Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-06-29
COUNTY NEWS.
LOcalEise and Otherwise.
The Maryland National Guard

~. NtbHOlah Wnlte FESTIVAL
will be held August 2, not Aug. 81.
The Orphans Court was IN
session on Tuesday last and transact
ed routine business.
Mr.. William southwiBk, d
Union City, Pa, has purchased the
McGill farm, near California.
Miss Flora Forrest, of Balti-
more, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. J. @. King, Of Oakville.
St. Aloysins parish festival
viii take place Tuesday, August /.
The coIored festival Tuesday, Aug.
20.
Governor Harrington has is
sued proclamation declaring Mon
day, July 8, legal holiday through
out the State.
The School Commissioners met
on Tuesday last and audited the
teachers reports and transacted
other routine business.
DIR. B. Harris Camalier, Of
Leonardtown has as his guests two
of his classmates, Drs. John.
Donoghue and George Ellis.
Mr.. Frank P. Fenwick, Of
Washington, is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Fenwick, at
Hotel st. Mary's, Leonardtown.
Preparations for the subscrip-
ton dance to be given at Charlotte
Hall, are now completed and the
dance will be held on Friday, July
7th,
Lack Of space and their late
receipt prevents our publishing al
list Of the committees in charge of
the several departments OF the In
dependence Day Celebration
THE Buzzard'sn Shadow prov
ed most interesting picture. The
d. ID. Movie Company deserves
great credit for securing 30 high
class an entertainment.
The first wheat Of this years
crop was received in Baltimore and
sold on last Tuesday. II came from
st. Mary's county and tho price il
brought was $l.0l la. There were
$40 bushels.
Lost between the Pine Public
School and the residence Of DIR. p.
II. Lloyd, Ridge, silver "Bob-o'-
Link" bracelet. Finder will please
return to Beacon Office and receive
reward.
II would be a mighty coed idea
for residents to get busy on a clean
up,paint-up-campaign" Several Of |
the residences in town have been
beautified and little more beauty
would help considerably.
Remember che supper ana So
cial to be held al the home
of Mr.. Geo. l.. BuckIer, at Laurel
Grove, on Wednesday evening,
July IL, for the benefit Of Mt. Zion
M. Il. Church. All are cordially
invited. adv.
A fraternity pin was lost be
tween the residence Of Judge Cana
lier and the Town Hall on Sunday
evening last. The pin was star
shaped and was set with red and
blue stones. Finder will please re-
turn to DIR. B. Harris Camalier.
Beginning Sunday, July ., Rev.
John ID. Mccarthy, s. r., and Rev.
James Mcguire, s. j., Of the Jesuit
Mission Band, viii give missions in
the churches Of the Leonardtown
jurisdiction. These missions will /
occupy two weeks. The details
will be published next week.
On Tuesday last the County
Commissioners met for the signing
of the county levy, and set the rate
at sl.0s on the 800. In view OIL
the loss Of the liquor franchise tax,
which amounted to approximately
$4,000, this rate is remarkably
low. The Commissioners are to be
congratulated upon the good show
ing.
The preparations forth patrio-
tic celebration TO be held in Leon
ardtown on the 4th Of July are be-
ing rapidly pushed forward, and
the affair gives promise OF snrpass-
ing anything Of this kind hitherto
attempted il Southern Maryland
A large attendance is expected, and
its success seems ass ired.
The death OF Mr.. Judson
Alvey, which occurred at st. Mary'sll
Hospital on Saturday morning last
removes from his section one Of It's
most valued residents. Mr.. Alvey
had been in poor health for a long
time and despite CAREFUL nursing
and the best medical skill be finally Ii
succumbed. He leaves surviving 4
widow and two children. May he
rest in peace.
Cedar Poin, Literary and
Debating Society.
Owing to the absence Of DIR. Lloyd,
A.. -