Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-10-21


Birch and his friends will be present to
assist the music class Miss Harriet Hard
ing, soprano; Miss Susan Taegart, con-
tralto; Mr.. Lewis Knight tenor; Prof.
Leroy Birch, bass; Mr.. Loyal Aldridge, &C
companist; Mr. W. W. Hendry. of Bethesda,
tenor Waters brothers will sing several
Japanese songs, which they learned while
in Japan. All welcome. Silver Offering.
James Ross, colored, 81 years old, was
lodged in jailed here on Monday night,
charged with seriously wounding his father,
Joseph Ross, who is in Washington hos
pital for treatment. Angered at an order,
it is said, given him by his father to cut
some fire wood, young Ross secured loaded
gun and shot through the kitchen window
from the outside of the house at the par
ent. The load of shot entered the back of
the victim. The shooting occurred on Sun
day last. The Ross family lived near
kensinetOn, where the shooting took place.
A monument to the Confederate soldiers
of this county who served in the Civil War
is to be erected upon the Court House
square, Rockville, in the near future, under
the auspices of the Ridgley Brown Camp
of Confederate Veterans. 1t is to cost
$4,000, which will be raised by public
subscriptions. The list, which was very re-
Gently started, was headed by Mr.. Elgar
Tschiffely, of this town. with subscription
of 500, and followed by Mr.. Edward C..
Peter with 500. With such liberal con-
tributions as these it is to be surmised that
it will take but short time to obtain the
required amount.
The premiums awarded at the late exhi-
bition of the Agricultural Society of Mont
gomery county will be paid off at so cents
on the dollar This is the conclusion of
the board of directors. reached at meeting
held here on Tuesday. A deficiency of
about 81 ,400 in the receipts compared with
the expenses compelled this regrettable step
to be taken. There was only balance of
about $500 in the treasury after all the
expenses were paid exclusive of the pre-
miums. The difference between that sum
and the amount required to pay so cents
on the dollar was borrowed by the directors
on their individual note
The wedding of Miss Mary II. Hoskinson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. P. Hoskin,
son, of DerwOod, this county, to Mr.. John
W. Sherwood took place on Wednesday
evening last at the Dumbarton Avenue
Methodist Church, Georgetown, Rev. C. l..
Pate officiating. Miss Anna Lee Poole, of
Gapland, Md. was maid of honor and Mr..
Hillary Hoskinson best man. The ushers
were Messrs. Paul Hoskinson, brother of
the bride; Edmund Freeman. Watts Farmer
and three cousins of the bridegroom
Craigin w., Harry and William Donaldson.
There was no reception, owing to the seri-
GUS illness of member of the family, but
later in the evening Mr.. and Mr.. Sherwood
left for brief wedding trip to New York
Upon their return they will be at home
after November 18th at 1929 Thirty-third
street, Washington.
The Outlook Club, of Washington, met
with Miss Isabelle Weber, at the residence
of DIR. Frederick C. Weber, at Bethesda, on
the afternoon of Saturday, the 18th. Off
GERS for the ensuing year were elected and
installed. Miss Annie M. Wilson, of Ken.
sineton, this county. being elected Presi-
dent. Mrs. Sarah Farr, of Washington
was elected Vice-President, Miss Mabe
Foster Secretary. and Miss Mann Treasurer
Luncheon was served picnic fashion, out of.
doors. The club adjourned until the sec.
Ond Saturday in November. when Dr. Clark
of Chicago University. will read them
Rostand's play, "Chanticler." at the Cham.
Der of Commerce in Washington. Miss
Weber, Miss Susan Coolidge and Miss Page
Taylor were hostesses. Among those pre-
sent were. Mrs Elizabeth Walton, Miss
Glen W.. Orr, Miss Sadie Symonds, Miss
Elizabeth Lynch, Miss Ruth Darwin, Miss
Stevens. Miss Wright and Mrs. Frederick
C. Weber