Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-07
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
Meeting of Recently Formed Shakes
peare Club.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, February Z. 1908.
The Rockville Shakespeare Club. recently
organized by a number OF the ladies OF
Rockville. held its first meeting yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ohio III. w.
Talbot. The first act of king Lear" was
read by Mrs. Beall of Washington. The
membership Of the club includes the fol-
lowing: Mrs. IL. Clinton Alnutt. Mrs. @.
Minor Anderson, Mrs. Edward c. Peter.
Mrs. Edwin Smith, Mrs. Hattersly w. Tall
bolt, Mrs. Ohio ii. w. Talbot, Mrs. j. Ar
thur Kemp, Mrs. Lee Offutt, Mrs. Wallace
Welsh, Mrs. Thomas ]. Packard, Mrs. Da-
vid H. warfield. Mrs Harry A. Dawson,
Mrs. Richard II. Stokes, Mrs. Arthur Z.
Gleason, Mrs. Theodore 8. Mason, Mrs.
Robert C. Warfleld, Mrs. N ID. Ofutt.
Misses Rose Armstrong, Lille Anderson.
Lille Bennett, Rose Henderson, Isabel
Kingdom, Lucy Smith, Mollie Holland. Nam
ME Vinson. Margaret Fields, Margaret
Stokes, Lucy Simpson, Mary Lyddane, Eliza
Choate, Annie Maddox, Lizzie Prettyman.
Beulah White, Mary Almoney, Miss Mars
den and Miss Ballow.
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs.
Lillian Brice Waters, wife of Washington
Paters, jr., who died at her home here
last Sunday afternoon, were held yesterday
afternoon at the late home of the deceased,
a large number of the citizens of Rockville
attending The services were conducted by
Rev Ernest L. Wolf, pastor of the Rock
Vile NJ L. Church South, of which the de-
ceased was a member. The assistant pas
tor, Rev John c. Copenhayer, participated
The pallbearers were Messrs. Harry Blunt
and Jackson of Washington, Horace ID.
Waters OF Germantown, Mack Waters OF
Goshen, and Robert c. Warfield and George
H Lamar of Rockville. The interment was
in Rockville cemetery.
Much difference of opinion exists. fl Is
said, among the members of the board OF
ageaf frFFi
Visibility of substituting a county treasurer
in the place of the five collectors OF taxes.
Messrs John III. Bogley and Charles c.
Griffith are said TO be opposed TO any
change in the method Of collecting the
taxes, while the other members of the
board, Messrs. Oliver II. p. Clark, Joseph
T. White and Jacob II. Allnutt, are said TO
be of the opinion that the Substitution OF q
treasurer would annually save the county
much money. 1t is understood. however,
that the passage OF q treasurer bill by the
legislature now in session is certainty
The measure has already been prepared FOR
introduction, and it is believed VIII re-
ceive the support OF every member of the
county's delegation.
Mr.. Robert Leander Wharton of st Pani.
Mimi. and Mrs. Bertha Nj. Miller ef Peters,
burg. Va, visited Rockville yesterday after
noon and were quietly married by Rev.
Thomas II. Campbell. pastor of the Bap-
tist Church, the ceremony taking place al
the home OF the minister in the presence %
friend OF the couple. The party left fgE,
Washington soon after the ceremony.
Henry Duffin was given a hearing before
Justice OF the Peace Brewer yesterday az
ternoon on a charge of CARRYING concealed
weapons It was alleged BY Albert Gray
that the accused attempted to use a razor
on him. but the testimony failed to sustain
the contention, and the case was dismissed,
At meeting of the aid society of the
Rockville Baptist Church, held last Mon
day evening at the home of Mr.. Henry
Welt, Il was decided to give colonial
tea" the evening of February %. Mrs.
George c. Lewis was appointed Chairman
of the committee OF arrangements.