Evening star., 1901-05-17
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
COlOred Man Charged with Murder
Program of August Races.
,cial Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. May 16, 1901.
Edward Church, the coored man who is
| charged with the murder of George White,
| also colored, by slashing him with butcher
| knife last Sunday afternoon near Mount
| Zion, this county, from the effects of which
| cutting White died two days later, was
given a preliminary hearing yesterday
| evening before Justice Of the Peace Brown
and was committed to jail to await the
action Of the grand jury.
The people of the vicinity Of Brighton,
this county. are very much concerned over
| the presence in that locality Of case OF
| smallpox. A day or two ago DR.. Augustus
| Stabler was called in to attend Dora Smith.
| young colored woman, and he diagnosed
| her disease genuine smallpox. He at
| once took all steps to protect the commu-
nifty quarantning the house and display
| ing yellow flag on the premises. The girl
| Is supposed to have contracted the disease
| from one of several Washington coored
| men who visited her about two weeks ago
| while she was staying in another section
| Of the county. The physicians of the
| Brighton neighborhood are kept very busy
| vaccinating the people OF that section.
The fourteenth anniversary Of the dedica-
| ton of the Christian church at Redland,
this county, will be celebrated Sunday.
| May 10, by all-day services. Rev. F. D.
| Power pastor of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church, Washington. and other
Washington ministers will attend and de-
! liver addresses.
The archdeaconry of Montgomery and
| Prince Georges counties will meet in
! Christ Church. Rockville, Thursday. May
| %. The bishop and clergy and lay dele
gates from these two counties will be pres
| ent.
| Mote Smith and Henson Smith, colored.
| and Caleb Kendall, white. who are charged
| with having assaulted Mr.. John Jones, a
| nhny OF hrti Nhnr I'd ,tx-
| because he would not sell them something
| to drink, yesterday gave themselves up to
| Deputy Sheriff Small at Washington Grove.
| They were taken before Justice of the
| Peace Woodward, who committed the two
| Smiths to jail and released Kendall on bail.
! The cases will be tried at the November
term Of court
| Frank L. Hancock, an artificial flower
| vender. was lodged in jail here yesterday
morning upon the charge Of beating a
Rockville hotel out Of board bill. He
| was arrested in Cumberland Wednesday
night by Sheriff Williams. He will be
given a hearing before Justice Of the Peace
Brewer May %.
The race committee of the Montgomery
| County Agricultural Society-Messrs. Lee
| Offutt. Charles w. Fields and David H.
| Wartield-has arranged the following pro-
| gram of RACES for the annual fair to be
| held here August 2l-30:
Tuesday, August 2T-First race, $50 class
| trot pace, open to horses owned in
Montgomery county three months prior to
race, purse 500; second race. hurdle, six
furlongS and repeat, purse S15.
Wednesday, August 2S-First race, 2.25
class pace, purse $500; second race, go
class trot, purse 500; third race. 225 class
trot. purse $3.50; fourth race, running. open
to all, six furlongs and repeat, purse 800.
Thursday, August 29-First race, 216
class trot, purse $500; second race, trot
| pace, open to horses owned in Montgomery
county three months prior to race, purse
| 500; third race, go class trot, purse 500;
| fourth race hurdle mile dash, purse 500.
| Friday. August 3O-First race, 2.15 class
pace, purse $500; second race, 2.4O class
| trot. purse 5000; third race. running. open
| to horses owned in Montgomery county
since June 1, 1901, one lap and repeat,
! purse SIS; fourth race. running. open to all,
| six furlongs and repeat, purse 500.
The conditions of all races are four to
enter and three TO start