Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-16
seen and HEARD
IN, SUFFOLK
The Water in Lake KiIby Falls
Thirty Inches.
THE SUPPLY is AMPLE
Death In Alabama OF Son of Former
suffolk Pnsfor-Some Fnst bicycle
Riders complimentary Outing
Church Excursions-Thc Knitting
Mills Company Will Apply For
Charter-Porsonal Notes,
THE SUPPLY is AMPLE
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Suffolk, Va, July 15.-The protracted
drought has caused the water in Lake
1Iilby, from which Portsmouth gets her
! supply, to fail thirty inches. There is
nothing alarming in this. The lake is
! twenty feet deep. and Chief Engineer
w. T. Lowe says the supply would not
he exhausted if no rain came in six
| months. 1t is big lake fed by peren-
NAL springs.
The lake is now lower than it would
otherwise have been because of the i'm
the new pump is being placed they have
to get the motive power from water
wheels when the steam pump goes
wrong. The water wheels pull down
the level more than an inch nm hour
When the new machinery shall have
been put in there will be a saving.
DIED IN ALABAMA.
Lewis Moore, son of Rev H. c.
Moore, formerly of Suffolk, died Il few
days ago in Fort Deposit, Ala. where
Mr.. Moore is pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. Granville Holland, Jr., to-day
had letter from Johnston Moore. the
deceased's brother. telling of the death.
Lewis was II years old. He Is We'll re-
membered in Suffolk. the family having
lived here Till three years ago. Lewis
was secretary and assistant superin-
tendent of the Fort Deposit Sunday
school. His last words were to his
brother. whom he loved dearly.
CHAMPION WHEELMEN.
Suffolk has some bicycle riders who
would make strong candidates for
championship honors-not for speed,
but the lack of it. They can sit on
wheel that comes as near remaining
stationary as possible. These wheel
men ride like they have chronic cases
or that tired feeling. 1t makes one
lazy to watch them. Their only chance
OF hurting pedestrians is to meet them.
They would never overtake one. There
has been talk of matching two of the
leading men in this class for n race
Unless the track be too long they would
probably finish in one day by starting
early.
COMPLEMENTARY OUTING.
Messrs. ii. Mcclellan and a. b.
Miner. proprietOrs of the Nansemond
Truck Package Company, will one day
next week give Il free excursion down
the Nansemond to party of their
friends. They will go fixed for fun and
fishing.
The busy season for making truck
packages Is most over. and the plant
VIII soon shut down. Like the rest of
Suiolks manufacturing enterprises
their business has been excellent this
year.
FIGHTING PICTURES.
Read the ad of next Tuesday nights
entertainments beginning in this issue.
There will be some Interesting views of
me tate war. including the Olympia i'm
action and the Rough Riders charge al
~ cahey. The knock out round of the
hltZsimmons-Jcffr prize fight will be-
produced. Popular songs will be given
ny II monograph of great power. Tho
pictures are moving pictures. Thn
prices Will be 10 and 20 cents.
CHURCH EXCURSION.
Next Wednesday. July TO- the Chris
'lah Cnurch VIII run an excursion To
30 free s''
August Providence Are.hodie,
church, OF the county. will have an ex.
cursion TO WillouEhby Beach. Old point
and nearby resorts.
THREE THOUSAND A DAY
The Suffolk knitting Mills. lata,,.
burned, have gotten 10 n canacitv "
",uoo pairs of hose per day in thoir n.,,.
plaht. The Messrs. Cobb. propriotors
rApect 10 attain their former produef
by Christmas. r'o"ucV
WILL APPLY FOR CHARTER
a charter will soon be applied I'm.
granting privileges and rights 10 Tho
Suitoik Clay Company. The objects ns
ne company will he TO manufacture
various Kinds of building and paving
DICKS tiles, etc. The plant win h,,