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STATE EXPANSION
REACHES ITS HIT
(Continued Krom First Page.)
by his record ns n man, peculiarly tit
ted tor the place."
No other candidate was proposed,
nnd Senator ltlsbn'S election was made
unanimous, in uccipung tnc gavel lie
expressed appreciation o( tue high
honor done him uy tne members oC the
Senate, und said that he old not con?
sider It his province to attempt to lay
down, even in the most general terms,
tho policies which eliouiu govern th<:
body. He was certain, he said, that
the Sonate of ltlS, like those which
have preceded, will prove true lo the
best interests of the voters who< had
elected it.
All Olilccrs Re-elected,
Chairman Kison dcciuroa tue caucus
ready for the consideration ot busi?
ness, and opened tne nomination for
the otllce of secretary ot tne caucus.
?Senator Folkcs, pi llichnioild city,
moved that tb. olilcers ol the. .Senate
of UiO be re-elected en bloc, and that
the secretary uf the -cnuiu be declar?
ed also the secretary ? t the caucus. In
view oi tue tact that no opposition
candidates for these olllces had ;ire
sentcd themselves, ficniiior Koikes
thought tout Ins motion \\ ould result
in a saving of liinc. it was carried
unanimously.
Under uns motion Ihe following of
liccrs weere declared elected: M. Ii.
Booker, clerk; F. n. \\'ntkins,serge?nt
at-arms; m. Donald, doorkeeper;
.Moses M. Green, second doorkeeper,
und Janus Walsh, doorkeeper to the
nailery.
Upon the announcement by the pre-j
bidiiii: otllcer that the caucus was jow
ready to proceed with the election ot",
the other olilcers, Senator llowell C. i
Featherston, ot Lyiichburg, asked to
be permitted to introduce at iliis time]
11 resolution touching the election of
l evisors .in ease tho proposed bill for,
the revision ot the Code of Virginia
in passed by the present Legislature;
Permission was granted by the chair.
Proponed ItcvlMlou.
In Offering his resolution, Senator
Featherston stated thnt he wos advis?
ed that a bill for the purposo of ef?
fecting a revision of the Code would
bo introduced at the present session.
?'Similar bills have been heretofore de?
feated," lie said, "partly If not primar?
ily, because of the activity of :?lidl
dutes in securing pledges for the posl-i
tlon of reviser before the membersI
of the caucus were prepared to con-j
tidtr such a candidacy."
In consideration of this fuct, 10 of?
fered the following resolution:
"He is resolved by the Senate cail-l
cus, the il'iuse caucus concurring, That
I', is the sense of the Democratic cuu
cus that the position of reviser (like
that of Supreme Court Judgel Is one I
uf such dignity and Importance that
It should Keek the man. and should not
be sought by any candidate; and, fur?
ther, that It Is the sense of this cau?
cus that the friends who meun to ad?
vance ths Interests of any prospective
candidates, should take no steps to
that end until a revision bill has
actually passed both houses of the
General Assembly." It was seeandetl
by Senator George Latham Flet.iier
of Fattquler, and curried unanimously.
Senator F.. C. Folkes precipitated a
lively debate with a resolution dlroct
Ing that the Finance Committee Of the
Senate, co-operating with the "1111110
committee of t lie House, report the
general appropriation bill within fif?
teen days of the opening of the DokI"
laturo. lie spoke warmly In support
of his proposal, and asked that It be
passed to the end that the Kenoral ap?
propriation bill shall cease to be pass?
ed In the dying hours of the session
on an "I'll tickle you If you'll tickle
me" basis, hut by fifty-one voteB In the
House and twenty-ono In the Senate,
iind upon mature consldei atton, as the
State Constitution demands.
Consider Appropriation*.
Senator Sixon W. Holt, of New?
port News, favored an early report of
Hie bill, but objected that If It were
1 assed too early In the sessiun dlfllcul
Indigestion
Causes Dizziness, Nervousness, Sick I
Headache, Sleeplessnes
MI-O-NA STOMACH TABTETSI
BANISH ALL MISERY GAS
AND SOURNESS
Yon know that most of the ailments]
named above come from an out-of-order |
stomach; of course you rlo.
