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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_63-0164 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| YOU CANT SAVE TP*E BY TYING THE CLOCK. IT WILL PAY YOU TO PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS THE JEFFERSONIAN Equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. —Jefferson. TH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, E PEOPLE" VOL. IX. No. 26 'It Covers The Community Like The Dew' TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1920 * MARYLAND JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 18651 CONSOLIDATED 1815 BALTIMORE CO. DEMOCRAT ESTAB. 1885 f WITH THE JEFFERSONIAN, Why Don't The United Railways Treat Towson Fair And Remove Cobbles Between Tracks? FOUNTAIN ESCAPES Talbot County Negro Sentenced To Be Hanged By Towson Court Makes "Get-Away." Isaiah Fountain, the Talbot county negro, who was tried for the second time charged with a serious; offense upon Miss Bertha Simpson, a white girl of that county, at Towson recently, the case having been removed from thte Eastern Shore county, made a second sensational escape Tuesday night when ho escaped from the Easton Jail. Fountain was found guilty at Towson before Judges Offutt, Dtpcan .and McLane and sentenced to be hung and was awaiting execution in the Easton Jail pending the fixing of the dav by the Governor. The condemned negro evidently secured a file from some outside source and filed two bars in hisi cell door, he being clever enough to place an old towel over the break in such a manner as to conceal its defects. At 11 o'clock Tuesday night Fountain called the night watchman and asked for a drink of wawter. To accommodate the negro he had to go around to the rear of the jail and into the yard, leaving the cell door which connects the jail 'with the office open. Fountain seized the opportunity and made his das|h for liberty. Rumor has it that an aotomobile was waiting on the outside of the jail, handled by some of his friends, for a machine carrying a group of negroes was seen in Easton earlier in the day. Easton, which is a quiet little village, and whose inrabitants were slumbering soundly, were awakened by the .clanging of the fire bell, the news of the escape then spreading like wildfire. Groups of men gathered on street ¦corners and soon the man-hunt was on in earnest. The officials of Talbot county think that the negro fugitive is in a woods near Trappe, his home town, and with the assistance of blood hounds, which, were brought to Easton from Virginia, It is hoped the condemned man can be run from cover. Up to the time The Jeffersonian went to press he had not been apprehended. COWICTBD NEGRO WHO ESCAPED PROM JAIL. This "snapshot" of Isaiah Fountain was made in the Court Room at Towson when he was facing the Court for his second trial. Upon the granting of a new trial the case was removed from Talbott to Baltimore county. DR. WEST REAPPOINTED Albert S. Cook Sits With Members Of State Jnard Of Education At Recent Meeting. The State Board of Education met .at the Hotel Rennert. Baltimore, on Wednesday last, at which Prof. Albert S. Cook, of Towson, recentlty appointed State Superintendent of Education also was present. On June 28, at Ocean City, the county superintendents will attend a gathering. At the end of this session Mr. Cook will take up with the various Superintendents the report of the Russell Sage Foundation criticism Of conditions in Maryland. It is thought that Mr. Cook's efforts will not be to enforce better methods upon the teachers throughout the State, but to do as he has done in Baltimore county to win their co-operation for a general upward movement. At the meeting of the State Board, Dr. Henry M. West was reappointed head of the State Normal School here. UNCLE JAKE GOING "Jeffs" Blizzard Buster Will Leave To Attend Democratic National Convention In Frisco. IN OPERATION MONDAY Headlight Law Will Be Rigidly-Enforced After June 21. Officers To Make 'Arrests. Monday is the last day that plain whLte glass may be used in auto headlights. The law which prohibits the 'use of ordinary glass was passed at the recent session of the General Assembly and was enacted with the thought in mind of reducing the accidents due to glaring- headlights. The Baltimore countians who go into the City of Baltimore Monday night had better Senear their glasses on the inside with whiting or secure a pair of corrugated lenses. Not only is it .against the law in the city, but the Act is Statewide and to tafce a chance with clear glass in headli.ghts might mean arrest and a fine. Officers in every section have received instructions) to make arrests where the law is