Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-12
Goo0 TFNecLas IN SESSION.
District Lodge Meets at Falls Church
THE Business Transacted.


FALLS CHURCH. Va. February IL. 1903.
District Lodge No. 13 Of Good Templars,
| embracing the lodges of the order in the
counties OF Fairfax, Alexandra, Loudoun
and city of Alexandria, met at Odd Fell
lows Hall here yesterday and held an ALL
day session. Every lodge throughout the
district was represented. Mr.. s. w. Rus
sell, grand chief teInplar of the District Of
Columbia, was in attendance and was re.
celVed with the honors OF the order and in-
Vited to preside over the body. TIE district
iooge degree was conferred upon a number
of new members
me morning session was devoted TO the
reception of the reports of the officers
which were referred to appronri,;e oors
.niltees. These reports show that the or.
ter IN the district is in a prosperous condi-
s ISl, numerically and financially The
1oifowlng committees for the session were
appointed: State of the order Rev ID T.
Blakemore, Rev. A. w Graves Graham
PEARSON; finance, j. d. Payne Rev w n
Mooif, Robert Walker: award of banner, ].
r. Jerman, ]. F.. Morris, Mrs l.. b. S.gats.
Messrs. j. d. Payne, Geo<se w Hawx-
hurst and Walter Marcy, the committee on
local option elections. reported that petit
IONS Ior elections on the license question
mad been circulated in all the license dis
tricts within the Jurisdiction of the DISTRICT
lodge, and that elections had been ordered
In Arlington and Washington districts OF
<hiSAdHO1 ID county 10 take place February
To- Inc committee was continued and au-
thorized to publish and distribute to the
voters the state law requiring that all sa-
looms be closed from sunset on the day be-
Iore eiectlons until sunrise Of the day after
the elections; prohibiting the selling or Civ
ing away OF intoxicatin liquor on election
day and prohibiting the Offering of money
or other consideration to influence voters
me committee was instructed to secure any
evidence of violation Of these laws and to
prosecute all offenders.
Kew. D. L. Blakemore made a report of
the recent state convention OF the Anti
Saloon League held In Richmond
The district lodge heartily indorsed the
bill recently offered in Congress by Repre-
sentative Rixey of this district prohibiting
the issuance by the government of a permit
for the manufacture or distrlation of liq-
walls.
At the afternoon session the reports Of
the committees of the session We're received,
discussed and acted upon The committee
on state Of the order recommended ag-
gresslve action in securing local option cleo
lions, and offereu suggestions for advance
ing the order, indorsing the Anti-Saloon
League, commencing the juvenile temple
work and making an approximation TO cover
the cost of printing by the local option COM
mittee.
The district lodge banner was awarded to
Sunshine Lodge of Fairfax for the largest
number of additions to the order
The annual election of officers resulted az
follows: Rev. d. l.. Blakemore. district
chief templar; Miss Margie Grimes!ey, vice
templar; j: F. Jerman, district counselor;
]. III. Garretson, district secretary: Mrs
j. NJ. Thorne, district treasurer: Robert
Walker past district chief temp,ar: Mrs
George w. HawXhurst, superintendent of
juvenile temples; Rev. S. A. Ball, chaplain;
E. c. James. marshal; Miss Eta Bowman,
assistant marshal; Miss Raydele Shaw as
sistant secretary: G. c. Smith. sentinel;
Miss Eva Graham, guard. The officers were
installed by Mr.. S. w. Russell grand chief
templar, assisted by Mr.. A. E. Shoemaker
of Washington as installing marshal and
Miss Ethel Payne as assistant marshal.
Rev. D. l.. Blakemore on assuming the
office of chief executive of the district de-
livered address.
The district chief templar was Instructed
to visit each lodge in the district during
his term Of Office. Dinner and supper We're
served by the lauIes of Pioneer edge for
which rising vote of thanks was ten
dered, after which the district lodge c.osed
Its session.
At night a complimentary Entertainments
was given by Pioneer Lodge in Odd Fellows
Hall, large audience being present.