The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-04-18

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On Monday fire broke out in the office
of the Hall Signal Company at the Balti,
more and Ohio Railroad station at Abcr.
deem. The flames we're soon cNtinguiShed
by small bucket brigade without caus,
ing much damage.
Our thanks are due Mr. William
Bullock Clark, State Gcologist for Il COM
plete map of Hartford county. Its made
up in a useful shape indicating the princi-
lines of the districts and all the public
and private roads arc shown.
MIR Robert c. Richardson, proprietor
of Churchville Stock Farm has a string
of promising horses that will probably
be heard from during the coming year
The reputation of his stables for speed
stands very high and he has lately been
breeding and developing some fast
animals which will doubtless keep up the
creditable reputation of the past.
| The Bel Air town election will take
place on Monday, May 5. There seems
to be very little interest displayed this
year but our citizens should look to ii
that a progressive board is chosen. Bel
Air has suffered considerably ut times on
accounty of the inactivity or what some
may term "cOnScrvativeueSs." The
town is in position to take rapid strides
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way, but we cannot expect it to advance
unless its affairs are administered by
wide awake business men.
Mr.. Benjamin Bissell. Jr., and Mr.
Charles w. Shaw, have rented the coal
yards at Bel Air station, formerly oc-
cupied by Edward Ferry and will open a
general wholesale and retail business
selling both bituminous and hard coal.
Both of these young men have good bust
ness backing and inherit their present
avocation as the names of Bissell and
Shaw have for years been connected with
the extensive coal business of Baltimore
City. The yards will be under the per-
sonal management of Mr.. Bissell and the
firm will open a similar business in Bal
timore, which will be in charge of Mr..
Shaw, at Alb Water street
The Tygcrt Lumber Company has
been Incorporated for the marketing of a
product of about 10, O0Oacrcs of valuable
timber land in Randolph county, West
Virginia The land is heavily wooded in
oak, chestnut, spruce and other woods
that are extensively used. 1t is the inten-
ton of the Company to erect a number
of saw mills and put the timber on the
market as rapidly as possible. The in
corporators of the company are John G.
Rouse and E. NJ. Allen, Jr., ofthis county,
E. W. Mealey and r. H. Alvey, of Hagers-
town, ]. A. G. Allen, of Davis, West Viz
ginia The capital stock is $l5O,000 di-
vided into shares of 500 each.
We are in receipt of Il communication
from one of the most prominent clergy
men of Maryland, who has had occasion
to visit Hartford county during he recent |
agitation of the liquor question. Itsays |
in part II watched the proceedings of
the Legislature to see whether or not |
the bill got through, but could not find
out From what l was told OF the con-
ditions in Bel Air thought the bill was
calculated to improve the morals of the
town" We give this simply as an illus
tration to those who by their actions in
dictate that they have the moral condition
of this community copyrighted. This
may disabuse their minds Of the fact that |
those who saw fit to differ with them
might have been actuatcd by similar
motives.
AT a meeting of the patrons of
Jarrettsville Academy held on Monday |
evening the following incorporators were
chosen: N. Oscar Stokes, George A.
Cairnes, J. {. Taylor, Noble l.. Mitchell |
and DR.. w. w. Davis. The patrons of
that school are making a movefora new
building and seem to have the backing of |
all the taxpayers OF that district, il being |
their object to make it the highest seat |
of learning in that vicinage, where pupils |
can receive instruction in the different |
branches not taught at the less advanced |
schools of learning. We think that the |
Commissioners would act wisely if they |
granted the amount of money that is |
asked by the patrons of this school in
order that they may be better enabled to |
take advantage of the appropriation
which has been made to them by the |
Legislature of 1902. There is no portion
of Hartford county that is more prosper
Gus or progressive than the fourth dis
trict and it would seem only fair that |
they should have at least one school
commensurate with the progressiveness
of their citizens.
We have received from Mr. John A.
Evans a copy of his map of Hartford
county 1t is elegantly mounted and pre-
sents an attractive appearance as deco
ration for the wall of any office or library.
1t was engraved at one of the best estab-
lishments of the kind in the country and
is as near perfection as this art has reach
ed. The map is mounted on super linen
back paper and willlast foryears. 1t in
cludes portions of contiguous territory of
Baltimore, Cecil and Kent counties, as
we'll as Gunpowder, Bush and Susquc-
hanna rivers and the adjoining Chcsa-
peake bay. The elevations at different
points are given and all the public and pri-
vate roads, as we'll as the postoffices and
streams, are faithfully plated. The elcc-
ton districts are in different colors and
the boundaries infinitely marked; the scale
measurement being one mile to the inch,
it is easy to tell the distance to or from
any given point. This map should not
be COMPOUNDED with anything of cheaper
nature. 1t is a work of art which re-
quires critical inspection i'll order to lie
thoroughly appreciated.
| BEL AIR NOTES.
| Miss Julia A. Mcgowan, of IIavrc dc
Grace, is the guest OF Miss Dora Proctor.
Miss Mamie McNabb, of Macton, has
been visiting her aunt Mrs. Fred W.
Reasin.