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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_63-0025 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| IF YOU HAVE A FARM, FURNITURE, LIVE STOCK OR ANY THING ELSE TO SELL, LET THE PEOPLE KNOW IT BY ADVERTISING IN IT WILL. PAY YOU TO PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or per-suasion, religious or political. —Jefferson. "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. IX. No. 5 "It Covers The Community Like The Dew" TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1920 MARYLAND JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1S6B I____CONSOLIDATED I©15 BALTIMORE CO. DEMOCRAT ESTAB. 1885 f WITH THE JEFFERSONIAN. BALTIMORE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD GRANTS ¦ TEACHERS 25 PER CENT. INCREASE IN SALARIES Go Into Effect April 1—Decision Arrived At After Lengthy Session—Made Within The Tax Rate For Schools—$500,000 To $150,000 Needed For Buildings. Baltimore County Public School teachers will receive a 25 per cent, increase in salary, which will be effective April 1st next. The minimum monthly salary and the minimum yearly salary as announced at the offices of the School Board at Towson is as follows: Assistants in elementary schools and kindergarten teachers, $90 and $1,300; one-teacher rural schools, $110 and $1,500; principals having one to 12 assistants, $110 to $190 and $1,500 to $2,100; principals having 13 assistants and over, $200 and $2,200; principals of high schools, Group 2, $195 and $2,250; principals^ of high schools, Group 1, $240 and $2,700; assistants in high schools, $100 and $1,600; vice-principals in high schools, $120 and $1,800; manual training teachersi, male, major work in high schools, $120 and $1,800. Manual training teachers, major work in elementary schools, monthly salary of $120 first year and $140 fifth year. Commercial and domestic science assistants, experience required for appointment, salary same as for elementary or high school assistants, according to po- sition and preparation. Assistant supervisors $100 above elementary assistants. Vice-principals in elementary schools having two or more assistants will receive $5 additional a month. In rating high school principals four years' credit only will be given for experience in any other position. Assistants and one-teacher school principals holding second grade certificates will receive $20 a month less than the sched- (Continued on Page 3, Col. 2.) _ in;iii!!iii!iiaiiiiiiiiiiiit3iiiiii[iiiii[3iiiiiiiiiiiic]iiiiiiii!iiiumiiiiiiin:i HOWDY DO n:iiiiiiiiiiiQiiiiiiniiii[:iiiniiiiiii[]iii!iiiiiiiic:i!iiiii!i!ii[]iiiiiiiiiii![]i WHO'S WHO IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. No. 1. NUTS PREDICT WEATHER At ninety miles Drove Edward Shawn; The motor stopped, But Ed kept on. — (Contributed by a reader.) Mr. John Mays Little, a member of the Baltimore County Bar, counsel to the Board of Election Supervisors and president of the Parkton National Bank, is well known throughout the county and enjoys the confidence of nearly every resident in the "Upper End" from which he came. ZOUCK FAVORS PROJECT Chairman Of State Roads Commission Declares Himself For Philadelphia Road Improvement. The State Roads Commission is being urged by residents along the Philadelphia road, both In Baltim re and Harford counties to improve the thoroughfare, contending that it is a shorter route to the Eastern Shore from Baltimore city. It is proposed that the improvement, which now stops at Herring Run, Should be extended to Aberdeen .Travelers to and from the Eastern Shore, instead of using the circuitous route via Belair, would have a direct road 'to Baltimore, saving about 14 miles. The route parallels the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1 Prank H. Zouck. chairman of the State Roads Commission, has declared himself in favor of the proposed improvement. He said its cost at this (Continued On Page 8, Col. 3.) 1£JIIII!lll!!IIHIIIIIlllll!|[3IIIIIIIIIIIIHII!Illlllllin!lllllllilllHlllllll!l!llt5 | FIFTY YEARS AGO | IN BALTIMORE COUNTY ailllllllll!inillll!IIIIIIC]llllllllllll[]IIIII!llllllt3IIIIIIII!lli::illl!l,l!!