Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
NEWS OF ROCKVILLE
AND THE COUNTY
Process of Qualifying New
Citizens as v0terS-Tra
fers of Realty.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, November A. 1911
AS is usual preceding an election, the
employees in the office of the clerk of
the circuit court here have for some
time been busy administering to new
Corners into the county the oath of their
intention to become citizens of the
county. Under the law no person NOV
ing into the state is allowed to register
until he has taken such an oath and has
lived in the state one year thereafter.
AS the election of 1912 falls upon No
vember ), no person taking the citizen
ship oath after today will be eligible
to register next fall.
Total of New Voters.
Since the election of 1910. 21O per-
sons have made the required declara-
ton of their intention to become citi-
zens. and consequently they will be
eligible to vote at the election of 1912,
provided they continue to live in the
county and register next fall. OF these
prospective voters. as have taken up
their residence In the Bethesda district
and 20 have moved into Wheaton coun-
fy- The others are scattered through
out the county, the number to each dis
trict being as follows: Laytonsville. ):
Z. - y,
-; Colesville. s; Jamestown. ); Olney,
L; Gaithersburg. 10. Potomac, 5;
GAINESVILLE, ,; Damascus. 1.
The supervisors of elections met here
today and turned over to the proper
officials the ballots. ballot boxes, etc.
to be used in the county at next Tues
days election
Unusually Large Ballot.
The ballot this year is unusually large.
1T is "a inches long and is inches wide
and contains the names of thirty seven
candidates-16 democrats, ) republicans,
Is prohibitionists and socialists-and
three proposed constitutional amend
ments
Miss Lillian Amelia Stanley, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Stanley of
Damascus, this county, and Everett
Hawkins of Etchison, this county, were
married a few days ago in the Metho-
dist Church at Damascus. Il very large
assemblage being present. The cere-
mony was performed by the pastor, Rev.
William Hoffman.
The bride was attended by Miss Del
mar Young of Damascus as maid of hon
or. and the bridegroom's brother, Mr..
Thomas Hawkins, was best man. The
uSherS were Misses Rose L. Boyer and
Madge Muilinix, and Messrs. Grover c.
Stanley and Sterling Day. Mrs. James
M. Mount played the marches. Follow
ing the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins
left for trip south.
At meeting of the oranges of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges counties. held
recently at Olney. this county. Howard
Marlowe and Robert II. Miller of this
county and Raymond Ager of Prince
Georges county were appointed to keep
an eye on Annapolis this winter and post
the oranges of the state concerning mat
tiers of legislation affecting the inspec-
ton of fertilizers. the publishing of an
alyses, ETC. a resolution was adopted in
dorsing the bill introduced in Congress
by Representative d. ]. Lewis of this dis
trict providing for postal express.
Realty Transfers Recorded.
The following are among the transfers
of real estate recorded during the week
in the Office of the clerk of the circuit
court here: j. Dawson Williams to Sarah
A. Wright. lot at Capitol View: Ashley
NJ. Gould TO Minnie r. Smith, lot in Ia
koma Park: Benjamin r. Leighton to Os-
good H. Dowell, two lots at Woodside;
James +. Williams to John T. Reed. 100
acres near GAINESVILLE: Raymond Depue
Joseph Stabler to Francis Snowden,
lightweight acres near Ashton: Charles
r. Brinkerhoff to John r. Engle, lot near
Gaithersburg: Charles E. Brinkerhoff to
III. T. Martin. lot near Gaithersburg: j.
May Morrison to William +. Emory, lot
at Oakmont; Samuel j. Spearing to An
drew e. Shannon. twenty-five acres: Hat
tersly w. Talbot, trustee, to John w.
Burgess. four acres: James l.. TAFT to
George II. Ball, lot in American Univer-
sity Park: Alta l.. Watkins to Charles
b. Murphy, lot in Hyattstown; Charles r.
Darby to Simon p. Knill, 81 acres; r.
Holt Easley to Clarence Walden. lot In
Silver Spring Park: Washington Loan and
Trust Company to Edgar ". Crittenden.
lots near Takoma: Ohio b. Cooley to Ben
jamin White. sixty-four acres: Hezekiah
Barber to John d. Woodfield, fourteen
acres.