Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR DE
LINQUENT TAXES.
Protest Regarding Failure of Cars
to Run to Ferry Wharf
Made to Mayor.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va. January .. 1909.
Beginning Monday between the hours OF
| 10 am. and pm. City Treasurer T. w.
Robinson will offer for sale at public
auction eighty-three pieces of property
on which there are delinquent state taxes
amounting to s16947.
1t is expected that many delinquents
will pay UP between now and the time
set for the sale. A considerable portion
of the property will. it Is believed, be
bought in by the state. Those who
afterward redeem It will be compelled.
as required by law. to pay all charges
and costs incident to the sale.
The number of white property owners
ffty-two, and the taxes due amount to
s12c.o1 Houses of thirty-one colored
people will be sold on which there is
| taxes amounting to 1896
Rev bergman Green. elected bishop
coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of
Virginia. will, 1t is understood, announce
his acceptance of the position early next
week. report was in circulation today
to the effect that he had accepted. Fol
lowing the report announcement was
made that he would make known his de-
ciSion next week
Mr.. Green was elected by a special con-
ference held here December IS. Follow
ing his election Mr.. Green said he would
take the matter under consideration and
announce his decision at some future
date.
The city car over the Washington. Al
| exandria and Mount Vernon electric rail-
way, supposed to run from the union
passenger railway station to the ferry
| wharf. does not, it is alleged, go as far
| as the wharf since the accident two weeks
ago. In which the car collided with the
wharf property. badly damaging It, 1t is
understood that letter has heen written
10 Mayor Paff regarding the matter, and
that the latter will take the case I'D with
the railway officials next week
Plans for the celebration of r. E. Lees
birthday will be completed Monday night
at a meeting of r. f. Lee Camp, Con
federate Veterans. at Lee Camp Hall As
Is it's annual custom, the camp will cele-
brate with big banquet. which will be
held that evening at it's hall. Commander
W. A. Smoot will preside.
The principal speaker of the evening will
be John Sharp Williams
Toasts will be responded to as follows:
Gen. Lee John M. Johnson; "StonewalI
Jackson" Rev. G. D. Bulla: Sons of
Veterans" Henry T. Harrison of Lou
doun.
The committee on arrangements consists
of w. A. Smoot, G. William Ramsay, Ed
gar Warfield, p. F.. German R. NJ.
Latham, T. j. Davidson and James Ham
mond.
The coming week will be busy for the
courts. The circuit court, Judge J. B. T.
Thornton presiding. and the United States
court for the eastern district of Virginia,
Judge Edmund Waddill presiding. will
open that day.
The former will convene at 10 o'clock.
and number of civil cases will be tried
at the term. The latter will convene at
noon. A large number Of cases for alleged
violations of the internal revenue laws
will be considered by the last named
court.
Rev. w. J. Morton. rector Of Christ P.
E. Church. announces a special series OF
sermons Sunday night during the present
month. entitled Some Men We Have
Known" He has arranged as follows:
January 3. 1.-The Man With Gift" Janu-
airy 10. The Man With a Grievance and
an Excuse" January L. THE Man With
a Handicap" January %. THE Man With
a Mission January 81, THE Perfect
Man
The public and many private schools Of
this city will reopen Monday next after
the annual Christmas holidays. 1t is ex-
pected that an additional number of
scholars will enter the public schools
with the reopening. as is generally the
case after the holidays.
A meeting of the Young Mems Sodality
Lyceum will be held Tuesday night, when
officers will be elected to serve for the
ensuing year.
A business meeting Of Alexandria Lodge
of Elks will be held at it's hall Monday
night.
The funeral of Mrs. Anna NJ. Cockrell,
who died in Washington today, will take
place at II o'clock Monday morning from
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Rev. c. B. Bulla, pastor. will conduct
the services. Mrs. Cockrell was well
known In this city. She was seventy
eight years old.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs Sadie Nails will take place at 2
u clock Monday afternoon from her home.
$50 South Patrick street. The burial will
be made in Bethel cemetery.
Arrangements are being made for the
erection of an Episcopal chapel at Brad
dock Heights. Alexandria county. 1t will
be connected with Christ Protestant Epis-
copal Church of this city. under the di-
rection of Rev. W. j. Morton. and the
pulpit will be supplied by students from
the Episcopal Seminary.
Announcement is made that the Cam
eron club contemplates increasing its
membership with a view Of forming a
civic improvement league. Plans for
work are already being formulated.