violated. CEAZER'S GHOST! After gittin' back from ther Republican Convention in Cherkergo, all tired out and con-ifiumigated after 'xasperating 'xperi-ences and er whole week er convention durn' foolishnesjs, yer Uncle Jake was rudely awakened yesterday morning by Silas Runemoff, Gobblers Knob's only messenger boy, with er tell-em-er-scratch from ther editor of The "Jeff" ter pack up and beat it fer San Francisco ter find out what kind o' grape juice Bill Bryan was goiner spill at ther Demmykrat Convention, and what ther other leading knights was goiner say and do. Taint no use ar-guin, these yer conventions might be gol durn interesting fer some, but as fer yer Uncle Jake they're plum boring. Out at Cherkago ther performance was so durn thrilling that yer Uncle Jake went plum ter sleep and was rudely awaked er couple of dozen tiirma by somebody banging him on ther feet, cause he was snoring. Me and Mame had fully 'tended ter motor out to ther Pacific Ocean in our ole tin lizzie, but she ain'f been feeling well, jedging from. the coughing and spitting she's been doing, and ter be prepared, Ole Hiram Duflicker, ther Knob's 'ven-tive genius done rigged up er 'mer-gency steam engine ter carry in ther rear in case ther lungs er ole' Lizzie ceasje wheezing. With the aid of Hiram's engine, what consists of er coffee pot ter generate steam, er couple dozen spools fer pullies and er ole' lamp fer fire, one an' M^ame expects ter fand in Frisco about 23,108,-967,452,81% due wester time. Taint no use worrying how yer Uncle Jake'll git there. Jest read ther Jeffersonian and yer'll find out what yer Uncle Jake has ter think and say 'bout ther Demmykrat Convention. YE GODS! What yer \ Uncle Jake wants ter know is who tore ther gol durn shirt off ther bean-pole doun at one of ther garages in Towsontown. Nuff sed, er shirt's er shirt and er bean pole is er bean pole—but they's very sensitive ter wind. NEROE'S CARCUS! Little Amy, ther knight er ther waste basket and superintendent of ther broom at ther Jeff office, has got er velocopede-bicycle contrapshun what's painted yaller, like er small-pox sign and what's got er windmill on ther front of it ter help pull him up and down ther hillsi on ther York Road between Towsontown and Timonium, where little Amy exists. (Continued on Page 5—Col. 2.) C. G. COOPER APPOINTED Superintendent Of Bural Schools Made Head 01 Educational System Here. The Board of Education of Balti-County at a meeting held on Thursday last named Mr. Clarence G. Cooper Superintendent of Public Schools, to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Prof. Albert S. Cook. Mr. Cooper has held the position of Assistant Superintendent in charge of Rural School^ here for a number of years, and it is understool was recommended for the place by Mr. Cook. The new head of the public schools was born at Beckleysville, this county, on September 5, 1882, and is a graduate of the State Normal School. During 1902 and 1903 he taught a one-teacher school at Glencoe; later he was principal of the Parkton School and also occupied the same position at Mt. Washington, Garrett Heights and Hamilton. During 1909 and 1910 he was critic teacher at Speyer School, New York, which was at that time the experimental school of Teachers' College, Columbia University. In 1911 he received the degree of Bachelor of Science from Columbia. Mr. Cooper returned to Baltimore County in 1911 as principal of the Pimlico School, and in 1912 was appointed Supervisor of Rural Schools, in 1917 was named Assistant Superintendent in charge of rural schools, conducted courses in supervision of rural schools and principles of teaching at the Johns Hopkins Summer School for three consecutive seasons. In February of this year Mr. Cooper was a member of a committee of five appointed by tthe National Educational Association at the convention which met in Cleveland to study representative one-teacher rural schools. During the present academic year he lectured on rural education at Teachers' College, the Educational Congress at Harri^burg and the N. E. A. at Cleveland. Are Your Children Going To College? If you expect to send your boy or girl to college, why not start early to provide the funds ? An excellent plan is to let the boy or girl, or both, open a savings account and make regular deposits. In this way children can be impressed with the value of money, and when the time comes for them to go off to college they will be able to appreciate the sacrifices that may have been made to send them; and will doubtless be more earnest in trying to make the best of their opportunities. We welcome the accounts of children. Send them to see us. Second National Bank of Towson 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 