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| "SNAPSHOTS" OF FAMILIAR SCENES IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, APPEAR IN THIS PAPER FROM TIME TO TIME, THEY ARE AN EXCLUSIVE FEATURE OF IT WILIi PAY YOU TO PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS THE JEFFERSONIAN Equal and exact Justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. —Jefferson. II WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" VOL. IX. No. 12 "It Covers The Community Like The Dew' TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1920 HABYLAITD JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1866 J CONSOLIDATED ISIS BALTIMORE CO. DEMOCRAT ESTAB. 1888 ( WITH THE .IKPFBRSOXIAN. .©^^^$$^^^^^^^$^0 TAKE HEED. If there is a pink slip attached to the next issue of The Jeflerson-ian, $1.50 is clue us for subscription from January 1, 1919 to January 1, 1920. It's the final notice, and if a check, money order or cash is not received from all those in arrears, within seven days, their names will be taken o« our mail-ins lists and the accounts placed in the hands of a regular subscription agency. Their methods may not be pleasing, but don't blame The Jeffersonian, for it has been very patient In waiting for that which is justly due It. There is a time when "Patience ceases to be a virtue" and that time has arrived. A newspaper must have funds with which to operate, the same as does any other business, but some people seem to think a publication can exist on* of air. Our employees are human, just like any other individual and unless they are provided with the necessities of life, they cannot live. They are depending to an extent upon subscribers paying their $1.50. BECOMING INTERESTING Prophets And Near-Prophets Have Undertaken To Name Next Chief Judge. The question as to whom Governor Ritchie will appoint to succeed Judge Burke, as Chief Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, comprising Baltimore and Harford counties, is becoming more interesting from day to day. A great many prophets, or near-prophets, have undertaken to answer the question in favor of their particular candidate, but it is not believed that anyone has been authorize to speak for the Governor. In fact, it is not generally believed that he has as yet definitely made up his mind what to do. The situation has been clarified somewhat during the past week by Judge Duncan letting it be definitely known that he would not accept the appoint-! ment, if tendered to him. This leaves I the field open to the friends of Judge gj^^^^gj^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^O McLane, T Scott Offutt and Osborne I. ________________———— I ^ellott, who are waging a lively three- —-------------------------------------------------—_— cornere(j flght. ASSOCIATION INDIGNANT so "ar"the local bar are conoerned Taxpayers' League Is "Roasted" For Interfering With Legislation. The Fifth Commissioner District Improvement Association of Baltimore County are "up in arms" and are strenuously protesting against the interference of the Taxpayers' League in legislation at Annapolis for the erection of a bridge across North Bast Creek, this county, which would connect up the Eastern Avenue Road with the Philadelphia road. Not only is the association "sore" with the Taxpayers' League, but with the Union-News also, and in a resolution passed by it, states that the two are endeavoring through misrepresentation to diseourT age the passage of the bill introduced in the legislature authorizing the County Commissioners to bridge- the Creek. The resolution follows: Resolved by the Fifth Commissioner District Association that statement made by the Taxpayers'. League that the proposed bridge over Northeast Creek ™1"}?" JPJZ&J&^F&n"*1, N&1S James'J. Archer^d Mr. Offutt seems to have a decided advantage over the other two receptive candidates. Practically three-fourtha of the membe»si of the Towson bar have signed a petition in his favor, and the Belair bar is almost solidly behind him. No political lines have been drawn in the fight for Mr. Offutt, Republican as well as Democratic lawyers having signed his petition, and it is believed that if appointed by the Governor he will encounter no opposition in the general election to be held in the fall of 1921. The names of members of the Baltimore county bax who have signed the petition for Mr. Offutt follow: John Mays Little, Noah B. Offutt, Newton D. R. Allen, Laban Sparks, Charles B. BosHey, Elmer R. Haile, T. Lyde Mason, C. Gus Grason, L. O. Machin, David G. Mcintosh, Jr., W. George Marley, William P. Cole., Jr., Henry P. Pielert, T. Wilbur Meads, Ernest C. Hatch, James Kelley, James P. Offutt, W. Carroll Hunter, T. Tilden Kelbaugh, William Grason, Gwynn Nelson, Carville D. Benson, William J. Peach, R. Moore Jenifer, James J. Lindsay, James C. L. Anderson. The following members of the Belair bar have also signed in • Mr. Offutt's favor: Philip H. Close, Walter R. Mc-Comas, Robert Archer, Harry S. Carver. E. H. Webster, John S. Young, S. A. Williams, Thomas H. Robinson, John L. G." Lee, H. A. Whitaker, W. Worth-ngton Hopkins, Walter W. Preston long and cost eighty Thousand dollars, and that there are but ten dwellings at Chesaco and Rosedale are false, misleading, and erroneous, on the contrary there are nearly two hundred dwellings at Chesaco Park and Rosedale, and that said bridge if constructed would open up for development and home building one thousand acres of land which at present, is assessed at fifty dollars an would cause the erection of id houses within the next i for employees ssessable basis, lollars an acre. ¦<¦ would not be over four hundred and fifty feet in length and would not cost for construction over twelve thousand dollars, and ¦would require the building of a road leading to Eastern Avenue road of only six hundred feet, not two and one-half miles ar4 claimed by the Taxpayers' League, and be it further Resolved that the Fifth Commissioner Improvement Association approves the passage of the said Holzknecht Bill authorizing the construction of said bridge, as being one of the best measures introduced by any of the Baltimore County Delegates, and of great importance to the progress of Baltimore County, and be it further Resolved that we condemn the action of the TaxpayersI League in,endeavoring to discourage the passage of the bill and further condemn and oppose any and all acts purpose of said Taxpayers' League, such acts being based upon theories of disgruntled office seekers and men of no standing in the community in which they live. Respectfully, JAMES A. HUDGINS, PrcsiclGn t EDWARD SCHAFFER, Secretary. Will Lockett, ."layer of Geneva Hard-man, 10 years old, and central figure in the riots at Lexington, February 9, confessed to the murder of two other persons, the probable murder of a third and another frustrated attempt. All his victims were women. Stock dividends may not be taxed as income, the Supreme Court held in declaring unconstitutional the provisions of the 1916 income tax act, taxing as income such dividends declared by corporations out of earnings and profits accruing after March 1, 1913. win H. W. Harlan, Fred. R. Williams, Richard Dallam. THE OPPORTUNE TIME HAS ARRIVED. Towson has grown by "leaps and bounds" during the last four years, many residences have been erected, more are under construction. In fact a general boom seems to have gripped the town. The time Is rip'e for the organization of a live body of men who are enough interested in the welfare of the community to give a small portion of their time to necessary improvements. What the county-seat now needs is an Improvement Association, so why not start the ball to rolling, for the opportune time has arrived, and there are many things which could be discussed and accomplished to make Towson a better place in which to live, one is the removal of the Cobble Stones between the Street Car tracks on the York Road. Today is the day, tomorrow may never come and as "procrastination is the thief of time," every minute is precious. ofuuiniioniiuiiuiumummoiiuiMuoiJiuuiuiainniuiuiH HOWDY DO niiiuiiiiiioiiHiiuiiiniiiiuiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiouHiiiimaiHiiiiiiiiitD A thoughtless thing forsooth; She asked the parson to guess her age, The good man dared not tell a lie, Nor da??ed he tell the truth. AND THE BOSS' HANDS ARE TIED. Brown—The laborer is worthy of his hire. Smith—Yes, higher and higher! My! How Cramped She Must Be! ! CONSTANCE TALMADGE : IN "THE JEWEL BOX" -Sign "lamped" over a Philadelphia Movie Theater. NOR GOLD! According to the jewellers, flitters is not sold. all that He's Welcome To The Flees, But Not The "Coin." MARCH 15 LAST DAY Income And Excess Profits Tax Returns Must Be Filed Before Monday Next. ottnty who have not as yet made up their Income and Excess profits tax returns had better get busy, otherwise Uncle Sam will be "on their heels," for Monday is the last day for filing, the time limit expiring on March 15. Those who fail to comply with the law will be subject to. a heavy fine and possibly improsonment. GRANGE FOR SPARKS Work Of Completing- Organization Will Take Place On Monday Night. To discuss the advisability of organizing a Grange in the community, a meeting was held at Sparksi recently, when Mr. B. John Black, State Master, and a Mr. Anthony, the State Organizer of Granges spoke. On Monday next Mr. Anthony will return to Sparks to complete the work of organization, and all who desire to become members are invited to be present. INVENTORY FILED Ex-Judge Burke Files Papers In Orphans' Court Here This Week. •Judge N. Charles Burke filed an inventory of the estate of the late Mrs. Catherine C. Lanahan in the Orphans' Court here on Thursday last which showsj the furniture at "Blenheim," her country estate to be worth $25,289.75, jewelry $27,910.00, furniture at business office, Baltimore, $2,266.00 and whiskey in bond, $23,243.00, which totals $78,708.75. ROBBER GETS $1,000 IN MAN'S PANTS AND FLEES. -Headline "grabbed" from an Allen-town, Pa., newspaper. For by thy words thou Shalt tified, 2tnri by thy* words thou shall condemned.