Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-23


Life of Abraham Lincoln at st.
Michael's Hall, Ridge. on May Z.
After the lecture there viii be a social.
The Chesapeake Conference of the
Seventh-day Adventists, which inclu-
des Maryland and Delaware, will at
tend the biennial session of the Coli
umbia Union Conference of that DEM
onstration in Baltimore April . 70
May 10.
The Baltimore Polytechnic Ball
team defeated the Charlotte Hall nine
IN . well played game at Charlotte
Hall ON Saturday last by a score of
. TO q. The BaltImorians had far the
better of the batting end and so won
out.
There will be an Oyster Sumner
and Dance at ST. Joseph's Hall, Nor
CANA, Tuesday, April 18th. Supper
will be served from p. m. to D. m.
Refreshments In the Dance Hall from
y p. m ON. supper - cents; dance
Is cents.
Mr.. q. w. Magrogan, who recent
Iy purchased the Combs farm, near
Red Gate, will take possession in the
near future and intends to stock Il
with good mich COWS and rum dairy.
This will I'LL long felt want in the
community.
During the Easter holidays Mr..
and Mrs. j. Frank Russell, of
Wales" near Laurel Grove, enter
tanned their daughter, Miss Lcnnie
russell, of st. Georges school, Bal
timore; and their son, j. Poe Russell,
who IS student at Leonard Hall.
A reading club has been organized
among the residents of Leonardtown
by Rev. Father LaFarge. The selec-
ton of books by the Reverend Father
Is an assurance of good clean iitera-
tnre and at the same time the circula-
ton of books worth while reading.
In order To keep the concrete work
up with the grading, the State Road
contractors have worked several night
shifts on that branch. The work is
progressing rapidly and the new road
gives every evidence of being, when
completed, a most beautiful drive from
the Le0nardtown end.
In this issue we print the story of
MOL Dyer, another of the legends
OF st. Mary's. We will greatly APP
preciate any information our patrons
can give US concerning other legends
of the county. We are anxious To
keep before our readers the unwritten
history of the old county.
Three young Baltimorians have
started from the Star Spangled Ban
ner Centennial Headquarters 10 walk 10
San Francisco. They carry a mes
sage from the Mayor of Baltimore TO
the Mayor of San Francisco, and are
expected to reach their destination in
early August. Some walk they are
taking.
Miss Eloise Moore, accompanied
by Miss Isabelle Duncan, of Wash
ington, are guests at Hotel st. Mary's.
Miss Moore recently underwent an
operation for appendicitis and is now
conyalescent. She has quite q num-
her of friends here and throughout the
county who will rejoice that she is I'm.
proving so rapidly.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Dyer. oil
Ten Hills, Baltimore, we're passen-
gers on the Clyde Inner Mohawk, -
en- route from Charleston TO New York.
on her last run. They have been
spending the winter at st. Augustine,
Fla, and after spending a month al
Atlantic City, will return to their Bal
timOre home.
Mr.. jefferson Combs, of Washing.
ton, accompanied by Mr.. Hathaway.
sRf vUh h.st 4ws -, ..
Beauvue section, were in the county
last week. Mr.. Combs seeing To the
breaking ground for his handsome
dwelling TO he erected on Fox's Point
by Mr.. jos. II. Milburn. and Mr..
Hathaway looking after improvements
on his farm.
On Tuesday morning. April 18th,
Mrs. Clara r. Hunt and MIR. Eugene
MathI. Of Baltimore. were married a.
st. Alloy sius' Church by the Rev. Jos.
A. German, ;. j. After being enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Abel,
OF Leonardtown, and visiting point:
of interest in the lower section of the
county, they returned To Baltimore.
With much regret We have learned
that our friend, Mr.. T. Frank Yates
! Is suffering from a paraletic attack
For a number of years Mr.. Yates va:
associated with the editorial manage
neut of the BEACON and during hi:
long career here made a number o.
friends who will likewise regret tf
learn of his misfortune We sincerely
trust that his recovery will be rapid.
Mr.. Reindert Tuinman, of Amster
dam, Holland, has been engaged q
supervise the garden at Hotel St
Mary's- He began work on Monday
last. Ar. Tuinman. through an in.
| terpreter, expressed his pleasure a.
finding the climate and soil so vel
adapted To intensive culture and ex
pressed the opinion that. despire shs
short time within which he has had tc
anaIyzethe soil, ar abundant yield may
be expected.
The supper for the benefit of ST.
Aloystus' Church, held at Hotel st
Mary's on Thursday last, was a sue
cess 10 every particular. The service
vas up to the usual high standard
maintained at all sfairs under tbs
auspices of the ladies of the parish
and the proceeds we're most satisfac.
tory in the financial line. Abous Do
persons attended and after the supper
dancing and refreshments we're enjoy.
ed sll5-OO vas realized.
On Saturday last Mr.. Roibt. C..
Carson OF Washington. accompanied
by . party of friends visited Leonard.
town. Mr.. Carson is a real estate
man of a novel character. He has
bought several estates and remodeled
them 50 as TO afford the modern i'm.
provements with the old world atmos.
pf1ere- BE recently sold such a place
over in the Northern Neck of Virgins
TO . Chicago buyer tor the sum o.
$500 He eontemplates purchasing
fwo tracts in st. Mary's in the neal
future and will begin improvements a:
soon a. the necessary papers have
4 been signed
Mr.. W. B. Duke, of Baltimore
spent few days in the county las
week Mr.. Duke Is busily engaged II
promoting the weli being of st Mary.
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