GEORGE H. STIEBER J. H. JARRETT LEE OSBORNE I. YELLOTT H. COURTENAY JENIFER FIFTY YEARS AGO IN BALTIMORE COUNTY ( From Old County Newspapers) The officers of the York Turnpike Company have reduced the toll upon horses and vehicles over the line of their road. It now costs a citizen of Towson who goesi to Baltimore 20 cts. instead of 19 cts. MERCHANT TAILORING IN TOWSONTOWN. AUGUST LOOSE, Opposite Ady's Hotel. (Advrti semen t.) On Saturday during the high gale, a flock of wild pigeons passed over Towsontown. They were flying very near the ground. : AGRICULTURAL IMPLE- : ': MENTS AND. : : i s MACHINERY : <_ E. DAVIS, : BUTLER, BALTO. COUNTY. : (Advertisement) PRIVATE BODIES AND CORPORATIONS FIND THE LARGER THE EXECUTIVE THE LESS EFFICIENCY New Charter m,'s 'For 15 Counctlmen, Against PresenMtyt Government, Jwhich The Legislature Has Reduced From 5 To 3 Commissioners—Voters Must Decide Which They Prefer. "All governments are," said Jacobi, "to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil." It would hardly be fair to say that of the proposed new government for Baltimore county, because of the good people who have proposed it, but in the opinion of a great many disinterested taxpayers the Old Boy will, in the event the proposed charter is adopted, have a great many more opportunities of getting in his work than he has under the existing county government. One of the main questions to be considered by the voters, before adopting or rejecting the proposed new charter, is whether they prefer a government by fifteen County Commissioners to a government by three County Commbs*-sioners. Of course, there is no such official as a County Commissioner mentioned On account of the bad condtion oi our public roads the exhibition of Warren Sabbath School has been postponed indefinitely. TO BUILD 25 This Number Of The 39 Culverts On Which Bids Were Asked To Be Constructed. Twenty-seven of the thirty-nine culverts for which bids were recently asjked by the County Road's Engineer, Wm. G. Sucro. will be built according to advices from the Roads Engineer's Office here. The cost will be about $25,000) and will be taken from the general road and bridge fund. The bids have been tabulated and are now awaiting the approval of the County Commissioners. $1,200 CONTRIBUTED Salvation Army Quota For The County Was $3,500. Donations Still Being- Received. Baltimore county has contributed $1,200 to the Salvation Army for the continuance of the humanitarian organization in Maryland. This announcement was made recently by Judge Frank I. Duncan, the local treasurer. The quota was $3,500, and while the campaign is "officially" ended, Judge Duncan is continuing to receive contributions, whch he is forwarding to the organization's headquarters. OLD DINGBAT SEZ See by ther papers that ther fellers what make near-beer in New York's goiner strike. Who cares? Ther durn stuff ain't nothin' nohow. SHOW FOR EUDOWOOD Ther New York Journal says Mexico is goiner drive out ther nigger prize fighter. Jack Johnson...It's proof that ther republic er bandits and murderers i.<* gitting safe and sane. If them Demokrats at San Francisco want ter carry water and beer on their shoulders they ought ter nominate Bill Bryan and Governor Edwards, of New. Jersey, Ther Medical Association er ther West reports that appendicitis is going out o' fashion. What ther next style er carving ther human anatomy is ain't yet been decided. Motion Pictures At Garden Tomorrow Night Free. Silver Offering At Door. •- The Garden Theater, Baltimore, has been secured for tomorrow (Sunday) by the lady managers of Eudowood Sanitarium, East Towson, at which a moving picture entertainment will be given at S P. M. There will be no charge, but a silver offering will be taken at the door. The proceeds will be used toward purchasing a motion picture machine to help entertain the patients. This institution is maintained by private subscriptons. At the. present time there are 200 or more patients undergoing treatment. Ther value of Liberty, it is ter be hoped, ain't reflected in ther price of what its bonds is selling fer now. Gol durn; it wasn't er millionaire's war, but by heck so far it's er millionaire's peace. Doun in Mexico er man is just er rebel, ther president, and if he's fortunate, er exile. Tipping er barber -what cuts yer hair and what charges yer 75 cents, is kinda like paying ther conductor's fare. Even though General Wood lost ther Republican nomination, er lot er fellows feel grateful ter him, because he made Cuba what it is. in the charter. Members of the governing body are designated as coun-cilmen. But for all practical purposes the County Council, in the event of the charter's; adoption, will