The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-12-01

The Head of an Old Firm Retires.--Mr.
Philip Il. George, head of the old Baltimore
firm of p. T. George & Co., and one of the
best known merchants of Baltimore city, re-
tired from the business last Monday, having
given up active pursuits after busy and sue
cessful life, during which he earned the conf
dence and respect of all with whom he came
il contact
mir. George WHO'S we'll known in Baltimore
county, was born in the city, January II, 1917.
He was a son of William e. and Sarah
(EllicotD George, natives of Maryland and de-
scendants, respectively, of Welsh and English
settlers of the colonies, who came to America
with William Penn. William E. George, in
connection with Philip E. Thomas, first presi
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, es-
tablshed wholesale hardware business in
Baltimore under the firm name of Thomas &
George, and it was in the employ of this firm
that Mr. Philip Thomas George received his
first business training. Upon attaining his
majority he became member of the firm,
which then became William E. George & Son,
Philip E. Thomas having in the meantime re-
tired from the firm.
William E. George died in 1910, and in 1S48
Mr.. Philip 7. George, in connection with the
late T. Robert Jenkins, established the whole
sale provision business of George q jenkins,
which was later succeeded by the present firm
of P T. George & Co. The speciality of the
firm was the manufacture of hard lard by a
process first conceived and made use of by Mr.
George.
THE firm enjoyed an extensive foreign ex-
port trade in hog products. particularly with
South American ports, and of these, particu-
larry with Brazil, the firm for many years hav-
ing recognized control of this extensive trade.
Ali of the great Western firms made vain eff
forts to cut into the business done by the
Georges from this port. Mr.. George NANTES
ted in the control of the business an ability
which assured its success, and the house dur
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joyed standing exceeded by none.
How Infectious Diseases Are Often
Spread. Infectious diseases, such as diphthe-
ria, scarlet fever, ETC., are often spread through
the grossest sort of carelessness and the Balti-
more health authorities are taking steps to
check certain customs that are especially fla
grant. Assistant Health Commissioner Jones,
referring to a case where diphtheria had been
carried by borrowed mourning clothes, said
People who have a sudden death in the
family often find themselves without proper
funeral garb, and, in the case of infectious dis
cases. where the law requires almost immediate
burial, are oblighed to fall back upon their
friends or relatives to obtain the clothes. In
this way the germs of the disease are very
easily transferred from one house to another.
Mourning is specially adapted for carrying
germs, as it is impossible to boil it like you
would linen or goods of another kind. AL
most everyone is willing to lend to friend, in
case of death, and in nine cases out of ten
never think of the danger which attends the
return of the borrowed garments. There are
few ways in which disease can be spread more
rapidly than in this indiscriminate lending
and borrowing of mourning clothes"
Mr.. Mayor Has Another Little Tilt.-On
Wednesday Mayor Hayes, of Baltimore, and
City Comptroller James H. Smith were discuss
ing the subject of ground rents and school
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as follows
"a slight controversy arose between Comp
troler Smith and Mayor Hayes in regard to
the number of lots which the board had made
provision for Mr.. Smith asked the Mayor
how he proposed to provide for the extra lots
which he claimed had been decided upon.
Mayor Hayes replied that the question was
too ridiculous to answer
Comptroller Smith said that be thought all
the righteousness was on the other side.
"The Mayor said no sensible man would ask
such question; to which Mr.. Smith replied
that he did not see how any sensible man could
refuse to answer, and insinuated that not quite
all the intellectually in the world was absorbed
by the Mayor"
"Pleasantries' of this character are not I'M
usual with the Mayor. When you 'string"
Mr.. Hayes he thinks you have captured "a
whopper."
How Horses are Made to Match in Color.
-One of the most interesting and novel
schemes that are resorted to when it comes to
"doctoring'' up a horse for sale is ''per-oxid-
ing" Horses just suitable for carriage work,
save that they do not quite match in color. are
now chemically colored" to the tint desired
in the twinklipg of an eye. A "pre-oxided
horse shows what has been done to him
soon after his new owner takes him away, and
frequently he has to be touched up" This
bleaching does not injure the horses any more
than it does the average girl; but the chemi-
cally-tinted coat seldom looks well when close
| ly examined, the dark roots of the hair show
ing on careful inspection. Yet it deceives the
average buyer and so answers its purpose.
A Plucky Seamstress.-A young girl liv
! ing in the upper end of this county who has
been making shirts for several years at 3 cents
| apiece, received orders from her employer;
| that, in the future, she must make sixteen
stitches to the inch. She declares that when
| Maryland was doubtful State she did not DE-
! it, and now that 16-to1 and Bryan are deac
issues, and that Mckinley is President, sht
will fight it out on that line if it takes al
winter.
| Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
| And waste its fragrance on the desert air"
| But not 16-to-1.