The Washington herald., 1920-12-02
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MARKER RESET
Rededication Ceremonies in
Alexandria to Designate
Original Boundary.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. 8. Doniphan.
727 Kine Street


ALEXANDRIA. Va, Dec. Rep
resentative r. Walton Moore this
afternoon delivered an address at
the rededication ceremonies of the
stone designated as Stone No. . to
mark the origianl boundary of the
District of Columbia. The landmark
is located on Russell road Just north
os King s.,cet.
The exercises were presided over
by Mrs. d. Muachlin Niven. regent of
Mount Vernon chapter, who made a
few remarks. after which Mr.. Moore
told how :he present sItctwas pisksd
cut for The. capisols and the original
.soupdary often miles sqdsre ~fn-'
Guided Alexandra and that In 1886
1t was ceded back.
Miss Fannie Burke made a short
talk ommending the work Of Mrs.
Alma Sylvester Barber in locating
the stones, there being thirty nine
in number. Stone o. is at Jones
Point Invocation was delivered by
Rev. s. A. Wallis, d. D., and a chill
dren's choir sang sAmerica."
Preston Nash. colored, who re-
Gently pleaded guilty to setting fire
to the storage warehouse Of the
plant of the Old Dominion Glass
Company, and who was sentenced to
serve nine years in the penitentiary,
yesterday was taken to the Rich
mond penitentiary.
Mary Slmms, colored. sentenced
to three years for shoplifting, and
Catherine Hardin and Lena Brown,
both ,colored. sentenced to servo
fifteen months each for shoplifting,
also were taken to the penitentiary
yesterday.
Members of Columbia Lodge of
Masons, of Clarendon. Arlington
County, Va. with pay their annual
visit to Andrew Jackson Lodge of
Masons. No. 100, Thursday night.
The visiting lodge will confer the
master Mason degree on a candidate
for the local lodge. Refreshments
will be served.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Johnson. 81 years old,
wife of Tazewell F. Johnson, died
this morning at her residence at
North Braddock. Besides her hus-
band she is survived by three
daughters and one son. as follows:
Misses Lucille, Florence and Carroll
Johnson and p. Marshall Johnson !
and also three brothers and six sis-
ters. Her funeral will take place
at o'clock Thursday afternoon in
ped tomorrow morning to Warren
ton.
Automobiles driven by George
Hammersley, of this city, and John
B. Gordon, of the Capitol Refining
Company, whose home Is in Rose-
mont, collided on Russell road early
tonight and the machine driven by
Gordon was badly damaged. The
occupants escaped injury.
William Reynolds, colored, 6 years
old, who lives at 322 South Alfred
street, today was struck by an au-
tomobile of H. c. Hazard, whose
business address Is s14 Gibbon
street. The lad had his leg injured
and is under treatment at the Alex
andria Hospital. !
Announcement, is made of the
marriage OF Z. L. Mills, this city,
and Miss Olive Butler, auckland,
Va, which took place last Thurs
day at the parsonage of the Second
Baptist Church, Rev. o. p. Lloyd,
pastor, .ofiiciating.
Eighty members of Potomac
Lodge of Odd Fellows tonight went
to Leesburg and the degree team
of Potomac Lodge conferred the
first and second degrees on a class
of candidates for Leesburg Lodge.
Refreshments were served.
Mrs. Lora Evelyn Long, "a years
old, wife of Robert L. Long, died
today at the Alexandria Hospital.
The deceased was Miss Taylor,
of Caroline County, Va. The body
was taken to Demaine's chapel and
will be sent to Woods Lane, vaS
tomorrow for burial
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