The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-16

the sublime to the ridiculous--frou1
the seemingly serious situation In
Alexandria, where official miscon-
duct" was charged, to against Super
intendent ". T. Hodges. to the wran-
gle in King william mad King and
Queen. where the grevious offense OF
having been late at a meeting OF
trustees was brought against Superin-
tendent A. L. Terrell. AS at the
June meeting neighborhood politics
was frequently injected into the
charges.
The hearing In the case of Loudoun
county was rendered interesting by
reason IF the prominence OF the
counsel which represented the appii-
cants. Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd
appeared for III. l.. Keen; Westmore-
land Davis. for the incumbent; w G.
Edmondson and Commemorative At
torney White, for f.. o. Russell. The
speakers were allowed twenty Ave
minutes each in which to present the
claims II their clients. though there
were no charges against anybody. the
only argument of each. boiled down.
being that the people wanted this
man. instead of the other fellow :
man. Each of the distinguished APP
pellants sought to make Il clear TO
the board that he was appearing, not
as lawyer for client. but on behalf of
the people of the county, and was
entirely disinterested.
An Amusing Tilt
The most amusing tilt Of the days
hearings occurred between f. w.
Hubbard and Frank c. Moore. OF
buckingham county, representing. re-
specttvely. John A. Twyman and Rev.
Plummer F. Jones. the incumbent All
parties appeared ready for a nearing,
but Mr.. Moore insisted that the ivy
man constituents had whispered
things concerning the moral charac-
ter of Mr.. Jones into the ears Of GER
tain members of the board, and he
would not go into hearing until
those charges had been reduced to
writing, and placed before the board.
Mr.. Hubbard declared that his client
had no desire to bring any charges
rejecting upon the character OF Mr.
Jones: Mr.. Moore insisted that as long
as these things had been whispered
they must be brought out. Chairman
Stearnes admitted that the board had
heard the whispers. Mr.. Hubbard
contended that the opposition had
nothing 70 bring against MIR. Jones
character, and Mr.. Moore an doggedly
insisted that he must. and so the argu-
ment proceeded between the two. nip
and tuck. until finally. Mr.. Hubbard.
losing patience, exclaimed: "All right,
Frank you've farcAd- thls- ISSUE LII.
meet you at Phillip" intimating that
he would produce the goods" Phil
lipi means October 18th. to which
time the case was post poned. The
crowd enjoyed a hearty laugh.
In tn case of Carroll county all
hands were present and ready to go
into hearing. but when the incum-
bent, f.. NJ. Cooley, entered the room
he found typewriter copies Of charges
against him which his opponents have
brought since the June meeting OF
the board. without reading the
manuscript. Mr.. Cooley asked the
board to continue the Carroll county
contest until October. which was
readily granted. though his opponents
insisted upon an immediate hearing.
Mr.. Cooley was accompanied by his
twin brother--both splendid speci-
mems Of manhood and 10 nearly alike
that the hoard couldn't tell one from
another.
IneenAAsAt - Tsraet.
The arst case taksn w And the one