Evening star., 1921-07-22
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 22.-Can-
didates were nominated by the repub-
licans of this city last night for three
offices. Action on nominating candi-
dates for other offices was deferred
till the latter part of August. The
candidates nominated are as follows:
For clerk Of the courts. Charles s.
Stoler; for commonwealth's attorney,
John Barton Phillips; for clerk OF
the gas, Ferdinand De Vaughn: All
Clinton Knight. who stated that the
republicans expected to nominate
candidates for other offices. The
nominees will run in the general cleo
ton in November. Thirteen persons
attended the meeting; The Tn -. next .;x
man Of the committee. The meeting
Schwarzmann, city chairman. and F.
Clinton Knight was secretary
After calling the meeting to order
Mr.. Schwarzmann made short ad-
dress, and among other things, he
! said the state Of Virginia receives
between eighteen and twenty million
dollars in revenue and that most OF
the funds received goes to the 45,ooo
officeholders for the two million peo-
pie in the state. The state. ne saio'
holders and give eight or ten mil
lion more dollars saved as result to
schools and roads. The speaker as
! serted that Virginia stands near the
bottom of the column in education.
being the forty-third state out OF the
forty-eight.
The speaker also declared that the
republicans here expect to have Col.
Anderson, republican nominee for
governor, address mass meeting
here in the near future.
On motion of Mr.. knight, the pre-,
yious campaign committee will hold
over and the chair appointed the FOL
lowing on the finance committee:'J
A. Eggborn. Thomas Bayne. Albert
Mays, Charles Downey, F. T. Quinn.
Deeds of conveyance for the follow
ing pieces of property have just been
placed on record in the office of the
clerk Of the corporation court: l..
Morgan Johnston TO FREDERICK w.
Plock and Emanuel NJ. Berkley, four
mont; S. H. Lunt 70 Charies 1 a;
Strauss and wife. house and lot 3lo
South Washington street; Worth HUI
, fish 20 Mrs. Julia V. Nails. house ana
lot 1912 Prince street: Mrs. mary "a
Hayth to William T. Huitt and wire.
William F. winn TO Mrs. Ella L. F.
Davis, house and lot Ill Prince street
Franklin G. Pullin TO Benjamin w.
Pullin, house and lot 327 North Royal
street; Benjamin w. Pullin to Franck-
lin C. Pullin, house and lot 32l Nortn
Royal street.
In the circuit court for this city the
will of Annie M. Pelton, dated June
/ II, 1915, has been admitted to pro
bate Testatrix leaves her estate 20
her cousins, Mary Blake Breed, susan
Ethelinde, Lucy Breed and Annie
Breed, share and share alike. mary
Blake Breed is named as executri1,
but she declined to qualify and the
court appointed Gardner L. Boothe In
ther place, with the will annexed.
The state corporation commission
( has granted charter to the Chesa-
! peake and Potomac Fuel Company
Inc, this city, the objects of which
are to engage in a general coal busi-
common shares. officers and incor-
| porators are: L. A. Snead. president;
! F. A. Wilmer. vice president. and III.
NJ Ferber treasurer. All of the Off
GERS are of Washington. Leo p.
! Harlow is named as local attorney.
| A free band concert will be given
| at o'clock tonight at the Friends
| Fairgrounds. A program OF ten num-
bers will be given by the band. under
per.
I. After Harry Jackson, colored, had
| been sentenced to serve sixty days
| in Jail this morning for an assault
| on his wife, he remarked. You didn't
| give me justice" whereupon the
| court sentenced Jackson to serve six
instead of two months, subject to the
county roads. IA
Joseph Hutchinson. nye years OF
| age, of los North Fayette street, was
| brought to the Alexandria Hospital
last night suffering from burns re-