Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10
CALL BRENT TO Task
Virginia Democrats Deny He
Wrote Present School Law.
QUOTE FROM THE RECORDS
Insurance Commissioner on Trail of
Ohio Company.
ALLEGED TO HAVE DEFIED LAW
Medical Men to Renew Their Fight
Against Payment Of Lii
cense Fee.
QUOTE FROM THE RECORDS
ALLEGED TO HAVE DEFIED LAW
Special Correspondence of The Star.


Frank Brent erstwhile democrat, secre-
tary of the department of public instruc-
tion-the Jeffersonian democrat who is a
candidate on the republican state ticket
for superintendent of public instruction
is being attacked by the party orsaniza-
ton Brent made a speech in which he
claims to have written the present law
governing high schools, under the terms
Of which the schools of the state have
been made doubly as efficient than before
But the record has been drawn on him and
his claims have been disproved.' The
bill was presented by Judge Mann and 1t
was drawn by the Rev. James Cannon
and by Supt. Eggleston. Brent did write
the bill. however. the authors admitting
that he did the actual work of copying
the document and that he aided In the
passage of the measure. DR.. Cannon
prints a letter from Brent on the subject,
in which he commended DR.. Cannon for
his efforts.
Alleged to Ignore the Law.
Commissioner Button of the insurance
department is right the trail of the
l. L. T. of Dayton, Ohio. The concern
has been operating among the negroes OF
the state but. it is declared. has COM
piled with no law. paid no fees. has not
registered and will not be given IL
cense. w. c. Critchlow is the president
Of the concern. and In letter to the IN
surance department he declared that IT
was not his intention to register In TINS
or any other state. Later Critchlow sent
a letter and money to the state corpora
tiol commission asking to be registered
as foreign corporation.
That body had no option In the matter,
but the license to do business Will nave
to come from Col. Button. Critchlow
sent a second letter and declared that he
did not propose to comply with the laws
of the insurance department ana asked
the return of the fees. He then. 1t IS
charged, wrote a letter to an agent in
this city in which he boosted that his
concern was one which the laws of no
state would reach. The negroes here con-
tend that they have not received the bene-
fits which were promised them when they
united with the order or company.
Opposed to License Fee.
Physicians of the state are to renew
their fight before the next general as
sembly against the payment of the IL
cense tax by physicians. The tax is very
small. the average being so year. They
claim that the license is unfair and I'M
Just. In that it is a tax on them for
making living. They also contend that
they do the state a very great service
and do a vast amount of charity work
that would fall on the state if they did
not attend poor people. who would other
wise become charge on the state.
In this connection there is good deal
of talk among the medical men OF max
ing a fight in the general assembly to
have the state board Of medical exam
,ners abolished. The graduates in this
state declare that they are compelled to
spend four years in college. and are re-
quired by law to have good education
before they are matriculated-all the col
leges in the state being members of the
American Association of Medical Col
leges-and have to go before board
after they have graduated and stand
second examination. The charges for the
by the graduates in addition to their
fees while in college. The young men
claim that when they graduate in this
state they should be allowed to practice
without having to stand the second ex-
animation.
Fair Proves Successful.
The state fair closed it's gates tonight
after a most successful exhibition. The
attendance for the week has been close
to cJH,OGD persons. Wednesday and
Thursday We're the big days. when about
10000 persons were in the grounds. The
display of cattle, stock. poultry. sheep,
farm machinery. agricultural products,
dairy products. fruits and the like was
by long odds the best that has been
collected in the south. The races were
very good. 1t is claimed. and. there were
more freaks and Shows" than have been
seen at one time in any city in the south.
The fair made money and the people
were pleased.
white man went to the office of the
street car company in Manchester yes
terday and while the cashier was called
away from his desk for a moment
snatched a bag containing $50 and dis
appeared Within few inches of the man
was bag containing 500 i'm bills. The
police have been unable to catch the
thief. ..... s.....
DR.. Gilby c. Kelly. pastor of Broad
Street Methodist Church, this city, is
to be made a bishop in the Southern
Methodist Church at the session of the
general conference next year. DR.. Kelly
came to Virginia six years ago from the
tennessee conference and is rputed to be
one IF the ablest men in the Methodist
pulpit. H has been in this city just two
years.
Joseph Bryan Memorial.
An oil painting Of the late Joseph
Bryan was presented to Lee Camp of
Confederate Veterans in the camp hall,
Friday night by Judge George H. Chris
tan. Mr.. Bryan was owner of the Times
DISpdtcH ana Was q private IN the con-
federate States Army. He was a mem
Der of Col. John S. Mosby's guerrllas and
had fine record as a soldier. He was
close friend Of Col. Mosby to the day
Of his death. and up to his last illness
he had never missed reunion of Mosby's
men.
Judge William n. Portlock of Norfolk
county circuit court has sent his resig-
nation to Gov Swanson. to take effect
with paralysis about two years ago and
has been incapacitated since that time
from discharging his duties. He will be
succeeded by Joseph I. Lawless of Nor
folk, former state senator and one of
the most prominent members of the Nor
folk bar.
Acquitted Of Murder Charge.
A jury in Henrico county has acquitted
young T. E. Hampton OF the charge of
murder. Hampton was employed on
farm in the county, and while driving
some cattle to his home he encountered
Charles Cook. a farmer who. it is de-
clared, was drunk and very quarrelsome.
Hampton tried to avoid the man. but
Cook persisted in following him and at
tackled the youth with knife. Hampton
had a gun and fired after he had re-
treated twenty steps
William Sarse. colored Is in the county
Jail on a charge of attempted murder.
He cut the throat of Abraham Smith,
also cofored, at the fair grounds Sarse
said the race track was a mile and a
half and Smith said it was a mile. Then