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ONE OF TOWSON'S OLD "LAttD MARKS" IS THE COBBLE STONES BETWEEN THE STREET CAR TRACKS, ON THE TOWN'S MAIN THOROUGHFARjS.
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PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
Equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religions or political. —Jefferson.
VOL. IX. No. 18
'It Covers The Community Like The Dew"
TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920
MARYLAND JOURNAL. ESTABLISHED 1S4S I CONSOLIDATED ISIS
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BALTIMORE CO.
"WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE'S A WAY."
When the railroad stike became a reality, and there was need for electric motors with which to manufacture their products, the Black & Decker Mfg.. Co. at Towson Heights, took "the bull by the horns" and in a "jiffy," a Service Motor truck was hitting the "high jumps" toward Chicago. While it was sent for the purpose of bringing a load of motors back, it left the plant here with a substantian consignment of drills and valve grinders for a firm in the "windy west."
MAIL-PLANE FALLS
Crashes To Earth In Woods Near
Back River—Aviator Escapes
Serious Injury.
Folks who reside in the vicinity of Back River and who are in the habit of watching the mail plane "go over," had a thrill one day the fore part of the week, when they beheld the giant "bird'' crash to the earth ann land in a woods nearby.
The machine, which was on its way from Philadelphia to Washing-ton, was wrecked pretty badly, while thfi aviator was fortunate ti1 escape 'vith but a few scratches and bruises.
IT'S A HARD JOB WITHOUT THE OAR CREW'S HELP.
WILL COLLECT TWO-THIRDS
Commissioners And Treasurer
Hold Conference Regarding
Collection Of Special Tax.
On Tuesday last a conference was lield by the County Commissioners and the County Treasurer, at which it was decider! fo collcc; under the tax levy for 1920 only two-thirds of the special •lax levied on varions town properties, such as Towson, Lutherville, etc.
The County. Commissioners levied a special tax of ten cents for Towson, Lutherville and the Twelfth district, and 20 cents for Landsdowns and
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FAILS IN PROMISES
7HB
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by Rev. Mr. Ehr- ,
HTDBS.
Mr.f
Walters lastThurs-l
29, at 8 P. M. ,1
lean Majority In Congress Running Away From Pledges Made To People.
(From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.)
The Sixty-sixth Congress is still treating," and has done little else since it convened in- extra session May 19, 1919. Instead of going for with a constructive legislative program, such as it promised in the 191S Congressional campaign, the Republican party is running away from" its ob-»ns.
some
d only to abandon.
epeal measure, en-
introducer in the
¦ The d with a
it up. ¦ jority
start to get his soldiei.
' Soon
¦
... . ¦
army reorganization bill after much ado over it-
The mucl still
Republican organization Co;1.
reclaiihati*. for sending Demo-
crats to Washington. There is no
of the mining is done, to get a liberal The Republican Congress had a
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Whin one traces the 'Jtifeh cost of living . ami endeavors to locate the sotirses of it they will tiud that it is t tlie hosierv department, where she bought six pairs of the finest silk stockings; .from .here .she-visited the shoe department, the millinery department, finally eml-intr up in the clonk department. where she secured the best and most costly.. When asked by the ; sale«lady if she desired., to. p«y the entirety, she stated that' «1««- did.1 and pulled ont a roll of bills that "would ehoke a mule." She; was then asked if she de-.oods sent home, where-asked if .tbev .hf»d .a room where she could make a change. After doing so she
pslndv h«*r o!(.' ments, and told her to throw them • them
TO WORK ON ROAD
Prisoners From Penitentiary To
Be Placed On Reisters-
town Road.
At a recent meeting of the Board of Prison Control it was decided to allow
from 25 to 40 pri%oners of the Maryland Penitentiary to Work on the Reisters-town road, this county.
In view of the shortage of labor, the board deemed this the most advisable way of coping with the road situation ir +he State. Requests from other sections have been held under con sideration.
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none. If there be one, try and And it, If ther is none, never mind it —Contributed by J. O. Si Putty Hill.
HE MUST BE THE LEADING CITIZEN. Jim Hawks had him a big chill Saturday, but he was able to go to court on Moday. They can't have court unless Uncle Jim is there. —"Grabbed" from the columns of an Arkansas newspaper.
NO DOUBT IT'S NECESSARY.
CLEAR UPON "WET" ISSUE
: WANTED—YOUNG MAN TO
: DRIVE FORD AUTOMO-
: BIUE, MUST BE CHRIST-
TIAN.
—"Lamped" in the columns of a New York newspaper.
