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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-01-15

H. There are now n jail detained for
serving sentence. Thirteen 49,.
- awaiting sentence. Five (5).
- awaiting examination One o..
Number in Jail, male 10; female, -. Total, 10.
Number of above who under 10 years of age.
None.
Prisoners trial have held in Jail
the following number of days each.
Prisoners awaiting commitment held since
the following number of days each
III. Number usually confined in room by day.
Thirteen (13)
Number usually confined by night.
Two 81.
" Employment None.
V Condition of bedding. Good
cosets. Good
distinction, if any, is made in the
prisoners, between only held trial and those
serving sentence, Y None.
Are prisoners under 10 years of age any time.
night permitted mnge associate with adult
prisoners 555a. Compiled
No.
VIII. Are prisoners arrested civil process kept in
separate and distinct from prisoner held criminal
charge conviction and pretense whatever
kept in the room, required by Section 1854 Com
piled La 1897? Not kept in
male female prisoners confined in separate
required by Section 1855 Compiled Laws 1897?
Yes.
X there proper Jail record kept and is kept prop
erly posted does comply with Section 1850 Compiled
Laws 1897? Yes.
xI What if any, evils. either in construction
agenent jail found exist None; building and
II condition.
JAMES III. JOHNSON, Probate Judge.
w. a. PRATER County Agent.
O. M VAUGHAN, Supt. of Poor
c. A. BARBER,
NJ.
The chairman thereupon announced recess until half
oneth his
AFTERNOON SESSION.
called order by charman; roll called; quorum
present.
The committee presented the following partial
report which, motion of Supervisor Gaynor seconded by
Supervisor Coleman, accepted and adopted.
To he Honorable Board of Supervisors:
claims respectfully sub
nit the following their partial report recommending the
O given below, and that
the clerk be authorized to orders for the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-01-15

superintendent of the Poor. NJ. ID. BUsKIRK,
c. A. BARBER.
The following of Inspectors of Jails read by
the clerk and motion of Supervisor Squer seconded by
Supervisor Matthews, accepted and adopted:
INSPECTORS JAT.s
For the county of Van Buren,, of inspection made Sep
TENDER 18th, 1908
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors:
The undersigned Inspectors of Jal for the of
Van Buren, in compliance with the provisions Of law
tions zoos 900, Compiled 1917 respectfully
report:
That the 18th day of September 1905 they visited
and carefully inspected the Jail of said and
found : follows:
That during the period since the last required
and the date of this examination there has been confined at
different times hundred eight prisoners charged
nfen
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
Evansville Farmers Club.

The Evansville Farmers Club met last
Saturday evening at Hilltop Lodge" the
home of DR.. Joseph R. Owens, of Hyatts-
Vile. President L. E. Dorsey presided,
with DR.. Owens secretary. The other
members present were Messrs. Luther
Brashears, Charles H. Stanley, Laurie E..
Burke, Joseph A. Blundon and Col. w. s.
Powell. The guests were Capt. r. w.
Sylvester, president of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College; Director H J. Patterson,
of the Maryland Experiment Station; Dr..
H. B. Mcdonnell, State chemist; Robert
W. Wells, R. E. White, Charles H. Welsh
and E. A. Fuller. Preceding the bust
ness meeting a collation. was served under
the direction of Mrs. j. R. Owens, assisted
by Mrs. E. A. Fuller, Misses Alice and
Christine Owens and Miss A.. Louise
Fuller. The club accepted an invitation
from DR.. H. B. Mcdonnell to meet at his
home. College Park, on January Both.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
Died

On Friday, January 1st, 1904, at the
residence of her nephew, Charles Ridgely
Ensey, at Egmont, Fla, Mrs. Louisa
Emily MacTavish HillearY, widow of
Tilghman Hilleary, of this county, and
daughter of the late DR.. Charles Richard
son, of Maryland, and great-granddaugh-
ter of Capt. Thomas Richardson, of the
Revolutionary army, in her eightieth year.
On December 2sth, 1908, at Congress
Heights, D. c., little James, only child of
William H. and Florence Brady Adams,
of diptheria. Never was there a more
lovely child than the little one 80 sudden
ly snatched from the bosom of his parents.
He was the joy and pride of all at home
and never will his little face be erased
from the hearts and memory Of his lonely,
grief-stricken father aud mother.
Fold his little hands together,
Gently close his sweet blue eyes;
See, how like a broken lily,
Pale and beautiful he lies.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
County Commissioners.

