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The most popular automobiles in Rich? mond. The ladies enjoy them thoroughly. "Must be sonic reason." PORP AUTO CO., 1629 West It road. LOCAL SPILLERS LICK LYNCHBURG Palace Alley Duckpin Artists Too Much for Hill City Players. The second scries of duckpin sanies with Lynchburg was rollud lust night at tho Puluce ullcys, with tho rosull l hut the local loam Increased Its lead seventy pins, making a total of elgiuy nvu pins tnu Lyncnburg team must, overcome. In order to win the series, following le the score: Lynchburc. 1. 2. 3. Total. Wrenn . 85 8C 93 261 Paris . 100 99 10G 304 Davenport . 90 119 9? 311 Sieglar. loo iu2 93 295 Wlegund . 91 102 91 2?! 475 50S 481 1,404 Richmond. 1. 2. 3. Total. Lohmann . 107 loo 91 298 l-iws in . 113 U3 91 297 ?Smith . 90 92 99 281 Sellers . 102 ill 118 334 Cosby . 113 101 110 324 525 600 509 1,534 First Second series series. Total. Load. Lynchburg .... 1,622 1.464 2.086 Richmond . 1.537 1,634 3.071?85 COLLEGE LOSES FOURTH STRAIGHT [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] , Chapel Hill. N. C, February 2.?The liPskeUaall team of the Virginia Chris? tian College, of Lynchburg, Va., suf fred Its fourth defcut within us many nights from tho Old North State quin? tets, when the University of North Carolina defeated it to-night by a scoro of 43 to IS. The first half of tho game moved at a slow pace, with the . coring evenly divided, the score at tho end of the Hist half standing 13 to 5 in favor of the locals. Continuous fouling and lnalortncss on the part of tnu visitors made the game uninteresting In the first half. At the outset ol the iast half Caro? lina braced up, nnd by clever trick plays piled up successive scores on the Christian!". Tillen and Smith piayed ijood ball for Carolina, atickley was i he star for the Christians. Y. M. C. A Athletics The Y. M. C. A. Sjiars. captained by '. <;. Kolbe, trimmea the Cnri^l Church VBSOClutlun inooor tiascuuu team in an tlitcrobUng gainu in too V. M. C A. -.?ymnuEium luat nrghL 24 to a. Tho icore: Christ Church Association. A. Ii. R. H. O. ireeh, cf. 4 l 2 3 mlth, if. 4 0 0 4 Murdock. .Siuiuvck, lb.4 iregory, lull. is. V'estou, D. Swell; 3b. . Leake, le. .. oolsby. 2b. ... Illlam, p. raves, rf. iintord, rs. ... wining, If. lee. C.??? ;olbe, lb. A.B. . 7 6 O. 4 3 61 Totals .6i -4 -?* S? tit ore by innings. ??. ?* y M r ? A. 4 0 1 4 0 6 3 2 4?24 24 ,V ? x . 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2? 8 10 ''Summary: Struck out?by g.ilium. 10; by Weston. 1. Buse on balls?by \\ es tori, 4. Frederick College Wins. [Special to The Timew-nispa tc.h.J Front Royal, Vn.i February 2.?Fred- , -rick College laankctball team, of . '"reiierlck. Md., defeated Randolph Macon ^endemv this afternoon, 31 to | ? 0 Frederick College team rushed the \cademy from tho start, and only a hard rally Bayed the academy from a shut-out. Money With Hens My book has helped people make for? tunes in the poultry business?will do the same lor you. Low prices lor stock, eces for hatching. Incubators and brooders. 200 pases containing over 100 illustrations?many in natural colors gives list ol 72 varieties ol Pure Bred Fowl?gives complete informationabout stock, incubators, etc. This book Is a msrvelsnd only Be. Send today?read It throudh sad it you don't feel fully satisfied that It Is worth many times tbat much, return the book and got your money back. B. It. GREIDER Box 103. Rheems. Po. eggs. Our Annual Is ftow Going On. 20%, 30% and 40% Discount on Dependable Furniture and Floor Coverings. M1&-20 AT DRUGGISTS 1&Wg8&mSE& ? IO* -25* ? 