Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
PLAN TO TEST LEGALITY OF
OPEN STORES SUNDAY.
Children's Day Services in Churches.
Dates for Closing of the
Public Schools.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

! Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. June L.. lads.
X is understood that several Greek
fruit dealers in this city who were re-
Gently fined in the police court on a
charge of keeping their respective places
of business open Sunday will. when an
appeal is heard in the corporation court
question the legality of drug and other
stores keeping open and making sales
Sunday
The intention is for those prosecuting
the appeal to take the action mentioned
should the court decide against them.
Recently the police, at the instance of
Mayor Paff. closed all fruit stores. pool
rooms and certain other establishments
which, were kept open Sunday and the
business of which was regarded as I'M
necessary.
rigdly enforced here. but for only one
Sunday as there was a general protest
! by citizens.
Children's Day Services.
Chidrens day services will be held to-
morrow at o'clock pm. in the Methodist
Protestant Church. An elaborate mu-
steal and literary program will nc fea-
ture. The auditorium will be decorated
In the First Baptist Church tomorrow a
special sermon will be preached to the
children by Rev. DR.. Menefee. and at S
O'Clock pm. the children will hold their
| ceIchratiO
Chidren's services will also he held in
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church at
O'clock tomorrow evening.
Osceola Tribe. Improved Order of Red
| Men. has elected the following officers to
| serve for the ensuing term: y. u. Deeton.
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r. A. Garrett. junior sycamore: T. j.
| Lishtfoot. prophet sycamore: Charles Ma
| gel. chief of records; F.. F. DoWnhan,
! collector of wampum: Frem Klaus. keeper
/ of Wampuln: a. j. Butcher. trustee for
| eighteen months.
A culored woman yesterday called at
the residence of City Sergeant Cox with a
small bundle. saying another woman told
! her to leave it there. The sergeant opened
the bundle and discovered bright mu-
latto boy about four months of age. He
| called the woman and directed her to
! turn it over to Chief Goods of the police
| force. The woman explained to Mr.. Cox
| that the baby had been left with her and
| she did not know what disposition to
make OF it. She failed, however, to con-
vey it to Chief Goods
Closing of Public Schools.
The closing of the public schools of this
city will begin Monday morning at 8
! clock with tine closing of Washington
School. for boys, T. II. Ficklin. principal.
Lee School, for girls, will close Tuesday,
and Wednesday and Thursday the col
ored school will close. The annual exam
| nations were concluded last Friday.
| The city auditor has exchanged $11,20}
! bonds of the new issue for old ones. OF
the above $500 were presented to the
office by the owners, $1,000 received by
mail and $47. 100 handed in by the cashier
of one of the national banks.
Dr. w. NJ. Smith this afternoon made
n futile effort to locate the bullet in the
back Of James II. McGrath, shot this
morning by a Southern railway emplOye
while riding aboard a freight train at
| Culpeper.
| A fire in a wardrobe at the residence
of William II. Simms, SO4 North Column
bus street, at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
destroyed considerable clothing. The
entire fire department responded to an
! alarm.
John l.. Crupper of this city and Sam
uel Diener of Culpeper departed tonight
for Chicago to attend the national con-
vention. Both are delegates from the
eighth district.