The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-10
SEE FIELDS
OF BATTLE
Masons Spend Day in and
Around Petersburg.
HE TOOK PARIS GREEN
Young Man Of Dinwlddle County Ends
His Life With Poson-Petersburg
Greys Mustered Into State Mill
lila With 81 Members.
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PETERSBURG, VA, Oct GA party
OF thirty-five, among them eight or ten
ladies. reached the city this morning
from Richmond. They were delegates
and visitors to tho Masonic Benevolent
Association now In session In Richmond,
and were in charge OF Mr.. L. T. Chris
tian and Captain Frank Cunningham.
Tho visitors were met at the station by
committee Of Masons. They visited the
battlefleds around the city. having as
their guide Mr.. C. A. Clarke. They sub
sequently lunched at the Chesterfield
Hotel, after which some OF them left
for Norfolk, where they will take the
Old Dominion steamer for home, and
others returned to Richmond.
The Chesterfield Hotel, one OF the
most attractive hotels in the city, Is to
be enlarged. Mr.. John Henrahan, the
proprietor, has awarded tho contract for
the work TO Mr.. w. w. Robinson. in this
city. After the improvements are COM
plete the store now occupied by Gill and
Hoy will form part OF the Chesterfield
Hotel
TOOK PARIS GREEN.
Dependency caused Mr.. John A1ilby,
well known young man living In Din
widdfe county. near this city, to end his
life last night by taking Paris green.
He took the fatal dose about o'clock
and died about midnight. Mr. Milby lived
on Young's road, near Butterworths
bridge.
Where Lies the Blame When Bran
BILE Rulers Run the Slater" This will
be the subject Of a special sermon to be
preached Sunday night at Market Street
Church by tho pastor, Rev. 8. G. Hatcher.
He will deal with the duty Of good citi-
zens to participate In politics and proba-
bly, charge bad officials to them. He
will cover the question. rs 1t Necessary
for Demagogues to Rule Elections?"
The Petersburg Loan Company, on
Sycamore Street, has pawn shop. This
is the first pawn shop Petersburg has
had for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Friend, Jr., left
for New York to-day by the Old Do
minion Steamship Line.
Manager French expects to have u
large audience at the Academy next
Tuesday night, when Miss Marie VAIN
wright will appear as Viola" in
Twelfth Night"
PETERSBURG GRAYs.
Assistant 1nspector-General 10 Lane
Stern last night mustered into service the
company recently organized In Peters,
burg known as the Petersburg Grays.
Fifty-four Of the fifty-seven men enrolled
were present. The officers of the COM
pany are: Captain, Ashlelgh r. Moody;
First Lieutenant. Henry v. Parhaln;
Second Lieutenant. Benjamin Harrison;
First Sergeant, Charles u. Bowie: Sec
ond Sergeant, Henry o. Dahlin; Third
Sergeant. Samuel G. Hutchinson; Fourth
Sergeant, James L. Rees; Fifth Ser
seant. Wade II. Kay: Quartermaster,
James r. Charles; First Corporal. Louis
r. Tucker; Second Corporal. Richard 3.
Eanes; Third Corporal Samuel r. Greer;
I Fourth Corporal. Robert ]. Rowland;
| Fifth Corporal. James A. Male; Sixth
Corporal, Kenneth Ledbetter.
-Four men enlisted after the company
was mustered in. making the member
1 ship now sixty-one. This company, &C.
cordIng to the statement of the Inspector
general. Is the largest In the State. Col
/, onel Stern informed the men that n com.
plete outfit, consisting OF Krag-Jorgen.
sen rifles, camping tents, uniforms, axes
filters. blankets. etc., would be sent
i them.
The John A. Dix Industrial School
located In Dinwiddie county, began 1T
fourth session Monday last, with an en-
rollment of one hundred and thirty-fiv
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