The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-07-11
arsonal Mention

| Personal Mention
| Mr.. Hugh P. Price, deputy Register Of
| Wills is enjoying weeks respite from MS
| official duties.
Former Judge and Mrs. David Fowler are
again at the Columbian Hotel, Cobourg, Canada,
| for the remainder of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Candles and family, oil
| Roland Park are spending two weeks at the
| Mt. Pleasant Hotel, Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. John B. Centrum and Miss Elizabeth
| G. Centrum, of West Franklin avenue, Garden
| ville are visiting friends at Falls Church, Va.
MIR. William E. Marshall, of Lutherville,
was successfully operated on for appendicitis
on Monday at the Maryland General Hospital
| in Baltimore.
The law partnership of Yellott & Syming-
ton-Mr. Osborne l. Yellott, of Towson, and
MIR. w. Stuart Symington, Jr., of Roland Park
has been dissolved.
Miss Cassie NJ Ady and Miss Lila Conrey,
teachers in the Towson High School, are at
tending the Teachers Summer School at Column
bia University, New York.
Col. David g. Mcintosh, of the TowsOn
bar, was elected a vice president of the Mary
land State Bar Association, the annual meeting
Of which was held this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Darlington, since
their return from Florida, have been at their
home at Loreley, Baltimore county. They
will leave shortly for Atlantic City.
Mr.. Charles S. Grason, of st. Mary's county,
spent the Fourth of July with relatives in Tow.
son. Although lifelong Democrat Mr.. Ora
son is pronounced anti Bryan man.
Misses Julia Centrum, of West Franklin
avenue, and Mary Evans of Hamilton avenue,
are visiting the family of Rev. G. M. Hesser,
at Brightwood, near Washington, D. G.
The Maryland delegation in the Demo-
cratic National Convention at Denver this week
reelected Hon. j. Fred. G. Talbot, of Balti-
more county, member of the National Com
mittee for this State.
Mr.. E. Stanton Bosley, chief clerk and au-
ditor in the office of the County Commission
ers, who is now abroad, was last heard from
in Paris. He is enjoying good health and ex-
poets to sail for home next week.
Mrs. William Denny, who had been very
ill for several weeks. is now much improved
and able to sit up. She is one of Towson's
oldest residents and the mother of Mr.. Rein
H. Denny, of the County Clerks office,
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Norris, old resi-
dents of Govanstown, will celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage on Saturday
evening, July 18th. MIR. Norris is the senior
member of the firm of J T. Norris & Son.
Col. D. G. Mcintosh and Messrs. William
H. Lawrence, John Mays Little, A. A. Piper
week attended the annual meeting of the State
Bar Association at the Blue Mountain House.
Mr. Elmer r. Halle, of the Towson bar,
was recommended for membership in the
Maryland State Bar Association, the annual
meeting of which was held at the Blue Noun
MRS. Richard Cromwell and her daughter,
Miss Sallie George Crom well, who spent the
early summer at Springfield, their country
place east of Timonium, will leave today for
Bedford Springs, where they will remain for
two months.
Everybody who knows DR.. A. G. McCurdy,
of Towson, will readily 4tcall bis long and
flowing facial adornment that was the pride
and care of the wearer. Well, it's been shorn
of its glory to some extent due, no doubt to
the intense heat of the past week or two.
Miss Grace Duncan, daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Frank l. Duncan, gave lawn party on
Tuesday evening" at her home in Lutherville,
in honor of her guest Miss Helen L. Moss, of
Annapolis. Dancing was the principal feature.
A large number of young people attended.
Mr.. George Smith, well known business
man of Lombard and Fifth Streets Highland
town, left for Atlantic City on Wednesday to
spend some time. He was accompanied by his
father in-law, Mr.. John Smith, of Convention,
and his sons, Messrs. Gilbert and w. W. Smith.
Among the recent graduates in the short
hand and typewritipg departments OF Eaton q
Burnett's Business College in Baltimore were
the following from Baltimore county: Miss
Rose D. Ellis, of Catonsville; Miss Irene Schop-
pert, of Dickeyville, and Miss Helen G. Wade,
of Halethorpe.
