Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-03
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
August 9 Fixed as Date of
Democratic Primary.
COMMITTEE HOLDS SESSION
Negro Shooting Affray-Carpenters
to Strike Monday-Red Mems
Banquet Tuesday.
COMMITTEE HOLDS SESSION
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 2, 1910.
The democratic committee of thu
| eighth congressional district tonight
held meeting at the Office Of Attorney
Gardner L. Boothe and fixed August 3
as the day for a congressional primary
1t was also decided that all candi-
dates desiring to enter the race must
| submit their names to the chairman Of
the committee on or before noon May
?. This must be accompanied by a Ger
titled check for $40 to cover expenses
An adjournment was taken until May
! 3. On that date, should Representative
Carlin be without opposition, he will
be declared the nominee of the party
So far as known he will not be opposed
| The committee passed a resolution
accepting the resignation Of George S..
ShackelfOrd as a member of the COM.
mittee and expressing regret at hts
| retirement. Mr.. Shackelford lives In
Orange, Va, and resigned to accept a
| position as circuit judge in the ninth
judicial circuit.
His place was filed by the election Of
r. C. l.. Moncure Of Stafford county,
Va. who was unanimously elected. MIR.
Moncure is a delegate in the house Of
| representatives.
| The meeting was presided over by
| Raleigh T. Green Of Culpeper, who
| served as chairman. Paul w. Garrett,
Leesburg, was chosen secretary. Other
members present were Gardner l..
Boothe, Alexandria, and Maj. r. A. Nc
Intyre, Warrenton.
Negro Shooting ARRAY.
| Robert Smith, negro, twenty-six years
old, is locked up tonight at police sta
| ton on charge OF shooting Edward
Grooms, negro, about forty years old.
Grooms is being treated at the Alexandria
Hospital for slight flesh wound in the
| left side Of the jaw.
| The ARRAY occurred at $50 o'clock last
evening in the alley bounded by Queen.
where both men live Smith denies that
he shot him, and claims that he was,
| however, earlier attacked by Grooms, and
| that he came to police station and pro-
| cured a warrant for Grooms' arrest.
| He was returning homeward when he
was arrested by Chief Goods The police
| are of the conviction that Smith had al
ready shot Grooms when he procured the
warrant. Smith further states that
Grooms was angry with him because he
requested him to pay ...m rs cents which
he borrowed some time ago.
| The matter will be thrashed out In the
police court Monday. The police have
not yet recovered the weapon with which
it Is alleged Smith did the shooting.
| Monday morning eighty journeymen car.
penters employed here will walk out II
they are not granted an increase In pay
of from So to $3.50 per day. AS stated
in The Star this afternoon, the men have
made all arrangements to quit work
Monday if their request is not complied
with.
SO far the contractors have not submit.
ted. The journeymen say they will dc
job work on their own accord and "a num-
| Der will go to Washington.
| One large building may be affected by
the proposed strike, temporarily at least
AS already stated, the contractors say
they can get others to take their places
at So day.
Red Men to Give Banquet.
Seminole Tribe. No. SO, Improved Order
of Red Men, will give its second annual
banquet Tuesday night next in the young
peoples building Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South.
An elaborate menu will be served The
committee of arrangements has COM
pleted all details for the affair. Robert 8.
Barrett will serve as POSTMASTER.
Among those expected to respond to
toasts are w. s. Nicklin, grand sachem
of Virginia; Robert 8. Barrett. Louis P.
Woodward, J. William May, Rev. Edgar
Carpenter, II. Noel Garner and others,
all members of the local organization.
Members of the Civic Improvement
League are looking forward to the
cleanup day. set for April 15. This
day Ii regarded as now doubly tmpor-
tant, inasmuch as good spring weather
has already begun. The city school board
will at its meeting Thursday night be
asked to give the public school children
holiday on that day. in order that they
may cooperate in the work Of cleaning
back yards, cellars and alleys.
! Announcement has already been made
| by the league that carts will be fur
nished free of cost on that day to remove
all rubbish and trash cleaned from cell
lars back yards and alleys.
l. This will be the first time that such a
movement has been put into operation in
this city. The outcome Is awaited with
lno little amount of interest. Those foster
| ing the movement are convinced that as
such enterprises have been operated sue
cessfully in other cities 1t can be done
here.
| Within a short time members Of the
| police department., following an annual
| CUSTOM will also begin the work of maxi
ing reports on the sanitation of the city
| Persons whose places are unclean will
| he ordered, as usual, to have all rubbish
| and trash removed from their premises.
Light Infantry Inspection.
There will be preliminary inspection
of the members Of the Alexandria Light
Infantry at Armory Hall Monday night
| next at o'clock. 1t will be made by
Mai. James e. King. The annual inspec-
ton Of this command, scheduled for Mon