Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-09
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
ANNUAL N. e. SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION BEGINS TONIGHT.
New Militia Company Organization
Is Now Well Under Way-News
Notes Of the City.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. June Q. zoos.
The forty-second annual session of the
Sunday school convention of the Balti-
more conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South will convene in the
Young Peoples building of the Methods ST
Episcopal Church South at o'clock to-
night. when the annual sermon will be
delivered by Rev. J. II. Light Of Front
Royal. Va. Delegates to the convention
are coming into the city this morning and
the majority will arrive early tomorrow
morning. 1t is expected that fully 30
delegates will be in attendance. The ses-
sion will conclude Friday evening
The business session of the convention
will begin at y o'clock tomorrow morning
with quiet half hour" led by Rev.
j. w. Smith. The organization of the
convention will he effected at half past q
O'Clock with the appointment of commit
tees on permanent organization. resolu-
tions and state of work.
Rev. Charles u. Bulla pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South of this
city and Rev. F.. V. Register. presiding
eder of the Washington district of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. will
deliver addresses of welcome to the dele
gates. Responses will be made by NJ. l..
Walton of Woodstock. PRESIDENT of the
convention.
The Pastors Relation to the Sunday
School will be the subject Of an ad-
dress which will be delivered by Rev.
c. D. Harris. Rev. r. l.. Ful;z will de-
liver an address on The Home Depart
ment at 1913 o'clock and at 1:15
O'Clock Rev. H. NJ. Hamill. d. D.. SUI
perintendent of teacher training. NJ. Z.
Church South. will deliver an address
entitled The Trained Teacher Teach
ing"
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session will begin at 2:3O
o'clock with devotional exercises which
will be conducted by Rev. s. h. Coo kroll.
At 2:43. Rev. ID. l.. Blakemore will de-
liver an address entitled The Normal
Glass IN Operation. The Graded Sun lay
School will be the subject of an address
at 800 by f. r. French. superinten1en
of Sunday school supplies NJ. +. Church
South. and the afternoon session will con-
clude at 3:40 with an address by Mrs. IL.
NJ. Hamill. entitled Beginners and Pri-
mary Work"
The night session will he opened at s
O'Clock with devotional exercises by Rev.
E. l.. Woolf after which an illustrated
lecture entitled The Sunrise Kingdom
will be given by DIR. HamilI.
The program for Thursday and FRIDAY
will be practically along the same lines
with different speakers. who will talk or
The session will come to a close at ga.
o clock Friday afternoon. when Mrs
Hamill will deliver an address entitled
Junior Boys and Girls
New Company Under Way.
At meeting of the Alexandria Light
Infantry held last night reports from COM
mittees were heard and other business
was disposed of. 1t is understood that
the reports had some bearing on plans
for holding Armory Hall from the new
military company organized here to take
the place &C Company G. 10Th Virginia
Regiment, although the officers of the
company today refused to divulge the ma
ture of the reports.
Capt. F. l.. Slaymaker, First Lieut.. r.
H. c. Beverley and Second Lieut.. Carroll
H. May of the newly organized military
company have passed the required mill
tary examination and qualified before Col.
Charles A Dempsey. They will meet
Thursday and Saturday evenings at the
office of Dr. w. NJ. Smith for the purpose
of passing the required physical exam
ination and for enlistment. When the
required number of members have en-
listed the company.wi receive orders TO
be mustered in from Adjt. Gen Anderson.