There was a regular meeting of The
County Commissioners on Tuesday, with
all the members present except the Presi-
dent, Mr.. John Miller. The following
orders were passed:
Ordered, That 500 be paid Joseph X.
Roberts, attorney for J.. F. Richardson,
for school house lot at Meadows, Surratts
district.
Ordered, That the Clerk to the County
Commissioners draw a warrant on K. N
Ryon, Treasurer, for the sum of $3.50 to
W. I. Wolff & Co.. for 40 tons of coal de
livered to the Court House and Jail.
Ordered, That r. Lee Manning and r.
Wesley Beall be appointed a committee
to examine into the needs of the white
school for girls at Upper Marlboro and
report at next meeting of this Board as to
the amount needed for repairs, in accord
ance with the request of the School Board.
Ordered, That $35 be appropriated to
build out-houses at colored school near
Groom Station.
Ordered, That Drs. NJ. D Hnmes and
John E. Sansbury be appointed to exam
inc into the sanity Of William Spriggs
and John Munson, now confined in the
county jail, and report at next meeting of
this Board.
Adjourned until Tuesday January 18th.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
Obituary..

The funeral OF J.. Hubert Roberts,
whose death occurred in Baltimore on
Friday last, took place from his late home
in La Plata on Monday. Interment was
at Mount Rest Cemetery, the Rev. M.
Graham, of St. Johns parish, Pomonkey,
officiating.
In early life Mr.. Roberts engaged in
business as a clerk of the late Joseph
Padgett at Port Tobacco, Md. Later he
formed a co~partnership with Thomas L.
Owen, which firm conducted an extensive
mercantile business up to its dissolution.
a few years ago. Mr.. Roberts, at the
time of his death, was proprietor of one
of the biggest stores in La Plata and
was connected with most of the business
enterprises Of that. town. He was a
director of the First National Bank of
Southern Maryland. He married Miss
Lila l.. Padgett, who, with three daugh-
ters-Mrs. Samuel G. Padgett, Mrs. Henry
M. Hawkins and Miss Eta Roberts
survive him.
Mrs. Martha A. Turner, aged 80 years,
widow Mr.. Wilson Turner, died at the
home of her son in law, Mr.. Clarence D.
Sasscer, near Mechanicsville, St. Mary's
county, Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
She is survived by the following children
Mrs. Robert Baden and Mr.. James Tur-
ner, of this county, and Mrs. Clarence D.
Sasscer, Messrs. Joseph A., Richard T.
and Jesse Turner, of st. Mary's county.
Mr.. John Davis, aged 30 years, son OF
the late James H. Davis and Mile Red
mond Davis, died at his home, in An
napolis, on Saturday last, after a years
illness Of tuberculosis. Mr.. w. Tilden
Davis, proprietor of the Marlboro House
this town, is a brother of the deceased.
He leaves a widow and four little chill
dren.
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Items from Laurel.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Philip Berry cele-
brated the thirty fifth anniversary of their
marriage on Wednesday evening last by a
family gathering at their home on Prince
were their daughters, Misses George,
Mary and Jennie Berry, Miss Berry, a
sister, and DR.. and Mrs. John Cronmiller.
Their only son, Mr.. DeWilton Berry, who
resides in Philadelphia, could not be pres
ent. Mrs. Berry was before her marriage
Miss Emma Heath. She was, it is said. a
very beautiful and attractive girl, and
numbered among her train of admirers
the brilliant and versatile Henry Waiter
son, of the Louisville Courier Journal.
His winters were spent at the metropolis
at that time and he was a frequent visitor
to this town and very popular with the
bellies of that period.
Miss Christian, of Baltimore, was a re-
cent guest Of Mrs. Frederick Dallam.
Miss Bessie Clayton, of Washington, is
the guest of her aunt. Mrs. Evans Duvall.
Mr.. Karl Wallach, of Philadelphia, Wis.,
tied his aunt, Mrs. Alice Wallach, during
the holidays. He is a son of DR.. Charles
Wallach, who is now engaged in the prac-
tice of dentistry at Buku, Russia. DR..
Wallach was formerly an assistant of his
cousin, the celebrated DR.. Evans, in Paris.
He has sent his son Karl to America to
learn %shipbuilding with Cramp Bros. of
Philadelphia.
The Leap Year dance came off on Mon
day evening last at Hills Hall and was
carried out strictly to the letter. The
ladies engaging their escorts, asking the
men to dance and requiring them to pre-
pare sandwiches and coffee. Many very
amusing episodes occurred and the dance
was a great success, numbers coming from
a distance to attend it. The music was
by Fleister and Keyser. The chaperones
were Mesdames Williams, Duvall and
Dallam.
Miss Katherine Gambrill, who was on
the train of the Western Maryland when
the accident occurred Sunday evening
last, has arrived home, and apart from
the shock to her nervous system did not
receive the slightest injury. Miss Eta
Crowther, of Hagerstown, a niece of DR..
L. Crowther, was also on the train and
escaped wit bout a scratch.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby-
terian Church have arranged a series of
lectures for the winter months, each num-
Der of the series to be of a high order of
merit and followed by an hour of social
conversation. The first lecture, 'Specta-
cles," was given by Mr.. George R. Wales,
of Washington, On Tuesday evening last
at Hills Hall and was both interesting,
instructive and humorous. There was
quite a good audience present. Light re-
freshments were served. E. c. c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
Springfield Items.

