Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1912-03-14
LoCalWiSe and Otherwise.

be harbipgers of Spring, have made
their appearance in considerable
numbers.
Delegate John R. Garner has in
PRODUCED bill providing for the
building OF two new school houses
in st. Mary's.
Associate Judge Camalier left
Sunday last for La Plata where he
will sit with Judge Beal for a spe-
eial hearing.
Plant less acreage to corn this
year and give it better culture. 1t
will take less hard work and you
will make more corn.
Mrs j. ] Jarboe, OF Leonardtown,
was taken to a Baltimore Hospital
last Sunday for treatment. We wish
her speedy recovery.
The Trustees of St Mary's Fee
male Seminary will meet at Hotel
ST. Mary's, L9onardtown, on Tues
day, March 18Th, instant.
Don 7 fail TO attend tie denonstra-
ton Of the Great Majestic Rlnge
at the Ma thews. Green well Building
next wick Read their big adv
Our thanks are due for pamphlet
entitled The Local Option Bill"
What the Bill really is and what
the business men OF Baltimore think
OF it,"
Hon. John r Garner has intro
duced Road and Bond Bill As
soon as we receive a copy Of the Bill
we will publish its principal feat
ures
The Philadelphia Farm Journal
says deafness is iucurable, but sew
eral men wi bs given their hear.
ing at the coming March Term Of
our Circuit Court
Many OF our sheep growers have
fine foGks Of thrifty lambs Judge
Joseph II KY, Of leonardo wn. on
his estates has probably tho fnest
h5cks in Southern Marylar d.
Recently, John 3. Abel, the Wash
ington Commission msrchaot, sold
for account Of John H. R3eder. Of
Morganzl, seven Dorset lambs. to-
talog 3j5 pounds, for $7l Who can
beat thio2
The March Term Of our Circuit
Court will begin next Mord ~, the
18Th, instant. We hope the wealth
er will be fair SO far as has been
reported there are 20 heinous crimes
for investigation.
Capt. Solomon Foxwell has sold
his schooner, the Matte Dean, to
Capt Jesse Pagan, OF Alexandria.
The Dean was probably the fastest
scht oDer that ever sailed from old
Llewellysburg.
Upon Mr.. Dorsey's appearance 10
the H Iuse Of Delegates. last Mon
d9y, on motion Of Mr. Marbury a
rising vote of coogratulAton was
tsnd3red him upon his recovery from
his recent spill Of sickness.
The BEACON is dated on Thurs
days because it is put in the nail on
the morning Of that day 1t is how
ever, printed on Wednesd lys in or.
der to be in time for Thursday s
mail. Communications reaching US
later than Tuesday evenings are too
late for our Issue of that week
r. B. Keene Claggett, ESQ ,.of the
Baltimore aR firm of Bartlett. Poe,
Clagett & Bland, was before the
Board OF County Commissioners on
Tuesday aud secured permission for
the Washington, Potomac & Chesa-
peake Rail way Company to cross the
ST. Mary's public rolds for i1s ex-
tension to tidewater.
The agents OF the French Govern
ment have purchased nearly the
whole Maryland Tobacco crop for
consumption in France and its colo
MES. They said that after expert
mentiug with tobaccos gnown in the
United States, the French Reggie
found that French smokers prefer
red the Mary land weed.
According to the Health Officers
Bulletin for January 1912, the total
plumber of deaths in rural Maryland
during 1911, was 10,969, Of which
2,192 were from infectious diseases.
Tuberculosis is counted an infecti-
GUS disease, and /, 124 deaths are at
tributed to it. The percen tage OF
deaths from tuberculosis in the
counties of Maryland, January 1912.
per 10000 Of population, was. for
whites, / ID; for negroes, 2.3O. The
morbidity statistics for 1911 show