The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-29

- The auditing, committee of the Bait
more County Agricultural Society met o.
! Thursday to audit the accounts of the lat
fair 1t is said the net receipts will be betwee
two and three thousand dollars. The Boar
Of Managers will meet in Baltimore today.
1.-The Presbyterian Church at Relay, l3tl
district which has undergone extensive i'm
provements during the summer, was reopene
with special services on Wednesday night
4 Several ministers participated and Mr.. Monro
Mitchell read an interesting history Of tn
church.
1.-The ladies of Govanstown Baptis
Church will hold a country store in vacan
house on the east side of the York turnpike
near Woodbourne avenue, Thursday. Frida.
and Saturday, October 4th, 9Th and 9th, after
Moons and evenings. The patronage of tn
public is solicited.
"A car on the electric line between Tow
son and Gainesville struck a horse and dayton
wagon on the Frederick road last Monday
smashing the wagon and killing the horse
VIM. F. Thompson, the driver, had an arm
! broken. The team belonged to Thomas B
Mcdowell of Catonsville.
"a Towson colored man got little tot
gay and was arrested upon the charge of disor
derby conduct and swearing on the street HI
took his case to court and was convicted. Th,
fifteen dollars he had to pay was little hare
| to raise but the paying of it will prove val
liable lesson to him hereafter.
- From now on until election poltica
meetings will be held in this county almost
nightly by both parties and the amount Of
turgid oratory that will be fired off will bt
amazing. The ''spellbinder" who can't get q
chance to exercise his lungs now can Justly
count himself back-number.
-> Il is important that the names of the
dead and those who have removed should be
stricken from the registration books. Those
having such information should not fail to
impart it TO the registration officers fair
election is what honest people want and this is
one of the means of securing 1t.
- The Gardeners Club held meeting in
Baltimore. on Monday night, to make prelim-
mary arrangements for the meeting of the
American Carnation Society, which will be
held in that city next February. The club
will hold free dahlia show in Royal Area
mum Hall, Monday, October 8th.
here last Monday, charged by their wives with
non.support. If all the husbands in the coun-
ty guilty of the same offense were brought to
trial new court would have to be established
to dispose of that class of cases alone, and
then it would have to work over time.
- Rev. E. w. Scott, assisted by several
other colored ministers, laid the cornerstone
for new Methodist Protestant Church to be
erected on the Hillen road, near Towson. In
the cavity in the stone were placed the names
of President Mckinley, Governor Smith,
Judges Fowler, Burke and Waters and others.
about the country and yet there are farmers
who complain that they cannot get hands
enough to do their work. 1t would seem that
these times there is no necessity for any one
to be idle. Men who are able to work and
will not work should be taken up as Migrants.
- The regular quarterly communion SER
vice of Chestnut Grove Church, Sweet Air,
will take place in the church, Sabbath morn
ing, October 7th, at IL o'clock. Preparatory
service will be held in TIE church, the preced-
ing Friday evening, October 9th, at o'clock.
Meeting of the session after the preparatory
service f
joel H. Hayes motorman on the cleo
trio line between Towson and Gainesville, was
assaulted on Wednesday by Andrew ]. Joyner,
farmer in the LIST district, who attempted to
cut him with knife. Joyner had refused to
pay his fare and the conductor and motorman
attempted to put him off the car. He was
arrested.
Young men who should cast their first
vote this year will be debarred from doing so
unless they have their names placed on the
registration books. This they will have an
opportunity to do on Tuesday next, October
ID, and again on Tuesday, October 9th. This
is an important matter and they should not
neglect it.
1.-The scarcity of farm hands was among
the subjects discussed at the meeting of the
Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club held
Saturday, 18th inst, at the farm of Mr.. Chas
II.
to find employment on public works of various
kinds was the main cause of the scarcity of
farm help.
-->There are some cases of diphtheria
among the school children of this county, re-
sulting in small attendance at the schools.
