The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-08
BOARD INCREASES
LEvYFOR SCHOOLS
Several New Buildings Will Be
Erected-Bridges in Bad
Condition.
Especial 10 The TImes.Dispatch

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Arvonia. Va, April At a meeting
Of the county Board of Supervisors at
Buckingham Courthouse last week the
! school levy was increased from 80 tc
40 cents upon the 500 OF property
This increase has been asked for each
year by tho division superintendent
and the county school hoard for the
past three years. This time the re-
quest was granted, but with the re-
striction that this increase be uscI
only for the pay OF teachers In the
primary and ungraded schools, and not
for district purposes. The net amount
OF taxes in tho county will not be
increased by this action of the super-
visors. as tn, amount of 10 cents upop
the 500 was transferred from the gen.
eral county to the school fund The
district clerks of the county have as
sured the supervisors that this will
enable them to run all the schools
upon an average of month longer
each session.
Preparations are now making 70,
the election of teachers for the next
session and the erection OF new build
ings. A handsome, model ona-roou
sch dollhouse will be erected at Hanes'f
Chapel early in the summer. 1t will
be modelled after the school at Gold
Hill, four miles south of Arvonia. The
Concord graded school, In Francisco
district. which was burn.d last year.
Will be rebuilt, as the Insurance fully
covers all losses. This Will be a model
two-room building, containing all the
latest devices for ventilation, heating
and teaching.
The apportionmcnt OF the high and
graded. school funds COR Buckingham
county has just bsen received by the
division superintendent. Il Is az fol-
lows: Buckingham iigh School, $3.50;
st. Andrews. $500; Dlllwyn, $3.50; Ar
'onia. $500. The Curdsville and Enon
willie graded schools get 300 cash
making total for the county Of si.2Ou.
The bridges of the county are still
IN bad condition. owing 10 the disas-
trous floods of several weeks ago. The
well-knowa Bumpass bridge. two miles
west of Arvonia, across the Slate
River. Is still down, the structure hav-
ing been washed half-mile down the
stream. Other bridges in various parts
OF the county are in equally distressing
condition.
Work has been progressing for the
past three weeks upon the Virginia and
the Mckenna mill dams. both of when
were broken by the floods. In each
case much expense was entailed upon
the owners.
Throughout last week farmers in this
section have been unusually busy with
their sprnig plowinE. Up TO this time
nothing had bean done In the way OF
farm work. An unusually large crop
OF corn will be planted this spring.
though tobacco farmers arc no, favor
ably disposed towards planting much
of crop of the weed. The low prices
throughout the spring discoura red
completely many tobacco growers.
Throughout this Immediate section
farmers are diversity Ing their CROPS.
many attempting alfalfa and other new
crops. The long. hard winter has
served TO kill out or greatly injure
many of the experimental tracts of
alfalfa and it is a great source of re-
greet to those backing the clubs tina I
such Is tho case.
The Arvonia Inn narrowly ESCAPED
destruction by fire on Friday night.
AT midnight party of young people
discovered that largs piles OF leaves
which had during the winter blown In
from the nearby woods were briskly
burning under the eastern porch. All
The guests were aroused while the fire.
hGhting was In progress. In seeking
10 discover the origin OF the fire it was
learned that negro porter sleeping in
the attic of tho building had himself
caught afre from n cigarette and had
thrown his burning shirt out of an
upper window into tho piles OF leaves.
no damage was done to tho building,