Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
WARS WITH NE|GHBORS,
WOULD SELL VILLAGE
Capt. John CusSons Is Looking
for Cash Offer for Glen
Allen.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
RICHMOND Va, October Is. 1910.
Capt. John Cussons Of Glen Allen. who
owns practically fhe entire village in
which he lives, has incurred the enmity
of some of the people of that section, and
he is advertising the entire village for
sale. He has been a resident OF the
county fof' some forty years or more, has
been successful in business and has &C
quired an estate of considerable dimen-
sions.
He has made handsome parks and stock
ed them with deer. pheasants and other
birds. There are magnificent grounds and
drives and because of the depredations of
worthless persons and his insistence that
the laws regarding property, shall be OBJ
served he has been hara ssed with law
suits. He has lost no time in making war
on the "pettifoggers" who stand ready
to aid lawbreakers who have trespasssd.
and he is liberal in expressing his views
of them. Capt. Cussons is an English
man, of commanding figure, handsome
and dashing and very erect for man
who is nearly seventy years old. He has
the same antipathy for real estate agents
that he entertains for lawyers.
Colored Elks Squabble.
j. h. Mills, claiming to be trustee Tor
the Improved Benevolent Protective Or
der of Elks, a colored organization, has
, brought suit in the federal courts against
3. +. Howard and F. j. Wheaton for
$1,000. Mills claims that the ritual of the
order has been sold by the defendants
and that the ritual Is the property OF the
order and not of either Wheaton or How
ard.
One of the defendants is alleged to have
copyrighted the ritual and to have sold
il all over the country. and for that rea-
son the demand is made that the money
be turned over to the order and for the
benefit of the members. The case will be
heard during the coming winter The
cOlored Elks are much divided over the
question and there are reports that the
order will possibly split before the mat
, ter is finally adjudicated.
State Revenues Increased.
Virginia will receive about $4,000 in
additional revenues the coming year. due
to increase in real estate values, increased
values of property of common carriers,
charter fees. foreign licenses, registration
, fees and taxes from mineral lands. This
last item has in the past escaped the
taxation that will be demanded this time.
The levying of taxes on mineral lands has
been placed under the direction and con-
troll of the state corporation commission.
which is paving attention to the matter
and is manifesting a disposition to make
the owners pay taxes.
Charles Bryant a white man. complet-
ing a twenty-year term in the penitentiary
for assault in Nansemond county, was re-
fused pardon by Gov. Mann. The mans
term will be up in January, and the gov
ernor says he has no idea OF freeing any
person. who is guilty of the crime which
stands against his name.
The withdrawal of Norfolk from the
Virginia State League has been followed
by the organization Of league in that
section. The new league will essay base
ball in a compact circuit. The Virginia
League. however. has the protection OF
the national commission. and will put
teams in Norfolk and Portsmouth.