504= OBNTLY 8WK3BP TTB) SYSTI3M. Will Hold Conference With August Hermann Representatives of William? Fac tlun to Virginia Ltnine to Go to Cincinnati Sunday. [Special to The Tlincn-Dlapntcti.] ItooDok?, Va., February 2.?Pres? ident C. It. WUIlnir?, of the Virginia Lrague; Elmore O. Heine*, presl dcut of the Honnoke club, und others representing the no-colled WIHInmn factlou, will lenve tton I nuke Sunday afternoon for "luclu* nntl to confer with a Ulfas t Her? mann, cbolrman of the National lliutclitill Commission, regarding tbo troubles In the league arising from the efforts of the I.rnrhburg, Hteh mond and Unnvllle clubs to oust Mr. Williams from the presidency and (in- ltonuokc club from the league. The Petersburg clnb will be rep | reicnted also, but It lias not been j determined yet whether President Uevrurd wjll ko or send Denny Per klnnon or Gordon McCabc. GUILFQRD WIKS FROM A. AND I. [Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.] Itaicigh, n. C, Kdoruary z.?a. & M. lost to Guiltord to-mglu by fouls, the score uemg 25 to 21. The Quakers and A. &. M. both scored eight gouls, but Gulitord got nine points on touls out or about twenty chances. A. & M led at the end of the first half, the ?coro being 13 to 9. but Guliford took a braco in tho last period and won out by superior tcumwork and ability to throw fouls. Bentiow and Hayes starred tor Guliford, while Captuin Chambers, LeUraud and Phillips did oxceptlonal work for A. i II. A. & M. Positions. Guliford. Phillips.right guard ..Moorofleld L. DeGrand.. . left guard .Sawyer Chambers (capL). centre.Edwards Sumner. left forward .Hayes I Hm grove., right forward ...Bunbovr Tlmo of halves?20 minutes Referee and Umpire?Curtmcll. University of Pennsylvania. Attendance. 800. LOCAL V. .11. U. A- tll l.NT ready i-ok LYiscuuurta Tho local Y. M. C. A. quint will try conclusions with 'ho Lynchburg flvo to-iiie in In the Central Association gymnasium for basketball honors. The gume will bo called promptly at 8:30 o'clock, und promises to turnlsh good 1 sport. The line-tip of the two teams j follows: Richmond?Twining (captain), for- I ward; Lawrence, forward; Thornton.1 centre; Wells, guard; Gilman, guard; Tyler, guard. Lyncnburg?Campbell, forward;1 Jamerson, forward; James, centre, Off lerdtnger. guard; Aduins, guard; Hanes, substitute. Tlie iT??/ie will be called promptly at 8:30. Bowling Powers-Taylor'and tho Pro-Phy-Tol teams, of the Drug League, played their regulur scheduled games last night at the .Newport Alleys. Both teams put up the best gume of any played ro far. Powers-Taylor had their rolling cloihc3 on, and won the first game In easy fashion, and also the sec? ond. The Pro-Phy-Tol got mad and got sweet revenge, capturing the tlnal gume. The following is tho score: 1'iiwcri-Tiij lo? Co. L 2. Ban kin (capC) ...133 Kussel) . 93 Burnett .162 Hyde .138 Llttlepage.123 749 661 Pro-Phy-Tol Co, 1. 2. Tyler (capL) .130 117 Davis .162 96 Krug .146 120 Woody.75 . Peters .118 US 134 Toone . ... ~. 140 108 621 617 664 1,802 ORTH 10 COACH COLLEGE TEAM [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Lynchburg, Vn.. February '-'.?Al Orth has signed and returned his con? tract to me athletic autuoriiies of | Washington and Leu University as coach lor the baseball squad during the coming training and playing sea? son, and he will be in charge of the j work until tho close of the college; season. I Orth Is making his arrangements to go to Lexington to begin his work on March 1, and bo expects to stay with the men every day until tne cur? tain rings down on college baseball j for tho season. Orth realizes that he has a lot of good material at Washington and Leo, | and ho bollovcs a winning team enn bo gotten out of it. one that will give an unusually good account of Itself j on the college diamond this year. He says ho Is going to work hard and try to glvgo the university the best there Is In tho shop. Urnd-Ht rcct's. New York, February 2.?Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: Trade and In? dustry uro now moving in consonance with highly-keyed anticipations, but in general tbuslncss tends to expand, fol? lowing a relatively quiet period In January. Visiting buyers ar not mak? ing heavy purchases, being content to buy frequently and In small lots, only to cover actual requirements, and not to unllclpato them In a eecculatlrc sense.. Staples ore In most request, and tho leading dry. goods markets display a comparatively good uplift, with prices on somo makes of goods tending to harden. Roatl salesmen wore achieving Ir? regular success, results throughout cotton-growing sections of the South nnd somo parts of tho Southwest off? setting comparatively good develop? ments elsewhere. No marked spurt is expected until weather conditions be? come moro settled, but consumptive demands arc sufficiently heavy to pre? vent stocks from accumulating, and In lines that are relatively depressed. Shoe buvors aro cautious, largely be? cause prices are expected to go higher; supplies of leather are light, produc? tion being below normal; cotton (roods aro firm; worsted yarns are firmer; silks are steadier, and the strike sit? uation In New England has Improved. New business In llnlshed steel Is some? what quiet, but mill opcrutlons aro Increasing, and In tho South the pig iron situation has Improved, though Northern markets are dull. Cool Is In good request, an actual shortage In Bttpplles being noted In Alabama. , Business failures in the United States for the week ending February 1 wero 312, against 43ft last week and 290 In tho like week of 191L Verdict for ?25.000 Returned. [Special to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch.] Goldsboro, N. C February 2.?An Important caso In tho Superior Court here was tho suit of David C. Aaron, of | ML Olive, against the Atlantic Coast Lino Railway for $40,000 for personnl Injuries. . Tho Jury brought In a ver? dict for $25,000. A motion to sot astdo the vordlct wns made, but was not allowed, an order being handed down' for tho hearing of this motion, on a motion of elthor plaintiff Sr. defendant for appeal in th? Supremo Court, at a later dato out of court It brings to tired tissues tho vigor of Perfect Grains, pure nnd undented. Discover tho difference between just whiskey and real whiskey today-?call for Honest Old Quaker FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SOON WILL BE READY Washington and Lee to Hay A. & IVL, North LarJina, V. P. L, Georgetown and Other btr.,ng Teams. (.Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.] Lexington, Va., February 2.?Tho Washington and Leo (ootball schedule will bo ready for publication in a fow days. Manager F. W. McWane has done some excellent work on it, and bis labors havo been very successful. He seems to have practically com plctcil the best schedule which has been gotten out of Washington and Leo in recent years. The Thanksgiving game will be played In Norfolk, with the A. &. M., of North Carolina. Tills gamo is ex? pected to draw a good crowd and bo us good a gamo a.s the people of Nor? folk havo lowj In the paal few years years with V. P. I. against A. & M. All of tho alurnnl welcome tho return of tho ThankBglvlng Day game to some placo a little nearer home than the lust two have been played. The Saturdays Immediately before Thanksgiving will be tilled with games with the University of North Carolina and V. P. L Tho arrangement with North Caro? lina culls for two games to bo played, tho first in Ureensboro. N. C. |n 1812, and a return gamo the following year In Lynchburg. Hoanoke will be tha scene of the usual game with V. P. I. the second Saturday In November. The earlier gamea to be playod on the home grounds are tilled with heavier teams than in former years. Among these will he Western Mary land College. Davidson, and Wake For? est. About the middle of October a game is scheduled with Georgetown University in Washington. All of these gumcs ure practically ussurcd. although In sorno ot them tho actual contrucls havo not beon return? ed. This set of football contests Is about the hardest which has ever been lined up for Washington and Lee. and will rot|Ulro a strong team to meet them with success. Dr. Poliard, who has boen haudling tho coaching of tho football teamB hero for two years, has resigned because of tho Increase of his dutlos In Die do 1 purtment of biology, und tho athletlo council Is busy looking around foi' the right man to take his place. There aro