Evening star., 1916-12-24
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Special correspondenece of The Star.


ROCKVILLE. Nd, December 23.-Mis:
Mary Stansbury. eighteen years old, ant
Harry Fenton Walker, aged twenty-one
both of Washington visited Rockville this
afternoon and were married by Rev Johr
III. Schooley, pastor of the Methodist
Church. the ceremony taking place at the
home of the minister in the presence of a
Washington friend of the couple. They
returned to the city Immediately after
ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank f. Cue of Cedar
i Grove have announced that their daugh-
ter. Miss Gladys Viola Cue. and Harry
| Chapman Thompson. also of the Cedar
! Grove neighborhood. will be married We'd
i nesday evening at the home of the bride.
! license has been issued by the clerk
| of the circuit court here for the mar
riage Of Miss Emma G. Sherrick. TWEEN
| ty-one years old. of Baltimore, and
! Edward G.. Franklin. aged twenty
seven. of Takoma Park, Md. The cere-
mouy will be performed at Takoma to-
! morrow by Rev. c. y. Longacre.
I Mr.. and Mrs. James Anderson of New
| Orleans. who are on their honeymoon
trip. are visitors at the home of Mr..
Anderson parents. Capt. and Mrs.
James Anderson. here.
Work on the fifteen housa nd do Han
addition to the Rockville High School
building is progressing satisfactorily.
and il is expected to be ready for occu-
pancy within the next few weeks. The
enlargement of the building will mean
| that the office of the county board of
education will be removed from the
courthouse to the high school building,
and the room now occupied by the
school board will be used by the coun-
tE commissioners.
Transfers of real estate We're record
ed in the office of the clerk of the cir
cult court here during the week as
follows: BerrN L. Clark. treasurer. to
John F. Matthews. fifty-two and one
half acres; IgnatiuS r. Fulks to Horace e
Il. HaddoN. two acres; .Albertina f.
! Hammer to Ella J.. Workman. three
acres: Aloysius J. McGrail to Weppie
7. HaiSlip, lot at Takoma: Joseph A.
Briggs to Truman Fl. Smallwood. lot
near Rockville, George \. Pearre, ir.. 10
! David F. Hershey, lot at Comus: Robert
p. Rittenhouse to kirb B. Litter lot in
Spring Lake Park: lIabeIie r. Hirons
to Walter -. Dresser, lot in Glen Echo
Heights: Nora NJ Fuller to Leon r.
IwIngle. lot at Somerset: Fannie J.
Barrett to William NJ. I.inkinS lot near
Chevy Chase: Julia l.. Mccoy to Isaac
Il. Hunt. lot at Somerset: Ida r. Young
to Harrison NJ. Bennett. lot at Takoma
Chevy Chase to Great Falls Land Cor
poration to Charles f. Bowen. lot in
Bradley Hills: Bessie NJ. Kretzer to
Robert l.. Tolson, lot at Takoma: Will
mer &. Platt to Efiie NJ. Lilly, lot 1t
Takoma
That Charles r. Parker. for many years
a resident of the vicinity of Lay Hill
this county. mentally incapa BILE Of
making a valid deed or contract June g.
l9i2, when he executed a will dispoSintr
of an estate valued at between $3.50 900
and 5000 consisting of two farms in
THIS county. a farm in Pennsylvania and
valua BILE real estate in the District of
Columbia, was the decision of a Jury in
the circuit court here yesterday evening.
The case had been trial ten days
Inc ca aVeators We're Ben jamn II. Parker
Mrs March Mckimmie and Mrs Mabel
. Donnell. children of the testator who
were practically ignored in the will. and
the cavea tees were Benjamin F. Leighton
and Mrs. Eva J. Turner the latter a
daughter of the testator. who We're the
executors named in the will The testi-
mony presented on behalf of the cave
ators showed that Mr.. Parker suffered a
stroke Of paralysis in 1910 and that from
that time until his death his mentality
was impaired. 1t was further shown by
physicians who had treated him and by
DR.. D. Percy Hic<ling. the Washington
auenist, that at the time the will was
executed Mr.. Parker was suffering from
senile dementia
witnesses for the caveatees. however,
sWore there had never been any change
in Mr.. Parker's mental condition and thai
he was mentally competent when the will
| was executed.
strong array of legal talent partici-
pated in the case. Former Judge Daniel
Thew Wright and Thomas NJ wampier
| OF Washington and w. Outerbridee Spates
| or Rockville appeared for the caveators
| ard Charles w. Prettyman and Robert r
| Peter of Rockville represented the cave
atees Judge Edward C. Peter presided
Inc jury was out about two hours The
decision. OF course, nullfies the will