The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-10

THE Election Supervisors Of Baltimore
county were obliged to supply. 30, 400 ballots
! for the election held last Tuesday. or little
Unregistered vote which Is something Ike 70 90.
- Hilda Chilcoat, the 7-year-old daughter
of the late Aquila n. Chilcoat. of the 9Th dis
trict, takes much pride in the fact that she ID
quite an expert bread and cake baker. Rather
young to have mastered such an accomplish
ment.
-sMr. John P. George, who had been
conductor On the Northern Central Railway q
number of years, died at his home in Wood
berry few days ago as the result Of an acci-
dent. He was 40 years Of age and leaves
family.
Two Towson young ladies have built up
quite profitable trade in baking cakes and
disposing of them to private families around
the country. One does the inside work while
the other drives about making sales and COL
lections.
- More personal property sales in the south
eastern section Of this county are being adver-
| tised in TIE UNION. There has been an I'M
usual member of them lately and Mr.. Ed. ].
Hermann, the popular auctioneer, has had his
| hands full.
- More old persons. ranging in age from
20 to IS Or more years, have died in Bal
timore county lately than we ever knew before
in SO short q time at this season Of the year.
! The deaths have been so numerous to call
| forth comment.
~ Much interest is being manifested in the
district Sunday school convention to be held
in Parkton NJ. P. Church, on Saturday and
Sunday, November 18th and 18th. Several
well known Sunday school workers will take
| part in the program.
" - The Treasury Department of the United
States has extended the charter of The Towson
National Bank for period OF twenty years, or
| to November 9Th, 1925. A copy Of the new
charter is Published In the advertising columns
Ilof The UNION today.
IA Baltimore man arrested at the instance
of Deputy Game Warden Malcolm for gun
ming in Baltimore county without q license.
was fined $40 and costs by Justice Kehoe, of
Govanstown. This makes the sport of shoot
ing rabbits rather expensive.
"A fine sample of yellow corn. grown
upon the property of Mrs. Greenleaf johnson,
on Charles street avenue, was sent to THE
UNION Office few days ago. Mr.. Lowe Steed,
the gardener on the place, raised q barrels to
the acre-an uncommonly large crop.
-.in ten months Of the present calendar
has turned out considerably over 100 separate
sets of posters for sales of real estate and per-
sonal property in Baltimore county and we
now have orders ahead for several more.
Hon. John A. Nicholson, ex-member of
Congress- who died at his home in Dover, DEL,
last Saturday. aged 70 years, was the Oldest
brother of Mr.. Henry Ouarles Nicholson
editor of the Maryland Monthly Magazine,
published at Reisterstown, Baltimore county.
Va
but they had all they wanted to do the next
day keeping out of the way ofdogs and gunners.
And this reminds us that there are twenty gun
ners today to one twenty-five years ago. This
must be because guns have become so cheap.
-GOvanstown post0ffice will be located on
the first floor of the substantial new building
on the corner of York road and Homeland
avenue, just about being completed by the
Govanstown Land Loan and Building Asso-
citation. The P. O. Department has leased the
place for ten years.
The property known as the "Quick
place." situated on Franklin avenue in front
Of st. Anthony's Catholic Church, will be sold
at public sale, on the premises, on Tuesday,
November Goth. It contains about 55 acres and
is within five minutes walk of the trolley line
on the Belair road
THE country roads about Towson were
alive with automobiles last Sunday, many of
them going out to and around Loeb Raven.
The drivers of some of these machines pay no
attention whatever to the law regarding the
speed limit. They seem to be licensed to do
as they please here.
MIR. VIM. E. Peerce, of Dulany's Valley
who advertised q lot of Barred Rock cockerels
in THE UNION several weeks ago, was very
much pleased with the result of the advertise
ment as he made number of sales. Mr..
Peerce has the Bradley strain and they are said
to be remarkably fine birds.
