The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-01
THEY ASK TO RETIRE.
MEMBERS or The RoARD OF AcRI-
CULTURE TIRE or SERVICE.
SEW SYSYEK OF APPOINTMENTS.
The cosernor.s plan Of Distributio"
More Popular az II Becones nctter
UnderStood-A Mothers Plea for
Her Sometimes closed.

Tho Governor has not yet made any
announcement % what be purposes doing
with tho vacancies which have occurred
In tho state Board Of Agriculture. or
The gentlemen who constitute this board
the terms az Mcssfs. McMath' buiofd'
Hurt Mccain. and Stuart have expired.
Nessrs. Hurt and Buford have written
The Governor that they desire 70 retire
from the board and are. therefore not
candidates for reappointment NO one
has yet been decided upon as the sue
cessor 10 Colonel Buford bat The Gov
crnos viii appoint Mr. j. II. Barker o.
Henry county. TO succeed Mr Hurt He
viii reappoint Mr. Stuart. but has rot
decided as to hiling the other vacancies
on the board.
Air. Georee w. Kolner, the new Com
missioner OF Agriculture did not WISH
the state library building yesterday, nor
could he be found. though he IS, with his
family. stil Ia the city. lie has not IN
dicaied as yet whether he VIII make any
CHANCES "a tho force now carrying on
the work OF the department. OF wnlch ne
takes charge Tuesday morning. Inc pres
ems force includes Mr.. Richard Games
the chemist; Mr.. Thomas stfatton' IN
spcctor Of fertilizers. and Messrs. Thomas
Bi1rcr and Harold Jobson, clerks al
are candidates for roapp0intment
Colonel Thomas Whitehead, the retiring
Commissioner. closes his long administra-
ton in "a manner croditabic to himself
and TO the State lie y AS elected TO the
Office by the Legislature in December
1851. Soon after his election the appoint
ing power was vested ln the Governor,
and Colonel Whitehead was rcappOinted
every two years
THE GOVERNOR COMMENDED
Governor Tyler IS receiving commenda-
tons OF his policy to scatter throughout
the State. as FAR as possible membership
OF the boards of various public iustitu-
lions. The plan was not entirely popular
az first 1t was thought by many that
II was advantageous. for various reasons
10 have as many members OF the boards
from this city as possible as richmond
by reason OF being the capital Of tho
state. and the largest city in Virginia,
was a centre of influence, and her ciu-
zens coule better WELD such influence in
behalf Of the institutions they served lt
was. and Is. the belief Of Governor Tyler,
however. that % win prove highly bene-
fetal TO such On ututions to have new
ana active friends in localities where they
arc now practically unknown.
MANY people in THIS State do not know
anything OF tho work that ls being done
at the Virginia Military Institution" said
Governor Tyler yesterday. They DO not.
above all. know that the State furnishes
free tuition there. ] want them 10 know
Il. / want the people in counties where
tho institute. and where other Of our
benedclent state Institutions are pracu-
cally unknown 90 know that Virginia
IS doing "a great work for many classes
Of her citizens j do not believe this fact
can better be brought homo 10 them than
by having their neighbors on the boards
Of State insututiOns-men who viii take
an interest I'm the work devolvng upon
them. and tho work Of the Institutions.
who Will be impressed by its magnitude,
and who WIN tell their people about IT,"
And then the Governor cited, as an in
stance Of lack OF popular information re-
garding State institutions, the necessity
which tho State Board OF Education was
under recently OF mailing "a large number
Of circulars FOR the purpose Oi informing
tho people OF the State that the Deaf
and Blind Institute 40 stanton, was
open TO afflicted children.
CAPITAL NEWS.
The Capital and State Library building
Offices closed yesterday at noon and will
not reopen until Tuesday morning, the
Governor having ordered the observance
Of Monday as "a holiday.
The Governor has received q most
pathetic letter from Helen Webster.
mother OF James Webster, the negro
youth under sentence to he executed for
criminal assault at Bedford City ON Janu-
airy 9Th. The letter Is evidently written
by the woman herself. as tho spelling and
grammar are very poor. Size states that
her boy had q fair trial and there IS no
grounds for complaint against any one.
The appeal g. one for mercy. Helen asks
that her son Doe confined in prison for
life. He is only Us years old, and IS one
OF seven children Helen says the boy
would never have committed the crime
had he not been under the influence Of
liquor.