Evening star., 1923-08-18
ROCKVILLE.

! ROCKVILLE, Nd. August is tSpe-
ciaD.--Rockviile will not ask to be
! included in the Washington suburban
sanitary area for the present. at lea st.
F, it has been definitely decided by the
! mayor and council The proposition
/ has been under consideration for sew
! eral months and a number of con-
! fcrences have been held with the sam
itary commission and the state board
! of health. The town authorities are
understood to feel that for the next
! few years. at least, 1t would not bet
ter the town to have it a part of the
sanitary area.
! DR.. Joseph V. Selby. a well known
veterinarian of this vicinity, has an
nounced himself candidate for one
| of the democratic nominations for
! the house of delegates. increasing to
! six the number of candidates for the
four nominations to be made. He is
| a son of the late John 4. Selby. for
many years prominent in democratic
politics of the county. For num-
! ber of years he was employed as a
veterinarian by the District of Co
; lumbia.
Citizens Fire Association.
; In order that the Rockville volun-
! teer fire department may have def
/ mite income. a movement has been
started for the organization here of a
citizens fire association. The plan is
J TO have virtually every adult in the
! town and vicinity become member
: OF such an organization and pay an
! annual membership fee of 81. The
| proposition has the Endorsement of
the mayor and council and is expect
! ed 10 assume definite shape within
the very near future. In their an
nual expense budget for the curreat
year the town officials included an
! item of s400 for the fire department.
John .. Knott of this county.
against whom suit for divorce was
recently filed in the circuit court here
by Mrs. Gladys Il. Knott, who charges
him with cruelty, non-support and
dcSertion, has filed a croSs-bill here
! in which he charges his wife with
misconduct and names a correspond
| ent. He is represented by Attorney
! Albert NJ. Bouic of Rockville.
| The couple, according to the bills,
were married in Washington on De-
cember %. 1909. and have three chill
dren-John G., T. Leo and Thelma F..
! aged eleven. nine and seven, respec-
| {tively. Mr.. Knott asks the court to
award him the custody of the chill
dren.
! Ralph Carrick, a young Washing
tonian. was found guilty in the
police court here yesterday of violat-
! ing the local option law of the county
and was fined $500 and costs by
I
man was charged with selling whisky
to Frank Williams, colored. near
| iontrose, and Judge Riggs thought
! the evidence showed he had negotiat-
cd the deal.
Carricks case was set for trial sew
eral days ago and when called Car
rick was not in court. Judge Riggs
declared his bond of $500 forfeited.
but upon having it explained to him
that Carrick's failure to be on hand
duo tn IGN n rat a nd In hn n i
rected that the order of forfeiture be
stricken out.
1t is understood that Thomas c.
Hoskinson & Son, Howard w. Spur
rier and Albert Wootton. leading
merchants of Poolesville, this county,
whose places of business were de-
stroyed early Thursday morning by
the confiagration which destroyed
three other business houses and a
! dwelling and badly damaged several
other buildings, virtually wiping out
the business section of Poolesville. at
an aggregate loss of something like
| $4,000, will, in all probability, not re-
build. They have already had hand
some offers for the sites where their
buildings stood and Will, it is thought
sell. The devastated section, how
ever, is sure, il is stated, to be
promptly rebuilt.
Benefit Band Concert.
| The annual carnival for the benefit
| of. the Bethesda Cornet Band was
held on the grounds adjoining the
Bethesda Public School building Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday even
| ings and attracted large crowds from
| this county and the District of Co.
/ lumbia. w. B. Smoot. leader of the
band, was at the head of the commit
| tee of arrangements. The band gave
| concert each evening. A handsome
! sum was cleared.
/ The supervisors of elections are ar
ranging to use public school build
I lings for registration and election pur-
poses. But one SUCH building, Be-
! thesda, will be used'for the registra-
| tion on September 4 and the primary
| election on September 10, but the fall
| registration and November election
| will be held in as many of the school
| buildings as are available and con-
veniently located. The plan will not
| only save the county much money an
nually, but will provide more COM
| Portable quarters for the purposes in
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