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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
WON'T ALLOW UNFAIR PROFITS
ON VEGETABLE SALES

The Maryland Food Administration
will not tolerate pro1teering on vege-
tables. But to catch the culprtts Is
more difficult than when the offense
takes place In connection with less
DeFtshabls commodities. The amount
OF Apoilage has to be taken into con-
alteration before It can be determined
whether the public Is being gouged-
One days sales can hardly afford suh-
Gent evidence for prosecution, says
Mr.. w. II. Maltbie, Assistant Food
Administration for Maryland.
THE moment you go into the mat
Ter Of vegetable prices, you have two
elements Of risk to consider. One Of
them is the actual spoilage; the other
IN the fact that the dealer Is likely to
get caught either with stuff that
doesn't hold UP or with a glutted mar
ket or with low demand, due to wealth
Or Or other conditions. You must go
into the vegetable Dealers books for a
period Of say three months or six
months and average up his profits If
yoa really want to know whether
those profits are excessive. And the
troubbe Is that lot Of vegetable deal
srs DO not keep books, and hardly
know themselves Just how much profit
they have made at the end Of the
season
'Thare Is only one direct way I
know Of. then, to handle the matter,
and that Is to keep the run Of business
Of individual dealers from week to
week or month to month, and II they
are averaging excessive profits penal
lie them"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
"sOME" AS AN Adjective
Popular American Slang Has Attached
Wealth Of Meaning to
the Word.

The American habit Of coming new
meanings for words already known Is
closely allied to that of coming words,
writes c. Jefferson Weber In the North
American Review. Take, for example,
the current slang use of that much
used word "some." What wealth Of
meaning and insinuation the Ameri-
can has invented for the word!
"Some" as an adverb may be heard
in many places. For instance, In the
Teign valley district of Devon, the ma
tives may say, "It did rain yum yes
terday.- But the American would use
the word as an adjective and say,
''That was some rain yesterday" This
use is hard to define. In the middle
of the last century "some," meaning
considerable, or notable, was called "a
modern slang word" Today "some"
is almost limitless in its capacity for
application. 1t implies approval, en-
thusiasm, sarcasm, wonder, admira-
ton, disgust-or amusement.
The seeds may have been sown in
Cornwall, in Devon or in Lancashire,
but I seriously doubt if a native Of any
of these counties would ever say en-
Enthusiastically, "We had some fun last
night" or sarcastically, 'eThis is some
book!' Another word to which Ameri-
cans have given a new meaning is the
verb "raise." In England, men raise
crops; in America, they also raise chill.
dren
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
Origin of Khaki.

With Khaki to the right of them
khaki to the left of them, khaki in front
of them and khaki all around of them,
very few American soldiers know much
about the origin of the uniform they
wear or the meaning of the word to de-
scribe the color.
Khaki is an East Indian word mean
ing 'dust color The fast, yellowish,
brown dye used in making khaki cloth
ing and equipment, was discovered by
two Englishmen whose names have not
been preserved in history. They first
extracted the dye from coal tar in 1885
and it was Immediately used in the
manufacture of clothing and equipment
for the British soldiers.
The value of the neutral shade of
uniform was at once appreciated by
Lord Roberts, who, in 1885, ordered
that all of the clothing worn by British
soldiers sent to Egypt and the Soudan
be of the khaki hue. Even the cannon
and their wheels, as well as those of
wagons, tents. mess kits, canteens, etc.,
were painted or dyed with khaki.
The American army adopted khaki
from the British and in recent years
improved upon it by using olive drab
dye for wooden clothing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
When to Shut Your Eyes.

In an article about Thomas Edison
in the American Magazine, William
Maxwell, the vice president Of the
Edison company, said:
"One bit Of executive strategy that I
learned from Edison has stood me In
good stead a dozen times. He had the
wise habit Of knowing when to shut
his eyes. There are times in every
organization when controversies arise
between even the most loyal and best
intentioned subordinates. Sometimes
it is the wisest thing for the man at
the top to know nothing whatever
about them, to let them work them
selves out. 7 learned a great many
years ago. said Lincoln, that in q
fight between man and wife, third
party should never get between the
woman's skillet and the mans ak
helve.'"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
How Toasts Originated.

