Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March 81, 1906.
Miss Mary Welsh last evening entertained
several of her Rockville friends In honor OF
her guest, Miss Dorothy Payne of Mexico.
Games of various kinds were played ami
there was instrumental and vocal music.
Those present Included Misses Hildred Hig-
gins, virginia Ribble. Lucille Welsh. Laura
Higgins. Mary Welsh and Dorothy Payne,
and Massrs Robert Higgins, Roy Warheld,
Bache Albert, Frank Higgins and Adrian
Burnett.
Nathan Carter Of Jamestown district was
Yesterday afternoon convicted in the cir
cult court here of the larceny of horse
blanket from Mr. Purdum, also of Darnes-
town district The jury recommended him
to the mercy of the court sentence mas
not vet been pronounced.
Delegate Scholls bill, increasing the num-
Der of public school commissioners for TINS
county from three to six, has passed both
houses of the legislature.
Among other measures Affecting TINS
county that have become laws are the fol-
lowing; Providing for a county treasurer
regulating primary elections, Incorporating
Somerset Heights, amending charter of Ia
koma Park Incorporating the Kensington
Electric and Power Company, amending
charter of Garrett Park, authorizing the
erection of a new school building at Clarks-
burg, amending the charter OF Glen Ecno'
authorizing the improvement of the pike
from Kensington to Wheaton, providing Tor
a closed game season, amending the CHAR
ter of Kensington, amending the charter
of Gaithersburg, and requiring the Balu-
more and Ohio Railroad Company 10 place
q hagman at railroad crossing in Rockville.
4 call has been issued for a special cleo
ton at Glen Echo April 16. from O'Clock
until o'clock pm, TO allow the voters OF
that town to pass upon the question OF
She
bonds to the amount of $1,000, for the pur-
chase and repair of the water works and
sewerage system Instituted there several
years ago by the National Chautauqua
COmpany bill authorizing the issue has
passed the legislature. but it provides that
the question must be submitted to the vot-
ers for ratification or rejection. Messrs.
Guy Z. Jenkins, E. Bruce Aldrtcn and
Oliver S. Boswell have been appointed
Judges of the election and Mr.. Morris Hus-
band, clerk.
Had the bill Incorporating the Suburban
Realty Company of Hyattsville' become q
law as II passed the house of delegates 1t
would have meant that the sale or intoxi-
eating liquors would have been allowed
over a considerable portion of Montgomery
county. AS the measure reached the senate
it provided for the sale of liquor upon any
property of the company within ten miles
of the District of Columbia line. This ten
mile limit would have included Rockville.
Senator Blair Lee, who discovered the pro-
vision had the bill KILLED"
Cleveland Beale whose home is near Der
wood this county, was convicted In the cir
cult court here yesterday on an Indictment
charging him with an assault upon Peter
Mills of the same locality. The defendant
was fined $25 and costs.
Walter Thompson, coiored, of the Wash
ington Grove neghborhOod, was adjudged
guilty of the larceny of So from William
Johnson, colored, who also resides near
Washington Grove. He was sentenced to "a
In 40 M nan IL
Tertiary
Harry Ross, colored, who formerly re-
sided az Linden, this county, but who now
claims Washington as his home, pleaded
guilty to an Indictment charging burglary.
1t was charged that shortly before Christ
mas he entered the home of Maj. Thomas
c. Garrett, at Linden, and stole several
articles. He was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiaTy.
William Davis, colored. whose home Is
near Poolesvllle, was acquitted of a charge
of stealing a horse and buggy belonging to
Mr. William White, farmer of the Bealls-
vile neighborhood.
Mr. WiIfred A Dugan of New York and
Miss Maize Ordway Flynn of Danvtlle. Va.
were married here yesterday afternoon by
Rev. S. r. White. The ceremony was per-
formed in the office of the public school
commissioners IN the court house. The
young folks were accompanied by a young
man friend, the party leaving for Wash
ington Immediately after the ceremony.
A license 10 marry has been issued to
Mr. Lee Davis Dulin and Miss Edna Belle
Boyd, both of Washington.
At this weeks session OF the orphans
court for this county the following busi-
ness was transacted: Leonard H Poole and
Frederick p. Hays, administrators of Alger-
non Poole, filed inventory of personal estate
of deceased; Leonard H Poole, administra-
tor of Richard Poole, filed additional inven-
tory of estate Of deceased; John Thomas.
executor Of Cassie Ann Watts, passed his
final account; Percival NJ. Brown, admins
traitor Of F. T. Browning, passed his final
account: Harrison Rider and Jennie War
field. administrators of John. A. Warheld,
filed inventory of personal estate Of de-
ceased and were granted an order of sale.
Arrangements are being made for a race
meet at the fair grounds here May 10 and
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