The times dispatch. [volume], January 31, 1912, Page 2, Image 2

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SAYS BOOK TRUST
IS "REASONABLE"
Cornrnittee Says It Violates Con?
tracts, but Is of Service to Pub?
lic?Love Approves It.
The Virginia Book Company exer?
cises control over the distribution of
?school books In this State, accord?
ing to the report made on this subject
by the special committee of the I
Houio of Delegates yesterday. In
this sense, the concern is a trust.
Much of the report goes over ground !
already covered by reports of the
hearings, which the committee held.
Tho report Is signed by Chairman S.
T. A. Kent and YV. A. Willeroy, while
a minority report Is presented by S.
H. Love. In view of the tone of both
papers. It Is rogardod as Improbable
that the Legislature will proceed fur
the'.r In this matter.
However, there Is some violation of
contracts'by the publishers. The eon- i
cern gets' 20 per cent, for Itn work
In handling the entire situation.. The
local dealers get 10 per cent. The com?
mittee believes that more 'local mon
ehoul 1 be allowed to handle tho books.
The tendency of the company Is to
lessen the number. There Is ft conflict,
the committee believes, between the
contracts of tho Virginia Book Com?
pany and the publishers, and between
the lauer and the State Eoard of Edu?
cation.
Still tho committee cannot see how
the existence of the Virginia Book
Company and Its methods of doing
business can possibly affect school ,
public policy, and it says that the i
methods of distribution of hooks is |
much improved because of the or?
ganization of this concern.
The Virginia Hook Company is not
a trust, according to Mr. Love's
minority report. Its success Is a mat?
ter of surprise, and it is of great ben?
efit, he thinks, to the schools of Vir?
ginia.
ho?secIsTders
tax reform bill
(Continued from first page.)
hall of the House of Delegates. This
side feels that It is still entitled to
four hours of time, on an equal dl
vision. In addition to whatever time I
may be consumed in closing by Rev. ',
James Cannon and Rev. J. D. McAllS- j
ter, who will make tho concluding I,
remarks. So It Is doubtlul if the hear?
ing can be ended to-night
nook Company Iteport.
The report of the special committee
p.ppolntcd to Investigate the Virginia
Book Company was largely nlong the
lines stated in The Times-Dispatch
yesterday. It has some criticisms to
make on the methods of doing busl
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A double-faced all-wool,
warmth, minus-weight over?
coat; strapped seams, bellows
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in ample folds, straight back,
full chesty effect.
Odd patterns and peculiar
weaves, heavy, fuzzy and
woolly, not many of them, but
enough for wide awake men
who want to save $12.25?the
$33 Coats are $22.73.
Other stylos and grades, of
course.
$16 Overcoats at $9.75.
$BO Overcoats at $36.
Cinches!
ness. and has suggestion* as to better?
ments. It cannot, however, see howl
the continuance of tho practices of
the company can effect school public j
policy. In fact. It finds that conditions!
have Improved since Its formation.
In his minority report. Mr. Love <
says that the Virginia Book Company I
is not a trust, but merely the agent I
of tho publlchers. Its operations, ho
thinks, are a distinct benefit to tho
schools of Virginia. ?
The anti-gamblng bill emerged
again from the Committee on General
Laws yesterday morning, but with
many of Its features cut out. It still
prohibits playing any game, for money,
but no longer refers to betting, nor
does It give concurrent juyisdlclon to
circuit and magistrates' courts in
gambling cases. Its patron, Sir. Ste- i
phenson, of Rath, will secure another
test vote, he snys, before he gives
up tl'o fight.
1 HOUSE \\
Among the bills roported favorably J
to the House from committees yester-!
day were three from General Laws?
amending the hotel .nspcc?on law by
making it apply to hotels uf more
than seven rooms instead of more than
ten, and making the inspection fees'
more elastic; the Fltzhugh bill pro- j
hibiling treating in saloons; the antl
gambling bill, with very important i
amendments.
Mr. Houston rend a petition from
the ltctuil Merchants' Association, of
Elizabeth C-ty county, asking for the
passage of the Byrd Tax Commission
bill.
Tho majority and minority reports
of the special committee appointed to
Investigate tho Virginia Book Com?
pany wore filed and ordered printed.
