Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-11
Louis Wagner, President and Gen.
era| Manager, Takes
Charge Monday.
JUDGE WADDIll ENTERS DECREE
Offer of Baltimore Syndicate Was
Not Considered by the Court
erca, PIans for tho Future Arc 30.
Ing Made by tho Management,
improvements to be Made.

Mr.. Louis Wagner, president and
general manager of the Old Dominion
Brewing Il leo Company, Inc, of vlr-
Einin, will assume active management
OF tho Old Dominion brewery. ut War
Wick avenue and Thlrty-slxth street,
Monday morning. Mr. Wagner ur.
rived here yesterday to make his
homc In Newport News. Ills family
Ia now on route to this city from New
York
decree for tho salc of tho brew
cry. which has been in the hands Of
receivers since March, 1906, to tho
Old Dominion Brewing & Ice Com.
pany, lnc of Virginia, recently or.
sanized here by capitalists of New
York and Pennsylvania, was entered
In the Federal court ut Richmond yos.
tcrday morning by Judge Edmund
Waddlll. Jr. The new company suD.S
mitted its offer to Judge Waddill ut
norfolk last Monday and tho Judge
TOOK tho matter undcr advisemcnt
Baltimore Parties Made Offer.
Whom tho Federal court convened
yesterday, Attorney II. u. Simpson.
representing Mcssrs. Frlck ana
Crenshaw, syndicate managers, of
baltimore. Md, announced that at tho
expiration of ten days tho partles
he represented would mako nn offer
OF $225,O00 for the pllnt Sl0O, 900 ri
tln IN H..
tonds on the plant, aud tho remain
Ing sl25,0Oo In cash. AS ,Lc olTe,
was tentative one, Judge Waddill
did not consider 1t.
Establish Outside Agencies.
Mr. Samuc! SWEET. treasurer of The
purchasing company. announcer lnst.
night that his company would nj quo,
establish agencies in Chicago, Bufca.
To- Richmond and Norfolk, amt that
III the near future agencies would
he established In several cities west
OF Chicago, throughout the south and
In New York state. After lntroduc.
Ing Dixie" beer, the product of tho
plant, throughout the United States.
the company will endcavor to omen
up AN export business, shipping It's
product to foreign countries, and es-
peclally European countries.
Make Many improvements.
The purchasing company viii take
over all of the equipment of the
plant along with the brewed product
and The raw material on hand. Az
the needs demand the plant will be
enlarged. The work of increasing
The boltlins department will begin
at once, the officials OF the company
decming this department to be en-.
tlrely TOO small to meet the demands
of the trade.
Inc new company proposes to put
out Il grade Of beer superior than any
heretofore produced by the plant and
hopes to create Il demand for "DixIe"
beer throughout the United States.
The plant will be formally opened
by the new company within the near
future. and invitations to the affair
will he sent to the leading business
men Of this city, Richmond, Norfolk,
Washington and Baltimore. Presi.
dent Wagner last night ISSUED an In
vitation to Newport News Lodge, No.
3l5. b. =. o. Elks, to entertain the
state convention Of Elks at the brew
CRY Thursday morning, the final day
of the state convention.
Will Invite Officers.
President Wagner will invite the
Officers of the foreign warshlps, now
III Hampton Roads. to visit the brew
ing plant before their departure for
home. The new company has The
contract for supplying beer TO the
Austrian warships.
Mr.. Allen ID. Jones, secretary and
general counsel for the company, is
In Richmond completing the details
of the purchase.