The Washington herald., 1922-05-12
CERTIFIES THREE
FOR POSTMASTER
AT ALEXANDRIA
Civil Service Board Sub
mits Names of Knight,
Eggborn and Bayne.
NODAYLIGHT SAVING
Merchants Defer Action Pend
ing Outcome in Wash
ington.
NODAYLIGHT SAVING
THE HERALD BUREAU.

TT King Street.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, May H.
F. Clinton Knight. ]. Armistead
EgEborn and Thomas F. Bayne ha se
been certified in respective order
by the United States Civil Service
Commission in Washington as hav-
ing passed the examination for the
position of postmaster here.
Their names were certified to
Postmaster General Work and will
be taken under advisement by Rep
resentative C. Bascom Slemp and
Joseph l. crupper. State chairman
of the Republican party in Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Crupper Is quoted al
saying any one of the three Is ac-
cetsble to him.
The examination was held De-
cember 20. The position pays $500
a year and Is for a term of four
years. DR.. w. NJ. Smith completed
his eight years as postmaster last
February. 1t is regarded as proba-
Bile that his successor will be named
next week.
Il ne Tcldtt HlSESH@HtS DuEcdu u
the Chamber of Commerce last
night took up the question of day
light saving by going to work an
hour earlier to conform with the
plan which will become operative
| in Washington May Is. Action
was deferred pending the outcome
in Washington
The retailers decided to close
their places OF business every
"Wednesday afternoon from June
us to September 1.
]. Kent White, chairman of the
Grester Alexandria Trade Exhibit,
reported the affair a success and
/ stated that during its progress ap-
proximately 5000 persons visited
the exhibit.
Announcement also was made by
Mr.. White that in the near future
he would arrange a radio concert
for the members of the bureau ano
those Of the Chamber of Commerce.
John l. McDougal. of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, de-
hvered an address regarding the
official organ OF the chamber, The
Nations Business"
Arrangements are being made by
the retailers to send a delegation
to represent Alexandria at the an
nual meeting of the Virginia Re-
tail Merchants Association in
Staunton next Tuesday.
Annual Memorial Day exercises
will be held May "a. in the after
noon, by r. E. Lee Camp. Confed-
crate Veterans, at the monume nj
at the corner of Washington and
Prince streets. The grafton will
be delivered by Rev. Percy Foster
Hall. d. D.. rector of st. Paul's
Episcopal Church. and the affair
will be under the auspices of the
United Daughters of the Con-
federacy. e.
The graves of the Confederate
veterans will be decorated. as we'll
as the monument. There will be a
musical program at the monument
and also at Christ Church yard.
A radio concert was given this
afternoon before the members OF
the Kiwanis Club following their
weekly luncheon in the Westmin-
ster Building. There were songs
by W. d. Kelly. with B. z. Gordon
as accompanist, and a ten-minute
address by Roe Fulkerson. The
radio was in charge of ]. Kent
White. assisted by Emmett Law
Ter.
The following students of Alex
andria High School will go to
Charlottesville to participate in the
annual contest of the Virginia Lit
erary and Athletic League. which
will be held tomorrow and Satur-
day at the University of Virginia:
Clarke Slaymaker and Miss Vinita
Smith. debaters; Charles NJ. Shep-
person. jr.. and Miss Virginia Will
kins, readers, and Paul Hamilton
Keough. declaimer. They will be
in charge of Prof. r. z. Knight, jr.,
teacher at the high school.
The NeweIl-Cole Company. Inc,
this city. with a maximum capital
stock of s25.000 and a minimum OF
$4,000 has been granted a charter
by the State corporation commits
sion to conduct a printing and
publishing business. Of1cers and
incorporators are Joseph H. Newell,
Alexandria, PRESIDENT: George c.
Cole, Alexandria, secretary, and w.
Seton Kent. Washington.