Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-15

court. in commenting upon the grand jury's
report took occasion to say that the clerk
of the court had no jurisdiction in the mat
ter of granting liquir licenses, except to see
that the persons indorsng the applications
are respectable, and this he regarded
delicate duty. The judge suggested that
the only means of vindcating the law and
stopping the Illegal sale of liquor is to send
good men. irrespective of their political af-
fliations. to the legislature who would be
bold and honest enough to pass laws that
would meet the situation. In this connec-
ton he referred to the law in force in Car
roll county, Nd, which requires the fact
that application has been made for
license to be published III order that hear
ing may be granted any one who should
object.
The grand jury returned indictments
against saloonkeepers on the Bladensburg
road for various offenses. One of the men
indicted, Council, was fined S104 and costs.
While on his way to Marlboro in the Gus
tody of Constable r. A. Shreve, Mccarthy,
one of those indicted, leaped from the Ches-
apeake Beach train between Benning and
the District line, and made his escape to
Washington. He has not yet been cap
tured.
Misses Elsie Bresnahan and Angela Erwin
ca CHI received gold medal from Rev j. B.
Tower. pastor of ST. Jerome's Church. for
excellence in their Sunday school studies.
The committee appointed by a recent cit
liens meeting, to collect data relative to
the cost of constructing permanent high
ways in HyattSville announces that it will
report the result Of its Investigations to n
meeting called for Thursday evening of
next week in Masonic Hall. In a recent
statement in The Star signed by Mr.. Will
lam Giusta, chairman of the committee the
statement was made that the committee
had not adopted the plan of the local paper
to issue bonds in the sum of $50 900 for
roads. The Hyattsvile Independent is I'M
derstood to be the local paper referred
to, and the proprietors of that paper desire
it stated that their paper has no plan for
h.lrnI inc
of the papers position in The Star to which
the article by Mr.. Giusta referred, contain
ed no such statement. The statement was
to the effect that the Independent advo-
Gated plan which involved the issuance
of bonds necessary to pay one-half of the
cost of the work, the property owners pay
ing the other half.
While exercising in the gymnasium at
Charlotte Hall School, ST Mary's county
Saturday last, Master Addison Wells Smith,
grandson of Mayor Wells of Hyattsvile
fell from horizontal bar and received a
shock which rendered him unconscious The
young man has improved sufficiently to
permit of his being conveyed to Washing
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Ellin have issued
invitations to the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Margaret Riggles Ellin, to Mr. Leroy
Whitc0mb of Brightwood The ceremony
will take place at Rock Creek Church,
Monday evening, April "a.
y large gray wolf which had been causing
considerable annoyance in the neighborhood
of Chillum, was shot by Mr.. Lewis Souder
last Wednesday.
Rev Mr.. Brooks, pastor of Emory chapel.
Brightwood. has been returned for another
year, much to the qualification of his many
friends
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cabeen Hopkins of
Port Deposit, Nd, have issued invitations
to the wedding reception of their daughter,
Frances. and Mr. Richard Bennett Darnall,
Thursday, April %. The groom-elect is
the only son of Mr. Frank Darnall of Port
land Manor. Anne Arundel county
Mr.. Andrew ]. Browning of Riverdale has
oeen appointed to position as stenogra phi
er in the engineer department. District of
Columbia government.
Messrs. j. H. and j. c. Rogers of Hyatts-
vile and Edwin Spaulding and Dr. Willard
D. Bigelow of Washington have purchased
the Yost tract, lying on both sides of the
CITY and Suburban Electric railway al the
District line on the extension of Rhode Is
land avenue, and have subdivided it into
building lots averaging 50X140 feet.