Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-06-01
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place from fotomac ChApel, large gather
ing attending. Rev. e. L. Woolf, pastor of
the church, oflciated, and the interment
was in the cemetery adjoining the church.
Mrs. Harriet Baker, aged 70 years, died at
the home Of her brother, Mr.. Saml s. Hays,
at GAINESVILLE, on Wednesday night OF last
week. Mrs. Baker suffered a paralytic
stroke Tuesday from which she never raj
lied. She resided in that section all her life.
She was the widow of the late Edward Baker
of this county and Is survived by two
brothers, Samuel Hays, of Barnesville, and
Motley Hays, of Poolesville.
The meeting of the Maryland State Dem
ocratic Central Committee at Baltimore on
Thursday of last week was largely attend
ed, harmony and enthusiasm prevailing.
Mr.. Robert G. Hilton, chairman Of the Gen.
trail Committee for this county, was named
as q member of the committee on resolu-
tons. The date fixed for the meeting of
the nominating convention in the Sixth
Congressional district was September 20, at
Hagerstown.
The Rockville Woman's Club met Thurs
day afternoon of last week at the club rooms.
The president, Miss Beulah White, was in
the chair, and Miss Isabel Kingdom served
as secretary. The program included re.
sponses from modern WRITER'S paper on
impressions of London" by Mrs. N. D..
Offutt, and paper on "Current Events" by
Mrs. Robert N. Bayliss. Mrs. Edwin M i.
West and Mrs. G.. W. Ribble were proposed
for active and associate membership, respec-
lively.
Alta meeting of the Board of Public Works
last, week resolution was adopted directing
the board to advertise the sale Of the annuity
held by Maryland in the Northern Central
Railway Company, amounting to $4,000
annually, and which has been decided by
the Courts to be perpetual charge against
the corpus and receipts Of the railway cor
poration. The consensus OF opinion is that
the annuity should not by any means be
sold on more than per cent basis. This
would fl its value at So ,OOO, 900 to the State.
Mr.. Jesse H. Roberts, q farmer residing
about four miles west OF Rockville, was in
jured In q runaway accident near the b. &
o. depot here last Saturday morning. His
horse took fright at train and ran away.
Mr.. Roberts was knocked down, his head
coming in contact with the curbstone. His
head was cut, he being rendered uncon-
scious, In which condition he remained
about half an hour. He recovered suff1-
GENTLY to be able to go home. Mr.. Roberts
is past 80 years of age, and it 10 feared the
shock may result seriously. s%E Sc
The ladies of Brookeville will hold their
annual ice cream and strawberry festival in
Memorial Hall, Brookeyllle, on Thursday,
June 7th, from to 10 P. M, for the benefit
of Salem Cemetery. This being a public
burying ground more than one half of the
graves are Of those who have no relatives to
care for them, and patronizing this enter
tainment you are bestowing charity that
only the living can render for the unknown
dead. Come kind friends and help US. The
Brookevlle Cornet Band has kindly con-
scented to furnish us music.
The infant child OF Chas. Gibbs, colored,
who resides on the line of the Washi ngton
and Rockville Electric Railway, short d is
lance east OF this place, last week wandered
ont on the railway track and was struck
and badly injured by car. The motorman
saw the child 10 time to reverse the cur
rent and apply the brake, but the momen-
tum OF the car was too great to stop, and the
child was struck with considerable force.
1t was carried on the fender about sixty
feet, sustaining serious fracture OF the hip
and was otherwise badly hurt.
Mr.. Lee Dorsey, of this town, won three
first monies and second at the Norfolk,
Va, harness race meet, held last week. His
winners consisted of Harry G, that reduced
his record to 2;19t; Harry IL, that took
record OF 2:26i; and Monadonock, run
ming horse, that was entered 10 two races
and won first and second. Mr.. Dorsey
left here for Baltimore with his string of
horses-Harry @, Harry H, Grace ID. Noble
Boy, Edna G and Monadonock-on Wed
nesday last, there to race for three weeks
The races begin at Electric Park on Tues
day next.
A clay pigeon shoot was held Saturday
afternoon last on the grounds Of the Sandy
Spring Gun Club. The feature Of the occa-
sion was match between Rockville and
Sandy Spring teams, which was won by
Sandy Spring. There were five men to
side and each man shot at fifty targets,
Sandy Spring breaking seventeen more than
Rockville. The personnel OF the teams was;
Sandy Sprlng-sam'l B. Wetherald, j. Hill
lis Robertson, Fred. l.. Thomas, Douglas
Riggs and Pole Robertson. Rockville
Robert B. Peter, Robert G. Warheld, Harry
G. Hurley, James p B. Veirs and Thomas
@. Keys.
Mr.. Jacob Miller met with painful ac'
cident 10 this town on Saturday evening LAST
on the way to his home near DarnestowD,
returning from Washington in his buggy.
At the corner of Washington and Commerce
streets his horse took fright at an approach
ing automobile and ran the buggy against
the fire plug, throwing Mr.. Miller, the lone
occupant, headlong to the ground behind
the horse. He was unconscious when aid
reached him and was discovered TO have a
wound 10 the side Of his head, which was
sewed up by DIR. Llnthicum, of This town,
with a couple of stitches. The horse ran
away and was caught about square dis
tant uninjnred, and the only damage done
to the buggy was the breaking of the splin-
ter bar and the top. Mr.. Miller secured an
other buggy and later succeeded 10 reach
ing his home that night.