Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-01-24

Robert Watkins, Of Cedar Grove, thi
county. was held up and robbed by fou
colored men near the corner of Tenth anc
Z streets northwest. Washington, early last
sunday morning. A blow on the back Of
the head felled him. A pocketbook con.
tanning 500 in cash, in four $50 bills and
lives and ones, blank check and business
letters were taken from his pocket. He
gave the police good description of the
men as to general appearance and says
that he can identify them.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank OF
Gaithersbure, directors were chosen as fol-
lows: John B. Diamond. James Anderson
H. Maurice Talbot. Nathan Cooke, John
W. Walker, Albert F. Meem, Samuel R.
Plummer, Elisha C. Etchison, Zadoc M.
Cooke, James S. Windsor, Clarence H. Hos
knson, Joshua 7. Higgins and Ienatius T.
Fulks. The directors elected John B. Dia-
mond president, James Anderson vice.
president, Robert B. Moore cashier and
Frank B. Severance teller.
Mr.. Harrison C. Ward, of Travilah, has
filed suit in the Circuit Court here against
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
claiming $4,000 damages for personal
injuries. He is represented by Attorney
Alexander Kileour. The suit is the out
growth of an accident at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot at Gaithersburg several
months ago, in which Mr.. Ward sustained
a broken arm and other injuries. 1t is
charged that Mr.. Ward was knocked down
by freight train and that the accident
was due to the negligence of the railway
employees.
\ Mr.. Brice W. Howard, leading citizen
of this county, died last Friday night at
his home. near Brookeville, aged rs years.
He had been i'll long while, his death
being due to complication of troubles.
He is survived by his wife, who was, before
her marriage, a Miss 0rndorff, of this coun-
ty. three sons and three daughters. The
funeral services were held at the family
residence Monday afternoon, many per-
sons ATTENDING. Rev. DR.. Clough, of the
Howard county circuit of the Methodist
Protestant Church, officiated. Burial was
in the cemetery at Olney
The School Commissioners for this county
have been asked by the County Commits
sioners to see that the law requiring public
school children to be vaccinated is strictly
enforced. At a recent meeting of the
County Commissioners, sitting as the Coun-
ty Board of Health, DIR. Claiborne H. Man
mar, of this town, health officer for this
county, read a letter he had received from
the State Board of Health calling attention
to the presence of smallpox in Baltimore
and urging the enforcement of the vacci-
nation law Under the law no child is
permitted to attend the public schools I'M
less he or she shall present vaccination
certificate
The will of Bernard Monday, of this
place, who died recently. has been ad-
mitted to probate and record in the Or
phans' Court. 1t disposes of an estate of
the value of about $4,000, and names
Edwin W. Monday, son of the testator,
executor. The will was executed October
Is, 1912. The instrument directs that 5000
be paid to Mary o. Monday widow of the
testatOr. for her immediate needs, and she
is also bequeathed, for life, house and
lot in Rockville and all the household fur
niture and $4,000 in trust. The residue
of the estate, after allowances for advance
ments, is to be divided among the testator s
five children-John M. Monday and Mrs.
Marian KlOffer. of Washington; Thomas
F. Monday, of Annapolis Edwin W. Mon
day and Clara o. Fry. of Rockville and
the children of the testator's two deceased
children.