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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26
A bEv YEARS vow.
sYH.vAN DEN BERGH.


Amid the toling sf the bells the old year goes
And some Will curse its memory. and some will
But though DO mDre a breathing thing, to make
1t still lives in the grave of time, and it shall
never die.
For In the minds of men on earth. some oay,
some hour shall live,
That brought such sorrow or sucn JOY as ohiy
And thoush thor n ste New Year. too, will bring its
sunshine and its ran, go OH
The old, glad days. the old, SAD nours' We All
shall I've again
Oh, no. the old year cannot die! The lessons
thst Il taught
Arc issscRa - fhe newborn year, and cannot
Whatever ever eooS. q SS.ngns si; D. ~, a.. s..1- s:~S
IA but the fruit grown from the seed of years
that went before.
But God has given US the task, as gardeners of
His earth,
That we shall trest whatever grows according
to its worth;
That we snail nurse the glorious fruit, and shall
sst q ses ess TssS' sS born ssat cut Of the I'D
ye.rS seed !
And if wedo our duty well. there is no cause for
fear
As in the n sstv air the bells ring in the glad
The year that we now VOW to make the noblest
and the best,
And mid the toIling of the bells the old year goes
m rest
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26
THE MOTHERS MANNERS.

Parents do not realize how early
the critical faculty develops in children
nor how soon they begin to be con-
scious of irnperfections in their elders,
and what modification they suffer in
their proud and loving little souls on
account of them. Their standard is
ohsn crude, and their public opinion
IS the public opinion of their childish
contemporaries and they may live to
look bach and smile al both, but both
are intensely important now. They
are as soliciious about our manners
as we are about theirs, as uneasy
when we do not do ourselves Justice,
as disturbed if one of their friends
catries away wrongimpression ofu
Mother is chagrinedbecaus young
John bursts in on her caller with mud
d. shoes and cap uncompromisingly
fNn, but she does not dream that he
will suffer as keenly in his pride #
Sam, in the background, overhears
her rebuke him in tones that fall below
the juvenile idea of maternal tender
ness and poise. Or, Sam is to be sent
home, as 1t is not a convenient time
to have the noise of two boys about
the house, but instead of being dis
missed with the tact which the moth
er would use SO gracefully toward a
grown person in the same circum-
stances, he is curtly told that John
can't play now, and John straightway
falls into fit of sulks, which is three
parts disappointment, perhaps, but is
surely one part modification.
The visit of a relative to ones
school occasions a world of anxiety,
and the considerate mother will GER
tainly fortify herself with full particu-
lars concerning the etiquette of such
occasions and take the utmost pains
with her toilet. To see one S mother
sit on a platform for fifty or more of
ones friends to stare at is an ordeal
for sensitive heart, and nothing that
the favorite hat or boa can do to make
it easier should be omitted. Above
all, mother must not show too much
interest in John. To try to attract
his attention as he passes by her in
the line, or to stop him and arrange
his tie, as fatuous mothers have been
known to do, is to make both him and
herself eternally ridiculous.
Displays of affection are peculiarly
obnoxious to boys growing into the
self. conscious age. Greetings on the
street should be marked by decorous
reserve. The good. bye kiss, if it is
still valued, should be given within
doors, never on the piazza.
"Do stop looking at me so," said a
boy, irritably, to his older sister.
"What was it you didn't like about
the way I was looking at you ?" asked
the sister, after the other boys had
gone home.
Puzzlirg over the problem for an
instant, he answered, "You looked at
me as if You loved me-
It is the same feeling that develops,
later, into the mans dislike of ELUSIVE
partings in public places, a point
about which women, as class, are
singularly lacking in fastidiousness.
-C0upyepu tz0u0LlSt.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26
THE MARRIAGE AGE.

