The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-12-12

I -> Inc lttle daughter OF Mr.. John IL. Wag.
ner, who was struck by an automobile on
Tuesday evening of last week and had her
thigh broken, Is getting along comfortably.
! The accident occurred in front of the child's
home on the Joppa road short distance west
! Of T0wson.
- Sealed proposals for the improvement of
Park Heights avenue, IN the Sd district, will
be received at the Office of the County Com
missoners. Towson, until IL O'Clock M, Tues
day, December 10Th. The notice asking for
bids is published in the advertising columns Of
THE UNION.
"A band of Gypsies has been encamped
for some time in the strip of woods on the
west side of the York turnkike short distance
north of Govanstown. They are by no means
an inviting looking set and their presence
would not be an agreeable addition to any
community.
- The fourth successive Sunday fire alarm
in Towson is beginning to make people think
it rather odd that they should come that way.
Last Sunday the alarm was on account of
burning chimney in the home of Mrs. Henry
]. Hick, on East Pennsylvania avenue. No
damage was done.
->The Sparrow's Point Athletic Club has
been incorporated under the laws of Maryland.
The capital stock is $1,000. The Maryland
Steel Company has given the club the use of a
tract of land near Chesapeake Mills. This
will be graded and enclosed and club house,
grand stand, etc., erected.
- The National Board of Underwriters has
offered reward of $3.50 for the arrest and con-
viction of the person or persons who attemp-
ted to burn the residence of Mr.. Charles E.
Ford on the Reisterstown road near Airing
ton. Mr.. Ford also offered reward of $50 for
the arrest of the incendiary.
MIR. George Brown, who owns the fine
farm on the east side of the Falls road, Just
north of Brooklandwood Station, is erecting q
commodious barn thereon. Contractor M. II.
Merryman is doing the work. This farm has
been under rental to Mr.. William N. Lee for
many years. He is first class farmer and
raises big crops.
- Efforts will be made at the coming ses-
sion of the Legislature to have a bill passed to
regulate the speed of automobiles on the pub
lie highways and to put stop to the wreck
less driving of these machines People who
use horses and carriages on the roads surely
have some rights that automobileists should
be made to respect.
THE Young Mems Republican Club of
the 18th district had reunion and banquet on
Tuesday night at Highland Academy, High
landtown, with large attendance. Messrs.
Laban Sparks, John W. Loose, Samuel H. De-
Hoff and DR.. Stanley Gorsuch, all of Balti-
more county, were special guests OF the club
and made addresses.
THE reports of the National Banks of
Hartford county at the close of business No
vember II, 1903, show that they had on de-
post subject to check, demand certificates of
deposit and time certificates of deposit amount
ing in the aggregate 81 ,469, 764.37. There are
three of these banks-two in Belair and the
other in Havre-de-Grace.
IF you want to send an acceptable Christ
mas gift to friend mail him or her copy of
THE UNION from now until the end of DeceE-
Der, 1904. This will cost but $780, and will
not only be weekly reminder of you, but
will give your friend lot of real pleasure
that could not be afforded for like outlay in
anything else. Just try it and see.
- Baltimore county will be on the lookout
for some of the plums that will fall from Gov
ernor Warfield's tree. We know of several
gentlemen who are now on the anxious bench.
The new Governor will be inaugurated on the
18th of January and he says he will not take
up the matter of appointments until after that \
date. The Legislature will meet January 9Th.
REV. Wilbur F. Crafts, of Washington,
D. c., the noted writer and lecturer, preached
at North Point M. E. Church last Sunday
morning, and at st. Helena in the evening.
His sermons were devoted largely to explain
ing the work of the International Reform
Bureau, of which he is superintedent. Both
audiences highly appreciated the rare intel
lectual treat.
"a large Baltimore county taxpayer and
business man urges the necessity for roads
engineer for the county who shall keep the
roads out of politics. He regrets to lose Mr..
Crosby but wants his place filled by a man
who is a better road builder than O politician.
This is matter in which all the people are
interested and we cannot afford to take back
ward step now.
- Mr.. John W. Burns is another Balti-
more county dairyman who sold off his herd
on his farm near Graystone, N. G. r. R., on
Thursday, and retired from the business.
Some sold on account of the high price of feed,
others because of the scarcity of reliable help
and others again because dairying is a very
slavish business with, for the most part, poor
financial returns.
bar held meeting at Beair on Monday last
and passed series of resolutions highly COM
plimentary to Judge James ID. Waters, who
has just retired from the bench of the Third
Judicial Circuit because of having reached the
age limit. Messrs. s. A. Williams, VIM. H.
Harlan and George Y Maynadier composed
the committee that prepared the resolutions.
"A young farmer not far from Towson
started out on Tuesday with big load of rye
straw headed for Baltimore. He hadn't gone
a mile before bis wagon stuck in the mud and
it took nine mules to pull him out. He got
under way again and before he was two miles
from home the load upset Ittook him nearly
all day to reload and when he got ready to
start again the rain and snow caught him and
that load is on the road yet, or at least was on
Thursday evening.
THE UNION is about rounding out the
ffty-fourth year of its existence, the issue that
will be dated January I'd, 1904, being the be-
ginning of its ffty-fifth volume. The paper
has long since become one of the established
business enterprises of Baltimore county, its
fortunes having been closely allied with it for
more than half century. 1t is satisfaction
to the proprietors to know that there are
names upon the mailing lists of the paper to-
day that were first placed there not less than
fifty years ago.
THE bad road'' cry is being heard ear
lier this fall than usual, due to the presence of
several SHOWS. The question of roads is one
that seems to be engrossing the minds of the
people more and more each year and they are
gradually being educated up to the point
where they believe good roads are q necessity.
We think the outlook for change for the
better has improved greatly, but those at the
head of the good roads movement must not
relax their efforts. 1t will require persistent
fighting to win this great cause.