|[[3! It Is Strange How People's Versions Can Be So Very Different. The touch of severe winter which has gripped this locality for the past two weeks) or more, recalls an incident which occurred in the office of The Jeffersonian in the early fall, and just goes to show how the opinions of two people will vary. Early in October a tall, stalwart farmer, wended his way into the office, and in the course of conversation stated that the winter would be very mild as there were no nuts around, and in a few minutes another farmer, one of the "old school," bent with years of tilling the soil, happened in and said we would have a hard winter, because there were no nuts around, and this he stated was due to the fact that the squirrels had stored up the nuts. wl.ich indicated a bad winter. Prom the evidence in the case, as a lawyer would put it, the latter was correct. CORRiSPOHt>tN~E JUflTTORS W -* THE mmwv HYDES, R. F. D. The Old Maid's Auction held last Wednesday night at the home of Lester Smith by the Ladies' Aid Society of Fork Christian Church was a success, $24.25 being cleared. Mr. Elery Bond was the auctioneer. Mr. Bryan Pearce will lead the Young People's Meeting at Fork Church Sunday evening. Mr. Arthur Moore, of The RockSt, is visiting his cousin, Mrs. Lester Smith, at Fork. -----------O----------- SALEM. REWARDED. A venerable judge in California sat in the place of honour at a reception. As a young lady of dazzling charms walked past he exclaimed almost involuntarily, "What a beautiful girl!" The young woman overheard the compliment, turned and gave him a radiant smile. '"What an excellent judge!" she said. — ("Snatched" from a California newspaper.) Ye Gods! How Could Anyone Rest Easy Under Tli'e Circumstances PRESIDENT WILSON : : RESTS EASY. MOB HOWLS : : AT DOOR OF REISTCHTAG. : : BOOZE HUNTERS RAM- : ' PANT NEAR WHITE.':... : HOUSE. : — (Headline "grabbed" from a big New York City newspaper.) YOU HAVE TO HAND IT TO THE PREACHER. "Why do you go to church so often?" "Man, it is a beautiful sight to see one man keep so many women quiet for such a long time." Perhaps It's To Move Safes. WANTED—TWO STRONG : : MEN FOR EASY, AFFABLE : • EMPLOYMENT. APPLY BRIGGS SAFE CO., : : 49 DUANE ST. : — (Advertisement "lamped" in««a Chi cago newspaper.) Sunday school Sunday morning at 9.30; preaching at 10.30 o'clock* by the elder. Mrs. Bertha Martin and Mrs. Ella Wisner entertained a few friends at a quilting. Little Winna Martin is on the sick list at this writing. Mlss| Laura Miller is spending some time with Mrs. Margie Martin. Mr. and Mrs. B. Harris have the sympathy of their friends over the loss of their little son, Russell, who died on Tuesday of last week and was buried at Grave Run. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Deer, of Hamps/tead. (Continued on Page 2.) Thou fool, that which thou soweth is not quickened, except to die.—Corinthians xv: 86. [MEETING & DANCE MONDAY "Lower End" Improvement Association Will Hold Function In Josenhan's Hall. Under the auspices of the Improvement Association of the Fifth Cimmisj-sioner District of Baltimore County, a pulic meeting and dance will be held at Josenhan's Hall, near the Back River Neck Road on Monday evening next, January 26. at 8 o'clock. The financial resources of the Federal Government are exemplified in New York City by the activity within the U. S. Sub-Treasury, located on Wall Street, upon the site of the Old City Hall, where Washington took his oath of office as the first President. The financial resources of this community are exemplified by the activity of The White Hall National Bank WHITE HALL, MD. ICE SMASHES BRIDGES Quarry Operations At Granite Stopped Because Coal Cannot Be Delivered. Probably no section in Baltimore county has suffered from the snow and ice as has Granite. The ice gorge on the Patapsco, just above the .village, broke the abutments of Putney and Ridgeley bridges and as the coal for operating the quarries is shipped- over these, the damaging of the structures, necessarily stopped operations at the quarries, throwing hundreds of men out of work. CEMSUS "iMCWTDB THERE "Gobbler's Knob" Visited By Apt OF Uncle Sam, Who Bas Bar-rowing Experience. - • Lan' Sakes! My, but didn't yer Uncle Jake laff when he .happened ter pass ther Second National Bank at Towson-town