The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-10
NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
Sixteen Hundred Voters Have
Paid Taxes.

Alexandria. va, Dec. 5-SlAteen huh-
dred citizens of Alexandria had paid
their per capita taxes when the office
of City Treasurer Thomas w. Robinson
closed late this afternoon. Monday Will
be the last day on which citizens can
pay If their desire to participate in the
general election to be held the second
Tuesday in June, when a mayor, coun-
cilmen, and other city officers will come
| up for election.
| The number, 1t is expected, will be in
creaed fifty per cent when the once IS
closed Monday. The highest number
heretofore has been LOO.
Rev ]. H Light, D. D., OF Richmond,
| Va, will preach at the morning serv-
| ices tomorrow at the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, and he will preach at
night at the First Baptist Church. Rev.
| DIR. Thomas II. Lewis, president of the
| Western Maryland College, will occupy
! the pulpit tomorrow morning at Bethany
| Methodist Protestant Church. At 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning a mems Bible
/ class will be organized at the Second
| Presbyterian Church.
Mayor Paff has notified the Southern
| Railway authorities that they must here
after discontinue blocking the tracks on
the Payne street cars. Complaint has
| been made by people who have occasion
to visit the cemeteries, and at the point
| in question there is a perfect network
| OF tracks, extending two squares.
Only two cases will be up for consid-
Grafton before the grand jury which will
convene at II o'clock Monday morning
in the Corporation Court with Judge l.. c.
Barley presiding. They are those of John
| McCuen and Charles, alias Buck" Sha-
| fer, held on suspicion of larceny of SIS
| from the person of Richard Welch Octo-
Der II, 1911. The alleged Offense took
place in a room over a saloon in the
northeastern section of the city.
| Those summoned on the jury are: p. F.
German. ]. T. Preston, r. Lee Field. P.
NJ Bradshaw, George S. Hinken, f.
Stuart Smith, c. c. Leadbeater. J. T.
| Harrison. NJ. L. Risheill. James NJ. Dun
can, James B. Fitzgerald, and c. S. Tay-
| lor Burke.
Arrangements are being made for the
installation of Rev. John Allison, d. D..
as pastor Of the Second Presbyterian
Church. Friday night at 7:3O o'clock
1t is expected that Rev Harris T. Kirk
D. D.. of Baltimore. will preach the
sermon. and a committee appointed by
| the PreSDyIery VIII COnOuCl the ser
vices with A. r. Bird, moderator, pre-
siding.
The choir of the church will be as
sisted by the Dumbarton Avenue NJ. E
! Church choir of Washington under the
direction OF William T Glover. They
will sing the sacred cantata Of the in
carnation.
A special meeting of the Chesapeake
SPresbytery will 10 held at noon Tues
M
| DR.. Allison, and to take order for his
| installation, afterward the delegates will
! be rendered a luncheon at the manse.
Rev J. R Kerlin. of Westminster, Nd.
has been appointed pastor of the Method
| list Protestant Church to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Rev. Silas
! W. Rosenberger. The appointment was
made by Rev. ]. NJ. Sheridan, d. D.. pres
ident of the Maryland Annual Conference
| of the Methodist Protestant Church. 1t
will be until April next. at which time
! the appointment will be filled by the an
nual conference.
| Rev. Mr.. Kerlin has already arrived in
Alexandria and was rendered a reception
| last night by the congregation of that
| church at the parsonage, 205 North Co.
lumbus street.
| Judge Nllllam H. DE Lacy, OF the JuNe-
nile Court of Washington. and P. J. Hal
tigan, editor of the National Hibernian,
also of Washington, will deliver addresses
tomorrow nigh. at o'clock at a public
meeting which will be held at the Young
| Mems Sodality LyCeum Hall under the
auspices of the Holy Name Society. In
addition to the speaking, a musical pro-
gramme will be given. The public is in
Vited and there will be no cards Of ad-
mission. James Roche Is chairman of
the committee of arrangements.
The following Ulcers have been elected
by Potomac Lodge OF Odd Fellows to
serve for the ensuing year: George r.
Smith, noble grand; n. r. Davis, vice
grand: w. A. Conway, recording secre-
| tGry; w. Z. Latham, financial secretary:
L. Morgan Davis, treasurer. John D.
Payne, district deputy grand master, OF
| Falls Church, will install these officers
| together with the appointive officers, at a
meeting which will be held the first Fri
day in January.