The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-27
BREvITIES

Mr.. Reverdy Sasscer, Jr, son OF Dr
Reverdy Sasscer, has entered Peddle IN
stitute near Princeton, n. J.
Mr.. William F. Sedgwick, who
has conducted a barber shop IN TINS
town for many years, is quite SICK a
Providence Hospital, Washington.
The boys over there are depending
upon US over here. The words Will be
sent over there Saturday night giving
the amount of Maryland's Subscription
on the first day of the campaign, Don t
delay. Subscribe Saturday. Marlboro
District Liberty Committee.
The funeral of the late Mrs.
Weddie Duckett will take place from
Trinity Church today at twelve o'clock.
Mrs. Duckett died an Wednesday at the
home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Jos.
Addison, in 1.-The Forest.
Miss Gibbs, of this county, is hold
mo an Institute in Surrattsville High
School for the benefit of those who are
lust beginning to teach.
Prof B. F. Gwyun, former princl-
pal of Surrattsville High School, and
family. have moved to BryantoWn.
Prof. Gwyun will take mp his duties as
Charles County perintendent. we
are sorry to lose him from the school
The ladies of Brandywine will hold
their annual Festival in the Church Hall
at Brandywine, on Tuesday, Sept. u,
1918. beginning at o'clock. A tlne
supper and refreshments will be served.
AT the meeting of the county com
missioners Tuesday it was ordered that
she riffs aad constables of the county
be paid SIS of fines collected and PAID In
by magistrates in each case IN the
county for violation of State Dog law
Considerable routine business was also
transacted. Commissioners George
Guide. T. B. Middleton, J. jackson Suit
and Charles A. Ryon attended the
meeting.
Arrangements have been made for
Liberty Loan Mass-Meeting in Upper
Marlboro, on Saturday, Septembef Z0'
at 2 o'clock P. M. This meeting Will
be in the interest of special effort to
make the first day of the Fourth Llber-
ty Loan drive memorable and Will De
addressed by Hon. David j. Lewis.
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 2oth.
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 in Gibbons Hail IL
the evening. Music all day. Admission
to the grounds, rs cents.
The Government has called upon
the school children, and others as well,
to save and dry the pits of peaches,
apricots, plums, hickory nuts, Walnuts
and butternuts, along with the shells.
These are used in producing carbon
for gas respirators to be worn by the
bovs lover there" The nuts, &c, are
to be we'll dried and taken to the various
school houses, the school houses to be
central collecting stations. Two hun
dred peach pits or seven pound OF nuts
make enough carbon for one gas res
pirator. Do your bit to save our boys
from the Huns gas that stings, blinds
and kills.
From the Marshall County Banner,
of Argyle, Mimi, we learn that Mr.
and Mrs. George Swanson have sold
their farm at Argyle, MINI. The paper
states that the farm comprised 2eO
| acres of rich soil and is one of the most
desirable farms in that part of the
country. The purchase price was SoO
per acre. Last year Mr.. and Mrs.
Swanson and family purchased and
moved to Bowling Heights, near
this town, and with the use of tractor
and other modern farm machinery they
| have made a fine start at putting this
| large farm in high state of cultlva-
| ton.