The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-12-15

prietors are doing their best to meei
the wants Of the many Christmas shop
pers who come to town each day
shop early" and ''shop at home are
popular slogans which do much towards
promoting the happiness and prosperity
of community when put into effect by
buyers.
In order that the new state roaC
which Is being built towards Rocks may
be raised at Ferncliff station so II will
not be flooded by Deer Creek the State
Roads Commission has found it will be
necessary to relocate 1t through Mr..
Harry Scarff's property at this point.
Mr.. Scarf and the Commission have
been unable TO get together on proper
price for the right of way so Sheriff
Atkin has summoned q condemnation
jury TO meet on the ground Monday and
fix the amount which shall be paid.
Application has been made to the
Clerk Of the Court Of York county for
liquor licenses for the Hotel Delta and
the Hotel Auditorium. The ''dry"
forces of Delta anticipate putting up a
stiff fight az ainst the granting of these
licenses as they are well satisfied with
conditions in the town during the past
year when she has been ''dry." The
majority of citizens in upper Hartford
are wishing them success. as the estab-
lishment Of saloons In Delta practically
annuls the dry" laws Of large sec
ton around.
With the re-opening of Chicago last
week as q point Of shipment. the price
of cattle rose from fifteen to forty cents
per hundred. The Stock Show was In
full blast and the exhibit said to be the
best ever made in Chicago. while prices
received for these choice cattle at the
end Of the show were marvellous The
prize carload brought twenty eight dol
lars per hundred, the second car twenty
dollars, and several other loads from
fifteen to min ,teen dollars. The cham
pion steer brought dollar and three
quarters per pound.
In order that the assessment may
be completed by the first of February,
as the State Tax Commission is urging,
the county commissioners on Tuesday
appointed the following assistant asses
sors to work In conjunction with those
originally appointed: First district,
second district.
John T. Crow; third district, Wilson
Smith; fourth district, James Scarf;
fifth district, Edwin Snodgrass. Mr..
Ruskin B. Warren was appointed to
succeed Mr.. William N. McComas, who
resigned as assessor for Bel Air.
Charles Larue. q sixteen-year-old
colored boy Of Port Deposit, q few
nights ago tried novel but to him dis
astrous way of raising much needed
cash. Stealing a valuable horse, he
took it to the woods where he killed It
the next day and was busy removing
the hide when discovered and arrested
by constable In explanation Of his
act he said he thought that selling the
hide would be the most expeditions way
Of converting the horse into cash, and
it would, had erything gone well, az
hides are now bringing 2b cents per
pound. A green hide weighs from rs
to 100 pounds.
The Baltimore papers note the in
stitution Of a suit by Mrs. Mamie l..
Knoher In tie Circuit Court for limit
ed divorce from her husband. Melvin G.
Knofler. who abandoned her two years
ago. When Mr.. Knofer's father,
August Knofer, OF Bel Air, died in 1910
he left one fourth OF his estate in trust
for his son Melvin, and according to the
trustees account filed in the Orphans
Court this amounts to over $1,000. His
wife now seeks to secure decree d.
recting that she be given limited d.
vorce. custody of her daughter, and
money for her support to be taken from
the trust fund in question.
Mr.. Thomas X. Wheeler, of Jockeys
vile. Baltimore county. recently slaugh-
tered two hogs fifteen months old which
dressed eight hundred and sixteen
pounds. This proves Mr.. Wheeler to be
good feeder, but the famous hogs of
heavy weight generation ago are sell
dom heard Of now. The first two hun
dred pounds that pig makes are the
most profitable. and the most sought
after in the market We recently saw
three hogs estimated to weigh five hun
bred pounds each, for which a dealer
offered six cents. The Department Of
Agriculture showed that during the past
year as the proportion Of beef has de-
creased in this country the production
of pork has increased.
An agreeable letter from Mr.. A. o.
kirkland, the venerable auctioneer of
Baltimore, who has made many friends
in Hartford since he came to dwell among
US, gives a vivid description Of New
York City, where he and the Misses
Kirkland have taken apartments at the
Wentworth for the winter. Mr.. Kirk
land, who has Travelled much abroad, as
we'll as in America, IL Satisfied that
New York 10 the veritAble metropolis
of the world. He says, ''The public
buildings, art galleries, libraries, banks.
trust buildings. hotels, department
stores, and elaborate private residences
surpass, while Fifth Avenue 10 the
finest and most attractive boulevard
that 1t has been my privilege to see in
this country or abroad"
In view Of the fact that friends are
already inquiring for 1917 calendars,
which for some years past we have been
pleased to distribute among our sub
scribers, who have seemed TO highly
appreciate them as free-will offering
from The Agis. we are compelled 70
say that we will not be able to continue
our practice this year. Newspaper
conditions have been so strained during
the past year by the astonishing advance
of paper land indeed in nearly every
other line). that publishers have been
hard put-to to keep the balance on the
right side Of the ledger. Many Of the
leading journals have advanced their
subs ,ription and advertising rates to
meet existing conditions, but thus far