Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-04-11
Enfal aud gersuual,
Town and Country.

The wheat upon majority of the farm
in this county is of such heavy growth
that the owners are apprehensive that i
will fall and fail to fill with perfect grain
E. L. LeCompte. State Game Warden, ha,
appointed Francis Snowden of Ashton, F
Mason Miller of Burnt Mills and Charlie:
E. Benson of Brookeville deputy game
wardens for this county.
Christ Church Mission Guild will hold q
sale at the residence of Mr.. John L. Daw.
son on Saturday, April 26th. from 7:S0 tc
1890 P. M. Cake. candy and fancy arti.
cles for sale. Admission. 10 cents.
The farm of the late Charles H. Griffith
near Laytonsville. containing 800 acres
was sold last Saturday at trustees sale tC
Greenbury G. Griffith, Maggie B. Kimble
Lillian W. Warfield and Dorsey Griffith fol
$16,SOO.
On April IS and IS representatives Of
the u. S. Internal Revenue Department
will sit at Rockville chiefly to assist those
who are compelled to file corporation re-
turns, but will also assist other income
taxpayers.
Thomas H. England, brother of the late
John G. England. died Wednesday. April
9th, 1919, at his home, near Rockville.
aged SO years. The funeral services were
held Thursday, at 2 P. NJ. at the home of
his nieces in this town.
After having served as the towns chief
executive for five years. Edgar W. Moore
has resigned as Mayor of Kensington. and
will retire upon the qualification of his
successor. who will be elected at the annual
town election on May 5th.
The sale of real property for unpaid
taxes, levied in this county, will take place
on Monday. April Ia. 1919. at 10 o'clock,
A. M, in front of the Court House. in this
town. by virtue of the authority vested in
Berry E. Clark. County Treasurer.
At midnight Monday. fire broke out in
the home of VIM. W. Frost, at Friendship
Heights, and an hour later the building
was in ashes. The fire sterted in the
kitchen. The loss is placed at $500
and is partly covered by insurance.
Among Us Mortals." a full page of
drawings by W. E. Hill. one of the fore
most of Americas artists, is only one of the
big features now appearing in the Roto-
gravure Section of The Washington Star.
Watch for the added feature of Sunday,
April IS.
Another great bake" sale will be held
at the Baptist Church, Rockville. Saturday
afternoon, April 18th. An especially at
tractive assortment of rolls. bread, cake,
pies. candy, and fancy articles will be sold.
The public is cordially invited to partici-
pate in the good things of this occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilleary Lyles Offutt an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Miss Anna Lyles Offutt. to Midship-
man Charles Bowers Momsen. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Hart Momsen. of St. Paul. MINI.
The wedding wifi take place in June. fol-
lowing Midshpman Momsens graduation
from the United States Naval Academy
The annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. held in Baltimore. made
the following appointments for this county !:
Burtonsville. Bert Constance; Gathers
burg, S. R. Murray; Kensington. W. |.
Mckinney; LaytOnsville, C. F. Boss. Jr. :;
Montgomery, F. Y. Jaggers; Chevy Chase.
Lucien Clark, supply Washington Grove.
Albert Osborn.
Last Saturday night the young men Of
this town gave burlesque entertainment
at the Rockville High School. The hall
was crowded to its utmost capacity and
the performance created hearty laughter
from the beginning to the end. The object
Of the entertainment was to raise funds
with which to finish paying for piano to
be used in the hall at the High School
building. At the door S233 was taken in.
which was in excess of the amount re-
quired to meet the payment.
Grover Simms. colored. of Philadelphia.
Pa, was committed to jail here on Tues
day last, charged with stealing a horse
valued at $50 from Henry Butler. colored.
Of Olney, this county. on Monday night.
He was captured in Washington city when
offering the horse for sale. Simms was
visiting the 0lney neighborhood. where he
formerly lived, when the theft was COM
mitted. He claimed Butler owed him $50
for work performed and would not pay the
debt, and gave it as reason for taking the
animal.
Ii is estimated that within the last few
weeks chickens aggregating in value about
$1,000 have been stolen in Olney district.
An investigation resulted in the arrest of
George Washington. Augustus Awkward
and Archie Bellows. all colored, who were
specifically charged with the larceny of
$40 worth of chickens from C. Willard
Barnsley and SIS worth from James W..
Barnsley. both of the vicinity of 0lney.
The accused we're released on bail for their
appearance for a preliminary hearing in
the police court here
In the afternoon of Thursday Of last
week the handsome judges stand on the
Rockville Fair Grounds was burned down.
The fire was caused by bunch Of burning
leaves. swept by gust of wind. aliehting
upon the roof Of the stand. The burning
leaves that started the fire we're portion
Of pile raked together to be burnt on the
track near the stand in accordance with
the custom of cleaning up the grounds in
early spring to avoid fire in the Later
hot season. The Rockville Fire Depart.
ment attended the fire. but arrived toe
late to save the building. as it burnt with
great rapidity. The loss is between five
and seven hundred dollars. with an in.
surance Of $3.50.