Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-02-23
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Town and Country.

Town ana COunrry'
A severe storm of rain, hail, wind, thun-
der and lightning from the northwest past
over this town about 10 O'Clock Wednesday
night last No damage was done by it.
The ladies of the Lower Seneca Baptist
Mission will hold an oyster and cold meat
supper at the home of Mrs. Vernon Miles
on Monday evening. February 26th, 1912
Edward C. Peter and Frank Higgins, trus-
tees. recently sold at private sale lot be-
longing to the estate of the late Levi Wat
kins, situated in Gaithersburg, to Mr. Willie
Wilson Briggs for $3.50.
On Saturday last Frank Higgins and Geo
A. Peare, Jr., trustees. sold at public sale
the Pope farm, situated near Laytonsville
and containing 1875 acres, to Mr. Harry G.
White for $3,125.
The Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany, of Rockville. has been selected by
the Postmaster General as the depository
for the funds of the Rockville Postal Saw
ines Bank, which began business on the
2lst instant.
The contract for installing electric lights
in the court house has been awarded by
the County Commissioners to o. R. Evans
& Bro. of Washington, whose bid was
$500 The work will be started at once and
will require about a month to complete it.
j. T. Schaeffer has resigned as constable
for Wheaton district, and Grover Case has
been named in his place. The County
Commissioners have appointed Edward T.
Brown and Benjamin P. Whalen constables
for Colesville and Bethesda districts. re-
spectively
The old rate of one car ticket or one cash
fare of cents from any point in the Dis
trict of Columbia to Somerset, this county.
over the lines of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company went into effect
Tuesday morning in accordance with a
decision of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Mr.. George B. McKinnie, Of Layhill, this
county, who, on Tuesday Of last week. fell
on the pavement in Washington and frac-
tured his skull, died on Thursday at the
Emergency Hospital The deceased was
81 years of age. Surviving him are his
wife and one child.
In celebration of the ninth anniversary
of her birth, Miss Katherine Dorsey enter
tanned large number of her little Rock
vile friends last Friday afternoon at the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Dorsey. Games Of various kinds
were played and refreshments were served.
Mr.. Philip D. Laird, Chairman of the
Public Service Commission Of this State,
is at present sojournin9 in the South for
the improvement of his health. He left
Baltimore on Tuesday last. by order of his
doctor. after recovering from slight attack
of pneumonia. He will be absent for a
month.
Mr.. Edward H. Bailey. of 1858 street
northwest. for many years resident of
Georgetown, died on Sunday evening last
of pneumonia. Mr.. Bailey was son of
p the late Joseph T. Bailey, who resided near
Hunting Hill this county. and was sixty
years old. He is survived by his wife,
two daughters Mrs. Ralph Riley and Mrs.
Charles Rowland. of Washington. and
son. Joseph Bailey. of the United States
army.
Mr.. George Dunlop. a well-known citizen
of this county. died last Sunday at his
home. near Chevy Chase, aged IL years.
His widow is daughter of the late Richd
7. Ray, of Linden. He leaves three chill
dren and many relatives in Washington
and elsewhere He was buried Tuesday
the service being conducted by Rev. Geo.
H. McGrew, of Grace Episcopal Church,
Woodsde, assisted by Rev P. B. Stauffer.
of Kensington.
The semi-monthly meeting of the Rock
vile Woman's Club was held on Thursday
afternoon of last week at the home of Mrs.
David H. Warfield. Miss Rose Henderson
read a paper on Horace Fletcher and
Fletcherism." three minute talks on "Edi-
bles" were given by Mrs. Wilson S. Ward,
Mrs. Warfeld, Miss Rose Henderson Mrs.
Evelyn Glascott. Mrs. E. L. Billiard and Miss
England. and there was an interesting dis
cussion Of remedies for indigestion.
The Woman's Club of Kensington met
on last Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. VIM. M. Terrell. Miss Wilson gave
the second of the delightful lectures on
art, which she is delivering before the club
this winter The subject of this lecture
was Legendary Art" large number Of
club members went to see the Sothern-
Marlowe production of Macbeth and found
it particularly satisfying because of the
careful study the club has just completed
of this play
The Supervisors of Elections for this
county have four clerks at work transcrib.
ing the names of voters on the old registra-
ton books into new books The work was
made necessary by the primary election
law passed by the legislature last month.
The new law requires the books to con-
tain spaces for the registration of the party
affiliations of voters, and, as such spaces
are not provided in the old books, new
books had to be obtained The work of tran.
scribing will, it is thought, take two months
Haller & Halter, paper hangers, painter
and decorators, 1000 Eye street northwest
Washington, d. c., announce that they
have just received their new styles Of wal
papers and decorations, consisting of thu
latest patterns, English, French and Anne
rican, and respectfully solicit the publict
trade, They obligate themselves to give al
work prompt attention OF reasonable prices
Spring is near at hand the season wheI
the work in the line Of this firm is per
formed, and those patrons Of the SENTISEl
who have either paper hanging. painting