Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-28
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF W. G.
T. q. OF VIRGINIA.


| the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Of Virginia, which has been in session In
| the First Baptist Church of Alexandria for
| the past three days adjourned last night at
the conclusion Of one Of the mort enthu-
! sastic meetings Of the convention Some
| of the delegates departed for their homes
last night, and most of the others left to-
| day. .~---
At the session last night Mrs. Lillian M.
NJ Stevens. president of the National Wom-
| ans Christian Temperance Union, and
| Miss Anna A. Gordon. the vice president OF
| the national body, were present. They
| both addressed the convention on the work
| of the Womans Christian Temperance
| Union. not only in the United States. but
| in foreign countries Miss Gordon was the
first speaker OF the evening. and her ap-
| pearance on the platform was the signal
/ for a demonstration in her honor. She
| told Of her travels throughout the United
States in the cause of temperance work,
| and related numerous incidents intended to
| show the evil effects of the licensed saloon.
Mrs. Stevens, the next speaker, declared
| that the use of alcoholic liquors as bev-
| erage has a pernicious effect physically,
morally and financially. She outlined the
work of the national body of the Woman s
| Christian Temperance Union in its efforts
to secure total abstinence AM protibitory
| legislation, and recounted the experiences
of her native state, Maine, in it's fight for
state prohibition, which finally resulted. in
the insertion into the constitution of the
state of a clause prohibiting the sale OF
| liquor for beverage purposes.
Solos were rendered by DR.. Charles Out
calf and Mrs. Thomas Hufish of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South choir and the
audience was dismissed with a beled1cton
by Rev Dr. w. F. Fisher, the pastor of the
First Baptist Church.
Gold Medal Contest.
The annual convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union Of Virginia,
celebrated Wednesday night as
evening" and rendered one of the
most interesting programs Of the entire
convention. After the devotional exercises
had been conducted by Rev. DR.. w F.
Fisher the pastor of the First Baptist
Church. Mrs. Howard M. Hoge. the pres
ident of the convention, explained the con-
ditions under which the grand gold medal
contest which took place last night was
held In order that candidate be eligible
to contest for the grand gold medal, Mrs
Hoge explained, it was necessary for her
first to have won a silver medal over five
other contestants. Six Of these silver med
alists then contested for a gold medal and
finally six of the gold medalsts were eligi-
The gold medalists who competed
for the grand gold medal were: Miss
Ola Wilkerson of Washington. D. c.; Miss
Ella G. Smith of Lincoln. Va; Miss Nancy
Lee Simmons of Martinsville. Va; Mrs
c. z. Cline of Newport News, Va. Miss
Cora Rowzie of Washington, Va, and Miss
| Cassie Young Oh DdnVllle, va. taCH Oh lle
contestants treated her subject in a highly
| creditable manner and each received great
applause from the audience.
The Judges.
Rev. William J. Morton, the rector Of
Christ Episcopal Church; Judge Louis c..
Barley of the corporation court of Alexan-
dria and State Senator Lewis H. Machen
acted as judges of the contest. Rev. Mr..
, Morton, who announced the result Of the
) decision, stated that all of the Rotations
} had been Of such high order that it was
a hard matter to pick the winner, but, he
; added. each of the judges had marked Miss
, Cassie Young slightly higher than the
| others, and the grand gold medal was con-
, sequently awarded to her.
. During the time between the recitations
, solos were rendered by Mr.. Harris Frank
, lin. DR.. Charles Outcalt, Mr.. Richard Writ,
Miss Lucy Graves and Mrs. William Woods.
, At the conclusion Of the service the audi
ence was dismissed with benediction by
Rev. William ]. Morton.
Executive Committee Meeting.
, A meeting of the executive committee was
held at o'clock yesterday morning and
considerable routine business trans
; acted The convention was called to order
at 10 o'clock by President Hodge and the
devotional exercises were conducted by
| delivered by the several superintendent Of
departments. after which an impressive
, memorial service was conducted.
Fireman Killed.
Jacob D. Harris, fireman employed on
the Southern railway, was killed about 2
: o'clock yesterday morning in the freight
yards at Alexandria by being struck
by a shifting yard engine. Mr.. Har-
. ris had just returned to Alexandria
. from his regular trip on the road
; and was walking along the track on
4
. sion to turn a switch for a passing train
; and just after he turned 1t he stepped off
. the track on another track upon which the
. engine was shifting He was struck by the
engine and knocked down in front of the
wheels, which passed over him, entirely sew
ering his head and his left arm from the
body. Both of his legs were broken by the
blow from the engine.
Mr.. Harris twenty mine years old and
. | was unmarried. He boarded with his sis
ter, Mrs. Jacob Corl, who lives at 1913 Duke
street. Mr.. Harris was native of Tennes-
! | see. and his body will be shipped to Mid
, | way, Tenn, for burial.
, After examining several witnesses a cor
? | oners jury returned verdict that Jacob
| Harris had come to his death by being run
| over by an engine Of the Southern railway
{ | in charge of John Colt, but failed to fix the
Z | responsibility for his DEATH The jury was
composed of F. f. Lindsey. foreman, and
. c. E. Lennon. Richard Gibson, Courtney
) Acton, L. Eitchson and Joseph Lowenback.
Boys Sent to Reform School.
Charles Sorrell, fifteen years Of age, and
Thomas Knight coIored, who said he was
seventeen years of age, were arraigned in
; the police court today the charge of
breaking into an ark belonging to George
8 | Bashford and stealing a pair of trousers
, | with SGT in one of the pockets The boys
? | were arrested yesterday by Chief Goods
and Policeman Bell and each is said to
I have accused the other hrea king into
the ark. The defendants stated this morn
I ing that they had sold the trousers to
Charles Jackson, colored, but denied that
any money was in the pocket. Justice Ca
) ton announced that he would send the
boys to the state reform school. Jackson
, was fined So on the charge of receiving
Z stolen property.
8 Brief Mention.
Christina FultZ and Amanda Williams,