Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-07-06
(Correspondence Of the BEAcoNl
CHAPTIco, July 3rd 1893

OhAFhlSOi July OIu, 1910.
Messrs. Editors:-At this writing il pleases
US to note another and more important i'm
proyement than has heretofore been emu
merated. The grist mill of Mr. Aubrey
Gardiner is, just at this time, undergoing
internal reconstruction, for the purpose of
supplanting the old, unsatisfactory process,
with the more modern Roller Patent pro-
cess. A step indeed in the line OF progress.
Under the management of this energetic
miller we hear that the capacity of our mill
will be fifty barrels of -four per day, graded
and of as good goods as Baltimore fur
nishes We hope soon to hear of our home
enterprise reaching such magnitude and
degree of perfection as To supply all the
retail trade of the county that can be made
accessible, thereby keeping the money that
is annually drained out of the county for
the purchasing Of this commodity, at home
1t strikes us very forcibly, that the thing
most needed at present 10 elevate our sec
ton and indeed our county from its poverty
ridden condition is a Bank, in which the
people could place implicit confidence, 10
keep our money and our men at home
The exhaustive method of sending every
cent produced here to Baltimore and other
large cities Except little pin money gotten
from the sale Of lambs, calves, poultry,
wool and the like has, and ever will, we
opine. raze the chances of st. Mary's pros
perity, keep her in want, and allow the
vigor and ambition OF her youth To lsnguish
for want Of means and opportunity to
develop. Business is dead without a
liberal circulating currency. The little
that does find its way here through these
promiscuous little checks, is soon assembled
in the hands of our cross-road merchants
returned to the cities TO their benefit, while
we must live on in the same old regime
Here is a good chance for stock company
with good officers at Leonardtown or. Qei
US modestly say at G.
While living under a condition of emo
| tional improvement, we hope that our SUBJ
burban residents and our town will forbeau
with Us for calling attention to the condi
ton of the boulevard running West from
Chaptico. Those who travel along this
thoroughfare when the sap is IN the earth
and mud waist deep should not need any
further reminder, that the great pockets
and receptacles for water should now, when
the soil and the season are ripe, be graded
up, culverts put in and road bed drained
If the county is too poor to do it properly
it would seem in better keeping with civil
lized methods il public spirit and patriotic
motive, would prompt all those who are
compelled to use this road 10 organize a
volunteer corps. appoint the time and con.
tribute each in his way toward the repair
of same. If public spirit and patriotic
motive are wanting we surmise that there
are stronger ard more selfish reasons why
the same should be done The cost oi
feed, flesh, time, patience and exhorbitani
blacksmith bills during these sieges of mud
should be incentive enough 10 induce
prompt response in such cause. The
work should 60 on, be il at the expense OF
the county, or Of those who are benefited
by il. If the former method is taken il
will be done or half done under the op.
pressive system Of taxation; if the latter. by
the use of tools, teams and muscle judi.
ciously applied, home comfort, at presen,
sadly unsought, would be secured, our
credit raised abroad and your real proper
ty ultimately enhanced.
DR.. Hammett, of Washington is down
experimenting the completion of his dwell.
ing. New that the Dr.. has commenced il
We would like to sec the whole bluff line
along the Wicomico, which is so eminently
suitable as scenic dwelling sites dotted
with tasty cottages, thus making our
Wicomico the Hudson of Ms.
Misses Briscoe. of Baltimore and Here
ford, Of West Va, are guests of Miss