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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
IF NOT THEN-WHY NOW?

Why a Republican Senate and
a Republican Congress should be
better qualified to conduct this
war, any fairminded man must
fail to see.
Can such claim be based upon
past performances?
The enthusiastically small, when
compared with the present war,
our Spanish-America war was
conducted by a Republican adj
minisration. We Won-it's true.
But was it conducted in such
an amazingly efficient manner
from Washington as to reflect
discredit upon the present?
Has it been forgotten that well
founded and most severe criticism
was given nation wide publicity
then.
Should it be necessary to men
ton lack of sanitation and lack
of many other things in our camps
both here and abroad during
that war?
Must the ''embalmed beef"
phrase be brought to light?
Must the irrefutably establish
ed proof of extravaganza, OF
faulty ammunition, of scarcity
of equipment, be revived?
If Republican Administration,
a Republican Senate and a Re.
publican House did not cover
themselves with glory then, why
shuoId thew now?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank Of Southern Marylan
At Upper Marlboro in the State of Maryland
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, AUG. a1sr 1918

62sPdf sf5 asse"4si s7a s ss 81
Total U S bonds oher
r. ndebedness 49,. .:.... 49,. -. 10000
deposits (par valueJ 100000
unpledged $4,000
{f ss on 7 5959 B and pc; cent arps9s 1850 4 60
Bono" o sa Gsat 1p5 pE sd s9 for p Sabts or 1866
socks owned unpdged.... :.... ........ 25, 653 80
for not less than than three
Total securities s1s7se
Stock Federal 80 per subscriptions 1880
Value of banking house 1000
af uft e With Rf Fd ePan 9 R hRasS sS14 S
amounts de from National banks S. ss5 y
Net banks, bankers, panies
c,.1. .r n s | '''4 %
bank and other cash 463s So
War 5sa9 Certificates and 11 S,mo; ,:.,v 800 90 90
W .......".... $50 90
Total. s., 1886, 526 6
LIABILITIES.
Surplus fund $4,000 90
expenses interest paid 5S 1915
Net banks. 1924 SO
Individual deposits 447,2sO 50
checkso outstanding w .. ..............
otb: s:; Ssss al 5 ssss:i a 49, SO 50
72ss ss %s ass 55s 90
Total ......... ...... 80. ....... 1856 526 81
MARYLAND County of Prince Georges,
VIM HILL Cashier the above named Bank do emay that
HILL,
to September
R. SMITH, Notary Public.
n n Il Il. R MaasSpHa.
T. VAN CIAGErT
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13

DY VIRTUE of the power Of sale
I'D contained in a certain mort gage
from Charles ID. Fowler and Edith H..
Fowler, his wife, to Henry H. Rich
m0nd dated November 81, 1913, and
recorded among the LaGd Records of
Prince Georges c. }u1ty, Maryland. in
Libcr 100 folio, 127 ct seq default hav
Ing been made under the terms of said
mortgage, the undersigned the assignee
OF said MOI gagee, will offer fer sale at
public auction at the Court House Door
at Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges
County, Nd, on
Tuesday, September "a, 1918
AT 70 O'CLOCK NJ.
All the property in said mortgage de,
scribed, being LOTS NUMBERED
TW ENTY-THREE (23), TWENTY
FOUR (24f. and TWENTY-FIVE (25'
IN BLOCK NUMBERED EIGHT 81
in Subdivision known and recorded as
"Tolson Heights Addition to MARY
land Park.
This property is i'm. aISM-l
proved by substantial MlTtfaR
Dwelling and necessary alSks.l4 3
oulbuiidings.
TERMS OF SALE.
A deposit of 500 will be required or
the day of sale; the balance of the price
to b. paid in Cash upon final ratitica-
ton of sa G by the Court. Conveyance
ing and Z. !. Revenue Stamps at the
cost of purchaser.
FERDINAND c. COOKSEY,
Assignee of Mortgage
La Plata. Nd.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13

