The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-10
Anacostia, Hyattspille,
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st Joseph's Society Hall. Bowie
Mellwood Observation-Disclosures, Nell
wood Hyattsville-Office Hyattsville
Independent, Hyattsville. Chillum-
Hall. brentwood. Seat Pleasant dis
trict-Town hall, Capitol Heights. Riv'
erdale district-Claude Warren's office
Riverdale.
X J. Morris, of Hyattsville, to be
principal of the new high school The
high school will be started about the
middle of September, and until the new
building is completed the pupils will
be temporarily in the Masonic hall.
The mayor and common council vii
hold a special meeting next Monday
to open bids for the construction Of a
sewer on Cecil avenue, between Car
roll and Arundle avenues.
/ Edward Devlin. chairman of the ath-
letic committee of fire department
carnival to be held in Zantzinger' S
park on Labor Day, has announced the
change from a cart horse race to a
testant can ride his own mule, but
must mount one entered by some one
else. and the mule to finish last will
be awarded first prize. He states he
has received six entries for this con-
test.
Mrs. Ernest Burslem and young son
are spending several weeks with her
husbands relatives in Trenton. N. j.
Mrs. H. A. Kingsley and Miss Mable
Kingsley, OF Topeka, Kan. are the
guests of Prof. and Mrs. J. B. s. Nor
ton, Of Littlefield avenue.
James NJ. Vincent is seriously III at
his home on Maryland avenue with
typhoid fever.
The District association of Epworth
League societies held It's annual picnic
yesterday afternoon in the grove adoin-
ing the Branchville Methodist Episco-
pal Church South.
The Star-Spangled Banner Society
will present an American flag 10 every
public school pupil of the county present
at the exercises to be held at the tomb
of DR.. William Beanes, at Upper Mari
boro, on September 3.
Tobacco growers are beginning to feel
the effect Of the war in Europe. orders
for Maryland tobacco for Europe were
Cancelled last week in Baltimore. Ten
thousand hogsheads of Maryland to-
bacco were shipped to Germany alone
last year.
The school commissioners have de-
cided TO establish an industrial school
for colored pupils at Fairmont Heights
James F. Armstrong has been appointed
supervisor of colored schools, and will
De put in charge of the proposed indus
trial school as director OF manual train
ing. James A. Campbell has been APP
pointed an instructor in the new school.
\ special session Of the Circuit court
for Prince George county is conve ned
at Upper Marlboro to consider the
docket for the fall term of the court.
Among the most important OF the
cases to be maintained by the e-and
Jury which today will be that Of George
I: Hart accused Of woundins his wife,
Mrs. Nellie America Hart, on july &
The grand jury members are John
Snovden. foreman; Edward T. Shea.
Charles F. Lusby, ]. Simms Gardner
Henry A. Miller, Arthur l.. Aist. Percy
Duyall, w. Howard Beckett, Phillip F.
Nalley, Charles E. Leapley, George s.
Anan, John ]. Fink, Victor e Vplland
George I. Hess. Nathan E. Hungerford,
John w. Brady, Allen w. Mallerv'
Thomas Luther King, James Hart, VII
ham Is. DeVaughn, and Percival. Mel
bourne.
Donald c. MacNeil has a broken arm.
fle was hit by a pitched ball in game
btween the Hyattsville and Washing
ton Grove teams on Saturday.
Women Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South. are arranging for the
Rainbow party for tomorrow night on
the lawn of Mrs. Alex GUIDE in West
Hyattsville. A band from the Manual
Training School for Boys will play.