The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-03-01
BREVITIES

Mrs. A. A. Hooff, is visiting her
sister, Mrs Robert Hall.
Miss Christabel Hill is visiting Miss
Agnes Kemp, in Baltimore.
The County Commissioners and Or
phans' Court will meet next Tuesday
The Girls Guild will meet at the
Rectory every Monday afternoon to
sew for charity.
Mr.. R. N. Ryon, Mr.. w. S. Ryon,
Mr.. H. H. Beard and Mr.. c. |. Wilson
attended the Automobile Show in Bal
timore, last week.
Judge Byron Amber is ill with cry
sipelas, at his home in Washington.
The Judge is the eldest brother OF Mrs.
F. E.. McManus and is well known here.
Walter S. Young, Esq, has pur-
chased the Morris property at WOOD
vile. The title was examined ana
guaranteed for the purchaser by The
Hyattsville and Marlboro Title Co.
A play entitled ''The Clergyman's
Courtship" will be presented at ODD
Fellows Hall, Forestville, on March I,
1912, at p. M, under the auspices
ssThe Sons of Temperance" for the
benefit of Forest Grove Church. Ad-
mission Csc. Children 15c. Refresh
ments served before and after enter
ia inment.
The ladies of Trinity parish will
m eet on each Wednesday afternoon in
Lent to sew, in preparation for sale
of aprons and other useful articles after
Easter.
james johnson, colored, aged 7o,
was found drowned in pond on the
Dover House estate, near Rosaryvllle,
last Saturday. He lived near Rosary
vile, and had been missing since De-
cember 21st.
A Catholic Church will be built this
Spring at Berwyn. Sufficient funds
have been raised to start the work.
Rev. Thomas Dolan, former pastor OF
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Laurel, is
working for the new church. A plot
of ground was obtained some years
ago.
DIR. Charles C. Fletcher of the
Agricultural Department has purchased
from Mrs. Martha A. E. Allen the
farm, for long time the residence OF
Mrs. Allen, on the Wheeler road in
Oxon Hill district. The farm contains
forty-three acres, and is improved by
modern eight-room dwelling, and is
located on high elevation overlooking
Oxon Run. The sale was made by
Marion Dnckett & Son. and the price
paid is said to have been something
over Sc, 900.
Mr.. and Mrs, Nathan Diehl gave a
birthday.party to few friends on Sun
day last at their home near Cheltenham
in honor of Mr.. Deihl's thirty-eighth
birthday. A delicious dinner was serv-
ed at o. m. followed by refreshments
at o. m. The large birthday cake
was baked by Miss Helen Delhi, aged
Is. Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan Diehl, Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
Diehl, Mr.. and Mrs. Landgraf and fam
ily, MIR. and Mrs. Rigel, Misses Violet
and Maude Diehl, Messrs. P. F. and
Harry Leapley, of Washington, Mr..
and Mrs. Lusby, Messrs. G. F. Gill and
Albert Michel, of Upper Marlboro, and
Harvey and Milton Diehl.
In the riot between white men and
negroes on a Columbia line, between
Deanwood and the District Line, Sat-
urday night, Henry c. Becker, of
Capitol Heights, was seriously hurt
and is at the Casualty Hospital, Wash
ington, where he will have an eye re-
moved. Henry L. Adams, from the
same community had two ribs broken
and both hands cut. Albert Smith, OF
Capitol Heights, was cut on the head
by flying bottle, and Mrs. Smith was
badly injured. The row started on the
front platform of the car and the ne
groes used bricks before it was over
In the melee Mrs. Lulu Miller, of Capt.
toll Heights, lost SAT in cash. Several
persons lost their market sup
plies they had purchased for Sunday.
Nine negroes were arrested on charges
of disorderly conduct.