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

Miss Annie Morgan. OF Washing
ton. formerly Of LeonardtowU, i.
visiting the Misses AbsIl. this
Town.
Messrs. Raymond and Willard
FOxw we'll. OF leonardo W, spent the
Easter holidays at >their home ir
L'onardtown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Yates, oI
Hollywood, and their niece Miss
Mamie Everett, OF Washington, paid
the Beacon al appreciated visit last
Tuesday.
There Is . law against persons
throwing brush, ETC.. in the drains
alongside the public roads, and, as
this is the season for clear ing up
along fences, it is proper to al at
tion TO il.
Chesapeake Bay fishermen are
catching thousands of shad and her
ring, and in all the Bay tributaries,
the fishing is good. Our local fish
ernen are making good catches. and
Cotton Yates aud others have caught
some exceptionally fne rUck.
Read the Notice Of the State Roads
Commission forbidding the opera
tion, over any improved State Road
or section thereof. OF Trac inon En-
Rines, except such as have wheels
with smooth surfIces and greater
thau four inches in width.
Last week baled straw for bedding
was csrted through Leonardtowu
from the wharf This and the great
quantities Of hay brought frCm Bal
timOre and Washington here, do not
speak veil for our farming. We
ought to have hay to ship Instead Of
being obliged 70 import it.
A phone report reached here last
Saturday that Brent R4ley, 500 OF
w. V. Raley, formerly of Leonard
town district. had been killed in
Washington City by a large block
Of ice falling on him. We have not
learned any particulars Of the &C.
cident nor seen it reported in the
Washington papers.
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders Of the Southern Mary
land Telephone Company at Mechau-
icsville on Monday. May l. 1911. at 2
P NJ, for the election Of Dir, ctors
and sucn other business as may
come before the meeting. lis HOY
ed that 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 impas-
sable hole at the foot Of Ellen
borough Hiil," near this Town.
Joe is q public spirited citizen and
good man TO have 10 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 NorthumoerIand was
10 ded with guano for river land
ings and with hay for HIssels werth.
Mattingly and oGhsrs, LeOnArdtoSn
At present there seems 10 be too fs "
steamers on the route to handle the
freight aud, it is claimed. that q
great deal Of 1t is left on the Light
Street dock because Uf want Of capa-
city 70 freight 10.
Ts had the pleasure Of met ting
Warren Abel, OF Baltimore. las,
Tuesday. Mr.. Abel who is Athle.
sic Instructor OF the Y NJ. G. A.. oI
Baltimore, has been On visit tC
friends and relatives in ST. Mary g.
He is an enegstic and successful
young man and for his own merit
and tbs sake Of his good father and
grandparents we wish him bright
and happy future.
Messrs. Henry Ward, Fl. z Duck
stien and s. s. Grogan avant cour
eurs and pathfinders for o Washing
ton Automobile Club that expects e
run from that city to Leonardtowr
on May 18th. proximO, were in sh'
Beaeon Office last Tuesday. They
were agreeable aud clever youul
gentlemen and We hope that they auC
their friends will have q pleasan
outing. We we're informed that th'
Club would turn out for the rur
here $50 strong.
Joseph w. Cooper. mail carrier OF
the Leonardtown- Valley Lee -Dray
deu route reports the mil road very
bad for miles and in some place:
impossible. At Keatly's mill. h'
has to leave the road for At leas
s-quarter Of mile and go throu 81
the woods. In passing over thi'
road. he has broken the circle ba
of his road cart, the singls-tree an'
both steps OF his buggy and pulle'
his harness to pieces. As mail. car
rier. il Mr., Cooper fails to go owe