Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-08-17
1t Will Be Different

Apparently some people assume that
The Court Of The Magic Weed, which
will have major part in the Tobacco
Fete at The Charles County Fair. Sept.
2sth and 10Th, will be but reproduce
ton OF the pageant" Magic Weed"
so successfully presented last year.
The management wishes to emphatically
impress upon the public that this years
entertainment will be entirely new and
entirely different.
Tobacco, the magic weed, is so i'm
portant in th e Southern Maryland
scheme OF life, it was deemed most ap-
propriate to adopt and copyright that
title and to use it every year in cele-
bration which it is hoped will grow to
be as popular as the Cherry Blossom
and Apple Blossom and other events
held annually througho the country
The selection and coronation of tine
Queen and her Princesses will be an
annual event, and to this honored
group of maidens, reigning for those
two happy days over The Court Of the
Magic Weed, there will be presented
each year different entertainment.
This year the celebration will COM
mence with the introduction of the sue
cessful aspirants to the throne snd their
installation thereon. AS was stated
last week in these columns, on Friday
the democratic goubernatorial nominee
will have the honor of browning the
queen and on Saturday the republican
gobernetorial nominee will perform the
ceremony. Following short talk by
the candidate the Tobacco Fete program
will swing into action.
Mrs. Kathleen Read Coontz, now so
we'll known by practically all Southern
Marylanders for her successful presen-
tation here during the past three years
and in st. Mary's at the Tercentenary
last June, has delved far back into The
past for the atmosphere OF this years
program. The first number to be
given is an hitherto untold legion OF
the Potobac Indians. The Indian
theme, always interesting and lending
itself to colorful dramatization, has
been taken by Mrs. Coontz and devel-
oped Into a wonderful production.
Mrs. Coontz has really outdone herself
in weaving this beautiful legend Of
Mantle, The Supreme Being of the In
dams, the stately chieftens of the Poto.
hacs. the Yeocomicos, the Piscataways,
the Pamunkeys, and other tribes who
early occupied this fair section, the
staiwart braves and fair Indian maid.
ems, their lives, their loves, their hates,
their fears, into brief scene. To one
who recalls the beauty and solemnity
of Pocohantas' prayer for the white
mans fire, may its ashes never grow
coldr and the heart clutching drama of
that sorrowful but digni6ed trek west
ward from Potobac, as depicted last
year, this years. production may be
looked eagerly to. with the assurance
that for pure artistry Of presentation it
is indispensable.
Lack of space precludes more detail
of the program in this issue but it will
all be delt with next week.
For an explanation of the lack OF
votes being received for the Queen lat
cent vote) one must probably bark
to the history OF the early settling of
Port Tobacco and vicinity, which sets
forth that they were largely Scotch,
and apparently lot of their descen-
dants still exist.
But dom forget the Moonlight Dance
at Chapel Point on Aug, oath,