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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04

Ia this issue we print Chapter v
of Rob oftbe Bowl and our obsery.
antreaders will note the dialogue
wherein Derrick twits Award OF
bis fear Of passing the Gross Roads
81 night. because there Paul Kelpy
was buried with stake through
bis body This incidentin the story
shows what acareful study Mr. Ken
nedy must have made Of the legends
and traditions of the county. The
stretch 81 road 10 question has
born an nncanny reputation since
the foundation Of the colony
The Paul Kelpy legend was
. 6resId tale prior to 1881 the
QrandfathBFs and grandmnthers Of
some row living told the wiesd
stories oi The hanQman . oak
almost at the same place and III our
own time. the 6coIield tragedy add.
ed ID ghe list Of horrors convicted
with the immediate section OF road
Jobn A Ward fsafad 10 pass Road
the Story and you Will find much
fhereip tolntoxest and entertain you.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04


Two scows, each loaded With is
oars, are now at Point Patience,
Patuxent river, where q dredgs Is
digging Up sand and gravel and
loading the cars for shipment over
the n Y. P. q N. r. r. at Cape
Charles, va. The dredRe is working
on the point where the sand and
gravel has been piled and washed
by the waves. tits reported thatan
effort was made to purchase the
gravel bed OF Cedar Point. but Mr..
Tuck, the owner, refused TO sell,
Some cars were, however, loaded
from gravel in the deep of Cedar
Point. A railroad TO Esperanza
would handle al this and much more
With its oyster. fish, farm. fruit,
truck. gravel and other products,
ST. Mary's is veritable Land 81
promise to which Q railroad would
The open sesame" to untold
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
Hay Embellishments.
RATIFICATION NOTICE.
John r. Harris, Admir-. Ac.
vs.
Eleanor A. Harris and others.

Ia the Circuit Court for ~. NAryn County,
In Equity
No so N. H.
II IL hereby ordered tkia 2Sth day Of January
1909, that the private sale Of the land called
Keeh's Rest made and reported ~ John II.
Harris and David Is biscoe, Trustees for fhe
sale Of the real estate IN this cause decFeod 20
be aold be ratified and confirmed, unless cause
70 the contrary thereof be shown on or before
copy OF this order ba published Ia saint Mary 4
Beacon, newspaper published III saint
Hary's county, once week for three success.
March next
The report state tho amount OF sales 70 hs
ENocH b. ABEIsL, clerk.
True copy-Test
KN0cH b. ABEI.I, Clerk
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04

Come and get some REAL.
BARGAINS. Fine Clothing
and other things at CUT
Prices. Let us show you !
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04

10 Editor Of ST. Mary's Beacon = /
went to the Centennial Ii Philadelphia.
4th of July. 1876. was Col Edwin I.
Powders family physician WbenI re-.
turned home. foundCnl Plowden's hoy,
with d note from DR.. c. N Hammett.
stating that Mrs Pi0wden VIA dying
rapidly and would not be living when /
reached Bnshwood, but Col Plowden
winhed me TO see her. | went with al
possible speed On my arrival found
Col Piowden and the doctor Ia QFeat
distress. Mrp. pIowden was sgleeclilesa
We with great difficulty got her to take
one powder then mounted my horse
and rode about three miles, to the Cross
Roads TO see an old lady, whom | had
left sick, ! found her better and return
ed quickly.
Mrs. Plowden knew me, and could
speak. We stayed with her about two
hours, and concluded she was growing
worse We gave her another powder
and she recovered. She lived thirty. two
years, and died IN 1907. l resigned my
practice IN 1902 when had an attack
Of aDoplexy.
Mrs Piowden was noble woman
None knew her but to love her.
None named her bnt to praise
Respectfully,
r. T, BLAcKIsToEE, u, D. N
Price. pont paid.
For one powder, % cents.
For 6 powders $1.00.
For z powders $500
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
By decision d the United States


BIZ q decision Of the United States
Supreme Court. handed down Feb
ruary /. instant. II has been deter
mined that Trusts cannot collect
debts ID the courts. The case Grew
out Of the refusal Of Cincinnati
Johber to pay q bill Of s57 900 for
wallpaper bought Of the Continental
Wallpaper Company, q concern adj
mitted to be combination IN res
trait Of trade and clearly within the
meaning Of the Sherman law. JUS
slice HARLAN delivered the opinion
Of the Court. oeIHolmes deli
vered & dissenting opinion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
Bedworth Jr. No. 1858.

