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MOUNT HOPE RETREAT 
 
 MOUNT HOPE RETREAT is situated on 
 the Reisterstown road, about six miles 
 from Baltimore city. It can be easily 
 reached by the Western Maryland Railroad, 
 which passes through the grounds, or by a 
 very pleasant drive by automobile through 
 Druid Hill Park and Arlington, and thence 
 by the Reisterstown Turnpike. This gigantic 
 institutiton is devoted to the care and treat- 
 ment of the insane and is headed by Sister 
 M. Magdalene, while Dr. Charles G. Hill is 
 the physician - in - chief. The grounds and 
 buildings present a most picturesque sight 
 • to the visitor. The buildings are of massive 
 construction, while the grounds are well laid 
 out and are kept in perfect order. One has 
 to visit Mount Hope to appreciate the place 
 where so many unfortunates are cared for 
 and placed on the road to recovery. On en- 
 tering the grounds we pass through a mas- 
 sive iron gate with a little brick house for 
 the keeper at the right; on we wind our way 
 up an avenue of trees and shrubbery, pass- 
 ing through a beautifully sunken garden, 
 and then into the main building, which, be- 
 sides containing the rooms of the patients, 
 contains also the chapel, recreation hall, 
 pharmacy, dining room and billiard room. 
 Leaving the main building we walk a few 
 yards through a grove, entering the gentle- 
 men's pavilion, which is well arranged and 
 affords ample recreation for the men.. Then 
 a bit farther, in a grove of huge oaks and 
 chestnuts, is the ladies' recreation grounds, 
 where winter and summer one may find the 
 svv'ings and hammocks occupied by female 
 patients. Then comes the power plant in 
 which the electricity and heat is furnished 
 to all the buildings, and also where the laun- 
 dry is located. Leaving here we cross a large 
 lawn and in a few seconds we are on the 
 banks of the lake and upon the glittering 
 waters can be seen a dozen or more row 
 boats, the occupants paddling here and there 
 and seemingly full of glee. Next we visit 
 the stables, where we see those who are em- 
 ployed in various capacities on the farm, at- 
 tending the stock or preparing to enter the 
 fields, for all the vegetables used on the 
 tables at Mount Hope are raised on the farm. 
 The impression left on the visitor is that 
 the instituttion maintains the highest effi- 
 ciency in the care and treatment of the in- 
 sane, and is one of the many of which Bal- 
 timore county is justly proud. —Adv. 
 
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 I BALTIMORE COUNTY | 
 
 I Its History 1 
 
 I Progress and 1 
 
 I Opportunities 1 
 
 E With Suapsliots and Sideli^li(»« = 
 
 = «f Some of Its Prominent Men = 
 
 Snapshots and Illustration' 
 By LOtilK UONNKTT 
 
 Sidelights by 
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 COPYRIGHT 1916 
 
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 - HOLDING THE TORCH OF PROGRESS 
 HIGH. BEARING HER WEIGHT UPON 
 ENTERPRISE. WITH THE GLORIOUS 
 SUN OF UPBUILDING BEAMING ITS 
 RAYS UPON ALL. BALTIMORE COUNTY 
 STANDS SUPREME FOR CIVIC BET- 
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 RESPONDING to requests of 
 many citizens of Baltimore 
 County for a complete set of the 
 
 Towson Snapshots ' ' which 
 have appeared in The Jefferson - 
 ian, we take pleasure in pre- 
 senting this little booklet to 
 you, and trust that you will 
 find it worth preserving. 
 
 Not only does it give a brief 
 history of the communitj' in 
 which we live and which offers 
 so much in the waj' of oppor- 
 tunities, but sketches and side- 
 lights of some of our count}'' s 
 most prominent men . You may 
 have heard their names in a 
 political or social way and j^et 
 never had the opportunity of 
 meeting them, and for that rea- 
 son we have created this work. 
 
 Baltimore County has devel- 
 oped some great men within 
 its borders, and there is every 
 reason to believe that some of 
 the younger generation will be- 
 come even greater and nobler 
 as thej^ take on jears, and a 
 reference of this character will 
 be valuable in later periods 
 when you may wish to refresh 
 your memory of days gone b}' ; 
 to review the happenings of 
 your early life and relate the 
 past history of the county to 
 your children and your grand- 
 children. 
 
 The Jeffersoniax, 
 
 TowsciN, Md. 
 
