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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Bill To Supply Water To MaryIand
Residents.

Senator John Walter Smith, of Maryland,
has introduced in the Senate bill to au-
thorize the District Commissioners to enter
into agreements to supply residents Of
Maryland near the District line with water
from the District of Columbia water sys-
TEN.
The bill is entitled bill ITO protect the
health of the residents of the District of
Columbia and the employees Of the United
States Government residing in Maryland
near the District of Columbia boundary"
The bill authorizes the District Commits
sioners, upon the joint request or approval
of the State Board of Health of Maryland
and the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission. body corporate. established
by chapter $40 Of the acts Of 1916 of the
State of Maryland. to enter into agree
ments with the County Commissioners of
Montgomery and Prince Georges counties
in the case of unincorp0rated towns
and with the municipal authorities of in
cOrpOrated towns. to furnish any incor-
porated town or unincorporated territory in
Maryland. within three miles of the Dis
trict boundary with water from the Dis
trict water system.
The Commissioners are authorized to
permit the connection Of water mains in
Maryland with the mains of the District
at or near the District boundary. at such
points as they may designate.
All the expense attached to this pro-
ceeding is to be paid by the Maryland au-
thorties and they are also to pay for the
water so taken from the District system,
and to make agreements with the District
Commissioners looking to the safeguarding
Of the District water system.
Whenever in the opinion of the District
Commissioners, the water supply of the
District becomes too small to supply the
District and to keep up the agreements with
the Maryland towns. the agreements may
be broken by the Commissioners
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Chautauqua Certain For 1917.

The return of the Chautauqua next year
was made certain at the final session of
the Chautauqua here Monday evening,
when fifty persons agreed to take twenty
dollars worth Of tickets for 1917. The
agreement signed reads as follows
Il hereby subscribe for and agree to
take twenty dollars 500 worth of Chau-
tauqua tickets for the summer Of 1917,
provided at least five hundred tickets are
subscribed for tonight. and provided fur
Their that the Chautauqua shall be held
between July Goth and August 18th, 1917.
am to have the privilege to sell or dis
pose OF them as ! please. provided, how
ever. il less than $50 are subscribed for
! will not sell or give my tickets to those
who would otherwise buy them"
Those who subscribed are as follows ::
Norman BOuic. W. W. Welsh, George M.
Hunter. Harry A. Dawson. J. F. Collins,
Dr. X. C. Warfield, Hon. f. C, Peter, DIR. C.
II. Mannar, W. C. Bean, r. W. Vinson, W.
b. Burdette. Frank Higgins. Miss r. L.
Wagner. Alexander Kilgour. Thomas Vim
son, w. II. Beard, C. W. Prettyman. DR..
Geo. +. Lewis. o. H. Talbot. J. C. Welli-
yer, J. J. Higgins. II. C. Allnutt. Berry E.
Clarke. E. W. Broome, Preston B. Ray. J.
W. Mcfarland. W. S. Mugruder. W. Hicks,
A. J. Almoney. F. NJ. Hallowell. j. J. Hut
ton. c. F. Kirk. DR.. J. W. Bird. DR.. 0. M.
Linthicum, Mrs. Henry Howard. David Bis
sett, j. W. Jones, Thomas Dawson. X. G.
Hilton. W. X. Brewer. Albert Bouc, Alex
ander Garrett. William T. Griffith, VIM. II.
Talbot. George M. Anderson, James 7.
Bogley. II. c. Hickerson. r. E. L. Smith,
George II. Lamar. Joseph Reading, Bowie
F. Waters and Vim. II. Baden.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21

The Montgomery County Sunday School
Association will hold its annual rally at
Washington Grove. Md. Thursday, July
9th, 1916. with the following program
MORNING SESSION.
Worship the years work reviewed: The
Call For Preparedness. Rev. j. II. Schooley :;
Practical Plans For Primaries. Miss Wilson !;
song Offering; conference good
Sunday school is like; appointment of
committees, prayer and benediction bas-
ket lunch. meeting of committees. etc :;
AFTERNOON SESSION
Devotional service presentation Of cOun-
ty standards: reports from districts; Sun
day School Records-How Kept and Used,
Miss Wilson The Grace Of Giving. Mr.. r.
L. Middleton, President Of Prince Georges
County Association The Sunday School
and The Teacher. Mr.. Homer Edison. Wash
ington, d. c.; Offering; reports OF commit
tees election Of officers.
Z. W. WALKER. President.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Cummings Named For Excise Board.

