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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0803 Enlarge and print image (6M) |
| ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT. THE JEFFERSONIAN "WITH THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE" ^VOL. XII—No. 6. 'It Covers The Community Like The Dew* TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1924 BALTIMORE COUNTY'S ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. A Civilized Country Is One Which Believes Progress Consists In Maintaining The Death Rate By The Prevention Of Disease And The Invention Of Motor Vehicles. G. 0. P. MAKING MESS OF THINGS-WORSE YET TO COME senator Mcintosh opposed to additional school loan without referendum Lindsay, Merryman, IHIahle And Tolle Stand With Him On Proposition While Given Would Like To Hear What "Home Folks" Think Of it—Helfrich Wants No Referendum. TO BUILD NEW CHURCH AT TOWSON. Rev. Richard W. Wickes, whose "dream" of a new Calvary Baptist Church will be a reality. 'DRY'AGENTS FIND STILL Well Equipped Outfit Located On Unoccupied Farm Near Norrisville. Prohibition Agents on Tuesday found a well-equipped whiskey still on an unoccupied farm belonging to the estate of the late George M. Wiley, at Norrisville, near White Hall. There were 8000 gallons of mash and fifteen gallons of corn whiskey. Tracks of a sled, on which mash had been hauled, is claimed to lead to a hog house on an adjoining farm occupied by a man named Kirchinger. He was not at home, and a notice was posted on his door directing that he appear before the United States Commissioner in Baltimore. The stiil was destroyed. At a meeting held at the Hotel Rennert, Baltimore City, to discuss the proposed measure of an additional bond issue for schools in Baltimore county, State Senator David G. Mcintosh, Jr., made the fact known that he was opposed to the proposition unless it carried a referendum and with him stood James J. Lindsay, Jr., Louis McLane Merry-man, John S. Mahle and Milton Tolle, while Frank S. Given, the "daddy" of the House, preferred to hear from the "home folks" before committing himself. Wm. G. Helfrich favors tne measure without a referendum. The gathering was presided over by Geo. W. Kimberly, President of the Catonsville Improvement Association and he, with S. Duncan Black, who represented the Towson Town Club, heartily endorsed the proposition with a referendum. Fqr-proposition without a referendum. Former Congressman Carville D. Benson spoke in favor of a bond issue without a vote by the people. Besides the Baltimore County delegates to Annapolis, the Board of County Commissioners were present (Continued on Page 7—Col. 2) ESCAPED. SERIOUS INJUEY FORK PATRONS' CLUB TO MEET THURSDAY. The regular monthly meeting of the Fork Patron:;' Club will be held at the school house on Thursday evening. An interesting program has been arranged by the committee in charge. Bruised And Shaken, Young Men And Women Figure In Auto Mishap. Bruised and shaken but otherwise unhurt, two young men and two young women narrowly escaped death when their automobile was struck broadside by an Ellicott City car at Ingleside and Edmondson avenues, Catonsville. They were on their way to a dance at St. Agnes Hall, Old Frederick road. The automobile was thrown against a pole and partly wrecked after being dragged several rods. The occupants were Charles Trumbo, driver, 1424 Clarkson street; J. W. Ring of Relay, Md.; Miss Violet Kline and Miss Helen Belbot, TOWSON KNOWN ALL OVER WORLD AS PLACE TO GET BEST ELECTRIC TOOLS Big Towson Heights Plant Has Representatives From Halifax ^To Tokio—Not Only Gives Employment To Numerous Folks But Circulates $10,000 Weekly Payroll (By Nancy Hanks) The stranger "within our gates," after viewing Towson's beautiful and imposing court house, its substantial banks, its fine residences and well-kept stores, oft-times overlooks one of the county seat's most important assets—The Black & Decker Manufacturing Company. SOLDIERS ARRESTED Two From Fort Howard Found; Huddled In Box Oar On W. M. Railroad. Stanley Kuhn and J. S. Smith, soldiers stationed at Fort Howard, were found huddled in a box car of a Western Maryland freight train. They were taken to the Northwestern Police Station, where a charge of riding on a train unauthorized was placed against them. Detective Lieutenant John Zang and Patrolman A. M. Sedicum of the railroad police said three soldiers were in the car when it passed Walbrook Station, but one escaped. Lieutenant Zang believes the men intended to desert. The military authorities were notified. Jaunt out Pennsylvania Avenue to the East