The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-02

the Court House door. real estate near Blue
Mount. Northern Central Railroad.
Tuesday, October 10. by W. Gill Smith attorney,
etc., at the Court House door, fee simple
property in Towson.
Wednesday. October 20, by L. g. and Y. r. gum
lin. mile from Kingsville, on the Belalr
road, mules horses, cows, farm implements
and machinery. hay. corn. straw todder, ,etc.
Monday, October 25, by Mrs. Alice e. Thorne,on
the premises, valuable real estate on the
Hillen road, opposite Arlington avenue.
The York Fair will be held five days
next week beginning or Monday.
- Columbus Day-Tuesday October 12-
will be legal holiday in Maryland
>S Some people may doubt it but firm OF
Baltimore plumber actually failed this week.
We have experienced some real fall
weather in the last few days and fires and heavy
clothing were necessary to comfort.
- An attractive advertisement Of the White
Hall fair can be found in this issue of The
Union News. Don't fail to read it.
- Alexander Slaysman, Jr., of Hamilton,
Hartford road. has secured patent for ma
chine for feeding sheet metal blanks.
- People who use the oiled roads are much
pleased with them. The dust has been ban
ished and this is assuredy great comfort.
The young men of GOvanstOwn have or
gauized basketball team, with Mr.. ]. Wilbur
Meads, manager, and Mr.. J J. S. McAfee, captain.
- Governor Crothers has commissioned
Mr. Charles w. Miller of Raspeburg, Belair
road, an additional notary public for Baltimore
county.
- Melvin Burton bad leg broken while
play ing baseball at the Mount Carmel farmers
picnic last Saturday. Dr.. Shermantine at
tended him.
-A three-time "ad' in The Union News
brought IA answers after two insertions. If
you want to reach the people this tells you
how to do it.
- Revival services began last Sunday at
Poplar Methodist Protestant Church and will
continue next week. Rev. Herbert F. Wright
is pastor Of the church.
- The election will take place four weeks
from next Tuesday-November Thus far
the campaign has been progressing very quiet
ly in baltimore county.
SThe second quarterly conference Of the
Methodist Protestant Churches of Towson,
Warren and Poplar will be held this Saturday
at the parsonage at TowsOn.
->The daily papers have this week been
teeming with accounts of automobile accidents.
Reckless drivers of these machines should
profit by reading these details
- Miss Frances Trail, who died suddenly at
her home in Frederick on Monday last, was a
sister of Mrs. John l. Yellotto Towson She
had been an invalid thirty eight years.
- Forty Hours Devotion will begin in
Holy Family Catholic Church, HARRISON vile,
Sunday, October 8, with masses at and IL
A NJ. Rev. E. 7. Adams is the pastor.
- fair and rummage sale will be held in
Trinity Parish House, Towson, on Friday af-
o'clock, by members of the Sunday school,
- The fall meeting of the Marylan Jockey
Club promises to be great success. 1t will
begin October % and end November 8 Many
horses are already in training at Pimico track.
- The Baltimore County Fish and Game
Protective Association will hold a meeting at
SP. NJ next Friday at Hotel Junker, Balti
more. All interested persons are requested to
attend.
- Mr.. B. John Black, a well-known Second
district farmer, raised this season tomato
that weighed two pounds. That is the largest
one we have heard of and Mr.. Black holds the
record.
- Scores of Baltimore people who spent
the past summer in Baltimore county are now
returning to their city homes and are thus
missing one of the most beautiful seasons of
the year.
- Only one more chance to register this
fall-Tuesday October 5. The last sitting of
the registers, one week later, will be for revi
sion only and no new names can be added to
the books.
- The Rosedale branch OF the Baltimore
postoffice was abolished, by order of the Post
office Department, on Thursday last. The
patrons will be served by rural carriers from
Raspeburg.
= Towson' Suburban League team finished
the season at the head of the procession and
The Union News prints in its supplement today
a picture of the victors. Now, aren't they a
pretty bunch?
- Several farmers who were plowing and
seeding this week said they never saw the
ground in finer condition. Perhaps the sum-
mer drought will prove to have been good
thing after all.
