Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-09-24
LOCalWiSe and Otherwise,

prOximo.
A J. Hayden. OF the u. s. Navy.
and wife, are visiting Mr.. Hayden s
sister at "Patuxent" this county.
Under the apportionmeut OF the
1854. 900 State school book fund. st.
Mary $ county will recei We ~ .353 rs,
payable ou and after Oct. l, proxi-
mo.
Accordingly to the Almanac, Autumn
begins September %. at 5 SO. A NJ.
when the sun crosses the equatorial
line, These called equinoclial storm
is nov due.
Among the out Of county visitors
to Court we note Messrs. C. B.
Lloyd, P G. Edelen, Phil Dorsey,
OF Baltimore, Danl. G. Hammett, of
Washington.
Remember that next Tuesday,
September 18th. will be the first day
for registration this year. Attend
to the matter on that date and try
and get all Democrats TO register.
Gov. Crothers has appointed Dr..
Thomas Lynch. of Leonardtown, a
delegate TO the International Tuber-
culosis Convention which meets 10
Washington from September 81 to
October IL.
L. Gendason. OF Leonardtown,w will
go to Baltimore, Friday next, and
will not return until the following
Monday. Mr.. Gendason will attend
the Hebrew New Year services and
will lay in q new stock OF goods.
The Republican Mass Meeting
last Tuesday was presided over by
Oapt. W. F. Chesley. OF Charlotte
Hall, and addressed by Congress.
man Mudd and Thomas Parran.
But little enthusiasm was manifest
cd.
Read the County Levy printed on
orr fourth page. This levy list
ought to be carefully scrutinized by
every taxpLver fo- it shows what
disposition was made OF the taxes he
contrl outrd 70 the support ct the
county E)vsrnm ,nt.
j. W. Freeman has transferred
his store property at Great Mills to
his two children Lynch Freeman
and Mrs. Bertha ,Bohanau-and the
mercantile business there will here
after be conducted under the irm
name OF Freeman & Bohsnan.
Rev. Joseph Zwinge. S. j.. Pro-
curator of the Jesuit Province and
Missions, ofiiciated in St. Aloysius'
Church last Sunday in place OF the
pastor. Father Fink. Father Zwinge
was struck by the prosperous con-
dition OF the farms and crops at
at Newtown and in the county gen.
orally.
An unusually large crowd attend
ed the opening OF this term of Court
to witness Judge Camalier's first
appearance on the bench. The new
Judge was the recipient OF q very
handsome bouquet of roses from Mr..
and Mrs. Milford Fishman, OF May
Croft. " Other admirers also sent
flowers.
Father Stanton of Medley's Neck
and Newtown Missions was sudden
ly called away last Sunday ~ the
funeral Of his father who died on
Saturday in Boston. Father Gu &
lev OF st. Johns preached in his
stead at the Mass Of the Holy Ghost
IN st. Aloysius Church Of Tu ,sday
morning.
Weeds have grown unusually tall
this season 50 that birds may feed
on the seeds when snow is deep on
the ground and squirrels are carry
ing their Winter provisions into
hollow trees. Both OF these things
are said 10 indicate hard Winter.
Watch aud seel
Wednesday, .ha l6.h, instant. the
La Plata nine defeated the Mechan
icSville team by a score OF B TO 3
The batteries were: Mock and
Mudd for La Plata. and Bowling
and Mudd for Mechanicsville. The
game was played at Bryantown and
IS said TO have been q fine exhibit
tion OF baseball.
John B. Ballenger. son OF the late
John T. BAllenger. died at his farm
Trent Hall, near Mechanicsville,
last Monday noon. OF cardiac para.
lysis. Mr.. Bsllenger was in bis 33rd
year. He married Miss Genevieve
Moore, who. with two children. sur
wives him. Mr.. Ballenger was for
many years a resident and q promi
nentmerchantof MechanicsvilIe. and
many friends in St. Mary's lament
his early death.
Rev. chsslsy CAN'T.
Rev. Chesley CAN'T died OF typhoid
fever at RlackiSkona 81 Marv's