into military service that the
Government has claim is errone-
Gus.
Upon each of the $4,000, OO0,a
on each of the II, 900, 600, already
registered and the other millions
yet untouched by draft legislation
there rests an equal responsible
ity for the winning Of the war.
We shall have 1900, 900 men
in France by July 1 of next year,
but we shall need many times
that number of workers at home.
A great many of the men who
registered Thursday, and espec-
tally those of the older classes,
will never be called upon to fight.
1t is incumbent upon them to
treat whatever work they shall
be assigned to as of equal import
ance to the more dangerous work
of their fellows who will do the
=, =. a-~---s
actual igltlng. :xesz@
Those 100000 men whom we
are going to place in France will
depend for their success entirely
upon what the men at home do
for them-upon the ships they
build, the food and supplies they
furnish, the spirit they maintain.
The orderly manner in which
the first registration was con
Quoted on June 5, 1917, was a re-
violation to those people who
maintained that America never
would submit to a draft act.
During the Is months that have
passed since that time 1000, 600
of the original registants have
been called to the colors. Hun
dreds of thousands of them are in
France, and some of them have
already fulfilled the last measure
of their offering to their country.
The people at large have recog-
gnized that the draft has, in an
overwhelming majority of cases,
operated fairly and justly; that
no opprobrium attaches to the
men who did not volunteer but
waited to be called that Stacking
and malingering will not be
tolerated, and that this new
class is called upon to furnish
material for the decisive blow at
PruSSiansm.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
Ii, 900, 900 NEW SOLDIERS.

Yesterday witnes sed the great
est registration of potential ma
terial for military service that has
ever taken place in any country.
Something lik e $4,000, 900
Americans of the ages of Is to
81 and 80 to As voluntarily turned
in to Government the first INSTALL
ment of that information which,
when it is complete, will deter
mine which Of them will be call
ed on to fight the good fight over
seas and to which others will be
assigned the less spectacular but
vitality important work at home.
The idea that it is only upon
those men who will be indicted
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
ORDER OF OBLIGATION
Equity No. 4493

Equity No. 4493
TINE 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 debs due by
tue Estate of JOHN ii. DANT deceased
to the Pltiatiff Clement C Dant.
The B II 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 NJ 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 NJ. Dant departed
this life in the District of Columbia at
the time above stated; intestate, and
leaving as his heirs at law his daughter
Belle MCChesney who married Robert
&. MCUhesney; and Fila Sullivan who
married John Su,livan.-and ueing at
the time of his death, widower. That
said John NJ Dant left no personal
estate; but left certain real estate in
Prince Georges County, Maryland
known as Lots %, 90, 30, 81, %; Block
IS Columbia Park in said State and
County. That no administration has
been had on his estate. That Your
Orator paid the sum OF $50 so for the
funeral expenses of said John NJ. Dant
As VIII appear by Exhibit Number 1
filed with the Bill
The Bill prays for 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 18th day of
August, 1918, Ordered by the Circuit
Court for Prince Georges County,
Maryland, In Equity that the plaintiff
by causing 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 18th 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
G. G. for 2. 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, 1918-09-13

DY VIRTUE of the power of sale
- contained in a certain mortgage
from Charles D Fowler and Edith L.
Fowler, his vice, to Henry II. Rich
mond, dated July Is. 1914, and recorded
among the Land Records of Prince
Georges Comfy, Maryland, in Liber
107 folio $50 ct seq, default having beer
made under the terms of said mortgage,
the undersigned, the assignee of said
mortgage, will offer for sale at public
auction at the Court House door at
Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges
County, Maryland, on
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13

Clean Sweep

Final clearance OF all Summer
Goods. Prices that will attract and
induce you to Buy and Buy plenty.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
TERMS OF SALE.

