Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-04
BOYD'S AND VICINITY.
Funerals of Prominent Residents
Novel Method of Collecting a Debt
cial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
BOYD'S, Md, November 3, 1902.
Never in the history Of this community
was there ever seen such a crowd of people
at a funeral service as was that gathered
here yesterday to pay last tribute to Mrs.
Laura V. McAtee, who died at her home at
Cedar Grove Friday night, after an Illness
of only few days. The services were sad
and impressive. The funeral procession was
over three fourths of mile in length Rev
T. Davis Richards, pastor Of the Neelsville
Presbyterian Church, preached the funeral
discourse, the services being held In the
Presbyterian Church. Interment took place
In that cemetery, beside the grave Of her
husband, Jas. U. McAtee who was for years
a resident Of Boyds. Four children-Net-
tie McAtee Of Baltimore and William, o.
car and Melvin McAtee of Cedar Grove
survive her. The pallbearers were Messrs
William Soper, Joseph Williams, Archibald
Mullican, Lorenzo Watkins, Columbus Bow
man and Noah Watkins.
The remains Of Mrs. John Small who died
very suddenly at her home at Jamestown
Saturday night, were inferred in the Pres
byterian cemetery beside the remains Of
her husband who died about ten years ago
Mrs. Small was taken sick about IL o'clock
Saturday morning with attack of
cramps, and was dead shortly after that
night. She was of the oldest and most
highly esteemed residents of the vicinity
OF Jamestown, where she has been living
since coming to this country. She and her
husband came to this country from Perth
shire, Scotland, forty-tWo years ago. She
was seventy-six years old. Six sons and
two daughters survive her. These are An
drew Small of Boyd's, Robert Small of Hal
pine, Md; Thomas, James and Alexander
Small of Darnestown and John Small of
Washington, D. c.; Mrs Jessie Heater and
Mrs. John Crown of Jamestown. Her hus-
band was a brother Of the late Andrew
Small, who died some years ago, and left
the large sum of money for the erection of
the Neelsville and Jamestown Presbyte-
rian churches, and the erection of the we'll
known Andrew Small Academy, located at
Jamestown, one of the best-known educa-
tional institutions in this county.
A novel method of collecting a debt was
that adopted by Goodlow Cross of Point of
Rocks, who it was alleged ran away with
the wife of George Halter of Point of
Rocks, west of Boyds. Cross was arrested
last Friday and brought before Justice Tai
bolt of Point of Rocks, who inquired into
the facts of the case. Cross, 1t is alleged,
said he ran away with Hat er's wife because
Halter owed him a debt of $40, which he had
refused to pay. Halter denied the charge,
saying Cross had raised the note to $40,
and he refused to pay it. Cross was SEN
fenced to the house of correction by Justice
Talbot
Calvert Kolb of Frederick county, was
struck and instantly killed at Hart
mans water station, east of Washington
Junction, Saturday night about midnight by
a helping engine that runs from Reels
Mills to Mt. Airy Junction The man was
walking upon the tracks, and was return
ing to Evansville, where he had been work
ing on one of the tunnels of the Baltimore
and Ohio improvements, and stepped from
one track to the other to get out of the
way of a freight train, when he was struck
and ground to pieces by the helping engine.
His father is John Kolb, who lives at Bur-
louisville, Frederick county, Md.
A fire which is believed to have been of
incendary origin destroyed the dwelling of
Kinney Davis. at Urbana, near Hyatts-
town, this county. Friday night, with a
number of outbuildings, entailng a loss of
about $1,000 The fire is believed to have
cum and Mr.. Davis, who occupy the house.
thought they heard the sounds Of feet
tramping about the place, and not long af-
terward the fire was started. The buil1-
ings consisted of two-story frame dwell
ing, a summer kitchen and a meat house.
A few nights previous to this fire the same
parties had a grain drill standing in
field nearby destroyed by fire. also believed
to have been of ncendiary origin.
While William Marth and Charles
England, son of Mr.. William G. Eng
they had occasion to dislodge squirrel,
young England holding his gun on MS arm
When an effort made to get after the
squirrel the gun was accidentally discharg
ed part of the load entering the side of
young MARTINS head and face He is pain
fully but not seriously injured
Mrs. Alcinda Sibley, wife of Mr.. Joshua
Sibley, has returned home from the Garfield
Hospital in Washington, where she has
been the past five weeks for treatment of
her limb, which was broken about three
months ago.