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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-15

| drive siN-horsc wagon through. Well,
II SO. crack the whip and let's have the
| lecture. But some may say: the farmer
has NIL this property to leave to his
family when he dies. Granted: but
suppose Mr.. Moore would invest tho
taxes he has saved over tho farmer out
or his income OF S3G750 per nnnum-
invest 1t in life ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS no
| nave Il nestegg OF cold cash about ns
big as the farmer would have to leave
to his family. and have gone through
life without having paid taxes on any
OF 1T? (And God grant the day will
never come when life insurance will
be taxed. 1t is simply brought in hero
as an illustration to show the unequal
levying of taXes).
If the above condition OF things lie
true Tor the instances mentioned, then
1t is true for all tho salaries from $4,000
income down, as compared with tho
farmer, and our farmers, when the tax
laws were framed. IF there were any
present. must have had the wool pulled
over their eyes very nicely.
we VIII take one more example to
show tho injustice OF this system Take
,he WIDOW who has $4,000 trust fund
invested at per cent interest. on
which she gets 5000 income. on this
she is required to pay SIO5 tax or
ever one-siNth of her yearly income
while tho school teacher. right along
side of her. with blatant tongue and
itching palm. is calling for more money
ana more school taxes and quietly
draws his $500 salary. and don't nav
pack penny in taxes. Taxation should
ne levied In proportion to ones ability
10 pay and in proportion to what he
Is getting out OF his business. and
mus alone Will justice be done.
our object in writing this is not to
uctract anything from Mr.. Moore's eff
iort to enforce the laws as he finds
them, in which he should be and 10
commented nor to array any one class
against the other, but simply to insist
mat the tax laws should be so framed
as 10 distribute the burden proDortion-
ateiy on all rs they are able to pay.
rms continued increase of taxation
Wy writing up values fictitiously docs
not enable the farmer TO make any
more wheat, or corn. or tobacco. to ma y
,hese taxes with. We have voted AN
increase OF personal taxes and n 2b
Ter cent increase OF land assessment
All over the State, in time of pro-
found peace--a thing we believe with
out precedent-and 1t has reached
pretty close to the limit of what tho
people are going to stand. Our whole
system OF taxation is n mess, and the
poiitician who thinks all is lovely and
serene overhead would be wise to cast
n glance downward and take notice NJ
how thin the ice is getting over which
he Is skating.
ROBERT BEVERLY.
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Voice Of the People
DOCS the Snlarird Man Pay n Just Pro.
portion of Taxes With the i"armcrt

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Slr'-Whilc the subject of taxation is
lutte live subject in Virginia. and
the Auditor has been having made
Nhat some term "a crusade" through
'he state for gathering up taxes and
taN-dod"erS, the ordinary farmer is
asking himself the question and look
ing around 10 see: Is everybody toting
l"lr' Are not some doing a lot OF
Erunting and very little toting? we
want to compare incomes for a few
seconds between the farmer and the
:alarIcd man. and when we say sal
hiied man we mean from the Governor
down through all the office holders to
me constablc we mean the judges
lawyers. doctors, preachers, teachers
clerks--in fact. the whole out0t ~
those who get an income from their
business or PROFESSIONALS compared
Win the farmer and property owner
we are going 10 take. as an instance
circuit judges income and compare
him with the farmer. The circuit Judge
gets a salary, say. of $1,000 per an
mum. lie is only required. under the
''N laws, as we understand them to
nahd IN The excess in income over
100. In his instance he hands in
S'oo. which at the tax rate here of
% on 500. would amount to s525
lax per annum. Now take the farmer
VINO gets an income Of $500 per an
mum. How much tax does he have to
pay? Well, we are going to suppose
mat his property is worth $4,000 and
mat he is getting a net income Of 10
per cent on IL IN very liberal profit and
much more than the average farmer
nctsl This will make his income
S-,3pp per annum, the same as the Judge
hIs $4,000 is taxed at 81 .O5 per 500
S262 5o-and then his $500 excess in
come over $4,000 would be s525. or n
total OF S26775. against s5.25 for the
ludsc-pretty big difference in the
years taxes, each getting the same in
come.
or take Mr.. Lee Moore who we sun
pose gets :, salary OF $4,000 II year He
II he lived in Essex, would pay SlJ75
tax unless he was one of the privileged
class known as farmers. and getting
~ per cent on his property. and then
nc would get his same $4,000 income
but be taxed to the tune of S3S3.25, or
nearly twenty-five times more taxes as
u farmer imam he would as Auditor
surely. Mr. Editor. our wits must be
wool gathering. There must be "a al
lacy here somewhere that YOU can
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"wHEnE Is THE CITY LIBuARY.~

