Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06
NEWS Of ROCKVILLE
AND THE COUNTY
Annual Meeting and Election
of RidgeIy Brown Camp of
Confederate Veterans.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, August s, 1911.
The annual meeting Of Ridgely Brown
Camp Of Confederate Veterans Of Mont
gomery county was held here today. The
roll contains the names of only twenty
four of the sixty members with which
the organization started twenty-five years
ago. OF these nine were present today.
They were Col. Spencer c. Jones, Elgar
l.. Tschiffely. Benjamin D. Candy. Frank
B. Horner, Edmund l.. Amiss, David H.
Horner,. Alfred c. ToIson, Richard P.
Hays and Francis S. Kflgour.
At business session this morning the
annual election of officers was held and
resulted In the unanimous reelection of
the following: Commander, Col. Spencer
c. Jones Of Rockville; lieutenant COM
mander, John T. Holland: chaplain. Rich
ard P. Hays; treasurer, Elgar l.. TSch1f-
fely; adjutant, Edmund L. Amiss The
commander was authorized to appoint
delegates to represent the camp at the
annual national and state encampments.
The committe appointed to raise
funds for the erection at Rockville OF
monument to the Confederate dead
of Montgomery county reported that
S1,25S had been collected and depos-
tied in bank. 1t was decided that 1t
would be impossible to erect the shaft
this year, as had been planned, and
the committee, which consists OF
Messrs Hays, Candy, Kilgour, Tschif-
fely and Holland, was continued. 1t is
believed the remainder of the $4,000
necessary for the monument Will be
collected in time for Its erection next
summer.
Following a custom of many years.
Col. Jones entertained the members OF
the camp at dinner at the Montgomery
Hotel, after which several hours were
spent relating "reminiscences, cracking
Jokes and having a good time gener-
ally.
noon issued here to Miss Alice Emma
keever of Harrisburg, Pa. and Dell
Arthur Hall of Columbus. Ohio:
Gov. Crothers has appointed Jesse w:
Nicholson of Chevy Chase justice OF
the peace in place OF Dennis Clauoe'
deceased.
Miss Louise Wise has returned TO her
home in Washington, after spending
week with Miss Naomi Bogiey' near
Rockville. ,,-..
ing his parents, Mr.. and MIS-. William
H. Rabbit. near Derwood.
! The following are among the real estate
transfers recorded during the week IN the
office OF the clerk Of the circuit courtAhere:
GalIen L. TAFT to George 7. Wells. six
lots in American University Park; Ruth
Hilton to Henry C. Allnut. loo acres; r.
Holt EasIey to Ralph j. Carr, lot IN
silver Spring Park; Vernon ID. watkins
to Katherine v. Allnut, fifty acres; mary
land Realty Syndicate to Katherine T..
Hall. lot in Spring Lake Park; Charles
w. Keil to Herman Burgess. lot near
Chevy Chase: George r. Bliss to Ruth
8. Bliss, lot near Chevy Chase; Ellzaoeth
woodward to Jacob Poss, two lots IN
Rockville Park; county commissioners
to John W. Hall. lot in Glen Echo
heights: william M Roberts to George w.
Rushman, 1872 acres; James S. Windsor
to CHARLES, w. Washington, two acres;
Louis e. Colt to Martin M: smith,
lot in Rockville: William H. Dove
to Elizabeth Howard, eight acres; Jessie
W. Wright to Mortimer Clark, lot near
Forest Glen Matte R Slater to Amanda
c. Waters, lot in Emory Grove Park;
Josiah w. Jones to William j. HOyle.
one-half acre. and George r. Rice to
William H. Fawcett, lot near Travilah.
Mrs j. w. Preston and little daughter
Helen of washington are spending rev
weeks with Mrs. Joseph Flack. near
Garrett Park.
The trustees of the county almshouse-
Messrs. F1eazar Ray, Harry Riggs.
Charles J. Lyddane. William v. Robert
son and Henry B. Gardienr-met at the
almshouse today. Following u business
session, at which only routine matters
were considered. the trustees and a num-
Der of others were entertained at dinner
by Supt Philip Case.