on Wednesday when it was s^gol durn slippery an' see ther ancierlip an' hanorable John Mays Little make er exit on his setting down place. But ther thing what's got yer Uncle Jake durn perplexed is whether ther sed John came out er his own 'cord er was chucked out, Dialogueically speakin', from ther position yer Uncle Jake was standin' in an' ther way John came out, eifher version might be durn nigh correct. Poor John, what's always in er hurry went one way. hisi specks er 'nother, his hat ter ther North an' some papers he was car-ryin' ter ther South west, but yer Uncle Jake's durn glad he didn't bust his contract, er some thin' else 'cause ther ancient an' honorable lawyer guy got right ter-gether an' on his durn feet agin er minute an' was talkin' ter tfome yap 'bout er mortgage. Sizzlin' Cat-Pish! One er them pertinent numicators er ther Census De partment, was er visitor er Gobbler's Knob this week, an' fired more gol durn questions at ther inhabitants an' talked more than er feller what trys ter sell insurance. Ther critter what was dressed up like ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ler sixteen year old chicken, but what was er old hen 'bout 63, struck er snag when she tried ter extract sed information from Ol' Julius To; guegone, Gobbler's Knob's only deaf mut* . an' after seein' ther woman s tcrgue waggin' an' her moutn goin' fer er couple dozen hours, Ol' Julius got peeved an' with his walkin' stick banged her over ther dome, ther bein' s*een o' her was when she made one jump over Mary Ann's Creek an' was headin' fer ther woods on tother side er ther stream. Ter date ther bu reau er statistics, information an' cu riosity at Washin'ton ain't got by half all what it -wants ter know concernin' ther yaps at Gobbler's Knob. Caesar's Ghosit! Ther ancient an* honorable Bosley Hoffman, what has 'caused er epidemic er heart disease with them ther gals what's studyin ter be teachers, incidently, ol' maids at ther Normal School at To.wsontown, done cut off ther dirty bunch o'"hair underneath his nasal organ. Lan' sakes! Towsontown ¦ had ther audacity ter trick; ther 'steemed an' honorable Ots German bein' ther first. Yer Uncle Jake don't blame them would-be school teachers er gol durn bit, fer requestin' ther removal er ther alfalfa, fer yer Uncle Jake 'members only too well that when Mame fergits ter shave, how them hairs tickle. Oh, Cleopatra! One young upstart er Towsontown rhad ther audacity te snread ther news 'round that yer Uncle Jake was er auto Jack, an' hadn't it been fer ther fact that ther critter what made ther remark was er preacher's offspring, there might er been trouble, but it would be gol durn sad fpr er preacher ter 'ficiate at his son's funeral, therefore ther feller still runs at large. 'Tain't no use fer ther distinguished Sam Cassen ter laff, 'cause yer Uncle Jake's plum mad, through an' through. SNOW AFFECTS BIRDS To Save Valuable Feathery Ones Residents Must Scatter A Little Feed. Birds in Baltimore county are valuable. Will you help them, thereby benefitting yourselves? While the snow is on the ground scatter a little feed about. Maryland has spent lots of money to replenisih the bird family, and it is only necessary for farmers', bird-lovers, and sportsmen to divert a little time and a little grain in severe weather to save rm.-nv of the birds "ouR-hout this county, among which are many quails. (From Old County Newspapers.) On Tuesday a negro;man named Alec, engaged as a wagon driver for Dr. Bosley. had his forefinger blown off by the premature discharge of a pistol, 'which he was loading. The wound was dressed by Dr. William Bode, of Towsontown. : RICHARD GEASON Attorney At Law : Office and dwelling near the : new Episcopal Churchi, Tow-: sontown. (Advertisement.) Mr. Robert Fowler of this county has been elected Treasurer of the State of Maryland. JOHNS & CROSLEY'S Improved Gutta Percha Cement Roofing It is fire and water proof. Can be bought at any Towsontown store. (Advertisement.) Miss Nancy E. SSrry became the bride of Mr. William H. Hepburn on the 6th inst., both of Phoenix, this county. MARCH 15 THE DAY Income Tax Reports Of Corporations And Individuals Must Be In By That Date. Income tax forms are being sent out 'to all