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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-07-30
FANNIE c. DoRsErT,
Popes Greek, Md
Held for Larceny.

John Bennett, colored youth of
sixteen years, whose abode is said to
be within the limits of Waldorf, was
arrested at White Plains on Saturday
last, charged wish the larceny of two
small bottles of cologne and an empty
pocketbook from the store of MIR.
Henry l.. Mudd, at the latter place.
When Mr.. Mudd returned from break
fast on the morning named he found
Bennett hiding behind the counter,
and upon being questioned the latter
gave some sort Of an incred, Bile excuse
for his presence there. Mr.. Mudd
then called two men who were stand
ing nearby and had him kept in the
store until Deputy Sheriff Lemuel
Albrittain, who was then summoned,
arrived and put him under arrest.
His trial took place in the afternoon
of the same day, before Justice W. b.
Billingsley. The two men who de-
tanned him until arrested testified that
when they approached Bennett they
saw him slip something from his
p cket into a lemon box, which proved
to be the cologne and pocketbook
which he had taken from a show case.
The Justice held him for the action of
the Grand jury, and he is now so
journing in jail. How he gained en-
trance to the store is not Known.
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THOMAS NORMAN,
COMA R. WADE,
Republican State Central Committee for
Charles County Maryland.
Transfers OF Property.

Deeds-Mrs Ellen Chapman to La
Plata Camp Association, 4and in Is Dis
trict, $l97.50; Margaret L. Mcdaniel to
Jas. f. Carter, land in BAD District, s4s;
S. S. Lancaster to Selenia C. Hayden,
land in 9Th District, $3.50; W. j. Mitchell,
Assignee, to Thos. P. Simmons, land in
End District, premises and 81; Catherine
Davis to same, land in 2ud District,
premises and 81; W. j. Mitchell ct al 20
same, .Ironsides,n s.; Thos. P. Sim
mons ct al to W. J. Mitchell, land in
End District, S.; Jane E. Maddox ct al
to Bruce Gordsi, land in 2nd District,
81, 500.
Mortgages-Mary L. Hamilton ct al
to F. B. Matthews, Lone Holly s.;
Bruce Gordon to Julia NJ. Muschette,
I'sAquensick,' or slot No. 3" 50; Clara
nj. Allen to Mary S. Wedding, land in
End District, premises and 81.
Bills of Sale-P. E. Trotter 70 John f.
Mudd, SAP; John Dorsey to Eastern
Shore Trust Co., 500.
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CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP co.
CHESAPEAKE Line

"CHESAPEAKE Line"
Elegant Passenger Steamers "Colum
bia' and augusta !"
For Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, Va
Steamers leave Baltimore daily lex,
cept Sunday at $50 P. NJ, and leay,
Old Point Comfort at A. NJ and Nor
folk at 100 A. NJ, where connection /.
made with the Rail Lines for all point.
South.
"YORK RIVER LINE"
Elegant Passenger Steamer ATLANTA y
For West Point and Richmond, Va.
Steamer leave Baltimore on Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday at P. NJ
and arrives West Point at I. As A. NJ,
and Richmond at $50 A. NJ.
Steamers call at Gloucester Point, Glen,
ent's, Clay Bank and Almonds.
Steamers leave Baltimore from Piers
IS and 10 Light Street Wharf.
Through tickets to all points NAV be
secured, baggage checked and state
rooms seseryed from the City Ticket
Offices, 119 e. Baltimore St., ARTHUR
W. ROBSON, Agent, 127 4. Baltimore
St., T. H. DIENER & CO., Agents, 217
E. Baltimore St., j. II. EAGER, Agent,
800 n. Charles St., or at the General
Offices, Light & Lee SITS, Baltimore, Md,
T. II. MCDANIEL,
General Passenger Agent.
KEY COMPTON, Vice President.
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Tournaments.

