Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-05
ROCKVILLE NEWS.
Result OF the Republican Primaries
Held Saturday.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, August 5. 1901.
Republican primaries to choose district
committees and delegates to the county
convention to assemble here Tuesday W aTe
held throughout this county Saturday from
4 until S o clock In most of the districts
there were no contests, and the friends OF
Ashley NJ. Gould and Thomas c.. Noyes,
who are also friendly to Representative
Pearre, will be largely in the majority IN
the convention.
In Rockville district there was one of
the bitterest factional contests that ever
took place in this county. The opposing
forces were the Gould-Noyes men, led by
Postmaster James P. B. Veirs, and the
adherents of Captain John Mcdonald and
County Court Clerk Thomas Dawson. The
Gould-Noyes people carried the district by
a large majority, the vote standing 1TJ 20
115. being the biggest vote ever east at a
republican primary in this district.
The following is the successful ticket
Delegates to county conventon-Willis +.
Burdette, Benjamin G. Riggs, Zadoc Dove.
Luther Snowden. Reuben Hill, sr.. Charles
4. Gibbs. Joseph Smith, ST., Edward Z.
Peter, Benjamin Smith; alternates, Ed
ward Magruder, William Skillman, Benja-
min Wormsley, Walter Smith, Henry VII
liams, Hilleary Powell. Charles Dufiia, Am
brose Proctor Edward Warren.
District cOmmittee-A. S. Dalbey, James
p. B. Veirs. Hanson NJ Cronise, Charles
Edmunds, Joseph Hicks, Rein 0ffutt, " il
son Johnson, Isaac Warren, John Weems,
Andrew a. Davis.
The county convention will nominate a
ticket. elect a state central committee for
this county and name delegates to repre-
sent Montgomery county at the state con
yention.
Rev. and Mrs Thomas II. Campbell and
little son have returned from a visit of
several weeks to friends in Virginia.
The annual meeting of the Ridgeley
Brown Camp of Confederate Veterans was
held in the court house here Saturday, with
Col. Spencer e. Jones presiding and about
twenty-five members in attendance. Judge
j. Edward Pennyb ac ker and VIM. F. Be-
land were admitted to membership, after
which an election of officers was held, re-
suiting as follows: Spencer c. Jones. COM
mander: John +. Seliman. lieutenant COM
mander; Elgar l.. Tschiffely, treasurer
Frank b. Horner, chaplain Edmund l..
Amiss. adjutant; Miss Fannie L. Amiss,
sponsor; executive committee. David IIor-
ner, Judge Pennybacker and Benjamin ID.
Candy.
Delegates to the national and state con-
ventions were appointed as follows: Ma
tional convention. Elgar L. Tschiffely,
John p Sellman, Judge j. Edward Penny
hacker, Spencer c. Jones, George r. Rice,
William F. Boland: state convention, Da-
yid Griffith Capt. James Anderson, VIM.
A. Gunnell and Henry Warning.
Upon the conclusion of the business all
present repaired to the Corcoran Hotel,
Wnere they were entertained at dinner by
Col. Spencer c. Jones. following which
several hours were spent In relating reni-
niscences
The census office base ball team of Wash
ington visited Rockville Saturday after
noon and met with crushing defeat at
the hands Of the Rockville team the score
standing "a to !. 1t was the first defeat
of the season for the Washington team
The Rockville boys put up fine game in
the field and batted hard and opportunely,
while the field work of the visitors was
careless and they were unable to do any
thing with the pitching of Taylor who al
lowed but five hits and struck out seven
of his opponents. The contest was Wit
messed by the largest crowd of the season.
Score by innings:
R.H E.
Rockville OF 3 o o 4 pa - !:
Census Office o o o o o o. 3 8
Batteries-Taylor and Harriss for Rock
vile: Sheldon, Fucker and Runkle for the
census office