Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-08-19


Miss Fannie Williams Of Laurel
IL visiting Miss Maggie Combs at
''PAtuxent."
Miss Nancy Combs In VISITING
Mss Ellen Combs at ''EIdon" near
Leonardtown.
The recent rains have greatly i'm.
proving the prospects for n weld of
corn 10 the county.
Mr.. AZ d MRS. r @. Moore. and
Miss Ethel Moore, OF Washington.
are guests at Hotel Lawrence.
w. II. Abel and wife. OF Washing
ton, are wishing In Leonard town and
are guests OF Hotel Lawrence.
DIR. Ross Coppage and wife. of
Baltimore. are visiting Judge vii.
liam s. CoppaRe, this county.
Mrs. p. Cough Edelen, of Balt;.
mnre. Is visiting the family Of Mrs.
4. Leigh Morgan, Leonardtown.
Mrs. Z l.. Robinson and son from
Baltimore are paying an extended
visit 10 friends and relatives In Sc.
Mary's.
Mrs. Elizabeth Delahay and dauRh-
ter. Evelyn, are visiting her cousin.
Mrs. Edward Oberry, Solomon's Is
land.
Misses Anna Dell Milburn, Marie
Drury and Lucy Alvey paid the
BEACON Office visit last Wednes.
day.
Don't fail 10 attend the sale of the
]. Il. Parsons personally, next Wed.
nesday, August 25. MANY things
will be sold that you need.
Mrs. Annie e. Mills and daughter.
Mss Lille Mills. Claude Mills, and
Frank Quigley, Of Washington, are
visiting relatives near Leonardtown.
OCharles B. McCully has purchased
fine 2Ox5O tent. with o seating Ca
pac!ty OF 200 and Ia showing up-to-
date moving pictures. Attend his
entertainments and enjoy yourself.
]. c. Reeves crop OF tobacco, this
year, brought him an average OF a
little over s65 per hogshead, bis
best hOgshesd selling for 9f1O 40.
How many farmers can beat thisP
Robt G. Combs, ESQ OF Leonard
town. could not attend the Judicial
Convention at La Plata today. Mr..
George w. Joy was given Mr..
Combs proxy and attended In his
place.
The Democratic Judicial Conyen-
ton for the Seventh Judicial Cir.
cult met NJ Ia Plata, Wednesday,
but up 10 the tune OF our going to
press We had not received o report
OF its proceedings.
By order OF the County Commits.
sinners. Jos. H. Milburn and Eco
ID. Graves closed 10 travellers
the Plank Bridge near 7 .eonardtown.
last Tuesday. The bridge is unsafe
and hence the order 10 close ID.
Wednesday last. the Cedar Point
Baseball Club defeated st. Inieo's
nine by score Of 3 to l. The Tea.
lures OF the game were the pitching
OF Jarboe and the catching of Sum.
mers. They would like TO hear from
all strong teams OF the county.
VIM. Meverell Lrker, Clerk 10 the
County Commissions ~. has written
the State Road Commission Of the
Plank Bridge. ION the line Of the
State road). notifying them that 10
was unsafe and had been closed 10
tr"nic, and urging the Commission
70 take immediate steps for building
q new bridge.
Work on the State Road In 81.
Marys county began Tuesday,
IL, at 3 "A N, with % hands employ
ed. An hundred hands went TO
work on Wednesday. The work
was begun near C p. Herbert's
new dwelling In Mechanicsvilie and
will be- pushed as fast as possible
towards Helen.
Miss Maude Jarboe, OF Mecban.
lcsvilie, accompanied by Misses
Wayne and Gertrude Barron, of
Washington. ID. c.. and Miss Belle
Boswell. OF Prince Georges county.
have returned home from an extend
Cd trip 10 Detroit: They returned
home by way Of Niagara, Mauch
Chunk, Watkins Glen and other
places Of interest.
The Gov. Thomas, OF the Mary
land Oyster Navy. touched at Leon.
ardtown Saturday last. She had on
board party making q weeks
cruise. Among those In the party
we're: Capt. Geo. Y. Everhart and
wife, yno. s. Everhart and Miss
Grace Everhars, OF Baltimore Coun-
~; e. @. Reik. Of the Baltimore bar:
DIR. aud Mrs. 8. s. Bivard, Of Har.
ford; Miss Lula Clarkson, Baltimore
Co.; Thos. A. hurry, Jr., of Balti-
more; and @. w. Haslip, Of Howard.
The party saw the places Of interest
Ia the town and were greatly pleas
ed.
At q meeting Of the Executive
Committee OF the Southern Maryland
Telephone Company, held August
18th. inst, 10 was decided 10 iss ue
$4,000 FIRST mortgage Bonds, sub
1ect IL necessary. 10 the approval OF
the stockholders. The FIRST issue
OF the bonds Is 10 be limited 10 the
present existing Indebtedness Of the
Company. "a 1900 Of the irst issue
has been subscribed. II the bond
plan OF the Executive Commi ttee
materisliZes, 10 Is the intention of
she Company 10 Install new phones
and make further improvements 10
render the service Efficient.