The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-05
Local affairs.


has been quite sick, was at his accustome
place on the bench.
Monday, September 1st. was Labt
Dav. The observance here was the clio
ing of the National Banks. Otherwi:
business kept on in its ordinary channel
On Monday. Noble L. Mitchell, tru:
tee, sold at public sale at the Court Hous
door in Bel Air the Josephus Reed PROF
erty for $500 The purchaser was Al
drew b. Reed.
George Edward Hudson, grandson {
Il he late John Gorrell, a former resident [
this county, died at the Johns Hopkin
Hospital on Friday. He was a nephev
of Mr.. Fred J. Gorrell, of Bel Air.
Mr. Thomas X. Rooney, of Vale, ex
hibited at this office on Monday sampl
of his tomato crop of this season. The,
are perfect specimens and Mr.. Rone'
SAYS the yield will be about 500 bushels
pr acre.
The Sacrament of the Lords Suppe
will be administered in the Churchvill
Church next Sabbath morning, Septem
Der 9TH. Services begin at IL O'Clock
Preparatory service Saturday afternoon
at O'Clock.
MFR. Lawrence Forwood, Of Bel Air
recently left at this office six potatoes
that weighed one pound each. They be
long to the Early Northern variety
which is not noted for its size, but it:
splendid flavor
Mr.. William H. Paul, of carlton, re
Gently underwent a painful operation II
Philadelphia. He has had a number o
dead pieces of bone removed, which were
the result of wound received during the
battle of the Wilderness.
Marion Whiteford, the seven-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Scott
Whiteford, of near Cambria, died sudden.
Nv on Saturday evening. The funeral
took place on Monday the interment be-
ing at Statewide Presbyterian Church.
Rev. K. J. Stewart was the officiating
minister.
The meetings of the Law Enforce
ment League, which have been held
throughout the county, have been in the
main we'll attended. About one thousand
persons were present at the Cooptown
Rally and over 500 was subscribed to
furnish the sinews of war for the work OF
the League.
Detective George w. Seabold, of the
Baltimore police force, has been in the
neiphborhood of the Rocks for the past
few DAYS investigating the recent fire on
the property of the late Phoebe S. Rut-
ledge. He was sent here at the instance
of the State Fire Marshal, DIR. T. X.
Price. No arrests have have yet been
made.
The Baltimore and Bel Air Telephone
Company announces that beginning with
the first day of September the rates to
Baltimore will be reduced to Is cents for
three minutes talk and 5 cents for each
additional minute. Corresponding re-
auctions have been made on all lines in
the State. 1t is not known whether this
cut will be met by the Maryland people
or not.
The lawn fete at Asbury Church.
Jarrettsville, which was given by the
young people of West Hartford Circuit.
on Friday evening, was a marked sue
cess. The decorative effects were ex-
cellent and an immense number of Japa-
nese lanterns were arranged in such a
manner as to lend an artistic attractive
ness to the scene. neat sum of money
was realized.
The Maryland Athletic Association
dele tied the Bel Air Base Ball Club, at
Maryland Oval, by a score of 13 to in
the game played for the championship of
MARYLAND. The attendance numbered
about five hundred, of which one hundred
and fifty were ladies. The Bel Air boys
could hardly expect victory from this
strong club, and they have the comfort
ing assurance that their fellow county
club, Havre de Grace, was shut out in a
similar game.
Mr.. William E. Webster, of Creswell,
has placed in the collection of the Mary
land Historical Society, the sword pre-
sented by the citizens of Baltimore to his
father, Captain John Adams Webster for
his gallant defense against the British,
September 3 and Il, 1914. The hilt is
ofivory and gold and the scabbard is
richly ornamented with gold. The in
trinsic value of the sword is said to be
$500, and it is marked addition to the
many valuable souvenirs.
The Law Enforcement League will
hold an open conference in the Methodist
Protestant Church, Bel Air, this, Friday
afternoon, beginning at three o'clock. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by Rev. w. A.
Price, Rev. ]. w. Romberger, Rev. A. l..
HYDE and Mr. William H. Harlan AT
night a meeting will be held in the Court
House and the committee is expecting
Hon. A. Lincoln Dryden, sub. treasurer, to
be present and make an address. Rev. DR.
w. w. Davis will also speak. The Nc.
Comas quartette will sing.
MIR. John H. Williams, whose home is
in Delta, Pa, fell from the roof of Mount
Clare Shops of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad on Tuesday afternoon and died
the same night. Mr.. Williams was thing
the roof of the main building of the shop
when he slipped and fell through the sky
light shaft to the ground floor, a distance
of about thirty feet. He was picked VI
unconscious and taken to the hospital
where it was found he was suffering from
fractured skull 1t was also thought
he was injured internally. He was fifty
five years old.
The State Board of Education at /;
recent meeting decided to place thirty
seven school teachers on the pension list
Among the number is Mr.. S. ]. Tammany
of Havre de Grace who will be entitled
to a pension of 5000 per year, payabl
in quarterly installments of $50 each
This was done in accordance with Al
act ofthe Legislature which appropriate
$4,000 to pension all teachers above til
age of 60 years who had served a certai
number of years. The Board ais
awarded free scholarships to the Stat