Evening star., 1914-06-07
LYNCHBURG TAX BOOKS
SHOW GAIN IN VALUES
Assessment for 1914 Proves a Sur
prise-Shoe Factories
Expand.
Special Correspondence Of rbe star.

LYNCHBURG, Va. June 6.-The tax
books for Lynchburg. which have just
been completed for the 1914 assessment,
show an actual gain over last year OF
$685. .s73 in values. despite the fact that
the bank deposits have been relieved this
year Of municipal taxation and the loss
Of 100000 on the personal property
books by the substitution of a license
tax for automobiles in lieu Of an ad
valorem valuation This indicates a real
gain over last year of 81 O22, S73 in values
The total assessment is $17 7,S3O,O52 for
real estate and s1o,77l .967 for personal
property. The negroes this year show
an assessment of $1,0s3.O15 for real estate
and $1O8O53 for personally.
Lynchburg next Tuesday will elect
seven common councilmen and five mem
bers of the board of aldermen. Both the
democrats and socialists have full tickets
The socialists will poll between 100 and
democrats will be elected eby large
majorities.
Since the Craddock-Terry Shoe Com
pany acquired a large shoe concern in
st. Louis the company will largely in
crease the output of its three shoe fac
tories here About 500 additional workers
are to be given employment and the
company estimates Its pay roll next year
will be increased from $500, 900 to $500 OOO
Most Disastrous Drouth.
The drought. which has prevailed in this
section since May 5. has been one of the
most disastrous ever experienced in cen
trail Virginia The records of the weather
bureau, which extend back to 1871, fail
to disclose parallel in that time. while
Oldest residents declare they never saw
so serious dry spell at this season of
the year. Farmers have been idle for a
month.
The hay crop will not be more than a
rs per cent yield. Corn Is making no
progress and wheat is maturing without
filling. while many oat fields have been
used for pasture. Except in small areas,
where there have been local rains recent
~, the farmers are unable to transplant
their tobacco plants, and If the ground is
not soaked by good rain in the next ten
days the plants will be too old to be
transplanted, and this will mean prac-
tically little or no tobacco crop. The
sales Of the last crop on the Lynchburg
market aggregated 81 10000.
Miss Angy Manning Taylor. who is
well known in Lynchburg, will sail An
gust % for China. where she goes for
missionary work.
Campbell county, who weighs 337 pounds.
is at Lynchburg hospital for treatment
for broken leg. He received the frac-
ture in fall from a veranda at his home.
He suffered much from the break, but
did not know the bone was broken until
1t was photographed by X-ray here
Wednesday.
Christian College Commencement.
Virginia Christian College commence
ment begins tomorrow morning with the
baccalaureate sermon at the First Chris
tan Church by Rev. Gerald Culberson Of
Richmond. The commencement address
Tuesday will be by DR.. Douglas S. Free
man Of Richmond. The graduates are
Henry Davis Aston. Miss Ellie Gibson,
Miss Minnie Eta Harman, Miss May
Thornton Leake, Miss Evelyn NJ. Lewis,
James Walker McCleary, -Cephas A
Montgomery and William Thomas Stra-
ley.
The Lynchburg Y w c. A. has pur-
chased site for new building square
from the Y. NJ. C. A. building The lot
cost $10.5OO. This is the first step of the
association looking to a building fund
campaign here next fail and a large
building with dormitories is in contem-
plation.
]. W. F1aherty. superintendent of the
Piedmont mills of Lynchburg, was elect
ed president of the Fraternal Order Of
Millers of America at the nineteenth an
nual convention of the order at Buffalo
The annual meeting Of the trustees of
the Randolph-Macon system will be held
at Ashland Monday. The board will very
likely elect DR.. ]. N. Latham Of Lynch
burg. Rev John W. Shackford of Rich
mond, John L. Roper of Norfolk and
Newton Vaughan Of Ashland trustees to
Ill vacancies.