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Saturday, March 8, 1924—Page 4 THE JEFFERSONIAN, TOWSON, MARYLAND THE JEFFERSONIAN Baltimore County's Only Sunday, Newspaper TOWSON, MARYLAND Maryland Journal, Established 1865 Baltimore County Democrat, Est. 1885 Tie New Era, Established.......1913 Consolidated with THE JEFFERSONIAN Published Every Week By The Jeflersonlan Printing & Publishing Co., inc. Sintered as Second-Class Blatter at the Post Office, Baltimore, Md. Subscription «1.50 Per Year. In Advance. Payable Single Copies, 5 Cents, For Sale At The Following Newsdealers In Bultiomore, County. Court Drug Co. - - Towson Hergenrather's Drug Store - Towson C. H. Michael's - - Reisterstown Henry Cruntllch - - Dundalk Mrs. Davis', P. O. Building, Plkesvllle A. C. Davis - - Catonsville Rudolph Delhlman's Store, Catonsville BL T. Cooper's Store - Owings Mills Frank Zlto's Store - PlkesvUle L.OGIE BONNETT, Editor and Manager out of every hundred of the population to raise but the barest of food essentials; today the machines of agriculture have released two-thirds of the people for other industries, hence the remaining third are feeding the nation and sections of ,the world besides. Men on the farms, armed with modern farm equipment and improved methods, have made an endless wilderness to bloom with a vast, never-ending yield. Wherever modern labor-saving equipment is in general use there you will find also the benefits of centralization — cities, industries, modern improvements, education and contentment. Take away modern farm equipment and you have primitive life, ignorance, poverty and famine. LEGISLATURE ON ITS LAST LAP. SAT. MARCH 8, 1924 THE METROPOLITAN WATER AND SEWERAGE BILL. This is March, and the beginning of the last lap of the 1924 sessison of the General Assembly. Two-thirds of the session's term has gone. All that remains is the echo of conferences and committee meetings. It's the same old story—eight-tenths of the legislative work to be enacted, or killed, in one-third of the allotted time. Lawmakers work slowly. A wise man said, "Delays are dangerous and sometimes fatal." But the average body of American legislators finds it's otherwise. We, who are on the outside, are still wondering why it is necessary to have a three month's sesssion, when, in all reason, the work could e done in one. It is unnecessary to have a ninety-day session. However, let's be fair. Give the Legislature two months—one month for formation, heartbreakings and heart healings over committee assignments, taking political temperatures and noting the pulse beats of ambitions, the hearing of delegations as the tides of personal, political or patriotic motives sweep them to the doors of the State House, and the* second month to transact business. f anyone says this can not be done, let us call attention to the fact that it is being done just this way. There are about three hundred bills now before the General Assembly. They are in the hands of various committees and their fate is, in doubtless the devil will benevolent neutrality. maintain "Eat onions in the winter," says a doctor. Then, if you are lost in a fog, your friends will soon find you. "What do aliens thfnk of Congress?" asks a horrified patriot. For that matter, what do alienists think of it? Every man who has gone in and tried to stop a family fight knows why Uncle Sam hesitates to interfere in Europe. And can you remember what a dollar would buy in the old days when wicked monopolies fixed prices? Madison Square Garden has never had a Democratic national convention, but it has staged some great fist-fights. "Are rubber soles wise?" is asked. We think not, or they would not allow themselves to be caught and served in restaurants. When nobility ruled, it took threei generations to make a gentleman. Now it takes only three coats of whitewash. "Woman is learning to stand on her own feet." That's fine. Perhaps she will keep off the feet of men who have the street-car seats. Turkey has a prohibition law and its president gets $450,0*0 a year. That's the place for Mr. Bryan to go and run for President. ACCORDING TO WEATHER MAN SPRING IS HERE, BUT LO, IT'S METEOROLOGICAL KIND AT THAT. • (Continued from Page 1) due to slip in a day ahead of schedule this year. To be exact, it will arrive at 4.20 P. M. March 20. Volunteering some other secrets of his craft, the Weather Man advised that summer will arrive on its normal schedule noon, June 21 while autumn will come a day late—September 23. Referring to spring, the