Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-29
AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Maryland Branch of the
Kings Daughters Hold
Quarterly Meeting.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

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ROCKVILLE, Md. May %, 1912.
A large number of delegates and
others. from the fifty-two chapters of
the state attended the quarterly meet
ing of the Maryland branch OF the
Kings Daughters, held yesterday in
the Rockville Southern Methodist
Church, with the Rockville chapter as
host. Baltimore sent sixty delegates.
and other sections of the state also
were we'll represented. 1t was the first
meeting of the kind ever held In
Maryland outside of Baltimore.
Morning and afternoon sessions were
held and at noon a delightful luncheon
was served by the members OF the 10
cal chapter. Both sessions were pre-
sided over by Mrs. Don Hoffman OF
Baltimore, state president. and Mrs.
Claude Leber. state recording secre-
tary, served as secretary.
Rev. F. NJ. Richardson, pastor Of the
church, conducted the devotional ex-
George III. Lamar OF Rockville DEW
cred the address of welcome, and Mrs.
c. B. Hayden of Baltimore RESPONDED.
The remainder Of the morning session
was taken up with the transaction OF
business. including the submission and
discussion of various reports.
The principal address of the day was
delivered in the afternoon by Miss Mary
E. S. Colt, secretary of the Baltimore
Young Women's Christian Association
She gave an interesting description or the
work in which her organization IS en-
gagged. Mrs. H. Medley Price OF Baiti-
more, formerly state president, conduct
ed a Bible reading, and later told about
the recent international convention, which
she attended as a delegate from Mary
land.
During the day Miss Margaret Hiatt
of Rockville played several violin selec-
tions. There also were other interesting
features.
The officers of the Maryland branch are:
President, Mrs. Don Hoffman of Balti-
more; recording secretary. Mrs Claude
Iesber of Baltimore; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs F. w. Beck Of Baltimore
trea surer. Mrs, J. H. Anderson of Balti-
The officers Of the Rockville chapter
are Miss Isabel Kingdom. president; Mrs.
Edward C. Peter, vice president; Miss
Jackie Mcdonald. recording secretary Try
Mrs John B. Brewer, corresponding Sec
rotary; Mrs. John H. Gassaway, treas
urer, and Mrs. James F. Allen, chairman
of the executive committee
Russell Hooper and Edward Timmons,
whose homes are understood ODE at or
near Laurel, Nd, were placed in jail here
last evening by Chief Deputy Sherif1
Peyton Whalep on charges of assault
preferred by James Wilson. colored. 1t Is
said that Hooper and Timmons, who have
been working near Bethesda. had a con-
troversy at Bethesda with Wilson over
trivial matter, which resulted in the
white boys attacking the negro. 1t IL
claimed that either Hooper or Timmons
struck Wilson on the head with club
tniur.ng him so badly that it was neces-
sary to take eight stitches in his scalp
Wilson was seriously hurt, although II Is
said his skull was not fractured. Hooper
and Timmons will be tried before Judge
Mace in the police court here.
license to marry has been issued by
the clerk of the circuit court here to Dey
Rev and Miss Ethel March, both OF
Chevy Chase, this county.