Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-09-09


Mrs. Charles Maddox and Miss
Annie Maddox, of Rockville, are
guests at Hotel st. Mary's.
Joseph and George Heard. sons
Of Mr.. X. j Heard, of Baltimore.
are visiting relatives in st. Mary's.
Miss Marie Long, Of Clements.
has returned to her home, after
spending the past TWO weeks at
Atlantic City
The Orphans Court will not
meet on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
but will meet the day after, We'd
nesday, the 18th inst.
Miss laura Yates, of La Plata.
who has been the guest of Miss
Cathaline Cecil, has returned to her
home. Miss Cecil has matriculated
at st. Mary's Academy.
We are in recent OF an enor-
nous egg plant grown by DIR. A.
ID. lIodgdon. Ii il the largest and
most perfect Of its species we have
ever seen-and we have seen some
few.
Misses Leila and Katherine
Mattingly have returned To their
home in Le0nardtown, after attend
ing a house party ut the Misses
IIungerford, Marshall Hall, Charles
county.
Tuesday, September IA, being
Primary Election day, there will be
no meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners. The Board will
meet on the follOwin. day.
Wednesday, September Is.
Mr.. Il. ii. Camalier, Jr.,
Mcssrs. DOnohue and Ellis, who
have been visiting Mr. Camalier's
parents, Judge and Mrs. Ii. III.
Camalier, have returned To the
Georgetown Dental Department.
Specifications for the REQ 1916
model have been received by the
J. Z. GreeRwell Implement Co.,
and the public are invited to call at
that company's building and inspect
them. They are up to the minute.
There will be a lawn fete nj
Mattaponi on the Goth of this month
for the purpose of raising funds for
hall at st. Mary's City, for the
use Of the congregation of Trinity
Church. Particulars will be pub
lished later.
Farmers of the Third district
and members of the Third District
Farmers Club are requested TO at
tend a special meeting of the club
at Leonard Hall on Saturday, Sept.
IL, at , =. m, To discuss the buying
of fall fertilizer.
st. Mary's Academy began the
new school term or Tuesday last.
There was the usual mingling of the
old and the new pupils, large in
crease of new ones being noticeable.
The full enrolment will he COM
pleted within the next two weeks.
There will be Mass Meetings
at Leonardt3wn at p. M; Abells
at 1870 p. m, and the Island ut 40
p. M, on Saturday, September IL,
IN the interest Of the candidacy of
Hon. Emerson G.. Harrington, Hugh
a. McMullen ami Albert G.. Richie.
See the advertisement.
Father .Iohn LaFarge has been
detailed to st. Inigoes for special
work among the Slav settlers near
st. Mary's City. Father Cunning
ham has succeeded him as assistant
pastor of st. &Ioysius' parish
Father Cunningham has been pastor
of Sacred Heart and Holy Angels
churches for the past three years,
and until recently has resided at
Chaptico. He is succeeded by
Father James Mulvaney, y. j., late
ly superior of Bowie and Missions,
Prince Georges county. The Chap
ticO community OF Jesuit Fathers
has been increased TO four by the
arrival of Father Michael Sheehy,
5. j., from Kingston, Jamaica.
Leonard Hall opened this week
TUESDAY with a large registration
OF boarders and day scholars.
Graduates and former underg-
yates of the school have SO increas-
ed IN numbers that an Alumni So
ciety will he formed i'm short time.
1t Is proposed to form ah associate
membership of other young men iE
the town and county who may have
gone To other schools and who viii
be admitted for athletic and Other
features looking Ca culture and so.
clal recreation and amusement. Thi;
proposition has met with the hearty
encouragement of the Leonard Hall
authorities, who will place all pos
sIble facilities at the disposal of the
new organization. Look for another
notice IN future issues of this paper