A deposit of 500 will be required on
the day of sale; the balance Of the
price to be paid in Cash upon the final
ratification of the sale by the Court
Concentrating and U. S. Revenue
Stamps at the cost of purchaser.
FERDINAND c.. COOKSEY,
Assignee of Mortgage
La Plata, Md.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
ORDER OF RAr1F1cAr1oN
THOMAS G. DAVIS ct al
VS..
THOMAS ALLAN DAVIS ct al

In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland.
EQUITY No. 4977.
ORDERED this % b day of August,
~ 1918, that the Auditors Report and
Accounts A and B filed in this cause
be ratified and confirmed unless cause
to the contrary be shown on or Def IRE
the 14th day of September, 1918;
provided copy of this order b.
inserted in some wspaper published
in Prince George'se County once in each
of two successive weeks before the said
18th day of September, 1918.
S. D. Hall, Clerk, Circuit
Court for Prince Georges County
True Copy-Test;
Aug30td s. D. Hall, Cle.k.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13

DY VIRTUE of the power Of sale
ID contained in a certain mortgage
from Charles D. Fowler and Edith L.
Fowler, his wife to Henry 81. Richmond
dated June 81, 1913, and recorded
among the Land Records of Prince
Georges County, Maryland, in Liber
"a, folio 214 ct seq, default having
been made under the terms of said
mortgage, the undersigned the assignee
of said mortgage, will offer for sale at
public auction at the Court House Door
at Upper Marlboro, Prince Georgc's
County, Md, on
Tuesday, September "a, 1918
AT 11.45 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
All the propertyin said mortgage de-
scribed, being LOTS NUMBERED
TWENTY ONE (2D TWENTY-FIVE
(22) and TWENTY THREE (23) IN
BLOCK NUMBERED SIX (6) in Sub
division known and recorded as "Tol-
son Heights" Addition to "Maryland
Park.
THIS property is i'm. AIM-l
proved by a substantial EN- SsAxA
Dwelling and necessary 1s1zEs
outbuildings.
TERMS OF SALE.
A deposit of $100 will be required on
the day of sale; the bal ance of the price
to be paid in cash upon final ratifica-
ton Of sale by the Court. Conveyance
ing and u S. Revenue Stamps at the
cost Of purchaser.
FERDINAND C. COOKSEY.
Assignee of Mortgage,
La Plata, Md.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
ORDER OF RAr1F1cAr1oN.
MATTE p. JOHNSON, ct al.
VS..
CHARLES M. EMMONS, ct al.
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland

Equity No. SOIL.
ORDERED this 4th day of Septem-
" Der, 1918, that the Auditors Report
and Account A filed in this cause be
ratified and ontirmed unless cause to
the contrary be shown on or before the
21st day of September 1918; provided a
copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Prince Georges
County once in each of two successive
weeks before the said 21st day of Sep
TENDER, 1918.
S. D. HALL, Clerk
Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County, Nd
True Copy-Test:
s. D. HALL. Clerk. Sept 6,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-13
MoRreAGE SALE
VALUABLE Lors
AT TOLSON HEIGHTS IN SEAT
PLEASANT DISTRICT OF
PRINCE GEORGES
COUNTY, MD.

DY VIRTUE of the power Of sale
ID contained in a mortgage from
Florence S. Newton and Ernest N.
Newton, her husband, to Henry H.
Richmond, dated September oh, 1914,
and recorded among the Land Records
of Prince Georges County, Maryland,
in Liber 1O4, folio 40 ct seq, default
having been made under the terms OF
said mortgage, the undersigned the
assignee of said mortgage, will offer
for sale at public auction at the Court
House Door at Upper Marlboro, Prince
Georges County, Md, on
Tuesday, September "a, 1918
AT1:15 O'CLOCK M.
All the property in said mortgage de-
scribed. being LOTS NUMBERED
TWENTY EIGHT (2S), TWENTY
NINE (29), THIRTY 500, THIRTY
ONE (31) and THIRTY-TWO (32) ia
BLOCK NUMBERED SIX CO.. in Sub
division known and recorded as "Tol-
son Heights" Addition to "Maryland
Park"
This properly is i'm g
proved by substantial s...IA
Dwelling and necessary 80 issM
outbuildings. Is.s;a
TERMS OF SALE.
A deposit of 800 will be required on
the day of sale; the balance of the price
to be paid in Cash upon final ratitica-
ton of sale by the Court. Conveyance
ing and U. S. Revenue Stamps at the
cost of purchaser.
FERDINAND C. COOKSEY,
Assignee of Mortgage.
La Plata. Md
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
SALVATION ARMY
 RECEIVES MANY APPEALS FOR AID

