Evening star., 1914-07-19
SHORE At bENED1cT, No

is said to have left a field glass and two
carbines for Booth and David Herold.
On the arrival Of the cavalry Lloyd was
arrested and brought to the National
Capital.
Proceeding straight ahead through the
village, We motored several miles and
turned to the left with the state road
and pulled into the town of T. B. 1t
might not be out Of place to refer nrieny
to the early history of this village and
how it came to be given such an ODD
name Back in the early history of this
section of Maryland Mai Thomas Brooke
received a grant from Lord Baltimore
for a large area of property in this vicin-
ity. 1t extended from the bank Of the
Patuxent river, with the western bound
ary line at the place which is now marked
by the town itself. A corner stone. marx
ing the extreme boundary line of the
tract. bore the initials Of the owner,
, IT b." and consequently to this day the
town is known as T. b. The town Is
$50 miles from Washington. and at the
junction of the road which runs to La
Plata on the south and branoy"lhe vi
the east.
Turning to the right in front Of the post
office. we continued over the new sec
ton of the state highway. which was ohiy
completed within the past year. 1t IS a
typical concrete road, and one OF the ness ss
in that section of the state. 1t extends
the entire distance to La Plata, ana Is
all that one could desire. We followed
this highway for six miles, and left 1t az
Waldorf, where We turned to the ieit
and slowly passed through the town.
Gravel Road to Bryantown.
From Waldorf to Bryantown there is
a good gravel stretch of several miles
which up to few weeks ago was in ex-
ceIlent condition. The recent storm when
struck Charles county washed out
considerable section of the road between
these two towns. with the result tnat !.
was necessary to NIL IN az tempolats npn ny
seen paraileling the present road on i, .n
the fields where it had been washeo oy
the heavy downpour. One OF the WoooeI
away. temporary bridge has been IN
| use for the past two weeks put new s
bridge was open last Sunday Where !ne
destroyed one stood: There IS no no mn sn-
| ing through this short stretch OF reou'i'
roadway.
A lumber camp has taken on an active
appearance just on the outskir.s .ss,' ~
sars implements being on the ground n ane
| already In service. We arrived at Bryan,
town at 7:JO o'clock. having negotiated
aO.7 miles Of the journey AZ ,sy sryanr ~
| Hughesville. which was the next town 9, oa
| our itinerary. The old road to the leI'
at the fork in the center OF the vlilass
| is now under construction This road ma:
always been deep with sand and avoidee
whenever possible by motorists touring ,.5
| in that section. The hill has oeen 1 cu'
down considerable and between the wv
| towns much has been done In the mattel
| of Strengthening the road. Tne o,s.ance
| is slightly less than four miles anu WIZ nc
| the road is completed Will enaoie tne
motorist to make good time ana save ~
! distance. Concrete culverts nave peer
constructed and the work of grading IL
well under way. ,,.. .,
The road to the right is a little ovel
| five miles in length and has always neei
| preferred to the other road. Upon learn,
| ing of the road conditions we were toio
| that we could get through over tne neM
| road. so we decided to chance II ane i
if not found satisfactory return oy IN. ,ne
| longer route the next day. We took tnis
| road and while we did not meet VIII
| any discontinue. decided that It was
not in suitable condition Tor the aver
age motorist to travel over. Cn tns
return trip we took the longer route, and
while there is some grading and widen
ing OF the road going on tnere Is s. no
enough of it to delay the motoriss II.
sand was deep in spots. but NOT OF sucl
| depth as to hinder our progress. %
the longer route is recommended to the
public until the road via the shor
| route is completed. ~.
f! On arriving at Hughesvilie. "a mil miles
from our starting point, we turned snarp
| near the railroad station and headeo lol
Benedict After proceeding signtly ovei
| a mile We found that the good grave
road over which we had Travelled from thu
| town proper had given away to rutty
| sandy road, with numerous curves IN IL.
Sandy About Patuxent City.
The road in the vicinity of Patuxent
: City was found washed out to some ex-