The Senate bill amending tlie char?
ter of tlio town of Warrenton, was
taken up out of its order. On motion
of Mr. Weaver, the constitutional read?
ings were dispensed with, and it was
paieed. j
Tax 1)111 Considered. I
The hour of 11:30 having arrived,
the Tax Commission bill, made the
special order, was read by the clerk.
The House agreed to go Into commit?
tee of the whole for consideration
of the measure, and Edwin P. Cox
was elected chairman of the commit?
tee.
Addressing tho committee, Richard
I Evelyn Byrd sold he desired the mat
! tor thoroughly discussed from the
; standpoint ol the good Of the Stale,
and that when the measure passes ;ti
, should be the tax bill of the House of
Delegates of Virginia and not of any
Individual. To that end. when changeB
In It wero 'agreed to, ho would move
that It be recommitted to the Com?
mittee on Finance, for redrafting In
accordance with tho Ideas of a ma?
jority of the House.
. Conditions, said Mr. Byrd, have be?
come a byword in Virginia. A re?
form was imperative.
Segregation, in his opinion, consti?
tuted the Ideal reform. If It wore pos?
sible to divide the sources and ex
I pendlturos of revenue so that each
locality could regulato Us own as- ;
sessments and tax rate, without af- |
f ecttng the State or any other sec?
tion, he would gladly support it. But)
assessments are so uncqunl at pres?
ent that segregation was Impossible I
without grave Injustice to many coun
ties in the State. At present It was
not a practical solut'on, but would
become so after a few years of equal- j
Izatlon.
Initial Clause Pon%bt.
Mr. Byrd read the flrfit clause of the
first section of the bill, this being the
only feature considered throughout
the day. It is as follows:
"Be It enacted by the General As
?' sembly of Virginia, that a State
i Tax Commission be, and the same :s
] hereby created to he composed of the
Governor, the chairman of the Finance
j Committee of the Senate, the rhalr
I man of the Finance committee of the.
j House, the chairman of the State Cor?
poration Commission, the Attorney
General, the Treasurer of the Com
l monwcalth, the Atld'tOr of Public Ac
, counts and the Stato Tax Commis?
sioner hereinafter provided for."
) The Speaker said he was fully
i aware Hint tb^re was quite a powerful
I sentiment it: favor of a commission
[.composed of three paid men. to de
; vote rill their time to the work. In
I stead of the honorary membership of
State pffi't ial>. The extra salaries, said
; Mr. Byrd, would he but R drop In
' the bucket, and ho would make no
I right against such ?< change, if the
House aaw 0t to adopt the ohango as
suggested, ho would accept It.
Should 11? Three Men.
Hill Montague, who, with Walter
T&ntilll Olivor, has prerarod a bill pro?
viding for throo commissioners, ad?
dressed tho oommlttee. He said that
the Legislature <s met at the outset
with the statement that tho State has
uo monoy, and that there is a crying
necessity Cor tax reform. Tho salary
question wus of no r-omont in uo groat,
a work. He thought one commis?
sioner would oxercls-- too-much power,)
and that if It had boon thought wise
to give the State Corporation Com?
mission three members to assoss the
proporty of public servloo companies,
certainly there should be as many
to superviso assessments of individual
property. i
If there were to be a commission
at all. said Hugh A. Wh'te. of Kook
brldge, there should certainly bo three
members. In tho first place, no one
could got real service without paying
for it. Then, the executive and Judi?
cial powers were too much ni'xed. Tho
Attorney-General might bo called upon
to prosecute violations of rules which
he himself had holpod to make, and
the Governor to pardon violators of
law8 which ho h.td frumcd. Men in
61. rgo of such work should bo well
paid nnd give their undivided time, ,
Wants Segregation.
Hut he thought the whole proposi?
tion an effort to go back 150 years
and centralize power. Ho favored j
complete segregation, which, he said, !
would settlo tue problem at one stroke.
Mr. Houston favored the three-man
proposition. He bellovod that the State
was facing an important epoch, und
felt that it was for her best interests.
Then S. H. Love, of Lutienburg, got
the floor, with a speech right from
the heart. Ho opposed arming men
with signal powors such us proposed.
He thought if commissioners of the
revenue do not do their duty, State
olllclals should prosocute them. He
regretted the tendency in old Virginia,
to place powor in a single man, which j
ho called despotism.
