The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-06-15

Rayvine. eth District-The farmer is ex-
claiming "Oh, for a warm sunny Gay IA
June" The extremely cold and wet weather
is having its effect upon most OF our vegeIa-
ton. Especially is this true of growing corn,
which has such sickly appearance tnat so M
are fearing corn famine in this section. We
have been having frosts every week this spring
SO far but it is hoped that when the sun.s
solstice period arrives that we will be able 20
discern the seasons without beholdlng the
leaves OF the trees.
The entertainment given at Rayville on Fri
day night, June 7th, was very enloyaoie, az a.,
fair The hall was well filled and the "old
maids" acquitted themselves most nobiy. A
festival followed the exhibition and the net
proceeds from the whole was over SoO.
Last Sunday morning the Sabbath school at
Pine Grove Church celebrated Children Gay.
| The exercises were very interesting ana the
church edifice would not hold the large con-
congregation that met toenjoy them.
The Sunday school of Mt. Zion NJ. z. Churcn,
near Freeland, held its Children's exercises
last Sunday night. large gathering was
! present and the program well rendered.
st. Paul's Sunday school, an appointment OF
| Rayville Circuit of the q. B. Church, had
very full house on Sunday night to hear M Msa
| prepared program for Childrens day. The
| trustees at that place are erecting neat fence
around the church, which will very much I'M
prove its appearance.
Rev. E. c. Henderson, preacher in charge
| of Hereford, Forest and Gunpowder Baptist
churches, narrowly escaped what might have
been a very bad wreck as he was returning
| home on Sunday night from the last named
appointment. He was run into by some I'M
known person but luckily only the other party
had his vehicle badly damaged.
| There is great need of station house ana
additional conveniences at Walker Station, N.
C. r. r. About 500 gallons of milk are ship
ped daily from that point, in addition to
which could be made station for consldera-
| BILE travel for large section west of the rail-
road. Mr.. George II. Cameron, who keeps the
postoffce at that place, is very obliging gen.
| tleman and allows passengers 10 make use OF
his room for shelter, bnt if the railroad COM
pany would establish an agency there the bus
| mess would increase rapidly.
There is at present going on in the "Old
Sixth one of the most strenuous efforts for
supremacy in the Democratic party ever known
in its history. The independents" are
trying to down the regular organization and
many think it will take the count of the votes
to determine the result.
Next Sunday morning the Sunday school
at Gunpowder Church, Eklo, will celebrate
Children s day and on the following Sabbath
the Methodists will have a similar service
These affairs seem to excite great deal of in
terest and large crowds attend them. II is one
means of getting the people to attend church
and, it is said, funerals are another that bring
the same result. b.
Harrisonville, I'd District.-Children's day
services will be held at Mount Olive M. E.
Church, near Rockdale on Sunday next, June
10th, commencing at 1880 An
The Sunday school at Wards Chapel OBJ
served Children's day on Sunday last. The
services were of an unusually elaborate charac.
ter, consisting of two programs, one of which
was rendered at IL o'clock in the morning and
the other at o'clock in the evening. At the
morning service Rev. J. Edward Snyder off,
oio or nd addressed tho littln N the
evening Rev. W. E. Curley made the address
The children were trained for the occasion by
Misses Mollie Crooks and Carrie Kelly. Mrs.
j. Norris Price and Miss Louisa Holbrook pre-
sided at the organ and conducted the musical
part of the program.
Announcement was made at the last service
of the approaching nuptials of the junior pas
tor, Rev. j. Edward Snyder, and Miss Ada
Louise Watts, of Baltimore, and an invitation
was extended to the members OF the congrega.
ton to be present at the ceremony, which will
take place June 18th, at the Independent MethO-
dist Church of the Redeemer, in Baltimore, of
which Rev Jos. K SNYDER father Of the groom,
is pastor. Bishop Luther B. Wilson will Off.
ciate, assisted by Revs. Joseph K. Snyder and
w. E. Curley.
