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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
Married.

Mr.. George Edward Goddard, son
of Francis Marion Goddard, former
sheriff Of this county. and Emily @.
Goddard, nee Joy, both deceased
and Miss Mabel Catharine Bates of
Montreal, Canada, were quietly
married at Norfolk. Va, on the
evening Of April 23rd last. Mr..
Goddard was o former resident of
this county, and is quite well known
here, and the bride-elect for the
past several years has been a resi-
dent of Norfolk, Va, at the home of
her parents. Mr.. Goddard, for the
past several years has been connect
ed with the Norfolk Landmark, q
daily newspaper published as Nor
folk, Va, and one Of the best known
and widely circulated news mediums
In the State Of Virginia.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21

An old and intimate friend Of Capt.
Thomas furnishes us with the fol-
lowing tribute to his memory:
On the night of May IA, 1903. at
his beautiful and historic home Mat
tapany, on the Patuxent, Captain
George Thomas, in the 6Sth year Of
his age, passed from time into eter-
nifty.
An admirable and most devoted
wife with six sons and two daugh-
ters were at his bedside when he
yielded up his soul to Him who gave
it. Capt. Thomas father was the
late Richard Thomas, who, sixty
years and more ago. was one Of the
very prominent sons of the mother
county, and was, for o number of
terms, President Of the Senate of
Maryland, and largely endorsed, on
more than one occasion as the most
available candidate Of the Wing par
ty for Governor of the State. Capt.
Thomas married Miss Ellen Ogle,
daughter of the late Rev. Upton and
Louisa Ogle Beall. He was buried
in the classic cemetery of old St
Mary's City and large multitude
had assembled to see him couched in
this venerable resting place OF the
dead. The writer Of this very in
adequate tribute claimed the old and
staunch friendships privilege of
casting into the gaping grave the
first shovelful of earth, and as he
did so the thought obtruded itself
upon him there lies in that grave
more congested knowledge now lost
to the world, than was ever buried
In this consecrated ground at any
one time since Leonard Calvert
planted his colony here. Natural
ly, one who is rapidly approaching
four score years, unless he has led
the life of a recluse or an anchorite,
has met and coayersed with many
men, but | think / have rarely in
my life known q man who was SO
well fortified with knowledge from
the classics down to the affairs Of
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
ST. INIGO'S ITEMS.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Clouds--cirrus, stratus and Gu
mulus-are frequently seen, but we
look in vain for tie nimbus. Weeks
have elapsed since rain has visited
this section. Even heat lightning
has not been seen for sometime.
Phosphorescence, one of the most
beautiful of marine phenomena, is
also emitted, not profusely however,
by firefiies and as dark nights pre-
vail these mimic lights, some occur
ring simultaneously and others al
ternating, relieves the monotony.
The signs are favorable for the
domestic wine makers and, barring
unforeseen accidents, the vintage
will be large. Messrs. John S. Jar
Doe and John B. Courtney are the
principal makers of wine for home
use.
Schools are progressing well.-
Some pupils seemingly take little
pains with their compositions, yet
they compose remarkably we'll for
their age. They remind US of Dick
ems, who declared that he did not
invent his work. II see and write
il down. he said.
Merchants meet one with a smile
and carpenters find work to do.
Max Shuman, one of our leading
merchants, is having his store house
enlarged, and carpenter Cecil is do
ing the work.
This is the land OF the holly or
holm oak. Is it not a tree dear to
the lover of nature? There is one
near Scotland postofiice on the farm
Of Mr. Alex. Langley, which sur
passes any tree of its kind that we
have seen in our travels. tits large,
tall and shaped like cone, symmet
rical as cotopaxi. Its clusters OF
scarlet berries are very striking,
while the glory of its bright. green
leaves isa ioy to those who reside
near it. Really il remains the des-
pair, to US, of sylvan description.
Mrs. George w. Drury and son,
Rob, are visiting friends in Balti-
more, and Mr.. and Mrs. Parkhurst,
of Pittsburg, Pa, are guests of Mrs.
A. S. Benville, Tall Pine.
Well, both men and boys have
commenced TO catch and ship the
spider-formed scavengers of the sea
crabs.
Gnats and mosquitoes galore in
in the st. Jerome's Neck section.
Wheat over there is rapidly head
ing and Messrs. Otto Trossbach,
Joseph Richardson, Calvert Raley
and others ara in bouyant spirits in
view of large yields.
The Weems' Lineof steamers tina,
callat Miller's, Grason s and Bronze
wharves carry large consignments
of lambs, pigs. poultry, etc., to Bal.
timore, and so far as we know re.
munerative figures are realized by
consignors.
Sunday schools do much good.
Children are taught the way to Heav
en- and that prayer expires on the
threshold of holland the damned are
there forever.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
The Finger OF Scorn.

