Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-11
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News From
Montgomery County's Capital.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ROCKVILLE, Nd, August 10, 1903.
Early this afternoon Mr.. Percy Murray
and Miss Edith Rebecca Proctor, young
Washingtonians came out to Rockville and
were married by Rev w. F. Locke, pastor
OF the Rockville M. E. Church South. The
ceremony was performed at the home of
the minister. The groom gave his age
as twenty-one, and the age of the young
lady was represented as being nineteen.
The young folks were unaccompanied, and
returned to the city Immediately after the
ceremony
Prof. Edmund L. Amiss of Gaithersburg
has been appointed principal of the pub
lie school at Shady Grove, this county, in
the place of Miss NJ. Ella Robertson, re-
signed Prof. Amiss was recently nomi-
mated by the democrats of the county
candidate for the house of delegates.
The appointment of Miss Lula Clark of
Harper's Ferry principal of the school
at Cropley has also been announced.
Mr. b. w. Spillman of Tennessee, well
known in Sunday school circles throughout
the country, will deliver a talk in the Bap-
fist Church here Wednesday evening. His
subject will be Sunday School Work.
Miss Mamie Prettyman of Baltimore is
spending few weeks in Rockville visiting
relatives and friends.
During heavy thunder storm which
passed over this section early yesterday
the rear of the residence of Mr. Washing
ton Day, in the eastern section of town,
and proved disastrous to the building and
everything in its immediate vicinity A
large hole was torn in the roof of the corn
house, four fine hogs in a nearby pen
were struck and badly paralyzed, pet
cat was instantly killed a hole as big
! around as a quarter being torn completely
through its body. and dog was badly
crippled. Mr.. Day sat in his home nearby
and witnessed the work of the visitation
but was not injured
Carrie feager, a young colored woman
who calls Rockville her home, was before
Justice of the Peace John B. Brewer here
! to day to answer two charges-one for dis
/ turbing the peace of Rockville and the
other for malicious destruction of property
| In the first case she was adjudged guilty
and was required to pay fine and costs
| amounting to about s.. In the other case
the testimony showed that after being
lodged In Jail for the aforementioned Of
Tense, she deliberately smashed several
windows, tore the bed clothing of her cell
into shreds, Splinte-ed bench and en-
deavored to destroy everything within her
reach. In default of bail she was COM
| mitted to Jail to await the action of the
November grand jury.
The opinion seems to be general among
the republicans of this county that the
republican county convention, which meets
here next Monday, will send a delegation
to the state convention favorable to the
oiAiiiisttioi VI MI OtSNeiiSOn ATCDer WIFI
Jams for governor. 1t also is generally
thought that all four nominees for the
house OF delegates will be in favor of the
reelection of Senator McComas. 1t is not
believed that there will be any contest
| OF any sort before the convention and the
gathering is expected to be one of the
most harmonious held by the party in
this county in recent years The desire for
harmonious action seems to be general,
for 1t Is thought that with a united party
and good candidates the chances of re-
l publican success In the county this fall
are. in view of the soreness In the demo-
| cratic ranks as result Of the late bitter
| primaries. by no means hopeless.
The indications are, however, for DE-