Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1929, Page 10

e e ‘SUBUXRBAN NEW o e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY, MARCIT - [ 1929, SUBURBAN NEWS’ FARFAX BUDGET INDICATES TAX T Three-Cent Levy for County- Wide Fire Protection Re- fused by Board. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., March 7.—The Fair fax County board of supervisors yester- day failed to include in its budget for the tax year beginning January 1, 1929, any provision for county-wide fire pro- tection. The 3-cent levy sponsored by the five fire departments of the county, the Chamber of Commerce and the citizens’ organizations was defeated by vote of the three members from Lee, Centerville and Mount Vernon districts, with L. A. Popkins of Mount Vernon district, official tie breaker, sustaining the negative vote. decide a contested question i Among other proposed measures which met defeat yesterday was the proposi- tion to build_the first unit of a new| county jail. It was decided in view of | the wide demand in certain districts for | a reduction in taxes that no jail con: struction could be provided for in this year's budget. | Certain supervisors _expressed the opinion that if the people of the county understood the deplorable conditions | now existing in the old jail as to safety, | sanitation and overcrowding they wouldl vote a bond issue to provide the nece: sary funds for construction. It was timated yesterday that a 5-cent le would provide sufficient funds for in-|Anstis Davis, one of their number, who is to be married on April 4 to William | Harold Moore of Millerstown, Pa. terest and retirement of such a bond issue within approximately 10 years.| The present levy for public buildings, | that of the bride by Helen Jeanne Boberly. Billy Weston Hohein, jr., three years which was raised last year from 5 to 15 | cents to provide funds for the erection | of the recently completed addition to|will resign her position and move to Millerstown. the courthouse, was yesterday decreased to 10 cents. ‘The appropriation for public health!| was increased from $4,300 to $5,500. | ‘This will insure the re-establishment m{ Fairfax County of a full-time health | unit, including a doctor, nurse and san- | itary offices with a part-time clerk. The | supervisors are acceptiag $2,500 from | the State health department, 51.000‘ from Representative R. Walton Moore and $1,000 from the Fairfax County Red Cross Chapter to insure the financ- ing of this $10,000 unit. The appropriation of $3,500 for bovine tuberculosis tests was passed unani- mously. The appropriation for forest fire prevention was increased to $200. Another $200 was voted as a contribu- tion to the Children's Home Society of Virginia, which is now caring for nine children from Fairfax County. The friction which has existed for some time between the county school board and the division superintendent, M. D. Hall, came to the surface strongly in yesterday’s meeting. Fairfax County | this year operates for the first time un- der the county unit system for schDo][ taxes, district lines being wiped out for | school levies. The school board has es- | timated that a one-dollar county tax is the minimum under which the system can operate next year. Hall yesterday | presented to the supervisors a different | set of figures calling for a county tax of not more than 90 cents on the $100 These figures the supervisors first voted to accept, the action being later rescinded when F. S. McCandlish, the representative of the school board, stated that Hall’s figures were mislead- ing and that it would be impossible for the schools of Fairfax County to function properly under a 90-cent levy. McCandlish said that if the super- visors failed to accept the board's esti- mate the board would be obliged to submit the matter to a referendum in a special election as is provided by law ‘when the school boards and supervisors fail to agree. The supervisrs finally compromised on a 95-cent levy, which. they estimated, would provide $1,700 more revenue than the school board has had during the present year. This was the first| time Mr. Popkins has been called on to | 'SWEENEY WILL HEAD | | Epecial Dispatch to The Star. | | | | | | | by the employes of the office of the clerk The part of the cupid was played b; old, took the part of the groom. Miss Davis, who has deen employed at the clerk’s office for several years, FEATURE PARTY FOR BRIDE-ELECT A fat little cupid and a miniature bride and groom featured a shower givem | Al | | of the Arlington County Court for y Betty A. Snyder, 18 months old, and —Star Staff Photo. | ELECTORAL BOARD Richard B. English Is First Re- publican Named to Alexandria Post in 40 Years. ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 7.—Capt. W. H. Sweeney was elected chairman of the city electoral board last night at an organization meeting held because of the appointment of Richard B. English | to succeed H. A. Griffith, whose term has expired. John W. Tulloch was| named secretary. English, the third member of the board, is the first Republican appointed | to that body in more than 40 years. The electors adopted a resolution to take steps to comply with the recom- mendation of Commonwealth Attorney Albert V. Bryan that the registration books be purged and also a resolution setting the date of the next registration for May 21, the early date being select- ed to provide ample time to adjust the books. Chairman Sweeney was authorized to | request the registrars of Fairfax County to present a list of votes in the newly acquired territory, so that these names may be placed upon the books of the fourth ward, dispensing with the for- m&l‘ixt‘y of the voters havipg to register again. MOTORISTS ARE FINED. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, March 7.—Two convictions for speeding and two operating with im- proper tags were made by Judge Harry It is expected that when the rates fro the budget as adopted yesterday are figured out there will be a gen- eral decrease over last year's tax rate, with the exception of the increase in the school taxes in Lee, Centerville and Mount Vernon districts. For any building . . . anywhere COMPLETE ELECTRIFICATION Westinghouse is equipped to supply every electrical need for every Towering office buildings busy city have one sort problem. Bungalows, stores, garages and small factories in the outlying towns have another. Farm buildings beyond the power Westinghouse Electrification Wiring Westi R. Thomas in Police Court this morn- | ing. Fines of $14.25 were given each. | __Those convicted of speeding were | Marshall W. Jones and R. R. Jones. | Paul Eacharias and G. F. Rafferty were {convicted of using improper tags. P EET /& [eayasal e e ~; BB 50 e e e 7 e 7 R e £ e R B e £ 5 (R B 008 5 O 0% 5§ PRI SIS complete Westi tion. type of building. in the heart of a of electrification sponsibility wit Washington Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Westinghouse The Sign of a inghouse Dealer | Prince Georges |and 5, lines have still another. But all can have a Through a widespread organization of dealers, an undivided manufacturing re- nized engineering skill is at your service. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY,. COMMISSION TO HEAR DISSOLUTION DISPUTE State Corporation's Order Dissolv- ing Susan B. Anthony Foundation to Be Contested April 4. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 7.—A con- test over the recent order of the State Corporation Commission dissolving the Susan B. Anthony Foundation, Inc, is to be heard by the commission here on April 4. Mrs. Virginia Peters-Parkhurst of County and others claiming to be the bona fide officers | of the foundation have asked the com- mission to set aside a dissolution order procured on petition of Mrs. Mary Allen Adams of Washington. She claims that Mrs. Adams and others who signed the dissolution petition filed December 11 were not officers of the corporation, and that even if they were, their request was not the unanimous sentiment of the board. The Susan B. Anthony Foundation, incorporated in Virginia several years ago, was organized to raise funds for a memorial to the woman suffrage pioneer, and to do Americanization work in memory of the veteran suf- fragist. The corporation now is non. existent, with the faction led by Mrs. Peters-Parkhurst, said to be Maryland director of the work, seeking to restore its corporate status by having the com- mission set aside its dissolution order of January, 1929. FIREMEN PLAN SHOW. FRONT ROYAL, Va., March 7 (Spe- cial).—The Front Royal Fire Depart- ment will hold its fourth annual show in the Murphy Opera House April 4 = This play is entitled “Betty Rehearsals are being held. The pro- :‘mecllis will be added to the equipment und. nghouse electrical installa- h a background of recog- ROAD TAX REFUND SOUGHT BY TOWNS Arthur Keefer, Mount Rainier Town Counsel, to Go Be- fore County Board. BY GEORGE PORTER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. March 7. | —Efforts by several incorporated mu- nicipalities in the northern portion of Princes Georges County to obtain a partial refund of that portion of their road levy based on automobile assess- ments are being exerted on the office of the county commissioners here. Incorporated towns receive a refund | of three-quarters ot their county road levy under the State law. The munici- palities claim that in the years since the law went into