Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-03-04
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Town and Country.

Calendars have been delayed thru no
fault of ours; we hope to get them out
soon.-0scAR L. JOHNSON.
Roland C. Booth. of Silver Spring. is the
defendant in suit for limited divorce
filed here by Mrs. Maude E. Booth. of
Washington. The bill charges desertion.
Spring Opening at Rockville Millinery
Shop, beginning Wednesday, March 9th,
We will show a line Of new millinery,
spring waists, neck wear, wells, toilet arti-
cles, etc.
William H. Lamar, Solicitor for the Post
office Department at Washington. has
rendered his resignation, to take effect
November 2Sth. and it has been accepted.
Mr.. Lamar will engage in the practice Of
law.
The citizens of the community are urged
to be present at the Chevy Chase, Maryland.
school auditorium on Tuesday, March 9Th,
at 8P. M, to hear DR.. Henry E. Jackson.
the well-known authority on Community
Work, speak on the subject.
Following a short illness, Samuel j..
Argent, ong-time resident Of this coun-
ty, died last Sunday at his home at Capt.
toll View, aged So years, his death being
due to pneumonia. He is survived by
his wife and thirteen children.
Miss Jessie E. Wrenn, of Colesville. and
Mr.. T. Earl Carroll, of Norwood, were mar
ried in Rockville last week by Rev. j. W.
Duffey, pastor of the Methodist Church.
The ceremony took place at the home of
the minister in the presence of few rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Virginia Whiteside, one Of the old
est residents of Olney district, died last
Sunday at her home at BroOkeville. aged
80 years. Her death was due to a COM
plication of diseases and followed long
illness. Miss Whiteside was a sister of
the late John W. Whiteside
Gov. Richie last Wednesday set Friday.
March 25th, as the date for the hanging
of Guy Vernon Thompson, who was re-
Gently sentenced to death here for causing
the deaths of James Bolten and the two
children of the latter's housekeeper, when
he dynamited their home, near German
town. in November.
At their meeting on February 18th
the County Commissioners fixed the fol-
lowing prices for damages allowed to live
stock and domestic animals killed or in
jured in Montgomery county under the
provisions of the State Dog Tax Law; For
sheep, $40; lambs. So turkey hens, IS;
turkey eobblers. 81 COWS. SIS.
Representative Champ Clark, Of Missouri,
minority leader and former Speaker OF the
House of Representatives and conspicu-
ousfieure IN Congress for twenty-six years,
died on Wednesday afternoon last. in
Washington, in his seventy-first year Mr..
Clark was taken i'll about two weeks ago
with pleurisy and complication OF other
diseases.
Pneumonia caused the death last Sun
day of Edward p. Ricketts,, of Potomac
district, aged IS years. He had been i'll
one week. Surviving him are his wife,
formerly Miss Anderson of this county
and four children. The funeral took place
Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist
Church at Potomac. burial being in the
cemetery adjoining the church
In a basket ball double-header at the
high school building here last Friday
evening, in which teams representing the
Rockville and Sandy Spring High Schools
were pitted against each other, the Rock
vile High School boys team defeated the
Sandy Spring boys team. 26 to Is. and
the girls team from Sandy Spring defeated
the Rockville girls team, 7 to 5.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
barn on the farm of C. Willard Barnsley,
near Oakdale, on Wednesday of last week,
and also caused the death of twelve cows
and a bull. A number Of agricultural i'm
Elements, quantity of feed and other
things were lost. The total loss is placed
$4,000, partly covered by insurance. When
the fire was discovered it had gained such
Roadway that it was possible to save only
a COW and several mules.
Chareine that at the time of his mar
riaee the defendant was the wife OF an
other man, Floyd Anson Ball, OF Potomac
has instituted proceedings here for annul-
ment The petition sets forth that the
couple were married in Rockville on De-
cember 16, 1918. by the Rev. j. W. Dufiey'
and they lived together in washington
citv and this county until August |, 1920,
when the plaintiff declares he learned
that the woman he thought was his wife
had never been divorced from her former
husband.
Local assessors were appointed on Tues
day last by the County Commissioners as
follows: First district, Henry X. Benson.
Second. E. D. Warfield Third, Frank !.
Davis. Fourth, Harry Beall, east Of Lin
coin Highway w. E. Viett west Of Lin
coin Highway. Fifth. Philip H. Ray.
Sixth, James D, King. Seventh. VIM. G.
Onutt, eastern sCCtiOh L. ASNOy A''N'
central section; Bernard Perry. western
section. Eighth. L. W. Barnsley. Ninth
John E. Clagett. Eleventh. Reginald B.
Jones. Twelfth. Arthur L. Watkins. Thir-
teenth. E. c. Keys.
Mrs. Elizabeth j. Darby. wife OF VIM. ii
Darby. died on Tuesday night Of last week
at her home near Damascus. aged 81
years She had not been in robust health
for long time. but her death was unex
pected. and was due, it is thought, to apo
plexy. Surviving her are her husband ant
the following children: Mrs. Geo. Duvall
Mrs. Clarence Howard, Mareen D.. William
D.. Robert S. and Thomas NJ. Darby. of thi
county. and Mrs VIM. A. Welsh. Of Key