The Washington herald., 1915-08-12
ALEXANDRIA gets
''ELkS' CONVENTION
City Will Welcome Virginia
Association in
October.
MAYOR FISHER TO SPEAK
Delegates Will Visit Mount Vernon
and Then Journe to Washington
... to See Ball Game.
MAYOR FISHER TO SPEAK

Alexandria, Va. Aug. 1.-The local
committee Of arrangements for the an
nuai meeting of the Virginia State As
sociation of Elks.. which will be held
here October 5, s. and Z, is completing
details for the affair. 1t. is. expected
that large gathering of members of
the. order and their friends viii be
present. An elaborate program Of en-
tertainment is being prepared.
Mayor Fisher will welcome the visit
ors in the auditorium Of the Elks'
Home at 1880 o'clock the morning Of
October 5. Representative Charles C..
Carlin, past exalted ruler OF Alexan-
dria. will respond on behalf of the
Elks
A business session will follow. and
at 1880 o'clock in the afternoon the
visitors will 60 to Mount Vernon on
special cars. returning by boat. They
will be entertained at luncheon at the
cafe of T. F. Ellis at Mount Vernon.
At $3.50 o'clock at night there will be
. social session in the auditorium Of
the Elks' Home. and the II o'clock
toast will be given. At 1880 o'clock
there will be an athletic carnival.
At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon Of
October the visitors will be taken
in automobiles to Washington to wit
ness the ball game between the Wash
toA anu piid tCduSs anu dl
night they will attend a meeting Of
Washington Lodge Of Elks. ~
The last day Of the convention. Octo-
ber Z. will be given over to business Of
the association. ana in the evening
there will be automobile and boat
rides.
The opening session of the annual con-
vention of the Potomac Baptist Associa-
ton convened this morning in Del Ray
Baptist Church
Election Of officers resulted as follows:
Rev. w. F. Watson. moderator, pastor
of the First Baptist Church. Alexandria;
j. r. Mansfield. clerk. Alexandria; 6.
Harris Field, treasurer. Tho Plains;"
Rev. E. B. Jackson. historian.
More than 200 delegates attended. The
opening session was presided over by
Rev. w. S. o. Thomas, moderator of the
former session. Rev. E. B. Jackson.
warrenton. delivered a sermon. .s.
After devotional exercises, which
marked the opening of the afternoon
session. there were discussions on foreign
missions, temperance and ministers re-
lief. A mass meeting was held tonight
and a number of speakers made ad-
dresses.
Among visiting ministers were Rev. F.
J. Lukens. Washington; Rev. H. T.
Buchanan. w. Va: Rev. Frank Berkley
Covington. and others. There will be
morning and afternoon sessions Thurs
day and Friday.
Charters have been granted by the
State corporation commission to these
concerns:
Heon & Constantinople Co.. Inc. Alex
andria; capital stock. $4,000; par value.
s.. 900 a share; object, candy business;
James Constantinople, president. and
George c. Heon. secretary. both Of Alex
andria.
The Smart Set Film Co.. Inc, Alex
andria; capital stock, 100000; object,
moving picture business: Alfred Higbie.
president and F. w. Sprague, secretary,
both of Washington.
The Standard Moth Bag Co., Inc,
Rosslyn; capital stock, $4,000; par value,
SO a share; object, manufacture moth
bags; Charles A. Hawley, president, and
Nejib Hekimian. secretary and treasurer.
| both of Washington.
Harvey Struder, an employe Of the Po-
tomac Railroad yards. is at the Alex
andria Hospital suffering from concus-
sion of the brain and five dislocated
fingers. He is being treated by DR.. NJ.
D. Delaney. Studer was found in the
yards at an early hour this morning and
1t is supposed he fell from a car.
An army Of unemployed is making its
way to the new town known as Hope
we'll. Va. where the Du Points have
opened a big powder factory. Special
agents of railway companies have been
busy keeping these men of freight trains.