Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1913-08-28
SAINT Narg 5 Beacon
COUNTY NEWS.
LocalEise and Otherwise.
Mrs. s. Il. Smith, OF Washington,
! a guest 1T Hotel st. Mary's.

Mrs. s. Il. Smith, of Washington,
is a guest at Hotel st. Mary's.
Mr.. Richard Gallagher, Of Wal
brook, Md, Is visiting Mr.. Franklin
Abel, OF this town.
Monday. September I, being Labor
Day and legal holiday, the banks OF
this town Will be closed.
Mr.. Preston Cooksey, of the 4th,
district. died at the st. Mary's Hospi-
tai on Thursday last of typhoid fever.
Owing to the lack OF space, we are
compelled to hold several communica-
tions over. They win appear In our
next issue.
Miss Julia LatchfOrd and MISS
Gertrude Tweedy, are guests Of their
Aunt, Mrs. B. H. Camalier OF Leon
ardtown.
On Saturday last the steamer
sAngler,n chartered by the Indian
Head Baseball team, brought an ex-
cursion to our town from Washington
and other wharves enroute.
Master each Cryer, c,zCatonsville,
Nd. who has been visiting the family
81 Mr.. j. y. Norris, Leonardtown, left
for his home on Sunday last.
Mrs. stephen @. Yates, and daugh-
ter, Alma, accompanied by Miss Benti
Peacock, OF washington ere visiting
the family of Mr.. Robt. Yas,s.
The school year fall term will be-
yin on September l6, In our public
schools: Leonard Hall, September 8,
and ST. Mary Academy, September 3.
we would ask our friends In the
different sections TO send us the news
of their community. Regular cores
pondents would be greatly appreciated
There will be meeting OF the
Progressive Club in LeOnardtown on
saturday. the 20fh. Business OF Inn
portance viii came before the meeting
and full attendance Is urged.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur s. Lawrence,
OF Cleveland, Ohio, are visiting the
family Of their uncle, Capt. A. A.
Lawrence. Of L.eonardtown. This Is
Mr.. Lawrence's first visit to our town
in forty years.
Miss Leila Mattingly, of Leonard
town, who has been visiting Miss
Marie Hungerford, of Marshall Hall,
and Miss Rhita Thomas, OF Pomonkey,
returned to her home on Saturday
last. A number of friends accompanied
Miss Mattingly on her return.
Louis Cornish, col, charged with
stealing dress suit case, the property
Of Rodger Blackstone, from the Three
Rivers, and committed 70 jail TO
await the action OF the grand jury BY
Justice Harry l.. Graves, furnished
hal IN the sum OF fifty dollars on
Monday and was released.
DR.. Joseph Heard and son, Harold,
and Mr.. j Robert Heard and son,
Josepb. have returned TO Baltimore,
after few weeks visit TO the old homo.
Yearly visits TO tho old home are
healthtul. and prove our attachment
TO Tie mother county and we trust
another year will again see them with
us.
august 20, The Baltimore Ameri-
can published q fac smile copy 81 the
first issue OF Maryland and Baltimore
Journal and Advertiser, It's parent
sheet From It's Salutatory To the
+. Publlc.n to the last line on It's fourth
mage il will interest the reader Of olden
times. Gen. George Washington was
numbered among It's advertisers.
Il liz reported that the Maryland,
Delaware and Virginia Railway Com
pady have placed an order for timber
10 rebuild Jones wharf on the Patuxent.
This IS certainly good news TO that
section, and the patrons OF that line
deserve consideration from them on
account OF the inconvenience they have
suffered for the past year or so.
The report from the growing crops
Ia the Cedar Point section ~ very en-
couraging. Our informant states the
farmers will harvest full crop of
corn. while the tobacco IL the best he
has seen for years. Reports OF this
character are certainly very gratifying
after the discouraging reports Of the
past months. We trust other sections
can make as good showing.
On September I'd, 1913, the post
Office at I.eonardtown will become a
postal savings depository Office and
the First National Bank OF ST. Mays
at Leonardtown, has been designated
q United States Postal Saving Depos-
itory. This action shows Che high
esteem In which the authorities hold
the local institution and evidenced
careful management on the part OF the
savings officials In soliciting bank
whose rating In the roll of honor OF
National banks Is so envious.