Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-08-19


The Chautauqua dates are
September :, 9 and ..
Mr.. Frank NJ. Dyer, of New
York. is visiting relatives in st.
Mary's.
Mrs. J. ]. Jarboe, of Washing
ton. is visiting DIR. and Mrs. s. r.
Grove. At st. Inigoes.
Have you entered your auto or
float IN the pageant Chautauqua
week, sept :. aud
Miss Paulctta. Smith, OF Min
neapoliS. j. the guest Of Miss Philo
Morgan, Of Leonardtown.
The political clans are quite
artive- meetings and conferences
are staged every other little while.
There will be no services at ~.
Peters Chapel. Leonardtown, today
tThur-dayl rs was published in our
last issue.
Mrs. J r. Jackson, (nee Miss
Mary Waters), is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. V. Waters,
near Lconarttown.
Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday, October 10, 20 and 81,
have been selected as the dates for
the st. hary's County Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Combs,
of Troy, Ohio, who have been
spending some time in st. Mary's,
have returned to their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. NJ. Raley,
of Ten Hills, accompanied by their
sons, Dyer and Loker. are the
guests of relatives in Leonardtown.
Miss Leila Hattingly, of this
town, had rs her weekend guests
Misses Marie and Hazel Hungerford.
Messrs. Dert Hungerford and J. T..
Sclby.
a gold bracelet was lost in
Leonardtown some few days ago.
The finder will please return same
to Mr.. A. NJ. Heard and receive a
reward.
Mr.. j. i. Greenwich, Jr., of
the j. =. Greenwell Implement Co,
is in New York making arrange
mems for the delivery of a carload
of Chevrolet cars.
In this issue we publish the
notice of the Treasurer's trips for
August. BY paying taxes during
tins month ) per cent. discount
will be allowed on State taxes.
Mr. H. Bascom Broun, Jr., of
the FIRST National Bank of St.
Mary's. who has been on a brief
visit to his parents at Village, Va,
has resumed his duties at the bank.
We again call attention to the
law prohibiting the throwing on the
roads tacks, glass, etc. Several
autolstS have sustained rather severe
injury To their tires on account of
this violation.
Miss Anita Camalier, of this
town, who has been on an extended
visit to relatives i'm Wash
ington, has returned. She was ac-
companied by Miss Gertrude
Tweedy, of Washington.
We are pleased to learn that
Judge VIM. 5. Coppage, of the
Orphans Court, who has been
seriously i'll for the past month, is
improving, and we trust that ere
long he will he up and about.
The price of a Ford Touring
Car is $454.75. delivered. ut La
Plata, Md. and the Roadster
S4OI.75. You can get one If YOU
do not delay sending your order at
once To The Matthews-IIoward I'm
plement Co. La Plata. Md. X
The baseball game at Leonard
Hall on Saturday last. between the
i.conarltown and Washington All
Star teams, resulted in a Go tie.
'.'he game, which was called at the
end of the ninth inning on account
of darkness. was the best seen on
the local diamond this season.
We note with pleasure the in
stalldtion by the c. e p. Telephone
Co., of q cable for Leonardtown.
The work was begun on Tuesday
morning last and when completed
and the wires replaced by neat
cable, the effect will greatly add 10
the beauty of our town.
There will be a baseball game
on the Leonard Hall grounds on
Saturday next between the team
from Solomon's and the Leonard
town nine. In the recent game be-
tween these two teams the locals
were badly beaten. but they have
strengthened their lineup and ex-
pect to redeem themselves bv win.
ming the coming game. Get out
and root for the home team.