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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30

The effect of the war is gra-
dually growing more apparent to
US at home in the inability to OBJ
tain certain commodities so east
ly and conveniently as they have
been unusually provided. AS
the progress of the war advances
and the demand upon the re-
sources of the country and its
public utilities increase, we will
continue to feel it more and
more. We doubt if it is mis-
fortune. Rich and easy going
Americans may need just such
conditions to bring them back to
the simple life and a release
from their dependence upon ease
and luxury.
The difficulty in keeping the
markets supplied with commodi-
ties as heretofore is not so much
due to the scarcity of the COM
modities as it is to the inability
to put them on the market. We
cannot obtain coal as desired,
because railroads are not equal
to the demand made upon them.
We in the country, however, can
substitute wood. Lumber, salt,
sugar and many other necessar-
les cannot be abundantly obtain
ed, but no suffering will likely
come as a result. Gasoline,
which has become one of the
most universally used commodi-
ties, and really now almost indis-
pensable, may soon be limited in
its distribution and only allowed
for certain purposes.
The war is a gigantic under
taking and will strain the energy
and resources of the country.
The mines, the factories, the
railroads and all branches of trade
and labor will be called upon for
the utmost exertion. Every
other feature, public or private,
must become subordinate to this
one great issue. Any failure on
the part of the people to aid the
prosecution of the war, either by
Sinking duty or selfish efforts to
secure benefits will make more
drastic measures necessary. In
deed it looks as if the Govern
ment will find it necessary to
assume control of all important
commodities.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30

ORDER OF OBLIGATION
JOHN J. SULLIVAN, Complainant
vs..
MINNIE E. SULLIVAN, Defendant
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County. Maryland.
EQUITY No. 1895

Equity No. 1885
TNHE purpose and object of this Bill
L is to secure a divorce vtncuLo
matrlmonii by decree in favor Of the
Complainant against the Defendant
Minnie e. Sullivan. The Bill in sub
stance states:
1. That John J. Sullivan, Complain
ant, for more than two years last past
has been resident Of Prince Georges
County, Maryland; and that the Defen-
dent, Minnie E. Sullivan, is a non resi-
dent of the State of MARYLAND.
2. That the Complainant and Defen-
dent were married at Baltimore,
Maryland, August cath, 1914
8. That the conduct Of Complain ant
full, and that the Defendant without
deserted the Complainant Oh. or about
September 7th, 1914, and that said
desertion and abandonment has continu-
ed unintsrruptedly for more than three
years last past. and that there is no
reasonable expectation of reconcilia-
ton; and that there were no children
Of said marriage; and that the Complain
ant and Defendant are adults.
The Bill prays for decree of divorce,
vineallo rsdtrimonii; and for further re-
lief; and for an order of publication
against the nonresident defendant.
1t is thereuppn, this 10Th day of
N ,vember. 1877, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Prince Georges County, in
Equity, that the Complainant, by causing
a copy of this order to be inserted and
published in some newspaper published
in Prince Georges County. Maryland,
once in each of four successive weeks
before the 22nd day of December, 1917,
give notice 10 Minnie E. Sullivan, the
nonresident Defendant, of the object
and substance of this Bill, and warning
her to be and appear in this Court, in
person or by solicitor, on or before the
14th day of January, 1918, to show
cause, if any she has why a decree
ought not to be passed as prayed, and
to abide by and perform such decree or
order as may be passed herein.
8. d. HALL Clerk,
&C. for P. G. Co. Md.
True Copy-Test:
S. D. HALL. Clerk. Nov. Is
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING.

