Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-20
SCHOOL BOARD OFFICERS.
A SEsfCB or THE PREsIDsSCT or
mon. 1LEIsNBER T.. HAYES.
a Bfigbi school Boy-s Secretary tho Delaware
ssnste--An able Lawyer--a shrewd Poiiti-
tIon.-An Upright Ju,igc--A Friend Pop
uIsr Education and cotton Industry.

Tho life aud services of Hon. Alexander l..
Hayes as n lawyer and judge have been 10
often sketched by other chroniclers that We
shall only alIuie TO the salient points In this
brief sketch.
lie was born In Kent county, Delaware, ON
tho 7th OF March, l7U}. IIe received his early
education in the Friends boarding school, al
SMYRNA, Delaware, the Newark academy and
the Dover ac ldemy, Delaware. While stu.
dent at the last named institution he was
chosen a clerk in the Senate of the state Ct
Delaware He finished his education In
Dickinson college, Carlisle, graduating in the
class of lsl2. After graduation he studied
law with Hon. Henry NJ. Ridgely, Of Dover,
Delaware; was admitted To the Dover bar
November 10, lSlJ; removed TO Philadelphia
and practced his profession for one year ;
removed to Reading, Pa, and practced Tor
ak wears. While In Reading he married a
daughter Of Gabraith Patterson, esq, OF
Minlin county. In ls27 he was appointed by
Governor Shultz as associate judge Of tho dis.
trict court OF tho counties OF Lancaster and
York, and when the district was divided, in
1888, be WAS appointed by Governor Wolf
president Judge of tho district court OF the
city and county of Lancaster, and held the
position until 1919 in which year the court
was abolished by act Of assembly. As early
az lst5 he was one of the original managers oil
the proposed Conestoga cotton mill, and In
company with some others visited the New
England states TO inform himself oil the man
agement OF cotton mills, and the modes ut
manufacture. Ou bis return he wrote re-
port favoTing the erection OF cotton mili
| aud the stock holders Immediately proceeded
to erect Mill No. |. In 1916 he was made one
of the managers of the company, and in 1850
he succeeded Christopher llsger as president,
continuing his connection with the mn unil
ISL In the meantime the company had
erected, Nos. . and mills.
In lsJi the legislature created the oiica oi
associate law Judge Tor the Lancaster county
courts After an exciting contest Judge
Hayes who was supported toy the American
or Know Nothing party, was elected, fecelv'
ing 3 ,sU2 votes to 3, IL votes cast for j. w.
Comfy, Whig, and 4 800 votes for Newton
Lightner, Democrat.
Judge Hayes served ton-year torn on the
bench rs associate law judge. In 1861 he WAS
reelected and served another term oi teu
years ON the first Monday OF January, lS'5,
he was succeeded on the bench by Judge
Patterson. After leaving the bench Judge
Usyes resumed the practice of law, but died
suddenly July -, $50.
JUDGE HAYES IN THE SCHOOL BOARD.
Though he was not one of the original
members OF the school board, Judge Hayes
| was elected to fill the first vacancy that oc-
Cured in that board. When Adam Relgart
resigned the presidency of the board, June
II, 1888, bis name was still carried on inc ron
as a HcmJcr. on the lst Of August, Mr..
Reigart gave notice that his resignation ot the
presidency was intended to include a reslg-
nation OF membership, whoreupon his reslg
nation was accepted and on the lst OF the
same mouth Judge Hayes was elected 10 MI
the vacancy. He attended the next meeting
OF the board, August 10, and his hrst vote
was cast for the first teacher elected by the
| board aud at the same meeting he was ap'
| pointed to draw up the form OF contract pe'
| tween the board and the teachers and. ne as
sisted in organizing the SCHOOLS whlch were
first formally opened on the first Monday In
September. ls}S. The month following he
| was appointed 10 make an estimate OF The
| cost of the public schools for the hrst three
| aud also for the SIX months OF tho school year
| His itemized report showed that the total cost
| of the schools, including salaries, rent, iue
| aud contingencies, would be for three moulhs
| Sl,oiG p; and for six months $500 oXclu
| sive of repairs and furniture, which would
| swell the total amount to -, $50 ~.
| Judge Hayes remained an active menbel
| of the board until August I, 1882 when h'
| resigned, and remained out OF the board unll
| May, $50, when he was reelected, and tooF
| an active part in school atlallS. In NoVehl
| ber. 1851 lie was nominated for president
| the board, but was defeated by ThOs. II. Bur
| rowes, who received sixteen votes TO eigh
cast for Judge Hayes. The latter remaineC
| an active member, however.
| A stated in our last sketch, Mr.. BurroWe
| having been elected mayor Of tho city
resigned his position as president OF tn
board on the ilh of February, 1858, but benz
| a member eX-oiiCiO, ho was at the sam
meeting reelected president by unan
| nous vote, aud consented TO serve until III
board reOrgaui2ed May 9Th, 1855, when Judg
Hayes was elected president and was Tt
| elected from year 10 year, serving most eli
| GENTLY as president OF tho board until May
| 1865, when falling of reelection, he retire
| from the board. At that time the war Tor IN
| Union was being waged, and party spirit ra
| high. elimination and re-criminatlo o
was the order Of the day. Each part
| charged the other with having caused ID
war, and OF being responsible for the Dloo
| spilled and the treasure wasted. taCuou
| feeling even entered the school board. Irlt
| to the election OF directors May !, lSGS, cl
; iAens' meeting had been held, as usual,
nominate candidates. Several OF those place
on the ticket were old members OF the boar
, whose politics was obnoxious to the UnlO
, League, and others who sympathized wit
that organization. An opposing ticket
, | twelve candidates was nominated, JudL
/ | HAYES being one of the nominees. The "cl
| Zens' ticket was elected, the candidates T
, | Ceiving an average of 925 votes to 500 cast i
, | the Union candidates and thus JUDI
= Hayes went out of the board after ialthi
D service OF almost eleven years, during all
. | which time he either occupied a place on u
r | more important committees or preside
4 | over the deliberations OF the board. Durli
[ | his presidency many important matters OF !
terest to the schools were considered 10y q
board and enacted into laws by the state IL
islature and Judge Hayes was general
called upon to draft the more important {
aCtments either of the board or OF state leg
lation pertaining to it. }. NJ. j.
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