Ii answer 10 questions concerning
bEDW0RTH JR., have 10 say he Il
4 years oid. 10 handa hlrh Weighs
liOOlbs and 2 .20tretier MARX .. .
He - By Bedworth by Wildnut By
Woodruff His dam il Ettina by Con.
Htantlne who at 8 years old sold Tor
$4,000. His brother, Bpdworth Jr.
PAGES, MARK 208lD paced hall mile
~ bTA seconds che 4th fastest time for
halt mile 10 the world Another broth.
er VIM n Bedworth az 4 years old
Marx 2 0Szl Sold for $3.50.
Hedworth Jr., No. $1,000 Ii 0ne Oh
about 80 horses by Bedworth who are
among the standard performers mean,
ing mark below $50 ana Ii one oF the
haudeomeet horses ever brought 10
Southern Maryland. having won the
Blue Ribbons the three times be has
been on exhibition 0t fairs
Very truly yours.
HARRY A. JONES,
Dec. 8--ti TeonArdtown, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04

MY dear " e. ne tQf
Plsase and inclos-
ed my check. renewing ny ubscrip
tion to the Beacon. 7 believe / ain
your onIy subscriber ID ibis imme-
0iate section but I enjoy your paper
and consider The money pay for 4
we'll Invested. have many old
friends along the shores Of the Poto-
mac up one side and down theotber-
Same OF the capteins who used e
cali on me frequently seem TO have
bid me an affectionate farewell,
though never heard murmur Of
complaint about nv work Bot. my
friend and brother. Mr., Ewell and
the well known and skilled mechanic
Mr.. w. /. Weeks have made things
40 convenient home. that many
Of my old patrons do not now even
| ind II convenient 10 call on noe and
settle old balances. But this IS the
way Of the world.
was the first man since the war
that built and operated marine
railway on the lower Potomac, start
ing the business 10 years ago. ]
was also the first nan that seta fish
trap 10 the lower Potomac ] made
some money. and others sailed u
and ran me up the Virginia side and
then to Maryland and got after me
there, until like StonewalI ! slough
best to withdrew and try another
trick. So. stopped in Coan Riyel
and there built and operated fish
factory for seven years and agaif
made some money. used 9 sailing
vessels to carry the seInes. men ane
fish. The Yankees came with steam
boats and was letta again. Ny mex
scheme was 70 trade pungy boats
for old mules. end ] expect ! va
also the first man on the logger Poto
mac to start that enterprise | go'
scared Of the heels and got married
/ settled on the Potomac 10 1856
and my life here has been hIsi0rs
81 the development Of she ash anS
marine railway business 10 the sec
ton. / have never harrassed !
a debtor, or collected BY Law, or sues
or been sued or employed laEyel
save 10 write a deed. and that YER,
seldom, In all my varied business
, experience.
| hope some Of my friends Wit
owe me vii. see this and be remind
cd that am IN business at she ols
stand. AS | said before, ! started
the first marine railway and therl
are now six. Build six more, ans
again there will be none,
| repeat what | have often sale
that my Potomac trade. Is my bes
trade and that there / have the leas
lost bills and the fewest delinqnen
debtors, and when she Potomac tradl
leaves me will leave TOO. an
proud 10 know that oil have not lef
me and neither do al owe me.
My best wishes 10 al up lbe Nortl
side and down the South side ans
Yours forever.
T. II. HxADLEY.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
SAINT KARY'S ACADEMY
LEoNARDroWS Np
Conducted " lie
SISTERS or CHARITY
or NARARETII Ky

