The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-07-19

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The ladies of st. Mary's Church
Clermont Mills, will hold chicken sup
per and ice cream festival on the church
grounds, on Saturday, July Goth.
On Monday ]. S. Richardson, auc
tioneer, sold for John S. Young and Fred
X. Williams, trustees, 20 acres of land
near Madonna to jeremiah Horn for
$47O.
On Friday Sheriff Andrew Kinhart
arrested John Bond, negro, on the
charge of assaulting Mr.. Edwin c. Kirk
wood. He was released on 5000 bail by
Justice Hawkins for his appearance at
court.
Reports from Southern Maryland,
where the wheat crop is more advanced,
indicate that the yield will be much be-
low normal. This will probably be the
case in this county, partly on account of
the bad harvest weather.
The annual fair and festival will be
held at St. Ignatius' Church, Hickory. on
the afternoons and evenings of July 80
and 81 and August 1. Supper will be
served each evening. number of useful
and handsome articles will be sold.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Snodgrass, of Chestertown, Maryland,
died on Wednesday, July 10th. The
funeral services took place at Deer Greek
Nj. P. Church on the following Friday
morning. Rev. w. w. White oficiated.
The annual woods meeting of Sus-
quehanna Circuit, NJ. P. Church, will be
held from July 22d to August 4th, inclu-
sive. During the week the services will
commence promptly at 8 P. NJ. All-day
meetings will be on the two Sabbaths.
All services will be held under alarge tent.
All are invited to join the members of the
circuit in these meetings.
On Wednesday, Dr. Herbert Harlan,
eye and ear specialist, took MIR. William
Denbow, of Bel Air, to the Presbyterian
Eve and Ear Hospital, Baltimore. He
has been suffering from sore eye caused
by a beard of wheat, which became
lodged in this delicate member OF the
body. An operation will be necessary
and it is hoped that his sight may be
saved.
County Clerk William S. Forwood,
Jr., was among the visitors at the State
Military Encampment at Queenstown.
on Wednesday, Governors Day. Della
wares Chief Executive was also present
and the crowd numbered wellup into the
thousands. The boys acquitted them
selves in a highly creditable manner, in |
which Company D was not the least con-
spicious.
District Deputy ]. Pearl Wilson in
stalled the following officers of Triumph |
Lodge of Odd Fellows: Noble grand,
Jacob Schapiro; vice grand, Albert T.
Geatty; recording secretary, J. E, Dean;
warden, Charles S. Jones; R. S. N. g., N.
H. Dean; L S. N. g., ]. P. Wilson; con-
ductor. w. T. Billingslea; 1. g., w. F.
kissing; o. G., A. w. Lee; r. S. V. G.,
Charles Bode; L. S. V. G., c. E. Brown.
After the ceremonies an elaborate COLA
ton was served. The lodge is now in a
flourishing condition, having nearly one
hundred members.
The Republican Executive Committee
and State Central Committee both met
in Bel Air on Monday and issued calls for
primaries to be held in each district on
Saturday, August Sd, to select ten dele
gates to the County Convention to be
held in Bel Air on Monday, August 5th,
to select five delegates to the State Con-
vention which will be held in Baltimore
on the following Tuesday. At the con-
veution to be held in Bel Air on Monday,
August 5th, the county ticket will also be
nominated. AS the Democrats will have
their ticket in the field at that time, this
may be regarded as the formal opening
of the campaign.
DIR. Howard A. Kelly, who has a
handsome summer home in Bel Air, will
close his sanatorium in Baltimore for the
summer and will make a canoe trip on
the Susquehanna of 100 miles. Hewill
be accompanied by DR.. F. P. Bull and a
number of prominent business men of
Loeb Haven, Pa, and DR.. Justice Barth,
distinguished surgeon of Norway, who
is following the work at Johns Hopkins,
and is DR.. Kelly's guest. They expect to
be gone about four or five days, and upon
his return DR.. Kelly expects to attend a
Bible conference at Mortified. He will
be accompanied at the latter place by
Rev. r. A. Castleman, of Bel Air.