Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-03

gOuE SnoPPinS saEly.
Shop early and often and from
our advertisers. They will furnish
you the best to be had in any line.
Mr.. Arthur C. Boyd. who has
been seriously i'll for the past week, is
we are pleased to learn convalescent.
Congressman-elect Sydney Z.
Mudd, has resigned as a member nj
the Faculty of the Georgetown School
of Law.
Because of the high cost of corn
and prevalence of cholera, several of
the folks in this section have killed
their porkers.
Miss Teresa Herbert, who Is teach
ing school at Ridge spent the Thanks
giving holidays with her relatives.
in Leonardtown
There will be meeting of the ST.
Mary's Stock Improvement Associa-
ton at Hotel st. Mary's on Saturday.
December IL, at ii O'Clock.
A dramatic entertainment for the
benefit of the Leonardtown Baseball
Club will be held at the Town Hall
during the Christmas holidays.
Mr.. ]. Harry Raley, of Scotland.
accompanied by his sons, J. Frank
Smith Rales and J. Harry Raley, Jr.,
paid our Office brief visit recently.
The Ladies' Aid Society of All
Faiths Parish will give a dramatic
entertainment at Charlotte Hall to-
morrow, Friday. See announcement
Mr.. John III. T. Briscoe, accompa-
MED by his mother, Mrs. Walter Bris-
coe, of st. Cuthberts-on-the-Pat
motored from Baltimore on Monday
last.
The steamer Middlesex, of the NJ,
ID. and V. Fleet, which sank at her
pier at Fredericksburg, has been rails
ed and dry-docked, and will be in COM
mission in the near future.
John NJ. Dennis, president of the
Louis Muller Co., grain exporters,
was elected To the presidency of the
Union Trust Co, at n meeting of the
board of directors to- fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late George
Blakiston.
Owing To a mishap to the boilers
of the steamer Northumberland a few
days ago, we have not been having
regular steamer service from Balti-
more and Washington. We under
stand that the steamer will be in com
mission at an early date and that
shipping will continue upon n more
regular schedule.
In this issue we publish an appeal
from the Society for the Prevention
and Relief of tuberculosis. This is a
good cause and should receive the aid
and endorsement of every person.
Millions forMaryland"i is the slogan
and certainly the proceeds could not be
better invested than in Graduating so
great an evil as the dread white
plague"
Edith Elizabeth, youngest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew J. Mat
tingly, died at the residence of her
parents, near Beauvue, on Tuesday
night last, after a sudden attack o.
Group. The little girl was II months
old and the baby of the family. She
was a bright and attractive child ard
a great favorite. The bereaved par
ents have our sincere sympathy.
Mrs. Charles Sterette Grason
and her daughter, Mrs. J. Cogwell
Manning and Miss Dorothy Sterette
GraSon, of Cross Manor, were the
guests of honor Mt dinner given by
their cousin Mr.. Walter dec. Poultney,
ut his st. Paul Street, home recently.
The dinner was followed by a theatre
party at the Lyric, Mime. Gadski and
the Philadelphia Harmony Orchestra
performed. Miss GraSon will be in
PRODUCED To Baltimore society next
season.
Mr.. Harry A. Roe, Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, has sent his deputy,
Maryland, to investigate alleged vio-
lations of the automobile laws of the
state in this section. Mr.. Wildman
made a thorough investigation of con-
4ditions, having just returned from the
extreme end of st. Mary's county and
with the rare exceptions of few in
frequent cases of JOY riding found
that the law is being carefully OBJ
served. We appreciate the prompt
courtesy of the commission in their
response TO requests of our citizens.
The coming among US of conserver
of this phase of the law always has
good effect upon those who use the
roads.
The State Roads Commission is
combating the use of cleats on traction
engines and they deserve the support
Of all taxpayers, for 1t is clearly
shown that a great amount of damage
is done the roads by these cleats. We
reprint an article on this subject from
The Sun of recent date that discussed
the matter fully, and which we rec
commend 10 the earnest consideration
of our readers. That the State roads
are a God-send and have attributed
very great deal TO the betternent OF
the county Is fact that is every day
brought out most forcibly. The tax
payers should urge that after their
money has been spent in building,
strenuous measures be taken to pre-
serve from destruction that for which