The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-11-28

On account of closing our office on
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. this weeks
issue of The .Egis is mailed on Wednesday
night. Subscribers receiving the paper
one day earlier will understand tho
reason.
On account of inclcment weather, tho
sale of Mr.. George w. Cloman which was
advertised to take place on Tuesday has
been postponed until Monday, December
list, when it will take place regardless OF
we athcr.
The Woman's Guild of Emmanuel
Church, Bel Air, will hold Christmas
sale in the Masonic Hall on Thursday
| afternoon, December 18th, at two O'Clock.
The sale will be continued during the
evening All kinds of fancy and useful
Christmas articles appropriate for Christ
mas gifts will be sold.
Register of Wills Bay has probated
the will of the late Joseph G. Mitchell.
He leaves all of his estate to Mary E.
Mitchell, wife of George l.. Mitchell, The
latter is constituted executor. The will
is dated June 18th, 1897, and is witnessed
by Elmer Z. Bennett. Henry c. Oliver
and William S. Bowman.
The Christian Endeavor Convention
of the Hartford County Christian En-
deavor Union will be held on Thursday,
December 18th, at Union Chapel M. P.
Church, Wilma, Rev. S. W. Coe, pastor.
The convention will have three sessions
ten a. NJ. two and seven p. NJ. PrOml-
ncnt speakers will be present and deliver
addresses at each session. and every thing
should be done To see that there is large
attendance. No delegates are elected to
these conventions. All are invited. The
more the better. Lunch will be served to,
those who attend.
The grand jury for the November
term of the Montgomery Circuit Court |
has just adjourned. The session lasted
two weeks and was not only the longest |
in the history of the Court but also was
a record breaker i'll the number of indict-
ments returned. In all, 1874 true bills |
were found of which rs were for violat-
ing the local option law, and 2S for |
violating the anti-gambling law. The
large number of local option indictments
were the result of unusual activity on the
part of the Montgomery county anti
saloon league and the indictments found |
are upon the testimony of Louis Vein,
who has been prominent in obtaining 4
number of indictments in this county.
MIR. Charles 7. Wright, treasurer of
the School Board, publishes in this weeks
issue. report of the receipts and dis
bursemcnts of the School Commissioners
for the fiscal year ending July 3lst, 1902.
The receipts show that there was received
$75, 100 % all of which was expended
except the balance of So, +37.5l, which
was on hand at The close of the year.
school tax, $4,000, and the
State school tax, SIS, 114.2O. During
the year there was expended i'll teachers
Sis, 1892. The amount cX-
pended for books for pupils and that re-
ceiyed from the State free book fund do
not quite balance. 1t has cost the courl-
ty 1921 to educate the pupils i'll Balti-
more county while the sum received for
this purpose only amounts to S165. The
statement in every WAY reflects credit
both to the Board and to its chief eXccu-
tive officer.
1t is estimated that only about 1 900
tons of anthracite coal has been received
in Baltimore during the past week and
that there are atleast &C, 0O0houscholdcrs
with little or no coal in their cellars who
are clamoring tor even a small supply.
The retail dealers are being constantly
Desieged with applications to relieve the
situation but arc unable to do
more than promise that they will have
some i'll a very short time. The scarcity
Of coal is not alone confined to Balti-
more City, but all over the State. In
Bel Air some little has been received but
not enough to relieve the urgent demand.
The firm of Bisscll and Shaw obtained
two carloads of nut coal i'll addition to
what has heretofore been reported. This
came as a straight shipment but was
soon disposed of. Other dealers in town
report that they have none on hand and
very little iii sight