The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-08
TEACHERS CHOSEN
IN BUCKINGHAM
Schools in Various Districts Soon
Will Open-Tobacco Har-
vest Week.
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

Arvonia. Va, Septmeber "A num-
Der of teachers have within the past
few days been elected to various school
positions In Buckingham County. The
principalship of the Arvonia High
School Is as yet undetermined with
an appointment in view. The assist
ant teachers viii be Miss Clarice
Bersch. teacher Of the first and second
high school grades; Miss Lula Spencer,
teacher of sixth and seventh grades:
Miss Minnie Butler. third. fourth and
first and second grades
Miss Agnes White has been elected
principal Of the Gold Hill School, with
Miss Mary G. Hardiman as assistant.
Miss Virginia Broaddus. of Bagby,
Caroline County, is principal OF the
Malone School. on the line of Mays
Vile and Francisco Districts. Miss
Fannie Miller will be principal of the
AXtell School. which this year will be
run as graded school
Professor Harry r. Turner will be
principal OF the ST. Andrews School.
with Miss Mabel Swoope as assistant.
In Marshall District. Miss Sallie Hanes
will teach the Hanes Chapel School:
Miss Nina Ehrhart, OF Powhatan Coun-
". the Alpha School, and Miss Bessie
Virginia Mason, of Sussex County, the
Penlan School. Misses Sallie and Cora
Wood Will again assume charge of
tho Texas Graded School, in James
River District.
The Dtlwyn High School will not
open till September %, with Professor
James Alexander Hanna, a graduate of
Washington and Lee University. as
principal. The Buckingham High
Snh vii .t,l~
Professor Warwick as principal, and
with three assistants. usual Miss
Lily Alleen Shepard. of Cumberland
County. will teach the River School
Miss Marguerite Dunnavant, of Enon-
VILE, viii teach the New Canton School,
and Miss Ethel Tatuu, the school at
Snoddy's Gate. In Francisco District,
Jacksonville School, and Miss Graham
Trent the Hooper School.
Annual Patrons Day.
Blanks are now being distributed for
the annual patrons day celebration on
| October "a. Every teacher and every
school in buckingham County Will be
required to hold this celebration, to
have Il program of speaking and mu-
| sic, to clean up the school grounds and
! make collection for school improve
! ment purposes. For two years in sue
cession buckingham has led every
, county in Virginia in the matter OF a
successful observance of this day.
Mrs. Robert FuQua. OF New Canton.
will teach music in the Arvonia High
School the coming session. She has
already enrolled a considerable num-
Der OF pupils in her classes. \ room
in the new building has been set apart
for the special use OF piano music.
! Farmers and others throughout this
section nj i'm
the first county fair, which will be held
! in Dillwyn next month. y meeting
| of the fair association was held in the
| odd Fellows Hall, in Dnlwyn. on Sat
urday afternoon, and much business
was transacted. II is generally be-
lieved that the fair will be the most
important and interesting gathering
ever held in Buckingham County. AL
| ready there is promise of a fine ex-
hibit of every kind of live stock and
country produce. and the cities and
manufacturers promise to exhibit much
! in the way OF machinery and manu-
featured products of all kinds.
This week will be known as to-
bacco harvest week throughout this
! section. Already tremendous crops OF
the weed have been harvested in the
southern end of the county and In
AppomattoX and Prince Edward Coun-
ties. In the northern end of Bucking-
in most respects. both in size and quail
ity. \ record crop in every respect
Will be harvested.
Corn is still maintaining it's uniform,
condition of excellence. Farmers are
saying the crop is by far the best ever
known In this country. Some of the
older people are comparing this year
with the year of the surrender. 1868
when, apparently providentially. the
crops were better than had ever been
known.
While the apple and peach crops
suffered an "of year" there is enough
fruit in this section for ordinary pur-
poses and uses Such apples as the
trees bear are excellent in most re
spccts.
Young apple orchards which have
recently been planted in this section
,are flourishing. One orchard of {
fall by the dynamite process, shows {
death rate OF less than / per cent
not as many a dozen trees of The
thousand having died.
Demands for Farms
Real estate dealers are anticipating
quite q demand on the part OF West
erners for farms in this county this
fall and winter, and are preparing t
advertise especially for this class o
West. with a long drought. has served
to bring fourth many inquiries from
farmers in the West as to the prices o
lands in Virginia, where the tempera
, lures this summer were comparativel.
low and seasons excellent.
Circuit Court convenes at Bucking
ham next week. with Judge Hundle
probably back In his old place. II
having largely recovered from his re
cent indisposition. y number of Grim
nal cases, involving colored people
; viii come up either for trial or 70
some kind OF disposition. There is tn
usual amount OF chancery and othe
g litigation to DC disposed Of.
People in this section are much in
. terested in the proposition to bridg
James River at Columbia. 1t
@ thought the scheme will be carrie
D without trouble. as two bridges with
in recent years have been built fror
= buckingham soil to the north side @
7 the river the bridges at Scottsvill
: and Howardsville, both tremendousl
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