-Orem's M. E. Church, Great Falls Cir
cult, which has undergone extensive repairs,
will be reopened next Sunday Theceremonies
will be conducted by Rev. W. L. Mcdowell,
assisted by other ministers. Several lodges
will participate in the ceremonies. Services
will continue throughout the day.
son on Tuesday to vote, leaving the Capital at
o'clock. He stopped long enough in Balti-
more to get breakfast and then reached Tow
son within the space of q hours. Only few
years ago it was thought to be almost days
journey from Towson to Washington.
The big oyster supper and rattle will
take place at Wolters Carney Hotel, on the
Hartford road, on Thursday evening, Novem-
Der 22d. The prizes will betwo driving horses
one to the highest throw and the other to the
lowest. The supper tickets are 30 cents and
each one entities the holder to a chance in the
rattle.
->The law prohibiting the sale Of liquor
on election day is an excellent one and it is
Of the county, so it is said, where little atten-
ton is paid to it. That is the front doors OF
saloons are kept closed while the ever handy
''side entrance is well understood by the
thirsty.
sCrushed stone is now being put on the
Joppa road east of Stansbury's Gap and on
Wednesday night several piles of the stone
were left in the middle OF the road with no
light to warn travellers of the danger. A man
driving a buggy was thrown out by running
into one of the piles. Perhaps damage suit
will follow.
IAN ardent Democrat drove off some dis
lance on Tuesday evening for an absent voter
and brought him to one of the Towson pre-.
cincts two minutes before the polls closed. he
was rushed into the room, given his ballot
and went to booth to mark it: But he placed
the mark on the outside and of course the vote
did not count.
THE Junior Gunpowder Agricultural
Club held its regular monthly meeting last
Saturday at the farm of Mr.. Daniel 3. Pearce,
with Mr.. Granville Matthews as foreman.
Members of the Senior Club were also present
by special invitation. Mr.. Pearce is success
full dairy farmer and the inspection committee
spoke highly of his work.
n Tuesdays election! passed very quietly
\ in Baltimore county and we did not hear of a
single breach of the peace. In Baltimore the
day was almost like Sunday, 30 quiet and
orderly was it. This was in marked contrast
to what went on in the city only few years
ago, when there were scenes Of riot and blood
shed at nearly every election.
IAN aged colored woman died at the home
of Mr.. ]. Albert Booth, in Towson, few days
ago. She had been faithful servant in the
Booth family more than twenty five years and
Mr.. Booth had her decently inferred. Strange
to say the woman had no name having been
taken from the aims house years ago and there
was no record there of her name.
- Many people of Ruxton are highly in
dgnant at what they assert to be the bungling
efforts of the county firemen at the fire that
destroyed the house of Mrs. Du Bots on Thurs.
day afternoon of last week. They assert that
the house could have been easily saved had
the firemen understood their business and been
willing to work. They claim that it was over
two hours burning.
->Don't 60 to law with neighbor if you
can settle your differences by arbitration. The
winner of lawsuit is often the loser after all,
to say nothing of the hard feelings, disrupted
friendships and bad influences upon communi-
ties. Arbitrate-'tis much cheaper and great
deal better, saves time, temper and religion,
lessons taxation, and strengthens friendships,
while lawsuits make enemies.
THE third quarterly meeting Of Hereford
Circuit was held last Saturday at Mt Carmel
Church. with Presiding Elder Mcdowell in
the chair. The need of church on the Falls
road was considered. but the sentiment was in
favor of Butler, a mile and half further south.
DR.. Mcdowell, Dr. ]. Edward Benson and
Mrs. M. G. Gill were appointed committee
to consider the best interests Of Dover Church.
II THE people in and about Woodlawn,
Baltimore county, are actively at work to have
the name of the postoffice at that place changed
back to what it was originally, and what it had
been for over fifty years-Powhatan. A petit
ton to the P. D. Department bearing this re-
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