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

Miss Fannie Williams Of Laurel.
is visiting Miss Maggie Combs at
P4tuxens.
Miss Nancy Combs is visiting
Mss Ellen Combs ut "Eld0n" near
Leonardtown.
The recent rains have greatly Inn,
proving the prospects for yield Of
corn In the county,
Mr.. ard Mrs. r. @. Moore. and
Miss Ethel Moore, Of Washington,
are guests at Hotel Lawrence.
W.T.. Abel and wife. OF Washing
ton, are visiting In Le0nardtown and
are guests OF Hotel Lawrence.
DR.. Ross Coppaee and wife. Of
Baltimore. are visiting Judge Will
liam s. Coppage, this county.
Mrs. p. Cough Edelen, OF Balti-
more. Is visiting the family OF Mrs.
Il, Leigh Morgan. Leonardtown.
Mrs. Z L. Robinson and son from
Baltimore are paying an extended
visit 70 friends and relatives In So.
Mary's.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dslahay 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 fall to attend the sale OF the
]. H. Parsons personally, next Wed
nssday, August 20. Many things
viii be sold that you need.
Mrs. Annie e. Mills and daughter,
Miss Lille Mills. Claude Mills, and
Frank Quigley, Of Washington. are
visiting relatives near Leonardtown.
DCharles B. McCully has purchased
fine 2Ox50 tent. with Q seating ca
pacity OF 200 and il showing up-to-
date moving pictures. Attend his
entertainments and enjoy yourself.
J. @. Reeves crop OF tobacco, this
year, brought him an average of q
little over e65 per hogshead, his
best hogshead selling for $110 40.
How many farmers can beat this2
Robt G. Combs, ESQ of Leonard
town, could not attend the Judicial
Convention at Ia Plata today. Mr..
George w. Joy was given Mr..
Combs proxy and attended in his
place.
The Democratic judicial Conven-
fion for the Seventh Judicial Cir
cult met at Ia Plata, Wednesday,
I but up to the time OF our going to
4 press we had not received report
of It's proceedings.
BY order OF the County Commits
opsrs. Jos. u. Milbarn and Leo
arayes closed. 10 travellers
y Bridge near Teonardtown.
az. The bridge is unsafe
Ne order TO close Il.
Wednesday last, the Cedar Point
Baseball Club defeated 81. Inigo's
nine by score Of 3 to /. The fea
lures Of the game were the pitching
Of JaFbOe and the catching of Sum.
mers. They would like to hear from
al strong teams OF the county.
VIM. Meverell Loker, Clerk 10 tho
County Commissioners has written
tho State Road Commission of the
Plank Bridge, ION the line OF the
State road). notifying them that IL
was unsafe and had been closed 10
trsfiic, and urging she Commission
10 take Immediate steps for building
new bridge.
Work on the State Road In st.
Mary's county began Tuesday,
IL, at8A M. with % hands employ
ed. An hundred hands went to
work on Wednesday. The work
was begun near @. p Herbert's
new dwelling 10 Mechanicsville and
will be pushed as fast as possible
towards Helen.
Miss Maude Jarboe. Of Mecban-
icsville, accompanied by Misses
Wayne and Gertrude Barron. oi
Washington, ID. O.. and Miss Bella
Boswell, Of Prince Georges county,
have returned home from an extend
ed trip TO Detroit. They returned
home by way OF Niagara, MRuch
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 . week. q
cruise. Among those In the party
were: Capt. Geo. X. Everhart and
wife, Jno. s. Everhart and Miss
Grace Eyerhart, Of Baltimore Coun.
TYR. q. Reik, OF the Baltimore bar;
Mr.. and Mrs. s. s. Biyard, Of Har-
ford; Miss Lula Clarkson. Baltimore
Co.; Thos. A. hurry, Jr., OF Balti-
more; and O. w. Haslip. OF Howard.
The party saw the places Of Interest
in The town and we're greatly pleas
ed.
Al meeting Of the Executive
Committee OF the Southern Maryland
Telephone Company, held August
10Th. inst, u was decided TO issue
$4,000 first mortgage Bonds. sub
ject II necessary. 10 the approval oil
she stockholders. The FIRST issue
OF the bonds is TO be limited to the
present existing indebted ness OF the
Company. "a, 800 Of the 6rst issue
bias been subscribed. II the bond
plan Of the Executive COMMITTEES
materializss, Il Is the intention OF
che Company 10 install new phones