Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-07-22

Tournament at II A. M. and base ball at 8
P. NJ. No entrance fee will be charged to
the tournament and prizes will be given
All knights must dress in Maryland colors-
black cap, orange shirt and black pants.
The first OF series of games between the
Rockville and Wheaton base ball teams for
the championship of the county was played
at the Fair Grounds last Saturday afternoon.
Rockville won, the score standing to A.
1t was splendid contest, we'll played by both
teams and interesting throughout. A pretty
catch by Leibln, Wheaton's left fielder, was
the feature. Rockville made eight hits and
two errors, and Wheaton eight hits and four
errors.
The congregation of the Rockville Baptist
Church is considering the question of erect
ing new church building The matter has
been agitAted for some time past, but moth.
ing definite was done until last Sunday
morning, when. at business meeting, q
committee, consisting OF Messrs. A. A. Brad
dock, 8. B. Haney and George Shaw and
Mrs. George c. Lewis and Miss Lucy Gar
rett, was named to look into the matter and
report upon Its advisablity.
The Board of School Commi ssioners has
granted the request OF the advisory commit.
tee for an additional appropriation for the
new High School building at Gsithersburg.
Beside increase in cash Of 81 900, the com.
mitlee is given the present school buildings
at Gaithersburg and Oakmont, with author
ity to sell and expend the proceeds. These
additional sums bring the amount available
for cost of erection up to $1,000, the amount
needed, and nsures the erection of the mod
ern brick structure contemplated.
The Rockville base ball team went TO
Washington las, Friday afternoon, and with
out much difficulty defeated the District team
of the Royal Arcanum League. The score
was 10 to 6. la the early stages OF the con-
test the Rockville boys had things all their
own way, but in the last three innings the
District team woke up, aud kept their OPP
ponents hustling TO keep down their score.
The feature OF the game was the batting of
Shaw, of Rockville, who in five times at the
bat made a single, double, a triple and
home run.
The farmers OF the four adjoining coun-
ties-Carroll, Howard, Frederick and Mont
gomery-will hold their fourth annual pic
mic in Wildwood Park, Mount Airy, Md,
on August 4th. This pic. mic is managed on
the order OF an agricultural lair. Machinery
and other articles exhibited, This year they
have engaged Rev. T. d. Dietrich, of Har.
vest Home Farm, Glen Rock, Pa to lecture
on dairy farming, and Miss Annie Bremen,
OF Baltimore, to lecture on poultry farming.
In the evening the park is taken charge of
by the young people and dancing Is in order.
Mrs Nette q. Nicholson, Of this county,
through her attorney, Glenn IL. Worthing
ton OF Frederick, has instituted suit in the
Circuit Court at this place for divorce,
mensa ct thoro, from her husband, Lewis S.
Nicholson, now understood to reside In
Washington. The bill iled in the case al
leges that the couple we're married in Fred
erick In April. 1898, by Rev Luther Kuhl-
man, pastor OF the Lutheran Church, and
that In less than two years later defendant
deserted plaintiff and has not since lived
with her. Cruelty is also alleged.
The wheat crop Of this county seems not
to have been damaged by the scab as serl.
ously as the farmers thought it was before
harvest. From the reports that come TO us
from those who have threshed, the average,
we should judge, will be upwards Of 20
bushels per acre, and of a fair quality
Two very large yields have been made-one
upon heavy clover sod turned down, and
neither affected by the scab. One of these
two crops was yield of 4Oi bushels per
acre, grown by Mr.. Edw. West, Of near this
town, on eleven acres; and the other was of
40 bushels per acre, grown by Mr.. George
Miles of Unity, on 80 acres.
The county authorities have placed ban
on crap shooting, which is said to be preva.
lent among the colored population, and sew
eral OF the officers recently have been busy
running down offenders. Monday morning
a bunch of i've young colored men-Horace
q. Dlggs, Wan. Honesty, John Mack, John
Neal and Henry Timbers-were before Jus
tice Joseph Reading here charged with the
offense. They were arrested Sunday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff VIM. X Embrey
and Constable Edward Bradley, 1t being al
legged that they were engaged in the seductive
game in the woods near Cabin John Bridge.
The evidence convinced Justice Reading
that all five were guilty, and he required
each to furnish security in the sum Of 800
for his appearance at the November Term
OF Court.