Evening star., 1924-08-06
ARLINGTON REVIEWS
WAR ON BILLBOARD
Federation Appoints Com
mittee Looking to Appoint
ment of Assessor.
Special Dispatch to The star,

CLARENDON. Va, August 6.-The
Arlington County Civic Federation
will continue it's war on advertising
signboards despite the fact that the
board of supervisors at recent
meeting rejected an ordinance of. the
Federation aimed to discourage this
type of advertising by the imposition
of high tax.
Frank G.. Campbell. chairman of
the federation's advertising commit
tee, reporting the boards actions on
be the purpose of the committee to
submit another ordinance to the
board, providing lower tax than
that in the rejected ordinance. He
said that Supervisor Duncan had al
ways opposed the federations fight
on signboards, and that the commit
tee did not expect his approval of
the proposed ordinance, but that it
had hoped to get the support of the
two new supervisors, Ingram and
Turnburke.
Supervisor Turnburke opposed the
ordinance, Mr.. Campbell said, because
of the high tax provision of 81 per
square foot. In the next proposal,
he said, the committee will attempt
TO meet Mr.. Turn burke's wishes with
regard to the tax, but other features
of the ordinance will remain the
same. He said that the ordinance
would prove OF much benefit aside
from the tax feature in that il provide es
= close supervision in the erection
of signboards and will have the effect
of clearing the county of abandoned
signs.
Campbell Hits Rejection.
The action of the board in reject
ing the ordinance was assailed by
Mr.. Campbell, who said that the
wishes of the signboard people seem
to have more weight with the powers
that be than those of a great ma
jority of the residents Of the county.
He called attention to the fact that
practically all of the civic organiza-
tions in the county had approved the
ordinance.
Acting on a recommendation of the
Clarendon delegates the meeting
voted the appointment of a commit
in the county. with d view TO recon1G
mendipg to the October term of the
court the appointment of an assessor
who has a good knowledge of land
values and will give the county an
equitable and possibly a higher as
work are c, r. Taylor. chairman:
Hugh Reid. J, Cloyd Byars, Lawrence
Mchaels and Virgil Davis. .....
Juvenile Delinquency Topic.
The committee appointed at q
recent meeting to make a study of
juvenile offenders was instructed to
bring in written report at the next
me citing. -. e; -
Hugh Reid. chairman, stated tina,
no law officer with any sense. of hu,
nanity will help to send a boy tc
Jail or reform school, because ht
knows such sentence tends to cor.
rupt more than to correct He ex.
planned the good work being accom-
piished by county welfare boards In
cases Of Juvenile delinquency. He
told of the organization of the
Thrifton Village Junior Government
and how it is helping the boys oj
that community to become better eft.
izens. and said that he favored or.
ganized bodies of this >characte
Col. James G. Pepper. declared thai
he Is opposed to any doctrine tina
of age until at least all possible
methods of correction have been ex.
hausted. He said that money spen,
in erecting great penal institution.
would prove of greater benefit if an.
piled to education, guidance and rec.
lamation of the youth.
The meeting discussed the pronosa
OF the Board of Supervisors to bono
the county for S125,000 for a new
jail and other improvements about
the courthouse grounds, but no ac.
tlon was taken because of lack of in.
formation regarding the project > II
was decided to invite the superin.
tendent of roads and the sheriff tr
the next meeting of the federation tr
explain the necessity of the new ia II