Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1919-12-19
LOCAL BREvI1.Es.

Thursday next will he Christmas.
lust five days left. Make good use
of them
Shop early and help the merchants
and clerks.
The hunting season closes on We'd
nesday next.
Mrs. W. S Yates is visiting friends
in Baltimore.
The merchant who advertises helps
the poor publisher.
Mr.. p. S. Bowling has opened his
new store in this town.
Santa Claus is also feeling the eff
fects Of the high cost Of living.
Miss Alice Lomax spent the week
end at her home near Rock Point.
1Reprohibitionists have at lsst, Z
seevds, reached the high war'el mark.
Mr.. Charles H. stonestreet, was a
visitor to Baltimore on Monday last
Hon. w Mitchell Digges spent sew
eral days during the week in Baiti-
more.
Charity begins at home Patronize
your county merchants and save
money.
Mr.. Clark Boswell, Of Waldorf, was
q visitor to the Capital City during
the week.
congressman s. Z. Mudd spent sew
eral days during the week al his home
in this town.
Miss Laura Yates spent the week
With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. >
Yates, this town
indian Head is still booming. An
other garage is being erected in that
progressive village.
The Board Of County Commissioners
was iu session on Tuesday attending
to miscellaneous business.
Gen. L. A Wilmer, Of the Leonard
town Bar, was among the visitors to
the county seat on Tuesday.
Patronize our advertisers They
have the best goods on the market
and will serve your wants with pleas
nre.
The many friends Of Senator Walter
7. Mitchell are glad to sec him out
again after a short, but quite severe
illness.
MIR. John B. Gray, OF the Calvert
County Bar. was among those who at
tended the special session OF Court
here last week.
Feor old John Barleycorn has been
"a to stay buried, it seems, unless
-Adent Wilson gives him . chance
to rise for few days
Mr.. Richard Z Mudd, accompanied
bv his TIVE sons, has returned to ms
home in Baltimore County from a visit
TO relatives in this county
Mr.. j Mitchell cochrane has re
turned from business trip 90 Balti
more, where he finished repienishlnl
his line stock Of Christmas goods.
Tho bus driver north always has &
smile on his face when he reaches Ia
Plata, for he is Away sure OF two
pretty passengers every morning
Messrs. Thomas Rohrbacl. OF Fred
erick; Simon r. Gollibart, Jr,, ant
Fabian Posay. of Washington, wer'
the guests OF relatives in the count,
during the week.
Bv unanimous decision, the Suprem
Court Of the United States in an opin
ion handed down Monday last, de
cIared the Wartime Prohibition Ac
of November Is, 1918, constitutional
Master Robert Stonestreet wa ia
hen to Johns Hopkins Hospital don
.dav.where he will undergo ~ men
81. Ia II . liftl
friends ioin the Independent IN wish
ing him a speedy recovery
Our brother printer Mr.. L. NJ
Hyde, of the Times Crescent, is suffer
ing from sew rely ulcerated indie
finger, resultant from knife woun
he received a few weeN ago while Kill
ing hogs. He has our sympathy.
ENSIGN William L. Wise, who n
Gently returned from France, in con
mand 81 the II. S. S. Rintintil
has resumed his duties at Norfoll
Va, after spending a week with h
father, Mr.. W. J. Wise, this county.
ar. Harry E. Edwrdas and siste
Mrs William e. Simpson. of tn
county. were among those who atten
81 the fiftlsth wedding anniversary
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs Thomas
Edwards, at their home In Chapti
last week.
La Plata, as far as Postmaster
concerned, Is as far to seek as ev'
the special examination hsln in Was
ingoon Wednesday falling to nttrac
single applicant for the position a
so reluctantly held by Postmaster Y
Ipn Padgett.