The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
ALEXANDRIA
TIE HERAI.D RrRFIT

A. s. DonivhGn,
Y kinG street
alexandria, Va, Aug. l6-Julian Y.
Williams. business manager Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. has rendered
his resignation as such effective Sep-
tember ].
The resignation Of Mr.. Williams Was
submitted to the board Of directors
Of that organization at its meeting
last night II is dated August z
Mr.. Williams has resigned to ac-
\ cept a position with the Alexandrs
Fertilizer and Chemical Company.
Who will be his successor as busi-
ness manager has not yet been an
nounced. In his letter Of resignation
Mr.. Williams takes occasion 10 e1-
press his appreciation for the loyal
and capable support rendered him by
]. 7. Preston. secretary and treasurer
Of that organization. Mr.. Preston will
continue In that capacity. Mr.. wilI-
Jams materially assisted in the work
OF reorganizing the Chamber Of Com
merce. which now has a membership
OF 7l5 and which Is ip point OF MEM
bership one Of the lafgest commercial
bodies Of its character in the State.
Mr.. williams accepted the position
as business manager April last and
previous to that time had been work.
ing in its new reorganization plans
Prior to becoming business manager
he held q position with the concerns
to which he In going back
The board of directors Of the
Chamber of Commerce has appointed
a committee to draft resolutions ex-
pressing regret At his resignation and
also thanking him for the services
rendered.
z. z. Carver, for several years
past secretary ana treasurer OF the
Alexandra Fertilizer and Chemical
Company, has rendered his resignA-
ton as such.
Charles z. Tennesson, for the past
six years employed as a clerk in
the ONCE Of the Alexandria Water
Company has resigned his position
and accepted a position with the
Alexandra Fertilizer and Chemical
4 Company.
After being in session three dsvs
in the First Baptist Church in this
city the Potomac Baptist Associs-
tion this afternoon ended its ses-
| sions and most Of the delegates left
At the session today reports were
made by various committees and clos
ing remarks were made by E. 7. Fen
wick and Rev. S. W. Cole. n. l.
Williamson. assistant postmaster, de-
livered an address on War Savings
Stamps.
The association adopted q resolu-
uon that Congress pass a bone-dry
law as a war measure and Il was
decided to urge Representative Car
lin and Senators Martin and Swan
son TO use their influence to this end.
Through an oversight. the returns
from the County OF Stafford were not
published In the official list yesterday.
The vote for this county was as fol-
lows: Representative Csrlin, si4:
White. 81: Hanes, O.
This will I Increase Representative
carlin's majority by eSS votes over
Mr.. whites.
Representative Carlin's majority
over White is about 2SOo.
The total vote follows: Carlin, 6SsS;
White, L5Os; Hanes, 2O5.
r. A. Hoyer. secretary OF the war
Camp Community work in this CITY,
has issued an appeal for civilian cioth-
ing to be used by the men at Camp
Humphreys m putting on dramatic
work.
| A charter has been granted by the
State Corporation commission 10 the
Berkeley Amusement Company. Inc,
Alexandria. with a capital stock OF
$4,000. Oficers are: Ross l.. Fryer
president. and Winfield A. Wilson, sec
retary. both OF Washington.
The Jitney buses for Camp Humph-
reys. Va. are now located on Pitts
street. between King and Prince
streets Recently they were transfer
red from King md Alfred streets 70
! a point east Of the Union Passenger
Railway Station.
! The matter of location vas thIashed
! out by the Retail Merchants Burese
! Of the Chamber OF Commerce ano
military police