The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23
BREVITIES

FOR SALES Mares. Apply to
GEORGE B. MERRICK, Upper MARI
b0ro. Md.
Mr.. James Sasscer is at home from
the Tome School for his Spring va
cation.
Miss Louise Clagett, of Hannah
Moore Academy, is spending part of
! her holiday with Mr.. and Mrs Fred
! erick Sasscer.
Mrs. E. B. Dannenhower and Mas
ter Edward Dannenhower, who have
spent the Winter in Pittsburgh, Pa,
returned to their country home, near
this town, last week
Mrs. Ward has been appointed De-
monstrator of Domestic Science for
this county, and entered upon her
duties on the 18th inst. She takes the
position formerly held by Mrs. Lillian
Hennaman.
st. Mary's County is to be congra-
tulated upon the good order existing
there. Unless the unforeseen happens,
once more and the second time within our
recollection, Sept. Term, 1916 the
converting of Court will find the Jail
cells empty.
The continued high prices of to-
bacco and prospects for increased de-
mand is encouraging to our local growers
The farmer who grows tobacco and
other crops at the same time is now
strictly in it.
Following the recommendation of
the Maryland Preparedness and Survey
Commission which held a session in
Baltimore on Tuesday last, Governor
H harrington has issued proclamation. |
placing strict and severe regulations on !
the sale of all kinds of explosives.
The High School Pupils have been
busy making pillows and pads for the !!
Red Cross and the boys have contribul- /
ed enough money to buy regulation ;
box to pack them in. This ready re-
Spouse to the appeal of the Red Cross
is heartily commended.
"A meeting of the men and women
in Upper Marlboro was
held at the Court House Thursday, !
March 22rd, at 4. 80 o'clock p. m. for the
purpose of organizing civic society /
for the betterment of Upper Marlboro.
Struck by Touring Car on Penn
sylvania Avenue in Twining City, short
ly after midnight Saturday, John Henry
Lagg, forty eight years old, of Suit
land, is in Casualty Hospital with
broken right leg. Central Office De-
tective Boyle and Detective Charles
Evens hurried to the scene and drove
here but no trace of the car that hit
Lagg could be found.
Miss Olive M. Edelen; daughter of
the late Jesse and Mary Edelen of Pts
Getaway district, and assistant teacher
in school No 1, Silver Hill, died suddenly
February 18th at the home of her sister,
Miss Jessie Edelen, Washington. Miss
Edelen is survived by three sisters,
Eleanor, Jessie and Amy Edelen, and
TWO brothers, G. Hunter and Wallace
Edelen.
Mr. F. Harold Sasscer returned last
week from Cuba, where he has been
stationed since the Fall. He witnessed
some of the fighting among the Revo-
utionists in the recent uprising and
vas very glad to reach home; having
been cut off from the mails for several
weeks. He resigned position with
he Bethlehem Steel Company to accept
work with the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the Division of Valua-
lion of Railroads and is located at
Washington.
If conditions prevailing in this To-
,ality are indicative of those over the
country at large. there is little prospect
IF much lower prices of foodstuffs be-
cause of increased production this year,
of the early crops. The
scarcity of seed and the high prices for
both seed and fertilizers, added to the
scarcity and cost of reliable and efficient
farm labor, are compelling the farmers
and trunkers to curtail their operations
notwithstanding the pros
poets of high prices for their products.
100, 900 Trees at Cost.
According to the State Board of For
astry. the State of MARYLAND has better