This Is only one of 4 that might
on the part of the
'lOW,
thousands be cited
•"can
~ relief
Has Been, Opposed. To. Prohibition, And isj d To Toe Volstead Act
- ¦«-**
¦
fthe pro-V Democratic nomination for - C< - the j
2y from this district has durir ek manufacture of alcoholic beverages'
A;! shown signs of 1 ot'liquors for
it. believe that it means. all riot make his own upon the "wet" platform, an?1 his own |
nd that of his famly and his
of liquor is clear. It means that it
MY! MY! THE DIRTY THING. Hiram -Witz is the most economical man in Pueblo. He brags about wearing the same suit of underwear for three years. —"Opticed" in a Western rtewsp
PERHAPS IT'S HOME*'BREW..
: THE NECTAR OF THE :
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Supervisors _Of Elections Meet And Pass On Form Of Ballot To Be Used.
The Democratic ballot for the primary election to be held on Monday May 3, will be printed on white paper, while the Republican ballot will be printed on pink. This, and the form to be used, was deccided upon at a meetiner held by th„ Board of Election Supervisors on Wednesday last.
It will be necessary to print 22.300 Democratic ballots and 13.000 Republican ones. The Republicans have a, contest for the Presidential and Congressional nominations, the Democratic for the Congressional alone. The Raine Printing and Publishing Co., was awarded the contract.
—Mr. Harry Ellis, of Terrace Dale, has provided himself with a new Maxwell touring car.
—Mr. Joseph B. Murray has again associated himself with the Williams & Wilkins Co., of Baltimore.
—A "speed" cop from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles' Office was on the job on the York road near Towson on Sunday last.
—Considering the purpose, the meeting held at the Court House on Monday evening last to stir up enthusiasm regarding a memorial for the county's dead spldiers, was very poorly attended.
.—A souvenier postcard was received from Mr. John Donovan, who until recently was connected with The Jeffersonian as linotype operator, from Detroit, Michigan, where he is now employed.
—Recovering from his recent attack of illness, and looking • as "fit as a fiddle." County Commissioner William P. Bosley attended a meeting of the board on Tuesday last.
—We arft glad to note the fact that Mr. Joseph S. Parker who has been. ally ill a»t the University Hospital, Baltimore, id a operation per-
formed, is rapidly recovering.
he ne-^residence 'of County Com-oner "Harrison Rider, being erected on. the Hillen road, near Towson, /is and will be ready t very near future.
Idsborough Walker,
And they said one tr> -another. let ns ™ake a e?inxaln ;«ml Jet us return into xlv; 4.
5j0 the "wets"
howev
. are interested in
of liquors, J
¦
pur-¦o'vision is
Lphold the orce that
REWARDS.
n. a loving qup. ved one.
PIMI TOO SPRING MEET
Benson's splendid ^recofd'irt Congress, to ?of those who are dissatisfied with pro-
, Mrs. Tera Rosier is visiting her ,
Crs. G. H. Zouck, arid father out"
'¦ and-out :
attack.of actue indigestion.
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WARREN.
mg. scoutmaster, Of Baltimore, visited
y and always has. bee;:
is opposed to
now stands.
forbidding of .ma'
i-t the Constitution means
ith a jug of wine or a
city
v'm or his
ramer.
Constitutional amend-
content or somewhat higher, is not in-
:now that,
'
In a. statement issued Thursday he B of that alcholic
of it, and the delivery : n public life v.
ingr. bodied in this want is."
The Boy's Athletic Club of Warren t. as follows:
TXT I, V,'l •*« li. 1
afternoons team We ave PrQhlbltlon by law in
wishing to play, please • write to Ar- this country, because a prohibition :v vofe against Mr. Benson in the com-
amendment was written.in the Federal JM^ac^^n^TffiTo" ¦ itution. . I was not a member of Question but it is satisfactory upon all Congress which submitted the'other hich have arisen in the
ent Congress, and he has made a
Races TO Be Held At Historic Old
Course From May
IT0I8.
will
bly at
ill attract performers of 1
d are The Peakness, $25,000 added; The Oaks, $5,000
$5,000 added; The Nursery.. $2,500 a The Juvenile, $2,500 added; The Green Spring 3,000 add-
These rich stakes closed with a total of 1017 entries in 344 different int comprising the. greatest thoroughbreds in the country.
¦ with the ' Re-
__-T ' ays Company,
tg the old wooden
¦ -y the
s
Ohs. The club
John
!1 Smith,
here
it of
Liver,
wage
ity in that ood.
vill of
""arshal of-
unty , Police. John C,
the
Mrs.
T-Tar-
Sothoron, Dr.
