The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-01
CROOKS M0B|uz|NG
IN PRINCE GEORGE
Prosperity Due to- Hopewei1 Workers
Attracts Birds OF Prey from
Whole Country.
MORE HOLD-UPS REPORTED
No Longer safe to Travel Petersburg
Hopeweii Highway After Dark -
Steamboat Line TO he Put On From
Petersburg to City Point

Petersburg va. Aug. 31-since it
! has been learned throughout the
/ country of the vast amount OF money
/ being paid to iaborers by the Dupont
/ Powder Company at Its Hopewell
! plant, IL appears that large por-
! ton of professional gamblers, high
waNmen, piCkpockets and other such
/ crooks, are gathering in this section
to prey upon the earnings Of the
honest laborers who are toiling day
after day to make livelihood and
provide for themselves and families.
Following close upon the hold-up
of Saturday night when an automo-
bile filled with workingmen was
stopped on the road and its Occur
pants were relieved of all the money
they possessed amounting to little
less than $500. two other hold-ups
have been reported here.
These two occurred about midnight
last night near Cedar Level" a lit
tie more than half way between Pet
ershurg and Hopewell The names of
the parties who were robbed by the
! highwaymen and the amounts Sc
cured could not be ascertained. but
the fact that hoid-ups are becoming
so numerous makes II dangerous to
( travel the Petersburg Hopewef road
I after niRhtfall.
Few of the ftghwaynen have dared
to operate In or near Petersburg and
one Of the few cases where pickpock-
cts have operated occurred here ves.
terGav during the excitement incident
to a free for-all fight on Boll,nghrook
Street. when the pockets of several /
men were picked and in one instance
the thief succeeded in relieving his
victim Of $40.
To Operate Steamboat Line. 4
ka laar nd har haf
/ the Norfolk & Western Railway Com
panx has determined not to do any
thing for the seriously congested
j.. freigh and passenger traffic on the
city Point branch movement hHs
been started by local business men
Including a number Of merchants, to
purchase a steamer to ply between
Petersburg and city Point on the APP
lpomattox 1t is proposed to pur-
chase Il boat OF sufficient size to han
die both freight and passengers and
to arrange. a schedule that Will ac-
coInmodate the worklngmen of all
three of the eight-hour shifts now
employed at the Dupont plant.
II has been stated that the Dupont
Company is partially responsible for
the Norfolk & Western Railway Com
pauy's not arranging better pas
senger schedule, The officers OF the
Dupont Company, 1t is reliably stated.
object to the operation of larger
number of passenger trains because
of the tendency of number OF "a
/ borers to take advantage of late trains
and probably by this means lose work
ing time
Gets Bullet In Back.
I Nothing has yet been learned OF
: the wherea bouts OF negro who gave
his name as George Battle and who
was found In q colored boarding
! u a.,ti Ton, ~ hn ri
by the local police yesterday, with
I bulIet wound lin his back Battle told
the police that he had been shot by
negro al Disputanta because ne gave
/ information as TO the whereabouts or
I a fugitive criminal. He left imme-
diately after giving this information
and the police now believe that he
/ was shot In trouble somewhere and
! that he Is wanted for some mischief
Cash Prizes Awarded.
| The three prizes Of SIS. $40 and IS.
offered by the Atlantic Coast Realty
/ Company To persons spelling the }arg-
est number OF words from the letters
j. in the word ''Kenlworth' in connec-
ton with their sales Of lots at this
I popular suburb Yesterday were won
/ by Miss Julia Patterson. Of Union
! street with $40 words; Miss Carrie
! n Coghill with 44a words, and Will
| liam n Roper. with 483 words. More
I than 400 persons tried for the prizes
and II required the Judges Revs, F.. p
/ cambridge and l.. NJ, Roper. and Mar
lin J. Haier several hours to decided
the winning contestants.
Convention Meets Today.
! The annual convention OF the Inter
donominational Sunday School Asso
citation, of Prince George County. viii
/ convene tomorrow with the Methodist
church. Al MELVILLE The convention
will be in session several days, AMI
several prominent speakers will be IL
/ attendance
1. u. C's. to Meet.
/ The annual meeting Of Petersburg
! chanter United Daughters of the Con
! federacy. will he held in A. F. Hin
Camp Hall at 1 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon.
ToAttend Races.
A A Slagle, one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Petersburg and Prince
George Coua1y. left this evening for
! stanton to attend the races under the
1 auspices OF the stanton Racing Asso-
+ citation Mr. Slaele has three horses
entered for the races. Ruth Palmer"
Merchant Roy" and Bedford Chief"
kass--GoIdstetn.
Mr. and Mrs X, l., kass. of Ports
mouth. have announced the marriag,
of their. cousin, Miss Edna Cohen to
!
folk. but now of this city. The cere-
mony was performed by Rabbi Levi.'.
| Of Portsmouth Mr., and Mrs Gold
| stein have reached Petersburg, where
/ they win make their home
t<emmercet-Buti~r.
Miss Carolyn Kemmerer of rhila-
delphia and Mr.. w. u Butler, of
/ Lynchburg, were united in marriage at
the residence of Mr.. A. T.. Duell IN
this city this morning. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. r. G. Beery. of
the Blandford NJ f. Church Mr. AMI
/ Mrs Battles Will reside at City, Point.
Funeral of Charles HHl.
The funeral Of Mr.. Charles Hill was
Conducted from the residence of Mrs
: George Cameron, Jr, in South Syca-
more street at noon today. Rev F.
Z Z cambridge. of st. paufs Episcopal
Church, ot'iciated and the following
were pallbearersl Mayor Robert Ca
ha tai Pat