and at its extreme end we'll bump plum into the bee-hive of industry, which not only gives employment to numerous folks in Tow-son and the vicinity, but which circulates amongst their people a weekly payroll well over the ten thousand dollar mark, or half a million dollars annually. Wherever you go through the world and see people using electric tools, you may be sure that they have heard of Towson, for on each of the thousands of drills which are shipped from the Black & Decker plant every year, there is a name plate bearing the name of our community. In other words, each year our town of Towson is brought to the attention of thousands of people throughout this and foreign countries, and to these people the fine workmanship of our own town folks is reflected through the merits of the product. Just as we drop over the hill at Fairmount Avenue, the big plant is plainly visible, and as we approach nearer and nearer the hum of machinery can be heard and a peep through the windows convinces that (Continued on Page 9—Col 1) First A Speck Then A Vulture, Till Air Is Thick With Pinions And They Are Birds Of Ill-Omen UNLESS OLD SPIRIT IS FROZEN IN VEINS OF VOTERS, REPUBLICANS ARE FACING STUPENDOUS CRASH KILLED BY LOCOMOTIVE Unidentified .Man Deliberately Stands On Track Near Essex To Be Run Down. Standing on the track of the Pennsylvania Railroad on Gunpowder Bridge, near Essex, an unidentified man about forty years old was killed by the engine of a train. The body was found by Charles R. Knight, a watchman for the railroad, who told police he saw the man standing in the tracks, apparently waiting to be hit by the train. The man is described as being 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. He wore a pair of blue overalls, black shoes and hat. Coroner Jacob Dallman of Essex is investigating. SEEKS INFORMATION. Yale University Professor Would Like To Ascertain Data As To His Grandfather. Prof. J. I. Tracey, of Yale University, writes that he is very anxious to get information relative to his grandfather, Jonathan Tracey, who was a merchant and miller and resided at Black Rock. He was born in 1786, and died in 1871 at the age of eighty-five years. He served as one of the Judges of the Orphans' Court for Baltimore County. Prof. Tracey's address is 314 Norton St., New Haven, Conn. He writes as follows: "There are two reasons why I have been looking up records about our ancestors. First, for the sake of my.children, who are growing up here in Connecticut, and who, as they grow older, will be interested in knowing about their Maryland anestors. Second, in this section of the country, about ninety per cent, of the population is either foreign-born or from foreign-born parents, and while we are trying to Americanize them, they are changing a lot of our cherished American ideals. Most of American Traceys settled first in Connecticut, and I think after v, ards some of them landed at Tracey's Landing, below Annapolis, and worked their way north through Baltimore and Frederick counties." FRANK HOFACKER SEEKS JOB AS COMMITTING MAGISTRATE OF 12TH DISTRICT. ACCORDING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE LITTLE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE AI N'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. TALE OF TWO STEEL TRAPS IS REVEALED IN $5000 DAMAGE SUIT AT COUNTY-SEAT Hngo L Smith Files Case In Circuit Court Against Benjamin E. Boston, Of Pleasant Hill, Charging Slander—Attorney Gwynn Nelson Appears For The Plaintiff. The tale of two steel traps is revealed in a suit in the Circuit Court at Towson filed by Hugo L. Smith against Benjamin E. Boston, of Pleasant Hill, for $5000 damages for alleged slander. It is claimed that the defendant addressing the plaintiff, said: "I had some steel traps From all accounts Justice LeBrun of Dundalk, has a fight on his hands to retain the job of Committing Magistrate of the 12th District, for friends of Frank Hofacker, a resident of that community, are working hard to have him appointed to the office. Mr. Hofacker is well known in Towson, where he once resided, and played on the Towson Base Ball Team; his wife before her marriage was Miss Marie Birch, daughter of the late Thomas Birch and Mrs. Birch, who resided in the cottage next to the Kopper Kettle Inn here. RUXTON FOLKS VISIT CATONSVILLE FRIENDS. Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Phillips, of Ruxton, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Whiteley, of Catonsville. MISS LAURA E. PICK BURIED IN MT. PARAN. Funeral services for Miss Laurar E. Pick, forty-seven, daughter of Rudolph Pick, of Harrisonville, who died at the Maryland University Hospital, Baltimore City, were held from the Mount Paran Presbyterian Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. SEEKS $5000 FOR ALLEGED FALSE ARREST. Frederick Maenner, through C G. Grason, attorney, filed a suit in the Circuit Court at Towson against John Baumgartner in which the plaintiff claims $5000 damages for alleged false arrest and imprisonment. NEW CHURCH HERE. Modern Stone Structure Will Supplant Building Of Baptist Congregation. Rev. Richard W. Wickes* "dream" for a new edifice to supplant the old frame structure of Calvary Baptist Church, Towson, of which he is pastor, will be a reality, for plans have been accepted and operations will begin in the very near future. The present church will be moved to the rear of the church property; the parsonage moved to the old church site and the new house of worship will stand on the corner of Pennsylvania and Baltimore avenues, where the parsonage now stand's. The new Calvary Baptist Church will be built of stone and of the latest design, with all new church improvements and will cost between fifty and seventy-five thousand dollars. Although having been at the county seat but a short time, Rev. Mr. Wickes has endeared himself to the people and enjoys a host of friends here. FREED ON FORGERY CHARGE J. S. Cook Acquitted In Connection With Rodgers' Forge Horse Show Program. J. Stanley Cook, arrested in De-ember on a charge of forgery in connection with getting out a program for the Rodgers Forge Horse Show at Rodgers Forge, just South of Towson, for the benefit of the Refuge Home for Friendless Animals, was acquitted. The Judge ruled that evidence had not been produced that Mr. Cook's action regarding a check handled by the Union Trust Company on September 5 was not regular. setting down there, and they are gone, and I see tracks coming down from your house and back again. I set the traps to catch a fox." It is stated that the plaintiff replied that he did not take the traps "that his son had traps setting out, some of which he had taken up and were now laying on the porch at home. You look at them, and if any. belong to you, you take them," and that shortly thereafter the defendant looked at the traps, and informed the plaintiff that they were not his. The plaintiff then replied, "you accused me of stealing your traps," whereupon the defendant retorted "yes, I accused you and still accuse you." The plaintiff then said, "Well, I have lived around here a long while, and I never had any trouble," whereupon the defendant replied, "What little time I have been here I have heard of a great many things that have gotten away around here." It is alleged that the defendant thereby charged that the plaintiff was a man of bad character and reputation for honesty, and had been guilty of the crime of larceny. Attorney Gwynn Nelson appears for the plaintiff. DOMINCIAN SISTER BETTER AFTER OPERATION. Sister Mary Assumption, of the Domincian Order of the Sister of the Pepetual Rosary, is recovering from a serious operation at the convent of the order in Springfield, Mass. Sister Assumption is a daughter of the late Patrolman Terence Doyle, who was shot by bandits about 25 years ago. CATONSVILLE FIELD FIRE WAS CHECKED BY DEPARTMENT. A field fire which threatened a number of cottages was discovered at Gwynn Oak and Glyndale avenues near Oak Forest Park The Catonsville Fire Engine Company checked the flames before they spread to nearby dwellings. Various Scandals Of Present National Administration Have Not Developed As Result Of Scheme To Dig Op Criminal Acts To Be Osed For Political Effect, But Have Just Crupped Up. (From the Washington Correspondent of The Jeffersonian.) Just now almost everything else is being pushed into the background by the investigations of the operations of various officials, bureaus and departments under the Harding-Coolidge administration. And a fine mess it is even at this time, and (Continued on Page 4—Col. 7) ONE DEAD, FOUR HURT. Man Luses Life When Auto Upsets And Goes Over Bank On The North Point Road. One man was killed and four others severely injured when their automobile overturned at Sparrows Point road and North Point road as they were returning from a wedding at Sparrows Point. His skull fractured, William Poso-nowski, thirty-six, 204 South High street, Baltimore City, driver of the wedding party automobile, was dead when carried into Fort Howard Hospital by policemen of the Essex Station. Witnesses said Posonowski was crowded to the side of the road by an automobile that came at high speed out North Point road and that his car rolled over into the ditch. The automobile