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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
BY ]. CROSBY MCCARTHY.

Considerable attention has been directed
to that portion of Alexandria county. Va,
which lies between Washington and the
city of Alexandra, during the past few
weeks by a movement in which the trade
bodies of both cities are cooperating to
construct a macadamized boulevard be-
tween the National Capital and Mount
Vernon. The activities of the organiza-
tons mentioned have called attention TO
the fact that a properly surfaced and
graded roadway is needed between Wash
ington and Alexandria and on to the his
toric home of the first President of the
land at Mount Vernon. There is road
way along the route stated, but it is ex-
tremely uneven in places and in need of
considerable improvement to make it
desirable thoroughfare. To provide a
macadamized boulevard eighteen feet
wide between Washington and Mount
Vernon an expenditure of 100000 will be
necessitated, it has been estimated. OF
this amount $4,000 has been provided for,
and the trade organizations of Washing
ton and Alexandria have Joined together
n an effort to raise the remaining $4,000.
Cities Will Be Joined.
Although handicapped DN the rack OF
desirable roadway between this city and
alexandria, many residential communities
have been established in the intervening
section Of country during the past few
Years and their growth has been rapid.
IL the growth continues in the future
with the same rapidity that has charac-
terized 1t in the past, it will be matter
IF a comparatively short time before
Washington and Alexandria will be con-
nected by one continuous residential com
nunity.
Residents of the southern portion of AL
@xandria county say that that section will
be greatly benefited by the construction
" macadamized boulevard such as is
proposed and are doing everything in
their power to further the movement which
mas been inaugurated. The roadway con-
Meeting Washington and Alexandria
which it is proposed to improve passes
through one Of the most picturesque sec
lions adjacent to the District of Column
bia- In fact. it passes through a section
which at one time was portion of the
federal District, but which later was
coded back to Virginia.
Many Attractive Home Sites.
u this section are located some of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
WALLIS CHANGES HANDS
Lamont Street Apartment Is Pur-
chased by Chauncey c.
Williams.

Gardiner & Dent. Inc. real estate
brokers, report they have sold for Mrs.
Florence 9. w. Yeager the Wallis apart
ment located on the north side of Lamont
street between 10th and 18th street.
northwest
The Wallis is a three-story. detached
brick building. containing nine apart
ments of five rooms each. and occupies
lot with a frontage of about fifty-five
feet by a depth of 100 feet.
1t is said to produce an annual rental
Of about $1,000. and was purchased by
Chauncey C. Williams at consideration
reported to have been $780, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
PAYS $4,000 FOR SITE
Sale of Valuable Property Reported
by N. L. Sansbury
Company.

A deed was placed on record yesterday
afternoon transferring the ownership Of
property known as 1134 to has Avenue
OF the Presidents from the Supreme
Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
fish Rite of Free Masonry of the South
ern Jurisdiction of the United States to
the National Geographic Society.
The sale Of the property was negotiated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20

by the N. L. Sansbury Company and
the consideration is stated in the deed
to have been $4,000. The property has
a frontage of 1877 feet on the Avenue of
the Presidents and a depth of rs feet
to an alley. 1t is to be utilized by the
National Geographic Society for the erec-
ton of an auditorium in which may be
heard the lectures delivered before its
members. The property adjoins the build
ings Of the society at the southwest
corner of the Avenue Of the Presidents
and NJ street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
Vanishing a Floor.
From the Sterling Shirt.

From the Sterling Spirit.
man I knew decided it was hardly
worth while to hire a professional to do
so simple a thing as varnish floor, SO he
bought brush and a can of varnish,
which he took home after his days work
was done, with the intention Of applying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
WASHINGTON'S SUBURBS

With the coming of the attention of the prospec
tive home buyer, builder and is directed the
suburbs 1t is the time of the year when the desire have
home that exposed light and air all sides para
mount with many who contemplate change Of residence
Within the District of Columbia and in nearby sections
of Maryland and Virginia there many attractive suburbs
where homes of this character be had wide
lection is offered They range in size from the modest bun
galow cottage the residence with many rooms.
For the prospective home builder there lots ranging
size from yfoot rontages those whose is
ured Prices vary such way fit all pocket
books.
Below is printed the twelfth of series of illustrated
articles descriptive of Washngtons many attractive suburbs
be published each Saturday in the Real Estate Section
The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
Expenditures by Government.

