Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-30
SUBURBAN NEWS
ANACOSTIA.

The annual Christmas festival given to
the members of the Sunday school at Con-
gress Heights Methodist Episcopal Church
Saturday night most successful. Mr..
Robert HI. Jordan, who was in charge, was
assisted by Miss Lizzie Nelson, organist;
Mr.. F. H. Fletcher violfnist, and Mr.. Wm.
T. Davis. cornetist. The program was a
most attractive one. Among those who
took part in the exercises were Mr. II. A.
Lipser, Misses Maud Sutton. Eunice Bald
VIM Lillian Cox. Emma Simpson. Elsie
Beall, Maggie Sutton, Violet Simpson.
Daisy Hutchinson, Lizzie Nelson. Lillian
Beall. Ellie Mcfarland. Mabel Dean Marie
Ketz Mollie Sanford. Elsie Beail, Rachel
Joyce. Nellie Cox, Violet Simpson. Emma
Joyce. Cornelia Tucker Marie ketz, Grace
Cation. Effie Mcfarland, Rosie Havener.
Clarence Day. Mabel Dean. Daisy Wilson,
Lottie Simpson, Elsie Beall. Edna Howarth,
Ehie Mcfarland, Fannie Sanford. Ruby
Berry, BERTHE Denison, Lizzie Nelson, Fan
nie Phipps, Aoilie Sanford, Laura Solomon,
Daisy Wilson and Edna Howarth: Z. 30
mini, ]. Howarth, Willie Sanford, Philip
Masruder. Forrest Cox, Howard Magru-
der, Joseph Howard, Warner Wright, Jim
mic Mcfarland. Morris Joyce and Harry
Mcfarland
A Christmas tree was placed by the side
of old-fashioned fireplace, and On the
mantel there burned number of candles,
such as were universally used in the coun-
try half a century ago. From this the
The children of the Sunday school of the
Methodist Episcopal Mission ut Twining
City had their Christmas entertainment
Friday night. The attendance was large
Mr.. Robert V. Nost had charge Of the pro-
gram, and was assisted by Mrs. Yost, Mrs.
Burger Willie Burger and others. All the
exercises were rendered admirably.
AT Garden Memorial Church. Rev ]. b.
North, pastor, yesterday the program as
suggested by The Evangelical Alliance for
beginning the week of prayer was followed.
Meetings will he held at tie same place
during the present week. Appropriate SER
vices We're also held at the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. Rev. James McLaren, pas
tor.
The movement to esta blish reading room
in AnacoStia has met with unexpected popu-
lar favor Among those who have taken an
interest in the matter and who have agreed
to see how many subscribers they can Sc
cure for the proposed enterprise are Drs
C. II. Weiss and w. W. Fisher. Messrs. W.
H Truslow, w. C. Van Hoy r. B. Buckley,
w. f. Jordan and A. l.. Richardson. 1t is
expected that meeting of the subscribers
will be called soon after the holidays, when
an organization will be effected.
The gospel wagon of the Central Union
Mission visited Congress Heights last night
and assisted Mr.. Harry Proctor of Washing
ton in holding services at the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
A letter received in Hillsdale states that
DR.. f. NJ. Cvelton. who was last year pastor
of Campbell A. NJ e. Church. and who was
subject of prosecuting Policeman Green for
the shooting of Reuben Foster, after the
grand jury had refused to take any action
in the, matter, has become quite prominent
among the colored people of Prince Georges
county, Md. Recently he took an active
part according to the letter. in the organi-
cation of the "Colored Protective Associa-
ton" of that county. At the same meeting
resolutions were adopted severely censur-
ing the republican sheriff for failing to ap-
point colored man to one of the Offices in
his git.
The residents OF Deanwood have solicited
the management of the Baltimore and Po-
tomac Railroad Company to establish a rail-
road staten at point midway between Ma
gruder and Deanwood, to be called .'Kenil-
WORTH
The recent sale of the rights and fran
chises Of the Washington and Chesapeake
Beach railroad is believed by many persons
who live ON the line of the route to be a
forward step toward it's completion into
WASHINGTON as an independent line. 1t is, it
Is said. likely to become an electric road,
and may diverge- somewhat from it's present
surveys to include portions of southern
Maryland. which are understood to be very
desirable for settlement. 1t is thought that
it's completion an electric road will neces-
sarily produce the construction of branch
feeders.