Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. January l.
will offer for sale at public auction
Monday. in front of the Royal street
entrance to the city market. seventy
six pieces of property on which the
state taxes have not been paid for
the year 1919. 1t is expected that all
of the property will be bought in by
the state. The hours for the sale are
the owners. it is believed. eventually
will redeem their property, after the
state has acquired it, This may be
done by paying the required cost
OF the seventy-siX pieces advertised
fifty-five belong to white persons and
twenty one to colored. Only si19.64 is
due the state on all of the property ad
vertised. OF this amount s251.62 is due
from white owners and Sl6s.02 on prop
erty owned by colored persons.
The smallest amount of taxes owing
on any one piece of property is is cents
and the highest is S49.i6.
About sixty persons. including the
invited guests, last night attended the
annual banquet of the Reliance Motor
Fire Engine Company. No. 5. Neld at
the company's house. L. f. Uhler.
president of the company. who was
POSTMASTER. was presented with an
umbrella as a Christmas gift. the
donors being members of the COM
pany. Sweaters were presented to
Raymond d. Cats. Thomas Coekrell
and William Jackson. employees of the
company.
During the evening speeches We're
made by>>Fire Chief Kenneth w. Og-
den. Thomas Chauncey. honorary
member of the company and a former
vice president; Claude w. Fletcher.
second vice president. and J. Sid
Douglas. first vice president.
Benjamin w. Pullin, thirty three
years old. a Southern Railway freight
brakeman. is confined to his home. 800
North st. Asaph street, sur>-ing from
! injuries to his hip sustained in an
accident at Manassas last Wednes-
day night. Pullin was on shifting
gondola car which struck another
car. resulting in the gondola being split
in half
Alevandria Tent of Maccahees will give
s o'clock Monday evening, in its hall
on the fourth floor of the Alexandria
National Bank building. On this occa-
sion ]. f. Turner, supreme commander.
will install the newly elected office~s and
| Past Commander RAYMOND w. Simms
will be presented with a past COM
, -7arders jewel A snecial nrograro h~s
| been prepared Refreshments will be
| served at the conclusion of the pro-
gram.
N y. ireendWaN, clerk OF tne courts
during the year 1920 issued a total of
! 99S marriage licenses. Last year the
! total was 1.036. The decrease from last
/ year is thirty-eight. A majority of the
licenses issued were to Washington
| couples.
Program for it's annual BANQUET in
| observance of Gen. Lees birthday, to
he held January 10. will be completed
! by R. F. Lee Camp. Confederate Vet
| orane at meetire Mondfv night in
Lee Camp Hall. Plans for the reorgan-
! ization of a camp of Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans also will be made at this
meeting.
| With services in the Second Baptist
| Church MONDAY night the week of prayer
will be opened This service will be
conducted by Rev. DR.. f. V. REGISTER,
| pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
! Church South. Services will be held
each night in different churches for the
period ending Friday night.
! Approximately 1000 automobile
license tags for the year 1921 have
| been issued thus far by the police
| depa for trucks and automo-
biIes for this city. Arlington and Fair
! fax counties. The departments supply
/ is about exhausted, but additional
| tags are expected Monday or Tuesday