Let it be hoped that no heed
will be given the somber sugges-
ton that Thanksgiving and
Christmas be stripped of every
festival touch because this is
wartime. Such a suggestion has
come from more than one quart
er, but it is not believable that
any considerable number of
American families will accept
the reasoning that is behind it.
One advocate of fasting and
general austerity on these oc-
casions argues that such an OBJ
servance would be in the inter-
est of conservation; another that
it would show a more appropri-
ate spirit on the part of the
American family. There need
be no waste and it is absurd to
imply that the people of this
country must forego every joy
and pleasure and so bear them
selves as to betoken sorrow, pain
and detection. Of course, that |
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
Friday. November Goth, 1917
Germans Held in the United States
Number Nearly 1850

Two classes of German prison
ers are now detained in hhis
country. One is comprised OF
sailors taken into custody when
the United States entered the
war; the other consist of "alien
enemies" civilians who have
been arrested and are now being
held under governmental regu-
lations for various reasons.
The principal detention camp
is at Fort Mcpherson, Ca, where
approximately $50 war prisoners
are held; at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ca. there are 165 alien enemies;
at Fort Douglas, Utah, there are
SIT prisoners of war and 80 in
termed Germans. Small detach-
m ents are now temporarily
uartered at Army posts
throughout the country, but
their number is relatively small.
Altogher there are 2, 1854 actual
prisoners of war in the custody
of the War Department and a.
bout 400 interned aliens held at
the request of the Department
of Justice.
1t is estimated that Germany
is now holding $50 sailors taken
from American ships by COM
merce raiders and other German
vessels.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is catarrah. Catarrh being great
ly influenced by constitutional condi-
tons requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts thru the Blood on the
Mucous Surfaces of the System there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in the cur
alive powers of Halls Catarrh Msdi-
cine that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggist, 75c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
Are Lighting Rods Any Good?

A reader writes The Pr0gress1re
Farmer about the methods of lightning
rod salesman is Using to make sales IN
his neig hboi hood and ends his letter
by saying: Nov if You will tell the
farmer what good there is in rods and
about what they are worth per foot.
and where he can get them. you will
confer favor on many"
Lightning rod agents have had bad
reputation. not that lightning rods are
themselves not worth while. but be
cause agents charge too much for then !; |:
Lightning rods are really a great pl,'
lection to farm buildings, and if bought
conservatively are worth many times
their cost. We hope before RAINY
weeks to publish a~sompwha. ronpre
hensive discussion of the subject.
Meanwhile. we would advise farmers
to,write the United States Department
of Agriculture. Washington. D. c., and
ask for Farmers Bulletin No. 1867,
Lightning and lightning Conductors. .
This thoroughly covers the subject our
inquirer has brought up.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
State Board Places Quarantine on
Dogs.

Quarantine of dogs has been estab.
lished by the State card of Agricul-
ture in many districts of Prince Geor-
ge's county because Of the outbreak of
rabies during the last two months.
Several persons have been bitten and
have taken treatment in Washington
during that period. On October 10 a
quarantine was placed over q part of
the county and on October 25th another
was established. On November 7th
DR.. w. C. Woodward. health officers
of the District of Columbia, took up
the matter with Samuel M. Shoemaker.
chairman of the Maryland State Board
of Agriculture, and the latter is making
every effort to stampoutthe evil. Mr..
Shoemaker desires the cooperation of
all persons in the county in order that
the situation may be under control as
soon as possible.
Leona, Frederick and Fenton Hut
Crimson of Forestville, Thomas Allen
of Alabama avenue, just outside the
District line, and Floyd Weldman of
Brentwood, have already been bitten
by dogs afflicted with rabies. In order
that the disease may not spread among
dogs and result in danger to all children,
particularly school children, Mr.. Shoe
maker urges the close confinement of
a pet animals and asks that particular
attention be paid by hunters to their
dogs. The greater the cooperation of
the people the sooner the quarantine
will be raised. Because of the out
break of rabies. all persons are warned
that all dogs must be kept confined and
that dogs found running at large with
in the areas quarantine will be destroy
ed.
THAT part of Prince Georges coun.
ty lying within the areas described as
follows: Beginning at intersection OF
District of Columbia line and the Penn
sylvania railroad to the town of Land.
over, thence along the highway leading
through Brightseat toward Woodmoo,
to the west branch of the Patuxent
river, following this stream in south.
erly direction to point near the east
ern boundary of the 10Th Election
District line about two miles north.
west of Upper Marlboro, thence follow
ing the border line of the 18th district
in southeasterly direction to the in
tersection of the road frora Marlboro
to Rosaryville, following this road in &
southeasterly direction to the town oil
Rosaryville, thence crossing the north
ern extremity of the 18th district line
where the road leading to CheItenham
crosses the Piscataway Greek. follow
ing the southern and southeastern
and the southeastern boundaries of the
9th Election District to the 18th Dis
trict line, thence in a westerly direc
tick to the Livingston road, following
this in northwesterly direction to the
District of Columbia line, thence OF
said line to the point of beginning"
"In addition to the area placed undel
quarantine October 10th, 1917, tn,
whole of territory embraced. in tn,
First, Second, Third, Seventh, Thir
teenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seven
teenth and Nineteenth District O.
Prince Georges county is hereby quar-
antined."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30

