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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
and WASHINGTON.

BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON.
Steamers leave Baltmore, Pier Q. Light Street.
at T NJ every Tuesday. THURSDAY and gatnf.
daV. for the following River LandinRa Alex
audfia ana washington;
Mlller'a, nrome'e, Porto hello. 9raeonss. coans
Bundioka. WAlhut Point. Iownrt'n. Lewisettns
Lodge Landing, Mundy's Point. Kineale, Bond
Point. Lvnch'G Point. Adams, piney P0lJt.
LeonerdtoWD. Abeli's. Towards, Cobium'e
stones, BuehwODd, Lanoasfer'a, Rivefaide.
Liverpool Point. Giym0nk. Alexandria arriV-
INK ID washington early Monday. Thursday
aud Saturday mOrafngB.
Returning. HfeGlnef win leave 7th street.
wharf. Wnshinnton. .. C.,. every sunday
lowing river landings aud Baltimore:
Alekaudrla, uiymOnt liverpool Point. HiF-
ersloe, Eastwood, Lanoaeter's. H0wagd'e, Co
bruins stones LoOnaFdtown, Abell'e. piaey
Points Adam9, Lodge Landing Munday'n
Point, ktnsaie. Bond Point Lynch'H Point.
gnans bundick'e, Walnut Point uownrl'a,
LeWiaettz. Milipf'a. 0ranon's, nfOme'A. Porto
Beilns arriving Ia Baltimore. Nd, early Tuea-
day. Thursday and Saturday motniuKs.
Freight received daily I'll river freight mn1t
be prepaid.
WILLARD THOMSON. General Manager.
q. MURDOCH. Gen. Fft. and Pass A0i.
DTEPH nhB0N y BRO. Agents.
Telephone no Washington. III @.
W 81. NNAkuUN Annnfx
Xeiephone 81 AieMhpdfia va.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08

Willie's Close Uncle. - What would
you suppose II gave you five cents
to buy some candy with. Willie7
ie--Isuppose I'd have TO pinch
myself 10 see II ! was awake.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
Greenwich S Mill.

FLOUR, Meal and Feed on hand
for sale all the time cheap for CASH.
Hereafter. In order to avoid hag-
ing to keep mill books, oil orders
must be accompanied BY the cash.
n. r.. (4REENWELIl
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
. B, TIppgTT 4 BRO.

y B, TIpPETT & BRO, +
ATTORNEYS aeI4Aw,
II n. Lexington Street, near Chas.
baltimore, Md.
Practice IN the Courts Of Baltimore
city, Court Of Appeals, ID the coun-
ties 81 Charles ana Ut. Mary s and
Washington city. Special attention
given W Admiralty prAutlce ana col
lection Of claims.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
TNR. WHIT HAMMETT.

DENTIST,
Traders National Bank. Gu
WAbkilkuTDM ID. i. A-l-k%
Operative and mechanical work
done IN the best manner. All work
guaranteed. Prices moderate. Con-
sultatlon free.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08

E.lWith an elegant new Hearse and
full stock 81 Cotfins and Caakets /
am prepared 70 serve funerals attho
shortest notice and upon the most
reasonable terms.
In connection with this designate
especial attention 70 my Blacksmith
and Wheelwright department.
All orders quickly and neatly %.
tended 10.
"A. g. WEIGH.
June 10y. Chaptico.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08

Collins and Caskets. latest styles,
Always on hand and furnished at
shortest notice and az lowest prices
for cash.
Three Hearses always on hand.
HorseshoeinR, 81 cash.
In connection with my Black
smith and Whevlwright department,
/ am prepared to build Carts, Wag-
ons, Buggies, &C., ut low prices.
Repairing, Painting and Trimming.
+. A. DILLOW.
June 21-ti Leonardt0wn.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08

AATALTER b. DORSEY,
~ ATTORNEY AT LAW AND
JUSTICE or THE PEACE.
Office 10 front OF BEACON OFFICE.
Is associated win tne wea-knUwn
baltimore tkeal Estate Agency oi G.
" kcnnaru y 90. II you wish ID
buy OF self real estate, call ~ lns.
COLLECTIONS promptly attended 10.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
Calhoun Results.

