Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-09
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Lee 0ffutt Begins His Fourth
Term, as Mayor-Con-
stables Appointed.
'ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

cPVcAal correspondence VI Inc staT.
ROCKVILLE. Nd. May .. 1912.
Lee Offutt yesterday afternoon entered
upon his fourth term as mayor of Rock
vile by subscribing to the oath of Office
before the clerk of the circuit court here.
Last evening he administered the oath
to Jacob Poss, Thomas c. Groomes. Jo-
seph L. Clagett and Clifford II. Robert
son, the newly elected members of the
town council, after which the board held
meeting and unanimously reelected
John ]. Higgins town clerk and treas
urer, and Aaron r. Hewitt bailiff.
The county commissioners have APP
pointed constables. who will act as dog
tax collectors. for the various districts
Perry Ensey; Clarksburg. William w.
Hesse: Poolesville. Randolph Luhn;
Rockville, Samuel T. Butt; Coiesville. Z.
T. Brown; Jamestown. J. Lloyd Whip;
Bethesda. Walter p. Shaw: Olney. Ober
w. Daley; Gaithersburg, Thomas Small:
Potomac, Asbury Case; GAINESVILLE,
Richard Gray; Damascus, ]. o. King;
Wheaton. Cover Case.
The funeral of Richard E. Cisell of Oh
ney district took place this morning from
ST. Louis Catholic Church, at Clarks
vile, the pastor. Rev. Father Riley, Of
floating. Burial was in the cemetery
near the church. For about ten years
Mr.. Cissell served as a deputy sheriff for
didate for the democratic nomination Tor
sheriff.
Begin New Duties.
Dr. Ryan Devereux of Chevy Chase and
Columbus w. Day of Damascus. who
were recently appointed public school
commissioners for this county by Gov.
Goldsborough to succeed Commissioners
George H. Lamar and Clagett c. Hilton,
entered upon their duties yesterday, when
a meeting Of the school board was held.
Dewald j. Willard was chosen president
of the board, but, owing to the absence of
Mr. Willard. there was no election of
county superintendent of schools and an
assistant superintendent, to succeed Prof
Earle B. Wood and Edwin w. Broome,
respectively.
The board now is composed Of Dewald
J. Willard, Roger B. Farquhar, DR.. Ryan
Devereux and Columbus w. Day. republi-
cans. and Zadoc M. Cooke and Milford
Offutt, democrats. The board will meet
again next Tuesday.
At the biennial town election at CATH
ersburg Richard H. Miles was elected
mayor over Frederick HI. Grim, and John
w. Walker. Carson Ward, A. +. Meem
and J. c. Phoebus were chosen members
of the town council. defeating John c.
Ward, John ]. Bottlemay, Charles A.
Mansfield and Oscar F. FNulks.
The executive committee of the Mont
gomery County Anti-Saloon League met
hold the next quarterly meeting of the
organization at Forest Glen. the date to
be fixed later Steps were taken for the
organization of colored league.
Will Levy Special Tax.
When the annual county tax levy is
made next month the county commission
ers will levy a special tax against Sec
tions and Of Chevy Chase and Mar
tins Addition to Chevy Chase. The rate
against section will be 81 cents; that
against section 3 will be 10 cents and
that against Martins Addition will be
20 cents. The money thus raised will be
turned over to the citizens associations
of the three sections, to be used for To-
cal improvements.
Several weeks ago the commissioners
received petition from a large num-
Der of taxpayers of each of the sections
asking that the special tax be levied
Yesterday was the date set by the COM
missioners to hear protests, but only one
person appeared in opposition A large
delegation Of taxpayers, headed by R. E
L. Yellott, William Law, Walter c. Gle
phane and Andrew J. Cummings, urged
favorable action by the commissioners
The commissioners are authorized to
make the special levies by a law passed
at the session of the legislature of 1910