prognos-ticator called attention to the mildness of temperatures this week, pointing to an average of 41 degrees, which is three degrees above normal. Then he lapsed into a bit of Chinese verse: "Ere man is aware that spring is here The plants have found it out." RAPS G. O. P. MACHINE Hiram Johnson Says Intrigue And Deceit Are Being Used Against His Candidacy. (Continued from Page 1) party this year. If the party does not the public will. It is not just, decent nor honorable to file fraudulent petitions. The Senator called the Teapot Dome disclosures "a series of shocking revelations which are destroying public confidence in public service and breeding anarchy and Bolshevism." TOWSON JUNIOR ORDER TO PRE- SENT AMERICAN FLAG TO MARYLAN DSTATE NORMAL SCHOOL Teachers are to have freedom of speech at Vassar, but it is not expected that they will say all that some of the students make them think. If headliners are not more explicit with reference to the "Mellon Tax Plan," the G. O. P. is liable to lose a lot of negro votes in the next election. If Baltimore County is to grow we must look toward the future; , ., „ „,, T ™ . . ,. I large measure settled. Oh! the therefore The Jeffersoman believes l& .-,-„.¦„ that it is sane and sensible to pass the Metropolitan Water and Sewer' Bill. Baltimore County's progress cannot and will not depend on its farm lands for, like every other forward-pushing community, it looks to its residential developments here and there to make it worth while. In a signed statement published on the front page of this issue of The Jeffersonian Senator David G. Mcintosh, Jr., and members of our delegation in the House give a summary which should enlighten the most critical, and amendments to the measure will throw enough safeguards around it to satisfy all objections to the bill as originally introduced. There is no stopping the development in this county just outside the city line, for situated as it is geographically surrounding Baltimore City on the north, east and west, it will grow without much effort, but to induce home-seekers we must afford them conveniences of other up-to-date communities. The water and sewerage question here has always been an acute one. The water supply to sections fortunate enough to have enjoyed such a privilege for some years has never been adequate, and the sewerage proposition in nearly all sections has been deplorable and is getting worse as each year rolls around and residences increase. To us, Baltimore county has the chance of a lifetime—if it refuses to accept it, then we might as well "shut up shop" as far as endeavoring to build up our population and assessable basis. hopeful three hundred! Some will die by the tearful way of being "lost." Some will gasp a few breaths on the floor of either house nd die in relief. Others will put up a bitter fight, but at last will lie down in cold blood, stabbed in the dark. But others will win out and emerge from the 1924 session, perhaps, after all, dressed in garments not their own. There are precious measures to be decided at Annapolis. Whatever is done, or left undone, passed or rejected, will work for good or ill for the next three years. We hope for the best. It means much for the future. We believe Maryland will take no backward step. COOLIDGE NOMINATION MUST COME FROM HARD-BOILED GROUP. FARMING TODAY AND YESTERDAY. »During the winter of 1778, whan General Washington was in command of the first army of American Independence, the little band of patriots nearly starved to death at Since Mr. Coolidge came to the White House, he and his political advisors have devoted a great deal of their time to bringing about Mr. Coolidge's nomination for the presidency. If he is to be nominated, the nomination must come from the hard-boiled group by whom he has been surrounded, who nominated his predecessor, and who have dominated the national administration since March 4, 1921. Mr. Coolidge has shown no desire nor intention of breaking with this group. He kept Secretary Denby in his Cabinet until public opinion, as in the case of Senator Newberry, forced Mr. Denby to resign. He has held in to Daugh-erty in the face of an overwhelming lemand from all sections and from all parties that the Attorney General either get out of the Cabinet or be >ut out. He has lost his opportunity to satisfy public expectation both n the cases of Denby and Daugherty. f he acts later, his action will not • attributed to his own volition or his inclination, but will be considered an act of which he was unwill-tgly