is the way some people are dis
posed to take everything; their
religion, for instance. But the
American people are not ready
to 60 into mourning. Thanks
giving and Christmas can be
made pleasurable without sinful
waste or ostentation. Let them
be made 80. Savannah News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30

One of the first bills to be in
PRODUCED at the coming session
of the General AssemblyG it is
said, will seek to amend that
provision in the election law
which gives to the House of Dele
gates the authority to recount
the ballots in the event of a con-
test by a candidate for Governor
or Comptroller and transfer it to
the Courts.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
Buy War-Savings and Thrift Stamps

Postmaster Wyvill has received from
Washington preliminary instructions to
begin the campaign in Prince Georges
County for the sale of war savings
stamps along lines that have been 80
successful in Great Britain in tapping
new sources of wealth.
According to the preliminary instruc.
tions received at the Postofiice the con.
duct of the campaign will be on simple
lines. This work will begin as soor as
the stamps are received and put on sale.
: The rules governing the issuing OF
stamps and certificates are these:
A person having 81. IL to- invest can,
beginning December 3rd. during De-
cember and January, buy a war savings
stamp which, upon maturity in 1928,
will bring IS to the holder. Each
month after January and until 1928 one
cent will be added to the purchase
price to equalize the matter of interest.
With the saving stamp, which is about
four times the size of a postage stamp,
the person will receive war certificate
upon which 20 such stamps can be
pasted. A person buying 20 war
stamps either next month or during
January would pay sS2. 40. Upon ma
turity in 1923 those stamps would bring
s100 or an addition of S17.60, represent
ing per cent. interest compounded
quarterly.
Provisions have been made through
the Postofdce for payments by install
ments. Purchasers can buy thrift
stamps fer rs cents, can redeem IL of
them at the Postoffice for a savings
stamps. In like manner cent will be
exacted for each month after January
before the thrift stamps are redeemed.
The stamps can be registered at
third class postoffices and are insured
against fire or robbery. If lost, the
finder can have them returned to the
rightful owner by dropping them into
mail box without attaching postage
stamp. The savings stamps may be
surrendered at any time before matur-
ity and 3 per cent. interest will be
paid.
The Postoffice Department will send
the stamps for Prince Georges County
to the postoffice at Upper Marlboro,
which il the central accounting office
for the county and from this office
the other money order postotfices of
| the county will be supplied.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
The Store That
.Sersa You Best

qThe Hochschih, kohn
& Co. Store was
founded in 1897. Il
began with q plain
announcement Of IT'D
policy and its hten-
lions.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
Norlcs TO CeEo1roas.

