Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-05-26
LOCalViSe and Otherwise.

LeOnardtowr.
Many OF our citizens were out
last Monday night watching the
Comet and the total eclipse OF the
moon.
Races over the Leonardtown
course will be held on the Is, l6
and IL OF August. Also a matinee
race on July 4. Full particulars
later.
PHI" one Of F. o. Morgan's
fine black horses, died last Tuesday
night at La Plata. Mr.. Morgan s
team was one OF the most stylish in
the county.
His Excellency. Governor Croth-
ers will address the graduates OF st.
Mary's Seminary, on Thursday,
June 2lst, proximo. when the com.
mencement OF that institution Will
be held.
The Republican Congressional
Convention was held at Chesapeake
Beach on Wednesday. the 18th. in
slant. Tom Parrsn. OF Calvert
county. will likely be unanimously
nOmin ated.
The esteemed Northern Neck Nc,os
has entered upon it's thirty second
year. The Nei0s is a model country
paper and we wish it and it's editor
many, many more years OF success
and prosperity.
Byron Andrews, Esq, we'll
known newspaper man and a pro-
minent citizen OF Washington, D. c.,
was in LeOnardtOwn IN Sunday, and
in company with his broth and
niece, Of Clements. Md attended
the confirmation service 10 st. Alloy
sius' Church.
The Bank OF st. Mary's at Leon
ardtown has just had put into it's
vault handsome and complete set
Of metal safe deposit boxes and FL
ing devices. The deposit boxes
will be rented at moderate prices
and persons who desire SAFE place
for the storage Of valuable papers,
jewels, etc. should see the Cashier
at once and rent box.
The Baltimore Sun is doing q
great work for st. Mary's county
and Southern Maryland by calling
attention TO our great and unexcel-
led advantages for home seekers.
The articles now running In the
Sun ought 70 be circulated as wide
ly as possible aud st. Mary s coun-
tains should buy extra copies for
distribution and SEND them to all
our fellow countians who are resid-
ing in other places.
Several changes OF importance are
made in the new Oyster License
Law, published in our this week s
supplement. Under the old law,
boys under Is years of age could
oyster without license; under the
new law, no one may oyster with
out license except women who have
no visible means Of support There
may be other important changes
made and we advise oystrrman 10
read the Act carefully.
With this issue we send out sup
plements containing some OF the i'm
portant Acts passed at the January
Session OF the Maryland General AS
sembly. Among the Acts publish
ed are: the Primary Election Law;
the Legal Holidays; the Public
Health; Oyster Licenses; the New
Registration. and others. We com
mend all the Acts to the careful
perusal Of our readers. Ignorance
OF the law excuses no one" and these
laws should be carefully read and
digested.
In his sermons in our different
churches, His Eminence Cardinal
Gibbons earnestly advised our
young people 10 remain in she coun-
" and not 70 remove TO tho cities.
His Eminence paid glowing tri-
butes to the dignity OF farming TO
the independence and healLhfullness
Of country life. In all the churches
where he confirmed, the Cardinal
had the boys pledge themselves 70
abstain from Intoxicating liquors
until they reach the age OF twenty
one years, and he exhorted them
when they reached that age not to
try to make up for any lost time.
T. Spencer Crane, attorney for the
Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake
Railway. who has been engaged for
the past two months in securing
rights OF way from Mechanicsville
to Laurel Grove has secured all the
needed rights by punches or con-
demnation. Only three OF the rights
had to be condemned, the owners Of
the other seven agreeing with the
sttorney as to compensation. In
the condemnation proceedings the