The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-09-26
The Farpoare, picnic a big Succesa-


der the auspices of the several farmers clubs o
the county, with Mr.. Upton b. Tarbert, chair
man, and Mr.. J. Fred. Shamberger, secretar,
of the committee. Nearly every section of tn
county was represented and the politician
were also out in force. Mr.. Robert Garrett, tn
Republican nominee and Hon. j. Fred. G
Talbot, the Democratic nominee for Congress
were busily engaged during the day looking
after their fences.
After the contents of the bountiful lunch
baskets had been disposed of Mr.. Laban Sparks
after few words of welcome, introduced Presi
dent r. W. Sylvester of the Maryland Agricul
tural College, who compared the past and pres
ent conditions of the American farmer anc
pointed out the benefit which the agriculturis
may derive from the agricultural college anc
experiment station. He urged closer union Of
the farmers in clubs and oranges for the pur
pose of securing what legislation they desired
and suggested the value of crop and market re-
ports as aids to profitable selling.
After President Sylvester came Mr.. Henry +.
Baker, president of the Thomson Chemical
Company and secretary Of the executive COM
mittee of the Association of Economic Ento.
mologists. Mr.. Baker talked of the work OF
he association and told what had been done
oward securing more general and intelligent
use of insecticides and fungicides.> He also
asked support for the bill now before Congress,
which provides for the regulation of the sale
and manufacture of these poisons.
of Agriculture, spoke at length on the subject
of Rural Education" He said that it is the
plan of the Department of Agriculture to es-
tablish throughout the rural districts large GEN.
trail high schools to replace the small country
schools of the present day. The children, he
said will be taken to and from school eacn gay
in wagons. Each school is to be equipped with
agricultural and home economics departments,
thus educating the farmers sons and daughters
to- instead of away from, the farm. He said
that today there are 600 of these schools in the
United States and that their success was so pro-
nouneedit is only matter of time before they
will become general.
Mr.. B. H. Rawl, assistant in the dairy de-
partment of the Department of Agriculture,
spoke Interestingly on the subject of dairy
farming. He showed the advantages of skilled
breeding and good feeding in relation to the
production of butter. He also warned against
the danger OF tuberculosis infection by means
of milk, butter and other dairy products from
cows suffering with the disease.
Mr.. II. j. Patterson, director of the Maryland
agricultural experiment station, pointed out in
what ways the station could be ofservice to the
farmer, and spoke on other topics ofinterest to
the tiller of the soil.
There was good display offarm and garden
products and these were examined with much
interest by the throng in attendance.
Baltimore County W. @. T. q. Holds
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ofthe Woman's Christian Temperance Union
was held in the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Towson, on Tuesday last, with good atten-
dance.
Three sessions were held, beginning at 10
o'clock with devotional services, conducted by
Mrs. James E. Green, State superintendent of
the purity department. The music was in
charge of Mrs. Margaret l.. Doyle. The adj
dresses of welcome were made by Mrs. J. l..
Bowen and Rev. Thomas E. Copes, pastor of
the church, and responded to by Miss Bertha
Burton. After the presidents address and re-
ports from the officers and superintendent a
memorial service was held by Mrs. Mary r.
Haslnp, State president.
In the afternoon devotional service was led
by Miss Edith q. Ensor, reports of committees
were read and the election of officers and super
intendents took place and resulted in the fol-
lowing being named:
PresidentoMrs. George P. Everhart.
e.President-Mrs. Mary R. Haslup.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss L. M. Rider.
Recording Secretary-Miss E. H. Crosby.
Treasurer-Miss NJ. w. Hauer.
Superintendent were elected as follows
Literature Department. Mrs. George B. Coale
Juvenile and Mercy Department, Miss Laura
Merryman; Scientific and Temperance In
struction, Mrs. G. r. Hull Flower Mission,
Mrs. W. II. Flayhart; Colored Work, Miss E.
