Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
AND COUNTY

opeclhl Correspondence OF Inc star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. April 21.-The
Maryland court of appeals has handed
down an opinion sustaining decision Of
the circuit court for this country that
betting on horse races is unlawful in
this county under the existing laws.
To test the question the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society permitted a
bet to be made on a race at the annual
fair here last September and caused an
arrest to be made. The grand jury
which met last November returned an
indictment charging the agricultural So
ciety with permitting bookmaking on its
Urner and Associate Judges Edward c.
Peter and Glenn H. Worthington, before
whom the case was tried. unanimously
adtudged the society guilty and imposed
1t was commended on the part OF the
society that inasmuch as the courts had
decided that the section Of law author
izing the circuit courts Of the state to
issue permits for bookmaking at agricul-
tural fairs. after certain preliminaries
had been complied with, was unconstitu-
tional, in that it delegated to the courts
purely ministerial duty, the whole law
fell. leaving in effect an old law under
which bookmaking was allowed during a
certain number Of days each year. The
prosecution. however. took the. position
that the striking down Of the section re-
ferred to did not affect the remainder of
the law which prohibits bookmaking I'M
der any circumstances
The effect Of the decision will be that
so long as the existing laws are in ef-
feet there will be no betting on horse
races at the Rockville fair or any other
affects other sections of the state.
The case was fought stubbornly. The
agricultural society was represented by
Robert B. Peter of Rockville and the
Bouic and Attorney General Richie.
The county board of education has
announced the designations of Misses
Marjorie Barnes and Allie Hahn as as
sistant teachers at the high school at
Gaithersburg and the grammar school
at rWoodside. respectively.
BY his attorneys. Bouic & Bouic. OF
Rockville. Alexander Mosher of Wash
ington has filed suit in the circuit court
here for an absolute divorce from Mrs.
Mary Louisa Mosher. for a number of
years resident Of the vicinity of Mon
trose. this county. The bill. which
charges desertion, sets forth that the
couple were married in Baltimore April
ington until March. 1902.
The first persons in this county to
claim exemption from military service
were two young colored men from the
recently enrolled by a military census
enumerator They appeared before the
clerk of the circuit court here and each
asked exemption on the ground that
children. The clerk informed them that
he was powerless to do anything for
them. and advised them to get busy on
somebody's farm, which they promised
to do.
st. Johns Episcopal Church at
Bethesda. this county. recently elected
the following officers: Senior warden,
William r. Rice; junior warden. Enoch
Johnson; registrar. H. Latane Lewis;
treasurer. George r. Anderson: vestry-
men, DR.. John L. Lewis. George r. An
derson, E. L. Stock. Oscar Larman. Will
liam r. Rice and F. c. Wallace.
Rev J: w. Duffey,. pastor of the
riage here this afternoon of Miss Edith
A. Will. nineteen years old, of Harrison
burg. Va. and Roy L. Fitzgerald, aged
twenty-one. of Staunton. Va. the home
of the minister being the scene Of the
ceremony.
In the first base ball game of the sea-
son in Rockville the Jamestown High
School team defeated the Rockville
High School nine at the fair grounds
this afternoon. the score standing 5 to
g. The Jamestown boys outclassed the
Rockville players in all departments.
Transfers of real estate were re-
corded in the. Office of the clerk of the
follows: Henry B. Kisner to Edward
j. Stellwagen. twenty-three acres; John
E. Warfield to Percy w. Kelly, eighty
acres: Perry L. Lincoln to Rosie Car
ter, eleven acres: Maurice Watkins to
Anthony Smith. nine acres; Harry E.
Sherer to Winfred Royce. one acre;
Thomas r. Shipman to Harry E. Nor
gan. five and a quarter acres: Charles
e. Young to Anna Robinson, fourteen
acres; Anna Robinson to Gilbert H.
Grosvenor, fourteen acres: Nathan Du-
vail to Alexander G. Carlisle, one acre:
Frank L. Hewitt to Colein C. Mckay,
lot at silver Spring: Colein c. Mckay
to Frank L. Hewitt. lot at Silver
Spring; Edward Schwartz to Ralph w
Howell, lot at Somerset; Henry o. Hall
to Alice v. Ray, lot in Rockville; Grace
NJ Cline to Edwin G. Cassidy. lot at
Kenilworth: Edwin G. Cassidy to Win
field S. Cline. lot at Kenilworth; Frank
II. Hewitt to Annie B. Harden, lot of
Takoma; Mary F. Case to Annie E.
Ranney. lot at Woodmont: Joseph W.
shade to William F. Allsweet. lot at
Hill Crest: Thomas w. Stubblefield to
Max Needle, lot near Kensington;
Susan c. Nicholson to James B. Mich
olson, lot In Rockville.
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