Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-30
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Judges and Clerks Of Election Appoint
ed-General Items,
spondence of The Star.


| ROCKVILLE, Md, August 90, 1905.
! The board of supervisors of elections for
| this county, consisting of Messrs. Samuel
| Riggs. Elisha c. Etchison and Henry M.
| Lindig, met here today and appointed the
! following judges and clerks to serve at the
November election, the first-named judge
and clerk in each precinct being democrats,
! the others republicans:
| Laytonsville district-Joseph M. Pope and
| Henry H. Griffith, judges; Ledoux E. Riggs
| and William D. Bell, clerks
Clarksburg-Wiliam E. King and John W.
| Boyer, judges; Webster V. Burdette ard
] Newman G. Dutrow. clerks.
Poolesville-E. Wilkerson Jones and
| Usher Carlton, judges; Mortimer B. Stabler
| and Harry L. Willard. clerks.
Rockville: First precinct-Joseph L. Clag-
| gett and Arthur B. Gleason. judges; Lee s.
Dorsey and A. A. Braddock clerks. Second
precinct-Thomas N. Bailey and John M.
| Heagy, judges; Frank Wilson and Simon
/ P. Wagner, clerks.
Observation-Disclosures c. Davis and Samuel
| s. Bond. judges; Odorion w. Robey and J.
Janney Shoemaker, clerks.
Darnestown-Charles j. Lyddane and Jas.
T. Purdum. judges; Maynard Hoyle and
| Frank R. Martin, clerks
| Bethesda-M. Wilson Offutt and Ira H.
| FIJI. judges: Charles H Matthews and Ed
| ward E. Crockett, clerks.
Olney: First precinct-George E. White
and Clarence Carroll, judges; Nicholas R.
| Griffith and Malcolm Farquhar. clerks. Sec
| ond precinct-Juhn C. Bentley and Charles
| H. Shaw. judges; James M. Strain and La
fayette NJ. Dwyer, clerks.
| Gaithersburg-Chares F. Hogan and Ell
| dredge D. Kingsley. judges; John A. Belt
and John c. Burns. clerks.
Potomac-Henry NJ Clagett and John w.
/ Lynch. Judges. Charles
| Charles r. Stone, clerks.
| Barnesville-Isaac M. Emmert and John
| w. Brown judges; 0lagett c. Hilton and
| William w. Hodges, clerks.
| Damascus-George w. Burns and Samuel
V. Broadhurst, Judges; James D. Young
and James w: Burdette. clerks.
| Wheaton-First precinct-Wm. V. Beall
and Thomas C. Parker. judges; William A.
! Fidler and James H. Massey, clerks. Sec
ond precinct-Hugh F. O'Donnell and Geo
f. Burdette, Judges: Horace H. Beall and
| William p. Wilson, clerks.
Lloyd Jones was appointed democratic Of
| ficer of registration for GAINESVILLE district,
| in the place of Louis B. Schol, disqualified
| by reason of being candidate for office.
| The board decided to change the polling
place in the second precinct Of Olney dis
| trict from Olney to Brookeville.
| Mr.. Landon Wolfe Hopkins and Miss
! Ruth Cecilia Gallon. both of Washington,
| came out to Rockville yesterday afternoon
and were quietly married by Rev. Thomas
| J. Packard. rector of Christ Episcopal
Church. the ceremony taking place at the
| home of the minister The groom gave his
age as twenty-one and that of the young
| lady as eighteen. They returned to the city
| Immediately after the ceremony.
| Mrs. Emma A Fink Of PooleSvflle, this
| county. has, through her attorney. Clifford
| H. Robertson of the local bar, instituted
| suit In the circuit court here for an abso-
lutte divorce from her husband. Clarence P.
Fink. The bill alleges that the couple were
| married in Frederick in August. 1898. and
| that two years later the plaintiff was de-
| serted. 1t Is understood that the defendant
| now resides at Troy Ohio.
| Robert s. Connor. Eashingtonian, was
| before Justice of the Peace Reading here
| this morning to answer charge of assault
preferred by William Gorham of this coun-
| ty. 1t was charged that Conner struck Cor
| ham at the recent fair here. knocking him
| down and rendering him unconscious. In
| which condition he continued for nearly a
half hour. The prosecuting witnesses fall
| ed to put In an appearance. and the case
| was dismissed. Connor admits that he
| struck Gorham but says he was grossly In
| suited and resented 1t.
| George w. Patterson, a respected resi-
dent Of the vicinity of BealPs Mill. four
| miles from Rockville. died this morning.
| aged eighty years. Yesterday he suffered
a stroke of paralysis and failed to rally. He
wife survives him.
| County Superintendent of Public Schools
s. r. White has announced the appoint
ments OF the following teachers: Miss
Marian F. Manion as principal of the school
| at Brighton, Miss Violette Clagett as prin-
cipal of the school at Cedar Bend. Miss
Alice E. Hepburn as principal of the school
| at Claysvile, Miss Henrietta Fulks as prin-
| cipaI Of the school at Linden, Miss Mary ].
| Austin as principal of the school at Buck
| Lodge, E. A. Draper as principal of the
| colored school at Martinsburg, Hattie E.
Harmer as principal of the colored school
| at Norbeck. Miss Lavinia Brown has re-
signed as principal of the school at Brigh-
| ton Blanche Howard as principal of the
colored school at Grifton. E. A. Draper as
principal Of the colored school at Pooles-
willie, and NJ e. Gregory as principal Of the
colored school at Ounce Orchard. The
board of school commissioners has appoint
ed r. E. Darby as trustee of the school at
Buck Lodge in the place of Remus r. OAR
by, declined, and Rezin Turner, Glenn Mar
tin and Charles Meekins as trustees of the
i colored school at Seneca.
Mr.. Perry Sullivan. one of the best-known
citizens Of Colesville district, this county,
died yesterday at his home at Colesville,
aged eighty years. He had been Ill for
long while of cancerous affection Of the
face and ear. and this was the immediate
cause Of death. His wife, son and three
daughters survive him. The deceased was
successfully engaged In farming for many
years.
Mrs T. II. Nichols and daughter OF Dem
yer. Col. are visiting Mrs.. Nicholts sister,
Mra Josephine 0iasoott. at this piacs.