Evening star., 1916-09-10
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Court Dismisses Cross Petitions for
Divorce Filed by Mr.. and Mrs.
Claiborne A. Wilson.

Special Correspondents Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd. September 9.-The
divorce suit Of Mrs. Maude Wilson OF
Washington against Claiborne A. Will
son of Washington. which had been
pending in the circuit court here for
several months. was disposed Of by
Judge Edward c. Peter today. when he
filed an opinion Diminishing both tho
bill filed by Mrs. Wilson and the cross
bill filed by her husband. Mrs. Wilson
charged her husband with cruelty. and
| in his cross-bill Mr.. Wilson asked q d.
vorce on the ground Of desertion.
The Epworth League Of Grace Meth
odlst Church has elected officers for
one year as follows: President, Fred
erick W. Grimm: vice president, E.
Wilson Walker. corresponding secre-
tary. Miss Iva Fulks; treasurer. Miss
Mamie Briggs.
An entertainment was given in the
Sunday school room Of Grace Meth
odist Church at Gaithersburg last even
ing under the auspices of the Young
Peoples Missionary Society. Miss Myra
McCathran and Donald Snyder sang,
MIR and Mrs. Clyde Thomas and Misses
Marjorie Waters, Gladys Clagett and
Ida and Julia Kemp contributed instru-
| mental music and Miss Clagett recited.
Transfers of Real Estate.
Transfers of real estate were record
ed In the office of the clerk of the cir
cult court here during the week as fol-
lows: e. Norval Fortson to Cora b.
McNeili, 20 acres; William A. Ray to
Henry Hamke, 6k acres; J, Dawson
Williams and others to Charles H. MIL
burn, property at Capitol View; Henry
Hamke to Harry A. Manner, part of
Needwood: Grace NJ. Zell to jamie i
Dresser, lot at Glen Echo: Ida $.
Waters to Charles Ritter. lot; Alice w.
Gaines to Juniata l.. X. Frank, lot at
Glen Echo: Paul L. Compton to Charles
A. March, lot at Hill Crest: National
City Real Estate Corporation to Alfred
S. Hopkins. lot at Edgewood; Harry W.
Takoma Park: Violet B. Price to
Charles A. March. lots at woodmont;
Mary G. Griffin to Martin F. Helm,
house and lot in Rockville: Hannah De-
rett Park; William .. Hartshorne to
James H. Kosh. lot at Brighton; Jane e.
B. Reynolds to Walter A. Williams,
property in Rockville.
Rev John H. Schooley, pastor Of the
Methodist Church. oficiated at the mar
shall and Edward Nauss, both of Phila-
delpha.
Samuel Richard Dickerson and Miss
Bertha Leola Whitehead. both OF
Takoma Park, this county. were mar;
ried at Takoma Park few days age
by Rev. Robert e. Harter.
County Democrats to Meet.
Montgomery county democrats will
begin activities Tuesday in behalf OF
their presidential, senatorial and con-
gressional candidates. Robert G.. Hill
ton. chairman OF tho state central CON-
mittee for the county, has issued a call
for a meeting.
A motor cycle belonging to Benjamin
Schrider of Silver Spring disappeared
yesterday, and the owner requested
Deputy Sheriff Hugh O'Donnell to be
on the lookout for 1t. This morning
Deputy O'Donnell held up William
Smallwood, who claimed to be from
Frederick. The motor cycle he was
riding was alleged to be the one owned
by Schrider. Smallwood was placed
under arrest on a charge of larceny and
was committed to jail to await a pre-
liminary hearing before Judge Hender-
son in the police court here. Small
wood claims that he bought the
ma achine.