several names for consideration. Tho team to meet this schedule will be captained by "Katz" Miller. Captain Miller has played In tho White and Blue line for tho past two seasons, and is expected to make an able leader. Very few of the men who wero on the team with htm last soasun will bo lost J by graduation, and nearly all of thorn are expecting to return next fall. I Francis. Rothrocb and Barker probably ; wll) play the ends. The entire line, I with the excoptlon of Captain Moomaw, ; will be .back fighting for a Job. Webster, Rogers and Miles are sure to bo found doing excellent work, while In the back field Raftery, Mal? colm. Bono and Burko may be ex pocu-d ?0 appear. MACE WILLING TO BE CHILE UMPIRE Has Talk With Bradley, but No Conclusion Reached?Anxious for Berth. Harry Mace, some time umpire In, the Virginia League, and last season with the illfaled Tidewater organ.za llon. came up to Richmond yesterday from Norfolk. Mace's trip Is in tho Interest of certain legislation for tlio city ot Norfolk. Still, while lobbying is his main purpose, he Is not averoo to tulklng baeebalL In fact, Harry admitted, without one solitary blusli, that he wouldn't mind being In tho Virginia League next season as tort ot supervising umpire. Ho doesn't caro much whether Williams or Boatrlgnt Is the man he works for so long -ts he gets the Job. He held a short consultation with W. B. Bradley yesterday, the result cf which was that the question of um? pires would bo left to whoever hcadod the Ucgue. Mace 1b a good umpire, and whether he comes to this State or goes somewhere else, he will make good. William?, Wade and llnrrow Eliminated. The fourth round of The Tlmes-Dls patch elimination tournament, which was rolled last night at the Newport I Alleys, proved to be by far the most Interesting of my played, and great was the enthusiasm shown by the spec? tators. One of the largest crowds ever at the Newport Alleys was on hand. There were only seven players who had qualified for this round, which made the contest that much more In? teresting. All of the bowlers had blood in their eyes, and they went at the pins In earnest. All previous rec? ords for high scores were broken. Tho following are the scores: To Ell's .213 191 171 16i 1M Bell . 169 199 202 1S2 17S Terdle . TOI 1S5 ?02 IS? !? Chnpln . 167 212 20S IM 1S2 Williams .191 H7 202 169 1$J Wnde . 1S9 194 171 21S 160 Barrow . 161 1CT HB 161 134 A. Trefzger, English Typewriter Record, 107 words per minute, net, fori one hour, from new matter. Mr. Emll A. Trefzger. tho English j typewriter champion, winning tho Eng? lish cup in two yearly contests. Is in i the city and will give a speed exhlbl- I tlon on the typewriter at tho offlcs of! th3 Underwood Typewriter - Companv, I No. 1212 East Main Street, to-day niid i Saturday, from 12:00 to 1:30 F M to which all stenographers and the busi? ness public aro Invited. Friday morning ho will demonstrate to the Smithdeal's Business Collego: Friday evening to tho Massey Biislno8H College, nnd Saturday morning to tho Haynas Business College. The public is invited to all of theso demonstra? tions. %-,'-. Mr. Trefzger has a mnrvolotis record lila linger mothod being peculiar -to hlmsoir and far surpassing any and all competitors yet on the typewriter. OIL BILL OFFERED IN LEGISLATURE Adams Proposes Tag Tax and Inexpensive Analysis of Products. Not satisfied, apparently, with having Initiated a pure paint bill and amend? ments to the pure seed laws, Berkley D. Adams, of Charlotte, Introduced In tho House yesterday a measure provid? ing for Inspection und tagging of Illu? minating oils soid in this State. His I indltferenco to trouble is the admira I lion of the Legislature. I This-bill, which dltTors materially i from the Byrd bill of last session, j which caused such a tight and which j went to its death In the Senate after ' being pa: sed by the House, would have ; the analyses o( oil a offered for sale made In the game manor as thote for fertilizers aro now handled Tho fer? tilizer inspectors of the