Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-30
CITIZENS COMPLAIN
OF DOUBLE TAXES.
BrookneaI Residents Tire Of
Supporting Public and
Peoples Schools.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, April 29.-The
Brookneal school fight has not only
gotten the public school fund there
in a mess, but at the same time pa
irons Of the Peoples High Schoo"
have tired of paying taxes to keep
up the public school and subscrip-
tions for their own privately run or
ganization. and 1t begins to look as
get the two factions of the town
together
/. Some five or six months ago PIin-
cipal Tingler became unpopular with
some of the patrons of the high
cipal being custed by the town school
board Appeal to the county electoral
board saw the school board sustained.
Then majority of the children. in
the public high school were with
drawn by parents and Principal Ting
subscription school, SO for some five
months the town has had opposition
high schools
The public school fund has been
run $1,000 in debt. and it will. 1t is
said. take nearly all of the towns
sSHooi lcA loT 1SSS-IJ 10 pay tuc uSUI
saddled on the fund for the present
school year. In addition to this. pa
irons of the private high school have
had to put up for the cost of that
school.
Indications now are that the trouble
will be ironed out in some way. so
that the school children will have
one school to attend next fall.
County Treasurer H. w. Callahan
has announced that he will pay no
more warrants drawn on the Brook
neal school fund, because the fund
has already been overdrawn.
Continued improvement in the con-
dition Of Haywood Fortune. who was
shot in the face Monday afternoon
by A. q. Chenault, has caused the
authorities here to admit Chenault to
bail under bond in penalty Of $500.
Fortune, although he sustained a shot
through his head. seems to have an
excellent chance to recover. He was
shot in each cheek.
Representatives of the Tobacco
Growers Association for the Virginia
dark belts have made overtures to
the Lynchburg Tobacco Warehouse
Corporation for the lease of q to-
bacco warehouse here for the market
ing Of the 1922 tobacco crop.
According to a telegram from Mrs.
John H. Lewis of this city, an aunt
Of Lady Nancy Astor, sent from Bal
timore. the visit of Lady Nancy to
Lynchburg has been definitely fixed
for May s. While here Lady Aston
is to go to Evington. village nearby,
for visit with her uncle. Thomas
Langhorne. of that place.
A plaster model. entitled Spring"
by Lloyd Worswick of this city. won
first prize IN competition before the
Young Worswick has won num-
Der of such honors in the past year.
He is a son of James Worswick OF
this city.
A committee representing the Riv-
ermont Avenue Presbyterian Church
has purchased three lots in River
mont avenue, near Randolph Macon
Woman's College. where the congre-
cation later intends to erect mod
ern church plant The lot has a
frontage of $50 feet and a depth of
$50 feet.
The executive committee Of the
Virginia Real Estate Association, in
session here, adopted a resolution
calling upon Gov. Trinkle to convene
the state legislature in extraordinary
session to consider adoption of the
proposed $12.O0O,O00 bond issue. The
resolution was adopted by an undi-
vided vote. The committee voiced
it's opposition to the extension of the
Ball low. now in force in Washington.
Officers for the local Rotary Club
for next year will be w. w. Dicker-
son, president; w. r. Winfree. vice
president; E. NJ. Taylor. secretary
treasurer; directors, G. e. Caskie, r.
c. Watts. C. r. Oberfel, John A.
Faulkner and. Walker Pettyjohn.
Work has been started on a bridge
to the Y. M. c. A. island park here.
which is to enable automobile traffic
to reach the island, the bridge to cost
$4,000. The approach to the park
will be through a new park. River
side, just being laid out by the city.
This work Is designed to be COM
pleted and in use in August.
A class will be confirmed in st.
Johns Episcopal Church here Sunday
evening by Bishop Robert c. Jett of
the Episcopal diocese Of southwestern
Virginia.
The spring tourney of the Appa-
lachian Golf League will be held here
tomorrow, visiting clubs from half a
dozen towns being guests of the Oak
wood Country Club for the day.