even \ would occur If Pe-ru-na was hept In
with all this juu may occasionally ' *h? house and taken at the very ottt
need medicine ) set of the trouble. Yes. all this is
Hut you must remember that you
and your club are exceptional peoplo.
true and more.
I have hoped all my life to llv*
that the great masses of people go | to see the day when obedience to th*
on thoughtlessly. Their diet Is very !?*?'? of Nature would be prevalent,
illy fit ted t<. ? US tain their bodies prop- v.-hen the people would live so they
erly. Their exposure to cold and ??t w?ul<l not Invite disease or provoke
and heat and fatigue Is \er\ reckless disturbance In the body But I have
In short, they do not know how to not lived to see that day yet
take care of themselves Consequent?
ly, a medicine is necessary often.
The medicine Pe-ru-na is a climatic
medicine. It la intended to reach cli?
matic troubles, troubles that arise as
the direct result of exposure to cli?
mate.
It is also Intended to meet those dif?
ficulties which arise from Improper
I hardly
think I shall. But I have lived to
see the day when the people and even
the medical profession are very much
more Interested In hygiene and aant*
tatlon than they used to be..
At on? time, as a writer, I seemed!
all alone in trying to get tha
people to listen and become obedient
to the laws governing their bodies.
Now there are writers galore saying;
nourishment of the body ami improper _?_,_ ,fc,?_? T ? ? _._
. ,, , . y, * tne same things. I am profoundly
diet, producing indigestion and bilious?
ness.
The principal climatic trouble In our
country Is catarrh, and a large nurn
her of people have
one-half of our peo
not only need to take care of them
selves as you boss are doing, but they
n?-ed a medicine to render them a little
assistance, pe-ru-na is exactly what
they need.
grateful that this Is so.
So long as there are disobedient
ones so long we must have medicine.
Even those who are trying to be obe?
catarrh t erh.tps d)ent to th<l ,aW8 of Nature> trv|ns tnelf>
f'.'' ..... U , vHHZ ***?? best, need medicine for unavoid?
able conditions that often bring on
some derangement. If such little de?
rangements were met promptly with
Pe-ru-na the day would more quickly
come when even Pe-ru-na would not
If we could have the world full of he needed, the day when the druer
people that are living as you are. per- doctor would absolutely go out of
haps I should then not advocate the business. May that day hasten. I
use of any drug, but you are only one shall do all I can while I?do live to
m ten thoasand The rest are going h on ,? comln|j of that lnU,en.
on heedlessly and recklessly, and it is ?
for them that I am recommending my nlum wnen aU drugs will be rele
Pe-ru-na. gated to the rubbish heap and all doo
The average household needs P*- tor books laid aside as curiosities.
ru-na more than 1 can possibly de
Pe-ru-na, Man-a-lln and La-cu-pia
scribe. The small children the father manufactured ty the Pe-ru-na Com.
and mother. the errand children, are . , ?
all stumbling along heedless of the P?"?' Columbus, Ohio, hold at all dru?
laws of Nature. A sudden attack of stores. No. 47. (Advertisement.)
I way to and from school. She said, too,
that from 80 to 90 per cent of the wo
i men whose presence on the streets she
j regarded as showing a "monstrous con
I dition." were mentally defective, and
i pleaded for legislation to provide them
j with "proper custodial care."
But Mrs. Kelley's strongest plea was
for the investigation of the wage scale
Industries with a view to securing for
working girls sufficient pay so that
they might no longer he left with the
alternative of "death or dishonor."
Like Father Curry, of St. James
Church. Judge Warren \V. Foster, of
the Court of General Sessions, and
other speakers. Mrs. Kelley discussed
the topic as relating principally to the
social art], and, like them, she had no
general plan of "control" to offer.
Mrs. Kelley said that each year 22,
000 girls under sixteen years of age
leave the public schools, where they
have received "no adequate training
i for industry," and go to work for
wages upon which they cannot live,
I and which do not increase very much
j as they ?jrow older.
"To quarantine vice is to exploit
it. to district vice Is to put our city's
"O. K.' upon it, and that no commun
I lty with any pretense at all to a sense
I of decency will ever do unless it go
mad entirely."
Father Curry said that while he saw
no way to get rid of the evil, there
were some remedies. He praised the
Big Sisters' movement as the right
way to go about the reform.
Judge Foster sketched the history
of Investigation of the social evil and
attempts to control It. He said that
when "the details of segregation were
! considered the Impossibility of that so- !
lution appeared, and added that after
centuries of study, the subject to-day .
stood "on the brink of despair."
SET FAST PACE
[Thaws Cause Heavy Going, but
Riders Enjoy Every Minute
of Brisk Run.
The Deep Run hounds of the Country
Club met yesterday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock near Tellow Tavern. Owing.
to the absence of several enthusiastic
members, who were oat of trio cl.y. ?
the tVld was not as larg- as usual.
A number of autorr.ob-.Ie parties
wer? out to see the start of the hunt.
The splendid condition of the horses
and hounds was noticeable, evidenced
afterwards in on* of. the best hunts
the c'.ub has had this season.
Owing to the greasy surfao?, caused
by recent thaws, several of the more
Barefooted mounts narrowly averted
accidents at the plank fences in Squire
Darracotfs. Mis Warfi-ld Crenshaw.
mounted on Her Grace, owned by k.
B Sydnor, was less fortunate than the
rest of the field. In suffering a fai
i ?h*n her horse refused a Jump, slipped
and fell. Fortunately neither hors
i.or rider was injured.
The first cast was Just befnre the
hlg plank fences In *julre Darracotfs
w*re rearhed, and Instantly th~ SjSk r
? can hounds picked up the live f?t
I scent and led the field in a corking
I gallop over the national hunting- ooun
try. through Darraeott's, Worth's and |
Putnev'e to Dumbarton, for a short
check.