When your food reaches the stomach I
it should digest and furnish nutririous
matter to the blood.
If it doesn't digest, but lays heavily on ]
your stomach, it has started to ferment.
When it
ferments it
Bets loose in
the stomach
ji o i s> o nous
gases which
irritate the
j;rcat
in o g
nerve
the stomach. CAN'T SLEEP
That irritation causes heartburn, dizzi?
ness, ntghtsweats, nervousness and other
ailments.
Ml-O-NA will end all stomach misery
or money back. A lar^c box costs
only ?0 cents and is sr>!d by Trade Drug
Gib , and druggists everywhere.
"Whatever Is Beat is Safest."
ohmer Pianos
LEE FERGUS.SON PIANO CO.,
119 East Broad Street.
Hopkins Furniture Co.,
7 West Broad St.
Cash or Credit.
Davenport & Treacy
One of the Most Reliable
LEE.FERGUSSON PIANO CO., ,
119 East Uroad Street.
??' ' ' >
Sweaters have glided right
into universal ose lor t Ii o
whole family.
We have a special lot from
the best, makers, new designs
with nn added touch of refine?
ment.
Light or dark gray, white,
blue,cardinal,some with turn?
over collars.
Finest worsted at $8.BO.
Others at $2.00.
Beys' and Girls* Sweaters for
$1.2B to $2.50.
Also vests for golfers and for
the chilly.
Knit gloves too at BOo.
.Fur Caps.
Everything for men's and
boys' correct and comfortable:
wear.
^ iianBT5Tr~~***T~inri-jpmrrw?h :
ties would arlso when It was found
necessary to cut down certain appro?
priations later. Senator Cliurles U.
Graviitt, of Caroline, declared himself
in favor of the llicnniond man's idea,
hut thought that a substitute resolu?
tion calling upon the various depart
.a to submit an estimate ot iuc
appropriations tncy will need, within
ten days, would meet the problem
better. Senator Koikes objected that
Mich estimates would in every case
tend to be III excess of what was act?
ually needed, and would defeat the
object which was desired?an early
consideration and passage of the appro?
priation bill.
Upon this Senator Gravutt offered an
anicnuinoht tu senator Folkes's resolu?
tion, extending tue time wltnln which
the finance Committees of thu Senate
and House be rot) ui red to report to
their respective bodies, from lltieen to
Ittlrty days. In this form it was car?
ried by the close vole of ten to eight.
A roll cull revealed thirty-two of tue
thlrty-llvo Democratic senators to be
presont, almost half of them preferring
not to vole on the resolution.
Senutor John R. Saunders, of Saludu,
Oltored u resolution providing thut thu
terms of the Ottlcus of clerk, sergeant- j
ut-arms, and doorkeepers, be extended
from two to four yeurs. It was adopt- j
ed unanimously.
t'nucs Arc Chosen. I
Election of pages by senatorial'
blocks was declared the order of busi?
ness by the presiding o III cor. It ro-i
nulled In the selection of the follow?
ing paffes: Korest Graves, Wurd Jones,
Thompson Kison, and Johnson Cook,
i'itge lUson is the son of Senator
George T. Bison, of Pittsylvanla.
Senator A. C. ilurman, of Illchniond
city, introduced a motion, which was
seconded and carried, authorising the
chairman to appoint a steering com?
mittee to consist of live members. To
serve on this committee Chairman
Kison, appointed Senator J. M, Hart,
of Hoanoko, chairman; Senator A, H.
Ilobbs. of Prince George; Senator N.
IS. Early, Jr., of Greene; Senator Bland
Musule, of Nelson; und Senator 11. C. L. ,
Monctiro, of staiford.
It was moved and carried thut the'
House caucus be requested to join tue
Senate In a joint caucus on Thursday
night at 6 o'clock. Adjournment fol?
lowed at 9:6C> o'clock.
li.Mi ? Caucus,
Captain W. W. linker, "father of the
House," called tho caucus to order on
hi* side, ami itoblnson Moncuru. of
Alexandria, culled the roll.
