The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-02
REPORT OF SCHOOLS
IS MOST INTERESTING
Total EnrolIment in Petersburg For
First Half Session Shows 4,5S2
Scholars.
DUPONT CHECKS FORGED
Sixty Gallon ctill observation-disclosures
wick Couple Marricd-Many Hold
Ups and Robbcrics Reported TO Po-
lice.

(Speial TO The Richmond Virginian)
Petersburg Va, Ma, ch 1.-The re-
port of Superintendent r. NJ. Martin,
fthe Petersburg public schools, for
the month of January, and for the
first semester made to the board of
trustees under date of February %,
lie one of the most interesting in
many particulars that the board has
ever received
The report shows that the total en-
roilment of the schools for the first
semester was 4.5S2 White. 2.7l3;
, colored 1859 Pupils on the roll at
the end Of the term, 4,035-White,
2.449; colored, ,5S6. The average
daily attendance in the white schools
for the whole term was AS per cent;
for the colored schools, 9l.G per cent.
In the white schools there were 1853
cases of hardness. colOred schools
729 cases. There were two suspen
sions in the white schools and nine
teen In the colored. The teachers
in the white schools reported GA
visits to home of pupils and the col
ored teachers S7A There were forty
four cases of hardness on the part of
teachers in the white schools and six
In the colored schools. The first term
covered a period Of nlnety-three
school days.
TO numerous matters of Importance.
which should have the immediate at
tention OF the trustees. among the
more important being the increased
enrolment in the schools this yeal
over last which is 400 pupils.
According to the report the author
tiles have found II extremely din
cult to find accommodations for all
new applicants. though various means
have been adopted. 1t was necessary
in many instances to Ike advantage
Of that clause of the law which al
lows school superintendeuts and
teachers under certain conditions to
reject six-year- children About
forty such rcjcCtiuns were made. but
nome Of seven years Of age were re-
jected
SiSty-Galion still Destroyed.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
w. H. Lane. assisted by deputy
from the Richmond office. seized and
destroyed a copper still Of sixty gal
Ions capacity with a complete outfit
between Carson and stony Creek, in
Sussex County. yesterday, In add
, tioin to the still about $50 gallons
| OF beer and a considerable quantity
of whiskey We're found aud conf1s-
/ Gated. No arrests were made and II IS
, not known Who owned and opera ted
the stiU, Ii was located IN a swamp
/ and Va- almost completely surround
ed by water, and the officers only SUE
Ceeded in reaching Il hV walking upon
logs and steppiu~ upon tufts OF grass.
The still was built upon a brick fouu-
dalton and was in eadiuess for opera
ton. Deputy Lane had been Oh the
lookout for the still for some time.
but it's capture had been avoided hr
It's being moved, from place to place
A number of hogs, which the owners
of the still kept and fed on the swih.
dram: freely of the beer, which was
emptied from the barrels and all OF
! them got on jag from its effect
/ For Forging Dupont Checks.
Acting Sergeant W. ". Jefferson. Of
the Petersburg Police Department, IS
expected to return here tomorrow
from Charleston, $ g.. with Leroy
Maree and James ttendrickeon. under
arrest there for forging DUPONT
checks IN Petersburg. The specific
. charge against the men is that Of
passing checks for $5S and $40 on
Petersburg merchants on October
last. The checks were excellent
( limitations of the regular DUPONT pay
+ rhec!;s and IT required careful exam
nation to prove them fraudulent.
Tried to Pass Forged Checks.
At todays session of the Police
% court cornell Wiftfarrrs,- ee4ered-- Mas
sent on to the Hastings Court to stand
trial on the charge OF attempting to
pass q forged check for S2S OF the
National Bank of Petersburg The
docket was one Of the smallest in sew
eral days 1t contained Ccw eases
/ OF Importance,
+ Eight white women recently sen"
fenced TO thirty days IN the t1ts jail
by the police justice on vaEranry
charges furnished bail In the sum Of
$50 each and have taken an appeal
TO the Hu,tiuSs Court Several Of
them furnished cash BAH and others
( personal security. Few. II any of
them, are expected To appear in the
+ Hastings Court.
Brunswick Couple Married.
J Miss Susie l.. Daniel and Mr.. Rus
+ sell f.. LAWS, a popular Young couple
Z of Brunswick County. were united in
/ marriage at I o'clock last evening at
/ the home of the officiating minister,
! Rev. A E. Love, pastor Of the West
/ End Battist Church.
! Marriage Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Heelap have an
nounced the marriage of their daugh-
ter. Nellie Genevieve. to Lendys II