The custom Of drinking the health
of the most popular man at the table
has its foundation in the ancient prac.
tice originated by the Greeks and
adopted by the Romans Of drinking to
the gods and the Dead observes an
exchange.
The Greeks and Romans later began
the practice of drinking to each other,
and from this arose the custom of
toasting living men. But health drink.
ing in its modern form, originating In
England in the registering days of
Charles II, begins with the custom of
drinking to the ladies or to any won.
an who happened to be the reigning
belle of the court.
Many and various were the quaint
customs associated with the toasts of
those days. For example, in certain
companies Of military officers etiquette
demanded that the cup should be pass.
ed from hand to hand.
In many midnight gatherings Of Afsa.
tia gallants stabbed themselves in Or
der to drink with their blood the health
of the woman on whom their hearts
were set.-Kansas City Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
CHINA LOSING TRADE IN TEA
General Opinion That Scientific Guilt.
walton Of the Plant Has Been
Begun Too Late.

China's tea trade Is not keeping pace
with the worlds consumption of tea.
Scientific cultivation instead of old.
time methods and the use of machin-
cry are being used in the effort to
regain the lost commercial ground.
The ministry of agriculture has estab'
lished a model farm, and the first tea
grown on it was sent to market this
year. 1t is said to have been of good
quality, but no details are yet avail
able Of the equipment and methods
employed. Foreign tea men seem to
have little faith in the results Of this
attempted reform and consider it I'M
likely that Chinese teas will ever re-
gain the leading place in the markets
of the world. It is said that Chinese
teas have less tannin than other teas,
and that the finer grades are unsur-
passed in delicacy of flavor; but the
average tea drinker seems to find the
teas of India and Ceylon satisfactory.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
EAT coTTaGE CHEESE.

Eat cottage cheese and help save
$50, 10000 worth Of valuable food an
nually wasted in skinned milk. The
Food Administration, in putting forth
this plea to Americans. goes further.
and will show housewives how to pre-
pare any number Of wonderfully pal.
atable dishes out Of cottage cheese.
All the city milk distributors In
Philadelphia manufactured cottage
cheese from skinned milk, and sold
It daily on routes. The housewife
could obtain the hot weather food by
leaving her order for 1t as she does for
milk.
Thirty billion pounds of one kind Of
food are wasted yearly in the United
States This waste Is in skinned milk
which, when prepared In any one Of 8
score Of palatable forms, constitutes
the best possible food.
In its most familiar form 1t Is known
as cottage cheese. A pound Of this
product Is equal In food value to .
pound Of meat or to a dozen eggs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

