Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-12-14
LOCalViSe and Otherwise,

DR.. G. L. West, the La Plata We
terinarisn, has arranged TO visit
Leonsrdtown on Wednesday and
Thursday OF each week.
There seems 10 be q murrain
among the Leouardtown cattle and
last week Mr.. +. y. Morgan aud
States Attorney Loker lost valuable
cows.
Gibson Russell, OF Hotel St.
Mary's. has added o boot owl TO bis
menagerie. The owl Is the gift Of
]. Ford GreenweIl aud is fine,
large specimen.
Mr.. and Mrs J. e n. Sterling,
OF Cape Charles. Va. who have
been visiting their son L. J Sterl-
ing. Leonsrdtown. returned home
per Sundays steamer.
Read the Bank Statements pub
lished in this issue. They are q
true index OF the business prosper
ity OF the county and they make q
good showing for St. Mary's.
Last Saturday night the meat
house o: VIM. ID. Mattiugly. OF Leon
ardtown, was robbed. Officers we're
speedily on the trail OF the burglar
and the meat was recovered.
W. A. Hall, OF Washington, spen,
last week in st. Mary's hunting
birds and business. II he is as sue
cessful in his hunting as he is In
his business, he certainly made a
fine week OF it.
At Tuesdays meeting, the Board
Of County Commissioners ordered
the Road Supervisors TO discontinue
work on the public roads unless q
repair job was ordered by some
member Of the Commissioners
Court.
We are deeply and truly grateful
TO the kind and staunch friends who
have lately manifesto such sincere
interest in US. 1t is consoling to
know that gratitude is not forgot
ten virtue. We hope We may have
the chance to show our spprecia-
ton.
Chairman Tucker ard Engineer
Euhler, OF the Good Roads Commits
sion, made tour Of inspection OF
the st. Msry's State Road last week.
They determined to use a spit log
drag for the unsurfaced middle Sec
ton Of th6 road While in ST.
Mary's they were guests OF DR.. c.
V. Hay den.
The Washington Sunday Herald,
o: December 10. prints a good pc
ture of John r Stone, OF 2444 Eigh
teenth str ct. N W.. the second
highest cInd d 1te in the Herald
contests for trip around the world.
Mr.. Stone is q native of St. Mary s
county and we wish him success in
10 his contest.
On the first trip 20 Washington 81
our new Automobile Lice on Wed.
mes day, December ID. 1911. four
passengers wentfrom here with the
Messrs. Lease, viv: Judge B
Harris Camslier, Messrs Euoch b
Abell, Joseph F. Neal and D. J. FL
lott, of Salisbury Otbers were
taken en- route.
The st. Mary's Circuit Court
Judge Csmalier on the beech. sal
in special session last Monday Il
hear argument in the case of JOSEPH
Olevieh VS.. Chas r Lewis for the
recovery OF land sod under q con
tract, which mas not been fulfilled
Gen. Wilmer and II. Ching 70
presented the plaintiff and Messrs
Combs s. Loker the defe ndsnt. Th'
Jud 70 took the papers and will I'll,
an opinion later.
On Dece mber 7th. instant, Mr.
w. B. Duke began subsoiling &C {
understanding his Herring Creel
farm with dynamite. The work /.
done under the supervision OF OIL
expert Of the Dupont Powder Com
pauy and will continue until tn,
22nd, instant. Mr.. Duke invite:
our farmers to come and witnes:
the work. Dynamite is now Otter
used for ditch digging ia swamp'
and marshy places and We not
that experiments in this line havv
been very successful in Greer
Annes county.
Commissioner. elect John L. Hill
ton, having received his commits
sion and taken the oath Of office, tn,
Board Of County Commissioners re
organized last Tuesday. On me
ton OF Commissioner Hilton, Samue
Hayden. Of Chaptico, was electe,
President OF the Board for the en-
suing two year term. and on motto
Of Mr.. Hilton, Aloysius F. King. {
Leonsrdtown, was elected Clerk Z
tina Roard. Hon. Walter r. Dor