The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-02-22

sense, the good that they do the
whole county is incalculable. 1nyears
past they have been looked forward
to as time when busy farmers and
merchants, and in fact all classes OF
people, could come together and en-
Joy the pleasure of mutual compan-
Distant friends who were
too busy to visit at ordinary periods
were enabled to see all their acquaint-
ances and exchange greetings. The
first bad step of mismanagenent,
however, came when a board OF
directors conceived the idea that the
Fair should be money-making con-
Germ and arbitrarily doubled the price
of admission. The next meeting of
stockholders reversed this action but
the society never recovered from the
effects. AS is well-known, things
kept going from bad to worse, until
finally the grounds had to be sold
for debt. A reorganization commit
tee came to its rescue, however, and
bought the land and buildings. A
committee of the purchasers have
since that time worked hard to bring
back the good old days of yore and
deserve much credit for the success
they have achieved. Some of these
directors, however, feeling that they
had done their share, thought that it
was time to step aside and give new
blood chance. This was done at
the stockholders meetingheld a short
time ago and severalnew names now
appear in the directory. At the
meeting On Monday the new board
showed its wisdom in selecting Cen
eral Herman Stump as successor to
his worthy predecessor, Mr.. James
Lee, who declined to serve. The
latter had worked laborously and at
the sacrifice of his private business
interests for the past two years: The
result showed that his work was eff
fective. The old secretary and treas
urer were reelected and althoug h the
latter has declined to serve it is to be
hoped that he will be willing to act
in the place he has filed so WELT for at
least one more year. AS for the sec
rotary, the name of the present in
cumbent is a synonym for that office.
His courteous manners even under
the most trying difficulties, coupled
with ability, make it hard to get
along without such a man. Many
of the retiring directors as well as
some of those who are still in, de-
serve praise for their unselhsh work.
People should stop and consider that
these places are not sincures and
when things do not go as they might,
it is we'll to pause and consider
whether the Pathfinder could himself
do half so we'll.
An excellent suggestion was made
and discussed informally at the last
meeting and it will probably be taken
up and passed upon before long. 1t
was to form auxiliary boards in each
district in the county, composed of
five or more ladies. These boards
are to be chosen at district meetings
and when selected will act in unison
with the regular directors. They
will have full charge and authority
in all the departments in which the
fair sex has any interest. In thepast
it has been sometimes charged that
the premium catalogue was not ar
ranged just to suit the ladies and
with the proposed change this diff
Guilty will be obviated. Their in
fuence for good, generally cannot
but be appreciated and doubtless a
friendly rivalry will be stirred up in
each community.
We commend this proposed action
most heartily. If woman had not
been a necessity for the success of
man, she would not have been
created. They are some scofers who
say that she was only an afterthought
in the work of the creation, but we
must remember that sometimes very
important matters are at first over
looked. If the female sex becomes in
terested there is nothing left for the
male members of the family to do
but to fall to line. The ladies can
make the fair success and we feel
sure that, when they are accorded
recognition by the board ofdirectors,
they will take hold of the matter, if
not in a business way, at least en-
and what is lacking in
will be made up in en-
thusiasm which cannot but rebound
to the success of the society.
MIR. MITCHELL FOR SPEAKER.
In the event of State Insurance
c Commissioner Wilkinson not presid-
ing as the Speaker of the House of
the Baltimore HERALD
says the following as to his prob
able successor:
"Among those mentioned as success