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District Court Proceedings.

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The following cases have been tried
before the District Court, Judge Robert
Roberts, presiding, up to the time of
going to press:
Frank Bryant (colored) charged
with murder. Tried BY Jury and acs
quilted.
Pat Booker (colored) assault To-
rape. Tried By jury and found guilty.
Pete Robson; driving car without
license. Tried before Judge and fined
IS and all costs. Or three days In jail.
w. A. Humphreys; murder. Tried
by jury and found guilty Of man
slaughter.
Robert and Collier Parks (colored) !:
larceny. Tried by jury and acquitted
Ford Ware lcolored) larceny.
Pleaded guilty to petty larceny.
Addie Lee Gates ct ais (colored) !;
assault to murder. Tried BY jury and
acquitted.
Lewis Mcdaniel (col6red) !; shooting
to murder. Now on trial.
Court win adjourn tomorrow, and
prior to the hour Of adjournment SEN
tences will be passed.
We learned later Of the sentence,
passed in the following four cases Just
before court was adjourned for the
day:
w. A. Humphreys sentenced to the
penitentiary for not less than ten
months nor more than three years.
Pat Booker sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for not less than six months
nor more than five years.
Foster Thomas sentenced to the
penitentiary for not less than three
years nor more than five years. This
negro was picked up last night, brought
here and arraigned to-day, pleaded
guilty and was given sentence Ht
stole four bales Of cotton from the
Caplises, OF Ward One. making two
trips to do 1t, the last two bales being
stolen only last night He secured like
sentences In both cases.
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Remarkable Test For Oil.

In Sundays issue Of the Shreveport
Times there is told. in one paragraph,
the story Of a remarkable test for oil
in Calcasiet Parish. It reads:
:. The deepest well In Louisiana, and
what is believed to be the third deep
est In the United States, has been
abandoned by the Amerada Petroleum
Company. which Is pulling casing In
No. Woodring, 29-19-7, Calcasieu
Parish Certainly 1t Is the deepest
drilled with rotary tools. The West
Virginia 7o0O-plus foot well was pound
ed cut with cable tools Texas has d
well over 40OO feet, drilled with rotary
and cable, but the calcasieu casualty
was sunk to 5000 feet with rotary.
Furthermore, 1t Is authoritatively
stated that only one bit was used, due
to soft formations. Never sign OF
underground ocean, oil sand, fresh
water, gas or anything else was de-
veloped all the way dewn, and only
one streak Of gulnbo. 2
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= Correspondence =
Plain Dealing, Route Three.

Dated: Monday, Dec. 18th.
Christmas will soon be here. Let's
all be on the watch for old Santa
Claus.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Scarborough had
as guests Saturday and yesterday Mr..
T. NJ Pirtle and Mr.. Willie Bryant.
Mr.. R. L. Strong and Mr.. Hardcastle,
OF the Antrim community, were seen
In this part Of the country Tuesday Of
list week.
Mr.. w. A. Striplin was a pleasant
visitor with Mr.. d. Young Tuesday Of
last week.
Mrs. g. w. Walker has been very
sick. DR.. w. F. Bell, Of Plain Dealing,
was called In to see her one day. last
week.
Miss Eddie Lee Young spent SatuE-
day night with her sister, Mrs. G. o.
Walker.
Miss Eva Striplin spent Saturday
and yesterday very pleasantly with her
sister, Mrs. Daisy Crouch, Of Plain
Dealing.
Mr.. w. A. Scarborough, Mr.. T. NJ.
PiFtle and Mr. Willie Bryant were
business visitors to Plain Dealing Mon
day OF last week.
Mrs. Myrtle Gilmer visited her
mother, Mrs. s. w. Young. to-day.
Mr.. Jim Alsabrook, Of Miller's Bluff,
was Plain Dealing visitor Monday Of
last week.
Mrs. Myrtle Gilmer entertained a
number Of the young people Of this
place with play party Saturday
night. Those present reported good
time
Mr.. G. w. Walker was shaking
hands with friends In Plain Dealing
Saturday. His many friends are al
ways glad to see him.
Mr. G. o. Walker made business
trip to Gillian Saturday.
Mr.. Harry Walker was a pleasant
guest OF his sister, Mrs. d. Young, yes
terday afternoon.
Nj. John Walker was Miller's
Bluff visitor Monday Of last week.
William Ray Young, baby OF Mr.. and
Mrs. D. Young. was reported on the
sick list last night. ..5
/ Gid Carnley was Gillian visitor
| one day last week s-s-
Mr. Albert Orr has returned home
after a two weeks visit in Spring HILL
/ Mr.. Earl Young visited at the home
/ Of Mr.. r. Gilmer yesterday afternoon
Mr.. G. O. Walker and family were
visitors at the home Of his mother
Mrs G. w. Walker. Saturday night
and yesterday.
Mr.. C. Robinson was guest Of Mr.
/ NJ. n. Brown one day last week.
Miss Eddie Lee Young was a pleas.
ant gnest Of Misses Ena Mae and Sal.
lie Ellen Striplin last night.
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Around Mot.


