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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19

richest countries on earth. and the
students learn patriotism and natural
pride in the public schools. The aver
age American student. he said, gets
5000 hours of instruction. If he went
TO school three hours Il day 300 days
year for thirteen years. as. he ought
to. he would get IL, 900 hours. or enough
to learn culture and practical things,
too.
DIR. WHITFIELD did not realize his
cherished intention OF having vote
taken on the proportion, as the crowd
broke up at once when the program
was concluded. but he Will have tho
satisfaction of having his plan pub
iished in the proceedings of the CON
ference. and he hopes 1t will be tho
beginning of a revolution in the school
system OF the country.
Water In Rural Homes.
President Joe Cook, OF the State Nor
NAL School AT Hattiesburg Miss, dis
cussing the drudgery of women Oh the
farms dealt with but one subject
water lie told how and for what
price water with all convenienccs can
be put in every country home All
sorts Of questions were fred at him.
and he was ready with answers. AS
TO the cost, which was dreaded by
most, ono speaker said that with half
the energy now expended by women
in carrying and handling water, she
could pay In two years for the entire
water system By raising potatoes on
a small patch OF ground
The world knows now that the poor
don't have to starve said Professor
Benjamin Il Andrews. of the Teachers
College OF Columbia Univcrsity. Food
values can be learned so that every
body can live with slight cost. as far
as the table Is concerned He advo-
Gated better division OF tho family
earnings. so that women may have
money OF their own to spend This
wax greeted with unanimous applause
from the feminine portion of tho audi
encc The mon sat glumly. perhaps
Wishing that there were really some
division Of funds 30 that they could
get part
Miss Isabel Ely Lord. of Pratt In
stitutc. Brooklyn. talked about home
economies. The saving of time by
management was stressed by her, and
she remarked that nowadays women
do not spend moment longer In dress
ing than Is absolutely necessary
which caused another audible smile
Nutrition Investigations were dis
cusscd by DR.. c. +. I.angworthy. OF tho
United states Department of Agricul-
ture: social life In the country for
women by Mrs. Mary c. Roark. of tho
state Normal School at Richmond. XIV.
and the awakening OF farm women by
MIS-. w y. HUT, of tho stan Of tho
Progressive Farmer OF Raleigh y e.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
CONFERENCE NOTES

Five huHdred.sof the visitors to the
Conference for Education in the South
Will join the trip down James River
to-day. rendered by the Old Dominion
Steamship Company. the Chesapeale
and Ohio Railway Company, the AS
ISOLATION for the Preservation of Vir-
GINA Antiquities, Mrs. Louise j. Bar
ncy. and the Richmond Business MEMS
Committee, headed By Thomas p
Bryan-thc latter body furnishing the
lunch. The boat, the Smithfeld, leaves
the Old Dominion wharf at 7:45 O'Clock
this. morning, and will stop at James
town Island at o'clock, whore one
hour will be spent. The arrival at
Newport News Will be at 4:45 O'clock,
and the special train over the Chcsa-
peake and Ohio will leave at $40
o'clock. following the regular train
and arriving In Richmond at GAO. Re-
freshments on the boat will be served
at 1880 O'Clock, so as to, be finished
before arrival at the cradle of Ameri-
can civilization, Delegates who may
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19

Lauds The Times Dispatch.
Allan g. Grdwood of Baltimore. Soc
rotary of the special commission an
pointed by the Governor of Maryland
to report 10 the Legislature of 1914 on
the tax situation in that state speak
Ing in the open session which followed
the set addresses, reported the situu-
ton in his State to be analogous to
that in Virginia. Indifference and
apathy on the part of the electorate.
he said. was responsible for the fail
ure SO far to secure needed tax reforms
In Maryland.
I'VE have the same apathy to fight in
Virginia" said DR.. Douglas s. Freeman.
former tax commissioner of this state
but we are beginning TO arouse the
electors to q sense OF their duty In
this work We are being aided nobIy by
the press Of Virginia. II the Baltimore
Sun would do for Maryland what The
Times Dispatch has done and is doing
for Virginia in this respect. it could
do much in helping to bring about the
reforms YOU need"
Mr.. Girdwood painted dark picture
of the Maryland situation The CITY
of Baltimore. no said, was being sad
died by the rural districts with more
than its share OF the State burden. and
has so far been Unable to find relief
Measures looking to an equalization OF
the taxes have been repeatedly downed
in the Maryland Legislature. he said.
by the representation from the coun.
ties whose taxes would thereby be in
creased
DR.. Freeman thought that Virginia
cities arc being similarly unjustly
burdened. and that reform will follow
only when the members from the rural
districts are educated to the point OF
appreciating the injustice Of the pres
cnt system.
West Virginia Leads.
West Virginia. according TO Pro-
fcssor Raper, who discussed the lines
of tax reform now being worked out
I'm the South, leads the Southern States
in the matter OF equitable assessment
and collection of taxes. 1t is the only
state In the South. he said If West
virginia may properly he called part
OF the South. that possesses an effec-
tive State tax comm Lssion. Its mem-
bers are appointed by the Governor
for term of six years. The West
Virginia system provides also far a
permanent county assessment office
which, according to Professor Raper,
is an essential part of the taxing ma
cEinery.
In tho other Southern States. said
Professor Raper, the situation is. ev-
cept In two or three Commemorative.
anything but encouraging. Virginia,
he thought. was in Il fair way to adopt
reforms within the next few years,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
DOWN HOMERS PAY
HONOR TO DR.. PAGE
North Carolina Conference Dele.
gates Give Luncheon to New
Ambassador.