Equity No. 4493
TNHE object of this suit is to procure
l. Decree of sale of real estate in
Prince Georges County, Maryland; for
the purpose of paying the debts due by
the Estate of JOHN NJ DANT deceased
to the Plaintiff Clement c. Dant
The Bill in substance stales, that the
plaintiff is resident of the District of
Columbia and brings this suit to obtain
decree for the sale of the hereinafter
described real estate of which JOHN
M DANT died, seized and possessed
for the purpose of paying the debts due
by the said John M. Dant. at the time
of his death ON May 9th, 1911, to your
Orator and all other creditors as will
come in and contribute to the expenses
of this suit.
That said John M. Dant departed
this life in the District of Columbia at
the time above. stated; interstate, and
leaving as his heirs at law his daughter
Belle MCChesney who married Robert
q. MCChesney; and Fila Sullivan who
married John Sullivan,-and being at
the time of his death, a widower. That
said John M. Dant left no personal
estate; but left certain real estate in
Prince Georges County, Maryland,
known as Lots %, 80, 80, 81, 80; Block
1S Columbia Park in said State and
County. That no administration has
been had on his estate. That Your
Orator paid the sum OF $S5 so for the
funeral expenses of said John NJ. Dant.
AS will appear by Exhibit Number
filed with the Bill.
The Bill prays for a decree for sale
of said real estate to pay his said claim,
and claims of all other creditors as will
come in and contribute to the expenses
of this suit That all of the said De-
PENDANTS interested in said real estate,
are non residents of the State of Mary
land. 1t is thereupon this 14th day of
August. 1918, Ordered by the Circuit
Court for Prince Georges County.
Maryland, In Equity, that the plaintiff
by causing a copy of this Order, togeth-
er with the Substance of the Bill of
Complaint, to be published in some
newspaper published in Prince Georges
County, Md, once in each of four sue
cessive weeks before the 14th day of
September 1918, giving notice to the
above named non resident defendants
of the object and substance of the said
Bill of Complaint; warning them and
each of them to be and appear in this
Court, on or before the 3rd day of
October, 1918; to answer the Bill of |
Complaint aud abide by and perform
such decree or order as may be passed !
in this cause.
S. D. HALL, Clerk
C. G. for p. G. Co., Md |
True Copy-Test:
S. D. Hall, Clerk. Aug. 16
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
BEWARE HUN-sPREAD STORIES.

6SWAN6 rON-oFn0N iSntESs
A carefully written story was re-
Gently submitted for publication BY
the Canada Food Board, telling how
the morale Of the troops was almost
broken this spring by scanty rations.
General Gwatldn came out with an
Official statement that the Canadians
had not had their rattons reduced by
20 much a. pinch Of salt since they
landed from the transports. The CEN
sorship then started an Investigation
70 see II some German propaganda
was not stealthily trying to dtscour-
age the people at home who we're
suntins themselves to meet the over
seas demand for meat, wheat, sugar
and fats.
The willy Hun will never miss
chance to start harmful stories of this
sort One Of the cardinal virtues Of
the United States Food Administra-
ton is the fact that 1t never hesitates
to tell the unvarnished truth without
any attempt to frighten or to hatter.
So every Maryiander should be on
guard against tales and rumors which
could work against the Food Admin
dstrstion, and thereby against the
Allied Cause. Don't listen to them,
don't believe them, and above all,
don't pass them on.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
Tact and Charm,

Dinner conversation offers the op-
portunity to eliminate all disagreeable
topics. To lay aside ones worries and
keep ones troubles from obtruding.
The same should be said Of all occa-
sions and good form particularly de-
notes that dinners, and formal dinners
at that, should be freed of personal
burdens retailed.
At all times give interest as well as
try to inspire 1t and one Of the en-
phatic ways is to let the person who
happens to be speaking have your I'M
divided attention. Attention and con-
centration amount to about the same
thing and should apply to what one Is
oneself saying as well as hearing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
Maryland Must Send More Men

A call was issued Tuesday by Provost
Marshall General Crowder for 3,039
Marylanders, of which number 1415
must come from the counties. This
call, which is the largest issued for Sc
lects for some time, is expected to ex-
haust the Class Al.
This number is in addition to the
5000 drafted during July for special
military service. By September
Maryland will have contributed 10000
men to the service.
The call Tuesday is for white men
only, and the draft boards have been
instructed that before any selections
whatsoever are made from the class
registered in June, 1918, the class of
June, 1917, must be entirely exhausted.
This means that the young men who
came of age between the registrations
of June, 1917, and June, 1918, will be
exempted from service for as long
period as possible. Whether it will be
necessary to draft any of these men in
order to make up the quotas of the
different districts cannot be foretold.
1t all depends upon how many available
men-that is men fit in every way for
military service-of the first registra-
ton remain in each of the districts.
The order further indicates that the
men of the first registration who were
placed in deferred classes because of
having been engaged in agricultural
pursuits are now to be called out, for
it saws:
"Registrants of the class of 1917 en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits, and
whose order numbers have been passed
over under previous authority, and who
now come within the current quota of
a local board, must be called, indicted
and entrained."
In other words, the whole order in
dicates an intention upon the part of
the War Department to thoroughly
comb the class of 1917 before calling
army men of the class of 1918.
p BL1c SALE
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

