The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-08-11

OF Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Hnllnps, VINO 1--we
near White Hall, died few days ego. The
interment was at Dry Branch M. p. Church.
Mr.. William H. Swift died on Thursday
morning at the home of bis son, Mr.. Nj. X.
Swift, Of White Hall, aged u years. The
cause of his death was paralysis. A widow
and four sons survive him.
MIR. Fred Price, of Weymouth, Mass, has
been spending some time with his grand
mother, Mrs. Catharine Cuddy, Of White Hall.
He is a native of Baltimore county and for
merly resided at Warren. 5.
Randallstown and Vicinity, I'd District.
-Messrs. Charles and Edgar Belt, who are
night last RECALLED the congregation of Randalls-
town Presbyterian Church with musical selec-
tions that were highly appreciated.
The Sunday school of Mt. Olive NJ. E.
Church held its annual picnic on the church
lawn, on Wednesday, August 9Th.
L. V. Holt of this place, has been much ad-
mired by her friends this week.
Mrs. M. G. Miles and son, OF Baltimore,
have been spending few days with Mrs. d.
l.. Day. of this place.
Mr.. y. A. Clagett, of this place; raised fine
these weighed go pounds. They are of the
maggie Murphy" variety.
The Ladies' Mite Society Of this place will
hold its next meeting at the home OF Mr.. VIM.
w. Russell. ID.
Camp. Meetines-Old and New.-August
is the camp meeting month, when people flock
to the woods to worship God in the midst of
His works. says the Baltimore american. Ma.
ture as He made it, and not as it has been
modified by man, is what the worshippers
used to seek, and this is still the object of the
campers in some sections. There are spots on
the Eastern Shore remote from populous GEN.
tiers where the old-time campmeetiDg in all its
simplicity and glory is annually held, and
there are even places where the more elemen-
tary bush-meeting holds its own. At the
former many thousands gather. They came
in ali sorts Of vehicles and in all kinds Of boats
the waters in the vicinity being alive with
canoes and the old fashioned rules are strict
ly observed. The horn blows, and the sinners,
meet for repentance, pour out OF the tents and
the bushes, and, after filling the benches,
cluster in numbers about the platform. whence
the preachers make their appeals. The most
persuasive divines travel long distances to give
assurance to the faithful and excite anxiety in
the hearts of the unregenerate.
Their efforts are usually successful to a
large extent. In the old camp.meeting belt
we call it old, for it originated in the early
dawn of Methodism-mOre persons have been
induced to embrace religion than by any other
means. There is reason for this. Sincere and
eloquent divines, with nature in its varied
phases to inspire them and soften their hearers
are conditions calculated to excite religious
fervor. That this realization of holy things
may sometimes be fleeting accords with both
Scripture and worldly experience. All of the
sewers seed did not spring up, and that which
fell upon light soil had short and capricious
history. Men are graded in their capacity
even for the absorption of religious truth, and
it may be possible that they will be judged
hereafter in accordance with their weaknesses.
In portions of this State there are people whose
only knowledge of religion has been obtained
at the annual camp. meeting. This knowledge
may not be profound it may not be sufficient
to make them seek earnestly, but it does
modify their lives and make them better
citizens and neighbors than they would other
wise be. They have gone to camp-meeting
with such regularity from the very infancy
that to miss it without some strong reason for
so doing would fill them with mysterious dread
and cast shadow over their lives for the rest of
the year.
But campmeetings, like other religious
things, have undergone revolution. The
recreation feature has always been recognized,
the combination of religion and pleasure, but
in the old-fashioned camp-meetings the pleas
ure was marred by the discomforts of print
tive tents, unwelcome bugs and downpours Of
rain. There have been camp meetings when
it rained every day, and, with a singular per-
versity, usually begun to pour just as the horn
was blown for service. The only expedient
was for the preachers to go round to the indi-
vidual tents and hold short services under the
dripping flaps. The new idea is to build houses
instead of tents, and Enclosures for the services
instead of holding them in the open air. Such
camp-meetings are deprived of many of the
elementary attractions of the old gatherings,
bat the additional comfort. and even luxury,
gained fully compensates those who can afford
the expenditure. They are not unlike the
chautauquas held in different parts of the
country, except that they are purely religious
gatherings.
The new style of camp-meeting is open to
all, and is largely visited by the natives in its
vicinity, but it is really representative of the
higher secular and religious culture while the
old style represents more conspicuously the
common people in their simplicity. Each has
broad field and there can be no conflict be-
tween them. In their various ways they
spread the gospel and leaven society with the
truths of religion.
Some Doubt the Justice of This License
Tax.-As result of crusade being made by
city officials with the assistance of the police
to force compliance with the law requiring all
wagons to be licensed, number of team owners
living in Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Carroll
counties have recently been arrested, says the
Baltimore Ne,cS. How to deal with their cases
has puzzled both the police magistrates and
the city authorities. The law. strictly con-
strued, requires that they must have licenses.
1t was designed not as revenue-producing
measure, but to afford an easy method OF
identification of teams. The 81 per horse
charged for these licenses is a registry tax,
pure and simple. So long as there were COM
paratively few county teams coming into the
city regularly there was probably no special
need to have them licensed and registered, but
in recent years the situation has changed very
materially because of the large increase in the
number Of teams coming into the city every
day. There are many good reasons why city
ho md of Yod
and these reasons apply with equal force to
certain proportion of county teams.
1t has been the policy of the city in recent
years to require that county teams commonly
using the streets of Baltimore, in the language
of the law, shall be licensed, and this phrase
has been interpreted to mean the teams oil
factories stores, etc.. in the ighboring villages
which come to the city or pass through i
practically every day. Produce wagons which
cometo the city and 60 directly back to the coun.
ty are held to be exempted as also, of course, are
carriages and other pleasure vehicles. Neither
Mayor Timanus nor the other city officials
charged with the duty of enforcing the Law
have any desire to press heavily upon county
team owners or to in any way hamper the in
terchange of business between the counties anc
the city, but they feel they are justified in re-
quiring that county teams commonly using
the streets of Baltimore shall be licensed anc
registered, just as are teams owned in the city
A New Job for Mr.. Crosby.-The United
Railways officials have engaged Mr.. w. W
Crosby, formerly roads engineer for Baltimore
county, as a consulting engineer in the worl
of repairing the four turnpikes owned ant
controlled by the company and leading from
Baltimore.
1t has been explained that the repairs viii
be made on scientific lines, and are INTENDED
to be more or less permanent The prepare
ton for the work will be under the direction
of the company's engineers, and they will alst
supervise the construction when the contracts
are awarded.
Mr.. Crosby is chief engineer of the highway
division of the Maryland Geological Survey
As the turnpikes are more or less part OF tn
public road system adjacent to Baltimore,
was deemed advisable to consult him as to tn
character Of repairs needed. His engineering
skill in this particular field. it was thought
would be useful in suggesting the methods =
secure the best and most lasting results. In
railways company, it is said. win expend o.
the roads whatever is needed to put them il
good order.