VIEWS AT THE COU NTY-SEAT---TOWSON 
 
BALTIMORE COUNTY was created into 
 a county about the year 1659, and at 
 that period its territorial limits includ- 
 ed what is now known as Harford and 
 Carroll counties, large portions of Anne 
 Arundel, Howard and Frederick and, as far 
 as we are able to learn, Cecil and Kent coun- 
 ties. The first true description of its bounds 
 is found in the proclamation of June 6, 1G74, 
 by which it was declared that the southern 
 limits of Baltimore county shall be "the 
 south side of Patapsco River, and from the 
 highest plantation on that side of the river 
 due south two miles into the woods." By 
 the act of 16 98 a boundary line was adopted 
 between Baltimore and Anne Arundel coun- 
 ties, which had been located by the Com- 
 missioners appointed under the Act of As- 
 sembly passed in the year 16 98. This line, 
 which is particularly described in this act 
 and which began upon the bay about one 
 mile and a quarter to the south of Bodkin 
 Creek, attached to Baltimore county a con- 
 siderable tract of country lying south of the 
 Patapsco River, but in 1725 this act was re- 
 pealed and the present boundary was es- 
 tablished. 
 
 The western boundaries of the county were 
 unidentified, and in the absence of an act 
 creating Baltimore countj' we are unable to 
 ascertain the original western limits. At one 
 time it is known to have extended to the 
 head of the Patuxent River, and afterwards 
 to the head of the Patapsco, remaining so 
 until the foundation of Frederick county. 
 
 On the north Baltimore county extended to 
 the extreme limits of the province. 
 
 Its eastern limits have for many years been 
 an interesting subject of dispute, and there 
 is strong evidence to show that they formerly 
 embraced Cecil county and extended down the 
 entire Eastern Shore, probably including the 
 whole territory now forming Kent county. 
 
 In the very early records of the province 
 may be found many deeds and patents for 
 land on the Elk River, the Bohemia and the 
 Sassafras, which are described as lying in 
 Baltimore county. There are also several of- 
 ficial references in proclamations and else- 
 
where to 
 points on 
 the East- 
 ern Shore 
 north of 
 the Ches- 
 ter River 
 as within 
 the limits 
 o 1' this 
 county. 
 In 17 7 
 an act was 
 passed 
 providing 
 for the 
 removal 
 o f Thom- 
 as Howell, 
 "now ly- 
 ing un- 
 der execution of debt," in the custody of the 
 Sheriff of Cecil county, into the custody of 
 the Sheriff of Kent county, and this removal 
 was made necessary by the late division of 
 those counties, whereby this Howell became 
 an inhabitant of Kent county, showing that 
 at least a portion had previously been em- 
 braced within the limits of Cecil, which itself 
 had originally been included within Balti- 
 more county. 
 
 Carroll county, named after Charles Car- 
 roll of Carrollton, was created in 1835 out 
 of Baltimore and Frederick counties, thus 
 greatly narrowing the limits of Baltimore 
 county on the west. 
 
 "Baltimore Town in Baltimore County" 
 was incorporated as a city in the year 1796, 
 and from time to time it has annexed much 
 of the county's land, and is now said to be 
 after more, which is a pretty good sign that 
 Old Baltimore County is still a very desir- 
 able place in which to live. 
 
 The people of Baltimore county — to make 
 a long story short — are now, always have 
 been and always will be, the best people on 
 earth. At least that is exactly the way we 
 feel about it. 
 
 When Capt. John Smith, in the summer 
 of 1608, penetrated the territory of Baltimore 
 county he found it inhabited by a nation 
 of Indians who lived on or near the river 
 which has since borne their name — the Sus- 
 quehanna. The "Susquehanoughs" being 
 hunting Indians, changed their abodes as 
 game grew scarce, and so scattered them- 
 selves over a large extent of country. Their ^\ 
 chief settlement was about 21 miles from the J 
 mouth of the Susquehanna River, but in the'^ 
 spring and summer they made visits to the 
 
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salt water for fish and oysters. Captain Smith 
 described them as "noble specimens of hu- 
 manity." They were clad in bear and woL 
 skins, wearing the skin as the Mexican his 
 poncho, passing the head through a slit in 
 the centre, and letting the garment drape 
 naturally around from the shoulders. Thus 
 Smith described one of these gigantic war- 
 riors. 
 