John S. liar wood, of Richmond, nom?
inated Edwin I*. Cox, also of this city,
for chairman of the caucus for the
fession. Thls was seconded by Judgu I
Martin Williams, of Gilos, and was |
mndo unanimous,
On motion of S. H. Dove, of Ltincn
burg, seconded by C. \V. Throckmorton,
of llenrlco, Berkley D. Adams, of
Charlotte, was made secretary of the
caucus.
The ru'.eB of the House of Delegates
were adopted as the rules of tha cau?
cus.
Aiden Hell, of Culpeper, nominated
Richard Evelyn Byrd for Speaker, al?
though he forgot to call the name of
his favorite. Captain Bakor did 11 In
the seconding speech.
Clerk Is Elected.
Following the speech of Mr. Byrd.
Judge Williams nominated John \V.
Williams, of Giles, for clerk of the I
House. He said that the position was !
tho most important within the gift of .
the House. Mr. Williams has been I
Clerk for ten years, and prior to his |
first election he was journal clerk for !
eight years. Many complimentary !
things were ?ald In tne seconding
speeches, made by Walter Tansill
Oliver, of Fairfax; W. G. Parker, of
Portsmouth, and Mr. Eove. Mr. Wil?
liams made a neat speech of accept?
ance. '
.1. M Johnston, fur eighteen year?
sergeant -r-t-nrm.-t, wi,s renomlnattd,
the speeches being by n. A. White, of
itockbrldge, and John W. Stephanien,
of Bath.
Mr. Harwood nominated Coonsl S. M.
Newhouse for first doorlceeper, saying
he had tried to "rlnK n Bell." referrinif
to hlj contest last summer for the scat
from Culpeper held by Mr. Bell. In ac.
ceptlhg, Mr. Xcwhougo said tint Mr
Harwood was trying to "slaughtsr a
Lamb."
For .?.?r-ind doorkeeper, the following
nominations were mail*: J. D. lley
nolds, of Plttsylvanla. by J. M. Gregory
and C. Vs' Anderson; both of his r.iun
ty; Thomas W. Colloy, of Washington,
by Rev. E. 0. Buck, of that o.vnty,
and Mr. Love; C. A. Truslow, by W. D.
Peyton, of Stafford; H. R. Houston, of
Hampton, ami Messrs. Oliver and Be'.l:
J. W. Farrar, of Richmond, by C'lptiln
.lohn A. Curtis. Mr. Truslow'a voto
was so large that friends of his oppc
hentc made it unanimous before tt wax
announced.
Warm Hehnle IJnmit?.
Then came the resolution fn*n tho
Sfnate regarding the Coflo. Judge Wil?
liams moved Its adoption. Mr. White.
Of Rockbridge. vlKorounly opposed It
PILES CURED IN 0 TO 14 DAYS.
Your druggist will refund monay it
PA7.0 OINTMENT falls to cure any
cose of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Pro?
VueUl. Piles >fl I W JW f?9Z?t ?Po.
Tho State, he said, hud already D<*en
cunvaused for certain men, and aow it
v.-la- proposed to tie tho. hands of the
friends of othera. He aald be would
never voto for a bill for revision of the.
Codo unless the numos of the insu were
In the bill. When the matter wae up
before, uoruo names wuro suggested
of men who were not qualified for the
work, and some wqre proposad for
purely political rousi/hs.
Judge Williams said he had intro?
duced the resolution by request, and
that he hn<[ no Interest In any pro?
posed revision. He knew that at a
lormer SiSSlOll, after tho bill had
passod the House, it was killed tiec.ru>o
a canvass was being inudo for men
Who could not revise an almanac. But
if tile names were put In tho bill, un?
less It were posslbla to represent all
Interests In their selection, It would
never pass. He thought the proposed
resolution would do good in prevent?
ing a general scramble before the bill
was even enacted.