—St. Matthews xii: 37. COKRISPOUOtNcS KHSWSSf junnraa* \ i/rOVEV^RY -* Trie <5®GSK01TV PHOENIX. Mrs. H. C. Smith, qf Baltimore, visited Mrs. Lillie Price, on Wednesday. Mrs. Philip Proce, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia, is able to be about again. Mrs. George Smith, of Lutherville. visited her mother, Mrs. Daily, this week. Mr. Owen Morris celebrated his seventy-eighth birthday last Sunday. Communion service will be held in Prazier P. E. Church Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. Mid-week services during lent on Thursday evenings. -------------O------------- SHAMBURG. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Krebs are the proud parents of a new baby girl. The families of Mr. J. C. Alban and i Mr. Leslie Martin are confined to their homes with flu. Sunday school at 2 o'clock; preaching at 3 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. -------------O------------- HARRISONVIIiliE. T Certificates For Congressional Candidates Must Be Filed By ApriiHthJext. Now that the Legislature of 1920 is be ius«lliearins' an.end^^ojujj^a^ble interest haiinM^ln3^ifg^^an1TesL(:v in .he primaries Located in the greatest agricultural district of Baltimore County, The White Hall National Bank, like the Bank of Scotland, is a perpetual memorial to the thrifty residents of the community. We want those not numbered among our large army of depositors to enlist under the savings banner and let their money grow with The White Hall National Bank WHITE HALL, MD. The Standardbearers of Wards M. B. Chapel motored to Baltimore Thursday evening to attend a lecture at Roland Park M. E. Church, given by Dr. Ida Kahn. / A play entitled, Ruth In A Rush, will be given at Wards' Chapel on March 20. Admission 25 and 15 cents. Refreshments will be on sale. The Evening Star Council, D. of A, of Hebbville. held an oyster supper on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. (Continued on Page 2.) PROTEST ENDORSED M. & M. Association Of Baltimore City Stands By County Telephone Subscribers. Upon a motion at a recent meeting of the Merchants nad Manufacturers Association of Baltimore city, it was unanimously agreed to endorse the protests of County members against the action of the Chamber of Commerce and the Telephone Protective Association in their movement to have the Chesapeake and Poptomac Telephone Company separate their receipts in the city from those in the county, with a view to adjusting rates, which would ultimately mean an increased tariff for county subscribers. APRIL 9 ARBOR DAY Governor Has Set This Date For Planting- Trees And Shrubbery. Arbor Day will be Friday, April 9, for it has been designated by proclamation as such by Governor Albert C. Ritchie, and folks are asked to plant trees around their homes, on school grounds and along the highways. This year the day is to have a special significance in the planting of memorial trees for those who made the supreme sacrifice in the great World War. Arbor Day will be observed In all the public schools of Baltimore county with appropriate exercises. to be held May 3. The last day for candidates to file their certificates is April 17, just about a month hence. Whether any of the Presidential candidates in either of the parties will enter the primaries in this State is a question. If they do, it will tend to inject siome life into a primary campaign which at this time promises to be unusually dull. Some of the friends of Governor Edward, of New Jersey, who is an out-and-out "wet," recenw sent an inquiry to Secretary of State Perlman as to the date of the primaries, which is taken by some to mean that Governor Edwards may get in the fight. If he does, the friends of Attorney General Palmer, former Secretary of Treasury McAdoo, William J. Bryan and others, may also enter the lists. It isi believed, however, that the Democratic leaders of the State would prefer that an uninstructed delegation be sent to the San Francisco Convention, so that the State may eventually swing its support to the most available candidate for President. On the Republican side, the friends of General Wood have been holding some conferences, and it is believed that they will make an effort to capture the State delegation to the Republican Convention at Chicago. If they do, friends of Governor Lowden, Senator Harding, Senator Poindexter and Senator Johnson are also expected to get busy, and it may be that by April 17 a regular whirlwind primary fight will have been launched in this State. Senator John Walter Smith is an avowed candidate for re-election to the United States