The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-23

r terested in the banking circles of Bel Air
! His new place is reward of merit fol
well-directed energy, and we predict fol
him a bright future.
MIR. and Mrs. Joshua Whitaker, OF
near Cooptown, celebrated their golden
wedding on November IS. The children
and grandchildren of Mrs Whitaker
were present, together with few other
guests. All met at an early hour and a
pleasant day was spent. Mr.. Whitaker
is in his S1st year and says he feels as
we'll as when he was so. Last summer
he topped his chimneys off, building the
necessary scaffold work without the
assistance of anyone.
There will be choral society or
ganized at the NJ. E. Church Bel Air on
Saturday night next under the musical
direction of MIR. ]. A. Swingley. Music
books have been received from New York
and the society will at once begin the
study of Christmas music. Anentertain-
ment entitled christmas in living pic
lures and song" will be given in the
church, Thursday night, December 81.
All singers are invited to be present and
enroll their names.
The first wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Ashton was held at their
home near Baldwin on Thursday of last
week. A delightful evening was spent.
The guests included Messrs. and Mes
danes John B. Garrison, w. d. Curry, c.
Ellsworth Scarf, G. Jordan McComas,
c. c. Coale. St. Clair Ashton, ]. Perry
Carroll, ]. Miles Curry, Howard Patter-
son, Mrs. Grace Anderson and son, Mrs.
NJ. c. Vanhorn, Miss Cecilia Ditman Mr.
H. w. Hays and Rev. and Mrs. c. k.
McCaslin.
The Woman's Guild of Emmanuel
Church, Bel Air. will hold Christmas
sale, dinner and supper in the Masonic
| Temple on Wednesday and Thursday,
December 5 and 6. These occasions have
been of pleasant interest to the people of
Bel Air and vicinity and the managers
have always succeeded in realizing good
sum of money which can always find
ready use for church purposes. We hope
that this year will be even more success
full than last and it can be made so if the
usual patronage is extended.
Mr. Clarence c. Pussy entered upon
his duties as United States sub-treasurer
at Baltimore on Thursday of last week.
The ceremony was a very simple one,
Mr.. Pussy subscribing to the oath of
office and filing his bond. The transfer
of money involves the labor of counting
the whole sum which amounted to $751;
| 1913, 1872 70. OF this amount SIS. 900, 900
was in gold, $3,O00,000 in silver and
the rest in currency. The counting OF
this money required four experts from
Washington, and took several days to
find that everything was correct.
The orphans court of Baltimore
county has granted letters of admins
tration on the estate of the late CalvinS.
Harlan, to his daughter, Mrs. Ada L.
Allen, of Bald win. She has filed n bond
for S12, 0OO 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Harlan received fatal injuries while
crossing the Northern Central railroad
track about two weeks ago. When his
body was picked up, a large sum OF
money, amounting to over $4,000 was
found lying along the tracks. The above
proceedings indicate that Mr.. Harlan left
no will and the estate will 60 to his
daughter.
Aberdeen suffered another burglar
scare at an early hour on Sunday MORN
ing. The miscreants were quick in their
movements, and although they got little
plumber, money seeming to be their OBJ
iect, they escaped without the slightest clue
to their identity. Among the houses en-
tered was the home of County Treasurer
I. Finney Wells, where they stole small
savings bank which had several dollars
in it. They also entered the residence Of
Mr.. w. A. Wells. but were frightened
away. Other homes visited by the burg
lars were those of Mrs. Mary Dever, Mr..
B. W. Herring and Mr.. w. b. Richardson.
The business portion Of the town OF
Stockton, little place near Berlin, Wor-
cester county, with about 700 inhabi-
tants, was destroyed by fire on Monday
night. The loss will reach about sec, 900
very little of which is covered by in
surance. This is another illustration of
inadequate facilities to fight fires and
should be warning to the people OF Bel
Air. Again and again we have pointed
out the condition of our fire apparatus.
We hope that we will never be called
upon to say ''Itold YOU so" buff large
portion of this town is swept away by
confagration, the people cannot say that
they had had no warning.
The Baltimore Sun moved into its
handsome new building on the corner
of Baltimore and Charles streets on Fri
day. The new home of the Sun is an
architectural design of great beauty and
adds to the distinctiveness of that por-
ton of Baltimore city, which is now re-
garded as the most valuable section.
The location Of the Sun at this corner is
another illustration that the trend of
: business in large cities is nearly always
to the west and that the advancing
times will find west Baltimore street
property much more valuable. 1t will
be our pleasure to hereafter publish a
full description of the new Sun building,
which is regurded as one Of the models OF
its kind in this country.
f Company d, of Bel Air, has recently
had installed an electric rifle which will
: remain in the armory for three weeks and
then be taken to some other military
company in the state for practice. This
gun is a marvel 1t can be gagged at
targets at varying distances up to a
thousand yards, and when the operator
pulls the trigger, an electric needle will
accurately record the position of the shot
on bulls eye. While it is absolutely
harmless in handling, all the good effects
of practical rifle shooting can be obtained
by the soldier boys. A movement has
been on foot for sometime, and the state
board of education is now considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of installing a like ap
paratus in some of the schools in the
state. 1t would be instructive to the
children and at the same time there can