North Carolina delegates to the Con-
ference for Education in the South
united yesterday in giving compli-
Page, presiding officer OF the confer
ence just closed. in recognition OF the
distinguished honor conferred upon the
Old North State by the appointment
of one OF it's sons to the am assador-
ship al the court OF St James
General Julian $. Carr, of Durham,
presided as toastmaster. and presented
as the first speaker j. Y. Joyner. State
superintendent of Public Instruction III
North Carolina, who spoke to the toast,
what Our Down Home Folks. Think
About 1t" President w. w. Moore. OF
the Union Theological Seminary, Rich
mond, a former North Carolinian. fol-
lowed with talk on the subject.
What the Tarheels Think About It."
speeches were made also by Colonel
'" a. Blair. of Winston Salem; Cen
eral Julian s. Carr. of Durham; Con-
gresham Small. of North Carolina; Dr.
Page and others. The new ambassador
expressed his Appreciation of the honor
conferred upon him by President viii
son. and said that he was going to
London to do the best that he could.
The luncheon was given in the palm
room of the jefferson Hotel at ! o'clock
and was attended. in addition 10 those
mentioned. by Colonel Bcnehan Cam
cron of Stagsville; j. l.. Borden. of
Goldsboro; President j. J. I'oust. OF the
state Female Normal school at Green's
boro; President ID. II. Hill Of the North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
college, Raleigh; Ralph Page, son Of
the ambassador. OF Southern Pines;
President Ramsey. OF the Peace Insti-
tute, Raleigh; DIR. Charles Lee Smith
or Raleigh; r. H. Wright OF Greenvillc:
lanes r. Green. Of Winston Salem; Dr.
y. II. Walker, Of the University OF
North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Harry
Howell. Of Raleigh. and l.. c. Brogdcn,
OF Raleigh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
THE TIMES RICHMOND SATURDAY APRIL 49, 1918

desire. may take the boat at the New
port News wharf for Norfolk.
There are Others who prefer to visit
Hampton Normal and Agricultural In
stitute. where they have been invited.
These viii leave the city at . o'clock
this morning over the Chesapeake and
Ohio. and may return at $50 o'clock
this evcping.
In all. about 24O0 persons registered
at the various conference Offices dur
ing the meeting.
After the closing meeting last night.
an address on hookworrn and rural
sanitation work In Virginia, with IL
lustrations. was given In John Marshall
High School by pr. Allen w Freeman,
Assistant State Health Commissioner.
The exhibits will be dismantlcd to-
day and returned to their respective
owners all over the South. They have
been visited by thousands during the
week
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
TAX CONFERENCE FOR
STATE COMMISSIONS
Declares Nonpartisan State Board of Assessment
to Be Essential to Any Scheme of Reform.
Refers to Virginia
Refers to Virginia.

