Evening star., 1904-03-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
EFFORT TO ORGANIZE BRANCH OF
THE Y. M. C. A.
Address by Z. A. Coulter, the State Sec
retary-General and Per-
sonal News.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. March 2S 1904.
The influence Of the state organization Of
the Young Mems Christian Association was
brought to bear on the effort to establish a
local branch of the association at a meet
ing held yesterday afternoon at o'clock in
the M. E. Church South. when Mr.. L. A.
Coulter. the state secretary, delivered an ad-
dress and conferred with the officers and
members of the executive committee of the
organization. Mr.. Coulter outlined the work
of the association and gave some sound ad-
vice as to the means to be used In estab-
fishing a new branch. He said that the
three essentials for success in such an un-
dertaking are methods, money and men,
He warned his hearers against rented
quarters for the association, urging them
not to begin work until they saw their
way clear to erect a suitable building. In
his opinion such structure could be put up
at cost of 10000 or $4,000.
The plan of procedure Mr. Coulter sug-
gesed was to canvass for four or five large
conditional gifts, aggregating about third
of the proposed cost. the amount to be run
up by many smaller contributions among
the men interested in the enterprise. He
urged the leaders of the movement to con-
tinue their efforts despite all discourage
ments until success Is attained The meeting
next Sunday afternoon will be held in the
Methodist Protestant Church and the ad-
dress will be delivered by Rev. ]. Howard
Wells formerly pastor of the Southern
Methodist Church at Del Ray.
Death of Miss Wilson.
Miss Margaret Wilson died early this
morning after lingering illness at the
home of her relative, Mr. E. F. Price, on
North Columbus street She was eighty
seven years of age. and had been an in
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daughter of the late Capt. winterberry
Wilson, well-known seaman of this place
Before the Inauguration of the public
school system in Alexandria Miss Wilson
taught school here for a number of years.
The arrangements for the funeral will be
made later.
Funeral of Mr.. Jenkins.
The funeral of Benjamin H. Jenkins.
whose death occurred suddenly Saturday.
took place this afternoon from his late
hcme at the corner of Duke and Fairfax
streets Six nephews of the deceased
acted as pallbearers. The services were
conducted jointly by Rev. p. p. Phillips of
ST. Paul's Episcopal Church. Rev. J. p.
Stump of the M. E. Church South and
Rev. s. A. Wallis of the Theological Sem
mary. Intern.ent was made in St. Paul's
cemetery
General Matters.
According to the estimate of Mr.. w. L.
edmond. the publisher of the Alexandria
directory, just issued. the population of
Alexandria and suburbs is something over
10000. This includes New Alexandria Del
Ray, st. Elmo. Braddock Heights and
West End. The estimate was stated In re-
sponse to an inquiry from Mr.. NJ. B. Har-
low, president of the Business Mems
League.
The base ball team of the Episcopal High
Saturday afternoon on the home grounds
to the Georgetown University Reserves.
The score was Is to s.
Rev. A. F. Watkins, ID. D., of Mississippi
preached both morning and evening at the
NJ E. Church South yesterday. That
church win be open tomorrow evening for
the beginning services of the Baltimore
annual conference Many of the delegates