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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-10-04
SMlThSON-BARTON.

Miss Mary keziah Barton, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James X. Barton, of near
Jarrettsville. was married to Mr.. Harold
Glenn Smithson, of Forest Hill, on Thurs
day evening of last week, in Bethel
Presbyterian Church The ceremony was
performed by Rev. S. NJ. Engle, pastor
of the church. The bride wore steel
gray Elton suit, with hat and gloves to
match, and carried a white marriage
book from which the ceremony was read.
Miss Mary E. w. Risteau, of Towson,
was maid of honor, and was gowncd in
white chiffon, trimmed with lace and
ribbon, with hat and gloves to match,
and carried pink carnations. Mr. John
A. Robinson, of Bel Air, was best man.
The ushers were Messrs. Ross Barton, OF
Baltimore, brother of the bride; Emory
A. McComas and Milton A. Reckord, OF
Bel Air; and Charles Wilson, of Forest
HILL After the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs
Smithson were driven to White Hall
where they took train for Washington
They will visit Atlantic City and Other
points of interest, and on their return
will reside at Forest Hill.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Misses Sara G. Neenan and Catha NJ.
Selfe spent Sunday with Miss Selfe's
father, Mr.. William C. Selfe, at Darling
ton.
Mrs. Charles c. BANKS and daughter,
Irene, and Mrs Nettie Murrell, of Sails
bury, are the guests of Mrs. Banks par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Colgan. OF
Reckord. Miss Myrtle NJ. Banks is the
guest of the Misses Colgan.
Dr. w. S. Gorsuch is dangerously i'll
with typhoid fever at his home near
Churchville.
Miss Bessie Roe. ofBaltimore, is spend
ing some time with her cousin, Miss
Mary Roe, of Forest Hill.
Mrs. Mary Prigg is critically i'll at her
residence adjoining the old fair grounds
and in view of her advanced age there is
little prospect of her recovery. Her sons
Darius and Devereaux have returned tc
her home in view of her serious condi
ton.
Miss Grace Sothoron, who has beer
spending several weeks with relatives il
Southern Maryland, has returned to he1
home at Forest Hill.
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garbage pals of Baltimore city; 10000
gallons daily or one fourth ofBaltimore' s
milk supply is thus produced-being sold
wholesale for 10 cents per gallon while
1t is impossible under the most favorable
circumstances to produce milk at a profit
on the farm for less than IS cents per
gallon. This filthy milk lessons the
consumption of this important food and
| hurts materially the business of the
farmer who is endeavoring to produce
good clean milk. 1t has increased BaIti-
more's infant death rate to twice that of
most cities.
The association is in entire symDatv
with the dealers and hopes to bring
about condition that will be much
better than the chaos that now prcfails
lie. the price cutting and illicit handlinp
which makes 1t uphill business for the m,
to date dairy to sell first grade milk
when some of the competitors sell a milk
along side of them for cents a quart
AJotnt committee from the different
organizations met with a portion of the
dealers In Baltimore recently and was
promised every aid possible and the
nearly assurance that they were with us.
1t is the duty of every good citizen who
Is datryman to get into the organiza-
ton which Is simply business like and
sane undertaking and not to hnderin anv
way the effort being made to place the
dairy interests on a solid basis, with u
united feeling and strong bond of unity.
A DAIRYMAN.
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EWING-SMlTh.

