The Washington times., 1924-11-26
$685. COST Of
. MONTGOMERY
ELECTION
Democrats File Report on Ex-
pendltures and List of
Contributors

ROCKVILLE. Nd. November 20.

ROCKVILLE, Nd. November 26.
Montgomery county Democrats
spent $3,695,50 in the election cam
paign. according to report OF
Berry e. Clark, treasurer of the
Democratic State central committee
for the county, filed today with the
clerk Of the circuit court here.
The principal contributors to the
fund were: State committees,
81 ITS; e. Brooke Lee, $3.50; Berry
e. Clark, $125; III. Clay Plummer,
$112.50; Preston B. Ray, $104; 3.
Pratt, Emory III. Bogley, Samuel
Riggs, John Gardner, 500 each;
w, T. Hilton and Son. SIS; Lacey
Shaw, $55; Robert L. Hickerson,
Doctor Benjamin C, Perry, j. Furr
White, william L, and Lawrence A.
Chiswell, A. Henpstone Griffith, r.
Ray Souder, James A. Brown Will
liam III. Lamar, Alton G. Bell, Doc
tor George e. Lewis, Albert M.
Bouic, $50 each; Doctor Eugene
Jones, $50: John Jones, Robert
Peter, jr., George H. Lamar, Charles
wv. Woodward, Clifard L. Howard,
p. Hicks Ray, Lewis p, Allnut,
E. w. Mellahan, Edward III. Jones,
L. Curtis Mortimer, John Culver,
James T. Bogley and Doctor Jacob
w. Bird, $25 each.
The expenditures. so the report
shows, were for transportation, hall
rent. printing and advertising,
music, challengers and watchers,
etc.
On charge of violating the local
option law of the county, John
Gardner,s formerly proprietor of the
"Old Dutch Inn" Washington, and
later for a short while in charge
of the Ingleside Hotel, at Montrose,
on the Rockville pike, was fined
5000 and sentenced to the house Of
correction for four months by
Judge Robert B. Peter in the cir
cult court here. 1t was testified
by a young resident of this county
that he purchased whiskey at the
Ingleside Hotel while Gardner was
running the place. Gardeners de-
Tense was that the sale had been
made by an employe without his
knowledge or approval.
The fact that Norman Jones,
young colored resident Of Washing
ton, saw service overseas during the
world war, was cited for bravery by
the French government and award I'D
the Croix de Guerre medal by
France and the Distinguished Serv.
ice medal by this country, Is be-
lieved to have had something 10
do with his acquittal by q jury in
the circuit court here IN a charge
of having liquor in his possession
with the intent of the selling it.
An automobile belonging to Jones
and containing considerable guam.
tity of corn whiskey was taken in
charge by Sheriff Clay Plummer
at a colored picnic at Germantown
this county, several months ago,
and Jones was some days later
arrested in Washington. Jones in
sisted that the machine had been
stolen from him and that he was
not at the picnic and knew nothing
of the presence of his automobile
there. He was defended by Attorney
Thomas l.. Dawson of Rockville.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk Of the circuit court here for
the marriage of Masa H. Samaha
forty-two. and Miss Louise Fl. Senes,
twenty-three, both Of Washington;
Roland r.. Killian, twenty-four, OF
Portersville, California, and Miss
Doris e. Thomas, nineteen, of Tue
son, Arizona; Milton w. Burdette,
twenty-three, and Miss Mary r.
Watkins, nineteen, both of Brown
ingsville, Md; and Louis M. Hop.
ping, twenty-four, of Washington,
and Miss Helen J. Beitwell, twenty.
one, of Silver Spring, Md.
Montgomery Council, No. 1898,
Knights of Columbus, and Court
Archbishop Curley, Catholic Daugh-
ters Of America, of Gaithersburg
this county, have started plans for
their second big annual Christmas
tree party for the "kiddies." It will
he held in st. Martins Hall, Gathers
burg, the evening of Tuesday, Deem
Der 23.