Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-02-05

COUNTY NEWS.
LocalTise and Otherwise.

Kennedy Abel. d Georgetow,
College, spens q few days with hi,
parents, this town.
Il Misses Laura. HOLINESS and Agne.
Ching, Of this town. rho have beer
iquise sick. are convalescing.
Miss III. v. Copsey and sister
jeanette, of this county, are visiting
their cousin. Miss Lydia Davis, neal
Marshall Hall.
There will be q Moving Picture
Exhibition at the Church at New
town on Wednesday evening, Feb
ruary IL, at O'Clock.
Last week, Mrs. Carroll Knight
of "Hatfield's 8 Hail." caught large
hen hawk in a figure four" trap
and killed the bird with a club.
The Commissioners and Orphans
Courts are TO meet next Tuesday,
the 10th instant. The Levy Cour,
will likely award the contract for
building Chaptieo bridge at the
meeting.
Jackson Redman, aged 7S years,
died at his residence in the End dis
trict, on Saturday, January 81, 1903.
Mr.. Redman was q worthy and a
respected citizen, and a wide circle
regrets his death.
| A break in the star w heel gearing
of the BEACON press delayed the
mailing Of the greater portion OF
our last week s issue. Weare striv-
ing earnestly to catch up, however,
and hereafter hope to be, as usual,
on time.
f. Oscar Morgan, of Leonardtown,
has purchased all of Benedict b.
Loves real estate at Morganza as
well as the stock of goods in the
store. Mr.. Morgan contemplates
opening the store with G. Morgan
| hnlgnt In charge.
The partnership heretofore ex-
listing between William f. Green
well and Joseph B. Drury in the
mercantile business at Leonardtown
has been dissolved by mutual con-
sent. Mr.. Greenwell will continue
the business at the old stand.
George +. Abel, of California, has
bargained to buy the lot and resi-
dence of the late Ann E. Abel, sit
uate on Lawrence Avenue, Leon
ardtown. We are informed that Mr..
Abel purchased the property for
Mrs. Spencer c.. Viett, Leonard
town.
McCully Brothers advertise in
this issue their Moving Picture
Show. Read the advertisement and
attend the entertainment. This is,
without doubt, the best show of it's
kind ever given in Southern Mary
land, and moreover it is run by nome
talent.
We have received a letter from an
esteemed Hermansville correspon-
dent complaining of our failure to
print a communication of local in
terest sent in by him. No one in
our Office can recall the receipt of
any such letter and we ere satisfied
it was never received. We are al
was anxious to get local news and
to print it.
Joseph !. Cough, lately a purser
on the Weems' Line Steamers, has
resigned his position and has formed
a co-partnership in the mercantile
business with Edgar Yates at Abel s
wharf. Joe is one Of the most pop
ular men in our county and so is his
partner. They will no doubt do a
fine business.
Capt. Joseph Smith, of the Steam
er Potomac, and Mr.. George Bailey,
Of Kinsale, Virginia, have bought
the Miller's wharf property on
Smiths Greek, st. Inigo's district,
and will start a canning factory
there. Both gentlemen are of fine
business ability and we have no
doubt of their success. We need
the same kind of enterprise In this
neighborhood.
Capt. John S. Hebb, Of Baltimore,
lis now preparing to build a canning
factory on his farm adjoining Car
thagena Greek, in the End district
of this county, and is contracting
with farmers OF his section TO plant
1.-TWO or three hundred acres in to-
matoes. Theaverage yield per acre
is about eight tons, for which he
will pay $6.25 per ton, delivered.
Capt. Edward Ford, of the firm of
Webster, Ford & Co.. Of Baltimore,
was down last week canvassing the
1st and End districts in the interest
of this factory. Capt. Hebb is well
known to many OF our people and
the peopleof Valley Lee district are
fortunate in having him with them.
He recently resigned as president
of the hoard Of MARYLAND Pilots.