President Wilson last Friday appointed
Andrew J. Cummings, Of Chevy Chase, this
county, to be member of the Excise Com
mission of the District of Columbia. His
name was sent to the Senate and was
referred for investigation to the District
Committee, Of which Senator John Walter
Smith is chairman.
The commission to which Mr.. Cummings
has been appointed has absolute jurisdic-
ton over all liquor licenses in the District.
and is empowered to administer what is
probably the most drastic municipal excise
law in effect in the country. The number
OF licenses that may be issued is fixed at
something like 500. whereas probably as
many as 1000 applications are received
each year.
Mr.. Cummings was a candidate for the
Excise Commission two years ago when
the new law was enacted. He was bitterly
opposed at the time by the anti-saloon
interests. VIM. H. Anderson. then Super
intendent Of the Maryland Anti-Saloon
League, led the fight. claiming that it was
Mr.. Cummings whom the liquor interests
used two years ago to defeat the anti
liquor legislation before the Maryland Leg
islature.
II was not generally known that the
President had Mr.. Cummings in mind for
the place. and no effort was made by the
anti-saloon forces to defeat him. II new
fight is to be launched. it will take place
before the Senate District Committee in
an effort to prevent his confirmation.
Mr.. Cummings was named to succeed
Gen. Robert G. Smith. Gen. Smith had
been named as his own successor. but the
anti-saloon forces were hostile to him and
prevented his confirmation.
A provision is being carried in the Dis
trict appropriation bill providing that no
money shall be paid to an Excise Com
missioner until he is confirmed by the
Senate. This was directed against Gen.
Smith. the retiring Commissioner. but will
affect Mr.. Cummings as we'll 1t means
that he will be unable to draw any money
until confirmed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Sale or Near-Beer Violation or Local
Option Law.


That the so-called near bear, which is
said to contain less than 2 per cent of
alcohol, is an intoxicating liquor. and that
its sale in this county therefore c0nsti-
tutes violation Of the local option law OF
this county. was the decision Of Justice
J. Abby Henderson In the police court here
last Friday The question was passed
upon by Justice Henderson in the cases
Of Arch Hopkins and Jos. White, colored,
whose homes, near Sandy Spring, were
searched few days ago by Deputy Sheriff
Gingeil. who found there and confiscated
about fifteen crates Of the beverage, and
who. as a result, preferred charges against
Hopkins and White Of violating the local
option law by having in their possession
intoxicating liquor with intent to sell il.
The defendants admitted at the trial that
they intended TO sell the beverage. but in
sisted that they had legal right to do so.
II was shown, however. that the near-beer
was decidedly exhilarating. and Justice
Henderson adjudged the defendants guilty.
Being satisfied. however. that the men
told the truth when they claimed that they
had not intended to violate the law, Jus
tice Henderson suspended sentence, but
let ii be understood that they or any others
who might be found guilty In the future OF
] such infractions Of the law would not be
30 leniently dealt with.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Warning To Farmers OF Atlantic
states.

An unusual abundance of the moth Of
the True Army Worm in Maryland, Vir-
einla and the District of Columbia indi-
Gates the possibility of an impending
outbreak of this destructive pest in the
Atlantic States. The moths, the ento-
mologists of the U. S. Department of Ae-
riculture report. were laying their eggs
during the first week of July, and as it
takes from three to four weeks for the
caterpillars to mature. their presence should
begin to be quite apparent about the last
week in July to the first week in August
Farmers should be on the alert to dis
cover this pest in its younger stages. be-
fore it has reached large size and has
committed iTeparable damage to growing
crops. especially grasses and grain.
When the army worm is discovered at
work the infested spots should be sprayed
Immediately with a solution of powdered
arsenate Of lead, 2 pounds to so gallons
of water. If Paris green be used the spray
should be composed as follows Paris
green, pound; freshly slaked lime.
pounds water, so gallons. The lime is
necessary as preventive of burning by
the Paris green, which is quite caustic
when used on tender plants such as corn.
When spraying is impracticable the
poisoned bran bait is recommended. II is
made as follows: Wheat bran, so pounds;
Paris green, pound or white arsenic or
powdered arsenate of lead. 2 pounds low
grade molasses, 2 to 4 quarts.
The bran and poison should be thor
ouehly mixed while dry and the molasses
afterwards added. kneading and stirring
the mass until it is easily broken into
small bits. The addition of six finely
chopped lemons has been found to add
value to the bait in some cases. The
poisoned bait should be scattered broad
cast where the worms are at work or in
their path or among them while they are
on the march.
When the army worms are moving to-
eether in mass they may be halted and
destroyed by blowing out or digging
narrow ditch with steep sides directly
across their path. The worms fall into
this ditch in large numbers and may then
be crushed readily by dragging log or
chunk of wood back and forth through the
ditch
All farmers should keep on hand few
pounds of one Of the standard insecticides
such as arsenate of lead or Paris green
because Of the fact that the delay of a
few hours. usually necessary in order to
procure insecticides in an emergency, en-
ables the army worm to do irreparable
damage to crops. The insecticides men
toned above will not spoil il kept in dry
condition in covered containers. Farmers
Bulletin No. 73l. u S. Department OF Az
riculture, contains a full account of the
army worm and may be secured free of
charge upon application to the Secretary
Of Agriculture.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Religious Notices.