those who come under the provisions of the law, and they must "march up to the captain's office" by March 15th with all the questions answered for Uncle Sam and a little check besides. In explaining the different situations and questions to be answered in filling up the blanks, the collector for this section has given out a form which, if followed, will greatly aid in unraveling many things which appear puzzling. ANNIVERSARY DINNER AGAIN Towson Jonior Order U. A. I. Holds Function After Several Years Cessation Ot Custom. For the first time in several years John Eager Howard Council, No. 66, Jr. O. U. A. M., of Towson, resumed their anniversary dinners by turning out a large body of its membership on Wednesday night last and after the regular session in its council chambers in the Lee Building, proceeded in a- body to the supper room of the Methodist Protestant Church on Alleghany avenue, where the Ladies' Aid Society of this church served a sumptuous anniversary dinner, which was heartily enjoyed by all the Juniors present. The room was decorated in patriotic colors and each table was decked with flowers, presenting an attractive appearance. A stringed orchestra from the city rendered patriotic and popular airs during the evening adding greatly to the enjoyment of the occasion. The committee in charge of arrangements was composted of Messrs. G. William Parker. Thomas J. German and Thomas H. Stetser. The presiding officer was Council Deputy George W. Seipp, who acted as toastmaster and in a happy vein spoke of the declaration of principles of the Junior Order, of his participation in the war of 61 to 65, of a great rebellion at Appomattox and of the business of the Junior Order United American Mechanics to perpetuate the cherished American institutions. The exercises opened with prayer by the council chaplain and concluded by the entire company singing "America," accompanied by the orchestra. In response to the call of the toast-master, the following responded in the order mentioned. Past Councilor and Financial Secretary George C. Tracey, who in the course of his remarks stated that dur-(Continued on Page 8, Col.3.) A farmer living near Towson was expecting a hen house built by a concern in the West, who ships them "set up," and he hitched his mules up to the dray and was oft to the station of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad here to fetch it home. Upon arriving he saw his purchase, loaded it on his wagon and started for home. On the way back he met the station agent, "What in the h have you sot on that wagon t" he asked. "My hen house, of course," was the reply. "Hen house be damned," said the station agent, indignantly, "that's my station." WHAT'S NEXT? ^^*^mm&% ON IMPORTANT COMMITTEES Assignments For Legislative Delegates From Baltimore Coonty Made Known. (From a Staff Correcpondent of The i Jeffersonian.) Annapolis, Md.—The House of Delegates settled down to business Monday night after Speaker Tydings announced the committee assignments. Emory L. Goblentz, of Frederick, was made chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which carries with it the Democratic floor leadership. Quite a lively contest developed over the chairmanship of the Judicial Committee, but Edward H. Burke, of Balti-'more county, finally carried off the honors. The Speaker, it is said, was disposed to favor the appointment of his colleague from Harford, Frederick L. Coburn. Clarence M. Roberts, of Prince George's, was another asipirant. The 'judgment of the party leaders, which finally prevailed, was in favor of Mr. Burke. Mr. SBurke, by reason of his legal training and experience, is conceded to be admirably fittpfl fo^ fi° chairmanship of this important committee. Upon the whole, the delegates from Baltimore countv fared very well in committee assignments. John D. C. Duncan was chosen chairman of the important committee on Insurance and 'Loans, and Mr. Rice was made chairman of the committee on Labor. The committee assignments for the six delegates from Baltimore county follow: Mr. Burke—Judiciary, chairman; Education, Agriculture and Printing. Mr. Duncan—Insurance and Loans, chairman; Corporation,, and Labor. Mr. Rice—Labor, chairman: Militia and Amendments to the