Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-10
ROCKVILLE NEWS.
General and Personal Items From
Montgomery County's Capital.
Special COrrespondence NJ The Evening Star

General and Personal Items From
Montgomery COunty's Capital.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, January 8. 1901.
The board of county school commissioners.
at meeting held here yesterday, decided
to establish, in connection with the Rock
vile High School, a manual training de-
partment, and Secretary White was direct
ed to supply the vacant room at the high
school with all necessary furniture, TOOLS
etc. Under the law of the state 81 800 is
annually available for each county for the
maintenance of manual training Depart
ment In one of the high or graded schools
The school to be established here will be
open to all who may desire to attend, ire
spectlve OF age. 1t will be under the
charge of NJ. A. Riggs Brown Of this
county, a graduate Of the Maryland State
Normal School, who was today appointed
by the school board Secretary White
hopes to start the school January Is.
AT meeting Of the stockholders of the
Montgomery County National Bank Of
Rockville. held here yesterday. the following
board OF directors was reelected: Spencer
c. Jones, Hattersly w. Talbot, William B.
Mabley. John T. Vinson. James B. Hem
derson, James E. Williams, Horance Wa
tiers, Wilson B. Tschiffely,. Richard Poole,
Leonard j. Hays. Lawrence Allnutt and
John H. Gassaway. The directors reelected
Spencer c. Jones president, Hattersly w.
Talbot vice president, Richard II Stokes
cashier, George NJ Hunter assistant cash
Ter. Russell Brewer teller, Claude Alnutt
discount clerk. George P. Henderson ste
| nographer and typewriter.
John Simms, the eighteen-year-old col
ored boy who was several days ago arrest
| ed here upon the charge of having forged
the name Of Mrs r. G. Warfield of this
town to orders upon Rockville merchants
| for goods, has been committed to Jail here
| to await the action of the March grand
| jury, in default of $500 bail.
The annual meeting of the members of
the Montgomery County Agricultural So
| ciety was he'd in the Opera House here to-
day. President William Dorsey was unable
to be present because of sickness, and The
dent John Fl. Gassaway. About forty five
members were present. The report Of John
j. Higgins, treasurer, showed an aggregate
of receipts the past year of s., 292. 80, all OF
| which was accounted for In statement CT
disbursements
The following board of directors was
elected: Charles Vers. Charles w. Fields
John H; Bogley. Henry n. Griffith. Lee
| David H. Warfield, Josiah w. Jones, Ar
thur Williams Henry H. Miller and Samuel
E. Eastburn. Messrs. Veirs. Eastburn
Warfield, Jones and Williams succeed
Messrs Harry c. Hurley, JOSIAH J. Hutton
James H. Offutt, Hezekiah Trail and VIM
| Dorsey. the last two previously declining
to allow their names to be considered. The
| directors will meet next Wednesday aut
Peyton Poole. who Is charged with hav'
ing murderously assaulted William ]. APP
| pleby and Albert Carter by slashing then
with knife at Appleby's home, near Cedar
| Grove several months ago, was arrested
yesterday at Ridgeville, Frederick county
by Sheriff Troxell of that county. The
prisoner was turned over to Sheriff VIII
lams last evening and he was brought Il
Rockville and lodged in Jail. At the No
yember term Of the circuit court Pon!t
was indicted in two cases. each for assault
with intent to kill.
! Miss Sarah Edith Chiswell, daughter o
Mr. Edward j. Chiswell of Dickerson. TIL!
| county and Mr.. Norman Wootton. son O
DIR. Edward Wootton Of Poolesville. weI,
married last evening by Rev. Walter +
Griggs, rector of the Episcopal Church a
| Poolesville. The ceremony was performed
at the Episcopal rectory in Poolesville.
The annual meeting of the members o
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company o
! Montgomery County was held yesterda.
at Sandy Spring. when the following poar'
of directors was elected: e. P. Thomas
Joseph r. Moore. Robert B. Dixon. w. b
Chichester. Charles G. Porter. John Nc
Donald, Edgar L. Tschiffely, Nathan II
Bale, Gustavus w. Dorsey. William Il
Mobley. Roger B. Farquhar, ]. Dorsey Al
cock William E. Muncaster. All wer
members of the old board excepting VII
liam e. Muncaster, who was elected to fiji
the vacancy caused by the death Of lsaa
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