Summing up In concrete form the
sense OF the two meetings held in
Richmond in connection with the Con-
ference for Education in the South, the
Conference on Taxation yesterday af-
ternoon adopted unanimously the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, That where conditions are
such as to insure the selection OF eff :
cient and nonpartisun members. a
permanent State tax commissioners or
commission. with ample power of sup
cruising and equaliZing assessments,
Is the first essential step towards eff
cient and equitable taxation. and that
such commissioner or commission is
necessary whether a program OF separ-
alton of State and local revenues be
followed or not"
The resolution was offered by r. s.
Adams State Tax Commissioner, OF
Wisconsin, at the conclusion OF the
final session, devoted to an examination
OF the tan reform movement In the
South. during which addresses were
made by +. Y Joyner. State Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction OF North
Carolina; Professor Charles Lee Raper
dean of the Graduate School of the
University OF North Carolina, and
superintendent Sharkcy, of the depart
ment OF Public Instruction OF West
' lTSluid lnpTOnptu laikS were maze
by several members OF the confidence
Want state Associations.
Just before adjournmcnt under n
resolution offered by Henry Warden
OF F'redari cksburS. the conference went
OH record AS favoring the organization
of State tax association in every
State. composed OF representatives from
the various taX-payins districts, to
meet in conference to consider the
problem Of taxation and to bring about
more equitable distribution of the
tax burden
Editor W. a. Land. OF the Black
stone Courier, presented resolution
calling upon the next General As
sembly OF Virginia to provide by legis-
lative enactment for nonpartisan
State tax commission with ample pow
ers to put into practice r3orm In
tho methods Of assessing and collect
ing taxes In this state The confer
ence declined to ratIfy II on the ground
that 1T could legitimately concern it.
self only with reforms OF general APP
plication In the South. and Lieutenant.
Governor Ellyson. who presided. ruled
that the resolution was out of order.
The final session was held in the
House OF Delegates. at the State Capt.
to1, and attracted good attendance.
Before adjourning. the conference
passed resolutions extending it's thanks
to tho speakers who had addressed It
and to the newspaperS Of the city Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
Look for the spear
aDr-@ 4s,.e.- Avoid limitations

North Carolina. he said, would probably
create nonpartisan State tax COM
mission at the next meeting of it's
Legislature in 1915. In Mississippi
, there was Il well-defned movement for
reform, and in Tennessee the Legisla-
ture has under consideration a bill pro-
viding for State commission. In
south Carolina. Georgia, Florida Ala
bama and Louisiana little or no imme-
date reform is in sight.
Problem of School Taxes
superintendent Joyncr, of the North
Carolina Department of Public In
struction. presented the report of the
Conference of State Superintendent of
fuhhc instruction OH tho problem of
school taxes. II recommended chiefly
that the State, county and local dis
trict shoulder Jointly the burden OF
public education, on the principle that
the child is the charge OF the Com
monwealth and county in as true
sense as 1t is the charge of the COM
munity In which 1T is born.
state and county school taxes, said
Mr. Joyner, should be mandatory and
should be apportioncd to the counties
and districts OIL the basis of average
schooi attendance. and not on the basis
or school popula ton. the common prac-
tice now. The recommendation that
funds he apportioned on the basis OF
average attendance. he said, rested on
the conviction that such n procedure
would place a premium on attendance
and thus raise the general level OF cdu-
cation.
Minimum Term.
without attempting to lay down
hard and fast rule, said Mr.. Joyner.
the Conference of Superintendent
agreed that in this sharing OF the
educational burden, the State should
contribute approximately one-third of
tho total school expense. The funds
he recommended. ShOuld he anpor-
toned as to provide as far as possible
minimum seven month term for all
schools. leaving to the Individual dis
trict the task of lengthening this term,
by means Of Its own appropriation.
superintendent Sharkey, of the West
Virginia Department OF Public Educa-
ton. read paper on the subject, How
West Virginia Has Worked Out the
Assessment Problem" The address
was TO have been delivered at the
Thursday afternoon meeting by Fred
%. Blue, State Tax Commissioner, OF
West Virginia. MIR. Blue was detained
in Charleston. and Mr.. Sharkey, with
the permission of the conference. read
the paper
In the open discussion which fol-
lowed the formal addresses short
talks were made by Lawson Purdy.
president of the Department of Taxes
and Assessments Of New York City;
II. w. Laird, of Montgomery, Ala; r..
$. Adams. of Madison. Wis; DR.. DOUG
las s. Freeman, of Richmond, and
Allan c. Girdwood. of Baltimore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
PREACHERS CONFER
Discuss Duties OF Church In Social and
Intellectual Lie.

The country preachers OF Virginia
who gathered in the Y. NJ. c. A audi
torium yesterday afternoon. listened to
many pertinent suggestions as to the
duty OF the country church in the So
cial. intellectual and physical welfare
of its members.
The principal address was by Rev.
X. H. Pitt, -. D., of Richmond who
spoke on What the Church Can DO
to Stimulate Reading and Intellectual
Life in General" He dwelt upon the
value of good church library. which
should contain books that teach piety
only indirectly.
What the Church Can DO 10 De-
velop an Interesting and ElcvatinS So
cial Life was the subject of an ad-
dress by Rev. 3. NJ. Bccnham lie
pointed out that the pastor may oc-
cupy a position of the highes; leader
ship III the social life of community.
Observation-Disclosures
Tuesday night at 7:so O'clock Miss
Minnie Patterson and John A Weather
ford both of this place, were quietly
married
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-19
Lauds The Timer-pi,p.tcb,

