The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-02
GOV ERIyORI2
WILLIS Ere E E
The Hanover Youth Has Been.
Pardoned.
TO IMPROVE. PUBLIC SCHOOLS SC; 4.
Agriculture is Ordered to Be Taught In the ls
Rural Distrlcts-Noies aud Items
of Interest from the
Capitol.

Reports from Radford received at tne
Governors office yesterday, 1ndicaIe ths.e
his kNceIellcy is in good healtH ana IS
on the stump for the tleke. IN futdsh1
ana surrounding counties lie VIII 'etu:il
Z here next ucsday night.
Governor Il :ier yesteruay granted par
don to Emory Willis, the young Wnite
man from Hanover, who was convicted
in the Police Court of this city several
days ago on the charge of CARRYING CON
cealed weapons and sentenced TO tniieS
days in Jail and fined 500. q
Inc pardon was granted upon the rec
Concentration Of Justice Crutchf1eld,s pc
lore whom the youth was coilVlcteu' any
it is understood that His Honor will him
self remit the fine anu let Wills ~
free OF all punishment.
The Governor yesterday received the re-
QUESTION paper issued some days ago IN
the case of W. f. Knowles, a fugitive
from justice, from the State OF wash
fngton, who was arrested at newport
News. Knowles endeavored to aVolu
being taken back to Washington anu nao
his attorney sue out q W.T.. u na 'ssza
corpus and make a. legal fight for him.
The sheri1f's returns on the requisltlon
paper shows that Knowles has been safe.
~ taken back to Washington and is IN
custody there.
INTERESTING REPORT.
The annual report of the Mount Vernon
Ladies Association of the Union for 1901
was received at the Governor 3ltlce yes
terday. Mrs Justice Van Rensselaer, Town
send of New York city. who Is regent
OF the Association, makes a very inter-
esting report. In the year iS9v there
were 25,5l4 visitors TO Mount Vernon.
Last year the number increased to S3.S23
The report says: con June 18th the Prin-
cess Aribert, granddaugE ter of Queen
Victoria. visited Mount Vernon, coming
with Secretary Hay as the guest OF our
Government and accompanied by Lord
and Lady Pauncefote and a large party
of diplomats Our democratic and law
abiding secretary insisted upon paying
the entrance fees of the party, although
our superintendent assured him that the
ladies OF Mount Vernon would wish to.
enjoy the honor of having the Princessl
as their guest. The secretary, however,
paid no heed to such logic and Dersevered
in his determination to adhere to his
own ideas Of right. The Princess ex-5
pressed much interest and pleasure in
her visit and commented most favorably
on the beauty of the. place, saying that
America owed a great debt to the devoted
ladies who had preserved this historic
spot to their country.
The revenues OF the Association for the
fiscal year ending April 50, 1901, amount
ell to &c, 9GS-0o. Inc expenses 1oT Tic
year aggregated $19,71719
In the county of Dinwiddie there are
four persons wanted by the authorities to
stand trial, and the Governor has been
requested to offer a. reward of SD for the
arrest Of each of these fugitives. they
are Henry Miller ana Peter Branch, wan
ted for house breaking and larceny; Sol
ly Russell Brown, sent to Jail and penl-
Tertiary for throwing rocks into passenger
P1iJrn36. and
James Coleman, for unlawful shooting:
The three first-named broke Jail after
assaulting the jailer. All the fugitives are
negroes Miller and Branch arc notorious
characters.
10 TEACH AGRICULTURE.
There is about to be a sweeping new
departure in the public schools in the ru-
raj districts OF the State. 1t will provide
for the teaching of agriculture in the
public schools. This course is warmly adj
vocated by Commissioner of Agriculture
G. w. Koiner and the Board of Educa-
ton at it's last meeting placed upon the
list text books for the free schools the
following agricultural wor'.s and ordered
that they be taught in the rural schools:
Luptons Primer of Agriculture and Nc
Brides Elements of Agriculture. The De-
partment of Education will press this
work vigorously, and those in charge be-
lieye it will result in great good to the
young people of the State, in the line OF
OF training them to be expert farmers.
Secretary Brent called attention yester-
day to the small III oporcon of schools in
Virginia that fall below the minimum
lii: it of average daily attendance
He does not believe there are 200 such
schools in the State, with the last annual
report Of the Superintendent Of Public
Instruction in New York State shows
that they have 3551.
TO MAKE THEM BETTER
The Virginia Department will endeavor
to consolidate schools not making the
average, so as to have better teachers;
better attendance and longer sessions
The State is making long strides in the
matter Of school Improvements, and the
time seems close at hand when the sys-
tenn Of free education in this State will
he eolra1 TO that any where in the Union