Saint Mary's beacon., 1909-11-25
LOCalViSe and Otherwise.


His many friends are delighted
TO see T. Frank Yates again In St
Mary's. Mr. Yates il visiting rel
stives here.
Mrs. A. Mills Heard and daugh-
ter. Vauette. Of Leonardtown dis.
trict. are visiting Dr.. J. Z. Heard
Of Baltimore.
Thursday, November25, is Thanks
giving Day aud 10 legal holiday In
Maryland. The banks will be clos.
ed for the day.
The Republican campaign expen.
ditures according TO State chairman
Hanna's and City Treasurer Good
wins reports, were. go, ,429.47.
There Is to be Q total eclipse OF
the moon on Friday night. Novem.
bsr 26. 1909. but you will have 10
rise early In the morning to see il.
Because OF the inclemsnt weather
the anrual meeting OF the Alumnae
OF st. Mary's Academy has been
postponed until Wednesday, Decem-
Der 8. 1909.
Chairman Vandiver g report, hled
in the Clerks Office a. Bel Air,
shows that the Democratic State
Central Committee expended $685.
472.7 76 In the recent campaign.
Mr.. Pearl Welch. q tenant on Mrs.
M. E. Kinks farm. Budd's Greek,
made from nine and one half acre
lot. 125 barrels Of corn-ouly 5 bar
reIs OF which we're short corn.
Don's fail to attend the Comedy,
AS Good As God" TO be given by
the Delta. Sigma, Chi. of ST. Mary q
Female Seminary. Friday, Nov. 26,
att 30, Pm Admission % cents
Most OF our county candidates
have complied with requirements of
the law and filed statements OF their
expenses in the recent campaign.
Those who h I'VE not done Sd should
attend To sh = matter at once.
There will be % sais OF John p.
Wilkinson = personal property, Mr..
Wilkinson having bsrgained TO buy
the old Fr-nch Absll farm near Rad
Gate and determining to move there
instead Of going to Baltimore.
John L. Reh is now showing In
our county. Mr.. Reh is q clever
gentleman who has been visiting St
Mary's for years aud has made many
friends here. His entertainments are
heartily enjoyed by many patrons.
Messrs. Frank B. Jones, OF Phila-
delphia and George s. Miller, OF
New York, were in St. Msry's Fri
day last aud went over the line Of
the old Southern Mary land railroad.
We hope they were favorably impres
sed.
The United States Courts have hit
the Standard Oil Co another whack
and Of course the price Of kerosene
aud gasoline will go up. for the CON-
pany will have to havs some cash to
pay the expenses OF an appeal to the
Supreme Court.
A Carroll county man who keeps
q careful record OF she weather says:
mo rain to saturate the earth has
fallen since June IL. a period OF
nearly Ave months" He says the
light showers in that time soon eva
porated aud did little good.
We invite special attention TO the
Bank Statements printed in this is
sue. They show that our local
banking institutions are we'll man
aged and that our county people
carry fair line Of deposits. Pa.
tronize your home banks.
The rainy spell beginning Tues
day last was Q considerable damper
on the road work and will delay the
completion OF the State bridge. The
eastern span Of the bridge is com.
pleted, however. and the driveway
is almost two thirds finished.
Mrs. d. p. Carroll, OF Augusta,
Co.. will give an entertainment at
Lehmann's Hall, Baltimore. on
December 9sh, proximo. under the
auspices Of the Daughters Of the
Confederacy. Mrs. Carroll is oue
Of the clsverest impersonators In the
country. She Is the wife Of Col. NJ.
P. Carroll, formerly Of this county.
Il has been given out within the
past few days that Jackson B Abell,
OF Leonardtown. Is 10 succeed Dan
lei Guy as Jailor when Sheriff ].
Bernard Love takes charge. Dur.
ing Mr.. Guys term the Jail has been
admirably attended TO and the pri'
soners confined therein have had
nothing but kind words TO say OF the
jailor and his wife.
Within the past three months over
$3.50 worth OF sheep have been des
troyed In St. Clements neighbor
hood by worthless dogs. Among