The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-06-07

out by Saturday night last ana Mr.
Christian Smith Is acres; but the crop o
plants generally promises to be scarce ant
high.
Hartford Chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy, entertained in honor of the
birthday of President Jefferson Davis, on
) June 3. at the residence of Mrs E. H. D.
Pue, in Bel Air. Mrs. Pue and Mrs. G.
Smith Norris, read papers appropriate
to the occasion. A collation. was served
after which the committees appointed
proceeded to the various cemeteries and
decorated the graves of deceased Con-
tolerate veterans.
There is no more satisfactory proof
OF the thrift of section than the mail
matter which passes through its post
office. The business of the Bel Air office
din has just been notified by Assistant
Postmaster General Hitchcock that Bel
Air has been raised from third to a
second class postoffice, to take effect
July 1. The salary of the postmaster is
thus raised to $4,000 per annum.
Our friends w. S. Forwood and F. E.
Gorrell, on Saturday evening last found
that the way of the automobiles is un-
certain, and sometimes his plans are vain.
Having started from Towson with
| Messrs. w. Gill Smith and L. Howard
Isaac, of the Baltimore county bar, they
made a herioc struggle to overcome the
drenching rain, but gave up the job when
they reached Fork. Mr.. Wallace Broum-
mel was then phoned to, and with an
energy which knows no defeat soon
landed the party at the Eagle Hotel.
Mr.. James Wilson. of near Pylesville,
| harvested several acres of alfalfa last
Saturday which had produced an excel
lent stand, but the stalks were short be-
cause of continued cold weather. Mr.
| Wilson's success with this crop was
unique and interferes with the theory of
| necessary incubation of the soil After
| purchasing, as he thought, bushel of
crimson clover seed last summer, he sowed
it in his corn at the last working and got
| therefrom an excellent stand of alfalfa.
He expects to cut this grass twice more
during the summer.
An official ruling by the Classification
| Committee of the railroads of the United
States on the subject of freight charges
| L., 4oIx I'll,
under which, from that date a minimum
carload of canned goods Will be sc 0G0
pounds instead of 80, 900, as heretofore.
The effect of this ruling will be to ma
| terially increase the cost of shipment I'M
less the full amount is being consigned
The National Gamers Association has
sent formal protest against this action
and this protest is being supplemented
by canned goods brokers throughout the
country.
The Baltimore quarterly meeting of
Friends ORTHODOXY will be held in Friends
Meeting House, near Darlington. on Sat
urday, June 8. A conference will be held
in the evening at o'clock. William Y.
Warner, of Germantown, Pa, will read
paper on How Best to Promote the At
tendance of Small Meetings." which will
| be followed by discussion of the sub
ject. Sunday, June 9. Bible School at 10
A. M. Meeting for divine worship at l
A. M. and p. M. Monday, June 10,
meeting for divine worship at 1890 A.
NJ, followed by the business of the quar-
terly meeting. The public are invited to
be present.
The annual Chldrens' day services of
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
South. at Jarrettsville, were held on Sun
| day evening. Despite the inclement
weather the church was filled with people
from the surrounding neighborhood
An interesting programme had been
arranged ard was we'll rendered, the
music being under the direction of Mr.. J.
c. Taylor. Among those who took part
were Mrs Febrey, Mrs. c. N. Hamilton,
Misses May Eggleston, Helen Taylor,
Virgie Taylor, Miss GLADDEN. and
Masters Edwin Jarrett and Archer
Taylor. The collection, which was for
the cause of Missions, was quite liberal
The marriage of Miss Annie Belle Nc
Elderly and Mr.. Robert H w. Heighe, of
Baltimore, was celebrated in Grace
Episcopal Church at o'clock on Satur-
day evening. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Arthur Chiffon Powell.
! The bride entered the church with her
uncle, Mr.. Samuel w. Bradford, of Bel
Air, his son Mr.. Smith N Bradford, of
Baltimore, acting as one of the ushers.
Miss McElderry was frequent visitor
to Bel Air, and number of her intimate
| friends here witnessed the ceremony.
Among other handsome presents, she re-
ceived from her mother q solid silver ser
vice which was an old family set which
had been handed down from her maternal
ancestors, the kells.
Mr.. Joseph T. Deckman has sold to
Mr.. ]. ]. Schenk all that portion of his
farm near Frogtown which lies on the
south side of the road and contains 260
acre with the buildings for So 600 This
is portion of the Dawson farm which
Mr.. Deckman purchased few years ago.
he still holds some So acres of first class
land on the north side of the road Mr.
Schenk has until recently been living at
Brunswick, Frederick county, where he
established boarding school for young
ladies upwards Of twenty-five years ago.
He takes the property subject to the
tenancy of Mr.. William H. James and
will come into full possession next
November. The sale was consummated
through Mcssrs. Hays and Reckord.
"A pretty wedding took place on
Saturday, when Mrs. Grace A. Wilson,
of Forest Hill, was married to Mr. Henry
P. Walters, of Baltimore, at the Metho-
dist Protestant Parsonage, in Bel Air.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
c. K. McCaslin and was witnessed by
several friends and relatives of the con-
tracing parties. There were no atten-
: dants. the bride entering the parlor lean
ing on the arm of the groom, to the
strains of Lohrengrin's wedding march
The bride was attired in a handsome
gown of blue silk and carried white car
nations. Immediately after the cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. Walters left on theil
: wedding Journey and upon their return
will reside in Baltimore, where Mr.