 Fox-hunting seemed to be a favorite sport 
 with the farmers, and many of the citizens 
 joined in it, mounted on tough, sturdy horses 
 not very showy to look at, but capital nags 
 for a gallop across country. Soon after the 
 peace, we are told, Robert Oliver used every 
 year to turn a bag-fox In the region which is 
 now South Baltimore, near the "Old Bat- 
 tery," which then was a wilderness abound- 
 ing in game. On one of these occasions a 
 French gentleman out with his gun in pur- 
 suit of "ze sport" saw the fox running and 
 deliberately shot him, and placed him trium- 
 phantly in his game bag. In the next min- 
 ute he was surrounded by the pack of hounds, 
 who sprang upon him, and he would have 
 had a serious time of it (as it never came 
 Into his mind to throw them the fox) had 
 not the hunters come up in time to rescue 
 him. 
 
 Another source of amusement was found 
 in fairs, which were held in Baltimore from 
 an early period until discontinued by the 
 Committee of Observation shortly before the 
 outbreak of the Revolution. At these fairs 
 horse-racing, cock-fighting, sack-races, climb- 
 ing the grease poles, chasing a pig with soap- 
 ed tail, and many other sports that amused 
 the rustics drew large crowds. 
 
 The criminal laws in those days were more 
 severe than at present. Offenses now pun- 
 ished by im- 
 prisonment 
 were punish- 
 ed in the 18th 
 century by the 
 stocks, the pil- 
 lory, the whip- 
 ping - post, or 
 the gallows. 
 Our ancestors 
 troubled them- 
 selves little 
 with the mod- 
 6 r n humani- 
 tarian notions 
 o f reforming 
 
m ale factors; 
 they thought 
 that the object 
 of punishment 
 was to punish 
 and the more 
 disagreable 
 they could 
 make it within 
 reasonable 
 bounds, a n d 
 the more de- 
 terrent to oth- 
 ers, the better. 
 Hence punish- 
 
 usually public, 
 and a mob always gathered to jeer at an in- 
 corrigible vagrant with both feet fast in the 
 stocks; a forger, with head and hands in the 
 pillory, exposed to a pelting storm of dead 
 cats and unmerchantable eggs; or a thief 
 handcuffed to the whipping post, and howling 
 under the infliction of thirty-nine lashes well 
 laid on with a cowhide in the hands of a mus- 
 cular deputy sheriff. 
 
 It may be of interest to home-comers to 
 know that the now Triumphant Towson has 
 not always been the center of County Gov- 
 ernment. Baltimore county, as nearly as can 
 be ascertained, was established about the year 
 165 9. At that time it embraced within its 
 limits all of Harford and Carroll counties and 
 large portions of Anne Arundel. Howard and 
 Frederick, and very probably Cecil and Kent. 
 The first county court appears to have been 
 held at the residence of Capt. Thomas Howell 
 in the year 1661, within the limits of what 
 is now Cecil county. 
 
 An exhaustive research among the histori- 
 cal archives of Maryland has failed to d'sclose 
 the precise location of the first county seat, 
 known as Old Baltimore, or when it was es- 
 tablished, but it is supposed to have been lo- 
 cated at some point on Bush River prior to 
 the year 1683. By Chapter V. of the Acts 
 of that year a port of entry was established 
 "on Bush River, on the town land, near the 
 Court House," and it is apparent from the 
 language of the act that this town on Bush 
 River was already the county seat when it 
 was made a port of entry. According to Free- 
 born Garretson, the first church building of 
 any kind in Baltimore county was located 
 about three miles from Old Baltimore. It 
 was the parent of St. George's parish, now 
 known as "Spesutle Church," and among the 
 records of the latter appear the names of 
 
many descendants of the Old Baltimoreans. 
 
 The Court House on Bush River was aban- 
 doned some time between 16 83 and 17 07, and 
 a second one erected on the Gunpowder River 
 at a place called "Foster's (otherwise For- 
 ster's) Neck." 
 
