Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-08-21
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B. Peter has signed decree granting to
Mrs. Ruby T. Allen. of Takoma Park, an
absolute divorce from Walter E. Allen. of
Washington, on the ground of desertion.
Dr. Joseph T. Watts, of Baltimore. will
preach in the GAINESVILLE Baptist Church
on Sunday. August 23rd, at 1880 P. M.
On Sunday morning. September 9th, Rev.
H. M Hall, the recently elected pastor. will
hold service at II o'clock Everybody well
come.
When the heel of her shoe caught in the
curb on Montgomery Avenue here Mrs.
Mabel Haney King. of near Rockville, was
thrown to the sidewalk with sufficient force
to break her hip. She is now in serious
condition in Washington hospital. Mrs.
King is a daughter of Mrs. Samuel B.
Haney.
Saturday and Sunday last the Rockville
baseball club played the local Dickerson
club and the Dayton club. of Howard
County, upon the above respective days.
The former club was defeated by 80, and
the latter by SIS. The games were played
on the Rockville grounds. with large corwds
attending.
The guest preacher at the Rockville Bap
fist Church next Sunday morning for the
II o'clock service will be Rev. P. B. Wat
lington, pastor of the Hagerstown, Nd,
First Baptist Church. Pastor Warrington
was formerly pastor in Baltimore and is well
liked in this community. The Sunday
School will meet at 10 A. M. The Union
services will be held In the Christian
Church at P. M.
Company H, Esd United States Marines.
of Rockville. is expected to be recruited to
its full strength of 40 men when it leaves
for Virginia Beach on August 23rd to spend
two weeks in camp. the commanding officer
Capt. Harold C. Smith. of Rockville, stated
yesterday. Membership of the organza-
ton has recently gradually grown from 20
to 38. and the two additions necessary to
bring the roster to the limit are to be made
at meeting of the company.
Mrs. Mary M. Gates. aged So years. wife
of William George Gates. of Aspen, died
on Thursday Of last week in a Washington
hospital. She had been in poor health for
long time and several days ago under
went an operation from which she failed
to rally. She is survived by the following
children: Thermon E.. Alfred. Naomi and
Dora E. Gates, of Aspen. and Irving Gates.
of Rockville. The funeral took place Satur-
day morning from the Methodist Church
at Layhill and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Gambling Racket.-In an interview with
United States Attorney General William
D. Mitchell. gambling is shown to be the
leading racket in America. Income tax
prosecutions against organized gangsters
reveal that bootleeging is only dropin tle
bucket and that not over 20 per cent of
their revenue came from the liquor traffic.
It's the big money boys" playing for high
stakes in games of chance who top the
list, according to Mr.. Mitchell. whose opn-
ions on the gambling racket are given in
an article appearing next Sunday in the
magazine section of The Washington Star.
William Bowie, young colored resident
of Frederick county, was found guilty in
the police court here last Friday on the
charge of transporting and illegal posses
sion of intoxicating liquor and was fined
$50 by Judge Charles W. Woodward. In
default of payment he will have to spend
six months in the house of correction.
Bowie and three Others, all colored, were
arrested when Policeman Frank Soper dis
covered 10 gallons of whisky in an auto
mobile in which they were riding. All but
Bowie were acquitted. The defense was
that the liquor had been found alongside
the road and had just been placed in the
machine when the officer appeared.
The M. E. Church South at Potomac will
be rededicated on September 18th. the
pastor, Rev. Peter C. Helmintoller. Jr., has
announced. Although the edifice was
converted into modern house of worship
in 1924, at a cost OF approximately $l0,-
900, dedicatory exercises were deferred
until the indebtedness of $4,000 it was
found necessary to incur was Cancelled.
The last payment of $500 was made last
week. leaving both the church structure
and parsonage, valued at around 100000,
entirely free of encumbrance. The exer-
cises will, according to DR.. Helmntoller. be
rather elaborate and will include addresses
by clergymen and others of prominence.
Charles M. Jones, postmaster at Rock.
vile. has received from the United States
Veterans Bureau supply of United States
flags for use in draping caskets of deceased
war veterans and army nurses. They are
5 feet by 8 1-2 feet in size. Postmaster
Jones was authorized by the United States
Postmaster General to act as distributing
agent for this county and is ready to de-
liver flags when the proper preliminares
are complied with. Applications. he stated.
should be made by the next of kin of the
deceased, the persons responsible for burial
services, representatives of ex-service or
welfare organizations having charge Of
burials or other persons with knowledge
OF the facts and acting in the interest of
the deceased or their families. 1t is under
stood that postoffices of county seats
throughout the country have been desig-
mated as" distributing points" and supplied
with flags for the purposes indicated.
Stricken with heart disease while at
tending a Baptist Church convention at
Washineton-Lee High School, Cherrydae
Va, Miss Grace Darby, 81 years old, Of
Jacksonville, this county, died suddenly
last Saturday before medical aid could be
summoned. Miss Darby, with her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c