The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-10
THE PETERSBURG TRADE
THE two TOBACCO ASSOCIATIONS
CONSOLIDATED.
General stith Boiling Elected President
Changes tho Methodist Conference
May Make In That City.

PETERSBURG. VA, Oct. 9.-Special.-
The members Of the Tobacco Exchange
and the Loose Tobacco Association met
In the hall Of the Exchange at noon To-
day 10 receive the report of the COMMIT
tee from these two organizations in feIe'-
ence to consolidating them into one Inc
report Is as follows:
Petersburg, Va, Oct. " 1871.
We, the committee appointed by the
Tobacco Associations of Petersburg, va,
at their meeting held on Monday tnea az
or October. 1894, TO consider the eSHn,
ency of consolidating the Loose lopnGu n
Association and the Tobacco EAcIan So
would recommend the consolidation o VI ~
two ASSOCIATIONS, the fee for memoersHip
to be 81 per annum, payable anhuany
In advance from 1st October, 1871 IN!
shin fee from the list OF October Dreced-
ing and each one now MEMBER ol St'nSl
association to be entitled to a creIlt on
his dues of which he has pald III du' ai0e
OF LIST of October 1891 -.
We also recommend that the charSe OF
SO initiation fee be abollshed' also' Ia
article second OF the bylaws OF lne io-
bacco Exchange, imposing tax or tWelVe
on the Exchange by a member nOt pay
ing box rent (selier), be abolished anu
the box rent be $40 per annum, payaple
in advance, but optional with the HleIh@
bers as 10 renting. We think that the
rent for the Tobacco Exchange Hall can
be reduced TO $50 per annum, perhaps
lower.
We recommend that no salary be paid
TO the time-keeper on the loose sales
also that the salary of the secretary ana
treasurer be one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum from October !, 1854
ofH.R RECOMMENDATIONS.
We further recommend the adoption OF
all the old bylaws governing the two
tgf tIit a
alterations herein recommended.
Further resolved, That warehouse man
ayers shall report to the time keeper the
correct number of piles on mis- floor before
the sales commences, and may add from
time to time the lots weighed later under
a penalty OF five dollars for each incorrect
report.
(SignelD Joseph J. Percivall chairman,
James II. Gray, John McGill, y. G..
NJ. Martin, and G. a. Pope.
The report was adopted.
Capt Robert c. Osborne rendered his
resignation as president of the Tobacco
Exchange and Gen. Stith Boiling was
elected his successor. MIR. B. b. aughau
was elected vice-president and Mr.. John
Bannister secretary and treasurer Board
of Managers. j. Percivall, j. II. Mac
lin, James II. Gray, and George Cameron.
Mr. j. IL. Machn was elected time-keep-
er.
DEMOCRATIC BARBECUE.
There will be a Democratic mass-meet-
ing and barbecue at trinity, Din"iddie
county, on next Saturday. Speeches will
be made by Hons. William r. Mckinney,
W. Il. Mcllwaine, and Thomas l.. Clark.
on next Monday, at DinWiddie Court.
house, Hons. Baker p. Lee, Alexander
Hamilton, and W. =. McRae will speak
Messrs. w. y. Bond, Arthur Guy, and
George Guy. three well-known and popu-
lar young men Of this city, will engage
in the wholesale and retail hat business
here on the first OF next December.
coS,tK Nrs HANGEs.
There may possibly be some changes
made by the Virginia Methodist Episcopal |
Conference in the pastors OF The NethO-
dist churches in Petersburg, but the only
minister whose term of four years eN-
pires by limitation Is Rev. ". ". Lear, |
pastor OF High-Street church.
This has been gloomy and rainy cay
Cards are out for the marriage OF MISS |
Lula Wlthers Borst Of this city, ana MT. |
NJ. Fletcher DaughtrdSe, of Rocky Mount, /
" c., on october Eth.
Miss Dora domaine. Of this city, ana |
Mr. John +. PEBBLES, of Norfolk, VIII ne |
quietly married tomorrow afternoon az {
mother, on market street.
Miss Anna Carradice. alias Dr. Anna |
Henderson, who has been confined IN JAN |
here for the past four or five months, was /
discharged from custody to-day. She left |
for Richmond this afternoon I'm 30 IN,
toXicatod condition. She was sent 10 jail |
here for fOBbibS MIS- cbttt4SGt VI ~ a !
verify.
DELEGATES 10 IH8 EoAD CoSyENTIoN.
The Chamber of Commerce, at its quar- !
terlv meeting this afternoon, elected /
Messrs Charles T. Lassiter. Simon Sew |
ara. and Colonel ". VI. Fleld delegates |
10 the Good Roads Convention, TO be |
held i'm Richmond October 18TH.
EFFECT or TIE sToRh.
A heavy wind and rain storm prevails |
hero Tonight Several large trees in |
different parts OF the city were blown |
down. 4 telegram received here Tonight |
from city Point says the wind Is blowing |
a perfect gale there aud the water IN t
,he river is very high. The clyde steam
or did not leave the Point this afternoon |
TO 20 out on her regular trip on account
of the stormy weather.
The delegates from Petersburg TO the !
National convention Of the brotherhood
of 81. Andrew. which opens in Washing
ton on the llth, will leave here in the
morning.
4 WIINESs or BOOTH'S DEATH.