H. Crosby Purity, Mrs. @. R. Hull; Parlor,
Mrs. Ida Merryman; Medical Temperance,
H. B. Parsons Evangelistic Work, Miss Rig
ney Press Work, Mrs. James E. Green Anti
Narcotics, Mrs. G. Shumate; Legislature, Miss
Florence Rider Sunday School Work, Miss
Bertha Burton; White Ribbon Herald, Mrs.
Elizabeth Herring; Systematic Giving, Miss
Sallie GLENN; ny" Secretary, Miss Edith g.
Ensor.
Two new Unions were taken into member.
ship at the convention, making a total of IL
in the county, with membership of 230. The
receipts for the year were $175.04 and expenses
$164.60.
the largest increase in membership during the
Alright an interesting address was made by
Miss christine 1. TinliDS, of England.
The meeting commended the action of the
county authorities in their efforts to put STOP
to the sale of liquor on Sunday. 1t was also
resolved that it was with pleasure that they read
the charge made to the grand jury on Monday
by Chief Judge N. Charles Burke. in which be
put the violations of the liquor law fairly to the
liquor trade and took bold stand against fu
ture violations.
The union put itself on record as favoring the
passage of the Littlefield bill, before Congress
and the anti polygamy amendment to the
Federal Constitution.
A resolution was passed regretting the atti
tude of the county representatives in the last
Legislature toward temperance measures.
Cut in Train Service-Big Saving.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad announces that, begin
ming with last Monday, it has discontinued II
local trains on the Northern Central. There
was no change in through trains. Every veal
after the vacation ends the Pennsylvania with
draws about six trains from service, but the
change heretofore has been made in November
Bv the reduction in the train service the
Pennsylvania will save approximately 5000 9
day, or $219 600 year. Under the new sche
dule three trains from the north and three from
the south are taken off the Harrisburg line
the Green Spring Valley branch and two north
and two south were eliminated on the Spar
rows Point line.
The new schedule is SO arranged as to cause
the minimum amount of inconvenience. Tit
Pennsylvania Railroad is pursuing a similar
| mated that the saving on this one item will ex
| coed $1,500,000 year. The company is re
| trenching in every department and drastic
| economies have been put into effect at som'
| points.
trains on the Harrisburg line: Nos. liz, III
| and 1872, which left Cockeysville for Baltimore
at 35 A. M, 1886 P. M. and II .05 p. NJ, Nos. 105
| III and 125, which left Baltimore for Jockeys
willie at 9 A. M. 230 P. NJ. and $50 P. NJ, respec
lively, and the Sunday train, No. 920, leaving
Parkton for Baltimore at 9.15 A. M, and No
| ZUO, l6hVluB AOA 1 al AbOh az M
Bad Roads in the Suburbs..-"GooC
| Roads, writes as follows to the Baltimor'
american Little work appears to have beer
| done so far as result of the good roads loan
| / understand that Baltimore comes in for I
share. 1t ought to- inasmuch as the taxpayer
| of the city bear three. fourths of the expense
| The conditions that now exist on the road
| leading to Baltimore is shameful. can nam
| three roads-the Hartford, Belair and Philadel
phia-that are in worse condition than some o
| the roads in other parts of the State. In fact
| roads in other counties are superior to tn
roads which have mentioned. Farmers have
been complaining for years of the condition o
the roads leading from Baltimore to the pro
duce sections of Baltimore county, but nothing
| has been done to alleviate the trouble. Their
| are ruts by the score, and in many places tn
holes are never empty of water, which settle
in them after a rain. One can readily realiz
what the farmers have to contend with whel
they bring their wagons, loaded with produce
TO the city after once seeing the condition ofth
roads. Many accidents have occurred as re
snlt of bad roads. 1t is hoped that some actor
will be taken by the Good Roads Commission
to remedy this trouble"
An Aged Minister Takes Another Bride
Rev. Thomas H. Wright, who was for sew
eral years a resident of Towson while he wa
pastor of Baltimore Circuit, Methodist Protes!
ant Church, and who is now pastor of circui
| - tbo Eoefarn Sh0rQ 0f MARYLAND was maj