Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
PLANS LOCAL OPTION
LAW FOR THE COUNTY
Delegate Addison of Prince Georges
Will Introduce Bill at
Annapolis.

Special Correspondence 81 The star
EVANSVILLE. Md, January IL iaIl
bill 10 provide local option for priuce
Georges county is To be introduced at The,
present session of the Maryland icgisla-
tirc by Delegate Joseph Addison OF
Prince Georges
The bill provides that on petition or
70 per cent of tho voters of any terri
tory TO be affected Il special election
shall be held to determine whether or not
the sale of intoxicating liquors shall con
tiuur IN such territory The scope -
the proposed measure. however Includes
only those election districts In which
liquor is now permitted TO be sold. and
districts already dry will not be affected
Six Years Between Elections.
The measure proposes that elections
shall not be held oftener than once IA
SIX years: that they shall be held May
of the year in which they are ordered.
aud that saloonmen in territory which
may be voted dry shall lie given one
year In which to clos. up their business
The bill provides that compensation
Sinai be made to persons now In tue
saloon business who may be compelled
TO quit if tho bill become law
Mr.. Addison states that the reason the
present wet districts oniy arr. included
IS that he finds upon investigation, thai
both the vets" and 'drys'' do not want
,he Dry districts as now constituted 20
vote on the question. Under the pro
posed bill, Laurel. Evansville. Riyerdste
Hyattsvillc, Seat Pleasant and several
other districts viii have no vote III tn.
settlement OF the question as to whether
or not Intoxicating liquors are to be sold
III the entire county.
ture of the bills. according to Deiegat,.
Addison, is two-fod: First. to giv, the
liquor men a year to 20 out of business.
| the license dating from May ], and also
| to keep the question from taking the
| whole attention of the people at genera!
elections
Opossums Are at Large.
If any one travelling in the vicinity OF
Capitol Heights happens TO stumble over
a herd of opossums the discovery need
cause no surprise. there are nineteen
| of the elusive animals roaming about
somewhere in the vicinity of the Heights.
They belong. or did belong. to John
Sweeney. teamster. and one of the best
| hunters in the state. who had contract
! TO furnish twenty-five opossums to
party in the District of Columbia
| Sweeney complied with the contract
after four weeks of most persistent hunt
| ing throughout Kent, ONon Hill aud
Queen Anne districts. Prince Georges
| county. so far as securing the animals
\ was concerned.
| But he made the mistake of not letting
them stay caught. as the saying goes,
| The animals We're placed in a box IN
| Sweeney's back yard in Capitol Heights.
| and Master John Gabriel In a moment Of
| thoughtessness opened the door of the
| pen and the herd scampered out and beat
| it in all directions. Five of the animals
came back and one of them WAS killed
The balance of the herd, nineteen in mum
Der, is scattered about the country some
where in the vicinity OF Capitol Heights.
Meanwhile the party OF the second part
| in Washington is waiting for the opos-
| sums
| Bank Elections.
| The stockholders of the First National
| Bank of Southern Maryland. located at
| the county seat of Prince Georges, Up
per Marlboro met Tuesday and elected
| these directors: Charles A. Wells, Rich
! ard N Ryon, T. Van Clagett, c. a. NJ.
| Wells A. T. Robinson and Henry Nor
ris. The directors then elected Charles \.
Wells, president; R. n. Ryon. vice presi-
dent. and William S. Hill, cashier.
The stockholders of the First Nauonai
Banf of Hyattsville met here Tuesday
and elected these directors: Joseph W
Aman, George H. Lanhardt. Guy w Lat
inner. William p. Magruder. Harry }. Pat
terson, Jackson H. Ralston, Grant W
Sexton, Harry. w. Shepherd. T. Ouin'A
Smith and Charles A. Wells. The di-
rectors elected Jackson II. Ralston, pres
;dent: Charles A Wells. vice president.
and Harry w Shepherd cashier.
Mrs. Jesse Hardy Stubs of the Wash
lngton Nomens Suffrage Association
spoke at a meeting OF the Just Govern
ment League in the municipal building
Thursday night. Mrs. Janey b. Coates
, presided Mrs Stub}S spoke in adyocac.
OF the Kenyon bill now pending in the
House and of the crusade against white
slave traffic.