Evening star., 1922-09-04
ROCKVILLE.
Special Correspondence. Of Tn. star.

SpeClAl OOrreBpou0euce OF Iue StAt.
RoCKyILLE. Nd. September =
and good citizenship, q community
service was held yesterday afternoon
in the Meeting House of the Society
of Friends, at Sandy Spring. 1t was
participated in by the congregations
of st. Johns Episcopal Church. Oiney;
Brookeville, Colesville and Burtons-
willie mad the Spencerville Free Meth
odist Church. The principal address
was delivered by Wayne B. Wheeler.
general counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League Of America, and Mrs. Wheel
er sang.
Miss Esther v. Swanson, of Collins
Minneapolis. MINI. were married in
Rockville on Saturday, by Rev. p.
Rowland Wagner. pastor Of the Bap-
tist Church, as were Miss Frances
O'Neil, Of Washington, and Guy c.
Revells, of Front Royal, Va. the
OF both ceremonies.
A license has been issued by the
clerk of the Circuit Court here. for
the marrige of Miss Pearl Belden, of
Washington, and Albert F. Clifford
of Martinsburg. w. Va.
Receiving information by telephone
Saturday night that George Kemp, a
II
mer. had shortly before been shot to
death. Sheriff Alvie A Moxley jumped
into his automobile and hurried to
the Kemp home, near Barnesville
Much to his surprise when he reach
ed there, he was excitedly greeted by
the supposed murdered man. Kemp
did not claim to be dead, but he did
insist. according to Sheriff Moxley
that he had been shot twice-in the
head and in the abdomen. An ex-
animation by the sheriff, however
failed to disclose any bullet wounds,
but there were cuts and bruises on
the head and abdomen. Kemp was
been shot and he quieted down and
told the sheriff of his experience.
Kemp said he and his wife had not
been getting along very well recently
and few days ago they separated
While walking along the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad tracks near Barnes
willie Saturday evening, he noticed
nearby his wife, another woman and
man he did not know. He insisted
that the man opened fire on him with
revolver. Kemp ran, so he told the
sheriff. and in his hurry to get out
of range Of the revolver bumped into
bushes and small trees. and in that
way. so Sheriff Moxley believes. re-
ceived the cuts which Kemp thought
were bullet wounds.
Sheriff Moxley thinks 1t a case OF
the man being so badly frightened
that he actually thought he had been
shot An investigation Is being con-
Quoted.
In the Montgomery County Base
Ball League games Saturday after
noon Boyds won from Bethesda, at
Boyds, to 0. and Gaithersburg de-
feated Damascus. at Gaithersburg.'
to l. The game between Rockville
and Kensington. which was to have
been played at Silver Spring, was
postponed because of wet grounds
The standing of the clubs is now
as follows: Boys, ia: Gaithersburg
1871; Rockville. 10-11; Kensington
S-12; Bethesda. S-13: Damascus, 7-15
Mrs. Rosabel A. Carruthers, sew
enty-four years old, died on Satur-
day at National Sanitarium, on Rock
vile pike, near Rockville. She had
been Ill for long time of a general
breakdown. The funeral will take
place in Boston. Mass, on Tuesday
Funeral services for Joseph M
Haynes, former resident of Potomac
district. this county, who died in
Washington on Friday. were held al
Humphreys chapel here yesterday
afternoon. They were conducted by
Rev. P. Rowland Wagner. pastor of
the Baptist Church. Burial was in
Rockville Union cemetery