Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-01-06


P. Hager, this county, was married last Wed
nesday to Mr.. Jas. E. Broadhurst, of Brown
ingsVille, this county. The wedding tool
place in the Methodist Episcopal Church
South at Cedar Grove, and was attended b,
large number of guests. The ceremon,
was performed by Rev. Mr.. Marsh, pasto
oil the church. Following the ceremony ar
elaborate dinner was served at the home Of
the brides parents, which was attended BY
the bridal party and few invited guests
The newly married couple took an after.
noon train for short trip
very pretty wedding occurred at 7:3O
O'Clock on Thursday evening of last week
in the Christian Church at Hyattstow this
county. The contracting parties were Miss
Edith Helen Mulican, daughter of Mr.. Geo.
Mullican, OF Lewisdale, this county, and Mr..
Herbert P. Price, of Hyattstown. The cere.
mony was performed by Rev. Rob't Gilmore.
oil Rockville, in the presence Of large NUN.
Der OF guests. The church decorations were
very pretty, consisting of evergreens and
potted plants. Following the ceremony
largely attended reception was held at the
home of the brides parents.
The pupils of the Rockville Baptist Sun.
day School gave their annual Christmas en-
tertanment in the church last week. The
program consisted of some excellent music,
Rotations by Vaudia Braddock, Mamie
Ricketts,, Viola Fowler, Jesse Ogden, Emma
dock, dialogue by eleven children, an ad.
dress by the pastor of the church, Rev. T.
II. Campbell, and the distribution of pre-
miums and boxes of candies by Mr.. VIM.
Penn, superintendent of the Sunday School.
Mr.. George Davis made an excellent Santa
Claus. A very large crowd was in attend
ance.
A largely attended temperance meeting,
under the auspices of the young peoples
societies OF the various churches of the
town, was held last Sunday evening in the
Christian Church. Rev. G. Dorsey White.
pastor of the M. E. Church South, presided.
The principal address was delivered by
Rev. Thomas II. Campbell, pastor of the
Baptist Church. Others who participated
in the exercises were Rev. Robert l.. Nc.
Nair, pastor of the Presbyterian Church :;
Rev. Robert Gilmore, pastor of the Christian
Church, and Frank Higgins, OF the Rock
vile bar; Mrs. o. NJ, Llnthicdm and Mr..
Charles w, Prettyman sang solos,
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A Glad.
mon, Sligo, Md on Wednesday evening of
last week, Miss Mamie Gadmon, their
daughter, and Mr.. Charles Hinton were
married by the Rev. G. O. Rosensteel. Inc
ceremony was witnessed by large number
OF friends. The house was handsomely
decorated Among those present wtr Mr..
and Mrs. Il. A Gladmon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Flora,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Norton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Boose, Mrs. VIM. Glover, Misses May and
Rickie Flora, Ella and Alice Gladmon, Eta
and Estelle Glover, Berthe Tinmons, Alice
Gill, Bessie Bowling, Agnes Gladmon,
Messrs. Oliver and Will HENDERSON, James
Hinton, John Fletcher, Christopher Glad
mon, Bernard Downing, Walter Gill and
John and Will Giadmon.
John Lewis, a young negro, was lodged
in jail here late last Saturday night to await
an investigation OF the shooting of James
Hall, also cOlored, which occurred Saturday
afternoon at Monkey Hollow, negro set
Element, short distance from Linden, this
county. Lewis claims that the shooting
was unintentional. He states that he and
Hall were skylarking in his (Lewis) store,
and that he grabbed an old pistol, which
he did not suppose was loaded, from a shelf
and plsyfully pointing it at Hall, pulled the
trigger. A report followed and Hail sank
to the floor grooming, with a painful and
possibly fatal wound in the stomach. He
was taken to the Emergency Hospital,
Washington. Later in the evening Lewis
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Samuel H.
Jones and taken before Justice of Peace
Burgieldt, who committed him To Jail to
await a hearing. 1t is said that Hall ad-
mitted after the shooting that Lewis had
not intended to injure him, as they were
good friends and neither were angry at the
time of the shooting
Miss Effie May Soper and Mr.. Spencer J.
Mulican were married at 430 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon of last week 10 the
Upper Seneca Baptist Church, this county.
The ceremony was performed by the
witnessed by very large number Of the
friends and relatives of the contracting par
ties. The church was very tastefully dec
GRATED with potted plants and evergreens.
The bride was attended by Miss Maude
Murphy of HyattstOwn and Miss Lucy Null
lcan, a sister of the groom, of Germantown.
The groom's attendants were Messrs. Charles
Soper and Spencer Purdum. Messrs. Les
ter Mullican, brother of the groom, and
Spencer Soper, brother of the bride, were
the ushers, and Misses Mullican and Blanche
Soper, little sisters of groom and bride, re-
spectvely, were the flower girls. Later in
the evening an elaborate reception was
held at the home of the brides parents.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.. VIM. W.
Soper, who resides near Clsrksburg, and
the groom son of Mr.. Archibald Mullican,
of Germantown.
Water Works for KensingtOn.-The
citizens Of Kensington held another mass
meeting on Thursday evening OF last week
for the purpose of furthering the movement
recently started in the interest OF water
works for the town Mayor CIum presided.
The consideration Of the bill, which was
prepared by the committee appointed Tor
the purpose, and which authorizes the Mayor
and Council to issue bonds TO meet the cost
of the proposed movement was the principal
object of the meeting. :,
The provisions of the bill were discussed
at considerable length, and after several
amend ments had been voted down the meas