Evening star., 1924-02-27
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md. February 81
(speciaD Samuel Bright young
negro resident of LaytonSville, is ir
Jail here charged with shooting with
Bright. and his brother, George
Bright.
According TO Sheriff Clay Piummer.
who made the arrest. the brothers
inbibed too freely Of intoXicants
Sunday evening and cuarreled. Sam
Being unable to gain admission TO a
room downstairs in which We're his
wife and brother, who We're holding
the door. he is said to have placed
door and fired. The load passed
through the door and struck both
the wife and brother of Samuel. The
woman was not seriously wounded,
but much OF the load entered Georges
legs and his condition is said to be
critical.
Accident Held Unavoidable.
With Judge Samuel Riggs acting
as coroner, an inquest was held here
today over the body OF John Thomas.
aged colored resident of Rockville.
who died Saturday night as a result
before. when he was struck by an
automobile driven by Harvey Bur
roughS of Rockville. The testimony
showed that Thomas and the ma
chine We're going in the same direc-
tion and that just before the auto
reached him the man stepped inme-
diately in front of it, The jury de-
cided the accident unavoidable and
eXonerated Burroughs.
Some idea of how Nontgomery
county has grown in wealth in the
last eighteen years and what prog
rtss 1t has made along certain lines
during that period is shown by a
statement prepared by Berry E.
"fa- IL
commissioners.
When Mr.. Clark entered the office
OF the commissioners in 1906, SO the
statement shows. the taxable basis
Of the county was but $4,000. 900:
there We're but two improved high
ways in the county--the Sligo Ashton
and the Brookeville or 7th street
pikes-and, excepting the Rockville
High School, there were no public
school buildings Of more than two
rooms. Today. according to the
statement, the county's taxable basis
is around s50,000,000. there are about
$50 miles of concrete and macada m
highways and eight up-to date high
schools, all crowded with pupils.
Woman Delegates.
Mrs. Edwin A Merritt. Mrs. Emory
II. Bogley, Mrs. w Ernest Offutt.
Mrs. Preston B. Ray. Mrs. J. Frank
Wilson. Mrs. James c. Christopher,
MIS-. tSteile weaver ana Mrs. W. W.
Skinner have been selected to rep
resent the Women's Democratic Club
Of Montgomery County at a meeting
of the democratic ciubwomen of tho
state in Baltimore on March 21.
The need Of more adequate fire pro-
lection for the Chevy Chase and
Bethesda neighborhoods being gen
orally recognized. a public meeting
was held at Chevy Chase d few eve
nings ago to give the matter consid-
Grafton. 1t was the first step in
movement that is expected TO result
in giving that territory to-date
fire-fi ehting facilities. Whether the
.sta blishment of volunteer fire de-
partments would provide sufficient
protection or whether a special tax
ing area should be created to nrovid
funds for equipping and maintaining
n paid fire department are PROPOSE
tions that are being considered. 1t
is stated that within the first and
second Bethesda precincts there is
around $12.00O.0O0 worth of property
and that the property owners are al
most entirely dependent upon the
District Of Columbia for fire protec-
ton.