The federal government is spending a
great deal of money in Alexandria county
In addition to retaining the fats on the
south side of the Potomac. which will add
many acres to the river park. new mill
tary road has been built from the south
end Of the Highway bridge to the east
gate OF Arlington national cemetery. This
road Will form part Of the boulevard
which 1t Is proposed to construct between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
IMPROVEMENT OF ROADWAY
WILL AID VIRGINIA SUBURBS
Residents of Communities Between Washington and
Alexandria Greatly Interested in Proposed Mac
adamized Boulevard Between National
Capital and Mount Vernon.

most attractive home sites overlooking
Washington. The prices of property in
the various communities which have been
established vary in such a way as to fit
all pocketbooks.
The residential communities between
Washington and Alexandria have been
established on either side of the electric
nne connecting the two cities. The Wash
lngton terminus of this road is at 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue north
west. 1t passes through Potomac Park,
crosses the Highway bridge and thence
on south to Alexandria. The community
along this route that is closest to Wash
ington is Virginia Highlands. which has
become well known by reason Of the
unique poured cement houses which have
been erected there. Houses of this type
have become popular on account of their
low cost of construction and small MAIN
tenance expense. About thirty houses
nave been built in Virginia Highlands,
sidewalks have been laid, roadways grad
ed and water and sewer system installed
Improving New Section.
Adjoining on the south new tract
known as Aurora recently has been
thrown open for development 1t CON
tains about 100 acres of land A large
force of men now is engaged in grading
for streets and sidewalks and installing
other improvements. The next suburb Is
st. Elmo. which was put on the market
number Of years ago. Then comes
Hume. community of moderate priced
homes. where there has been considerable
development Mount Ida, a suburb occu-
plying a particularly desirable tract over
looking the Potomac river, lies just be-
yond and to the east is section known
as Del Ray. Many attractive houses OF
moderate cost have been erected in this
community and nearly a score now are
in the course of construction.
The next suburbs along this route are
Braddock and Rosemont. two of the most
attractive residential communities near
Washington, a detailed description Of
which will be given next Saturday in
these columns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

bellum days was Hamilton R. Johnston. brother of Capt J. D. Johnston, U. s. N, an accomplished officer. author of .Perry's Expedition to Japan and the officer of the ironclad Confederate Vir- glria, which, with Admiral Buchanan, surrendered to Farragut's fleet in Mo bile bay. The Johnstons came of a good old Kentucky tree. The first wife of Capt H. R. Johnston was a Miss Elliott of Alabama, and his second was Miss Kate Owen, a daughter of George W. owen. at one time congressman from Mobile district. His descendants now reside in Mobile, where they oc- cury the high social position that is theirs by right of heritage. After the war Capt. Ham Johnston bought and owned the National, a large. fine side wheel boat, the last of the floating pal aces with side wheels.
 We may have omitted some of the great captains whose sole desire was to build up the beautiful Gulf City in those days, but we have endeavored to mention them all. We challenge any ole citizen to name as many persons of any calling (the clergy excepted) yho were freer from taking too much or any other faults, than were these old heroes of the '50s and eos There were a few who drank, gambled and lived lives not above reproach, but they were the exceptions and were never seen 'abaft the shaft'-that Is, in the ladies' cabins of these river palaces No gambling, however, was ever allowed ir the main saloons and seldom did we hear of a passenger, under the in- fiuence of liquor, giving the least trou-
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companied them, then played the wedding march from Mendelssohn, and to it's strains the ribbon girls, little Katie Key. holds and Mary Alice Davis. unwound the wide satin ribons that separated the bridal party from the guests. The bridal party then entered. The matrons of honor were Mrs. G. P. Wheeless of Miner Ga Mrs. Robert H. Flewellen. Mrs Albert Moulthrop. Mrs. W. B. Biackmon. who wore lace gowns over nessaline with yell low satin girdle. The maid of honor Miss Fife Johnston of Thoma ston, Ga, was gowned likewise. They carried large bou- quets of Marguerite daisies and plumosa ferns, tied with white tul1e Miss Ethel Blackmon, sister of the bride, wore white crepe de chine and white satin sirdle and carried Marguerite daisies. The little flower girls Nan Reynolds and Edith AL ley of Montgomery. wore white lace dresses and yellow ribbons, carrying green baskets from which they scattered petals of pearl of the garden roses. The bridegroom entered, attended by his bess man, MT. Paul Johnston of Thomaston. Ga. The bride came in. attended by the maid of honor The wedding gown was white tissue, hand embroidered. trimmed in seed pearls and draped over white satin. Her veil of tulle was fastened to cap of real lace and orange blossoms She carried a bouquet of brides roses showered with lilies of the valley, and on slender chain about her neck hung the gift of the bridegroom, a diamond pendant.
 The ring ceremony was performed by Rev. A. A French of Columbia, former pastor of the First Baptist church. and Rev A. j. Dickinson, present pastor The ring used was the wide gold band with which her mother and father had been married
 After a wedding trip to Asheville, N. C.. Mir. and Mrs. Nelson will make their home in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