Two thousand educators. business
men, publicists. farmers and leaders in
many other fields are pouring into
Richmond for the Conference for Edu-
cation in the South here this week.
They will journey through it. inspect
ing its schoolhouscs, its fine. new John
Marshall High School, the museums.
the City Hall, the State Capitol, the
monuments. the parks, the colleges, the
historic places They will he struck
with the greatness and the modern
ness of the city in many directions. but
most of them are going to ask: Where
Is the City Library?' Where do your
boys and girls your young men and
women and their elders go TO read in
the evening" Where do your citi-
zcns go for information self-instruc-
ton and self-culture?" Where does
your army of workers read?" Where
is Your university OF the people,"
What Will these representatives Of
hundreds Of Very. very much smaller
communities which possess adequate
public libraries. think when they hear
the answer OF Richmonders: wv.
haven't any? It's EHchmond's shame
that there is no such institution here.
The situation lowers Richmond, not
only in the eyes of "a great many OF
its own people but also in those OF the
world
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go through tho present yoar with n
much smaller number OF lynchings than
mas been true in the history OF The
last twenty-five years
In order to throw some additional
light OH tho subject. give below some
oStails as TO tho places and causes
or tho lynchings which have taken
4 eolorcd man in Paris. Texas. for
,coiored man in Houston. Miss. case
81 murder. 1t was later discovered
f Inac me wrong man had been
lynched. oi0
Ono was lynched at Shreveport.
ha, IN Fcbruary: cause unknown.
one at Drew, Miss. lynched by
negroes for killing two negro women.
- Two negroes of Harrison County.
TEX; ono cause unknown, the other
Tor horse stealing.
Andalusia, Ala. in February Il negro
was lynched for shooting Il white wo-
Gornelia. Ga. two negro tramps for
Killing policeman.
Union. Tenn. negro accused OF kill
Ing white man.
West Point, Miss, n negro who wa.
confined in Jail for attempting TO Kill
sheriff and deputy when they tried to
iock nm in his cell for the night
You Will notice that in not single
case was the person lynchcd charged
with committing assault on white
woman.
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON.
Tuskcgee, Ala.
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&
ANSWERS
Furniture.

Will you tell me what the cxpert
ana the dealer mean by Jacobean fur
niture? ~ Il, w
The expert and the dealer are com
monty very different persons. II 10
not likely that either means ANYTHING
BY the phrase. The name. James. lend,
Ing i,self poorly TO the fabrication 81.
an adjective. It's Latin equivalent,
Jacobus. is employed TO furnish "Jaco-
bin primarily a noun meaninl, an ad-
hercnt of James. etc, and then an ad-
1ective as in Jacobn poetry. Jacob:n
plots. etc, and also the adjective form
Jacobean. Hence. Jacobcan furniture
! means either nothing or It means fur
niture belonging 10 that period OF
England when some James was King
James !. ruled fyom 1903 to 1895. and
James II. from 1855 TO 1855 There is
! not The faintest reason TO suppose that
IN either Of these periods" one single
article or style 'of house furniture
either came into existence in England
or went out OF existence, but the
phrase .'Jacobcan furniture IS n sonor-
Gus one and has. somehow. got itself
irmly fixed in the speech OF the trade,
There is some need OF nomenclature
In every craft. This Language of tho
tribe" appeals most strongly to the
most Jealous and the most ignorant
OF the craftsmen and. so, It grows far
beyond The legitimate use for it and is
employed 10 dazzle and confound the
outsider. a very large part OF medical
and legal and theological term!noIogy
Is OF this pestiferous sort, and IL Is
rare that one gains in claritude and
brevity enough TO pay him for remem-
bcrinS the patter.
Consider. for instance. how much
might be done in the way OF technical
vocabulary In an orphan asylum. Some
of these amiablc institutions have al
ready the term half orphan" form
promising enough for any performance.
AN orphan IS one whose mother and
father are both dead A half orphan"
has lost either mother or father and
as the term does not specify which.
'shorphan' and ''horphan." in which
the initial as" suggests She and tho
initial m suggests "he," would supply
the deficiency. A quarter orphan"
would. Of course be one who had lost
mother ard father. but saved Il step
father Or. perhaps, a mother-in-la law,
and some such term rs .achorphant
would readily convey the idea of n
person whose father had died or chills
in brick house in Amelia County In
April, 1876. a little skill and patience
would enable one in this manner TO
construct a vocabulary which would
be as clear as that OF medicine not
much more complicated than that of
manufacturing chemistry and about as
useful as that of the law.
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From the nickcyvi,,e clarion.

