Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-12-17
LOCalVise and Otherwise.


70 nearby cities.
We expect TO commence the pub
LEGATION OF Rob OF the Bowl" in
our FIRST issue In 1909.
Mrs. T. Leigh Morgan and daugh.
ter, Of Leonsrdtown, left Tuesday
last for Washington, where they
will spend the Winter.
Cashier Sterling. Of the National
Bank Of St. Aary's Is OF on vaca-
ton, and will not return until next
Sunday, the 10th. instant.
Don't forget the entertainment at
St. Msry's Acacemy.. next Friday
evening. Performance will begin
at tbs. Admission. % cents.
Rev. FL. Norwood Bovine, Rector
OF All Faith p. e Parish. Mechau-
icsvilIe, has accepted q call TO Brook
Ign Diocese. Ne w York State.
Great numbers OF turkeys aud
chickens are now being Skipped to
the city markets. We hope the
shippers are getting good prices.
Joseph Fl. Milburn. contractor,
has put metal ceiling Ia the rooms
OF the School Board and of the Coun
ty Commissioners. He will soon
begin replacing the decayed stills OF
the Court House hall.
The Maryland Shell Fish Commits
sion have completed the survey of
st. Clements and Britton 8 bays and
the House boat Oyster will leave
this week. We are informed by the
engineer in charge that In his opin-
ion our county possesses the most
valuable oyster rocksIin the State.
The shipping Of cattle. sheep and
hogs from Maryland to Washington
is still prohibited on account OF the
foOt-and-mouth disease. We are in
formed however. that cattle may be
s"nt TO Baltimore by Md Del. &
Va. steamers because that company
has = pen Of its ~ in which TO keep
them ON arrival in the city.
On Tuesday. Deccmher 10Th. n. 8.
Pm. there will be "a Play called
The Night Before Christmas" at
Chaptico Hall for the benefit of
Chsptico School Admission. adults,
Is cents; Children, Is cents. The
play will be a good one and the OBJ
iect is q most worthy one. There
will be dance after the play. Car.
ter's Band, will furnished the musis.
Don't fail to attend.
Hesekiah Clarke. colored, of Patux.
emit district, was found dead last
Thursday evening. He had taken
an srmfull Of hay and started TO the
stable to feed his horse when he fell
and was found lying dead with the
hay in his arms. He was one OF the
best colorsd men in the State; was
truly good man and q good citizen
and was respected and esteemed by
oil who knew him. May he rest In
peacel
Span4ler's Vaudeville will open
In Leonardtown next Monday night,
the 2lst, instant, for one week. Il
10 o frstclass vaudeville, clean and
up to-date. There are seyen per-
formers In the company and they
are real song and dance artists.
Those who have seen their per-
tormances unhesitatingly pronounce
Spangler's as the best show ever in
Southern Maryland. Admission 10
and 20 cents. Don't fail 10 attend
As an evidence Of what may be
done by intensive cultivation here
In St. Mary's, r. A. Benson. tenant
on 7. Lee Mattingly's "Buena Vista"
farm. near Leonardtown, this fall
made from 2 acres OF land, 81 barrels
OF corn, and but for ravAges OF the
worm bis yield would have been
larger. Two acres. improved and
we'll cultivated. will yield more than
10 acres unimproved and neglected.
Our people should take this lesson
10 heart.