held responsible for (Continued on Page 4—Col. 7) MRS. A. R. BAKER DEAD. 14 MILLION CARS REGISTERED IN UNITED STATES. According to be available estimates made by Government officials at Washington, on January 1 there were 17,000,-000 automobiles in operation in the world, of which 14,000,-OOO represent United States registration. With a production of 2,500,-OOO cars in 1922 and 4,000,000 in 1923, and with the average car lasting five or six years, it can readily be seen that the replacement market alone, without a single new user of automobiles, affords a wide area for productive acd marketing effort. But there are new users in increasing nuiu^ bers. More than that, the parts* and units of the cars in use must be repaired and replaced. fc TWO BOYS STRUCK. Autoist Overturns Machine In Dodgiag Crash With Another Vehicle. Aged Resident Of Catonsville Succumbs Following Illness Due To Fall. Mrs. Anna B. Baker, ninety, widow of Nelson B. Baker, a former member of the Baltimore City School Board and a paper manufacturer, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry H Robinson, Eden Terrace, Catonsville. Mrs. Baker fell last Christmas Day and had been ill since. Mrs. Baker was a native of Matthew county, Va., and came to Baltimore when 20 years of age. She is survived by a son, John M. Baker, and four daughters, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Alice B. Iverman, Mrs. Charles T. Neepier and Miss M. E. Baker. She also leaves nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Seeking to avoid collision with an, automobile driven by "Jack" Bent-ley, former star pitcher of the Orioles and now a member of the New York Giants, John A. Marshall drov© his car into small boys on the Reis-terstown road, near Valley road. The boys were knocked down and the Marshall car was overturned. No one was injured seriously. The boys are Vernon Houck, 7 years old, of McDonogh, and Oscar (Continued on Page 5—Col 3) COUPLE WEDS SECRETLY Son Of Dr. And Mrs. H. F. Shipley, Of Granite, Takes Bride In Philadelphia. Miss Margaret B. Schmidt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Born-slagle, and Benjamin F. Shipley, son of Dr. and Mrs. Hary F. Shipley, of Granite, were married in Philadelphia January 16, by the Rev. S. J. Kelly at the St. Monica's Church, according to word received here recently. OVERWHELMING CALLS ON THE RURAL PASTOR ALMOST DISTRACTING Is Asked To Observe Hospital Sunday, World Court Sunday, Red Cross Sunday, Educational Sunday, Golden Rule Sunday And What Not. (By Nancy Hanks) Red flannel underwear for South Sea islanders is one of the few things for which Baltimore county pastors are not asked to make an appeal. But practically every needy cause and every idea for the advancement of mankind is brought, like a foundling, to their door, and they are asked to make them the subjects of their sermons, and otherwise to help them along. But they find the calendar short on Sundays, and, moreover, there are the problems of their own churches and the needs of their own little flocks pressing on their time and energy, so that they are often perplexed as to what to do with the innumerable demands made upon them, and where to draw the line. One such perplexed pastor told me of his desperation, and asked for a word of advice. His appeal and the answer will probably interest pastors throughout the county who are similarly pressed by sincere, if sometimes too zealous, propagandists. The puzzled pastor sets down:. "Within the last two months re- quests have come to me to observe Hospital Sunday, World Court Sunday, Red Cross Sunday, Education Sunday, Father and Son Sunday, Tuberculosis Sunday, Golden Rule Sunday, Home Mission Sunday, Church Paper Sunday, Bible Sunday. In that same period of time appeals for funds have come to me for Home (Continued on Page 10—Col 1) GASOLINE PRICES MOUNT Moving Spirit Of Automobiles Goes Up Two Cents In j Maryland. Advances in the wholesale price of gasoline, ranging from one to two and one-half cents a gallon, were announced by Eastern refineries. An increase of two and one-half cents, the largest in several years, was announced by the Standard Oil Company of New York. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey raised its price two cents in New Jersey, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and one cent in Virginia, and West Virginia. The Atlantic Refining Company increased its price two cents in Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Newsgravure Section Of The Jeffersonian Is Always Interesting—In It Today You'll Find Plenty Of Wholesome Reading And Numerous Timely "Snapshots/' |