The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-03-15
Local affairs.

VIII give an evening OIL Illustrated SoES
at the Darlington NJ. L. Church. o
Thursday evening, March ri. Proceed
for benefit OF church.
A cake sale will be held at the RES
dcnce of Mrs. Charles Brown on Satur
day afternoon, March 6, at 80 o'clock
under the auspices of the Woman's Guile
of Emmanuel Church.
MIR and Mrs. James Webster Sly
have issued cards announcing the mar
riage of their sister, Miss Nellie Slye ant
Dr. Purnell Fletcher Sappington. Th
ceremony took place on Tuesday, Marcl
IL, in Baltimore. Dr. and Mrs Sapping
ton will be at home to their friends a
their residence in Bel Air on and afte1
April /.
MIR !. Wilson Moore, has sold to Mr.
Charles Martin, for account of the daugh
tiers of the late Garrett Amos their Locust
Hill farm near Wilma for 81, 500. This
farm contains about 100 acres of good
land and is improved by excellent build
ings.
Mr.. W Wylie Hopkins, cashier of the
Second National bank, and Mr.. A. W.
Bradford, OF the Hartford National bank,
left on Thursday for a ten days southern
trip, their objective point being Camden,
South Carolina, where Mr.. Hopkins is
;ptaraStaJ -, reo1 estate
Williams and Robinson, trustees,
sold the Waters property, situated near
Thomas Run, at public sale at the Court
House door on Monday. 1t contains
2O+ acres of land and was purchased by
Miss Anna NJ. Walters for $5,065. J. S.
Richardson was the auctioneer
The Junior Epworth League of the
NJ E. Church will hold a bazar and
fair in the lecture room of the church,
Friday afternoon and evening, March %.
A numAer of interesting booths will be
in evidence. For the benefit ofthe league
Refreshments and novelties will be sold.
Miss Alice A. Deckman, who has so
acceptably taught Trappe school for the
past six months has been appointed to
an attractive position in the Taggart
school, Philadelphia, and lefttor her new
field on Wednesday. Her late school is
temporarily closed pending the election
of her successor.
AS usual, the sale of Mr.. Calvin APP
peton, held at Aberdeen last week, at
tracted a large crowd, some OF the buy
ers coming from such distant points as
Odenton, i'll Anne Arundel county, and
Elkton, in Cecil. Not only were good
prices realized, but the ladies Of Grove
Church, who furnished dinner, reaped an
abundant harvest also.
Rev. William H. Miller, D D a col
lege friend and classmate of Mr.. Steven
son A. Williams, died recently at his
home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He
had been pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at that place since he left the
theological seminary. He was a frequent
visitor to Bel Air Mr.. Williams attend
ed his funeral on Wednesday.
State Entomologist Symons urges
that particular attention be now given
to the orchards The trees should be
carefully looked after and if there is any
sign of the San Jose scale, spraying should
be at once rcsorted to. The Department
offers to give any advice that may be
asked and our horticulturists should take
advantage of this arm of the state ser
vice.
Miss Mary Silver, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Sylvester Silver, and Mr. Harry
Silver, of Big Stone. South Dakota, will
be quietly married on Tuesday, March l 8.
Arrangements had been made for the
ceremony to be publicly performed in
Rock Run Methodist Episcopal church,
but the death of Miss Eliza Jane Silver,
an aunt of Mr.. Silver, has caused the in
vitations TO the reception to be recalled.
The ceremony will only be witnessed by
the families of the contracting parties.
The Sweet Air Lyceum recently dis
cussed the momentous question of the
superior intellect of the sexes, and the
woman won by a vote of four to one.
Professor Owens, principal of the Jar
rettsville High School, was one of those
to hold up the side of the fair sex. A
large number of persons attended from
this neighborhood and there were over
four hundred persons in the audience.
Many persons were turned away be-
cause the place was packed to the doors.
"A branch of the National Horseshoers
Protective Association was organized in
Bel Air on Thursday night of last week
with the following officers: J. c. Ken
needy, president; J. l.. Terry, vice-presi-
dent, and T. F. Mclean, secretary and
treasurer. The other members are Eliza
Wilgis, George Howard and E. Hall Cal
der. Other horseshoers in the county
are solicited to become members and can
get full particulars by addressing COM
muuications to Secretary Mclean, Bel
Air.
Mr.. William McKenstry, inspector
of the United Telephone Company, was
killed at Shamokin, Pa, one day last
week While installing a phone he fell
from the top Of a pole, which inflicted
fatal injuries. No one saw him fall and
1t is supposed that after finishing his
work he started down and made a mis-
step. The dead man was 80 years Of
age. His wife is daughter of Mr.. Ma
than b. Heaps, of Pylesville, and sister
of Mrs II. L. Schlling, Winfield Heaps
Cleveland Heaps, Mrs George R. Myer:
and Mrs. B. D. Myers, of this county.
The city papers on Saturday an
nounced that it has been officially stated
that the Mccall Ferry Power Company
has made arrangements with Mr.. S
Davis Watheld, acting for the Consoli
dated Gas, Electric Light and Powe
Company OF Baltimore, whereby the cleo
trio current to be generated at Mccall
Ferry is to go to Baltimore. 1t is sail
that this arrangement is to continue tel
wears, which can be extended an add
ton ten if the Light company so desires
Mr. Warfield when interviewed abou
this statement. gave very little informa
zion as to the details, but left the impres
sion that the statement was correct.
Former Sheriff Charles A. McGa1
had a close call recently. While only
ducking in its result, it might have re
suited much more seriously He an
three or four others went to the Hincl
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