Elmer Jones is dickerin' with fcller
for u plug hat. and there is some talk
mat he is goin' into the under
takin' business.
Anne tilliker traded off his cheese
factory for an oatmobile. and the next
day the oatmobile blowed up. Anne
says there are times I'm Il feller's life
when he can't lay up cent
The only thing on this earth that
VIII stick closer than II brother is
the screw top on n glass fruit jar
There is several ways to eat sauer-
hraut, but the best way is by proxy
never yit see a woman who would
ADMIT that she had anything to wear.
and judgin' by the statues in the
museums, guess in the old days they
really didn't.
The only feat more difficult than
iecdin red pepper to II wildcat is
tryin' TO get a siN-inch stove pipe
INTO hyc-inch chimney hole
see they have got Il new contri :
vance 10 put in the collection plate
az the ineetin' house When a felier
drops in suspender button it shoots
OF pistol. BY Eracy. if they ever
tried that in our meetn' house it
would sound like correct imitation
OF the battle of Bunker Hill
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Cnught on the Ely

only one member of the new Cabi-
net wear whskers. so the Cabinet
may he said to be about 90 per cent
progressive and 10 per cent reaction
airy.
Vincent Astor says he would like
10 be newspaper reporter but a
newspaper reporter must have some
thing beside money.
Napoleon's grandson has been found
IN q Los Angeles lumber yard. He Is
renewed to be the only member OF the
6onapartc family who is not cxpectinc
10 start revolution in France
diamond ring has been removed
from Pittsburgh mans stomach.
t5eing Pittsburgh man. he probably
swallowed it so the chorus girls
couldn't get it,
The battleship Oregon may be sold
Tor scrap iron. Well. she has ALWAYS
been a good piece OF SCRAP iron when
there was any scran in sight.
When tho Southern colonies attend
White House dinners they will have
to carry their supply of cheer in their
hip pockets.
Alfred Noycs, the English poet now
visiting in this country is said 10
nave plenty of money Probably some
body left it to him
California man tried to 60 with
out FOOD thirty days. and now he win
never have any further use for food
in any form.
An italian noblcman is holding a
position as waiter in "A Baltimore hotel
II he holds the job Il year or two he
SHould be able TO make enough money
10 restore the ancestral estates
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BULLETS VS.. DRAINS.

