Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-08-09
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1O6 glasses of jelly in the past week.
A fellow-townsman inquired: Are thu
Huns advancing with their backs to Paris 2
Allan F. Brooke, of Sandy Spring. hal
been directed to report to the commanding
officer at Camp Humphreys. Va. for ser.
vice in the Engineers Corps.
A service flag raising will take place Al
Glen Echo on Saturday, August 18th
between and 7 P. M. judge Edward C
Peter will deliver the address.
The Millinery Shop, Rockville, has line
of eeorsette, silk and wolfe waists, ladies
underwear Bingham and white dresses.
Art goods and corsets specially.
The Assistant Superintendent of the
Anti-SaIoon League of Maryland, Rev. A.
]. williamson. will speak at the Old Ger
mantown Methodist Church next Sunday
AUGUST nth, at P. M. Special music
Mr.. Samuel L. Phillips, of near Rockville
has sold his herd of highbred HOstein cat
tie. consisting of IS head. to Baltimore
citv marty for $500, and it was shipped
to farm on the Eastern Shore OF Mary
land. The herd comprised a number Of
young cattle.
Mrs. Helen Marguerite Winters has filed
suit in the Circuit Court here for an abso-
lutte divorce from James Salone Winters,
of New York. She declares that she was
abandoned May 81, 1915. She asks to be
awarded the custody of the only child,
Ellen Ray Winters four years old.
The local draft board on Monday in
Quoted eleven white registrants into the
military service. They were sent to Camp
Meade. Those sent to camp were John
W. Burdette, Charles M. Dolan, Bates E.
Watkins, Wilson Ward, Lloyd N. Duley
Raymond H. Andrews, Lunsford L. Lewis,
Charles E. Stevens, Jos. G. Slate, Roland
Page and Frank P. Clark.
The Social Service League of Montgom-
cry county wishes to find homes for the
rest of the summer for white women with
young babies. In return for board. these
women will help with the home duties and
do light house work. Those who wish to
30 the other mile" will please telephone
Rockville 2l-M or write to the Social Ser
vice League. Rockville, Md.
Messrs. John A. Garrett and II. Maurice
Talbot have announced their candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for the
States Attorneyship of this county. 1t is
rumored that Mr. William Prettyman will
later make a similar announcement and
enter the contest. Mr.. Albert NJ Bouic. the
present incumbent, will not be candidate
for second nomination. The primary
takes place in the fall of 1919.
At the Government kiosk here the heat
on Tuesday last registered 1O7. Wednes-
day it registered degrees less. Excessive
heat was felt in all parts of the country
and it is said to have been the most oppres-
sive in 40 years. Here rain fell Wednes-
day night and cooled the atmosphere and
revived vegetation. The rain was accom-
panied by a strong wind. lightning and
thunder, which lasted for four hours.
Isaiah Smith, colored, charged with kill
ing Richard Terrell, colored. SO3 street
northwest. Washington, about midnight on
the 29th Of July in a quarrel over a
woman, was arrested last Saturday after
noon at Germantown, this county John
Lee Clements, colored, who was arrested
on July 3lst, has been held at the Wash
ineton Jail since the date of his arrest on
the same charge. The cOrOner's jury last
Saturday found both men guilty of murder
and they we're held to await the action OF
the grand jury.
Ridgely Brown Camp. Confederate veter-
ans of this county held its annual meeting
here last Saturday and elected the follow
ing officers: Commander. Elgar L. Tschif
fely; lieutenant commander, John W. Hol-
land; adjutant. David II. Horner; treasurer.
Alfred C. Tolson. Resolutions on the death
Of Francis S. Kilgour were adopted, and a
committee was named to prepare resolu-
tons on the death of DR.. Chas II. Nourse.
Commander Tschiffely was host at dinner
at the Montgomery Hotel. The roster now
shows fifteen members.
At the picnics at GAINESVILLE and Chopper.
August goth and 22nd. there will be
patriotic rally. A very interesting feature
of it will be an address by Lieutenant
George Savage, a representative OF the
French High Commission in the United
States. This officer has been at the Front
lover there" serving with both the French
and British armies for three and half
years. Hence his address will be most in
terestine, instructive and replete with
actual facts of personal knowledge. In
deed, this is a great privilege for us to
have this officer with US.
A large underground barn on the farm
of Mr.. Charles Veirs. about 3 miles west OF
Rockville, was entirely destroyed by fire
on Wednesday afternoon last, with valu-
able lots of wheat and hay that had been
stored therein. The fire was first seen In
the roof of the building, and it is supposed
that it originated from spontaneous com
bustiOn. This is the second barn Mr.. Neirs
has had burned upon the same foundation
within two years. The other outbuildine'
standing near the fire were saved by the
efforts of about two hundred persons who
gathered upon the scene. Also, originating
from lightning and happening few hour
later in the night, fire consumed barraci
on the farm Of Mr.. Alexander Garrett
located miles west of the Veirs farm
containinga quantity of wheat and hay
The Capital Securities Issue Committee
at Washington. on Tuesday authorized TIL
Board Of Public Works Of Maryland to issu'
Si,500,00O OF the Roads loan. but onl!
ann,oved tho use NJ S9A5 600 for work a