Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-08-24

LOCAL BREvITIEs.


d. w. SWEENEY. p. C.
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
The picnic season ends this week
Messrs. Edward and Fabian San
ders visited Washington on Monday
of this week.
Mr.. Robert p Horney was a guest
of his daughter, Mrs Augustus
Mudd. at their home, near White
Plains. Bob looks well, and his
many friends were glad to shake his
hand again.
We regret to learn that Miss
Ilene Garner was taken to Provi-
dence Hospital on Sunday last.
where she lies i'll with typhoid fever.
Her many friends join us In wish
ing her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. F. G. Cooksey, wife of States
Attorney Cooksey, who has been
quite sick, to the joy of her many
friends is rapidly recovering.
Mr.. P. Reed Wills. jr., is-spend-
ing his vacation with his parents,
MIR. and Mrs. p r. Wills.
Mr.. John G. Reeder, father of
Miss Mae Reeder, one of the most
popular members of the McDonough
Institute faculty, we regret to learn
is very Ill at Johns Hopkins Uniyer-
sity. We wish him speedy restora-
ton to health.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Lancaster,
accompanied by the formers sister,
Miss Mary v. Lancaster, were among
the visitors to La Plata during the
week
As we go to press we learn that
Miss Myrtle Maddox is i'll with ty-
phoid fever. She has been removed
to Providence Hospital for treat
ment. We extend her our best wish
es foE-a speedy recovery.
4. Congratulations were showered
Upon Mr.. Clarence McWilliams and
his beautiful bride at St. Thomas
Church on Sunday last,
With the wharf at Chapel Point
a memory, where is the need and
common sense in the County Com
missioners keeping up two public
highways to that place.
Capt and Mrs. de Roode spent
the past Sunday with their mother
and father aat the Naples
A kindly remembrance from Rev.
Mr.. Stowell, formerly the minister
of the Episcopal Church in this
town, in the way Of social letter
during the week was delight.
The La Plata eannery is closed
enterprise this summer. Tobacco
pays better now than tomatoes, the
farmers say.
Ex-Sheriff Compton is one of the
contractors clearing Camp Meade
for occupancy by the United States
troops.
The State lime plant is now deliy-
ering lime in ten-ton lots to points
along the Potomac at freight rate
of SIPS per ton.
Roads Commissioner John F.
Mudd was & visitor to Washington
during the week.
Messrs. w. R. Clark and George
Lloyd, both of this city, were among
the visitors to the Capital CITY dur
ing the week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stoddert is quite
sick at her home west Hatton.
Our best wishes for a rapid return
to good health.
Mrs~e1rnart Groves of Frederick
County, who is visiting her sisters,
the Misses Barber. was the host at
a delightful dance on Thursday OF
last week at Harris Lot Hall In
honor of her two children.
We are glad to see Supt. I. NJ.
Carpenter. who has been quite sick
out and at his post again.
Mr.. John T. Wills OF Baltimore
spent Sunday with his family al
Hawthorne.
Summer entertainments are about
over; the chicken crop is growing
short, and out city cousin is hieing
back to the city.
Miss Sullivan of Baltimore is visit
ing the Misses Bowling, Hotel La
Plata.
Miss Eleanor Brown spent the
week end at her home in this city,
The local political campaign Tor
nominations to the various ottiees 10
be filed this fall has opened.
Crabs in the waters on the East
ern Shore are said to be plentiful.
Down at Rock Point the crabbers
are complaining of the scarcity OF
the shellfsh Is the latter only a
habit?
The farmers are cutting tobacco.
Marbury is the thriving section OF
our county. And its citizenship Is
of the best.
School Commissioner Linthlcum
has had another paying offer to come
10 Virginia as an agricultural GEM
Sonstrator. Another good citizen
more appreciated abroad than at
home.
With Senator Bowling at the post
In the Senate of this State, the tax
payers will have sturdy and 1alth-
full friend.
States Attorney Cooksey, who
unfortunately broke his arm rev
days ago in cranking an auto for
friend, while still having his broken
limb in swing, is rapidly recover
ing.
A call from Mr., John N. Simms,
the thrifty merchant of Mount Vic
toria, was much appreciated last
week.
A basket of delicious canteloupes
and TOMATOES gift from James
Smith, Esq, colored-was much ap-
preciated.
The Town Commissioners should
take prompt measures to prevent
speeding through this city. Motor
lists from Washington travelling
through here on Sundays appear to
have little or no regard for the
speed laws