Birmingham Ledger.
 The results of the primary in Calhoun was a surprise to many Of the friends of MT. Conner. The county was con, sidered absolutely safe for him until MT. Conner went there and made an at tack on Senator Blackmon, which was also construed inevitably as an attack on John R. Knox, who is senator Blackmon's partner If MT. Knox g partner had been defeated it would have been notice to the State that MT Knox could not rely on his own county.
 So the speech of MT. Coner at An, niston when he declared that he did not want the votes of men who would vote for a lawyer who was even one fourth or one-third railroad lawyer had tremendous effect This was taken to allude to the open letter or MT. Knox in which ne said that only a minor part of the business of the nrm came from railroads, probably one fourth. Necessarily the friends of M {. Knox had to get busy. They did get busy.
 Senator Blackmon is strong ana popular man and would have done well on his own merits, but with the attac of MT. Conner and the consequent raiiy of friends, he had victory that hardly seemed possible in a county. It Was overwhelming and yet his opponent was first rate man and very popular. The warmeSt supporters of Blackmon and Knox did not expect such Ire" mcndOus victory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

reservoir and the permanent dam. In that time did hat encounter more than 200 men working on the entire Why ao you aot have a;soes' @ ..,I slesTtsssss o whis tASSSs, e ss ss Ss ,as ten ns tmss s. s 1ss s w 200 men. This, too, In view of the rap idly approachins rainy seaeols which engineers with whom talk6d said that in short time with ss ssuiscient 'fS,rcs' fcrcs s6at If Ps ,stSnns te to .S the the streets of coiona ia ruff Of negroes, w s. just arrived from Jaqsica and the other islands of the West Indtes More than steamer, put all of them were trans ported immediately hF rail to the Ca- nal Zone. The waterworks was left to get along the best way It could. That begun. when MT. Taft was advised It would be ready by April F"
 The watershed itself Is less than one soWn ' there i' thinks h th that with ths slug Eish flow of water 1t would take about . year to fill the reservoir when com- pleted. 'I have had the, pleasure of good drinking water, furlished hy the Government for a short while, but now discontinued" writes MT. Cum.
 While the residents manage to get along with the rain water and water such as finds it's way through the pipes from the temporary reservoir there fs everywhere apparent a painful econ @ use of a sIiy sin.ie tub a of water by the washerwemen in cleansing @ linen of half a dozen patrons.
 Mr. Cum hastens to say that he does not wish to contradict the state ments of the Honorable the Secretary of War. but to demonstrate that some of the Governmental experts on the Isthmus of Panama are taking adyant- age of the administration." Perhaps, in view of the report of this writer of a respectable and conservative journal. the idea may occur to Secretary Taft from responsible onicials on the 18th mus,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
ColOn's Reservoir.

W dSuiH IQH IOSl.
 When Chairman Shonts of the Isth- milan Canal Commission. speaking be- fore the Commercial Club of Cincinnati, referred to MT. Poultney Bigelow's at tack on the Governments management at Panama and Colon last January, he disposed of that gentleman in this brief fashion:
 He has been not merely answered. bnt annihilated, by Secretary Taft and MT. Stevens, and I shall waste no time with him"
 MT. Bigelow had among other things criticised Colon's 8 system of water sup ply. Secretary Taft had completed his task of "annihilating" Bigelow by quot ing recent advices from Governor Ma goon to the effect that, in addition to Colon's adequate" temporary supply, "a permanent reservoir with Capacity of 500,0OO,000 gallons Is under con struction. with two permanent stand pipes. one of 100000 and the other of 5O0,0oC gallons capacity. under can tract to be completed by April 1.'
 The Washington Post has sent a stan writer, MT, Woodwork Clum, to describing. how on March s1 he visited the site of the 500. .000, ,000-g gallon reser- voir announced to be ready b- April 1, and discovered a dozen negro workmen asked where the reservoir might be found. and they pointed to the valley in front of him.
 sure, filled with beautiful trees, luXu- riant vines and undergrowth, but hay ing in it's centre sluggish, stagnant stream, upon whose banks lay masses of rotten timber and other vegetation.
 Is this the dam that Is to be ready for use by April 1?" I asked.
 The foreman smiled and admitted tha;
 Well. are you not going to clear the reservoir of this rank vegetation?" persisted.
 "Oh, they are cleaning it." said my friend the foreman, and pointing to one corner of the valley he showed me a small band of Martinique negroes, About twenty, slashing away at the underbrush with their machetes. For an hour l walked around the proposed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1908.
AN AWFUL CALAMITY.

