The Washington times., 1920-01-05
NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA
and NEARBY VIRGINIA
New Officers Are Elected By Fire
Baptist Church Sunday
School.
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School.
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7O3 King strs~&
ALEXANDRIA. Va. Jan. b.v-vho
First Baptist Church Sunday schoos
yesterday elected the following .ofo>
GERS for the ensuing year: supSrIn-
tendent. Samuel w. Pitts; nrst sssss1-
ant superintendent. James l.. Fostas7
second assistant superintendenG
Vance Peele; third assistant superir-
tendenL Robert II. Cox; secretary.
Floyd Saunders; nrst assistant secre.
tary, Benjamin Minor; treasurer. 3.
Il. Preston; organist. Miss Helen Bow
man; chorister, c. Is. spilimsn;
librarian. Roy Winston. Further ap-
pointments Will be made next SUM
day. The Rev. w. II. Watson, for
merIy pastor, delivered sermon last
evening.
The circuit court for the city,
Judge 3. q. Brent presiding, opened
It's January term at the -eourthousA
on Cameron street this morning. The
docket was called. and cases set for
trial
: In the clerks office OF the corpo-
ration court this morning the follow
ing deed was admitted TO, record:
willard +. Miller to Charles B. Brad
mack and wife, house and lot f4Il
Duke street.
meeting of the executive commit.
tee or Alexandria Post, No. "a, Amert-
can Legion. will be held at the rooms
OF The Chamber of Commercs On
cameron street this evening at
o'clock.
Margaret L. Evans, infant dauxh-
ter or Mr.. and Mrs. J. Il. Eyana
died at her parents home, 527 south
Lee street, this morning. Her fun
eral Will take place tomorrow and
purial viii be in Bethel Cemetery.
William A. Edwards, sixty-seven
years old. died at his home 'ne6r
Arlington. Va. this morning. The
body will be sent to Richmond. Va.
for burial.
The funeral OF the late Harry c.
Glover took place from Demaine's
chapel, on King street. this afternoon
and was largely attended. Services
were conducted by the Rev. John Lee
Allison, pastor OF the Second Presby-
terian Church, and burial was In the
Methodist Protestant Cemetery.
The funeral OF the late Mrs. Eliza
beth Deane Lindsey, wife of walia-~
Lindsey, was held from Christ Prot
estant Episcopal Church at II o'clock
this morning. The Rev. William =
Morton. pastor OF the church. con-
Quoted the services and the burial
was in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
The funeral of the late Alexander
Welch was held from Wheatley's
Chapel, on King street, this afternoon
and was attended by many friends OF
the deceased man. The Rev. o. r.
Lloyd, pastor Of the Second Baptist
church conducted services and burial
was in Bethel Cemetery.
The Week Of Prayer will omen this
evening at the First Baptist Church,
on South Washington street. The scr
mon will be delivered by the Rev. Will
liam j. Morton, pastor of Christ Prot
estant Episcopal Church. A'collection
for the starving children of Armenia
will be taken upe
The January term OF the United
states court opened at the courthouse.
in the Postoffice building on Primes
street, this morning, with Judge Ed
mund Waddill, presiding. This Ii
both grand jury and petit jury
term.
At the Community Center, corIec
OF Prince and Royal streets, this
evening Junior basketball league
VIII be formed. Boys under sixteen
years of age who wish TO join should
be at Community Center at $50 this
afternoon. -
The wheel OF an automobile IN
which Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Swan
were riding yesterday ran of on King
street, between Royal and Pitt streets
and into showcase in front of the
store OF n. Bendhcim e Sons, break
tr.S the case. Mr.. and Mrs. Swan were
uninjured.
The body of Mrs. nilman Rollins
Tebay. wife of e. l.. Tebay, who died
at the Alexandria Hospital yesterday,
was sent to Parkersburg, w Va, to
day for burial
After the installation OF officers OF
Potomac Lodge. No. SIS. l. o. o. F.
FRIDAY rening, Tquet will be
served.
FIRE BURNS COTTON PLANT.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Jan. 5.-Swift
& Co. announced today that it would
at once rebuild the unit of it's cot
ton oil plant destroyed by FIRE here
yesterday. 2 About 100000 of the