Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-09
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Funeral of Frederick Bovvman-Week
of Prayer-Antf-SaIOOn Meeting.

OF Prayer-Antf-SaiOOn Meeting.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. January s. 1900.
The funeral of Frederick Bowman who
died suddenly of heart disease in Washing
ton Friday. took place at o'clock yester-
day afternoon from the Methodist Protes-
tant Church at Unity, this county, and was
attended by very large gathering. Mr..
Bowman was native of this county and
for a number of years was merchant at
Sunshine. About eight years ago he re-
moved to Washington. Deceased was fifty
TWO years of age, and is survived by his
wife and four grown children.
The observances of the week of prayer
vas begun here last evening with union
service in the Christian Church. Rev. E.
a. Edwards of the NJ. E. Church South
preached sermon on prayer. Services will
be held each evening during the week.
The Sunday school of the Rockville Bap-
list Church yesterday elected the follow
ng officers for the ensuing year: William
= Penn. superintendent; Clifford H. Rob-
hrison, ass slant Superintendent. Norman
Bouic, treasurer; Miss Estelle Bouic libra
fIan; Miss Rosalie Bouic, organist
t,ev. t.dmund Didser of Baltimore cele-
GRATED mass and preached in St. Mary S
tatholic Church here yesterday morning
'athcr Older stated that he had ordered
to be made a baptismal font, which he
Will present to St Mary'S Church. About
hirty-five years ago Father Didier was
tationed at Rockville as pastor of the
hurch in which he officiated yesterday.
The Lincoln Republican Club of Gal
hersburs has elected the following officers
serve one year: James GooCh, president
william II. F'ulks. first vice president;
Francis T. Cahill, second vice president;
~ Clarence Duvall. secretary; Z. Maurice
,rawford. assistant secretary: Richard W.
Murphy, treasurer: William G. Ray. ser
yeant-at-arms.
State Senator William Viers Bouic of this
county has selected Mr. Percy Colt of
GAINESVILLE district for appointment as one
u the engrOssing clerks of the Maryland
senate
The fourth annual meeting of the Mont
emery County Anti-Saloon League was
held in the opera house here Saturday
With sessions at 10 am. and y pm. Nearly
all of the temperance organizations and a
arge number of the churches of the county
were represented by delegates, and there
We're also present large number of other
persons from various sections of the
county. President Warren Choate presided
and Mr.. Frank Higgins served as secre-
tary.
AT the morning session the annual report
of the league was read by President Choate
and the following officers elected to serve
one year: Warren Choate. president;
Frank Higgins, secretary; John H. Gass-
away treasurer: vice presidents-frst dis
trict, George j. Ray; second district, Will
lam r. Windsor: fourth district, William
r. Andrews; fifth district. Asa NJ Stabler;
sixth district, NJ. B. Montgomery: seventh
district. Rev. Parke P. Flournoy; eighth
district. benjamin H. Miller: ninth district
f. G. Ward: tenth district. George r. Bell:
eleventh district, w. A. Maxwell; twelfth
district, Columbus W. Day; thirteenth dis
trict. Rev. A H. Thompson. The following
press committee was also appointed: Rev.
T. ID. Richards. Mrs. Sarah T. Miller and
Miss May E. Thomas.
The annual report criticises the officers of
the county for not prosecuting the persons
against whom indictments have been re-
turned for violations of the local option
law. and cites figures to show that very
small percentage of the cases in which in
dictments have been found have been tried.
The report says:
I'm reply to the false and elusive state
ulent, which We hear 50 often. that the
local option law cannot be enforced, we
say that its enforcement has not been
tried
At the afternoon session DIR. Julius F.
Grammer of Baltimore and Rev. J. Z.
Maurer of Hagerstown delivered addresses.
A large choir, under the leadership of Prof.
Hezekiah Trail of Rockville, furnished
music at each session.