Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Killed 100000 Flies.

| The crusade of sWatting flies for the
month of August terminated today. This
| also ends the contest inaugurated during
| the early summer months against the
/ pests Prizes for the successful swat
! ters will be announced next Tuesday, ow-
J ing to the fact that Monday will be
/ holiday. During the three months the
/ campaign was in progress about three
million flies were destroyed. and the cam
paign is declared to have been most sue
cessful.
Announcement is made by the city
| health department that the dairymen in
! this section. whose places have been in
spected by DR.. j. j. Garvey. deputy
health officer. are endeavoring to comply
with the provisions OF the new city health
| laws AS soon as they comply with the
laws permits are issued permitting them
| to dispose of their product in this city.
In order to comply with the provisions of
| the law many of the dairymen have ex-
pended considerable sums of money in
| oyerhauling their places and making
| them as sanitary as possible.
| News was received here today an
| nouncing the death of j. Keith James at
his home at Remington. Fauquier county
Va, which occurred yesterday. Mr..
James funeral took place this afternoon
and burial was at that place. The de-
| ceased was unmarried. Mr.. James. up
| to the time of his illness. held a. position
with the Agricultural Depa rtment. Wash
jngton. He was well known in this city
wnere he frequently visited. being for
many years employed by IL local firm as
travelling salesman.
Pastor Returns to Church
Rev. &. Kelly Hobbs. pastor of the
Second Baptist Church. returned home
| today after holding revival meetings in
Albemarle and Farquier counties Va
Rev. Mr. Hobbs will fill his pulpit at both
services at the Second Baptist Church
tomorrow. Services will be held at II
am. and pm.
While Rev. Mr.. Hobbs has resigned
as pastor of the local church, his resig-
nation will not take effect for some time.
Until such action is taken he will con-
tinue his duties as pastor of the local
church.
FIans for improvements ut Christ Epis-
cOpal Church have just been completed,
and they include an entrance for tourists
| who visit this edi4ce through an addition
| to the parish hail. south OF the church.
The building will have sixteen feet 'front.'
| age and be nineteen feet deep, with u
church will enter through this addition.
| Plans We're drawn by Speiden & Speiden.
and J. D. knight has been awarded the
| contract
teen-room frame dwelling house. at New
/ Alexandria. Fairfax county. was sold at
pubic auction today by S. Fl. Lunt. auc-
tfoneer, and purchaser by Edward j.
Fleming for $500. The property was
| sold for Ross T. Elliott, trustee.
| The state school superintendent who
| met this week at Radford. Va, formed
| a permanent organization. with the cleo
ton OF omcers. and M. D. Hall OF Fair
fax was elected vice president for the
eighth congressional district
Elks Going to Richmond.
delegation OF members of Alexandria
Lodge of Elks will leave here Monday
night for Richmond to attend the vir-
ginia State Association. which will hold
its seventh annual session in Richmond
Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons. will Friday night elect officers.
/ At this meeting preparations will be made
for attending the annual meeting of the
grand chapter, to be held in Richmond
! October %.
Funeral services for Dr. Samuel r.
Cats will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon at his late home 1922 Duke
street. Members of the Masonic fra
ternity will attend the funeral
| Alexander DOniphan. IT, has returned
! from Eatna Culpeper countys Va where
/, he spent the summer
/ The district lecturer Of the knights of
Pythias will Wednesday night make an
official visit to Sir Launcelot Lodge at
Ballston, Alexandria county
Miss Marguerite Wheatley Field will
| sing the oHertory solo at ST Paurs Epis-
cOpal Church tomorrow morning
George l.. Appich is confined to his
home on King street by illness.
MI. Mary Creighton and daughter
Mrs. Mary Strick of Chicago, who for the
past two weeks. Have been visiting ra,a-
tives here. returned home today.
Delegates to the state conyen,io, will
he elected Monday night by K. E. Lee