Preaching at the NJ. f. Church South.
Rockville, every Sunday morning and even
ing by the pastor. Rev John II. Schooly.
Services every Sunday. with preaching
in the morning and evening, at the Rock
vile Baptist Church. Rev. Oscar W. Hen
derson. minister.
Rev. John r. Henderson expects to con-
duct the services at the Rockville Presby-
terrain Church on Sunday at the usual
hours, II A. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ.
Rockville Christian Church. o. c. Barnes
minister. services Sunday. Bible School
10 A. M; preaching at II A. M. and 8 P
NJ; Christian Endesvor at Pm. Preach
ing every fourth Sunday at Hyattstown al
II A. NJ. and 8 P. NJ.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Endorsed At Home.
Such proof as this should convince any
Rockville citizen.

Such proof as this should convince any
Rockville citizen.
The public endorsement Of local citizen
Is the best proof that can be produced.
None better, none stronger can be had.
When a man comes forward and testifles
TO his fellow citizens. addresses his friends
and neighbors. you may be sure he Is thor
oughly convinced or he would not do So
Telling ones experience when 1t is for the
public good is an act Of kindness that
should be appreciated The following state
ment given by resident Of Rockville adds
one more to the many cases Of Home En-
dorsement which are being published about
Doan's Kidney Pills Read il:
f. l.. Roger. Prop. Montgomery House,
Rockville, Md. says: Il know that D0an's
Kidney Pills are good kidney medicine
took them for backache and pains through
my kidneys and they gave excellent re-
suits.
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kid
ney Pills-the same that Mr. Roger has
twice publicly recommended. FOster-Mil-
burn Co.. Props. Buffalo. N. Y.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby Given that the sub
scribers have obtained from the Orphans
Court OF Montgomery county, Nd. letters
OF administration on the personal estate Of
JOHN B. BYRD.
late Of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof to the subscribers on
or before the 18th day Of January, 1917 ;
otherwise they may, by law. be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate. All per-
sons indebted to said estate are requested
TO make immediate payment. Given under
our hands this 18th day Of July. 1916.
SAMUEL ID. BYRD.
JOSEPH ID. BYRD.
July i4-4t Administrators.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners.
Rockville, Nd. June II. 1915.
Ordered this day by the Board OF County
Commissioners that the New Cut Road.
leading from the Brookeville pike. near
Forest Glen. TO the Colesville pike. near
Four Corners, be closed 10 public travel
until further notice. The object Of closing
this road Is to repair bridges on same, and
oil persons are hereby warned that they
travel this road at their own risk.
JOHN r. LEWIS. Pres'L
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
june soft
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21

The Suburban Electrical Company, Rock =
vile. wishes to announce that II has
opened a branch Of plumbing and is
ready to talk contracts II earnestly re-
quests your patronage and can assure you,
as usual. frst-class work and material.
II Is registered by the Maryland State
Board Of Practical Plumbing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
FARM FOR SALE.

Containing 1877 acres. improved by new
dwelling and barn and other outbuildings:
about miles from Germantown Station,
In Montgomery county. Md. and about the
same distance from Gaithersbure one
half mile from pike. Apply to
BOWIE F. WATERS, Attorney.
June Aid Rockville. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
For Sale or Rent.

