The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-15
CIRCUIT COURTTO
CONVENE TO-DAY
In Afternoon Congressman Jones
Will Make Speech-School
Board Meets.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. ]

summer term of the Circuit Court for
Lancaster county. Judge T. II. b.
Wright presiding, will begin here to-
morrow morning In the afternoon the
Hon. William y. jones. who has repre-
sent,d this district in Congress for
the last twenty years will address the
voters OF Lancaster in advocacy OF his
denomination ami the election OF Nell
son and Marshall His opponents for
! the nomination. Hon. :. r. Buxton. Of
Newport : ews, has for the past two
months been making a quiet canvass
of the counties in the district. and on
last Monday he addressed the people
OF Caroline county at Bowling Green.
1t is not yet known here whether MIR.
Buxton Will be at Lancaster court to-
morrow. but If he comes. 1t is not inn
probable that there may be a Joint dis
cusslon between him and Mr. Jones
This Will he Mr.. Jones's FIRST speech
In the canvass ami 1t is expected that
nc Will have many interesting things
TO say. Ar Jones has always been
strong in Lancaster. and his friends
say nc VIII carry lhc county. both in
the primary and general elections by
overwhelming majorities
The Lancaster county school board
T
day to wind up the business for the
past school year and to make arrange
ments for the coming session. All the
accounts were found correct and set
tied. and all the districts are out OF
debt with a comfortable surplus in the
treasury. After much discussion over
the vexed question OF school holidays
and attendance OF teachers upon coun-
~. district and State teachers asso-
ri "a b1 fafl
imously adopted That Thanksg giving
Day shall DE a scho. i holiday. and that
all the public schools In the coun-
~ shall be closed on that day: that
both white and colorcd teachers shall
have not more than two days during
the session for attending their respec-
tive county associations. during which
the schools shall be closed. and teach
ers who fail TO attend the meetings
pay for these days. and that not more
than three days during the session
shall he given TO tho white and colored
teachers for attending their respective
district or State association. during
which the schools shall be closed. ana
teachers who fall to attend shall not
receive any pay for these days"
Steps were also taken to promote
the interests OF the school fair. which IS
TENDER. near kNmarnock
Superintendent Lewis called the at
,ention OF school trustees 10 tho fol-
lowing regulation recently adopted By
the state Board OF Education.
$40 teacher whose application is not
accompanied By 4 statement OF the d.
vision superintendent Of the county or
city which he desires 10 teach to the
effect that the said teacher holds "A VIZ
sln!a certificate In fun force and ef-
feet. duly indorsoi by the division SUI
perintendent. may be legally elected or
paid by board OF public school trus-
tees In this state"
Dr. Lewis stated that he had aecer-
tanned tina. number OF teachers who
had no valid certificate were employed
last year In teaching in the public
schools OF Lancaster county and y 1rtn-
cumberland. and that ne had been in
formed that 5 milar condition Of az
fairs existed In many other school d.
Visions Of the State, but that here
after he would not authorize the en-
ployment or payments OF any teacher
in tho two counties constituting his
div sion who does not hold valid
certificate issued or authorized by the
Department OF Public Instruction 1t
is feared that q vigorous enforcement
of the regulation may create in some
sections a scarcity OF teachers but IN
the long run, it is believed. the regula-
ton VIII work great good to the
schools.
a fine of s25 will hereafter be i'm
posed on each division superinten lcnt
for each violation OF the foregoing
regulation in his division. DR.. Lewis
said that If this regulation had been
enforced in his division last year he
would not have received any salary
for his years work.
Misses Emma and Nellie Cornwell. OF
Lancaster. ana Misses Estelle Cutler
and Susie Cappege. of Kilmanock. are
attending the Fredericksburg summer
normal school. and Miss Myrtle Squires.
of Ocran Is at the University of Vir-
ginia
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dunaway. who
have been spending the past month at
their former home in Lancaster. have
gone TO New York TO attend the sum-
mer school connected with Columbia
University They We're accompanied by
Mrs Dunaway's sister. Miss susie
Chiffon. who is first assistant in the
Lancaster High School. Mr.. Dunaway
is the principal OF the sydney school
in Richmond
William Chiffon, clerk OF the Cir
cult Court for Lancaster. has gone
Z r,
Mr. and Mrs Harry Nichols. in Kansas
/ city. Mo. This is the second vacation
Mr. Chiffon has taken during his SER
vice OF nineteen consecutive years in
the clerks office of this county.
! Miss Lydia Greene. formerly of Alex
andria. is visiting her niece. Mrs. L.
r Coombs. at the rectory in Lancaster.
! T. n. Massey. one of the largest and
most progressive farmers of the North
ern Neck. has purchased a large trac-
tion engine 10 be used in plowlnr, and
doing other traction work on his fine
farm In Westmoreland county. The en-
CINE was landed at MAYORS Hole on
the Rappahannock River. and run in
der Its own power twenty miles across
/ the country to Mr.. Massey's farm on
the Uaomini River, which is branch
OF the Potomac. The steam saw mills
/ and the FISH fertilizer factories have
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