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Newlin
Smith, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
c. Smith, of Darlington, to Mr.. ]. M.
Sharpless Ewing, of Philadelphia, took
place at the Orthodox Friends Meeting
House of Darlington, on Saturday, in
the presence of brilliant assemblage.
The ceremony was performed according
to the ancient custom of the Society oil
Friends The bride was accompanied
by her sister, Miss Jean Margaret Smith,
as maid of honor, and four bridesmaids,
her sister, Miss Mildred Mason Smith
her cousin, Miss Dorothy Cowgirl Smith
Misses Rebecca Hutton, of Salem, Ohio
and Mildred Whitall, of Germantown
Philadelphia. The best man was Mr.. j.
Edward Moon, Of Morrisville. Pa, and
the ushers were Messrs. w. Stewart
Griscom, a cousin of the groom; Arthur
Newlin Waring. cousin of the bride; Duer
Philips, of Kenneth Square, Pa; Charles
Reed Cary and Richard L. Cary, of Bal
timore.
After the ceremony a reception was
held at the home of the bride, after
which MI and Mrs. Ewing left for Z
short trip. During the winter they vii
reside in Germantown, Philadelphia.
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her that in falling it broke her umbrella
The plaintiff soon developed trouble
which was diagnosed by her physician,
DIR. A. S. Crothers, as an abdominal
anurism, her theory being that at the
time of the falling of the hammer she had
SO suddenly thrown the upper portion OF
her body backwards that it had resulted
in a rupture of the aorta, the main artery
of the body, resulting in an anurism'
The case is being hotly contested and
progress is slow, the evidence of the
plaintiff not being all i'll as we go to
press. Messrs. James J. Archer and W.
Pepper Constable appeared for the plain
tiff and Mr.. Thomas H. Robinson for the
defendant, while Drs A. l.. nBibber,
Thomas H. Emory and Purnell f. Sap
pington at times assisted counsel to
frame their questions bearing upon the
medical phase of the Issue.
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WESTERN MARYLAND PROSPERITY.

Mr.. Barclay T. Hollingsworth, who
recently moved from Hartford and estab-
lished himself in Hagerstown, writes en-
Enthusiastically about business in Western
MARYLAND Referring to the Hagerstown
Fair, which will be held October Is, 16,
II and IS, he SAYS: About 400 stock
holders sat down to banquet today.
The par value of the fair stock is $50 per
share, but some shares recently sold at
$93 and were eagerly sought after at
that price; and stock of the Hagerstown
bank, established in 1907, par value $15,
recently sold for SOL.
"The peach crop here IS failure, but
apples will make three-fourths of crop.
One commission man in this town has up
to this date shipped 10000 barrels, six
carloads having been sent to Kansas.
81 have just returned from trip
through Lancaster and Chester counties,
Pennsylvania; Hartford, Baltimore, Fred
erick and Howard counties in Maryland,
and Loudon county in Virginia. | have
found the corn ropuniversally good, hut
late. Our business is in good shape for
the fall and winter trade"
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corn is n shallow feeder; he stated that h
had traced corn roots DOWN. ard in Hartford
to a depth of eighteen inches before breaking
| them and where the department had secured
a cubic yard of earth surrounding corr
stalk and washed the soil away the roots
extended completely to the bottom. He
related how some shallow soil on the
Henriqu"s farm, near Havre de Grace, had
been gradually dcepcned until last year 1t
produced 40 bushels of corn per acre.
| One of the fundamental requirements of n
good soil is an abundance of humus; besides
| its fertiIizing and mechanical effect one ton
of humus holds In suspension two tons of
water, thus supplying continual moisture to
the crop, and this humus must he continually
| renewed, for one average crop of wheat re-
moves 500 pounds of humus per acre from
the soil. 1t is most ca silly obtained through
a good clover crop, which equals In value
from 10 to 90 loads of stable manure per
acre. White oak soil. usually 80 distressing
to work may be made excellent crop
producer if first drained, then filled with
humus and slightly stimulated with phos-
phorus and potash. Replying to an inquiry,
he suggested the following handling of a
poor soil: Cow peas with little phos-
phorus and potash; next, clover with 20
bushels of lime; next, corn and crimson
clover; next. COW peas; then a non-legume.
such wheat corn. He could not speak
too warmly of the value of alfalfa, which
analyses from : to 90 per cent. protein or
more than wheat bran. While Maryland Is
not well adapted to alfalfa as Its native
home, northern Utah and Dakota, he had
seen 1t grown here from five to six tons per
acre. He expressed especial desire that
farmers should call upon him or any member
of the Department, all of whom were over
anxious to furnish gratis the best advice at
their command and he closed up by making
an especial appeal for agricultural school
to be established through the aid of the
national government in every county.
Professor Nelson held the close attention of
his auditors for nearly two hours and was
given hearty vote of thanks at the con-
cluSiUn of his talk.
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SCIENTIFIC DRAINAGE.