driven. And there will always be the question whether his action PREACHES FAREWELL SERMON. The Rev. Ralph Smith, pastor of Hebbville Evangelical Church for five years, preached his farewell sermon on Sunday evening last. ----------o---------- ANTI-SALOON HEAD SPEAKS AT DUNDALK. George W. Crabbe, superintendent of the Maryland Anti-Saloon League, spoke on prohibition law enforcement Sunday morning last at the Community Church at Dundalk. The reason prohibition has not been entirely successful, Mr. Crabbe said, is because the enforcement of the law had not been placed in the hands of persons who believed in the law. He said people in the State had not been awakened to the situation. (Continued from Page 1) Long GreSn; Welcome Council of Raspeburg; Lauraville Council of Lauraville, Waverly Council of Baltimore; Relief Council of Mt. Washington and Pikesville Star Council, of Pikesville. The presentation address will be made by Wm. P. Cole. Jr., and "Old Glory" will be accepted by Miss Lida Lee Tall, principal of the school. J. Howard Flayhart, Past Councilor, of Towson, will preside. TOWSON COMPANY FILES ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. Articles of incorporation of the Towson Company, to deal in and develop real estate have been filed here. The authorized capital stock is $100,000. The incorporators arei S. Duncan Black, Alonzo G. Decker and Frank W. Proctor. ----------o---------- TEXAS CATHOLIC CHURCH TO ERECT HALL. The congregation of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, at Texas, will erect a fine hall which will be used for social affairs and as a meeting place for organizations connected with the church. It will cost about $40,000. Rev. Albert E. Smith is pastor of the church. ----------o---------- TO SELL CHURCH PROPERTY. The trustees of Phoenix M. E. Church at a recent meeting decided to sell the church property and build elsewhere . For some time the congregation has been without a pastor. ----------o---------- DEATH CLAIMS MISS EMILY H. DAVIS. News of the death of Miss Emily H. Davis, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Davis, of Ten Hills, brought deep sorrow to many residents of the Second district, where she was well known. ----------o---------- SUPPER AT FORK TONIGHT. Tonight (Saturday) in Shirley Hall, Fork, an oyster supper will be held. ------------------Q------------------ MRS. CAROLINE NEHRER ILL WITH GRIPPE. Mrs. Caroline Nehrer has been quite ill with grippe at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bohme, of Monkton. ----------o---------- MONKTON MAN IMPROVING. ANNUAL FISH CATCH The condition of Mr. Henry Guthrie, of Monkton, who has been quite ill with pneumonia, is reported as being much improved. ------------------Q------------------ JABEZ HOOK INJURED. Over 2,000,000,000 Pounds Caught! In Waters Of United States. (Continued from Page 1) with a total catch of 864,000,000 pounds, followed by the New England States with 467,000,000; South Atlantic States, 333,000,000; Alaska 312,000,000; the Mississippi river division, 148,000,000; the Gulf States, 131,000,000; the Great Lakes 104,000,000, and Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake with 2,000,000 pounds of fish. The total tonnage of fishing vessels reaches the large figure of 6555 tons; the total number of men employed is 2,000,000, and the cost of the equipment is $184,121,711. ----------o---------- SEEKS NEW SITE Mr. Jabez Hook, formerly of Walkers, was badly injured in Baltimore City when he was struck by a piece of heavy timber. ----------o---------- STORK VISITS BRADSHAAV COUPLE. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Streett, of Bradshaw, recently, leaving a bouncing baby boy. ----------o---------- P. R. ZIMMERMAN ADDS TO HIS LAND HOLDINGS. PARENTS AWARDED $2000 FOR DEATH OF SON. For the accidental killing of Milton Mars, colored, while employed on the farm of M. Spencer Heath, at Grays, his parents, Alexander Mars and wife, were given a verdict for $2000 against Mr. Heath. On July 26, 1922, it was testified, Mars was engaged with others in removing a telephone pole on the farm. While doing the work a guy wire charged with electricity struck Mars and he was killed instantly. ----------o---------- EMORY GROVE CAR LINE NOW HAS EXPRESS SERVICE. Towson M. E. Church Secures Option On West Allegany Avenue Property. A revenue cutter—Mr. Mellon.. These legislative blocs are developing splinters. England will soon know whether or not a labor government will work. Valley Forge. Only 10,000 men, but