 In 1707 the Provincial Assembly of Mary- 
 land passed an act directing that the Court 
 House at Forster's Neck "should be deserted, 
 and in lieu thereof 50 acres of land in a 
 tract on said river, belonging to Anne Felks, 
 called 'Taylor's Choice,' should be erected 
 into a town and the Court House of the said 
 county should be built there." The place 
 designated by this Act was the same after- 
 wards known as Joppa. The Commissioners 
 appointed to build the new Court House at 
 Taylor's Choice, afterwards Joppa, were pe- 
 culiarly unfortunate. Their first blunder was 
 in commencing operations before getting the 
 Queen's approval. It seems that the build- 
 ing was nearly finished when word came from 
 across the . ocean that Her Majesty Queen 
 Anne had vetoed the Act of 1707. Not until 
 the year 1712 was the work legalized. At 
 that time an act was passed entitled, "An 
 Act for Settling Baltimore County Court at 
 the New House at Joppa." It recites the for- 
 mer operations of the Commissioners, con- 
 firms them and then declares: "That Balti- 
 more County Court shall be from henceforth 
 held at the said Court House, now built at 
 the town of Joppa, and not elsewhere, and 
 that the same Court House be, to all intents, 
 constructions and purposes, adjudged, used, 
 reputed and taken as the proper Court House 
 for Baltimore County." Whether or not the 
 county seat was in fact moved from Old Bal- 
 timore to Forster's Neck seems to be a dis- 
 puted question. One of the leading histor- 
 ians is of the 
 opinion that 
 the county seat 
 remained a t 
 Old Baltimore 
 until 1712, 
 when i t w a s 
 removed di- 
 rectly to Jop- 
 pa. A n o t her 
 serious blun- 
 der made by 
 the Court 
 House build- 
 ers at Joppa is 
 disclosed by an 
 act passed in 
 
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 1724, the pre- 
 amble to which 
 states that the 
 right of the 
 land was in a 
 minor, "w h o 
 could not con- 
 vey, although 
 :, his father. Col. 
 i J a m e s Max- 
 well, had re- 
 ceived full sat- 
 isfaction for 
 the same." It 
 then proceeds 
 to declare that 
 the two acres 
 of ground on 
 which the Court House and prison were built, 
 "shall be to the use of the county forever." 
 Thomas Tolly, Capt. John Taylor, Daniel 
 Scott. Lancelot Todd and John Stokes, or any 
 three of them, were authorized and empow- 
 ered to purchase 20 acres of land at Joppa, 
 and lay it out into 40 equal lots "to be erect- 
 ed into a town." The survey was completed 
 in the latter part of June, 1726, and the sur- 
 veyor. Col. John Dorsey, received for his serv- 
 ices five hundred pounds of tobacco from the 
 County Court. Practically all of the town 
 lots appear to have been taken up and the 
 names of the lotholders preserved to this 
 day. Joppa at once sprang into prominence 
 and became a great commercial center. Prob- 
 ably the one thing that contributed to its 
 growth more than any other was the enact- 
 ment of a law which provided, in substance, 
 that every debtor who should bring tobacco 
 to Joppa for the purpose of paying a debt 
 should be allowed a discount or reduction of 
 10 per cent, on the claim. This was intend- 
 ed to draw trade to the new county seat and 
 the results proved that the legislators of 
 that day were good judges of human nature. 
 Joppa became a great tobacco market, which 
 meant a great deal in those days, when to- 
 bacco was king, taking the place of money 
 in the trade and commerce of the colonies. 
 The mode of getting this staple product to 
 the county seat in those days was rather in- 
 genious. The tobacco was packed in hogs- 
 heads and a gudgeon or pin fastened in each 
 end, to which loop-hole shafts were attached 
 and fastened to the collar of the horse. Thus 
 the grower "rolled" his load to town, and 
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were called "rolling roads." Many still re- 
 tain the name. These "rolling roads" poured 
 vast quantities of tobacco into Joppa and a 
 very considerable commerce was established 
 not only with the West Indies, but with Eu- 
 rope. The county seat remained at Joppa 
 down to 1768 — a period of about 56 years — 
 when by an Act of Assembly it was removed 
 to "Baltimore Town," which in the mean- 
 time had become a formidable rival to her 
 elder sister. From that time may be dated 
 the "Decline and Pall" of the ancient town 
 of Joppa. No vestige of her former glory 
 now remains. The old Court House was sold 
 and has long since crumbled away. As late 
 as 18 8 only a solitary tenement of antique 
 style and venerable appearance, standing on 
 the Harford short of the Gunpowder River 
 remained to mark the spot where Joppa once 
 stood. All that remains to remind us of her 
 existence are the numerous "Joppa roads," 
 in Baltimore and Harford counties, which 
 were used by the inhabitants of those bygone 
 days to attend courts at the county seat and 
 to pay their debts in tobacco, less 10 per cent, 
 deducted according to law. Among the in- 
 teresting facts noted in the history of Joppa 
 are the following: "January 10, 1752, Mar- 
 tha Bassett and Mary Powell were hanged 
 at Joppa, pursuant to sentence, for the mur- 
 der of Mrs. Clarke. The execution of John 
 Berry, the wicked contriver of this scene of 
 villany, was deferred until yesterday (Jan- 
 uary 15), when he was to be executed near 
 the place where the murder was committed, 
 and afterwards hung in chains." And on 
 November 28, 1753, "John Barrett was exe- 
 cuted at Joppa for the murder of his wife 
 some time ago, and was afterward hung in 
 chains on a gibbet as high as Haman's gal- 
 lows near Bal- 
 timore Town, 
 where he com- 
 m i 1 1 e d the 
 act." On the 
 2 2d of June, 
 1768, an Act 
 was passed re- 
 moving the 
 county seat 
 o f Baltimore 
 county to Bal- 
 timore Town 
 (now B a 1 t i- 
 more city) in 
 said county. 
 