Mr.. Charles II. Chridy, a native of
Hartford county, who was for many
years connected with the Henry Rockford
Manufacturing Company, of Bel Air, but
has for probably ten years past been en-
gagged in the merchandise business in
Havana, Illinois, has been visiting re-
latives and friends in Hartford, and few
days since was a welcome visitor at our
Office. Like every other western man,
Mr.. Chridy is enthusiastic about the
home of his adoption, but still sees lots
of possibilities in Hartford. Among
the many wonders related of his
western home, probably the most strik-
ing was an account of how 5, 400 acres
of bottom land along the Illinois river at
Havana has been recently reclaimed for
agricultural purposes by two promoters
at immense cost. Having first con-
structed along the banks of the Illinois
an immense dixie, its crown was then
split three feet deep and concrete wall
feet high was constructed, so as to pre-
vent washing of the surface by the action
of the waves. The dixie was then sown
with blue grass seed and in a compare
lively short time will be covered with a
strong. rich sod.
Starting at the upper end of the low.
land, a dredge boat plowed acanal forty
feet wide and twenty feet deep through
the centre of the tract and numerous side
drains were dug connecting with the
| great canal. To insure perfect safety
| against excessive water in February anC
| March, a two hundred horse power
Corliss engine has been erected at the
lower end of the tract by means o
which all surplus water can be pumped
into the river The cost of this vast i'm
provement has been an average of sec
per acre and the first cost of the lane
was $50; but the result is to place in tn
markets of the world vast area of in
exhaustible fertility which two year
ago lay under five feet of water, and tn
tract is now considered cheap at from
$11O to $125 per acre. When tn
Illinois man six hundred miles from tn
Atlantic sea board finds it pays at sue
heavy outlay to utilize his lowlands
the drainage proposition as discussed b.
DR.. Hill in our last issue seems to have
reasonable financial basis.
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From Aberdeen.

ABERDEEN. October 2-The high tenn
perature of September's closing days has
been followed by some frosty mornings,
which. however, have not interfered with
our tomato packers. and although the
fruit is not so abundant as it was two
weeks ago, the season will continue for
at least ten days If the weather Is favor
able. The corn houses are also still in
operation.
Mr.. D. K. Mcpherson met with pain
full injury on Monday. When walking
near his driving horse, which was graz
ing on his lawn, the animal kicked him
in the face. inhicting an ugly cut. The
wound was attended by DR.. J. II. Ken
nedy. The blow rendered Mr.. McPher.
son unconscious for while.
Mr.. Henry Earring has purchased q
new touring car, having disposed of his
old Winton.
Mr.. Charles Baldwin has accepted a
position in Boston and left here on Mon
day for that city.
Mrs. Mary House and her daughter-in.
law, Mrs. George House, of Baltimore
spent last Thursday with Mrs. Morgan
Mitchell, of Short Lane.
Mr.. W. E. Morgan was in Reisters-
town on Wednesday visiting his daugh
ter, Miss Eva Morgan, at Hannah
Moore Academy.
Miss Lilly Keen, of Springfield, Mary
land. spent few days at the home o.
Mr.. T. l.. Hanway.
Mrs. T. c. Hanway left Aberdeen or
Wednesday for Atlanta, Ca, where she
will peet her husband. They will re
main in the South until December.
Mrs J. II. Kennedy and her daughter
Mis-. H. H. Mitchell. were guests or
Monday of Mrs. Brazeile, of Falls Church
Va
Mr.. c. II. Johnson, cashier of the First
National Bank of Aberdeen, attended the
Bankers Convention at Atlantic City
last week.
Mr.. Woodbury. German, of Providence
R. l., and Mr.. F. N. Barrett, of New
York editor of the American Grocer
were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs
H. p. Strasbaugh during the past week
VIRGINIA.
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Maryland Dairymen's Protective Association,

STREET., Oct 3-About a month ago a
healthy effort was made by few de-
termined persons to form an organiza-
ton and by so doing help the dairy in
terests dependent on Baltimore tor a
market; an organization built similar to
that which operates very nicely in our
sister city. Philadelphia.
Success beamed on the effort from the
beginning and a strong organization is
fast assuming shape and force Nearly
every milk shipper feels hat it is his duty
to himself and fellow farmers to join in
and help in this good work. The idea Is
to keep the organization under control
of the farmers; to use every means to
further and help the business and its
masters by using sound business tactics
i. e. to keep the wholesale price of milk
uniform to guide and foster favorable
legislation; to help shut out from the
Baltimore market by giving every aid
possible to the proposed city legislation
the filthy milk now being gotten from
! cows that are fed on the brewery slop.
OF Highlandtown breweries and the
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

