The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-01
NEW COLLECTOR
TO TAKE CHARGE.
II. Claiborne Wilson Sue
ceeds William Malone
To-Day.
SCHOOLS NEAR COMPLETION
Buildings Will Be Ready for
Occupancy Early in
JANUARY.
SCHOOLS NEAR COMPLETION
Times dispatch Bureau,
iO9 North Sycamore Street,

Petersburg. Va, November so.
H. Claiborne Wilson, recently ap-
pointed and commissioned as Collector
of Customs at Petersburg, in place OF
william Malone, whose term has OK
pired, has given satisfactory bond, and
will take the required oath and take.
charge of the Office tomorrow, Mr..
Malone will urn over all tn. property
and books Of the Office tomorrow
MIR. Malone, the retiring collector,
has held the office for little over
three full terms, his last term expiring
in June last. The collector has the
appointment of two store keepers, sew
eral deputies. besides a personal de-
putty, and several ,janitors. most of
them. however under Civil Service.
The office in salary and fees is said to
pay between $4,000 and $4,000
The new collector has been stamp
deputy in charge of the Internal
Revenue Office In thisf city for some
years. His appointment Of collector of
customs will necessitate the appoint
inent of his successor in the revenue
department. Miss Margaret Brady, one
Of the deputies in the Office viii, tenn
porarily fill this position. Collector
Wilson declines to make any an
nouncement Of his appointees until ne
- iASldllGo III OiiSS.
Petersburg's New Schools.
The two splendid new public school
buildings, erected on Washington
Street, at cost of about $4,000, ex-
elusive OF the sites. which cost $4,000
more. Will be completely finished ana
ready for occupancy some time in
January. by the time of the opening OF
the second half of the school session.
1t will require fully $4,000 to finish
the buildings.
Each of these buildings will contain
twelve rooms of a capacity of forty.
five or fifty pupils each When they
are completed, the present Anderson
School Building, now accommodating
between 500 and 400 pupils, will be
vacated, and, it is understood, will be
used for high school purposes.
The present high school will also be
eventually vacated. Petersburg's mod
ern school houses will fayorably com
pare with any In the state
Playing the Relation Game.
This morning Abraham Glover, an
elderly colored farmer from one of the
adjacent counties. brought to town
two bags of peanuts, a part of his
crop. and left temporarily at the
Moore's Warehouse. a negro giving
his name as Arthur Tucker went to the
warehouse, represented himself as a
brother-in-law of Glover, said he own
ed one of the bags and Glover one, and
drew the money for one. Later Glo-
yer appeared, said he had no brother
in-law and that he was sole owner OF
the nuts. The matter was placed in the
hands of the police, and when Tucker
was arrested he was identified as
Henry Jones, we'll known to the po-
lice.
News in General.
Colonel Il. NJ. Fields condition to-
day is regarded as satisfactory, though
he suffers much. The broken hipbone
was reset yesterday.
While the members of the school
board generally favor the proposed or
ganization of battalion of volunteer
cadets among the school boys OF the
city and the proposition is generally
Endorsed, the board viii very carefully
consider the matter before taking de-
finite action. The board is not salts
ed as to the extent of it's authority
in the premises, ESPECIALLY If money is
to be expended
Five young Petersburg soldiers, re-
Gently honorably discharged from the
United States Army In the Philippines,
have returned to the city. Some oil
them will probably re-enllst.
The Virginia Railway and Power
Company will soon have a splendid Of
fee and terminal building in this city.
The old library building. at the corner
of Bollingtrook and Sycamore Streets,
is to be entirely remodeled for this
purpose, and will he practically rebuilt
at cost of $4,000.
James Cousins has been appointed
by Judge Watson. of the Chesterfield
Circuit Court. as police officer for Ell
trick, in place of Officer Bridges re-
signed.
Malone Association.
A meeting of the Malone Monumen-
tai Association was held in the A. p
Hill Camp this evening, with Captain
John r. Patterson in the chair and
O11in l-o.-