Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-11
GOOD TEMPLARS IN SESSION.
District Lodge Meets at Falls Church
Election of Officers.
Correspoudence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, February 10, 1904.
The annual session of District Lodge, No.
Ii, of Good Templars, composed OF dele
gates from the lodges of the order in the
counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Alexan-
dria was held here yesterday in ODD
Fellows Hail. Mr. John D. Payne, district
chief templar, presided. The committee on
credentials, consisting of Messrs. Geo. W.
Hawxhurst. William Marcy and Miss Myra
Speer, reported all the lodges of the district
represented except one The district lodge
degree was conferred upon number. after
which the annual reports of the district
chief templar, district secretary, district
treasurer and district superintendent OF
Juvenile temples, were submitted and re-
ferred to appropriate committees.
The district chief templar announced the
appointment of the following committees
for the session: On state Of the order, j: NJ
Thorne, ]. F. Jerman. Mrs. A. E. Corning;
finance, Rev. w. F. Miller, E. r. Merry and
Miss Edna Marks; award of banner, Rev.
D. c. Dedrick ]. II. Garretson and Miss
Stella Birch.
Rev A. W. Graves offered resolution
indorsing the Hepburn-D olliver bill, pending
in Congress, prohibiting the shipment of
liquor into prohibitory territory, and re-
questing it's support by the representative
in Congress from this district, and also by
the senators from this state. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
At the afternoon session the committees
tiers referred to them. The committee on
state of the order made a report, embracing
a number of recommendations
The finance committee reported an exam
nation of the books and accounts of the
financial officers, finding them correct. The
committee on award of the district banner
reported that Pioneer Lodge of Falls Church
was entitled to the prize. having added the
largest number of persons to the order dur
ing the past three months.
Mr. S. P. Rumsey of Fairfax Court House
made the presentation address in awarding
the banner to pioneer Lodge and Mr.. ]. d.
Payne made the response for the lodge.
Rev. D. c. Hedrick, William Marcy, j. f.
Jerman and Mrs. A E. corning, a special
comm, tee, reported plan for raising funds
for the district lodge work.
Rev. E. c. Dinwiddie of Washington, d.
c.. an official of the International Supreme
Lodge of the order, was received with the
honors of the order.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing lodge year. George w. Hawxhurst,
district chief templar; Miss Myra Speer,
district vice templar; j. III. Garretson, d.s-
trict secretary; Mrs. ]. NJ. Thorne, district
treasurer; Miss Edna Marks district super
ntendent Of juvenile templars; William
Marcy district counsellor; j. d. Payne,
past district chief templar; Rev. d. C.
Hedrick, district chaplain; George Haight,
district marshal; Miss Lillian Divine, district
assistant marshal; Miss Raydelle Shaw, as
sistant district secretary; Miss Francis
Rumsey, district guard; Harvey Marcy,
installed, the ceremonies of installation be-
ing conducted by Rev. +. c. Dinwiddie of
Washington. d. c., assisted by Mr.. j. H.
MARI, installing marshal, and Miss Col
die Elliott as deputy installing marshal
At the conclusion of the ceremonies Rev
+. c. Dinwiddie gave account of his visit
to Stockholm, Sweden, two years ago, where
he attended the annual session of the Inter
national Supreme Lodge of the order as the
representative of the District of Columbia
Grand Lodge.
The district lodge accepted the invitation
of Sunshine Lodge of Fairfax Court House,
to hold its quarterly session in May with
this lodge. After rendering a vote of thanks
to the ladies of Pioneer Lodge for the din
ner and supper provided the visitors at
tending the session. the district lodge adj
journed.
At night public meeting was held in Odd
Fellows Hall, presided over by Mr. George
W. Hawxhurst. grand secretary. The sew
eral ministers of the town occupied the
platform. The meeting was opened with an
instrumental solo by Mrs. NJ. NJ. Erwin and
an invocation by Rev. d. c. Hedrick chap
lain of the district lodge. The speaker Of
the evening was Rev. e. C. Dinwiddie, who
the Anti-Saloon League and the Hepburn
Dolliver bin pending in Congress. Other
exercises of the evening consisted of the
following; Recitation, True Victory by
Miss Lannie Graves. solo, when Maids Are
Coy" Miss Emme Seaman; recitation, Buy
Your Own Cherries by Miss Myra Speer;
quartette I'VE All Have Very Bad Cold''
Messrs. NJ NJ Erwin, J. II. MARI and Mrs
w. T. Sprankle. Mrs. Geo. w. Hawxhurst:
recitation, Crooked Stick" by Miss Emma
Garner; quartet, wine Is Mocker;" in
strumental duet, Mrs. Frank Thompson,
Mrs. M. NJ. Erwin; chorus America" by
the audience; benediction. by Rev. A. w.