Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-25
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County, Md.
of The Star

Specldi correspondence OF Inc star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, January %, 1907
The county public school commissi oners
have accepted the designations of Miss
Elsie NJ. Day, as principal of the school at
Kings Valley, Miss Lucy G. Waters as
principal of the school at Oakmont and
Miss Edith E. Byrne as principal of the
school at Beane. The appointments Of
James E. Duvall as principal of the Kings
Valley school, Miss Jessie NJ. Clark as pr.n-
cipal of the school at Beane and of Miss
Edith E. Byrne as principal of the school
at Oakmont have been confirmed. The
board has appointed Charles B. Murphy as
trustee of the Hyattstown school, vice E.
a. Lewis, removed from the district. 1t
Was decided to make an appropriation for
Industrial training at the coored school at
Sandy Spring.
The county commissioners have decided
to move the Office of the school commits
siorers from the second floor of the court
house to the room on the first floor used
as a jury grand ROOM The county surveyo.
will he given the Office to be vacated by the
school commissioners and the office now
grand jury room.
A license to marry has been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here to Walter
w. Thompson of Gaithersburg and Miss
Elizabeth A. Crawford. of Germantown. A
license has also been issued here for the
marriage OF Rocco GiroccO and Miss Maria
Iarusso both of Washington.
Sylvester c. Jones died shortly after /
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon at his home
in Potomac district, aged nearly seventy
five years. He had been in poor health a
long while of an affection of the kidneys
and other troubles, although his death was
unexpected. His wife, Mrs. Caroline JONES'
and his children. Miss Lena and Messrs.
John j. Hampton and Theodore Jones, sur
viye him. -
The county commissioners have decided
a m w of taor or nnf
the state tax commissioner has the right in
assessing the shares of capital stock of
Maryland corporations holding Baltimore
city stock to deduct the amount of such
stock. upon which state taxes have been
paid or are payable by Baltimore city, from
the gross valuation of the corpora tons
shares In such way as to allow credit to
the corporations in the basis of both state
and county taxation.
The commissioners yesterday passed an
order employing Senator Lee to institute
and conduct such litigation for the protec-
ton of the general taxpayers of the county
as may IN his Judgment be necessary. It Is
explained that If Senator Lee wins his point
1t will mean an Increase of about SD, 600
in the taxable basis of Montgomery cOin-
ty, or an increase of about 1000 year in
the revenues -
Miss Elizabeth A. Crawford of German
town and Mr.. Walter w. Thompson of
day evening by Rev. Thomas J. Lambert,
pastor of the Gaithersburg M. e. Church
South. =
Mrs. Mary Ida Posey of Seneca, this
county. has, through Attorney Edward C.
Peter Of Rockville, instituted suit in the
circuit court at this place for an absoIute-
divorce from her husband, John w. Posey.
Desertion is alleged.
Z; Licenses to marry have been issued by
the clerk Of the circuit court here to
Thomas Lee Leehlider and Miss Maude
Virginia Richardson, both of Colesville, this
county and Harry Samuel Riggs of Lay
louisville and Miss Elizabeth Magruder
Waters of Goshen.