Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-08-27
School days are nearly here.

Saturday, August 18th, La Plat a
VS. Leonardtown.
The Public Schools open WEdpes-
day, September 10.
Leonardtown will play Montross
on Friday, August %. Don't miss IL |.
Don't forget the dates for regis
tration and keep them before your
friends.
Capt. Matt. Bailey, OF River
Springs, is delivering coal at Leon
ardtown.
Miss Caroline Moore, of Wash
lngton, is visiting relatives in st.
Mary's.
Miss Gerry Pagan, of Washing
ton, is the guest of Miss Madaline
Camalier.
Watch advertisement of Leonard
town Bargain House for bargains in
clothing, shoes, ETC.
Mr.. VIM. A. Fenwick, Jr., of
Washington, is visiting his. parents,
at Hotel St. Mary's.
Mr.. Richard c. Moore, of tsaIti-
more, has Joined his wife and daugh-
ter at Hotel Lawrence.
Mr.. VIM. +. Owens, of Red Gate.
who has been very i'll, is, we are pleas
ed TO learn, out again.
A very enjoyable dance was
given at st. Nicholas Hall on Mon
day evening, August II.
Mr.. Horace Miller and friends
motored from Pittsburgh and are the
guests Of MIR. and Mrs Carroll Blick.
The Orphans and Commissioners
Courts were In session ON Tuesday
last and transacted routine business.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Smoot, of
Hughesviile, visited Mrs. Smoot's
mother in Leonardtown on Friday
last.
Father Wernz, Vicar-Gcneral of
the Society of Jesus, known as the
black pope, died at Rome on Thurs
day last.
The drought has broken and farm
ers say that a great deal of good will
result from the rain, especially to- the
corn and tobacco crops.
The Nobel peace prize for Presi-
dealt Wilson has been asked for by
DIR. Edward Beasley, in q letter sent
20 Christiania, Norway.
The La Plata Base Ball team will
pay us another visit on Saturday.
They have strengthened their nine and
will endeavor to turn the tables on
our boys.
War dispatches and other import
ant news has been received by wireless.
Arrangements are nearly complete for
posting the news on a bulletin board
at the DEACON.
We are pleased to learn that Miss
Mary Burch, of ''Windmar," near
Piney Point, who was recently oper-
ated on for appendicitis in Baltimore,
is rapidly recovering.
Plans have practically been COM
pleted for the great carnival TO he held
in Baltimore during the National
Star Spangled Banner Centennial
Celebration next month.
Mt., a. Ma1e;~Dl,. Dg o~-..l
town, who has been visiting the Misses
Hungerford, of Marshall Hall, return
cd on Sunday last. Miss Hazel Hun.
gerford accompanied her.
MIR. L. c. Chews automobile edi-
tor OF the Washington Post, visited
Leonardtown on Sunday last on
tour of inspection OF Southern Mary
land gathering data for an article
Moving Pictures on September 6,
At s:l5 p. m. Mr.. McCully will open
his season on September and will
run regularly every Sunday, with a
few extras during September Court.
Invitations are out for the marri.
age of Miss Augusta Georgia Kirk
land to DIR. Sothoron Key, on the
ninth of September, at Cantanment
Farm, Greenbush Heights, Rensselaer,,
N. Y.
Mrs. VIM. Z. Owens, of Red Gate,
who has been on q two weeks visit to
friends in Charles county, returned
home last week, accompanied by Mrs.
Mary C. Knott and her little niece,
Miss Copsey.
MIR. Randolph Walton, who has
been q guest At Hotel st. Mary's, was
called home Saturday owing to the
serious condition of his father, DIR. J.
r. Walton, who is 50 years old, and
Is well known in our county.
Bids for the building of the bridge
over Green Holly Greek, in the Eighth
Election district, were received by the
County Commissioners on Tuesday
last but no definite conclusion was
reached as regards the letting of the
contract.
The tournament for the benefit of
St. Marv's Catholic Church, Hughes
willie, has been postponed on account
of the inclement weather and will be
held on Tuesday next. A number of
Leon ardtown folks had planed TO at
tend this outing.
Bruce" fine black Shepherd
dog, owned by Mr.. E. B. Abel, of
Leonardtown, and for over Il years a
great pet, was run over by a buggy
driven by Herbert Russell on Tuesday
last and died n few hours later.
poor old Brucie!''