The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-03-21


Mr.. G. w. Morgan and brother, who have
been farming the Shields property at sunny
brook, have removed to the farm OF Mr.. Alfred
j. Carr, near Pikesvile.
Mr.. I. Melville Pearce, who Is still at the
residence of DR.. r. G. Massenburg, in Towson.
hopes to be able to return to his home on Ny
Lady's Manor next week.
Mr.. Edgar Freeland, of Baltimore county,
has rented the dairy farm and creamery OF Mr..
Harry d. Hanway, near Belair, and will take
charge there about April list.
Mr.. VIM. B. Ogden, formerly of 0akdene,
Green Spring Valley, but who for the last seven
years has been living in Austria. has returned
and is stopping at the Stafford in Baltimore.
Among those drawn to serve as petit jurors
at the present term of the United States Dis
trict Court are Messrs. Charles E. Rieman,
Richard Cromwell Jr and Daniel A. Leonard.
Rev. w. II. II. Powers, rector Of Trinity
Church. Towson. who is taking the rest cure
at the Church Home in Baltimore, is improv
ing slowly and his early recovery is hoped for.
Prof. James E. Green, chief clerk to the
State Insurance Commissioner, is confined to
his home in Towson with an attack of facial
paralysis. DR.. Harry 8. Jarrett is attending
him.
1T has been rumored here for some days
that Mr.. and Mrs. Robert r. Boarman, who
have been residing at Laurel, Md, for several
years. will shortly again become residents of
Towson.
Mrs. Cook, wife of Mr.. Elmer ]. Cook, a
well known member of the Towson bar, had
an operation for appendicitis successfully per-
formed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital on
Tuesday
dent of the Second National Bank and of the
Baltimore Clearing House. with Mrs. Homer.
will sail from New York, on March 31st, for
short European trip.
MIR. John NJ. Littig, president of the
Marine Bank of Baltimore, who had an oper.
Co. cd oh frry<,
weeks ago, is improving rapidly and his early
recovery is expected.
Mrs. Piper, widow of Dr. Jackson Piper,
accompanied by her daughter, Miss Adelaide
Piper, and their friend, Miss Alice Ball. will
sail for Naples next month and spend the
Mr.. John E. Flayhart, foreman of THE
UNION Office, who bad on operation performed
at the City Hospital in Baltimore about three
weeks ago, is improving and is expected to
return to his home today.
Mr. Osborne l. Yellott, of the law firm of
Yellott d Symington, who has been suffering
severely for some time from neuritis, has gone
to Atlantic City in the hope of obtaining re-
lief. Mrs. Yellott accompanied him.
Mrs. George K. Pesrce, who sold her per-
sonal effects on the farm at st. Georges, w M.
R. R., short time ago, has removed to Rsis-
terstown. She and her late husband were for
many years residents of Green Spring Valley.
Eek Congressman VIM. W. McIntire, of
Baltimore, accompanied by Mrs. McIntire,
came to Towson few days ago to see bis old
friend, Mr.. Henry L. Bowen, who for years
was actively engaged in the insurance business
here.
u. s. Senator r. L. Owen, of Oklahoma,
who spoke at the temperance rally at the
Lyric in Baltimore, last Sunday afternoon,
was once student at Dr. Marilatt's school at
Govanstown. He referred to this fact in his
address.
~ Oonntv Conoro;sc;onar Xollotf uho
has retired from farming. was among the visi-
tors to Towson on Thursday and was warmly
greeted by many friends. He will continue to
reside on his Ridgeview Farm, overlooking
beautiful Long Green Valley.
Mrs. H. Marcus DenisOn, of Baltimore
has been a frequent visitor to Towson since
her brother, Mr. T. Melville Pearce, has been
sick at the residence Of DR.. r @. Massenburg.
Mrs. Denison is the only daughter of MIR. and
Mrs Jacob M Pearce, of My Lady's Manor.
Mr.. Thomas " Richardson, the well
known farmer and milk producer near Phoenix,
is suffering from severe attack of rheuma-
tism. The meeting of the Junior Gunpowder
Agricultural Club. that was to have been held
at bis farm today, has been postponed until
April 4th.
post card from Mr.. o. E. Weller, of Reisters-
town, dated Constantinople, Turkey February
Goth, 1908 He is travelling with his wife and
son and they have visited Madeira, Spain.
