The Washington herald., 1922-05-14
FOURTEEN in RACE
FOR ALEXANDRIA'S
new CITY COUNCIL
Charles ]. Sullivan With
draws as Lists
Close.
ELECTION JUNE 13
Registration of Voters viii
Take Place Next
Tuesday.
ELECTION JUNE 13
THE HERALD BUREAU,


III King Street.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. May 13.-En-
tries for the council-manager cleo
tion closed today with fourteen
candidates in the race. The cleo
tion will be held June 13.
Charles J. Sullivan. at present a
member of the common council
from the Third ward. has with
drawn from the contest, announce
ment being made today.
The candidates include five MEM
bers Of common council and two
members of the board of aldermen.
Exactly one-half of the candidates,
therefore. are members of the
present city council.
The candidates follow. William
A. Smoot, Robert s. Jones. Arthur
II. Bryant. Thomas ]. Fannon, Ed
mund F. Ticer, Frank W. Latham
William Desmond, Silas Devers,
Ci.2ton S. Ballenger, W. J. McCaf-
frey, Maurice r. wilkins, Robert F.
Green. II. c. Aaron and James A.
Clark.
The new councilmen will assume
office September 1 and will choose
city manager. electing one of their
own number as mayor.
The city electoral board has SET
next Tuesday as registration day.
All persons who have become of
age and all who. since the last cleo
tion have moved from ward to ward
must register if they desire to par
ticipate in the election on June H.
The registrars and their ad-
dresses by wards follow: First,
Mrs. z. c. Moore, 419 South Lee
street; Second. George A. Harlow.
2O2 North Royal street: Third.
Frank r. Monroe. 429 North Column
bus street; Fourth. Thomas Chaun-
cey. SIS South Alfred street
A special meeting of the Board
of Police Commissioners will be
held at 1880 p. m, Monday to elect
a policeman to fill the vacancy
caused by the declination of James
h Beach to serve.
Gov. TrinkIe has appointed DAN
iel r. Stansbury. of this city, a dele
gate to represent Virginia at the
National Conference on Muscle
Shoals under the direction of the
Southern Commercial Congress to
be held in Florence. Sheffield and
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 22-24.
An elaborate program OF sacred
music will be given at o'clock
tomorrow night at st. Mary's Acad-
emy by the vocal class, assisted by
other music pupils. The affair will
be in observance of Mothers Day
and an address will be delivered by
Rev. Louis Smet, pastor of ST.
Mary's Church. on Mary. Our Moth
er"
In observance of poppy day
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the local
American Legion post will sell pop
pies on the streets on May 81. with
the cooperation of the legion
promised them last night following
an address delivered by Mrs. c. NJ
Shepperson. On May 80 the auxil-
larry will decorate the graves of
world war veterans, with crosses
made of poppies-
Court No. 81. Catholic Daughters
of America, will initiate a class of
sixty candidates at p. m. tomor-
row. The officers will be assisted
by Miss Agnes Powers. State regent
of Maryland. and Mis- Nary Boland.
grand regent of the DlsIfict of
Columbia A buffet s,e-SoS wifi be
on Monday evening a card party
and dance will be given in the Ly-
ceum Hall in homer of the newly
elected candidates
At the request of the church
deacons and the members of his
congregation, Rev. D. P. Lloyd
, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church, who rendered his resigna-
\ tion last Sunday to accept pas
torate of the Baptist church at
Crbanna. Va. has withdrawn the
same. During the five years DR..
Lloyd has been pastor here the
membership of his church has
greatly increased and the church is
free OF debt.
The fund being raised for the
three volunteer fire companies of
the city now amounts to s2.224.20.
leaving s775.2O yet to be raised.
A delegation of Troops 4. 5. 81
and Z, Boy Scouts. visited the plant
OF the Alexandria County Lighting
Company last night. The lads
will write essays on the visit and
prizes will be awarded for the
tnEee pest essays the Judge TO De
E. A Feldkeller, general superin-
tendent OF the company.
Representative B. G. Lowery, of
Mississippi, will address the mem
bers OF the Baraca Bible class of
the First Baptist Church regarding
the observance of Mothers Day, at
9:5 a. m. tomorrow.