The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-11-06
BREvETIES

| Misses mary anu LENA Ndlley, u
Washington, D. C, spent Election
Day with her sister, Mrs. Fred. W
Wilson.
Mrs. H. W. Gore left Tuesday fol
Bowling Green, KY, where she will
spend few weeks with Mr.. and Mrs
H. Rogers Gore.
DIR. and Mrs. Allen Griffith ano
children, of Berwyn. and Miss Doty anc
Miss Farnham, aunts, of Mrs. Griffith
spent Sunday with DIR. and Mrs. L. A.
Griffith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Clagett and chill
dren, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Clagett, and
Miss May Clagett, have closed their
summer home. '1ngleside," and gone
to Washington for the winter.
Mr.. J. H. Stumpner, the up to-
date painter of T. B., Maryland, is now
busily engaged in painting the new
store of Bean & Early at Brandywine,
Md, which.is rapidly nearing compile
ton.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will
carry free to New York all Christmas
gifts for Belgian orphans and refugees
of the European War. This free ser
vice will be performed for all such
freight shipped by organized societies
between now and November 30oh.
Miss Edith Bowie, youngest daugh
ter Of Mrs. Ida Bowie, of Wash, and
Oak Grove, who was at Convent in
Brussels at the beginning of the war
has at last arrived safely at the Con-
vent in Washington.
Mrs. L. P. Feelemyer, teacher, took
party of thirty-nine pupils of our
High School on sightseeing trip to
Washington, on Thursday. They visit
ed the Capitol, the National Museum
and other points Of interest and all had
delightful day. The trip was made
on Mr.. Ohio Humphreys auto bus.
Mr.. Ernest P. ,Magruder will sail
on the s. S Friesland, from New York,
Nov. 18th, as the head of a Red Cross
Unit to act as chief of this Unit in Ser
via. A unit is composed of three Sur
geons and twelve nurses.
The Rev. Canon w. l.. DeVries
of the Washington Cathedral, will visit
the Sunday School of St, M atthews P.
E. Church. Seat Pleasant, formerly
known as Addison's Chapel, on Sunday,
November 18th, at 10 a. m. Rev. De-
Vries will also preach a sermon at the
II O'Clock service on the same day.
The Cotillion Club gave the last of
the season dances at Masonic Hall on
Saturday night. These dances have
been especially enjoyable, and the fact
that so many of our young people are
going away for the winter is the only
reason they will not be kept up each
month.
The Circuit Court adjourned On
urday to re-convene today. as
several cases are yet to be tried. The
colored man James Grafton, charged
with the murder of Margaret Gross,
colored woman, near Lakeland on Sep
TENDER II, was tried by jury on Fri
day last and acquitted. Robt. w. Wells
and j. F. Lillard represented Grafton
and C. M. Roberts represented the
State
Ernest Deletraz and G. Grouzelle,
representatives of the French Govern
ment in buying tobacco, are in Balti-
more and expect to remain some time
securing Maryland tobacco for their
government. Their coming and an
ticipated buying will do much toward
giving relief to the Southern Maryland
growers of this crop and will also leave
considerable money in Baltimore and
the State.
Mr.. 81 Lawrence Eddy, Scout Com
missioner for the State, was here last
Thursday for the purpose of arousing
interest in that laudable organization,
known as the Boy Scouts of America.
He made most interesting talk to the
ooys of our town, and we hope he
may be able to organize troop here.
Mr. Richard Peyton Whiteley, of
Hyattsville. member of the 1912 ses-
sion of the Maryland House of Dele
gates, was appointed an assistant at
torney in the Department of Justice
Friday at salary of $1,000 year.
Mr.. Whitley, who Is a young lawyer
With offices at Hyattsville and Wash
ington, was endorsed by Senator John
Walter Smith and other members of
the Maryland delegation for appoint
ment as Assistant Attorney General
after he served his term as member
of the Maryland Legislature.