Constitution. Mr. Given—Ways and Means, Library and Hygiene. Mr. Holzknecht—Roads and Highways, Immigration and Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries. Mr. Weilbrenner — Temperance and Regulation of the Liquor 'Traffic, and Game and Fish. ' On Tuesday Mr. Holsknecht introduced a joint resolution calling on the Public Service Commission to order the United Railways to issue free transfers at the Sparrows Point-Middle River junction near Bayview. PEACE TREATY NOT A QUESTION OF LEADERSHIP, BUT A QUESTION OF ADVANCEMENT FOR HUMANITY, Tremendous Hazard Is Set Before Democrats In Bold Relief Towai Advancing Near The Coming Presidential Election Without. ' Getting The Treaty Safely Disposed Of. (From the Washington Correspondent | mean a Treaty with the Lodge ulti- Bf The Jeffers/onian.l_________ No friend of peace can fail to see the irony of a situation in which the United States, alone of the great nations, has been left to continue in a state of war with Germany, outside the pale of that League of Nationa of which the United States was the chief advocate. No friend of the United States can note the present position of the country, before the great nations with which it fought side by side to win the war, j mata, or with the changes proposed by the mild reservationists? As Dr Low^ ell, of Harvard, observes, the presidential election cannot possibly be a real expression of opinion as to what reservations, if any, the people want. And las for any hope of satisfactory expression through the election of a preponderance of senators, from one of the great parties, the Democrats have nothing to encourage them to allow the Treaty to figure in the campaign. If without a sense of sacrifice, if not de- they should carry every state in the feat in contemplation of the mysteri- country- the number of new men that mis inabmtv^F the country's leaders ! ^ey could put into the Senate would and Veprese^tatives to agrfe upon .a j *"* be sufficient to give them the two- matter upon which the national sentiment, while unrecorded, appears to be no longer subject to doubt. But although the protracted, differences of opinion at Washington have made it necessary for the United States-in the very moment when the Allies are ratifying the Peace Treaty with Germany and putting the League of Nations in motion, to give notice that the conditions of the armistice of November 11, 1918, still govern the relations between Germany and the United States, mature consideration of the divergence of Democratic views emphasized by President Wilson and William J. Bryan at the Jackson dinner develops no new obstacle to immediate Treaty ratification by thia country. In fact, the logic of those contrasting declarations, in spite of all that President Wilson says about allowing the Treaty to become an issue in the election of his successor next year, points to ratification now. What the Jackson Day dinner has done for the Democrats of this country is to set before them, in bold relief, the tremendous hazard to their party interests in advancing farther toward another presidential election without getting the Treaty safely disposed of. Nothing that the President says about giving the next election "the form of a great and solemn referendum as to the part the United States is to play in completing the settlements of the war" can properly overshadow his admission that he will not object "if the Senate wishes to say what the undoubted meaning of the League is." Of course, as he truly sjays, when the Treaty is acted upon, the President "must know whether it means that we have ratified or rejected it." Exactly that knowledge must be clearly available, equally, for the nations that are to decide whether any reservations or stipulations by the United States are to those nations acceptable or otherwise. But any idea that President Wilson expects this Treaty to be actually dependent upon the turn of the millions of ballots to be cast in the election next November is hardly compatible with hia declarations that "we cannot rewrite this Treaty" and that the task of making another and separate kind of treaty with Germany is "unthinkable." And suppose there sjiould be an attempt to have this Treaty question decided by the