Senate, and up to this time no one has openly come out in opposition to his candidacy. Senator Smith's record has been generally acceptable \o the Democrats of the State and his renommation seems to be generally regarded as a foregone conclusion. O. E. Weller is the only Republican candidate for United States Senator who has up to this time openly announced his candidacy. It is said that he will get the supnprt of the Republican organization .but there is nevertheless a great deal of opposition to his candidacy among the rank and file and it may be that someone will yet enter the primaries against him. Many of the Republicans in Baltimore county are known to be hostile to Mr. Weller and it would give them a great deal of satisfaction to get in behind a man such as former Governor Goldsborough, if he sjhould consent to become a candidate. Congressman Benson, it is believed, will receive a re-nomination without onnosition. His record in Congress has been the subject) of favorable comment during the past year or more and the sentiment of the people in this Congressional district is strongly in his -favor. His position in Baltimore county at this time is believed to be stronger than ever before, and if there is any 'M-iosition to his candidacy in either Harford county, Carroll county or Baltimore city, it has not up to this time become manifest. As to whom the Republicans will nominate for Congress in this district is a question which even the party leaders at this time are unable to answer. The name of Harry W. Nice, the unsuccessful candidate for Governor last fall, has frequently been mentioned, but it has been said by those who ought to be in a position to know Mr. Nice's real attitude, that he is not disposed to look with favor upon the nomination. MAKING IT EMPHATIC. Dasher had quarreled with his wife and was threatening to leave home. "And when I do," he declared, "I'll go so far away that the February magazines won't reach me until February first!" TEACHERS GRATEFUL County School "Warms" Show Appreciation For Salary Increase. At the offices of the Baltimore ty School Board, a letter wasl reel from the President of the Teachers' Association of the County, Miss M. Ellen Logan, in which the teachers, through their president express their appreciation for the salary increase awarded them by the board. The letter follows: Cockesyville, Maryland, March 1, 1920. The Board of Education of Baltimore County, Towson. Maryland. Honorable Gentlemen: The Teachers' Association of Baltimore County, at its regular meeting held February fourteenth, took the occasion to express its thanks and deep appreciation for the generous response the Board has shown in meeting the request of the teachers by granting an increase in salary. The teachers themselves, I believe, are most interested in building up the morale of the teaching force as well as in trying to induce desirable young people to fit themselves for teaching. And it make4 us proud to know that your honorable Board, through its broad vision and full appreciation of the present needs of education has taken the lead in taking the first step toward promoting the cause of education. Your attitude of acquiescence and encouragement is calling forth and will continue to call forth more professional interest and greater effort on the part of the teachers of the county. I can recall no time in my experience when the spirit of co-operation and general good will was more evident than at present. In behalf of all the teahers of the County, I thank you. Most respectfully yours, (Signed) M. ELLEN LOGAN, President. FARMING POPULATION NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT; REPURLICANS NEGLECT ROADS MEASURES Secretary Houston Says Rural Life Should Be Attractive—Representative Oouyhton Shows New Appropriation Is Needed Next Fiscal year. (From the Washington correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) Farming is a steadily advancing business occupation in the United States and must be treated as such and provided for nationally, Secretary David F. Houston says. "There is always danger of glutting the market and of serious loss," declared the Secretary. "Furthermore, the right expansion of the industry is limited by the supply of labor and capital available for farming' purposes ac]iiuiiiiiiii[]iiiuiiuiiit]iiiiiiuiiun»iiiiiiiiiiC]iiiiiiiiiiiiQiiiiiiiiiiiu2 FIFTY YEARS AGO 1 IN BALTIMORE COUNTY Hiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiit3iiiiii!iiiiinHiiiiiiiiiit3iiimiimiHiiiiiiiiiiii£3i (From Old County Newspapers.) Parkton has been fixed up as a place of meeting, of the Union Association of the 7th District on the 4th of April next. WILLIAM P. JEAN Constable, Collector, Auctioneer. Harrlsonville Baltimore County, Md. (Advertisement.) The grand jury of the March term of Court, having neared the completion 01 its duties, joined with their brethren, the petit jury, and on Wednesday