The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-27
LET ALL DRINKS
OUTON PROBATION.
System Helps Families May
Extend to All Virginia
Cities.
STATE BONDS FROM ENGLAND
Part of Ancient Unfunded Debt
Comes to Light-Chestnut
Blight Found.

So well has the probation system as
applied to habitual drunkards worked
in Richmond that the State Board OF
Charities and Corrections will ask for
Its extension to every city in tho State
OF more than 5000 inhabitants, which
includes all save four. The existing
law covers cities OF more than 10000,
and includes only Richmond and Nor
folk
The act authorizes 4 judge or u
Justice to continue the case when a
person is brought before him charged
with being an habitual drunkard. fail
ing to support his wife and children,
or being an idler and unable to work,
and to admit such person to bail AMI
commit him to u probation officer B.
,, e. PortiauX was appointed such an
officer for the city of Richmond, and
began work September !, 1910. During
the succe eding thirteen months he had
under his charge forty-thrce people
for non support, and collected and paid
over to the wives and children Of
those men total of s2.069.35, an aver
age of sl5s.17 per month. During the
months Of July and August, 1911, he
collected s5o1.
Saved Public Money.
Had these men been committed 10
jail. they would have cost tho State
70 l-2 cents day. and the lcommu-
nifty would have been burdcncd with
providing for their families. so that
the Board of Charities calculates that
the State has saved at the rate Of
S41591S and tho city s2.06a.3J. max
ing total of s6.22s53 per amt.
At the end of the first month, thirty
nj TNn
During the succeeding ycar-to Sep
TENDER 80 I9ll-1I4 were put on pro-
baton fer being drunk. forty-three
for non support OF family. three for
street walking, one for stealing, one
for cruelty to children and live for
larceny and vasrancy tboys). The
total during the year was sos OF
these, 129 were released for improve
mcnt and good behavior, sixteen were
sent T. Jail while on vacation, six left
the city, one was sent to the aims
house. nine were dropped at the re-
quest of wives, and two were sent to
the rcformatory.
While the solution of tho drunkard
proposition. in the opinion OF the chart
ties department. is In a separate in
ton for alcoholics. it is believed
that the probation system has demon
StIutcu itS Eaiue as measure Tor the
protection of families.
Ancient bonds and scrip of Virginia
TO the value of s6.003.54. which have
lain forgotten in some corner OF Lon
don for forty years. have been sent
10 the Second Auditor of Virginia.
through New York and Richmond
houses for funding. Second Auditor
Dew will issue new century bonds In
their stead
BY virtue of the act for the settle
ment Of the old unfundcd debt. the
interest stopped on July /. 1891. ana
therefore the holders Of these bonds
lose the interest for twenty years. Evil
IDENTIFY the securities have been piled
away with some old papers or in some
safety deposit box, and have just come
to light.
The surrcndcring Of thcac old Sc
curities is now very rare occurrence.
Many of the old bonds can probably
never be funded. since the owners have
used the coupons to pay taxes, and 1t
Is required by law that all coupons on
bonds must be found intact from July
/, 1891. to the date OF surrender.