The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-31
BKEVITIES.
Mrs. NJ. D. Humes has returned to
the Church Home, Baltimore.

Mrs. NJ. D. Humes has returned to
the Church Home, Baltimore.
Holy Communion will be in Church
of the Atonement on Saturday, Janu-
airy list. at II a. m.
Miss Daisy Robinson, of Washing
ton, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
BENJAMIN Crawford, of this town.
Miss Marie Elder, of Charles coun-
ty, spent Monday and Tuesday at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Roder.
A freight line to the Eastern Shore
with fast steamers plying from Anna
polls may soon be started by the
Electric Express Company.
Service will be held in St. Thomas,
Groom, Friday night, D December 31st, at
II o'clock. Holy Communion at mid
night.
MIR. and Mrs. Byron Amber and
their daughter, Miss Laura Amber, are
visiting Rev. and Mrs. F. E. Mchanus
at the Rectory.
Miss Virgie E. Brown is spending
two weeks, visiting DR.. and Mrs. J. 5.
Cobb, of Clayton, Delaware, also friends
in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Magruder and
their five sons spent Christmas with
Mrs. Mary W. Belt, Mr.. James B Belt
and Miss Hansbopough, at Woodstock,
near Rosaryville,
Mrs. W. n. Suite. of Washington,
and Mrs. Jennie B. Beall, of near Ritch-
lie, spent Tuesday with Mrs. 8. E. K.
Crandell. =
The children's Christmas service at
the Church of the Atonement has been
postponed on. account of impossible
roads between Groom and Cheltenham,
from December Goth to Sunday, Janu-
airy End, at 3 p. m.
Mrs. L. A. Griffith gave delight
full afternoon tea on Tuesday in honor
of her daughter-1n-law, Mrs. Allen
Griffith, of Baltimore. = The house was
beautifully decorated in holly and cedar
and the table decorations were espec-
tally attractive.
Mr.. Phil. Kobe, brother to the pro-
gressive farmer, Mr.. c. J, Kobe, near
Largo, has purchased the old home
place of Mrs. Mary G. Ash. just below
Brightseat, and will take possession in
a short while. Mr.. Kobe, who lives in
the West, contemplated buying in Flor
ida, but after visit to Prince Georges
decided that there were many ways of
making farming profitable with US, and
so decided to purchase,
The bright breezy weather of last
week was followed on Christmas Day BY
fall of snow which commenced at an
early hour in the morning and contin-
ued throughout the day. At night it
ceased and the temperature on Satur-
day night became warmer, but by Sun
day morning the wind came out from
the northwest, the mercury dropped and
while the skies were bright, the tenn
perature was cold and with the rain and
snow under foot made the day an un-
comfortable one for all who had to be
ont of doors.
On the grounds of the old Duval
estate. Marietta, near Springfield, this
county are two magnificent specimens
of the pecan tree. fully 30 feet high,
and wide branching limbs, and which,
for great many years have been yield
ing fine crop of nuts annually. These
trees were planted early in the century
by Judge Gabriel Duval, at that time
one of the justices Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, his home
being at Marietta.
"A steady falling thermometer
Wednesday verified the predictions OF
the Weather Bureau that the night
would be the coolest so far this season.
$50 was recorded at midnight.
From 90 at O'Clock the temperature
dropped to 100 at 8 o'clock, and at 10
o'clock was at the 180 mark. 1t drop |
ped 8 degrees in the next two hours,
and by a. m, was down to 60 mark.
AT meeting of the County Com
missioners last Tuesday. The board |
v Ted To include in next years annual
levy, To be made in March, suff1cien'
sum to meet the county's share Of a
macad an road one mile in length ex-
tending from the District of Columbia
line ever the Queen Chapel road to
McChesney's corner, Chiltum district.
10 be built In der the provisions of the
5hnmaker Roa' law, by which the
State pays so per cent, the county 4.
pr cent. aud anutting property holders
the remaining 10 per cent. Messrs
Charles B Ager and Charles G. Heit-
muller, TWO enterprising truck garden
era, of Chillum neighborhood appeared
,efore the County Commissioners
They presented petition for the road
last summer. 1t is estimated that the
road will cost about $1,000, and that it
will be completed about the middle of
next summer.