The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-12-04
BREVETIES

ginia, has been visiting her sister, Mrs
A. T. Brooke.
Mr.. RSbert Griffith and wife, O
Washington, spent Sunday at the hom
of Mr.. William S. Hill
Miss Madgie B. Coffren of thi
town spent the weeks end with rela
tives in Washington.
Miss Helen D West, of Washin g
ton spent Thanksgiving with Mise
Madgie and Blanch Coffren.
COL Charles NJ Sheafe, is making
| short visit to his sister, Mrs. Mary
E. Wilson, enroute to his home in tn,
West.
MIR. and Mrs. M. G. Livingston anc
Mr.. and Mrs. William Talbot spen
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs. R. L.
Wells.
! Mr.. and Mrs o. 3. Zantzinger anc
family, of Hyattsville, spent Thanks
giving with Miss Minnie Chew, at
Ellerslie.
There will be an Oyster and Chick
en- Supper at the New Grove Church
near Meadows, on Friday December
18th. Come and have a good time.
Among those who attended the
Thanksgiving hop at Charlotte Hall
Academy was Miss M. Agnes Coffren,
of this town. She spent the week end
visiting friends in St. Mary's County.
The Ladies' Association of Trinity
Church will hold a Parcel Post Sale at
the rectory on Friday, December 18th
from to p. m. Refreshments consist
ing of chicken salad, biscuit. coffee and
cake will be served.
Miss Carol Wilson will give series
of six lessons in modern dances for the
benefit of the Belgi4n Relief Fund
The class will hold its meetings at the
Farmers Hotel. on Saturday evenings
at o'clock, beginning December S, if
she can get twenty pupils. The charge
will be Is cents a lesson. Any persons
desiring to enter the class will please
notify Miss Wilson as soon as possible.
Mrs. Susan Oldfeld sixty-fve years
old, of Laurel, died suddenly on Sun
day afternoon in Washington, while on
her way to the Emergency Hospital.
Mrs. Oldfeld was accompanied by her
brother-in-law Her death was caused
by cerebral hemorrage. Her body
was taken to her home on Laurel.
The decoration at Trinity Church
on Thanksgiving Day were especially
appropriate and were most artistically
arranged, bringing out the beauty of
the ripened grain, massed about the
chancel, and the fruit and vegetable,
all denoting plenteous harvest. Miss
May Hill, Mrs. w. S. Hill and Miss
Minnie Chew were in charge of the de-
corations. r
The subscription tea for the benefit
of the Belgian sufferers at the Rectory,
on Friday, from to 6 p. M, proved
a great success as well as delightful
gathering of friends of the good cause.
Simple refreshments were served and
EACH guest deposited bit of silver IN
til the pile amounted to over S 900.
To Miss Carol Wilson belongs the
credit of starting the movement, and
to Rev. and Mrs. McManus for their
cheerful assistance in lending the Rec
tory for the occasion.
Charles j. Rittershofer aged sixty
FIVE, 1921 Fourth street northeast Wash
ington, D. c., was knocked down by
bicycle at New Jersey avenue and L.
street northwest shortly before noon
Saturday and was 80 badly injured that
he died few minutes after being ope-
rated upon at Homeopathic Hospital.
The aged man sustained fractured
skull and died without regainlng con
seriousness The bicycle that struck
Rittershofer was riden by John F.
Collins, Jr., of Seat Pleasant, a special
delivery messenger at the city post
office The case was declared to be ac
cidental by the coroner and Mr.. Collins
was exonerated of all blame.
Last week the store of Mr. Harry
A. Block, of Laurel, was entered and
robbed. 1t is supposed there were four
or five colored men engaged IN
the burglary. The store was entered
by forcing the screen door and break 4,
ing the lock on the inner door. With
iron a piece Of a corn planter, the
bar on the inside of the door was rails
ed, they gaining easy entrance. Goods
amounting to 500 or more were taken.
There have been three arrests made of
persons supposed to be the guilty par
ties and some Of the goods recovered.
AT the home of the bride beauti-
tul marriage was solemnized last We'd
nesday, November 10Th, 1911, at z. 80
,. M, when Miss M. Kobe was mar
tled to Mr.. James A. H. Simpson by
Rev. B. l.. Parrot, minister of the
Method st Church. Miss Kobe is a
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J
Kobe, who lives near Mitchellvillle;
Mr.. Simpson lives near Buena Vista.
Miss Kobe is quite noted flower rails
er, and as consequence the floral de-
:orations of the parlor were beautiful.
After the marriage a most bountiful
Inner was served. The guests were
Immediate relatives.
H. A. Roe, Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, for Maryland, has ordered 200
signs, which he will erect at dang Ell
points on the state roads, warning au-
tomobilists to slow down. They will
De located at sharp curves, railroad
crossings, at certain hills and wherever
there is need of warning. The body Of