The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-11-27

! 30tk. Hunters have met with poor
success this year and will ask the next
Legislature for additional protection FOR
game.
On Tuesday, the case of Joseph E.
Knight against the Maryland Telephone
and Telegraph Company was taken up
for trial before a jury. Robinson appeared
for the plaintiff and Preston and Williams
for the defendant.
School Examiner Charles r. Wright
now has in hand the school premiums
that were awarded at the recent fair and
is ready to pay the money over to the
parties entitled to the same. The awards
are published elsewhere in this issue.
On Sunday, a horse which was being
driven by Mr.. George M. Jewett, broke
through the floor of the bridge at Mobiles
Mill The hole made was large enough
to allow the animal to extricate itself
without difficulty, and no serious damage
resulted.
The Sunday school of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Bel Air, will hold an
oyster supper on Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings of next week, December I'd
and Sd in the new Sunday school room
adjoining the church. a cordial invita-
ton is extended to every one.
A spelling contest will be held at II.
G. Walkers hall, Pleasantville, on We'd
nesday evening, December End, at 100.
Good spoilers will be in attendance and
they invite spoilers from all parts of the
the county to take part. Proceeds
for the benefit ofFriendship NJ. E. Church.
-Finnev and Robinson, canned goods
brokers, report the tomato market as
being active during the past ten days.
This has resulted in frmcr market and
makes the packers hold back for higher
prices. Standard tomatoes are quoted
at CO to 65 cents. Corn is going still
higher.
"A number of Hartford people were
present at the farewell recital ofMadame
Adelaide Patti that was given in Balti-
more on Monday night. This remarkable
woman although past sixty, still holds
the vigor of youth to a wonderful degree.
Her rendition OF Home Sweet Home,
was particularly affecting.
Miss Carrie P. Gallup, of Perryman,
met with very painful accident last
Friday evening. While descending the
cellar steps, she fell breaking the large
bone in her left arm, Immediately above
the wrist. She was carrying a lighted
lamp at the time which was broken, but
fortunately did no damage. She was
taken to the University Hospital, Balti-
more, where the fracture was reduced by
Dr. Holloway. She is now improving.
The congregat alton of Caroline Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, is pre-
pairing to celebrate its eighty-fifth ami
versary. The present pastor ofthe church
is Rev William G. Herbert, who is ma
tive of this county, and d frequent con-
tributor to the columns of The .I2gis.
Rev. MIR. Herbert is beloved by the many
people with whom he has come in contact
during his ministerial career. His in
f1uence for good has been far reaching, he
having converted over 2 900 and received
$4,000 on probation. He holds tent
meetings in the rear of his church during
the summer with marked success.
The State Board of Canvassers COM
posed of Comptroller Joshua w. Her
ring. Attorney General 1sidor Rayrcr,
Secretary ofState Wilfred Batcmen, State
Treasurer Murray yandiver and Clerk of
the Court of Appeals Thomas Parran
met on Tuesday and made up the official
statement of the votes cast for Governor
and Comptroller. Goyernpr-elect War
fields plurality is 1925; Comptroller
elect Atkinson's plurality 13, 191; Attor-
ney General-elect Bryan's plurality is
1888 Judge elect George l.. VanBib-
Der received 1925 in Baltimore county
and 3,647 in Hartford county, making
total of 12,s72.
Tuesdays Baltimore Sun contained
a ertinent editorial relative to bill in
troduced by Senator Robinson at the
last legislature which authorized the leas-
ing of the barren oyster bottoms of the
Chesapeake Bay opposite Calvert county.
These beds are naturally the richest in
the State, but under the present wretched
laws have become SO depleted as to yield
practically nothing. Intelligent culture
would bring ancnormous revenue to that
county and give employment to thous-
ands of persons. 1t seems almost incon-
ceivable why people will stand so much
in the light of their own progress, and
oppose laws that cannot tail o help their
material wealth and add to the popula-
ton.
A number of our residents are taking
definite steps looking to an effort to have
the next Legislature pass law regiIlat-
ing the running of automobiles on the
public roads of our county. Our main
thoroughfares are much travelled by
| automobiles, and in most cases due
consideration is given the driving public
VINO have timid horses, but several acct
dents have occurred on account of some of
! the reckless owners who seem to have no
regard for the rights of anyone. The law
should be stringent in its measures, for
valuable lives are frequently Imperfect on
account of these new methods of locomo-
ton, which have not become sufficiently
! familiar to the country horsesso as to ac-
custom them to the novelty.
The improvement to the soldiers
monument in the Post lot at Angel Hill
cemetery in Havre de Grace has been
finished. 1t consists of an addition to
the height of the monument, which is
made of granite, beautifully polished. In
stead of being engraved there is on it a
handsome bronze tablet with the follow
ing inscription: Erected June goth,
1900. by the members of Admiral John
Rodgers Post, No. % G. A. K, to the
honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
of the Civil War, 1861-1S65." Col. ".
2. Vernon, of Baltimore, will deliver an
oration on Sunday afternoon, at 2.3O
o'clock and special services will be held
by the Post. Members ofadjoining posts
will be present as well as 6. A. R. soldiers
from Baltimore.