- This seems to be season we'll suited to
the growth of abnormally large vegetables.
Mr.. William Cabell Bruce of Ruxton raised in
his garden a beet of the ordinary kind that
weighed 103 pounds.
- Forty-four acres of land known as the
Cooper property, adjoining the Maryland Hos
pital for the Insane, near CatOnsville, has been
purchased for that institution and will beused
for farming purposes.
>The Poe disfranchising amendment was
defeated in Baltimore county by majority of
2616. The vote for it was 5. 139 and against it
1855. Wonder how the Straus amendment
will fare in November
While coon hunting few nights ago on
Mr.. Henry Herzinger's farm, in Patapsco
Neck, party of four caught three 'coons that
weighed, respectively, 2S, % and IS pounds.
They also caught one 'possum.
- River View Park, one of Baltimore's
popular resorts, was damaged by fire on Thurs
day afternoon to the extent of about $4,000.
1t is located on the Patapsco river in the
Twelfth district of Baltimore county.
MIR. G. Frank Morgan, proprietor of
Dulanys Valley Stock Farm, has sold his blue
ribbon gelding, Major Kuser, sired by his
Admiral Kuser, to Mrs. Robert s. Carswell of
Gorsuch avenue, Baltimore, for $3.50.
uC GdotCAA 4LCo6uC DdoCDnAA oCuoOA
closed at Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon
when the Orioles beat the Toronto team to l..
The Baltimore team finished next to the tail
enders with 81 games won an Sc lost.
Mr.. Samuel w. Owens of Catonsville,
who died on Monday, in the I'D year of his
age, was stepson of the late Samuel ]. Rob-
inson and was deputy under him when he
was sheriff. Mr.. Owens leaves family.
THE residence of the late John Grason,
on Highland avenue West Towson, was offered
at public sale on Tuesday afternoon by Auc-
tioneer VIM. NJ. Risteau and withdrawn on a
bid of 81 100. The property is still for sale.
The ladies of Towson Methodist Protest
ant Church will hold an oyster supper in the
basement Of the church on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings, October q,
% and %. Proceeds for benefit of church
fund.
- Miss Charlotte Miller will have charge
of the services at Towson Methodist Protestant
Church tomorrow Sunday evening at 7.3O
o'clock. Miss Miller is from Baltimore and is
connected with the Young Womens Christian
Association.
-An outbreak of diphtheria among the
children in the Kelso Home, Forest Park,
created some excitement early this week. The
health authorities took prompt action and the
spread of the disease was checked. There were
no fatal cases.
-Mrs. Dunphy, wife of Mr.: James E.
Dunphy, foreman of The Union News office,
has been suffering severely for some days from
an injured foot, the result of stepping upon a
nail that punctured it. DR.. r. c. Massenburg
is attending her.
1T is proposed to make the Hartford road,
which is to be improved by State aid, uniform
width of % feet, with an 18-foot macadam sur
face. Work on this thoroughfare will begin
north of Hamilton, where the road is already
of sufficient width.
Several public spirited citizens of Govans-
town have contributed to their own comfort
and also that of the public by giving the York
road, between Woodbourne and Beaumont av-
enues, good sprinkling with oil, thus doing
away with the dust.
Messrs. John Crowther and Granville
Matthews, both well known Eighth district
farmers, have threshed their wheat crops, with
very satisfactory results. Mr.. Matthews had
760 bushels from 26 acres and Mr.. Crowther
1,4O0 bushels from 81 acres.
According to q. w. E. Treadwell, U. s.
cooperative weather observer at Towson, the
rainfall for September was 4A inches, which
is 80 inch greater than the normal precipita-
ton for the month. There is still, however, a
deficiency of 4 SO since March l.
-The announcement of Mr.. S. Clayton
Seitz, the new proprietor of the Independent
Ice Company, Towson, appears in the present
issue of The Union News and special attention
is invited to it. Mr.. Seitz is an active anc
reputable business man and we welcome him
among US.
-The mystery auction to be held Satur
day night, October 2. by the ladies of Parktor
has OF