The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-10
Local affairs.


Sunday evening, May 10.
The teacher and pupils of Coop
town school will hold a strawberry ant
ice cream festival on Friday and Satur
day nights, May II and Is.
Mr. c. Bosley Littig writes us tina
the market for hay is exceptionally strong
in Baltimore, and real good stock can b.
placed at $25 per ton in carload lots.
"A strawberry and ice cream 'iestiva
will be held on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, May % and %, in the lecture
room of the Bel Air Methodist Episcopa
Church, under the auspices of the Ep
worth League.
Anniversary day will be celebrated
by the Epworth League of the Bel All
Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday
evening at 745. An excellent pro-
gramme will be rendered and the public
is cordially invited.
Mr.. Winfield 6. Hawkins, a member
of the firm of Chesney. Rogers and Haw-
kins, of Churchville, has purchased from
Mr.. w. Beatty Harlan lot on which
he will at once erect a neat cottage tor
his future residence.
Edith, the little daughter of Mr.. T..
c. Kearns, fell several DAYS ago while
engaged in play with her schoolmates at
Vernon school, near Prospect, and broke
her arm near the wrist. Unfortunately
both bones were broken.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the concert to be given in The
Maconic Temple, by Mrs. Flagler, of
New York, and others, tomorrow evening
and there is every promise of brilliant
affair for lovers OF music.
Miss Jessie Kenly, daughter of Mr..
James F. Kenly formerly of Level,
who for a number of years taught IN tie
public schools of Hartford county, will
soon graduate from the Atfordby kinder
garten school, of Baltimore city.
Jacob A. Dozen. attorney and agent,
sold the Charles E. McCommons prop
erty, situated near Chestnut Hill, at pri-
vate sale for SCOOPS. The purchaser
was Mrs. Evelyn A Michael. The sale
was made through Mr.. J. w. Mccall.
Miss Margaret Mcdonald who has
been filling very acceptably for some
time past the position as principal
teacher at Edgewood school, has rendered
her resignation, to take effect on the
18th Her sister Nellie will succeed her.
Mr. J. A. Swingley has organized and
is training a choir of thirty voices made
up of the musical talent of this section to
take part in the annual Decoration Day
services which will be conducted on an
elaborate scale at Forest Hill on May 80.
Mr.. Robert Cooper, while engaged in
the R. L. Ioaes slate quarry on Monday,
was struck by mass of falling stones
and earth and his hand and arm were so
seriously injured as to cause grave fears
that they may never be of further service
to him.
Rev. Mr.. Sheridan, president of the
Maryland Annual Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church, will make
his official visit to Bel Air Circuit on Sun
day, May 26, preaching at Providence in
the morning and at Union Chapel in the
afternoon.
Mr.. Abram Hoffman, of near Bel Air,
who has been suffering for sometime with
incipient appendicitis, was taken TO the
Union Protestant infrmary about week
ago where he was operated on by DR..
John M. T. Finney. He is now rapidly
improving.
The school entertainment held in the
Masonic Temple, Bel Air, last Friday
evening was a decided success from every
standpoint, and netted the school $50.
A large proportion of pupils took some
part and did themselves and teachers
great credit.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. A Scarf, Sr., have
rage of their daughter, Mary R. Scarf,
to Mr.. Harry c. Chenworth, of Upper
Cross Roads, to take place Wednesday
evening, May 18th, at p. NJ, in Provi-
dence M. P. church.
-Messrs Howard Jackson and Charles
R. Whiteford, recently elected to the first
branch of the City Council, Baltimore on
the Democratic ticket, were both natives
ofHarford Mr. Whitefordi is son of the
late lanes R. Whiteferd, former deputy
sheriff of Hartford county.
Among the graduates at the Union
Protestant Infrmary is Miss Cora Mae
Shannon, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Shannon, of Hartford county.
In 1904 Miss Shannon received a certif-
cate from the Garrett Hospital after a
three years course of children's training.
Mr.. ]. w. Brandt who conducted
such a beautiful dahlia show in Bel Air
last fall, will make a display of ported
plants again at the Schapiro building,
beginning next Saturday and lasting for
a few weeks. This will give the COM
easy terms.
Rev John Clark Finney graduated at
the Theological Seminary at Princeton
on Tuesday. His mother, Mrs. George
]. Finney, and brother, Mr.. w. w. Fin
ney, attended the exercises. Mr.. Finney
was one OF the honor men in his class of
a. members, and took the first Scribner
prize of $50.
Rev. ]. Charles Hughes, of Leming-
ton Avenue M. E. Church, Pittsburg,
Pa, was guest of Miss Elsie Bolts, of
Havre de Grace, on Sunday last. He
visited the M E. Sunday school and de-
livered an address to the young men s
class. Mr.. Hughes is delighted with the
beauties of Havre de Grace and congratu-
lated the congregation on having such a
magnificent church.
Mr.. ]: Wilson Richardson, now with
the Atlantic Coast Line, with head
quarters at Jacksonville, Florida, made
brief visit to Bel Air few days ago.
Mr.. Richardson was the engineer con-
nected with the pile driving for the Balti.
timore and Ohio pier, which collapsed
last week, causing heavy loss of life and
property, and was summoned before the
coroner as an expert witness at the in,
quest.
At the last meeting of the Board Of
Governors of the Hartford County Boat
Club it was determined that the rule Of
the club which prohibits the use of the