The marriage age in Austria is IA
years for both sexes Germany, the
man at I8, the woman at IA; Belgl-
um, the man at IS, the woman at rs !;
Spain, the man at IA, the woman at
II; Mexico, with parental consent,
16 and 18, otherwise 2I for both |;
France, the man at rs, the woman at
IS; Greece, the man at IA, the wo-
man at II Hungary, Catholics, the
man at ID, the woman at IL; Protes-
tants, the man at IS, the woman at
IS; Portugal, the man at ID, the wo-
man at IL; Russia, the man at IS.
the woman at IS; Saxony, the man
at IS, the woman at I6; Switzerland,
the man at ID, the woman at IL.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26
FRESH

There was no doubt of it; he was
very angry when he entered the viii
lage grocery store aDd demanded to
see the proprietor.
"You sold my wife some eggs yes
terday, Mr.. Peavey" he said when
the grocer appeared.
"Waal, yes" said Mr.. Peavy geni-
ally. "Believe I did,"
"And you told her that they were
fresh eggs" continued the visitor.
"Waal, yes; it seems to me I did, I"
said Mr.. Peavey.
''But, see here, Peavey, you had
no business to say they were fresh
eggs"
"Why not? l bought 'em for fresh
from ST Wiley, too.,,'
81 don't believe it. ST Wiley's an
honest man."
"Waal, ST said it all right. He
come in here with his basket full of
'em and put 'em down on the counter
and traded 'em off for box of sody
biscuits.
"When was this?"
"Oh, 1 dunno. Bout six weeks
ago, I guess"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26
LIGHTNING AND THUNDER.

By counting the number of seconds
in the interval between lightning and
thunder it is possible to figure ap-
proximateIy how far from the observ-
er is the scene of the storm.
Sound travels 100 feet second,
so multiply the number of seconds by
LOO, which will give the distance
in feet from the point where the light
ming flashed.
For example, if ten seconds have
elapsed the distance away will be IL
600 feet, or a little over two miles.
1t might be added that, as light and
lightning travel SO much faster than
sound, if one survives after hearing
the crashing peal he can be sure he IS
safe. Remembrance of this will dis
sipate terror.
Thunder can be heard a relatively
short distance only. Strong cannon
aiding can be heard as far off as 70 or
75 miles, while thunder is usually
not farther away than II or IS miles.
In only exceptional instances does
the interval between thunder and
lightning amount to 100 seconds, So
that the extreme distance at which
thunder can be heard may be put
down as about 2I miles.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

THE term "ptomaine poison is in
everybody's mouth, but few know
what it reallyis. 1t develops through
the action of acid on tin. That is why
every can of meat or vegetables or
fruits should be turned out into an
earthen bowl CT, crock Immediately
upon opening the tin can, and that is
why mayonnaise should never be put
into tin receptades.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

MISS GUsHINGToN entering street
car)-Oh, don't get up. Please keep
your seat-please do.
Mr.. Really, Id like
to oblige you, madam, but want to
get out at this corner.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

BLoBBs-''A politician always re-
minds meofa piano" Slobbs-"How
so p Blobbs eff he's square he's
considered old-fashioned."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

A PRETTY school teacher, noticing
one of her little charges idle, said
sharply: John, the devil always
finds something for idle hands to do.
Come up here and let me give you
some work."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

''Is Philadelphia older than Bos-
ton, mother?" asked thoughtful
Boston child.
"Of course not, my son. The first
settlement was made in Charlestown
in 1880, while William Penn did not
arrive on the site of Philadelphia
until fifty-two years later"
That was always my impressions,
mother but how is it then that Phila-
delphia is mentioned in the Bible,
while Boston is not 7"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

ABSENT treatment is one of the
things that will sometimes cure love-
sick youth.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

THERE was a good deal of sound
human nature in the unexpected re-
ply of the dying old woman to her
minister's leading question "Here,
at the end Of a long life, which Of the
Lords mercies are you most s;sx-
full for?" Her eyes
aha onewarad. I'M
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-12-26

A WOMAN likes to have sorae one
coax her to do something she ANTS
to do.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
|" NEWS OF ~
 ARKANSAS
Self Defense to be ParsePs Plea.
s-'-'''-'4HV Pa'