The Drama. The Finger of Scorn
will be given at All Saints Mission,
near River Springs, May 26 and q,
instant. Doors open at 7.3O. p. N.
Admission % cents. Refreshments.
The performers will be: Messrs.
Frank Foxwell, Edw. Petherbridge,
William Mewshaw, Harry Palmer,
Joseph Faunce, William Hogge,
Misses Leila Palmer, Julia Huseman,
Fanny ]. Dent. Lillian Dent.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
Too Great a Risk.

In almost every neighborhood
someone has died from an attack of
collie or cholera morbus. often be-
fore medicine could be procured or
q physician summoned. A reliable
remedy for these diseases should be
kept at hand. The risk is too great
for anyone TO take. Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rene
dy has undoubtedly saved the lives
of more people and relieved more
pain and suffering than any other
medicine in use. It can always be
depended upon. For sale by Will
lam +. Greenwel |, Leonardtown.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
Saint Maru's Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
Capt. Thomas Dead.

Captain George Thomas died at his
home, Mattapany, Bay District, on
the nightof Thursday, May II, 1908.
Death was due TO paralysis. The
remains were buried Saturday, Ia
the graveyard Of ST. Mary's Chapel,
St. Mary's City. bis six sons acting
as pall-bearers. The funeral SER
vices, in the Chapel, were conduct
ed by Rev. Willard Il. Minnick, Rec
tor, Miss de Febrittis singing with
tender pathos Lead Kindly Light. -
While Rev. Upton b. Thomas, son
of the deceased, was reading the
services at the grave the choir feel
ingly sang Nearer My God 10
Thee.
George Thomas was born on the
lower portion of Mattapany estate
in August 1885. He was educated
at the University of Virginia and
later studied law, but never prac-
ticed his profession. At the out
break of the War Between the States
he enlisted in the First MARYLAND
Infantry, c. s. A. AS Lieutenant
of Captain VIM. II. Murray's COM
pany he bore gallant part in the
fight at Harrisonburg, June 6, 1867,
when the First Maryland Confeder1
ate Regiment, under Col. Bradley
7. Johnson, defeated the Pennsyl-
vania "Bucktail Rifles" With the
same company then with the Second
Maryland Infantry, Stewards bril-
gade he took part in the desperate
assault on Culp's Hill, Gettysburg,
when his regiment planted the first
Confederate flag on that eminence,
losing over half it's men in killed
and wounded. Captain Murray was
among the killed and Lieutenant
Thomas received bullet wound in
his thigh.
After his recovery from his wound
he was promoted to captain and as
sumed command of Capt. Murray's
company. Attic battle Of Pegram S
farm. during the final siege of Rich
mOnd, he was again wounded in a
charge. A bullet passed completely
through his face, SCATTERING the jaw
and incapacitating him for further
service in the field. From that time
until the close of the war he held a
position in the Ordnance Depart
ment.
Since the war Captain Thomas re-
sided on his estate, near the mouth
of the Patuxent River. From 1876
To 1888 he was School Examiner of
st. Mary's county and his admins
tration Of the Office contributed
great deal TO the present high state
of efficiency of our public schools.
Capt. Thomas married Mss Ellen
Beall, daughter of the late Rev. Up
ton Beall, a Protestant Episcopal
clergyman Of Norfolk, Va. She sur
wives him, with six sons and two
daughters. The sons are Messrs.
John Ii. Thomas, of New York
Rev. Upton Beall Thomas, of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vir-
Der of the Baltimore bar; Edward
o. Thomas, of New York Matthews
Merrick Thomas, a student at the
Episcopal Seminary at Alexandria,
Va, and Brooke Thomas, of Malta
pany. Misses Lulu and Katherine
Thomas, of Mattapany, are the
daughters.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
ANY CHURCH or parsonage