Last winter number of schools were closed
because of the presence of measles. scarlet
fever, diphtheria, mumps and chickenpox.
These diseases were never before known to be
80 prevalent in the county.
THE UNION is indebted to Mr.. E. e. Mar
rictt. of Brazos county. Texas, for copy of
and pictures of the late hurricane and flood in
Texas. Mr.. Marriott was. formerly teacher
ion h 81 h s s s9 IA a Tbs IS q anti The
lives was not visited by the hurricane.
-The all-day rally held at Towson NJ. E..
Church last Sunday was very enjoyable &C.
casion and largely attended. The pastor, Rev.
j. r. Edwards, was assisted in the service by
Rev. A. R. Kelley and Rev. M. F. B. Rice,
former pastors. Mr.. Lewis NJ. Bacon, ex-Clerk
of the Circuit Court, and Mr.. George W. Cor
ner Jr., of Baltimore, made addresses at night.
1.-THE entertainment given at Grange Hall,
Towson, on Thursday night, under the man
agement of Mrs. D. 6. Mcintosh, for the ben
eft of the Hospital for Crippled and Deformed
Children, was success. There were vocal Sc
lections by Mr.. Frank ]. Taylor, lantern views
by Mr.. Osborne I. Yellott, and fancy dances
by children, under the direction of Miss Clara
s. Dobbin.
The work of pumping the water from
the old copper mine at Bare Hill, Falls road,
is now in progress. The shaft is something
like 800 feet in depth and it will require sever
al weeks to get it dry. The new company
owning the mine, which has been idle for
years, will put in lot of new machinery and
have large force at work when everything is
in readiness.
The County Commissioners this week
decided to appropriate 5000 toward the i'm
provement of the Warren road, an important
thoroughfare extending from the York turn
pike, near Cockeysville, to the village of War
rem. The Warren Manufacturing Company,
through Mr.. s. Baldwin, Jr., treasurer, agreed
to give 800 for the same purpose and also sup
ply team to do hauling.
- The Court of Appeals will meet next
Monday and the day following the Baltimore
county Election Supervisors case will be taken
up on an appeal from Judge Burke's decision
that Mr.. Charles H. Wise, Democrat, was le-
gally appointed by the Governor. The con-
tention is that Mr. Wise has no title to the of
fee and that DR.. P. F. Sappington, Republi-
can, is the hold-over Supervisor.
- Park Heights avenue, which extends
north from Druid Hill Park, presented an ami.
mated scene last Sunday afternoon. From
about $50 O'Clock until dark hundreds of vehi-
Giles of all shapes and kinds passed up and
down, and some of those who drove fast trot-
tiers and PAGERS did not fail to "shake them
Out Just lttlc diIcE pdoolLb tuC City llHO.
Bicycling has been almost entirely supplanted
by riding and driving, while the automobile
is still uncommon enough to attract passing
notice.
- The Adams Express agent ct Jockeys
vile is an official whose conduct of the office
should be looked after. On the 18th of Sep
TENDER we shipped by express from Luther
vile to the Cockeysville National Bank box
of printed matter. 1t reached the Office al
that place in due time, but the bank people
who were patiently waiting for the work, did
not know it was there until last Tuesday and
then it required lot of telephoning and writ
ing before the lost box was found. The bank
and the express office are within calling dis
lance Of each other.
Religious Services.-Attention is called to
the following announcements a
Great Falls Circuit, ME- .C1srch.-Preaching
Sunday, September 30th, by Rev. w. f. Roberts
at Back River and Ebenezer, and by Rev. L.
M. Ferguson at Hiss and Providence.
Reformed Menn0aites, LGurGvile Preaching
in the hall, Sunday evening. September 30th,
at 7.30 o'clock, by Bishop Elias H. Hershey,
of Lancaster county Pa.
Church Of the Holy Comforter, RosSville.-
Services every Sunday at II A. NJ, except the
third Sunday in each month, when evening
service will be held at o'clock. Rev. w. b
Mcpherson, rector.