The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-18
NO TRUTH N RUM0R OF
PLANTS SHUTTING down
British Tobacco Factories
May Soon BE Operating In Peters
burg On Full Time.
COURT CoNvENEs THIS MORNING
Politics Getting Very Warm In Nearby
Counties---Young Lady Painfully
Hurt BY Explosion of a Piece OF
Dynamite.

huft 10y EApiOSlOn OF t'IcGe OF
Dynamite.
Petersburg, Va. March IA
rumor to tn. effect that the British
American tobacco factories In this
city had shut down and that the Ex-
pert Leaf Tobacco Company had
Withdrawn Its buyers from ts1e Peters
burg market is untrue and apparently
originated in idle gossip.
/ General Manager f ). Bowling. or
( the British american factories, in an
interview states that he expects his
companys factories to be operating
4 on fun time not very far hence and
chat there has not been any reduction
IT the working time Of the factories
/ mere for many months past.
i The cigarette department is being
closed down on Monday instead OF the
! factory being closed at o'clock
every day during the week. but five
days are being made by the many
hundred employees in this department.
and are receiving good wages for their
ahor
/ The fact that this department IL
not running al full time is due to gen.
many millions of cigarettes made by
the British American Company go
60 foreign countries, chiefly to India
and China and for several months
past all shipments have been made
Via San Fra ncisco.
It Is true here as elsewhere that
/ bright leaf is not selling as well this
Z season as II did during last season.
but the Export Leaf Tobacco Com
hn tap n nj
sentatives on the local market at all
times since "a bright leaf market was
established here and he hundreds Of
farmers in the Southside counties who
have offered their hrigh; tobacco on
the Petersburg market testify un-
1 hesltatingly to the splendid prices
which they receive here. Many OF the
/ growers through tn q section have
stated repeatedly during this season
that better prices were being paid on
he Petersburg market than on other
bright leaf markets In the State,
Neither the British American nor
The Export Leaf Tobacco Company
have reduced their forces III Peters
burg and but for the activities of the
two companits during the past siA
I months man, iaborers who are now
receiving good wages would nave been
out OF employment
March Term of Court Conve1e@.
/ The March term Of the Hastings
B Court. Judge Mullen presiding, win
convene at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
The docket for the term il com posed
of four felony cases and five misde-
+ meanor cases, OF the misdemeanof
cases four are appeals from the Police
B Court In which the accused were SEN
fenced to terms on the road by the
OF bar
appeal of Thomas Scott, coiored, con-
victed tn the Police Court for selling
Iltauor without license and fined sloo
and casts.
The following jurors have been sum-
noned for the term;
Grand Jury--Messrs r. o. strain
I man. &. H. Marshall Alfred Friend,
w J. Purdy. ]. NJ Turner. T. F. Par
sons. g. {. Cashou. :. e, Ridout and
W ) Young.
( Petit Jury-Messrs A j. Saunders,
Whitworth Wilson, David Gellman. l.
" Parham. l. y. Davenport, Herbert
! plumrner, G. b. McManaway. A. l.
Matthews. r. /. Young. l.. buell.. J. 7.
fpunniyant w. @. Malone, ]. II. Shortt,
e L. DeJarnette, r. T. Cogbill, Ken
meth Ledbetter, J. l.. panforth. Y. r.
Beachy. { O. Robertson and W. \.
Bragg
Politics Warming Up.
Politics In the counties surrounding
Petersburg are now claiming the at
tention of the citizens generally In
Prince George County candidates for
several offices are making a clase cam
vass and in Dinwiddie County the
ofices OF treasurer and sheriff viii be
closely contested.
/ Treasurer John Hargrave Is being
opposed by p b. Hailigan, prominent
business man and merchant of Carson.
and Sheriff ]. w. Gaiusha is being
opposed by BENJAMIN .Boikseau.
prominent young citizen of the coun-
ty.
j. William Dance, OF Ettrick, has an
uounced his candidacy for the ONCE
OF commissioner of revenue for the
Second Chesterfield District vice Mr..
II. l.. Mann, who will become a can
didate for foater delegate from the
counties OF Chesterfield and Powha-
tan.
This ONCE prior to october II last
had been held continuously for forty
four years by Samuel A Mann, who was
succeeded at his death by his eldest
son. DR. Dance Is we'll known tn ;he
Second District and Is regarded as
being peculiarly fitted for the Office
! To Dedicate Dormftories.
The dedication exercises OF the new
dormitory for male students at the
Virginia Normal and Industrial lnsti
trte will take place at $3.50 O'Clock
Friday Afternoon, March 10.
The dormitory will be known as the
James Hugo Johnston building In honor
of the late President Johnston. The
tdedicatory address will be delivered by
4 Major Robert r. Motion. of the Hamp-
ton Institute, and members OF the
board of visitors and representatives
Of the State Department of Public In
structions are expected to be present
Much OF the work in constructing
the dormitory was done by students
of the school.
I sunday school Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Baptist Sunday School Association Of
Petersburg and Vicinity was held last
Sunday afternoon with the Matoaaa
Schaol snleudid nrarran was rem.