LATED: Tuesday, Dec. 18th.
s Cod weather again this week.
|, Misses Myrtle and Audrey Rodgers
spent Sunday night very pleasantly
I'm plain Dealing with Mrs. Ed Slack.
NJ. Perry Bpbhit left this morning
for Haynesytlle, where he has employ
ment. ss'ss.so
ssMns aud Mrs. Gid Robertson and
family spent Saturday night and Sum
day very pleasantly with Mr.. and Mrx
a D. Lynn.
Mr.. Martin Matiock and Miss Nettie
Cantley were united ID nlarriage Sun
day at eleven O'Clock, at Walkers
Mr.. and AIrs W.. b. Lynn and family
and MISS Nora Iynn visited friends In
Webster Parish Sunday. -,
Miss Blanche Lynn had as a gdest
Sunday Miss Mamie Lynn.
Mr.. Clarence Lynn visited friends
around Oak Grove Sunday.
+ MIR Algie Anderson was q visitor at
Mr.. g. r. Rodgers home again Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. James Windsor, Lewis
Slaughter, Mr.. Albert Stewart, Miss
Myrtle Stewart and Miss Josie Brown
risited friends here Sunday.
Mrs. John Norris (and little daugh-
ter, Alma ii spending this week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. q. &c. Cason.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. +. Cason had as
guests Sunday afternoon Misses BESSIE
Blanche and Mamye Lynn and Mr..
Josh Matl0ck. J. 4. n. f
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The Banner presents below state
meait Of vote lust taken BY the Ma
tfonal Econon,ic League on some ex.
caa1ing,v ;n,norta - acuea.iona CONCERN
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III Ae.en' reu1a, n1a.',st1 SlNa, Sl.u..'
!. .urnlsneo US iors puoi's.sa.ion ~ . 'ouen
Bcssier friend and reader. The mem
bers OF the League, as Is to be seen, are
Overwhelmingly In favor Of most Of the
changes proposed:
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fesi'0nsiMe IeaoeIsnlp " Matteas y
Aastollal =, naan q anu aulnlnls uO.,
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lnSnsiOns, 4 e.
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Duusel H pregaIeu unuel snu, u,e ,s..a
sns IIcs,un. anu puDlicly ~ G eAplalnssn =.
aAu usIehueu ~ ~ De,oss ns ane oonsless "
nie,nDers 9 q tue ~ Saunel.
g, SsS, no, o. apiahA' o1 Wiln qual-
nsAtions, = II
onoplo mere De cnanse - tne
ru.es 81 eOlg.ess sIse 70 us'
CaDineL lne prlvllege o. tne noor, wltn,
OUT vote. wheh matters oi nnance anu .
alnnnistIatiOh are Inder ulscussions
les SaS: no, - Diank' OF Win quai-
lncations, = =.
ohouio tnere Ds Snanse IN tne
statues g inahe y Tue uu.y " Hs,n- ~
DeIs q Lne oarlnet y appsaI on tue
noor DeIore G0nsress s,ttlns -
coMnHtIee q sne Wnoie On .ne IA'
ecnuve o nudeets 80 ,.,
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IN case CONGRESS Ialls oI IeIuses
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What VIII You Plant !?