The heme of Miss Thompson, Spring
field, Md, vas the scene of an extremely
pleasant Holiday Meeting of the Spring
field L. M. d. Society on last Saturday
night, January 2, 1904. After a brisk
business meeting a particularly interest
ing program was rendered. Mr.. Will
Ingersoll greatly enlivened the occasion
by an original song relative to Society
matters while Mr.. Rigel o. Belt delivered
New Years resolutions prepared by him
for each member of the Club which caus-
ed much amusement.
The Society was favored and highly en-
tertained with singing by Miss Gertrude
NJ. Deland, of Washington, D. c., a guest
Of Misses Belt.
The members then adjourned to the
dining where they were served with
refreshments appropriate ta the season.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
Meeting Of the School Board.

There was a regular meeting Of the
School Board Tuesday, with all the mem
bers present. The following orders were
passe':
Ordered, That the claim of Nj. John
Lepper for repairs at Bladensburg school
be postponed for further consideration.
Ordered, in the matter of the Hyatts-
vile school, That if by taking out the
children of the sth grade and sending
them to the High School and excluding
all children living outside of the town of
Hyattsville an assistant teacher be still
needed, said assistant be granted to said
school.
Ordered, That Louis Griffith, Allen
Spencer and William Curtis be appointed
trustees of new colored school near Groom
Station.
Ordered, That the proposition of the
State Geologist to supply the public
schools with copies of the map of Prince
Georges county be accepted, and that
estimates be gotten for mounting same on
linen with rollers.
Ordered, That the resignation of George
A. Sellner as trustee of School No. 8, Dis
trict No. 10, be accepted.
Ordered, That an additional ]appropria-
ton of $40 be made for we'll at the school
near Groom Station.
Adjourned to meet Tuesday, February
9th, 1904.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08

Mr.. Thomas G.. Cornelius, the agent
of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Bowie,
was rendered a complimentary dinner by
a number of friends at the Hotel Wells
last Thursday night. Those present were
Thomas G.. Cornelius. Capt. George M.
Smith, DR.. Nelson A. Ryon, Thomas
Wells, R. Paul Watts. F. B. Leurs, J. W.
Ryon. John II. Watts, Dennis Wells, E.
F. Guardian, Thomas B. Kalbfus and John
E. Mullikin.
The store and dwelling occupied by
Abraham Rome s. Co., at Mitchellville,
this county. were destroyed by fire Mon
day morning. 1t is stated that the cause
of the fire was a defective fue in the store.
The goods in the store and the household
effects in the dwelling were also destroyed.
The store and house were the property of
Mr.. B. N. Hardisty, of Collington, and
was partially covered by insurance. There
was a small insurance on the stock of
goods.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
State horticultural society.