Boarding and day school sor Young
Ladies', situated in the most picturesque
part 81 beautiful Maryland
Academic, Intermediate Elementary
and Commercial courses special ndvan-
tages il Music and Yocaliz0tiou
Besides the best moral and religious
training and a thorough knowledge 81
the coufea pursued, particular attention
Il also given 10 the cultivation N lady
Lire MANNERS, ami0bie department and
whatever tends 10 inspire eve Tor the
good. the beautiful aud the true
PaFNnta desiring 10 enter their child
rem will please application before
the opening 81 the new seasion. Monday,
February lat.
For further Information, address
SISTERS or CHARITY,
J11 9 LMoNARnTnww. Nh
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04

The Calvert Gazette reprints 40
article from the Baltimore american
In which II Is stated that the Repub-
licans will nominate Judges IN the
Seventh Judicial Circuit. and that
they have practically agreed upon
F. Snowden Hill, Of Prince Georges,
and ]. Frank Parran, OF Calvert, as
their candidates
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
Nv Of the Cardinal il

n sw OF the Cardinal In
Game out 10 opposition TO
fanchisine amendment seems
Ne been as much OF q surprise
bis friends and admirers 10 other
portions OF the State as IL was here.
Among bis Eminence's st. Mary, $
friends. with whom we have talked,
there is sincere regret that he saw
fit 10 take any stand at AL upon the
question and these who look calmly
at the matter think he made mis-.
take BY having anything 10 say.
His interview seems 70 have aroused
the Democrats to more earnest work
for the amendment and TO have ad.
monished them that they have real
fight on their hands to carry II. The
Cardinals declaration, as the Tele
gram states, docs moi change the
Issue and has but stimulated the be-.
levers 10 the amendment to the
necessity Of beginning their fight
for II at once.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
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tention.
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-02-04
H ~

For aaIe az DuehwdDd, Prime Timothy
Hav. &la ton or delivered at Potoma.
River landings at $3.50 Send casi
with order. Address,
JIM. REEEHAT.
Jan. 26-lm B6shwoCd. Md.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-11

proper category. 1t could adopt a
plain and unmistakeable declaration
OF principles by the standard of
which Democratic fafthfulness and
fealty could be measured and it could
also lay down the law to executive
and legislative officials who, plRc-
ed in power by Democratic votes,
have frequently departed from Demo-
cratic pTecepts.
Two able editors have expressed
themselves quite recently on this sub
ject and the Tribune reprints, with
its hearty concurrence. what they
have to say.
The Pensacola Journal makes the
suggestion in the following words:
The Journal believes that the Dem
ocTats Of Florida should meet in con-
vention and enunciate party princi-
pies They should also take under
consideration and amend the consd-
tuition of the state and make OF 1t
an instrument TT to meet the re
quirements Of a great commonwealth
OF the twentieth century. And such
a convention. by the sanity and hon
esty of its enactmeDts, should prove
the greatest of all incentives for vot-
ers not now included in the Demo
cratic rOstTum to enroll themselves
ty of the people.
And the sentiment is echoed by the
Tallahassee Morning News as fol-
lows:
The Journal is right. Chairman
Price could not do the party in Flor
ida greater service than by calling
the state committee together and
talking over the matter. It is none
too early to arrange for conven-
ton early in the fall. Candidates
will be cropping out here and there
for the gislature-feeIing their way
and they should know definitely
what the party stands for in the
most important matters that AFFECT
the states welfare. The convention
could itself make notifications of the
ticket in next years primary as would
eliminate a great many of the OBJ
jectionable and expensive features.
By all means, Mr.. Price, get your
committee together and talk over the
matter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-11
PHILoSOPHIc THOUGHTS
ON THE OPEN GATE.
Quincy Times.)
, A%~A%%% %~~%%A = =

