Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-03-05
LocalWiSe and Otherwise.


Attend Spring opening of L. A.
Jones q Son March II, Is, 10 and
90
Miss Bernadine Russell is on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. Abel Arms.
worthy
Miss Madge Fenwick, of Leonard
town, who has been visiting friends
in Baltimore, has returned home.
Mrs. Joseph f. Neal, of Leonard
town, has returned from Baltimore,
and is much improved in health.
If you want a good stew or scald
of oysters during Court, go to vi
ett's. He gets them every day and
they are prime.
On our first page we print an in
teresting sketch of the loss of the
the Schooner "St. Mary s." ante
Lenten Festivities and Mortuary
Tributes.
Mr. and Mrs. William f. Green
well, Miss Madge Greenwich and
Mrs, b. b. Camalier and Mr. A. f.
Fenwick, all of Leonardtown, visit
ed Baltimore last week.
Since Sunday, our Mr., King has
been confined to his bed by Slight
attack of pleurisy, and in conse-
quence we have been unable TO get
into type a report OF the proceedings
of the Farmers Institute.
Read the announcement of Saul
Levinson, the Baltimore jeweler.
During March Court he will bring
a choice lot Of jewelry to Leonard
town, and will also be prepared to
do all repair work in his line.
MIR. and Mrs. Jeremiah Elms, Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Elms, William
Elms and Misses Honora and Ruth
Elms, all of Carroll county, have
moved to Prospect Hill, " the es-
tate Of George f. Pabst, near Leon
ardtown.
Capt. Walter Wise and wife, Miss
Edith Evans and Derby A. Lynch,
Esqr., of Leonardtown, are visiting
Baltimore On his return, Captain
Wise will bring Frank Dent : new
steam yacht TO Town Creek " on
the PatuXent.
Strenuous efforts are being made
to secure telephone communication
in St. Nary and it is likely to
come, for the point has been reached
where if an outside company does
not build the line our people will do
it themselves.
Joseph 7. Cough, Of Nun S Oak, 4"
who has been quite sick, is conva-
lescing Mr.. Cough is a typical
gentleman Of the old school and one
of the best and purest men in the
county. We wish him a speedy res
toration to health,
G. j. Clements have torn down
the old house, belonging to Judge
Joseph H. Key, situate below Town
Hill, and will replace it with a new
one. The building is an old land
mark and the Oldest inhabitant does
not remember when il was not old.
We hope the road supervisors will
be put TO work on the bad places IN
the roads as soon as possible. II
they be mended as soon as good
Spring weather comes and have all
Summer TO pack they will better
stand the rains and freezes Of Win
ter.
1t may be a long time vet until the
newspapers get the people educated
up TO the custom OF signing their
name to communications sent In for
publication. tits not necessary that
the name be given for publication,
but the publishers should know who
their contributors are,
Captain Maddox, Of the Bessie
Jones, " arrested last week the fol
lowing parties for having small oys-
tiers in their possession: Jno. Stems,
Joseph Stems, JOS. Johnson, Ernest
Yates, Richard Lee, Ollie Countiss,
George Carter, Hanlon Hayden,
Thomas Carroll, Frank Chase, NJ
Hill, John Thomas and Alton Riggs.
The recent Farmers Institute in
the Court House, Leonardtown, was
the most successful one ever held in
st. Mary's. The weather was good
and representative farmers from the
different hundreds attended. The
speakers we're earnest, practical
men, who had secured their knowl-
edge of the subjects they treated in
the school of experience, and the at
tention given and questions asked