The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03
successful condition. The entire
board is now friendly to him"
FcrncyhouEhs Reply.

successful condition The entire
board is now friendly to him"
Fcrncyhough's Reply.
When ! read these names WAS more
than puzzled was astounded could
not believe that this WAS the packed
board" which had been promised L
wired and wrote Or. Ferncyhough. ask
ing IN his peculiar phraseology, Can
this be the right bunch?" While his
reply IS marked personal" know he
will pardon me II l make the follow
ing extracts from his letter OF .Tune
3. 1912: Yes. sir. exactly the right
bunch Things will unquestionably
be carried out tby the new board)
Just as indicated 10 you when last
saw YOU in your office. will stand
for this, and you can count on same.
tThe bold face is his)
again. on JULY Is. 1912, after the
death Of NJ Daniel Harmon. he
writes:
For my part. YOU are welcome TO
use my name. should you prefer doing
so. as being the individual who went
from the Governor TO your friend. the
late Daniel Harmon. and yourself, in
this matter considered what l did
as a friendly duty, II ! may term 1t
go, and I am never afraid 10 have my
name directly connected with my
deeds
Concerning johnson.
As regards the mystery" OF Presi-
dent l.. Z Johnsons refusing reap
pointmcnt from Governor Mann, Will
say rs follows
some time in May. 1912. received
an anonymous letter. which read:
DO you know that the Governor
will pack your board this year TO put
Eggleston in your place? Eggieston
is on now visiting agricultural col
leges studying their methods. The
scheme is 10 connect T. .. Sandy's
do not know who wrote this note,
but had received various letters he
fore in the same handwriting. and the
predictions made III them had all been
absolutely confirmed. SO i knew that
had trustworthy information. one
day. merely Incidentally, 1 showed Mr..
Johnson this anonymous letter and
told him OF my experience with the
writer. When he Was rcappointcd he
=, once posted OFF 10 Richmond TO see
the Governor. and while do not know
what happened. those Of US who know
the old man can very we'll imagine.
He simply announced on his return
that under the circumstances he would
refuse the reappointment.
This anonymous writer was simply
one among many. From nil parts or
The State | had received warnings that
with the expected Increase in Federal
appropriations for the college ISmith-
Lever bib, some new means for my
removal TO make way for "Eggleston
and Sandy" would be devised. This
rumor was general, even in the fall
o! 1911. before any trouble in the
United Agricultural Board that one
OF the State papers openly charged that
| was being prosecuted by the powers
ir. control, simply to make way for
personal or political favorites."
SO open and general was this talk
that l thought Mr.. Eggleston ought to
letter:
Letter to EGGleston.
November s, 1911.
Hon. j. n. Eggleston. Jr,
Richmond. Va:
Dear Mr.. Eggleston,-I have just re
ceived notice. through your secretary.
| that you could not be present on the
18th instant. ! am very sorry that
you will not be present as no calamity
could befall the Virginia Polytech mic
Institute equal to n short board on this
occasion.
"Candor also compels me to go fur
ther. In a recent paper of this state
II was charged that these accusations
AGAINST me were brought to make way