Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-02
NEW BOX FACTORY.
A Branch Of a Providence Con.
Germ Established Hers.
hfr. Arthur Mccoy Hart In The Navy Yard :
Tho b. Y.P. U. Meeting sunday-A Bus
mess Change The cominss and Going.
ofPeopie.

The Providence BoS Company. OF
Providence. Il. L. h,,s es,a b:ished a
branch factory at the Tu.is Lumber
Companys saw n:i.l, and has begun to
operate in Il small way. the work OF
increasing the capacity will be con-
tinued until very large factory has
been completed. The run.s Company
Will furnish The power to .un the ma
chinery. The mill will do IL variety of
work. making all kinds OF boxes. from
ZNb to the largest put on the market.
IL VIII give employment to about loo
hands. the majority OF whom Will be
skilled laborcrs. This adds another TO
the large list of industries which are
aftording honest labor for hundreds of
men. women and children daily.
MIR. j. *. Tunis. of Baltimore, has
been made superintendent and taken
charge. He will leave to-day for Bal.
timore. where he will remain until after
election day.
HIS FOOT INJURED.
Mr.. Arthur Mccoy, while at work In
the navy-yard Wednesday afternoon.
dropped a heavy piece of machinery on
his left foot. and he will be disqualified
Tor work for several days. Three
stitches were necessary to close one of
the gashes cut by the iron
SCHOONERS LOADING; LUMBER.
The schooners Henry ID. May. the
-hoChiishl anu tIC Annie Is. AlltCnell
are loading lumber at the Norfolk and
Southern Railroad Company's wharf
the two first na&hed for New York and
the latter for Boston.
The SchoonerS Florence ID. Lockwood.
the Eddie and II. l.. Jones are loading
lumber at the Greenleaf Johnson Lum-
Der Companys mill. the Lockwood for
New York and the latter two for Bal
timore.
MEETINGS.
The District Convention of the b.
Y. p. u. will meet at the Berkeley Ave
nue. Baptist Church Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 O'Clock. A program of much
interest is being arranged for the oc-
casion.
The w. c. I. U. met with Mrs. Geo.
w. Jones on Berkeley avenue yester-
day afternoon and transacted business
of Importance.
The regular weekly meeting of the
b. Y. p. u. will be held this evening
at the Berkeley Avenue Baptist Church
at 1880 o'clock; subject. Are You
Doing Your Best?" Leader, Mr.. w. j..
spence. The public Is cordially in
Vited to attend.
BUSINESS CHANGE.
The business management OF Wal
lace's pharmacy, which succeeds
Messrs. Wallace & Co., will hereafter
be conducted by DIR. Geo. w. Wallace
and his competent assistant. MIR.
richard j. Howard. of Charlottesville
va. DR.. Wallace is we'll known to the
people of the town and will no doubt
meet with the success that he formerly
attained.
HERE AND THERE.
Messrs. c. B. Whitehurst and r. s..
Day left yesterday for Hinton, West
Virginia, to visit friends and relatives.
Waging money on the approaching
election is quite frequent in the town,
Miss Annie Young, of Pocomoke City,
Md. Is the guest of Mrs. q. w. Car
mine. on Chestnut street.
Robert Tanner. colored. charged with
stealing rope from Captain Marshall's
tug. Mary Eta, was dismissed yester-
day morning in the mayors court
The Belt Line Stock Yards received
and disposed of six car loads of North
western Virginia and Tennessee stock
this week. The market is very good al
this time.
Rev. DR.. C. NJ. Conant has returned
from Onancock, Va, where he attended
the Norfolk Convocation OF the Protest
ant Episcopal Church.
The Town Improvement Board is ar
ranging to have the west side of Main
street from Berkeley avenue to the river
paved With first-class paving brick. All
of the property. holders have agreed
and the-work will begin at once.
Mr.. II. Wilson Ambrose. of this place,
superintendent of the saw mill and
shipping department of the Greenleaf
Johnson Lumber Co, will be married to
Miss Law, of Norfolk, soon.