The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-05-26
Aimed at McGilYray.

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assistant secretary to the department
Of education and candidate for the
office Of superintendent Of public in.
+ struction, is the person AT whom
charges brought by j. d. Eggleston
Jr., also an aspir mt for theoilice nam.
ed, have been aimed.
The allegations Of Mr. Eggleston
have been that some one connected
with the department Of education was
also concerned in the publication of
Virginia Teachers Register" and
that the book in question has been sell
ing for many years at 10 cents a copy,
when it can be printed at profit for
from Is to p cents. Some time after
Mr.. EgglestOn's charges were first
made public Julian p. Thomas, prin-
cipal Of the Richmond High School,
published letter, in which he stated
that he himself had prepared the regis
ter and that it was still his property
About the same time Frank p. Brent,
secretary to the department Of educa-
ton, made public the statement that
no one connected with the department
had any interest i'm the register.
Today Mr.. Eggleston appeared be-
fore the State school board. Represen-
tatiyes Of the j. l.. Hill Company and
Of l.. II. jenkins, printers and binders
of the register, were also present. Mr..
Eggleston briefly stated his charges
that the State board had been tricked
into adopting the register, for which
three prices were being charged He
submitted bid from the Stone Print
ing Company of Roanoke, to produce
good article at IS cents each.
Testimony given by the printing
firms present brought out the fact that
on their books the names ofthe owners
Of the register appeared as Thomas d
McGilvray. The j. l.. Hill Company
changed hands some years ago, and
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books came TO them in those names.
All their dealings, however, have been
with Mr.. Thomas, to whom they have
given separate checks for his profits on
the register and on teachers blanks, |
another publication owned by him.
They were not able TO state that Mr..
McGilvray received any Of the profits
from the register.
On the other hand, Mr. Thomas and |
Mr.. McGilvray testified that the latter
had never had any pecuniary interest
in the register. Mr.. McGilvray declar-
ed he never knew his name was on the
books Of the publishers. lie had, he
said, assisted Mr.. Thomas in preparing
the book, and was proud Of the result.
Mr.. Thomas also said he did not
know McGilvray's name was on the
books. TO this statement however,
the publishers took issue.
Further testimony brought out the
fact that from 1000 to 2,4OO copies of
the register yearIhaye been sold at
cost Of % cents each and a profit TO the
owner Of 30 cents each.
In this connection Mr.. EgglestOn
pointed out that the law contemplates
that the only cost i'm connection with
The register should be its printing.
Along this line it was brought out that
The register had been selling since
1886 for about 10 cents a copy, and that
IN the early days an employe of the de.
partment had been interested in it.
The board endeayored TO ascertain
by various witnesses why the Hill
Company had kept the school
register account in the names Of Thorn =
Is and McGilvray. No one was able
o explain, however.
1t was brought out incidentally that
he school register in North Carolina
,osts 10 cents each and i'm South Caro-
ina the State furnishes them at an
expense of 3 - to cents.
The most interesting testimony was
yiven by Walter Hill, Of the Hill
Printing Company, who said:
81 received instructions from Mr..
Thomas to enter the accounts separ- D
Itely; that is, the teachers register n
md the school blanks. He never told
he why. Mr.. Thomas told me that -,
Mr.. McGilvray was interested in the :
egister." +
Mr. Thomas admitted having told o
I'LL that McGilvray was interested in
he register, but said he had never told :
lin that McGilvray was pecuniarily :
After the lawyers for each side had
up the evidence, the board
vent into executive session.