In passing, lie roferrod to the "un-;
limited, boundless power given to tho
State Board of Education, which has,
placed tho collar of educational serf-i
dorn upon the people of this old State.";
A protest against, this power, lie said,'
Is going up from the Potomac to the
Dan.
Pleads for Freedom.
Eloquently he told of tho Washing?
ton Monument, und of the llgure of
Patrick Henry plendlng for freedom.)
Complimenting the monument, he said'
it wisely showed JefferHon with a j
quill pen, instead of a fountain pen.
He pleaded with the Legislature to
allow Virginia to' remain under those
laws which have helped her to such
greotness. Ho would not accept three
commisslonnrs didn't want any of!
them.
Mr. Throckmorton asked Mr. Love'
what ho thought of the situation when
property In Mathews county is assess->
cd at 13 per cent, of its selling value,'
as shown by the tru.nsferu, while that
in Hcnrlco Is assessed at 65 per cent
He replied that the Attorney-General
should prosecute sueh cases. In re?
ply to another question, Mr. Love said,
that his farm is assessed at i-< an acre,
and Is worth about $10, nnd that the
property of the Virginian Hallway
close by Is assessed at one-eighth Its
vnluo. Tho Speaker then announced .
that it was his (intention to make a
provision that railroad property should
be equalized ulong with others. j
Mr. Love closed with ti passionate'
appeal not to so change tne old seal
and flag of Virginia as to put on
the collnr of the State Ucard of Edu-.
cation and the shackles of a Tax Com?
mission, and change the motto to "Vir?
ginia in captivity."
Taxes lu Lunenburg.
Mr. Byrd, regaining the floor, said
lie sympathized with Mr. Love?that
inasmuch as tho lutter's county of
Lunenburg draws out of the State
treasury $G,000 a year more than it
puts in, it wus natural thut he should
object to an equal ussessmcnt. He
said that ho expected some members to
show patriotic unselfishness and acti
for the good of the State.
Mr. Montague offered his suggestion I
for a commission of three members,
to be elected by the Legislature, so
as to get It before the committee of
the whole.
Judge Williams feared that the pro- 1
ceedings might commit memlbers for |
tho bill against their wishos, but Mr.
Byrd said it would be understood
thai the situation would result In no.
committals.
Mr. White here offered for the com?
mittee's consideration a substitute for
the whole, instructing the Finance
Committee to secure ilgures from the
Auditor and prepare a bill for com- I
plcto segregation of sources of reve?
nue, so os to let public service cor?
poration tuxes und license taxes go to
tho State, and let tho codntles pay
their own ciiminul expenses save when 1
these exceed $100 in a single case, j
Thon the counties could Increase the
levy where necessnry. If liquor licenses
should be lost tho State could reach
out and take all the licenses.
Commission's Figures.
Mr. Oliver said tho adoption of the '
White substitute would defeat any re?
lief at this session, for the committee
could not do the work necessary. He
said the report of the Tax Commission
shows that segregation Is at present
impossible.
Some little stir was created here '
by a statement from Mr. White that
Hie figures of the Tax Commission are
I erroneous?that he could prove tho
maker of the report admitted that
some of them were wrong. The entire
report, he proceeded, allowed that it
was intended to point to centralized
power. i
Mr. N'orrls inquired If tho Byrd prop?
osition ol equalization of railroad
property would not interfere with tho
work of the State Corporation Com?
mission. The Speaker replied that the
Constitution glvv) tile Legislature the
right to change the method of assess?
ment after ll>13. i
Addressing himself directly to the
segregation proposition, Mr. Byd said
he had carefully watched the ieglsla
I ttve career of Mr. White, of Bock
I bridge.
"I regret," he said, ?'that hin ability
is destructive and not constructive. Ilo
1 has a clear and accurate mind, good
knowledge and Judgment of the law.
I wish he wou)d address his abilities
toward trying to help those who are
trying to do something lu the way of
building up. rather than to allp.n him?
self with those who criticize and try
to defeat the. constructive propositions
r.f others. II? has brought here no
i bin. no definite proposition. He mere
1 ly says liiere ale figures In the Audi?
tor's olllce, yet he bases no construc?
tive legislation upon th"m "
I'iihmIIiU' l.ittcr On.
