Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-06-25
COUNTY NEWS.
LOCalVise and Otherwise,


atives and friends in Baltimore.
The date for st. Aloysius' festival
has been announced, Tuesday. August
The Orphans and Commissioners
courts held busy sessions on Tuesday
last.
Miss Noima Herbert, of Newport,
Is visiting Mrs. Thad. Herbert, at
Hotel Lawrence.
Father La Fargo is making his
annual retreat at st. Inigoe's Manor,
on the st. Mary's.
Because Of lack of space We are
forced to hold for future Issue sever
al valued communications.
Mrs. a. NJ. Wingate, Of Connecti-
cut, Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. T. Lee
Mattingly, near Leonardtown.
The picture of the late David S.
Briscoe, published i'm this issue, was
received from the Baltimore American
Mr.. Clarence Duke and wife. who
have been visiting relatives in our
county, returned To baltimore on Fri
day last.
Mr.. Roscoe Speith, Of ST. Eliza
beth Asylum, is spending his vaca-
ton with relatives and friends in
LeOnardtown.
Miss Lottie May Fenwick and Miss
Annie LovejOy, of Washington, were
guests Of relatives AT Hotel 1T. Mary'S
for the week end
An important meeting of the Me-
chanicsylile Farmers Club, will I've
held at that place on July llth. The
public is invited.
The moving pictures on SUNDAY
last were up to standard but the at
tendance was small. They will lie
on hand the coming Sunday.
One of the largest crowds HAT ha
been seen IN Ifonartltown, spent the
day here ON Sunday last The MAORI
~ Of the visitors motorcd from Balti-
more and Washington.
Mr.. \. Vaughan King, of Jersey
City, N. j., Is ON "a short visit To his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. :. q. kim
Mr. Kin" has Just returned from AN
extended visit Ia Savannah and the
South
The Telegraph Company of Balti-
more, exhibited their pictures at the
Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday
nights. The pictures were good. ON
Tuesday the pictures were followed los
a dance.
in the quarterly distribution of
the Public School tax and free book
fund aS announced 10y Comptroller
Harrington recently, ST. Mary's
county gets $5.u6I.S2 school tax and
6l4.9 for Tree books.
Mr. Livingston, Division Com
mrrcIal superintendent of the e.. x l..
Telephone Company, was i'm town last
week looking over the field. He will
look after the soliciting of new bust
ness for his company.
The nomination oI Joshua w.
Miles, oi Somerset county, Ia he Col
lcctor of Internal Revenue, and that
OF w. Mitchell Dig9cS, of Charles
county, To bc Naval Officer, were con
iirmcd 10y the Senate yesterday.
The Parish Dinner at Cur Ladv's
Chapel will be served on the church
grounds on Tuesday, July 18th and
not on the 2lst aS previously an
novnccd. The Ncwtown Parish Din
ner will he held ON the latter date.
State Road Commissioners /.
Frank Smith, Thomas Parran and
President q. r. Weller, accompanicd
by Chief Engineer Henry g. Shirley,
arrived IN town last week. They were
making an Inspection of the St,tc
roads.
The lrnnardtown baseball rluh
will open the season ON SATURDAY.. ON
the Leonard Hall oval, and viii have
AS their opponents the iiu.hr~vIi!.
club ON Charles county. Come, S,,.
the opening game and give our hoy. i
send on
Sister Ecrnicc, who was Miss Nav
Grccnweil, and Sister Charles Maria.
who was Miss Violet Mattinrly. both
al this county, are at st. Mary'S Acad-
envy, for their retreat. Both have
been absent from the county for nearly
twenty years.
The Emerald MinstrclS will add
some vaudeville features Ia their pro
gram and will bring down musicians
To play far the dance. The dates are:
leonardtown Hall, Monday, June ~:
st. JoScph'S Hall, Tuesday, June ~,
and Holy Angels; Wednesday, July l.
Fourth-class postmasters have
been appointed as follows: Max
Weincr, Beachvillc; J. Fred Long,
Lovcvillc. The following were re-
appointed; Claude r. Guy. Clements:
Peter G. Wheeler, ilcrmanSville; Emma
j. Goodrich, JarboeSvillc: Leonard II.
Hancock. Maddox.
The Leonardtown Baseball club
organized ON Saturday last 10y elect
ing JOS. III. Ching, president; VIM.
Nj. Locker, president: Roland
Duke. Jr., treasurer. X. Il. Brown,
secretary; Benj. Combs. Prof. J. Felix
Fenwick and John Duke, advisory
board: Harry NJ. Jones, manager.
Ii is reported that when the Chesa-
pcake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany take over the Southern Mary
land Company they will furnish MIR.
j. +. Duke a Ford automobile in or
der that he may the more readily give
attention to The keeping up of the line
under his control. \ like con>idera-
ton will also be shown the Marlboro
office.
Vice President Geo. w. JOY and
CaShies l.. J. Sterling, of the First
National Bank of st. Mary 5, Leon
ardtown, who attended the meeting of
the, Maryland Bankers Association
at Cape May, on the III, II and Is,
have returned. While ut this meeting
the First National Bank received
a singular honor both for itself and
for its cashier, who was elected vice
president of the Association. This is
a merited honor, for the showing of
the First National BGnk Of 81. Mary's
is due in large part to the earnest
effort of its clever cashier.
Western Maryland College reap
pears in our columns This week solicit
ing the patronage of our people. This
College has established n reputation
in the AZ years of its eXiStance as
Safa thnpnu0h and aarnaSa school