Baltimore Town 
 was originally 
 created by an 
 Act of the Pro- 
 vincial Assem- 
 bly o f Mary- 
 land, passed in 
 17 29, entitled 
 "An Act for 
 erecting a town 
 on the north 
 side of Pataps- 
 co, i n Balti- 
 more county, 
 and for laying 
 out in lots 60 
 acres of land in and about the place where 
 one John Fleming now lives." This John 
 Fleming seems to have been, at the time of 
 his birth, the entire population of Baltimore 
 Town. 
 
 The countj^ seat of Baltimore county thus 
 remained within the limits of what is now 
 known as Baltimore city, then "Baltimore 
 Town," from the year 1768 until the year 
 185 4, when the separation of city and county 
 finally took place. 
 
 During this period the Court House seems 
 to have been located on the site of the Bat- 
 tle Monument. When the old Court House 
 was built the bluff at St. Paul, Fayette and 
 Lexington streets extended to North street, 
 then descended in an abrupt precipice to the 
 falls, and the Court House stood sheer and 
 toppling upon the very edge and comb of this 
 bluff, at the then head of Calvert street, un- 
 til it was, in 18 74, underpinned and arched 
 and the street opened. At that time the 
 arch under the Court House was supplied 
 with stock, pillory and whipping-post. Mr. 
 Robert Gilmor, in his reminiscences, says the 
 Court House stood on a hill 60 or 100 feet 
 above the level of the basin, and about 30 
 or 40 feet above the level of the present pave- 
 ments. The Hon. John P. Kennedy thus de- 
 picted the condition of Baltimore Town at 
 that period, and his words are quoted with 
 approval by the historian, Scharf: 
 
 "It was a treat to see this little Baltimore 
 Town just at the termination of the war of 
 independence, so conceited, so bustling and 
 debonnaire, growing up like a saucy, chubby 
 boy, with his dimpled cheeks and short, grin- 
 ning face, fat and mischievous, and burst- 
 ing incontinently out of its clothes in spite 
 
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of all the allowance of tucks and broad sel- 
 vages. Maz-ket street had shot, like a Nur- 
 emberg snake out of its toy box, as far as 
 Congress Hall (Sharp and Baltimore streets), 
 with its line of low-browed, hipped-roof wood- 
 en houses in disorderly array, standing for- 
 ward and back, after the manner of a regi- 
 ment of militia with many an interval be- 
 tween the files. Some of these structures 
 were painted blue and white and some yel- 
 low,, and here and there sprang up a more 
 magnificent mansion of brick, with windows 
 like a multiplication table and great wastes 
 of wall between the stories, with occasional 
 courtyards before them, and reverential lo- 
 cust trees, under whose shade bevies of truant 
 school boys, ragged little negroes and gro- 
 tesque chimney sweeps 'skyed coppers' and 
 disported themselves at marbles." 
 
 A city chap who was hollowed-eyed, stoop- 
 shouldered and sort of careworn-looking, suit- 
 case in hand, casually dropped into the office 
 of The Jeffersonian one day and stated that 
 he wanted to locate somewhere in a wide- 
 awake and live community. "What's the mat- 
 ter with Baltimore county," volunteered the 
 man behind the desk. "It's all right," re- 
 plied the visitor, with a great deal of empha- 
 sis on the RIGHT. 
 