Self Defense to be ParsePs Plea.
 Developments were few Sunday in the aftermath of Saturdays tragedy in Little Rock, when Leon S. Ehren- berg of 1906 Cumberland street was slain by Charles R. Parsel of 2400 West Fourteenth street.
 That the prosecution of ParSel would be waged not only by Prose cutting Attorney Roy D. Campbell, but with the assistance of some of the best legal talent available, became known during the day
 It was intimated that Lewis Rho ton, former prosecuting attorney, and George W. Murphy, former state at torney general, would be retained by the family and friends of Ehrenberg to help prosecute Parsel.
 It was stated by w. Burt Brooks counsel for Parsel, that the preliml- nary hearing before Justice Martin would not take place Monday. The hearing was postponed for two req sons. Monday was the date for the Labor Day celebration and also for the funeral of Ehrenberg.
 Therefore the preliminary will not take place before Tuesday or Wed nesday.
 Self-defense will be the plea of Par sel.
 Newspaper men were barred from seeing Parsel and his attorney re- mained ensconeed behind the granite walls of silence.
 The former business relations of the two men when they were in partner ship on Main street are to be probed at the trial. It is said that the cause of the trouble which led to the killing is contained in alleged business disa greements.
 Rumors were current on the street Sunday that Parsel was of the opin- ion that he was not getting square deal in the proposed reorganization of the Arkansas Pump and Pipe Com pany, and that this phase of the mat ter, combined with unsettled affairs of the former partnership, resulted in !he fatal affray.
 H. Ehrenberg, father of Leon s. Eh senberg, has as yet given out no state ment. In fact, members of the family have not recovered from the shock and were in no condition Sunday to talk upon the subject.
 Mrs. Ehrenberg is still prostrated over the tragedy and only near rela- tives are permitted to see her.
 Mrs. Parsel has left the family home on West Fourteenth street and is be- ing cared for by friends.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Ared Lady Burns to Death.

News just reached Star City Satur day of the death of an aged lady, Mrs. Terrell, wso was burned in her house near Rest, Lincoln county, on Septem- Der ?. An adjoining house, owned by Mrs. James Miller, was also consum- ed.
 Mrs. Miller and her children were awakened by the flames, and smoke, and barely escaped with their livec. Later in the day the neighbors made a search for Mrs. Terrell, but sine could not be found. 4 search was then made in the smouldering ashes and burned timbers of her house, and the charred remains were found pin toned down by a half-burned girder.
 Mrs. Terrell, who was an old wom- an, lived alone in the house The neighbors say she was not well bal anced mentally, and some believe she set fire to the house and committed suicide.
 Mrs. Miller and her family are In need, as everything they had, excep; portion of their household goods, were lost in the fire.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Negro Friehtens Woman.

Bud Hill, a negro, was arrested late Monday afternoon and placed in jail that night at Conway, where he is held, charged with having drawn knife on Mrs. James Haven, a white woman who lives near Worster.
 According to the reports received, Hill appeared at the Haven home while Mrs. Haven was alone, carrying a knife in his hand. Mrs. Haven is said to have asked him what he want ed, to which he made no reply. He was then frightened away from the house by the sight of revolver which Mrs Haven is said to have secured.
 Hill was arrested shortly afterward. He claims that he visited the house to get something to eat.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Warehouses Suit Farmers Union.

The Farmers Union Bureau of Arkansas, Representing eighty-eight warehouses, were in session nearly all day Thursday in the hall of the house of representatives at the state house, and Thursday night held a short meeting at which an executive committee composed of the following of Cabot, R. H. McCulloch of Beebe, J. F. Stoball of Plumerville, c. c. Montague of Van Buren and w. F. Tate of Camden
 About fifty members of the bureau were present at the meeting, with President J. P. Price of Fl Paso pre- siding and H. T. Smith of Crystal Springs acting as secretary.
 The greater part of the session was spent in discussing matters relating to the seasons cotton crop and the arrangements for disposing of it.
 A resolution was adopted denying the reported statement that the Farm CTS Union of Arkansas disapproved of the warehouse plan in this state and favored the handling of Arkansas cotton through central warehouse in Little Rock with headquarters at Memphis. The resolution declares that the Farmers Unions interest in the warehouse in this state in un- abated and that the Farmers Union Company of Memphis has always ia yored and helped union warehouses in Arkansas and sells cotton for Ar kansas union farmers direct from their warehouses to the representa- tives of spinners
 B. G. West, manager of the Farm CTS Union Company at Memphis, and who acts for the Arkansas union warehouse men as their sole agent for the sale of their cotton to spin- ners, stated that there was no inten- tion whatever on the part of the union to interfere in any manner with the present warehouse system in Ar kansas.
 It was reported at the meeting that the upland cotton crop in the state is one-third short of what it was two years ago.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
John L, HuQheS Dead.