Department ot Agriculture would draw the samples, and they would be examined by the chemists. The tax Is raado only % ol 1 cent * ' gallon, so as to give no reason to ad vanoe the price because of the law. Ha believes that It will not much more than cover the cost of enforcing tho law antl making the examinations as to purity and Illuminating qualities. Tags I would be Issued by the department to i be placed upon all cans of o'l. Penal lies are provided for tho sale of oil which falls below the standard. ; Mr. Adams has letters which ho In? terprets to mean that in States where I such laws are l?i force the result is better oil. without an increaao In price. j It is believed the alleged oil trust will j be heard from. BILLS 10 SECURE PURE ELECTIONS Measures Offered by Members of Both Parties Seek to Stop Bribery. Three companion bills Introduced In tho House yesterday by John W. Ltialkley, of Wise, represent tno latest thought of Ninth District Democratic leaders on the subject of puro elec? tions. They are agreed upon as a ro BUit of a conference between Junge H. A. \V. Skeon, whose recent prosecu? tions have aroused tho attention ol tho entire country; former supreme Court Judge A. A. Phlcgar, of Bristol; If. T?te Irvine, of Big Stone Uap; J. Norment Powell, of Wytheylilc; Air. Chalkley and .Senator A. U. Crockett, of Wythe. The latter, who first pro? posed a pure elections bill in tho bcnulc, will ofitr shell amendments lo It in committee it a will make It con? form to tho Chalkley measures. Two of the bills, with which A. K Robertson, of Lee, a Republican mem? ber of the House, Is co-pairo i, would rearrange the law as to bribery and would prevent tho payment of pull taxes for another. Tho remaining bill would make amendments to tiiu UarKs dole law setting forth that no person may uso or distribute money or liquor, however acquired, to lnlluenco votes. "Any voter," tho bill procoods, "re? ceiving or agreeing to receive, directly or Indirectly, uny such money, ln loxlcuting liquur or other valuable I titling for, or to Influence, his vote, shall bo subject lo a line ot not ox I ceedlng Jl.Ouii, and sltail rfter convlc I lion bo perpetually d'sfranchlsed." ' It is further provldeu that no wit? ness who gives evidence regnroing the sale or purchase of a vote snail over bo proceeded aga'list for his own eon duet <in that election. Sentiment' for Tart. j LSpoclal to ThcWTlmes-Dlspatch.J Suffolk, Vs., February 2.?At tho coming -Republican convention of ; Nnnsomond-and noarby counties near? ly all of the- delegates, Inoludln?- tho i alternates, will' bo 'for the roriomina Hon of president Tuft. From eontl i monts oxprossod. it appears Impossible ' to choose an anti-Tuft delegate. DESIRES RECALL OF ALL OFFICER A. F. Thomas Makes Initial Plea in Virginia for Modern Doctrines. Application of the principle of tho' fee-all would bo applied to every public servant, from tho janitor who swoops the corrdlore of tho Cap'toi to the chief Justice of the Supremo court, ir former Senator A. b\ Thomus, of Lynch bury, hart his way. His address : yesterday afternoon beforo tho Houso j Committee on Privileges und Elections, in behalf of the amendments to tno Constitution offered by O. B. .Martin, j of Campbell) and Intended to Introduce In Virginia tho initiative, the referen? dum und tho recall, was closely listen? ed to and aroused a good deal of comment. Beginning his remarks, Mr. Thomus said no realized Ills visit to be purely { missionary. Ho know there was no chance of favorable aotlon by th's Legislature. Voter Is Representative. Tho voter, be argued. Is merely a representative, since thero are at the outside not more than 200,000 possible voters In Virginia out of a population of more than 2,00U,0U0. The member of the General Assembly, he proceeded. Is merely the rgent of the representa? tive. Tho Individual voter 18 merely iho trustee for those wno do not und cannot vote. Ho dltelatmcd any In .ention of attacking .representative government, but only deulrc-d to malte lit