The Washington herald., 1908-06-11
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Sunday School Convention
Continues in Alexandria.
SEMINARY GRADUATION FIXED
Charles f.. Lloyd Tries to Drown
Himself, but Is Fished Out by the
Enr-DeIegntes Leave for Roanoke.
Contract for Two New 3rick
Houses Has Been Awarded.
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Alexandria. Va. June 10.-Addresses OF
welcome to the delegates attending the
forty-second annual Sunday school con-
vention OF the Baltimore conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
were delivered this morning by Rev.
Charles d. Bulla. pastor OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, and Rev
Z. V. REGISTER, presiding elder Of the
! Washington district Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. A fitting re-
/ sponse was made by NJ. L. Watson. OF
/ Woodstock, Va, president OF the conven-
| ton.
! Abio addresses were made at the morn
| ing session. as follows "The pastors re-
lation TO the Sunday school" Rev. G. D.
/ Harris; The home department Rev.
/ r. l.. Fultz. The teachers training"
Rev. Dr. II. N. Hamill, superintendent
! OF teachers training, NJ. Z. Church
South.
! Rev S. X. Cockrell opened the after
noon exercises with devotional exercises.
| Addresses were then made. as follows:
/ The normal class in operation" Rev.
/ D. L. BlakemOre: The graded Sunday
| school, +. +. French. superintendent
/ Sunday school supplies, NJ. z. Church
| South; Beginners and primary work,
Mrs. H. NJ Hamil.
The programme tonight included de-
votonal exercises. by Rev. f. l. Wolf.
which was followed by an illustrated
lecture by Rev. DR.. Hamill.
About 80 delegates are in attendance.
! f4r1h Ha .F
bers Of the local church The session
viii conclude Friday afternoon. when
place for holding the next convention will
be determined upon.
The annual commencement exercises or
the Episcopal Theological Seminary OF
Virginia will be held at that institution
June Il. IS and 10 next The exercises
Will be opened at O'Clock next Wednes-
day night. when Rev DR.. Arthur s
Lloyd, Of New York, will deliver an ad-
dress before the Students Missionary So
ciety
Graduation and alumni day exercises
viii begin Thursday, June IS, az 10 o'clock
Essays VIII De made by the members OF
the graduating class. which will be fol-
lowed hy the comforting Of diplomas. At
noon an alumni meeting will be held. with
Rev. Herbert Scott Smith OF washing
ton, as essayist An alumni dinner will
be served AT 1,S0 o'clock The presenta-
tion and acceptance Of memorial windows
will take place az $3.50 o'clock.
Rev. Robert A Goodwin. of Richmond
Va, VIII, on Friday morning. June 70. At
40 O'Clock deliver the ordination sermon
Those composing the graduating class
are:
Middleton Stuart BaUweu. Kentucky: Walter
Russell Bowie Virginia Benjamin DuraI Chambers.
Maryland; Charles Ciiusman Lexington: Mills Col
gate Daughrey. southern Virginia; james Davis
Gibsoa. West Virginia: John James Gravatt Viz
giria. Levin Irving Iusley. Eastcn. John Iour
Jackson Maryland; Herbert Dukes Boise: Thomas
hewitt Lawrence. Nirgiuia. James Huhard LLOYD
Virginia: Walter Raleigh Noe. North Ca-0lira
Eugene sebastian Pearce. MARYLAND. Wallace Nel
son PicrS1n. Washington; Clinton = Quin. Ken
tucky; Henri Vaughan saunders. Maryland Charlie.
j William sydnor, Virgins. Walter Williams Wash
ington.
Charles T. Lloyd. about forty years Of
age. who resides at the Braddock House
made an unsuccessful effort at T:a
o'clock this morning to drown himself b,
jumping into the Potomac. Lloyd walked
from a store on the river front, north OF
. King street, and plunged into the river
]
, pened 10 be IN the vicinity. and IN com
pany with several others. ne grabbed
Lloyd by tho oar as soon as he came III
and dragged him TO terra frma.
Lloyd appeared 10 be exhausted. He
was conveyed to the Alexandria Hos
, ptal and soon revived. III health and
lack Of employment are said TO have
, prompted his attempt.
The delegates to the Roanoke stat,
convention, recently selected by the city
Democratic committee. left for that city
at II o'clock tonight. The delegates gC
instructed. The convention Will convent
tomorrow morning The delegates are
4, First ward. J. NJ. Hill and T. b. Murphy
Second ward, c. c. Carlin and Thomas A
Fisher; Third ward, 5. G. Brent J. R
, Cation. and S p. Fisher; Fourth ward
I c. l. Boothe and Charles Bendheim !
a number Of AleXandrians accompanied TN.
C delegation. Both Of the Alexandris
County delegations also left for Roanok,
tonight.
Prayer-meetIng services at the Secou,
j Presbyterian Church tonight were con
> Quoted by Rev James II. Taylor. o.
. Washington. Rev. Mr.. Taylor introduced
Rev. Philip Sidersky, converted Jew
= who Is doing mission work among his ma
= tionality in Baltimore. He delivered al
n interesting talk. a large congregation
4 was present
Announcement is made that the semi
annual meeting Of the Lavras Workers o
the Second Presbyterian Church. slated t
have been held tomorrow, has been post
r poned until June 10 The postponemen
was made IN the hope that Rev. San
Cannon. OF Brazil. who is expected her
shortly, will be present and make an ad
u dress.
l. Arthur Davis has been awarded the con
l. tract for the brick work on two moderl
IS two-stoyy brick. dwelling houses whic
J. will be erected by Messrs. Garrett
J. Monroe on the north side of Oronoc
d street between Washington and Colum
bus streets The work will shortly b
commenced.
Z Albert Wilson, colored, was to-day com
" mitted TO Jail by Justice Thompson 70
a five days so that n commission ma
q examine into his sanity. Wilson cam
:, 10 police headquarters late last nigh
- scantily attired and laboring under IN
:, delusiOn that he was being pursued b
u enemies.
H. A business meeting Of Fitzgerald Couu
E ell, No. 459, Knights of Columbus, wa
e held tonight in St Mary's Hall Busi
lF Il.