ANY CHURCH or parsonage or
institution supported by volun-
tary contribution will be given a lib
eral quantity Of the LOngman & Mar
tinez Pure Paints whenever they
paint.
MORE: Have done SO for twenty sew
en- years. Sales: tens of millions of
gallons; painted nearly two million
houses under guarantee to repaint
il not satisfactory. The paint wears
for periods up TO eighteen years.
Linseed Oil must be added to the
paint (done in two minutes). Actu-
al cost then about $1.25 q gallon.
Samples free. Sold By our Agents.
C. L. PALMER, Palmers; ]. G.
CRADDocK, Jarboesville; g. W.
JOHNSON. Solomons. 16 Pm.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

Messrs Editors - Please annouace In your
valuable paper the name Of Mr. KEMPER A.
ftkTT - suitable candidate for the once Of
County Treasurer FOR 81. hary's county. Mr.
Welt u true and tried Democrat ana good
man Tor the D. siti0n, and viii be warmly sup
March 81 vOTRa
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21

Divine Service at the residence of
Mrs. Sarah A. Dana Hodgdon near
Milestone on Thursday. May %. at
III O'Clock q. N. The public invited.
WILLARD F. MISSIcE,
Rector.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21

have several hundred yards of to-
bacco bed cotton which they intend
selling. This is your opportunity
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
GARRISON. &C

RECORD. 2ssss. TRIAL 2:i7i. will make ne
season In St Msry's.
wiz he In Lenn9rdfowa every second weak
beGtnDin9 April fst. Wednesday and Thursday
The seFyicss ef this standard Bred sfaii0n
can be had for ~ % season. Insurance Ees
All pers sDs wishing 90 brsed can ohlain a.
formation from the address.
z. DAVIS. CharIotts Hall.
or wM- HAWKINS. Groom.
AnFfl fG-4u.4
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
Hotel Lawrence.
LEoMARpTowN, Nd.

In first-class order. Good table
accommodations. $50 perday. Spe-
cial prices by the week or month.
Stables and good care taken Of the
horses. A. A. LAWRENCE
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21

HAVING catered into O copartnership for
the manufacture and sale Of BRICKS n Han
ever Mills, we desire TO notify the public that
we viii honcefoFfh have on hand brsck of all
grades, which Ne viii ssIi at lowest prices fsr
cash.
FRANCIS y. GREENwgLL
Wn. J. HEARM.
March tiff
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
Have You Horses to Sell?
HAVE you HORSES TO BUyf n

srite me What yon have 70 ofser Or M
what you want I buy and sell horses and
mules of every description: also. new and Sec
ond-h hand carriages. buggies and harness. and
can at all times give fhe best value II you
don't think %. inst give me . trial and he con-
WINGED that j can save you money In buying.
when In Baltimore you can end me a. the
Maltby House. Pratt street. near Light street
or Q letter will receive prompt attention.
when you anticipate buying or selling. there
ID q big Geld 20 select from. and always 4 large
demand for sound country horses.
WALTER JONES. haItby House.
Feb le-tff 49,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21

Preaching, Sunday, May =, ut
Mechanicsv:lle. At 3 p. m, and at
Bethel. 7:3O p. IN; also preaching Al
Bethel. Sunday. May 81, u 1880 q.
m. T. G. NEvITT,
T. h. NEvITT,
Pastors.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21

Having associated myself with the HIlwau.
nish my friends and patrons with the basf and
iightsst draft MACHINE on the market N
you thiLk of buying machine you Will make
q postal.
March f2-r3m; Va.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
Max L. MilliSOn,
1 ennardt0Wn Merchant

is selling of his stock of goods at
cost. such as Clothing and Shoes, a
little under cost. so come at once
and get the BARGAINS / am sci:
ling out on account of removing 10
my new place, which belonged 70
the late DIR. Charles Combs. corner
Washington and Madison streets,
Leonardtown.
NJ. L. MILLISON.
May 7-3w.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-05-21
uMBER.

