Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-18
ROCKVILLE NEWS.
Record of Happenings in That
Maryland City.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April II, 1900.
Upton Darby & Son, well-known nnillers
and dealers in fertilizers of Seneca, this
county, have made assignment for the
benefit OF their creditors to Talbot & Tai
| bott of Rockville. The liabilities are placed
at 500, 900. and the assets at $4,000. The
principal creditors are Frederick A. Daw-
son. John T. Kelly and the First National
Bank of Gaithersburg of this county, all
secured; Baugh Co. of Baltimore Roys-
ter & Co. and the Virginia c. and c. Com
pany Of Virginia, and Jonah Cockerill, all
unsecured. One of the causes of the assign
ment was the recent failure of the Undine
Milling Company of Wiliamsport, Md, of
which company Mr.. Frank H. Darby, a
son OF the senior member of the Seneca
the firm of Upton Darby & Son being on a
considerable amount of the Undine COM
panys paper.
The firm of UPTON Darby & Son was re-
gardcd as one or the most substantial In
the county, and the announcement of the
assignment was great surprise. Mr.. Up
ton Darby is the president of the First Ma
tional Bank of Gaithersburg and is also
interested in the Gaithcrsburg Milling and
Manufacturing Company.
Mr.. Luther NJ. Watkins, a well-known
citizen of the upper section of this county,
died of pneumonia Sunday at his home near
Cedar Grove, after an illness of about two
weeks. A widow and several grown chill
dren survive him. Deceased was In his
seventieth year. The funeral took place
this afternoon from the Upper Seneca Bap-
fist Church.
Mr. Watkins was prominent member of
the Baptist Church and at the time of his
death was clerk and a deacon of the Upper
Seneca Church. For about thirty-five wears
he was teacher in the public schools Of
the county. In politics he was consistent
republican
Miss Ida Ferry RapcroFt apd NJ Iuo.ooo
Clarence Wickham, both of East Hartford,
Conn, were married here Saturday by Rev
Robert l.. McNair, pastor of the Presby-
terrain Church.
The county commissioners today appoint-
ed the following constables for the various
districts of the county:
First district-William F. Howes, Ohio
Williams. Charles F. Hawkins.
Second district-Frank Gibson Lemuel L.
Miles.
Third district-James U. Miles, John E.
Poole.
Fourth district-William E W. Connell,
John A. Selby.
Fifth district-Edward T. Brown Michael
Peter
Sixth district-James H. Tschiffely. Alex
ander Broome.
Seventh dstrict-William E. Darcy, Thos.
Berry.
Eighth district-Artemus Sullivan. John
Janney.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures G. Carlisle
Thomas Small.
ieHtH uistrict-JdmeS T.. Wheatley, Will
liam K. Embrey.
Eleventh district-Howard White, James
A. Reid
Twelfth district-W. E. Watkins, Clar-
ence S. Hilton
Thirteenth district-samuel H. Jones, Ar
thur Jones.
AT meeting of the school board held
mere today 1t was decided to recommend to
the state board of education that Prof
Frank Watkins, principal of the public
school at Lay Hill. be granted a life certifi-
cate to teach In the public schools of the
state. ~
Mr.. Frank Page, for several months as
sistant postmaster of Rockville has been
appointed to a position in the Post Office
department at Washington
The following gentlemen have been
chosen vestrymen of Christ Episcopal
church, this town: Messrs. John G. Eng
land, John w. Warner, R. II. Stokes, H. W.
Talbot, Thomas Dawson, p d. Laird.
John Mcdonald. Henry Miller. The vestry-
men me elected Messrs James Mcfarland and
Thomas ]. Packard rector.