Were you ever walking along in
the still hours Of the night, after the
moon had gone to rest, medltating
upon the sweetness Of life and the
goodness and kindness of your neigh
bOrs; at peace with all the world;
in love with everybody and every
thing and had reached the just con-
clusion that this country was the
grandest in all the world and you
were so pleased with everything that
YOU began to whistle softly and then
little louder and louder still, as if
YOU were being swept away with the
melody of your own warbling Then
suddenly, without warning, come in
contact with a front gate that is
swinging at right angles across the
streets?. How quickly, as you grab
bed yourself near the waist line. did
your peaceful meditations ceasei The
kindness and goodness Of your neigh
bors were forgotten, you were mis-
taken about the grandeur OF this
country. You were mistaken about
everything save the shock to your
nervous system that you had just
received by coming in contact with
that open gate
Dear reader, has It happened to
you? Is there gate that swings open
at all hours on your usual route?
Do you have TO pick your way over
roots and bricks on a bad sidewalk
and just as you sight the lamp in the
window" of your haTbOT, believing
yourself to be free from pitfalls and
sidewalks steps suddenly and with
out warning come in contact with
that open gate? Would YOU not be
willing to subscribe q dime towards
erecting a marble statue to the coun-
Gilman that would propose a bill
that all gates should only open to the
inside? That would relieve all dan
ger of losing your religion from TINT
open gate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-11
Brick Masonry a
Good Trade to Learn.

In yesterdays Journal occasion
was had to call attention to the need
of manual training in public schools;
the education of children along prac-
tical lines of usefulness; in other
words, the teaching of a trade. For,
no matter how extensive ones aca-
demic education may be, to supple
ment it with concrete knowledge of
some trade or art would prove of
great advantage.
It will be a glorious era in the
worlds history when, for instance,
every banker may leave his compli-
Gated study of finance to make a
horseshoe and every blacksmith may
be competent to assume the pTesi-
dency of a financial institution. This
is, of course, more or less, but a
Utopian dream. But who knows
Stranger things have taken place in
this world OF ours.
What a happy thing for himself and
for the community. it would be, should
an impoverished college graduate be
able to step in and make a living
through this opportunity thus pre-
scented by The DeLand News:
Why is IL that more of our young
white men do not learn plastering
and brick masonry? A white man
will labor for years as a carpenter
before he can earn S2.75 to $500 q
day, while a brick mason can grad
uate' after six months and claim 81
q day. Ninety-nine out of every hun
dred of these masons can't plumb
a wall, and 10 per cent of the re-
naming 1 per cent can't plaster a
wall evenly. The average brick
mason" either gets twice too much,
or the carpenter only half enough.
There would surely be no disgrace
for a college man to engage in this
honest work, and by it he might lay
by sufficient money to make it posi-
BILE to realize his hearts desire along
a chosen line of life employment.
Long live brick masonry and the
high value placed upon those who
understand it; and any Obseryant
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-11
NO EXCUSE FOR
SUCH A CRIME.
Jacksonville Times-Union.

That mob that hanged Mick Nor
Tis at Tallahassee Sunday morning
before day seemed rather bent on ex-
pressing its contempt for law than on
taking the life of one who deserved
to die. l. there was ever an excuse
for lynching there was none in this
case. The prisoner had not commit
ted the crime for which general SEN
timent agrees that speedy death
should be meted out. The mob did
not act under a sudden impulse, for
the crime was committed nearly three
months ago. There was no reason to
complain at the laws delay, for the
legal execution would have followed
the crime within three months. There
was no reason to fear a failure or
justice, for the man would have been
legally hanged in five days. Work on
the gallows had already commenced
and the governor had said the negro
would not be pardOned and his sen
tenee would not be committed.
There were reports that the negro
was acting queer" This is the only
shadow of an excuse, and IL Is too
shadOwy. If the negro was insane,
did the mob wish to murder a crazy
man? Did It fear that the sentence
o. a sane man would be committed in
spite of Governor Gilchrist's state
ment that it would not be committed?
It really seems that these men had
little in view except an expression of
contempt for law and for the state
authorities. We hope the authorities
will thoroughly investigate this mat
ter Men who wish to blight the
name of the state and to throw dis
credit on one of the best communi-
ties of Florida by substituting an iHe-
gal execution for legal one should
be punished and punished severely.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-11
STILL ANOTHER CALL
FOR A STATE CONVENTION.
(Tampa Tribune.)
,AA~%%~~~~~~%~%S

