The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-02
Merchants. Manufacturers ana
Industrial Plants All Hard
at Work.
DEATH OF YOUNG PHYSICIAN
Wholesale Grocery Business EN-
cccds S2,ooo.ooo for
1911.
Times Dispatch bureau.
) Bcilinghrook Street.
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petersburg, "a. january |.
Petersburg settled solid,y down 10
business OH this. the first day OF the
yeas. Merchants and manufacturers
are al work. nll the industrial cstah-
lishnents are busy. ami there are no
appearances uf hulida" except around
;ho Federal buildings and banks The
merchants are predicting tuC bus
incSS year.
Death of Young physician.
Or Nathan Schnurmnn. late Of
Ashevi!lc, n c. whore ne was con-
nee,e,l With D.. Briggs sanatorlum
there died last evening about O'Clock
in the Birdville sauatorium. In this
city. i'll Which he had been q patisn:
about three weeks. lie was tri.ty
yca.s old aud MAS Tho SON oi Mr.. AMI
Mrs =. Schnu:!nau. VI this city who
survtyc him, with four brothers and
ono sistcr--IiArry. Of Baltimore
George. OF Sandusky. Ohio; James, of
Roanoke, David ami Mrs. 4. Cummings.
of Petersburg. The funeral will take
place tomorrow afternoon at > o'clock.
and the burial will be in the Jewish
Cemetery.
DEATH In Ettrick.
r NJ. jackson, u well-known citizen
OF Ettrick. and "a Confederate veteran,
died in his home in that village carly
this morning. after long illness. He
survived by four children.
Good-By and Welcome.
The old year was watched out last
night by many hundreds of people.
Impressive services were held III Mar
ket street NJ. L. Church. and old mem
cries We're revived at the tircs!des.
The advent of the new year al % o'clock
was welcomed by glad hosunnas Oh 81
raurs chimes, by family and neigh
borly greetings aud by the firing of
crackers all through the city.
Good SnIcs.
The Wholesale grocery business OF
tho city during the past year We're
estimated at over $1,000, 200; the furu-
turc and retail dry goods business at
about s5oh 600 each.
Tho year was one OF great huildinS
Improvement in the city, estimated IN
valuu,on at about 100000. The
outlook for businss and building for
the new year is equally bright.
Personal md otherwise.
While w. Walsh, son of Councilman
Charles l.. Walsh, who has been down
with typhoid fever for five weeks, IS
convalcscent.
Chief OF Police Ia gland and Dctcc-
tive John Hcclan left this evening for
Elizabeth y. j., with reGuisition for
the negro. Thee. Williams. held there
Tor the Virginia authorities. lie IS
wanted in Petersburg for attempted
murder, in three times shooting u
negro woman named Carrie Jackson.
The county Officers elected last fall
all entered on their new term of Of
nee to-day. There were few changes
I'm Dinwiddic and Prince George. In
D!nwidd!c MIR. Goodc becamcs Com
monwcalth's attorney IN place OF Judge
e j. Epcs. deceased.
The Rev. a. II. Love. pastor or West
End Baptist Church. and Mrs. Love
were generously pounded Friday night
by the congregation. Christmas offer
inSs OF everything needed were brought
in abundance.
City lots delinquent for the non-pay-
mcnt OF state tax In 1910 Will be Of
fcrcd al public sale at the courthouse,
beginning on the frst day OF tho Jan
uary term OF the Hastings Court. The
list OF cc!ored del'nquents is over twice
as long as that OF the whites.
The Rev. J. Preston Lewis. a former
pna:or OF the Christian Church in Pc
rershurg. but now manager of do
Nclopmcnt a2slpany in Mexico, is visit
ing friends IN the city.