Evening star., 1923-03-24
FIND 1O)-GAL. STILL
IN DINING ROOM
Large Haul Made by Rock
vile Authorities Near
! Potomac.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. March PA
whisky still of daily capacity of
about n hundred gallons. eight bar
! relS of mash. twenty gallons of corn
whisky and other things used in the
manufacture of liquor were captured
! by a squad of county officers yester-
I day afternoon. when the home of
I Harry Creamer, two miles from Po-
! tomac, was visited Creamer was
arrested on a charge of violating the
| local option law of the county and
later was released on bail in the
amount of 81 900 for his appearance
in the police court here for trial.
| According TO the officers. the still
was located in the dining room of the
| Creamer home. and was one OF the
most complete outfits of the kind yet
found in the county. A large number
of five gallon jugs also We're taken by
the officers. Creamer formerly lived
, in Washington, but about Il year ago
! bought farm near Potomac and has
since lived there with his family.
In the raiding party were Sheriff
Gtngen, Chief of Police Charles r
Cooley and Policemen Gather and
Rodgers.
Tax Complaints Heard.
To hear complaints of property owners
regarding the new valuation placed on
their real and personal property by the
assessor, now engaged In reasseSSing
all real and personal property in the
county by direction of the state tax
commission. the county commits
sloners. sitting as a board of review.
were in session here yesterday, the
day being set aside for owners of
property in Glen Echo. Only a few
appeared. Next Monday the board
will consider complaints from Silver
Spring and next Wednesday from
Damascus district property owners.
Rev. S. J. Goode. pastor of the
marriage here Wednesday afternoon
of Miss Marie Mock and Moltry {.
Smith, both of Clifton station, Va.
the ceremony taking place at the
home of the minister.
Base Ball Directors Meet.
The recently elected board of dfrec-
tors of the Rockville base ball club
met last evening and selected officers
AS follows: President. Robert L.
Tolson; vice president. DR.. Chauncey
Grubb: Secretary-treasurer, Steadman
Prescott; manager base ball team.
Harry 5. Beal. and assistant manager.
Paul Brunett. Leonard l.. Nicholson
on the board of governors of the
Montgomery County Base Ball League,
of which the Rockville team will be
member the coming season.
In order to place the club on a
sound financial basis. it was decide ed
to offer ii small amount of stock for
sale. The proposition which is under
consideration by the board of COVER
nors of the county league to permit
only bona fide residents Of the county
to play in the league this year and to
pay no salaries. was given considera-
tion and the directors placed them
selves on record as favoring the
adoption of such a rule.
New Directors.
The makeup of the team which
Will represent Rockville in the league
was discussed. and it was decided to
urge all available players to become
candidates for places on the nine.
Manager Beall announced his purpose
TO call the candidates out at an early
date for preliminary practice.
The new directors are Leonard l..
Nicholson. jr.; W. Brooke Edmonston.
Roger Shaw, Robert L. Tolson. Harry
S. Beall, DIR. Chauncey Grubb. Joseph
l.. Clagett. +. Steadman Prescott, r.
Hazel Cashell, Julian w. Whiting and
w. Harry Beard.