The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-08-08
BREVITIES

Miss Elizabeth Smith is visiting
relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. James G. Sasscer is visiting
college friend near Winchester Va.
Miss Josephine Ridgeley has beer
visiting her aunt. Mrs. Charles n
Grant.
Miss Fenton Williamson, of Rich
none, Virginia. is visiting Miss Kate
Bowie
Mr.. C. C. Hooe, of New York, is
visiting his brother, Mr.. Rice Hooe
near Groom.
Miss Marie Hall, of Baltimore, spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
H. Owen.
Mr.. E S. McCeney, Jr, has accept
ed position in the First National Bank
Of Southern Maryland.
Mr.. Arthur Clagett, son of Mr.. j.
Lee D. Clagett, has been released from
| military service and is at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joan Milette, and
family, who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Bruun, have returned to
their home in Canada.
Mr.. Theodore Cuttings, Mr.. William
McMa anon, Mr.. Benjamin Nicholson
and Mr.. Frank wager, of Washington,
spent Sunday at pheasant Hills, ;" the
home of the Misses Hill.
There will be preaching at Mt. Oak
Church, M. E. South. on Sunday, Aug
ust, 10, by Rev. j.. Harry Smith of Vir-
| GINA Special music will be rendered
by the choir. Preaching at II a. m.
Corp. Charles Marbury. son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Marshall Marbury, has re-
turned from overseas, where he has
| been attending the University of
Bordeaux since the armistice was sign
ed.
Rev. Mr.. Bolton, who has been rec
tor of St. Thomas Parish, Groom, for
several years, has resigned to accept a
charge in New England. He and his
family left last week flor his new
| charge.
e. Bernard Sweeney filed his certifi-
cate of candidacy for the Repubulicari
nomination for Sheriff and William H.
| DuvalI, Republican candidate for Cour-
ty Commissioner, also filed his certfi
cate with the Supervisors of Election
on Tuesday.
Mr.. w. T. Davis of this town, hat
| announced his candidacy for the Re
publican nomination for Register of
Wills. We understand he will have nj.
opposition for the nomination and, his
party will be solidly behind him in No
vember. Mr.. Davis flied his certificate
of candidacy with the Supervisors OF
Election on Tuesday.
Mrs Richard S. Hill, Misses Nora
and Elizabeth Hill, of Washington, and
Miss Nellie Grant are spending part
of August in Atlantic City. Later
Miss Ada Hill, who is visiting friends
in New York, will join them at the
resort
There will be dance at St Barn
abas' Hall near Iceland Saturday night
the 9th INST, for the benefit of the hall
There will be supper in St Paul.
Hall Baden, Md, Wednesday, August
Is, at 5. o. m. Adults 75c., children
SOC. Refresh ments.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Burton, of
Forestville Md, have just returned
from their motor trip to Chester Coun-
ty Pa, bringing with them Mr.. Gideon
Burton who has just recently returned
from over seas.
Examinations were conducted in
the courthouse Tuesday by the county
board of education for the senatorial
scholarships to Blue Ridge College and
st. ohns College, Annapolis.
What will be the Kaiser's defense
when he brought to trial? Carl Acker-
man, the famous war correspondent,
has written for next Sundays Wash
ington Star an intimate story of the
worlds greatest criminal. 1t is an
article which you cannot afford to miss.
Watch for it.
Mr.. Arthur L. Aist has resigned
his position as Weighing Jerk in the
State Tobacco Warehouse to associate
himsel with the Harrison Commission
Co. for the handling of the farmers
tobacco from Prince Georges Co.
The Bureau of the Census has an
nounced the appointment of Census
Supervisors for the year 1920 when the
next Census will be taken. Prince
Georges County is located in the fourth
District of which DR.. Louis C. Carrico.
of Bryantown, Charles Comfy, has
been named supervisor.
Mr.. Charles Binger has sold his
store house and other buildings at the
corner of Main and Water Streets to
Mr.. Louis Pollock, who has conducted a
| s1ore there for several years past.
| "A recent issue of the Baltimor e
| Sun carries the name of Prof. Wilbert L.
Merriken, an ex-teacher of the Hyatts-
vile High School, as one of the success
candidates taking the State Bar exami,
nation. Mr. Merrikhn will probably
not JON his brother who is located at
Denton, Md, before 1920, as he has
only recently been released from the
Air service of the Army and cannot
take his degree from the University be
fore that time.
| Empty cigar boxes are needed by
the soldiers of General Hospital No Al
at Hampton, Va, for use in various
forms of reconstruction work. Captain
Van Ripper, Vocational Officer at this,
the leading "shellshock" institution in
the East, has requested the American
Red Cross to assist him in obtaining s