The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-05-04
BREVITIES

more.
Governor Harrington is expected
call the Legislature in special sessio
on May 18th.
-WANTED-A bright boy to wor
in printing office. Must have passed III
seventh grade. Apply at THE ENQUIR
Err OFFICE at once,
"A Card Party and Dance, for tn
benefit of Patuxent School, will be helt
at Gibbons H all on Friday, May 4th
Richardson's orchestra will furnish
music. Refreshments. Admission 25c
We are in receipt of a copy of the
first issue of The Seat Pleasant Sen
tinel." weekly newspaper published
by the Seat ? easant Publishing Co., OF
/ Seat Pleasant.
We regret to learn that Miss Mil
dred Carter sustained fracture OF he!
! limb below the knee on Tuesday last.
! DR.. Sasscer was called and rendered
| immediate aid, and she was taken to a
Baltimore hospital on the following day.
The case against DR.. L. A. Griffith
for not reporting promptly the typhoid
fever case of Mrs. Sophia Michael, was
tried in the Circuit Court last week and
he was found not guilty. 1t was proven
that DIR. Griffith reported the case as
early as possible.
Bids were opened on Tuesday by
the State Roads Commission at its
offices in Baltimore, for the construc-
ton of three miles of concrete road
from Largo toward Halls Station.
This road will run through prosperous
section and is much needed by the resi-
dents of that vicinity.
The Card Party and Dance, at Ma
sonic Hall, for the benefit of the School
Improvement Association on Friday
night, was an entire success both in at
tendance and financial rnturns. Miss
Nellie Grant and Mr.. William S. Hill,
won the highest prizes at progressive
five hundred. About $40 was realized.
There will be a series of lectures in
St. Thomas Parish Hall, Groom, Md,
on Friday Evening, May II, 1917, at {
o. m. The prominent speakers of the
evening will be, Miss Lillian Hold, Mr.
VIM. H. Davenport, officers of the
Prince Georges County Social Service
Association. The public is cordially in
vited and urged to be present at this
meeting. No admission will be charged
In view of the danger of being SHOT
by sentries guarding railroad property
The Philadelphia Baltimore and Wash
ington Railroad Company desire to is
sue particular warning against the
practice of trespassing on tracks, anc
the use of the railroad right-ofway as
a public thoroughfare. Trespassinp
on the railroad is at ali times most
perniciOus and dangerous habit, al
with the country in state of war
obviously, the risk is even greater and
more deadly.
Mr.. S. G. Coale. proprietor OF the
Southern Maryland Glrage, Uppe'
Marlboro, Md, sub agent Matthews
Howard Implement Co., La Plata. Md.
reports the delivery of Dodge touring
cars the past month to the following
put chasers: Mr.. VIM. c.. Duley, Groom
Station, Md, Miss Ressie Warren,
Oxen Hill, Md, Mr.. Alfred W. Wells,
Upper Mar boro, Md. They also deliv
cred International trucks to Mr.. Joseph
Adler, Sjlesia; Oven Thorne, Fort
Foote, and George Thorne, New Glatz.
Miss Louise Daley, only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. R DIleY, died at
the home of her parents in Baltimore
on Tuesday night of last week, follow
ing an operation for brain tumor at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital. Louisa was
one of the brightest children in school,
and in every class she was in one of the
front seats until about three month
ago, when she began to complain Of
severe headaches. All efforts to relieve
them by the family physician proved in
the parents. He advised that she be
taken to the hospital. Mr.. Dulev and
Mrs. Duley, who was formerly Miss
Susie CLANCY, are both natives of this
county and moved to Baltimore from
here few years ago. They have many
relatives and friends here, who deeply
svmpathize with them in their sad loss.
Isaac Nj. Funk. forty two years old,
a helper in the delivery section of the
Government Printing Office, was burned
to death when fire destroyed his home
at Seat Pleasant between II and IL
O'Clock Wednesday night. Funk lived
alone, his wife being dead and two
daughters and son living in Washing
ton. 1t is said he used an oil stove for
cooking, and it is thought he carelessly
lighted the stove and then lay across
the bed aud fell asleep. An inquest
was held and the jury returned verdict
of accidental death by bIrning The
volunteer fire department OF Capitol
Heights responded to the alarm, but the
house being frame structure, the
flames quickly reduced it t. ashes.
Major M. C. Buckley, coast artill-
cry commandant, at Fort Washington
Capt. Thomas Cook, Lieutenant James
B. Gillespie and Chaplain Julian E.
Gates, appeared before the County
Commissioners here last Tuesday to
urge the improvement of the road from
Silesia to Fort Washington, known as
the river route, to make it passable all
wear. The officers pointed out that at
present it is impossible for truckers to
get produce to the fort. 1t was also
argued that the improvement of the
road would lessen the distance between
the fort and Washington about three
miles. The officers did not say so, but
| it is understood the improvement is de-
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