The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-12-11

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south of Cold Spring lane. has been sold to Mr.
Jesse A. Davis, who is occupying the place,
for SIG 500. IL contains about acres OF lana
IA Third district farmer, who was in
Towson on Wednesday, said he bad not yet
been able to do any pl0Wing because OF the
condition of the ground. In some sections
plows have been running ever since last week s
rain.
- There will be no giving and receiving Of
presents between teachers and pupils in the
Christmas, the SCHOOL, Board having issued an
edict to this effect, and it is highly commend
able action.
->The second annual show Of the Mary
land State Poultry and Pigeon Association will
be held in the old Fifth Regiment Armory,
Baltimore. January to 9,inclusive. It prom
ises to be the finest exhibition Of the kind ever
seen in the South.
- The Gardeners and Farmers Hall prop
erty, on the Bel Air road, near Gardenville. ad-
vertised to be sold by Messrs. Henry Herman,
J. Harman Schone and John Kinleine, COM
mittee, was Withdrawn, the highest bid being
| thought insufficient.
.SOn Sunday last Presiding Elder E V.
Taylor of Baltimore district Methodist Episco-
pal Church South visited Taylor Perry Hall
and Hamilton churches, in this county. On
Sunday morning, December 26, he will visit
North Point Church.
At its last meeting the TOwson Improve
ment Association elected the following officers:
President, T. Scott Offutt; vice-president, A.
| d. Stebbins; secretary, n. d. r. Allen; treas
urer, W. Clarence Cranmer. The regular Office
force was reappointed.
The County Commissioners will make
their appointments for the coming year just
before their adjournment for the holidays. 1t
is said there will be very few changes when
the plum tree is shaken and this statement
must make the incumbents feel good.
- Mr.. Joseph Miller of Unionvile is not
one of those who find rotation of crops neces-
sary to get good results. An acre of ground
near bis house has been in corn continuously
for 20 years, yet this season, dry as it was, he
| gathered 10 barrels of corn from this acre lot
- Great thing to be sportsman. A Tow
| son man had breakfast at O'Clock, rode
miles on trolley line. travelled Is miles on a
steam road, drove 5 miles across the country
and got back home at 8 P. NJ dead tired. and
with one rabbit as q reward for bis hard days
work.
- Everything points to great success for
Baltimore county Agricultural High School
the first of its kind in the country. The School
Board is to be congratulated upon taking the
initiative in this movement and that the COM
ing generation will profit by it we have no
doubt
- The large barn on the farm of Mr.. John
Moores, two miles from Bel Air, was burned
on Sunday night last. Seven fine horses per-
ished in the flames and about 200 barrels of
corn and large quantities of other farm pro-
duce, implements, ETC., were consumed. Cause
| of fire unknown.
"A young colored man named Joseph
Hall, employed as chauffeur at Roland Park,
died on Saturday last from eating a large
quantity of sausage that he had bought in one
of the Baltimore markets. The physician who
attended him said ptomaine poison was the
cause of his death.
"A rally was held at Providence NJ. E.
Church on Sunday, December s. Rev. Snow
den Wheeler addressed the Sunday school and
Miss Jefferson, Miss Wheeler and Mr.. Robert
Wheeler of Baltimore rendered vocal selec-
tion, and Mr.. Harry d. Grace of Govans, ad-
dressed the league.
- Gibson Caplan q adairyman at Orangeville
| Philadelphia road. was arrested in Baltimore a
| few days ago for having in his possession milk
containing less than 81 per cent butter fat, and
also with having in his possession milk hav-
ing temperature above so degrees Fahr. He
| prayed Jury trial and was released.
- The sale of the horses, vehicles, harness,
etc., of the Towson Horse Company, on Friday.
| Sd instant, was well attended and fair prices
were obtained. The sale was managed by Mr..
Elmer j. Cook, attorney for the company, and
conducted by Auctioneer W. Nj. Risteau. Mr..
| Walter l.. King now has charge of the stable.
The mystery about the non-arrival of
| President Taft's monster Thanksgiving pie at
the White House has been explained. The
| Beniztown Bard swiped it at Baltimore Every
body should have known that it would not
be safe TO attempt to send widely advertised
| around.
