Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Montgomery County Anti
Saloon League Meets-An-
nuaI Fair Next Week.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, August "a. 1912.
At the annual meeting Of the Montgom-
cry County Anti-Saloon League, which
was held at Washington Grove and at
tended by large number of the members
workers from various parts of the coun-
try, officers to serve one year were elected
as follows: President. DR.. John L. Lewis
Of Bethesda: vice observation-disclosures.
Thomas j. Owens Of Gaithersburg: Sec
rotary. Alfred Wilson of Bethesda: treas
urer, Alfred C. Warthen OF Kensington;
district vice presidents. one representing
each Of the thirteen election districts OF
the county, William d. Bell. j. Wesley
Boyer. the Rev. Lewis Jones. William
E. Ward. Robert H. Miller, Newton c.
Rice, Miles Linthicum r. Bentley Thomas
E. Wilson Walker. the Rev. Homer
Welsh, w. W. Hodges, James F. Boyer
and Charles Wilson. Mrs. Sarah T. Miller.
representing the Montgomery County w.
C. T. T., and C. C.. Lawson. representing
the Good Templars OF the county. were
also elected vice presidents.
Business Session.
The morning session was devoted to
business, the adoption of a new constitu-
ton being the most important matter at
tended to. At the afternoon session ad-
dresses were delivered by Andrew Wilson.
president Of the Anti-Saloon League of
the District of Columbia: ]. Bibb Mills of
Baltimore, attorney for the Anti-Saloon
League of Maryland, and the Rev. ].
Harry Smith. pastor of the Southern
Methodist Church at Gaithersburg. Sew
eral selections by a large choir, under
he yaod Of Wilson Wa 1kor
and a solo by Miss Emily Proctor of
Washington were features.
Feature of Annual Fair.
The leading feature Of the annual fair
to be held here Tuesday. Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of next week will
be the horse show. Blair johnson OF
Warrenton, Va, who is in charge of the
arrangements and who is recognized as
a horse show expert, has been at work
for several weeks In an effort to make
the show the equal Of any held In this
section of the country this year, and he
class horses from various parts Of Mary
land. the District Of Columbia and Vir-
gnia.
The classes to be shown include road
sters, horses in harness. women's harness
horses, runabout horses, combination
harness and saddle horses. park saddle
horses, sporting tandem, gated saddle
horses. ponies. green hunters. women's
hunters, lightweight hunters, heavy
weight hunters. hunters and jumpers.
free for all handicap hunters and jump
ers. hunting pairs. hunt club teams
heavy draft geldings. farm teams. jacks
and mules, heavy draft Belgians. Clydes-
dals PercherOns. standard bred, thor
oughbred and saddle horses.
The cash prizes aggregate about $500
The usual ribbons will also be awarded.
\ delegation from this county. headed
by State Senator Blair Lee, appeared be-
fore the state roads commission a few
days ago and urged that certain state
roads In this county be resurfaced. 1t
was represented that the heavy automO-
bile traffic is causing them to ravel. 1t
is understood that the commission will
see that the roads are given the atten-
ton requested.