A large crowd gathered at Waldorf to
witness the first tournament Of the sea-
son on Thursday last. Nine knights
entered the contest At five O'Clock
under the marshalship Of Mr.. Frank S.
Barnes, aided by Mr.. r. Hampton Cox,
the knights in twos were brought before
the Judges stand where the charge was
delivered by Mr. F. Stone Posey.
Mr.. Barnes made an excel ent marshal
and conducted the tournament in a man.
ner that was a pleasure to all to look
upon. He was clad in costume like the
knights Of years ago and his march to
the judges stand presented a pleasing
sight to the eye.
The riding commenced at two O'Clock,
with thirteen knights entered for the
contest.
Under the marshalship Of Mr.. Lemuel
Albrittain who capabfy aud ably filed
his post, thss spirited tourney was con-
ducred Or two hours.
After an hours riding Mr.. P. P. Robey,
won the honor Of browning the Qneen
Of Love and Beauty. Mr.. Jack Bland
ford, came second, Mr. Harry Hicks
third and B. Chiids Barnes fourth.
The coronation took place at $50
O'Clock when vel delivered and appro-
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CONDITION On MARKET

CONDITION OF MARKET.
Much tobacco is being sold below the
cost of production. The selling and
growing crops are short of the previous
ones, while the demand for our crop is
equal to previous years. These condi-
tions prevailing, the planter should hold
his crop for higher prices, these must
come if all write and make the demand.
Planters better grow no crop than sell
at a loss.
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Religious Notice.

On Sunday August LIST, Mr.. J. Bib
Wills win address the people at the fol-
lowing places on the Anti-Saloon l. ague:
Chicamuxen II A. NJ.
Pisgah P. NJ.
La Plata P. NJ.
The people are cordially invited to
hear him concerning a great work.
C. NJ. SARVER, P. C.
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MARYLAND DELAWARE
4 VIRGINIA RY. Cl.
Patuxent River Line.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JULY o, 1909.
READ CAREFULLY, as important
changes have been made.
LEAVE BALTIMORE, Pier 8, Light
st. weather permitting, Tuesdays, u
noon, for
Fair Haven, Solomon's Island,
Plum Point, Spencer's,
Dare's, st. CuthbertS,
Governors Run, Sellers,
! Cove Point, Parker's,
| Milestone, Forests, Dukes.
RETURNING, Steamer will leave
Dukes weather permitting) Wednes-
day, 8 A. NJ, stopping at at all the
above points.
Solomon's ISL, $50, Plum Point, PM,
Milestone, 10, Fair Haven, P. NJ.
Governors Run, 12nBalto., about I p. m.
LEAVES BALTIMORE, Pier s, Light
ST., weather permitting Thursday P.
Fair Haven, st. Cuthbert's,
/ Plum Point, Sotterley,
Dare's, Jones',
Governors Run, Psrker's,
Cove Point, Forests,
| Milestone, Williams,
/ Solomon's Island, Dukes,
Speneers, Trent Hall,
st. Leonards, Holland Point,
Sellers, Benedict.
RETURNING, Steamer will leave Ben
edict weather permitting Friday II
noon stopping at all the above points.
Solomon's Island, Dare's, 500 p. M,
$50 p. M, Plum Point, p.m.,
Milestone, Q p. M, Fair Haven, 10 p. m.
Cove Point, Baltimore, next
Governors Run, morning,
500 p. m,
Leaves Baltimore, pier s, Light ST.,
weather permitting, Saturday p. M,
for the follow ing points
Fair Haven, Forests,
Plum Point, Williams,
Dare's, Dukes,
Governors Run, Trent Hall,
Cove Point, Holland Point,
Milestone, Benedict,
Solomon's Island, Leitch's,
Spencer's, Trueman's Point,
st. Leonard's, Deep Landing.
Sellers, Hollands Cliffs,
st. Cuthbert's. Magruder's Ferry.
Sotterley, Lower Marlboro,
Jones', White Landing.
Parker's, Ferry Landing,
Nottingham's.
Steamer will go to Lyons Creek Mon
day morning.
Returning, Steamer will leave Lyons |
Greek, weather permitting, Monday, |
I.3O a. M, stopping at all the above |
landings.
Nottingham, 9 am, Cove Point,
Lower Marlboro, l0Governor's Run,
a. m, 500 p. m.
Benedict, II noon, Dare's. 500 p. m,
Solomon's Island, Plum Point, Q pm.
1880 p. m. Fair Haven, 0p. m,
Milestone, p. m, Baltimore. next
morning.
LEAVE BALTIMORE, Pier s, Light
St., weather permttingl Tuesday and
Thursday at 4 p. M, for
Trent Hall. Hollands Cliffs,
Holland Point, Magruder's Ferry,
Benedict. Lower Marlboro,
Lietch's, Whites Landing,
Trueman's Point, Ferry Landing,
Deep Landing, Nottingham,
Lyons Greek.
RETURNING, steamer will leave Ly-N
sn's Greek for Baltimore Wednesday
and Friday, II noon, weather permitting,
stopping at all the above points, arriv-
ing in Baltimore next morning.
Freight received in Baltimore, at Pier
8, Light St., on Tuesday until 100 A.
NJ, Thursday. until $3.50 P. NJ. and Sat
urday. until 1.S0P. NJ.
This timetable shows the times at
which steamers may be expected to ar
rive at and depart from the several
wharyes, but their arrivals or departure
at the times stated is not guaranteed,
nor does the Company hold itself respon-
sible for any delay or any consequences
arising therefrom.
WILLARD THOMPSON,
General Manager.
t. MURDOCH,
General Passenger Agent.
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A successful tournament was held at
Hill Top on Tuesday, for the benefit Of
St. Ignatius Church at that place. The
crowd vas large and enthusiastic.
Nr. John Lyon, won the honor of
c-owning the Queen of Love and Beauty.
Paul Rabey came second, b. Childs
Barnes, third and Thomas Sinclair,
fourth.
The coronation took place at s O'Clock.
Mr.. F. Stone Posey delivered the coro-
nation address.
Miss Ella Carpenter was crowned
Queen of Love and Beauty, Miss Edith
Lyon, first maid, Miss Alma Lyon, sec
0nd maid and Miss Bessie Scott, third
maid. The affair was financial sue
cess.
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A Gard.