All lumber guaranteed to be as
represented and to give satisfaction.
1t will pay you to consult me be-
fore buying.
Good lumber always on hand.
Come and see me.
Mill on left side OF road leading
from Leonardtown to Hillville, ON
Clover Hill Farm.
Am prepared to furnish all kinds
OF lumber on shortest notice and
the lowest price. Address all or
ders to
During my absence in Baltimore
WM. Ii. TURNER will attend TO the
business.
MICHAEL KELLY,
Leonardtown or Oakville,
st. Mary's county, Md.
April Tiff
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-13

Week and the attendance of country
people is large with more liberal buy
ing than usual at retail stores. They
report conditions III the country good.
on the present basis of prices for crops.
The farmers have money for all Of
their immediate needs, and collections
are reported above the average. Among
the visitors are a number of country
merchants. who have left orders in all
general lines. Jobbing houses are
pushed to the limit in getting out their
orders. In several instances the forces
Of packers and clerks have been almost
doubled. The fall trade is the heaviest
in the history of the city, especially in
shoes. dry goods, millinery, hats. hard
ware and groceries. but there has also
been decided gain in clothing ana
some of the minor lines that have not
shown 70 advantage during the last ten
years. All indications point to reduced
stocks in the country, and TO restock
ing is due the liberal orders.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-13

~ to the preparatory schools. 1t Is
wrong to center energies upon college
standards in q high school course If
grade work is sacrificed thereby, for the
needs of the 80 per cent are paramount
to the needs OF the minority.
Business men of today complain that
the school boys or girls coming into
their Offices are deficient in the rudi-
ments Of an education They can't spell,
they can't iigure accurately or rapidly,
their ability 70 compose intelligent let
ters is weak, yet they may have had a
term at German. another at trigonomc-
try, biology or chemistry. No one can
intelligeutly find fault with these studies
In themselves. for each serves a useful
purpose. but the danger lies in spend
ing too great Il portion of public school
money and effort on the high school at
the expense OF the best work in the
fundamentals of the grades. Educate
fer citizenship rather than prepare
for college should be the aim of public
school work
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-13
luriru Enesda ctuh g. 1919

tied by and contained all of the worst
elements of Tammany. both In Boss"
Tweed's and Croker's days of power.
The Ackley Phonograph "deprecates
personalities" as follows:
The frenzy and froth of the Citizen
quill-pusher is agonizing. He will
have to be committed to an asylum for
the feeble minded before the campaign
is over. He can't distinguish between
personal abuse and legitimate argu-
ment. He never reiished brain food,
but his dietary is evidently stale but
termilk. spoiled pickles, etc. Say.
Nick, wash the dirt out of your ears
just once. scrub your filthy teeth AMI
change the socks you have worn all
summer and you will look and smell
better; then you can turn your atten-
ton to filling the empty cavity in your
Uranium. The Photograph deprecates
personalities; however. If the upstart
doesn't desist from his sewer effusions,
we will turn aside from our usual
course to kick the NANCY cur. Mitter-
ers official record is as noisome as the
Citizen publishers methods of defend
ing it. Funk's ediiorship of the Citi-
zen invites retaliatory measures"
Travelling men say that just at the
present time the merchants of Hardin
county have no time TO buy goods.
They are too busy talking politics.
Il - MA14A.r
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-13
TOPICS OF I lfr-
TINES = = a