Road checks issued.-John Everett,
$50; Parker F. Everett, $24 81; H. S.
Osborn, $29.56; D. ]. Doyle, S25.96;
David Heaps, $31 so; ]. Frank Street,,
$50; !. E. Beatty, 500; Joseph Donahoo,
500; Proctor Slate Company, SD; c. B.
Dempsey, $12.25.
Orders on County Treasurer.-F. w.
Reasin, sheriff's board bill, 1852. 55; J. r.
Sitter, States Attorney, salary for one
quarter to October 1st, S375; DR.. X. S.
Page, months salary, Jail, sos; Ewing
and Company, supplies for almshouse,
SIP So; Harry S. Carver, Circuit Court
fees, SIS; J. NJ. STREET. and Son, printing,
$50 so; William P. Trimble, Orphans
Court, Sic; McComas Brothers, deliver
ing coal, $40; Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania railroad company, freight on coal,
Sos 81; DR.. E. Hall Richardson, examin-
ing insane patient, SIS.
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BEL AIR NOTES.

Mr.. William Pepper Constable, of Elk
ton, is the guest of the Messrs. Archer.
Miss Henderson, of North Carolina,
and Miss Grace Dittman, of Baltimore,
are the guests of Miss Hannah Munnik-
huysen.
Miss Bette Brightley Jones, of Brook
Ign, is guest at the residence of Mrs.
Herbert Webb.
Mrs Wakeman Munnik huysenis spend
ing some time with friends in Chester
town.
Judge N Charles Burke, of Towson,
has been presiding in our court the past
week.
Mrs. Richard Sappirgton has been the
guest of her son, DR.. Purncll F. Sapping-
ton.
Miss Katherine Bruins has returned
from a trip to Richmond. Va, and the
Jamestown Exposition.
Mrs. Joseph B. Douglas. who has been
spending the past two months with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Harris,
has left to join her husband. Capt.
Douglas, at Fort Barancas, near Pensa-
cola, Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Graham Archer, OF
Baltimore, are spending the early fall
with Mrs. Mary Archer at Shamrock. "
Mr.. Preston McNeal, of Baltimore,
spent Sunday with friends in Bel Air.
Miss Bessie Boarman and Mrs Viii.
liam w. Bradford entertained number
of their friends at a very attractive tea
on Saturday afternoon last.
Miss M. Madeleine Robinson has re-
turned to her home from a visit to friends
in Frederick, Maryland.
Miss Anita Schaefler, of Baltimore, is
the guest of Mrs. S. W. Bradford
Mr.. J. Wilson Richardson an engineer
on the Atlantic Cost Line railroad and
now filling an important position al
Jacksonville, Florida, is visiting his ole
home in Bel Air where his family ha:
been spending the summer.
Mr.. Frank E. Gorrell has returned from
a business trip to Berkeley Springs, Va.
Miss Nora Bouldin is the guest of hel
sister, Mrs. John A. Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bartleson have
recently been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
d. Burnett Reckord.
Miss Annabel Webb is visiting her aunt
Mrs. Willard Rhoades, of Baltimore.
Mr.. Benz amin Bissell has returned from
Century, West Virginia, and is now I
guest at the Eagle Hotel.
Mrs. Nina Lowe, of Shire wsbury, Pa.
has returned to her home after a visit O
a couple of weeks at the residence of he
son, DIR. William L. Lowe.
Mrs. Mary Salada and her sister, Mis-
Ella Devlin, of this town, are enjoying
the Jamestown Exposition.
Mrs. Frank Edmondson. of Govans
town, spent few days the past wee
with Miss Bessie Boarman.
Mrs Robert Heighc, of Baltimore,
the guest of Mrs S. w. Bradford.
Rev. X. A. Castleman, of Relay, paid
flying visit to Bel Air on Wednesday.
DR.. and Mrs w. l.. Lowe, of Bel All
and Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fullerton,
Delta, Pa, expect to leave on Sunday to
the Jamestown Exposition. They wi
be gone week.
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COURT CONVENES AGAIN.

