Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-04-18

poets 10 have q supply OK the AnAfu
Liberty Bonds on hand. for sale
over lie counter, Monday, April ~,
and thereafter.
As we go to prese we learn of
the death nc his home, Cameron,
yesterday, Tuesday evening, at 0 p.
M, of Mr.. Thomas Cameron, an
ex-C Confederate veteran, and one Of
the county's Oldest and best known
citizens. An account of his career
will appear next week.
The moving picture show at
the Town Hall last Sunday was ex-
ceptionally good and enjoyed by a
large audience. The same star. w.
s. Hart, the Two Gun Man." will
be seen again next Sunday in one of
his very best productions, and one
that shows him in his element.
Among the county seat visitors
on Tuesday we noticed Mrs. r. II.
Sears. of Society Hill;" Mrs. JUS
tin Sypher, Of Compton; Mr.. and
Mrs. John III. Chambers of 'Sus-
quehanna Plantations" Mr.. Harry
o. Reeder, Of Laurel Grove, and
Mr.. Stephen Russell, Of Hollywood.
DIR. II. Ross Coppage, Of Balti-
more, was Leonardtown visitor on
Tuesday and dropped in for a chat
with the editor. DIR. Coppage is a
very interesting and ''likable" man,
whose success in dental surgery has
resulted in his appointment as a
member of the Board Of Police Ex-
aminers of Baltimore.
In the year that has elapsed
since the declaration of war, the
United States has spent. including
loans to the allies, 1900, 600, 600.
A huge sum, but a worthy cause,
and not all of it is actually spent.
Much of it representes loans to the
allies that will be repaid with inter
est.
Mr.. Herbert Wise, special clerk
in the County Commissioners
Office, recently bereaved of his
mother. has received many express
sions OF coincidence from his friends.
Mr.. Wise, who is making a tran
script of the real and personal prop
erty tax records, is q most pains
taking and efficient clerk.
Let us make IL an even thousadd
individual subscriptions 10 the
Third Liberty Loan for our county.
This means but one out OF every
seventeen inhabitants.
Two members Of the Marine
Corps, II. J.. Habel and j. G. KAN
merer, from the Baltimore Recruit
ing Station, ll3 II. Baltimore, ST.
are making a trip by motor cycle
through st. Mary's, to impress on
all registered men that they are eli
gible for enlistment IN the Marines.
All that is required Is release by
the local board.
The Man Of the Hour" a
drama in four acts, will be
presented by the students ard friends
Of Leonard Hall At the Town Hall
on Tuesday evening, April 20.
Darroch's orchestra will furnish the
music and dance will follow the
performance al Hotel St Mays.
Show tickets, which admit to the
dance, will be on sale after the 18th.
Messrs. Lewis ID. and Michael
II Redman, Of Washington. but
formerly Of Valley Lee, this county,
have answered ''the call, " and are
now enlisted Ia the Naval Reserves,
stationed at Norfolk. They are true
Southern Marylanders, dearly love
the old home county, and we pre-
dict that they will be heard from
before the war is over.
Miss Lillian MattinRly, Home
Economics Agent for st. Mary's,
was siRnally honored by the Exten-
Service in being called to Baltimore
TO make a demonstration Of canning
and preserving at the Over, There
Cantonment, last Friday and Satur.
day. She was accompanied aud as
sisted by two Girls Club members
from this county, Miss Louise
Thompson, of Hollywood, and Miss
Alice Taylor, of Beachyille.
William Luebbcrs, a wealthy
German real estate dealer, OF Balti,
more, has been arrested by the Fede.
raj authorities who claim that be ID
an unnaturalized German and that
he has made trips to Camp Meade
in violation Of the law eurbing the
activities of possible Prussian agents
His arrest occurred at the Bellevu,
Apartment, shortly after he had re-
turned from visit TO a farm tina
he owns near Abell's Wharf, il
Medley's Neck.
On Thursday, April 25th, th,
Liberty Loan Committee for Mary
land will take St, Mary's by storm
Three big meetings are scheduled il
the county for that day, with a BIZ
brass band, a detachment OF soldier
and sailors who have seen actus
service in the war zone, direct from
the trenches to tell the actual con
ditions. Meetings will be held a
Mecbanicsville, 10 a. M; Ridge,