The Taylor Hotel, II to 10 f. ST. N.
f., Washington, D. c., having changed
hands, my connection with the same is
hereby served.
Respectfully,
JOHN T. DAVIS,
ITO Est. N. 4.
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LOCAL AND personal,
NOTICE
REPUBLICAN COUNTY, JUDICIAL
and STATE PRIMARY ELECTION
in CHARLES COUNTY, MD.

IN ACt ORDANCE with th- pro,is-
ions Of hapter 737 ( the Act of 1905
Of the General A>semb Of NJ ry AID,
notice IS hereby gwen tofhe quai'tied
voters ui Char IS tOunty, ary la q.
thai ) Coutty Primary Eli ciion a Judi
eia. Primary ecli,.n aad State Pri-
alary Election. OF ire Republic. n Party
of Charles County, Maryland, will be
held IN esrh Of the election districts Of
the said county, on
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Maryland Tobacco Market.

Week ending July 81, 1909. Reported
by Richard S. Hill, State Tobacco
Agent
DEnETT1uG
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Saturday, July 81, 1909,

for the purpose of eiecting five delegates
from each Of the said election districts
10 a County Convention to meg y La
Plata, Maryland, on
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Mr.. Frank Martin aud Mr.. P. Noble
Thompson, of Bel Alton, rode to
Washington Sunday ON their bicycles
and returned Tuesday.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
The Weeks Roll of Honor
WRITER'S CONTEST

