The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-09
BONUS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH NEXT YEAR
Dupont Employees VIII Receive Their
Extrn Pays Along With Regular
Checks.
RECORD TOBACCO PRICES.
Dinwtddie Farmer Gets Hig hest
Figure Ever Paid On Petersburg
Market For Dark Ieaf--Police
Business Dull.

Petersburg. Va. Dec. s.--lnforma-
| ton from an official source was re-
ceived here today to the effect that
Superintendent w. =. Allen. of the
Dupont plant at Hopewell had posted
notices throughout the plant 10 the
effect that the 20 per cent bonus wage
! increase giving employees OF the pla mt
on the regular pay roll during this
year would be continued through
1917
The notice reads that after January
/ 1917. the 20 per cent bonus increase
will be added in the regular pay
checks of the employees and not made
/ into separate checks as heretofore.
The information was received gladly
ny the many business houses here and
in Hopewell. as the 20 per cent in
crease alone will amount TO several
million dollars in wages received by
the employees during period Of
twelve months
Veterans Eiec, OHacers.
\. p. Hill Camp OF Confederate
{ Veterans. at its regular meeting last
/ evening, elected officers for the en-
suing year. as follows: Commander.
T. s. Beckwlth; first lieutenant COM
mander II. +. Munt. second lieuten-
, ant commander, J. Walter Brunei;
third lieutenant commander. w. \.
Jones'. adiutant Homer Atkinson;
quartermaster, James +. Coldwen'
surgeon. DR. w f.. Harwood; acting
chaplain, Rev. G. Il. Striblng: officer
OF the day. " r simmons: treasurer.
w T Parham sergeant ma or j. r.
Little vidette, J. r. w Smith; color
/ sergeant. George W Dyer: frst color
~ Nn1nr
guard. Isadore Reinach
Executive Committee-Homer At
kinsop, chairman; r. s Beckwith.
w. f. Harwood ]. NJ Mullen, w. \.
Jones II F. Munt and u. r Bragg
The annual report of Chairman T.
$. Beckwith. OF the relief committee.
showed sl243s spent for relief dur
/ ing the past year. with small cash
+ balance on hand.
+ Az the years pass the membership
/ of the camp grows smaller and small
/ or. as will be noted from the names Of
! the following twenty-five comrades
lost TO the camp during last year:
J A Fem. w, r. Gill. j. r. Glenn.
+ A u. T.ockett. j. r. Pollard, Jerry
owen; J. F. Eubank, Lunenburg: St
j George Bryan. Richmond; W. w,
+ Samuel, r. W wood. E A Enniss
] George w. Cardwell. f. g. Lewis. G..
r. Aldridge, william + Badger
Baker W. Mann, J. NJ. Quicke. J. r.
/ Saunders, w j. Terry, NJ f. Kull
! General Stlth Boiling and J r will
! cox
Record Tobacco Prices.
| G. II. Zehmer. a prominent farmer
/ OF Dinwiddie County, residing near
| Mckinney. sold at the Virginia To-
bacco Warehouse today five lots Of
! dark leaf tobacco at the following
! prices: s26. s27. $40, $40 and $50
| per hundred pounds. The price was
the highest ever paid on a local mar
| ket for dark leaf. and according to
Mr. Zehmer. a single barn Melted him
! between $3.50 and $500
All grades of both dark and bright
leaf are selling for enormous prices
and the farmers for once In life
time are admitting that they are
realizing something for their labors.
Bridge 1900 Feet Long.
According to statement by Coun-
Gilman J Westmore Brown, chair
man of the special Bridge Committee
of the City Council, which worked so
! valiantly with others interested in
the city's affairs for the contribution
from the Norfolk and Western and At
lantic Coast Line Railways for the
FonStTuFllon OF tne reinforced con-
crete Viaduct to replace Bishop
Bridge, the bridge will be approx
mately | 600 feet long from the
Bollingbrook Street terminus to its
northern abutment on the Chester
field side of the river and will be
eighteen months in building
Willard Fillmore Jones.
The many friends and relatives here
regretted to learn today OF the almost
sudden death of Willard Fillmore
Jones, a former well-known merchant
and citizen of Petersburg, at his home
In Richmond last night The funeral
services will be held at the grave in
Blandford Cemetery at 3:1b o'clock
Sunday afternoon
Board OF Visitors Meet.
The annual meeting Of the board
Of visitors OF the Virginia Normal and
Industrial Institute was held yester-
day and much routine business was
transacted. Conditions were found to
be highly satisfactory at the nstitu-
ton and the attendance this year
numbers $40 pupils, the largest In its
history.
- Police business Dull.
Again this morning the Petersburg