take the place of the Board of County Commissioners. This council is to be made up of fifteen members, one to be chosen from each election district in the county, and the powers reposed in them include all the powers now exercised by the County Commissioners as well as the additional power to enact local laws or ordinances. It has b een stated by proponents of the charter that the council, if created, will cost the county only $2,250 a year. This is to say, there will be 15 coun-cilmen, who will sit not more than 30 days in the year, at a salary of $5 per day each. If the council should sit only 30 days, and if each councilman Should draw only $5 a day, the total cost would unquestionably be $2,250 a year. That is merely a matter ot arithmetic. But is the council limited to 30 days? No. And are the coun-cilmen limited to $5 a day? No. Section 4 of the charter provides that, for the purpose of enacting legislation, the "council shall not sit more than one month in each year and the month during which it shall sit shall be the month of December in each year." But the enactment of legislation is\ only one of the many powers vested in the council, and while the council is limited to one month, for the purpose of enacting legislation, there is no limit fixed for the time it may sit to exercise the numerous other powers vested in it. Article III contains an enumeration of the "express powers" which Baltimore county, through the medium of its council, may have and exercise, including the power to enact local legislation; to acquire by purchase or con-(Continued on Page 5—Col. 3.) hurt in Occident Touring Car Crashes Into Ice Truck Near Delight. The Machine Demolished. A touring car containing four men crashed into an ' ice truck belonging to Samuel J. Yates, of Glyndon, Monday night on the Reisterstown road, at Delight, turning over and injuring two of the occupants and demolishing the machine. Dr. J. Frank Miller, of Reisterstown, was summoned and after making examinations of the injured they were taken to a hospital in a passing auto-moble. The license was taken from the car word was sent to Chaney's Garage, Reisterstown, with the request that the machine be removed from the road and giving the salvage to the garage. GIVEN FIVE YEARS Er preacher in Baltimore City sez ther profiteers ought ter all go ter hell. Hell must be some big place. Two Lads Sentenced To House Of Correction By Judge Duncan. For maliciously destroying the furniture and mutilating the interior of the home of Miss Helen Hooper at Parkton, two lads, Charles Depew and Paul Bronski, both 17 years of age, were each sentenced to 5 years in the House of Correction by Judge Duncan in the Circuit Court here on Monday lastt. In sentencing the boys, Judge Duncan stated that it was; only their tender years which saved them from a much larger term. Depew, who claimed to live in Philadelphia, and Bronski, who gave his residence as Connecticut, gave no excuse for their vicious acts, both claiming that they were from gooa families and were just "bumming" around the country and didn't know why they did it. County officials stated that their acts' were the worst cases of vandalism that have ever occurred in Baltimore county. CHARGES MAJORITY IS UNFAIR TO AGRICULTURE; FALSE ECONOMY AT FARMERS' EXPENSE Republican Cnnspiracy To Harass President—Leaders Put Party Above Patriotism—Were Supported By Every Disloyal Element. (From the Washington correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) False economy at the expense of the agricultural interests and the food production of the country is charged against the majority party in Congress by Senator Harrison, who declares that while there have been vasit appropriations for the army and navy, the agricultural appropriation bill has been cut more than seven million dollars. While the government is urging increased production of food and moving against profiteering, Senator Harrison contends, the cenference report on the agricultural budget shows an indiscriminate and harmful use of the pruning knife. Agriculture in all sections will suffer, he arguges, and the consumer, as well as the farmer, will be penalized by such an "economy" program. Republican economy claims Senator Harrison believes, will have their reaction when food production is crippled and prices go higher. "The party in control," said Senator Harrison, "is simply trying to deceive by pretending economy in government appropriations. While reducng agricultural appropriations, you have increased the army bill $250,000,000 and the navy bill $50,000,000 over the appropriations carried for the army and navy during tthe pre-war period." Senator Harrison said such economy