Evening star., 1920-06-06
ALEXANDRIA,

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 5.-An
election will be held Tuesday to Sc
lect a mayor and four members Of the
board of aldermen, one from each
ward, and eight members OF the COM
mon council two from each ward.
The democratic nominees. in the pri-
mary held April s are without oppo-
sition. Little interest is manifested
in the election.
James NJ. Duncan is the democratic
nominee for mayor. He will serve for
! period of four years from Septen1-
ber and the councilmen and aldermen
will serve two years each from Sep
| tember.
i The newly elected officers will be
; inducted into Office at noon Septem-
Der 1.
The nominees for aldermen are as
follows: +. F. Marbury, first ward:
w. w. Ballenger. second ward: John
T. Harrison, third ward: c. G. Batch
eller, fourth ward.
The members Of common council to
be chosen are as follows: E. r. TIGER
and j.. D. Matter. first ward: Jerome
Kaufman and Robert F. Downham,
second ward: H. R. Burke and Walter
c.. Drury, third ward: Clinton S. Bal
lenger and Silas Devers, fourth ward.
| The only new members of common
council are Robert F. Downham, sec
ond ward. and Walter c. Drury. third
ward, who take the places Of Joseph
NJ ATISlIOHS dHu <Aueuol Oiils
who were not candidates for re-elec-
tion.
Deeds of conveyance just recorded
| in the Office of the clerk OF the cor
| poration court follow:
l.. Morgan Johnston and wife to
Charles c. Bockey and wife. house and
| lot IA in section 5, Rosemont; and
! to Charles l.. Butterfield and wife.
house and lot 13. section 5, Rosemont,
and to Edward A. Sweeley and wife,
1 D
| mont; Mrs. Jennie r. Marsh to Will
| liam H. Cook. house and lot. on the
| east side of Columbus between Prin-
cess and Oronoco streets; Thomas H.
Pettitt to Wallace J. spence and wife.
house and lot, 1919 Prince street;
phenson and wife. lot No. and east
half Of lot 5. block 16, section 2, Rose
| mont.
The. Seminole Players Association
has arranged to put on a minstrel per-
| formance to help the Alexandria am
| bulance fund. It also has elected these
officers: H. H. Newton. president: G.
tW. Sutton, vice president; r. c. Sulll-
| van secretary; q. NJ. Reynolds, as
sistant secretary: J. William May.
ant treasurer: J. G. Phillips. musical
director; c. w. Sutton. assistant musi-
| cal director; G. w. Welker, stage
manager; NICK. Cornell. assistant
stage manager; William kleysteber,
electrician; John Grady. property
lain; Lewis Monroe, interlocutor;
Harry Padgett. mandolin director
The Sunday schools of this city to-
morrow will start an attendance con-
test which will end IN oep.eIWpeT' aT
It is under the auspices of the Y NJ.
c. A. 1t is proposed to end the affair
Labor day with an all-day. picnic.
The The winner Of the prize will be the
guests Of the losing Sunday schools:
The contest is to oe the Dassr nrst oh fonr one
months. According to the plans map,
ned out the small Sunday school viii
have equal chance with the schools
having. a large attendance.
! The new traffic laws are now ue,f nant
enforced by the police department.
Among other things, they provide
| thirty-minute parking limit, and as
| a result many wagons TOR hlre tua.
stood on Royal street, just nortn OF
| King street, were compeiled TO iioVe
today and will have to seek quarters aus
elsewhere. 1t is proposed 10 nave
them uuartered in the market space
| hereafter. The laws provide speed
limit of eighteen miles an hour, ana
| it is not permissible to leave the en-
gine running or to ea bioek a a hse re, pug. luz
Lights are to be pldceu oi dii ma
chimes after dark
The flower and tag day sale held
today to raise funds for the Alexan-
dria Hospital ambulance was sue.
ces, despite weather conditions, ana
quite a large sum was raised.
A rally service will be held at $50
O'Clock tomorrow morning by the
Emmanuel Bible class of Christ Church
Sunday school. A special program will
| J. +. Preston, secretary OF the
chamber Of commerce., member OF
the Virginia Traffic League. Will at
tend a meeting Of the league Monday
in the Richmond Chamber OF Com
| MERGE