possible. Localise government in j Virginia Is satisfactory, it Is not Im-1 tnune to tho dangers which nave at-1 iaeked other communltlo? For In? stance, there are leas than a dozen men who control tho crodlts of tho country, and he could show that dur .ng tho last ten years from $1,600,000 to $2,000,000 had been sent out of Virginia whloh should bo 'n the State treasury. The hand of Wall Street, therefore, Is already at t'de throats of the peupie of tiro Slate. The trouble with democratic govern-, menu said Mr. Thomas. Is that It Isn't properly organized. The great mass 01 tho ptopio will not Initiate legislation under any system, and whun Initiation is contlned to representatives, there are j leaders outside whose ruitlatlvo Is de- ? 1 nied tho common weal. Referring to the referendum, he said the principle 1b already well recognized. "You refer liquor legislation ?some? times you do and sometimes you dont. ho added, amid tho laughter of the com? mittee. Private Business Method. Mr. Thomas's remarks regarding tho recall were forcefully delivered. ?'Sup? pose," he argued, "that a railroad hau to prove that its engineer or condueto. ought to be In the penitentiary before It could lire him. Yet that la tho way In which the State Is run. The same principles of administration should ap-. ply to public as to private affairs. , "1 respect the Judgments of the courts so long as they are wise, ana I discard them when they are not wise. Judges are men before they are jurists. ' No Bluffed prophet business goes with me. You have to show me what man? ner of man It la. I do not Lello-'e any I Judge will be made a coward through I the recall. If the recall makes him I a coward, he was a coward beforo tho j principle was heard of." j The people of England, said Mr. I Thomas, have far greater liberty than those of the United States, becaust' there, when the pcoplo, through their Parliament, pass a law, no court can declare it unconstitutional. "The Su preme Court of the United States bus 1 held that a condemned murderer Is not , of right entitled to an appeal, and yet I you can't make a law from which the j railroads cannot get all tho appeal j they desire. London is tho centre 01 j the greut accumulated wealth of tho world, because property rights are bet- j ' ter safeguarded thero than anywhere, . and yet the people rule In that land." Bills Look to Their Acquisition and Control by Central Board. Companion bills Introduced in thai Senate and House yesterday by Sena tori Sands Gayle and Colonel John S. Ilar wood have for their object the assump? tion by tho State of all properly now used as reformatories, and to which Virginia Is contributing support. Tho system would include the Lattrol Ro fomi School, the Negro Reformatory and the Virginia Homo and Industrial ! School for Girls. Ono of tho hills looks to thu appoint? ment of a general board of directors; of reform schools, to have supervisory i control. To it would be committee tho delinquent and incorrigible beys and girls by the courts. Each Institu? tion would have Its special board, In! much the same form us the government [ of the State insane hospitals Is now conducted. The state is authorised to icecp.'' deeds from the Virginia Home and In? dustrial School for Girls and from the' Prison Association of Virginia for wTi the property owned by these Institu? tions, which would bu hereafter sup I ported solely by the Stato. It Is ,'tated that this Is practically done now, since the amounts received from prlvato con-j irtbutions are very small. Table d'Hote Dlnncra Snturdny and Sunday evening*. <: to 9 o'clock, . 