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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-06-30
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Md.
Equity No. 5772

Equity. No. 5772
TRE OBJECT of this suit is to have
i this Court determine the valid
uy of a marriage ceremony between
the Plaintiff and the Defend INT per.
formed by the Reverend Shears OF
November 10th, 1917, and have the sait
marriage ceremony declared null ant
void.
The Bill in subtance states:
That the Plaintiff is now resident
of Prince Georges County, Maryland,
and has beep al actual and bona lid
resident of the said State and Count.
all of his life, and that the Defendani
ls resident of the District of Colum
bia.
That the Defendant on or about th,
18th day July, 1915, was married to Il
certain James Elmer Ennis who is now
living and not divorced from the sal
Defen dant but is now conducting
proceedings in this Court for Il divoTc.
from the said Mabel Estella Ennis
alias Mabel Estella Smith.
That on November 10Th, 1917, tbs
Defendant represented to your Plain
tiff that she was widow and thereb
| faudulently induced your petitioner l.
| marry her, the said Mabel Estell
| Ennis, alias Mabel Estrila Smith, arc
that on that day to wit, November 10th,
| 1917, your petitioner and the said Mab.l
| Estela Ennis, alias Mabel Estel
Smith, attempted to contract maI
| riage and the Reverend Shears o
| Forestville, Maryland, went through
1 The usual marriage ceremony with you
| petitioner and the said Defendant.
That your petitioner and Defendan
| lived together for few months afte
the said cefemony and in April, 1918,
the Defendant abandoned your petit
| ioned and he has not seen her since tina
| time.
The Bill prays that the said marriage
ceremony may be declared null al,
void.
1t is thereupon this 18th day of June
1922, adiudged and ordered by the Cir
cult Court for Prince Georges Count,
| Maryland, that tie Plaintiff by causiDs :
a COPY of this order to be inserted il
some newspaper published in Prime
Georges County, Maryland. once il
/ each of four successive weeks before
the 18th day Of July next, to give no
tice to said absent nonresident defend
ant of the object of this suit and warn
ing her to appear in this Court in per-
son or by solicitor on or before tht
31st day of July, 1922, to show cause
if any she has, why the said marriage
ceremony should not be declared nul
and void as prayed.
| SUMMERFIELD D. HALL, 'Clerl
| of the Circuit Court for Prince Georges
| County.
Copy-Test:
s. ID. HALL, Clerk June16ti
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TRUSTEES, SALE
OF VALUABLE
IMPROVED 1 RoPERTY
IN BRENTWOOD
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, MD.

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE of
" decree of the Circuit Court FOR
Prince Georges County, Maryland,
Plaintiff, VS.. Lula Blackwell, ct al,
defendants, being Equity No. 572O, the
undersigned trustee will offer for sale
Of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on
A Tuesday, the 18th day of
July. 1922
At the hour of II. 80 A. NJ,
all those pieces, parcels CT tracts of
ground and premises, situate, lying
and being in said county, described as
Lots Nos. Four () and Five (5) in
Block ''B', in the subdivision known
as Holiday Cos Addition to High
lands. as per plat recorded in Liber j.
w. B. No. 5, Folio 56S, one of the
Land Records of said county.
This property is improved by frame
dwelling of five rooms and needs scme
repairs. but will make good home.
TERMS OF SALE
as provided by said decree-One-third
cash, one-third one year and one third
in two years, or all cash at the option
Of the purchaser or purchasers, deferred
payments, if any, to be secured to the
satisfaction of the undersigned. Con-
veyancing, revenue stamps, ETC., at the
cost of purchaser or purchasers. A
deposit of $4,000 will be required on
day of sale.
c. FRANCIS OWENS, Trustee,
/ Hyattsville, Maryland, or
1901 H st. N W., Washington, ID. G..
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Notice of Estray

Notice of Estray
lNNE SORREL HORSE, weight
" about 1000 lbs. Came to my place
on or about June Is, 1929.
Owner will please come forward,
prove property and pay charges as 9TH
erwise it will be disposed of according
to law.
JOHN II. STAMP,
Route No. s, Anacostia. Sta, D. G
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Nor1cE TO CRpD1roRs

