Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-17
Councilman Harris vaIay llemplet
TO Prevint CoCfrnatlo1.
ELECTION Of SCHOOL TRUSTEES
-Four Members Named BY Board OF Al
dcrmkn and Common Council In
Special Meeting.

lllt ildt''T WdS TN u w Hdu "'h
frustrated, and Il substitute motion
Of Councilman Harris to lay the mat
ter ON the ialdc had been lest ~ Il
ote of 10 Ia 5, tn" city council il
joint session lat night unanimously
rcnfirm,d the rrarpointmcnt by
MayGr Buxton of Mr.. Il. u. lIoll way
as 4 member >'i tn" beard OF pole"
commissioners fer two 'e"rs.
The appointment of Mr.. Holloway
waH c0niirm"i after the joint session
had elected NJ .'srS. J. W. Allen. c. V.
Sutton. f.. B. Cameron and G. II. Rich
artlSnn as ms mhcrs of the hoard of
50 hool trustees. MCSsrs. Allen and
Srt;nt wcr" rnm'd from tn" First
school district, Mr.. Cameron from the
Second district and Mr.. Richardson
from the Third district.
Following tho election Of thu triI$
t"cS. Clerk IludeinS read letter from
Mayer Buxton rcarr"inting Mr.. 1in!-
lowav to the hoard nf polio" commits
siGrcrS. After the reading of III"
communication. Mr.. Harris moved that
the Joint secession adjourn Int tn" mo
tinn WIS lost by 4 vote "f II 10 6. NJ
Rn'Iinr then moved that the council
confirm the arpointmcnt. Mr.. Harris
offer d a.; a substitute that the matter
be laid CT the table.
Mr.. Harris Reason.
Tie explained bis motion hv saving
thar he thought the appointment of
the police commissioners should h"
mad nv tn" n"wlv elected mav"r. Tn"
question was discussed at some l"ngth.
al
the substitute motion was lost nv a
vote # 16 to >. tn" vnt" was 'hen
taken on the original motion to c"n-
firm and this motion was unanimously
carried.
When the cror:ion 81 Schrol trustees
Wig taken M. Cl rrk HudginS rad the
following communication. WHICH Wa
roc ivcd yesterday Nv Col. Marquis
Jones:
"In the rane Of Gcd ana do for
Heavens sake Give US school trustees
in tn" schools.
(signed) PRO RONO pUBLICO."
Election of Trustee.
The first election was that to name
successor t. Trustee J. w. Allen.
whose term # .offic" exnir this
month Nr. CoXncmirat"d Mr. Alien
for re- election. Mr. helms nominated
Attorney q. n. Bachelor: Mr.. .Cho ad'e
nominated Mr.. e. V. Sutton and Mr..
n s Jones nominated Mr.. ]. T. Pal
Icntire Mr.. Robinson nCrriratcd Nr.
Fed Sanford. frt afterwards with
drew tho nomination The first hal
let on the four candidates was as fol
lows:
For AH~n-Rolling. Christie. Cox. T.
6 Davi5. Harris. E"'i'm Waf"c" and
VreSton-S For Ratchet r-H"skInS.
Marshall. Nrims. Via. Real. Robinson
avid Nnr"uS J"n2s-T. For Bali n
tine-FOrd. Morgan, Wa&hbnrn an" w.
& Joncv--i FER SuttoD-CheafiH
ara K"trhum--2
Mr.. Sutton being the low man IN
the ticket his name was dropr"d ana
= ~o~ond bait. was token. On that
b,,Io, Mr. Alien received eleven votes
and was declared elected.
Tho vote on the secorh ballot was
p; follows: For h'ler-r""fnC inca
do Christie. Cox. !. g. EaviE. Harris.
KeJIrr. Morgan. W'l'a"e. W'S5t'irn
u-o.ton-11 For Patcho'nr-
ucylius. Koichur. Marshall. N"Ims.
vi, y adj Robinson ard Narvus Jnn~T
For RaJcntinr-Ford and D.
Jcres-2
Tho p.xt election was IN name
.-u,oe ~ Fu IT, u-"~pir"d term NJ
T-rstcc charts T. Sihl"v. wan rHr"n'-
y. uovcd firm the F"r~t dts'r'rf Y"
tho e~cori thrroh~ fcrfciiip- his scar
IN the school board Mr. Ford nomi-
,,.rd Nr paIIcn;ine. Mr.. Cox n"m'-
mated w Sutton and Mr. NeimS
nominated Mr.. Batchelor. The vote
on The first ballot was as follows:
For RaIl~ ntirc-ChriStie. F"rd Nos
kins. Morgan. n. s Inrcs and Wash
h,rr-s Fer ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
uarshau NcInrs. Road. Robinson. Via
avid Narvus Jcnrs-T For Sutton
ChcsdI. Cox. l.. 8. navis. Ha'riS.
E"rlum. Eeichum. Wallace and WIS
toms.
Mr. EaTIcn;irc was -" nv man
and h:s ram" WIS dropped. Hr. SUI
,cn vas CI"ricd on tho s"rnnd ha''".
receiving II votes against TT for Mr..
Esirhcior.
tn, v,,e On enc gc~rnI h1'rt "a
,s FLOW For Sriion
CO I. :. Davis. 'arTiS. k"'i"r'.
Ec,chrrn Morgan Wail'c". wan
hu-r and W. sirn-II For Eatrh"'"r
POLLING. F~rd. EI~~tir". N'-<h"'''
~ ( Inr~E. y IHn+ = I'D. Robinson.
Via End Mrs '"-"y TO
II. ,bi-d ..Ioc'in., w. ~ ror1e =
,--,yt~.. 70 g-cr"ed W w. . Rarr"t'.
vb, wac --c,-fr. rsr1cvch fr"Tr ~"
l,,-I Nr Eci, hrm r"nira' Il W..
y Y c--prrrn a~d Nr NarSh'H r''Tn''
mated s''nrr~- y " iF't. Mr.. Cam
,-~,- --as .l"c'"d. tho v"t being as
follows:
I ~ ran,~rHu r.~ltr~. Fh"aH'"
rLrE-'I~ C~V '. s UviT. Tarr'S
roati- r~'rh--u "slia~". "'@h