Algiers, Malta, Greece and from thence to the
Holy Land and Egypt.
State Senator John 8. BiddisOn, of Balti
more county, was one of the guests at the
dinner given at Hotel Rennert, Baltimore. by
Hon. John Walter Smith when be was for
mally notified by the joint committee of the
Senate and House of Delegates of bis election
to the United States Senate.
Mr. G. II. Seck a retired farmer of Grange
18th district, was among the visitors to Tow
son on Tuesday. About twenty five years ago
Mr.. Seick was engaged in business at Sber-
wood, N. C. R. R. removing from there to
Baltimore and from thence to PatapscO Neck,
where he has since resided.
Mr. Douglas Powers, second son of Rev. W.
serious affection OF the eyes that incapacitates
him for work in the Baltimore business office
in which be is employed as clerk Mr.. Powers
is at present the acting superintendent of the
Sunday school of Trinity Church, Towson.
Major and Mrs. John l. ellott, their daugh-
ter, Miss Eleanor Yelott, and their niece,
Miss Emily Yellott, of Long Green Valley,
who spent about six weeks at Los Angelo.
Texas returned this week. They were all
grately benefited by the trip, the health of
Major and Mrs. Yellott having shown marked
Improvement.
Mr. Thomas j. Price, who with Mrs. Price,
is spending the winter in Baltimore, was q
caller at THE UNION Office on Tuesday. He is
q native of the 9Th district of Baltimore county
and says that his father was one OF this papers
first subscribers when it was started at Cock
eysville. nearly sixty years ago. Mr.. Price
says he has been a reader of the paper since he
was a small boy and has missed very few
issues of it since.
Mr.. Thomas s. Brady. of Green Spring
Valley, was in Towson a few days ago and re-
newed his subscription to THE UNION
serious trouble with his eyes made necessary
the entire removal of the right one. The oper-
alton was performed last November and 1t was
hoped the other eye would then improve, but
it has not yet done so. Mr.. Brady is son of
Samuel Brady, who was once mayor OF Baltl-
more city and who afterwards became lead
ing citizen and large property-owner in Balti-
Spring Valley many years ago.
The School Question Important.-At the
meeting of the Confederated improvement AS
ISOLATION of Baltimore county, held in Bati.
more on Thursday night, resolution was
adopted instructing the legislative committee
to urge the passage of local school bill for the
county if it was found that the County Com
missiOners have not the power to levy taxes
for more schools in the next tax levy.
The school question in general was discussed
and it was stated that the schools are crowded,
unsanitary, the yards are not in proper shape
and the trustees have not sufficient power un-
der the present laws.
A committee consisting of Messrs P Flani-
gan Jacob H. Reinhart and F. W. Glantz was
appointed 10 investigate the SCHOOL cOnOltlous
and report on any Improvements that are
needed.
The proposed amendment to the Good Roads
law giving the city share in the IS, 600 600 900
to be spent on roads was Endorsed 1t was the
opinion of those present that the toll roads
should be abolished.
They Want the City to Accept the Pike.
"A special meeting of the Northeast Baltimore
improvement Association and the Hamilton.
Lauraville and Homestead improvement As
sociations was held in Emmanuel Chapel on
Wednesday night, and ajoint committee from
the associations was appointed to urge the i'm
mediate acceptance of the Hartford road by the
city and its paving with improved paving and
the abolition of the toll-gate within the city
limits
The committee will urge that 81 ,000, 900 Of
the $4,000, 900 loan for the State roads be de-
voted to the improvement of turnpike roads
within the limits of Baltimore.
Committees were appointed to visit the Leg
islature and urge the incorporation of this fea-
ture into the State Roads bill.
Charter for New Trolley Line.-In the
House of Delegates this week Mr.. Kehoe Of
Baltimore county. introduced bill to incor-
porate the Rural Electric Railway and Power
Company. Tbeincorporators ars Messrs. Hugh
Haila0har Woltor Konhart w n DIET