throughout all the lenSth ana breadth of this great country there will be an universal feeling of sorrow oyer the awful catastrophe at San Francisco. Earthquakes are not un- common. They come without warning and in almost the twinkling of an eye their horrible work is done and only ruined homes, crushed humanity and homeless people remain behind as record of the awful powers of nature and the heplessness of man. When to the actual work of the earthquake it. self We add tine, horrors of fire, the lack of water and the inadequacy of means for fighting the flames we can form some faint conception of San Franfisco last Wednesday,
 The actual number of lives lost can not be known for some days. San Francisco Is large city with a pop ulation estimated at about 100000, and covering 2 large extent of territory. Its population is of the most cosmo- polltan character, and in parts of the city they are crowded together like bees in a hive, The wrecked and burned portion of the city covers space larger than is covered by some of our largest cities, and for all these reasons 1t will be a matter of days to ascertain the total fatalities. saying nothing of tine injured. Added to this the further fact that many thousands of people have been suddenly rendered homeless and destitute and we may faintiy imagine the extent and horror of it all.
 As we have said, earthquakes are not uncommon and have visited the earth in all ages. The San Francisco event does not compare. so far as loss of life is concerned. with some previous visitatiens in other countries. For ex ample, the great city of Lisbon was almost entirely destroyed by one in 1755 when forty thousand lives were lost and in other portions of the old world there have been disturbances far surpassing that at San Francisco, so far as loss of life and property by the earthquake itself was concerned.
 Nor has our country escaped visHa- tions at various times. The great fire in Chicago. the Johnstown flood. the
 
 recent instances of dire catastrophes in the United States, but so far as we are informed no such havoc has been wrought on the continent as this of Wednesday, counting the damage done by the earthquake and the fires which followed it. Many years must elapse before the property damage alone can be repaired. The loss of life Is trrep- rable, but leaving that aside it will re- quire a long time to restore the city to what it was. and we imagine that there will always be feeling of dis. quiet and uncertainty on the part of future inhabitants. In the meantime the immediate present is a matter of concern to philsnthr6psts. to human itarlsns and to governments. As be- fore said, there are thousands of peo- pie there who are homeless and desti- tute. They have lost all they had and many of them have no means of pro- curing food. The government at Wash ington will help them and the State of California will do the same but there Is room and need for much and instant charity It was an awful calamity and the sufferers need help. and need 1t promptly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
Where is it Locatedf Selma Times.

