Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-26
SUBSCRIPTION DANCE,
EVANSVILLE Event
Many Interested in Fate of Delegate
Clagett's Registration
Bill.
Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
EVANSVILLE, Md. February &c. 1914.
A George Washington subscription dance
was held in Masonic Hall Tuesday night
under the direction of Harold Burnside.
Waldo Burnside and Chester A. Adams.
The chaperons were Mrs. w. d. Porter.
Mrs, ]. T. T. Graham, Mrs. Alfred II.
Wells and Mrs. John g. Holden. Some
of those present were the Misses Helen
and Florence Benton, Bernice Carson.
Elizabeth Naylor. Faith Snyder, Florence
Torhet Hildegarde Rice, Mariana Gray
Bertha Loehl. Eleanor Bowers and kath-
crime Wilson. and Messrs. Basil Boyk'n,
q; Il Hodges. Griffith Mudd, +. S. Tilton,
H. T. Mayfield, Lieut. ]. Ralph Fehr,
s. g. Schmidt. Roger p. Hollingsworth
and A. II. kiesecker, all of Washing
ton: the Misses NJ. Ethel and Hazel F.
Gwynn and Elizabeth Kennedy of Laurel.
Miss Margaret Boyden and j. Hanson
Boyden of Glendale. the Misses Mary
F. Porter Errestine Giacchetti, Lucy
Mayo. Angela Vandoren, Dorothy Y
Calf Dorothy Anlan and Haro.d W. and
" w Burnside. T. ]. NandoTen, jr.. w
d. Porter and f. ~ Fuller of Hyatts-
Vile. the Misses Lorena and Louise
tfourley of Holland Point. Calvert coun-
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cant r. c. Williams Lieuts. ]. d. Gray
md T. r. Coster, Sergts. +. w. Montell,
o. G. Carpenter, II. u, Deeley and X:
r. Gray of the Maryland Asricuiturai
College: A. {. Adams, ). ID. Gray, L. II.
Jiibbard and ". Bergman.
The bill recently introduced in the Mary
land house of de egates by Delegate
lagett of Prince Georges county. allow
i'm" declara ions of intention to become
citizens of Maryland to be made before
a Justice of the peace well as before
the clerk of the circuit court or the
county is of considerab bic interest to resi-
dents of the District of Columbia and
elsewhere especially those contemplating
taking up their abode in Maryland. Under
the present law persons moving into
Maryland are obliged to make af1daVlt
before the ERIK OF the circuit court tnal
they intend to become citizens of the
state This declaration has to be made
q year previous TO any regular resistra-
ton, and on account OF the fact that
prospective citizens are, as a rule. COM
PEELED 10 travel all the way to Marlboro
TO make the affidavit, there are many
persons residing in MARYLAND contiguous
to the District of Columbia who are not
voters.
Delegate Clagett's bill viii probably be
:sTnenaed so as to provide that but one
jus ice of the peace in each election dis
trct. 10 be designated by the judge OF
the court. shall be allowed to receive
declarations. and that the latter can be
made only on the first Monday in each
month.
Rev. Mr.. Thomas Recovering.
Rev Henry Thomas. rector of St. Mat
thew's P. Z. parish. who was stricken
with a slight attack of paralysis while
conducting services in the Pinkney Me-
mortal Church here Sunday morning. is
reported TO be recovering. 1t is expected
that he will be confined to his room for
several weeks.
Delegate Van Horn of Prince Georges
county. has introduced bill authorizing
the commissioners OF the county. in their
discretion. to appropriate $1,000 annually
for. farm cooperative demonstration work
in connection with the Department Of
Agriculture. Under federal statute. the
government will appropriate as much |