The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-06-21
Local oAffairs.

-Commencement exercises Will De nei
at Bleak Height school on SATURDAY
June 29th.
Mt. Zion NJ. E. Sunday School, WI
hold its Children's Day services next our
day at 3 P. NJ.
Prospect public school, Chenille WI
hold its closing exercises next Frida.
evening, June 2sth, at O'Clock.
-Children's Day services will be oh
served at Toppa Evangelical Lutheran
Church on Sunday evening, June 3oth.
Mr.. Malcolm NJ Worthington, son o
Mr.. John D. Worthington, is a membe
of the graduating class at st. Johns Col
lege.
MIR. Willard ]. Riley, of Norrisvilie
received the decree of Bachelor OF Arts al
the St. Iohn's College Commencement
on Thursday.
-Harford's boys all made creditable
showing at the recent examinations at
St John's College, both in the gradual
ing class and the senior and junior years.
The Board of Supervisors OF Election
met in Bel Air on Monday and examined
the recently appointed registers OF voters
They also appointed the different Judges
and clerks of election.
The commencement at Failston
school will take place on Thursday night
next. The address of the evening Will be
delivered by the Rev. Dewitt benham
Phi. D., of Baltimore.
BY the quarterly distribution OF the
public school taxes, by DIR. Joshua w.
Herring, State Comptroller. Hartford coun-
ty received $4,6s5.16 for white and
S1,1S2 % for colored schools.
-Messrs. Smith, Rouse and Webster
canned goods brokers, quote future to-
matoes at 721a cents net. A number OF
sales are being made at this figure. Spot
goods are moving slowly at671acents.
Edwin H. w. Harlan, son OF MIR.
William H. Harlan, of the Bel Air bar,
was awarded the junior prize medal for
excellence in general scholarship at the
commencement at the Episcopal High
School.
A dance will be given in the assembly
rooms of the Masonic Temple, Bel Air, on
Tuesday evening, June 25th. The pa
tronesscs are Mrs. ]. R. Sitter, Mrs. J. T.
c. Hopkins, Mrs. II. d. Hanway and
A. p. Gilbert.
High Point school will hold its COM
mcncement next Friday afternoon at
o'clock. An interesting programme has
been arranged and friends and patrons
of the school are earnestly requested to
be present and enjoy the occasion.
-Children's Day services will be held
at Evangelical Lutheran Church Perry
man, on Sunday morning next. Thecon-
gregation are requested to return that
morning the money barrels that were
given out for collection for missionary
purposes.
-Childrens Day services were appro-
priately celebrated at Fallston Presby-
terrain Church last Sunday night, large
audience being present. Mr.. A. B. Crane
made an address on the Importance OF
giving to the mission department OF the
Sabbath school.
The Baltimore and Bel Air Telephone
Company will hereafter put in free OF
charge telephones at the residences OF
their subscribers. All that is necessary
for patron to do is to notify the man.
ager and the instrument will be installed
at once without extra charge either for
insulation or use.
The funeral of Mr.. Thomas Evans,
whose death was announced in our last
issue, took place Wednesday of last week
from his former residence, New Brunswick,
N. ]. The interment was in the Evans
family lot on the Homestead farm. Mr..
Evans widow was Miss Blanche Fletcher,
a former well-known resident of Bel Air.
Judge Walters on Friday confirmed
the award ofthe jury of condemnationin
the case of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad Company
against the owners of the "Old Bay
Farm" The jury gave a verdict of
1000, one-tenth of which is to go to Mr..
R. A. Mitchell, the tenant on the farm.
The "Old Maids Convention" which
will be given for the benefit of Camp En-
deavor in the Masonic Temple, Bel All,
tonight, promises to be great success.
The entertainment is under the direction
of MIR. Isaac F. Field, who will be assist
ed by a number OF Baltimoreans. The
object is worthy one and we hope it will
receive a liberal amount of patronage
from the public.
The wedding of Miss Annie Wilson,
daughter of Mr.. David Wilson, of Ma
donna, and Mr.. John Rutledge took place
at Bethel Presbyterian Church on We'd
nesday evening at so'clock. Rev. Albert
Price pastor of the church, performed the
ceremony. Mrs. Harry Ward presided at
the organ. The ushers were Mr.. Hutch
ms Wilson, brother of the bride; Messrs.
Randolph Slade, Gorsuch Glenn and
Joseph Cathcart.
The ladies of Bel Air district, are re-
quested to meet at the residence of Mrs.
John G. Rouse, on Thursday. June 9th,
at 8 p NJ. to inaugurate District
Women's Auxiliary Society to promote
the purposes of the Hartford County
Agricultural Society and to select dele
gates to general meeting to be held in
the Court House in Bel Air on Wednes-
day, July oath, at P. NJ. to form a con-
stitution and elect officers for Womens
Auxiliary Board.
The Irving-Lowell Literary Society
of the Bel Air Academy and Graded School
was held last Friday afternoon. Incl
dental to the programme were quotations
by the seventh, eighth and ninth grades !;
solos by Esther Mitchell and Fannie Bis
sell; Rotations by Pinkney Sothoron,
Janet Rockford and Elizabeth Harlan !;
readings by Harry Mock and Carl James;
prophecy of the class of 1901 by Leon
GLADDEN.; defamation by Cleveland
Archer and farewell speeches by the class
of 1901.
The team of Mr.. r K. Vanneman, of
Havre de Grace ran away on Thursday
evening of last week. In the carriage
were Mrs, r. X. Vanneman and two