The Washington herald., 1914-02-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Will Be DISCUSSED.
Conference to Be Held Monday At the
First Baptist Church in
Alexandra.
MoroRBoAr CLUB ELECTION

| Alexandria, Va. February 6-Xish-E
view to obtaining greater <sScfency In
the Sunday school, conference Will be
held Monday next at the First Baptist
Church. 1t will open at go o'clock with
meeting of superintendents. At
O'Clock there will be a conference of Of
fcers, teachers. and all interested in
Sunday school work. which will be
opened with short religious exercises. to
| be followed by reports from officers OF
| the cjty organization. Afterward reports
will be made by the superintendents OF
| the following Departments: Primary. sec
oudary. adult Bible class. home and
tteacher training.
When all these reports have been sub
mitted there will be a general discussion
as to the best method OF work, ques-
tion box, &c. At O'Clock supper viii be
served at Lee Camp Hall.
At 7:3o O'Clock in the evening a mass
meeting will be held In the First Baptist
Church, to which all interested In the
| training Of the young are invited.
| Baker. Watts & Co, of Balti-
more, got $4,000 Of the $4,000 Of per
1 cent bonds authorized by the voters OF
Mount Vernon district, Fairfax County.
at an election last November. The bid
Of the concern was sio1.3. The remaining
3. 900 went to local Investors. The money
will be used for the construction of
lthirty-three miles of tar macadam roads.
According to the agreement, the buyer
Is 10 bear the expense OF preparing the
bonds.
II is expected that the work of con-
structing the roads will be begun early
next spring.
The passage of the Williams enabling
act by the State senate this afternoon.
by vote or - TO II. was the subject Of
discussion In this city this evening. The
election on the question of Statewide
prohibition will be held September p
Should the staSe vote dry the act would
become operative May /, 1911
Plans have been completed by the men,
bers of the Columbia Fire Engine Com
pany for a special meeting Monday night,
to pay honor to Henry Posey, driver of
the Columbia engine. that day marking
the fortieth anniversary of his connec-
ton with the company. He will be given
n life-size photograph of himself. to-
gether with other presents as a token of
the esteem in which he is held by the
members OF the company.
The Alexandria Motor Boat Club. in
corporated. has elected these officers: w.
u. Varney. president; T. NJ. Erwin. vice
president: George h. Brawner. secretary;
c. p. Brawner. treasurer: George Ayers,
commodore: Samuel II. Beach, vice COM
modore: Floyd G. Saunders. fleet cap
tain: DR.. Thomas Gibson. fleet surgeon;
Thomas L. Hall. D. T. Ramsay. Harry
FIeischmann. r. f. knight. directors.
The president. secretary and treasurer
also are ex-officio members Of the board
of directors.
Harry r. Richards. superintendent OF
the Alexandria Steam Laundry, incor-
porated. sustained a compound fracture
of the left leg while at the laundry last
night. when big iron fire door fell on IL.
He was taken to the Alexandria Hospital
where his injuries were treated by Drs.
NJ. ID. Delaney and W. NJ. Smith. James
Harris. a colored helper at the plant. had
a narrow escape from injury at the same
time.
f. w. Eubank a Iineman. employed by
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
fell from a pole at Clifton. Va. yesterday
and was brought TO the hospital here and
treated TOR crushed shoulder and
bruises by Dr. S. B. Moore.
The Friske Jubilee singers will give an
entertainment February l3 at the West
minister Building of the Second Presby-
terian Church, under the auspices of the
Alexandria Free kindergarten.
]. T. Preston, secretary and treasurer
Of the chamber of commerce and John
w. May. also OF the chamber who ap-
peared before a State senate committee
to oppose the Wendenburg bill, returned
home this afternoon.
Selma II. Lynn left today for Column
bus, Ga, where he has accepted a posi-
tion with the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company.
A meeting of the Allison W. c. T. U.
was held at z15 o'clock tonight at the
ChiIdren's Home.
The Elks' Dancing Club gave a dance
tonight in the auditorium of the Elks'
Home. which was largely attended
Edward Kerns. a brother OF Policeman
John Kerns, this city, died in Washing
ton yesterday.
Thirty days in Jail was the sentence
imposed on William Thomas. colored in
the Police Court today on a charge Of
the larceny of a bicycle belonging to a
son OF Policeman A. ]. Nicholson.
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