Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-04-20

Miss Leila MsttinRly. OF La Plata,
spent the Easter holidays with her
parents. this town.
Miss Annie Morgan. Of Washing
ton. formerly of Leonardtown, is
visiting the Misses Absll, this
Town.
Messrs. Raymond and Willard
FOxwell. OF LeOnsrdso~ ~n, spent the
Easter holidays at their home In
Lronardtown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Yates, of
Holly wood, and their niece Miss
Mamie Everett, OF Washington, paid
the Beacon an appreciated visit last
Tuesday.
There is law against per sous
throwing brush. etc.. In she drains
alongside the public roads, and, as
Shis 10 the season for clear Ing up
along fences. 1t Is proper to ca III at.
tiOn TO 10.
Chesapeake Bay fishermen are
catching thousands of shad and her
ring, and in ell the Boy tributaries,
the fishing is good. Our local fish
ermen are making good catches, aud
Cotton Yates and oshsrs baye caught
some exceptionally dne rvck.
Read the Notice Of she State Roads
Commission forbidding the opera.
tiOn. over any improved State Road
or section thereof. Of Tracrinon En-
Rines. except such as have wheels
with smooth surfaces sod greater
than four inches in width.
Last week baled straw for bedding
was carted through Leonardtown
from the wharf. This and the great
quantities OF hay brought from Bal
timore and Washington here, do not
speak we'll for our farming. We
ought to have hay 70 ship instead Of
being obliged TO import ID.
A phone report reached here last
Saturday that Brett EaIey, 500 OF
W. V. Raley, formerly OF Leonard
town district. had been killed in
Washington City by . large block
Of ice falling on him. We have not
learned any particulars Of she &C.
cident nor seen 10 reported in she
Washington papers.
There will be q meeting Of the
stockholders Of she Southern Mary
land Telephone Company at Mschan-
icsvills ON Monday. May l, 1911, at2
P NJ, for the election of Directors
and sucn other business Is may
come before the meeting. lis hop
cd shat the stock holders will be re-
presented in person or by proxy.
Last Saturday. JOS. VI. Mating
ly, OF Ellen Dor ough," assisted by
his little son, fixed the almost impss-
sable hole ~ the foot Of Ellen
borough Hill," near this Town.
Joe is Q public spirited citizsn and
good man TO have 10 Q community.
Every traveller, who has TO pass
over the road, will certainly be
grateful TO him for his good work.
On Tuesday . trip from Baltimore
the Steamer Northumberland was
10 ded with gusno for river land
ings and with hay for HAsssls werth.
MattinRly aud others. LeOn4rdsown
Al present there seems 20 be TOO fe "
steamers on the route TO handle she
freight aud, 10 Is claimed. that q
great deal Of it is lefs on she Light
Street dock because of want OF capa-
city 10 freight 10.
We had the pleasure Of meeting
Warren Abell, Of Baltimore. las,
Tuesday. DR.. Abell who is Athle-
bic Instructor Of the Y. III. @. A.. oi
Baltimore, has been on . visit b
friends and relatives in So. Mary's.
He is On eneRstic aud successful
young man and for his own merit
and she sake Of bis good father and
grandparents We wish him o bright
and happy future.
Messrs. Henry Ward, Fl. Z Duck
stien aud S. s. Grogan avsnt cour'
surs and pathfinders for Q Wishing
ton Automobile Club that expects &c
run from that city 20 LeousrdtoWu
on May 18th. proximo, we're iu ths
Beacon ONCE last Tuesday. They
were agreeable and clever young
gentlemen and We hope shat they and
their friends will have . pleasant
outing. We were informed that ths
Club would turn out for the rur
here $50 strong.
Joseph w. Cooper. mail. carrier or
the Leonardtown-Valley Lee -Drsy
den route reports the mail road very
bad for miles aud In some places
impassable. Al Keatly's mill. h'
hes TO leave the road for at less
aquarter Of . mile and 90 throu gl
the woods. In passing over thi'
road, he has broken the circle bsl
Of his road cart. the singls-tree snt