The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-07-22

Fork, 18th District The annual reunio
Of the Eve SUNDAY schools, Of Long Green Gil
cult; NJ, e. Church, will be held Wednesday
August I'd, In the grove Of Mr.. J. w. b. Clay
ton, at Fork. Great preparation Is being mad
to entertain the people, as 1t is expected larg
history Of this regular annual event.. One
the attractions will be the awarding of priz
to the prettiest baby. Baby shows are grea
events at some places, notably Asbury Park
n. j., and as the old 18th district Is becoming
noted for other things we may as well be ri
on this. We hope to have our new Secretar.
] of the Navy, Hon. Charles ]. Bonaparte. pres
ent, as his palatial summer residence and farm
! is only mile from the grove.
Mrs. Beall. wife of Rev. N. L. Beall. pasto
ofLong Green Circuit, will spend abouta month
| at Berkeley Springs, w. Va.
Mr.. Albert Foard has the finest prospect fo
large potato crop that has ever been seen il
| this section. He commenced digging some re
Gently but stopped when he found that they
! were vines that had roots about a foot long ex
| tending out from the bills which has as many
as ten potatoes on that are still growing. de
was getting at the rate of about 200 bushels tc
the acre, but if he lets all these grow that arr
| on the vines he will far exceed this. The vines
| are green and the potatoes will continue tc
grow Just as long as there is life in the vine, as
the strength of the vine goes to maket the potato
the potato itself having no root TO take up
plant food from the ground. but gets all its
food from the vine. Many crops are shortened
by digging too soon, and nearly all crops are
smaller than they should be because in work
ing the roots of the crop are cut and torn in
cultivating. The old way Of billing up Pota'
toes is out of date. Level, shallow cultivating
for them after they are up; deep blowing, deep
narrowing before planting; deep .cultivatine
after planting until up; then shallow. is the
proper way for potatoes. Mr.. Foard did not
hill up these potatoes, nor did he work them
late.
Mr.. Leonard Foard, who has about IL acres
of potatoes, is trying new potato digger that
elevates the dirt. potatoes and vines, separating
the potatoes and leaving them on top in sight,
with ground left level. This way of digging
will come into general use.
1 A leading farmer of the 18th district got
some seed corn from neighbor who had the
reputation Of having fine corn. He planted it,
after selecting it the old way, according to the
looks of it. 1t made very poor stand; some
hills none, some one. few having enough:
Replanting had to be done The result will
be greatly diminished crop. When the Corn
Special went over the Md. q Pa. X. X. 1t
stopped at his station, but he did not think it
worth while to go out as he was of the opinion
that testing seed corn did not amount TO mucn
and that chose fellows" could not teach him
how to grow corn. He now owns up like a
man that if he had tested this seed corn he
would not have planted it. 1t is a dear lesson
to him, but hope well learned one.
Mr.. Frank Wright took the first load of cab
bage to Baltimore this season from this section
ON Tuesday night and got cents per head
wholesale, which was general surprise as
the price has been very low. Mr.. Wright has
a very fine field of cabbage and if prices remain
at So per hundred he will make snug sum
out of it.
The International Superior Jury of awards
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (he
Worlds Fair held last year at ST. Louis), has
awarded w. H. Riddle, of Fork, silver medal
and diploma, as collaboration with D. 7. Hal
lock & Sons, in developing the use of the Hal
lock cultivator. Mr.. Riddle had charge of the
exhibit at the fair of these cultivators, and has
the vast usefulness of them in cultivating all
crops with them, thus saving all hoeing and
much time and labor. He also has succeeded
in getting them adopted by the Department
of Agriculture. X.
White Hall, N. G. R. R.-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Wise, of this place, gave party
on Monday night last in honor of their guests,
Mrs. George Stewart and daughter, of Quincy,
ILL.,, who have been spending some time with
relatives and friends in this section of the
county.
Rev. A. T. Stewart, of York, Pa, preached
at Bethel Presbyterian Church last Sunday
morning, and on next Sunday Rev. s. NJ.
Engle, of Berkeley Springs, W. Va, will fill
the pulpit. Both are candidates for the pas
torate of the church.
Children's day services will be held on Sum-
day evening next, July 23d, in the Presbyterian
Church at this place. Mr.. John H. Seitz, SUI
per;ntendent of the Sunday school, will be in
charge and pleasant time is promised.
few days ago Webster Anderson, son of
Mr.. E. NJ. Anderson, while attempting to climb
into heavy wagon, the team started and the
front wheel of the wagon passed over his left
foot, MASKING and bruising it, DR.. B. 9.
Houser dressed the wound.
The heirs of the late Benjamin F. Jordon
have sold to Mr.. James P. Jordan two tracts
of land containing 180 acres and to Mr.. BeDJa-
min F. Jordan, Jr., farm containing 15l
acres. Both adjoin each other and are located
on the Old York road, in the 7th district The
properties are a part of an original tract OF
about 1000 acres, which was known as AM
derson's Retreat"
last Saturday evening by Misses Lulu and
Anna Norris at their home here. Those pres
emit were Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Dryden, Mr.. and
Mrs. William E. Norris, Mr.. and Mrs. ]: L.
Slade, Misses Alice Black, Bessie Parrish,
Bertha Elliott, Charlotte Evans and Messrs.
Norris Hendrix, Allan Sparks, Millard Black,
Carroll Hunter, J. Fred. Hunter. Charles Bos-
ley, Walter Chipchase, John Bosley and Marcus
Bosley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Henderson, of Indiana
polls, Ind, who had been spending some time
with relatives and friends in this section of
turned to their home.
Miss Eva Hunter, of Baltimore, is visiting
relatives at White Hail.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel J. Jones entertained
the White Hall Aid Society on Saturday eve
ming last.
Messrs Willard A. Black and w. Carroll
Hunter will spend fortnight at Camp Iroquois,
Lake George. New York.
Mr.. John II. Seitz has returned from his two
weeks vacation and is again acceptably dis
charging his duties as agent for the Northern
Central Railway Company at White Hall.
Mrs. Houser, wife of DR.. B. G. Houser of
this place, has gone to Chestertown, Md, to
spend two weeks with friends
Miss Ada Almony, of Gorsuch Mills, is en-
ioying visit to Atlantic City, N. J.
Mr. John Rigney, of Sparrow's Point. is
spending his vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs George L. Rigney, of this place.
Miss Eva Cathcart, of this place, is visiting
relatives in Baltimore. s.