The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-05-13
Local affairs.

tomorrow Saturday. afternoon, at three
o'clock, at the rectory.
Judge George L. VanBibber has gone
to Gallatin, Tennessee. He was calico
there on account of the fatal illness o
Mrs. Martha Armfcld.
-Messrs. Shanahau and Smith, of Be
Air, are building an addition to their liv
cry stable. The Improvement will give
them ample stable room for all occasions
1t is said that the recent crap shoot
ing law will be strictly enforced. If this
be the case a good many of the colored
brethren of Bel Air will feel the weight o.
the law.
The teacher and pupils of Mechanics
willie school will hold an ice cream and
strawberry festival, for the benefit of the
school on Friday and Saturday evenings,
May 9th and 2Sth.
Mr.. Frederick Dallan, formerly OF
Bel Air, has been named as one of the
administrators of the late John X. Cow
en-. MIR. Cowen left personal property to
the extent of over 100000.
Mrs. Harry Z. Strasbaugh, of Aber-
deem, rendered special vocal music at the
Bel Air PRESBYTERIAN Church on Sunday
morning. Her selection was greatly ap-
preciated by the large audience present.
The teacher and pupils of Calvary
school will hold strawberry and ice
cream festival on the school lawn on
Thurday and Friday evenings, May &c
and 81. If unfavorable either evening
will held on Saturday evening.
The teachers and pupils of Bethlehem
School will hold an ice cream and straw
berry festival on the lawn adjoining the
school on Thursday and Friday evenings,
June and 3. Ifeither evening is stormy
it will be held on Saturday evening.
On Monday, John S, Young and S. A.
Williams, trustees, sold 135 acres ofland,
in the fourth district, at public sale at the
Court House door in Bel Air. The pur-
chaser was jeremiah Horn for 1850.
]. S. Richardson was the auctioneer.
weighed in the Balance" temper
ance programme for the fifteenth ami
versary of the Epworth League, will be
given next Sunday evening at the Bel Air
Methodist Episcopal Church. The pas
tor will speak to the young people at IL
A. NJ.
Mrs. Mary A. Dulaney, widow of the
late !. Franklin Dulaney, died on Sunday
of last week at the home of her son-in-
law, Mr.. Isaac Coale, near Chenille. She
was eighty-four years of age and leaves
two children, Mr.. George Dulaney and
Mrs. Isaac c. Coa!e.
-Animportant business meeting of the
Law Enforcement League will be held
Monday, May 16, at P. NJ, i'll the NJ.
p Church of Bel Air. President c. w.
Michael earnestly requests that each vice
president and joint committee from
each precinct attend.
1t is said that the Republicans will
nominate Mr.. Robert Garrett as their
candidate in the Second Congressional
district. He is a grandson of the late
John w. Garrett, and will probably make
his campaign more on his bari than
his ability as statesman.
DIR. Charles Bagley, son of DR.. Charles
Bagley, of Bagley, is one of the gradu-
ates of the Maryland University of Medi-
cine. During his stay at this well-known
institution of learning he has exhibited
marked ability and starts out we'll equip
ped in life to followi in the footsteps of his
father.
Mr. G. Smith Norris will be in charge
of the Maryland Building at the Worlds
Pair, St. LOUIS, during the months of
September, October and November. This
tribute to Mr.. Norris came entirely un-
sought, and is amarked recognition that
reflects credit not only to him but the
county as well.
Rev. S. c. WATSON, pastor of the
Churchville Presbyterian Church. attend
ed the commencement of the Princeton
Theological Seminary this week; also the
decennial reunion OF his class. At the
alumna banquet ne responded to the
toast, Retrospect. Seminary Day and
our Alma Mater"
Mrs. Annie Smith and stepdaughter,
Maggie Smith, who were recently arrest
ed in Baltimore for shoplfting, confessed
guilty i'll the Criminal Court Judge
Wright sentenced Mrs. Smith to eighteen
months in Jail and released her step
daughter on parole. The prisoners said
that they were from this county.
The inter scholastic meet, which will
be held at the Jacob Tome Institute to-
morrow Saturday, will bring together
the leading schoolboy athletes for many
miles around. Twenty-three schools will
compete, the entries numbering SIS. The
contest will consist of dashes, runs, hur-
dies, pole vault, high jump, shot put,
hammer and broad jump.
"A strawberry festival will be held in
the hall at Darlington by the ladies OF
the M. E. Church, on Thursday and Fri
dav evenings, May Goth and 9th. Mr..
Earle Murdoch, the blind harpist and
Mr.. Harold Baker, violinist, will be
present to furnish some bright and ex-
cellent music on both evenings. No charge
for admission and refreshments served at
reasonable figures. In case of inclcment
weather either night it will be held on
Saturday evening also.
Arrangements are now being made
for the national encampment at Manas-
sas. 1t appears that the entire Maryland
troops will not be able to go, as only one
thousand can be accommodated. This
will consist of provisional regiment
made up from the different commands of
teen days. General Corbin will be in per-
sonal command, and the men will be rig
idly drilled in an elaborate programme of
campaign work, including all the maneu-
vers of attack and defense
We are indebted to Dr. A. w. Vale1l-
tine, member of the graduating class OF
the University of Maryland School oil
Medicine, for an invitation to attend the
ninety-seventh annual commencement
which took place on Thursday evening
DIR. Valentine was formerly in the employ
of the Bel Air Drug Store and has large
circle of acuuaintances in this count