The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-03
A. 7. HILL CAMP
ELECTS OFFICERS.
Sidney NJ. Green Is New Com
ll1ander Of Confederate
Organization.
INCREASED P. 0. RECEIPTS.
Iron Bridge Connecting City
With Chesterfield Closed
to Travel.
INCREASED p. 0. RECEIPTS
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
l09 N. Sycamore Street, +
Petersburg, Va, December g

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a. r. Hill Camp OF Confederate Vet.
Grams, at it's meeting last night, elect.
cd officers for the ensuing year as fol.
lows:
Commander. Sidney NJ. Green. sr.i
First Lieutenant Commander, Shelton
Chieves; Second Lieutenant Command
CT, j. r. w Smith Third Lieutenant
Commander. Putnam Smith; Ad5utant
Carter r. Bisnop; Quartermaster
James e. Caldwell; Surgeon. DR.. VIM.
~ HARDWOOD; Assistant Surgeon, p. r.
Beckwith; Treasurer, w. 3. Harrison,
Sergeant Major, II. r. Jarvis; Vidette,
N. b. Simmons: Color Sergeant, j. A.
Pulley; Color Guards, W. II. Kevan and
S. II. Nugent; Chaplain( Rev. c. b.
Bryan, ID. ID.
Executive Commlttee--Homer At
kinson, chairman; George S. Bernard,
General Sttth Boiling, Walter N. Jones,
T. s. Beckwith, j. Il. Whitehome and
Robert Gillian.
The camp donated s25 to, the Confcd.
crate Women's Home in Richmond.
The retiring commander took coca.
zion to congratulate the camp on elect,
Ing Mr. Green as commander, to whom
he paid high tribute OF praise. Mr..
Bernard also expressed the pride he
felt at having served as commander of
tho camp for year, and his apprecia-
tion OF the uniform Kindness shown
him by tho members white holding
that position.
Increased Post-Oflce Receipts.
The receipts Of the Petersburg post
office for the month of November ex-
ccedcd those OF tho corresponding
month of last year by 1898. or 8 per
cent. The business Of the office is
growing each month.
Sales OF Tobacco and Peanuts.
Two hundred lots OF tobacco. aggrc-
eating about $4,000 pounds were sold
at the warehouses to-day. at prices
ranging from IS TO sl4 per hundred
pounds. according to quality. This
Is the largest sale for any one day In
several weeks. the receipts having
been very light on account of the dry
weather.
on the contrary, the season for
handling peanuts has been fine one.
and the receipts. OF both Spanish and
Nirginias. during the past few days
have been heavy. The nuts are sold as
fast as received.
Iron Bridge Condemned.
Tha iron bridge connecting the city
with Pocahontas and Chesterfield has
been condemned as unsafe and has been
abutments. Its flooring has been re.
moved. and the bridge Itself will in
time he taken TO pieces.
The Bishop Bridge accommodates all
the travel and traffic between the city
and chesterfield county, and tempo.
rary wooden structure has been erected
for communication between Petersburg
and Pocahontas. When the dam AT
pocahontas Bridge is completed by the
government wide roadway will be
made on its top.
General News in Brief.
The late Rev. f. NJ Edwards, y. D.
whose sudden death at Stony Creek has
been mentioned. was member of the
lodge OF Masons at that place, and the
Masons will assist in the funeral GER
emonies at the grave in BXandford
Cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
Tho Joint committee of the Council
and Board of Aldermen, appointed to
Investigate and report on the FEAST
hility OF using the West End Park for
holding annual fairs. visited and In
spected the park yesterday. and wiz
make their report to the Council next
week. 1t is believed this report will
be favorable for the fairs and that the
Council will approve it.
f. r. Frayser. proprietor of the
Brunswick House, on East Tabb Street
Is quite Ill
Rev Pembroke Reed. of St Paul's
Church. Berk!ey, has Acknowledged re-.
ceipt of the call to the rectorship OF
St Johns Episcopal Church, in this
city, and will take the matter under
consideration.
The city disbursed over $4,000 IN
November on account of fixed expenses.
interest on bonds and public improve
ments.
The sand bar in the river at the
mouth of Lieutenant Run has been re.