Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-05-25
LocalVise and Otherwise.

Last week, scrub nine from Leon
ardtown beat Compton team by q
score Of % 70 4.
Miss Rose Atwell, of Kinsale, Va,
is visiting Miss Edith Evans al
Moore's Hotel, Leonardtown, Md.
Mrs. J. w. Freeman. OF Great
Mills, has returned from an extended
trip to Washington and Frederick
City.
From present indications, the
good old Summer time" has been
side tracked aud may not reach US
on schedule time.
Next Tuesday, May Both. will be
Decoration Day and o legal holiday.
The Bank OF St. Mary's will be
closed on that day.
The ladies of All Faith Parish will
have q play and supper for the bene-
fit of their church about June 5th.
Full particulars in next issue.
There will be game OF baseball
at Leonardtown on Monday, the
18th, instant, between the Charlotte
Hall nine and the Leonardtown team.
At Tuesday evenings meeting oil
the Commissioners OF Leonardtown,
w. Meverell Loker, Esq, was ap-
pointed Commissioner vice Harry
NJ. Jones, resigned.
B. Harris Camalier, Esq, of Leon
ardtown, left Wednesday for Balti-
more to attend the meeting Of the
Democratic State Central Committee.
He will return Saturday.
We invite attention 10 the Ency-
clical Letter of the Pope, published
in this issue. While the letter is OF
special interest to Catholics il may
be read with profit by all denomina-
tons.
Messrs. w. v. Waters, Eugene
Trice, Derby A. Lynch and other
St. Marians, are on a visit 10 Wash
ington. Mr.. Waters was accom-
panied by his daughter, Miss Mary
Waters.
An illustrated Lecture on the
Lives OF the Early Christians-13O
beautiful views-will be given at ST.
Mary's Academy, Leonardtown, May
30, at p. m, and ut st. Joseph s
church, June l, at p. m.
In investigating the mysterious
disappearance of her young turkeys.
Mrs. Jas J. Stone, of 'Tomakokin, -
discovered that calf, that had the
run OF the yard, had been eating
them. The calf was caught in the
act.
w. Meverell Loker, Clerk to the
County Commissioners, is busy pre-.
pairing the levy list for the current
year, but cannot yet tell what the
tax rate will be. Mr.. Loker hopes
to complete the work by next
week.
Mrs. ]. Frank Goldsboro, Mrs. J
J. Norris, Mrs. Dean II. Dawson
Miss Genevieve Hilton, Miss Violet
Raley, accompanied by Messrs. ]
w. Freeman and George Dawson
paid our Office an appreciated visit
last Thursday.
Messrs. ]. Irving Wisner, ]. v
Scheuk and f. d. Christhelf, of the
Highway Division, Maryland Geo
logical Survey, are making the pre-
liminary surveysof St. Mary road:
to determine cost of contemplated
improvements.
The annual May procession at Oul
LAdy's Chapel, Medley's Neck, tool
place on last Sunday afternoon. Mis-:
Lillian Raley was Queen Of the Ma,
and Maud and Annie Norris, Maid:
of Honor. Many children walked il
the procession.
L. e. Mumford. Esq, President
the L. <. Mumford Banking Com
pany, OF Cape Charles, Va, and o
the First National Bank of st. Ma
rvs, was in Leonardtown last Sun
day and Monday. His many friend
here were pleased to see him.
Minnie Washington. colored, wa
arrested last Saturday charged will
stealing clothing from VIM. c. Mat
tingly, of Leonardtown. She wa
given q hearing before Justice 10
F. Morgan and committed to Jail t
await the action of the Grand Jury
Charles Z. Sterling, of Cap
Charles, Va, has located at Miller
Wharf, st. Inigo's district, and ISL
charge of the business of the 81
Mary's Packing & Manufacturing
Co., at that point. We welcome Mr
Sterling to st. Mary's and wish hin
great success.
The Baltimore Sun has recent
celebrated it's xty-eighth birthday
The San do move" for it grows i
vigor with each succeeding year an