Continuing, Mr. Byrd said that at
tills Juncture he would not dare vote
for segregation. But within seven or
eight year.-, under it iiysir.m of equali?
zation, such a course would become
possible. There are only four states,
he said, which huvc no boards of
There B& OnB& One
'Bromo UuMM?9
That is
USED THE womjo OVEtl TUT ?URE A COLO IM OHE DAT,
Always remember tho full name Look i*sf 'Jl^
for this nlguature on every box 26o. ^^Qj/^yy-f^fc^
LEGISLATIVE COMMENT
By LEWIS H. MACHEN.
TAXATION-III.
As was expected, tiie first broadside
ftrod against tlw Byrd Tax Commis?
sion bill wa6 aimed at Its centralizing
featuroB. The beauties of local self
government were extolled and the
horrors and daugois of concentrating
powers In a State commission were
dwelt upon.
There has been an ocean of talk
from time to time un the subjeot of
so-callod government by commission:
yet all of the States have gradually
como to the conclusion thut commis?
sions of various kinds are OBsantlal
to an uffoctlve government of any
kind. The same idoa has also grown
at; rospocls the Federal government.
Experience has shown that for the
exercise of nimiy uovcrnmontal func?
tions a commission Is admirably
adapted.
No commission can justify Us ex?
istence unless It Is clothed with pow?
ers In a concentrated form \tshlch were
formerly diffused. The essence of
every commission, therefore, Is the
centralisation of power, duty and re?
sponsibility.
Whan the general government, or
any of His .state governments, proposed
the establishment or a corporation or
commerce commission to exercise a
control over sundry kinds of corpora?
tions which was originally exercised
by other departments of government,
there has always liecn an outcry
against such a proceeding. The pro?
posal was denounced as a movement in
the direction of some kind of tyianny.
Dire dlsastor wur predicted and pos?
sible benelits were lost sight of.
Experience has shown that these
prophets of evil saw only through a
glass darkly. Seldom, If ever, has a
backward Btep been found necissary
In such cases. The tendency Is rather
tu Increaso the number of commis?
sions, to give theui greater authority,
and clothe them with more Imposing
dignity.
No one would ihir.k now of abolish?
ing our Staus Corporation Commis?
sion any more than of doing away
with tho Interstate Commerco Com?
mission. It is difficult to understand
how any greater danger can be anti?
cipated from a commission to super?
intend the assessment of property and
the distribution of the burdens of tax?
ation.
To listen to some members :f the
Legislature, It might bo Inferred that
they considered the State government
us In some way foreign and antagonis?
tic to the government of the several
counties and cities; that the latter
were tho original and tho former woa
tho derived source of power. The re?
verse Is the fact. The counties and
cities owe their being to the authority
distributed among them by the parent
State government. Both the State and
local government* belong to the peo?
ple of the State. They should not be
hostile, but co-operative. The powers
which can best he administered local?
ly should be left to local authorities,
and tho matters which concern tho
whole State should be under the di?
rection and control of the State gov?
ernment.
Whatever relates to the State rev?
enue Is n concern of the State. To
leave to each locality a discretion as
to what proportion It shall bear of the
burden of running the State govern?
ment i j to offer a bribe to each to
shift as much as possible to the shoul?
ders of all the rest. Therefore, as long'
as the State derives its revenues from 1
the taxes contributed by the several
counties and cities, just so lone must
some central authority have tho power
to require an equitable contribution.
Every locality has a proportionate
interest In the successful adralnlstm.
lion of Hie Stale government. Every
one enjoys Its benefits and suitors
when It suffers. Just as the Stato gov?
ernment suffers wnen local govern
uiuni.i are crippled. This principle
would be modltied, but not destroyed,
by segregation. Each locality would
enjoy a monopoly of taxing certain
torinj of property, aud would, In ex
change, give up the right to share in
the taxes from other form?. Tho mu?
tual interdependence of tile Stale and
local governments would still exist,
und euch would grow und strengthen
with the other's growth and strength.
