Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY

Suecial Correspondence OF Inc stAr. ,
ROCKVILLE, Nd. January 15-Foi-
lowing a long illness. Mrs. Eimira y.
Brown. wife Of Edward o. Brown oieo
at her home at Laytonsville. this couh-
ty, aged eighty years. She Is survived
by her husband and two daughters
The funeral took place yesterday from
the Methodist Church at Laytonsviiie'
the services being conducted oy the
pastor. Rev John Z. Fort.
Miss Mamie Young. a teacher In the
high school at Charlestown. W. va.
and Ernest Robert Johnson OF Front
Royal, Va. visited Rockville this a1ter-
noon and were married by Rev. Jonn n.
Church, the ceremony taking place at
the home of the minister. Immediately
afterward they left for Washin gton.,
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National BANK OF
wefe chosen as follows: Alban g.
Thomas, Asa NJ. Stabler. Francis
Thomas, Allan Farquhar, Josiah w
Jones, Charles F. Kirk. George W.
Bready. T. Lamar Jackson. Tarlton B.
Thomas. The directors reelected Al
ban G. Thomas, president; Fred l..
Thomas. cashier. and Francis Miller,
assistant cashier
sewerage system at Kensington. this
county, at cost of something like
$4,000 has been completed. and the
town clerk. George Peter. Is issuing
fore the water will be available for use,
however, a formal permit from the
state board of health will have to be
given, but no difficulty Is looked for
from that quarter. as 1t is believed that
the analysis made by the state board
will Allow the water be Dure,
Mrs. Katherine Emily Lazell. wife of
Herbert F. Lazell, died early in the
week at her home in Grand Ledge.
Mich. aged twenty-eight years, follow
survived by her husband and one child.
The funeral took place yesterday from
the Episcopal Church at Poolesville,
burial being in the cemetery at Bealls-
Charles w. O4ley of Poolesville. this
county.
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: Elgar L. Tschiffely to Frederick
A. Tschihely. ninety acres; Harry NJ.
Martin to Frank II. Jackson, ten acres;
Joseph H. Clagett to William +. MUIR
ply. 34S acres; Charles s. Muir to Fran
els S. Blundon. twenty-eight and a half
acres; Philip II. Ray to John F. Love,
thirty acres: John Grusendorf to Mary
A. Marth, seven and a half acres: Mary
A. Marth to Frederick C. Marth, FIVE
and quarter acres: Julia II. H. Crosby
to Arthur L. Mullican. lot at Takoma
Park; Barbara Pope to Ralph Daskam,
two lots at Otterbourne; Emma c. Rea
to Charles Herring. lot at Takoma Park;
]. Dawson Williams to George F. Gar
nett, lot at Capitol View.
Prof. Charles H. Gibson, principal of
the public school at Kensingron, and
Wilson L. Townsend, also Of Kensing-
ton. were among those who took the
recent Maryland bar examination and
were admitted to practice before the
Maryland court of appeals.
one OF the last official acts of Gov.
tired as Maryland's chief executive.
Mills Of Derwood. this county. who
was serving a fve-year term in the
Maryland penitentiary for murder.
Mills was convicted in the circuit
court here of murder in the second de-
gree. II being charged that he caused
the death of Edward Lowe of this
county by striking him on the head
with pillow shear. The two men had
been on bad terms for several years.
The evening Lowe was killed they
met at Derwood and a quarrel ensued.
during which Lowe was felled, dying
within a few minutes. Mills claimed
that Lowe made q move as II to at
tack him. and that he struck him in
self defense.
Mills had served only about one
year. His pardon was due largely to
the untiring efforts of his mother.
Mills ts now at the home Of his
mother At Derwood.