Evening star., 1914-08-02
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Council Acts Upon Death of
Frank C. Spinks.
ALL WILL ATTEND FUNERAL
Elks Hold Lodge of Sorrow for Late
Member and Eulogies
Are Delivered.
Special Correspondence of The Sur.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 1.-The
lower branch of the city council held a
meeting tonight to take action on the
death of City Councilman Frank c.
Spinks. A committee consisting of
Councilmen Williams, Smith and Lam
bert was named by Vice President
chauncey to draft suitable resolutions
It also was decided to attend in a body
and to send floral emblem.
The funeral Of Mr.-spinks will 4be held
at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon from his
late home. Services will be conducted
by Rev. DR.. J. W. Duffey, pastor of the
NJ. E. Church South. Services at the grave
will be conducted by the Masons and
E1ks.
Action on the death of Mr.. spinks also
was taken tonight by the Elks and the
Relief Hook and Ladder Company. The
Elks held a lodge Of sorrow and eulo-
gies were delivered by several men,
bers.
as follows: F. F. Marbury, George H.
Robinson, George e. Butler, ]. Edward
Shinn. Jacob Brill and James W. Bales.
Club Holds Regatta.
A club regatta was held this afternoon
by the Old Dominion Boat Club. There
were four events, which were closely con-
tested. as follows:
Double canoe. quarter mile-Reardon
and Callahan. first; King and Miller. Sec
ond; Wingate and Spofford, third.
Single gig. half mile-Douglas, first;
Spofford. second: Fawcett. third.
Double gig. half mile-King and Davis,
first: Moss and Wingate, second.
The fourth event was centipede against
four-oared shell, for three-quarters of
a mile. and was won by centipede with
B. Pitts, stroke; Callahan, King and
Wingate: four-oared shell. Douglas,
| stroke: Fawcett. Spofford and Reardon.
| officials Of the contest were: Hunt Rus
| sell, starter: ]. Sid Douglas, judge, and
Victor Emerson. Jr., clerk of course.
Want New Motor Truck.
Efforts will be made by the fire COM
mittee of city council to have the incom-
ing council purchase a motor truck for
the Relief Hook and Ladder Company.
This company early in the fail will go
| into its new house. now in course of con-
| struction.
| The present apparatus. it is claimed, is
rapidly becoming inadequate. and it will
| be only a question of short time before
it will have to be replaced by a new one.
| Mrs. Mary Harris Armor Of Georgia
| will speak at o'clock Tuesday night in
| the NJ. E. Church South in the interest
| Of temperance.
Several lawyers Of this city will leave
| Monday for Hot Springs, Va, to attend
| the annual meeting OF the State Bar AS
ISOLATION, which will convene Tuesday
and end Thursday.
Return From West.
IT II ry,;s ret,rnad toa,,, frox,, - -;x
week trip through the west. He visit
ed Yellowstone Park. and in Denver he
attended the Elks' convention.
! Mrs. T. F. Ellis will leave next week
for Peakes Island. Portland Harbor. Me.
| thur NJ. Gray left today for Rochester
N. Y, to attend the sessions Of the Glass
| Bottle Blowers Association.
year-old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. T.
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
| Moxley Erwin, who died Friday. night,
will pe held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing from the residence of Henry w.
Wildt. George Washington Park.
| r. E. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans.
| will hold its regular monthly meeting to-
morrow night in Lee Camp Hall.
James Patterson, jr.. and Horace Wolf
are spending the week end at Atlantic
City.
| Mrs. Robert P. Whitestone and fam
| lily have gone to Culpeper. Va, where
| they will spend the summer.
| John w. Monroe has been appointed q
| notary public by Gov. Stuart.
| Marley Encampment OF Odd Fellows
| will hold meeting Monday night at Odd
| Fellows Hall
! Rev. DIR. John Lee Addison. pastor OF
4 the Second Presbyterian Church, will
1 leave tomorrow for wytheville, Va,
1 where he will spend his vacation.
Following orders from the Treasury
Department. the position held by William
i A. Carter, colored, at the custom house
l in this city for the past seventeen years
i has been abolished and his services dis.
i pensed with.
Australians still lead the world as
| tea drinkers, rs pounds being each
Australians yearly allowance. New