One thousand and fifty dollars is
what it costs TO fire one shot from a
thirteen-inch gun OF the United States
Navy. If the damage to the gun
S555-is added. the amount would run
to Sl.6c5 That sum would pay first
rate country school teacher for three
years. or il would give boy a four
years course at a good college or uni
vcrsity
Fiity-five thousand five hundred and
siNtynine dollars is what the United
States pays for Il thirtcen-inch cannon.
That is much more than many high
school or church or social centre costs
The bill for a superintendent is
Sl5,ooo.ooo, which would build 5000
new homes at S9,5o0 each
Adequate armament for our national
defense is essential, but what a waste
war is: The fear of IL steals billions
from the people, causes brick and stone
and mortar and timber to lie unused.
and costs generation upon generation
Unreasonable loss in the things they
might have had if the red phantom
were not ever pacing the worlds hori-
zon.
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policy. but The Times Dispatch men
tions 1t here in order to call the attcn.
ton OF the other candidates for the
House Of Delegates from Richmond to
The desirability OF their announcing n,
this time their individual platforms.
Whiie 1t is customary here for such
candidates to outline their positions at
poiitical meetings throughout tho city.
there are hundreds of voters who do
lot or cannot attend such assemblies.
Ihe only way to reach them is through
inc publication OF n definite platform.
In almost all of the other. cities and
counties OF Virginia candidates for the
House of Delegates have announced
'hcir platforms. and the candidates in
the largest city of the Commonwealth
should do likewise.
Upon what platforms do you stand
Messrs Cannon, Cox, Creamcr. Curtis
iiopson, Montague, Stratton and Toncy?
what policies would each of YOU, il
elected, seek to have enacted into law?
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] Forthcoming such funds will also be sub.
mitted by w. n. Shcats. State Super,
intcndent OF Public Instruction OF
| Florida.
The essentials OF equitable taxation
will next be discussed. The machinery
needed for cffccting an equitable tax
VIII be proposed. Then DIR. Raper will
make statement of the reforms In
assessment now in progress in tho
South
George Lord. of Smithfeld. former
member of the Michigan Legislature.
viii speak upon the proposition to have
State Tax Association In every State.
composed of the taxpaying public and
representatives from the several tax
paying districts, meet in conference to
consider the problem of taxation with
a view to securing more equitable
distribution of the tax burden Such
an organization WAS effected in Michi-
gan and has made its influence felt
Something of the sort is needed in Vir-
ginia. and those who are interested
in an organized effort for tax reform
should not fail to hear the proposition
made.
Those who expect to become mem
bcrs OF tho next House of Delegates of
Virginia. ms we'll as the members of
the Senate Of Virginia. should make
it a point TO come to Richmond TO at
tend this conference. Thence they can
derive ideas which will he OF the great
est value to them in the discussion and
formulation OF tax legislation next
winter They can learn in q few hours
what other states have done toward
securing better systems of taxation
and. equipped with new ideas and new
information, t&ey can 20 back TO dis
cuss tax reform with some measure
Of intelligence with the constituencies
which they represent or hope TO repre-
sent.
Here is an opportunity for them
which will not soon come again.
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The Rich mond Blues.

a.. WI Narcn 4, 1879
AS we stand one side to view the pa
Thousands on foot and n gay caval-
Midst these gorgeous and varied hues
Nohc win more applause than Tho
Richmond Blues"
with their nodding plumcs, bands
They pass in view with knightly air
MOI Nirginlans only shout forth their
But others all would loud plaudi,s
think as my Virginia heart thrills
with pride
Vi r resii,t. great work they've done
How, when they relax from work and
duty.
Only the. best dances, full OF grace
and beauty
II the thoughtless persist. despite this
The band san leave the room they will
All! never did the Richmond R,uos ,.,a
better fight
Than thus to marshal our youth for thu
right. '
TO uphold,
10 give youth utmost pleasure ia duo
from the old
We pray. Richmond Blues vour stand
they will heed
And go where your spotless nlun,cs On
nobly lead.
MRS. a OWEN.
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COME rc THE TAN CONFERENCE.

City and county co,rrnfssio,ar.
Ill other officials direr,,y na,'.,a '.'.@
with the handling Of the ,yh,ic 80
nues-farmers. merc.rsr,s ,1,,..-
school teachers ana srbnoI CO... = =
fact, all citizens io,are.,.d
Tuition Of the prohI.m ~
Should come 10 Richmond 10 .,,s,G
the conference on taxatiou wn;cm III.
part Of the Conference for ran...
i'm the South here This voek MI.
conferences is to be bcld !, III III
ioration Commission roo,,
Capitol on Thursday and Frid,y 90
Moons at 2.So Eyervbod, i,,,,,o...,
invited to attend c;ovnrror ~, a.,,,
preside and Dr. Do,,rIoa 8 ~.
former technical expert or tbe y,rai,t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-15
Onthe Spurofthe Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Fnther. Dcnr Enthcr.