last, gave a grand entertainment, to which the Court and all connected therewith were invited. Building Lime for Sale at Towsontown, N. COOPER, Agent for T. It. Crane & Co. (Advertisement.) Joshua F. Cockey, Esq., President of the Board of County Commissioners, conveved this week to the Hon. John S. Berry, 20% acres of the County's share of the land known as the Aim's House property. The price was $550 per acre. The money derived will be used to extinguish the debt contracted with the Baltimore Saving Institution, and applied to the building of our Court House. PARAGRAPHS OF NEWS Items Relating" To Happenings In Nearly All Quarters Of The Globe. a new Adriatic agreement without the knowledge of the United States. The city of Berlin, with adjacent districts, now includes 4,801,235 inhabitants. President Wilson's note to the Allied premiers, made public last week, resents the secrecy with which they made The Kentucky Legislature completed adoption of a bill providing for enforcement of prohibition in that state. Piers and Docks at Oran, Algeria, have been swept by fire and damage amounting to 70,000,000 francs has resulted. The Allies are considering a plan for the military occupation of Constantinople as a step to force the Turk to stop his campaign of massacre. For two days the cities of Glovesville and Johnston, N. Y., have been cut off from communication with the outside world because of the snow blockade. A large party of masked armed men attacked the Higginstown village police barracks in Ireland, killing one policeman and seizing rifles and ammunition. The Cuba Distilling Company, of New York, has given up as lost their tank steamer Cubadist, bound from Matan-zas, Cuba, with 1,500,000 gallons of molasses for Baltimore. Land in the heart of New York City belonging to the Henry Astor estate, and on which the Astor, Bijou and Morocco theatres are located, was sold at public auction for $1,140,000. Fire, believed to have started from a boiler explosion, destroyed the plant of the Carteret Oil Refining Company at Roosevelt, N. J. Officials of the company estimated the loss at $250,000. The Chamberlain Hotel, a famous tourists resort, erected by permission of Congress on the government reservation at Fortress Monroe, was destroyed by fire that started in a room on the ground floor. and by the inelasticity of the demand for farm products. The aim should be to secure a steady flow of commodities of sufficient volume to supply an increasing demand at prices which will yield the farmer a decent wage and a fair profit on his investment." "There will be farmers enough," the Secretary continued, "if the busineas of farming is made profitable and if rural life is made attractive and health-iui. The consumers must be willing to pay prices for farm products which will enable farmers to produce them and to maintain a satisfactory standard of individual and community life Ihe nation must, therefore, be prepared to omit nothing to improve the countryside. It is of the first importance that satisfactory schools be pro-yiaed. food road* be constructed, and that adequate provision be made to give rural communities the requisite sanitary and medical services, including hospital facilities." He gave figures to show what the present national administration has done for the country's agricultural interests in promoting loan banks, g-ood roads, protection against live stock diseases and the like. Representative Robert L. Doughton in attacking the failure of the Republican majority in Congress to aid the farmer to feed the world by carrying out the rural good roads program initiated by recent Democratic Congresses denounced this as a "penny wise and pound-foolish economy bound to work £r,eat injury to the entire country" What we need to do is to encourage and stimulate and not discourage those engaged in the most important of all pursuits—that of raising food for our (Continued on Page 7, Col.l) i —The next meeting of the Taxpayers' League will be held in the Court House on March 23. —Mr. Clarence Barber had the misfortune to fall on the ice recently and cut his head badly. —Mis*; Isabelle Dunphy was the guest of Mrs. W. Scott Leister, at her home in Walbrook, recently. —Mr. Urban Linzey has purchased the property at the southwest corner of Pennstylvania and Bosley avenues. —Miss Pauline Savage, of Philadelphia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. James A. Guthrie, Jr., at her home here. —The store of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. German has been improved by the installation 'Of a large new ice cabinet. —Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Black and their son, Robert, are now occupying one of the Duplex houses on the East Joppa road. —Dr. Charles P. Sohn and Mr. Irving Cole were among the new members initiated at the Elks' Hall here Tuesday night. —Mr. and Mrs. A. Gault Starr and family, of