The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-21
BREvITIEs

The ladies or Eplpnany Cnurcf
Forestville, will hold rummage sale al
Armstrong on Friday and Saturday
April g. h and 29th.
Mr.. Francis Wyvill, of Wilkes
Barre. Pa, has been visiting relatives
here. Mr.. WyviIl is attending Mt. St.
| Mary's College, Emmittsburg.
There will be card party and dance
in Gibbons Hall on Saturday, April
22nd. for the benefit of st. Mary's
Church. Good Prizes. Darroch' 9
Orchestra. =,
There will be 'Spling Dance"
at the St. Barnabas Hall, Iceland, on
Saturday, April 29th, at $50 T. M. Tor
the benefit of the Church. Prize dane
ing: homemade refreshments for sale.
Omission SO cents. Darrock's music
There will be plav entitled His
old Sweetheart" and reading by Miss
Josephine Hopkins at the M. w. A.
Hall. Mitchellville, Friday, April 70,
at 8 o. m. Given for the benefit OF MT.
Oak Church. Come and spend de-
liehtful evening. Admission 30 cents.
Ice cream and cake for sale.
The Marlboro High School team
defeated the Surrattsville team on
Tuesday by a score of IA to z. The
surrattsville volley Ball team which
accompanied the baseball team here
defeated the local yolley ball team by
a score of % to II.
-Quartely meeting services at
Brookfield M. E. Church. Sunday Aprii
90. beginning at 10. 80 A. M. Preach
ing at IL a. m. by Rev. H. M. Wells,
D, D., followed by Sacrament OF the
Lords Supper.
"A bill imposing literacy test for
voters has been signed by Gov. Miller
of New York. The test will be ad-
ministered either by the reading OF
cards slips before an election Inspector
or by the presentation of certificate
of literacy signed by the principal or
head of any school recognized by the
5tateDepartment of Education.
A play entitled ''The Spell of the
Image" will be presented by the senior
class of Marlboro High School in Mas
onic Hall, this town on Saturday even
ing. April 29th. beginning at +. M.
Dancing after the play. Darrock's
orchestra.
The sale of county road mules at
tracted a large crowd on Tuesday.
Some of these were fine animals ana
though they sold from $50 to 500 EACH
thew we're cheap enough at those figur-
%. The % animals brought $140S.
Sincere sympathy is felt for MRS.
Nicholas Orem whose brother. Edward
). Harper, was drowned at Easton'
Md. on Monday morning. he ana
Flayius E. Fairbanks, who also drown
d. in some way fell from motor
BOAT into the Miles River. Mr.. Har-
DER leaves a large family.
The county commissioners OF
lumber of the counties of the state
are being notified by the State Tax
that new assessment OF
the county must be made prior to the
evy of 1928. Under the present law
Il seems the State Tax Commission
nas the authority to order new as
,essment Of any county or counties and
the County Commissioners to
provide for the cost. 1t is hardly like
~ that a new assessment will be Or
Tered in this county atthis time, as we
understand there are five districts in
the county that have not yet been re-
assessed from the last assessment or
tered. These remaining districts
should be reassessed as early as is
though, because it is unfair
co the balance of the county to be pay
no taxes on an assessment made while
everything was valued at wartime
prices, while those not. yot reassesseo
are paying on the old prewar vaiua-
lions.