The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-24
SOME MORE HARD
SCHOOL FIGHTS ON.
Washington County Has Gotten in
the Game.
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
Term TO End This Week-Fluvanna Case Up.
Governor Tyler Announces Appointments.
Live Gossip Gathered About the
State Offices. -
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.

Complications and endorsements for the
,,ositions of school superintendents arc
sin pouring in on u.s. said Secretary
Frank p. Brent, of the State Board OF
Education, yesterday as he sat. at his
desk with a great mass of papers before
him.
Perhaps never before in the history Of
The present school system in Virginia
were there so many hot fights Tor these
places and what is more they. are IN
creasinE in numbers and getting hotter
every dar- An Interesting struggle Is
now in progress for the ONCE III lS"cklhs-
ham. Tho present incumbent is Mr. j g
JIanes, and he is opposed by a number of
prominent gentlemen. among them being
Or William b. Petit, Jr. of New Can
ton DIR. Petit was at the Department
Yesterday and laid his claims before DR.
Southall. lie is a son of Col. w. b. fetut,
of PALMYRA, and a brother Of Hon. Penn
broke Petit. of that place. Dr. Petit
has a fine education, and has strong en-
dorsenacn.s for the place 1t is not known
whose candidacy has the endorsement of
Delegate HUBBARD and while there is no
Senator from that district NOW. the rec
onlmendation of Congressman Flood. who
recently resigned his seat in the Senate.
viii no doubt cut a big figure in the Sc
~ THE WATERMELON PATCH
There arc candidates galore out among
The ..watermelou vines of Washington
county and all the precincts have not
Vet been heard from. One gentleman who
wants to manage the schools out there
has sent in the first installment of his
parers of application. They came by eN-
press in a large box yesterday, and re-
minded one of Senator Hills briefs in the
income tax cases. when they were ar
E,ed before the United States Supreme
Court The papers are so VoiumirrouS that
they could not be put together in one
batch, and We're dived up, and the packets
marked. .-parI., Part H. &c
Whether the candidates in Washington
county arc divided on the old fractional
lines. with .-waternclons' on one side
and .,anti-waterrlcIonS on the other,
rould not be learned, but it is certain that
n hot fight is on. and the boarS: may have
much trouble deciding who is the best
man for the place.
BEST MEN TO WIN.
IT has all along been stated at the De-
partment that all other things being
equal. preference would be given to the
present incumbents. In other words, it is
the l,oiicy of the board TO reappoint the
present officers where they have good
records behind them and unless it can
be demonstrated that change will be
best for the good OF tho service. There
IS one feature of the fights over these po-
fi,ions, and that is that In nearly every
county and city where factions divide the
Democratic party the present incumbents
have strong opposition. Some examples
Of this are found in the counties OF Am
herst, Nelson, Rappahanaock. warren. I
shenandoah and Washington For several
years the Democracy IN all these counties
has almost been rent in twain by factional
differences. and very naturally both sides
fesire to capture all the offices insight.
MAY ADJOURN THIS WEEK.
An order was entered in the Supreme