While without information as
to casualties in the present bat
tie, Secretary Baker said the
percentage of men killed in pre-
vious fighting had been remark
ably low. Figures furnished the
committee members showed that
the death rate in battle has been
eight per thousand, while there
was exactly the same proportion
of deaths from diseases among
the expeditionary forces.
Hudson Maxim"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
Tongue With Spanish Sauce.
CONCEAL recipe.)

One beef tongue, one cup mild vine
gar, two tablespoons sugar, one-quar-
ter teaspoon ground cloves, one onion.
six sweet cucumber pickles, one sweet
green or red pepper, six olives.
Boil the tongue in sufficient water
to cover until tender Skin and allow
to COOL Slice thinly and spread with
the sauce made In the following man
ner; chop the peppers, onion. cucum-
bers, and olives finely. Cover with
the vinegar, sugar and spices. Let boil
fifteen minutes. When cold, spread
on the tongue The part Of the tongue
not suitable for slicing can be used
In hash or scalloped dish.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
Friday, August 10th, 1918
GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN 1918.

The 1918 offensive of the Ger
man army, carefully planned at
Berlin, was intended to overcome
the Allies before America could
bring over any effective number
of her troops. The successive
German drives, which began
March 21st, have now become
history. We cannot think OF
them without seeing the Ger
man divisions sent forward,
closepacked, wave succeeding
wave, upon the allied positions.
In these drives, we know, the
Germans were utterly regardless
of life, and as their men fell
others were advanced to take
their places.
To meet these various drives
the Allies, under General Foch,
adopted the tactics of a slow and
cautious retreat, giving up one
position after another to German
assaults, with as much converva-
ton of men and supplies as pos
sible. The period has been one
of intense anxiety for all the
allied countries. From day to
day there was no certainty that
the allied line would hold.
General Foch was playing a
waiting game, realizing that
every day that passed without
absolute defeat tended to
strengthen the allied cause.
American was charging her
transportation facilities and in
creasing the troops she poured
across the Atlantic. Two hum
dred and forty-four thousand
men crossed in May, 250, 900 in
June, each unit bolstering up the
allied reserves.
At last in the July drive Gene
raj Foch felt himself strong
enough to inaugurate policy of
counter-attack. The German
crown prince threw his forces
forward in a salient across the
Marine. Successive F re n C h i
American attacks imperiled the
position of the German army and
brought about it's retreat.
We now have the picture of |
the tables turned the Germans
in full retreat with tremendous
losses of men and artillery, the
French and Americans in pur-
suit. The French, though war
torn, have not lost an iota of |
their spirits, and their courage
is buoyed up by our fine Ameri-
can troops pouring in.
The balance is again swinging
toward the Allies. On the one
side is a great army advancing,
full Of hope, with the certainty
of a constant addition of fresh,
enthusiastic troops. The har-
vests of America guarantee an
abundant food supply. On the
other side is retreat, discourage
ment in the field. a hungry and
dissatisfied population at home.
Our hopes are rightfully high. |
We look upon the present situa-
ton as the beginning of the end,
and trust that this forward
movement of the Allies will be
halted only when it has swept
through the last line of German
defenseS.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
During the two -pounds-pe1

During the two -pounds-per-
month-per-person sugar limita-
ton, do not complain if your
coffee is not sweet enough. The
French are allowed but thirteen
pounds of sugar per year per
person, the Italians only nine
pounds, if they can get it. The
price Of sugar in France is twen-
ty-fve cents, in Italy sixty cents
a pound.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
In Prehistoric Times,

Bonechisel-Say, you! Whaddye
mean by sneakin' into my cave an
beatin' up my daughter?
Stonehammer-Yes. l did call on
your daughter and beat her up some.
But 1 assure you, sir, my intentions
were honorable.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
FOR SALE

