The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-20
BREVITiES


saddle horses, and 5 years Of age.
Apply at this office.
The Red Cross dance advertised to
b.. held at Surrattsvilia Hall on July
eth. has been postponed.
Mrs. Alberta Mathews, of BaltI-
| more, is visiting her nephew and wiie'
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Smith.
The production of Sally Lunn >
two act comedy by Gladys Ruth
Brigham will be held at Baden Hall,
Baden, Maryland. July 18th. 1917, Tor
the, benefit of The Red Cross Dancing
and refreshments will follow. Play
will commence at SIS o'clock. Adj
mission, Adults 80 cts. Children 2octS.
Mr.. James A. Martin, formerly OF
this town. who has been Chief Gunner
on the Battle Ship Arkansas. has been
promoted to the position Of Ensign.
He is a brother of Mr.. }. F. A. Martin
The Epworth League Of the M. E.
Church Cheltenham, Md, will hold an
ice cream and cake sale on the church
lawn Thursday, July 26th, 1877. Sand
wichas and coffee Dodge Ball contest
and other athletic events. Commences
at 1 p. m.
The beautiful estate of Mr.. VIM.
Berry, near Iceland, has been sold to
Mr.. George Bachheister, of Baltimore
who is now occupying it. Mr.. Berry Is
now residing at Hyattsville.
Mr.. S. I. Cooke of Townshend,
Nd, had pleasant surprise and family
reunion on Sunday last, July 18th. All
of his children, grand children, son-in-
law, and daughterin-l law, were pres
ent. The occasion being his 6lst an
niversary, they had most enjoyable
time.
Masters Xavier and Josiah Wilson
have returned from pleasant visit at
the home of their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ignatius Nalley in Washington.
There will be public sale OF valu-
able farm implements, ETC., on STRAIT
ford" farm, owned by Mrs. Richard
S. Hill, near this town. on Saturday,
July 2Sth, 1917, beginning at 10 a. m.
See ad. on second page.
Mr.. Wilfred Suit, son of Mrs. Jesse
Suit. OF this town, sustained a badly
fractured arm in attempting to crank
Ford car in Washington. He was TAX
en- to the Emergency Hospital. He
is improving satisfactorily, and expects
to come home in day or two.
The Forest Grove Sunday School
will hold its annual picnic, on Thursday,
July 10th from 2 to Up. M. on the
church lawn, near Meadows, after
which there will be sale of sandwich
es, ice tea and coffee, also ice-cream
and other refreshments. Races, games
etc., for the children. Everybody wei
come.
"A severe hail and electric storm
passed over the county on Saturday
evening last, doing much damage t.
crops near Washington and in the For
est. In the neighborhood of st. Darna-
bas Church crops were almost totally
destroyed.
During the summer vacation the
High School building will be opened
every Wednesday afternoon from $3.50
to $50 o. M, when books can be loan
ed and returned to the library there.
At the same time work for the MARI
boro Circle of the Red Cross will be
given out and brought back by the
workers who have every disposition to
continue to work industriously.
The Sunday School of Trinity
Church joined Epiphany Sunday SchooI
of Forestville on their picnic to Chesa
peake Beach on Thursday. The day
passed off without rain, and the chill
dren were made very happy by tie tr.r,
with big baskets of lunches, topped off
with treat of ice-cream, wading, bath
ing and dancing, completed their en-,
joyment. To Miss Marie Hill, assisted
by the other teachers and Rev. Mr..
McManus, the credit for this most sue
cessful outing is due.
Some of the liquor dealers through
out the county are planning to make a
test of the Dry Bill passed by the last
Legislature. Their ground for question
ing the constitutionality of the act is
that they have been granted licenses
that are ostensibly good till the first Of
next May. The act makes no provision
for returning to them the money they
have paid in and failure to return the
money the liquor men will count on as
a ground for setting the act aside. 1t
is planned to have the questioned set
tied by November.
Miss Madge Coffren, Miss Louise
and Annie Ferraro, Mr.. Raymond Reed,
Mr.. James Vogts and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Coffren of Washington, spent
the week-e at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. T. Coffren.
During the terrible electric storm
| on July 10th the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Ridgely was struck by light
ming. The bolt is supposed to have
been attracted by the telephone, which
| was shattered completely. The mantle
was torn loose from the wall and much
plaster and bricks from the chimney
torn loose Fortunately no one was in
the room at the time, and no one was
injured. A member of windoW-lights
in the room were broken.