not all B0ssier Par
ish farmers have. as yet given
NR31 thought to what they win cul-
lCeX1J tivate as crops during the
coming season. But the time
Ii ripe to do 80, for fall plowing should
now be well under way. and when the
plows are started 1t Is surely time to
consider what are to be the crops
planted.
We know OF just a lew farmers in
the parish living well-who for q
season or 90 past have not planted any
cotton, and others who have planted
but very little and are still doing well.
There is much fine farming land In the
parish, but, we are told, there are but
few residents who know how. to culti-
vate 1t intelligently. We do not know
so much about this, but we do know
that there IS IN inclination on the part
Of many to, In part, leave the acreage
problem up to the colored tenant land
he Is strong for cotton. This Is a con-.
dition that should be corrected, es-
pecially on the small farms located In
the uplands. i5,
II one farmer can make a good living
for himself and family BY cultivating
corn, beans, potatoes peas, peanuts,
cane, melons. q garden and giving at
tentiOn to stock and barnyard fowls,
aud have something for sale an the
time, SO can another. There would
seem no secret about the matter. It
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Omcers Elected For 1o77.

At a regular meeting Of Cypress
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, held at the lodges
hall In this place Thursday night Of
last week, officers for 1922 were elec-
ted, as follows:
]. T. Hanks, Worshipful Master.
R. v. Kerr, Senior Warden.
W. 1. Gayle, Junior Warden.
w. y. Smith, Treasurer.
r. w. Eggleston, Secretary.
w. A. Fortson, Chaplain.
v. v. Whittington, Senior Deacon.
81. G. Neesor, Junior Deacon.
A. NJ. Wyche. Master OF Ceremonies.
q. s. Wydhe, Tyler.
Tom Stinson and ]. w. Hosier, Stew
ards.
L. G. Smith, Marshal
The installation Of the officers took
place following the election.
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Haughton Lodge Elects OfRcers.

HauXntOn L0dYe Elects OmcefS.
At regular meeting Of Haughton
Lodge, f. and A. NJ. held one evening
last week, officers for 1922 were cleo
ted, as follows:
]. B. Hall, ST.. Worshipful Master.
Herbert H. Johnston, jr., Senior
Warden.
]. NJ. Blunt, Junior Warden.
w. B. Hickman, Treasurer.
DIR. G. NJ. Tucker, Secretary.
!; Sam w. Lee, Senior Deacon.
j. w. Thompson, Junior Deacon.
R. Il. McComb, jr., Master Of Cere-
monies
]. 9. McDads and r. d. Hammer,
Stewards.
W. A. Worley, Tyler.
Rev. J. @. Bennett, Chaplain.
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81 Learn to say, saw your ad
vertisement "a. the BossTER BANNER."
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AN ORDINANCE


