Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-13
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News Of Mont
gomery County, Md.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, November Is, 1908.
The November term of the circuit court
for this county is in session here, Judge
Motter presiding. Clagett c. Hilton OK
GAINESVILLE was selected as foreman OF
the grand jury. the other members oeing
! James r. Bean. James 7. Bean, Harry
NJ Boland, Charles Bodine, Walter r.
Cashell, John o. Clark, William c. Craw-
ford, Joseph B. Glover, Nathan L. Har-
Kiss, Hiram W. Hopkins, Benjamin G.
Hughes, John r. Knight, James A. Multi
cam Charles J. Norriss, Thomas l.. Onutt.
Samuel Riggs, jr., Newton c. RICE, James
E. L. S.bley, Richard H. Stanley, Frank
T. Van Horn and Israel G. Warf1eld
Judge MOtters charge to the grand jury
was brief. AS required by law, he called
attention to certain statutes. and urged
the jury to transact its business with as
much expedition as CONSCIENTIOUS as
charge of duty would allow. He made
no direct reference to the Offutt case, but
called attention to the growing practice
of carrying concealed weapons. and d.
rected the jury to carefully investigate
such cases and return indictments If the
facts warrant 1t without regard to the
social standing of the persons concerned.
Immediately after the conclusion of the
charge the grand jury organized by eject
ing Harry NJ. Boland and Israel G. War-
| field clerks, and began the examination OF
witnesses.
The petit jury is composed of Edward
p. Beall, William E. Beall. Benjamin A.
| Bentley. James w. Barnesey, Luther g.
Burdette. William H. Broadhurst, Charles
E. Benson, ALBERT S. Dalbey, French NJ
Gartrell William F. Gather. Samuel A.
Gloyd, Joseph w. Hopkins. y. Frank
Lewis, Mel E. Linthicunl. Robert MoHett,
Nathan H. Metzgar. Edward P. Marlowe,
Eugene B. Magruder, James h: Onutt.
nD0pnall Perry Price JOSpDn II.
Price John w. Renshaw. Thomas r.
Shreve, Jacob r. Umstead and Ohio b.
Williams.
Licenses to marry have been issued by
the clerk of the circuit court here TO
William T. Platz and Minnie l.. Lustlg,
both of Washington; David f. Boland and
Annie E. Meyers. both OF Brookeville, and
Lafayette r. Bowman and Mamie b.
Boyer, both Of Cedar Grove.
Rev. Thomas H. Campbell. who recently
resigned as pastor of the Rockville Bap-
fist Church to accept call to the pas
torate of the Bautist Church at Coeburn.
Wise county, Va, preached his farewell
sermon last Sunday morning. Mr.. and
Mrs Campbell were rendered a farewell
reception by the members of the congre-
cation. Mr.. and Mrs Campbell, Miss Isa-
bel Veirs and c. Norman Bouic being in
the receiving line.
Brainard II. Warner of kensngton has
purchased the Corcoran Hotel here.
In the suit of Cutshall & Fogle of Fred
erick. against Philip a. Meyer. farmer
of this county. the jury rendered a YER
dict in favor of the defendant.
John Kelly of Garrett Park was award
ed damages in the sum of $50 against Ad
miral Thomas o. Selfridge in suit to
recover $14S. Kelly claimed that cattle
belonging to Admiral Selfridge had broken
into a field of growing corn and done
damage to the amount asked.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Q. Fowler of Mariet-
IA. Ohio have issued invitations to the
marriage Of their daughter Sylvia Maud
Fowler to Ralph Edmund Jones of Rock
vile, the ceremony to take place the after
noon OF November 26 in Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church, Washington.
Mrs. Eunice S. Johnson of Washington
appeared before Justice of the Peace Rob
ertson here yesterday and obtained
warrant for the arrest of John Wade,
colored, whose home is near Takoma
Park, charging him with highway rob-
berry. Mrs. Johnson alleges that while she
and her sister were walking along the
road near Takoma, October 26, Wade ran
out from the woods and grabbed at
pocketbook her sister was carrying. but
missed it, He then grabbed a handbag
carried by Mrs. Johnson, she says. and
ran off with 1t,