This is 10 give notice. that the under
i signed has obtained from the Or
phaus' Court of Prince Georges County,
letters of administration upon the Per
sonal estate of
SIMON JOFFE,
deceased, late of Prince Georges coun-
ty. All persons having claims against
said deceased are hereby warned to ex-
h! bit the SAM, with the vouchers there
on legally authenticated on or before
the f53rd day of Nay 1918, or they
may otherwise by law b. excluded from
all benefits of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment. Given under
my hand this 2 Bird day Novem Der Of 1917.
MAX JOFFE,
Administrator Of Simon Joffe. de-
ceased. November %
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30
ORDER OF RArlFlcAr1oN.
In the matter of the Estate of Julia
Aun Logan. deceased.
In the Orphans Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland

% No. 2781
ORDERED, adjudged and decreed
~ this Goth day of November 1877,
BY the Orphans Court Of Prince Geor-
ge's County, Maryland, that the sale of
the real estate of the late Julia Anna
Logan, deceased, made and reported
by Charles H. Lee. Administrator t.
g.; be ratified and conf rmed. unless
cause to the contrary thereof be show IL
on or before the nth day Of December,
1917: provided copy of this order be
publ SHE d in some newspaper published
in Prince Georges County, Maryland,
once in each Of three successive weeks
before the said 18th day of December
1917. The report states the amount of
sale to be $4,000.
R. IRVING BOWIE,
ALBERT F. JENKINS,
JOHN A. SCHULTZ,
True CoDy-Test:
GEORGE P. HICKEY,
Register of Wills.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-11-30

A clear contract was
nede-1 stiH made,
and viii always be
made - with every
es,stpmm. This 10
the contract 1T 10
priaeed On the back
Of every salesched {:
New Britain herald., 1917-03-05
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
.Iattlc Miss sorinot and I Correspond
By ADELE GARRISON

Little Miss SOIin0t and Correspond
 So they had met. Jack Bickett, my brother-cousin. and Catherine Sonnot, the little nurse who had taken care of my mother-in-law, and whom I had learned to love as dear friend.
 Jacks letter to Mrs. Stewart. with it's description of their meeting in the French hospital, dropped unheeded to the floor of my old friends little sit- ting room. My thoughts flew back to the night when Katherine and I. both wakeful and hungry. had grown con- fidential over a chafing dish supper and | had been startled by glimpse of a kodak print of Jack in her scrap book.
 Tn the conversation that followed learned that she was the half-sister of Mark Earle, Jacks dearest friend, with whom he had been on many trips, and that from her brothers tales and photographs of Jack she had. made him quite a hero of her; girlish imagination. Indeed. half suspected from her manner that she had a distinct romantic interest in him.
 had often heard Jack speak of Mark Earle's little sister Indeed, in the old days when looked upon my cousin Jack as my brother and my own especial property, had been secretly a little uneasy at the inter- est he displayed in his chum's pretty little sister whom he had never seen.
 Enough of the old sisterly jealousy fingered at the time Katherine and | had our talk to make me hesitate about giving her 8 chance to go to the French front as nurse. Dicky's brother-in-law, the eminent surgeon Dr. Edwin Braithwaitc, was about to sail at the head of a hospital unit' and 1t only needed a word from me to gratify at once Kather1nes lohs- ing to serve France-fer great-grana- father was an officer in Napoieon army-and the secret desire to pe near the hero of her dreams, wnlcn suspected.
 Glad or Sorry?
 Was I glad or sorry, wondered, as nicked up Jacks letter again. that I had crushed any feeling l might have had in the matter. ana nad sno,on the word to Dr. Braithwaite that resulted in Katherine's joining the eminent surgeons stan or nurses It seemed a pity to have these two meet only to be torn apart so sooH by death.
 You see," Jacks letter to Mrs. Stewart went on, when good old Mark Earle and I rougned to- eether I. was nightly attracted by the photographs of his little sister which he carried around with him. and py
New Britain herald., 1917-03-05
THIS LADY HAS BEEN SICK FOR SEVEN LONG YEARS AND HAS BEEN RESTORED
 TO HEALTH BY LAX-A-T0NE
Tells How She Was Surprised When She Tried So Many Different Remedies and Received Results So
 Easily With Lax-a-Tone.