John L. Hughes, one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of that section of the state, died Monday night at his home in Benton. Death was caused by kidney trouble, from which MT. Hughes had suffered for about two years. His death, however, was sud- den, as for some time his condition had been considered improved Mir. Hughes was born in Dallas county. When three years old he moved with his parents to Saline county, where he lived the greater part of the remainder of his life. During a small part of his life he was in Little Rock where he was engaged in business for short time.
 He served in the Civil war and upon his return to Benton after the war made that place his home until his death.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
State Capital Notes
The 2-Cent Rate Is Doomed.

Amazing in it's injunctions and sweeping in it's scope is the order of Judge Vandevanter, sitting in the United States Circuit Court at St. Paul, Minn, which was brought to Lit tie Rock Saturday by attorneys inter- ested in the litigation between the State Railroad Commission and the wolves both the freight and passenger tariff in Arkansas.
 It not only enjoins the State Rail- road Commission from enforcing the 2-cent passenger rate, put it absolute ly prohibits the railroads from con tinuing in effect the reduced rate as prescribed by state legislative act.
 Anent this feature of the case the order says:
 The enforcement ot the 2-cent per mile rate * is hereby restrain ed until further order of the court"
 In the next paragraph the order says:
 The defendant it's officers, agents and servants be and they are hereby restrained and enjoined from continuing in effect the aforesaid in- hibited rates for the carriage Of freight and passengers in the state Of Arkansas as aforesaid, except at sucn points and upon such commodities as said defendant and it's officers shall ind 1t necessary to observe said schedule of rates in order to meet competition"
 The order further declares that the lntrastate freight rates as adopted by the State Railroad Commission are suspended and prohibits even the rail road companies from retaining them in effect.
 In other words, it permits the raii- roads to maintain the State Railroad Commissions rates where it is neces. sary to meet competition, and gives them the right in increase the rates where there is no competition.
 Not only this, but the order prohib- its the State Railroad Commission, any firm or individual from bringing suit against the companies for fail ure to observe the rates named by the commission and further prohibits the recovery of damages against the ra1i- roads
 The order states that it's provisions must go into effect within 10 days af- ter the filing thereof The railroad companies, however, must file a bond In the sum of S200,0OO, conditioned that they shall keep a correct accounr showing the difference between the tariff actually charged and that which would have been charged had the rates inhibited been applied.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Escaped Man Is Retaken.

Warden Lem Smith of the state pen. itentiary has had unusually good for tune recently in recapturing escaped state convicts without experiencing any trouble in doing so. Monday he was walking past the Arkansas sta- bles on Louisiana street, when he saw James Sears, negro, who es- caped from the new penitentiary two years ago.
 Sears, who was sent up one year on the charge of murder, at first denied that he was the man wanted, but he was later identified and put behind the walls to finish his term. He inform. ed the authorities that he had been living about Little Rock for the past nine months.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Many New Corporations.

A greater number of corporate arti- cles were filed in the secretary of states office Thursday than during any day for several months. Seven corporations were granted charters and one foreign corporation filed it's articles and paid it's charter fee for the purpose of doing business in the that were filed:
 Fort Smith-Oklahoma Light and Traction Company, which proposes to build short line in the vicinity of Fort Smith. Capital stock, $30,000, of which $500 has been subscribed.
 Security Land Company of Cabot, capital stock $10,000, of which $150 has been subscribed
 Eagles Building Company of Fort Smith, capital stock, S11,000 common stock, and S50,O0O preferred stock, of which S11000 of the common stock has been subscribed.
 Citizens Plumbing and Sheet Sheet Meta! Workers of Jonesboro, capital stock, S5,OO0, all of which has been subscribed.
 Monette Lumber Company of Mo nette, capital stock $3,000.
 Fort Smith Printing Company of Fort Smith, capital stock, $5,00O, of which $3,000 has been subscribed
 The Bates Coal and Coke Company of Joplin, Mo-, filed certificate of it's charter showing a capitalization of $100000 and paid charter fee of s75 in compliance with the provis- ions of the Wingo act passed by the recent legislature. M Danaher of Pine Bluff is named as agent of the company in Arkansas upon whom pro- cess may be served.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Jenkins' Assault Case NoiIe Pressed.