Hill Montague, of Richmond, took u
similar position. He said the resolu?
tion should puss, notwithstanding the
fancied fear of the member from Rack
brldgo. Ho \va? proceeding to elabo?
rate when Mr. White made the point
that the matter was not properly be?
fore the caucus, In that It had not hem
included in the call. In this Judge
Williams fully concurred, and it ws:it
ovsr without any suggestion us to
when it would come up tinittn, If evor. j
H Is hoped that the.agitation will pru- i
dueo the desired olfect.
Jud?e Dcur'a Defense.
The statement issued yesterday b>
Judge John O. Dow Is ns follows:
"in The Times-Dispatch of January
9 Instant, thero appeared an arilclo
with the caption In large type, ?Dew
Attacked Upon UIh Record,' and be?
ginning. 'Used by the opponents of
Judge John G. Dew for re-election as
.Second Auditor of Virginia of the
Statements regarding the affairs uf his
office made by tho Joint Auditing Com.
mltleo a little more than a year ago,
was tho development yesterday of the
contest between Judgo Dow and Knse
well Page.'
"To this publication, appearing but
a few days boioro tho election, I feel I
impelled to reply, although the reply |
be brief. In regard to the $1,?00 appro-1
prlntlon for tho employment of an ex?
pert bookkeeper, tho report us quoted]
by you, says: "This amount of S1.S00;
bus been used by Iho Second Auditor,
to incrcaso tho salaries of two of Irls
clerks S4Q0 each, and to pay an addi?
tional employe, known us a stenogra?
pher, a salary of $1,000. So it appears
that Instead of an expert bookkocpor
tho need of such an employe having
been Impressed upon tho Assembly, |
the otllce has employed a stenograph?
er, an employe not authorized by law,
and has increased the salaries of two
clerks, whose remuneration Is fixed by
luw.'
lion l'ultl Accountant.
"in reply to this, 1 will say simply,
;>ui most positively, thut every cent
drawn under Hint appropriation lias
been paid to the accountant alone?not
one cent go.: .? to any one olse. Ti n.
however, I have previously stated, and
is a fact, which can be verltied vory
easily.
"Now a word as to the selection of
the accountant. At the lime I applied
lor the appropriation for tili? audi?
tion to my official force, 1 considered
no attache ot tho olliee possessed of
quulllics of an expert und to whom 1
was willing tu assign the dutlos of
opening and keeping the new system
of accounts.
"After tho appropriation was made,
out bel'orc It became available, and
while Mr. \V. F. Smith, who Is well
Known uo an expert accountant, was
f elected by tlio State Accountant to 1
direct the making and opening of a]
new sjt of books. Starting them with ]
th,? varlua accounts of the oflico, thus
grouping them till In onn genoral \
ledger. This tie did, working from 3 ?
Until 11 o'clock 1?. M. for a period of
gpvera] months. During this tlino he 1
had assisting him?voluntarily and
Without pecuniary reward?Mr. R. 12.
it. Marshall, a clerk in this ofllce, who
was not without clerical oxperlone of
the kind needed, and who, under the !
Smith's spcelul and Immediate guidance I
and direction, It seems became sultl- I
clently well qualified to succeed Mr. i
Smith in keeping the new books, with 1
which he hud been In touch from the
lime they w ere Installed In this of- i
lice.
SUKScntcd by Smith.
"It wus not until after Mr. Smith
had concluded his work, und 1 had np- '
piled to him to nominate to me such
p.rso. ns he considered fully qualified
to take up and till the position of
general bookkeeper of the otnee. He
then with expressed confidence sug?
gested Mr. Marshall as well and fully
? instilled for the duties.
"Until this suggestion of Mr. Smith'?
I expected to go beyond the limits j
of the ofllce for such an accountant, I
and would then have appointed one on
the recommendation of Mr. Smith, or |
some other well known accountant.
To the Policyholders of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society:
The burning of the home office building at
120 Broadway will cause but temporary in?
convenience in the transaction of our busi?
ness. The loss of the building itself will make
no reduction in the society's assets, for it has
not been carried as an asset, on account of its
small size, its age and the high value of the
land on which it rests. The securities and
important records are protected by fire-proof
vaults, which are intact. Most of the office
force and records were removed some time
ago to the Society's new building. No. 2 Albany
Street. The executive offices of the Society
and the cashier's department have been estab?
lished in the City Investing Building, No. 165
Broadway, The Society will occupy the 2nd,
3rd and 4th floors of that building. This will
for the time being be the home office of the
Society, where all business with the public will
be transacted, including the receipt of prem?
iums and the payment of claims.