The attention of the court, Chief Judge
Burke and Associate Judge Van Bibber
on the bench, has been engaged the entire
week with the damage suit Ct Mrs.
Aderina S. Mitchell, who sues the Phila-
delphia, baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company, claiming $25, 900
damages. This suit reached trial last
March, but after the plaintiffs evidence
had been taken, a turn in the defense was
give n, which counsel for the plaintiff
claimed took them so by surprise that
the case was continued until now.
The evidence of the plaintiff tends to
show that as Mrs. Mitchell was passing
along the street in Havre de Grace, in
September, 1905, hammer suddenly
fell from the Pennsylvania bridge, then
being constructed, and passed so close to
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From Pylesville.

PY1EsvHLE. Oct. Miss Annie Maca-
tee, who has been spending some time
with relatives in Baltimore, has returned
to her home near here.
Mr. F. B. Macatee, Inspector of lmml
grants at Ellis Island, New York, who
has been spending his vacation at his old
home near Pylesville, has returned to his
post.
Miss MYRTLE Clark, who spent the
month of August with relatives in Har,
ford has returned to her home in Balti
more.
Miss Lillian Macatee, of Pylesville, is
visiting relatives and friends in Balti.
more.
Miss Augustine Whitcford. daughter OF
ex-sheriff Whiteford and Mrs. White
ford will spend the winter in Philadel
phia with her aunt, Mrs. Parker Smith
son.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Kubeth, of Phila,
delphia. spent the past two weeks with
Mrs. kubeth's uncle, ex-sheriff White
ford.
Cards are out announcing the coming
wedding of Miss Annie Glackin. daugh
ter of the late Charles Reed Glackin, to
Mr.. Robert l.. Good, of Philadelphia, al
ST. Mary's Church, on Tuesday next at
9 A. Nj.
Misses Helen and Lillian Hayward, o.
Baltimore, spent Sunday with Their
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Hayward.
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Jesse Price, of Lapidum, on September
3. and on the following night succeeded
in escaping from deputy sheriff Worthing
ton. Having learned of his whereabouts
near Atglen, in the neighborhOod of West
| Chester, Pennsylvania, the negro was
cleverly captured while receiving his mail
on Friday night, and reached Bel Air in
charge of deputy sheriff Worthington on
Sunday evening. BY distinctive mark
he was easily identified by strangers,
having a gold front tooth with vacant
space adjoining.
Much to the surprise of the local detec-
tive the gold tooth did not show
itself the morning after the arrest, but
was promptly disclosed by Mr. Worth
ington when he removed paper cover
ing from over it. Lewis for sometime
steadily denied that he had ever been i'll
Hartford or knew any one there, but after
his hands were manacled together and a
second pair of handouts attached him to
Sheriff Worthington, who agreed to in
troduce him to few people here, he ac-
knowledged his identity but denied his
guilt. On Monday morning he was
given hearing before Justice McComas,
the States case being conducted by
States Attorney Sitter, and the defense
by Mr.. Harry S. Carver. The testimony
of the little girl was that while going
from her home to make some purchases
at the store, Lewis had first invited and |
then attempted by improper physical
force and language to draw her into the
house. but finally desisted because of her
screams and the nearness of the neighbor-
ing house. 1t will he remembered that |
after his detention by neighbors for some
hours in his home two nights later, he |
succeeded in escaping from the deputy |
sheriff and cluded capture through the |
darkness of the night and the density of
the woods At the termination of |
evidence for the state the accused offered |
no testimony under advice of counsel, !
and was committed to Jail for the action
of the November term of the grand jury. |
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Fulford Items.

FULFoRD. Oct. miss Kate Howard,
of Baltimore. was the guest of relatives
here last week.
The goodly number of boarders- who
enjoyed all the delights of a summer
vacation at the home of Prof ]. F. Ma
honey. have returned to their various
city homes.
Mr.. John F. Oldfield is spending part
of this week in New York.
The lawn of Mrs. d. F. Boyd is especial
ly attractive with the blossomipg of the
beautiful autumn flowers. Among Others
a large dahlia bush covered with pro-
fusion of exceptionally large dark red
blossoms receives much admiration.
Mr.. c. w. Jeffrey has increased his
store house for crops by the building OF
a substantial silo.
Miss Bertha Sitter is taking a post
graduate course at Greenwood Graded
School, her ambition being to become
one of Harford's teachers in the future.
Mrs William Derrickson was the guest
of her brother, MIR. John Carter, OF the
Rocks, last week.