The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-07-24
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BEL AIR MO. JULY "a 1903.


ment as it left town on Saturday.
Rev. Thomas G. Pearce will hol
services in the l. 0. 0. F. Hall, Bel All
on Sunday afternoon. Bible school T
NJ, preaching at + +. NJ.
The ladies of the NJ. p. Church, BE
Air, will hold an ice cream festival on tn
parsonage lawn this, Friday, evening
July oath The public invited.
On Tuesday. Mr.. August knofel
gave family Grabbing party at Otter
Point. A pleasant day was enjoyed ant
seventeen dozen crabs were caught.
A supper, fair and festival will be
held at Chestnut Hill on Thursday and
Friday evenings, July so and 81, by the
members and friends of Deer Greek NJ. p
Church.
Mr.. F. II. Iglchart has purchased the
butcher and provision store of Mr. David
Hanway, on Main street, Bel Air, and
will hereafter conduct the same in connec-
ton with his other business.
meeting at the Mountain Christian
Church last Sunday and much religious
interest felt. Services were held morn
ing, afternoon and night. The meetings
will continue over. Services days and
nights.
Although the Bel Air postoffice business
was considerably more than doubled,
during the encampment, yet Postmaster
Mock, without any additional assistance,
was enabled to receive and dispatch the
different mails with almost the usual
promptness.
The HAS Beens." an organization
composed of former members of the Rel
Air Base Ball Club, will play local clubs
throughout the county the remainder of
the season. The first game is scheduled
to take place with the Taylor Club, on
Wednesday of next week.
Miss Mary Wroth, of VanBibber,
gave a straw ride on Thursday night of
last week in honor Of her guests, Misses
Jeanette and Camilla Lucille Gredon.
The party also enjoyed a sail at Otter
Point. The chaperones were,Mrs. Henry
Wroth and Mrs. Willard.
During the thunder storm on Mon
day afternoon, lightning struck the barn
of Mr.. George Heaps, near Highland.
The building was set on fire and burned
to the ground. Mr.. Heaps succeeded i'll
getting out his live stock, but lost his
entire crop of newly harvested hay.
We have received from the Faculty, a
copy ofthe Fourteenth Annual Announce
ment and Catalogue of the Baltimore
University School of Law. This school
is now recognized as one of the standard
universities of the country. In the list
ofpupils from this county is Mr.. James
X. Wheeler, of Forest Hill.
Captain B. F. Pennington, who had
charge of the preparing of the encamp-
nent grounds for the State Militia, is
still busily engaged in shipping away the
tents and other camp Announcements.
He has about $4,000 worth of State
property in his charge and every identical
thing must he accurately accounted for.
Miss Helene \. Bradshaw, of the faculty
of the Bel Air Academy and Graded
School, was one of the visitors at the
National Teachers Convention at Bos-
ton. This gathering included $4,000
persons, all interested i'll pedagogy, and
represented a gathering of brains, order.
method and discipline from all over the
country.
The Hartford County Telephone COM
pany has perfected arrangements with
the Postal Telegraph Company, where
by it will receive telegraph messages to
hoe transmitted to any part of the world.
A local office has been established in the
telephone exchange at Bel Air where
messages will be received and charged
the same as toll tickets.
Register of Wills Bay has probated
the will of the late Lcmuel +. Matthews.
He leaves all of his property to his wife,
Ella A. Matthews, for life, with remainder
to his son, c. Hollis Matthews in fee.
His wife is named as executrix to serve
without bond. The paper is dated
August 23rd. 1899 and is witnessed by
lay F. Towner and Frederick Nelson.
The record to go to the Court of Ap-
peals in the Watts case has been COM
pleted, and signed by Judge Waters. 1t
twu be remembered that Watts was con-
wieted of murder in the first degree for
killing his wife at Phoenix, Baltimore
county last fall. He was sentenced to be
hanged. The case will be heard at the
October term of the Appellate Court and
under the law the judges are compelled to
render a speedy discision.
The game of base ball at VanBibbcr
on Wednesday between the home club and
Aberdeen was one of the prettiest games
that has ever been played in Hartford
county. Without an error, neither side
was able to score until the ending of the
twelfth inning when the VanBibber boys
were able to get one man across the plate,
thas completing the victory. The base
ball playing of all of our clubs has this
year been far above the average. 1t is
manly sport aud should be encouraged
by all of our good people.
The Maryland and Pennsylvania
Railroad successfully handled the i'm
mense amount ofextra business connected
with the recent military encampment.
All of this has been done with prompt
ness and dispatch and without inter
ferring with the regular train schedule.
Mr.. ]. S. Norris, General Manager, has
demonstrated his ability as a railroad
man. and his management ofths immense
amount of cara business shows that he
Is equal to any occasion no matter what
its exigencies may demand.
Major John A. Lejeunc u. S. NJ. c.
has been ordered o command battalion
of marines which are to he sent to estab-
lish Marine Barrdck at Guantanamo
Bay on the south shore of Cuba. Major
Lejeune and one company of marines
will embark from New York in few
days proceeding direct to Guantanamo,
where they will later be joined by the
other two companies on the battalion.
Barracks will be built and 81 regular post
eStalIiS shed at Guantanamo which will