The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-22
SOM VERY HOT
SCHOOL FIGHTS 5
Rsppshannock and Nelson Counties
Among Them
LOUISA FARMERS INSTITUTE.
c,.miss,oner Koiner Is Meeting With Great
Succcss-Goyernor Tyler Going to
Newport Ncws-capiiol
Notes
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schools of Rappahannock county. was at
the Department of Public Instruction yes
tcyylay. He has hot fight on ms hanos
y 60. - e,cc.;o,, l.,,t hopes he viii win out
Mr.. Miller ranks as one OF the pest super
s,,,a,,5.,ts II, ;he State, and has held the
of5ice for fifteen years. He is being OPP
.,ascd by Mr. Charles Green. and the hsnt
&c a continuation of the old factionai con-
troyerss that arose in the county over , .ile
i,,,r.shtp in 1sea MIR. Miller is under
stood 10 train on the side OF ex-Judse
Stro,f,er. who was defeated By the incana-
bent, Judge IL. M Dudley
IN, Mr. MiIier-s case is only one OF q
Great number of similar ones in the state.
Rey. "A. X. Hawthorne. of Nelson county,
who is opposing Superintendent w. y.
F-itzpatrick for reelection, was AT the
Department of Public instruction SesteT-
day and laid his claims to the pace oe-
1nrc I,r. Sprthala- The delegate IN Inc
House from Nelson is for Mr.. Fitzpatrick,
and Senator Massie declared when here
several DAYS ago that he was not 1oF MI
Hawthorne All other things being equai.
A. is, said that the recommendations Oh
,he senator and delegate will go a long
way toward landing an appointment.
Senator Thomas S. Martin called at the
Department yesterday, but IL was salu
that Ills t3Sli HstS
nature.
THE LOUISA INSTITUTE
Commissioner iSo.ner writes from Louisa
that the farmers institute held there on
Tuesday was largely ATTENDED ana tiiat
a fine meeting was held.
He held one "A, LcpinSston. IN Nelson
county. Yesterday. and following is the
schedule for the remainder of the month:
Bedford City. March sd; Pulaski. Aarch
25th. wvthepille. March 18th: Abingdon.
March 9TH. Lebanon. March 18th: Iaze-
well, March 3gt1i: IearisburS, April Isl;
Chesterfield. April I'd
GOVERNOR TYLER BUSY.
Governor Tyler was besiegcd yesterday
with distinguished visitors, among them
being Captain John Lamb, Captain GEO.
ID. Wise and Mr.. Seth l.. Miller, Score
iaIy of the State Board of Fisheries:
.rbe governor transacted q great deal
of routine business, but disposed Of MOTH
ing of special public moment
Following is copy OF campaign doc
,,rnent sent Governor Tyler from Ha-
yana. Cuba:
..To the people OF the United States:
do not make any promises that you
are not sure to keer, acd never go back
OF the word you have given
.JCkGE WASHINGTON
Governor Tyler and his staff will
ettend the exercises incident TO the
launching of The steamship Korea. at
Newport News Saturday. The party
Will leave over the Chesapeake
and Ohio en- The special train leaN-
ing here at $50 and will arrive IN New
: mort News at 10 O'Clock The party will
occupy a special car on this train.
The Auditor of Public Accounts will
commence early in April to pay the pen
sions to the Confederate soldiers of the
State proride,. by the last regular ses-
sion of the Legislature The annual ap-
preparation under the recent law Is SlS5,-
o0N, sl15a0o of which goes 10 those on the
old list, leaving only 100000 for those COM
ing in under the new law. Many OF
The checks viii be for amounts
ranging from s2.25 to 50.
CAPITOL NOTES.
UriaH d Edwards. OF Turner'S.
Grange county. n. y, has written to
the Department of Agriculture inquir-
ing about lands in this State. -Four
others besides the writer desire to I,ur-
chase farms
A negro convict on the Capitol Square,
whose name is Edward Smith. has written
Secretary Ben. T. Owen asking him to use
his Influence to have him released from
prison. Smith says he is suffering from
heart trouble and is liable to keel over at
any time
The charter of the DiclSie Telephone
Company, of Nelson county. has been re-
corded In the office Of the Secretary OF
the Comm onwealth-
Labor Commissioner DohertT has ac-
cepted an Invitation to address monster
meeting OF labor people IN hanv:.;e OF