Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-29
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County, Md
Special Correspondence of The Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Star
| ROCKVILLE. Md. April % 1907
The case of the county commissioners for
montgomery county against State Tax Com
| missioner Schley to compel the tax commits
! sloner to assess certain Baltimore city stock
! held by financial institutions in Montgomery
| county was argued in the Maryland court of
! appeals yesterday, State Senator Blair
| Lee representing the commissioners and At
| torney General Bryan appea ring for the tax
| commissioner. The case originated in the
| circuit court for Anne Arundel county and
was appealed by the tax commissioners The
latter claims that he has no authority TO
assess except for state purposes but the
commissioners contend that the stock
should be assessed for county purposes also
1t Is stated that about $500, 900 In Balti-
more city stock is owned by Montgomery
county institutions If the decision of the
court of appeals is against Commissioner
Schley it will mean that this amount will
be placed on the assessment books of the
county and will increase the countys reve-
nue. about $4,000 year.
The Rockville town council has obtained
iesai advice to the effect that 1t is within
ITS power to enforce an ordinance regulat-
ing the speed of railway trains within the
corporate limits of the town, provided the
limit hXed is reasonable one. Mayor Lee
j
within the next day two visit Baltimore
and endeavor to persuade the railway Off
cials TO place Waterman at the intersec-
ton of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and
the Baltimore road If their mission is I'M
successful the town council will it is un-
derstood pass an ordinance limiting the
speed of trains. The Baltimore road cross
ing is regarded as an extremely dangerous
one, and narrow escapes are OF frequent oc-
currence.
Special services were held in the Baptist
Church yesterday in the interest of the fund
being raised for the erection of a new house
| of worship. Rev. Thomas H. Campbell, pas
tor of the church. preached an appropriate
sermon, and addresses We're made by
Messrs. A. A. Braddock, Vernon II. Beall
and Clifford II. Robertson. The building
committee reported that nearly 5000 in
cash had been collected and about 5000 addi-
tional had been promised. A meeting will
be held two weeks from today to decide
upon the location of the new building and
1t is believed that building operations will
begin soon thereafter. Col. Spencer c.
Jones, whose father was pastor of the
church for a number of years. has pledged
himself TO duplicate every dollar raised by
the other members of the congregation. 1t
is the hope of the congregation to erect
handsome edifice.
county, and for many years resident of
the vicinity of Gaithersburg, died last Fri
day morning in Georgetown University
Hospital, aged fifty-two years.
Miss Mary E. Beall, daughter of David
4. Beall, died Friday evening at her home
in Potomac district
Mr.. Samuel Simmonds and Miss Marie
Michand. both of Washington. were mar
| ried shere Saturday afternoon, Rev. Thomas
]. Packard, rector of Christ Episcopal
Church, officiati
Montgomery Commandery, No 10,
knights Templar has installed the follow
ing officers Generalissimo, Edwin S. Hege;
senior warden, DR.. George f. Lewis; Junior
warden, Roger Shaw; warden, Wilson S.
Ward; recorder, Harry B. Cramer; treas
urer Thomas l. Fulks; standard bearer,
w. p. Humphrey, jr.; sentinel, John A.
Belt. The other officers, previously in
stalled, are: Eminent commander, Joseph
Reading; prelate, James F. Allen; captain
general, Arthur B. Gleason. The COM
mandery voted to change the place of
meeting from Gaithersburg to Rockville.
That decision will have to be ratified by
the Grand Commandery to be effective.
Rev. r. A. Smith, pastor of the Baptist
churches at Poolesvile and Travilah, this
county, has returned from an extended
tour of the orient.
The April meeting of the Neighbors OF
the Sandy Spring vicinity was held at the
home of Miss Alice Tyson. The invited
F. Brooke, Prof. Roger ]. Whiteford Miss
Ellen Farquhar, Mrs Ida P. Staber and
Miss Salie P. Brooke.
Rev. ]. H. Dulaney, formerly pastor Of
the NJ. E. Church South at Freedom, Nd
has taken up his residence in Gathers
burg.
The Wednesday Club of Sandy Spring
met this week at the home of Miss Dorothy
Brooke.