The level of the Salvation Army's indicator kettle at the corner of Main street and Fairfield avenue was raised a half inch yesterday by the street collections through all the kettles. The Salvation Army needs $3,O00 for it's Christmas dinners for the poor of the city and it's winter re- lief work. and must raise the level of the kettle about an inch and a half each day between now and Christmas The pot when filled will contain be- tween $1, 800 and $2,OOO.
 It is expected that a number of sol diers will on Saturday assist the Sal vation Army to gather the funds which it needs to feed the poor. The soldiers take a lively interest in the work of the Salvation Army on ac- count of the way in which the Sal vation Army lassies followed them in to the trenches with doughnuts and i hot coffee when they were on the fighting front.
 The Comfort club women will also take hand Saturday to assist the Sal vation Army fill the indicator" kettle and attain it's goal of $3,OOO.
 : F about 500 families on Christmas day. 1 Already 'Commandant Dermody is being besieged with appeals from the poor of the city for Christmas din- ner baskets. It costs about $5 to fill l one of these baskets, so that anyone who wants to be sure that he is giv- ing at least one family a Christmas
 basket should bear this in mind
 A number of large donations have recently been received by L. B. Powe
 cashier of the Connecticut Nationa Bank, who is the treasurer of the Sal vation Army Christmas Cheer Club All that is necessary to become {
 member is to send S1 to MT. Powe
 It is the big gifts that count so the
 Salvation Army is hoping that a few
 s100 donations will come into the
 club treasury before Christmas Eve.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
POLES

Record breaking houses were kept on the edge of the seats at Polfs the atre at every performance yesterday when Douglass Fairbanks cavorted through the hundreds of thrilling scenes in the great Augustus Thomas play, Arizona" Never has the pop ular comedian appeared in a picture where his acrobitic acting is given such free rein and beside this he is shown as a lover after the hearts of the audience.
 The vaudeville bill is good all the way through and every act met with the reception of a headliner. Sports in the Alps,'' a winter scene in Cha monix, was the feature offering, and was well deserving of the big applause which greeted the large number Of performers who presented the most wonderful series of hand head and foot balancing as well as pyramid building handsprings forward and re- versed. The spring board feats of the | troupe were the most sensational and original ever seen by Bridgeport audience and were given a great re- ception.
 Billy Shone created a world of fun with his droll and original comedy 1 and it was with reluctance that the ! audience allowed him to leave the l stage at the close of his act. Beside
 being a humorist of the best kind | Billy is the possessor of a fine voice
 and his songs never fail to. bring tht | house down. The Schiavona Brothers
 were excellent and well deserve tho big hand they received.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
LIEUT.. CADORE
 TO RETURN TO
 DODGERS SOON

Lieut. Leon J. Cadore, the big right hand pitcher of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who has been in France for the last five months or more, has been heard from. In a letter to Dick Breen, the former big leaguer, Lieutenant Galore writes that his di- vision, the Three Hundred and Sixty ninth Reserve Infantry, formerly the old Fifteenth New York National Guard, colored, has been cited for bravery. The citation reads:
 Under command of Colonel Hay- | wood, who, though injured, insisted in leading his regiment in battle, of Lieutenant-Colonel Pickering, admir- ably cool and brave, of Major Cobb l (killed), of Major Spencer (serious- ly wounded), of Major Little, a true leader of men, the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth R. l. U. S., engaging in an offensive for the first time in the drive of 1918, stormed powerful en. emy positions energetically defended and took, after heavy fighting, the town of S- captured prisoners and brought back six cannon and a grea number of machine guns"
 1 Lieutenant Galore writes further that he had several close calls 1T coming in contact with the fire o the Germans. Once a piece of a six inch shell just missed striking thu pitcher in the face.
 The Brooklyn pitcher is not witt the Army of Occupation, as has beel
 reported, and hopes to return to tn
 Dodgers in time to make, the Sprin training trip.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
s By LEE PATE s
 slIIIIIlIIIElISIElGIIElIIIIGIIIIIIIIIElIIE