NNHIS is to give notice, that the ur-
l dersigned has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Prince Georges
County, letters of administration upon
the personal estate OF
ANNIE r. SWAMI
late of Prince Georges county, deceas
ed. All persons having claims againss
said deceased are hereby warned 10 ex-
hibit the same, with the vouchers
thereon legally authenticated on or be-
fore the 80; b Gay of December 1922. OF
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. AL
persons indebted TO said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 22nd day
June, 1922.
RICHARD J. SWAMI
Administrator of Annie Swami deceas
ed. June 80.
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ORDnR OF RArlrloArron
W. P. LOCKWOOD, Assignee of
Mortgage
VS..
GIACOMA COCOA, unmarried
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland.
EQUITY No. 5353

Equity No. 1858
nRDERED this 2lst day of June 1929,
" in the Circuit Court of Prince
Georges County. Maryland, holding in
Equity, that the sale of the mort gagged
real estate, and reported by w. p.
Lockwood, Assignee of said mortgage,
be ratified and confirmed unless cause
to the contrary be shown on or before
the 22nd day of July, 1929. provided a
copy of this order be published in some
newspaper in Prince Georges County,
once in each of the three successive
weeks before the 22nd day of July 1922
The report states the amount of the
sale be seven hundred and fifty
dollars $3.50.
s. D.. HALL, Clerk. Circuit
Court for Prince Georges County.
True Copy-Teat:
S. D. HALL, Clerk June23
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ORpER OF p OBLIGATION
MARY J. LEONARD

WILLIAM A. LEONARD, and the
the "Unknown Heirs, if any, OF
RICHARD FRENCH, decd
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l.. G. SASSCER, Solicitor,
Upper Meilboro, Nd.
ORDER OF I OBLIGATION

JOSEPH ALBERT SMITH, Plain iff,
vs..
MABEL ESTELLA ENNIS, alias
MABEL ESTELLA SMITH Defendant
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ORDER RATIF1CAT1oN
MAY HILL DUNN
VS.,
CHARLES CARROLL DUNN, ct al.
In the Circuit Court for Prince GeOr-
ge's County, Maryland.
M AY HILL Dun

No. 5626Equity
nRDEREO this 22nd day of June.
O1922 that the Auditors Report and
A ccount A filed in this cause be
ratified aud confirmed unless cause to
the contrary be shown on or before
the 18th day of July, 1929; provided a
copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published In Prince Georges
County once in each of two successive
wee ks before the said nth day of July,
1922.
SUMMERFIELD d. HALL
Clerk Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County.
True copy test:
s. D. HALL, Clerk
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ORDER OF RAr1r1oAron

LEON A KID j. M AIHE Eh ana L'iCl US
@. c. LAMAR, Trustees
VS..
SILVER HILL SAND and CEMENT
PRODUCTS COMPANY
In the Circuit Court fo- Prince Georges S
County. Maryland
Equity No. 5767
ORDERED by the Circuit Court for
" Prince Georges County, Maryland,
that the sale of the property mention
ed in these proceedings, made and re-
ported by Leonard ]. Mather and Lu-
cius @. c. Lamar, trustees, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the con.
trary thereof be shown on or before
the 7th day of July next; provided a
copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Prince Geor-
ge's County,. once in each of three
successive weeks before the 7th day
July next.
The report states the amount of sale
to be one for $1,000, subject to mort
gage for the principal sum of $4,250
SUMMERFIELD D. HALL
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Md.
True copy Test:
S. D. HALL, Clerk June l6
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THE GREAT UNDERWEIGHT
DELUSION

