The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-20
BREVITIES

Mrs. John H. Traband has peen
visiting relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. James Sasscer has enroll ed as
a student at St. Johns College, Annap'
oils.
Miss R. Martin, of Washington, is
visiting Mrs. Reverdy Sasscer at Wood
land.
Miss Maude Gibbons, of Groom,
has accepted a position as teacher IN
the Marlboro High School.
Mrs. Charles J. Hill, who has spent
some time at her old in Virginia, this
summer, has returned.
Miss Mamie Amber, of Washing
ton, spent last week with her niece,
Mrs. F. E. McManus, at the Rectory.
Miss Ethel Mullikin, of Washing,
ton, is spending week with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Mullikin, this
town.
Farmers of the neighborhood report
the best crops raised in many years.
particularly the tobacco and corn crops.
Miss Katherine Settler, of Balti-
more, is visiting the Misses Ridgely at
the telephone exchange and other rela-
tives in the neighborhood.
The Carnival recently given by the
Seat Pleasant Fire Department was
great success. $500 of the proceeds
were given to the Red Cross.
The ladies of Brandywine will hold
their annual Festival in the Church Hall
at Brandywine, on Tuesday, Sept. q,
1918, beginning at o'clock. A fine
supper and refreshments will be served.
The most powerful radio station in
the United States, and perhaps in the
world, is now in full operation, and it
is located at the gates of Annapolis.
voluntary enlistments for the
army, except as authorized by acts of
Congress in certain cases, have been
ordered discontinued by General March,
chief of staff, and all recruiting sta
tions will be closed as speedily as prac
ticabe. The enlisted men serving at
such stations will be sent to the near
est recruit depot to be physically ex-
amned and their qualification records
made out with view to their assign
ment to appropriate duty"
As so many of the boys have gone
to camp, and so many of the young
girls are doing War work in Washing
ton, the usual first Monday of the
month" dance given by tle Baden
Auxiliary of the A. R. C. at Baden
Hail. has been changed to the last Sat
urday of each month. The first OF
these dances will be given on Saturday
evening, September the 2Sth. This
will give the war workers a chance to
attend. Dancing will begin promptly
at 8 O'Clock. Darroch's orchestra.
Admission rs cents.
Stocks of sugar in Paris on May 81,
1918, were about half what they were
on the same date in 1917. The total
amout of sugar in France is lower than
ever before, even in war times. This
condition, reported by the United
States Food Administration, emphasizes
the imperative need for sugar conser
walton in this country, in order that
L I H.,
of sugar per person per month may be
m maintained.
An All-Day picnic for the benefit of
st Mary's Catholic Church this town,
will be held at the Marlboro Fair
grounds, on Saturday, Septemer 28th.
Some of the attractions include paddle
wheel, potato race, three-legged race,
egg race, tug of war, base ball game,
etc. The appetite may be appeased at
the hot dog or sandwich counters; the
pie, the fruit and punch booth and the
cake and ice-crem booth. Aprons,
caps and many other useful and orna-
mental articles will be found at the art
stands Dancing on the grounds In
the evening. Music all day. Admission
to the grounds, 25 cents.
We shall turn our clocks back one
hour on the first day of October and
make up the hour lost when the law
went into effect in May l. AS we look
back we are compelled to say that the
scheme has been complete success
Although it was adopted as war
measure, there is no doubt that it will
be made permanent institution after
the war is won.
On November first, we will be
obliged to furnish under oath state
ment in the form of questionable
showing how many of the new regula-
tions of the War Industries Board gov
erning newspaper publishing we have
put into effect. These regulations for
bid the sending of all complimentary
and free subscriptions and all subscrip-
lions that are over three months IN
these regulations; we must abide by
them. So those few of our readers
who are in arrears, we trust, will send US
One Dollar at once and thus enable US
to keep their names on our subscription
list. These who have been receiving
complimentary copies must pay the
| regular subscription price if they care
to continue receiving, CHE ENQUIRER. ,