The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-20
MANY MERCHANTS FAIL
TO PAY LICENSE TAXES
Court VIII Call Attention OF Grand
Jury to Dereliction nnd Ask
for Indictment.
NEWS OF VIRGINIA VALLEY
Farmers Have Suffered Heavy DAM
age From Storms and Fires Dur
ing Week, and Loss Amounts to
Thousands of Dollars.
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Especial TO The Times Dispatch.
Winchester. Va. July 1e.-whcn the
Corporation Court for the city of Win
cheater is convened OH Monday morn
by Judge I. w. Harrison. 1t is expect
eu the court VIII address the grand
Jury and quote certain sections of the
state law providing for the prosecu-
tloii or merchants and business and
professional men generally who hayo
not settled with the commissioner or
the revenue for their State license
taxes. MI merchants and others who
nave not renewed their license taxes
since the first Of May are doing bust
mesa unlawfully. because their licenses
expired on April 80. The majority have
paid. but many have not. ana in Wow.
or the iact that the law is plain there
Is no other course open to the grand
jury but TO return indictments The
commissioner or revenue makes onth
that certain establishments are oper-
attnE without y license and the law
requires the grand jury TO indict tho
oHendcr. Violation of tho law makes n
merchant or other business house LA
pie TO fno or imprisonment or both
In case license is renewed after n
conviction the tax is doubled. Tho
matter Will be taken up by every grand
jury In the Corporation Courts of the
state when they meet tomorrow. and
also at the next terms of the Circuit
Courts for the counties 1t Is stated
that surprisingly large number OF
merchants and business and profess
sional men all over the State have
failed TO pay their license taxes for
the ensuing year.
Much Damage Done.
Much damage has been done by light
ninT. sparks from locomotives and
other sources to the property of farm
ers IN Frederick and Clarke Counties,
or Virginia, and Jefferson and other
adjoining counties. OF West Virginia.
during the past week Ono of the
largest hres was the burning OF the
Darn. stlo, sheds ana all contents on
the farm OF Luther McCaulcy. south OF
Winchester. All his newly harvested
wheat along with farming implements
and other farming supplies went IN I'm
smoke. Marshall Burns. living on the
Colcton farm, in jefferson County, lost
about twenty acres of wheat in tho
shock. large field Of hay and some
valuable timber on the stump Fencing
straw and timber belonging to H. y
hamey, neiGhbor. were destroyed
anout the same time. wheatfield.
containing upwards OF 600 bushels OF
grain. on the farm OF p w. Harrison
at nippon station, went up I'm name
ana smoke In q short time Similar
losses were suffered by Mcssrs. La Fol
lette and La Rue in the same 10
49,, e"el' ioSiHS wheat, nay. straw
ana other farm products. Several barns
and contents have been burned i'm
Rockingham, Augusta. Shenandoah and
other counties of the Shenandoah Val
10y
r, Miss Virginia Fiddler, daughter OF
of Frederick County, is believed TO he
on the road to ultimate recovery from
IN. me enects OF copperhead snake bite
tnc carly part or the week. Her hand
ana arm were SwOllon
their normal size. and il was at first
feared she would die from the poison
rallied.
Quite large number of citizens
OF or iarrisonburg who, were candidates
held last month. have failed to ME !,
sworn statement Of campaign expenses
with tho clerk Of the Circuit Court OF
the Law, whether they were elected or
not Many, candidates living In tho
int,corporated towns of that county have
likewise failed TO submit their state-
pred. the matter has been laid before
the commemorative attorney, who
may ma, "a oT ,, II to the attention of the
Mnny Attend Funeral.
Great numbers of people from Fred
erick. Clarke; Jefferson and other coun-
Coiston. seventy three years old, who
died suddenly OF heart disease on
Thursday at the home OF her brother,
She was stricken few moments after
breakfast, and died almost instantly.
Miss Colston belonged to an old and
was an active member OF the Baptist
6 nn0aSGns Her pastor astor: Rev Pr. Julian
TERED in Mount Hebron Ger ceme GerS i'm in
Winchester. Two brothers and four
sisters survive.
An unlicensed and unmuzz!cd dog,
bcsneared with coal tar from head TO
IAN, and acting insanely terrified resi-
dents OF a portion of Winchester on
ThnrSstdny by biting and Swapping at
path: The dog bit driving horse be-
longing TO Mrs. Charles Woodward, but
prompt treatment has saved the horse
thus FAR. The dog was corncred and
shot by an officer.
The first of the big church reunions
to be held this year AT Pen Mar Park
tons OF the District Of Columbia and
the states of Virginia, West Virginia
Maryland and Southeastern pennsyl-
vania on Thursday. The weather was
IDEAL for tho occasion. and the crowd
was estimated al about 5000 or TO-
900. The principal address was made
colleg hour feature. held during the
afternoon, was addressed by a num-
Der Of prominent clcrgymen and lay
men.
Traffic Tied Up.
Traffic on the Southern Railway. be-
tween Waterlick and strasburg was
tied UP nearly four hours Wednesday
night by the big engine and several
heavy cars OF an express train. bound
from Washington TO Harrisonburg,
Jumping the track near Strasburg Pas
sengcrs. baggage. mail and express
matter had TO be transferred. and the
travellers did not reach Harrisonhurg,
the southern terminal OF the division,
until about o'clock on Thursday
morning.
\ band OF yeggmen which recently
quit operations in tho Cumberland and
Shenandoah Valleys when county ana
railroad officers got too hot on their
trails. are reported TO have become ac-
tive again the latest robbery being
that OF the post office ut Timber Ridge.
near Lexington. Va. Fortunately. there
was only $50 In cash and stamps In tho
office AZ the time, although much larger
amounts are usually kept in the safe.
rostmaster c: n; Goodwin; in whose
got to lock the safe when he closed
mp the other night. so the robbers mad
no need Of tools or explosives Blood
hounds took up the trail. bat could not
follow /; further than East Lexington
The fhOMpht IN 4,