So much uncertainty prevails as
to the correct answer to the question
What is q DemOcrat?" in Florida,
that the suggestion of a state Demo
cratic convention, fer the purpose of
defining a platform of principles for
the conduct Of the party and its Of
fetal representatives is by no means
a bad one. At the recent session of
the legislature, Democracy was but
an empty name and although the two
houses were nominaily composed al
together of Democrats, men elected
as Democrats, the proceedings of the
session demonstrated that practically
every shade of party belief was rep
resented among the legislators and
that the varieties of Democrats were
too numerous to be successfully cata-
lOgued. Al a matter Of fact, much
of the so-called Democracy mani
tested in the introduction Of bills and
in the debates which consumed so
much of the time of the session. So
claliSm or nothingism, and disgraced
the name of Democracy by its pres
enee under the Democratic banner
and its authorization by Democratic
votes
The leading papers Of the state are
taking kindly to the suggestion that
a convention is needed TO put the
Democratic party OF Florida back in
to the proper path and to eliminate
from its ranks the people who have
no right there. but who, under the
dominance Of that party in this state
find no other opportunity of obtain
ing Office or influence politically other
than by pretended allegiance TO its
principles and policies. A state con-
ventiOn would doubtless be enabled to
cast out these unworthy camp fol-
lowers" and 10 place them in their
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-11
Paper From Okra
Down at Sanford.

This from the Sanford Herald is
significant and should provoke I'M
usual interest:
AS we go to press today it is ru-
mOred that a company will be or
ganized here to manufacture paper
from the okra plant. The manufac-
ture Of good paper from the okra
plant has been proved commercially
profitable and after a careful inves-
tigation it has been found that as a
secondary summer crop on Sanford s
irrigated lands the okra could be
raised to better advantage than in
any other section of Florida, and with
the splendid water transportation and
railroad facilities a paper mill here
would pay large dividends. The Her
aid will give the particulars later.
The Journal will await the prom
Used particulars" on the tiptoe Of
pleased expectation For it's readers
will doubtless call to mind its sew
eral editorials discussing the value
Of paper making in Florida using
the okra plant for raw material. In
these editorials it called attention to
the fact that after careful investiga-
ton and practical test made by GER
tain progressive men of Macon, Geor-
gia. the fact was discovered that okra
fibre contained a highly productive
basis for paper making and that
these men had reached the concIus-
sion that the manufacture of paper
from this material would certainly
prove a commercial success.
And why should it be left for
Orange county to reap the first ad-
vantage of this knowledge? Of course,
as The Herald states, the okra plant
viii flourish in that section and yield
an enormous crop at very small ex-
pense, the cost of cultivation in -Auch
congenial soil and climate being in
significant. But the same thing is
true of climatic and soil conditions
in Escambia county-in all the coun-
ties Of West Florida
It is time for local capitalists to
wake up and realize the possibilities
contained in this enterprise. To make
careful investigation of the matter
and satisfy themselves of the fea-
sibility of establishing a paper indus
try in this section. What industry
contains greater certainty of prof
it? With a cheap but highly pro-
ductive raw material what could pre-
vent a vast profit in the making of
commodity the demand for which
is practically unlimited?
Pensacola could have no peer as
the location Of great paper manu-
factories. The Journal looks for
ward with an earnest hope that some
day they will be a reality. And, IN
less all signs fail, their promoters
will be lucky men indeed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-06-11

tune. They work early and late, In
sunshine and rain, in neat and cold,
and often deprive themselves and
family of the pleasures that others en-
joy in order that they may succeed,
and the labor and sacrifices of the
farmers in the field are usually no
greater than those of the wife az
home. They all deserve the best
crops that the soil, the sunshine and
rain can bring them and the best
prices that the rich and easy Iivara
can pay them.-Leesburg Commercial.
Has Done Good Service.
Brother Walpole, Of the Manatsa
country. remarks on his recent visi.
to the capital that all things are love
" with the state onieiaIs with the
possible exception o. Attorney Gener-
al Trammell OVERRIDING things. We
can assure Brother WsIpOle that bns
attorney general has rendered Florida
a very great service since assuming
the old order of things that he had
no easy fight on his hands. Let's not
detract one iota from the credit ne
so richly deserves by crying that he
is playing to the galleries" Be IL
far from us.-Havana News.
A Mans Real Worth.
How much is man worth is usual
ly answered in dollars and cents, but
that gives no real idea of a mans
value. A man is worth just so much
as he makes himself by ais character
and by the value Of the things in
which he concerns himseH.-Gaines
vile Sun.