The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-08-23
Local AFFAIRS.

MIR. Lawson Cooley mas Deeil eiSS'S'
a director in the Fireside Building Asso
citation in place of DR.. J. Camp Butler re
signed.
An infant son of Mr.. Caleb ]. Merrick
of Bush Chapel, died on last Friday. Th'
funeral to TX place on Sunday, the inter
ment being at Dublin M. E. Cemetery.
The peach crop of 1901 will go dowr
to history as one of the largest known
for wears. The growers anticipate goot
prices either from the market in sight OF
for canning purposes.
Mrs. D. L. Bolts and daughter, Miss
Daisy, of Darlington, have returned iron
a visit to Atlantic City with Mrs. Bolts
son, who is the cashier of Tower Hal
shoe store of that place.
Miss Ella Burkins, the ten-year-oh
daughter of Vincent Burkins, OF Dublin,
while playing along the roadside on
Monday, fell and broke her arm. The
fracture was adjusted by DR.. Frank
Arthur.
County Examiner T. c. Galbreath
will participate in the teachers institutes
in Baltimore county, which will be held
September 9th to 18th, and Caroline
county, which will be held September liz
to Goth.
Georgia Conway, colored, former
servant in Mr.. Isaac Thompson family,
near Darlington, was recently seriously
burned by having vitrol thrown upon her
nv a man with whom she had been keep
ing company.
County Commissioner B. Frank
Hanwav, has set the style in our County
Court House for the shirtwaist man. At
Mondays session of the Board, he APP
peared quite cool and comfortable, clad
in this sensible garment.
A home camp meeting will begin at
8 o'clock, P. NJ, in Fellowship M. E
Church on Wednesday, August 2sth, and
continue for two weeks. Rev. DR.. France
will preach Wednesday to Sunday night,
inclusive. Everybody invited.
The Sunday School of Mountain
Church will hold picnic next Saturday
afternoon In the evening the ladies will
have festival for church purposes. All
are invited to be present and participate
in the enjoyment of the occasion.
Owing to washout on the Phila-
o,,d toll n L
road the officials of that road were COM
pelled to run their trains between Balti-
more and Philadelphia over the tracks OF
the Baltimore and Ohio on Tuesday.
The potato crop this year will practi-
cally be failure. In the early summerit
was discovered that although the vines
were luxurient, the yield would be small
and what few that are now i'll the ground
are rottening on account of the recent
heavy rains.
The members and friends of Mt. Tabor
NJ. p. Church will hold festival in the
grove surrounding the church, on the
evenings of Friday and Saturday, August
3Oth and31st. The occasion promises to
be a pleasant one and all are invited to
come and aid in good cause.
The case of the County Commission
ers, acting as the Local Board of Health
against Mr.. John Edward McComas, OF
Abingdon, was to have come up for trial
before Judge Waters on Tuesday. Ithas
been postponed until Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 4th.
The ladies of Providence M. P. Church
will hold lawn fete at the home OF Mr..
Jordan McComas, near Upper Cross
Roads, on Saturday evening. August
oath. A musical and literary programme
will be rendered, after which refreshments
will be served. Proceeds for the church.
MIR. William Allen White has just re-
turned from Lawton, where he went to
write for TIE SATURDAY EVENING Posi-.
ofPhiladelphia, the story ofthe "opening"
of the Indian lands. Mr. Whites vivid
account ofthe mushroom city that sprang
up in night is of striking and timely in
terest.
The Bi-Centennial of William PENIS
gift of land to East Nottingham Meeting
will be held at the Brick Meeting House,
Calvert. Cecil county, on Saturday, Sep
TENDER l4th. The friends will aim to
make this a notable celebration and all
persons interested especially those who
are descendants of the early settlers OF
Nottingham lands are requested to be
present.
The Gamers of Delaware, Eastern
Shore of Maryland and parts OF New
Jersey have organized Tri-state Pack
ers' Association with Owen L. Jones as
president and c. NJ. Dashiell, of Princess
Anne, as secretary and treasurer. The
object of the Association will be to further
the mutual interest of the members and
enable them to agree upon a uniform
scale of prices.
Mr.. Morgan Mitchell, of Aberdeen, is
probably one of the largest packers OF
corn in the United States. This year he
will can the product of HOO acres in his
three packing houses. He employs about
$50 hands and his product equal to any
packer in the country. By years of hard
work he has built up reputation for his
corn which will always make it command
a much higher price than the regular
market affords.
Mr.. Edward Klinefelter. of Shrews.
berry. Pa, who was in Bel Air on We'd
nesday, says that the heavy flood of Sum-
day originated from the cloud burst at
his home He reports the damages on
upper Deer Creek as very severe. The old
wooden bridge at Wilev's mill was wash
ed away, as was also the iron bridge neal
Mr.. George Wiley's place. The bridge al
Hopes was started from it's foundation
by the flood. A building Is by % feet
was washed down on Mr.. James Shades
meadow. Nobody knows where it came
from.
Through the efforts of Mr.. William
T. SAWYER and Mr.. David Wilson, E
splendid iron fence, costing $3.50, ha:
been placed around the cemetery of Mt
Carmel NJ. P. Church, Emmorton. Mr.
Sawyer deserves special mention becaus
he generously contributed one half TIN
cost of the Improvement. Many othe
friends including Mr. Wilson, contributes
1iberally. The church is greatly indebted