The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-05-11
RREVITIES

-WANTED-A bright boy to work
in printing office. Must have passed the
seventh grade. Apply at The ENQUIR
Err OFFICE at once,
The fly peril is worse than the sub
marine Swat him first!
The cost of -four is signal to the
American farmer that his country needs
him.
The County Commissioners and Or
ghans' Court will meet next Tuesday.
Mrs Rodgers Gore and little daugh
ter Lucy, of Pottsvile, Pa. are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Sasscer.
Governor Harrington was enter
tanned at luncheon GU Tuesday by Mr..
M. C. McNab.
MIR and Mrs. F. Bernard Gwynn
entertained MIR. and Mrs. c. H. Taylor
at tea OH Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Frederick Sasscer had as
guests at luncheon on Tuesday, Mrs.
Patterson and Miss Beall, Of the pre-
paredness committee, and Mrs. +. Irv-
ing Bowie.
Official wheat crop estimates show
that with the world facing bread
shortage the United States, unless it
cuts its present consumption, probably
will produce only enough wheat this
year to supply its own population.
While we have the best paid-up
subscription list We ever had, there are
a number of subscribers to the EN-
QUIRER who are in arrears. Such we
hope will be conscientiously impressed !
that they should meet their obligations !
in that direction and will settle prom t- |
ly While all commodities are tending /
upward, the ENQUIRER remains the
same, 81 per year.
Mr. H. K. VanAlstyne. of the !
Treasury Department, has recently pur
chased the Reels estate, near Seabrook. |
He is planning numerous modern i'm
provements to be made during the sum-
mer and has leased the Mace farm in |
order to be near, while the work is be-
ing completed.
Miss Nellie Grant, teacher, and the
patrons of the Patuxent School, held
very successful card party and dance
for the benefit of the school at Gibbons
Hall, last Friday night A number of
useful prizes were awarded the success
full players of progressive euchre
Richardson's Orchestra furnished mu-
sic for the dance.
Betting on horse races in Maryland,
was dealt blow Friday last when the
Court of Appeals handed down an opin-
ion dealing with bookmaking or betting
on races at the annual fair of the Mont
gomery Agricultural Fair Association.
This may put ban on betting at races
that may be held at the Bowie track,
owing to the fact that the association
that conducts the races here was in
corporated under law similar to that
under which the Montgomery Associa-
ton was Incorporated.
Under the Laurels," a five act
will be given in Glib
bons' Hall on Friday night, May 18th,
at 8 P. M. This play will be acted by
the tom Thumb Dramatic Club" of
st. Margaret's Catholic Church, Dis
trict Line, of which Father F. A
is the pastor. 1t has
been played at the District Line with
great success. and we hope it will re- !
ceive fitting reception here. Gibbons
H all is noted all over the county for its
spaciousness, and its magnificent stage,
on which so many plays have been sue
cessfuIly staged, and we expect very
large crowd.
The meeting of farmers under the
of the State Extension Ser
vice, held in the Court House on Tues
day, was largely attended. Mr.. Geo
Waters presided and introduced as the
first speaker Governor Harrington.
The Governor spoke in an earnest and
forcible manner upon the eXigencies OF
the times and urged cooperation of all
the forces enlisted in the cause of pre-
paredness. Speeches were also made
by Prof. Richardson and Prof. Symonds
of the State Agricultural College, and
by Mrs. Patterson.