Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-12
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Court Holds City Property Is
Not Subject to Tax.
BOY KILLED UNDER WAGON
Loring Abraham Fries Falls From
Runabout in Sight of Parents.
SALOONS GRANTED LICENSES
Charles Town Is Allowed Four and
Harpers Ferry Three by New
County Court.
BOY KILLED UNDER WAGON
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


WINCHESTER, Va, January IL. 1913.
Property owned and rsed by cities,
towns and counties, from which a revenue
is received. is exempt from state taxa
ton and also from county taxation in
the cases Of cities and towns, provided
the supreme court OF appeals sustains
the decision Of Judge Robert G. Southall
in a Richmond court. suit involving
the question OF law was brought by the
city of Winchester to prevent State Audi
tor c. Lee Moore from collecting state
taxes which he required the commissioner
of the revenue to assess against the city
hall, the water and sewerage systems and
other property from which the city re-
ceives revenue. 1t was the first suit Of
the kind instituted in this state after the
auditor took steps to collect the tax,
amounting to about $500. Attorney Cen
eral Samuel w. Williams held that Audi
tor Moore's Interpretation Of the state
tax laws in this respect was correct. but
Judge Southall has held it to be uncon-
stitutional. Practically every city and
county and many towns in the state Is In
terested in the outcome Of the case, which
will be determined finally by the court
Of appeals.
Loring Abraham Fries. four years old.
had his life crushed out under a rear
wheel of a wagon hauling railroad ties
several miles west of Winchester one
day this week and within sight of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Fries. He
was driving a runabOut with his uncle.
Irwin Boyce, and his parents were follow
endeavored to pass the heavy road wagon,
the lighter vehicle ran upon a ledge of
rock, throwing young Fries out. and the
wheel passed over his head and neck,
crushing his skull and breaking his neck.
He died instantly.
Brig. Gen. w. w. Sale of the Virginia
militia and Capt. J. X. Particle of the
United States Army have been In the
Shenandoah valley during the past week
inspecting the various military companies
and also the battalion and regimental
headquarters at Front Royal and Luray,
respectively. They found the companies
in Winchester, Strasburg, Front Royal.
Luray and Staunton in fiourishing condi-
ton, and all the government property
we'll cared for. but at Harrisonburg the
inspection resulted in the officers an
nouncing that unless much missing prop
erty is returned to the barracks by to-
night the delinquents will be court-mar-
tailed. The Harrisonburg company has
been struggling for an existence for many
months, and it is thought it may be al
together disbanded in the near future.
An appeal has been received by the
various chapters Of the Daughters of the
Confederacy from Mrs. A.. A. Campbell
of Roanoke, president of the Virginia
division, urging members and friends of
the chapters to place the Arlington seals
on the back of all mail matter sent out
by them January 10. the birthday ami
versary of Gen. Robert E. Lee. in order
to assist in swelling the Arlington monu-
ment fund. Her request is made in con-
formity with a resolution adopted at the
meeting of the general organization in
Washington recently.