 However, it was not necessary for this city 
 chap to tell us this, because we really be- 
 lieve that Baltimore county is "all right," and 
 that its opportunities are numerous, there be- 
 ing 99,000 reasons for our saying so. 
 
 Baltimore county is the most populous 
 county in the State and probably one of the 
 richest in the whole United States. Accord- 
 ing to the Federal Census in 1910 the popu- 
 lation of Baltimore county was 122,39 9, an 
 increase over the census of 1900 of 31,644; 
 the population 
 at that time 
 being 90,755. 
 But that isn't 
 all, by any 
 means. Balti 
 more county 
 has been grow- 
 ing ever since. 
 The records in 
 the Health Of- 
 fice at Towson 
 show that 2,- 
 422 children 
 were born in 
 the county last 
 year, and there 
 
is no telling as 
 to j u s t h o w 
 many people 
 migrated here 
 from other sec- 
 tions of the 
 country. The 
 next largest 
 county in the 
 Slate is Alle- 
 gany, it having 
 a population of 
 62,411, while 
 Calvert, the 
 smallest in 
 size, has a 
 population of 
 10,325. The population of Baltimore county 
 is made up of 109,733 whites, 12,601 ne- 
 groes, 14 Chinese and 1 Japanese. There are 
 3 9,306 children between 5 and 20 years of 
 age. 
 
 But now we will let statistics drop, for a 
 time at least. Everybody with any l^nowl- 
 edge at all is aware of the fact that Baltimore 
 county is growing, and growing fast, and as 
 sure as the sun makes it appearance in the 
 East each morning, just so sure is Baltimore 
 county going to make monstrous and pro- 
 gressive strides in the future. Why? Sim- 
 ply because it's about the best place under 
 sun, moon and stars in which to live. 
 
 It is not our desire to make individual 
 comparisons, but according to the Sun Al- 
 manac, which is a most reliable authority, it 
 is the richest county in the State. The poor- 
 est county is just $114,576,4.51 poorer than 
 is the community in which we live. There is 
 not the slightest doubt that this year Balti- 
 more county will total approximately $165,- 
 000,000. Any person who can distinguish 
 the difference between good and bad knows 
 that unless something unforeseen interferes, 
 the taxable basis of the county will continue 
 to grow greatly from year to year. 
 
 According to Government reports for 1910 
 the farmers of Baltimore county raised corn 
 to the value of $1,187,574, wheat to the value 
 of $571,200, oats to the value of $166,762, 
 potatoes to the value of $467,881, apples to 
 the value of $266,024, grapes to the value of 
 $208,393, and strawberries to the value of 
 $1,227,342. 
 
 One would probably not believe it, but 
 there are 4,178 farms in the county, with a 
 total acreage of 326,482 acres. The value of 
 
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these farms is estimated at $41,290,267; the 
 valuation of the live stock is put at $2,909,- 
 490. The total gallons of milk produced is 
 5,889,472. The number of eggs produced is 
 1,203,390 dozen; this does not mean of the 
 cold-storage variety, but good, fresh eggs 
 that tend to build up human lives. 
 
 The citizens of Baltimore county are live 
 and wide awake, always on the alert. They 
 are fast getting away from the old ideas en- 
 tertained by their forefathers and are keep- 
 ing in touch with that part of the world which 
 is the most progressive, taking advantage of 
 every invention that will promote the welfare 
 of their community. The ox-carts are a thing 
 Qi' the past, ancient history, so to speak. We 
 have outgrown such things. Instead of un- 
 hitching his driving mare from the plow to 
 drive to the city, the farmer now cranks his 
 motor car and hurries off in a jiffy. 
 
 His mail and parcel post is delivered to his 
 door, no matter whether he lives in a bu'lt- 
 up section or in one of the most remote dis- 
 tricts. If he wishes to comunicate with his 
 neighbor he lifts the receiver off the tele- 
 phone and chats over the wire. But not onlv 
 are the rural dwellers of our county progres- 
 sive, but every other class of our citizens are 
 up-to-date. 
 
 The public schools of Baltimore county are 
 unsurpassed, and we feel justified in making 
 such an assertion simply l)ecause it is a mecca 
 for educators. They come here from all sec- 
 tions of the United States to study our school 
 system. Let us dig up some statistics con- 
 cerning the public schools of the county. 
 
