The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1909-07-03

timore County Orphans Court where
in the publication of Notices to Cred
tors and other advertising is necessary.
are requested to leave positiUe orders
with the Court when they wish such
advertising to appear in THE BALTI-
MORE COUNTY UNION. Il they fail to
give such order the business may be
diverted into other channels.
- Good harvest weather." they say. but
o, my
= Several suicides in Baltimore this week
were attributed to the excessive heat.
The Aigburth Park Water Company has
a new water wagon. Business must be
growing.
Iii is said that some Baltimore county
farmers sold their wheat standing in the field
at II bushel.
MIR. James w. Shea, near Lutherville
had acres of barley this season that yielded
6S bushels to the acre.
The catalogues for the Timonium fair
of 1909 have been issued. Copies may be bad
by applying at THE UNION office.
- Have you got your helicOptre yet? Don't
be alarmed; that isn's anything bad. At least
nothing worse than type of flying machine
- Bv distribution of the State free school
fund, made by the Comptroller on the 1st in
stant Baltimore county schools will receive
SO, 051.04.
- The County Commissioners have warned
the public against the reckless use of fireworks
on the Fourth. 1t is hoped the warning will
be needed.
- number of Baltimore county teachers
this week attended the annual meeting of the
MARYLAND State Teachers Association at Noun.
tain Lake Park.
- Fourth of July fatalities are beginning
du how hod n ind
from lockj jaw as a result of woundng bis hand
The Sunday school of Calvary Baptist
Church, Towson, spent Tuesday last at Bay
Shore Park. Mr.. S. Howard Merryman is
superintendent of the school.
- The advent of July didn't bring any re-
lief in the way of weather. In fact the first
day of the month was even worse than some
of those Immediately preceding it.
- Misses Kate G. Rudiger and l.. Augusta
German, teachers of the public school at Provi-
dence, 9th district, took their pupils on a
pleasure trip to Pen-Mar on Tuesday.
There was an ice famine in Towson last
Sunday afternoon. At least it was not possible
to procure any of the commodity and there
were many complaints in consequence.
- Several local letters that came late this
week had to be curtailed. Some of our cores
pondents would oblige us very much. and in
sure better attention. if they would mail earlier.
THE wage scale of about 2, 500 men en-
ployed at Sparrow's Point was increased 10 per
cent. on the LIST instant. The promising bust
ness outlook was the cause of this substan
tial raise
- Baltimore county will be rather shy on
Fourth of July celebrations this year, but there
will be lots of things 'doing" at the many re-
sorts about Baltimore that thousands of people
will enjoy.
> As the 4th of July falls on Sunday this
year the 9Th will be observed and has been
made legal holiday by proclamation of the
Governor All the banks and public offices
will be closed.
- Some more large crops of barley are re-
ported from the Sth district of this county.
Mr.. Frederick White. near Shawan, claims 81
bushels per acre, and Mr.. Howard Parks, of
Oregon, 81 bushels.
THE remaining portion of the real estate
of the late James Boyce, near Ruxton, N. G..
R. r. was offered at auction on Wednesday
by Messrs. Pattison & Gahan and withdrawn
on bid of $4,000.
The Junior Epworth League of Towson
NJ E. Church had an outing at Gwynn Oak
Park on Tuesday, going and returning by troll;
ley cars. Notwithstanding the heat they said
they had very pleasant day.
When the weather is hot don't hurry
your horses. Give them plenty of time and
water them frequently. They suffer from the
heat as well as you do and humane man will
be thoughtful for their comfort.
We are glad to see that State Eutomolo-
gst Symons is after the fiies-the common
housefy that some people think are such in
nocent things. They are dangerous nuisance
and you can't fight them too hard.
- At the meeting of the board of directors
of the Second National Bank of Towson. on
Wednesday last Mr.. Frank \. Hooper, of
Glenarm was elected member OF the board
to succeed John Y. Slade deceased.
- The lowest bid received this week by the
State Roads Commission for improving two
miles of the Philadelphia road, from the city
1spaifo m uorripO that Of Fisher ~
Carozza-S29, 4S8.60 1t was rejected.
THE new ST. Vincents Male Orphan
Asylum, at Hopkins Hill, York road, was ded-
icated last Sunday afternoon with imposing
ceremonies in which Cardinal Gibbons, Gov
ernor Crothers and others participated.
- During the June heat wave Baltimore
was one of the hottest cities in the country and
much suffering was reported. There were
good many prostrations from the heat and sew
eral deaths occurred from the same cause.
THE Fourth of July racket has begun
and will not end until Monday night. If you
must be party to it be careful with the ex-
plosives They are danger to everybody who
handles them and to thousands who don't.
- Mrs. Lucretia McNemar, who died at her
home in Anne Arundel county on the 9th Of
June, aged "a years, was the widow of Rev.
Harrison McNemar, who was at one time pas
tor of Great Falls Circuit, Baltimore county.
THE Democratic primaries in this county
last Saturday passed OF very quletly-ln fact
the contest seemed hardly worthy OF the name
as those in opposition to the organization"
didn't seem to be one two, three in the game.
Saturday, July Sd, the Towsons will meet
the Roland Park team on the new grounds
here, and on Monday, 9th, they will also play
the Maryland Swimming Club at Highland
Park. Both of these ought to be good games.
THE residence of ex-Congressman Aer-
man Stump near Belair, was struck by light
ming last Sunday night and Mrs. Stump, who
was in bed, was badly stunned. Col. Stump
escaped. The damage to the house was slight.
- Messrs. Noah E. Offutt ThoS. W. Offutt
and William A. Lee, of Towson, who were
fishing for rock in the Susquehanna, near
Hayre-de-Grace, OH Monday, caught three fine
specimens, the largest of which weighed 10
pounds.
big motorcar to Jump over high bank, turn
completely over twice and only injure one of
the seven passengers. The machine had top
and landed on its side. 1t was not much
damaged.
> Automobiles go right along killing and
manning people, as the records of the daily
papers show. And it is the reckless drivers of
the cars who are to blame in a large majority
of the cases Can't something be done to
handle them
-Over 10000 children-pupils of the pub
lie schools of Baltimore city-are now enjoy
ing their summer holiday. At the closing it
required nearly 1920, 600 to pay the teachers
and others engaged in the city schools in va
rious capacities.
- Somebody put moth balls in the gaso-
line of ex-Gov. Warfield's motorcar and then
the thing wouldn't move peg. That was q
dod gasted mean trick and we'll bet the Gov
ernor used some highly ornate language when
he found it out.
THE June heat wave continued exactly
eleven days before there was an appreciabe let
up. The mercury in Towson at A.. NJ. on
Wednesday marked TO- which was 10 degrees
lower than it had been at the same hour dur
ing the hot spell.
- Persons desiring to attend old Garrison
Forest Church on Sundays can take Emory
Grove cars to st. Thomas Church lane, where
free of charge) from 1920 to 1850 A. M, re-
turning after service.