The Washington herald., 1916-02-03
METHODISTS TO
MEET in MARCH
Alexandra Church Names Its
Delegate to Attend Dis
trict Conference.
PRIMARY LIST TO CLOSE
Chamber of Commerce Committees
Are Chosen for Coming Year by
President J. W. May.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
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Alexandria, Va, Feb 2-The fourth
quarterly conference of Trinity Meth
odist Episcopal Church was held Mon
day night at the parsonage of that
church, Rev. DR.. WI. Mcdowell, dis
trict superintendent, presiding The pas
tor. Rev. L. NJ. Ferguson, is expected to
be returned by the bishop. who will pre-
side at the annual conference to be held
IN Foundry NJ. z. Church, OF Washing
ton, beginning March %.
]. T. Haring has been elected delegate
and ]. F. Dyson alternate to the lay
electoral conference in Foundry Church.
Washington. March 81. The purpose of
the latter conference, which will be in
session for one day, is to elect lay dele
gates to the general conference, which
will meet in Saratoga, N. Y, during the
month Of May.
John W. May, president of the Chamber
of Commerce, has appointed the follow
ing committees for that organization to
serve for the year:
Executive, r. s. Jones, chairman; W.
A. Smoot, jr., r. L. Payne, George d.
Hopkins. W. W. Ballenser, and A. D,
Brockett.
Arbitration. Carroll Pierce, chairman;
Walter Roberts, John Leadbeater, c. T.
Nicholson, and T. NJ. Erwin.
Business enterprise, James N. Duncan
chairman; Calvin Butts, ]. II. Trimyer
William Jorg, H. K Field, and W. w
Demaine.
Advertising and trade-George D. Hop
kins. chairman: J. A. Eggborn, H. E.
Gentry F. L. slaymaker, s. w. Pitts,
and John G. Graham.
Insurance and Iegislstion-Robert L
Payne, chairman; G. L. Boothe, K. w.
Ogden, and c. Z. Nicol
River and navigation-Harry Ham
mond. chairman; w. A. Smoot, sr.; H.
X. Field, w. NJ. Reardon, C.. w. wattles
and A. H. Bryant
Transportation and express-w. A
Smoot, tr., chairman; Carroll Pierce. o.
H. Kirk. George T. Burroughs, E s.
Leadbeater, and D. N. Hulfish.
Municipality. W. Ballenger, chairman;
Julian Y. Williams. Robert s. Jones, r.
NJ. Graham, and Henry X. Field.
Convention and celebrations-H. K.
Field. chairman; Charles W. King, c. {.
Leadbeater, Percy E. Cliff, J. Louis
Loose, and Ralph A. Steel.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w. Ogden, chair
man; w. A. Smoot, Jr.; William Jorg.
James NJ. Duncan. J. William May, ana
Robert L Payne.
Receptions and entertainments-Frank
T. King. chairman: James H Burroughs,
II. D. Gasson. Benedict -wheatley,
Thomas w. Robinson, w. @. Harvey, P.
Mex. Baldwin, and Lorenzo wolford
Streets, roads and parks-A. D.
Brockett. chairman; J. n. Trtmyer, DR..
Hugh MCGUIRE. A. s. Manktn, George
H. Schwarzmann. and W. A. Moore, jr.
Credits and collections-w. A. Smoot,
jr., chairman; H. E. Gentry, Harry Ham
mond, A. H. Thomas, and J. T. Preston.
Postal, telephone and telegraph-C. 8.
T Burke, chairman; Charles w. King,
H. D., Kirk, W. W. Ballenger, c. D.
Hubbard, and Smith Williams.
F1nance-Worth Hulnsh. chairman
George E. Warfield. W. B. Smoot, H. p
Wilson, and Robert s. Jones.
Agriculture and immigraton-A. D.
Brockett, chairman; Wallace Lindsey, J.
Louis Loose, F. L Slaymaker, and w.
F. P Reid.
The time limit for candidates desir-
! ing to enter the race for mayor and
city council in the primary, which
will be held April a, will expire to-
morrow night. All candidates, there
fore, who are to enter this race will
have to submit their names to the city
Democratic committee by 1880 o'clock
tomorrow night at a meeting to be
held at the office of Howard w.
Smith. Eight members Of the COM
mon council and four members of the