Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-03

for Temperance Rally
Annual Church Festival.

Special Correspondence Of The STAR
ROCKVILLE. Nd. August. g. 1906
The temperance people OF Montgomery
county expect to have big time at Wash
ington Grove tomorrow. 6vhen the annual
rally under the auspices of the Montgomery
County Anti-Saloon League viii be held.
The Anti-SAloon League and other temper
ance organizations and the churches gen.
orally Of the county and the District Of Co
iumbia are expected to be well represented,
ana 1t Is thought the gathering will prove
one of the largest OF temperance people
ever held in the county. Prominent speak
ers will be on hand. and there will be mu-
sic by a large choir. under the direction OF
Prof. Wilson Walker of Gaithersburg. The
Browningsyilie Cornet Band will play at
frequent intervals during the day.
Mr.. Richard Thomas Lowe of Travilah
and Miss Maize E. Bolton of Potomac Wis
tied Rockville yesterday and were married
by Rev. Thomas H. Campbell, pastor of the
Baptist Church. at the home of the minis
ter.
Grover Cleveland Gartrell. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. French NJ. Gartrell of Unity. this
county, died Wednesday night of typhoid
pneumonia. aged twenty-five years. He had
been i'll for about four months.
The following appointments of public
school teachers have been announced: Roger
j. Whiteford. as principal of the Sandy
Spring high school: Mrs. Stella E. Thomas,
as principal of the school at Cropley, and
Richie E. Haney. as principal of the school
at Slidell.
license was issued here Wednesday for
the marriage of Oswald Boone and Miss
Hilda Theresa Radthe. both of Washington.
Messrs. George Allnutt and John Higgins
have returned to Rockville after spending
week at Winchester.
Shortstop Nichols of the Memphis team
of the Southern League who has just been
purchased by the Philadelphia American
League team is a Montgomery county boy
his home being in the upper section of the
county. He has played with the Rockville
team and other teams of the county, and it
is no surprise to his many friends in this
county that his abilities as a ball player
are receiving recognition.
The annual festival for the benefit of st.
Marys Catholic Church, this place, was
held Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
and proved a gratifying success, notwlth-
standing the unfavorable weather. Rev.
Father Mcclure. pastor of the church. was
in charge of the arrangements. He was as
sisted by Mrs. Charles ]. Maddox, Mrs.
Lee Offutt. Mrs. Lawrence Flack, Mrs.
John Maddox. Mrs. David J. Bready, Mrs
John E. West. Mrs. Wallace f. Ricketts,,
Mrs William E Morgan, Mrs. Charles
Veirs, Mrs Henry Clagett, Mrs. Charles a
Beard. Mrs. Bradley Carr, Misses Kate
Rabbit Lena Jones. Venie Wagner. the
Misses Yearley. Mr.. John l.. Brunett, Geo.
NJ. Hunter and others. A pleasing feature
of each evening was an orchestra concert.
Inc Rockville 1dlI COItdlHS pIlSOHSi
whose behavior. according to the jail OH
Gals is considered out of the ordinary
He is James McNulty of Washington. who
is awaiting trial on the charge of grand
larceny, II being charged that he stole
eleven dozen golf balls from the Chevy
Chase Golf Club several weeks ago. Jailer
Trail says that when the boy first entered
the institution he was unusually laxative
About the LIST OF July, according TO Jailer
Trail, McNulty was either stricken deaf and
dumb or he deliberately refused to tax
He has not spoken a word. 1t is stated, and
apparently has not heard anything since
that time. He communicates by means of
a pencil and pad. The boy has been exam
ined by the tall physician.
George Howard a young colored resident
Of the vicinity of Spencerville this county,
was acquitted by Justice of the Peace
Brewer here yesterday of a charge of as
sault with intent TO kill. He was arrested
on the charge of shooting Matthew Dade,
also colored. with a gun, peppering him
from his neck to his waist. 1t was testified
that Dade went to the home of former
sweetheart and began to make things lively
According TO the evidence he attacked the
house with stones. smashing nearly every
window pane and assaulting the young wo-
man. Howard who lives near by, was
sent for and he FASTENED to the scene of
trouble. AS Dade approached the house
with another supply of stones, 1t was testi-
fed Howard leveled his gun and fired
Dade was painfully injured, but he was ar
rested and brought to Rockville and lodged
in Jail, where he is awaiting trial at the
November term of court.