Los Angeles first prize S1oo-May Bisch US East Seven
teenth
Honorable mention Jessie Caudino 6o3 West lhlrtyxtn
place; Lewis Gewertz 1925 South Normande avenue.
Out of town. first prize $00-Gladys Gervais, Anahem
Honorable menton-Percy Nelson, Oxnard Edith Higgins
1245 Locust avenue Long Beach.
LIMERICK CONTEST
Los Angeles, first prize booLewis Gewertz lo25 South
Normandie
Honorable menon-Everet Volk 481l Wadsworth avenue
Cecile d. Smith, 1921 East Forty-sixh street
Out of town. prize Sook-Marjorie Courtright SaWe
Honorable mention-Edf Higgins 245 Locust avenue Long
Beach, Cuthbert Harris, Covna.
UNFINISHED STORY CONTEST
Prize story book-Kennet Carter Duarte school, Monrova
box 437.
Honorable mention-Ndred Bishop La Habra school, Fuller
ton R. F. d. No Bertha Warde Sentous street school, loo9
Rich street. --s
YOUNG ARTISTS CONTESTS
Prize picture ST Oo-Ky Carlson o21 East Fory-fourth
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28

and began to pull and pull. Well, some
one cut the string and it went down.
/ ran two blocks, but couldn't find. 1t,
and l haven't seen it since.
My brother showed me how to make
box kite. and I had to use tissue
paper on it. 1 lighted match to
make sure that the strings went into
the proper holes. 1 saw how pretty the
light shone from the paper and deter
mined to put a candle in the kite. l
put one on two sides and started out.
It went up a little way and l drew It
in to light the candles.
The wind bleW the blaze toward the
paper. and the next minute 1T was in
flames.
I drew in my string and the kite fell
in vacant lot. l stepped on 1t to
make sure the fire was out. told
mamma about it, and she said not to do
it again, because it was dangerous.
JENNIE EDArONDSON.
Whittier school. IA grade. Age IL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Cows Watch Kites

Dear Aunt Laurie:
have a kite at home, and after
school I go up on the hill with my
cousins and girl who lives across the
street.
My cousins have a kite, too. We all
have bird kites.
I have to wait for my cousin to come
home from school. My other cousin
does not go to school, because he is too
little; he is only years old.
1 guess my kite is no good but my
cousins went up all right. My cousin
Busters went up all right at first, but it
is getting old; he has torn hole in
his, and 1t won't so up.
We have a tissue paper tail on our
kite.
My cousin Buster has a rag tail on
his.
The other day we went up on the
hill and the cows came over the hills.
There is dairy and the cows come
over about o'clock. Well, I guess
will close. IRENE WERNETT.
SIS Solano avenue, Solano avenue
school, grade B4; age 8.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Boy Rescues Kite
Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day the boys were having lots
of fun flying their kites. There was one
little boy named James who did not
have one. He saw the other boys fly
ing theirs ana he went home and asked
his mother If he might have kite also.
His mother said, mo, dear; 1 haven't
the money" James Uncle Jim heard
him ask. and so he said he would make
him one If he was good.
When the kite was finished James
was as happy as king. He went out
to play with the rest. But the first
thing he did was to get it stuck on
the wires.
He started to climb the pole to get 1t,
but the boys said to him, You better
not go up there; you will get killed"
But James did not pay any attention
to the boys, and went on up the pole.
Every one was afraid he was going to
get killed, but he managed to get it
without getting hurt.
ELSIE McWILLIAMS.
Age II; grade 7, Buena Park.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28

