The aegis & intelligencer., 1916-09-01

-ySnow Ball. apet dog belonging to
Mra. J. Pearl Wilson. about Is years
old. to which the family were much st :,
tached. was killed by an auto on Bond
street, Bel Air. on Tuesday.
Mr.. R. Harry Webster, Of Bel Ali,
bad both bones Of his right arm badly
broken at the wrist ON Saturday after
noon by hard .kick,' from an obstrep-
srous automobile which he was attempt
ing to crank. The bones were 90 badly
shattered Mr.. webster's local phys clan
took him to the Union Protestant In
Urinary for three days treatment. Al
though badly handicapped. he has re-
turned to work once more.
--1.he First Conference Fall Rally Of
the Western Hartford Group will be held
at Centre NJ. Z Church. Forest Hill.
on Thursday afternoon and evening.
September i4th. The speakers win be
Revs. G. Herbert Richardson, D. D.;
]. T. Ensor. w. G. McKenney, ]. W.
Briscoe and several local laymen. The
ladies will serve lunch at 6 o'clock. Al
full attendance Of all Methodists within
the area Of this group 10 desired, to
learn what has been done, and lay plans
for greater things still to be done.
The annual fair at Stewartstown
win be held this year September 6. 2
and 8. and deserves the patronage Of
residents Of Upper Hartford. Born Of
small beginnings, the agricultural
wealth Of the surrounding country and
the agricultural skill Of its residents
have combined TO convert this Deighbor-
hood display into the equivalent Of q
county fair. Poultry and canned goods
are to be the speciAlties this year, and
over q thousand dollars In prizes will
tend TO whet the energy Of exhibitors.
lin common with Hartford tomato
growers. Mr.. Clyde Spencer, Of Spencer
and Rouse. who has been packing for |
nearly three weeks at their plant at |
Bushwood's Wharf, 1t. Mary's county.
predicts that the season will be very
short and that his factory will close by |
September 20. In one respect at least |
THAT Of labor) the Southern Maryland
Gamer has decided advantage; colored |
labor ia abundant and wages easy. Mr..
Spencer hss one grower, Mrs. Ella
Rinehart, who succeeded In getting in |
sixty-fve of the eighty acres she
promised to plant, but the rest Of her |
thousand acre farm demanded the bal
anes Of her attention.
AZThe Town Commissioners Of Aber-
deen have introduced an important |
eSonomy Ne well as convenience into
their management by contracting with
the Havre de Grace Electric Company
to furnish them electric current at |
wholesale, which will be measured by
one meter and then disposed Of at re-
tail by the local authorities. Among
the advantages accruing will be the |
benefit Of day current, and current |
for various residents between the two
towns. Commodore Richards, the |
owner Of the James L. Breeze farm,
and Messrs. John M. Michael and H. |
A. Brehm will proceed ut once to install |
electricity on their properties.
Automobile Commissioner Baugh- |
mans motorcycle policemen. whose ac-
tivity during the recent past has struck |
terror in the hearts Of violators Of the
automobile laws, corraled q number Of |
victims In Justice Cooley's office on
Tuesday. One youth under the proper
age who was caught driving q car was
fined, and two other parties charged
with having their licenses obscured
were released as they were clearly inno-
cent offenders and promised to remedy
the trouble at once. The automobile |
commissioner 10 determined to enforce
the law. and is laying particular stress
upon the law requiring autoists to have |
their licenses rigidly hxed in con-
spicuous place.