Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-08
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY
county Commissioners Appoint Tax
Collectors and Road offacers

special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Nd. April Z, 1903.
lie county commissioners for this county,
at meeting held here TODAY. anno,nted
the following tax collectors for the various
cohecuon districts of this county: First
ustr1ct Lyde Griffith; second districr
CHARLES w. Souders: third district. Benia.
! min Z. Colt; fourth district Julian F..
WATERS; fifth district, Stephen B. Lyd-
dane, jr
The commissioners also named road su-
pervisors as follows: First district Sam.
uei X. Hummer, G. Fenton SnoufYer Chas
=. hawkins and Perry Ensey; second die
trlct Elias V. King John L. Best. Chas
H. -; Lewis WIS and John T. Piquet: third dis
IIlcI; John {. Rhodes. Benoni AIlnutt. Wr,
q: Irundle and VIM. F. Humphrey: fourth
district VIM. H. Rauoitt John j. Stearn
S ssn =. Wilson and Lucian Walters: Attn
district, Eleazar Ray, George Ronifant
Charles w. Beall and benjamin. n Canh,,'
later. e "pPoihteu
Nearly all of those who have announced
their candidacy for the various democra TO
nominations to be made this s,mnoar o.
sempled in Rockville today EIectIoneer-
ing, discussion Of prospects and the form
d nS VI son9l 11 were the order Of tho
aready announced the following were re-
ported as being in the field: House of dele.
gates, Elias H. Etchison. Washington q.
Hen chessep, Rev n Dronenburg, J. Abby
Darby and Joseph T. White; county com.
missioner from the third district Tbomos
"A. Hickman, James P. Gott. M. Thomas
Eyes John s. Colt and Charles G. Grit
nth. In all forty-two are so far rnder-
stood to be candidates
The young gentlemen of Poolesvi,Ia and
vicinity have issued invitations to their
annual Easter dance, to be held I'm tha
Foolesville town hall the evening of AnriI
10. Inc chaperons will be Mrs Edward
Wootton, Mrs. William Hemnstona M
Horace Davis and Mrs. Richard Poole
"A number Of the members of the cop-
gregat1on of the Rockville NJ E. Church
oouth called upon Rev. G. Dorsey White
pastor or the church, last evening and pre
seh.eu MN with a handsome silver piece
as testimonial Of the esteem in which he
Is held. Mr.. White will leave here within
a lew days for Front Royal, Va. to which
ference. wi
The case of Isabella Phillips and Malta
3hiiilps against the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, which was removaJ
from Frederick county to this county for
tr1al, occupied the attention Of the Circuit
court here today. 1t is a suit to receive.
the sum of 5000 for the death of a go,
ana brother, respectively, Of the plaintiffs
who, 1t is alleged, was killed by being RI
over by a train belonging to the defend
ant company. The accident is said to have
occurred at Lime Kiln several months ago
upon the conclusion Of the plaintiffs testf
!iohy the defense asked the court to take
the case from the jury, and arguments on
TINS point had not been finished when court
adjourned for the day. Messrs Dorsey
Etchfson and Hammond Urner of Fred
erlck and Edward c. Peter of Rockville an
pear 1or the defendants and Messrs Hugh
BonI OF Westminster, Roger McSherry OF
frederick and w. Veirs Bouic of Rock
vile represent the company