kites-big,. little and all Kinds. Kites
are made all sizes; some have tails ten
feet long and some only three feet long
On the tailless kites the sticks are
bent. / have made lots of kites At
first 1 could hardly make any of them
fly. 1t takes long time to learn how
to make them just right. / have had
lots of fun this year, more than ever
before
One day saw a kite fall on the tele-
phone wires. So / ran and told the boy
l would help him to get it down, and
he said: IF / do, We will own 1t to-
gether." So / got hold of the string
and worked at it till I got the kite
down. Then he took it home and fixed
It,
We went on a vacant lot near by and
1t flew higher than any kite that flew
that afternoon. After that We made
lots of kites and always had good sue
cess. All of the boys in our neighbor-
hood make kites, and they all try to
see who can make his kite pull the
hardest. EVERETT VOLK.
1911 Wadsworth street, Los Angeles;
age years; Mckinley avenue school,
grade IA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Big Boys and Big Kites
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie.
Kite-flying is in season. Two boys
who live near me have large kites One
boy has seyen-footer and the other
boy has nine-footer. The tailless
kite don't pull very hard, but the seven
foot kite pulls pretty hard. 1t is lit
tie boy that owns 1t, He can put 1t up
without.any trouble, but 1t is not very
easy for him to hold it.
The boy who has the nine-footer is
bigger than the other boy. When he
fiys his kite 1t is easy to hold at first,
but after he let's out about half
ball of string 1t begins to pull. 1t pulls
twice as hard as the other one, but he
is bigger, and he can hold 1t easier.
When l made my kite made 1t all
right. / will tell you how I made 1t.
First 1 cut my sticks a half inch wide,
then scrape all of the rough off and
then 1 find the middle of the stick and
/ place it on the other stick where
want 1t and then / wind Irvine around
them and then put the string around
all of the sticks and that makes II look
like kite shape. and then put the pa
per on and paste it on, and then fix the
bending stick and the last thing to do
is to fix the belly band and fix the
string to fly 1t with.
LOUIS SMITH.
AT Ulysses street: Loreto street
school, grade 8; age IL years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
coIored Supplement Kite

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Kite flying is an amusing thing for
me- Saturday I had kite made of
the funny part of The Herald. 1t went
very high-so high that 1 could not
see the pictures on it.
While 1 was winding in the string 1t
began to dodge. Whenever it began
to dodge / would run a little forward
so it would not fall.
So / drew it in and went to another
place. 1t was even worse than the
place / had before. 1 put 1t up and it
began to dodge.
l had a narrow escape from having
my kite broken. 1t almost lodged to
the ground. Then the big wind
stopped and I drew her in and went
home and got my supper.
JOHN O'NEIL.
900 East Fifty-fourth street. Age 8.
Fourth grade, Hooper avenue school.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Used the Hen Coop

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Kites, kites! Big kites, medium
kites and small kites. Kite Sticks, paste
and chips cover our kitchen floor and
table day after day, and it is about
all my brother Charles thinks about
nowadays. 1t keeps us sweeping con-
tinually.
When we miss our busting cloths
they are generally found doing SER
vice as a kite tail. and our linen thread
disappears as fast as we buy a spool.
Last year my brother used up the en-
tire roof of the henhouse (Which was
made of shakes) for kite sticks.
He made many kites that would not
go up or would dive. But the last one
he made flies we'll and don't dive, and
/ hope he will stop making kites for a
while. Lovingly,
MAUDE EDWARDS.
1927 West Tenth street. Fifth grade.
Hobart school.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Used Brothers Kite

