Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-05-23
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Town and Country.

house and fifty acres of land adjoining
Rockville to J. Somervell Dawson, of this
town, for $12, 500.
Mr.. Samuel Day has sold his farm Of
about 1872 acres. situated near Potomac,
this county, to the Chevy Chase-to- Great
Falls Land Company for $4,000.
Owing to the unwilling of the Confeder-
ate monument at Rockville on June 3rd,
memorial services will be held at Monocacy
cemetery. Beallsville, on Saturday. May 81,
at 2 o'clock. P. M.
M. Bates Stephens, State Superintendent
of Education, has written a letter to the
School Commissioners suggesting that one
day each year be set aside for athletic
sports among the public school pupils of
the county.
The store-house belonging to the estate
of the late II. B. Penn, located at Redland,
was consumed on Wednesday evening last
by fire. which was caused by bolt of
lightning during storm. The building
was unoccupied.
The Sunday Star, of Washington, D. c.,
has as its circulation features every Sum-
day twenty-four page separate magazine
with beautifully colored cover and good
clean four-page colored comic section. Have
your newsdealer deliver one to you each
Sunday.
A meeting will be held at Cedar Grove
Baptist Church on Sunday evening, May
18th, at O'Clock, under the auspices of
the Just Government League. Mrs. Lavinia
H. Engle and Rev. F. B. Cowell will deliver
interesting addresses on Womans Suffrage.
The public cordially invited.
Prof. G. W. Walker, of Browningsville,
announces the engagement of his daugh-
ter, Miss Parepa Wesley, to Mr.. T. H. Day, of
Philadelphia. The wedding will take place
in June. Because of the death recently of
Miss Walkers sister the ceremony will be
quietly performed and no invitations sent
out
This years graduates of the Germantown
High School will be the Misses Lyndal L.
Boyer, Minnie N Dorsey Mildred M. Lyle
hart, Helen M. Shippers. Mary A. Waters
and Isabel P. Watkins. and Chas. johnson.
The commencement exercises will take
place on Wednesday night, May 28th, in
P. E. Waters hall.
Invitations from the faculty and senior
class to the annual commencement exer-
cises at National Park Seminary, Forest
Glen, this county, contain the announce
'ment that William Jennings Bryan, Secre-
tary Of State. will make the address to the
graduates. The exercises will take place
on Thursday, May 29th.
Graduates of the Gaithersbure High
School have been announced They are
Misses Ada DuvalI. Emma F. Hyatt, Pearl
|. Hyatt, Mabel P. King, Grace M. Buxton,
Iva c. Fulks, Minnie F. Carlisle, Annie M.
Mccullough, Laura Frizzell, Amy R. White,
Ellen T. Wilson. Agnes M. Frizzell, Nettie
Z. Phoebus and Evelyn B. Walker
Mr.. Ernest Phoebus. son of Mr.. Joseph
C. Phoebus, and Miss Carrie V. Andrews,
daughter of Mr.. Jackson Andrews, were
married on Thursday evening of last week
by Rev. R. G. Koontz, of Epworth ME-.
Church. Gaithersbure. at the parsonage,
the immediate families being present
After short honeymoon, they will reside
at Gaithersburg
The rector of Christ Church, Rockville, re-
quests that the choir of the church be in
full attendance next Sunday at 1890. Mr..
James E. Bogley. one Of the foremost
teachers of vocal music in Washington,
will preside at the organ and will meet the
choir for short rehearsal before the ser
vices. The rector hopes to be able to Sc
cure the services of Mr.. Bogley as oreanist
and choirmaster.
Mrs. Annie L. Bready, wife of Samuel X.
Broadly. died last Friday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John G. Stone. at Potomac
this county, aged sc years. She had been
i'll several months. Surviving her are her
husband. one son and five daughters. Mrs.
Bready was daughter Of the late Jackson
Rabbit. The funeral took place Sunday
morning from the Potomac M. E. Church
South, the pastor, Rev. Homer Welsh. con-
Quoting the services. Burial was in the
cemetery adjoining the church.
The citizens of Silver Spring Park. this
county, having deposited with the County
Commissioners $500 to cover preliminary
expenses, the County Commissioners will
proceed with arrangements for the con-
struction of water and sewerage system
for Silver Spring Park. The plan is to con-
meet the sewer with the District Of Column
bia sewer at Takoma Park. The cost. which
will be in the neighborhood of $4,000.
will be borne by the taxpayers of Silver
Spring Park.
Mrs Melissa J. Higgins. wife Of Charles
II. Higgins. was found dead in bed at her
home in Gaithersbure last Monday morn
ing. She had been in poor health for some
time, but her condition had not been re-
garded as serious and when she retired
Sunday night appeared to be as well as at
any time recently. Heart failure is given
as the cause of her death. Mrs. Higgins
was 35 years old. She is survived by her
husband and six children. Mrs. Higgins
was daughter of the late Levi Watkins
and had lived in the county all her life.
VIM. Newman. colored, was fined $50
and costs by Justice Mace in the police
court on Monday upon being found guilty
Of violating the local option law. He
paid the fine and was released. The tes-
timony showed that Newman was q MEM
Der Of club that had been organized to
buy barrel of whisky for distribution
among the members and was designated
to make the purchase and attend to the
distribution. He made the mistake, how
ever, Of collecting the money after dis
tnbuting the liquor, which was held to