Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-13
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Members of City Council to Be
Elected Tomorrow.
ONE SET OF NOMINEES
No Opposition to Democratic Candi-
dates-Hot Contest in
Town of Potomac.
ONE SET OF NOMINEES
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 13, 1910.
Everything is in readiness for the election
which will be held in this city tomorrow.
when four members of the board of alder
men and eight members of the city coun-
Gil, democratic nominees, will be chosen
without opposition. The indications are
that an unusually light vote will be polled
because there is no opposition. The polls
will open at sunrise and close at sunset.
Under the state law saloons in the
city will close at sunset this evening and
remain closed until sunrise Wednesday
morning.
The following are the nominees: Alder
men, 1st ward, Jacob Brill; I'd ward. F.
F. Marbury: Sd ward, Kenneth w. Og-
den, and 4th ward, c. J. w. Summers.
Council, LIST ward. Hubert Snowden and
C. r. Yates; I'd ward, Louis Brill and
j. Y. Williams; Sd ward. ]. Fred Birrell
and A. D. Brockett; 4th ward. Charles
B. Swan and Thomas Chauncey.
There will be hot fight in the little
town of Potomac. embracing Del Ray and
st. Elmo, Alexandria county, for the vari-
GUS Offices Five councilmen are to be
elected and there are ten candidates. All
of the incumbents are candidates for re-
election except w. T. Emerson, who is
running for mayor
The following is list of the candi-
dates: Mayor. w. T. Emerson and Henry
kremer; town clerk, Frank f. Heisey,
incumbent and A. S. Pennypacker; town
sergeant, I. w. Burrell. incumbent, and
Carpenter. Charles A. Campbell. William
f. kidwell, H. H. Powell. incumbents;
j. " Barrett, Jacob Corl, T. ]. Bruffey.
William Unglaub, William J. Moore and
Edmund Clark.
Children's Day Services.
Childrens day services at Bethany In
dependent Methodist Protestant Church
last evening were largely attended. The
program included: anniversary Song"
Miss Dudley; solo, II Will Praise the
Lord Miss Mary De Vaughn; solo.
Come Into Thy Garden" Miss Hattie
Radgett;., solo, Praise His Summer
duet, Down in the Blossom Dell" Hat
tie and Erwin Padgett: solo, ''Chin's Mis-
sions,' Miss Annie Padgett.
Flower day services were held at $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Sec
were largely attended and an interesting
program was given. About 100 lunches
Of flowers were received, which were
afterward distributed among the sick peo-
n
by Rev. J. R. Sewer. Owing to the in
clemency of the weather the services
planned to have been held yesterday
morning at the Methodist Episcopal
Church South were postponed until Sum
day next at II o'clock. Services were,
however. held at the Village Chapel of
that church on Gibbon street at 3 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
William Eggleston. cOlored. was in
police court this morning held for the
action of the grand jury on a charge
of stealing eight suits of clothes from
j. Bernheimer q Co, 200 King street,
Saturday last.
Other cases disposed of were as fol-
lows: William MCGUIRE and William
Fowler drunk on street, fined IS each;
Bertha Heyman, failing to report the
purchase of a watch, fined SO; Lee
Willis. colored. having in his posses
sion a couch belonging to the Southern
Reynolds, colored. interfering with an
officer. fined So: John Sweeney. drunk
on the street. fined So; Isaiah Williams
and Lewis Proctor, colored, assaulting
and beating Wrestley Redd, colored,
fined So each; William Fountain, col
Barber. colored, fined So; George Car
ter, colored, assaulting and beating
Abe Brown, colored, fined IS.
Civil Service Examinations.
Announcement is made by the local
board of civil service examiners of the
following examinations which will be
held in this city: Oil Inspector, Indian
applications must be filed with the COM
mission prior to the hour Of closing busi-
ness July 6; June %, teacher of vocal
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