Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-02-28
HE SIN TIN Ell.
Hutal aud Personal.
Town and Country.

Work OF our new tOWH DdEDcE'
A meeting of the Social Service League
will be held on Tuesday. March 4th. a
the Court House. Rockville, at 2:30 P. M.
The burden Bearer Circle Of The Kings
Daughters will meet with Mrs. G. M. An.
derson on Tuesday, March 4th, at 8 P. M
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Briggs, of Westmore. on Monday
night last, making eleven children in the
family.
Following the custom set last year, an
ncome-tax officer will sit at Rockville
March to 4, inclusive, to assist taxpayers
in making out their returns.
Miss Mabel G. Sherman, of Etchison, and
Mr.. Harvey E. Poole. of Cedar Grove. were
married recently by Rev. L. A. Thomas
pastor of the Baptist Church at German
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde E. Thomas and Mr.
and Mrs. T. T. Bussard, of Gaithersburg
are sojourning in Tampa, Fla, and will
remain there until the close Of the South
Florida Fair.
An encouraging average was obtained
at Camp Meade from the sale of govern
ment horses recently, 89l reaching mean
proportion of $3.50 in a rapid sale of two
to the minute.
AS result of civil service examina-
ton, Oscar Gather, of this town. has been
appointed a clerk in the Rockville post
office, which recently became an Office Of
the second class.
Louis W. Murphy, well-known farmer
and dairyman, died last Tuesday morning
at his home near Gaithersburg, aged SIS
years. His death was due to pneumonia
and followed an illness of one week. He
is survived by his wife. three sons and
three daughters.
The States Relation Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture. the extension
services of Maryland State College and
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the
county agents are cooperating to make
The Washington Sunday Stars farm page,
a thing of real value to farmers.
R. Uriah Waters. farmer of Damascus
district died on Wednesday of last week,
aged SO years. He had been i'll several
weeks of typhoid fever. which followed the
influenza. Surviving him are his wife and
three children. He was son Of the late
William A. Waters, Of Damascus.
Announcement has been made Of the
marriage of Mr.. Edward L. Green, son Of
Mrs. Mary A. Green, Of this town, and Miss
Hope Summers. daughter Of Mrs. j. Snow
den Summers, of HerndOn, Va. The cere-
mony took place at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs Frank B. Thomas, uncle and aunt Of
the bridegroom, of Roanoke, Va.
The Wheat Guarantee bill, authorizing
the President to use existing agencies or
create new ones to buy wheat Of the 1918 and
1919 crops at the Government guaranteed
price and dispose of it at market prices.
was passed last Saturday by the House OF
Representatives by a vote Of PIT to Is.
The bill has been reported favorably to
the Senate.
Randolph C. Edwards. son of Mr.. and
Mrs Clay Edwards, has returned home
safely from over seas. He served with the
81st Field Artillery and was honorably dis
charged after serving 81 months in the
regular army Mr.. and Mrs Edwards have
another son, Joseph. in the 18th Cavalry
Troop C, now stationed at Fort Myer Va.
He has been made corporal.
An unsuccessful attempt to escape from
the Jail here was made last Saturday by
Ralph T. Boiling, the 1S-year-old boy who
is being held for the grand jury in connec-
ton with the killing of Mrs. Elizabeth
Beckwith on December 26th. The prisoner
broke the glass in the window and was
attempting to force the iron bars apart
when Sheriff Aud interfered.
In the presence of small company OF
relatives and friends, Miss Katherine M.
Marlowe, daughter of E. Pinkney Marlowe.
of Burnt Mills. and Mr.. Samuel c. McCeney.
of the same locality, were married last
Saturday afternoon by Rev c. o. Rosen-
steel. pastor of St. Johns Catholic Church.
Forest Glen. the ceremony taking place at
the PARSONAGE. The bridegroom is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. George McCeney.
The Red Cross Home Service Committee
of MONTGOMERY county is making an effort
to secure the name of every man who en-
tered the military service from this county
in order to write an historical sketch Of
the part this county has taken in the war
and tribute to her heroes. II your son,
brother or friend has been in the service
please send his name to Miss M. S. Poole.
Rockville, Md, to make sure that his name
will appear on the honor roll, which will
be published in the county papers.
The following land sales have been made
during the current week: Walter W. Mob
ley 100 acres Of the sherwood farm, near
Derwood. to A. j. Dove for $4,000. But
short time ago Mr.. Mobley purchased 1875
acres of the sherwood tract. paying the
sum of $4,000. He now has IS acres and
$1,000 to the good. John W. Poole to
Cecil Allnutt a farm Of 70 acres, on the
Rockville Potomac pike, for $1,000. The
heirs of William Bogley to Brooke Edmon-
ston a farm comprising 178 acres. lying
four miles southeast Of Rockville. for SIT =
500.
j. M. Heasy. the Rockville marble cutter
addressing those who contemplate pur-
chasing tombstones, says: I'VE have a
whole office full Of handsome and artistic
monuments and headstones for sale al
reasonable prices. If you are thinking Of
putting up monument this spring. you
should order one of these while they
last. The quarries and manufacturers ~
in New England anticipate strike fol