Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-09-26
THK s EN TIN 81.
Friday Morning September 20. 1880.
EutaI and Rersuual.

wheat in the Chicago market was Sl.34
ner bushel. On September 10, 1880, wheat
closed at 81 cents per bushel. September
%. 1880, it closed at IT 7-8 cents per
bushel, the lowest in "a years.
Donald A. DeLashmutt. Rockville auto
mobile dealer, formerly president of the
MONTGOMERY County Automobile Dealers
Association, has compiled figures showing
that approximately $4,000 automobiles
are owned in Montgomery county.
Mrs. Gertrude Ross, for the past three
Years pastor of the Rockville Free Meth
odist Church, left last Monday to take
charge of the church at Allentown. Pa,
the transfer having been made at the an
nual conference last week. at Starrucca,
Pa. She will be succeeded here by Rev.
Raymond C. Smith. pastor of the church
at Truckville, Pa.
In compliment to Miss Louise Thompson.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Thomp-
son, of Rockville. whose marriage to Lester
Boeley, of this vicinity, is soon to take
Mace, Miss Alma Baker and Miss Lyndell
Baker entertained at surprise shower at
their home near Rockville. about 70 guests
from Rockville and vicinity and other Sec
tons of the county attending.
Great Detective Story.-The fact story
of how Uncle Sans detectives broke up
the greatest narcotic ring in the country's
history appears in the Magazine of next
Sundays Washington Star. This article
reads like fiction, but it comes from the
Government records. Order your copy of
The Washington Star for Sunday. Septem-
Der 28th. from your newsdealer today.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Skill
man, widow of William Skillman. who died
in a Baltimore hospital. following long
illness, aged 8S years, took place on Thurs
day afternoon of last week from the funeral
home of Warner E. Humphrey here. the
services being conducted by Rev. Henry
X. Pasma, of the Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in Rockville Union Cemetery.
The Garrett Park Citizens Association
held its annual election of officers Satur-
day evening and selected the following:
President. Capt. Leon L. Dye; vice presi
dent. VIM. C. Beck; secretary. Miss Miriam
Carter; treasurer, Lester F. Wilkinson. The
meeting was conducted by the retiring
president. Urban B. MacMullen. and was
well attended. The usual business was
transacted.
The barn on the farm of Ernest p
Ricketts,. at Jamestown. was destroyed by
fire last Friday morning. entailing a loss
of approximately SIS 900. partially covered
by insurance. The Rockville and Gath
ersbure- Washington Grove Volunteer Fire
Departments were unable to check the
flames and devoted their efforts largely
to preventing them from spreading to the
dwelling and other nearby buildings.
The registered vote of Poolesville district
having increased to more than 800, or 200
more than the law contemplates one set
of election officials should be called upon
to handle, the supervisors of elections are
arranging to create a second polling place
there and have ordered that the reeistra-
ton books be divided, A to and X to 2.
The additional election officials will. it is
understood, be appointed at the next meet
ing of the supervisors.
Funeral services for Samuel o. W. Beall,
of Derwood. who died last Sunday night
on his seventy-fifth birthday, was held
Tuesday afternoon from the Travilah Bap-
fist Church and burial was in Rockville
Union Cemetery. Mr.. Beall is survived by
his wife, three daughters. Mrs. A. P. Brown.
of Montrose Mrs. E. T. Foster. of Travilah;
Mrs. Irene Mills. of Washington son,
William Ohio Beall. of Derwood; twelve
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Ernest V. Murphy. of 1873 Glen Brook
Road. Bethesda. this county, shares in the
half million dollar estate of his aunt, the
ate Julia L. Murphy, of New York City.
according to a report filed by the New
York State Transfer Tax Department, there
Mr.. Murphy is left $59.457. which repre-
sents one-seventh of the residue and
$4,000 in property. Miss Murphy died
July 6. 1929, leaving an estate which was
appraised Friday at $479.8l6 gross and
SASS net value. Her largest holding
was land and building at 1868 Broadway.
appraised at $450.000. Others who share
in the estate. receiving $59,457 each, in
clude Jacob B. Murphy. of Harrisonbure,
Virginia.
Edward C. Henderson. well-known re-
tired farmer and lifelong resident of Olney
district. died last Saturday evening at the
Montgomery County General Hospital,
Sandy Spring, where he had been pa
tent about a week, aged 80 years. He
had been i'll about two months of COM
plcation of diseases. Surviving him are
his widow. Mrs. Susannah Henderson.
formerly a Miss Thompson, of Howard
county; a daughter, Mrs. Walter Cashell,
of 0lney, and a son, Edward o. Henderson
of Travilah. The funeral took place Tues
day morning from St. Mary's Catholic
Church here and burial was in st. Mary's
Cemetery.
The laying of the corner stone Of Rock
ville's 100000 combination court house
and jail, now under construction. is ex'
pected to prove notable event. The
county commissioners are in charge Of the
arrangements. and while they have taken
no formal action, they are known 10 be
planning elaborate exercises next month
although the date has not been fixed. It /:
stated that the construction contract speci
lies that all work cease on the day Of tht
exercises. Construction of the concrete ant
brick foundation is we'll under way, ant
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