Salisbury, are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dunphy. —-A petition is being circulated here, which has been signed by quite a number of residents, to install sewers at the county-seat. —Mrs. George W. Marley, who underwent an operation at a city hospital, is now at her home here, and is recovering rapidly. —Miss Mata Eppler and Miss Robie Robertson, of Washington, are spending the week-end at the home of Rev. and Mrs. S. F. Cassen. ¦—There will be an oyster supper held at the Towson M. P. Church on ThursV-day and Friday evenings, March 18 and 19. Tickets 40 cents. —Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Collmus, who reside at the corner of Pennsylvania and Bosley avenues, will move to Hamilton in the near future. —Wednesday last being Mrs. C. Rebecca Bowen's birthday, she gave a little dinner party 1;o some of her friends at the county-seat. —A package of periodicals for the book-shelves at the Jail were received at The Jeffersonian this week from Mrs. Fowble, of Long Quarter. —What's become of the Waiting Station at Burke avenue? If the United Railways have moved it, it will work a hardship on those who visit Eudo-wood and are compelled to wait for a city bound car. (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2.) Uncle Jake Passes The 97 Mark, In Honor Of Which fflame lenders Swell Feed. Ye Gods! We've been havin' er devil uv er time ter git cole yer at Gobbler's Knob or Jupitus Hotash, ther only cole dealer what ther Knob kin boast er, says ther miners done struck some-thin er while back, an' when they struck they strike an' then hell's ter hfe^*?11^ *e>r durn h0UBe at Gob-blei s Knob what's got er lump er cole if anybody has, it's locked in ther strong box at ther bank. It's been so gol durn col' up yer that folks had ter sit at ther winder with magnifvin' glasses an' let ther sun burn them. One night yer Uncle Jake had ter go down ter ther bunger-loo-bo er OP Mrs. Talkimstiff an' from all Frances she had er gol durn good fire ragin' in ther latrobe stove, but every time yer Uncle Jake breathed ther col' air comin' from his mouth, looked like er fog, an' bein' kin'a curious, when ther ol' woman went in 'nother room ter kick ther cat out, yer Uncle Jake opened ther door er ther stove an' was nigh' 'bout dum struck, ter see one gol durn lonesome candle makin' er devil o' er lot er light, but no heat, an' ter be smart Ol' Nan sed when she come back she'd have ter rake ther stove an' put more cole on it, but yer Uncle Jake ain't no fool an' he politely tol' her ther cole stuff was er lot er punk an' that ter keep ther fire goin' what she had in ther stove, she'd better upset er skillet er grease in ther top. Ol' Nan's got er temper worse than er balky government mule an' when she banged yer Uncle Jake over ther dome with er hammer, consequently he didn't no nothin' fer er couple dozen minutes an' then he was aittin' on ther tracks er ther jerkwater what runs ter Mary Ann's Crossih' an' hadn't it been fer ther fact that ther was er short circus on ther line an' some or them pins an' needles ran up his spinal column, reckon he'd been there yet. Caesar's Ghost! Ever since ther dar- (Continued on Page 6, Col. 2.) BIDS OPENED American Paving' Company Lowest Bidder For Improvement Of Hanover Pike. The County Commissioners on Thursday last opened bids for the improvement of the Hanover Pike for a distance of 2 miles in the Fourth District of Baltimore county and the lowest bid was from the American Paving Co., the price being $73,000. The work is to be done by the County and State jointly, under the State Aid Act. The specifications call for a concrete roadbed. SHORTAGE OF PREACHERS Many Churches In "Upper End" Of Baltimore County Suffer Severely. "Preacher's Wanted," this may be the sign that will be seen over many Methodist Churches in Baltimore county, unless some means is taken by the Conference to fill the pulpits of the churches in the "upper end" with real-dent pastors. As it is now, the pulpits of the Methodist Churches dotted here and there over the upper end of Baltimore county are being filled' each Sunday by a preacher from Baltimore city and notwithstanding the fact that there are two or three churhes on a circuit, where a resident clergyman could do good and noble work, there are none to be had. It is stated that the work in rural districts is too hard on the older preachers and that young men are not entering the ministry as heretofore, because they can syecure more attractive vocations in everyday life. The shortage of "labor" seems to have hit the church, as it has business corporations and the farmers, but something should be done to fill rural pulpits by a resident preacher. The church in most country communities is the real center of all social activity and take this away, by no active head on the scene, the religious end will be hampered greatly. aryland State Archives mdsa_sc34io_i_63-oo77.j |