The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-25

Annual Meeting of Rural Letter Car
riers.-The annual meeting of the Rural Let.
ter Carriers of Baltimore county will be held
in the Central Y NJ. G. A. Building, Charles
and Saratoga streets, Baltimore, Thursday,
May Both, at $50 A. NJ. All carriers and their
substitutes in the county are requested to at
tend. Topics of interest to carriers will be dis
cussed and an account of the last national
meeting at Peoria, Illinois, will be given by
State President Thomas G. Pearce, of Glenarm.
The officers are President, Charles Royston,
Hampstead; secretary, Leonard X. Clifton,
Woodensburg treasurer, John Hughes, up
perco.
President Pearce, of the State organization,
is a candidate for president of the National
Rural Letter Carriers Association, the annual
convention of which will be held in Atlanta,
Ga. in October next, and the Maryland carriers
generally should give him hearty support in
view of the fact that he possesses every qualiii-
cation for the Office. The meeting OF the State
Association will be held it Baltimore on Labor
Day-the first Monda in September next.
Farms Change Hands.-The farm for
merly owned by the late James NJ. Anderson,
near Phoenix, 10th district, and which was
latterly owned by Mr.. Henry @. Wilson. who
sold it to the late Henry ID. Perky, has again
changed hands, the new owner being Mr.. W.
H. Channings, of Kankakee Illinois. The
place contains $50 acres and II is said the price
paid was So $50. When Mr.. Wilson sold this
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that he got $500 for IT, Il is located on the
road leading from Phoenix to Carroll's Manor.
Mr.. Walter l.. King. agent, has sold the
Frederick G. wilkins farm, near Parkton, 7th
district, to Mr.. Edwin l.. Hall for 5000. The
place contains ia acres and has good improve
ments. II adjoins the farms OF Messrs. Will
liam Ensor and William H. Little.
Notch CHI stock Farm Solicitation &
Gahan, auctioneers. sold at the Court House
fna foe L
Preston. David Stewart and John b. Demlng,
trustees, the Notch Cliff Stock Farm OF the late
John X. Cowen, In lower Long Green Valley,
18th district purchased by Mr.. William
Hops, Of Baltimore. for e20,l0O. The farm
comprises Asa acres, much of IL very productive
large barns, with other necessary improve
ments. Il is said the new owner will use u as
a stock farm, for which II was established by
the late Mr.. Cowen.
Found Dead In q Quarry Hole.-The
body of Daniel Cummings. 40years old and I'M
married, was found floating in the water OF an
abandoned quarry at Texas, N. Q. X. K, on
Wednesday. 1t was supposed to have been IN
the water about three weeks. Justice David
Price. OF Texas, summoned jury Of inquest
at which DR.. b. K. Benson was present NO
marks of violence being found on the body q
verdict of accidental drowning was rendered.
| Cummings was formerly employed by MI j.
ID. LINDSAY, lime burner, put ndu IeCenhy
worked at Sparrow's Point. Cummings has
relatives in Baltimore.
Franklin High School Graduates:-The
graduating class of Franklin High School,
| Resterstown, is constituted as follows: Presi-
dent, Donald Reitz; vice-president. Peter
Zouck secretary, Miss Lucy Clark treasurer,
| Charles Waters Misses Pauline Sisk, Pauline
| Derr, Bessie Rohrbaugh, Rebecca Cockey,
Mabel Stocksdale, A. McKenny, Norman Low
| rev, Claude Leight and Edward Graefe. The
class day exercises will take place On 'WedDsV
day, June 10th, and the commencement 9.
cises on Thursday evening, June Goth.