W. A. DAY, President.
i
..e services of Mr. Marshall since his
appointment hnve verified all that Mr
Smith said about him as competent
to continue In charge of the books. H<
lias bcon ns satisfactory as any one
I could have selocted, and I fool thnl
In appointing him I have filled the
position effectually.
"The appointment of Mr. Marshall
to this new position after his resig?
nation as clerk creutod a vacancy in :
tho regular clerical force of this of
flee, for which I seleted a genetlman
well recommended as a good clerk, |
nn l In addition a good stenographer.
In uoth of which he hns given entire I
satisfaction. Tho duties of the oflleo I
In Its correspondence feature made It I
greatly desirable that one of the
Clerks should possess the additional
capacity of stenographer, und I se?
lected one with this qualification. But
1 have not appointed a special steno?
grapher, aa the impression seems to
bo.
"The above sets forth the plain
facts In the case.
(Signed) "JOHN G. DEW,
"Second Auditor of Virginia."
NOTE OF CAUTION IS
SOUNDED BY BYRD
Says State Agencies Must Pause and Readjust
Themselves, Instead of Asking fcr More
Money?i.quaiization of Assessment to
Be Most important Task before
Session.
Following is the speech rr.udo last
night lay Klchard Evelyn Byrd in ac?
centing renoinlnatlon as Speaker a? ,
the hands of the House Democratic I
caucus: , i
In 11)06 Virginia embarked upon an I
un ixampled period of governmental J
ctxpanslon. In 1906, si,677,786.04 wus j
hp 'lit for education. In It'll tho Slate
spent for the same purpose $2,626,- I
994.37. In 1906 nothing was spent for!
highways. The amount expended In
building roads In 1J11 was {273,031.79.
Since 1905 the Dairy and Food Com
mission, the Board of Public Health,
the State Epileptic Colony, the Catawba
Sanatorium anil the H.ghway Commis?
sion have all been established and are
all supported by State taxation.
These are worthy objects and the
result.i have In the main Justified tho
expenditure, but In uclwlevlng them
the resources of the State were strain?
ed to a degree which we must now
regar , under existing financial con?
dition.! oh perilous. This General As?
sembly must practice rigid economy,
and tills phrase translated In terms
of existing conditions mcuns that our
appropriation hill fhould not carry
more than $13,000,000 for tho two years
ol 1912 and 1913.
i The Penitentiary Contract.
I On the 1st of May. 013. the pent
ter.tla shoe contract will terminate. |
r .jllc opinion does not seom to favor
!? renewal. If not renewed it means
that the Stale will Ioho the hire of
the convicts, which last year amounted
to o.780. In addition, the 1,200 or
more convicts must be put to somo
public work, such as road building,
und maintained out of tho Stato fund.
Then in 1813, as compared to 1912, tho
Stale losing the hire and paying for
maintenance of tho oonvlcts will suf?
fer a largely increased annual financial
burden Tor which thin Goneral As?
sembly must make provision.
'1 he Federal Income Tax Amendment.
Should a sufficient number of States
ratify the proposed sixteenth amend
uio..t to tho Constitution of the United
States. Virginia must surrender to the
l''cderul Treasury the $130,000 which
In round numbers she now annually
receives from the State Income tax.
This tax will, if permitted to remain
a subject of State taxation, become In
th.6 future much more fruitful of rev?
enue than It Is now.
No More Expansion for the Present.
Tho creation and extension of pub?
lic functions, except in the direction
of securing equalization of assess?
ments, should cease for a time, so
that the new governmental agencies
may find themselves and organize
7h&r& B?
One
9f
USED THE WORLD OVER TO OURE A COLD M OtSE DAY.
