Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-04-02

At the closing session on Monday last
OF the one hundred and thirty-first annual
conference of the M. E. Church South. held
IN Washington, D. c.. the following ap-
pointments for this county were made:
Emory, Ernest L. Woolf; Colesville, j. W.
Mitchell; Rockville, F. M. Richardson; Pc.
tomac, A. L. Barrett; Gaithersbure, M. H.
Keen; Goshen. F. F. Neel Clarksbure, W.
c. Smith; Poolesville, j. T. Williams.
Last Friday about thirty members of the
Ladies Aid Society of the Boyd's Presby-
terrain Church held their annual meeting
at the home of Mrs. VIM. T. Grimes. Mrs.
Cora L. Pollock was elected president to
succeed Mrs. Stella Snyder. Mrs. James
b. Maughlin was elected vice president !;
Miss Dorothy M. Hoyle, secretary, and Mrs.
Ida Small, treasurer. The society decided
to repaint the Presbyterian Church at
Boyds.
Mr.. Frank Gather left here yesterday
for Harrisburg, Pa. to be with his niece,
Miss Jessie Gather, at the trial today of
the negro chauffeur who, six weeks ago,
ran over her with an automobile while she
was crossing street. Since the accident,
the circumstances of which have been re-
ported in the SENTINEL, Miss Gather has
been confined in Harrisburg hospital with
her injuries and is just now able to get
out. In reply to an inquiry, Mr.. Gather
stated. before leaving for Harrisburg, that
he did not know whether his niece had
been permanently injured.
Worry over the disappearance of his
wife, Emma Gray, who left her home two
weeks ago and whose whereabouts has
since been mystery, Charles r. Gray, of
Germantown, for a number of years a
deputy sheriff of this county, attempted
suicide here last Monday by drinking car
bolic acid. He drank the poison while
standing in doorway of the court house.
He collapsed Immediately and within a
very few minutes Drs. Linthicum, Mannar
and Henderson were at work on him. The
physicians succeeded in restoring him to
consciousness. but his condition seemed so
serious that they ordered him sent to a
Washington hospital.
A large bank barn and all the outbuild-
ings on the Potomac Hill farm of the estate
of ID. C. Winebrenner. near Whites Ferry,
were burned on Wednesday of last week.
he 10 Of fln hAr.
bushels of wheat. 25 tons of hay, 8 horses
and quantity of farming implements and
machinery were lost. The mansion was
also damaged. Four of the horses belonged
to the tenant. j. Frank Titus, and were
valued at 5000 each, The fire was not
discovered until the barn was entirely in
flames and nothing Gould be saved The
fire went from one building to another,
making clean sweep until the house
alone remained. The loss is Sc, $50, partly
covered by insurance.
One horse was so badly injured that it
had to be killed and two men narrowly
escaped injury, when the automobile of
Albert GOsnell, of Woodbne, driven by
himself, crashed into double team of
horses belonging to Lloyd Burdette. on
Wednesday of last week. The accident
happened on the State road leading from
Monrovia to Hyattstown. Burdette had
taken load of corn to Monrovia and was
on hisway home He was passing through
a deep gulch in the road when the auto
mobile, big touring car, appeared. going
at good speed, and the horses became
frightened. Gosnel applied the brakes,
trying to bring his machine to a stop be-
fore he reached the team. but the heavy
car skidded and the brakes could not
hold il