Evening star., 1923-08-30
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. August so
Especially congregation of the
First Baptist Church. at a meeting held
last night. accepted the resignation of
Rev. pr. Eugene s. Jackson. which was
rendered Sunday morning last. Many
of those present addressed the meeting.
expressing their regret at the severance
of pastoral relations.
The following were named a COM
mittee on pulpit: James r. Mansfield,
Carroll Pierce, James L. Preston, Robert
H Cox, Charles A. Howard, James NJ.
Cornell. Arthur Lloyd. y. l.. William
son. Judge c. f. Nicol, Aubrey n. Shu-
man, Clarence NJ Wells, G. c. Griffin,
W. A. Barnett. James l.. Foster. Mrs.
r. h. Adams, Mrs. A. S. Mankin, Mrs.
y. L. Williamson and Miss Sadie Pitts.
To Call Pastor.
A meeting of this committee will be
held next Sunday afternoon to formally
organize, preparatory to making plans
for calling q pastor. A chairman and
secretary will be named and then the
supply ministers will be called here
from time to time. and afterward a
selection made. 1t probably will be
several months before the vacancy is
filled.
Prior to the business meeting last
night prayer services were held in
the church in charge of Rev. DIR.
jackson Inc business meeting was
presided over by Judge c. Z. Nicol
DR.. Jackson resigned to accept the
pastorate of the Lexington Baptist
Church Lexington, Va, and expects to
assume the duties of his new charge
by September Is.
Delay I'm Improving Road.
The delay incident to covering the
Belgian block roadway, on the city
road from a point near the brickyards S
l.; cid nf he oh hrid dcrn
with a coat of tarvia, is due, it Is stated,
to the fact that the question of
raising the road at certain points.
was submitted to the state highway
commission and was taken under ad-
visement. No action, however, was
taken along this line by the state
highway commission thus far. 9th
erwise. it is stated, the work would
have been done some time ago. When
the task will be begun is not known
at this time, When TINS ROAD is com.
pleted it will give a fine highway of
smooth surface all of the way to
washington and, incidentally, will
mean that it will be a saving Of two
miles for motorists, as the Mount
Vernon road is two miles longer. The
last named road is now more gen.
orally used by motorists owing to the
fact that there is smooth surface
all the way to Washington and mo-
torists are not subjected to the jolts
they receive on the river ROAD aILer
they hit the Belgian block roadway.
An automobile driven by Miss Marian
Rector of Seminary Hill. Fairfax county,
shortly before s o'clock this morning
collided with a machine driven by Lee
f.. Rose, S31 South Lee street, and Mr..
Roses machine was considerably dam
aged the front wheels being smashed
and the axle bent. The car Of Miss
Rector escaped with a bent fender. Oc-
cupants of both cars escaped injury.
The car driven by Miss Rector was go
ing east on King street and Mr.. Rose
was driving north on Washington street.
An investigation of the collision was
made today in the police court before
acting Police Justice Nicol, who held
there was no criminal negligence on
the part of either of the drivers, both
cars, it being testified, were not going
more than ten miles an hour at the
time of the accident.
A meeting of the city council will be
held this afternoon, when number OF
matters of Importance will be presented
for consideration.
The Salvation Army has opened a So
cial service store at the southeast cor.
] ner Of Duke and Henry. streets.