Speaker Byrd hue stated to the
House that segregation is the Ideal to
which his Tux Commission bill Is In
londcd to lead. Tho temporary Tux
Commission, however. has reported
thut it is now Impracticable, for the
reason that any scheme of segrega?
tion which tho commission was able
to devise would deprive some of tho
counties of the means of sulf-mainto
nance. It has been assertod thut the
llrst stop In the direction of segrega?
tion has always been tho establish?
ment of a board of equalization, und
that only four States, of which Vir?
glniu is one, are wholly without boards
of equalization. Necessarily, if segre?
gation is to be adopted, it will be
necessary to put It into operation at
a period sufficiently remote to allow
the several localities to adapt their
assessments to It. unless Bomo of them
can be induced to Increase their levies.
The State, too, would ilnd it neces?
sary to increase tho assessment upon
thoso forms of property from which
It will derive its revenues. The tran?
sition would doubtless prove violent
and produce one of those shocks to
the body politic which it Is the part
of statesmanship to avoid.
Moreover, there Is not sufficient data
at hand for the basis of any rational
and practical plan of segregation. No
one has yet undertaken to draft a
dettnlto scheme. At best, it would bo
founded upon estimates and built up
by guess-work. On tho other hand,
there is information enough available
for a program of equalization, and
that Is the logical movement at this
time.
The manner of constituting the com?
mission, as indicated In this column
yesterday, is a very pertinent subject
of discussion. The House, in commit?
tee of tho whole, seemed disposed to
favor a commission of throe, to give
their whole time to tho work, and bo
paid accordingly. This has many ad?
vantages and is probably better than
tho plan proposed by the hill. Whether
the members of the commission should
he elected by tho Legislature or by
the people, or appointed by th* Gov?
ernor on his sole responsibility, or
subject to confirmation by the Senate
or by the Legislature, should, of
course, be carefully considered. Pel
haps the Legislature will be Inclined
to elect the commission; yet It Is mo-e
than probable that appointment by the
Governor, subject to the approval of
the Legislature, would secure '.he best
results. When ?th? two prime ques?
tions as to tho propriety of establllil
Ing a commission and of selecting Its
members have been disposed of, tiie
details of its powers and duties may
ho adjusted, as In all such casos, by a
series of compromises.
equalization, Virginia being one of
those. The question Is now up to the
General Assembly, whether it will
enact Home salutary mensure or side?
step the Issue.
Mr. White spoke briefly In reply,
saying that he would do what he
deemed best for the State.
Tho whole proposition of tax reform
being brought before the committee
by the White substitute. Judge W|l
llama began his argument against the ;
Tax Commission plan. Me spoke but
a few moments, when he agreed to ?
yield to a motion that the committee
rise. He will have the floor when the ;
special order comes up to-day, and will
speak for the element which opposed
the plans of the commission.
The committee rose at 2 o'clock,
and Chairman Cox reported to the ;
House that the committee of the,
whole had considered House bill No. |
?5, and had arrived at no conclusion, i
The House then adjourned.
SENATE
The upper honsn convened at noon
with L'eutennnt-Governor J. Taylor Kl
lyson In the chair. Only small pro?
gress was made with the calendar tho
Senate adjourning at 1:15 to permit
members to attend committee meet
i 'rigs before taking the train for New?
port News for the annual banquet ten?
dered the General Assembly by the
Newport News Chamber of Commerce.
More than One-half of the Senators
made tho trip.
Tho calendar was taken up imme?
diately following reports from the
standing committees. Senator Foath
trslon's bill requiring persons carry?
ing deadly weapons to obtain a State
lleenso for s.o doing, was up for its
third reuding and aroused considerable
argument. Senator Snunders objected
; to the provision making a second of?
fense a felony and punishable with
Imprisonment in the penitentiary, and
I Senator Walker suggested that before
! passing the hill, provision ought to
I be made to annul the law at present
j in force.
To Protect Populace.
i The proposed law, said Senator
I Featherston, Increases the line from
J20 to |50 for the lirst offense, and
j leaves It with tho Judge to Impose a
( jail Bentonoe In addition to the line.
I It Is directed against tho lawless elc
| ment. especially negroes employed In
I public works, who make It n practice
! to carrv weapons at ull times and who
I frequently engage In brawls which
endanger the life nnd limb of innocent
onlookers. The Senator told of scv
The Early-Rison Bill.
