The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-31
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Prof sslOnal Hobo Tells sIof3
u HIS Travels and HIS Graft. 4.
MONEY 7, SELLIN' g . PEN Y CHS $:
AINdan Worth stoo. 4 100 Has 9 sens PlY-5
Ing This Trade Ii otsrsburs 81 3s
Street s. David Dunlop TO Build
Handsome Hunting Lodge.
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ss PE7rMRaBURA VA, ii March ". The
svlrsinia Lumber and BOX Company was
Incorporated III this solt L. day. be
capital stock IL to DO not less than 81. Oyo
nor more than go, 100 divided into shares
OF s1Oo each. The purposes gof the corn-s
parry are the buying ana selling OF lands
and timber, building and operation Of
saw mills and planing mills. erection;
and operation of furniture and boz man
ufaotories. the manufacture and sale Of
Quoting Wholesale and retail grain and
feed business, and also for conducting n
Wholesale and retail GOAL and coke busi-,
ness. d The chief business is the building
and operation OF saw mills, planning mills
ana boxes and furniture. Bsfs y he officers
are, President, i. a.. Robertson Score
3tary, Charles Hall Davis. The directors
arc u. y "A. Robertson. p Robertson,
Hill Beasley. 9. Fl. Davis, w LIB. n N ufer,,
William N. Nufer, the 81 lat tier II two OF
Whitehall, Mich 4 " s,i5
a true Representative tive ssof the profess
ssional d. hobo was at the police station
In this city So urday evening. n The: Il,
j
of age and had Just arrived in Poters-5
burg from b Jacksonville, Fla, having;
made the trip on the trucks Of q sleep
ing car. sIo said he had been on the
road over since no was ton years OF ange.
and was we'll yersed in the ways /. of. a
professional tramp. TO 2 question wheth;
8er he had never orr ched q safc he said
NO graft Is too easy to do anything
like that e The young man said not ono
+ ofta hundred trampB are worthy as they
fnll practice deception. III TO prove this the
prince Of hobos clenohed his fingers and
by 9 manipulation OF the wrist threw It
out OF Joint so that the hand appeared
to be $pnralyzed. Several persons entered
tho station about this time, q and !lrl tlis
attitude no collected several dimes. $ He
told the officers that by placing the
white of an egg over his eye ball he 1T
once became blind and the deception Is
complete. There was no charge against,
him, ana Iater8lefts for Richmond.
5 SELLING PEN C1LS. y 5ss
a man on crlltches has been selling PEN
/ oils in the city for a few days and he
frankly admitted that he Is worth $780,
1 600 most OF which Is invested In real
estate In New York city. Another Grip
pie in Peters burg 5 to-day. elllng PEN Dem
oils, said he makes considerable money.
! by this means. He 8spen t "a day in N orr
folk and brought away $40 and his col
Slectiohsa frequently amount to &2b a. day.
"a gross Of pencils cost him 81 and by
the time he sells them he has received
enough in tips to more than pay for the
pencils, III He conf esses that he lives easy
and denies himself othing. 3#}ss
ssl II do not expectsto work much long n
( he Ssaid. a # III
5 Tho heavy rains OF last nj ht are caus-i
Ing another rise In App omat tOx River.
The river had never fully gone down
from the freshot Of last week, and, 4
reports Of heavy rain II falls west Of the;
soitya are true, the freshet may, be even
higher than 1t was last Wednesday. n B sS
Yesterday was good day for West
End Baptist Church and Sunday choolS In
spite aof the threatening Their, There
were present three hundred and thirty OF
the three hundred and forty scholars on:
the roll, the largest attendance In the
history Of the school, The West End |
school has always been one OF tn most
+ the completion OF their present large
school room the growth has been re-
.markable. q To the efforts &of the super
sintendent, Mr.. 7. Grove err
and the assistant superintendent,
Mr. y Kruso are ,, due ]. the Z
and driving wind, d there We're three or
four hundred persons present at the even
ing service a58 t Il va Il III SY
s DEATHS DURING MARCH,
There & were thirty -four deaths n in Pc
'tersburg during March, fourteen white,
twenty ,colored. None were under five
years of age and thirteen were more than
fifty. Tho ra to OF mortality for the whole
population was 10. 80, q 4it S ,stiE
It Is reported that on the transpo
lines Of Petersburg freights will be ,ad-
ivanced after April 1st to and from North
ern points, The reason for this increase
is not made known. S3 a s5s .s y
Miss Ide Bonfoy, the story teller, will
give the last OF this season 8 star course
numbers at the Young Mems Christian
Association Tomorrow evening, This
course is thoroughly! njoyod by the poo
pie Of Petersburg, ana they regrt ex-3
iceedingly that this will be the last num-
ber2 OF the season, 453S N Il
fif Rev. T, Ryland Sanford, OF Richmond
College, preached at II Street Church,
Thoroughly enjoyed, &, Mr.. Sanford pos
sesses gifts of a great preacher, "a
Mr., David Dunlop will build q hand
some hunting lodge at Powell's Creek,
In Prince George county, Mr., g, II wis
Hams Of this city. has the contract
for}t buildings, which are to cost fa bout
SIS, 900, ii .3g5 jsS & 58 Is 5sa Il * S .5
4 Services, under the auspices Of the Wo-
mans Christian Femp cranoes Union, will
be held at Market-street Church next
Thursday night, Rev. ", B, 5Rea champ.
pastor ot the Broad Street Church. OF
Richmond, will deliver the address and q
dered, S3}s & n sS IA lli
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55 lN5VVILLlAMS BURQ
Delegation Coming to Help the James-