The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1916-11-17


the Chesapeake Bay was approved at
special election held there Tuesday by a
vote Of 22S for to 81 against 1t Is
sincerely hoped that the fondest hopes
of the promoters Of this enterprise may
be realized, and that much benefit from
this Improvement may enure to the
town.
MIR. Frank Davis. County Schoo
Attendance Officer. speaks in the high
est terms Of the fine attendance which
has been made in the public schools this
fall, and rs illustrations notes that dur.
ing last week the average attendance
at Perrymans. Rutledge and Mt. Horeb
schools, which are widely separated.
exceeded ninety per cent. OF the enroll
ment. Thus far he has been well pleas
ed with the disposition OIL the part Of
patrons to cooperate with him towards
keeping all children regularly in school.
-ATowson paper says: Prof. Albert
s. Cook, superintendent Of the Balti'
more county schools. is-in Topeka,
Kansas, where he will deliver series
Of lectures before the Kansas State
Teachers Association. He will return
next Monday" Such men come high,
but are the County's best investment in
the end. II 10 said to be Mr.. Cooks
ambition to give Baltimore county the
best public schools to be found in any
county in the Union. and indications
point strongly to the likelihood Of his
success in doing 30.
in writing from waukesha, Wis,
which he terms rs the Guernsey Capt.
tai of America" Mr.. GLADDEN. Davis,
formerly Of Rocks, says Hartford county
has some Guernsey cattle as fine as he
has seen there. and expresses the hope
that he may have the pleasure Of seeing
them all at q county fair next Fall.
When we call to mind that rs Guernseys
sold at Langwater Farms. Mass, on oc-
tober 10th at an average price Of 81. 075,
the highest COW bringing $3.50, the
outlook for our local Guernsey breeders
is surely bright one.
The Hartford Comfy Tuberculosis
Committee, branch Of heIstate asso-
citation, organized on Monday afternoon
by electing Mr.. J. L. Mccormick. presi-
dent; Mr.. J. Z. Webster, treasurer.
and Miss Lutte Keen, secretary. The
purpose of the organization Is to stimu-
late the sale of Red Cross seals In the
county and thus secure funds for relief
work. twenty-five per cent OF the
proceeds go to the state organization
and the remainder 10 used by the local
committee. A selling committee will
map out campaign in the near future.
"A news note from Wheeling, W.
Va, recites how George Sugden, Re
publican, last Saturday spent the mid
night hour on the Court House steps
Growing like rooster, In settlement OF
an ante election bet made with his wife
that Hughes would be elected. That's
nothing, we know of lots Of Hartford
Democrats who will crow over Presi-
dent Wilson's election for the next
four years. The only difference between
them IL Mr.. Sugden crows because he
can't get out of II, while our good
people will crow because they can't
keep out Of 1t.
Mr.. Alex. Brannon was struck by
u southbound freight train on the Penn
sylvania road at Short Lane crossing on
Friday morning about 7.30 and sustain
ed badly fractured arm and numerous
cuts. He was walking over the tracks
and did not see the approaching train.
nor hear the watchman's warnings. A
passing passenger train Carried the IN.
jured man to Havre de Grace. where he
has since been undergoing treatment In
the hospital. Mr.. Brannon came to this
country from England and for the past
ten years has been employed at the corn
packing factory of J. s. Mitchell &
Bro.
The large residence Of Messrs. Guy
w. and Russell Scarborough. located
near Prospect, was destroyed by fire
about noon last Friday, entailing a
loss of 5000 in excess Of their insur-
auce. The fire was caused by defective
flue and was discovered by their near
neighbor Mr.. James W. McNabb. who
ran to the house and notified the occu-
pants. Considerable furniture was
saved, but the loss falls heavily on the
owners who are receiving the deep
sympathy Of their neighbors and friends.
Among other personal property lost was
$50 bushels Of potatoes stored In the
cellar.
Mr.. A. W. Thompson, vice-president
of the traffic department Of the b. q
o. r. R., in a communication to State
Treasurer, Mr.. John M. Dennis. refers
to the interchangeable efforts Of Mr.. c.
Bosley Littig, Of this county, to secure
liberal rates of travel for farmers who
wish to visit the Maryland Agricultural
College and the Exposition now being
held in the Fifth Regiment Armory in
Baltimore, as result Of which the roat
has granted rate Of two cents pei
per mile each way for visits to the lat
ter point. The Pennsylvania road hal
done much along this line and has al
iIwed AZ low rate as seven mills pei
mile for travellers to the State Colleg'
of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Littig 10 a mem
Der Of the City. wide Congress Commit
tee on the Maryland Agricultural Board
and the proposition has the hearty en-
dorsement Of Mr.. Samuel M. Shoemaker
president of the State Board Of Agri
culture.
lLAND TRANSFERS TO NOVEMBER L
| William J. Myers ct al, TO j. Gran
vile Heaps, l acre, 9Th district. so.