Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-03-29
Eufal aud gersnual.
Town and Country.

SCISSOR l0r C0leSVllle oil stTlcLi VICE w llsOn u
johnson, declined.
Mayor Eckhart, of Kensington, has re
signed that position, the resignation to take
effect on the 1st of May.
Gov. Warfield has appointed Thomas A
Burdette Justice of the Peace for this
county, vice John o. King, resigned.
The Burden Bearer Circle of the Kings
Daughters will meet with Mrs. Gleason on
Tuesday, April End, 1907, at 3 P. M.
Mr.. Albert Stewart, well.known farmer
of Laytonsville district, died on Wednesday
morning last, In his 68th year, of paralysis
The Weather record keepers tell us thai
last Saturday was the hottest day OF March
in all years. Here the heat rose to 80, and
in Washington the record is 95.
James W. Msllonee, of Kensington, has,
through his attorney, Arthur Peter, filed
suit in the Circuit Court here for an abso-
lutte divorce from his wife, Martha A. NAL
lonee.
Cromelin Lodge, No. SO, K. of p, will
give dance and supper in their hall at Po-
tomac, this county, on Easter Monday night.
Good music. Plenty to eat. The public
invited.
Mrs. Margaret Harris, aged 70 years, died
last week at her home in Potomac district.
Grip and general debility were the cause of
death. She is survived by two sons and two
daughters.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' Union
Cemetery Association will be held at the
residence of Mrs. Alice A. Bouic on Thurs.
day, April 4th, at 3 o'clock, p. M. All mem.
bers are requested to attend.
Mrs, A. l.. Collins, wife of Mr.. John Col,
Inns, of Potomac district, this county, died
last Friday night, aged 80 years. She had
been i'll long while of an affection of the
lungs. Her husband and five children sur.
vve her.
A drama, "Valley Farm" in four acts, to
be given by the young people of Poolesville
and vicinity, in the Poolesville Town Hall,
on Monday evening, April LIST 1907, at s
o'clock. Doors open at 7;30 o'clock. AID.
mission, % cents.
Thieves entered the Baltimore and Ohio
depot at Germantown, this county, Thurs
day night of last week, but secured only IA
cents and few tickets. Later the same
night an unsuccessful effort was made to
enter the store of II. d. Waters, about q
mile away.
Mrs. Alice NJ Jones Mckee, wife of DR..
Charles S. Mckee, ex-Mayor of Hagers.
town, was found dead in bed at her home
in that town on Monday morning last, heart
disease being the cause of death. Deceased
was SO years of age, was q native of this
county, and was daughter of Rev. John
M. Jones, a Methodist minister.
The young gentlemen OF Rockville have
issued invitations to their annual Easter ball,
which will be given in the Opera House the
evening of April Bud. The committee of ar.
rangements is composed of Messrs. John An :.
derson, Wilson s. Ward and Lee Kemp.
The chaperons will be Mrs. r. H. Stokes,
Mrs. Henry Bradley and Mrs. VIM. Dorsey.
The G. l. Club of Grace M. Z. Church
South Gathersburg, will hold an ice-cream
and cake sale in Mr. V. W. Davis dining
parlor on Saturday, March Both. The sale
will begin promptly at 1870 o'clock and con-
tinue through the afternoon and evening.
Various kinds of desserts will be on sale
and a light supper will also be served.
Come and buy your desserts for Sunday.
On Saturday, the Both day of March, at l
O'Clock in the afternoon competitive ex.
hibition of combined lime and manure
spreaders will be given on the farm of Mr..
Samuel Wade Magruder, at Travilah, this
county. These machines will represent five
different makes and their best work and
usefulness as labor savers will be exhibited.
The public is invited to attend and witness
the contest
A very handsome and most artistic Barre
Granite monument has just been placed in
the Rockville cemetery, on the Prescott lot
This beautiful stone is highly polished and
the family crest is handsomely carved upon
the die, while the family name "Prescott,"
appears in heavy raised letters on the base
This memorial weighs about six tons, and
was executed by our home establishment
operated by Mr.. John M. Heagy.
Mrs. Robert N. Bayliss entertained the
Rockville Woman's Club at its regular bI.
weekly meeting on Thursday afternoon oil
last week. The program rendered included
responses from Greek philosophers, paper
M ~ l.., Al. L L 4
Offutt reading by Miss Lillian A. Ben.
nett; paper on sour Forests and Wild
Flowers" by Mrs. J. Arthur Kemp; an
interesting question box, and some pleasing
music.
Mrs Virginia G. Cross, administrative o.
Rosalie B. Cross, who was injured in the
Terra Gotta wreck and died the next day
filed suit to recover $4,000 damages in TIT
District OF Columbia Supreme Court Las
week against the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company. Mrs. Cross says she is thu
mother and sole next of kin of the deceased
who, it is alleged, was of great financial as
sistance to her Attorney Arthur Peter ap
pears for the plaintiff.
Mr.. VIM. II. Parsley. one Of the oldes
residents Of this county, died last week a
his home at Layhill, aged SO years. Hi
death was due TO a general breakdown o
the system. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Samue
Bond, of Sandy Spring, and the following
sons and daughters: Mrs. Annie E. Bae
and Mrs. NJ. v. Mcdonald, OF Baltimore
Mrs NJ. N. King, of Washington; John W
Parsley, BurtonsVille; Richard A. Parsley
of Ohio, and Joseph b. Parsley, of Takom
Park. Mr.. Parsley was born at BrookeVill
and resided in the county his entire life. II