The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-04-27

1 CONTRACTOR knlpp9. Ids tree was one Vi tns
landmarks ofthe,town and Is believed BY many
to have been fully 200 years old.
- The long contemplated improvements tc
the railroad station at Cockeysville have at last
been commenced and no doubt long suffer
ing public will appreciate them when they are
completed. The expense to the company Will
be between four and five thousand dollars.
1.-THE country roads about Baltimore were
alive with motor cars last Sunday. Some OF
them that passed through Towson went so FAST
THAT it was not possible to tell what their occu.
lpants looked like. No doubt they were all good
Hooking even with their automobile toys on.
- Garden Lodge, /. o. D. F., of Garden
vile, attended service last Sunday morning at
Andrew Chapel NJ. E. Church South, when the
pastor, Rev. G. M. Hesser, preached an appro-
pirate sermon on the 88th anniversary OF the
order. Rev. Thomas Brown assisted in the
services.
1.-The eighth annual Grand National Point
to- Point race will be run near Stevenson, Green
Spring Valley. on Monday afternoon. May 9th,
starting at 430 o'clock. The committee in
| charge of the race is composed OF MesSrs. D.
| Lurman Stewart, Geo. S. Nicholas and Horace
White, Jr.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society
| of Ashland Presbyterian Church will reor.
| ganize next Sunday afternoon at o'clock and
| will hold meetings every Sunday thereafter at
the same hour These meetings will be in
structive and spiritually helpful to the older as
well as the young folks.
->As will be seen by reference to the an
nual levy published IN the advertising columns
of The UNION today, County Commissioner
George w. Yellott did not sign that document.
| 1t bad his full approval except the amount
| levied for schools. This he thought too high,
hence his refusal to concur.
| - Five downcast looking people, four men
Hand woman, passed through this city on Sum-
n day morning in an automobile drawn by
L horse and a mule. It's the same old story.
| The machine wouldn't run and they wouldn't
walk. One of the party said: 'Ain't we
sporty. ~ Westminster Advocate.
- The extensive sale of Mr. Harrison Riders
liverv stable stock, vehicles, harness. ETC., will
take place at his stable in Towson, on Wednes-
day, May 9Th, and will no doubt attract large
crowd. 1t will be an out-and-out sale, as Mr..
Rider has leased his stable to Messrs. Duke
hart & Co. for period of ten years.
"a daughter of Mr.. William Hunt, of
Towson, aged IL years, had an operation for
appendicitis successfully performed at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital last Sunday, and she
is rapidly recovering. The case was correctly
ed the child sent at once to the hospital.
AT the meeting of the Baltimore Pres
bytery, held last week, it was decided to accept
the invitation of Ashland Presbyterian Church
to hold the next meeting in June at the church
at Ashland. This will be the first meeting of
the Presbytery at Ashland Church and it is ex-
pected the gathering will be large one.
1.-The second stallion produce stakes of the
Manor Glen Racing Association is being adver-
tised in THE UNION this week. This is an ex-
cellent opportunity to improveth the stock of the
county and farmers and others should not ne
glect it. DIR. Thomas H. Emory is president
of the association and Mr.. ]. j. Reuter-, Sec
rotary.
- At the sale of the personal effects of Mr..
c. G. Hall, at Sunnybrook, on Monday last
mahogany sideboard. said to be over 100 years
DID, was bid up by Baltimore dealer to STA. so,
when a member of the family bid it in at $75.
It has the brass claw feet and other attach
ments that are thought to make such antiques
valuable.
- John Hiltz & Sons Co., of Baltimore
county was incorporated on Monday at Tow
son by Messrs. John, John P, Howard and
Philip R. Hitz and John H. Richardson. The
capital stock is $751; 00 divided into 300 shares
at $50 each. The object of the corporation is
to buy and sell real estate and engage In build
ing operations.
- delegation from the Sd district appeared
before the County Commissioners this week
and entered protest against the increase of the
tax rate of 10 cents in that district, the money
to be spent on the roads. It was shown that
the required two-fifths of the taxable basis was
in favor of the increase and the Board put on
the special tax.
