Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-18
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Merchants Exercised Over
New Railway Storehouse.
CHIEF PETTEY IS BURIED
William Dean Hurt in Runaway Ac.
cident-Elks' Spring Festi-
val Is Opened.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April is, 1911.
The retail merchants of this city are
exercised over report that the Southern
Railway Company has awarded a lease
for the establishment of a general supply
store in this city. and also for the estab-
lishment Of similar stores all along it's
line According to the reports, the stores
will shortly be opened for business, and
the local store. II is reported, will be
opened on South Henry street. on prop
erty owned by the railway company.
j.. T. Preston, secretary of the Retail
Merchants Association, said this morning
that meeting Of the Retail Merchants
Association will be held at the rooms of
the chamber of commerce this evening
to consider the matter.
Hurt in Runaway Accident.
William Dean, seventy-six years old, of
Fairfax county was seriously injured
in a runaway accident at the overhead
bridge. Alexandria county, last evening
when double team which he was driv-
ing took fright at a passing locomotive
near Poorhouse lane and ran away.
throwing him out and badly damaging
the wagon, which finally landed against
a telegraph pole. Mr.. Dean was subse-
quently brought to this city and taken
to the Alexandria Hospital, where his in
juries were dressed by DR.. Lewellyn Pow
ell.
DR.. Powell said this morning that MIR.
Dean sustained several broken ribs ana
probably was internally injured Mr..
Dean was employed by John Truax of
Fairfax county and was returning from
Washington at the time of the accident.
With an address by H. 3. Quinn. ex-
allied ruler of the lodge. the Elks spring
festival was opened last night. The at
fair was we'll patrOnized and largely at
tended. The bazaar room looked very
attractive. as did also the rathskeller.
which has been converted into q typical
German village.
Followed to it's last resting place by a
large concourse of firemen, the remains
of George W. Pettey. late chief of the
local fire department, were laid away this
afternoon i'm Bethel cemetery.
Funeral services were held at the home
of the daughter of the deceased. Mrs. ].
Christopher Gill, us South Lee street.
The services were conducted by Rev. p.
p. Phillips, rector of st. Paul's P. r..
Church. The late chief was buried in
his blue fireman's suit.
Fire Reel as Hearse.
The body was conveyed to the ceme-
terry on reel Of the Reliance company
drawn by fifty firemen, twenty being
from the Columbia. twenty from the Re-
lance, and ten from the Relief hook and
ladder company. AS the procession
moved to the cemetery the various fire
engine bells throughout the city were
tolled as a mark of respect.
a delegation of thirty-five Washington
firemen. headed by Chief Wagner. atten l.
ed the obsequies. A squad of six police
men. headed by Chief Goods, also at
tended. The floral offerings were hand
some and numerous. Besides the fire.
men. members of Osceola Tribe. Improved
Order of Red Men. of which he was a
member. attended the funeral.
The pallbearers whose names were
published yesterday served.
William A. Padgett. nineteen years old,
died this morning at the residence Of his
st. Asaph street. The deceased was a
son Of the late William Fl. Padgett
The funeral of John A. Alexander will
take pace tomorrow morning from ST.
Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will be
made in st. Marys cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Morris
will be held at O'Clock tomorrow after
noon from her home, 214 Queen street.
Christ Church vestrymen.
Christ p. E. Church has elected the fol-
lowing vestrymen: w. A. Smoot, Dr. L.
NJ. Blackford. DR.. D. n. Rust. Hubert
Snowden, G. L. Boothe. c. c. Leadbeater,
G. S. French, H. r. Burke, w. d. Wood,
c. II. Yohe. ]. W. Herndon and Z. S.
Leadbeater.
st. Paurs p. E. Church has elected the
following: ]. w. Green, j. Wallace
Hooff. E. L. Daingerfeld. j. c. Milburn,
]. r. Zimmerman. ]. c. Burke. l.. Stabler.
r. F. Knox, ]. K. NJ. Norton, w. B.
Smoot. U. S. Lambert and DR.. G. T.
Klipstein.
Clifford X. Bergman. cartoonist for The
Star. will give an illustrated crayon talk
April % next at the Young Peoples
building of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. Proceeds will be for the
benefit of the Alexandria Free Kinder.
garten.
Paul Micou of the Episcopal TheoIog!-
cal Seminary will give an illustrated talk
this evening at Christ Church parish
hall. taken from lives Of boys and girls at
home and abroad.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Gertrude E. Laycock and Fred
Pullman, both Of this city. which took
place Sunday last at the parsonage of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. The