We was up to dizzert at suppir last mite, and pop took a big envelope out of his pockit, as if he jest happened to think of sumthing, saying, By the way, fokes, I had some more pick lures taken the other day, and l brawt home a proof of wat I consid- cred the best one.
 And he took it out of the envelope, looking like rickture of 8 man try ing to look serious and forgetting how, and ma took it and looked at it, saying, My goodniss, you look as if you had jest lost your best frend and all your money.
 1 I mite of known you wouldent see it's fine points, let Gladdis have look at it, sed pop. Wien my sister Glad
 dis took it and looked. at it holding it
 away out far with her he'd on one side, saying, It wouldent be so bad ii
 1t dident make you look as if sum-
 body was sticking pin in you sum-
 ware.
 l Yes, and an erth quake wouldent be so bad if it dident muss up the nays
 berhood, sed pop, that's Q good pick.
 ture and if you cant appreciate it the loss IS all yours, wy, eny child coul( tell that's a splendid pickture, heer Benny, take a look at this and giv'
 me your candid opinion. And ht
 handed it to me and I looked at it
 long vile, pop saying, Wat are vol
 doing, trying to Tnenrorize it?
 e, pop, it looks as if you're trying t remember sumthing and cant remem ber wat, I sed.
 Give me that, sed pop. Wich I did ent half to, on account of him snatch ing it rite out of my hand, and h tore it all up. saying. Now wont or der eny, that's wat III do, and in tn yeers to come if my grandchilder wunt to see a pickture of their grand l father, they'll half to suffer for th sins of others.
 5 And after suppir he wouldent go t ) the movies with me and ma and Glad dis, wich he dident miss hutch.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
EMPIRE

A novel role that cf the daughter of a. prospector, was selected for dainty Enid Bennett, in her latest Paramount picture, Fuss and Feath- ers,' which will be displayed at the Empire theatre today and tomorrow. It is said that Miss Bennett never portrayed a more convincing charac- ter than this and that her work there in Is all that can be desired.
 The story of Fuss and Feathers" was written by Julien Josephson, and it was directed by Fred Niblo under the supervision of Thomas H. Ince. An unusually powerful cast was se- lected to support the star, the players including Douglas MacLean, leading man, J. P. Lockney, Charles French, Sylvia Ashton and Robert A1cKim.
 Human interest. the. thrill of tense scenes, humor and many attractive settings, particularly those represent ing the mining camp, will, 1t is be- Heved, justify the prediction that this is a distinct production and one of the most unique in which Miss Ben nett has ever appeared.
 The story concerns a prospecto1 wfpo strikes it rich and his daughter Susie. They go to San Francisco where they are snurbbed by society but Susie has her revenge and mar. ries a scion of wealth and aristoc racy. Theer are many strong situa tions filled with interest and hear appeal.
 Robert Newhard is a photographic of artistic ability who has recent! become identified with the Thoma H. Ince company and who has don exquisite work in his camera work ol Fuss and Feathers"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-20
URGES CONTROL OF PACKERS

Washington, Dec. 20-The Federal Trade Commission never has and will not recommend that the government take over the big packing plants of the country. William B. Colver, chairman of the commission, told the House Interstate Commerce Commit tee today.
 A system of licensing similar to the way war licenses have been issued was suggested by the chairman as means of regulating the meat industry. Cor yer urged that the big packers be prohibited from owning refrigerator and live stock cars and from controll- ing stockyards, stock exchanges an6 the dissemination of market news which Is practically what the bill O. 1 the commission now before the com
 mittee aims to do.