Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-13
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
REPUBLICANS CHOOSE DELE
GATES TO DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Will Terminate Candidate for Con-
gress-Joint Celebration by Epis-
copal High School Societies.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 10, 1907.
A republican mass meeting was held last
night at Schuler's Hall, and the following
delegates were chosen to attend the repub-
mean district convention which will be
held in this city August q next for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for Con-
gress from this district: First ward, w P.
Graves and w. H. P. Kelly; second ward,
{. N. Hancock and Spencer A. Forest
third ward, ]. L. Crupper and ]. A. Egg
born; fourth ward, Frank Evans and Loren
20 Wolford. The meeting was presided
over by Mr. w. P. Graves, city chairman,
who was chosen chairman of the evening
without opposition. and Mr.. Charles n.
Hancock was elected secretary Of the meet
ing. All of the above delegates, who were
nominated by Mr.. Thomas Bayne without
opposition. were empowered to select their
own alternates.
Upon motion of Mr.. Bayne the city chair
man was instructedeto have a card pub
llshed requesting all republicans to refrain
from participating in the democratic pri-
mary, which will be held next Wednesday
to nominate candidate for Congress from
this district.
Joint Celebration.
The Fairfax and Blackboard Literary So
cieties of the Episcopal High School of
Virginia have arranged to hold their joint
next. The officers, medalists and commit
tees are as follows:
Fairfax Society President Hedley NJ
Bowen of West Virginia. vice president,
A. NJ. r. Charrington Of Virginia. Medalists-
Reader. Edwin c. Doubleday OF New York;
declaimer, D. B. Williams of West Virginia;
declaimer's medal taken by John r. Larus,
jr., of Maryland: debater, Basil X. Conway
of Mississippi; debater's medal taken by
D. B. Williams of West Virginia.
Committee of arrangements-Hamilto c.
Claiborne of Virginia, joint chairman; J. w.
Boyd, c. Mel. Baylor d. w. Grant, A. ].
May, c. W. Shields and L. C. Wexford: joint
valedictoran, Douglass Bailey Williams of
West Virginia, Fairfax Society.
Blackford Society-President, Amber NJ.
Blackford of Virginia. vice president. Will
liam 9. Gallagher of West Virginia: Me ,ial-
readers medal taken by Robert Taylor,
jr., Maryland; declaimer, A. NJ. Bla oxford of
Virginia; declaimers medal taken by Minor
c. Lille of Virginia; debater, Forest A.
Brown of West Virginia; debaters medal
taken by ]. Bruce McClelland, jr., of Texas.
Committee of arrangements-F A. Brown,
T. T. Pendleton, G. ]. Hopkins, F. D.
Minor, jr.; A. R. seamon and w. Q. Gallag
her.
Funeral Of Mrs. Dodd.
The funeral OF Mrs. Mary Dodd, wife of
Joseph Dodd, whose death occurred yester-
day afternoon at her home, 212 Queen
street, will take place at her residence at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The funeral
services will be conducted by Rev. DR.. w.
F. Fisher, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, and the burial will be made in
Bethel cemetery. Mrs. Dodd was fifty-one
years of age Besides her husband several
children survive her. The deceased was a
native of Westmoreland county, Va.
Civil Service Examination.
The local board of civil service examiners
held an examination in this city yesterday
for the positions of deputy clerk and collector
in the internal revenue service Five ap-
plicants presented themselves for examina-
ton. Mr. N. L. Williamson of the local
board conducted the examina ton. The
commission announces that similar eX-
animation win be held September next
General and Personal.
The case of E. J. Harrison, charged with
unla wfully holding $11.s5 belonging to Err
nest Fogg which was to have been heard
In the police court today was continued I'M
til Monday next. AS previously stated, Fogg
claims that he gave the accused the money
for the purpose of joining a bottler's union
and that Harrison failed to use the money
for that purpose. Harrison denies the
charge.
The following cases were disposed of in
ONeal and Grover O'Neal, charged with
assaulting and beating Calvert Posey dis
missed; Dunk Day, colored, charged with
drunken and unbecomng conduct, dismiss
ed: Henson Washington, colored, charged
with a similar offense. fined $50: Amos
Robinson, colored, charged with assaulting
and beating Catherine Timbers fined So.
Rev. James H. Taylor, pastor of the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church, Washington is
scheduled to deliver an address this after
noon at the semi-annual meeting of the
Lavras Workers Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Second Presbyterian Church of
this city.
Albert Lomax colored. who was recently
sentenced to serve a term of one year in
the state penitentiary at Richmond, Va,
by the Fairfax county court, was today con-
veyed to that institution by Guard E. H.
James
Fitzgerald Council, No 459, knights of
Columbus, held it's regular semi-monthly
meeting last night at St. Mary's Hall and
transacted considerable routine business
Mr.. J. d. Normoyle has returned from
the jamestown exposition.