The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-12-18
Local affairs.

0uHudy evenings
A shooting match will he held a
Singer on December oath. a number
prizes will be contested for
Senator McComas has introduced
bill to increase the pension of John d
Deckmau to $50 per month.
The Sunday School celebration o
Mt. Zion NJ +. Church will tic held OF
Monday evening, December 2Sth.
The Sunday School celebration o
Emmanuel p. L. Church, Bel Air, vii
he held on Christmas Eve, December "a
Regular Wednesday afternoon ser
vice from to ) 80 o'clock has been es
tab.shcd at Emmanuel p. L. Church
Bel Air
-Tames II. Roncy, OF Vale, was pain
fully kicked by horse on Thursday 81
last week. His left hand was badly
lacerated.
The Christmas tree cntertainmenttor
the scholars OF Holy Trinity Sunday
School, Churchville, will be on Tuesday
evening, December 29th, at O'Clock.
DIR. y. w. Harris, direct OF the Tome
Institutc has been nominated for the
presidency of the Boston University. 1t
is more than probable that ne vii! de-
cline the offer.
Mr.. Wallace Heaps, of Pylcsville met
with a painful accident one day last
week. While handling a fork, he ran a
prong through one Of his fingers. The
injury though painful, was not a serious
one.
The will case of Tiighmau against
France, which was begun i'll Court on
Monday of last week is still on trial. On
Wednesday, Judge Fowler indefinitely
excused the petit jurors who were not
members Of the panel.
DR.. James +. IL. Gorsuch, of Fork,
has reported to the county Commrs-
sioners Of Baltimore county, five cases Of
scarlet fever existing in his vicinity.
Efforts are being made to prevent the
dread disease from spreading.
Col Charles A. Little, of tile First
MARYLAND Regiment, has issued an order
for the election OF a captain Of Company
D Bel Air. ii succeed the late Captain
Thomas G.. Forwood. l. will be held on
Montlav night, December 2Sth.
Key. S. c. WATSON, pastor Of the
Churchviiie Presbyterian Church and
Rev. S S Greenwich, pastor Of the First
PRESBYTERIAN Church Bel Air. exchanged
pulpits on Sunday morning and evening.
Apprec!atiyc congregations attended all
of the services.
The Board of Review of the National
Trottiug ASsoci alton sustained the race
Judges, at the recent Hartford fair. in their
DECISION giving the race in the 235 pace
to Lancaster Boy. Suspensions against
some running horses filed by the society
were also sustained
-Hurrah, for Forest Hill. The Big
Woods is not III it any more. DR.. Frank
p Smithson, recently slaughtered
fifteen months old porker that dressed
5I2 pounds. 1t is claimed that if he had
kept tie animal two more months it
w 3uld hive dressed 600 pounds.
The cold weather for the past week
has stopped III. running of the "Susque
hanna" which plies between Baltimore
and Port Deposit. The ice is rapidly
fnrmilg there, and if the presentlo tem-
peraturc continues big crop will proba-
bly, he stored in Havre de Grace.
Mr.. Edward H. Hall, OF the firm of
painful accident at his home near Abing-
don on Tuesday. While descending a
stairway with lighted lampin his hand,
he made misstcp falling to the bottom,
which was only short distance. One
of his ribs was broken and he was other
wise bruised.
The guild of Holy Innocent Church,
Baltimore, has recently offered amuse-
ments to it's members in the form of pool
and billiard tables and shuttle board.
Rev. DIR. Dame, the rector, says that the
innovation meets with the approval not
only of his congregation, but also of that
of the entire neighborhood. 1t not only
offers the young people an opportunity
to spend pleasant evening free from bad
moral surroundings, but also supplies
place for the professional man to recuper-
ate after hard days work.
The spelling contest recently held at
Pleasantville, under the auspices of the
Mite Society of Friendship NJ. E. Church,
was social and financial success. The
contestants. twenty in number, we're
very evenly matched, which rendered the
proceedings quite spirited at times. The
five successful contestants were Mrs. Nc
Laren Spencer, Mr. II. 6. Walker, Mrs.
James A. Waters, Miss Ethel Waters
and Miss Laura Belle Foard. Recita-
tons were given by Misses Olcita an
Myrtle Henderson, Pearl and Annie
johnson and Mr.. Howard X. Mitchell.
Petitions are now being circulated
asking the legislature to pass a law
governing the running of automobiles on
our public roads. 1t is not intended to
interfere with those owners of vehicles of
pleasure any more than to protect the
rights of those driving along the same
highways. Nearly every omobilist is
careful about frightening horses, but
there are few who run their machines
at a frightful rate of speed, and have little
thought for the rights Of others. 1t is
this class that should be reached by lcgis-
lation, and every true lover of the sport
should make no objection to the passage
of right kind of bill.
MIR. James II. Ruff OF Thomas Run
and Miss Rebecca Grymes, of Virginia
were married in Baltimore on Thursday
of last week by Rev William NJ. Dame
The ceremony was a private one, only
the immediate relatives of the contract
ing parties being present. Mr. Ruff is
well-known in this county, where hi
own and occupies a handsome estate
Miss Grimes is from King George county
Virginia. but for the past six months ha:
been visiting her sister, Mrs. ]. B. Wy
song, near Bel Air. Immediately afte
the ceremony the newly welded coupl
left for a trip to Florida, and upon thei
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