Inc CuTTcHI ioooS ~ oN
York Medical Journal has an
article on Standards for Malnu-
triton" which the layman
might very we'll take to heart
says the Baltimore American.
During the last generation there
has been an effective and much
needed movement in the direct
ton of better nutrition. 1t was
discovered that many children
of school age were under-nour-
ished. andit was generally as
sumed that this condition was
only to be found in poor districts.
At a somewhat later period 1t
became the fashion for doctors,
after a certain preparatory treat
ment, to put their patients IN a
number of cases on a more gen
erous diet calculated to increase
their weight and, when declar-
ing them cured, to dismiss
them with the Iemphatic instruc-
ton to keep their weight up.
Concurrently, from MANY lay
sources, the public began to be
advised to weigh itself regular
ly, and weighing machines
(which frequently allowed a few
pounds extra so that the custom
er might go away pleased, for 1t
is the people who are not too stout
who usually wish to know their
avoirdupois) to appear at every
corner. For children and adults
alike it was assumed that there
was a certain normal standard
of weight to which people OF a
certain age and height should
conform.
Hence arose what Charles K.
Taylor, copiously quoted from in
the article mentioned calls 1.-The
Great Underweight Delusion. .
In the first place, it has been
found by actual observation that
many children from we'll
to-do districts are under nourlsh-
ed. not because they do not get
enough to eat, but because they
eat the wrong kind of food. In
the second place, there is a very
obvious fallacy contained in the
notion that there is standard
weight for humans of a certain
age.
1T is just as normal ano
healthy" (says Mr.. Taylor) "fol
some children to be more slender
than the average, and for others
to be stocky or thick-set, as for
others to approximate that aver
age, that it is a matter of inner
tied type of build, and all we
need to do is to see that a child
is properly developed for his or
her normal type of build. The
point is not what does the child
weigh? but Is the child health
"? When a child is healthy,
when a child is in good condition,
and particularly when that
child's muscles are not fab
by, but firm and efficient, then
we may be sure that the child
weigh is correct, no matter
what it is, and our work, then,
is merely to see that a child has
phys ical development cores:
pending to his or her type of
build"
Precisely the same holds gooc
for adults, many of whom woulc
be much better off and, though
it may seem paradoxical, woul6
increase in weight if they ate
less
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ORDER OF RATIFICATION
JAMES M. MUNROE, ASSIGNEE
GEORGE L. ALCORN
BERTHA H. ALCORN, his wife

In the Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County, Maryland
No 57eOEquity
nRDERED by the Circuit sCourt for
~ Prince Georges County, Marv-
and, this 29th day Of June. 1922,
that the sale of the properly mentioned
in these proceedings made and report
ed by James M Munroe, assignee, be
ratified and confirmed unless cause to
the contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 22nd day of July next, pro-
vided copy of this order be inserted
in some newspaper published in Prince
Georges County, Nd, once in each OF
three successive weeks before the 22nd
day of July next.
UMMERFIELD d. HALL,
Clerk of the c.. c.. for Prince Geor-
ge's County.
True Copy Test:
S. D Hall, Clerk June 30
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-01

actually CROSSES the Limo there q Q
sudden bawling out forward. Two
scsrcely-to-be- distinguished figures
seem to rise up over tho bow Of The
ship-though they actually come out
Of the bos'n's hatch.
II the night Is very black, .
searchlight Is the immediate answer
to tho sudden cry "Ahoy!"
And tho searchlight discloses two
strange figures. They are gro.
tesquely painted with tar; their
suits may be anything from pajamss
to swimming trunks. But the
clothes do not matter, the figures
themselves arc none other than Davy
Jones and his assistant.
Under Davy jones' arm Is Q port
folio. It holds subpoenas bearing tho
names Of every one aboard ship who
Is crossing the line for the first time.
Davy Jonss-who may really be
anybody at all in the ship who has
learned the traditional lines with
some difficulty, II his speciality Is
something less intellectual than
memory-cries out: "What ship is
this?"
"Ths good ship Dauntless," the
executive officer on the bridge will
answer, II that happens to be the
name Of the vessel "from her home
pert ih Amssies bound for port on
S..:.sA.. =. ssa.s y. ., z si' 3s'''s''' King
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Initiates Equipoise
CndergOes a Change