hle. Order was the rule aboard and discipline was strictly enforced.
 "The following were the boats built in Mobile In the ante-bellum days: William Jones, Jr Czar, R. B. Fancy, Selma, Coquette, Flirt, Beulah, South e.n, Republic, Warrior, Duke, Virginia, Hale, James Dellette, and Senator The ct for Jesse J. Cox, and was the fastest and finest stern wheeler in the days hefore the war, having attended all ca Is and reaching Selma at 8 o'clock on the second morning out
 We will close this chapter with the loss of the famous Cuba. which occurred one dark Saturday night about II o'clock in passing through Tate shoals. A sunken wreck was struck with such foi ce as to cause the gallant craft to sink and become a total wreck Cap tains Cox and Otis then went on to bring around the steamers St Nich- olss and St. Charles, and two finer packets and ones better adapted to the Alabama trade never ploughed her wa ters.
 Money making was now the order of the day and Mobile was the second cotton port in the world, boasting of III ire fine steamers than any other city save New Orleans The Alice Vivian, St. Charles, St. Nicholas Messenger, Magnolia. Cherokee, H. J. King, Le Grande, Reindeer, S. S. Prestiss, War rlor, James Battle, Eliza Battle, P Dalman, Southern Republic. P F. Kim ball, Cremona, Frank S. Lyon, Senator, Rcnlah, Selma, Champion and many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

advises through Copenhagen, Miss Lou ise Long and chaperon at The Hague. | After a stay of several months in south Alabama, Mir. Eugene Moore is visiting his mother. Mrs. M. L. Moore, in East Lake. Mrs. Charles Horton of Aliceville is the guest of Mrs. Annie L. Jones.
  ,, Mrs. Ira Adams and Miss Lilla Mae Irwin have returned after spending the summer in Europe En route from New York they stopped at Washington and other points of interest.
 Rev. and Mrs. z. A Bowling and family have returned from visit to St. Clair Springs
 Miss Nellie Firth will leave Monday for a visit to friends in Atlanta. k Mrs A. c. Pyron of Montgomery is the guest of relatives in Boyles Mrs. c. E. Comfort of Jackson. Miss, is spending sometime in Boyles. Miss Ella shumate and Miss Alice McGehee have returned to Americus, Ga, after visiting relatives in Pratt City.
 Mrs. Fife Sims of Danville Ky, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. W. R. Low rey.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. Ross Strickland have named their little son. Michael Dennis Strickland.
 Mrs. F. L. McGehee has returned from a stay with relatives at Butler, Ga.
 
 Mrs. E. F. wiggins is visiting friends at Enterprise.
 Mrs. Harry Rives is i'll at her home in Inglenook.
 Mrs. c. O. Stover and her son are vis- iting relatives in Kentucky.
 
 Miss Rose Bower of Louisville, Ky, is the guest of Mrs. Frances Schneider in East Birmingham.
 Mrs. c. Carr of Gadsden is the guest of Mrs. H. T. Shoot
 Mrs. David Lawson of Rockford is visiting her daughter, Mrs A. J. Mas sey. in Woodlawn.
 Miss Jessie colley is spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs. Fred Lit t1e in Anniston
 MT. L. A. Abeles has returned from a visit to Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
  Mrs. Jack Crenshaw is visiting her mother, Mrs. William Chandler, in Ath- ems.
 