To repeal and reordain with amend
nients Section - ef Article XIV Of the
keyised Code Of the City of Annapolis, title
licenses
Section l. BE it established and ordain-
Ell by the Mayor Counselor and Alder
mal of the City of Annapolis, that Sec
tioa % of Article wv of the Revised
CoGe kof the City Of Annapolis. title Lii
censS' be and the same is hereby re-
pealelt and re-orlained with amendments
so as a. read as follows:
Secton %. M person or persons, or
body 'brporate. shall erect any building
in the City of Annapolis, or any porch
vestibue,3 or other structure or add 10 or
repair nv building, TO exceed ten dollars
in cost. without first obtaining permit
from the City Clerk and no person shall
erect any binding or part OF building as
set forth y the section which in any man
ner occuois any space between the build
ing lines ofany street, lane or alley. in the
City of Annapolis. without first obtaining
the permissAn of tie building committee
70 do the sane; tie sum of two dollars
shall be PAID for all licenses issued by the
Clerk. Any prsol desiring building IL
cense or perm Under khis section or any
other section sail file An application with
the Clerk and luch application shall CON
tain the frontage of slid building. the
depth, the heigl.a the name Of the street
upon which II is to front the distance of
the back of said nilding from the street,
the material to be used in ITS construction.
the use to which tie building is to be put
the contract price or which said building
IS to be CONSTRUCTED. and III such contract
price does not include all Sork. such as
plumbing. heating aud otha work con
nected herewith. "a statement of such
things rot included t0gethet with their
cost or approximate cost; ana the infor-
nation IN regard to Fuch cost sh,n be kent
privately for the ofiSial use of ehe Mavor.
Counselor and Alderilen Of the CITY OF An
napolis.
When any licerse pr permit l. Issued
under this section orr any otheA section.
the party to whom susi liccnse 4 permit
is issued shall be entitled 80 be FINISHED
by the City CoIninissioher with tlA grade
lire of spch street.
Any person or persons contraclr or
builder. or owrer pr agenhof proper1 who
shall undertake the erection Of a briiing
or other structure as set forth itf4fhss
section or other sections. Without haing
obtained permis SION to dos so as hesin
provided. shall upon conyictisn thereo4 ~
fore any official having juritdiction 81 n
b. liable TO n fiis Of ten dollars. to be r.
covered as other fines and ptnalties mo-
are
Section .. Ard be it further established
and ordained by the authority aforesaid
mat this Ordinance shall take effect from
Approved April 80, 1921
go. JOHN J. LEVY.
EMMA ABBOTT GAGE, y
City Cier-.
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county properly taught in the right
kind of building. but those who are
willing to benefit by scheme which
prevents others from having these adj
vantageS ere the ones VINO have rot
the right feeling for tae children
all the children, not just their own
and those in their immediate neigh
borhoods.
Ii has been necessary to go to some
length to lead up to the definite plan
which l have to propose, but | am
ready to do that now, having shown
that there is no legal difficulty about
contracting indebtedness for school
buildings.
The counter proposal to this bond
issue is simply that the County and
School Commissioners decided upon
the buildings imperatively necessary
al this time and that they contract a
loan for the purpose, paying six per
cent for the money, if necessary, bat
arranging that certain part Of the
amount be repaid each year, the
whole interest on this amount ending.
There is just as good authority for a
loan of this kind as for bonds author
lied by a special act, and it is just as
much an obligation upon the county
Let US take a definite example OF
this proposal and see how il would
work. From what / have heard. new
scnool buildings are badly needed in
the vicinity of Millersville and
Arnold's. Let us place the necessary
amount for the purpose of building
them at $4,000. Suppose this amount
is borrowed at six per cent, with
$4,000 to be repaid each year The
total amount of interest for the whole
period would DC $4,000.
Now let us carry this little fur
ther- Remember, we are paying back
$4,000 each year of this amount, ia-
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stead OF having TO owe the waole
amount for thirty years as under this
monstrous bond scheme, with money
to pay on tie principal hut compelled
to hold it, receiving z lower rate of
interest than we are paying on the
bonds.
At the end OF five years VIC have
paid this amount and are ready to Sc
cure more money by the same plan.
In ten years we are ready for the
third loan, and in fifteen for the
fourth. In fifteen years we have OBJ
tanned 100000 for the schools. ana
in twenty years We have paid it al.
back, and the public has paid but four
times $4,000, or $236.OO0 in princi-
pal and interest, instead of the SS15,-
900 which it will take the taxpayers
thirty years to pay for only si50000
spent on the schools. Could the
folly of going further with this bonl
issue be shown any more clearly?
l do not hold this out as the only
plan; probably the details could be
better arranged. / am not opposed
to securing 100000 at once this way,
Or even The whole sl50.9o0 authorized
by the Act, but l believe the gradual
method would be best. and that a
little consideration would convince
anyone
Not only the matter III additional
school buildings mus be solved. but
that Of providing sufficient stan OF
properly equipped and properly paid
teachers We have not even solved
that question in Anne Arundel. The
teachers are not sufficiently paid,
often have % wait for their meagre
salaries, and there is still lacking
really clean-cut and definite plan for
the administration and maintenance
of the schools we have
Moreover, the increase of the rum
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THURSDAY, MAY IL. 1921.
@HOspITAL DAY. MAY 18TH

