Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
PLANS FOR FILLING THE VACANT
CLERKSHIP.
Democratic Committee to Meet Mon
day-Primary May Be Held
General Matters.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 16. 1905.
According to the present plans, meeting
| of the democratic committee will be held
Monday afternoon in the Hotel Fleisch-
mann for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the selection of democratic
nominee for the clerkship of the courts OF
this city to be voted for in the November
election. 1t is predicted that. the commit
tee will decide upon a primary to be held
in.-the near future and will fix a time limit
up to which candidates Will be allowed to
have their names recorded. The primary
will be conducted on the same plan as the
recent party election and will afford an
opportunity for filing few vacancies in
the list of candidates for ward constables
and magistrates.
That this will be the method employed
for selecting the candidate for the clerk
ship seems now to be assured. as the mere
suggestion of an arbitrary decision on the
part of the committee was met with gen.
eral and decided condemnation Mr.. Charles
Bendheim, the chairman of the committee,
who was appointed Thursday by Judge
Barley to fill the unexpired term caused by
the death of Mr.. John S. Beach, and VINO is
a candidate for the democratic nomination.
has stated his preference for party pri-
mary. and this method of deciding the mat
ter is tentatively presupposed in the an
nouncement of the candidacy of Mr.. Ne
vei!e S. Greenaway, who was the deputy
under Mr.. Beach and who was also an ap-
piicant for, the appointment to fill the I'M
expired term.
An Active Campaign.
From the statements of several leading
citizens this morning 1t is evident that the
contest for the office will be one of more
than ordinary local interest Both Mr.
Bendheim and Mr.. Greenaway. have COM
menced an active personal canvass looking
to the decision of a party primary The
friends Of the two candidates have also
taken up the matter with energy Many
prominent citizens who have expressed
their displeasure al the failure of MIR.
Greenaway to receive the temporary APP
pontment now taking an active interest
in his behalf. He was considered by them
the logical applicant for the position On
the other hand the friends of Mr. Bend
helm contend that he deserved the appoint
ment by reason of his services to the demo-
cratic party in this city.
There are indications that any unneces
sary delay either in the calling of the COM
mittee together or in the holding Of the
primary would meet with popular disfavor.
1t was expected that the committee would
meet before, but the postponement of the
meeting is explained on the ground OF
consideration for the convenience of the
several members. 1t is hardly thought that
the session of the body will be deferred
later than Monday, although the question
has not been finally settled.
Opening of Schools.
The regular session of the public schools
of this city will open Monday with some
what smaller enrolment of scholars than
for the corresponding period last year.
During the present week 1,S1o permits in
all have been issued. OF this number $50
were to white boys COS to white girls, 295
to colored boys and 341 to colored girls.
he nopdiDP neriO6 last
1945 permits were issued. In order that
the schools may be properly organized with
out the interruption of having new scholars
enter daily, no more permits will be issued
until Monday, September %. From tEen to
the remainder of the session permits will
be issued every Monday morning at
o'clock in the Pea body building
The public schools of Alexandria county
have opened the session with large en-
rollment of students. Several new teach |
ers are employed for this session in the
county. Mr. w. P Johnson, who last |
spring received the degree of A. B. at Ran |
dolph-Macon College, has been placed in |
charge of Hume School in Jefferson dis |
trict Miss Elizabeth w. King IA graduate |
of the State Female Normal School at |
Farmville. has been appointed as one of |
the teachers at Columbia School, and Miss |
Gertrude Fugh OF Rockingham county has !
charge of the Glencarlyn School in Airing |
ton district.
General Matters.
Attorneys Robinson Moncure of this city |
and Aylett B. Nicol of Manassas have
formed a law partnership under the firm
name of Moncure & Nicol, and their offices
will hereafter be located at Alexandria, in
the new Alexandria National Bank build
Ing at the corner of Royal and King streets.
Mr. Moncure, who has been practicing here
for some time, is a son of Mr.. Thomas Mon
cure, who represented Stafford county in
the recent state constitutional convention,
and Mr. Nicol, who lately completed his
studies at the University of Virginia, is a
son of Judge c. E. Nicol of the circuit court.
In the corporation court yesterday, Judge
Barley presiding, the will of the late Donald
Mclean was admitted to probate, and Mr..
Lewis H. Machen qualified as executor for
the estate and guardian Of James Douglas
Mclean, the son of the deceased, to whom
the property was beqIeathed.
Miss Edna O. Padgett and Mr.. Frank M.
Edwards, both of this city. were quietly
married Monday evening at the parsonage
of Trinity NJ e. Church, Rev. ]. A. LETTERS
performing the ceremony.
A continuance was ordered in the case of
John Jordon, colored charged with stab
bling Edward Williams, also colored. when