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day not long ago a little friend
from Monrovia came to spend the day
with me. She came about half past 10
O'Clock. and we played games until
lunch time.
like to do something else, so we finally
decided to fly kites, but Edna had no
kite. So we thought we would go down
in the barn and swing. We went down
in the barn and were looking around
when. we found two of my brother S
kites, one a tail kite and the other a
tailless, like mine.
/ told her to take which ever she
wanted, so she took the tailless one
and 1 took mine. We were just start
ing out when I discovered there was
only enough string to fly one kite, and
we thought we would have to give up
kite flying Then we thought how easy
it would be to buy a ball of string; so
after going to three different stores we
got one.
Then we went to a hill about a block
away, and as it was fine day for fly
ing kites it did not take us long to get
them up.
My kite was pulling so hard 1 let all
the string out. / was carelessly watch
ing some people in the lot a little ahead
of US when the stick that the string
was tied on pulled out of my hand and
dragged for little distance and then
caught in a tree. 1 got it down and
held on to it more tightly We flew
our kites for about an hour, when Edna
thought she had better be going, so we
pulled them in.
We were just crossing the street and
Edna was saying how nice it was that
she did not break or tear the kite,
when instead of stepping on the curb
ing she put her foot through the kite.
We left it in the barn.
GERTRUDE FITZGERALD.
91S Albany street; Tenth street
school, grade AS; age 13 years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Kites Sell Rapidly
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My brother and I are going into the
kite business. We are getting 3 cents
for every kite. The man we sell them
to is so particular.
Every kite has to balance and go UP
without a tail. 1 have made cents
and my brother has made Is cents.
He can make better kites than l can
because he is IL and am 9. You have
to balance the bow stick on your knife
blade. The storekeeper sells them as
fast as we can make them.
There are other boys in our neigh
borhood and they make big kites and
little ones. / made kite ten by eleven
and had a half of a ball of string out.
CLARENCE BENJAMIN,
Twentieth Street school, grade B5.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28

would break, and then the string would
tangle and the wood would occasionally
split.
He spent fully an hour making and
repairing his kite. Then he gave his
whistle of satisfaction and we all start
ed to share his fun. He had not had
it up five minutes when it caught in a
giant date palm. All of the children
in the neighborhood were soon over
but were sent. back for ladders of all
shapes and sizes, and then all of the
boys began trying there best to release
the kite.
While the boys were going up the
telephone pole Alice slipT ed quietly up
a ladder to one of the lowest swinging
branches and climbed up farther and
farther. no one noticing her. She
climbed up quietly to one of the upper
most swaying branches. She climbed
along this out to the kite and when
she had it safe in her hands she
slipped along the branch to the end
and as it was long one it bent down
slowly, cracking, to the ground and
set Alice safely to the ground on her
feet.
She laughed and said, Here's the
kite, boys; got it for you!"
The boys We're too astonished to say
much, but when they recovered they
cried: "Hurrah for Alicel"
Here is a dandy wind" cried my
brother Here she goes again." With
this the kite was up again.
1t floated peacefully a few moments
and then glided over toward row of
residences, and before we could think
what had happened the kite was
caught on the roof of tail house, out
of the reach of any ladder.
The boys gazed at it a while and
then concluded that they should not
stand and look at it all day, but go and
make another one. lust because they
lost that one that would be no sign to
give up trying.
EDITH HIGGINS.
1915 Locust avenue, Long Beach; age
49, grade A6, Pine school,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
WRITER'S CONTEST

Two prizes will be given in this contest this week.
One dollar for the best original paper submitted by Los An
gees girl boy and dollar for the best paper submitted by
the boy girl living outside the city limits of Angeles
Papers be from $50 to 800 words in length
side of the only and with margins and side OF
each paper
All contributions be signed with and address
of school and grade.
Papers for this competition be addressed Laurie
Herald Junior, The Herald, Los Angeles Ca and
reach the office not later than Saturday afternoon April
Topic think clubs other societies boys
girls The have joined and the which my
friends have belonged"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
Illumination Causes Blaze
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Saturday 1 was uptown looking
around and saw a large kite in a
window. The price was Is cents. l
didn't have a cent, and so l thought
maybe I could make one. l hunted
around for some shakes when 1 got
home, but found that my little brother
had used them.
Mamma called me TO put an old torn
umbrella in the rag bag. There, were
three slaves still in the thing, and a
bright idea struck me. / ripped them
out and broke one off at the joint
This was for the crosspiece. l put them
together and fastened them through
the hole that the joint left. I then
covered the frame with light white
paper. I put on the band and the tail
and tried to fly it, but it was too heavy
l took off the string in the middle and
put a pin in the hole. 1t went up fine