The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-09-11
Rnral Carriars Hold sniritad Maetine.-

Rural Carriers Hold Spirited Meeting
Many ideas for the betterment of the conditions
that confront the Maryland rural letter carrier!
were discussed at tnelr annual convention nele
in the Postoffice Building. Baltimore, Monday
The convention was called to order by Presi
dent Stevens of Queen Anne's county, anG
Mayor Mahool arrived just as his part of the
programme was called.
The response to the address of welcome was
made by Delegate Fitze of Carroll county. Mr.
Fitze gave particular attention to the habit ol
dropping pennies in mail boxes for the carriers
| to buy the stamps when the senders Of letters
had forgotten to do it. He explained the hard
ships that this entails on the carriers. BE
drew a word picture of department official in
| circumstances.
The rest of the morning meeting was taken
up with the reports of officers and committees,
the enrolment of delegates and the appoint
ment of committees. A strong appeal for the
advancement Of the rural letter carrier 8 salary
was made by President Stevens in reporting
progress" ut is required" said he. that
we make good personal appearance; We also
have to have and keep horse. We are the
most efficient and at the same time the most
poorly paid of any branch of the postal service.
| The reason we have not been given more is
that the matter has not been properly brought
to the attention of Congressman and Senators.
When they were raising their own salary they
did not raise ours A great many of our body
are afraid to raise their voices and tell their
needs. They are afraid of losing their jobs"
The greater part of the afternoon meeting
was taken up with an address by Postal In
spector Mitchell.
The officers elected for the ensuing term are !:
President, William E. Starher, Westminster; |;
vice. president, Leonard K. Clifton, Woodens-
burg; secretary, Thomas G. Pearce; Glen Arm;
treasurer, e. R. Pyle, Bel Air. The secretary
and treasurer were reelected.
Two delegates were elected to the national
convention, which meets at Rochester, N. Y.s
on September 81 to "a. They were William @.
Stevens, the retiring president, and A. Oliver
Cooley of Hartford county.
Drought Seems Well Broken.-'I love
my Fair, but Oh, you rain!" This must have
been the drowsy murmur of many person
who heard the gentle patter OF the drops as
the welcome rain began shortly before mid
night Thursday And the Fair managers con-
graduated themselves that the elements had
waited until Thursday, the big day, was over
and the loss would be small. Indeed. it is
said that the Fair makes money by wet end
ing il the rain is heavy enough to prevent the
races and the consequent payment OF stakes.
The doWnpour of this week is the first sub
stantial rain this section has enjoyed since
June II, although there have been partial
showers since that time which helped keep
things alive 1t is now too late to be of any
use to corn, potatoes and other field crops but
it may help tomatoes and other late truck.
The most pronounced benefit, provided this
rain is followed by more in due season, will be
to make fall plowing possible and to freshen
pastures, thus relieving the strain on the
winters reservations of feed. Wells, springs
and streams will be greatly benefited and the
city water supply will be replenished.
"The Climax" at Ford 's-"The Climax"
which will come to Ford's Opera House, Bal
timore, next week, has proved one of the
greatest hits of this and the past season in New
York: not even the weather could stop its phe-
nomenal run. The comedy element in the
play is strong and is Of the clean and whole
some kind. The theme is that of young
woman gifted with a beautiful singing voice
and her struggles for its final development.
She has ambitions for an operatic career, and
she is encouraged and abetted in her efforts by
her musical associates, except her doctor lover,
who opposes stage career, and thereby hangs
one of the most intense stories ever arranged
for dramatic production. There are only four
characters in the play, but they are all intense
ly entertaining and the plot is absorbing
throughout. The same company that marked
its success at the metropolis will be seen here
and includes in its entirety j. M. Colville,
Charles Howson, Robert Thorne and Miss
Pauline Perry. Three matinees will be given
Monday (Old Defenders Day), Wednesday
and Saturday.
An Exciting Runaway-No Serious Dam
age.-Mr. Harry A. Matthews and his mother,
Mrs. Alice Matthews, and the latter's young
granddaughter of Philadelphia, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cover Howser of Baltimore, had thrill
ing experience and narrow escape from in.
jury in a runaway.accdent on Friday night of
last week. They were returning in carriage
from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Granville Mat
thews, near Oregon, and while going down a
hill the pole-yoke became unfastened from the
tongue of the vehicle which caused the latter
to run upon the horses. They became fright
ened and ran at breakneck speed. The carriage
was upset and the occupants thrown into
ditch. Mrs. Matthews and Mr.. and Mrs. How
ser were badly bruised and painfully, but not
seriously injured. Mr.. Matthews and Mrs.
Matthews, granddaughter escaped injury. The
horses became detached from the carriage and
ran to the Western Run turnpike, where they
were caught.
Bridge Falls-Causes Much Trouble
The old iron bridge over the Gunpowder falls
at Glencoe, N. G. r. R.. collapsed last Satur-
day afternoon, and while no one was hurt
many people in that section OF the county
were put to great inconvenience. A threshing
outfit passed over the bridge about O'Clock.
Shortly afterward tree fell and crashed down
upon one of the iron stays. The thrasher had
loosened the bolts, It is thought, and the tree
finished the work of demolition. Fortunately,
the falling tree was noticed by passersby and
no one was caught in the fall. So complete
was the wreck that there was not sufficient
debris to construct temporary bridge, and
teams were forced to seek roundabout way
to reach their respective destinations. In some
possible. Until the bridge is repaired some vii
iages will be isolated. The County Commits
soners were notified and began work at once
repairing the damage.
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| A letter from York, dated September 4, says ::
"Word has been received here of the death in
| Philadelphia of Benjamin +. Roller OF Shrews-
bury, one of the most prominent men Of lower
York county. Mr.. Roller was 70 years of age
and for fifty years was justice of the peace.
| He was Clerk of the Courts of York county
| from 1876 to 1878. He was member Of the
York County Agricultural Society, and was
one of the organizers Of the Summit Grove
| Camp-meeting Association. His father was
Isaac Roller, Judge Of the courts Of York
Mr.. Roller was we'll known in Baltimore
county and until few years ago he was fire.
quent visitor to Towson looking after the real
estate affairs OF the Northern Central Railway
Company. He was genial gentleman Of the
old school and had wide circle Of friends and
acquaintance
Firemen's Block Convention.-A meeting
of the executive committee of the Volunteer
| Firemen's Association of Baltimore County
was held Monday night in Baltimore, when ii
was decided to hold the next block convention
| October % at PenwOod Park, near Sparrows
| Point.
Block No. 4, which will hold the next con-
vention, is composed of the Vigilant, Rescue,
Enterprise, Friendship and Reliance compa-
! MES, all of Sparrows Point. meeting Of the
executive committee will be held September
| II at the Hotel Junker to make further ar
| rangements for the block convention.
Invitations will be sent to all the compan les
| Of the association to have one or more repre-
| sentatives present at the convention, one OF
which is held every three months at various
| places in the county.
Milk Producers Active.-The Baltimore
| County Milk Producers Association held an
| enthusiastic meeting on last Saturday after
noon. when IS members were present. Mr.
| James B. Ensor presided, and Mr.. G. @. Holmes
| secretary. 1t was decided to hold meeting al
an early date in Baltimore, at which the asso-
citation will adopt bylaws and a constitution
| There was considerable discussion relative to
expressed was that the price should be in.
creased to 20 cents per gallon in the winter ano
to 16 and 18 cents per gallon during the sum
mer months. 1t was stated that the drought
had caused an increase in the cost of producing
milk because there was no pasture and tha
under the present conditions dairymen wert
losing money.
Baltimore County Leads in Big Presses
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