The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-07-28
BREvITIES

Mrs. Mathews, of Baltimore,
visiting Mr. and Mrs. r. Ernest Smith
Mrs. Herndon, of Washington, i
spending the summer at Miss Mimi
Chew's.
Mrs. Buchanan Beafe, of Washing
ton, is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Rev
erdy Sasscer.
Miss Julia Kinsolving, of Washing
ton, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs
Frederick Sasscer.
Miss Calista Mcpherson has return
ed to her home in Woodville, for thu
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. I. Brooke art
spending two weeks at the Louder
House." Bluemount, Virginia.
Mr.. George S. Harrison, Jr.. OF
Rosaryville has purchased new Over
land Touring Car.
-Messrs Bert and Roy Corwin. OF
Washington, are spending while with
their sister, Mrs. John Russell, at Gel
lersile.'
The County Commissioners, Orphans
Court, School Commissioners and Su-
pervisors of Election will meet or
Tuesday next.
Mrs. Frederick w. Wilson and
little daughter have been visiting, Mr..
and Mrs. Ignatius Nalley, in Washing
ton.
"A supper, ice cream and parcel
post sale will be held at Brandywine,
August 9Th, beginning at 4 P. M, for
the benefit of the Brandywine Chapel
building fund.
Mr.. B. F. Duckett. proprietor of
the Farmers Hotel, prepared an elab-
crate dinner for the members of the
Washington Star Newspaper Club and
their guests on Wednesday.
Annual Bowie Picic for benefit
of white people of Ascension Church on
church grounds August End, 1916.
Meals served from noon. Dancing
until 10 P. NJ Good city music. In
case of rain, on following day.
IA dance for the benefit of the
Parish Hall building fund of St.
Barnabas', Church will be given at
Bonneville, the residence of Mrs.
jeremiah Berry, on Friday, July 2Sth,
at O'Clock P. M. Ackerman's Music.
Admission fifty cents including refresh
ments.
The annual excursion to Chesapeake
Beach of Forest Lodge No. Al. l. 0. o.
F. will taken place Thursday, August
3rd next. Trains leave District Line
at 10 a. M, p. M, $3.50 p. M; and
will stop at all stations west of the
Patuxent River. Tickets 25 cents.
Go and meet all your friends.
Services commemorating the Tooth
anniversary of Bishop Clagett's death
will be held at st. Paul. Church. Baden,
on August End. Right Rev. Bishops
Harding, Murray and Adams and sever
al clergyman are expected to assist in
the services. Conveyances will meet
the morning train at BrandYwine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Gardiner
and children, motored from Baltimore
last week and spent several days with
relatives and friends in this neighbor-
hood. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner who
was Miss Grace Gill, formerly lived in
this town, and their old friends well
coined them gladly after an absence
of over twenty years.
On Thursday last the State Roads
Commission awarded the contract for
building a concrete roadway through
the town of Upper Marlboro, to Mr..
J. W. Martin, of Annapolis, for the
sum of SIP, 1920. Mr.. Martin was
here on Saturday and stated that the
work will begin next Monday morning.
We would call attention to the Town
Commissioners to the unsanitary con-
dition of the ditch which is supposed to
carry off the overflow of the artesian
we'll at the west end of Main street.
It ia so choked up with sand and weeds
that the water is green and Shiny, and
is a serious menance to health and
should be cleaned out at once. 1t is
notifying to record such negligence
in our little town, but we feel it our
duty to state the case 50 that it may
be remedied before the health officer
sees it.
James Belt, sixteen year old
colored boy, was drowned on Sunday
while bathing in the Patuxent. River
above Hills Bridge. We understand
the boy did not know how to swim, and
the current carried him in deep water
before he was aware of it and he
drowned before some of his compan
ions, who were also in the water,
could reach him. The body was re-
covered on Monday and the funeral
was held from St. Mary's Catholic
Church, yesterday. Belt lived on the
farm of Mr.. Charles Traband, near the
scene of the drowning, and was son
Of Henry Belt.
-Cornelia Gardner, colored, was
brough here Wednesday morning and
pat in Jail by Deputy Sheriff Garrison.
on charge of having killed an infant.
The commitment was the result of the
verdict of coroner's jury, of which
George N Palmer was foreman. The
body of the child was found III the
yard adjoining the premises occupied
by the Gardner woman at Paramount
Heights, and was being dragged about
by dog. The police claim that the
| Gardner woman killed the child anc
buried the body in the yard. Justice
of the peace Alfred d. Bailey ISSUED
the warrant for the Gardner woman or
| the information of office Garrison.