is a "pretense, a sham, and a grave injustice to farmers who helped America win the war and must now be depended upon ,to produce more than ever if something approaching national famine is to be averted. "If you believe this sort of false economy, practiced upon this class of >$^^$$^^^^$^$^^^^o HOWDY Ole' John Barley Corn is dead now right, .Six feet under earth and out o' sight. The Supreme Court dealt the blow, ' That now lays Ole' John durn low. —By Uncle Jake. HIS^EOWLY" COUCH. Thorns Anderson, the colored mur--derer of James E. Smith, was found yesterday by detectives. He was lying upon the floor of hic house in a bed. —"Snatched" from the Ledger-Dispatch. Norfolk, Va. MUST BE DOG-GONE GOOD. FOR SALE—BULL DOG : EATS ANYTHING. VERY ': : FOND OF CHILDREN. : Ad "lamped" in a Cleveland newspaper HOW LONG IS SOME TIME? Mrs. Reuben Reed left yesterday for a short stay of some time in Florida. "Grabbed" from the Ashville Citizen, Ashville, N. C. WONDER IF HE'S ANY RELATION TO HENRY FORD. :FRESH EGGS—RIGHT FROM: : OUR HENRY." : Sign "opticed" on the Belair Road, this county. And the King said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. Daniel II—3. our citizens, will be rewarded in the coming elections, then you are misjudging the temper of the times and a great awakening is coming to you." Representative Edward W. Pou, former chairman of the House Rules! Committee, delivered a vigorous speech in the House, charging that even before President Wilson sailed for the Paris peace conference there was a Republican conspiracy to harass him and weaken his influence at home and abroad. The partisan conspiracy against the President, which embarrassed him in his negotiations with foreign nations at the peace conference, was without parallel, asserted Representative Pou. He referred to the introduction of resolutions to declare the office of President vacant while the President was negotiating the treaty for the peace of the world, and severely condemned the visit to the White House of Senator Fall, who went ostensibly to talk about the Mexican situation, but really tto find out how sick the President was, according the Mr. Pou. On his indefensible visit, Mr. Pou asserted, the Republican Senator found the President's mind as "clear as a bell." "Surely there are times when the official head of a nation is in fairness entitled to the sincere,, generous support of all the people of the nation. There are times when good men arb glad to discard all political differences. There are times when every decent Democrat is proud to follow a Republican President, and every decent Republican is proud to follow a Democratic President. "During every hour President Wilson spent in Europe, he was entitled to such unstinted support, but it seemed certain Republican politicians, even during that critical period, though more of party success than they dd of the great struggle to make war between nations lest probable. "Let us not forget this: Mr. Wilson was not only the President, but he was also Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, and the war was still on. The attacks upon him were just as unwarranted as the attack of a soldier on his commander during battle. DAVIS ON JOB Secretary BfiBrd'siay lams Heads Delegation Regarding Sunday Baseball. A delegation, headed by Rev. John T. Ensor and Dr. W. W. Davis waited on the County Commissioners) on Wednesday last and requested that Sunday baseball games in Baltimore county be broken up on the Sabbath. In the delegation were a number of preachers and women. The pastor from Sparrows Point stated that the games; held there on Sundays were widely advertised and that while no direct admission was charged, contributions of 25 and 50 cents were solicited at the gate, 25 cents admitting one to a seat in the bleachers and 50 cents a seat in the grand stand. These games, he said, were encouraged by the Bethlehem Steel Company officials and that bets from $5 to $100 were made. Gwynn Oak came in for a slam when the pastor from the immediate neighborhood of the amusement park stated that the vaudeville there on Sunday was indecent. A ball game at Relay each Sunday disturbed the residents according to a preacher from that section. After hearing the arguments of the speakers on behalf of the delegation, Wm. F. Coghlan, president of the Board of County Commissioners, stated that the Marshall of Police had already been instructed to see that (Continued on Page 5—Col. 2.) \ TOWSON S "GRAND OLD MAN" ILL. Dr. J. H. Jarrett, who recently celebrated his 89th birthday, and wwell known in and about the county seat, is a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore, where he was removed the early part of this week. |