I "ol hm i ii,; I? tin- fun and amended text of a MM to establish a co-ordinate
Stute college lor women nt or near tue Unlveratty of Virginia, Itu putroun
being Meaara. Early and lllaou:
>\hcrcu?, tlie State of Virttinln now Support? a university uiid ;lirre
other liintliutiona of ulKUer learning lor men. but does not otter to women
an opportunity for ontalulng au education of collega grade at any
State ncnnolj und
Whercun, tue time baa come to establish, if not now to operafo nnd
equip, u ?tute Institution jleldlns auch opportunity for wouten; an 1
?Vvlierena, a achool system whie? In thoroughly democratic niiint pro?
vide equal cdticutlonn! opportunity for ull Itn citltena without regard
to next mid
\\ hereus, there is now, on neeount of the large aud Increasing uumbcr
of high aeaanla In tlui St.iie. u large deuiuud for teucbera of both sexes 1
properly equipped for Iuiieu .,1? high neJaoulai
j. He it eiiuirted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That liiere
ahull be nuil la hereby, established ut or uenr the Uulvcralty of Virginia
a co-ordinate state college for women, wjilcb shall be ulilllated with the
University of Virginia, nnd ahull be open to white women upon the terms
anil conditions hereinafter set out.
Ii. The rector ?ind vlaltora of the I'niverslty of Virginia arc hereby
authorised anil directed to formulute plan? for such n college und plan*
for Ha proper .-?nutation with tlie University of Virginia, und um ?u<io
ua funds properly applicable thereto are avnllable, the Nald rector und
vlaltora ahull eauae to be erected the nccessury buildings and supply the
Decennary equipment und faculty for tbe bisher education of women jt or
neiir the University of Vlrglnl.it piovlded, however, that there ahull be
no coeducation 0f {he aexes ut the .mine time, and in tbc name class
room, nt the university.
'!. The ttald rector and visitors shall drat provide upon suitable lands
now owned by the Haid university, or upon lands to be donated or pur
chaaed adjueeut thereto, aa the aald rector and vlaltora may der ) mine,
an academic null Ifu,; tiuil su'U I ie biilla of residence, which auld oca
drnile building and balls of residence shall be for the exclusive uac nnd
occupation ot the faculty nuil Miidcntn ot tbc auld college i'ur 'lumen
hereby cMiihllshed.
4, The nald rector nnd visitor* nmy, In their dlaercllon, employ for
tlie purpurne of the aald college for women auch portion* of the time of
the teaching ntnlT nnd piich educntlonal equipment now employed und In
line In niul n bout tbe until uu|ve- slty an iibnll seem to them juat to the
faculty iimi tnttltutlou concerned, and ahall admit tbe atudentn of tbe
nuld college for women to the library, muneuma and other educntlonal c?
tnblIsiimeIX* of tbc unlveralty avnllable for common use under and upon
nueb IcrniN mid eoml It Ions us muy uppenr proper to tbe aald rector nud
Visitors, subject to the condltlona net forth In urtlelc tv.-.o. '
?'. The sal,i rector nnd visitors ahall first provide for the nnid col?
lege for women couracs In Instruction leading to the degree of haebe
lor of art* nud l>urheIor of ?etence of ciiunl grade to thnnc provided for
n en, nhlea ?nid degree nball be awnrded to the grail unten of auld
eollege f.ir ??outen upon tbe equivalent atiindnrdH of admission and grad?
uation mnl requirements na may he prescribed for atudenta at the Unl?
veralty of \irufnin in the same courses.
II. Tin- aald rector nnd vlaltora ahull ndd to the curriculum of auch
eollege for ?Mimen oddltlonul subjects nf hint ruction to thoae herein
iibu\e prescribed In uny ami nil depnrtmciila of higher education for
women tlint the anld rector and visitor? may deem proper and advisable,
na speedily uh funds therefor may be available, from the public treas?
ury, from private donations, or from other sourcca or Income.
7. There ahall be appointed by tbe Governor, for a term of four years,
und confirmed by the Senate, seven persons, who, with the rector anil
piealileiit nf thV university, abnll conntltute the "advisory board of.
tbe Mute College for Women." The rector of tho university and the
-president of the university ?bull be "ox-ofliclo" members of this advis?
ory board,
The sr. Id bonrd abnll elect l<? owu president and secretary, and va
caneien nlmll he filled aa Is prescribed iu like cases for the board of
visitors of the iinlvernlry. , '??
