The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-11
No Supply on Hand and Hsv
Crop About Eighty Per Cent.
LOOK FOR HIGHER PRICES.
American Cigar Company Wants Some
One to Build Them Large Fac
torY-Meeting of GAR. OF
Petersburg.
Especial Dispatch to The Times,

FEiERSBURG. VA. October 10.-R0.
ports received from farmers in the pea
nut belt Indicate that about so per cent.
OF the average crop will be- made thta
year. z s crop last year was Eve thou
sand bags less than the year preceding.
and there will be a falling of OF at
least 10 per cent this year. There was
a smaller acreage this year than last
and the crop IS OF no better quality
The farmers have begun to realize that
| Spanish peanuts cannot be raised profit.
ably at IS cents per bushel. and are turn
ing their attention to corn and wheat
The Bohemiams who lived near Peters.
| burg were large raisers Of peanutA Most
| of them have removed to Western States
! and their farms for the most part have
| been planted in corn and wheat Within
| a radius Of ten miles Of Petersburg the
falling off OF the peanut crop Will
amount to five thousand bushels Chi
cago firms that last year had on hand
2o,cnO bags of Spanish peas at this time
| have none on hand now. The last years
i crop has been about exhausted. so that
raisers and dealers are now expecting
| better prices for peanuts this year.
WANT "A BIG FACTORY
The American Cigar Company Is anH
/ ious have some property owner or
capitalist in this city but,d for them
! factory that will be adequate for their
plant in Petersburg. The company Is I'M.
willing to build its own plant, but
through its representative says II .
/ building is erected they will take a Ions
lease on the property and install ne
machinery necessary for their purposes
! The Venable tobacco factory, occupied
/ By the branch here. is not suited to theiY
purpose Several cities. It is said, have
Il rfHo 70 fact
Company. but should building be put
up for them in this city they would not
| consider the proposition to move from
Petersburg.
A CONFEDERATE BOOK.
Mr.. F. I. Olivier, an ex-Confederat<
| soldier, WHO served throughout the wn3
as a member of Company K, Twelfth
Virginia regiment. IN Holmes brigade,
| and the Thirteenth Virginia cavalry. Is
! writing a book that will contain the
names Of the various orsanizar tons. In
| GLIDING list of officers and prtvates
| raised In Petersburg from 1861 to 1865.
| with I'M. names of those that were killed
and those who died from wounds re-
ceived In battle. The book will also con-
| tain list Of the battles participated IN
| by each command. There will also oa
| 4 supplemental list of the Petersburg
| volunteers in the war OF 1872. the war
] VIA, Mexico. and the late war with
spain.
/ The Petersburg Lodge OF Elks held
/ special meeting tonight to initiate sew.
| eral members
Mr.. George ". Tucker. the well-knowu
! contractor. Is confined to his home by
| initrrie. received from fall yesterday.
Rev W. A. r. Goodwin left yester-
| day for Boston to attend the meeting
| OF the national body Of the brotherhood
OF ST Andrew
Rev. Dr. S. x. Vim and Rev. Mr..
Foster have returned to the city after
! attending the sessions OF the EAST Han
over Presbytery at Crewe
General Stith Boiling and several
other Confederate veterans left this
/ morning for Lunenburg Courthouse to
attend the Confederate reunion
CHANGE OWNERSHIP.
The Virginia Passenger and Power
Company are now the owners OF tne
Richmond and petersburg biect1ic l.in-
i way The Virginia Company has mad an
option on the inter-urban line for many
months and for nearly thirty days have
bean practically the owners, the option
i having been taken up some time ago.
The Passenger and Power Company WIN
take charge OF the road some tune ABOUT
/ the middle Of November.
A hasty and enthusiastic meeting OF tho
members OF tia Grand Army OF the ks
while who are in Petersburg on a visit.
was held at A. P. Hill Camp Hall a.
nfeht. Nearly two hundred visitors Wese
present. .r.ro,
,,.nohers OF the G. A. r. Post, and by
members Of the A. P. Hill Camp
/ Mrs. Frank Dalton and daughter nave
returned to Petersburg after an eS.eho-
i ed trip through France and Germany.
- Activity ON THE RIVER
i - cone4darabIe activity on ana
about city wharves Just at at this as,o t,me
There are six barges and lo for dirserens
Wartbern ports There is more lu1noes
5000 slesIA on tho wharves now than has
been known for some time 49,. 49,.
81 The following gentlemen OF this city
Ae - e,,rnn,oned to serve as jurors
NJ nav ,bs United States District Court.
m ~. meets in Richmond on Tuesday
ne.t: Messrs. w H Taliey. n. >.
pesnach. Russell H. Wallace and Rich
ard Scott.