The sixth annual meeting of the Mary
held in Dushane Post Hall, Baltimore,
J ,nuary IA and Is. The meeting will be
made particularly attractive, due to the
large amount of produce which is to be
placed on exhibition in the hall by the
members % the society. The discussions
and business transacted at the meeting
will be of an interesting nature and will
deal with the growing of fruit, flowers
and vegetables
The exhibit of fruit and garden pro-
ducts will be displayed in a room ad-
joining the meeting hall, and handsome
certificates of merit will be given to the
deserving exhibitors. Exhibits lllustrat-
ing the control Of injurious insects and
plant diseases and the management of
orchards and gardens will BE- shown by
the State Horticultural Department. The
process of making some important in
sectides and fungicides will be demon
strated.
uC mCCtIuSS VII NC duu1 CSSCu W "CII-
known horticulturists, among them being
Prof. F. A. Waugh, Of the Massachusetts,
Agricultural College. who is generally
recognized as one of the foremost authori-
ties onhorticultural subjects in this
country. Prof. w. F. Massey, who is
we'll known in Maryland as an authority
on trucking, will be one of the speakers.
He is now professor of horticulture in
the North Carolina Experiment Station.
DR.. h. J. Weber, chief of the laboratory
of plant breeding in the United States
Department of Agriculture, will also
make an address. Other prominent men
from the Department of Agriculture are
expected to be present.
The sessions, which will begin Thurs
day afternoon, will be devoted to the
discussion Of particular subjects of horti-
culture. The Thursday afternoon ses-
sion will be taken up with the subject of
trucking; Thursday evening will be given
up to a general discussion; Friday morn
ing to fruits, and Friday afternoon to
trucking and markets.
DR.. Ernest P. Magruder, of Glendale, is
the vice-president of this association for
this county.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
To Feed Game Birds.

The snow ard cold weather are caus-
ing some anxiety On the score of the
game birds throughout the State, and to
avoid any loss from this cause the State
Game Warden, Col. John W. Avirett,
authorizes his deputies in the several
counties of the State to furnish food for
the birds to such persons as the deputies
know to he re liable and interested in the
protection of game. All that is necessary
to secure screenings, broken wheat or
other food. he says, is to apply 10 the
nearest deputy, who will issue an order
and send the bill to Col. John W Avirett,
State Game Warden, at Cumberland, Md.
Where there is no deputy he wants per-
sons interested to write directly to him.
This system was i~naugurated by War
den Avirett two years ago and has pro-
duced excellent results. Many birds were
fed and the increase in the supply in
many sections is attributed to it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08

Mr.. Oden Bowie Roberts, of Wash
ington, spent last Sunday here.
Miss Josephine Merrick, of Garrett
Park, spent several days last week at her
fathers home.
Mrs. George T. Cochran. of Washing
ton, is visiting her mother, Mrs. G. V. A.
Clagett, at "Strawberry Hill"
The Patuxent Planters Club will
meet at the home of MI. Frederick Sasscer
tomorrow, at II o'clock a. m.
Mr.. s. Marvin Peach, of Baltimore,
paid a visit last week to MI. T. Van
Clagett, at ~"Strawberry HILL"
MIR. John T. Burch, Of Branchville,
this county, has been appointed Journal
Clerk of the House of Delegates.
DIR. W. w. Abraham, of Washington,
has purchased the from of John R. Baker,
near B%ranchville, and is occupying the
property.
Mrs. Susan Heiskell died at her home
in Piscataway, this county, on Monday
last. Her funeral took place Yesterday
at Piscataway.
An election for Town Commissioners
was held here Monday evening and re.
suited in the election of Messrs. Richard
N. Ryon, Joseph K. Roberts and John R.
Wells.
Mr.. William j. Latimer, Jr., who was
elected County Surveyor at the recent
election, has rented the room formerly
used by Judge Chew as a law office on
Main street, this town.
The Comptroller has distributed the
school fund for the quarter beginning
with the first Of the year. This county
rece ives $3,3S5.4S for white schools and
81 ,OO2. 90 for colored schools.
Mr.. M. Hampton Magruder, who was
elected States Attorney for this county
at the recent election, qualified on Tues
day before Judge George C. Merrick, hav-
ing been sworn in by Clerk of the Court
Benjamin D. Stephen. He succeeds Mr..
William Meyer Levin.
AT a meeting of the patrons of the
Upper Marlboro Academy, held here on
Monday, the following gentlemen were
elected trustees for the ensuing year:
Messrs. Frederick Sasscer. Joseph V.
Wyvill, James X S.erner. Althnny Wy
will, William H. Ia. bott, John IL Ira
band and George w. Robbins.
Prompt and efficient action by the
Hyattsville volunteer fire department pre-
vented theitotal destruction of the resi-
dence of DR.. Joseph A. Muddi in that town
last Saturday morning. While attempt
ing to thaw out a frozen water pipe a
blaze was started in the cellar. The dam
age to the house and furniture is covered
by Insurance..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
Items from Cedaryille.

