The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-25

| hoa,,5 after lengthy discussion allow ed
| the explanations OF Mr.. Smith 20 lie
| read The charge made by Mr. LIS
! comb at the former meeting was II t-
| feet that Mr.. Smith had used in rlt pGlI
| means of trying to be elected a prih
| Of the school. Mr.. Lipscomo aEesS"
| that Mr.. Smith had been te' him, ga. 'lrs
that he wanted to have ms suppoi :.
Mr.. smith he said, had told nm sew
eral members were in favor of a chahse
and then he had mentioned few. rms
loft Mr. Iipscomb under the impression
that they had sent Mr.. Smith On see
inc those members they denied haVihs
sent Mr. Smith. or having seen Aiih OF
all. one nr two Of them dldn hto"
him It was deemed wise TO nave MT.
Smith appear before the Board ana ~
plain. This he was to have cone i .,S
NIGHT Instead his withdrawal OF 'he
application was filed. ana 'he ~
Of the charges made We're sent iiie
letter was accepted and filed
Mr. carr fought vigorously against the
,ress being given the defense mace ps
NJ smith He thought the matter
should not go in the papers but tne
y,aner was finally read. Half in red INK
and half in black, and profuselE MUS
! t,-sted. it was a unique paper Alter 'ahiii5
,1p some two or three pages OF paper ~.
DENYING the charges. there Is picture u
i. +ra. with an outstretched branch from
which there is the form Oh M "a
dangling On the other side OF the
rar,er is a grave, with q, high tomb stone.
~, mis- there is written in red INK.
..T7xecured July, 1862, for SANDER BlpN-
cal ouotations are frequently maze
through the explanations. The language
nsed towards Mr.. Lipscomb is harsh IN
the extreme. The appellation Of Mr.
is never given.
Nh. smith writes from Bethel Academy.
He saws he is too protitably engaged 70
come down. but were he here he would
DENY all the charges to the lace Oh the
accuser.
Mr.. Lipscomb, who was at the meeting,
| smoke after reading of the letter. and
| said that he was sticking by what he had
said before. He would say it. before
! Nh. Smiths face as willingly as he would
behind his back.
TO I'll the vacancy caused by this
withdraw wal, there will be a meeting on
| the eth of August. In the meantime,
applications for the position viii be ad-
vertised for. Mr.. Rudd spoke strongly
| in favor of electing as teachers only
| Manchester people. For substitute
teachers Misses Irwin and Mangum and
Mrs Kelly of Manchester. and Misses
| WEIGH, Farnholt. and Chappelian, of
/ Richmond, were elected. From this num-
be,, the superintendent and principal will
choose, the number required. The bill to
borrow money for the erection Of new
| building has been drawn by Superinten-
| dent Pulliam. and been introduced by
| Delegate d. /. Toney.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
The case of the Commonwealth against
| +l,a white man named Wells, was set for
| August lst Nixon, the man who was
arrested at the same time Wells was.
viii be tried on September LIST. The case
| for petit larceny against James Harris
/ lcolored) was set for August LIST.
A blind is being put along the railing
of the Free Bridge, just under the Chesa-
neake and Ohio viaduct. to save a horse
| from plunging over the railing in case
/ he became frightened at a train.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
| Il. Wilkinson died at her home Wed
the house this morning at 10
c.c,oc,, The internent will be made in
| Maury Cemetery.
! warrants are in the hands of Squire
C,heatham for two or three negroes for
raising a disturbance on the cars of the
Petersburg line.
Mr. Nv. j. Morlissette, chorister OF
/ Ciopton-Street Baptist Church, desires
The choir to be at the church Friday
night for practice.
The Health Committee meets tonight
in the Council Chamber.
Friends of Hon John Lamb were seer
in the city yesterday talking with tho
| Lamb element. 1t is possible that another
| club viii be formed here in opposition tc
/ the Wallace Club. which is progressing
| nicely.
Mrs Sarah Moore is slightly indisposec
| at her home on Porter Street.
1 Mr. Howard Moore has returned from
| West Virginia, where he has been en-
ployed for the past TWO months.