the Colonists could hardly feed them. was based uP°n Publlc interests or Yet the great American Army ofjhis *ersonal candidacy 1918 did not know the slightest fear of hunger. Here were four millisn soldiers, two million of them on foreign soil 3000 miles away, and America could feed them and supply nearly all the other Armies too. Besides, she could man the industries which turned out the greatest quantity of manufactured supplies ever produced in a like period of time. Girls would dress sensibly if men Something had wrought a wonder-j were not insensible to sensible things, ful change in the power of the na-! tion. It had not been done by sky- \ Race prejudice is most acute in scrapers, railroads or electricity— \ that part of the higher race that is yea, it was something deeper and nearest to the lower, more elemental. The fact is thatj the Nation had improved its agri- You will notice, however, that culture, the basic industry of its | these self-made men have wives who existence. were also present. In Colonial days with the crude!----------------------- hand tools of farming, it took ninety While the church row continues, Express service has gone into effect on the Emory Grove car line. Cars during the afternoon rush hours made no stops between Liberty Heights avenue and Pimlico. United Railways officials reported little trouble was experienced in launching the new service. To make up for the loss of through cars to those people who do not live beyond Pimlico, the United Railways has made the following changes: Placed in operation trailers to the car loop at Arlington. Increased the number of cars that run to Pimlico. Placed in operation a line to Rogers avenue. Extended the Pennsylvnaia avenue line to Wylie avenue during the rush | hours. The express service on the Emory i Grove line follows a demand from I improvement associations, and other representatives of car riders of the extra fare zones, that they be given ! increased service to justify the extra charge they stand in going to and from their homes. ----------o---------- FIRE CHIEF CALLED TO BROTHER'S HOME. (Continued from Page 1) the lots is improved with an apartment house and is owned by W. Clarence Craumer and Martin R. Schuster. The two lots have a front of 210 feet on Alleghaney avenue and are located on a rapidly growing residential section of Towson. The church is outgrowing its present building, and it had been evident that an enlargement of it or the erection of a new building would soon become necessary. There has not been any ^decision as to when the new building will be begun, but it was deemed prudent to at once acquire a site. The purchase price of the property is $17,500, and the sale will shortly be closed. The selection of the site was also unanimously approved at the meeting. ----------o---------- UNIVERSITY OF MD. FARM AID BRINGS IN $1,500,000 SAYS WM. P. COLE, JR. Mr. P. R. Zimmerman, of near Freeland, has purchased from a Mrs. Kraft 14 acres of land adjoining his present farm. ----------o---------- "UNCLE BILLY" BRYAN TAKING REST CURE. "Uncle Billy" Bryan, building inspector of the Ninth district, is a patient at the Union-Memorial Hospital, Baltimore city, where he is taking the rest cure. ----------o---------' "UPPER END" PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS. Mr. Harry J. Gosnell, of Middle-town, has purchased a home at Pike Station from Lloyd Trimpey. Thei consideration is said to be about $5000. ----------o---------- TWO AUTOS BADLY DAMAGED IN CATONSVILLE COLLISION. (Continued from Page 1) sity through the women"s clubs totaled over $100,000. "The institution also has 4000 farm boys and girls working on its projects. Besides these things the University is providing practically the only source of supply of doctors in the counties." ----------o---------- REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION WHICH ASSUMED CONTROL 3 YEARS AGO TUESDAY MOST SCANDALOUS. Automobiles owned by Charles Kickman, of Ellicott City, and Morris Goldstein, of Catonsville, collided on Frederick avenue, near Wade avenue. Both cars were badly damaged. The occupants escaped with slight injuries. Both drivers were sum moned to appear at the Catonsville Police Station Monday night. ----------o---------- RITES FOR E. D. HOWARD TAKE PLACE AT MONKTON. The funeral of Edward D. Howard of Monkton, who died at his home, was held at Monkton M. E. Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. -------—o---------- FIRE FROM DEFECTIVE FLUE. OBJECTIONS TO CITY-COUNTY f WATER BILL TO BE REMEDIED. Delegates At Annapolis Feel With Amendments It Is Decidedly Constructive Piece Of Legislation. Fire due to sparks from the chimney damaged the home of John V. Priester, Frederick avenue, Catonsville, brother of P. G. Priester, chief of the Baltimore County Fire Department. Chief Priester was at the head of the apparatus that responded. The blaze was put out before serious damage was done. ----------o---------- FLAGS OVER COUNTY NOW AT FULL MAST. (Continued from Page 1) eran's Bureau have shocked and disgusted the Nation. In Congress a resolution has been introduced to investigate the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation; the Postoffice Department has made a joke of the Civil Service Law, and the Civil Service Commission has tamely submitted. In addition to these there was the Newberry case, the Goldstein case, the Slemp scandal, the Tolbert scan-day, the latter two being associated with appointments made by President Coolidge. . In none has the Administration taken steps to bring to light the facts, nor has it expressed any word of condemnation concerning these things which have disgraced the Administration and disgusted the people. GLAN ARM LAD ILL. A defective flue caused a fire in the home of Oscar Smallwood, Catonsville. The flamse were extinguished by the Catonsville Fire Engine Company. ----------o---------- OAK FOREST PARK COTTAGE SOLD TO J. B. PRATT, .JR. A three- story frame cottage on Seminole avenue, opposite Oak Forest Park, has been sold by Charles H. Steffey, Inc., for Harry C. Crosby to John B. Pratt, Jr. The cottage contains nine rooms, two baths and improves a lot 130 by 325 feet. ----------o---------- DANIELS NOT1 A CANDIDATE. Wednesday was the last day of official mourning for the death of former President Wilson; hence flags on the Court House and all public buildings were raised from half mast to full mast. Army officers at the same time discontinued wearing the regulation black band of mourning on their left arm. ' Charles, the little son of Mr. and! I Mrs. Raymond Burton, of Glen Arm,! | has been quite ill, suffering with a i gathered ear. ----------o---------- MRS. WILLIAM BREIDENBAUGH HOME FROM HOSPITAL. (Special to The Jeffersonian) Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, telegraphed friends in Georgia, who had requested to be allowed to place his name in the contest for Democrat Presidential nomination of the primaries of that State, not to enter him in the primary, according to special dispatches received here from Washington, where Mr. Daniels is at present. ----------o---------- CANADIAN SPENDS SEVERAL DAYS AT TOWSON HEIGHTS PLANT. Mrs. William Breidenbaugh, of Glen Arm, is now at her home after having been a patient at a^ity hospital, and she is in a niuch^fcicoved condition. Mr. A. J. Hopkins, manager of the Canadian factory of The Black & Decker Mfg. Co., spent several days recently at the Towson Heights Plant. Mr. Hopkins reports active business conditions and predicts the Canadian factory will be taxed to its capacity to produce sufficient B. & D. products to meet this year's demand. (Continued from Page 1) The Jeffersonian, members of the Baltimore County Delegation at Annapolis, together with counsel to the County Commissioners, have been endeavoring by amendment to perfect the Bill in its mechanical operation so as to remove all well-founded objections, and in order to clarify the matter and to explain in as brief language as possible its operation and effect upon the citizens and taxpayers of Baltimore County, the following summary has been prepared. First of all, some people have asked why it was necessary and what was the purpose of the legislation in question. The answer is that at present Baltimore County has no available water supply and must get its water from one of two sources; From the Gunpowder River under the Act of 1904 and of 1908, providing that Baltimore County shall have the right to take Ten Million Gallons of water a day from that source. If the county attempted to avail itself of this right it would mean that the county would have to spend an enormous amount of money building a reservoir, or at least a pumping station and filtration plant, together with a system of mains over that part of the county not now supplied by the city, for the distribution of this water supply. This would require the raising of millions of dollars which would have to be clone by the issuing the bonds; or Second—The only other source of supply is from the City of Baltimore and