The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-07-26

| issue of THE UNION. We commend it espe-
cially to those fellows who always raise bigger
crops than their neighbors, who, perhaps, are
! Just as good farmers but not such ornate liars
as themselves.
- According to the Comptroller's tabulated
statement there are in Baltimore county 26, 290
children of school age. Of this number %, TIC
are white and 100 colored. These figures in
clude youths of to IS years The total num-
Der in the State is $50 319, of which number
| 27S, 1868 are white.
"a large number of people are now en-
camped at Emory Grove, although the regular
camp-meeting does not begin until Thursday,
August 7th. Rev. Luther T. Waterman will
be in charge. Mr.. William T. Conn is presi-
dent of the association, and Mr.. Paul H.
| Stewart, secretary.
THE senior Towson baseball team was
up against the real thing on Wednesday after
noon when it struck the Atlantics, of Balti-
more. Score 16 to 6 in favor of the visitors.
What the Towsons need is team work and
discipline. Without these it is foolish to eX-
pect to play good ball.
- William Cornish, who was a member of
the praying band at the colored camp-meet-
ing on the Franklin road, was killed last Sun
day afternoon by large tree being blown
across the tent in which be and four others
had sought shelter from the storm. The others
were painfully injured
->Towson appeared to be just on the edge
of the violent wind storm of last Sunday after
UOOu. luc uiku WIN duQ Idlu tudL dOOOul-
panied it caused the mercury to drop IL de-
grees in less than that many minutes, bringing
most welcome relief from the intense heat OF
the early part of the day.
- For the 2:30 stake trot at the Baltimore
county fair in September there are fifteen en-
tries and for the 2:30 stake pace there are SIX
teen entries. The entries closed May 1st 1902
and the purse in each race is $1,000. Mr.. T.
Dudley Riggs, of Stevenson, has the only Bal
timore county entry in the pace.
THE Manual Training School at Spar
rows Point, the only school of the kind in
Baltimore county. will make an interesting
exhibit at Timonium fair this year. Mr.. d.
Fred. Sham berger, a graduate of the Mary
land Agricultural College and native OF Bal
timore county, is the instructor.
"a large crowd witnessed the ball game
at Lutherville between the Athletic Club team,
of that place, and the Pastirnes, of Baltimore,
last Saturday. Score to in favor of the
countrymen, who earned the winning run in
the eighth inning: Vincent and Tracey COM
>Spring house thieves have lately been
operating in and about Ruxton, N. G. R. R.,
to the great annoyance of some OF the resi-
dents. man named Samuel a. Spicer, who
lives at Woodbury., has been arrested and is
believed to be member of the gang who
has been committing these depredations.
ION Sunday evenings during the summer
Rev. ]. B. Stitt, pastor of Govanstown M. E.
Church, is preaching by topics. The services
never continue over an hour and are made up
of singing by soloists and others, with talk
of about twenty minutes by the pastor. Next
Sunday evening the topic will be, IAN Ill
Mated Couple
THE thirty.fifth annual district confer
ence of East Baltimore District Of the M. E.
Church South, was held three days this week
at North Point Church, Patapsco Neck, with q
large attendance. Bishop A. w. Wilson pre-
sided. The sessions were interesting through
out and much business relating to the affairs of
the church was transacted.
The injury sustained by Mr.. Charles Z.
Weakley, well known farmer near Sweet
Air. was not so serious as at first reported.
The front finger of the left hand was cut off
at the first joint and the third finger was badly
lscerated. The accident was caused by having
the hand caught in the chain that runs the
binder of a reaping machine.
1.-THE ladies of Mt Olive NJ. K. Church,
Rockdale I'd district, held their annual picnic
and lawn fete in Snyder's Grove on Wednes-
day. The attendance was very large, nearly
1000 people being present. Randalstown
Band furnished music. Rev. ]. w. Wagner
and Mr.. Martin L. Jean, superintendent of the
Sunday school, made addresses.