Father. dear father come home with
me now.
The clock in the steeplc strikes six
US kids wo are lonesome. There's no.
body there.
And you've got the supper to fix.
The furnace fires out and the cats
in the milk.
The tea kettles frozen up tight Z.
The beds are not made and the hired
girls quit.
oh. father. come early tonight.
Come home. Come home.
On. rather dear father. come home.
For mothers been missed
Since she started bridge whist
on. father, dear father. come home!
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GO TO SEE THE ANGELS.

surely there can be no dispute that
the best way to spend this evening is
In looking ut the angels and in LISTEN
ing to their heavenly music. Every
po"S IN hichmond has an opportunity
TO 10 that right here on earth tonight
Many may never have another chance
Everybody should see and hear
angels in Art" at the Academy to-
hlSht ana tomorrow night 1t is a
Wonderful. brilliant presentation OF the
beautiful angels who live in the i'm
mortal canvases and frcscocs of the
old masters-ATelozzo. SignoreIli. Dona
'eiio' Botticelli. Robbia. Raphael and
many Others, 1t is q series of human
portraits accompanied by the most
celestial music that earth knows. Tho
coiors worn by the actors and displayed
IN the furnishings and Backgrounds
are absolutely faithful 10 the originals.
1t is splendid procession of wonder
fui' glowing angelic pictures. whose
faces are those of our loveliest women
ana children. Added 10 1t is the music
or hidden choirs singing the grandest
sacred songs. The companion arts.
music and painting. are allied in mar
Nelous beauty. The masterpieces of the
masters suddenly become humanized
for us in the most accurate manner
The Times-pispatch hopes that cyery
oodE who possibly can go will go to
sec this wonderful spectacle, either to-
night or tomorrow night.
If ANYTHING else were needed to make
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-15

NO NeErO NNSnHIfH on White Women,
TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir--Durng the first three months
of 1913 there have been about thirteen
lynchings in the United States While
for the same period OF time year
ago there were twenty-four-;l rcduc-
ton ny nearly one-half in the number
of lynchings This Is gratifying
record; even though 1t is very deplor-
able that there have been airy al al.
II all the people, white and black.
manner feel quite sure that we can
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THE BUILDER AND THE DE
STtOYEIs.

STROYER.
-Four years ago. Samuel Chncs Nit
choll Nirginan, Went to the helm
o, the University of South Carolina.
lie foisid it without modern and adc-
Guate buildings. with small student
the state. n passive spectator rather
than leader OF the thought OF ana
a minister TO the aspirations OF the
masses. When his four years there
are rounded out in few moro weeks.
he Will leave there two great and
modern lecture halls, two fine new
dormitories. moro than 500 students
where there were only 2S5 four years
ago, but, best OF all. he viii leave
it where he did not find tin the
hearts OF the people. lie brought the
State to the university: he brought
the university to the State. He made
the institution centre OF real. prac-
teal culture. n nucleus for the forces
OF education and uplift. Wherever he
went in South Carollna-ard he went
~ HiuNSS blAc
versity was as distant in the minds or
the people as the clo.sters of Bologna
he carried with him the ideal or
the extension Of the univcrsity's in
hGence beyond the mere academic pale
OF dry and dusty learning into the
green and fertile fields of practical
application 10 tho dominating PROB
lens of tho day" lie fashioned tho
university into an Instrument OF state
wide influence for the welfare of the
PEOPLE. lie held up the llgh, in hun
dreds Of dark places; he was mis-
sioner Of progress. lie left South
Carolina better than he found II. He
WAS the greatest personal constructive
force within it.
Coleman Livingston Bloasc, South
Ca.olinian. went TO the helm OF the
state more than two years ago. he
found il progressing slowly, nut II II
moves at all to-day. that movement is
retrogfession. He has fought compuI-
sorry education: he has upheld tho law
az the mob as the law oc the land;
lie has. piled reproach and shame upon
South Carolina Whether the indict-
ment be true or false. because OF his
dcmagoguery the nation looks upon
south Carolina to-day as the most
backward. the most unenlightencd
and the most unfortunate of states.
lie has gone among the people as their
Governor stirring up prejudice. Great
Ing, a spirit OF lawlessness and stand
ing Between the people and the light,
lie will leave South Carolina worse