Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-01-05
8utal aud 2rrsonal
Town and Country.

Town and Country.
At the annual meeting of the Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Montgomery
county the old officers were reelected.
At the Christmas entertainment of the
Baptist Sunday School on December 29th
a purse was presented to the pastor. Rev.
o. W. Henderson.
G. W. Etchison the Overland agent, Of
Gaithersburg, will start for New York next
Sunday night to attend the automobile
show, which will be held in Madison Square
Garden.
Mr.. Oscar L. Johnson. proprietor OF the
Rockville lumber yard, will please accept
our thanks for his handsome calendar for
1912. We wish him good health and pros
perity in business during the year
Thomas L. Saxon. of Kensington, has
been appointed page in the the House of
Representatives at Washington. The ap-
pointment is credited to Texas from which
State young Saxon removed to Kensington
four years ago.
At the annual election of officers of the
Rockville Baptist Sunday School, the follow
ing were chosen: Superintendent, Richard
Cronise; vice-superintendent, Paul Leh-
man; secretary, Roger Bean; treasurer,
Geo. Shaw librarian, Vivian Robey.
AS usual the Farmers Banking and Trust
Company, of Rockville, has issued an at
tractive calendar for 1912, and through the
kindness of the officials large number of
persons have been supplied with them,
which are highly appreciated by the re-
cipients.
The Christmas entertainment of the Sab
bath School of the Presbyterian Church will
be held Friday, January 5th at 1880 P. M.
Miss Grace Bellman, cornetist of Wash
ington. D. c., will be present. Church choir
in charge of the music. Gifts for the chill
dren and good time is promised by the
committee in charge.
Richard Mines, colored. was last Friday
sentenced to three months in the house of
correction by Justice Joseph Reading in
the police court here. 1t was charged that
Mines terrorized the negro population in
the vicinity of Glen. and frightened several
families away from their homes. He was
before Justice Reading on charge of as
sault
Mr. Thomas H. Robbins, aged 81 years,
died on Wednesday afternoon of last week
at his home at Friendship Heights. He
had been i'll a long time of complication
of diseases. He is survived by his widow
and several children. Funeral took place
Thursday afternoon from the family resi-
dence and burial was in Greenwood Gene
terry. New York city.
At the meeting of the Pastmasters' AS
ISOLATION of Montgomery county, which was
held in Masonic Hall. Gaithersburg. officers
were unanimously elected as follows Pres
ident, Winfred Beck, of Bethesda vice
president Dr. George H. Wright. of Forest
Glen; secretary and treasurer, James F.
Allen, of Rockville. Following the meeting
the annual banquet was held Mr.. Allen |
acting as POSTMASTER. Thirty-five men, |
bers were present.
In Telling a tree on the farm of Samuel
Case, near Potomac, about O'Clock last
Friday afternoon. Samuel Elliott, aged 20
years, who was employed by Mr. Case, was
instantly killed. In falling. the tree lodged
in another tree Mr.. Elliott attempted to
cut it loose. and as he did so the butt end
swung around and struck him, knocking
him down and falling on him. His neck
was broken and the upper portion of his
body was badly mashed He is survived
by his wife, who was formerly Mrs. Sipes,
and several stepchildren.
Mr.. W. A. Brooke's appointment as auto
mobile deputy was well justified, owing to
the services rendered in this line while
Sheriff Welt was in Office. During the
summer of 1911 Mr. Brooke in his car over
took more than 35 speeders and 30-odd of
this number were convicted or forfeited
collateral in court. Farmers living along
the pixies used for speeding appreciate the
appointment, as it tends to protect them
and their families from reckless autOmo-
bilists. who seem to care not for human life, |
as is shown daily. the country over, by |
their murderOus work.
The large baling establishment of Thos
|. Fulks, in the center of the business sec |
ton of Gaithersburg was destroyed by fire |
on Thursday afternoon of last week. The |
origin of the fire is unknown. The build |
ing was covered with heavy sheet iron |
roofing and weighed down the fire as it |
rapidly consumed the tons of baled straw |
ready for shipment and materially helped in |
saving Fulks lumber yard, railroad freight
house. Carlisle store and other business
properties located nearby. The loss is |
heavy. The building was owned by the |
Gaithersbure Milling and Manufacturing |
Company. Partial insurance was carried |
on the building and contents
Mr.. Gist Blair. of this county, is an |
avowed aspirant for the Republican Con- |
gressiOnal nomination in this district to |
succeed Representative David j. Lewis
and his friends are already at work plan
ming to put up vigorous fight in his behalf |
Mr.. Blair sought the nomination two years
ago, but was defeated by Brainard H. War |
ner Jr., of this county. In that contest |
Mr. Blair beat Mr.. Warner in four of the
five counties of the district, but the tre-
mendous vote rolled up for Mr.. Warner in |
Frederick county more then wiped out the |
advantage in favor of Mr.. Blair in the other
counties. II is understood that Mr.. War
ner will not be candidate for the nomi- |
nation this time.
States Attorney Enters OFFICE.
Mr. Outerbridee Spates took the oath of