The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-02
SREVITIES

the young ladies and gentlemen Of
this section held a delightful dance IN
Masonic Hall on Saturday night.
Mr.. John r Riggles, of oeabrooke'
has fled his certificate of candidacy for
Congress with the Supervisors OF Flee
ton. Mr.. Riggles is the Labor Demo
cratic Candidate
/ Word has been received of the safe
arrival overseas of Corp. Charles IL.
Weschler, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
| Weschler, of Oxon Hill, and Corporal
Frank w. Matthews, formerly of that
neighborhood.
FOR SALE International Har-
vester Mogul Engine, horse power;
for gasoline, kerosene, etc; with pump
lack attachment; in good order-S5O
Apply to Rev. c. J. Curtis, Accokeek.
The Brandywine Auxiliary of the
American Red Cross. will give dance
in Brandywine School, Friday, August
End, 1918. Dancing 900 P. M to a.
"a. Admission 35 cents.
There will be a dance given at
Baden Hall, on Monday, August 9th,
and Monday, August 10, by the Baden
Auxiliary of the American Red Cross
Darrock's Orchestra. Admission 35c.
Dancing from $50 Q. m. until l q. m
First Lieutenant Raymond Wyvill
of Wilkesbarre, Pa, visited relatives
in the neighb5rhood this week, prior to
taking up his post at base hospital iii
South Carolina.
There will be a constitutional
amendment to vote upon the coming
fall-one making provision that soldiers
and sailors may vote wherever they are
stationed. In addition to this amend
ment the only contest will be for Con-
gresham.
A handsome knit afghan for the use
of invalid soldiers has been donated by
the Trinity Church Circle of the Red
Cross to the hospital at Fort McHenry,
Md, Mrs L. A. Griffith has received
a letter Of thanks from the officer in
charge of the hospital division.
Bowie picnic for the benefit of
Ascension Church, Bowie, Md, will be
held on the church grounds on August
10. 1918. No admission fee. Fine
country dinner will be served on til
lawn. Dinner and supper 75c each
Dancing ali day and evening. Local
trains will leave Bowie for Baltimore
and Washington about midnight. AL
are cordially invited.
MIR. Thomas F. Brennan, represent
ing the Comulsory Work Bureau, was
ia town on Tuesday looking up
..ioafers". He found very little bust
ness here, as nearly everybody is work
ing. He stated that in the northern
part of the county, he had rounded ny
a number of idIers. who were given hive
days in which they had to either obtain
work or be imprisoned.
The following young men LETT mere
on Wednesday for training at Camp |
Meade: Charles C. Stewart, Ira II. nry |
Philipps, Clarence Adeleperger, George
A. Renno, Winfield Willett, Harry M
Cusick, Ernest Thompson, Harry +,
Bean, Ellis C. Doyle. Ellie L. Tayman,
Howard B. Wiseman, Allen A. Coffren,
Letnard G. Gies, bradley Mandley, |
Harry Lee Catlin. Charles Harrison |
Reed, Reuben Brigham, George W
Godfrey.
"A bold attempt was made to rob |
the safe Of the Chesapeake Station |
here on Friday night but the robbers
were foiled by the alertness OF tbs
agent Mr.. Crawford, who heard them |
opening window. Finding out they
we're detected they made a hasty re-
treat up the track. Mr. Crawford shot
at the two white men, who returned |
the fire.
The widespread impression that
insurance of men in the military ser
vice is paid in lump gum after their
death, has led the war department to |
make the announcement that payments |
of benefits under the war risk lnsur
ance act are to cover PERIOD OF Zo
years. The insurance is payable, on
the desth of the insured, on the basis
of S.. Is per month for each $1,000 OF
insurance for 240 monthly installments.
For instance, beneficiary of soldier
insured for the maximum, $40, 600,
would receive a payment of $575O a
month for twenty years.
The Navy Department has let
contract with the New Jersey Cement
Construction Company, of Newark, for
the building of a branch railroad to
Indian Head, Md, so as to give the
navy an all-rail line to its great pow
der plant on the Potomac river. The
railroad will be built from White
Plains, on the Pope Creek branch of
the Pennsylvania line to Indian Head.
| It will be IA miles long, and the cor
tract specifics that it must be complet-
ed in 120 days, so that it will be avail
able when cold weather sets in and
| the Potomac river freezes. The work
| will be done under unit prices estimat-
ed to aggregate $582, 407.
Robbery at Cheltenham.