Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-11-21
COUNTY NEWS.
LOCalWiSe and Otherwise,

leap year-29 days
Clay pigeon shooting in Leonard
town, Thursday, December 5, 1907.
See advertisement.
Note the advertisements OF Sales
OF Personal Property in this weeks
Beacon and don't fail to attend them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Harrison
are visiting Mr.. Harrisons mother,
Mrs. Julia A. Harrison, OF Charlotte
Hall.
A number OF big corporations
have recently announced reduo tions
in the numbsr OF their employees or
cuts in wages.
State S Attorney Camalier, of Leon
ardtown. is attending the November
Term OF the Charles county Circuit
Court at La Plata.
Governor elect Crothers is fast
regaining his health and il is said
that he will earnestly endeavor to
carry out party pledges.
The new Bank Building at Mech
anicsville is nearly completed. 1t
will be handsome building. J. S.
Burroughs is the contractor.
Thursday next, the 28rh, instant,
will be THANKSGIVING Day and a
legal holiday. The Bank OF St.
Mary's will be closed on that day.
The Government is TO issue fifty
millions more in Panama bonds and
to increase circulation by putting
out one hundred millions of certifi-
Gates.
Messrs. Canter & Sothoron, of
Charlotte Hall, are in the city pur-
chasing their Christmas Goods.
Look out for their advertisement
next week.
The School Board was in session
last Thursday and audited Teachers
reports for the term ending Nov Is,
instant. Checks for salaries will be
sent out this week.
The price OF turkeys has considera-
bly, declined and in consequence
this is not good time for shipping
them. Choice birds are now selling
in the city markets for IA cents, the
pound.
The Executive Department at An
napolis is busy with the commissions
OF the newly elected officials. As
the counties ars taken alphabetically,
1t is sometime before St. Mary's is
reached.
Captain and Mrs. A. A. Lawrence.
OF Leonardtown, are visiting rela-
tives in Madison, Ohio. Capt. Law
renee writes that he has struck a
cold spell of weather and that there
is snow on the ground.
Bright, clean ground-leaves are
in demand at good prices, ranging
from 5 to 8 cents. To bring the top
prices they should be properly hand
led and packed with due regard to
uniformity OF quality.
We invite attention to the Finan-
cial Statement of Geo. W. Joy, Treas
urer of the st. Mary S School Board.
1t is good showing and proves that
the financial affairs of our schools
have been excellently managed.
The first hogshead of new crop
tobacco was received in Baltimore
last week. 1t was from this county
and was consigned to Edelen Bros.
The buyers thought it indicated a
better crop than the last marketed.
L. J. Canter. of Charlotte Hall,
will visit the jamestown Exposition
this week. J. +. Adams. of the same
district, has just returned from the
Exposition. While in Washington,
Mr.. Adams saw Ben Hur" and was
delighted Herewith.
Miss Florine Valandingham, died
at the residence Of her father in Med
ley's Neck, last Saturday, aged about
lS years. She was bright, pretty
girl and esteemed by all who knew
her. Her remains were buried at
st. Joseph's graveyard last Sunday.
May she rest in peacel
The Delineator, Butserick Build
ing, New York, has inaugurated a
Child Rescue campaign and in each
issue is seeking to find homes for
homeless children. The Delineator,
in its November issue, print
ed the picture of little child and
gave brief description it. There
were over two hundred offers to
adopt the little one. In each is
sue hereafter there will be similar
articles. 1t is great and q good
work.
We hope to receive liberal num-
Der OF Christmas advertisements
from our local merchants for next
week s issue. Our local merchants
should be liberal advertisers and
the people should be convinced that