The Washington herald., 1914-05-20
GOV. STUART TO VISIT
MOUNT VERNON TODAY
Members of State Board Will Make
Annual Inspection Of Grounds.
Leaving Alexandra at Noon.
DEATH OF JAMES PATTERSON

Alexandria. Va, May Bit il expect
ed Gov. Stuart will accompany the State
board Of visitors on their annual fnspec-
tion of the grounds and mansion at
Mount Vernon tomorrow. The members
of the board after making an inspection
OF the place will be guests Of the Mount
Vernon Ladies' Association at luncheon.
Members of the board are expected to
arrive in Alexandra shortly before noon.
They will board a special car near the
Union passenger station and proceed at
once to Mount Vernon.
Accompanying the governor will be r.
Walton Moore. Of Fairfax; MAI Robert
w. Hunter, and Maj J. c. Hemphill
Upon their arrival here they viii be met
by the Richmond delegation. and other
members Of the board As follows: Will
lam H. White, Richmond; R. Walton
Moore, Fairfax: Thomas 8. Winston.
Richmond: Robert 8. Barrett, Alexandria.
and A B. Chandler. jr.. Fredericks-
burg
James Patterson, proprietor of Patter-
sons Express and Storage Company and
one of the best-known liverymen and
horsemen in this section. died at !
o'clock tonight At his home. 1910 Cam
eron street. after . long illnes Mr..
Patterson had been In declining health
for the last year. and for several months
had been confined to his home.
For many years he was proprietor of
what was known as Patterson Stables
Several years ago he sold out that busi-
mes and engaged exclusively In the bag
gage. express and storage business.
which he continued until the time of his
death.
Besides his widow, Mr.. Patterson is
survived by one son, James Patterson,
jr., and two daughters. Mrs. p. r. Cor
man. jr, and Mrs. Andrew Schwarz-
mann. The arrangements for the funeral
have not been made.
Plans for entertaining the members of
the Virginia Press Association. which will
hold its twenty-sixth anual session here
June 3-s5. will be made at a meeting Of
the local committee of arrangements to-
morrow night in the rooms Of the Cham
Der of Commerce. Chairmen of All COM
mittees will make their reports.
r. p. Andrews, chairman, and c. c.
Stiles. secretary Of the committee ap-
pointed by the Washington Chamber Of
Commerce, viii attend this meeting and
discuss plans relative to the Washington
end Of the entertaining the visiting MEM
bers Of the press. .a
The Alexandria Hospital building fund
now amounts to $3O 1861. Among the
contributions today was one for IS from
NJ. Genxberger. q former resident, now
Of Butte, Mont
The contributions received from the
churches to May IA amount to $fI1.S.
The campaign will close the last of this
month. and by that time II IL hoped the
necessary $4,000 for the work will have
been raised. ... ..
In a letter to r. E. Gronau. chief of
the fire department. officials OF the Old
Dominion Glass Company sent q check
for 800 for services given by the fire de-
partment at fire at the plant Of the
Belle Bottle Company to be distributed
among the companies. This was done to-
day. The letter reads: We wish to go
on record a. stating that no IRE that has
ever occurred In this vicinity has been
handled better than this
Among the Alexandria delegates to the
fifth Federal reserve district convention
at Richmond yesterday were George E.
Warfield, First National Bank: Carroll
Pierce. CitiEens' National Bank. and
Judge c. c. Nicol. Alexandria National
Bank.
Considerable business Of q routine na-
ture was disposed Of tonight at . meet
ing OF the Retail Merchants Association
at the office of its secretary. Harris
White.
The following delegates from the
Cameron Club are attending the Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs, in Blacksburg.
Va: Mrs. John N. johnson. Mrs. John
Leadbeater. Mrs. Edward 8. Fawcett.
and Miss Helen N. Cummings.
An awning in front of the New York
BarEain House. 31S King street. caught
IRE At, O'Clock this morning and set
IRE to model in front Of the store.
A final decree for divorce on the
ground Of desertion was given today In
the Circuit Court for this city in the
case Of Annie NJ. Thomas ssainst Lee
Thomas
The funeral Of Ai.a Mary Foley. who