 Mrs. Jennie Skantlin of Evansville, Ind. is the guest of Mrs. M. A. Earg- hood en route to California Mrs. Edward L. Thomas and family are at home after a stay in Georgia. Mss Marie Rosamond and Miss Ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
New Cropping Trees Needed


 If the economic botanists and plant breeders can give us a series of new crop ping trees which will furnish new foods for both man and beast. we shall have an economic factor which will combine a number of forces, because it helps to meet number of needs. Ii will greatly stimulate food production, also wood pro- duction. Through the development of the plowless agriculture and terrace water holding, we Shall have conservation of the soil and of fertility. We shall also have in this combination the greatest of all forces yet brought to bear upon the problem of flood control and also great aid to navigation and irrigation, because of the better conservation of water in the soil for springs and streams. It is a problem with which the individual farmer of an intellectual turn of mind can ex- pertinent in a small way, but above all it is one which needs, even demands the attention of the federal government and many of the agricultural experiment sta tiOns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

The accompanying article is the fifth of the series of stories entitled, "The Floating Palaces of the Alabama or de Good Old Times in Dixie" written before the civil war by the late Judge Fleetwood Foster, who for years was editor of the Wilcox Banner
 "We mentioned in our last the ad- vent of the Henry J. King to Alabama waters, and will now give some de- tails of this elegant steamer. Before her appearance a model was exhibited
 in noted saloon in Mobile and it was pronounced to be perfect by experts Had her machinery been selected with more care, no doubt she would have proved what her owners intended her to be-the fastest craft of her day That there was some misapplied force, no one could doubt, as she engaged in some severe but short struggles-not only with the invincible Cuba, but with the beautiful Alice Vivian as we'll the latten having been the pride of the Bigbee just previous to the opening of the war In length the King was the superior of any boat of the times ana her carrying capacity was sacrificed to speed-150O bales of Alabama river cotton put the guards to the water.
 Well do we remember the excite ment attending her first departure from Mobile for Montgomery. The dashing Cuba lay by. chafing the bit like a nervous thoroughbred, and the Wilcox battalion took passage with Captain Luck, and was quite lavish with its spare change on the run to the mouth Having missed the Cuba-Jones race, the writer was not to be again cheated so just before the Cuba let go her lines we stepped aboard as Captain Otis motioned his pilot to back out her moorings and backed down well into the Cuba's wake. The way was clear the evening bright and the start was begun on time.
 Both boats we're crowded with pas- sengers, and amid the singing of the slaves and the deep, hoarse puff of the King, the escape of the Cuba was scarcely to be heard.
 "The pilot on the Cuba soon taught us to gauge the distance between the two racers. when they were within req sonable distance-which was to sit still and get the sight of the railing on the stern of the foremost boat right against the nose of the hindmost one, and if the nose of the latter rose above that railing she was losing-if it fell be- low she was gaining. The writer se- cured a position so as to have the railing on the desired spot and after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Circle No. of the Ruhama Baptist church will meet Monday afternooli with Mrs F. E. Belcher in East Lake. All boys and girls of East Birming- ham interested in the city garden movement are asked to meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the old school building on Forty-second street.
 
 The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid society of 1nglenook will meet Monday after noon with Mrs. w. T. Turner.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Fifty sixth Street Baptist church will hold a social at the church Monday afternoon at o'clock.
 An important meeting will be held at the Woodlawn playground Wednesday afternoon. All interested are urged to be present.
 A lawn party will be given by the Young Ladies' Missionary society of the Pratt City Methodist church Tues day evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs G. w. Brown.
 The Country club will not be closed for repairs until September A.
 
  list church will have a measuring par ty Tuesday evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. K. Wright.
 The Young Ladies' Missionary society of the First Presbyterian church of Ensley will meet Tuesday with Mrs. o. c. Cowan.
 The Birmingham Btoschy club will hold the regular weekly meeting Monday evening at the class room of Miss Carrie Bond in the Hood building. All members are urged to be present.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the parlors of the First Method ist church. Special plans are to be con- sdered regarding Poster day and the State Fair booth All members are urged to be present and bring a donation for the fair work The devotional pro- gramme will be given to prayer for peace in the countries that are at war. The Ladies' auxiliary of the A. o. H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

