Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-26

sentative tillers of the soil from all sec,
F, tions of this country. as well as many from
Howard county, assembled at Sandy Spring
| yesterday in attendance upon the annual
Montgomery county farmers convention
| State immigration Commissioner H. W.
| Talbot and other representatives from the
| immigration bureau were present and took
| lively interest in the proceedings. The
| Maryland Agricultural College was repre-
scented by President Sylvester and DR..
Owen. The convention was called together
| in the Lyceum at 1890 o'clock with Mr..
Edward P. Thomas presiding and Messrs
| Mortimer o. Stabler and Alfred c. Tolson
acting as secretaries.
! The principal address was by Professor
| Jacob G. Schonfarber. chief Of the state
! bureau of statistics. He ascribed the causes
of indifferent farm labor to the following:
| Because 1t is unintelligent: because intel
| lisent labor cannot be gotten for the money
offered by Maryland farmers, and because
| Maryland farmers have so completely de-
| pended in the past upon the unlnteliiser ~
! negro, because ne was cheap, that they are
| now at a loss what to do when TINS cheap
labor is gradually being drawn from them
| by the better paid low-grade occupations sb Oh
fered in the cities" The speaker turther
declared that 1.-The advance and use OF
| white agricultural labor means greater ao-
vance and greater crops for the state.
! Among the prominent ~
| were: Charles F. Brooke. Captain John
Mcdonald. Lee OTutt, Henry II. Grlhth,
| Frank C. Hutton John C. Bentley Jqsepll
T. Moore, jr., Frank NJ Halloween, Henry
! Muncaster, Asa NJ. Stab!er. Mortimer ".
stabler, Josiah Hutton, F. P: CLANCY,
Charles R. Hartshorne, Richard 7; Kay
Benjamin II. Miller; Alban u. lhdlI i1is
! Roger B. Farquhar, J. 81 Janney. FRANCES n
Snowden William E. Muncaster, A {.
| Tolson, Josiah w. Jones:
| Frank Joy and Edward Miles, young col
| ored men of this place, were given hear
ing here this morning before Justlce OF
| the Peace Joseph Reading upon the charge
| of violating the local option law. Ihey
were arrested several days ago upon war
rants issued at the instance of Detective
| Taylor of Baltimore, who is understood 10
be an agent of the Montgomery county
Anti-SaIoon League. The hearing was ne-u
in the Jail and none but officers of the law
were admitted, the unusual proceedings
causing considerable criticism. Inc testi-
mony showed that the accused Were not
guilty of violating the law, hut had SIMPLY
purchased liquor for Taylor, WHO was iooh-
ing for evidence against violators of the
law. They were however, in default OF
bail in the sum of S1>- each. committed TO
Jail as witnesses against the person from
whom the liquor was procured .
AT the regular weekly meeting or the
orphans court for this county the follow
ing business was transacted: Letters OF
administration on the personal estate "
Frank Offutt were granted to Marceilus
Etchison; bond 500. Margaretta c. Trun-
die and James Al. Trunde, administrators
of R. Dorsey Trundle; passed their final
account and made distribution Hattersly
w. Talbot, executor of Thomas e. .Noiand,
pa ssed his final account. George II. RICE
guardian to John H. Boswell, passed ms
Mr.. Reverdy Dronenburg of Barnesville
has announced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for the mouse Oh Gee
gates and Mr. William E. Welt Of ROCK
VILE is in the field for the shrievalty nomi-
nation. 1t is stated that Mr.. William M
Candy of Coesviile will also contest for the
latter nomination.
A license was issued here today for the
marriage of Mr.. Harry L. Stout and Miss
Bessie M. Herbert, both of this vicinity.
The following topics and leaders have
been announced for the March meetings OF
the Rockville Baptist Young Peoples
Union: March 1, Christ Teaching Blessed
ness" Miss Alverda Kingdom, leader;
March 8, Christ Teaching Heart Righteous
ness, Miss Minnie Welt Leader a5s Mar Mareh
Is. Christ aches Trust, mis-, MISS , beniah
Judgment of Cfhers.' Mrs. w. M Davis,
leader; March 20, Missions" Mrs. E. v.
Robey, leader.
Mr.. Charles fEdward Albert Watt and
Miss Pearl Altman both of Washington,
visited Rockville Monday and were married
bv Rev. Roberf l.. McNair, peStor Of the
Presbyterian Church. the ceremony taxing
place at the sme of the minister. The
young folks weye unaccompanied, and inn
mediately after lhe ceremony they returned
to the city.
At a meetingi of the Rockville Business
Mems Association Messrs. Robert b. Peter
and Ohio H. w. Talbot We're elected mem
hers. bringing the total membership up to
thirtv-five A committee, consisting of
Messrs ]. Calvin Muncaster T. c. Grcomes,
Henry Welt E. NJ. West, Joseph Reading
and Charles II. Welt, was appointed to take
under consideration the question OF organ
izing building association
Miss Elizabeth Fields has returned to her
home here after spending week in Baiti-
more visiting friends.
Miss Katherine Carr has returned to
Rockville from an extended visit to friends
In Washington.