there is no satisfactory legislation now on the books under which the City of Baltimore will supply water to the populous parts of Baltimore County not already supplied through the system of the old Baltimore County Water Company which was purchased by the city. In order, therefor, to obtain for the citizens of Baltimore County water which they must have for ordinary domestic purposes and particularly to enable sewerage systems to be established in those communities where such systems are absolutely necessary for the welfare, happiness and safety, not only of the inhabitants of these communities, but of all the surrounding communities and the City of Baltimore, the Metropolitan District Bill was created as a means of providing the terms upon which the water could be gotten from the city and the means whereby it could be distributed and used by the citizens of Baltimore County from time to time as the necessity and development of the county requires. The. Bill provides in part as follows: First—The creation of a district as shown on the plat printed elsewhere in this issue of The Jeffersonian, which, while of irregular shape is supposed to include the more populous arears and territory immediately adjacent thereto, which sooner or later may need the benefit of the Act. Second—That the City of Baltimore shall extend its water system within this Metropolitan District whenever and wherever requested by the County Commissioners, the cost of such extensions of the system and the rates to be charged for the water, which is to be supplied in as an efficient a manner as the remainder of the system operated by the City of Baltimore, to be subject to review by the Public Service Commission. Third—That the County Commissioners, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County shall have the authority to enter into reciprocal agreements for the disposal of sewage or drainage by connection with the sewers of the city or either of the counties, as the case may be. Fourth—That a Chief Sanitary Engineer is to be appointed by the County Commissioners, who shall in conjunction with the Engineers of Baltimore City, make surveys and plans from time to time of those sections within the Metropolitan District in which it may be found that the water system must be extended and sewerage systems provided in order to take care of the public health and safety. Fifth—That the County Commissioners shall sit an extra day each week for the purposes of this Act and gives them an additional salary of Twelve Hundred Dollars a year. Sixth—Whenever the plans and surveys for a section of the Metropolitan District, such as Catonsville and its environs has been completed, said section or sub-section shall be numbered as Metropolitan Sub-District No. 1, and in order to provide the funds with which the water system and sewerage systems may be constructed in such sub-district the County Commissioners are authorized to issue bonds to an amount sufficient to construct the water and sewerage systems for said sub-district in accordance with the plans of the Engineers, and these bonds which may be issued from time to time for the sub-district of the Metropolitan District shall be known as "Metropolitan District Bonds" and shall be redeemed out of funds arising from assessments for benefits levied against the properties in said sub-district. Under this plan the people of any sub-district will pay for improvements in their sub-district and the people in any part of the Metropolitan District outside of sub-district No. 1, will not pay for the improvements in sub-district No. 1, except in case of a deficiency in the funds arising from the benefits assessed in sub-district No. 1. In such case in order to make the bonds salable all the property in Baltimore County shall be liable for the deficiency in said fund. Under the bill the Commissioners are required to levy, solely on the property benefitted, sufficient funds annually to retire the bonds and^^^the interest thereon as they nTM^S^^and the pledging of the cjM>y;v*^;;;3ifciiflJe county therefore purpose of maki ketable at a desirable and attractive price. This plan of having each sub-district pay for the bonds that are issued for its improvements, answers the suggestion that was made that the Bill should carry a referendum, because it merely supplies more perfect machinery than now exists for the raising of funds for each sub-district or community that is to be benefited by the extension of the water and sewerage systems. The maximum amount of said