The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-12-23

Cor The Euis and IteIliUencer.

For The Kgis and Itelligencer.
l am as much in favor Of good roads as any
man in the county and no one who has travell
ed over the roads Of Dublin district can help ad
hitting that they have heen steadily improv
ing for the last 20 years. And | favor econ
omy but don't favor taking from the poor,
struggling farmer and laboring man and put
ting it into the pockets Of the rich man.
We start to economic by giving three Com
missioners 5000 year each, In order to get
better men, and would like to have road
engineer at salary OF one or two thousand
dollars year, for whats We could get any
number of men to serve as County Commits
sioners, with just as large heads and as much
brain and mother wit for $400 year. They
might not be quite so self-consequential.
1t appears that the Deer Creek Farmers
Club with some of our General Road Supervi-
sors would like to have all the roads In each
district thrown into the hands OF about or {
men. They go on to say what could be ac-
complished in that way and set up the Oar
lington Road League as an example. 1t is
true they have improved thefr II or Is miles
Of road and deserve great deal OF credit and
should have all the encouragement We can
give them. Now let us see how much money
they got on their roads. Every spring the
county gives them $500 and they contribute
the same amount. Then, if you will watch
the county papers you will see they get yearly
from $500 to 1900 extra, making from $15 tC
800 mile. Can the county afford to do this
for all Dublin district? II it can our ole
farmers can compare roads with the League
in four or five years. Several neighborhoods
in the district to-day can compare Is miles Of
road with them without having had the ad
vantage of the same amount of money to put
on oyster shells and coal ashes as fast as tho
rain washes them off.
Now, our General Road Supervisors good
public officer. He met with the Deer Creek
Farmers Club at Bel Air and they all discuss
ed the road question and told us what ought
to be done. But do they all practice wha
they preach?
The greatest obstacle in the way is politics
If any one can point out way to get rid d
that then we would be in better shape The
proposed plan Of dividing the district into
or road precincts won't do it, neither will il
ensure any more competent men to work the
roads, for this reason. We will say A, B
and e. want one Of these precincts. Well, A
and b. may understand road making. G.
knows very little about it, having more poll
teal influence than the others, who gets the
precinct? Why Mr.. c. every time.
| will admit we have too many sub-supervi
sors and few changes should be made
Take the road from e. and give it to A. or b.
and let the Commissioners reject any account
that exceeds the allowance. Do this a few
| times and we will get rid Of this evil. Bu
| there is no use of the General Road Supervi
sor getting the i'll will of the people by MOI
passing these accounts, and the Commission
ers afterwards paying them. Give the Gen
| eral Road Supervisor full control of the
! money levied for his district. Issue road
warrants with schedule of prices as follows
| Each full hand, from April lst to June 25th
| 81 .25 per day from June 9th to Septembe
| 18th, 81 per day, emitting the one days al
| lowance for returning accounts. l do no
| think farmers will seriously object to giving
| -.
| Give us a General Road Supervisor, a roa(
machine and a five-ton iron roller for eacf
| precinct and one stone crusher for each dis
| trict you will be surprised to see what we ole
| farmers can do.
| In conclusions II you wish to make the pro
posed change why not do away with the Gen
| eral Road Supervisors. Eight road precinct
seems to be the highest number mentioned
for one district, and one man to have full con
! troll over each road precinct? Are you going
| to pay some man $500 year to look after g o
men? Why can't our Commissioners selec
| 6 or competent men out Of each district Il
work the roads and save the thousand dollar
| year for giving out and approving sucl
a small number OF road warrants
ALBERT l.. MCCAIN.
Religious Services Sunday, Dec. 75.
Bel Air NJ. E. Church, Rev. J. N. Slarrow
! Pastor.-Preaching at Ii A. NJ. and at 100 T
NJ Epworth League at I P. NJ. Mt. Zion
| Sunday School at p. N. Preaching at
NJ; Epworth League on Tuesday evening a
! 40.
East Hartford Circuit NJ. 3. Church.-Rey
Harry ID. Mitchell will preach at Bush 1913
| A. NJ and at Magnolia p. ". Rev. Z. II
Lamar will preach at Rock Run 1920 A. N
| and smiths Chapel p. NJ.
| Bel Air Methodist Protestant Church, Rev
S. A. Hobitzell, Pastor.-Appropriate Christ
mas services at Providence at 1890 A. NJ
Union Chapel 3 P. NJ. and Bel Air 7.15 p. N
Endeavor Christmas service at Bel Air Mon
day evening at 7.15 oclocA. Come.
The Christmas services in Deer Greek Pau
iSh, Rev. j. Gibson CAN'T, Rector, will be Il
munion at 8 A. NJ; morning prayer and nc
dress at IL O'Clock; morning prayer and sci
mon at 7.30 o'clock. Evening prayer and SCI
mon at Ascension Chapel at O'Clock; Chi
dren's festival, Christmas tree and distributio
of presents, in Ascension Chapel, Monday, tn
26th, at 6 p. NJ. Children's service, Jacob
| ladder and distribution of gifts i'll GraC
| Church, Wednesday, Dec. 2Sth, at =. M
The public cordially invited.
! Deer Creek NJ. p. Church. Rev. f. o. Ev
ing, Pastor.-Mt. Tabor, preaching at 10.3
| A. NJ; Christian Endeavor Meeting at p
Deer Creek. preaching at B p. NJ, Suuda
School at / p. NJ. Christian Endeavor meetin
at 7.30 p. NJ: Prayer meeting on Thursda
evening at 7 P. NJ.
Christmas entertainment at the Trnit
Evangelical Lutheran Church, PHILADELPHIA
road, on Christmas Eve, 7.3O P. II. Preachin
on Christmas day, English, p. NJ. st. Paul
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Perryman.
Preaching Christmas day, English, 1870 !
NJ. G. X. Wanncmacher, Pastor.