The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-12-01

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Thanksgiving was observed in BE
Air as holiday, all the banks and place
of business being closed. The postottlc
was open in the morning and evening
Judge VanBibber adjourned court OF
Wednesday until Friday morning. Serv
ices were held in all churches, after which
, our residents spent the time in the gooC
old fashioned way.
Mr.. Jacob Schapiro has been com
PEELED to enlarge his store in order tc
make room for the holiday goods that
are now arriving. He has the best stock
that has ever been displayed in this line
i'll Bel Air, and deserves patronage for his
enterprise in giving the people of this
county an opportunity to buy first-class
goods without being compelled to so to
one of the large cities.
The Egis will reach its patrons one
day cartier this week than the usual
time. The edition will go to press on
Wednesday evening to give its employees
the opportunity of celebrating Thanks
giving. A newspaper Office has but few
holidays, and we believe that our patrons
will agree to the little respite that our
staff and force will have after an unusual
" strenuous season.
City Councilman Andrew L. Wright.
of Baltimore, says that he purposes to
introduce a city ordinance prohibiting
| hay wagons from using the streets eX-
cept between midnight and A. M.
Should the measure become a law, it
would seriously interfere with many citi-
zens of Hartford county, who now haul
hay to Baltimore in a loose form, as the
consumers generally prefer it that way.
The Executive Committee of the Har-
ford Mutual Fire Insurance Company
met on Monday and ordered paid the
following losses: John S. Mitchell and
brother, barn and contents, $2,l
Robert Roach, barn and contents,
$9S0S5: Mary J. Lynch, barn, stable,
corn house, granary and contents,
1904 20. The loss of Thomas Jamison
for a tenant house was referred to the
president and the secretary.
The warehouse of MIR. Harry l..
Smithson, on the old railway wharf at
Havre de Grace. was destroyed by fire on
Thursday night of last week, as were
also the contents, consisting of gill, buck
and rock nets, hauling seines and duck
ing outfit The building was so far from
the fire plugs that the local company
could do nothing to extinguish the
flames A nearby gasoline tank was en-
dangered by the blaze. The loss was
about $4,000, on which there was an in
surance of 81 600.
Mr.. D. V. Ruckman, of Virginia,
cattle dealer. died recently of typhoid
pneumonia. For upwards of thirty years
Mr. Ruckman has been each fall ia
miliar character about Churchville, which
he has used as distributing centre for
several hundred head of the best Virginia
stock cattle that came into Hartford. BY
the quality of his stock and skill as
salesman, he always succeeded in COM
handing more than the average price,
and will be missed by a large number Of
our farmers who fatten first class cattle.
The will of thela Sarah p. Rodgers
has been probated by acting Register of
Wills. G. Smith Norris. Her property is
divided into five parts and devised as
follows: Frederick Rodgers, the children
of Calbraith p. Rodgers, John A. Rodgers,
Jane P. Rodgers and Robert S Rodgers,
share and share alike. By a codicil |
she gives $500 additional to Robert |
S. Rodgers for the care of her estate.
Her sons, Frederick Rodgers, John A.
Rodgers and Robert S. Rodgers, were
named executors. Their appointment
as executors was confirmed: bond |
$4,000.
The trustees of Mt. Zion Methodist |
Episcopal Church are now having extern
sive improvements made to the grave
yard. looking to the future of a perma-
nent cemetery. There is now inclosed |
about 5 acres, which can be added to at
any time by additional acres that have |
lately been purchased. The location is
high and the site an attractive one for
cemetery purposes. The rules governing
the sale of lots will allow the use of the
church for services by any denomination.
The graveyard will be non-sectarian, and
its occupation by members of any de-
nomination will be permitted.
The Maryland State Horticultural
Society will hold its Sth annual meeting
in McCoy's Hall, Johns Hopkins UNIVERSE
ty. Baltimore, on Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week. The exhibits will be
displayed at the headquarters of the
society at the Eutaw House. Anintcrest-
ing programme has been arranged. 1t
is calculated to appeal to everone who
has any interest in rural pursuits. Those
who contemplate horticulture rs voca-
tion should give special attention to the
many interesting questions that will be
there discussed. The society will also
elect officers for the following year.
The juryin the case of Edward James
was the first to occupy the quarters of
our modern Court House When COM
pleted it is intended to have cots i'll the
third story, where detained jurors can be
kept in a more comfortable way than
has been the custom, which allowed them
to sleep on the benches of the court room.
Jury duties under the most pleasant cir
cumstances are sometimes irksome. and
we commend the effort that will give to
our citizens who are thus required to
serve the county's needs, not only COM
Portable place to occupy by day, but at
night as well, when their assignment so
requires.
Mr.. William L. Amoss, director of the
farmers institutes. has asked Il number
of questions of local bearing to the peo-
pie of this county. Among other things,
he wishes to know where the next meet
ing should be held; what information the
department can give them that will help
our people, the names of persons who
should assist on the programme, and
whether or not the department has
helped the individual as farmer. State
institutes need encouragement right
along, and this work should receive the
endorsement of every thinking soil tiller.
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