The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-11-14

meeting of Monkton Circuit convened at Clyn
malira NJ. E. Church, on Saturday and Sun
day last. Rev. DR.. W. L. Mcdowell preached
on Saturday, at IL A. NJ, on the Wisdom oil
Winning Souls" and after bountiful ant
toothsome lunch, provided by the ladies of tn.
congregation, the business meeting was held
with DR.. Mcdowell presiding and W. Roystor
Matthews, recording steward. Forty-four con
versions were reported by the pastor. Rev
VIM. ID. Beall. Mrs. Ida Merryman, president
of the General Ladies' Aid Society, was sp
proved as a member of the quarterly confer
ence, and Messrs. William II. Norris, John I
Burns, William J. Slower, w. Royston Mat
thews and Wesley A. Royston were elected
delegates to the Laymen,s Convention. Or
Sunday morning DIR. McDowelPs theme was
1.-The Loving Care of God" A large congre
cation was present both days and collection
was taken at which $500 more was given
then was as ked for
DR.. w. L. Mcdowell was entertained at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hutchins dur
ing his stay in the neighborhood.
Last Saturday Mr.. VIM. D. Curry entertained
the Junior Gunpowder Agricultural Club and
had as guests the Senior Club and the Fallston
Farmers Club also Mr.. Newton Stabler, OF
the Enterprise Club, and Mortimer Stabler, OF
the Montgomery Club. of Montgomery county,
Md, and Mr.. Milton E. Smith, of Norristown,
Md, who gave lecture on corn. Forty seven
guests sat down to the hospitable board of MI
and Mrs. Curry. IS of them being gentlemen.
Mr.. George E. Shelley was appointed dele
gate. and Mr.. Upton II. Tarbert alternate to
the State Farmers League meeting next month.
Miss Bessie Baker, of Baltimore is visiting
Miss Annie E. Curry, of the Manor.
Mrs Edwards and Mrs. Anderson, mother
and aunt of Mrs. VIM. D. Curry, returned to
their home in Baltimore last week, after hav-
ing spent the summer with Mrs. Curry.
Mrs Henry Harvey, of the Manor, is quite
i'll at this time with heart trouble.
Mr.
agent at Monkton, is enjoying his annual two
weeks vacation and while off duty will take a
trip to Washington, D. c.; also to Frederick,
Md, besides fishing and hunting, of which
sports he is an ardent deciple.
The Green Spring Valley hunters are enjoy
ing chasing Reynard this week with their
guests from New York and Philadelphia.
Their magnificent hunters for which they pay
fancy prices, are much admired. The club
will give a farmers luncheon next week at
Pennington, near Taylor.
The Monkton bridge is closed to the public,
necessitating an extra twomile drive to reach
the station there. The work on the bridge
will take five weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Curry, of Manor
View" My Lady's Manor, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Annie E., to Mr..
John Greer Patterson, of Taylor, Hartford
county. The marriage will take place in jan
uary next. H.
Attorney John s. Ensor Has Some Good
Ideas on the Road Question.-Mr. John s..
Ensor, we'll known young member Of the
Towson bar, is in favor of theState Highways
Commission and the Highways Commission of
this county combining in general plan of
road improvement instead of the State Com
mission centering its work on one road. Mr..
Ensor says:
ut is proposed that the State Highways Com
mission shall take over and improve thorough
Del
timore city, which could be acquired without
COST and apply the appropriation to be awarded
to the county to the proportionate improve.
ment of these highways, rather than spend
all the money on one road.
I'm turn, the Highways Commission of the
county would cooperate in bringing up the
crossroads to a high degree of development,
and Baltimore city will improve the city end of
turnpikes and thus work out a broad policy of
lasting benefit to all.
1.-The situation in Baltimore county, sur
rounding as it does the city Of Baltimore
should receive special treatment in solving this
most interesting question, and the splendid op-
portunity should be accepted to build great
highways into our city from every direction,
and connect the other county lines with road
ways leading toward the western section.
with the county's appropriation we can
improve six turnpikes for distance of from
five to seven miles each. This would carry
would be abolished in every direction. The
County Highways Commission, relieved of the
obligation of ultimately taking over these turn
pixies in neglected condition, and spending
large sums of the taxpayers money in rebuild
ing the roads, as the State will do this work,
can devote its attention to the county cross
roads.
Therefore, may we not hope that the local
efforts to select one road to the exclusion of all
others, may give way to broad, generous
treatment of this question, so that the repre-
sentatives of each section may respond to the
call of the Civic Federation and meet prepared
to agree on plan of general Improvement, be-
lieving that such action would have great
weight with the State Commission. Itappears
to be strong administrative opportunity and
will meet the hearty approval of the Highways
Commission of the county, and will assure to
the city, and to the agricultural districts alike,
highways of trade. unexcelled in any oom-
munlty."
The Boy on the Farm.-Mr. Samuel M.
Shoemaker, of Baltimore county, was among
those who attended the first hearing of the
commission appointed by President Roosevelt
to investigate the economic and sanitary condi-
tons of country life throughout the United
States, which was held at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College this week. He was among
those who made addresses and, in part, said:
1.-The boy who attends the rural school
provided for him; for if we want to keep the
young men in the country we must show them
that the position of an experienced agriculturist
is one of honor, and that the calling of farmer
is a most honorable one. There must be re-
forms introduced in the public schools, for I'M
less there is some change it will be hard to pre-
dict Just what kind of varied education the
country boy will get in the future.
"Above all things, agriculture should be
taught in the country schools. You cannot
get man to teach boys trade or an occupa-
tation for $400 year. That is one of the great
defects with the present raising of the country
boy. He is not taught the rudiments of farm.
ing. When he reaches his teens he roams away
to the city and there you will find many of
them clerking in stores when in reality they
should be successful farmers. There should be
no idea that boy loses dignity simply because
he is learning farming. This is one ofthe most
important facts that must be taught the coun-
try boy, for we must have farmers and the
country feels the loss of them already"
Schools May Have Another Officer
Acting on the suggestion of Superintendent
Albert s. Cook, the School Board of this county
will probably appoint supervisor of the rural
schools. Owing to the remOteness of many OF
the schools it is impossible for the superin-
tendent or his assistant to visit them fire.
quently and it is believed that better results
could be accomplished should there be better
supervision.
The rural schools, with their many grades
taught by one teacher, present educational
problems peculiar to themselves. The solu-
ton of these problems is now engaging the at.
tention of educators throughout the country
Baltimore county has taken the lead in super
vision work in the State 1t has supervisor
of the primary system, a supervisor of the
grammar grades, of manual training and OF
domestic science, including sewing and cooking
The county population of 100000, living
under urban, suburban and rural conditions,
presents almost every problem of school ad
ministration. In population it is comparable
to such cities as Omaha, Syracuse, Albany
Richmond and Wilmington.
There has been feeling among the school
officials of the county that the district trustees
should be eliminated from the school system
1t is pointed out that this is the greatest weak
ness in the present school system. These trus
tees are empowered by the school laws of the
State to appoint the principals of the schools
The School Board has the power to reject any
of their appointments.
Keeping It Up.-The Baltimore Star oil
Tuesday said Last night the merry chauffeur
was again using st. Paul street for race course
Just why be should have immunity on thi.
thoroughfare is one of the mysteries of the
town. st. Paul street is the only unobstructeC
avenue for smooth driving to the north-tht
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