NHEAP-One 1873 Mogul Tractor, in
" first class condition
Apply-Franklin Davis Nursery,
S. A. BURKE, Supt.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

n you have food conservation plan
or recipe pass it On to your neighbors
and your friends-be Sin the service"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
IS ACRES OF LAND

MORE OR LESS.
This property is beautifully situated
on the Livingston road in Oxon Hill
District and borders on the District of
Columbia line. The soil is fertile and
well adapted for truck or general farm
ing. 1t is improved by beautiful and
commodious dwelling with all modern
handsome barns and
other outbuildings.
TERMS OF SALE.
Cash on ratification of the sale by the
Court deposit of $1,000 will be required
at time of sale. Conveyancing, stamps,
ETC., at cost of purchaser. For further
particulars address
WILTON M. WEST,
Sta. II Route A,
Washington, d. G.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

Back up those who are offer
ing their all-buy War Savings
Stamps.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

Sugar wasted in America would
keep many little children in the coun-
tries of our Allies from starvation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

Your patriotic pantry must do two
things: Give growing children nour.
ishang food and save wheat, meat and
fats.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

In England His Majesty the King"
and the humblest subject have dupli-
cate ration cards.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

Fine corn meal is good for dredging
meats. 1t has always been used BY
the best cooks for dredging fish.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

Cabbage chopped fine and mixed
with celery seed is an excellent sub
stitute for celery.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

It's said the Great War will cost
500, 900, OOO,e What's a billion
dollars? Counting $50 minute, 8
hours per day, $50 days per year, it
would take lis years to count it.
Spending $1,000 a day, it would take
2,777 years to get rid of it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
ON THE MIDSUMMER MENU.

Fish, vegetables, fruits and the
dairy products, with barley, rye. rice
aour and cornmeal, are the foods that
must be drawn upon just now, and If
they are carefully combined and cor
rectly cooked, varied and nutritious
set Of menus can be furnished that
are not only particularly adapted to
the summer season, but also help to
conserve those articles Of food that
We must all learn to do without.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
TOURNAMENT

THERE will be a Grand Tournament
L and Ball at WEST PARK on
THURSDAY, AUGUST Is, 1918
There will be cash prize of $25. 90
for the professionals and $500 to the
amateurs.
Joe Washington ruled out
WILLIAM WEST,
WILLIAM PARKER,
Proprietors.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16

DY VIRTUE of the power of sale
ID contain ed in certain mortgage
from Charles II. Bowman, unmarried,
to Samuel G. Townshend. dated July
3Oth, 1915, and recorded among the
Land Records of Prince Georges Coun-
ty, MARYLAND, in Liber ITO folio 125
ct sea-, default having been made under
the terms of said mortgage, the under
signed attorney named in said mortgage
will offer for sale at Public Auction at
the Court House Door at Upper Mari
boro, Prince Georges County, Mary
land, on
Tuesday, September 10, 1918
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-08-16
l845 ACRES OF LAND,
More or Less,

" ANA NA0~
More or Less,
located in Brandywine District in said
County and State; the same being part
of Lots No. l and 2 and all of Lot No.
3 of the William H. GwYnn estate, per
Plats filed in Equity causes No. 1888
and 1878 in the Circuit Court for SAID
County; as the said lands are more par
ticularly described in the mortgage
aforesaid, and in a deed from John
Schultz and wife to the said Charles d.
Bowman, dated March 18th, 1913, re-
corded among said Land Records in
Liber No. SO, folio 454; 20 which refer
ence is made for more complete de-
scription of said lands.
TERMS OF SALE.
A deposit of $4,000 will be required
on the day of sale; the BALANCE of the
price to be paid in cash upon final ratl-
fication of sale by the Cont. Convey
ancing, and U. S. Revenue Stamps at
the cost of purchaser.
S. MARVIN PEACH,
Attorney of the Mortagagee.
Upper Marlboro, Md.