Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-03-15
Eutal aud gersnual.
Town and Country.


Floods due to heavy rains are causing
havoc in Maryland, Pennsylvania and the
Middle Western States.
John t. Smith, of Clarksburg, has resign
ed as district chairman of the Republican
party in favor Of Randolph II. Windsor
who has been declared chairman by unani
nous petition.
The Glen Echo Town Council has amend
ed the corporation ordinance regulating tn,
running of automobiles in the limits of thu
town, fixing the speed at IL miles an hour
instead of miles.
A Farmers Institute, under the direction
of the Maryland Agricultural College, will
be held at Olney, this county, on Friday and
Saturday, March 22nd and 23rd. An inter.
esting program has been arranged.
Mrs Mary E. Jones, aged SO years, died
at her home, near Wheaton, last Tuesday
night from cancerous affection of the stom-
ach, of which she had been i'll about two
weeks. Mrs. Jones was the widow of SAM
II. Jones.
The annual meeting of the Montgomery
County Federation of Woman's Clubs will
be held at Kensington on April 18th, when
officers will be elected and an interesting
program rendered. The meeting was to
have been held in January, but was post
poned because of the illness of the president,
Mrs. E. j. Hartshorne.
The County Commissioners on Tuesday
last ratified and approved the report of the
examiners on the road petitioned for by l..
A. Chiswell and others 30 far as the same
applies to the road south OF the railroad.
The approval of the portion applying to the
change of road through the lands of the
Dlckerson Heirs was deferred for future
consideration.
The residence of Mr.. Charles b. Keeler,
of Germantown, which is owned by Mr.. H..
d. Waters, caught on fire from supposed
defective fue Tuesday morning and was
discovered by Mr.. R. H. Humphrey in time
for Mr.. Keefer to get out most of the furni
ture and household goods. The loss is esLi
mated at more than $4,000, with partial In.
surance.
The G. l. Club of Grace M E. 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
liUh ole he
Come and buy your desserts for Sunday.
On Saturday, the 3Oth day of March, at l
o'clock in the afternoon, a competitive ex.
hbition 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 grand musical concert will be given at
Masonic Hall, Saturday, March 23rd, under
the auspices of the Singing Glass of Gath
ersburg. Special features will be orchestra
from Washington, piano solos by special
performers, vocal solos by parties from
Washington, music interspersed by recta-
tons and short scenes, and special male
quartette singing. Admission, % cents;
Children under 10 years, 10 cents.
Mr.. George W. Moxley, of Laytonsvllle,
was cut to pieces by circular saw last
Saturday. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Moxley
slipped or stumbled and fell upon log
which was being drawn toward the saw.
Mr.. Monkeys arm was first severed, then
his body. Saturday was his sixty-fourth
birthday. For years he had charge of a
grist mill at Goshen, and later operated
grist mill at Laytonsville. He is survived
by widow and three children.
Justice Ashley NJ Gould, of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, and Miss
Elizabeth Morris Brewer, both of whom re
side in Washington City, were married last
Saturday at the home of the brides sister,
Mrs. Morris W. Torrey, in East Orange, N. j.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Chas. F. Hutchinson, rector of Christ Epis-
copal Church, East Orange. There were no
attendants, the wedding being quiet affair
owing to the recent death of the bridegroom's
mother.
The following named persons have been
excused as jurors at the March Term of
Court: James b. Maughlin, Philip G. Dut-
row, Richard W. Allnutt, Frank Ii. KarD,
James II. Harding, Charles A. Case, VIM
Harry Dickerson, Edward j. Zimmerman,
Philip B. Souder. The following have been
drawn in their places Elias V. Price, Jones
F. Hoyle, Philip F. Mossburg, WInifred E.
Berry, John s. McCeney, Robert W. Stone
George M. Cecil, A. Hempstone Griffith
John r. Lewis.
1t is understood that the Andrew Small
Academy at Jamestown, this county, will
soon be converted into public high school,
The trustees of the institution recently offer
ed the academy building for such a school
and, in addition, agreed to pay to the Coun-
ty School Commissioners the academy's an
nual income Of about $500 TO help defrsy
the expense of maintaining it. Andrew
Small Academy was erected in 1867 at a
cost Of $4,000. The building is still in eK-
cellent condition.
The residence Of Mr.. Elijah Schooley, about
three miles northwest OF Rockville, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire about O'Clock on
Thursday afternoon Of last week. The loss
is placed at $4,000, with no insurance. 1t is
stated that Mrs. Schooley, who is an invalid
had a narrow escape from perishing in the
flames, she being rescued with considerable
difficulty by her husband and daughter
All the furniture of the house was destroyed
excepting that in one room, which was car
ried out Upon invitation the Schooley
family is now residing with Mr.. George