The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-02-11
BREVITIES

The County commissioners,
Orphans Court and Road Direc-
tors will meet on Tuesday next.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Sheriff,
of Bennings, spent Sunday with
Mr.. VIM. S. Hill and family.
Mrs. Buchanan BeaIe, of
Hyattsville, who has been visit
ing her daughter Mrs. ReVerdy
Sasscer, returned home on Satur-
day.
The Richie Social Club will
hold another of its dances at Odd
Fellows Hall, Forestville, Feb,
10th, 1916. Browns orchestra.
Mr.. Robert E. Thomas died
suddenly in Baltimore on Tues
day. Mr.. Thomas was native
of this county.
Owing to the absence OF the
Rector there will be no services
at the Church of the Atonement,
Cheltenham, until the first Sum-
day in March.
Miss George w. CLANCY and Mr..
R. w. Allen, both near Iceland, were
married in Washington on Saturday
last.
Misses Blanche Coffren and Ethel
Mulikin of this town spent the week S
end.with relatives and friends of Wash
ington.
There will be leap:year dance at
Masonic Hall, this town, Tuesday night,
February 29th, 1916. Admission 25 cts.
Refreshments free. Washington
music.
Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Patton, of Seat
Pleasant. this county, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Martha
Luella to Mr. Vincent A Talbot, of
this town. The wedding will take place
March first.
There will be Masquerade ball at
St. Barnabas Hall, Oxon Hill, this
county, on February 14tl1, 1916, for
the benefit of St. Barnabas Church.
Admission 25 cents. Supper rs cents.
Washington orchestra.
Farmers who desire to grow toma-
toes the coming season for the Il: f.
Hemingway Company, will call, at the
Gazette office and secure blank contracts
for their signatures. The contract and
prices are the same as last year. The
company will operate their plant here
this season provided they secure BOD
acres from the local planters.
At a meeting of The Taxpayers
Association recently committee COM
posed of Messrs Henry Morris, Lee
land; B. Lee Belt, Halls; C. J. Kobe,
Woodwork; James H. Hamilton, Queen
Anne; John M. Bowie, Mitchellville.
was formed for the purpose of going
to Annapolis to interest the Legislators
in the interest of the old state road.
On Thursday evening, January q,
fire totally destroyed the barn full of
tobacco stable, corn house, cow shed
and other buildings, crop of corn and
hay, on the farm of Mr.. Thomas B.
Baden, near Townshend, Maryland.
The ladies of Forest Grove Church,
Meadows, will give an oyster supper
in the basement of their new church,
on Friday, Feb. 18th, beginning at six
T. Nj. Be sure to come and get some
good oysters, and spend pleasant
evening. Refreshments for sale.
Mr.. William Thomas Thorne, ST.,
died at his home near Broad Creek on
January 80, aged IS years, Mr. Thorne
was life long resident of this county
and was highly respected by all who
knew him. The funeral was held from
st. Johns Episcopal Church last Tues
day morning and was attended by
large number of relatives and friends.
Mrs. Depow, mother of Mr. VIM. r.
Smith, formerly of this town, died at
her home in Pennsylvania last week.
She visited her son and wife frequently
during their residence here, and was a
most estimable, Christian woman. She
was SO wears old and leaves several
sons and daughters. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith, now of Washington, attended
the funeral
Miss Mary Z. Pagan, died suddenly
last Thursday night at her home in
Washington. She had been under the
care of physician, but had been able
to attend to her duties at the Agricultu-
raj Department. Miss Pagan spent
two summers here some years ago and
made many friends who were shocked
to hear of her death. For a number
of years she resided Eat Bowie. She
was ffty-six years old, native of New
York and had been in the government
employ for number of years. She is
survived by her brother, M E. Pagan,
chief accountant in the Forest Service,
her parents having died many years
| ago. Funeral services were conducted
| at St. PauPs Catholic Church, Wash.
| ington, on Saturday morning. =.
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