For sale or rent a ten-ro0m dwelling.
with bath. situated in Rockville. Nd. about
five minutes walk from train OF trolley
about acres Of land, stable and necessary
outbulldlngs Address
MRS. JOHN MADDOX.
sep 24-im Britt0n. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21

DEALER IN

Live Stock. Cattle. Cows. Bulls and Lambs.
Telephone 1-J-Rockville. Poss livery
stable.
june 23-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
For sale,

One acre Of land. with buildings. barn
and stabling for eight horses, corn house.
carriage house, Ice house. meat house.
chicken house, well Of water. fruit trees In
full bearing. store house doing good bust
ness, dwelling house Of ten rooms. situate
on the main street In ClarksburR. Mont
gomery county, Maryland. To be sold to
close estate; price. twenty-five hundred
5000 dollars.
THOMAS DAWSON,
Attorney for owners.
june i8-u Rockville, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-07-21
No OF Bank, sIs7.
The Report of the Condition

montgomery County National Bank Mary
land, at the close of 3Oth, 1915
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21
CLEVER FRIGATE BIRDS.
Their Fish Catching Feats as Seen by
Colonel Roosevelt.

Man-of-war birds arc the most
wonderful f1icrs in the world. No
other bird has such an expansc Of
wing in proportion to the body
weight. No other bird of its size
seems SO absolutely at home in the
air, Frlgate birds, as they are also
called. hardly eve light on the wa
ter, yet they r sometimes seen in
%midocean. But they like to live in
companies near some coast. They
have very long tails. usually car
RED closed, looking like a marlin
spike, but at times open, like a
great pair Of scissors, in the course
Of their indescribably graceful aeri-
al evolutions.
We saw them soaring for hours
at a time, sometimes to all seeming
absolutely motionless as they faced
the wind. They sometimes caught
fish for themselves. just ripping
the water to seize surface swimmers
or bouncing with startling speed on
any fish which for a moment leapcd
into the air to avoid another shape
Of ravenoNs death below. If the
frigate bird caught the fish trans
versoly it rose, dropped its prey and
seized it again by the head before it
struck the water.
But it also obtained its food in
less honorable fashion. by robbins
other birds. The ~pelicans we're
plundered by all their fish eating
neighbors, even the big terms, but
the man-of-war bird robbed the rob
bers. We saw three chase a royal
tern, a very strong Aier. The tern
lowered, ascending 50 high We could
hardly see it, but in great spirals
its pursuers rose still faster until
one was above it, and then the tern
dropped the fish, which was snatch
ed in midair by one Of the bandits.
Captain Sprinkle had found these
frigate birds breeding on one Of the
islands the previous year, each nest
being placed in a bush and contain
ing two eggs. We visited the island,
big blrds-the old males jet black,
the females with white breasts, the
young males with white heads
were there in numbers, perchcd on
the bushes and rising at our ap-
proach. But there we're no nests,
and, although we found one fresh
egg, it was evidently a case Of spo-
radio laying, having nothing to do
with homo building.-Erom "The
Bird Refugees Of louisiana" bv The
odore Roosevelt, in S~cribners.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21
Bad t4andWritinn.

Sometimes the worst Of hand
writing becomes intollielblo when
one grosps the rules, for a mans
script-particularly an author~-is
frequently made difficult chiefly by
his deliberate or unconscious invcr-
sion Of the accepted rules Of cali
graphy. Horny Ward Bcochor bad
a daughter who acted as corvist,
and she rcad him with case simply
by remembering three principles
that in her fathers manuscript no
dotted letter was meant for an IL"
no crossed letter stood for y" and
that no capital letter oyor began a
scntencc.--lndianapolis News.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21
Hemp E~aters.

The drug hashish or Indian
hemp, for which Egyptians will pay
almost any price, has given us our
word "assQss!n," These dos cradoes
formed originally a secret society in
Persia in the eleventh contary,
members Of which We're under vow
Of blind obedience to their chlof.
They were called upon 10 rerpc-
trate the most atrocious deeds. and
before these rutIianS were sent out
to perform their erevsouo tasks
they were given hashi-h, hv which
they were thrown into . Kind Of
ecstasy or intoxication, hence they
were called "hashishin," meaning
the hemp caters. The word became
part Of western language, hut was
changed into "assasaIn..'-London
Ch1onicle.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21


Cicero says that the @-anlo of
al women with the double pupil in
he eye IS noyious, bIiehtjng and
oithcrin9.' Cadmus tclle ~ tl9t
smh persons would not drown. Still
Others say that if they did drown
the body would never SIM, neither
would it decay. They could cure
tLp disease Of the chcst-consump-
tior-by rubbing their Precipitation
on the affected parts Of the midi
vidual. AID in case the double pupils
were rcd il stead of black tller could
cure the lcp>rs and the blind. So
thought the anaicnts.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21
Vogue Of the Mirror.