Selma Times
 The Birmingham Ledger tells about sarm or seo aarss a,a m fne $15,00Q, or $3.33 Is per acre. unfor- tnnately The Ledger fails to state where the farm was located. Dallas belt but no land has brought such a many years Ten or twelve years ago good farming s.r,o land fo ssud ss but that day has long since passed; and 1t has climbed now till it has been sold as hieh as $4e per acre and we per Ss acre re for s choice forty acre tract;
 We see no reason why lands should not be worth as much here In the South as tho same quality Of s lands .hst are dense population makes land higher, for the more population there IS to the square mile the more there IS Tor .tne the land bring a higher price when 1t is placed on the market our lands have an advantage over the lands or the North from the fact that our sea sons are longer and we can produce from one to three crops on the same soil each year, whereas it pushes them to make one crop m np tneTe rd II Ws She SeS- SeS- estly believe that year in and year out the common sandy lands of tbe South that can be purchased at rom lZ 10
  large a net income per acre as the rich prairie lands of Illinois and Indiana, which readily bring from $100 to $50 per acre.
 The time has not passed by any cultural lands of the South. We hon. estly believe that In twenty years from now that choice prairie lands in West Dallas will be bringing as much as Sl00 per acre and we know of no better investment that man can make for his children than to purchase them a good prairie farm, for 1t cannot burn up or wash away and when he lies down to die he can feel assured that themselves so long as they apply the ordinary rules of industry and erono- my.
 up every piece of good land that is being offered in this Famous agricul- turai section of Alabama, that Is be- ing offered anywhere from $25 to $59 per acre. We may not live to see this the younger generation who read this article will recall the fact twen ty or thirty years from now and then will regret that they did not take the ad@ice of this paper and purchase them little piece of dirt while it is cheap. Personal pursuits are the natural state of man and we do not believe that there is a professional man on earth but who looks forward to the time when he will get well enough of in office and spend the declining years of his life on a model farm.
 The advice used to be: Go West, young man." but we would advise ev- self hundred acre farm. The time to go west has passed and the time to purchase lands at a reasonable figure iA fast passing away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
Letter. of . Chourus aIrI.

(No. 1S.) Dear Name: Your letter reached me here today In which you say you want to join
 the show Asking my advice about tho pay And whose the one to who you have
 to go We'll. Name of course.sou know best But my advice is cut the stage for If the public didn't need me I would And never see a manager. swear At first 1t. but a>dog's life-hOps They order you around to beat the
 band. I guess 'twould make the average lady To stand the things us girls sometimes
 must stand. If you've got talent Name Lowenstein And got the figure and can sing
 tune They'll put you in the chorus-start And give you fifteen plunks. Name.
 mighty soon. But if I had a steady job like you And had a steady beau as good as Bop I'd tell the show business to just skee-
 doc And hike to him quick for lifetime
 job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
saIlIIc...se Ressrm.r..

Beware qf millionaire refermers. They do net always reform
 :, MT, B. B, Gamer is one of these mil lionaire reformers.
 four years ago on the reform plat form. He was elected railroad com missioner. What has he reformed?. abot Mhy ns mas not sSsa conditions in his. own cotton mills. Another thing. A governor of. Ala bama, had he the power. unchecked by constitutions and eourts, might reduce the railroad fyeight and messenger rates sixty-two degrees below the y"ir- reducible minimum" and still ruin the State by failure to grasp, understand other questions to be settled, other adverse conditions to be corrected, and other iniustices to he remedied.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
TODAY IN HISTORY.

Name Day; sulpitius Sun rises at 5:2I sets at 6;39.
 s32-Battle of Maesia, in which Con- stantine defeated the Cloths under Is2sMst Salvatore. capital of Brazil, surrendered by the Dutch to the Portu-
 i72s-cornelius Harnett. patroit, born. The Samuel Adams of North
 iTs2-French declared wal against Francis l, as king of Hungary and
 l775-Gevernor Dunmore of Virginia seIzes and conveys to a British man of-war lot of gunpowder belonging to Of an armed body of citizens. demands of the Governor and recovers, the pow canal from @ Rochester to Buffalo. re- ported open for navigation.
 :. lsss-sy act ef April 20, Wisconsin ms aeaared from s oreat Bri{afn Ha ad here tofore lying in the. Territory of Michi-
 iSss-A msteorie shower observed at counted by two observers between the hours of 10 at night and in the morn ing. General washinston's stan. died at
 1ss1-The Governor of North Caro- lima seized the. Branch Mint at Char lotte, Several bridges on the Northern Pennsylvania Railroad destroyed by Maryland Southerners to prevent the passage of troops to Washington, The United States Arsenal at Liberty, Mo, seized by the Secessionists, and the arms distributed among the sur rounding counties
 1s8O-internationaI Fishery Exhibit tion opened at Berlin, Germany. Jni- ted States representation pronounced the most complete.
 1ss0-British forces under General Stewart defeated the Afghans near Ghurznee, killing 1000.
 1e00--The United States Senate voted down MT. Pettigrew's resolution of sympathy with the Boers, 20 to 20.
 1904-Vermont Republicans instruct delegates to the national convention for Roosevelt.
 19o5-M Delcasse. French Minister of Foreign Affairs. resigned, owning to criticism of French policy in Moro co and neutrality in far east
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