I H., Thomas L
. Sothoro ;s grand-
Sothoron
thur P. Corbin. Warren, Md.
iough to have Mr. Manle .
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¦ I son . soent ! home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Barnhart
ill is improving slowly.
. The Cheerful
son M. E. Church, of wh C: 11
"A Pair i
May 22. ¦¦ be-
erin now to save your nannies, for it is,-always a pleasure to ttend Anything has. Rev, Will., who has accented the rectorship of St. John's Episcopal Church at Kingsryille and Trinity Church at Icons' Green, preached his fT-nt sermon Sunday at theso churches. Quite a largtp crowd was presnt to welcome their new rector.
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BEOKLEYSVIIiI.E.
Miss Leon lea Prank, who has been seriouslv ni. is a little improved at this wjriting.
oh^CnnlMl;SaW!iIiam -lV9tev and I supported the Igoe a£.1 ™ '1°PnL S^^yf with Mr. and act, which was the Mrs. Charles Martin, of Salem.
The funeral of Doroihv, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Carr, of Parkton. was held at t*ie church "here on Satwdav Burial was in the cemetery adjoining the church.
amendment to th« States, but I ,was [ng the first term- that few
member of the Maryland, Legislature. Congressmen have ever surpassed.
when the amen-' a$ before it during his first term that few Con-
>¦„ - .. ix- it j. ^ erressmen, if anv. have ever surpassed.
atification pr rejection and I voted He ha3 n0t Deen-?a morf , d but
i-ejection, in accordance with my has from the beginning of his. term
convictions, which I think were fairly taken an active part in the delibera-
w.„ !,„„,..„ I tions of. Congress, and the Congres-
weii Known. \lonk\ Record will show that he has
"The only real question before the made a number of important speeches.
people now as to What liquor has to do Besides his record in the House, he has
with thA construction of the nrnhihiHnr. f'l,'r''"'r;' h^ tprITI handled something wicn me construction or tne prohibition )n-p 3_oon ]linH,rs for hIs constituents,
amendment and the enforcement of it. and handled them well. This is attest-
I don't believe there is a sane and sin- <'r1 by both Democrats and Republii
cere man in the country who believes' ^ho. have nflrl 0f>™sioT1 to enlist his cere man in me country wno believes t ai(J jn matters incidental to the work
that the prohibition amendment can of a. Congressman.
be repealed. If the wets were unable
to get 14 States to vote against the
amendment to prevent its adoption. I
don't believe any man acquainted with
the situation at the present time would
think that' they could get 3% States
to support repeal of the amendment,
which is the number that would be
necessary.
"Upon the question how the amendment shall be construed and enfofrced, my position is consistent. When the Volstead act was before the House I
Forty thousand waiters went on a strike in Berlin.
It cost $2,028,176,000 to run the government for the first nine months of the nresent fiiscal year.
For onA minute while the funeral of Theodore Vail was in progress at Pas-'npany. N. J., all Bell telephones in the country were suspended.
Thp Swedish Government is said to
—Death claimed Mrs. Virginia Pe-gram Mcintosh, mother of State Senator David G. Mcintosh and widow of the late Col. David G. Mcintosh, at her home in the Washington Apartments. Baltimore city, on Sunday last. Mrs. Mcintosh was well known in Towson
amendment to the I have decided not to surrender Dr. Knpp. „ liberal amendment. th-« lead7 A°l th? German revolution, It simply wrote into the enforcement who reacned Sweden by airplane, act the words of the prohibition' A detachment of American volunteers, then provided penalties. That left to' covering the landing of French troops the courts the question what was an j at Mesisina, Asia Minor, is reported to intoxicating beverage. When the Igoe have been wiped out by Turks.
amendment was beaten. I voted for the
In an attempt to break up a Sunday
only enforcement^ measure [efT before ni&ht card ^ame in a ne^ro restaurant ?hAHnle.T/it waf/H nf ,ml!!near Winston-Salem, N. C. Lee Joyce, the House and it was a Case Of Vote formpr sheriff and three nee-roes were for it or leave the country without law, lni™lr sneriir ana tnree negroes wer.e to carry out the Constitution. Eater!
when the Volstead act camft before the ] Dr. James Wright Markoe, noted sur-House again I voted to repeal it, so geon, was shot dead while tak ng up , as to pave the way for a liberal law. the collection in fashionable St. George's she residing for a long time at the i but we were beaten. Protestant Episcopal Church, New York,
corner of Washington and Pennsylvania, "When I have anothr opportunity to , The man who says he escaped from an avenues. vote on the Volstead act, I will be i insane asylum did the shooting.
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