The usual aftermath of distressing reports is
coming from Randallstown and vicinity since
the devastating hail storm of the 9th instant
One trucker reports at least two-thirds OF bis
strawberry crop ruined, and fears for the re-
is required to keep berries from searching.
Peaches are declared total loss in the storm
zone and gardens are entirely ruined. M.
Kingsville, 18th District.-Mr. James Clark
and family, of Baltimore were the guests last
Sunday of Mr.. E. j. Bell. Mr.. Clark travels
in his automobile now but found the roads
very heavy on Sunday, owing to the frequent
rains lately.
Mr.. George R. Rittenhouse, Of Baltimore,
n 1ocf Of hio nar Mr.
and Mrs. Van Brant Rittenhouse.
Miss NJ. Stella Swift of Baltimore, spent the
weeks end with Miss Emily Quinlin.
Mrs. R. Howard Chapman and son Alfred
spent the weeks end;with Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Chapman.
Miss Margaret Lee Chapman, of Towson,
spent Saturday and Sunday last with Miss
Charlotte M. Chapman.
Mr.. Charles Keyser, of Baltimore, was
guest the past week Of Mr.. Alan D. Keyser::.
The strawberry festival held by the Ladies'
Aid Society Of st. Johns Church, on Saturday
last, was a success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Herndon are spend
ing some time at the White Sulphur Springs
and with Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Herndon's mother,
near Leesburg, Va.
Mr.. Gilpin Hutton, of Kingsville, is much
improved and is able to sit up short while
each day.
Mr. D. Sterett Cuttings and the Misses Git
tings are at Roslin, near Upper Falls, for the
summer.
Mrs. Harry G.. DeMoss has been quite sick
| at her home the past week. She is attended
| by DR.. N. s. Keyser.
| Miss Frank Moore, who has been visiting
| her sister, near Fountain Green, has returned
! to her home. u.
Fork, 18th District.-The person from Bal
| timore who some time ago purchased the old
p prong Of the Hartford road, near BALDWIN, is
erecting large building there for store pur-
| poses It is also said he proposes to conduct
saloon there. The people of the neighborhood
| are opposed to this and Rev. j. B. Hauck pas
| tor OF st. Johns Catholic Church, has gotten
| up petition against the granting of license
| to that place.
Children's day services will be held at Fork
NJ. E. Church, Sunday, June 10th, commend
! ing at 3P. M.
at the home of Mr.. D. A. Harlan on Friday of
| this week. The ladies are making arrange
ments to hold strawberry festival in Shirley
Hall, on Friday, June 2lst.
The wife of Mr.. Clarence Arthur, of this
| place. is critically ill at this time. She was
married to Mr. Arthur about year ago.
The road from Watkins Corner to the Guy
| toms Mill road distance of one mile, and
| the road from Fork to Baldwin have been sur
veyed preliminary to matchmaking them I'M
der the State aid road law K.
Lauraville, Hartford Road.-The Laura
vile Volunteer Fire Company attended the
| annual convention of the Maryland State Fire
mems Association at Annapolis this week.
| They took along their truck and about 40 men,
bers and made quite hit in the parade on
Thursday in their uniform of blue with the
letters L. V. F. Company across their shirts.
| They had the Alert Band of Belgravia with
them, in conjunction with the Alert Volunteer
Fire Company. The delegates to the conven-
ton were Vincent Hedeman, J. H. Albrecht,
F. F. Schneider, John Eigner and F. F. Ear
nest Sack alternates George Emmel, George
McCleary, Carroll Hall, Leonard Detman and
| Charles Hoerder.
There was sharp contest at the convention
for the next presidency of the association but
Capt. B. q. Stanton, of Roland Park, was de-
clared elected.
| Most prominent of the speakers who nomi-
| mated Mr.. Stanton was Ex-State Senator James
J. Lindsay, of Towson, who made strong APP
| peal for him. d. !.
Brooklandville, Sd District.-The annual
June meeting at Sater's Baptist Church was
held Sunday, June 9th. The occasion was the
165th anniversary of old Sater's. The usual
| allday service was held and the ideal weather
| brought out large crowd. In the morning