The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-08-03

| had been made under his direction.
There were I 7 persons in the party, and
all had a pleasant time. This successful
experience may encourage Mr., McCombs
| to make repetition.
Among the summer guests at Ma
plewood," the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. w. Whistler, at Fountain Green, are
Rev. and Mrs. John w. Smith, Misses
Leila Smith and Elizabeth Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. John Evans Rodgers and fam
ily Misses Mary A. Bowen. Eliza Long,
Mary Shory, Margaret ellis, Martha
kenton, Eurella Johnson, Mary Donald
son, Mrs. Harry Malan and son, Mrs. F.
P. Shory and son, Mr.. Ridgeway Merry
man, all of Baltimore, and Mr.. George
R. Finiuskie, of Philadelphia.
The Republican county convention
met in Bel Air on Monday to select dele
gates to the congressional convention to
be held in Bel Air on August IA, to nomi-
nate candidate for Congress from the
Second Congressional District. The fol
lowing delegates were chosen: George
H. Wins, James Lee, John A. Robinson,
W. Scott Whiteford and c. c. Pusey.
The delegation was instructed to use all
efforts to nominate Mr.. Robert Garrett
for Congress. The meeting was presided
over by Senator William B. Baker, with
John w. Famous as secretary.
MIR. Lycurgus Winchester, of the
banking firm of Winchester Brothers and
Company. of Baltimore, was almost in
stantly killed about midnight on We'd
nesday by being thrown out of his car
riage, which came in collision with
North Avenue street car. In the carriage
was Miss Z. d. Wise, who was also
thrown out and painfully injured. Mr..
Winchester was taken to the livery stable
of Ditch Brothers, where he died before
medical aid arrived. He is related to the
Winchester family of this county and of
former years was frequent visitor to
Bel Air.
The Bel Air base ball nine found |
club that it could beat on Saturday, |
which it proceeded to do with venge- |
ance The name of the victim was the |
Lauraville Country Club. The score at |
the close of the ninth inning was 25 to o.
The visitors were outclassed in every |
point. and the Bel Air boys made runs
whenever it suited. The visitors used up |
four pitchers, which were about as much |
use as that many straw men. 1t seems |
that after playing the first
class clubs that it has, our BOYS should |
have tackled anything so easy. At the
end of the seventh inning. the position of
the Bel Air boys had shifted and even with
nine, the visitors were Just as
the easy.
On Wednesday of last week, State
Road Engineer w. w. Crosby, together
with County Commissioner A. L. Nc
Cam, inspected the public road leading
from Churchville to Smiths Chapel and
also about mile of road from Darling
ton to Wilson's mill. The object was the
probable improvement of both of these
pieces of road, but the county commits
sioners were anxious to first get the
views of the road engineer as to whether
or not he would allow resurfacing the
first mentioned portion without taking
up the present stone bed and macada-
MIXING the second portion without spend
ing too much money in grading. Mr..
Crosby gave Mr.. Mccain very satisfac-
tory assurances, and promised specifica-
tions in accordance with the views of the
county commissioners.
Miss A. Mae Gilbert and Miss Sue
Gilbert, daughters of Mrs. Nicholas Gil
bert, formerly of Aberdeen, but now of
1918 Madison avenue, Baltimore, were
married on Wednesday. Each of the
Misses Gilbert, their mother states, had
set August l as the day of her wedding,
without knowing that the other had
chosen the same. When the selections
were made public there were surprises all
around, but no change was made in the
Miss Mae Gilbert was mar
ried to Mr. Samuel Francis Hollifeld in |
the p E. Church of the Ascension. The |
ceremony was performed by the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Coupland. Miss Sue Gilbert |
was married at 4 O'Clock in the afternoon |
at the home of her mother o Mr. Richard |
E. Preece, a member of the Baltimore
bar. Rev. Joseph l.. Mills was the off,
ciating minister. Both of the bridal |
couples will make their homes in Balti- |
more.
Miss Elizabeth STREET., daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Polk STREET., for
merly of Hartford. but now of Baltimore,
and Mr.. John Milton Nelson, son of Mr. |
John Nicholas Nelson, of near Jarretts-
vile, were married at the home of the
brides brother, DR.. H. Hayward Street,,
on Wednesday. Rev. James F. Nolan, of
Corpus Christi Church, ofliciated. The
only witness outside of the immediate
members of the family were Rev. w. w.
Shaw, of Govans Presbyterian Church.
The rooms where the ceremony took
place were decorated with greens and cut
flowers, and the bride and groom stood
under bower of palms. The bridal cos
tune was white lace and chiffon. Her
tulle veil was caught with wreath of
rosebuds and she carried white chrysan-
themums and ferns. The matron of
honor was Mrs. II. Hayward STREET.
She wore white and carried white chry-
santhemums. Miss Nancy Lee STREET.,
of Cumberland, was the flower girl The
ushers were DR.. II. Hayward STREET. and
DR.. Eugene H. Hayward. Following
the reception, the bridal party left on
wedding journey. and on their return
will reside temporarily in Roanoke, Vir-
ginia.
CUPiDS VERY LONGEST WAIT.
The Philadelphia Record, under the
above headline. has the following dis