The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-05
D. c. MAN FINED.
$3.50 ON RUM
CHARGE
Paul Robinson, of Benning,
Pays Stiff Penalty at
Rockville

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Sept. s.
Luther s. Butt, prominent farmer,
died suddenly of heart disease
Wednesday afternoon, aged sixty
one years. He was stricken while
looking after cattle in a field on
his farm near Glen and was dead
when found by member 1T his
family. Surviving him are his
wife, two sons and three daughters.
Funeral services yesterday after
room at the Methodist Church at
Potomac were conducted by the
Esstor, Reverend Doctor Mcdonald
Burial was in the cemetery near
the church. Mr.. Butt was a son
of the late John Luther Butt and
was a lifelong resident Of this
county.
Paul Robinson, Of Benning. d. c..
was fined $3.50 and costs by Judge
Samuel Biggs in the police court
here after he had pleaded guilty
to a charge Of having intoxicating
liquor in his possession with tie in
tention of selling it. He was ar
rested about two weeks ago as he
was preparing to transport 20 Wash
Inf ton a large quantity of liquor
that had been stored in a farm
tUilding near Burtonsville, after an
automobile in which II was being
conveyed from Baltimore to Wash
ington became disabled.
AlGie P. Gregg, a farmer of the
upper section of Montgomery Coun-
ty, was arrested late last night
when Sheriff Clay Plummer and
several other officers visited his
home near Dickerson and Deputy
Sheriff Harry Walker bought from
him, it is charged, ten gallons If
corn whisky for 800. While Walk
er was negotiating the transa ction.
1t IL said, Sheriff Plummer and
the other officers were in hiding
nearby and appeared upon a signal
from Walker. Gregg was brought
to Rockville and committed to .all.
The Chevy Chase branch Of the
Women's Democratic. Club of Mont
gomery County has elected officers
to serve one year as follows:
President, Mrs. James L. Ord;
first vice president. Mrs. J. Jett
LAUGH; second vice president, Miss
Isabel Carr; third vice president,
Mrs. Edwin l.. Pugh; secretary,
Miss Laura Gilliland; treasurer,
Mrs. Daniel G. Chase; chairman Of
membership committee, Mrs. EstelIe
Weaver; chairman Of publicity com
mittee, Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson;
chairman of cradle roll committee,
Mrs. z. Barrett Prettyman; execu-
tive committee, Mrs. Edwin A.
Merritt, Mrs. Edwin p. Able, Mrs
James P. Braggalton, Mrs. Richard
F. Irwin, Mrs. Roger J. Whiteford,
Miss Barbara Dunlop, Mrs. Andrew
Jackson White, Mrs. Edwin C..
Dutton and Mrs. J. Craig Pennock
Mrs. Maude Green. Of German
town, has filed suit in the Circuit
Court here for absolute divorce from
William S. Green, also Of the Ger.
mantown neighborhood, charging in
fidelity and naming a correspondent
| She also asks the court to award
her the custody of the couple's
only child, Raymond Green, twelve,
and to allow her alimony and coun-
| sci fees. She is represented by At
torney p. Kenneth Lyddane, Of
| Rockville.
Licenses have been issued here
for the marriage Of Samuel r.
Sweeney, twenty-oue, and Miss Mil.
dred s. Griffith, eighteen. both of
Washington; William N. Keyser,
twenty-five, and Miss Mary Ida
Steward, eighteen. both of Washing.
ton: Edward e. Shearer, twenty-one,
and Miss Evelyn NJ. Peters, nine
teen, both of Waynesboro, Pa; Miss
Grace Mary Naumann, eighteen,
land William Parker Reinold, twenty.
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