= A strong fight has been made against the
granting of a liquor license to William g..
| Gardiner of Arlington and there was lively
time when the case was heard in the Circuit
| Court here a few days ago. Col. u. 1t. Mcln-
| tosh appeared for the protestants and Senator
| John s. Biddison and Mr.. John D. @. Duncan,
| Jr., for Gardiner.
- Services at Towson Methodist Protestant
Church Sunday, December IL, are as follows !:
i A n hfVnfR huf fbn n
Wright; 2.30P NJ, Junior Endeavor; 715 P.
| NJ, Christian Endeavor, subject from Pilgrim s
| Progress Crossing the River" p. NJ,
preaching by the pastor. Prayer meeting on
| Wednesday night.
| Two drunken white men, in charge of a
| fine team of mules, drawing big load of
| corn caused tieup of traffic on West JOppa
| road Towson, last Saturday morning and it
| took several hours to straighten matters out.
| Nobody was hurt, but both men were landed
| in Jail because they were too helpless to take
| care of themselves
- Last Sunday was another charming day,
more like May than December The country
was full of people out enjoying the balmy air
| and genial sunshine. Up until the first part
of this week roses were blooming in the
! gardens and lawns of some of the residents of
| Towson, a sight which has never been wit
| messed here before in December.
| - The Salvation Army workers are again
making their appeal for help toward the an
| nual Christmas dinner given to the poor of
/ Baltimore city, and oD every busy corner
| male or female soldier may be seen shaking
| the box for contributions. This worthy charity
/ gave g. 750 Xmas dinners away last year, and
| gave 1O15 baskets with dinners for families.
>Mr. T.V. Richardson, near PhUnix, has
| been very successful in hog-raising. He sold
| eight S-months' old swine that averaged over
| 10 pounds each. For them he received S129 20,
| having sold them at 81 cents per pound, dress
| ed. They were killed in Baltimore. He has
| about 100 more, old and young, including "a
he will kill, or has killed. for home con-
| sumption.
- The campaign for good roads in Balti-
more county is now in full blast and meetings
have been called for every district in the
county. The idea is to put before the people
| the advantages that will result from an issue
! of 81, 500 600 of bonds the money to be expen-
ded in all the districts according to road mileage
| and population. 1t will be necessary for the
| Legislature to act before the plan can be con-
| summated
- An eloquent defense of the teaching of
the Bible was made last Monday by Rev. DR..
/ G. Herbert Richardson before the Methodist
| Preachers Meeting at Eutaw Street Methodist
| Episcopal Church, Baltimore. He deprecated
| the interpretations of the Sible by many stu
dents and theologians and argued that the
| Bible of today is the same as of years ago, but
| that critics were making a new book of it to
| Justify their conduct.
&c. w. E. Treawwell, q. s. cooperative
weather observer at Towson, reports the follow
| ing data for the week ended Thursday even
! ing. Highest temperature, 81 degrees, on
| Sunday lowest. IL degrees, on Thursd ay
mean, 1878 degrees; greatest daily range, %
degrees, on Saturday; total rainfall, .4S inch.
| The rainfall since January l. 1909, has been
| 41.05 inches, which is $50 inches below the
normal precipitation for that period.
- Among the Baltimore county truckers
and farmers who won prizes for exhibits made
at the exhibition of the Maryland Horticult-
ural Society, held at the Fifth Regiment
Armorv, Baltimore last week, were A. j.
Tarbert, gardener at the Sheppard and Pratt
Hospital, Towson; George Morrison. Uplands
| I. II. Martel, Grange; Joseph A. Bauer Ti-
monium Benjamin T. Ridgey, Towson ID.
H. Zenker, Mt. Carmel; f. G. Bauer, Govans.
- The other day Towson man was accom-
panied to his office by his little daughter. A
wel-known member of the bar, who has Offices
adjoining those of the man in question, was
introduced to the little Miss, and at the con-
| cusion of the formalities incident to the intro
duction, the little Miss caused the rooms to
re-echo with laughter when she asked her
father. Papa, is that the man who catches all
the chickens?" The name of the lawyer will
suggest itself.
7The quarterly rally of the Suburban
| Christian Endeavor Union, comprising the
societies of Towson, Eutaw, Hamilton, Canton,
LauraviIle and Waverly, will be held at
Canton Methodist Protestant Church Tuesday
evening, December IA, at o'clock. The
suburban pennant, which was won by the
Waverly society at the last rally, will be pre-