The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-10-02
THE DAILY BANNER
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Brief Local News
Grand Opera House tonight.


over There
Mr.. William A. Wheatley. of Bal
timore, arrived on the B ), c. & A,
steamer this morning to visit Mrs.
Frank C. Hanna, at her nome On
Mill street.
Mr.. John w. Turner, of Wingate,
and Miss Suusie Bramble. OF Bishops
Head, were married at Grape Parson-
age Wednesday evening, By John
N. Kelso.
The dining room of the Hotel Dix
on, after having been closed for sew
eral weeks, was re-opened today and
from now on meals will be served
regularly.
Tonight Wednesday, the big
triple patriotic feature bill at the
Grand Opera House. See this spe-
cial show tonight; it will make you
a better American.
Mr.. and Mrs James Hubbard, for
mer residents of Cambridge, but now
residing in Baltimore, are spending
several days as the guests of rela-
tives in Cambridge.
Out in some sections OF the country
they have way of calling at night"
upon slackers. 1t seems to be the
only way to reach some people, but
it is certain : To be hoped that it will
not be nece. sary here.
The many friends of DR.. Victor C.
| Carroll, who was critically i'll at the
State Sanatarium last winter, will be
glad to learn that he has sufficiently
recovered to return to his home Wal
nut Landing, near Cambridge:
Money that is held back from the
count of stinginess is blood" mo-
ney. One may have the money, but
they can never square themselves
with God or man if they refuse to do
their duty.
Your country is calling upon you
to back up the men who are pour
ing out their life's blood upon the
fields of France If you do not sub
scribe to the extent of your ability,
you are a Stacker and a traitor to
your country.
4 On the last page of this paper
there are appearing daily a series of
advertisements for the Fourth Liber-
ty Loan These advertisements are
being contributed by patriotic citi-
zens who desire to help in every pos
sible way to float the county's quota
of the Loan and in this manner do
their utmost toward winning the war.
Attorney w. Irving Mace, who is
one of the leading gardeners in Cam
bridge, left at this office this morn
ing a cluster OF small apples, the
tree from which they were taken hay
ing blossomed IN August. The ap-
pies are about the size of walnuts,
aud II the warm weather we're to
continue for another month or so, it
seems possible that they would ma
ture. The apple growers around the
county will likely be after Mr.. Mace
to find out how he treated the tree
to make it bear this second crop.
Wake up, man; has love for mo-
ney so dulled all the finer sensibili-
ties in you that you no longer care
for anything else? Is money so deal
to you that you no longer care fol
the regard of the community, for the
opinion of your friends and neigh.
bors? Have you forgotten your
: God, your obligations as a citizen
. your duty to your fellow beings, anC
laid all these feelings on the altar o.
; mammon? Is selfishness so dominan
in your life that you live only fol-
self, for the accumulation of wealth
Have you never thought that wealth
. begotten in such a manner does M
good, either to him who has it or t.
those who inherit it. Look abou
you and see the curses of ill-gottel
1 wealth and realize that yours is ill
gotten if you fail to fulfill your oh
I legation as a man and as a citizen.
( Every chairman and every solicito
for the Fourth Liberty Loan is eX
, pected to give his or her full time o,
. Friday, October 4th, from l to (
!. m, for the purpose of soliciting 70
subscriptions to the Loan. 1t is e1
+ pected that every home in Cam
!. bridge, both white and colored, wi
3 be visited, and that every person, wh
+ is able to take from one bond VI
+ ward, be called upon. The public
{. asked to be ready to sign their sui
+ scription cards, and not keep tn
+ solicitors waiting; everyone know
3 what the Loan is for, everyone know
+ that Dorchester county has abou
+ $760,000 to raise, and the Commi
q tee earnestly hopes that every cit
, zen of Cambridge will respond to til
> limit of their ability, just as if b
! or she had son in the war, and
. one has no sons or brothers, then
= becomes all the more their duty
: back up to the fullest extent thos
= who are doing their fighting.
Z Since there seem to be Il numbt
4 of cases of Influenza in the count,
it is reported upon reliable author
: ty, that the Local Board prefer thu
= those who have the Flu remain ;
= home until they are well, as the
feel that it is unwise and unsafe
= risk the health of men and thee
/! families afflicted, and also becau.
: there is danger of their spreadiI
the disease. The time limit on the
- nnoSfinnnairaS will he extended