In the tank he is at the mercy Of
the bears who duck him and half
drown him. and generally play havoc
with his cquipoIsc. When they are
through with him lie can look forward
to q ha!f-day's steady work cleaning
the smudges from his skin and taking
the thick grease out of his hair.
One after another, the initiates are
licked Oft. the remainder of the crew
grouped about. enjoying heartily, like
he Romans at the holiday s!augbters,
the boistcrous party.
AT the close each victim Il presented
bN Davy Jones with certificate.
Popped by an elaborate vignctte OF the
h!ng anu his Queen and one or two
realistic waves. the certificate reads:
Domain of Neptunus Rex---
Io all sailors wherever We may be.
and to all mcrmaids. sea serpents.
whales, sharks, porpoiscs. dolphins. al.
oatr"sses, skates, erls, suckers, lobsterv.
crabs. oysters, p"llywngs and other Iiy'
Ing things of III" sen
Gr"e'ing: Know yc, that on this 3lxt
dAy OF October, in latitude 10000 and
!onCi'ud" 1880 NJ. there nnnenroi
within the limit Of our KoyaI Domoin
the 1. :. :. Dauntlcss. bound south.
ward for the Equator and South Amer.
lean ports.
BE IT REMEMBERED-
ihnt the said vessel and officers and
ere" ana Passengers thereof have been
Inspected and lasscd on by our.clf and
our royal >tafr.
And he 1t known by all We snilors.
,''',. mhHhLhh"r7 and others who
my Dc A"h"r"I by his presence that
Having been Ga,y ro,ini ,,orii 80 !,
nIilber"d as one uf our rusty shall.
backs, has been gathered 10 our fold
and duly Initiated into the
SOLEMN MYSTERIES OF THr
ANCIENT ORDER OF THE DEEP
lie 1t .arthcr und"rstord that by VIZ.
W" or IN" power invested In me, I do
hereby command all my subjects 70
SLOW cue respect and honor 10 him
When"yrr ho may enter our realm.
Dl""h"y this order under pcnnIty of
our royal diSplcasurc.
hiN"n under cur hand and seal this
3lst day of October.
NElTJNUS REX.
Ruler Of the Raging Deem
DANN JONES.
His MaJcsty's Scribe.
one OF the Prince Of Wales proud
Possessions u such II certificate. Nep.
tune shows no favor, aud the Prince.
on ii. NJ. =. Rcnown, was Initiated
along with the rest. Secretary Hughes.
however, on the recent trip south in
the Z. g.. y. Maryland. being, some.
how Ambassador "plennypennytin.
cherry OF the United States, IVES
permitted by his Royal Nihs 10 entss
the realm without the personal incOSl.
venience Of the psllinS. the shsviss
and the ducking. -
And the beanins. For II muA -
added that long stockings wsixh0o1 -
beans havs distinctly & NOR - q
RsscaeAes aAd snpAa4s than aSGS
- tsa'lsw'sn potsts IN " stociis Il
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Neptune and Fat Queen
.ArriUe for Ceren,onv