It ?hnll lie the dut-v of the nnid hoard to make recommendation* con?
cerning the Stale college for women to the aald rector and vlaltora, and
It abnll perform auch other duties In connection with Ibe auld college
nn It nmv lie renneated to perform by said rector nnd vlaltora.
X. <lmi lined atudenta from Virginia shall bo admitted to tbe aald col?
lege for mi.men. nod abnll be permitted to pursue tbe courses In ncn
ilemle and aelentlflc Instruction ofTcred (herein lipon the name terms for
feea nnd tuition na nre provided for men for similar courses in the nnl
vernlt>.
FREE DEMONSTRATION
Drawn trooTectutl photograph. Tan cccath* Unr?DN.M worth, ol calory p?r cere.
Come ana learn f&e mcdarrj, quick, aheap and
safe way to nae the el vat force ol dynamite to
Remove Stomps and Boulders. Plant Trees. Dig Ditches.
Break Up Subsoils and Hake Old Farms Produce Big Crops.
RED
CROSS
DYNAMITE
Will Be Demonstrated on the Farm ol
W. King Davis, one mile East of Marmora,
February 1, 1:30 P. M.
Red Cross Dynamite is sold by J. E. Perkinson
& Company.
Agricultural Blaster Wanted. *[*F*?. "d rt"6 7*!?
o be done lot lumen who do not want to do
Iheit own bleJting. We will leech you the work tod help you get i?. II inteteited eltend thit
dcmooiUaiion and tell oui representative ycu wect to lean Waiting. He will thow you hov.-.
eral rases of this nature which oc?
curred recently In Lynchburg. The
small fine Imposed by the present lew,
be aald, had no effect In reducing the
evil.
On motion the bill w0? passed by to
permit of tho lncorpoi atlon of minor
aiuondmentB, .Senator Saunders thought
that the bill should contain some pro
vision winch would tree bunk cashiers
and their assistants from several
features of the proposed law.
Tren?urer?' Dill Trlilur.
Senator Thornton moved that Hduie
bill No. 20, which provld? s for u re
submlsslbh to the people of the State
the question of a constitutional
Amendment enabling treasurers in the
cities to succeed themselves in office,
be made the special business of tiie
Senate at 12:30 Thursday. The mo
lion c riled unanimously.
? he Senate then passed the follow?
ing hills on tholr third readings:
To make it a misdemeanor to hor?
ror from a warehouseman upon a
written promise or pledge to sell coun?
try produce- with nuid warehousemen,
and thereafter fall to comply with
such written promise or pledge.
To author.ze the ascertainment ot
taxes due upon real estate.
To provide that the status of a
bank as a Stale depository shall not
be affected by a change of the name
or merger of such bank with another
bunk, or beeaus? 11 shall be converted
into u nutiouul bank.
To amend the general insurance |a?v.
To extend eight years longer the
time ?hen the possession and control
of the property conveyed in the deed
from ft. K. L?eo Camp. No. 1, Confed?
erate Veter.ins. to tue Commonwealth
of Virginia, dated March Z4i 1892, shall
pass front tile- grantor to the grantee
In said deed.
Dlspusiil of Deud Iiodles.
The House bill amending the pres?
ent law relative to the notification
Hnd dlsposul of deud bodies, came ap
next on its third reading und Inau?
gurated a discussion which was cut
short only when one of tho Senators
, moved to adjourn. The point which
- called out the most docldod opposition
was that providing that the counties
! shall hereafter be subject to the same
laws us the cities touching tho dis?
posal of the bodies of tho unclaimed
or criminal dead.
Senator Tavonner declared It to be
the sentiment of the country people
I In all of the counties that the bodies
> of the persons dying in the poor
. houses, whether they be claim- d or
j unclaimed, be held Inviolate, and not
i available for tho clinics of the scvernt
medical colleges of the State. He of
I fered an amendment to the bill ex
i omping the counties from the opera
j tlon of the proposed law.