1t speaks well for Iowa when the
newsgatherer finds a good slug. story
in the increase of savings banks in the
state.
Prominent railroad organs once
called the T.-R. democratic. because
it supported Il candidate not OF their
choosing but.th T.-R has yet to keep
the republican campaign committee
working nights to answer it's attack
upon the republican ticket from the
rear
An eastern paper remarks: 1.-TWO
men have been arrested for stealing
paving blocks, but the men who stole
the streets underneath are still at large
and the same truism applies in ev-
cry other community. The public con-
science needs an awakening to the faes
that much of what is known as modern
ing. Captain Kidd, were he living to-
day. would undoubtedly have his pie
ture in the magazines as captain OF
industry
Two years have passed since the
world has been watching a real war
and it would not be surprising if pow
der would be burned in the orient. En-
gland, at least, thinks there is some
thing to worry about,
In welcoming address to the sew
enth annual convention of the Grain
Dealers National Association. at Min
neapolis, Governor Van SAINT remarked
on Minnesota's progress In grain
growth and referred to the enormous
amount of butter produced in that sta lie
last year, 100000 pounds He said
Minnesota was longer the Gopher
commonwealth, but the Dread and but
ter state.
II 1t has taken 100 years to reduce
the mile trotting record from three
minutes to two minutes how long will
trot nile in 0?
The report of the comptroller of New
Jersey, just filed for the nine months
of the year, shows that fees collected
from new corporations have amounted
to $24S,ssa. for the period BY the
plain statement OF it's authorities the
state is here to do business. They
say that If the state OF New Jersey
didn't get the trade of the corporations
some other state would. And new
Jersey has been good to the corpora
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-13
THE AGE OF GRAFT.
lDes Moines Capital

The mania for graft seems to have
entered every strata of society and Is
manifesting itself in every walk of life.
Why is il that people are no longer
content to accept legitimate compen-
sation as the fruit for their labors. It
is graft in the high places, graft in the
low places, graft in the church, graft
in the state-graft, graft, graft.
Things have come to that pass that
even the lawful execution of gang OF
criminals cannot be carried out, unat-
tended by graft. One of the keepers In
the New York penitentiary has been
suspended for selling the contents of
letters written by the three Van Worm
err brothers, who met their death In the
electric chair in that state a few days
ago.
Philadelphia. Minneapolis and St.
Louis have just passed thru the most
astounding experiences with people
whose whole ambition and aim in life
was graft.
In Washington the grand jury has
made phenomenal discoveries OF graft.
Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago
declares that the western metropolis
is honey -conbed with graft.
We cite all these different cases to
show that graft is utterly non partisan,
that it is alike the humiliation and dis
grace of all parties, and that the duty
of administering the most drastic pun
ishment upon the guilty is respons-
ibility which rests upon all the people
regardless of political affiliation.
1t is well and proper to adhere TO
the most exalted standards OF character
and efficiency in maintaining the pup
lie service but when the tlme-t tried ana
trusted betray the public confidence III
order to add to their private gam. the
public is confronted with the most DIS
courasing feature of the " aole trouble.
The only possible remedy Is 10 SO
thoroly and publicly brand the graft
er that SO long as he lives he will stand
as a solemn warning to those who are
terl1Ijtel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-13
SPENDING SCHOOL MONEY.

The board of tax levy and the school
board In the city of Minneapolis are at
logger heads over the apportionment
OF school monies, and since their con-
tention involves questions of vital inn
portanee to every community the dis
cussions have attracted outside inter
est. In Minneapolis the tendency OF
school development has been toward a
great expense In the high school grades
and when the board of tax levy de-
manded statement of the relative cost
OF high schools and grade schools it
was discovered that the high schools
per cent of the whole number of pu-
pills were getting II per cent of the
school money; that two years before
the city was paying SOL year for each
high school pupil and 1870 per year
for each pupil In the first grade.
This proportion is probably not
greatly different than prevails In most
c1tieS, Out the cuuulllou IL reveals Is
not satisfactory. High school instruc
ton necessarily costs more than grade
instruction and classes are necessarily
smaller, but when 1t is considered that
80 per cent Of school children never ge.
beyond the grades 1t becomes of para
mount Importance to take care of the
grade instruction first. The primary
object of public school instruction
should be to fit young people for the
ordinary work or life, to make good
citizens out of raw material Especially
should this object prevail In large
cities. where the raw material IS often
Of most unpromising character
Higher education should be left large
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-13

ficulty in experimental research for the
organisms which cause scarlet fever
and measles Is that animals are not
susceptible to them.
AT a Philadelphia nurses training
school there has been inaugurated a
movement looking to the placing of a
trained nurse at the disposal of every
community thruoutthcs state without re-
gard to the ability of the recipients
of their attention to pay. The work
is under the supervision of the National
Red Cross.
In Colorado the Denver Union Water
Company, at a distance of about fifty
miles from Denver, is constructing a
dam which will be 227 feet in height,
and form barrier to reservoir OF an
area of S74 acres, containing twenty
six billions of gallons.