Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-26
THE ANNUAL LEVY.
County Commissioners to Sign 1t
Needs of Schools

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 26, 1899
The county commissioners for this coun-
ty will meet Wednesday and sign the an
nual levy, at which time-the tax rate for
the next year will be fixed. 1t is not
known what the rate will be, but it is said
the indications are that 1t will be a few
cents higher than 1t was last year.
The commissioners have not yet decided
upon the amount of money they will levy
for the public schools of the county. The
schools are in need of considerably more
money than was used last year. In the
last annual levy but $4,000 was provided
for school purposes, and because of the
small amount allowed the school board
was unable to build much-needed school
houses or to repair a number of old ones,
without cutting the salaries of the teach
ers, and this the members were unwilling
to do. This year the commissioners have
asked for $4,000. OF this amount $4,000
and repairs to old ones.
Some opposition to any increase has man
ifested itself in certain quarters. The
board of county commissioners and the
school board are of opposite political COM
pleXions, and 1t is said that an effort is
being made to persuade the county COM
missioners to refuse to increase the school
fund, thereby embarrassing the school OFF,
Gals and presenting another year of sue
cessful management on their part. Only
a few days ago a certain county news
paper contained an editorial opposing the
increase.
While the whole amount asked may not
be levied, 1t Is believed the apparent ne
cessity of the case will cause the county
commissioners to literally increase the fund
for school purposes, Notwithstanding the
protest Of one or two politicians. The
teachers of the public schools it is said,
are paid nothing like the value of their
services, and the present school board is
disposed to be more liberal in this direction,
but is handicapped by lack of funds.
Prof. E. B. Prettyman, principal of the
Baltimore State Normal School, has opened
his Rockville residence, and, together with
his family, has removed to Rockville for
the summer.
Among this years graduates of Cornell
University were two Rockville boys-Thos.
Talbot, son of Mr.. H. Maurice Talbot,
and Worthington Talbot, son Of Mr. Hat
tersly w. Talbot. The former took the
regular collegiate course, and the latter
the course in electrical engineering.
Mr. Harry A. Dawson, who was second
lieutenant in the I'd United States Infantry
Immunes has returned to his home here.
having been mustered out OF tne service
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Hattersly W. Talbot and
Misses Emma and Mollie Holland have
gone on trip to Niagara Falls, Watkins
Glen and other points of interest In that
section. They will be absent two weeks.
NJ l.. Littlefield, as agent for Messrs. A.
NJ. Thomas and W. w. Moore, has sold TO
Judge James B. Henderson and Hattersly
w. Talbot eighty acres of land on the
It'll street pike.
DIR. Stewart Muncaster of Washington is
spending the Summer in Rockville.
The Montgomery Lodge of Masons or
Rockville yesterday morning attended
listened to a sermon by Rev. Thomas j.
Packard, rector of the church.