- Rev. Charles Rhodes, general secretary
of the Maryland Sunday School Union. will
conduct meeting at o'clock P. NJ, on Mon
day, April 10Th, in Calvary Baptist Church,
Towson, to be followed by children g meeting
at 4 O'Clock. At O'Clock P. NJ, he will deliver
an address on "Su nday School Work." Pub
lie cordially invited.
The commission appointed to select
site for the new high-servlce reservoir in Baltl
more city on Wednesday agreed on what is
known as the Williams site, which is located
between Walbrook and Foresk Park. 1t con-
tains 551 acres and is owned by Mr.. w. ). q.
Williams and the Oer estate. The price asked
for the land is $4,000.
n = Droeidonf Tamoc T TindsQV Of the Tow
lson Improvement Association, gives out the
gratifying information that the main OF the
Consolidated Gas Company will be extended
from Govanstown to Towson, and that work
will begin in thirty days. This is one of the
good things that the improvement Association
has thus far accomplished.
- Messrs. T. A. B. Dukehart & Co., who
have leased the large brick stables of Mr.. Har-
rson Rider for period of ten years, will take
possession of the property on the 18th of next
month. Mr.. Dukehart spent some time in
New York this week and brought back with
him several extra fine combination horses
that are now at his stables.
THE Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club
met last Saturday at the home of Mr. Laban
Sparks at Sparks Station, n. G. r. R., with
Mr.. Thomas " Richardson as foreman. The
principal discussion was on the use of CONNER
cial fertilizers for corn. The club unanimously
favored the passage of law taxing dogs in the
interest of sheep husbandry.
end, has made a remarkable record. High
winds have prevailed, accompanied by frost
and ice a number of mornings. There has also
been snow, but comparatively little rain. On
account of the unreasonable weather vegeta'
ton has made very little progress and the spring
is back ward in that respect also.
n THE Baltimore Conference OF the African
NJ E. Church, which met this year in Balti-
more, made the following appointments for
Baltimore county churches Gainesville, John
A Hor
Bottom W. E. Trusty Cockeysville. John w.
Bowie; Carroll, G. E. Herbert; Randallstown,
j. r. Nelson Mt. Winans, L. A. Stevens.
THE 5-year old daughter of Mr.. George
Carey, of Sherwood who was accidentally
shot in the stomach few days ago by her
S.year-old brother, is improving at the Union
Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore The boy
found pistol in drawer and while he was
playing with the weapon it went OFF, with the
result stated. The wound was serious one.
ELI II. ]. Houck, of Houck's MILL 10th
district, who was lodged in Jail here on the
charge of shooting his neighbor, George Miles,
Jr., has been released on bail by Justice Her
bert, Messrs Lewis Troyer and Harry Sutton
becoming surety for him in the sum OF 81, 600.
DIR. T. Ross Payne says that Miles will recover.
The shooting was the outgrowth of an old feud.
MIR. Charles STREET., who died at the
home of his son at Summit, H., on Saturday
last aged IA years. was for many years owner
and proprietor of Streets Hotel and wagon
ward on the corner OF FOreSC ana dlllen StIeetS,
Baltimore. He was well known to hundreds
of Baltimore and Hartford county people. The
remains were brought on and inferred in Green
mount Cemetery.
n The first Sunday in May is the time when
thousands of people from Baltimore flock out
into this county by the suburban trolley lines
and unless they are closely watched they will
do much damage to fruit trees by breaking off
the branches for the blossoms. 1t is strange
that people with ordinary sense should be so
needless and thoughtless of the rights of others
as to destroy their property in this manner:
"a minister who was among the callers
at THE UNION Office on Monday spoke of the
advantages ~ of rural free delivery and said he
| recently sent a letter to South Dakota that
reached its destination sooner than one sent at
the same time to point in Maryland not far
from Baltimore. A gentleman who was with
the minister said be is now nine miles from
his postoffice, whereas before r. +. ID. he was
within a stones throw of it.
II THE tax levy for the coming fiscal year
was signed by the County Commissioners on
Thursday and will be found in the advertising
columns of THE UNION. The taxable basis has
been considerably increased, as compared with
last year, but the increased appropriations has
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