Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1913-09-11
COUNTY NE VS.
LocaIHise and Otherwise.

L0CaIHlSe ana UlnolHlSo'
The C'ominissIoners Court was q
session on Tuesday, auditing road az"
counts.
The oyster longing season in our
waters opens on Monday, September,
the 18TH
Mr.. John Thompson and daughter,
Miss Marie, are registered at Hotel
st. Mary's.
The Orphans Court was in session
on Tuesday last, but there was little
business TO be attended To.
The first yster license Tor the APP
preaching oyster season was granted
Mr.. Parran Tippett. Of Compton.
Up to the time Of going to press
our County clerk had issued 3 white
and colored license to tong.
Our thanks are due Senator John
Walter Smith for a copy of Special
Report on Diseases Of the Horse.
Miss Mary Bean, OF Baltimore,
! who has been visiting Miss Helen
7 Greenwich returned to her hope lasl
week.
The schooner Anna M. H. Roche,
of Baltimore, discharged cargo Of
soft coal last week for Hotel st.
Mary's.
Trustee of st. Mary S Female Sem
inerv will meet at Leonardtown, on
Tuesday, the 10Th. instant, at Hotel
st. Mary's.
Miss Minnie Knott and Miss Olive
Greer, Of Charles county, are visiting
the latter's sister, Mrs. Norris, Abelfs
this county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Padgett and
son who have been visiting Mr.. J. Il,
Edwards, returned to their home IN
Washington last week.
Alumnae members please remem-
her the general Daeeting OF the Academy
Alumnae Society on Saturday sep
TENDER ID, at 10 q. M
We note that the authorities have
caused to be erected an eight foot
= board fence to hide the unsightly out
houses to the north of the jail.
The open season for the shooting
~ souirrls began September lst We
understand they are plentiful and are
doing some little damage TO corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry NJ. Jones,
spent the past week in Baltimore, buy
ing Fall Millinery and Dry Goods for
Gendason g. Jones, Leonardtown
Mr.. George p. Loker, OF Leonard
town who recently attended an Elk
celebration at River View, on Sept <.
returned home on Sunday S steamer,
Master Henry Peacock, Of Wash,
inpton. - o.. paid our Office q briet
visit on Tuesday. He wes accom-
panied BY Commissioner John " Hill
ton.
Mr.. Michael German, Of Hampton
Road. va. and Mr.. John German, Of
Philadelphia, aye visiting their broth
er. Rev. Jos. AZ German, >. ", 81 ~.
Aloysius' Rectory.
Constable Zach s. Graves brought
pMnd lodgod in Jail, Tuesday, james
Young and Sylvester Blake, committed
by Justice Jarboe, charged with steal
ing $500 from the safe OF Mr. Eugene
Trice
The coming term Of the Circuit
Court willie be busy term and ee
I longer than usual The criminal
docket being unusually large, ana
Atrial for murder viii help ~ len2illsn
the term.
The Court House and grounds are
Receiving a thorough cleaning pre-
baratory to the September term 81
Eourt. The court and jury rooms
Aave been renovated and new lurnl-
lure secured where needed.
Mr.. Ethelbert Abell Of Planeentia'
has secured position at Annapolis.
Mr. Abelrs many friends while re-
sioicjng in his good fortune, regret
that his business interest cause nm
ito locate so far away from home.
The COW nuisance Is one Of the
causes Of our town unsightly appear
(, -ance at times and In some places, q
model dairy near town would pc 2
nanny solution OF our COW kline pro-
blem. Who has the enterprise 70 De-
gin II
AT a meeting of the American Bar
Association, in MONTREAL on Scpseni-
Der 3rd. ex-President VIM. Il. avs
was elected president, for the ensulng
term. and George Whitlock, OF Bait
more. secretary. Judge Walter !;
Dawkins; formally Of our county, ana
Judge John p. Briscoe, OF Calvert,
attended the session.
In a drunken brawl on the Mary
land. Delaware and Virginia steamer,
II tlThree Rivers on her last trip IRON
Y Baltimore. Jas Hughes, barber, and
George Holden, a deck hand, potb
eoIored. used razor and clubs. Holden
Yeceived a severe cut on the arm ano
Hughes had lump raised on his head;
Cant. Geoghegan confined them ana
later turned them over to the authorl-
( ties in Washington.
According to the Bulletin recently
issued by the Tax Commission o.
Maryland, there are ll9,0S0 acres %
woodland in our county. A large PEI
4 cantage OF this woodland contains val,
uabIe timber and II cut over woulc
greatly improve the smaller growth'
other parts Of 1t should be gruDDet
as ii contains neither timber nor wooe
81 value. It Is q shame that our peo
ple allow the forest resources 70 ~
main dormant; - Z