1 visiting her brother. MT Y. D. Lecroy ir Fairview.
 Mrs S. j. Mclaughlin has returned from a stay in the mountains of Ten nessee and has taken an apartment in the Ridgely for the coming winter. Miss Mary Davis of Oxford and Miss Belle Westbrooke of Larado. Texas, are guests of Mrs. Houston Davis i MT and Mrs. F. B. Floyd of Gads- den are visiting MT. and Mrs. T. F. 1 Johnson.
 After spending some time in the Ten nossee mountain resorts, Mrs J. H. stanfield is at home. Mrs Griffin Lamkin and children have returned from Black Mountain, N c.
 Miss Allison Smith has returned from a stay with relatives in Chattanooga. Mr Robert Lawrence of New Orleans, one of the south's best known must clans. is spending few days with friends in this city.
 
 Mrs James K Black burn and Mrs. Josephine Ballinger of Pulaski, Tenn. are guests of Mrs. William Drennen.
 Miss Ella Lee Brewer has returned from south Alabama. where she at tended a delightful house party
 After spending the past month at the country home of her uncle, lir. Leonard Francis. Miss Lola Ulen is at home She has as her guest Miss Claudio Glidden of Mobile.
 Mrs W. D. Wood and family are at home after spending the summer on the gulf coast.
 Miss Alice Jones has returned from a stay of several weeks at Coden.
 Mir and Mrs R. J. Hancock have moved into their new home on Glenn Iris avenue. Mrs. Hancock will open her art studio September l.
 Miss Selene Rountree has returned from a stay of several weeks in Mis- sissippi and north Alabama.
 MT. Andrew Lusk has returned from a stay at Gary, Ind.
 Mrs. Joe Dobbs and Mrs. Will Shivers are visiting friends in Gadsden.
 
 Mrs. J. J. Good of Blountville Is the guest of relatives in Vivian.
 MT and Mrs. Victor Randolph will leave today for a weeks stay in Gads- den
 MT and Mrs. F. z. Hollums have as their guests, Mrs. B F. Wood and Mr. ana Mrs. W. D. Hol1ums of German. Texas.
 MT and Mrs. V w Long have re- ceived the following message which will be of interest to the many friends of their daughter. Miss Louise Long. who Is a member of one of the tourists parties in Europe: Consul at Dresden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

her home accompanied by her grand daughter, Miss Elizabeth Russell
 
 Mrs. H. O. Moore and children are at home after spending the summer in New York, Boston and Massachusetts coast resorts.
 Miss Mary L. Findlay is seriously i'll at the Davis infirmary.
 Miss Annie Mae Burgin is the guest of Mrs Jennings Brown in Montgom- cry.
 Miss Florine Hodges is expected home toni ght from Highland Spring, Tenn. Miss Pearl Lecroy of Wetumpka is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
M'DANIEL-B
 MARRIAGE OCCURS

A marriage which will come as surprise to their friends is that of Miss Ada Lee Barnes of St. Augustine Fla, and MT. Leonard Mcdaniel, which took place Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. j.. Jones in East Lake. Rev. A. A. Bishop performed the cere- mony. Miss Barnes is the daughter of Mir and Mrs J. B. Barnes and was the guest of a cousin, Mrs. C. A. Campbell in Woodlawn The young couple will make their home with his sister, Mrs. ID. D. Evans. in Woodlawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
ALEXANDER MARSHALL
 CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

At the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Matt Marshall. in Wylam. Alexan- der Marshall entertained number of young folks yesterday afternoon in horor of his seventh birthday.
 lntere erestip-Scontests were enjoyed and the prizes were won by Ellen Grace Gilmore and Andrew Marshall Late in the afternoon ices and cakes were served to the following guests:
 Mary Camp, Jeanette Bethel Hannah Brown, Benora Logan. Susie Ray Sevier, Hazel Lusk, Ellen Grace Gilmore, Lu- cile Smith. Amelia Montgomery, Mar garet Camp, Jessie Mae Marshall. Ms.thew Montgomery, Roy James, Hugh Cunning, Oakley Love. John Atkins, Outward Atkins, Miller Reviere, An drew Marshall, James Bethel, Ronald Gilmore