The Sunday School of Grace NJ. E.
Church held its Xmas anniversary Tues
day night, December goth, at the church.
A very enjoyable program, consisting Of
readinds, recitations and music, was cred
itably rendered by the scholars, after
which Santa Claus, delightfully."- person
ated by Mr.. Frank Grimes, of Baltimore,
distributed the gifts, bags of candy and
oranges, with which the tree was ladened.
The Epworth League, recently organ
lied and named Cross Memorial, in honor
of Rev. Thomas J. Cross, the founder of
the church, holds devotional meetings
every Sunday at $40 p. m. and business
meetings every second Wednesday at : p.
m. at the church. At the business meet
ing for January there will be a literary
and musical entertainment to which all
are invited.
Mrs. S. B. Brown, Of Tippecanoe City,
O., who has been spending = few weeks
with her husbands relatives in Washing
ton and Frederick counties, spent a few
days in Baltimore and arrived in Cedar
Vile about a week before Christmas,
where she intended to make quite a
lengthy visit to her mother, Mrs. E. w.
Baden. The illness of her brother-in-law
caused Mrs. Brown to shorten her stay
and she left for Washington Monday and
will start for Ohio on Friday.
Miss Susie Cage spent Christmas with
her mother, Mrs. E. W. Baden.
Mr.. Arthur Pope and wife, nee Miss
Florence Cage, who were married in
Elmira, N. Y, August Goth, after a long
honeymoon spent in Tioga county, Pa,
among Mr.. Pope's relatives, have returned
and are very comfortably settled on the
Angora goat farm acih the other kids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Phelps, of Wash
ington, spent the holidays with Mrs.
Phelps father, Mr.. w. H. Adams.
Mr.. Frank Grimes and his sister, Miss
Bessie. spent Christmas with their mother,
Mrs. E. P. Grimes.
Miss Julia Garner and Mrs. jamie Segar,
OF Baltimore, attended the Christmas en-
tertainment.
Mr.. Catterton, of Anne Arundel county,
accompanied by his daughter Maud and
son Charlie, spent a few days of last week
with Mr.. s.. E.. Tippett.
Mrs. w. J. Gates, who has been quite
sick for some weeks, was able to be out
to the Xmas tree, but is again confined to
the house. B..
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Orphans Court.

There vas a regular meeting of the Or
rhans' Court on Tuesday. with Judges
S ., # and Bowie in attendance. The
following orders were passed:
Ordered, That Cecilia Williams be and
she is hereby appointed administrators of
the estate of Douglas S%mithson, deceased;
that she give bond in the sum of $1,000,
the same being filed and approved; that
Ernest A. Brooke and James Green be
appointed appraisers; that notice to cred
itors be given as required by law.
Ordered, That the first and final account
of John F. Millbrooke, administrator Of
Mary Wiseman, deceased, be and the same
is hereby passed.
Ordered, That the sale of the real estate
of Mary B. Haskell, deceased, made and
reported by Harry G. Bosley and Frank
B. Haskell, executors and trustees, be rati
fed and confirmed unless cause to the
contrary be shown on or before the Both
day of January, 1904.
Ordered, That J. w. F. Hatton be and
he is hereby appointed administrato d. b.
n. c. t. a. of George Raum, late of Prince
Georges county; that be give notice to
creditors to exhibit their claims, legally
authenticated, as required by the law;
bond. 800, the same to be approved.
Ordered, That William H. Hefner, ex-
ecutor of Alopzo G. Darcy, be authorized
to transfer to Kate V. Darcy, widow, the
goods, chatteis and personal estate of said
deceased at their appraised value.
Adjourned until Tuesday, January 10Th.
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To Double Track Chesapeake
Road.

We think it practically decided by the
owners of the Chesapeake Beack Rail-
way to double track the road. While the
report is not official; from what we can
learn, the work of double tracking will
begin in the near future. Nearly all of
the teavy cuts are already wide enough
o tb at the great expense attending that
necessary part of the work is done. The
widening of the rest of the road bed and
bridges, while expensive, would not re-
quire a great length of time to put in con
dition to receive ties and rails.
Of course, the projected improvement
would cost a great outlay, the owners
now, as in the past, are not afraid of
money outlay, and if there is a reasonable
belief that double tracking will add to
the value of the road its managers will
not let the cost prevent.
The road bed, bridges and equipment
are in better condition han ever and the
we'll wishes Of the public are general and
sincere for the increased prosperity of the
rOad-Gazette.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-01-08
Domestic Troubles.

1t is exceptional to find a family where
there are no domestic ruptures occasion
ally, but these can be lessened by having
DR.. Kings New Life Pills around. Much
trouble they save by their great work in
Stomach and Liver troubles. They not
only relieve you, but cure. 25c. at the
VIM. /. Wolff s Company Store.