The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-05-14

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"A very unusual sight was witnessed in
Towson on Friday morning. This was two
horse farm wagon loaded with sleeps wool
going in the direction of Baltimore. Dogs
have almost driven sheep raising out Of Balti
more county, hence the scarcity of home
grown wool.
THE twelfth annual meeting of the
farmers organizations of this State will be
held at the Maryland Agricultural College, on
Friday, May 9th. This is always an inter
esting occasion and usually well attended by
representative farmers from nearly every Sec
ton of the State.
- Last Sunday Bishop Paret confirmed q
class of eight persons at St. Thomas Church,
Garrison Forest, and he conducted confirma-
tion services at st. Johns Church, Mt. Wash.
ington, on Thursday last. The Bishop will
visit Trinity Church, Towson, on Sunday
morning, May 22d.
->Tbe Riggs road mstter-the now cele-
brated case from Green Spring Valley-again
came up in the Circuit Court here on Thursday
and il begins to look as though there will be
no enc 20 me sso".rs o1s =.
lawyers are engaged in the case.
Mr.. Thomas Brown, who has rented the
Valley Hotel, at Bosley postoffice, on the Du-
lany's Valley pike, will open the house to the
public on Saturday. May 21st. This house
was hotel more than one hundred years ago
and it was then a centre for the sporting ele-
ment who kept race horses, fought game
cocks, etc.
-Towson has put on is best spring suit
and is now looking its prettiest. Strangers
coming here at this season of the year are al
ways charmed with the beauties of the town.
In addition to its other attractions the town is
noted for its healthfulness and this of itself is
recommendation that always counts for
something.
THE Towson baseball team again went
down to defeat before the Colonials of Balti-
more last Saturday afternoon, on the grounds
here-score IA 10 Z. We are glad to see that
the home team has decided to pull itself to-
gether and do more practice and team work.
Can't play baseball unless proper attention is
given to details.
THE Board of Election Supervisors met
at TowsOn on Tuesday and organized by re.
electing Mr.. William A. Slade, Democrat.
president; Mr.. Thomas ]. Hunter, clerk, and
Mr.. Arthur P. Shanklin, attorney. The other
members of the Board are Mr.. Charles H.
Wise, Democrat, and Mr. Jarrett n thinner
man, Republican.
Tuesday, June 18th, will be Flag Day
and there should be special observances of it,
especially by the children of the public schools.
June 14th is the 127th anniversary of the adop-
ton of the Stars and Stripes as the national
emblem. The children should be taught to
venerate the flag, which is the emblem Of the
nations greatness.
Those people who may wish to COM
plain about bad roads, defective bridges etc.,
must now either write to or call upon the
Highways Commission, which now has all
such matters in charge. This commission
meets on Thursday of every week and is COM
posed of the County Commissioners, Messrs.
Yellott, Slade and Mann.
lit is now stated that the personal estate
of the late John X. Cowen will amount to
something like $3.50, 900, mostly in stocks and
bonds. Among his real estate holdings is the
fine farm in lower Long Green Valley, which
is known as Notchcliff. Mr.. Frederick Dali
lam, of the Baltimore bar, with Mrs. Cowen,
has been named as administrators.
THE county Republican convention in
Towson on Monday was very quiet affair
so orderly, in fact, that stranger in town
would not have known that anything unusual
was going on. All of the fifteen districts were
fully represented and the delegates were of a
class, in point of character and intelligence,
that speaks well for the future of the party.
1.-THE Brooklandwood annual handicap
steeplechase will be run in Green String Valley,
this Saturday afternoon, the start being on
Mr.. H. Carroll Browns estate and the finish
on Mr.. J. A. UIman's. There are four entries
The prizes will be silver cups given by Mr..
and MESss Il b. 2. - roynz-l. so TO the ginning
more have been sued for 81. 900 because girl
walking along the street stumbled over a
wooden box. The accident or whatever &C.
Cured away back in September, 1901. 1t ap-
pears that large damage suits can grow from
very small causes these days. Don't it look
like the business is being great deal over
done2
MAY, 1903, was "dry" month in Balti-
more county and the lack of rain killed the
clover crop. But the frequent rains that fol-
lowed saved the timothy but seriously dam
aged the corn crop. Some fields did not get
even one working on account of frequent
rains. But upon the whole the year was not
bad one for farmers, especially in the matter of
prices.
"a silver medal contest will be held in
Towson NJ. E. Church, on Friday evening of
next week, Goth inst, under the auspices of
Towson Loyal Temperance Legion. The con-
testants are all members of Towson M. E.
Sunday school and the Rotations will be in
terspersed with singing by members of the
Junior Epworth League connected with that
church.
- Allegany avenue, Towson, has been ex-
tended westwardly through the property
known as Audubon Park so as to intersect
Woodbine avenue, which extends north and
opens up new section, which will be rapidly
developed. Three houses are now in course of
erection on the Joppa road, and it is likely
others will soon follow.
Several teachers of the Sunday school of
Trinity Church. Towson, attended the annual
meeting of the Sunday School Institute of the
Diocese of Maryland that was held at Emman-
uel Church, Baltimore on Wednesday. Bishop
Paret was reelected president of the Institute,
and Rev. Percy F. Hall, rector of st. limo
thy's Church. Catonsville, was chosen men,
Der of the executive committee.
- Towson Lodge, l. o. 0. f., celebrated
the eighty-fifth anniversary of the order last
Sunday morning by attending divine service at
Towson Methodist Episcopal Church and lis
tening to an able sermon by the pastor, Rev.
John r. Edwards who is an officer of the
lodge Mr.. William Bowen of s., the last sur
vivor of the charter members of Towson
Lodge was among those who attended the SER
vice. The lodge was fifty-two years old last
January.
The People Should be Protected from
These Raids.-The Baltimore Sun says: Sub
urban residents along the trolley lines CON-
plain bitterly of the raids that are made every
May ON the fruit-tree blooms of their orchards
and the wild flowers of the fields and woods.
Men, women and children Of all ages are the
offenders. Branches of large size are broken
from the fruit trees, and even the Towering
shrubs on lawns suffer in these annual raids.
On some of the suburban places vicious dogs
are kept for protection, but the owners hesitate
to let them loose on children who evidently
have never been taught or brought up to re-
spect the property Of others. Farther out in
the country, even two or more miles from the
terminus of the trolley lines, these outrages are
sometimes perpetrated by bicyclists. Some
wears ago in the vicinity of Halls Spring
trailing arbutus and laurel grew in great pro-
fusion. The raiders came and pulled up the
arbutus by the roots, picked the blooms of
and threw the roots down to die. Large
branches of the laurel were broken off until it
was ruined, and today there is hardly sign of
either at that point. In some states there is
penalty for taking anything but the bloom of
arbutus.
protection should be afforded the residents
who suffer from these raids, mainly on Sum
days. When fruit ripens these same raiders
do not hesitate to help themselves. A few
sharp lessons from the law would improve the
manners, if not the morals of these Sunday
trespassers. The Baltimore county authorities
should give the matter their immediate at
tention."
Woman's Club Ofacers Elected.-The
annual meeting of the Woman's Club of Ro'
land Park was held Wednesday afternoon at the
club house, Cold Spring lane and Roland ave,
nue., when the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Benja-
min w. Corcoran first vice president, Mrs.
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