 According to the Annual Report of the 
 School Board 
 
 there are 181 ^^'If/z'/y^ 
 
 school houses 
 in the county, 
 l:;!9 of which 
 are owned by 
 the county and 
 42 are rented. 
 The teachers 
 employed total ^^( 
 515; 467 white^^^ 
 
 and 
 
 ed. 
 
 ber 
 
 48 color- 
 The num- 
 of pupils 
 enrolled is 21,- 
 507 — 10,828 
 males and 10,- 
 679 females, 
 t h e evenness 
 of the division 
 being most re- 
 markable. The 
 total disburse- 
 
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 ments for the 
 maintenance oi 
 schools is 
 about $575,- 
 508.49, which 
 amount divid- 
 ed by the num- 
 ber of pupils 
 enrolled would 
 indicate a per 
 capita of near- 
 ly $27. Owing 
 to the rigid 
 enforcement of 
 the compulsory 
 attendance law 
 3,000 addition- 
 al children 
 have been en- 
 rolled within 
 the last few 
 years, requir- 
 ing about 60 
 additional teachers and as many classrooms. 
 There is probably no other county in INlary- 
 land that is building up such a system of good 
 roads as rapidly as is Baltimore county. The 
 amount appropriated by the County Commis- 
 sioners for roads and bridges approximates 
 $500,000 and represents about 40 cents of 
 the tax rate, which is $1.06. This is the 
 largest appropriation ever made for roads in 
 the history of the county. 
 
 The most noticeable feature of this ap- 
 propriation is that about $200,000 of it will 
 be set aside as an improved road system fund, 
 an equal fifteenth part of this to be spent 
 yearly in the several districts of the county 
 until ten miles of good, substantial roads 
 shall have been completed in each district. 
 
 In this county at the present time there 
 are about 12,000 miles of public roads, which 
 are under the general control of the County 
 Commissioners, and the work of building 
 good roads is not yet complete, it being the 
 aim of the officials to build up the cross 
 roads to connect with the State highways, 
 thereby making every part of the county ac- 
 cessible. 
 
 Baltimore is probably one of the best-gov- 
 erned counties under the American flag, it 
 having the commission form of government, 
 conceded by many who have studied the 
 question to be the best form of government 
 that can be had. The county enjoys a gov- 
 ernment that is simple, within easy reach of 
 all the people, responsive to the people's will 
 and extremely inexpensive considering the 
 amount of money handled and the work ac- 
 complished. 
 
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 While the tax rate at the present time is 
 higher than it has ever been before, owing 
 primarily to the phenomenal growth of the 
 community, and the growing sentiment for 
 better roads, schools and other improvements. 
 The rate of $1.04 which now prevails is ex- 
 tremely low when compared with the tax rate 
 of Baltimore city and others counties of the 
 State. The city rate is well over the $2.00 
 mark and is bound to increase. With the 
 constantly increasing taxable basis and the 
 apparent determination of the people to keep 
 free from a bonded debt, Baltimore county's 
 tax rate should decrease rather than increase. 
 
 The populace of the county is composed of 
 good, hospitable people — neighborly, law- 
 abiding, honest, sturdy and industrious. 
 
 With the improvement in the road system 
 the development of the county is certain and 
 there is not the slightest doubt that in a few 
 years Baltimore county will forge ahead of 
 its present fine record. The splendid oppor- 
 tunities it affords to anyone who wants to 
 live happily among congenial people; to pros- 
 per and not be hampered by the stifling at- 
 mosphere of the city's hustle and bustle is 
 beyond belief. Its splendid soil offers to all 
 those who would pursue an agricultural life 
 ample facilities, and not the least is the ex- 
 cellent opportunities it affords manufactur- 
 ing concerns to establish factories along its 
 water front. The fine openings it offers those 
 who would use its water power, and after 
 summing all up it is difficult to conceive any 
 place under the sun that presents more and 
 better busiess 
 opportunities 
 than does Bal- 
 timore county. 
 The county has 
 forged ahead 
 and become 
 a rich and pros- 
 perous commu- 
 nity, but its 
 resources and 
 opportunities 
 h^ve not as yet 
 been exhaust- 
 ed. There is 
 still much 
 room for de- 
 velopment. In 
 some sections 
 there is excel- 
 lent opportu- 
 nity for great 
 manufacturing 
 enterprises — 
 for example, 
 the section 
 about High- 
 
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landtown and Canton, where the railroad and 
 water facilities exceed by far those of other 
 sections of the State — a most ideal place in- 
 deed for the manufacturer to locate. Bal- 
 timore city has what is known as a Factory 
 Site Commission, and this body has in most 
 cases been very effective. But the great draw- 
 back to manufacturers locating in the city is 
 that the tax rate is too high and the red-tape 
 methods of government too intricate. On the 
 other hand, the tax rate in this county is ex- 
 tremely low, all things considered, and the 
 government is free from hampering methods, 
 and the county offers greater service in the 
 way of railroad and water transportation. 
 