 Spring will soon be on the way. and with its long train of ills and sickness What did your Grand mother do in her time? We'll. will tell you" said MT. Martin, 'she boiled up different Herbs and gave you all a spring tonic, and it worked" Think it over and you will recall how much less sickness they had when they used Herbs. Look at the Indians. You never heard of Grippe with them and Pneumonia was a rarity. As soon as the Indian became civilized and adopted the ways of civilization he also began to adopt the new fads and sickness. Stick to Herbal remedies and you will not go wrong. Lax-a- Tone is purely Herbal and Is simply the juice squeezed out of many diff ferent Herbs and they are all effective. Mrs. Hill. who is resident of
New Britain herald., 1917-03-05
UP AND DOWN" BIG
 OFFERING AT GRAND

Audiences laugh themselves hoarse over the quaint comedy of Up and Down." the unique vehicle which has been provided by that popular come- dtan-author. Frank Finney. s.Up and Down" of which he h the author and which is presented in the waldron's Boston Burlesquers'' at the Grand theater all this week affords Finney . role rich with possibilities. The book provides . mystery plot, and it requires lot of interesting characters to tell the story. As the incidents arc unfolded. chorus of exception ally pretty girls enlivens things with clever dancing and catchy singing numbers. Up and Down. is a genu- inc tonic for the t. b. m.'' and for all who com plain that burlesque shows are too similar and that there is nothing new to attract the regular patron.
 This Chrles H. Waldron show of fers many novelties, one of the spe- cial features being big automobile number in which the entire company appeaxu and which is different from anything ever previously staged, it Is said. There is a medley of operatic stars. A ahakesperian travesty that closes the shows is not only unique but has everywhere proved . most telling factor in the success of the production. There are also . number of vaudeville speciaities. Florence Mills. an old Hartford favorite. ap- pears as prima donna with this show. She is q woman of great beauty and possesses a refinement and artistic temperament which lends class and tone to the production. This attrac- tive woman has wardrobe that out classes most of the wardrobes found in burlesque,l and 1t is a pleasure to hear her, sing. E
New Britain herald., 1917-03-05

Plainville, Conn.,, and lives on Thomil- son avenue, says:
 "I have been a great sufferer with gas bloat, indigestion. felt weak and run down, was tired out and nervous. I needed some medicine that would do the work, and l found 1t all right. And that remedy was Lax-a-Tone. It surely made new woman out of me and I wish to recommend it to all.
 Now if you suffer with constipation, headaches, furred tongue, bad breath, are tired ont and run down, need a tonic that will work wonders, dispel those dizzy spells and weak feelings. try Ixax-a-TOne. It will do 1t
 The Lax-a-Tone man is at the Economy New England Drug Store, s65 Main street, where he is introduce ing this remedy to the New Britain public.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-05
FINE FEATHERS" ON
 THE LYCEUM BOARDS

Eugene walter's dramatic triumph, "F1ne Feathers" will have its initial presentation at the Lyceum tonight (Welcome night). This production Is an unusually expensive one but the new management desires to show that the policy of giving New Britain and vicinity the best there is in stock, as announced last week, is being lived up to.
 Director Naylor chose Fine Feath- ers'' primarily because the principal parts are so we'll .suited to the mem bers of his company. Smythe Wallace as g poor government chemist. vir- ginia Perry as his wife, Ralph Mur- phy as his friend. Margie Dow as the neighbor and Philip Quin as the suc- cessful business man are particularly adapted to these characters and the remaining parts will also be capablyt interpreted. Ruth Miner, the New Britain girl who made 50 many ad- mirers by her excellent work in sDi- plomacy." will be cast as the hired girl and Victor Beecroft will be seen as a doctor.
 Fine Feathers" played ten weeks in New York. Eugene Walter also wrote ''Paid in Full" "The Easiest Way" "The Wolf and "Just a Wo- man.; but none of these brought him financial success in such measure as did the drama which the Walter Nay Tor Players are to put on all this week.