The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-03-15
BREvITIEs

| Professor North, Supervisor o.
High Schools for Maryland, was here
last week and visited both school build
ings.
The date for the closing of saloons
within the five-mile zone at Annapolis
Vallejo, Newport and other naval sta
tions will be in force next Saturday,
March 16, Secretary of the Navy Daniels
| has announced.
Little Martin Buck, son of Mr..
VIM. R. Buck, tripped on the sidewalk.
and fell in a hole on Water street,
early Monday night. A small bone
near one of his ankles was broken.
Much sympathy is felt for the little
fellow who is resting easily.
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, will de-
liver patriotic address at Trinity
Church, this town. next Sunday after
noon at $3.50 on which occasion the
Service Flag of the parish will be I'M
furled and hung in the Church. All
citizens are invited to attend.
Rev. Mr.. Bolton, of st. Thomas,
Church. Groom, greatly impressed his
hearers by his sermon at Trinity
Church, Thursday night; on the life and
character of Judas.
Mr.. E. L. Bruun has joined the
Navy and will soon leave US to enter
upon his duties which will have to do
with the training of seamen, he having
had some experience at sea.
The Junior Red Cross of Marlboro
School will hold a public luncheon at
Masonic Hall, Tuesday, March 10th,
beginning at IL: 80 a m. Sandwiches,
coffee, cakes and pies will be on sale.
Mrs. H. W. Gore, who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Rodgers Gore, in
Staten Island, N. Y. has returned. Mr..
Gore reached home on Thursday from
Florida, where he has been travelling in
the interests of the Colt Acetelene
Gas Co., of New York. He expects to
go South again in few days.
MIR. S. G. Coale recently sold two
seven month old hogs, the largest of
which weighed 24S pounds. They were
of the o. 1. C. type. and were bred by
Mr.. Samuel A. Wyvill. Mr.. Coale
evidently understands raising hogs as
we'll as he does politics and the automo
bile business.
Institutes for colored farmers will
be held in this county as follows:
Upper Marlboro, March Goth; Aquasco,
March 21st; T. B., March 22nd. Ses-
sions at 10 a. m. and 1.30 p. m. There
never was a time when the farmers
should avail themselves Of the advan-
tages of these meetings more than
right now.
1t is estimated that 600 tractor
will be in use on the Maryland farms
the coming season as against 300 last
year. The increase is due to the activ
tiles of the farm agents and State Ag
ricultural College in demonstrating the
practicability of the tractor to the wary
farmer.
Senator Metzerott has introduced
a bill in the MARYLAND Senate authoIiz
ing the State Roads Commission to i'm
construct the national de
tense highway from Camp Parole t.
so as to connect Wash
ington and Annapolis by an improved
highway in accordance with the pro
visions Of the act of 1916. The bill
the Commission to use Fed
eral aid money if any is now in its
hands, and if not, to use money out of
the surplus in the general funds. This
is the road the Prince Georges and
Anne Arundel people have been trying
to get built for years. They thought
they had won victory two years agc
when the Legislature authorized the
building of the road, but so far work
on it has not been started.
Little Grace May Wood, years
old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Wood, near Seat Pleasant. is critically
ill at Casualty Hospital, Washington,
with one leg amputated below the knee
as a result of being accidently shot in
the foot by her fifteen year old brother.
The boy was carrying the gun to the
house when in some way it was acct
IDENTIFY discharged;
Delegate Merrick's bill repeating
that section of the law affecting the
treasurer of this county, which requires
that official or his deputy to go into all
of the districts of the county during
the months of June and September for
the purpose of collecting taxes, has
passed both branches of the Legisla
ture and is awaiting the Governors
signature. The law that this bill re-
peals was passed many years ago,
when there were no banks, post Office
money orders or other facilities exist
ing for the transmission of tax money
to the office here.
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