Evening star., 1904-04-25
ALEXANDRIA AIRS
n. p. CHURCH CELEBRATES 7BTH
ANNIvERsARY.
Program of Services the Coming Week
-Lins-Up Of pefe9dants In
Police Court.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ALExANDR1AssV VA, April 25. 1904.
Services appropriate to the seventy-hfth
anniversary Of the Methodist Protestant
Church in this city were tnaugurated at
that church yesterday and will continue
until Friday During the seventy-fve years
Of It's existence in this city the local church
has made gratifying progress, and now,
under the pastorate Of Rev. ]. Fl. g. Ewell,
who was recently returned to the church
for his fourth year by the annual confer
enee in Baltimore, 1t Is stated to be in q
highly prosperous condition.
The services yesterday consisted of a
sermon in the morning delivered by Rev.
DR.. 8. B. Tredway, former pastor; cele-
bration OF the love feast at 2 O'Clock In the
afternoon; exercises Of the Jr. Y. P. 8. z.
E. at p.m.; the Y. P. S. c. E. at 6:45 pm.
and sermon in the evening by DR.. Tired
way.
The following program for the remainder
of the service has been arranged: Today
at pm, Sunday school exercises; address
by ex-pastor, Rev. W. M. Potsal. Tuesday
at pm. Y. P. 8. c. p. exercises; address
by Rev. A. 8. Bean. Wednesday, at 8 pm,
historic services with "reminiscences by ex-
pastors. Thursday, at 8 pm, Woman s
Foreign Missionary Society service; speak
er, Mrs. Bohannon Of Washington. Friday.
social service.
Police Court Cases.
In the police court this morning Justice
Cation had the usual long list of Monday
morning cases
Thomas Burden. colored. was arraigned
on the charge of stealing property from the
city. From the evidence it appeared that
Burden had taken several cots from the
cid smallpox hospital. and had disposed of
them to Thomas Arlington, also colored.
They were each assessed $50.
Budie Mason. Carter Thornton and f.ari
Reid, arrested by Officer knight for shoot
ing crap, were fined IS each.
Lillian Blair and Tessie Criss were
charged with disorderly conduct and fight
Ing Tessie admitted that they had en-
gagged in hair pulling contest, whereupon
IS was required of each.
Virginia Nelson, colored, was arraigned
on the charge of assaultng her gentle
man friend" because he had bestowed his
attention upon another woman. 1t cost her
81. so.
Kate Hughes, Lottie Jenkins and Sophie
Tolson. all colored, were charged with va
grancy, and a fine Of So was imposed in
Benjamin Wilson, a small colored boy,
charged with trespassing on the property
Of John Seton, was dismissed from custody
General Matters.
In closely contested game of base ball
played on the grounds of the Episcopal
High School Saturday evening, the high
School boys defeated the team from Rock
Hill College by the score of to o. The
High School played an excellent game
throughout, the Rock Hill team making
costly errors at critical times. The bat
terry for the High School consisted of Tenn
pie and Bowen; for Rock Hill Guinness
twirled the leather and kene did the catch
ing. .-.-. ----..
At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
Mass, held this morning in the office of
Attorneys, j. R. and H. B., Eaton, this city,
the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Elmon c. Locke; treasurer and sec
retary, George P. Hamlin; board of direc-
tors, Edward Hamlin, William Knollin and
Eugene Nesser