bonds that may be outstanding at any one time, from time to time, shall never exceed seven per cent, of the assessed value of the real and tangible personal property within the Metropolitan District. Seventh—With the sub-districts created as above the Bill provides for the classification of properties into four classes, agricultural, small acreage, industrial or businesss, and sub-divisional or development with a maximum levy against the property classified as agricultural of 150 feet. Eighth—The County Commissioners may acquire the wells and springs of such water companies as now exist within the district whenever it is found necessary, but no individual corporation is requred to abandon such wells, springs or disposal systems now in use unless the same is condemned by a State Board of Health as unsanitary. There were numerjous objections to Section 17 of the Bill which provides for the inspection of private premises by the Sanitary Engineer or his assistants. This Section has been stricken from the Bill, although recommended by the State Board of Health. The delegation at Annapolis feels that with the amendments that have been adopted the Bill is now in good shape and is decidedly the most constructive piece of legislation for the development of Baltimore County and for the public health and safety and happiness of its citizens that has been offered for years, and while the Bill may not be perfect, such imperfections as may develop hereafter can be remedied at successive sessions of the legislature, but the necessity existing for the immediate relief of many sections of the Metropolitan District, make necesssary the passage of the Act now as an emergency measure. FRANK S. GIVEN, Chairman, JOHN S. MAHLE, JAMES J. LINDSAY, JR., MILTON TOLLE, LOUIS McL. MERRYMAN, WM. G. HELFRICH, D. G. McINTOSH, JR., Senator, E. J. COOK, Counsel to the Board. COMMUNION SERVICE AT DOVER AND MT. CARMEL TOMORROW. At Dover Church tomorrow (Sunday) morning communion will be held at 11 o'clock sharp, and in the Hereford M. E. Church at 7.30 P. M. Rev. Bert Constance will occupy the pulpit. ----------o---------- TOWSON MEN IN DETROIT. Mr. Homer Davis and Mr. John Abbott, of the Towson Garage, are in Detroit, where they are making a tour of inspection of the Hudson and Essex Motor Car plants, for which cars the Towson Garage is local agent. ----------o---------- MRS. JANE WHITE SUCCUMBS IN 84TH YEAR. Death claimed Mrs. James White, wife of the late Robert J. White, at the home of her son, Mr. Charles S. White, 516 Virginia avenue, Towson. Mrs. White was in her 84th year. Born in Ireland, she came to this country 76 years ago. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Henry B. Lee, Jr., rector of Trinity Church, interment being in Lorraine Cemetery. ----------o---------- GRAND JURY INDICTS JAMES STIFFLER ON CHARGE OF KILLING FATHER. The grand jury on Friday returned an indictment against James Stiffler on the charge of the murder of his father, Samuel Stiffler, whom it is alleged that he fatally wounded by shooting with a shot gun at Hoffman-ville, on the tenth of February. ----------o---------- FATHER PERFORMS CEREMONY AT SON'S WEDDING. John Charles Thomas, famous barytone and now in the movies, who purchased his parents a home recently at Aigburth Park, South Towson, was married at Palm Beach, Florida, to Miss Dorothy May Kaeh-ler, of Beverly Farm, Mass. The Rev. Milson Thomas, father of the bridegroom, performed the ceremony. ----------o---------- LENTEN SERVICES AT TEXAS. A series of sermons will be preached on Sunday nights during Lent at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Texas, by Rev. Patrick H. Kenney. He has a high reputation as a pulpit orator. NEGRO PREACHER DIES SUDDENLY IN RAILROAD STATION. Rev. S. G. Cummings, pastor of the Edgewood Colored Methodist Episcopal Church at Lutherville, died suddenly on Thursday night in Union Station, Baltimore City. ----------o---------- CHURCH FILES AMENDMENT TO CHANGE ITS NAME. An amendment to the incorporation of the Franklin Square Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, changing its name to the Towson Presbyterian Church has been filed. It is stated that the congregation is now worshiping at Epsom Chapel. MANY RABBITS SHIPPED HERE DIE IN TRANSIT. Out of the 15,000 or so rabbits received by the State Game Depart- j ment in the State about 20 per cent. j were lost in shipment, according to ! State Game Warden E. Lee Le Compte. . Mr. Le Compte blames the ex-ess company for the death of many rabbits.