Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-15
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Exhibit of Receipts and Expenditures
Of Fair Association.
correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, January II, 1903.
The annual meeting of the members Of
the Montgomery County Agricultural So
ciety was held here today, with a large
attendance. more than a hundred members
being present. President Lee Offutt occu-
pied the chair. Considerable interest was
manifested in the election Of board Of
directors. Messrs. Arthur Williams and
Samuel E. Eastburn of the old board did
not stand for reelection, and there was a
contest for their places Messrs. Harry c.
Hurley, Benjamin c. Colt, Charles F. Kirk
and M. D. Knight being candidates. Messrs
Hurley and Colt were successful, who, with
the following old members, will constitute
the board: Lee Offutt, Charles Veirs David
H. Warfeld Charles w. Fields, John H.
Gassaway, Henry H Griffith, John c. Bent
ley, Henry H. Miller. Josiah w. Jones. John
H. Bogley.
The directors will meet next Wednesday
to choose officers. It Is understood that
Mr.. James T. Bogley of this place will be
selected for secretary, succeeding John E.
Muncaster, who has held the position for
long terms of years. The other officers. it Is
stated, will be reelected.
The report Of Treasurer John J. Higgins,
which was approved at today's meeting,
shows the following to have been the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the society the
past year: Receipts: Balance on hand,
$13126 premiums returned. $3.50; purses
returned. $40. so; mortgage loan, $4,000:
temporary loans, $6.650; sales Of admission
tickets, $2,96905; sales of membership tick
cts, $19G; sales Of grand stand tickets,
$685. rs; sales of exhibitors tickets, $16S;
parcel room, ST.. 40; race entries, $4OS. 10;
poultry entries S2sO.75; privileges, $1O19;
sales Of feed, s6416; sales Of lumber and
wood, $136.S0; advertisements in pamphlets,
S14650; miscellaneous, $27S; total, $22,-
SOFT. Expenditures: Premiums, $2,371. 16;
race purses. SIT 2o; employees of secre-
tary, $215.75; employees of treasurer. 1923;
expenses of race committee, $54.4O; loan
repaid, 1000; permanent improvements,
SIS, $50; Presidents lunch, $9S.41; salary Of
secretary, $175; salary Of treasurer, $3.50:
police and watchmen; $685.; feed and
straw. $2O7 printing and advertising.
$713.s2; dues, trotting association, SOS; in
surance, $S4; taxes and licenses, $S6.6O;
commissions on advertisements, S35. 20;
embarrassing. $1O2.5O: freight and hauling,
$1S.O1; postage. 5000; music and amuse-
ments, 1852. 30; judges and expenses. $120. 20;
pumps and wells SIS: merchandise, 1904;
labor, $90.5S; miscellaneous. $SO.54; balance
on hand, $62.94.
Deputy Sheriff George Meads spent a
large portion Of yesterday afternoon and
evening in the vicinity Of Ounce Orchard,
a few miles from this place, looking for a
colored man who was reported to have been
acting suspiciously. 1t was said he would
hide his face and keep one hand in his
pocket when he approached a house to ask
for food and that he tried to avoid several
persons VINO approached MIN. deputy MeaQS
visited a straw stack where 1t was said the
man had been sleeping for several nights
and thoroughly searched that section of the
country, but no trace of him was dis
covered.
Mr.. John H. Gassaway, prominent citi-
zen Of this county. had narrow escape
from serious injury Monday afternoon.
While driving from Germantown to his
home, two miles distant. he heard an I'M
usual noise behind him, and glancng back
saw a six-horse team, the property Of Mr..
George Nichols. running madly down the
road toward him. The road where he was
off, so he whipped up his horse and dashed
down the road ahead Of the runaways.
Upon reaching a point where the road
would permit 1t he turned off, and just as
he did SO the runaway team rushed past
The wagon dashed into Mr.. lGassaway's
buggy and Mr.. GassaWay was thrown out.
He was fortunately not seriously injured,
but the buggy was badly damaged.
The Rockville Reading Circle held its reg
ular monthly meeting last evening at the
home Of Mr.. w. r. Humphrey. The follow
rendered: Teaching Pupils liz Class" A. G.
Harley: Written Exercises" Miss Lucy
Garrett Primary Reading Miss Lucy
Hughes; First Lessons in Reading" Miss
Virgie Brewer; Language Training" Miss
Liberia Rice. Following the program re-
freshments were served
Invitations have been Issued for the mar
rage of Miss Mary Maude Cashell, laugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hazel W. Casheli Of
Walter Plummer of the vicinity of Wash
ington Grove. The ceremony will be per-
formed January Is in the NJ. E. Church 1T
Law Hill