On March IS, in New Rochelle, N. Y, while two aged women were returning from church they were run over and killed by an automobile owned by John c. Rogers. The grand jury of the county has indicted Rogers and his driver, charging them with the crime of manslaughter in the second degree. We doubt if they will be convicted, and even if they are the punishment of that ofrense is not likely to be severe. It is some encouragement, though, to know that they have been indicted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

The Advertiser Is in receipt of The Pensacola Journals special Panama Canal edition and has found it to be a veritable mine of valuable informa- ton The people of Pensacola would do well to distribute it by the thous- ands in every part of the Union. It is in magazine form of over sixty. pages and every page has matter of local and historic interest. The illustrations are numerous and excellent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
Mis.l.slppi Ha. same Law.

Mississippi will doubtless look with favor on the constitutional provision which allows the leGislature of Ale- bama to meet only once In four years after she pays the seven millions Of dollars appropriated by the legislature which has just adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
Need All At Times.

HirmfnRham Ied8er.
 teachers, and now come the doctors. There is no connection except that they all take care of us at times
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

It should be borne in mind. however, that "denatured alcohor' Is not suitable for the foundation of mint juleps. or thinRs of that sort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
Mobiles Prosperity.

Tn immediate prospect, A new thea Ire, a new hotel. new cotton com agogue. "a new church. g new union railway station, a new ofilce building, 2 new lot of street psving--Mobile seems determined to make a record this year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
- otAsr yltst ouestieas.

BulIOck County Hreeze.
 While many people seem to think that the .reguiation of freight rates is all that is needed to bring relief from the ills that afflict the body politic. we find that the public mind fs rap idly becoming interested in matters of in closer touch with the lives of the people than railroad rates--these are the public schools and public roads of our State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
RridRe.

This has gotten to be the fad with a great many people and for those who wish to learn to play it can find no better way than to procure and read Elweil's booklet. "The Declaration" N is well prepared, brief and explicit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
DRI F T W O o D BY PHIL H. ARMsrR oNa

A man feels he is leading q dogs life when he is being bounded by a detective.
 A low estima~ by tEs contractors gives the would-Du builder high hopes. We all aim to do right but how few of us are good marksmens
 It is one of the peculiafties ef man to sleep in a marble hotel and dine at g three-eent lunch counter.
 A lawyer should weigh his words in the scales of justice.
 Some people play a game of cards as death was the penalty of losing. All is not gold that glitters. nor sil- yer, either--.there's the bleached blond. There are times when they run up everything In a department store--even the elevator is not exempt.
 It's the wise man that leads the sim pie life. Technical education is a good tele- scope with which to look For work. It's A long lean woman that has no heads turning to look after her. Too many cooks spoil the broth ana too many piano teachers spoil the future cook.
 When you ask girl the color or her eyes she tells her chum you are going to marry her.
 Progress.
 Maude How are you getting along with your French teacher?
 Sarahe: Oh, have learned how to sneeze with expression.
 No Wonder.
 Fay: Did Jack get down on his knees when he proposed to you May: He couldn't; l was sitting on them.
 How doth tn busy gadabout d
 Improve each shining hour?
 By sucking honey from the lips
 Of Gossips glaring flower.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
Must Not Enssire roo Closely.

Maxim Gorky declares that Father Gapon is a s.faker,e and that he recefv- ed money from the Russian govern ment. Maxim Gorky himself appears he he hsss is sccompanied sm | by an actress who who is called Mine. Gorky," but that the lady who really bears that title Is alive and we'll and not yet divorced from Max. It does not seem to he safe to know too much about these talented Russians
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20
WHAT STATE PA PIERS ARE SAYING
Several Outi.gs.

Gadsden Times NoWa.
 Senator Morgan outfought, outpoint- cd and outgeneraled the tobAcco trust when he succeeded in shsivinG the lsls Of Pines treaty.