The engagement IS ANNOUNCED OF MISS
Elizabeth Cromwell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Cromwell, to Mr.. Charles Carroll Deni-
son, son of Col. Robert M. Denison, of the Pot
Spring road. Mr.. Denison, who is farmer, is
we'll known and popular. Miss Cromwell is a
y granddaughter of the late Philip T. George, of
I Long Green Valley.
prof. Isaac Shaver, of the 9th district, call
ed on some of his friends in Towson on Friday.
For many years he was successful teacher in
the county, but gave up this profession some
time ago and now devotes his entire attention
to his snug farm near Rayville. His crops
hrrf h..
does not speak hopefully of the potato prospect.
AT meeting of the board of directors of
the Maryland Electric Railway Company on
Tuesday Mr.. James F. Hayward, formerly
general manager of the City and Suburban
Railway Company, was elected vice president
and general manager: MT. Heyward' VINO n. Is
Woodbrook. For several years he has been
engaged in railroad business in New York.
Rev. s. Carroll Coale has been appointed
by the district superintendent pastor of Chest
nut Ridge Circuit to succeed Rev. Mr.. Jones,
who was obliged to give up the work on &C
count of his health. There are three appoint
ments on the circuit-Carroll Chapel, ellis
and Mays Chapel Rev. Mr.. Coale graduated
last month at Dickinson College and hopes to
spend a year at Drew Theological Seminary.
He is son of MIR. and Mrs. George B. Coale,
of Towson.
The death of Mr.. James E. Hooper leaves
but one survivor among those who were elected
to the Legislature from Baltimore county on
the Independent or "Potatobug" ticket in
l875-Mr. William Harrison Curtis, of Overlea,
formerly of the 10th district. The other mem
bers were Mr.. E. B. Freeman, Senator, and Mr..
William Whitelock, DR.. ]. ]. Given, Mr.. Oliver
P. Baldwin, Jr and Capt. Robert 3. Smith.
Mr.. Curtis was among the younger members
Mr.. James B. Plaskitt of Baltimore, &C.
companied by his nephew, Master James Mar
shall Plaskitt, son of the late Joshua Plaskitt,
called on some of his Towson friends on the
Fourth. Mr.. Plaskitt is son Of the late John
Plaskitt, who was a we'll known Baltimore
merchant in his day and who later became
farmer in Limekiln Valley, east of TOwsOn,
owning and occupying what is known as the
Burke farm, now owned by Mr.. D. II. Rice.
The Plaskitts are an English family bat have
been residents of Maryland many years.
Death of a Well-Known Colored Minis
ter.-Rev. Charles H. Williams died at his
home in Towson, on the I'd inst, after an ill
ness of several weeks, aged IS years. He was
born at Ellicott City and when but youth
went to Long Green Valley, Baltimore county
in search of employment and engaged himself
to the late Philip T. George, with whom he re-
NAMED for number ofyears. He then located
at Cross Keys, on the Falls road, where be
| lived until in recent years by his industry and
perseverance he was able to purchase for him
| self home in Towson. He was looked upon
tauces as an upright, honest man. Through
the training in his early life by embers OF the
| George family he connected himself with old
Zion M E. Church, located on Belona avenue
near Queenstown, and when the African
| United NJ. P. Church was organized he was or
| dained one of its elders in 1866, since which
| time he has filled every important position 10
the conference, for seven years as district presi
| deEt and at the time of his death president oi
the entire connection. He was married three
times and is survived by widow, three sons
and five daughters. His funeral took place
Sunday afternoon from st. James Church
Towson, and was largely attended. number
of ministers being present. The interment wal
in the graveyard connected with st. Johns
Church, on the Northern Central Railroad near
| RuxtOn.
Stock Killed by Lightnin g.-During tht
thunder storm on Tuesday night last two fine
colts, q and years old, respectively, wer'
| killed by lightning on the Hoen farm, at the
head of DuIany's Valley. They were standing
| in a cluster of small trees, one of which wal
shattered. They were promising young ami
mails, partially broken, and Mr.. George r
| Jones, manager of the farm, valued them al
$3.50. They were insured for $3.50 each. Two
other colts that were in the field with them
were uninjured.
During the storm of Monday afternoon Mr.
| n-oor aoo,,a IF NhaQa 18th district had