Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-04-16

@1 @A&S5 &<scs TUESDAY even
Ing, April Il. The lecture viii be fol.
lowed By dance. Admission 25c.
Miss Janice Locker, Of So. Mary's
Seminary, accompanied by her school.
mats, Misses Virginia and Achsah
Waters. OF Montgomery county, spent
the Easter holidays with her parents
In Leonardtown.
A deed vas fled on Saturday las,
at Towson, inwhich Howard L. Rider
and wife conveyed two tracts Of land
at Riagewood to w. Bernard Duke.
The price paid, il il reported, was
about $4,000.
Mr.. Henry Heyman, of the U. s.
Census Bureau, has been gathering
Information as regards the financial
condition of SC. Mary's county. lie
was much impressed with the enviable
showing the county makes.
An illustrated lecture will be Civ
en- at st. Mary's Academy on Tuesday
evening, April q, by Rev. FIR. Emer-
lex, whose subject will be Jamaica. -
This Is one of the popular course lee
lures and will he most interesting.
The Law amending the charter of
Leonardtown has been signed by the
Governor. This amendment will per-
init the Town Fathers TO borrow money
on the towns credit and otherwise en-
larges the scope of their authority.
The Star Spangled Banner Gen.
tennial Celebration Committee have
reported number of new features for
the affair. Baltimore will have just
cause to be proud OF the way in which
the Grand Old Flag will be honored.
The annual banquet of the South
ern Maryland Society, an organiza-
ton with headquarters In Baltimore,
TO which q number of lower Mary
landers belong, viii be held at the
Hotel Belvedere on Wednesday, April
20, 1924.
Mr.. ]. J. Norris, who has been
spending some time in the Monumental
City, has returned to st. Mary's ae-
by his daughter, Mrs. Jos.
Fletcher, of Baltimore, who is visiting
Mr.. Joseph Norris, OF st. Johns dis
trict.
Rev. FIR. Moakley, S. j., who,
during his pastorate of st. Johns
made so many friends, paid
a shortSisit to the Leonardtown Mis-
sion. kr. Moakley is at present as.
sociated with the Jesuit College, Phil
adelphia.
Invitations are out announcing
the marriage of Miss Mamie Esther
Dorsey, of Calvert county and Mr.. T.
Spencer Crane, of The Beach. The
Is to take place at Christ
Calvert county, on Tuesday,
April g.
The Maryland Springs Associa-
lion held q large and enthusiastic
meeting on Thursday last. DIR. C. v.
Hayden addressed the meeting on the
Benefits of Organization and Co
operation. The Association has q
membership OF about 30.
From the Baltimore papers we
note that Judge Gould, of Washing
'on, has purchased q property on the
Chesapeake and will make his home in
Southern Maryland. It is also ru-
nored that the Judge viii make q bid
Ior the Republican Congressional
Mr.. Wolcott, of the Dairy Divi-
sion U. s. Department OF Agriculture,
will speak at the Drayden Club House,
Drayden, on Monday, the %. Mr..
the County Agent, would
ike to see large gathering, at which
lime he will take up the forming of q
club for the Eight District.
On our first page we publish San
Did Time Tragedy" Our county is
hull of legends of this character and il
will be our endeavor to secure and
publish as many of them as possible.
We would appreciate very much If our
readers would add to same those of
heir several neighborhoods. The
coming week we will publish the leg
md of "Moll Dyer"
A very pretty wedding was solemn
lied at st. Martins Church, Balti-
more, when Miss Ruth c. Wood,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. joseph
Wood, Of this county, and Mr.. Lee
Norfolk, of Baltimore, were married
on April 4. The young couple have
our congratulations. They were the
recipients of number of handsome
presents.
Following the refusal of the Next
can authorities TO salute the American
Flag, as reparation for the arrest of
American marines in Tampico, secre-
tary OF the Navy Daniels has ordered
Rear Admiral Badger the take the
entire Atlantic Fleet to the Mexican
Port, with instructions to compel the
salute demanded by Admiral Mayo.
1t would, therefore appear that the
trouble between Mexico and the United
States is near q crisis.
The moving picture show at the
Town Hall Monday and Tuesday even
ings last was well attended. Pictures.
however, of the class of ''Thawe's
Dash to Liberty" are not to the taste
OF our inhabitants, as this one only
showed the rotteness of certain New
York life. II Is to be hoped that when
the Biograph Company visits us