The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-23
MANYAPPLICANTS
FOR P0ST-OFf|CES
Lengthy Petitions Being Circu-
lated in Arvonia Section.
School Activities.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.I


Arvonia. Va, December z2-Inspec-
tor Hathaway. Of the United States
Post-Ofice Department. is spending
some days in this section visiting and
inspecting the post-oiIices OF Buck
ingham and adjacent counties. He re-
ports large numbers o. applicants Tor
many of the post Offices, the applicants
being firmly Of the opinion that the
Presidents order. placing 81, 600 fourth
~las- post Offices in the CLASSIFIED ser
we will be rescincei by President
Wilson at the instigatiOn OF COhsISs
next spring. In many cases iehgtnS
petitions have been circulate W ~. -
thousands OF names. in the aggregate
enrolled for orsa gainst certain appH-
cants. - -
Inspector Hathaway states that ne
finds that perhaps good rnaJorltS %
the rural Dostm4sters throughout this
section are already either Democratic
in sympathy or else are nonpdFti sA'ss
aitogethers However. this may ihe, !.
i certain that vast cifOrt VIII oS -
forth ., replace the majority OF tns
present postmasters OF the county NJ :
sprir.g when the Democrats Set I4A.iiiS
into the saddle in Washington:
An unDr-cedented activity IN thv
purchase Of libraries for the various
schools Of the county exists dt ms
time. or continues from last ye.a,
ourchaseG. The following schools o.
the county have just ordered IlDrd1 l,-'s1
or will order within Week Inc
t-urdsvlllc Graded school the EnSh-
willie School. both In rlrdsNits
trict. the Glover School ana tne
Hoop,r school. in Francisco District
the Malone School. in Naysville Dls-
sricf the Haues Chapel School. IN Mar
shall District. the Ivy Hii. ltNts'
Onof undro. Cunningham ana " aIlha.- =
ster schools. in James islNtr .il..S ~; =
an aggregate Of eleven compete -
braries- with large ADDITION 10 the
ffbrarv already in the Buckinkhah
tIivn school Ten Libraries were or
der.d FOR the schools q the county
las " ar. s,..s.,o. en-
pertntendenA of the county shovel an
e-r..fnent ~ November % i.Sfe white
rbi.f-cn and y .07i coio-ed. en- aSerc-
,-ate Of All. the largest NoNcInotr
enrolment in tho history VI TIE e0un
~ rhe average attendance % Enite
,.ff iron was i.e-9f1. and Of colored.
-n. ~ a total Of i72s.i-- Whicn IS
,,,sfdered remarkable for rural
countv with all its attendance ctaN
backs. ..- -. 49,.
made out his report OF December co.
lcrficss Of school funds This report
.bous that Sff.Sllos viii come 70
tho schools this year from ioedi
sources - this amount. only $500
mas been collected Tor immcd!at" dis
fributicn while tho much larger sans
OF .s7s1s = stiii uncoiiccted. ana
an have TO have the penalty OF ,
Der cent added for collection.
There are ~ even hundred schools
run in TIE county this year, the white
schools outnumbcrine the colorcd
schools about two 20 ono.
Owing to unusually IRE weather.
the farmers have done much work this
fall looking 60 next years crops while
money IL not plentiful the outlook -
considered bright Tor aRricuituriSts-
Local banks report scarcity OF money
ana great demand for loans. IN spite
Of fhis fact there = much buying %
real estate. an more than ttN usual
amount OF building going on Tn this
section.