The aegis & intelligencer., 1902-03-28

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Johns College, for the holidays.
A bill has been passed in the Mary
land State Senate furnishing minors fol
purchasing Intoxicating liquors.
The past week has dried up the roads
but they are still dangerous on account
of the number of deep holes which are left
as reminders of the departed sink holes
Mr.. Walter R. McComas has beer
commissioned Justice of the Peace in place
ofGilbert S Hawkins, deceased Mr. Nc.
Comas qualified before the Clerk of the
Court on Wednesday.
The Jury in the case of Jacob Hetrick
against the Conowingo Bridge Company,
which was on trial i'll the Cecil county
Court last week rendered a verdict OF
81 900 in favor of the plaintiff.
Preaching at Grace NJ. p. Church,
Bel Air, Sunday, March 80, at II A. NJ;
Mt. Carmel. $50 p. NJ, and s p. Nj. an
Easter service in the interest of Home
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The small boy will have his innings
on next Tuesday We advise our friends
to beware of innocent looking packages,
or their curiosity may be rewarded with
the discovery that it is April Fools day.
Announcement has been made of the
wedding of Miss Frances Roberts,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Roberts
of the Rocks and Mr.. James Butler.
The wedding will take place on Tuesday,
April Sth at Holy Cross Church.
-Workmen are busilv engaged in re-
building the line of the Highland and
Mill Green Telephone Company, which
was destroyed by the recent heavy sleet
storm. Communication has been estab-
lshed as far as Highland and the Delta
telephone exchange will soon be accessi-
BILE.
Mr.. S. A. Williams was one of the
Judges at the debate held between the
Philokalia and Philomathean S ,cietics
of St. Johns College held on Wednesday
evening The subject was "Shall the
United States retain the Philippines"
The question was decided i'll favor of the
Now that the busy spring work has
commenced we hope that our cores
pondents will not forget that we arejust
as anxious to hear from them each week
as heretofore We feel justly proud of
this department of our paper and our
future aim will be to try to hold it to its
present standard.
The School Commissioners office is
being fitted up i'll neat and attractive
manner. A new carpet is being laid and
the walls are are also being freshenedup.
Such commendable improvement,
coupled with the advent of spring, might
suggest those familiar lines from Tenny-
sons Locksley Hall.
The Town Commissioners are setting
the residents of Bel Air good example
by inaugurating thorough cleaning up.
Now is a good time to get the front
Yards in frst-cIass condition. Our town
is naturally very pretty place, and our
residents should do their part by I'M
proving their private premises.
Mr.. Horace Boarman. who has been
Deputy Postmaster at Bel Air both under
MIR. Alexander Norris and the present in
,umbent, Mr. N. n Mock, has resigned
his position and taken charge ofhis farm
near Bel Air. Mr.. Boarman leaves the
office with a host of friends that he has
won by his courteous treatment and
prompt business habits.
Tho Legislature will adjourn next
Monday night at midnight. At the
present time they are holding three
sessions day and everything is i'll rush.
1t is said however, that the files of both
Houses are in fairly good condition,
in, fact better than for several recent
sessions. This is the time when all kinds
of legislation is liable to slip through un-
less the members are unusually vigilant.
The Enterprise Carriage Company
are making active preparations for an
business during the coming sea-
son. They now have more work on hand
than for many years past, and look for
ward to a still greater increase in busi-
ness. Their carriage factory isno expert
ment, as it has been located in Bel Air for
some time past. and their many patrons
are the testimonials of the character of
work that they turn out.
On Wednesday evening, recruiting
officers Sergeant Milton a. Reckord and
corporals Walter X. McComas and
Walter X Keen visited Forest Hill for
the purpose of increasing the member
ship of Company D, in preparation for
the summer encampment, which will take
place about the middle of July. They ex-
pect to visit other portions of the county
as it is the desire of the officers to have
the company up to the number legally
required.
An interesting meeting of the D. y.
P. Society of High Point School was held
last Friday. We would be very glad to
publish an account of it in full, but the
report was received at this Office just
one week late. If our correspondents
are careless they cannot blame us if their
communications are not published. We
are always glad to receive reports ofany
nature, more specially those pertaining
to the public schools, but we do not care
to publish them after they have become
ancient history.
Prospect school near Glenville had a
mild excitement on Thursday of last
week, and the cool headedness of the
teacher Miss Hattie Bagley averted a
serious conhagration. The coal supply
of the school had been exhausted and
locust wood was being used as a substi-
tute. The intense heat caught to some
of the timbers near the fue, when the fire
was discovered by one of the pupils. An
improvised bucket brigade was formed
and the fire was soon extinguished with
out doing much damage.
The Bryant Literary Society of the
Darlington Academy met Friday, March
21st in the Principals The follow
ing programme was well rendered. the
author, for the hour being Robert Burns
singing, Spring Song, School; Life OF
Burns, Edith Selfe, charade. quotations