Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-19
ASSOCIATION FORMED.
Steps Taken to Secure Public Library
Political Matters.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
FALLS CHURCH, March 49, 1900.
In response to request of Mr.. Pickering
Dodge. chairman of the committee on pub
lie library, d goodly number of the citizens
of the town met in the lodge room in odd
Fellows building Saturday night to organ
ize library association. Mr. Dodge called
the meeting to order and explained its OBJ
ject. Mayor Hawxhurst was elected chair
man and Miss Margaret Nourse secretary.
1t was unanimously resolved that
ganization be effected by the election of a
president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, and board of control to consist
of nine members, in addition to the officers.
The following officers were chosen: Picker
ing Dodge president: DIR. Geo. B. Fadely,
vice president: E. C. Hough secretary; DR..
]. b. Gould, treasurer: members of the
board of control, DIR. T. C. Quick, Major L.
o. Parker Geo. w. Hawxhurst. A. NJ Lo-
throp. Prof. W. w. Kinsley. NJ E. Church.
W A. Ball, Mrs. A. p. Eastman and Miss
Belle c. Mortified.
The association starts off with member
ship of forty-Seven who have contributed,
in the aggregate, the sum of S324.i0, with
which books will be purchased at once.
Mr.. Geo w. HawNhurst rendered the free
use of his Office, corner Washington and
Columbia streets. for library purposes until
a lot is secured and a building erected and
the offer was accepted At a meeting of
the board of control. to be held next Satur-
day night, a constitution will be adopted
and rules for the government of the library
formulated
A largely attended convention of the re-
publicans of Falls Church district was held
in the council rooms here Saturday for the
purpose of electing delegates and alter
mates to a county convention. Mr.. Geo. W.
Hawxhurst. district chairman of the party
in the district, called the convention to
order, and was elected permanent presi-
dent and Mr. Il Q Dppntrnu
secretary. The following We're elected dele
gates and alternates: NJ E. Church. W. ].
Malone. Cassius Mcknight J. f. Brice,
Henry Williams, ]. b. Timer. Dorsey Sum-
mers, ]. c. DePutron, f. F. Croker, Geo.
w. Hawxhurst, NJ. H. Brinkerhoof, J. III.
Garretson, J. NJ. Thorne, DIR. J. b. Gould,
Jones, H. Timer. On motion of NJ. f.
Church it was voted as the sense Of the
convention that candidate for Congress
should be nominated by the republicans of
this district this fall. and that the congress
sional committee should call a convention
for this purpose. The district chairman
was requested to secure, through the pre-
cinct committees, copy Of the registra-
ton books of each precinct in the d strict
The quarterly conference of the NJ <.
Church held here Saturday Mr.. J. VI.
Thorne was elected lay delegate To The an
nual conference, which meets in Alexandria
March 22. Messrs Isaac Crossman. NJ. E.
Church. J. NJ. Thorne. Major W. y. Swig-
gott, V. Z. Kerr and H. Croker were
elected SltWdfuS HuHidN fnOIillIR lnt pre-
siding elder. Rev. S. A. Ball, preached and
communion services were held
Falls Church Lodge, No. II. of odd Fell
lows, Thursday night elected Mr.. J. II. Gar
retson representative to the Ora d 1 o gs
of the state, which meets in annual session
at Hot Springs. Bath county. in May next.
Mr.. p. Mabin was named as alternate.
The Sunday school of the NJ. +. Church
has elected the following officers: J. NJ.
Thorne, superintendent; DIR. S. S. Luttrell,
assistant superintendent: Miss Mabel Kerr,
secretary; Miss Corrie Cooksey, treasurer;
Miss Ida n. Ball. organist.
Rev. L. S. A. Heavener. who represented
the Sunday schools of the town in the re-
cent state Sunday school conven ion at
Roanoke. will visit the several schools and
make report of the proceedings.
A new lodge of Good Templars is to be
organized al an early date at Germantown.
in this county.