The Washington herald., 1913-06-21
VIRGINIA COUNTIES
FAIL TO PAY TAXES
AIexandria Committee Finds II Of the
100. Take More from State
Than Is Contributed.
EXPENSE OF THE ALLEN TRIAL

| Alexandria, Va. June eo-With the or
dination Of class of ten candidates. the
annual commencement exercises of the
Episcopal Theological Seminary Of Vir-
ginia, located west of Alexandria, were
brought to close today.
| The services, which were of very i'm
pressive character, took place in the
chapel of the Seminary. The bishops
and professors of that institution, to-
gether with the students to be ordained
and their presenters, robed in Prayer
Hall and marched in procession to the
chapel, the choir singing the Professional
hymn. Through the Night of Doubt
and Sorrow" The bishops taking part
were the Right Rev. Robert A. Gibson.
D. D. Bishop of Virginia: the Right
Rev. A. NJ Randolph. d. D., Bishop Of
Southern Virginia: the Right Rev.
George W. sPeterkin. d. D., Bishop OF
West Virginia: the Right Rev. w. L.
Gravatt. d. D., Coadjutor Bishop OF
West Virginia; the Right Rev. Beverley
D. Tucker. Coadjutor Bishop Of South
ern Virginia, they taking their seats
within the chancel rails, while the clergy
and candidates for ordination sat in the
choir Of the chapel.
Rev. H. B. Lee. d. D., OF Charlottes-
vile, Va, preached a sermon.
Students ordained deacons by the
Bishop Of Virginia were as follows:
Bowyer Campbell and Churchill Jones
Gibson, B. A: Conrad Harrison Goodwin.
NJ. A; Louis Ashby Peatross and Paul
Micou. NJ. A.: William Taylor Willis and
Stanley Soaring Thompson, for Bishop
Brent; Edward E. Burgess and Devall
Langhorne Gwathmey. B. A, and Jen-
nings Wise Hobson were ordained by
lob lit n
Carleton Barnwell, A. B.; Theodore St
Clair Will. A. B., and Philip Howard
Williams will be ordained In Baltimore
tomorrow morning by the Right Rev. DR..
Murray. Bishop of Maryland. Revs. Mil
ward W. Riker and Wilfred E. Roach, NJ.
A., already have been ordained by the
Bishop of Washington. and Rev. Malcolm
De Pui Maynard, A. B.. by the Bishop of
Harrisburg, Pa.
Rev. George Victor Bell. of Acquia
Church. Stafford County. Va, was or
dained priest by Bishop Gibson. and Rev.
Josiah Carter. OF Ronceverte. w. Va.
was also ordained priest by Bishop Gra-
watt. Coadjutor Bishop OF West Virginia,
at the service.
The holy communion was administer
ed by the Bishops. There was a large
congregation OF relatives and friends of
the students present. The musical pro-
gramme was under the direction of DR..
Harryman. the chapel organist. and the
choir.
Assignments made to the students or
dained to the diaconate are as follows:
Rev. Bowyer Campbell will go as a mis-
sionary to China, the Rev. John A. Pea
tross to Japan. the Rev. Stanley S.
Thompson to the Philippine Islands. the
Rev. Wilfred f. Roach, NJ. A, will work
under Bishop Funston in Idaho. the Rev.
Devall L. Gwathmey, b A, will go to
Waynesboro, Va: tine Rev. Elliott E.
Burgess to the Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia, the Rev. Jennings W. Hobson TO
Abingdon. Va: the Rev. Churchill ].
Gibson, 3. A. to Luray. Va: the Rev.
Paul Micou. NJ. A, will be assistant 10
the Rev. Mr. Carter at Bryn Mawr. Pa;
the Rev. Conrad II. Goodwin, NJ. A.
will study at Columbia University and
at the General Theological Seminary,
New York. the Rev. Milward w. Riker
will also take a course at the General
Theological Seminary in New York for
the next year.
The committee recently appointed by
the Chamber of Commerce of this city
with the object of securing legislation
looking to remedying the burden Occa-
Stoned by large percentage of the
counties in the State being A drain on
the State Treasury, has just compiled
its report. 1t indicates that II of the 100
counties in the State are dead timber.
only twenty-nine paving into the State
Treasury in excess of what they take
from it The nineteen cities in the State
ALL OF course. are a gain to the State.
According to the report compiled, the
Twenty-Five counties show a total gain
to the State of s29s $50, while there
are seyenty-one counties showing a total
loss 10 the State of s592. 96s37. The total
gain TO the state from the nineteen
cities is 81, SOi. 464 o.. and the aggregate is
e 100, 01o3i
1t is the intention of this committee |