The next east was at Chant lily
through GrinneVs. Adam's, to the
Country Club, about seven miles Th
Interest !n hunting Is more noticeabv
{VI? winter than for several seasons
past It la expected that the horse
show and cross country rare? to b
held in May at the Country Club will
surpass even last year's excellent
show.
Those rldtng were' w O Toung.
M F H. ?n Ptrans:?-- F.rskln? Fta
f^rd. on Lady. Fred r"?mpbetl. on B-n
CM?; Dr. Walte, oa fro* Prince; H. C
B?attle. Jr.. on Xlrfc *o Time: M aa
Warflel'd Crenshaw. nn H*r Grar.-.
Wllburn Sydn^r. on Cbatsworth. Kiss
Fannte crenshaw. oa Babble, Hunts?
man Thornton, on Eases.
Mass h*e? t? n'sht im. ttm* ??
mevrstty. etU the fhul agures I
?jatf aba* fsi seaasii tu? -?.-.
ELEVATOR WORK
Dick Blankenship, Candidate for
House, to Champion Cause
of Conductors.
Clear-cut Is the platform on which
Pick Hlankonship, the Capitol eleva?
tor conductor, proposes to wage his
campaign for nomination to the House
of Delegates. He has Ideas and will
stand on them.
Hfc opposes the introduction of a
bill for woman suffrage. He Is dis
| tinctly against further agitation of
the teachers' pension law. He hopes
j no effort will be made to establish a
1 women's college at the University of
Virginia or anywhere else. He wishes
that among his associates In the Gen?
eral Assembly will be nobody who
wants to tsart a school department
row.
Not that Dick is particularly oppos?
ed to these propositions. He would
consider them judicially and on their
own merits if forced to vote on them.
That isn't the point.
He is distinctly in opposition to any?
thing that will bring large assemblages
of the cltlxenry to the Capitol. They
make too much work for the elevator
man. causing a weariness to the flesh.
While Dick himself would not be ac?
tively engaged in taking his col?
leagues up and down while serving as
a member, he feels for the man he
will have temporarily on that Job.
Dick Is in earnest about his candi?
dacy, he says, and he ought to know.
He has concluded a partial canvass,
anil has found m.-iny people eager to
vote for him. On his platform of few?
er visitors to legislative halls he has
the sympathy <>f other lawmakers.
Good Office Furniture
For busy men. and a Large stock ta
?elect from at
STDSOR ? HITDLET. I!fC?
Grace aad Scveath Streets.
Richmond Trust & Savings Co
liaa East Mala street.
Only place in Richmond where
you can get savings deposit cards.
25c. 50c or $1.00.
AT HERMITAGE
Construction of Ball Grounds
Causes Rearrangement of
Two Holes on Links.
The work on the baseball park had
progressed so rapidly that the golfer*
had to give up the third and fourth
holes yesterday and play over a new
i course.
The distinction of being the last to
1 play over the old course belongs to*
. Miss Daisy Winston and Mrs. J. A.
' Belvln, as It happens that the flag
< poles were changed Immediately after
j this pair had holed out.
The new course will Include one
?? hole which will be longer than any
; hole In the old course. This Is par
: tlcularly pleasing to Interested golf*
J era. as It. was f:ared that the boles
would be so shortened as to Impair the
use of thes brassy in playing the Ions;
' game.
A short hole of ut yards will cor?
respond to the old fourth short hols*
and will b* fully as difficult to play.
The women will have a putting con?
test next Saturday. In which the con?
testants will put on each of the two
clocks, and a prize is offered to the
lowest aggregate score.
Mrs. Jean Jones holds the title of
champion woman putter of the club.
The men will have a handicap tour-.
! namcnt on Washington's Birthday.
V. P. I. Win Gasse.
Blacksburg. Va.. February S.?In &
' fast and snappy game of basketball. V.
P I. defeated Poanoke College here
, this afternoon by a score of 46 to IS.
Hughes and Keesling were the stars
{for V. IV I.; Morgan for Roanoka Col
I lege.
PAINTS
4
Tanner Paint & Oil Co)
1417 and 141? East Mais. ?
Richmond. Va
WRITER
i/iis FRE
BOOK
It may mean the opening wedge
to the opportunity of your life
The New York Electrical School trachea men practical elei frit iff
and shows them tho way to earn big money by hecornmg expert elec?
tricians. No profession has s more splendid future than eiectncity.
We tearh. ear efuJentt hnw to become matter clictiiriaoa bo paSMatiafty eVueaaj
them ir. the arrual work they w-fl he ca ?d ipon to do whet* they accept a Hfuoriaa
at boj; pay. Earn erhoiar U pervooaily taucht from the day he cuter*, aad iwirrtduaj
isavotiiiiii is fires m ail practical btaarati of the work. Student* art fcrst taught
the simpler clectnral work and an they f^adunlh/jwogrete they arc taken froen ocpart
laaJSy they can coospieaaty aaaaai a boaMing 'rem the SBsS)
to department until nnallv I _
pnnti the ettaJeajt* them*e'vet Kne drawn. %Vhen they receive theo certiacsat thay
art ready to go out is the wotld with a pxofcaeioa that trill avow faraaka tfacaw
Good Electricians are always in demand and
the money they earn is often twice aa mock
as other men earn from ordinary trade?.
wwjte roe oca ran caTaiocus; and err ruu. fAJmcuijua.
ff i more trur hire r that fhn it your eppWltuoilT TVrrv It ?o wnr\ that a OUBS
can do fron* watch he will get aSSSS picaaara and profit
W rMssj
The New York Electrical School, ~ TTV'i^
