The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-12-05
Local affairs.


pointed postmaster at Rockford.
Samuel Webster, of Port Deposit, ha
been granted pension of So per month
Mrs. ]. Lee Smedley has been appoint
ed railroad agent at Bynum in place
her husband who died recently.
Mr.. r. w Zimmerman, of Bel Air, en-
tertained a number of his friends on Tues
day, the occasion being his seventietl
birthday.
Rev. w. NJ. Poisal will preach a
Grace NJ. P. Church, Bel Air, Sunday
December 7, at IL A. NJ. and P. Nj.
Mt. Carmel at P. Nj.
On Friday. Deputy Sheriff Hays ar
rested Frank Gibson, negro, charged
with assaulting Mrs. J. H. Filey. He
was taken before Justice McComas, who
fined him So and costs.
The Old Town Bank of Baltimore, BY
Gill and Son and VanBibber, attorneys
has brought twenty-five suits in the Cir
cult Court for Hartford county on notes
that were given to the Milk Producers
Association.
Mr.. B. c. Hanway. of High Point
left at this office on Wednesday a bunch
of rye which was planted the last Of
August. 1t is out in full head, which in.
dicates the forwardness of vegetation at
49,, .o,so,, of he wear
Mrs. M. A. Brown has issued cards
for the marriage of her niece, Miss Helen
Mauldin Lort, and Mr.. Charles Francis
Harry. The wedding will take at noon
on Tuesday, December 10th, at The
Parkside, Philadelphia.
Rev. Charles F. Bonn will preach a
missionary sermon next Sunday at Eel
lowship Church at 1O.3O A. M. and at
Asbury at P. NJ. Rev. W. w. Davis
will preach a missionary sermon at
Ebenezer Church at 10 80 A. M.
The congregation of the Bel Air Pres
bvterian Church held a sociable at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs J. Edwin Web
ster on Wednesday evening. A large
number of the congregation were present
as we'll as some outside friends.
Raymond Singleton, the nine-year-old
son of Mr.. Thomas E. Singleton, OF
Fountain Green, was seriously injured on
Tuesday evening, bv being kicked in the
stomach by horse. The boy was play
ing about the yard and it is thought got
too close to the animal. He was also
bruised on the arm.
-Messrs. Worthington and Slade have
completed the housing of their corn crop
on Indian Spring farm, having raised five
hundred and ninety five barrels on forty
acres or an average of fifteen barrels per
acre. They also sold thirty-two tons of
sugar corn and put over hundred tons
of ensilagc in their silo for winter feeding.
Rev. W. II. H. Powers, of Towson,
preached an excellent sermon last Sunday
night at Emmanuel =. E. Church, Bel
Air. At an after meeting Mr.. George NJ.
Kimberley, head ofthe junior branch ofthe
brotherhood of St. Andrew, ofBaltimore,
delivered an address. The attendance
was very large considering the inclemency
of the weather.
In the Montgomery County Court on
Wednesday, Judge Henderson came down
with a heavy hand on the proprietors of
the speak easies of that county. He i'm
posed a number of fines, which averaged
about $500, and only dealt leniently with
those who promised to discontinue the
business. The prosecuting witnesses in
these cases were not professionals"
The Town Commissioners of Aber-
deem have made a contract with the
Aberdeen Light, Heat and Power Com
pany to supply the corporation with one
100 candle-power and forty-nine SO can
die power lamps for the period offive years
at an annual compensation of $500 per
year. Thisis a step that enables our sister
town to keep pace with her neighbors.
On Tuesday night, as Sheriff Reasin's
horse was being driven up Main street,
Bel Air, the animal was run. into by the
shaft of a vehicle passing in the opposite
direction. 1t will be remembered that
the night was intensely dark and the cleo
trio lights were out at the time. The
shaft penetrated the horses body in the
rear of the left front leg and it is thought
that the animal will die.
Cards are out announcing the coming
marriage of Mr.. JosephF. Hitch. of Balti-
more, and Miss Laura Virginia Johnson,
daughter of Mr. Thomas Johnson, of the
fourth district. The marriage will take
place at Providence NJ. P. Church, next
Tuesday evening, December 9th, at 6
o'clock. Rev. S. A. Hoblitzell, former
pastor of the church, but now of Lisbon,
Howard county, will tie the nuptial knot.
Mr.. Samuel N. Hyde has conveyed to
the S. N. Hyde Company, which has re-
Gently been incorporated, all of his lands
in the Long Green Valley, at Hyde station,
on the Maryland and Pennsylvania Rail
road, the consideration being $50, 500.
The land conveyed consists of three par
GELS, containing nearly 600 acres of land.
1t is said that a number of experienced
business men are interested in the pack.
ing enterprise conducted by Mr.. Hyde
and that extensive improvements will be
made.
The Irving Lowell Literary Society
of the Bel Air Academy and Graded
School held it's second meeting of the sea
son OH Wednesday. The newly elected
officers, Mr.. William Wright president
and Miss Frances GLADDEN. secretary
were installed. The programme was as
follows: Song by the society, miscellan
eous quotations by the ninth grade, read
ing, Lillian Staley; essay on Thanksgiv
ing, Merle Bateman; quotations or
Thanksgiving by the eighth grade; recita
ton, Mabel Reckord; quotations from
Longfellow by the seventh grade; gazette
by Clinton Keckord.
The Overland Hunt Club held NEE
in Bel Air on Saturday morning. Tht
sight presented pleasing appearance
many of the riders being in costume. a
bag fox was released on Archer's hill anc
the hounds soon made short work o
him. The brush was awarded to Tommi
Wright, he being the first at the death
Tommie, who is about eleven years old
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