Richmond for their reports of the scs-
sions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-09
T. Taggart's Mission

Smiling T. Taggart of French Lick Springs
Ind, is in Washington inquiring into the delay on
the part of President Wilson in passing out the
pie to clamoring Democratic patriots
81 will confess" said Mr. Taggart | am one of
those dfashioned Democrats believe that to the
vctors belong the Offices and convinced
is in Democratic party such abundance talent
such wealth of administrative ability that the
ought to serious difficulty in
finding Democrats to man the government in all its
branches and departments
regard the question appointments in the
various States there some little disappoint-
ment l have found this in Indiana and during
my brief stay here today l also have found it among
representatives from the various
in Washington who have themselves freely
since arrival.
"If might be permitted whisper a secret of
school, would even that have found number of
members of Congress my political faith who are timid
about returning home lest they by
cry applicants for fourth-cass misunderstanding and
places rural carriers and rather take chances
they are staying right the job national capital
AS the Duke of French Lick suggests, the
president would find no difficulty in securing
enough Democrats to fill all the offices in the
federal service, and the country now awaits with
much interest to whether Mr.. Wilson is also
an 'old fashioned Democrat"
The several millions of people who are not
seeking to attach themselves to the federal pay
not belong to the Anticipated Taggart school Of
Democracy. They have no objection to the weed
ing out of incompetent Republican office holders,
appointed under a farcical administration of the
civil service, but in the event office holders fair
ly and honestly appointed under the merit sys-
tenn, should share the same fate of the incompe-
tents, there certainly would be most vigorous
protest registered.
President Wilson can render splendid public
service if he will place the civil service solid
basis more, correcting the abuses it was
subjected to under the Taft administration.
Probably belief that the president has such plan
in mind was the motive for Taggarts trip to
Washington to preach the gospel of Ito the vic
tor belongs the spos.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-09

or milk and This slap at Director Neff and
ties his hands regulation of the milk business
Killed the provide for the storage
of petroleum and gasoline
In the state they killed the McIlhenny bill al
lowing navigation Investigate accidents
in Delaware river
Passed the bill validating the appointment of 14oo
patrolmen firemen which Porter contested.
Killed the Dax bill providing for the election Of board
of revision taxes
Refused report from committee the McIlhenny bill
allowing Philadelphia TO appoint board of revis
ion of This bill introduced at instance OF Blank
Ienburg.
Have refused to change fire marshal BILL which puts
Ware and McNchol obhoders in state employ into Phila
delphia against wishes Porter and his head
Are holding up the Williams state civil service bill.
which will employees in Philadelphia under civil
service They intend to kill this bill.
Mayor Blankenburg elected on reform
ticket and there great rejoicing among the
sturdy fighters for civic decency in the Quaker
City, for generations hotbed of corruption. AS
may be CLEANED from the Times editorial, how
ever citizens of Philadelphia failed to realize that
the roots of corruption extended farther than the
city hall.
The case of Philadelphia aptly proves that the
overthrow of invisible government can only be
accomplished by fight all along the line, state
and nation, we'll as municipality.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-09
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-09
THE EMPORIA CURFEW.

the
Curfew is to blow again in Empora, Kas. To be sure
curfews ordinarily ring but in Empora they blow Rather
they used to blow For there curfew whistle
which sent Empora boys and girls scurrying bed at
o'clock but for years there has been such
whistle and the Emporans have become wild
This interruption in the nightly activity of the curfew
whistle due the fact that the whistle used for this
fell into decaygrew prematurely old it were
No took the trouble put it into repair agitae
for another But these progressive days and the
of the plant which gives Emporia it's electric light
heat service has answered the nv
taton of the commissionfor Emporia is of the 247
commission governed ctiesby appearing before
and offering blow the whistle every night hour
the commission might designate (Ths implies that the
plant has whistle, has done something to the old
one Right here into evidence the advantage of
mission government. One of the commissioners mmed
atey presented resolution which promptly adopted
that Emporia at chime whistle and have it
placed electric light plant whistle blown
every evening o'clock and be used for curfew
only Hereafter youthful jollity will vanish from
the streets Of Emporia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-09

Gifted with a personality which so
far has made his tyranny pleasant,
Underwood has got away with it,
with admirable skill. Perhaps he
would have forced the House to do
what it has done since it has been I'M
der his thumb, even if he had not had
the machine to help him. Maybe with
out a machine no legislation could be
passed in a chamber containing so
many diverse elements-and if this is
not a Government by parties, then,
pray, what is it? And if a party does
not work in harmony, then, please,
how can it work?
The aim of this analysis is, not to