The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-05
COUNCIL
WILL NOT RAISE RATES
New Tax Ordinance Expected TO b
Same as Under Old
system.
POST C., t. p. A. RE-ELEcrs
II. w. Prichard. Twenty Years TrcAs-
urcr, and Other Officers Hold Over.
Dance for Malone Monument Fund

Petersburg Va, April 4,--The FL
nance Committee OF the city Council
after hoidin- three meetings recently,
is expected To decide within few
days the rate at which real estate
and tangible personal properly owned
In the city OF Petersburg shall be as
sessed for taxation under the new
tax law.
At the three meetings held. al
! the time MAS taken up with consid
tration OF the license ordinances, sp
that no TIM vas left for considera
ton Of the TAX rate. II is expect
I'd that the committee viii recommend
that the rate lac fixed AZ s1.65, which.
with the o euts the state will impose
will make The same as that under
the old law,
Delegate :. W. Price, Is in receipt
If letter from state Auditor c. Lee
Moore, explaining az lengtn certain
points in the new. law applicable to
PETERSBURG
The Finance Committee has not In
1icated what its recommendation wifi
| be, but il is believed that It VII
| put tax ef 30 cents OF Intangible
property, as II ia permitted TO do I'M.
der the law
I. y. \. In S<a<ion
At n lar..e AN enthusiastic meeting
held IN .Ziks' Home last evening. Post
/ E.. T. 7. a. reelected Horace Il
Smith. president. ". Lee Rah'ly. vice.
president aud Robert ". Prichard.
+ eerretary~tr treasurer. Mr.. P~ichard has
served as stcrctary-treasure OF the
oFanizatt5n for the last twenty years
land has ms de o most valued ana.
efficient officeT.
The following board Of directors
was rc-elected: r. NJ Hobbs, w. L.
McGin. Semi Harrison, l.. L. Kidd
X. W frlce. .. w. Matto& and j.
L. Young
/ Chairncn of various committees
were elected IS follows;
Ralr6aas, K W. Price. hotels, Il.
T. Robertson; press. W. NJ. Wells,
sick, i. y. smith; legislative. Robert
Cuthhe-t; membership. }, +. Goo.-
rich: good roads, W. T.. Armstrong.
lempioyment u Rah!ly: physician. Or,
j. II 8eekwith; chaplain, Rev. h.
y DandrIdge.
Delegates to the national eonvol
tion waL3n convenes IN Omaha, Neb.,
in the week OF June IA, 1915. were
elected as follows; W. w. Townes.
:. Il. On, aiternates, u, Rahily and.
John II. Jolly.
TIC 3llow.nE were elected dele,
gates to tbs State convention at Char
lottesvliie, -day Z. " W. Townes, Il.
W. I'rIce. J t. Goodrich. ". T. Baugh
Benz harrison. S. Is. Gilll. J. l.,
SpottswooI j. H. Jolly. +. +. Thwe&;t.
l., T.. t:oCe .tson, T. 3. Beckwith, j.
T.. Youns. /. Hahily. w. l.. Rahiiy. $.
NJ. Green. f, a. Cloudy. Robert Cuth-
bert, T. + ta.sona. J. u. Smith. L.
l. Kidd, 4, w. OH. q. W Watson,
/ W. l. scott, q G. Rodgers, r. T..
| Fmmmer. W NJ. Wells and Q. ".
Aa'tox. &he post now has a mem
! bcrship o. 26a
library Hall DANCE.
The arrangements for tbs dance
20 be given in Library Hall tomorrow
afternoon ana night for the benefit
! OF the Malone monument fund by the.
ladies u Petersburg Chapter Daugh-
: ters Of ;he Confeaeracy have beer,
/ completed aud a large attendance is
expected. lie following ladies have,
consented u act as patronesses: Mes
DANES Robert Budd, A. l.. Davis A.
K. Davis. Pryor Jones W. F. Drewry.
| Bartlett Bt per. wilkes Madison, +.
W. Grigs. Harvey seward Herbert
toung, J j. Nelms. Howard Nuckol-.
OF Richmond, r.. s. Gill; Gordon b.
4 harmon, Edward Eighenbrun, Myer
Saai W. /. AcGiil, John Jones, Joseph
Prince, w. A. Burton, Paul Roper
James Y, Banks Robert Meade, Sam.
uei Wilson. Thomas Nhyte. d. Ra,
lilly. W. A, Bragg. Preston l. Roper.
E. & Ken. and Thomas Il. Maclin
Misses Annie Mann, Alice Spicer ana
Irby Boiling
The affai. promises to be- one OF the
most brilliant of the season. Chill
dren will have the floor from ( TO 6
in the afternoon and the grown peo-
pie VIII dance in the evening.
Partial Identification.
Nothing has been heard I'D 70 q
late hour this afternoon from reia-
'tives OF white man who was severely
injured IN the years OF the Norfolk
and Western Hallway Companys. hnre
late Friday night and who died .
rev hours later in the Petersburg
Hospital.
From evidence found on his per-
son, the man is supposed to De Thomas
Smith. who had OF late resided near
Edlow. Price George County, and he
is supposed to have been from -Phila.
delpha.
! The bodywhich was SO badly mashed
tas to necassitat' the amputAti0u u
both legs and one arm, w. turned
over TO ]. 4. HorrAs and Sen. iocAI
undertakes, by whom it wAs en-,
banned and is being held for identin.
! cation.
oI -. W. SsTdSGs.
The fureral of John w, fsravss
occurred at his home on the Hickory
Road Chesterfield County, was con-
Quoted from he residence at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. 81
Rev. ". J. Watts. OF the Methodist
Church. officated and the foIlowiHN
acted as pallbearers: r.. D. Rudy. b.
y. Parkinson. Harry Anderson, Dan
I Parkinson. Thomas J. Partin and Ivan
Parkinson. Interment was made In
the old family burying ground a
the Jackson homestead ON the Hickory
Road. ~9.s.--
4 Cockade City Briefs.
/ The young ladies of the Southern
| Female ol,ege gave a delightful EaSA
ter recital last evening. tilst wAa
largely attended and much enjoyed.
This was the nth of a series "a
! monthly recltals and the programme
was arranged especially for the Eas-
/ ter season. So
4 r. " Frierd local veterinary sur
peon. left yesterday for Newport Newa
/ from which Mace he will sail with
a cargo Of horses purchased for Tho
French government. Mr. Friend VIII
he veterinarian in charge at the horseN
ar while h. EXPECT. to undergo some
l a.