1t is not generally known that
May 18th is designated through
out the country as National
Hospital Day 1t is the ami
versary of Florence Nightingale
birth, than which no day could
be more appropriate. No one has
done so much to make our hos
pitfalls possible as this noble
woman who went to the front in
the Crimean war and really
founded the custom of women
nurses on the battle field. More
over, her act popularized the idea
of women nurses everywhere, un-
til today they have become ar
institution endeared To the heart
of the whole human race.
The hospital is a place where
none go from choice, but what in
expressible relief and consolation
it affords when sickness bodily
distress come upon us, and how
welcome its helping hand in tht
hour Of need
Few hospitals are self-support-
ing, and in the very nature o.
their work they cannot be. There
fore, it is a most excellent idea
| to set part some special day fol
Nhe public to give concentration
of thought as to what the hospita
means, and then to act on GOOD
RESOLUTIONS to stand by the hospi'
tan and further its mission of serv-
ice land mercy.
Mere in Annapolis we are for
tunate in having a hospital whose
miniAtrations have made it an in
dispeAsable part of the commu-
nifty, and Hospital Day here car
be observed with the deepest
feelings of gratitude toward it
Ne not only feel grateful and
wish it we'll. but will always
stand by it and uphold its power
for good and usefulness.
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THE FIELD is THERE

Mr.. Edison's suggestion thai
books in the elementary grades
in the public schools be discarded
and motion pictures be substitute
ed evidently is predicated on a
belief that the pictures would
arouse an interest that is impos-
sible i'll the case of books. For
the child's comprehension it is
true that textbooks deal too large
~ in the abstract The pupil i
not able to understand much that
the book intends to convey. Mo
ton pictures might deal more
with the concrete.
One has to go back only TO his
school days to recall many mis-
interpretations placed on rules of
grammar, for example. There
was no real interest in them and
if they were committed TO men.
DRY they could not be applied be-
cause they meant nothing To the
youthful mind. 1t is no task for
the child to learn anything in
which it has an interest. If
schooling can be carried ON III 4
way to appeal to the child it will
not be so much the dull routine
as it is now but will be a thing
welcomed rather than endured.
The plan suggested by Mr.. Edi-
son NAV not be the solution de-
sired but it shows that he is inn
pressed with the condition and
the necessity for a remedy. The
appeal that motion pictures have
made in other fields would act as
a godsend could the same eager
ness to absorb them be maintain
ed were they converted to taking
&ys and girls through the
Grades. Were the pictures in
school grasped with the avidity
tnat prevails now. preparation
sc hssh school would be a much
sSearisoule .aro-
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bef of schools, particularly of c3n-
solihated schools, which are so mitch
10 he desired. brings up the additional
question of providing transportation.
What use is it to build schools if you
have not provided for teachers for
them and for getting the scholars 10
them?
am sure that the better method
will be to start q comprehensive plan
of building propcr schools in every
mart of the county, arranging to get
the children to them. and providing
competent and well paid teache. for
than rather than to favor some see
lions by plan which viii make it inn
possible within a generation for other
sections and the children in them tn
be cared for in the same manner. and
which jeopardizes the whole school
system of the county by throwing
away thousands Of dollars.
cannot feel that it is necessary
for me to insist than no perso in this
comfy or anywhere else has mon {
interest in the children than / have
or is more willing to do what l can
for them. and it Is because would
see them all treated fairly, ard insure
that the best possible Use is made o.
cur resources expended FOR theil
benefit, that l ask for careful con
sideration of the suggestions which
make in this communication.
HUGH X. EiLEY.
Annapolis. Nd,
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NOTICE
OF
GENERAL REGISTRATION