Always remember the full name Look
(or thlo slgouturo on every box S6o.
uc mm wwu*r mww ? ? ?
their work. There Is a certain amount
of waste and Inefficiency which In?
variably attends any uuddon Increase
of public function, und the beut In- ,
tere. .a of Virginia now demand a
period of adjustment, of taking stuck, |
01 lmprovomont of methods, rather
than the creation of new agencies.
A concrete Illustration of what I mean
Is the fact that we have built ex?
pensive highways without adequato
provision tor their upkeep. The rapid
deterioration of somo of our newly
bu.it roads hau not only workod tho
practical loss of the Investment, but
a discouragement of highway cnthu
Giubiu. A roud which la beyond the
resources of tho locality to mulntuiii,
should not be built, and tho upkeep
of any road should bo aa carelully
considered and safely provided for us
the cost of constructions. My obser?
vation is that there has been much
misdirected zeal and much unnecessary '
waste In tho matter of road build?
ing.
The ICduentlonal System.
The educational system of lhu State
for a while at least may Und r. use?
ful Held for Ita enorgies in considering
how the present great appropriationu '
may be most frultiuUy expended, and ?
should not seek inoro monoy iroui the '
taxpayers until, the whole system sot- I
ties more llrinly upon its foundations |
und ? nil tho iramondous expundlon j
which it has achieved in tho last six I
years acquires greater consiHtenoy and l
a more accurato adjustment to the !
public needs.
In 1'?11 the total expenditures for'
governmental purposos, exclusive of '
tne Interest on the public debt and
ir.pem.ee Incident to tne care of Con
fed orate veterans, wits ?4.b01.277.26;
o ...is amount more than half, or $2,- I
62ti.904.37 was paid by the Slate lor
public education. The counties and .
cities by taxation nnd by borrowing
from the ltlerary fund and to some '
extent from other sources contributed '
tho additional amount of S3,36s,240.39.
Thus the amount of public moneys ex
pond for educational purposes in
1911 amounted to the groat sum of 15,
?95,234.76. Until we reform our tax
system and compel the under-aaseHsej
counties to pay a fair portion of tax,
tne Slate can hardly greatly Increase
this huge expenditure.
School Dooks.
Tn this State there is a school book
adoption every two years. One adop?
tion Is for high schools and tho other
Is for the grammar and primary
grades. TherG is no sense in this. It
keeps the book agent on tho Job all
the lime. All school books should be
adopted by the Sluto Board of Educa?
tion ; t the same time. I would favor
a law requiring tuu State Board of
Education to extend the present adop?
tion until 1916, and in making any
new adoptions to forbid any change of
books unless the reasons for each
change ure roported to thu General
Assembly. It is my opinion a just
complaint that there are loo many
unnecessary books required to be
bought and studied by our children,
and that some of these now on tho .
list could bo ttdvantogeously dropped. !
This criticism is made with a full
realization of the splendid progress
whioh has been made, In educational
work In Virginia slnoe 1906.
Tax Urform.
The greatest work which this As- 1
sombly will be called upon to per?
form is a reform of the vicious tax
laws which have for years oppressed
this State and hindered Its normal de
vel proenU Undor existing law. as?
sessments sxe made by looal ofllolalo
responsible to no contral or oo-ordl
natlng authority. They reflect local
sentiment and their assessments which
are the measure of the local contribu?
tions to the State Treasury for State
purposes, are too often unoonsclen
tlously lowered to escape tho Juot bur?
den of an equal tax.
In many counties lands and personal
property are under-aosessed to such
an extent that these counties. Instead
of contributing to the common purse,
actully draw from tho State Treas?
ury annually largo stuns of money to
.JMlaUta i&filt liurett laoal /?av?vBv-l
merit. Cortaln counttci of this State
have In oftoct lmpouod a tribute: upon
this Commonwealth and iinnuulty exact
(rum their sister oounties tuuusandr
of dollars for their own domestic pur?
poses. To the extent ihm theso coun?
ties cscapo their Just tuxes, to the
same oxtont do they Impose unjust
burdens upon their more honeut sis
tors. Somo oountles ol this Slate bay*
beneiiied by this unworthy ?ruft In
the last twenty years to tho extent
of hundreds of thousands of dollars. ]
can muko my meuiiine, clearer by giv?