1.0? each. TURKISH AND ROMAN BATHS Richmond, Va. Tho moat .magnificent hotel in the South. European plan. Rooms single and en suite, with and without baths. Spacious sample rooms. lute, 81.50 j,?r jay and up wird. WE ARE OFFERING SOME Real Bargains in Used Motor Cars Prices Ranging from $300.00 to $2500.00. Gordon Motor Company ^??j* INCORPORATED I J ROLLING STOCK BILL LOSES HALF ITS STING Si bstitute for Hole i>. easure Reported by Com mittee?Col, Anders ,n Makes String bpeech Against Radical vh, rise. After three weeks of delay, Senator Holes rolling stock bill was given a hcuring yesterday afternoon by the Senate Committee on Heads and In? ternal Navigation, only to emerge from tho executive session, which followed the argument, with a substitute rob? bing it of half its sting As drafted by Senator Holt, the bill provided for a division of the total rolling slock tax among the several counties through whlCli the railroad In question passed, on the basis of the relation which the taxable value of the road's property In the county bears to the taxable valuo of tho whole road within tho State. The substitute measure, which was adopted by the committee after a heated session behind closed doors, which lasted more than an hour, gives 40 per cent of tho tax to the terminal cities, and provides for a division of tho remaining 60 per eonL among each of the counties, on tho basis of tho total assessed value ot the road within Its boundaries. Tho substltulo was fought bitterly by tho advocatos'of tho Holt bill, who recognized In its pro? visions the destruction of the hope of Newport News .and other aggrieved towns that wore expecting to break tho strangle hold of the terminal cities on tho rolling stock tax. Present Distribution Unfair. Tho present law, whicn gives certain cities the exclusive benetlt of the lurge roiling stock tax, said J. A. Musslo, city attorney of Newport News, was manifestly unfair. Ho made tho llrst spoech at the hearing, and took the case of Newport Nows ns an instance of the discriminatory nature of tho present arrangement. The city gives the largo rolling stock equipment which the Chesapeake and Ohio main? tains in Newport News an expensive police and lire protection, and yet re? ceives not a cent in return trom the tax on it. Instead, all of the tux goes to Richmond, tho headquarters of tho system In Virginia. The only revenue which Nowport News derives -rom the road, ho said, Is tho actual property tax on 1 1-3 miles of track and the buildings which the railroad maintains there. T.io number of full car loads handled at that point, as well as the number of cars on sidetracks, he said, was in excess of tho number at any point tn Virginia except Richmond, and caino I closo even to the number here. Tax It Where It Is. The only equitable arrangement, ho Insisted, was t- tax tho rolling stock irhcrc It Is. H. believed the tloll bill provided tho best solution. Ho saw ao Justice, he said, In permitting any elty becauso it happens to bo head? quarters, to collo:l a tax on property A'hlch to a largo extent, never enters its limits. Colonel George Wayne Anderson As? sistant City Attorney of Richmond, took up the defense of the cities, and In a speech of remarkable power und clearness, stated the main objections lo tho Holt measure. He took ex? ception to the statements circulated by tho opposition that only four or five cities in tne State will bo af? fected by the passage of the bill. Twenty cities, ho slated, will lie directly Involved, many of them so seriously as to -ripple them forever. " Would Destroy Honnokc. The Holt bill could not bo made law, Colonel Anderson stated, without de? stroying the city of Roanoke. which derives one-third of Its revenue from tho rolling stock tax. and bus built up a school system and other civic enter? prises through its means. To tuko this Income away at one swoop would precipitate nothing less man a catastrophe. Alexandria, Bristol, Dan? ville, Franklin, Fredertcksburg, Har? rison bur ?, Norfolk, Petersburg, Win? chester, Richmond, and ten other eitlen, he said, would be sltnil .rly affected. He could not understand the cry of thO opposing side that tho counties of the Slate received the short end of the railroad taxes. Tho counties, said Colonel Anderson, arc to-day collect? ing taxes on $53.000,000 worth of rail? road property, while the cities are col? lecting upon only J33,0?0,U0O. Traced to Its source, lie declared, the