The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-01
Local affairs.

The Forest Hill w. c. T U will NEE
at the residence of Mrs Mary Rowe mex
Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 O'Clock.
The coal chutes of the Maryland an
PENNSYLVANIA railroad station at Mort
avenue caught fire on Sunday morning
The flames were extinguished with diff
Guilty.
Ash Wednesday. the beginning of tn
Leuten season, falls this year on Febru
ary l 3. WHICH is about two weeks Garlic
than last year Easter Sunday comes OF
March 81
Mr. Ebeu N. Baldwin, of Claymont
Delaware. occupied the pulpit of Hope
we'll Methodist Protestant Church last
Sunday morning. Mr.. Baldwin has beer
member of this church for 35 years.
Examination is being held in the pub
lie schools of the county this week. 1t is
trying time for both teachers and pu
pills, yet necessary for better grading
We hope that the attendance and result
will be satisfactory to the friends of edu-
cation.
Considerable interest is being shown
in the poultry show, which is to be held
in Bel Air on February g ard IA. Sec
rotary kisling reports encouraging en-
tries. The books will close on February
Z, and premium lists can be had for the
asking
MIR. lanes E. Ingram, Sr, one of
Baltimore's most prominent citizens and
a power in the Methodist Episcopal
Church will address the mems meetingi in
Bel Air on Sunday afternoon at B
o'clock. Governor Edwin Warfield will
probably fill later date.
Mr.. Joseph A. Harris, of Bel Air, has
been re-elected president of the Western
Glass and Potteries Association. The
Pittsburg Dispatch, in giving an account
of the election of the officers and the
banquet, which was held at the Monon-
gahela House, publishes an excellent
portrait of Mr.. Harris.
MIR. Frank Harmon. an employee OF
the Hartford Peach Bottom Slate Com
pany, was badly injured on Wednesday
of last week while operating saw in the
block shanty. In some manner Jagged
piece of slate cut one of his legs in two
places. tits feared that blood poisoning
NAV result His condition is serious.
The Democratic primary campaign
has commenced The first announcement
in the 1Egis is Mr.. George William Nc
Comas for county commissioner, who is
brought forward by his friends in the
first district He is a good man for the
place, a vote getter on the ticket and will
make an able and conscientious official
when elected.
We are in receipt of the seed catalogue
of u. Bolgiano and Son, which has just
been issued. 1t is work of art, beauti-
fully printed, and gives description OF
seeds of every kind necessary for garden
and farm. Maryland should be proud
of this enterprise as a home production,
and it ought to receive every consistent
local patronage.
Mr.. William W. Finney was unani-
mously elected trustee of the Churchville
Presbyterian Church, in place of his
father, the late Judge Finney at congre
gational meeting held last Sunday
morning. Immediately thereafter at
meeting of the trustees, Mr.. Finney was
made secretary and treasurer OF the
board in place of his father.
A movement is on foot in Havre de
Grace looking to the organization of a
local militia company. Bel Air supports
a very prosperous one and recently has
been siSnally honored by the promotion
Of Captain Reckord to the rank of major
Harford's only city certainly ought to
be able to find enough patriotic young
men to make the organization success.
Rev. John l. Yellott will occupy the
pulpit of Emmanuel Church, Bel Air, next
Sunday morning for the first time. Mr..
Yellott comes to Bel Air under the most
favorable circumstances and it is hoped
that he will find his new charge thorough
" congenial He is a son OF Major John
|. YelIott, of the Towson bar, and is con-
nected with Hartford both by blood and
friendship ties.
The fifteenth anniversary of the mar
riage of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Day, of
near Highland, was celebrated on Satur-
day evening. A bountiful supper was
served, and pleasant time enjoyed by
those present, who included Messrs.
and Mesdames Calvin Galbreath, George
B. Rigdon, N Oscar Stokes, l. w. Heaps,
William A. Wheeler, William E. White
ford, E. E. Martin. Lloyd Hart, of Nir-
ginia, Rev. 5. L. Irvine and Mr. James
H. Day.
We regret to say that the concert of
the choral club, which was planned to
take place on February s, has been post
poned. This was necessary on account
of the recent sickness of the director, Mr..
Robarts, which has interfered with the
necessary practice, and several of the
members of the club have also been ind1s-
posed. The date of holding this concert
will be soon announced. and the music
loving public will look forward with
pleasure to the event.
The Circuit Court for Cecil county
took up the electric power condemnation
cases on Monday. Arguments on the
ratification of the awards made by a
Cecil county sheriff's Jury were made and
the court was also called on to pass upon
many interesting points of law. The
local members of the bar who are in
terested in this are Messrs. S. A. Will
liams, F. R. Williams, Thomas H Robin
son, w. H. Harlan. w. w. Preston ]. ].
Archer, ]. S. Young and Harry S. Carver.
AS announced elsewhere in our
columns, Mr.. c. c. Rouse gives notice
that beginning with today, he will close
except Saturdays. We commend this
move of Mr.. Rouse and think that it is q
perfectly consistent one. Storekeepers
hours are much longer than any Other
class of people and there is no reason
why they should not have their evening:
during the winter months. Mr.. Rouse
has set an example that other stor'
keepers can we'll afford to follow and W,
hope that all of them will get in line.
A little son of MI f 2 Rinkin O