effect the county considered real estate asscssments only in making the three-quarters refund. All personal property should be in. cluded, they insist. which includes automobiles, stock in trade, houschold | goods, etc. Keefer to Present Views. The problem has not officially been acted upon as yet by the Board of County Commissioners, but the town of Hyattsville nas filed a letter on the sub- ject and Authur Keefer, town counsel for Mount Ranier, is scheduled to pre- sent the views of that municipality before the board at its meeting next Tuesday. Keefer has already discussed the question with James C. E:ackwell, clerk to the county commissioners, and made a thorough study of the situation in the town he represents. From the tax bills he has found that in Mount Ranier, which has a population of about 3,800, there are approximately 600 automobiles, To make his contentions even more conclusive, Keefer has further checked wherever possible the names of the au- tomobile owners with the residential plats of the town. Keefer declares there can be no question of the legal rights of the town’s claims. Town Would Get $400. Should the refund request be allowed, Keefer estimates Mount Rainer uld receive about $400 a year, which would have to be used for roads in the incor- poration. There are numerous ramifications of dred subjects. the situation which make it extremely complex. One is the difficulty of list- |ing" the automobiles in the towns, as Keefer has attempted to do for Mount Rainier. Another is the fact that the | list is constantly changing through sale and removal. | The commissioners are known to re- |gard the requests with some caution |and to wish to thoroughly study the { matter. They point out that in refund- |ing the portion of the road tax from irenl estate the county has never made |any deduction for insolvency, and it is estimated the amount lost by the county through non-payment of taxes about balances the sum which the incorpo- rated towns lose through the failure to obtain a refund on the automobile taxes EX-SLAVE, 106 YEARS OLD, KNITS WITHOUT GLASSES Colored Woman Living Waynesboro Takes Occasional Walk of Two or Three Miles. By the Associated Press. WAYNESBORO, Va. March 7.— “Aunt Mandy,” once a slave. now resid- ing about 3 miles from Afton, near here, has reached the age of 106 years and yet is able to sew and knit without glasses and to take an occasional walk {of 2 or 3 mile Before the Civil War “Aunt Mandy” |was a slave, belonging to George A.| Farrar, who lived at Brookville, a Co-| lonial homestead. Before the war she| was married to Samuel Wells, who then | belonged to John White, who lived nearby. After the war Aunt Mandy and her husband, with their 14 children, bqught and moved to the place where she now lives—a log cahin of the kind familiar in ante-bellum days. |HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’| CONFERENCE IS CALLED Prince Georges, Charles, St. Marys, Calvert and Anne Arundel Executives to Meet. Near | | Special Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. March 7—Dr. Samuel N. North, State super- | visor of high schools, has called a | meeting of high school principals of Prince Georges, Charles, St. Marys, Calvert and Anne Arundel counties to be held in the high school at Upper | Marlboro next Wednesday. A similar | meeting has been held annually for the | past several years. Discussions will be devoted to school administration, study courses and kin- | greater number of them followed the {few who had already discovered the 0LD ROAD URGED AS LANE T0 SCHOOL Original Arlington Highway | Suggested as Means of | Protecting Pupils. | BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., March 7.—Forced | from the regular lane of travel by an aimost ceaseless stream of vehicular traffic, the students from this section have been compelled to adopt as the shortest way to the Washington-Lee | High School an abandoned old country road that is in such a bad state that it is in places dangerous, James B. Lock- | wood, who lives within sight of this road, last night declared. ‘Suggesting that this road, which is a | direct line from Clarendon to the high | school, could be developed at small ex- | pense into an attractive lane, Lockwood | said that at times the children are| forced to leap across the deep and dangerous gullies that many freshets have made in the old highway and pick their way through a dump that resi- dents have formed near the Clarendon end. Traffic Has Increased. “When the high school was first con- structed,” Lockwood said, “the children could walk with safety to Garrison road and then north for two blocks to the school. “As time went on, traffic became so | heavy on Garrison road that, because | of its lack of width, it became more of | a danger to the children and the old road. Despite the fact that it yearly becomes more impassable, they have continued to ‘plow’ through it and T think that thelr plight is worthy | of the immediate consideration of the | county officials.” Urges County Action. Lockwood suggests that the Board of County Supervisors set a precedent by developing this old road into a sand and gravel footpath for the use of the students and in this way prevent the dangers of attempting to walk along the highway. Lockwood has already developed the small part of the road that forms one of the boundaries of the \GIRLS, IN CO | Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Sadler of Suffolk, property. The road dates back more than 100 years and is one of the original high- ways of the county. During the Civil War it was used by the troops who were ouartered on the old Horatio Ball and William Douglas estates and continued in use until seven years ago, when it was badly washed out. Abofit midway there is a bridge across Balls Branch that was at one time a famous trysting place for lovers. About a half mile in length, the road connects with another road that serves the children from Thrifton and Lyon Village and which is in good condition. MA HUNDREDS OF HOURS, ARE IMPROVING One Unconscious 642 Hours, Sec- ond for 372 as Result of Auto Accidents. By the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va. March 7.—Mar- Jjorie Dowdy, 10-year-old school girl of this city, had been in coma 642 hours this morning as_the result of an auto. mobile accident February 8. Physicians say slight movements in her arms and legs indicated that her condition is| growing better tod: | SUFFOLK, Va. March 7 (#).—Mil- dred Sadler, 3-year-old .daughter of ti t today had been unconscious for 372 hours as the result of an automobile accident 16 days ago. Physicians said she gave indications of improvement today and they have hopes for her recovery. t t 1 REINDOLLAR SUCCEEDS WILLIAR IN ROAD POST Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 7.—Robert M. Reindollar, engineer of surveys of the State Roads Commission, has been named assistant chief engineer. He takes the place of Harry D. Williar, jr., promoted recently to chief engineer. Austin F. Shure, district engineer at Chestertown, has been appointed engi- ner of surveys. J bt Timber Offered for Sale. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 7 (Spe- cial).—Mature and overmature timber is to be offered for sale by officials of the Natural Bridge National Forest in the section of the Government area on Bear Hollow Watershed, Botetourt and Rockbridge Counties. The timber is on 1,201 acres of nationally owned land. University of Chicago has students. t 7,592 MOTOFAS WORKERS INJURED Report Covers Six Months in Virginia Textile Indus- trial Plants. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., March 7.—~Among he 20,799 employes engaged in the tex= ile industry in Virginia during the last half of 1928 there were 390 industrial accidents causing injury to workmen resulting in loss of time from work of one day or more, reports received by Frank P. Evans, statistician of the State Industrial Commission, show. The greatest number of employes in the textile group were engaged in imi~ tation silk manufacturing. 9111 employcs 110 suffered lost time xlx;j'&rxcs during the last six months of | every 83 workers Of these This was an average of one to The number of employes engaged in his branch was more than 1,000 greater han the number for the last half of 927. The figures for 1928 do not in= clude any employes for the three plants which are now under construction. In the manufacture of cotton goods, with 5,887 employes, there were 123 lost ;1]1:1;6 sinjurmsA or one to every 48 em- There were 28 lost time in- uries among the 3,398 workers engaged n knit goods manufacture, 17 such in- Juries among the 1,642 silk manufac- | turing employes, and 12 among 761 workers engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. Many of the textile industries in the State worked the entire six months, from July 1 to December 31, without experiencing a lost time inpury, Mr, Evans reported. One of the silk menu- facturing plants had a record of 282 080 hours without an accident, while another plant engaged in the manu- facture of knit goods averaged 392,000 hours of work to each injury case. Church Celebration Off. POTOMAC, Va., March 7 (Special). —The “Mothers’ night” celebration to have been held by the Del Ray Baptist Church Boy Scouts tonight has been postponed until March 14. Members of he troop, however, are requested to re- port to J. M. 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