ing a few conorcie Illustrations:
Scott county has u white population
of 23,614. This county In la 11 drew
out of the Stulc Treasury for her
purely loeul purposes over and above |
the umount puld In by her, the sum
of 117,IUI.80. In addition she drew
In pensions tho sum of 18,122,60, mak?
ing in all $26,822.43 paid to bur on her
citizens more tiiuu tho total amount
contributed by hor. Curroll county,
with a white population of 21,110,
draws for county expenses and pension
money $27,7Srv,G4, more than her total
State tax. Grayeon draws $16,821.42,
more than she pays In. Many counties
of this State with large non-tux-pay?
ing negro populations, gallantly pay
tholr own oxpenaes und the ncontrl
bute large sums to the domestic gov?
ernment of big whito counties )lk?
Scott, Carroll and Crayson. Grayson
county taxes her hogs at $1.16 each; |
hor cattlo at 86.14 each. Henrico
taxca her hogs at $6.70 each, and
Lrfiudoun taxes hor cattlo at $28.21
each. The reault is thai counties like
Loudoun, Henrico, Frederick, Fuuquler,
rtocklnghum and Augusta 11 rat puy
tholr own exponsos, then their pro?
portion of general or 8tale expenses,
and then contribute to the local gov?
ernments of counties llko Scott, Car?
roll, Grayson, Franklin, Patrick and
Floyd. Owing to tho large number
of counties who aro cut-worms of the
Treasury, instead of contributors, it Is
an astounding fact that the city of
Richmond pays moro net revenue Into
the Stato Treasury by $139.140.11 than
all the hundred counties of the Stato
put together.
Could Reduoc Tau'.
Is there any wonder, with many
countios contributing nothing to tho
general government, but actually suck?
ing a largo part of their local ex?
penses out of the public treasury, that ,
the State has not the funds to develop
as she should, her own great and
necessary activities? After a pains?
taking investigation 1 am prepared 1
to say that oven an approximate equal- I
izatlon of assessments would Justify j
a tax reduction of 10 cents on the
$100 and loavo a revenue sufficient for
tho legitimate development of every
Stato function. The State Tax Com?
mission found standing In the path
of every desirable reform th? ob?
structing figure of the inequality of
assessments.
Tho ideal tax system la segrega?
tion of subjocta of taxation, leaving;
certain subjects to the counties and
giving othor subject to the state. So 1
for aa the Stato la concerneri th:
woula eliminate nny question of In?
equality, fiut here, as everywhere,
the commission fount! that no for?
ward step could be safely taken until
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Signature of
Col. Frank P. McConnell
Assumes Presidency of the
Manchester National Bank
At a meeting of the board of direc?
tors of the Manchester National Bank,
held at their banking house to-day, lie
board of directors unanimously elect' -;
Colonel Prank P. McConnell as protd
dent of this bank.
Colonel McConnell 1b a bank man of
wide experience, having enjoyed a very
successful banking caraer for a num?
ber of years In connection with the
Arkansas Valley Trust Company and
other Arkansas and Oklahoma banking
Institutions.
He Is a son of the late Colonel Wil?
liam Kennedy McConnell, of Alabama,
a distinguished Confederate officer, and
Is tha son-in-law of ax-Govornor
H?ge Tyler, of Virginia. His large
connections and his ability and expe?
rience as a bunk man brings to the
Southslde bank an acquisition of the
first Importance.
Mr. W. I* Walters, who has been
president of the Manchester National
Pank since Its organization, nnd Mr
A. A. Adklns are tho vlce-nreslden!:<
of the bank, wjth Mr. D. C. Ballord
ns car.hier und Mr. W. J. Fisher as as?
sistant cashier. Tho entire board of
dire-tors was re-elected.
A*, a meeting of the stockholders
tust previous to the directors' meet?
ing, a sta'lernsnt of the bnnk for the
post year wa? submitted, which showed
a very satisfactory condition of the
sffalrs of rho hank.
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