Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-12-21


the end Of another year and ere the BEACON
again comes to you the year Of Our Lord 1 9 7
will have begun its history making.
During the year now rapidly drawing to a
close, many, many events fraught with grave
moment to the citizens Of the county, have tram
spired. Some replete with pleasure and the
satisfaction Of success Others fraught with sorrow
and weighed down by the grim impress Of
failure. But Of such is life composed. Dur
ing the past twelve months many things have
conspired to make 1916 one Of the most active
years in all the long career Of our county.
Many things have been accomplished, many
begun and many more contemplated. During
the interval that has elapsed since we hailed it
as new year, holding forth all promise, we
have accomplished much that has tended to en-
nance our prosperity and, above ALL to increase
our confidence In our ability to keep stride with
the progress Of similar situated sections.
There remains, however, many avenues Of
progress still to traverse, but our years work
weighed in the balance cannot be pronounced
wanting, for we have filled the unforgiving min
ute with very nearly sixty seconds worth
of the distance run, and our reward, if not the
full accomplishment of our hopes and anticipa-
tons, leaves us the consolation that we have
done all that was humanity possible for us to do
to further the well-being OF our State and Coun-
ty, our friends and associates and our own lot.
The year that is dawning brings renewed
hope and promise of great achievements that
when it has run its course will enable us to con-
template with the pleasant assurance Of duty
well and faithfully performed many new and
progressive methods tending to the material adj
vaneement OF our county and ourselves.
For the past fifty weeks the BEACON has
gone to you, its friends and patrons, with the
glad records Of your joys, and has with genuine
and sincere regret chronicled your sorrows. 1t
has ever been the fond object of its manage
ment to consider it binding link between the
people Of our beloved comfy and ourselves.
Therefore it seems fitting that we should avail
ourselves Of this opportunity to wish for you all
good wishes and to express the hope that all
St. MaD countians will eDjov merry Christ
mas and happy and prosperous New Year.
10 those who by their contribution have assist
ed us we extend our greaful appreciation with
the abiding hope that they will continue to keep
the peopleof the county informed concerning the
happenings Of their sections during the year that
is SO auspiciousy beginning.
1t may be that during the coming year the
cruel war that is devastating Europe will end,
that peace and good will among the nations
may be restored and the race again tread the
rainbow path Of human progress, untrammeIIed
by the barbarous burden Of bloody wars, despite
the fact that from present indications peace
seems very Far call.
Our lot contrasted with the unhappy fate Of
Europe is most desirable. There, smiling
land, rich in fertility and magnificent in world
old architecture. is strewn with carnage and the
merciless ravishes Of fierce and bloody war;
here is quietness and rest and peace and the
pursuit Of happiness. far from the deep-mouthed
cannons roar and the scourge Of hunger and
slaughter and attenent ills thai make hate and
the lust for power 50 hideous in contrast. The
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