>In accordance with an established GUS
tom Troop A, Capt. j. w. Shirley, will leave
Pikesville at noon. August 9th, upon its annual
march, the destination this time being Charles
town, w. Va. The fine 6-mule team of Col.
VIM. b. Cockey, of Garrison Farm, is now
being put in spick and span order to accompa-
ny the Troop and carry its baggage.
->One day this week two gentlemen were
sitting on porch in this town, in quiet con-
versation, when ball from an airgun or cat
rifle passed Immediately between them and
struck door behind them. Last week one of
these shots made horse runaway and cause
considerable loss. How long do the people in
tend to put up with this sort of thing?
flames B. Post son of MIR. William E.
Post, of Baltimore, was one of the two young
yk,0 nd rUhtI hath ~ III
chester last Sunday. There were six out with
boat bathing when the storm came. -Four
of them were rescued and the others were
drowned. Young Post was grandson of the
late James Boyce, of Baltimore county.
"a prosperous Baltimore county farmer,
who has experienced much difficulty in secur-
ing reliable and competent help, said this week
that he proposes to make change and rent
his farm out on shares, if he can find trust
worthy man to take it. He says the farmer
who has sons who are willing to stick by him
on the farm is the fortunate man these days.
- During the thunder storm few days
ago an immense old chestnut tree that stands
at Mr.. Thomas Mann's gate, on the Jarretts-
vile pike, was struck by lightning and badly
damaged. A travelling salesman who had
stopped his buggy under the tree for shelter,
was not hurt but he no doubt surprised him
self with what celebrity he got away from there
after the shock.
->The County Commissioners, at special
meeting held at Towson on Thursday, sustain
ed the protest of large number Of citizens
against the change of the Northern Central
Railway at Monkton from the present grade
crossing to an undergrade crossing. Messrs.
Grason q Bacon appeared for the protestants
and Messrs. Bernard M. Carter and Walter r.
Townsend for the company.
>And the ice man is another fellow that
always replies in the negative when the stock
question, lis it hot enough for your" is adj
dressed to him. And he is even more brazen
than the sodawater man for the reason that he
can get his ice even if the coming winter is
now on the machine made article, you know.
and can afford to be independent.
- On Monday last Justice Bevan, OF Airing
ton, fined William Waterman $40 and costs
for disorderIy conduct on a Gwynn Oak Park
car. Three others were fined IS and costs for
Gwynn Oak, made the arrests Frequent
doses of that sort of medicine will soon cure
these sportive young toughs. The Justice de.
serves the thanks of all decent people.
>Ground was broken on Tuesday for the
erection of the parsonage for st. Anthonys
Belair road. When this building is completed
it is the intention of the pastor Rev. Henry s.
Nagengast to start movement for the erec-
ton of handsome church at that place to
take the place of the present one, which has
become too small for the growing Congregation.
> Preparations for the Timonium fair are
now going on actively and everything points
to successful exhibition. Mr.. A. p. Shank
lin, the secretary, whose Office is in Towson,
finds bis work growing daily and the indica-
tions are, from the number of inquiries being
received, that there will be large exhibits in all
the departments This years fair begins on
the I'd of September, only little more than
month off.
MIR. William H. Lawrence attorney for
John Rittinger, has entered suit against the
County Commissioners for $40, 900 damages for
alleged injury to the plaintiffs property on the
Philadelphia road by the negligent construc-
ton of culvert. Mr.. Lawrence, counsel for
George Mai, has also entered suit against the
county for 5000 for alleged damage to his
property on Eastern avenue growing out of q
defect in public road.
"a family consisting of father, mother,
two girls and two boys, who travel with a
ramshackle one-horse team, are again stopping
in the woods about Towson and making their
living by begging from the people. This is
the third or fourth summer this family has
fastened itself on this community and they
must like it here. Why people without any
visible means of support should be permitted
to travel around in this manner we fail to see.
Towson Club Won First Match.-On