The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-29
TEACHERS ARE
NEARLY ALL FAVORED
JOE HARRIS FOUND GUILTY
Charged With Murder of AIgie Ma
lone, He Is Given Second Degree
Verdict. with Term OF Fifteen
Years In Penitcntiary.

the School Board. recommends the re-
election of practically all teachers in
the school at present for the 1916
1916 session.
The committee also recommended
an increase in the salary of many OF
the teachers and that in the future
teachers salaries be paid in ten equal
installments.
The full report of the committee is
as follows:
To the School Board OF the City Of
Petersburg:
Gentlemen,--Your Committee on
Teachers and Textbooks respectfully
makes the following recommendations
for the session of 19l5-i916.
That F. NJ. Martin be reelected
superintendent OF schools and that
Miss Mary K. Baxter be reelected
clerical assistant to the superintendent
for the school year. her services to
be at the disposal of the superintend-
ent for six days in the week and her
Office hours TO be fixed by the super
intendent.
Supervisors.
That the following supervisors be
re elected:
II. S. Sharpe. supervisor II manual
training.
Mrs Carrie M. Baskerville, super.
visor OF drawing.
Mrs. Carrie M Baskerville, super
visor of domestic science.
High school.
That the following teachers in the
high school be- reelected: II. -.
Wolff, principal; Misses Mollie Rtves,
Is. G. Robertson, Marie A, Beard. IL.
A. Miller, Jr., James q. Scott. Misses
Cornel.a Segar, Ncttie Leftwich, III. G.
Myers. Ethel Pitcher, n. Nj. Cooper,
vf~A II
Malloy.
That the following new teachers be
elected as teachers in the high school;
Miss Blance Cousar. assistant COM
mereial teacher: Miss Cora Roffe.
substitute.
The committee respectfully recon-
mends that one male teacher be elect
ed in the room instead OF j. E. Ander-
son, resigned. and that one additional
lady teacher be elected. Your COM.
mittee Is not at this time in a position
! to recommend teachers for these two
| positions.
| Grammar schools.
| That the following principals and
! teachers in the grammar schools De
lre-elected. as follows:
| Lee School-Miss Maude ID. Hobbs,
principal; Misses B. o. Sweeney. Mary
Peterson. II. l. Thomas, Annie Tench.
! l.. w. Stevens, Dorothy Brown, Ella
Calendar, Laura Syme, Ruth Perci-
vail, Mary Ruffin, Mrs. Y. f. Nichoi-
son. Misses Ida NJ. Butcher and Belle
Burke.
jackson Schooi-Miss l.. V. Scott.
principal; Misses L. j. Keller, Sally
Meacham. Ida " Young. Annie L.
Jones, b. V. Cogle, LESSEE Back Ethel
HALL NJ G. Harrison, Lucy b. Leake,
Rosa b. stewart, V. A. Bull, b. M.
GENTRY.
ID. M. Brown School-Miss f. II.
Ryland Clara Hayes. Mary Quicke,
Maggie Hite. NJ. s. Smith. NJ. e. Tom
lin, Helen McCa,eb, Mamie Myers.
Bessie Calendar; one additional
teacher,
Sixth Ward schooI--Miss Annie
Baugh,, principal; Misses M c. Mar
tin, Lucille Cousins. Fannie Turner.
Bessie Scoggin. Mrs. L. o. Edwards.
4 Substitutes--Misses NJ. NJ. Banks.
Lila Gerow. Eleanor Dillon.
CoIorcl Teachers.
That the following coiored teachers
be reelected: Principals, J. s.
Shields and w. II. johnson. Teachers
Julia wyatt. L. Il. Wood, l.. A.
Johnson. F.. l.. Baugh, s. Z. Roberts.
NJ. r. Johnson, F. f. r'ayerman,
Lean Penn, G. r. Colson. Nj r.. CAT.
ney. NJ. E. Jackson, NJ. c. Hamlin, II
~ Robinson n. g. Coleman. A. r.
! Penister. l. X. Bell. J. G.. Morton. M.
A. Harris Nj. l.. Smith, NJ. l.. Blicks
Aiease Thomson. C. H. Rawlings. g..
G.. Gillian r. " Smith. Lizzie Free
RAN, wilhemina Hamlin.
| Murder In Second Degree.
| The case of Joe Harris. colored,
charged with the rurder of Algie Ma
lone, colored. on the 7th OF March
| last, was called for trial Immediately
after the Hastings Court convened
this morning and was concluded this
afternoon, the jury rendering a YER
| fixing the punishment Of the accused
at fifteen years in the State Peniten-
tiary.
Algie Malon.. and Harris were both
residents of Pocahontas Malone dis
Iappeared from his home on March
last and no trace of him was found
1 until FIVE weeks later his body was dis,
covered in the Appomattox River.
| near his home. Harris was arrested
soon after Malone's disappearance,
but was later released and was re-
arrested when the body was discover
ed and new evidence had been
found. H.. -
Il The prisoner was represented by
4 +. C. Johnson. a coiored lawyer of
Petersburg. and Commemorative At
torney thinner conducted the prose-
cution.
4 The prisoner on arraignment plead
ed mot guilty. and a hummer or
/ witnesses were examined who testi-
L fed in a. manner, OF circumstances ss-
4 mediately preceding the disappaes.
ance Of Malone. and of developments
since then. which satisfied the jury
OF Harrfss guift
i The jury was composed OF Messrs.
| e. B. Mayton. George Fl. Brown, Her
bert Rogers. Leo s. Short, John y.
Saunders. Sidney A. Jordan, j. E.
/ Goodrich. Jesse r. Hoy, O.. Morgan
Knight, Moses Lowe. w. A. Ryiand
and J. c. Young.
Il Enjoyable Rccitals.
\ The senior recital ut the Southern
h Female College last evening proved to
L be one OF the most enjoyable that
was ever given 1T that iHstitution.
Four numbers rendered by MICS pa-
Il via, the graduate u In plano, and f0nf
l by Miss Van Sickle. the graduate in
|; expression. wers highly placing 20
tine large number In attenda'ncs upon
1.-THE exercises ss5s
Following the concert the two xratl-
llHtee nm sifsn ~ os'e1}9n kx f31sa1