Only since the carly part Of the
sixteenth century have mirrors be-
come articles Of household furni-
ture and decoration. Previous to
that timc-from the twelfth to the
end of the fifteenth century-pock-
ct mirrors, or small hand mirrors
carried at the girdle, were lndispcn-
sable adjuncts to ladies' toilets. The
pocket mirrors consisted Of small
circular plaques Of polished metal
fixed in a shallow circular box COW
cred with a lid.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21
Seismic Waves.

1c2rs boforc the genus d the
Japanese gave birth to the science
Of seisnolo-r q worry rough rocord
Of a Scotch earthquake was obtain
cd at tomsia by means of a basin
Of treaelo. The basin vas about
half full q t%rcaclo, and By noticing
tie nla9nituGe and direction Il the
~treaclo m9r,se made on tb" inside
whom thu "qoakc" disturbed ~ nor
nal level a fair approximation was
obtained ~ 70 tire magnitude and
mogcment Of the seismic raves
which caused the earth disturbance.
London Chronicle.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21
Church Of g. Scrhia.

Nohammadans ~l"vcronce Con-
stantinoplo no.t 10 Mecca. and s..
Sophia. or the "Church Of Zine III
zine WISDOM" ho}ds frst rank in
the affections Of the faithful.
Commenced in the year 532 \. d.
on the site Of several successive
Christian churches Of tho sam"
name, no fewer than 10000 work.
men are said to have been employ
ed upon its construction, under the
direction Of 100 master builders.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-07-21
THIRTY DAYS IN FEBRUARY.
Yes, It Is Possible, and This Writer
Explains Exactly How.

Leap year never comes oftener
than once in four years, and some
times only one in eight years. SO
February usually has to be content
with exactly four weeks and not a
day over. Calendars never give
more than twentv-nlne days to the
second month of tho year. and it
Gems as If the whole world must
believe that February never can
have moro than twontv-nine DAYS.
But 1t can. 1t can have thirty.
| know enough people to fill a large
schoclhouao, each Of whom has lly-
cd thirty DAYS in February. Among
these people are many distinguish
ed arMv and navy officers. several
statesmen and fnanoicrs, engineers,
schouIteachors and other famous
folk.
| knew these people as fellow pas
san1ars. We We're together on
board ship coming from Yokohama
,1aNan. u Honolulu. and Oh to San
Francisco. We were crossing from
tie eastern hemisphere into tie
western. out on the Pacific ocean.
where. according to the map. lies
the one hundred and elchtieth me
rilian. Just halfway around the
world from Greenwich. England.
All school children know that it i
from the famous observatory at
Greenwich that people who MAXI
Biographies measure degrees a.
longitude Or distances east AM
west.
81 We "a the opposite side Of The
earth from Greenwich were sailing
81 steamlnG cast toward the sun
risa. Now. it Is the custom Of the
masters Of vessels crossing the Pa
citic ocean u do a curious thing.
Both the thing they do and the wa
they do it are curious. for what thev
do going east is directly the oppo-
site Of what they do il they are 60
ing west. though they do it at The
same place. As most Of YOU know.
TO keep their calendar dates right
they drop a day out IF their lives
md ont Of the lives Of everybody
On beard the ship. passengers anil
crew alike. if they are going west.
but they ada a day to the lives Of
every L and give each person on
board an extra day to live if tho
are gong east. Sea captains are tha
only persons who can do this, and
they can DO il only on the Pacific
ocean.
e. common consent Of seagoins
peoples the one hundred and eight
ieth meridian, on the opposite side
II the world from Greenwich. IS the
line-qulre an imaginary line. Of
course-vhere the dates are adjust
cd. Our good ship happened to
coma to this line on Feb. 20. As
We We're going east from Yokohama
% Honolulu. there was nothing to
do but write in our diaries Feb. 80.
But when would a baby horn on
board that day have another "h!rth-
davs'--C. l. Rrowncll, T. r. &. s.,
in st. Nicholas,