The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-26

Two instances. Indicating that the
State Board Of Education is tired Of
continual complaints OF neglect OF
duty. and viii soon demand that d.
vision superintendcnts devote the.-
entire time 10 the position. cropped out
unexpectedly yesterday at the hearing
Of the contested cases Both arose
where applicants for the place were
already practicinc a profession. one. a
minister OF til" Gospel. who had prom
ised TO give six days week 20 tho
position. was advised that the sue
cessful candidate would he expected
TO be on the JOB seven days. while one
young legal light was qu;zzed regard
ing his willingness to abstain from
taking out his license TO practice Law
in the event ot his receiving tho place.
and two others told that their whole
time would be needed
Unlike the FIRST TWO sessions OF tho
board, Yesterdays meetings were de-
void of sensational charges. most OF
tho hottest contacted delegations hav-
ing been hoard There was 4 reduced
attendance. due 10 the fact that many
or those who had expected 20 repre-
cent applicants, were worn out By
the wait and had gone home. lndica-
tons are that the remaining counties
Will not consume much time, and that
the hearings viii be concluded before
noon to-day. In this event. the board
Will probably so Into executive ses-
sion for the election OF superlnten-
dents in the forty-scven contested d.
visions
Isle of Wight Contest Warm.
Without doubt tho Isle OF Wight
DR.. Gavin Rawls. !, was charged. had
not paid enough attention TO his du-
ties. having spent less than eleven
hours in that many years in the Smith
field schools The Town Council OF
Smithheld, represented by Councilman
G. ". JOINER and Attorney George +.
Whitley. advocated the appointment OF
c. ". Johnston, and put up strong
argument against Dr. Rawls. stating
veloped : they should have in his
twenty five year regime.
IN reply 10 a statement that Isle OF
Wight demanded a college bred man.
one with general teaching experience,
j. y Parker. OF southampton, appear
ing for Dr Rawls, introduced as evil
dence a report made out In Tho hand
writing OF M Johnston. In which his
mathematical ability and spelling were
saown up. In figuring the ages OF
pupils, the girls and boy percentages
were made out correctly. but in ar
irving at general average of the two,
they were simply added together. max
ing the combined age appear as the
average. In the report the name o. a
text book. tncn in common use. was
misspelt. This teacher had children
in the third reader studying Webster's
dictionary.
Letters We're read showing that the
Office had been conducted efficiently.
DR. Rawls. 1T was stated. was the firet
10 catch up with a heavy defalcat:on
In the school board, and by duplicate
books, kept by him, III" special ac-
countants were enabled 10 strairhten
of the school progress was introduced.
]. l.. King. another contestant. was
not represented
Loudoun Situation Peculiar.
4 peculiar situation arose through
opposition to the incumbent in Lou
doun County In this division there
are two opponents to w. c. Edmond
son Friends of neither candidate ap-
peared anxious 10 win. but united to
defeat NJ. Edmondson. who. II was
stated. was incompetent and was with
out following. Cecil Conner. Com
monwealth's attorney. said his people
wanted a man no was responsive 10
the public will while Elijah V. White
representing the business element of
the county. implored the board TO give
the ma man in whom they could put
commence. WIN the exception OF the
voluntary culogies of the Speakers
which was equally distributed. II. L.
Keen and f. o. Russell, the opposing
candidates. were not heard from. Mr..
Edmondson had no repre- sentation.
The morning session opened with the
calling of Brunswick County, where
w. e. Valentine. the incumbent. is op
posed by r. E Chambliss. Claims that
the county school system was merely
a part OF the political system was
made by Edward TurnbuN. who repre-
, scented Mr.. Valentine He charged that
for many years. when teachers were
named they were required to deal at
certain stores and with certain mer-
chants. This had been broken up
under the administration Of MIR. Valrn-
tine. who. II was stated, had worked
a revolution.
Mr.. Chambliss presented his own
claims. The people of the county. he
said. had urgcu him to oppose Mr.. VAL
entine three years ago. He had no
| reflections to cast on his opponent,
but understanding that the position
becomes vacant by law. he considered
himself on an equal footing. He was
backed up by His father -tn-law. Mr..
Jones, who charged the incumbent with
failure to visit the schools. This was