Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-11-02
Nov. 2, 1906
l. AND Personal


Local DfcNiticSs
for Mr.. Mudd.
day-Elc elton day.
IT has taken a drop.
ieat seeding in the County fail
he publication Of the Levy ends with
issue.
The orphans Court will meet on
thursday next.
The new school building at Glasva is
nearing completion.
The County Commissioners will meet
on Thursday.
Hotel La Plata is the place for the
travelling man. Try it.
Handy did not prove to be very handy
with the Democrats on Tuesday.
Campaign music has been making the
air ring in the Coanty during the week.
Miss Alice Norris was guest of Mrs.
R. Hampton Cox, La Plata, on Tuesday.
The ssHens and Pullets'' had a euehre.
1t is said, at Melton on Wednesday last.
Miss Emily Hamilton, Wynhurst, is
having erected a new flower conserva-
tory.
For coal apply at the INDEPENDENT
Office; for liquid warmth call across the
street,
1t is reported that the oyster yield of
the Chesapeake Bay will be short this
year.
Or. Louis c. oarr.co, Bryantown was
among the prominent citizens in this
town on Tuesday.
Ex-Justice B. H. Mattingly, Newport,
counts four now as the full membership
of his young family.
Capt. George NJ Smith, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress, looked
the handsomest on Tuesday.
A tin smith is wanted in this County,
with headquarters at La Plata. He
could do thriving business.
The Catholics of Newport Church are
still having a. missionary priest-Rev.
. Father Yingli1g reereating.
The coIored people celebrated Eman-
eipation day by a large social gathering
at their hall in this section yesterday.
7 Mr.. Charles A. Mullen, of New York,
paid flying visit to the County on
Tuesday. He returned the same day.
The New Wills has all the accommo-
dations of big city hotel. Its dining
room service is unequaIled in Southern
Maryland.
Mrs. R. L. Tippett, who suffered not
long since from severe illness, is quite
well and looking as pretty as she ever
did.
Mr.. w. r. Clark, with his family, is
removing to this town to reside. His
blacksmith shop in La Plata is, there
fore, closed for few days.
Messrs. r. L. and j. Preston Tippett
having bought out Mr.. Geo. R. Cough,
are pushing with boom their new mer-
camille business at Newburg.
Capt. Smith was invited to serenade
the INDEPENDENT on Tuesday, but the
Captain declined. He was afraid of the
MuDD we would sling at him.
A meeting of the members of the
Maryland Tobacco Growers Association
will be held in La Plata on Nov. 18th.
Further particulars will be given in our
next issue.
The sewerage plant in this town is
progressing. There is another liquid
besides water that sometimes needs
drawing of from this town. What shall
we do about that2
Masters Robert and James Digges,
sons of Mr.. VIM. ]. Digges, who have
been spending several months with rel
atives in the County, left on Tuesday for
their home in Chicago.
Unfold your ballot, locate the names
and count one, two, three, and you will
strike Mudd's name. Make an X, feel
good, deposit your ticket and walk out
of the poll room like man.
Miss Nora Boarman, who has been
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. Mary +. Boarman, of Cobb Neck,
has returned to Baltimore, accompanied
by her niece, Miss AlIene Boarman.
T. R. FarralI & Son have just COM
pleted their stock of Fall and Winter
millinery and has it open to the public
for inspection, with Miss Emory, of
Dowell Helm q Co., in charge. adt.
Miss Lola Wade entertained number
of her MoDonough Institute school
mates at tea on Friday evening of last
week. Refreshments in abundance were
served and her guests entertained most
charmingly by the little hostess.
The ladies' of the Parish Aid Society
will hold their monthly meeting on
Wednesday next, Nov. It'll, o'clock P.
NJ, at the Reetory. A full meeting is
requested to make arrangements for the
annual Bazaar TO be held in December.