valuo of a railroad's property within tho counties Is measurer1, by the value of the road as nn earner of dividends, which. In turn, depends largely upon the tralllc of the large cities and ship? ping centres. Question llctivceu Towns. The counties, ho argued, do not enter Into the question at nil. Ho admitted the value, of the argument against per? mit ling any one city to enjoy tho en? tire rolling stock tax of tho road, but Insisted that the division of tills rev? enue Is entirely a question between the cities. They, us tho feeders and truth,' centres of the road, are the only one* entitled to the lax upon Its rolling; stock, it is the cities, he said, which' police and protect the cars, as well us furnish them with freight, the counties doing nothing but furnish a right oi way. N ?'The bill now proposed." said Colonel Anderson, "is nothi'. g more than an at? tempt to force a envision of tho spoils. It will direct into tho treasuries of the counties, which arc already receiving the major part of the lux on the other physical property of the railroads, the greater part of the rolling stock tax. which belongs peculiarly to the cities. The Wrong Way. "Granted that Nowport News has a grievance." said Colonel Anlerson, "she has adopted the wrong way to remedy it. In order to put her hands on a small proportionate share ol the rolling stock tax fund, she Is willing to bring ombarrassnent upon twenty sister cities and scatter the rest of the money among counties which aro al? ready drawing more bonolits than the cities from tho presence o( tho rail? roads." Thirty-seven of these counties, ho reminded tho committee, ire draw? ing from tho State annually more than they pay In, tiiolr total deficit amount? ing to $11 1,000. "This deficit," he said, "will continue. The Increase In taxes which this bill proposes to award them, as a reward or merit, will bo devoted to locul uses ,ana probably to a reduction ot the tax rate, but the drain on the State troas* ury will continue." Colonel Anderson concluded by pre-4 senting a substitute measure, which. ?S claimed, remoted the chief objections) to tho present stato of affairs and wasj free from the difficulties of tho Holt bill. The committee wont Immediately into executive session for a stormy debate of moro than an hour, Which resulted in the framing of the sub-^ HtltUtC. WENDENBURG BILL GETS BLACK EYE Senator Wendenburg'a bill prohibit-) ing the testimony of physicians andl nurses as to statements made to them by Injured persons, without the con-, sent of such Injured persons, was re? ported yesterday afternoon, by tha i Senate. Comml-tt' e for Courts oC Justice, with the recommend, tlon that It do not pass. It Is ono of a number of measures Introduced by the Henrlco luwmuker regulating the procedura and liability of corporations in cases of accident. The measure was made i the subject of strong attack by at? torneys for tile Virginia Rullway and ! Power Company and the steam ro&da, entering Richmond. Conrad to ..ellvcr Address. Major Holmes Conrad, ot Winchester, will make tho speech of presentation on the evening of February 22, whon friends of the lato Senator John War? wick Daniel w'l] present to tho Stato a portrait of the statesman. Lieuten? ant-Governor J. Taylor Ellyson will j preside over the exorcises, which will take place in tho hall ot tho Hougo of Delegates at 8 o'clock. The portrait will very likely be hung In the outer oiTlco of the Governor, since a similar portrait already adorns tho walls of the House chamber. 1 n OUNCES OF QUALITY ID IN LVKRY POUND. The For SO Years the Iloune of Quality. Straus, Gunst & Co., Dintlllcrs nml Illcndera of Fine Whiskeys. Drink Old Henry Hit l.obi; llccord Proven Km Merit. fPff/idf.f'W Built to Serve Highest Prce and Best W. C. SMITH & CO., N. 314 Ffth. Vlinc an 1 Main "Dead Storage" a Specialty RICHMOND MOTOR CO., Inc., 313 W. Main Street. Tho buyer who Itriov.-u the different tutomoblles will own a Jones Motor Car Co. 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