The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-02-27
BREVITIES

Mrs. L. A. Griffith has been visiting
her son, Dr. Allen Griffith and family
in Berwyn.
Miss Agnes WyvilI, of Washington,
is spending the week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Wyvill of this town.
Work on the new Marlboro High
School will begin shortly. 1t is to be
of hollow tile with steel frame. Mr..
Collins, OF Washington, is the contract
! or.
/ Officer Thomas H. Garrison has ar
! rested James Brown, colored, who he
| thinks knows something of the postoffice
and store robbery at Baden, some weeks
ago. Brown was arrested near Cedar
vile in the lower section of the county
and is now in the Marlboro Jail.
There will be a meeting of the
Marlboro Improvement Society at the
Cart, House, on Thursday, March 4
at p. m. All members are requisite d
to be present and also others interested
III lDWH
Mr.. Benjamin F. Duvall, of
"Trumps Hlll," celebrated his seth
birthday on Sunday last with family
dinner at his home. Mr.. Duvall has
been quite ill, but is improving at pres
ent.
Mrs. James H. Garner, died, at her
home near Westphalla last week after
a lingering illness of tuberculosis. An
attack Of influenza about Is months ago
preceded the development of the disease
which caused her death. Her husband
why survives her, is an industrious
farmer and much sympathy is felt for
him and family. The funeral took
place from St. Mary's Church here.
Mr. Jefferson CIagett, has left the
Maryland Casualty Company of Balti-
more with whom he has been connected
for the last eight years to assume the
duties of Manager of the Casualty De-
partment of r. A. Brown and Co., at
Birmingham, Alabama. He formerly
held the position of assistant Automc-
bile Underwater He left to assume
his new duties on February 10th. He
is son of Mrs. T. Y. Clagett, of this
neighborhood and a nephew of Mrs.
Frederick Sass
Lorenzo D. Adds, farmer of SUI
rats district, has entered suit in the
circuit court here for absolute divorce
from Nida W. Adds. Desertion is
charged. The bill sets forth that the
couple were married in January, 1899,
and on July 18. 1916, the wife deserted
che husband, telling him she would not
return. There are eight children, all of
whom reside with the complainant ex-
tne eldest daughter, who is nineteen
years old.
Notice is given that the county
will meet March 2, 81
and for the purpose of adjusting al
accounts against the county. preparatory
TO the annual levy. The commissioners
require that all accounts against the
C ,unty be typewriter, properly a1the,.-
ticated and filed at their office on or
before March 2. If this is not done the |
a count will not be considered in tt e
levy.
In the House of Delegates Mr..
of Baltimore county, intro
duced bill which is designed to put a |
stop to thefss of automobiles. Failure |
to produce ownership cards is punishable |
by fine not less than SIS and not
yreeter. than sIOU, or Jail imprlsoi:-
.nent for term not less than 80 days,
and not longer than one year. The
teeth of the bill are in a clause which |
p comotes the sale of used cars unless
p ersons desiring to sell shall produce ali
ownership card at least days prior to
the day of sale.
Progress is prettily told in the fol
wing: ''The quill has become type
writer, the oxcart an automobile, the
candle and electric bulb. the musket
machine gun. the fr.plaee radiator,
the sickle binder, the fail a thresh-
ing machine, the ''old ken bucket" a
gasoline pump, the Corn CT b, slo, the
velocipede a motorcycle, tie skiff mo.
tor boat, the tub an electric washing
machine and the stairway an elevator.
The Rotograyure Section of The
Washington Star places before the
reader the very fastest news photo
craps. For instance, in the issue of
next Sunday. February 20, is a fine
photograph of the funeral of Admiral
Peary, taken last Monday. Every eff
fort is made to give the reader the
latest and best pictures taken by big
staff of Gamer men all over the world.