The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-08-16
Local affairs.

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Services will be conducted at tn
Rocks Evangelical church on next sun
day afternoon at O'Clock.
Owing to the inclemcnt weather last
] Saturday night the festivalat Ioppa vii
lie continued on mkt Saturday night
] August II
i There will he no service at North
1 Bend Presbyterian church until further
j notice, on account OF the church under
j going repairs.
The Methodist Protestant Sunday
school, Of Bel Air. will hold their annual
outing and picnic at Otter Point, on next
Wednesday, August 81.
Mrs. p. L. Mason, of Long Beach,
Cal. is recuperating, after an attack of
typhoid fever, at the home other brother,
Dr.. w. S. Arthur, OF Cardiff.
The handkerchief festival to be held at
the Mountain Christian Church will begin
on the 22nd instant, instead of the goth,
as heretofore announced, and continue to
the 24th
There will be Sunday School picnic
held at the Mountain Christian church
on Thursday, the 22nd, which allfriends,
as we'll as members Of the school, are in
vited to attend.
Mr. Charles F. Harry. who lives on
the Warner property above Darlington,
has threshed his wheat and reports
Weld of 10 bushels to the acre. This is
seldom exceeded il Hartford.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
Mt. Tabor church, at their regular meet
ing next Sunday night, will render
special program, consisting of solos,
choruscs, etc, to which the public is cor
daily invited.
The young people of Darlington
Methodist Episcopal church are arrang-
ing for literary and musical concert to
BE- held in the town hall on Thursday
evening. August 29th. Proceeds for The
benefit of the church.
"A black bass jumped into the boat of
Mr.. Lawrence Davis while boating on the
Octoraro one day last week. 1t was 10
inches long and when Lawrence grabbed
the fish it disgorsed a small bull frog.
Greed and hunger sometimes lead to
capture.-Oxford pa } Press.
Mr.. Noah Small, oyerseer of the coun-
ty almshouse has been engaged for several
days past with the county teams hous-
ing the winter supply of coal at the court
house and jail. This is wise step in the
way of economy which Ctr board OF
county commissioners has ustinstituted.
The annual picnic of the Mt. Carmel
Sunday school will nc held on the lawn
of Miss Mollie James, at Emmorton, on
the afternoon of August %. There will
he ice cream and other refreshments ior
sale on the evening Of TIE same day at
the same place for the benefit of the
church.
Miss Elsie NJ. Penniug, who for
number OF years past has been pror1l-
nently connected with the corps of public
school teachers as a member OF the faculty
of the Havre de Grace High School, has
rendered her resignation to take effect at
once. Her successor has not yet been ap-
pointed.
Mr.. Benjamin NJ. Dever, Of lower
hartford. who has dealt so extensively in
stock cattle for several years past, has
gone on his first trip of the season to the
west for this years orders. Mr.. J. Thos
Webster, who is associated with him,
looks after their interests at this end of
the line.
"A Farmers picnic was held at New
Park on Wednesday, which was attend
hT a crowd from York and Hartford
counties estimated at $4,000 people. At
tractive exhibits of agricultural products
were made, and among the noted ad
dresses was one from Professor ITALIA
ferro on alfalfa, and ore from Professor
Patterson on fertilizers.
Der Creek Circuit Methodist Protes-
.sseut Church, Rev. Benjamin A. Bryan
Dassor. Mt. Tabor-Sabbath school,
$50 4. NJ; preaching. 1870 A. NJ; y.
y. S. c. E, 2. M; leader, Mr. H. E.
Harkins; topic, THE Value of Decision
Deer Creek chucch-Sabbath school, 2 80
p. M; preaching, s 80 P. NJ; Y. p. S. c.
. f, s p M; topic, "The Value of De
cision," led by the pastor. Rev. Benjamin
A. Bryan.
The ranks of the corps of teachers of
Hartford county arc again being depleted
in the loss of Miss Ella Hollis, who has
so acceptably filed the position of assist
ant at the Darlington Academy for sew
eral years past. On the 28th instant
Miss Hollis will be married to Mr..
Fletcher Hopkins, one of the progressive
merchants of Darlington. The ceremony
will take place in Spesutia Protestant
Episcopal Church.
The management of the O. L. A. NJ.
n;cnIc, to be held at Old Baltimore next
Wednesday, has secured Mr.. Eben n.
Baldwin, Of Claymont, Delaware, to de-
liver the address. Ar. Baldwin is a
former Hartford man, aud has been a
frequent and popular speaker in the
second district. They have also secured
Messrs. DAILY and Wager, horizontal bar
performers, who will give one OF their
wonderful exhibitions.
The box social which was given for
the benefit OF the Deer Creek circuit par
sonage Wednesday night, August 9TH,
under the auspices OF the Willing Workers
of Mt. Tabor church wasquite success.
ON account Of the rain on last Friday
night, August 9th, the lawn fete for the
Benefit of the parsonage was postponed
until Monday night, August 18th. There
will he an hours literary entertainment
and musical from the parsonage porch.
in reporting to the War Department
at Washington the result of the manoeu-
vers recently conducted at Fort Howard,
Col. Deems pays high tribute to the
Marylanders connected herewith, re-
ferring especially to the interest taken
and assistance rendered by Governor
Warheid, Major-General Clinton Riggs,
Rrigadier-General Lawrason Riggs, Col.
Little. his officers and men; Major M. A.
Reckord and Capt. S. 3. Austin and his
enlisted men, and adds, at gives me
pleasure to note that there was not a
case of disorder in camp"