Thereupon Captain Ph,neas Snee
promises that every man on the ship
who has never crossed the line will re-.
ceive the summonses and obey them.
The captain and navy and Mrs
/ Wigs shake hands and the nondescript
pair from the lower regions descends 10
them again-through the bos' hatch.
Next morning. very early, a TEN.
porary platform. generously propor.
toned. IS erected by the ships carpen.
! ters on the Btarboard side of the YES
sci. This platform lips canvas tank
just as large.
On the platform are thrones for the
Ning and his Queen. a desk for Davy
Jones, who carefully checks OF the
victims. and two projecting boards,
locking much like the planks the pi-
ratios used to make their victims walk
These planks giving out over the tank
OF water ure for initiates.
Precisely at the hour agreed upon.
King Neptune and his court come up
tho bos'n's hatch. The King. wear
ing g!ldHd crown. 4 wig W long yell
low rope hair and beard as long and
Gh yellow. bears trident IN his hand.
On other days of the week, Ncppy i
10 doubt only n coal pa Sser from some.
where down in the bowel. Of the sh!p--
today he IS supreme. With haught,-
urss scarce exceeded by that Of his
Queen. Amphitrite. hr struts the decks.
His Queen, with her long fgxen locks
and gown Of painted canvas, IS
usually bow legged, or unusually fat,
or heavily bearded.
II there is a ships band on board
1t hlares some professional air, and the
regal pair, under shower of laughter
and cntcalls, moves toward the plat.
form.
: Pipe de- piano legs on de Queen -
yells out shrill voice with hearty sue
culence.
Mrs. Neptune looks older'n she did
when last seen her twenty year ago
and seems like fa,ter. too" submits an
old tar.
And the Queen is likely to halt in
her tracks and give him such an 'eye"
as Will set the sailors of into mighty
explosions Of homeric laughter. To the
tune of which she moves on haughtily.
her sardine can anklets jangling mer-
! rily as she goes.
Behind the King and Queen walk
the retinue of mermaids, wearing hula
hula skirts made out OF rope. ends, and
eosstasrs In nondsscript gsrmsnts such
- as0. eeeo aayXhssO % Hslloweea.
sost'>-ons Of II n certainly dressed
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" GuA1s
And there are pranks they play.
No doors are stolen, no mule Il
pushed up to the second-story bed
room-but the "fresh fish" are
shaved with q lather Of black grease,
they arc padded with stockings
stuffed with beans, they are dumped
into q tank Of salt water and held
under till they bubble.
And there are feasts for the King
and his Queen-extra cigarettes,
chaw tobacco; In the old days for
the American vessels, rum; forever,
for the foreign vessels, rum.
II custom and tradition give the
carnival Halloween any importance,
then custom and tradition give the
Halloween Of the sea Importance
for II Is as old AZ the bloomin'
squstor itself.
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1hsre Is an ancient legend Of tho
'es which states that until sailor
crosses the equator he isn't o sailor;
ana the same thing holds good for
mere traveller. BY courtesy, even
!. |. traveller, who may really be a den.
''ss or cotton factor, once he has
crossed the line and suffered the at
.'naant ceremony becomes a sailor
~Ue honored by all singing seamen.
mere is also the legend that Nep-
!. sunus Rex lives in the torrid waters.
'ass the seascape all around tho %m-
.s'nary line which surrounds the
ssssh" belongs to this lons-bearded
sod OF the trident.
there is the third legend that this
ss st.en monarch resents visitors. He
sU.esss s. to unknown ones, but only
p provided they are unwilling to face
.as rigorous initiation which he de.
"snds as tribute for privileg. to
ntsr his realm.
an, Hna when boats approach his
realm they are the scenes Of indus. .
,,..a vI' preparations. Old men, for
...' .'u on the gun deck, become
.,..n ,s%s'Fesses with sheets Of colorsd
bls.Ie a Behind ventilators. in the
.aeksmith shop. in the launches.
s.r, ~ absorbed as they never are In
ow %Ssnsnip' SAp' comb out rope into yel-
4" .,., Isss1s and wiss. Old hands ia
~ sual ,"a assume q st~,~ mystsry
- intimidation. AuT
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Finding . passenger near them,
or . young brsnd.new sailor close
by, they will coolly ask one another:
"Was It Hendricks they killed on
the Reliance, Neptune Day, on It's
last v'ysge?" and the young mans
eyes, or the passengers eyes, bulge
out with much Of fear in them.
When Work Doesn't Matter
and Tonfoolery's the Thing
All hands look forward to q
period of gentle license on the ap-
proach toward the equator. They
anticipate the few hours when
skipper and tar will live on the same
level, when work Is . thing Of no
consequence and tomfoolery IL the
order for the day.
Tho night before tho vessel
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King and Queen Amphityite
MIN Nondescrlpt C0urt a
Exact ViSitOrS Toll #
LACKOFCREDEN7IALS
STARTS GRIM ORDEAL
DavY Jones Then FOrever
E*empt5 Traveller From
Paying Tribute

day Of October. 1922. and on inspection
Of our High Lolaralusa. Mrs. Wigss--.
(Here tho unctuous Davy points "a
his companion: Mrs. Wigs herself
captain and gentleman!")
shows that 1t Is high tine that the
above named appear before the high
tribunal of Neptune.
Therefore, I order and command you
to appear before me and my court or
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sharp, and I got summonses here for
all of you to appear before him at that
t!me-to get what's comm to you"
The summons pr!ntcd-and. it must
be admitted. by the ships own company
before the ship sailcd-read something
like this:
Summons
Domain of NeptunUs Rex. at sea,
October 81, 1922.
To ..... L. s. s. Daunt'ess. .....
Captain Phineas Snee. commanding.
Whereas. 1t has been heraldcd by
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch that
the L. $. S. pauntless, on the 3lst