Senator Folkeis, speaking for the
, bill, stated that the members of the
I anatomical board would under no cir?
cumstances consent to the utilization
> of a body for dissecting purposes when
? a claim of any kind was entered for
! the body by relatives or friends, und
' that the hill should thorefore be pass
: ed w'lliout amendment. He suggested
', that the true reason behind the op
: position thut had developed, was the
I fact that certain persons in the coun
| ties leslred to put these bodies to
i their own uses, and were opposed to
, their being taken outside the county.
Senator Gravatt emphasized the tm
I portanco of abundant dissecting ma?
terial in the progress of medical
seen'.', stating thut to retronch along
this line would mean that Virginia
colleges would be compelled to fall
behind those of other States. Tho do
bato was cut short by adjournment.
HOUSE BILLS
Tho following were presented and referred
under Rule Wl
To Com mit lee fop Conrt* of <ln?tlce.
Dy Mr. Houston: A bill to confer pollen
powers upon tho slato Highway Commis?
sioner and his assistants for certain pur?
poses. v
fly Mr. kunsford: A bill to enable the
court In ?Ulis for partition of real estate to
!?y off the ihirn of one or more of the
owners und s-u tho residue and divide the
proceeda among the other owners in ccru^r
. c.1scs.
By Mr. Jennings: A bill to Invalidate ???
j elgnmrnta of ?um to secure loans In cer?
tain esses, unli ?j accepted, and r< strict::.?
their ??fleet ax security;
ny Mr. Wutts: A bill to allow any city <?:
town In tlilt State to employ temporarily
, a competent person to perform the dutl-i
I PTialninti to ??">' office created by the criur
j ler or ordinances of eitles or towns.
To Committee un l'rdernl Helutton?.
I ny Mr. White, of llvckbrldge: A bill is
repeal an net entitled "An act ceding; to th<
l.'nlt'd Ftutt s exclusive, Jurisdiction ov. i Cer?
tain lands acquired for public purpose With?
in this State, and authorizing ihe acquisition
thereof."
j To Conuiiltter on Counties. ( Hies and Towns
By Mr. William?: A bill to prohibit it.*
J opening, repairing; or maintaining of ar.y
? ur?it or alley through, on or over nay lands
] within any of the cities or towns of this
ICommonwealth which belnnc? ?.<-. the Com
j monwealtb of Virginia, to tho Confederate
I Memorial Association or any agency of the
I Stute.
I Dy Mr. Ivey: A bill to abolish poorhou*?i,
I to purchase sites, fcr.d to establish Institu?
tions for the care of the destitute in each
i congressional district, and to provide fcr
1 the maintenance and jrovernrr.ent of same.
To Joint Conimittre on Special, f'rliule and
LoruI LrglMntloii.
fly Messrs. Adams and Love; A bill to
repeal an sot to establish u dispensary for
the sale of Intoxicating liquors in I.elgh
Magisterial District, at Meherrin: Prince E?
wnrd county.
? ?v Mr. llaln: A bill to authorlxii the
] Auditor of Public Accounts to pay to the
I Confederate Memorial Association at Court
Iland certain ?mm of moe< y appropriated to
(Continued on Third Hugo.)
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTO R \ A
Agriculture Pulverize
Limestone
Is now In reach of every Virginia
farmer. Pulverlcd from high grade
Virginia limestone, second to none In
quality and preparation, at a price a
stingy man would consider cheap.
The Norfolk and Western Railway
has just made a special low rate on
this product, and I will do the rest.
Write or call at my store for prices,
chemical and physical tests.
Respectfully,
W. F. CUI/BBRTj
Marlon, Va.
We make a specialty of
packing and shipping house?
hold goods.
Sutherland & Cherry, inc.
310 Bast Brund 8tre*<
AI>\ l.KlI.-INt. TliAT rlH.I.I!.
We have men in our office who can tnftks
advertising copy fairly bristle with selling
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pictures." Experlenoa hoa taupht them hon
10 produce advertising that will "get ths
business." Uur organization )? Bt your a3r
vice Advlee free.
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Mutual Building,
Richmond, .. .. .. Vlrginra.
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DEPOSIT YOUR FUNDS IN THE
TWELFTH AND MAIN,
RICHMOND, VA
Compound Interest Paid on
0 ^Savings Accounts.
CAPITAL,~$300,QOO.OO.
SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $1,350,000.00,
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