The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-10-31
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ID E NJ O G r A T l G.
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC.
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Mr.. George Edwin Lynch, Republican men,
and declared that it was not in accordance
with the law, but his two Democratic col
leagues voted down his objection.
WANTS WRIT OF MANDAMUs.
On Tuesday Mr.. Charles II. Knox, indepen-
! dent Democratic candidate for County Com
missioner, filed petition in the Circuit Court
here against the Board of Election Supervisors
asking for a writ of mandamus to require the
defendants to print the official ballot IN accor-
| dance with the provisions OF the law. Mr.
| Knox claims that the Supervisors have had
the ballots so printed that the style of printing
the designation of his name does not conform
with the general style of the ticket. A de-
scription of the method adopted by the Super
visors in printing the ballot is published above.
| Messrs. u. Howard Isaac and William Grason
appear for the petitioner.
| THE FORM OF BALLOT STANDS.
| On Thursday Judges Fowler and Burke dis
| missed the petition of Mr.. Charles H. knox,
| independent candidate for County Commits
sioner, to have the form of the official ballot
changed, and the ballot will remain as at
| present.
In the answer filed by the Supervisors it was
| claimed that some of the signers to the certifi-
| cate filed by Mr. Knox with the Board of Su-
pervisors had not stated their place of resi-
| dence occupation and place of business in
their own handwriting and that therefore Mr..
! Knox's name should not go on the ticket.
|
| ton of the answer and the court sustained the
! demurrer
The Board of Supervisors was represented
| by Messrs. Bernard Carter, Osborne /. Yellott,
! Arthur P. Shanklin and Frank /. Duncan,
! while Messrs. u. Howard Isaac and William,
Grason represented Mr.. Knox and Messrs
| Charles ]. Bonaparte and E. w. Herman APP
peared for Messrs. John w. Peregoy and Alex
ander Mccormick, Republican candidates for
County Commissioners, who filed petitions
similar to that of Mr.. Knox.
w-The Republicans of Baltimore
! county have as good ticket as was ever I
nominated in the county Vote it solid
next Tuesday.
Can Farmers Shoot Thieves P-Farmers
in the vicinity of Towson are suffering great
| deal from the depredations of corn thieves,
! Judging from the number of complaints that
are heard from them, says the Baltimore
Herald
States Attorney Grason has been called upon
| to decide the important question of how far
| farmer may go in protecting his crops. he
| has received letter from prominent county
! farmer asking him if he is allowed to shoot
anyone found taking his corn. The answer
does not seem to be very satisfactory to some
of the farmers
The States Attorney is of the opinion that
| the thief could not be lawfully fired upon, and
told his correspondent that if he shot anyone
| he would be arrested and tried The farmer
was told further that the proper remedy was
to get evidence against the thief and swear out
warrant for his arrest.
The farmers do not take kindly to this adj
vice and some of them openly say that it they
catch thief in the vicinity of their corn bins
they intend to take the law into their own
hands.
Reception and Ball.-The annual ball
and reception of the Young Mems Republican
Club of Hghlandtown was held Monday night
| at Highland Academy The hall was taste
fully draped for the occasion, pictures of Ste
venson A. Williams, Republican candidate for
Governor; Lloyd Lowndes Frank G. Wachter
and the late President Mckinley being among
the decorations A large crowd was present,
and leaders. The committee in charge was
composed of Messrs. Ernest Schluderberg,
chairman; Henry Rehnert, Louis F Bowen,
c. Firestone Jacob Gengnagel, Frank Crusse
and Andrew Jackson.