Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-02-10

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busy session.
Some one must have usurped
the ground-hog's infringement Of
the weather.
The Board d School Com
naissioners met on Tuesday last and
transacted routine business.
Mr.. r. Feuwicb Herbert. Of
Leonardtown, spent few days. I'M
Washington during the week
Miss Nellie Fenwick, Of Leon-
ardtown, who has been visiting rela-
tives in Washington, has returned
The Leonard Hall Basket Ball
team viii lineup against George
town today (Thursday) at $50 p. III.
Leonardtown seems 50 be DOOM
ed for another mud splashing, for
the weather has again interferred
with the work on our streets
The ladies of All Saints Par
lsh gave al oyster supper and dance
at the Hall on last Friday chat
proved great. success.
The County Commissioners
met on Tuesday and, among other
business, took no the case Of the
Queen-Tree LANDING.
Miss Bertha Lee Turner. Of
Adamstown, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. John J. Duke, at
Hotel ST. Mary's, has returned 70
her home.
The historic Parliament build-f
ing Of the Dominion Of Canada, at
Ottawa, was partially destroyed on
Friday last by fire, thought to have
been the work Of an enemy OF Great
Britain.
The annual supper for The beDe-
fit Of st. Paul's NJ. E. Church will
be given at the Hotel Lawrence on
Thursday evening. February III
All are cordially invited. Tickets
to supper, so cents.
The Cedar Point Literary and
Debating Society viii hold It's first
supper and dance in the new Com
munity Hall. Cedar Point, on
Wednesday, Feb. 28. see adyer.
tisement elsewhere in this issue
Because Of q strike among It's
pressmen. The Sun did not yet
its iirss edition off on Monday last
IN time for the St. Mary's snbscri-
bers 70 receive their copy. But
other men were procured 10 take
the strikers places and the paper
came ont all right. No further
annoyance is anticipated.
The T. W. Wooa and Sons
Seeds House, Of Richmond, ba~rot.
Gl1pe be most atsracsiSei
l.gFon, whieh cons
fainS, Ibesi7las MON lains 81 pspeei4
al features for thier brag seeds,
some very valuable suegos,ions asI
TO how best to oi6ain Che desired
results in vegetable and flower gar-
dening.
A bill providing that al NOV
ing vehicles display at least one
white light in front and red one
in the rear, while using the r9ads,
was introduced IN lheclIousc Mr1-
day BY Delegate Ambaeb, oil Balli-
more. At present this law applies
only to motor-ychioIes The ppr
pose issto avoid accidents and colli-
sions.
There will be lecture al
Ebenezer NJ. u. Church on Thurs
day, Feb. l7ih, ~ 1880 p. M, BY
Mr.. Griffith Alexander, the verse
writer for the pittsbmg Dispatcl.
His subject viii be "A Country
Worth Fighting For The pub
lie Is cordially invited to attend tliie
very interesting and instructive dis
course. Admission u Is cents.
The Automobile Club Of Mars
land and the State Automobile
Commissioner win probably co-
operate on important changes IN TIE
automobile law Chief AMONG these
changes will be 40 annual license
charge Of 50 cents a horsepower for
all pleasure cars, taxation of auto
mobile trucks based on the tonnage
carrying power and taxation 81
motor-busscs and iitncys on mi
leage basis.
If bill recently introduced IN
the House, becomes a law. moving
picture reels and films mnst be sub
mitted to a Maryland State Board
Of Censors before being exhibited
This board is TO consist OF three
members to be appointed b. the
Governor, whose terms at the begin
ming shall be one, two and three
years and each new appointee IS TO.
serve three years.
There will be q meeting Of The
officers Of the ST. Mary's Academy
Alumnae and the committee in
charge Of the arrangements FOR the
Colonial Bali, on Saturday, Feb. Ig,
at 1890 q. M, at st. Mary
Academy. Should the weather on
Saturday be too inelement. the
meeting viii be held on the follow