One of the most extraordinary cases ever doclIeted in the Pulaski Circuit Court has been swept from the docket by the nolle prosequi of the indictment against T. J. Jenkins of Perry county. The case went to that county on change of venue, and it was charged that Jenkins had assaulted Vergie Mel ton, his niece. The case was tried twice, both juries failing to agree, and the costs amounted to $1,500.
 Jenkins was defended by Gus Fulk and prosecuted by Lewis Rhoton. form CT prosecuting attorney One feature of the trials was the fact that Jen- kins denied that Vergie Melton was any relation to him. He claimed that his mother told him that Vergie's mother and himself were not brother and sister, although they had always thought so.
 Gus Fulk said Monday the case was dismissed because MT. Rhoton explain ed to Roy D. Campbell, prosecuting attorney, that a conviction probably could not be had Since the prose cution began, Vergie Melton, the prose- cutting witness. has married and left Perry county
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Winners In Speaking Contest.

Twenty boys and girls, representing IA schools, took part in a declama- tion contest at the Auditorium at Wal dron Saturday night, and number of Prizes were awarded the winners in the contest. Thomas Doyle, rep resenting the Lamb school, won first prize among the boys. a scholarship in the Waldron High School. Bratch- CT Parks of Cauthron and Charles Beasley of Center Point were each awarded a gold medal. Miss Elsie Audas of Center Point won the girls scholarship, and Miss Mamie Rogers of Cauthron won the gold medal.
 The judges were Prof. J. L. Smith of Saline county Mrs. William Ault of Waldron and Senator George Le- gate of Mena.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Struck By Iiuftninu.

The grain elevator of the American Wholesale Grocer Company at New port was struck by lightning Sunday night about 9 o'clock and the eleva- tor mill, refrigerator plant and large freight sheds filled with stock of all kinds were burned
 The building containing the office and large portion of the stock was saved by hard work and favoring wind. The loss will probably reach $35,000, largely covered by insurance, but the exact amount carried could not be learned.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Bank in Receivers Hands.

The Saline County Bank at Benton, at the request of w. R. Durham, at tcrney for the institution, and John Steele, cashier, Thursday went into was appointed receiver and made bond for $75,000. The bank is entire ly solvent and the procedure was taken to close up it's affairs. It was practically owned by the late John been decided to wind up it's affairs. Every depcsitor will be paid in full.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Tom Burton Is Acquitted.

Tom Burton, who has been on trial at Philadelphia for manslaughter, was acquitted at midnight Wednesday night. This was the third time Bur ton has ben tried, the first trial re- sulting in verdict of murder in the second degree and Burton was sen tenced to serve six years in the peni- tentiary In the second trial he was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve two years Both of these verdicts were set aside by tie supreme court.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
Woman Sentenced; Man Freed.

Lula Davidson, the woman who was found with a large amount of jewelry and four pairs of shoes, which were identified by Frank Anthony, from whose shoe store they are said to have been taken, was Saturday fined $10O in the Police Court at Hot Springs and sentenced to 20 days in be her husband, was discharged.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-09-11
killes Wife and Himself

Edward Lishliter, a Rock Island brakeman, killed his wife and then himself in rooming house at Shaw nee. Okla., at an early hour Sunday morning. They had had trouble and for the past week have been separat- ed. Lichliter spent few days at the home of his parents in Hartford, Ark, and returned to Shawnee Saturday night and located bis wife He en- gagged a room next to hers, but did not occupy it. Shots were heard by other roomers Sunday morning and both Litchliter and his wife were found dead.