Evening star., 1923-05-07
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA,. Va. May THE
Missionary Society Of the Baltimore
conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South will convene in
the NJ. E. Church South. here tomor-
row and end Friday afternoon. More
Maryland and the District OF Colum-
bia will attend. The meeting will be
opened at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. when the executive committee
convenes, and at $50 supper Will be
served At o'clock In, In the e evening We, n
Rev. T. ]. Lambert. presiding elder
Of the Alexandria district of the NJ
Il. Church. South. A message from
China will be given by Miss Sallie
Lou McKinnon. Huchow: China. and
following the musical there will be
an address by Mrs. c. c. Bush, Beige,
Africa.
TIE opening session Wednesday
will be led by Mrs. T. ]. Copeland.
Baltimore, state president. The days
sage. Mrs. Copeland; review Of years
work. Miss E. V. Peppfer. and "Our
Finances" Miss c. NJ Board.
When the office OF City treasurer
Thomas W. Robinson closed Saturday
afternoon exactly 4.315 persons had
paid thNir capitation taxes. This Is
313 less than the number who quail
flied last year. Less women qual1ned
pay the required tax will be unable
to take mart in the primary August
z, when a state senator and dele
gate in the house OF representatives
to represent this city will be NOM
mated.
About fifty membres of Takoma
Park, Md. Post, No. $50, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, yesterday afternoon
enjoyed a shad bake at occoquan
Falls. The affair was staged in front
andrians who motored to that place
enjoyed the hospitality OF the vet
erans. The affair was presided over
by John E. Donker. commander of
the post. and Robert Burdette. a
of the shad bake committee.
A coroner's jury, summoned by DR..
T. M. Jones, will meet at o'clock
tonight at Wheatley's mortuary
chapel for hearing testimony in the
fatally injured Thursday afternoon
near Franconia by a northbound pas
senger train.
Thousands Of herring were caught
in Occoquan Falls yesterday after
noon by amateur fishermen from
Washington and the surrounding
country and the fish were placed
in quincy sacks and carried away
in automobiles. 1t was the largest
catch made at this place this spring.
Fire about o'clock yesterday
afternoon completely destroyed the
residence of E. E. Dawson. Franconia,
Fairfax county. A part of the con-
tents was also lost in the blaze.
Aid was asked Of this city and En-
CINE Company No. responded and
succeeded in saving some of the out
buildings surrounding the house by
the use of chemicals. A defective
fiue is thought to have caused the
blaze.
A bed on fire in a house on Payne
street, directly north of King street,
caused an alarm at $40 o'clock last
night The blaze was exiting uished
before any material damage was
done.
The circuit court, Judge Samuel G.
Brent, presiding, convened this morn
ing. The docket was called and cases
| set.
The subpolice station. recently es-
| ia blished at Rosemont. Is now operat-
| ing with a Neutrality-suspicious. service.
Three policemen are doing duty at
this station every eight hours and at
night two policemen patrol that Sec
! tion.
The last meeting Of the retail mer-
chants bureau Of the chamber of
commerce before the annual meeting
| of the State Association of Retail
Merchants is scheduled to be held
Wednesday night in the rooms OF the
chamber OF commerce.