Evening star., 1919-08-17
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY.

Frank G. Campbell, president of
the Alexandria County Civic Associa-
ton, is the author of a letter ad-
dressed to the citizens of the county
| protesting against signs and bill
boards on the highways. Following
is what Mr.. Campbell has to say on
the matter:
This letter is to call your atten-
ton to the fact that certain adver-
tising concerns persistently endeavor
boards along the highways of the
county. The supervisors have passed
an ordinance prohibiting the erection
OF such signs on the roads, and have
passed an additional ordinance re-
curing a permit from the board be-
fore any such sign may be erected
on private property. While the su-
pervisors have the power to enact
the foregoing ordinances, they can
not lawfully refuse permit to erect
a sign on private property unless
1t can be shown that such a sign
health. public safety or public morals
Therefore. the real remedy lies
with the citizens themselves, and I
call upon all interested in the matter
to lend the weight of their influence
in banishing the signboard from the
county. and particularly I appeal to
property owners to refuse to grant
permission to any sign company to
erect y signboard on their property.
In the final analysis, the property
owners have the matter in their own
hands If every property owner will
refuse to permit sign to be erected
on his property the days Of the sign
board will be numbered.
THE signboard is a nuisance It
cheapens and renders tawdry any
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long since been banished from nearly
every self-respecting residential COM
munity. Help to drive it out of Alex
andria county"
Wearing the esoix de guerre re-
ceived for gallant action in the
recently returned to his home in
Clarendon after nineteen months
service in France. Lieut.. Quinn par
ticipated in some of the hardest
fighting in which the American Army
! was engaged. having been in the ST
gonne offensives. At st. Mihiel he
received the American citation. In
| the Champagne drive, where he re-
ceived his French decoration, he was
severely wounded by machine gun
fire. He was with the army of oc-
vision was ordered home. He was
married shortly before sailing for
France to Miss Edythe Clark, daugh-
ter of Capt. Henry N. Clark of 81
| Westover street. 1t is said the couple
| are planning a delayed honeymoon.
Rev. Charles P. Ryland, Mrs. Ernest
Wilt. Mrs. r. P. Hough. Mrs. A. s
Woodland. B. B. McNeely and Mrs
| B. F. Baldwin were the delegates OF
| the Clarendon Baptist Church, who
| attended the Baptist Potomac AS
| sociation held in North Fork. Va.
| Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Henry n. Clarke. jr., is another OF
the county's heroes who has Just
| returned from overseas. He was in
| several of the big engagements and
| received his share of rough treat
| both wounded and gassed. He re-
sides on Westover street. Clarendon
Lieut.. Chester c. Hough of Claren-
| don will sail shortly from New York
| for Brest with the Z. S. engineers.
j. NJ. Ernst of Washington has pur-
| chased the new home of E. b. Var
| Every of Arlington.
| Rev A. E. Smith. pastor of the
| Church of Christ Deciples) at Ball.
| has sold his home on Clarendon ave.
| nue.. Clarendon. to Joseph F. Robinson
| of Washington.
| The gospel feast and contest rally
| at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Arling.
| ton, held last Sunday for the purpose
| of raising funds for a new furnace
| netted the church $s23.42. Sermon.
were preached by the pastor, Rev
/ James E. Green; Rev. J. w. Riley, ant
| the First Baptist Church of Washing
ton. The singing of the church
| choir. which was present Throughout
| the services, was pleasing.