The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
NEW SCHOOL Bull DIN Gs
Petersburg Eagles to Attend
Memorial Service in
Richmond.
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore Street,

tue vote cast IN the several counties
and cities In the congressional primary
/ election on Tuesday last. The district
committee Is composed OF five mem.
ners, as follows: Robert Gillian. Pc.
tersburg, chairman; A. r. Morris, OF
surry: j. Taylor Thompson, Prince
Z Edward; II. F. Hutchinson, Mecslen-
burg: Thomas j. Arvin, Of Double
Bridges. Bernard C. Syme. of Peters.
/ burg liz the secretary of the commits
Tee. As far as known the committee
VIII have fair sailing, with nothing to
! DO beyond the canvassing OF the vote,
seeing that the returns are in regular
4 ana proper form. announcing the off,
/ cal result, and declaring the nominee
/ OF the party. AS Robert Turnbull, OF
! brunswick county, received a plurality
OF the votes cast he will be declared
Good Sales of Tobacco.
Supervisor j. 2. Mcculloch officially
reports the sales OF loose tobacco in
Petersburg this week at s3s,4T5
/ pounds: for the month of January, 900
375 pounds, and for the season to
date, 2,57S,6e5 pounds. High prices
| were obtained this week, with an adj
vance on all grades. The bulk OF
the crop, and the best of 1t, is yet
to be marketed.
A Small Fire.
The passenger station of the Sea-
board Air Line Railway on Dunlop
Street. has been twice destroyed by
fire. Since the, last fire. few weeks
ago, the company has been using three
cars for temporary depot At late
hour last night one of these cars. used
accidentally caught fire and was badly
damaged. The other cars were saved
by the department. The Seaboard
Company is arranging to rebuild it's
station, and. 1t is understood, will put
up handsome and suitable building.
New School Buildings.
Work on the new school buildings
authorized by the Councils will begin
in few days. and the houses are ex-
pected to be completed in full time
for the next school session. Both are
to be located on Washington Street,
one on the site OF DR.. j. 81. Pitchers
former residence. and the other near
the West End Baptist Church Elk
elusive of the sites, they will cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000 each, and
viii furnish accommodations for the
children In the western half of the
city. The next move of the School
Board will be to secure a suitable
High School building in place of the
one in use for many years. and which
is overcrowded with pupils.
Woman Robbed of Pocketbcok
Miss Mamie Roper. daughter Of
Bartlett Roper, was robbed OF her
pocketbook about o'clock this eva-
ming. Miss Roper was on her way
home, and Just as she crossed the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad track, at
the intersection of Long Market and
with a rush, grabbed her pocketbook,
tore it from her grasp, and escaped on
the Atlantic Coast Line tracks. The
pocketbook only contained n small
sum Of money and one or two gold
rings.
Personal and otherwise.
Robert Turnbull of Brunswick, the
Democratic nominee for Congress. was
in the city to-day on his way home
from Richmond. He received the con-
CALCULATIONS OF many friends. The
, snecsal election at which he will be
chosen TO fill the vacancy in Congress
from this district will be held on
March 4.
The second of the series Of cham
pionship checker games between Rich
mond and Petersburg. five players on
| each side, night before last, resulted
/ In a tie-57 points each. Petersburg
i won the first of the series, played
/ some time ago.
| Cullen Porter. the negro who sew
! eral days ago robbed a passenger on
/ a northbourd train at Emporia, jump
| ing from the train with his booty, mas
| been sent on to the Greenesville coun-
| ty court to be tried for a felony. He
stole woman's pocketbook contain
| ing a small sum of money and three
through passenger tickets from Jask-
sonvllle. Fla, and Philadelphia, ;S
Postmaster Stith Boiling, after be-
ing confined to his home by illness for
nearly two months. is now able to
visit his Office.
Four negro boys. charged with rob-
berry at Disputanta, In Prince George,
were arrested in this city last evening,
ana we're taken back to Disputanta
this morning. The man robbed is the
! father of some of the boys. Most OF
| the stolen money was recovered,
Forty or more members OF Peters
burg Aere of Eagles will 60 over to
Richmond tomorrow afternoon to join
the Richmond Eagles in their memo
rial exercises,
snow tell here for several hours
carry this morning, but the ground
was so wet on account Of Yesterdays
rain that 1t melted as fast as 1t fell.
Another Dlsnppearance.
Samuel Stewart, colored, left his
home on Portervllle Street week ago,
since which time he has not been
heard Of He leaves hebind q wife
and two children. who are anxious
about him.
The certificate OF the charter of the
craesn,on Supply ana Seeda cnp,nnny
Inc, has been Incorporated here.
Charles c, Grossmaan Is president,
George G, Burgess, evice-president W..
q. Ivey, secretary and treasurer. Fur
poses-To deal in seeds. Fertilizers and
! farming impl ements
The Woman's Missionary Society OF
the Petersburg District Will hold a
union service in Market Street Meth
odist Episcopal Church Monday after
| noon.
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