Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-03-25
Congressman Sydney e. Mudd
was in Leonardiown on Monday last.

visited Leonardtown on Monday last.
Oystermen are quitting because
there is so slight demand for oysters.
The first shad of the>season were
sold at our market on Tuesday and
brought good prices.
Mr.. Hubert Herbert, Of Mechanics.
vile, spent Sunday with his uncle,
Mr.. A. T. While, of Abells,
The vestry of st. Andrews Parish
will meet at st. Peters Chapel, Leon
ardtOwn, at II NJ, Faster Monday.
MISS Lottie May Fenwick., of
Washington, who has been quite i'll,
is, we are pleased to learn, GONZALES
cent.
DIR. and Mrs. A. L. Hodydon. who
spent the winter in Baltimore, have re-
turned to their home, "Dana-on-the-
Patuxent."
In the quarterly distribution of
school funds, st. Mary's received
$5,07.75 for schools and s6l4.29 for
free books.
Monday last was the last day for
oyster dredging In Maryland waters.
The longing season will not close I'M
til Aprii25.
There win be . meeting of the Me-
Gainesville Farmers Club on Friday,
March 20. at 1880 p. m. A full attep.
dance is requested.
Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Harry 4. Roe has issued q very terse
and emphatic order TO cut out booze
or quit driving autos.
On last Sunday Catholics in every
corner OF the world prayed that the
war which is devastating Europe,
shoald he soon terminated.
On Monday last the home of Nr.
Thomas G. Harding, at Oraville, was
destroyed by fire. Some OF the furni-
'ture was saved. The building was in
.sured.
Father Jos. Sullivan, S. j., of
Woodstock College, will assist In st.
-Aloysius' Church at the Holy Week
services. Mr.. F. X. Doyle, s. J., will
act as Master of Ceremonies.
Under the law, separate license
Is required for each fish trap, net or
seine, with the exception of gill and
IKE nets, operated in the waters of the
Potomac River and tributaries.
Mrs. BENZ. Pratt, of near Leon
ardtown, is selling her household fur
niture at very low prices, preparatory
70 taking up her residence in Balti-
more. See ad. Of sale in this issue.
The forty-eighth annual meeting
OF the Maryland State Teachers Asso-
citation will be held at Ocean City, Nd,
from June % TO July 2. At this meet
ms the new educational building will
be dedicated.
Judge Camalier visited Washing
ton on Saturday last, and while there
witnessed the baseball game between
Georgetown and Mt. st. Joseph's.
Henry Camalier, the Judges SON, is a
member of the st. Joseph's team.
The baltimore American is re-
.sPonsible for the unique statement
that rs far as leaders of the regular
organization of the Republican party
are concerned, the race for nomination
for mayor will he a go-as-you-please
affair.
""Tompkins' Hired Man," q rural
drama in three acts, will be given by
the Young Peoples Society of ST.
Georges Episcopal Church, at the
Parish Hall, Valley Lee, on Easter
Monday night, April 5. See nd. else
where in this issue.
We are in receipt of a book of
views and statistics, gotten up by the
Maryland Immigration Bureau. The
views OF st. Mary's are especially fine
and the book is complete and interest
ing In all Its phases. The Bureau de-
serves great credit.
Lewis Mattingly, sentenced TO the
Maryland Penitentiary for O years, ON
the charge of manslaughter, was taken
to that institution on Monday last by
Sheriff Love. Mattingly WIS the only
prisoner given a penitentiary sentence
at this term of Court.
= Mr.. G. Fl. Afford, State Agent,
and Messrs. w. p. Linthicum, of
Charles; Jno. H. Drury, of Calvert.
and g. +. Wathen, Jr.. of st. Maryis
demonstration agents of agriculture,
have been touring the lower counties
with view of mapping out the work
of aiding the farmers.
Mrs. George c. Herndon, fnee
Winnie Lawrencel, left on Tuesday
last for her home in Gary, Ind, after
spending the winter with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Lawrence, OF
Abells. Miss Madeline Lawrence &C.
companied her as far as Washing
ton, where she will visit relatives and
friends
A minstrel show, followed by q
dance, will be given at Holy Angels
Hall on Tuesday, April 6, beginning
at I:30 p. m. This show was announc-
ed FOR Monday, April 5, but had to be
postponed Is some of the performers
were not able 70 come on that DAY.
Admission, 25c., small children, 15c.
These prices viii admit TO both show
and dance
The date as arranged for the
Choral Clubs entertainment &C La
Plata Is Wednesday evening, April 4.
A committee Of ladies and gentlemen
in La Plata has kindly taken charge
OF hall and dance arrangements. This
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