Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-25
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Officers of Registration Ap-
pointed for Election
Districts.

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ROCKVILLE. Nd. June %, 1913.
The supervisors Of elections met here
yesterday and appointed the following Of
ficers of registration for the various cleo
ton districts of the county, the first
named in each precinct or district being
a republican and the other democrat.
Laytonsville district, Luther NJ. Duvall
and Il. NJ. Waters, jr.; Clarksburg, Will
liam w. Droneburg and Webster " Bur-
dette: Poolesville. Charles V. Willard and
Joseph n. Durby; Rockville, first precinct,
Wilbur S. Day and George P Hender-
son; second precinct, John M Heagy and
Claiborne H. Mannar; Colesville. Henry
c. CLANCY and Wilson c. johnson
Jamestown. J. William Garrett and Ju-
liam Griffith; Bethesda, first precinct,
Lewis Keiser and Warren V. Magruder;
second precinct. Clarence L. Dawson and
Jesse Nicholson; Olney, first precinct,
George II. Jones and FRANCIS Snowden;
second precinct, Charles r. Hartshorne
and Laurason B. Riggs; Gaithersburg.
John W. Case and Perry A. Gloyd: Poto-
mac. John l.. Ball and Carter Clagett;
GAINESVILLE, w. w. Hodges and r. Frank
Gibson; Damascus, William H. Burdette
and Richard H. Stanley; Wheaton, first
precinct, Charles +. Dwyer and Lewis
3. F. Graeves; second precinct, Edward
Farm Sold-Price, $27, 900.
George NJ. Dorcas has sold his farm Of
3ls acres. located three miles from Rock
Vile on the Rockville Potomac road. to
Greenbury Jackson of Potomac district,
the consideration being $4,000
The will of James c. Christopher who
died recently at his home near Laytons-
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probate in the orphans court at this
place. 1t was executed January -. 1901
and disposes of an estate valued at about
S6ONO.
Mrs. Saliie \. Darby, wife of former
Judge Lawrence A. Darby of the orphans
court for this county, died yesterday
afternoon at her home near Jacksonville,
aged seventy-nine years. Her death was
due to general debility. Surviving her
are her husband and the following chill
dren. all OF this county: Misses Mary ",
Grace and Sue Darby, and Messrs. Mil
ton c.. Thomas c., Edward, Lawrence A..
jr., and Roger Darby. The funeral will
take place at 10 O'Clock Thursday morn
ing from the family residence, burial to
be in the cemetery at Beallsville. Mrs.
Darby before her marriage was a Miss
Chiswell and was a lifelong resident of
this county.
Qualified Voters in Bethesda District
According to the new registration
books. which the supervisors Of elections
have just had prepared. the new election
precinct which has been established in
Bethesda district and which has been
designated as precinct No. = contains 2JS
qualified voters, of which 243 are whites
and 10 colored. Precinct No. ] contains
464 qualified voters. AT whites and ~ col
ored.
The will Of Mrs. Eleanor Wright Of
Washington. who died recently, leaving
an estate valued at about $4,000. has
been admitted to probate in the orphans
court here. 1t was executed March II,
1913. and names DR.. George III. Wright
and Mrs. Louise Wright Perkins. children,
executors to serve without bond. The
will bequeaths 81 900 to Eleanor l.. Wright
a granddaughter. and directs that the
residue be divided equally among the fol-
lowing children of the testatriX: George
II. Wright. Prescott Wright, William w.
Wight and Ms. Louise w. Perkins.