Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal Items From
Mon igomery County's Capital
,ecial Correspondence of The Stal

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ROCKVILLE, Md, January q, 1906.
MIR. and Mrs. George p. Henderson last
evening entertained the Friday Evening
Euchre Club. There We're present Mr.. and
Mrs J. Arthur Kemp, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
A. Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio II, w. Tai
bolt, Misses Virgie Brewer, Eliza Choate,
Bessie Fields. Rose Henderson. Ethel Lyd-
dane Margaret Moore, Grace Munro, Helen
Talbot, Rose Williams and Messrs. George
Allnutt, Darby Bowman. John Brewer, Rus
sell Brewer, Somerville Dawson, ]. Abby
Henderson Robert Hilton, Charles Jones,
John Martin, William Stalnaker and Wal
ter Williams The prizes were won by
Mrs Kemp and Miss Moore and Messrs.
Henderson and Martin. Refreshments were
served.
William Brown a young negro whose
home is near Derwood. three miles west
of Rockville has been lodged in jail here
to answer charge of brutally aSSauitlnS
Daisy Thornton, also coored, several weeks
ago He is the man who recently escaped
from Officers Green and Mullican after
lively cross-country chase, during which
the officers emptied their revolvers at him,
none of the bullets, however, taking effect.
He was finally located near Dickerson,
where he was employed on the public road,
and Sheriff Gott and Deputy Muilcan went
there yesterday and placed him under ar
rest.
Sheriff James P. Colt has announced the
appointment of Mr.. Richard McAtee of
the upper section of the county as one OF
his deputies.
mittee of the Montgomery County Anti-Sa-
loon League was held here today, at which
plans for the year were mapped out and
other important business transacted. Com
mittees were appointed as follows: Law
enforcement-Frank Higgins, Rev. Robert l..
McNafr Rev. Thomas D. Richards. Legis-
lation-Renjamin II. Miller. Albert +. Shoe
maker Asa NJ. Stabler, Augustus Stabler.
Agitation-W. A. Maxwell, S. o. w. Beall
Alfred c. Warthen, Moses b. Montgomery,
Rev. Walter H. Stone, Rev Frank T. Crit
fifth. Rev. T. ]. Lambert, Rev. Thomas
H Campbell Rev. Peter NJ. Boyden, Dr.
CHARLES Farouhar Affiliation-Mrs. Frank
Chapman. Rev P. P. Flournoy George r.
Bel, Mrs. Thomas c. Groomes Finance
Benjamin H. Miller Asa Al. Stabler. John
w Williams, John H. Gassaway, Rev
Thomas j. Packard. State committee
Moses B. Montgomery, w. w Moore, S.
r. Plummer. Charles E. Higgins, Benja-
min F. Hicks.
rally at Washington Grove in July or Au-
gust All the temperance and religious or
CARNATIONS of the county Will be invited,
and it is proposed TO make it one of the
biggest gatherings of temperance workers
ever held in the county.
1t is said to be probable that the legisla-
ture now IN session Will be asked to enact
law under the provisions OF WHICH the
school board for this county will be COM
posed of five members instead of three as
at present.
Among the residents of this county who
have received appointments under the leg
islature are Messrs. Worthington Griffith,
Robert Garrett and Bernard Jones, on the
house side and c. Mortimer Ward and
George z. Nicholson on the senate side.
A few afternoons ago bun terrier De
longing to Mr.. II. Maurice Talbot devel-
oped signs of rabies and after biting
number of dogs was killed As matter
of precaution several dogs suspected of
NAL were Shot including several valuable