Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-05-04
COUNTY NEWS.
LOCalViSe and Otherwise.


May Devotions are being beld as
st. Aloysius Church. Leonardtown
at 7:30 each evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. o. Morgan left
Sunday las: for short trip TO Wash
ington and Baltimore.
Miss Genevievs Lenehan. Of Cum.
berlsnd, is visiting her sister. Mrs
f. F. Green we'll. Leonard own.
Clarence Latchford. OF Annapolis
Ju lction, is visiting his aunt, Mrs.
B. Harris Camalier, Lsonardtown.
Note the advertisement of the
auction sale of furniture at Hotel
ST. Msry's, Saturday. May Ii. TO-
slant
Thomas c. Edwards. OF St.
Joseph s. is, we regret TO he Gr, ute
sick. We wish him a speedy re-
covery.
because OF press OF advertising
matter, we are obliged to hold over
for future issue several favors OF
esteemed correspondents.
Miss Julia Laichford. of Anna
pills Junction, who has been visisiug
Miss Madeleine CamAlier, Leonard
town. has returned to her home.
Messrs. William Hall, Wade
Blackstone and Gilbert D mt all OF
Washington. paid a fying visit 10
st. mary's relatives aud friends
last Sunday.
Recently. while ducking near his
home on Herring Greek. B-rnard
Mckay shot aud killed an eagle
which measured seven feet. FIVE
Inches. from tip to tip.
Mrs Jus'us Sypher and son
Cushman, Of Germantown, Pa, ar
rived in Leonadtown Sunday last
and will soon open their handsome
home on st Clements Bay.
Our local gasoline boats are now
nearly all in commission Their
owners should all acquaiut them
selves with the government r. quire-
Inents aud comply with them strict
ly.
Last SundIy, Deupty sheriff A
X. Love- took to the HJuss Of Cor.
rectiou', TIM Nnal. col red, santen
ced bv justice Herbert TO ttat IN.
stituti m for l8 mInthS for assault.
on Wi liam Bro Ks. colorsd.
A phDNe message from Mr.. Err
Icy, Of BrandywiHe, received Wed
neSdiv Irning SAWS that Preston
has been elected Mayor o: PaltinJre
bv smLli plurality and IN 1t the
City CJnnail is Dem Icratic.
The schooner Ph lip Kirkwood,
Cap'ain L. r Taylor, of Is tltim re,
brough; \ 10 I'd of furnitur. TO Hotel
st Mays Mon 'lY IL was thu
furnitur4 recently pu chased by
Mr. w 3 Duke At tn. sale Of tn.
gu fit Of the City Hotel, Baltimore.
Mr.. George Hlssels Werth and
family moved into thar new home
last Monday. Mr. Miller and family
of Washington, are to occupy the
Dug Store property vacated by
Mr.. HaSsels worth. Mr.. Miller is
n fist c'aSs pharmacist and his
Drug Store will prove a great addi-
tiOn tO the town.
Monday last. little Billy" of
Hotel ST Mary's, LeonaI dtown, had
his left ankle bone broksn by piece
Of furniture falling ON him. Dr..
ThOs. Lynch reduced the fracture
and the lite fellow is now suffering
but little. Little Billy" is Ren-
IT \
wish him speedy recovery.
Z .ch. Ma,tiugly. of Chaptico
neIghborhoOd, died April 18Th,
ultimo, after a lingering iilress,
agei about sixty years. He was a
'rnly go I'd mLn and good citiz,u
His ramIins we're buried ut ST.
'Seph = graveyard on Thursday in
tha prsS"ncs q lar - concourse OF
sOrrOwI"g relatives and friends.
We have not received the tabulat.
ed returns OF the Baltimore CITY
election and hence Cannot estimate
the number OF citizens there who
pledged themselves in the primar-
les TO vote party ticket and stulti-
fed themselves in the election. M
doubt, however, that tho Act TO le-
galizs political lying was a great
success.
LaOnardtown had quite an excit
ing Town election last Monday. Few
knew OF the election until is was
going on. but the friends of the
several candidates got 30 work at the
eleventh hour aud made a vigorous
canvass. 40 votes were cast, Dr..
+. +. Green well receiving 32. Will
liam c. Mattingly, 81. Arthur Tur-
ner, l6. aud the rest scattering.
Msssrs. Greenwell and Mattingly
were elected.
At Mondays meeting OF the stock
holders OF the Southern Maryland
Telephone Company at Mechanics
Vile, Messrs. George W. Joy, L j.
Cantsr, W. B Duke. ]. w. Rene
han, w. p. Powell, E. B. Abell, P.
K. Wills. DR.. L. B. Johnson aud
VIM. Ii. Gardiner were elected di-
rectors. AZ the Directors meeting,
the old officers were reelected. as
follows: Geo. W. Joy. president;
L. j. Canter, vice president; w. B
Duke. Secr0tarV and traaSurar