Notice is hereby given that the raofs.
tration officers for the several wards I'm the
tlty OF Annapolis will sit for the nurnose
OF registering all voters between the honre
OF BOO O'Clock A. NJ. and o 0o o'ciock
T. ~. on the following dates at the Sow
erai poiiing places named below:
MONDAY. MAY 10th. 1921
TUESDAY, NAY nth. 1921
WEDNESDAY. MAY 18Th 100,
THURSDAY. MAY 18th. 1921
and MONDAY JUNE 9Th. 1927.
lThe last day for the purpose Of revision
FIRST WARD
Polling House. East Street. Fire Conn.
pany Quarters. East Street.
SECOND WARD
Assembly Rooms (frst foorl Dute =,
Gloucester Street. Tire Company's Quar-
ters' Duke Of Gloucester Street
THIRD WARD
Polling House. Second Street Isi-a
company's Quarters. West street
FOURTH WARD
Polling House Calvert Street. Stanton
school tnrst fioor) Washington Street.
TE:-Yoters desiring to register
whose names begin with the letters from
A TO NJ. inclusive. will register ut the par-
registration Offices: those whose names no
gin from y to z, at the regular polling
houses.
BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR
COUNSELLOR AND ALDER
MEN OF THE CITY or
ANNAPOLIS
EMMA ABBOTT GAGE. Clerk.
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NaUuhAcademy
By ELlAU s. RILEY.
Article FOURTH.
New Curreats OF Progress.

At currents Of progI annapolis
the the reporting for of officers
the suburb.
mdhDmsn mprsvsd dollar
conduct relieving ne Chaplain
the expense to this saving day Of
had WAS the and who could nse T Ga
from which ne IRenda Academic a y this era wse NAVY
but nine acres Of land It had for the Officers
consisted of the Duny House and three k buildings adjoining
purchases 1858, which Including also
eSd in isss BY The addition Of the Mission
a n0esn ed f eetous Oklahoma was secured $780,
i [ the holdings Of the Naval Academy in Ans mn 200
additions the adjacent the Academy and
now owns n toto hereabo acres
At Once
weseated in Annapolis before the
midshpmen officers and professors gave grand Sa yearly
now in the Maryland
r 1hH sn Ag Gene Gss e
NAVAL full sai) Ths d lI.
Naval School ANNAPOLIS request the honor OF John k0ny
company the @ of Ja4u n D on the ticket OF
we're f1 Commander s1n0d Buchanan and @
officers being given the
card S SsiH& n"s R. Au G bennett
Jones. B. B. Mecauey A Mclaughlin j. R. Prise E.
period could make return eonrtes The
been dsmaned rich offices and
distinct from the people, and
his Official family and friends s sns
socate in this
a
of
their first
They called the colts Of the Session Hence
the of the
Maryland General AS
the CITY
The colonial ancient
Delegates familiar
last member Senator
the county and
From Anne Arundel
Welches kindred
Howard Baltimore Merrynan from
Aegany semmc other IA
miar Baltimore City, Scott Pitt Wallis;
Blackstone Miles, Harris Charles
Broe with Bowde
Dorchester Hoyday
Of Purnel and
Tho Annapolis those
society capital
old held about
approached the excitement
fashionable the city,
The ball given in the Assembly Rooms
No could pail OF its
more suitably the colonial and
lanes Annapolis
An Attempt To Revive The Cells Ball.
About made this notable
its
La different political numbers;
ballroom
Mistress Oge wife
Governor oglo ball
her coach Of aght go to the door the
did there would return to
and give the order o coachman Drive home
county properly taught