presidential election vote. Is there any possible method of securing a decision that would actually settle the matter? Certainly the mere election of a Republican candidate over a Democratic candidate, or vise versa, would hardly be a sufficient guide to any disposal of the complicated differences over Treaty terms in a fashion that could be said to follow the popular mandate. Would Republican success (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1.) NEWSPAPER SCARCE Situation So Critical That Hundreds Of Rural Publications Have Suspended. ! The newsprint paper situation is critical, in fact so much, that hundreds of 'rural publications all over the country have been compelled to suspend publication, owing to the fact that they could not secure paper for their weekly editions. It is not a case of paying any exhorbitant price for paper, but there is a shortage and it cannot be had for "love nor money." ' Subscription bills will be attached to the next issue of The Jeffersonian, Saturday, January 81, of all those subscribers in arrears and unless they are paid promptly their names will be cut off our mailing lists. This is a matter of self-presferva-tion, and as "self-preservation is the first law of nature" there is no other alternative for The Jeffersonian to take. The cost of labor and production isj entirely too high to allow papers to go out unless we receive the cash promptly. 'FLU" AROUND AGAIN Epidemic Of Last Year Should Be A Warning To Guard Against Disease. 1 Every person in Baltimore county should guard against the "Flu." which is rapidly increasing in all sections of the United States. In Chicago more than 1.000 cases have been reported and some 100 or more deaths. Right in this locality 25 cases have been reported to the Baltimore City Health Department, and as the inclement weather that has gripped Baltimore county and vicinity ia a "breeder" for the disease great precaution should be taken not to allow colds to run, and wet feet to go un-cared for. , —Rev. S. F. Cassen is confined to his home with a severe attack of la grippe. ' —Miss Jennie Green has returned from an extended visit with relatives in New York. —Mrs. H. Frank Phipps is ill at her home on the York road, suffering with pneumonia. —Miss Julia Cassen left today for Hagerstown, where she will visit friends. —Former Assistant County Agent W. Collins Thomas was a visitor at the county-seat one day this week. , ¦ —Mrs. Charles H. Whitaker is ill at her home, corner of Alleghany and Highland avenues. —Mrs. Mamie Lee, who resides at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James BS. Dunphy, is ill. —Mr. Spencer Smith, of the Court Drug Company here, was away from his duties, due to illness. —The County Commissioners on Tuesday last were in consultation with their counsel, Mr. T. Scott Offutt, regarding local legislation at Annapolis. —Road's Engineer William G. Sucro, who was "laid up" at his home here, for more than week with lumbago, resumed his duties on Tuesday last. (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1.) '- r The Second National Bank MEMORIAL FOR PIKESVILLE Concrete Plans Made To Erect Tablet And Flag Staff On School Lawn. > The village of Pikesville, this county, will honor the men who fell in battle 'overseas and all those who served, by the erection of a granite shaft, inlaid with a bronze tablet, upon the top of Which will be a huge steel flag pole. The cost will be in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. ' The committee having the matter in 'charge is composed of Henry A. Davis, 'chairman; T. E. Mahon, Dr. E. E. Nich-oll, Major H. A. Naylor. G. A. Salter, Charles Shipley and E. E. Watts. OF TOWSON In answer to repeated inquiry, We are still receiving Liberty Bonds for safe-keeping free of charge. Don't Sell Your Bonds, and do not continue to keep them in unesafe places. OFFICERS— THOMAS W. OFFUTT President. ELMER J. COOK HARRISON RIDER Vice-Presidents. JOSEPH B. GALLOWAY Cashier. THOS. J. MEADS Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS— THOMAS W. OFFUTT ELMER J. COOK HARRISON RIDER CHARLES H. KNOX W. GILL SMITH NOAH E. OFFUTT GEORGE HARTMAN ALLAN McLANE t GEORGE H. STIEBER J H JARRETT LEP' OSBORNE I. YELLOTT H. COURTENAY JENIFER a / |