The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-09-29
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selected for the Democratic State
Central Committee. Gen. Joseph b.
Seth, Richard S. Dodson, Sydney J..
Cooper and w. J. Hopkins; alternates,
H. Warf1eld Hambleton, Thomas M.
Cooper, Edward T. Dudley and Harry
Howeth.
Baltimore.-Federal income tax col
lections in the Baltimore district for
third quarterly payments totaled $3,-
048,771.81 at the close Of business Sat
urday. Collections have been coming
in since the first of the month, mostly
mailed. No great rush is expected,
the last payment day of the quarter,
since the bulk of the schedules have
been returned.
Oakland.-The Oakland grammar
school building was partially wrecked
by fire Saturday, and it will be a
month or six weeks before repairs can
be made. In the meantime, the chill
dren of this school will attend classes
in the high school building. The fire
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several rooms and the heavy timbers
supporting the roof.
Ba1timore.-Stock at the State
forest nursery, College Park, profited
from the abundant summer rains and
is in splendid shape for setting out
this fall, F. w. Besley, State Forester,
announced. Small pine, spruce and
larch seedlings will be sold, some for
less than cent apiece, Mr.. lBesley
said. Well-developed elm, oak, ash,
plane and maple for roadside planting
may be had for less than 81 apiece.
Baltimore.-Three contracts were
let by the State Roads Commission
for construction to be undertaken this
year. They were: Hartford county
Dublin toward Whiteford, 1.0S miles,
concrete, Sutton Contracting Com
pany, Philadelphia, s3S,216. Calvert
county-Prince Frederick toward Hol-
land Point, 400 miles, gravel, Thomas
Mullan, Baltimore, s29,276. Prince
Georges county-Forestyille toward
Ritchie, 2.O1 miles, gravel, e. r. p.
Smith, $16,355.
Annapolis.-The presence of five
members of the Ku Klux Klan enrobed
In white bearing aloft cross emblaz-
oned with three large candles, fea-
tured the Sunday evening services fn
the Baptist Church at Eastport. An
address and sermon, in which the
ideals and principles of the Klan were
discussed, was delivered by the Rev.
John G. Ford, pastor of the Baptist
Church, at Brooklyn, Anne Arundel
county, who has been an ardent ex-
ponent of the organization. Incident.
ally, it was announced that the Rev.
John Howard Eager, of Baltimore, act
ing minister of the Eastport Church, is
q klansman. The church was filled by
a congregation that established a nu-
merical record, for it had been an
nounced that a sermon on the Khan
would be the topic of the evening.
Rockville.-At a community meet
ing held in the Meeting House of the
Society of Friends at Sandy Spring,
this county, and attended by the con.
gregations of the Episcopal Church at
Olney, the Burtonsville Methodist
Episcopal Church, the Colesville Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, the
Goshen Methodist Episcopal Church
South and the Spencerville Free Meth
odist Church and many members Of
the Society of Friends and others, q
resolution was unanimously passed
urging Judge Edward c. Peter, of the
Circuit Court for the county, and
Judge Samuel Riggs, the county Po-
lice Court. to impose Imprisonment
sentences in addition to fines in all
bootIegging cases. The resolution de-
clares it to be a matter of common
knowledge that both the Volstead law
and the county local option laws are
being fiagrantly violated and that the
profits of the bootlegger are so great
that fine is virtually no more than a
moderate license fee.
Baltimore.-In addition to balloting
for Senator and members of the House
of Representatives at the general cleo
tion on November 7, voters of Mary
land will pass upon five constitutional
amendments. Two of these amend
ments are designed to obtain in
creased representation for Baltimore
City in the General Assembly by Great
ing two more legislative districts,
which will send to Annapolis two
more Senators and IL members of the
House of Delegates. Another amend
ment is to extend the political rights
of women, making them eligible for all
public Offices; another is the fewer
elections amendment, and the fifth is
to extend the term and increase the
salary of the State Comptroller. In
Baltimore City the ballots also will
carry a referendum on the proposed
loan of S15,000,00O for schools. If Pc
titions demanding submission to the
voters of the question of unicameral
City Council receive the requisite num-
Der Of signatures and are filed in time
that matter also will go on Baltimore
ballots Several counties will have
referendums on local loans for road
and school purposes and floating in
debtedness. The largest proposed
loan is $3,00O,O00 for Baltimore coun-
ty roads and schools.
Rockville.-The Montgomery County
Police Court report shows that during
June and July a total of s6,643 was
collected in fines, collaterals, costs,
etc.
Baltimore-Paul Hallwig, has just
completed at his studio, II West Null
berry street, portrait in oil of the
late Peter J. Campbell, for several
years President of the Maryland Sen
ate, that is shortly to be hung in the
State House at Annapolis. Three
quarter life-size, the painting shows
Mr Campbell seated In an easy. char
acteristic attitude,