 Baltimore county does not necessarily have 
 to create a commission such as the city has 
 provided to interest manufacturers to locate 
 within its borders. This work can be accom- 
 plished very effectively from the County Com- 
 missioners' office. If the county was adver- 
 tised more freely — -giving a complete history 
 of its advantages, there are any number of 
 manufacturers who would be only too glad 
 to investigate and finaly locate here, for the 
 simple reason that we can offer much at less 
 expense than can be procured elsewhere. 
 
 We have the sections to develop, then why 
 not make use of our opportunities? Why 
 does Baltimore city wish to get control of 
 the water front? Simply because it has be- 
 come awakened to the fact that there lies 
 untold opportunities for development in the 
 section to which it is looking — Highlandtown 
 and Canton. 
 
 Why not, then, let us make Baltimore coun- 
 ty richer and greater and develop these sec- 
 tions ourselves? Opportunity knocks at the 
 door of our county. Let us be up and doing. 
 Let us develop Highlandtown and Canton 
 into a great manufacturing section. Let our 
 slogan be MORE INDUSTRIES. 
 
 Baltimore county now stretches from York 
 county, Pennsylvania, to the Chesapeake Bay. 
 and binds on Harford, Howard, Anne Arun- 
 del and Carroll counties and the City of Bal- 
 timore. 
 
 In 1910 it had a population of about 122,- 
 000, which taking the usual ratio of the 
 registered vote to the population has prob- 
 ably increased to over 140,000, at the pres- 
 ent time. 
 
 It contains in Highlandtown and Canton, 
 which together constitute one community, 
 the largest city in the State, outside of the 
 City of Baltimore. 
 
 It contains assessable property valued at 
 over $176,000,000, which is substantially 
 one-fourth that of the City of Baltimore. 
 
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 It has in the Maryland Steel Company one 
 of the largest steel and ship-building plants 
 in the country, and it has as well extensive 
 copper, smelting and rolling works, oil re- 
 fineries, steel, cotton and textile mills, fer- 
 tilizer and other factories, employing many 
 thousands of workmen who reside in the 
 county. 
 
 It has eight national banks, and five coun- 
 ty newspapers. 
 
 It is traversed by several State roads ra- 
 diating from the City of Baltimore to im- 
 portant centers in the State, and it has about 
 12 00 miles of road of its own on which it 
 spends annually about $500,000, and these 
 loads with the State roads form a network 
 of splendid highways over the whole county 
 which is being constantly improved and ex- 
 tended. 
 
 It has a splendid public school system and 
 has built a number of fine modern school 
 I'uildings, and its schools are all maintained 
 by its own taxpayers because it pays more 
 to the State for school purposes than it re- 
 ceives. 
 
 It has 326,482 acres of farm land of a 
 value of more than $40,000,000, of which the 
 greater part is free from mortgage. 
 
 In the southern and eastern sections of the 
 county trucking is carried on extensively for 
 distant as well as nearby markets, while in 
 the northern and western sections dairying 
 and general farming is pursued. 
 
 Among the railroads which run through 
 the county are, the Baltimore and Ohio, the 
 Pennsylvania, the Western Maryland and the 
 Maryland and Pennsylvania, and along these 
 reads and their branches and subsidiary lines 
 and the water front are located the factories, 
 mills and industrial establishments. 
 
 The policy of the county for many years 
 has been to keep free from bonded indebted- 
 ness, and to keep the tax bills of its citizens 
 as low as was possible consistently with an 
 efficient government, since it was believed 
 that low taxes, fair treatment and an effi- 
 cient government were the best inducements 
 which could be offered for the investment of 
 capital in developing the resources of the 
 county. 
 
 It will be seen from this brief summary 
 that Baltimore county is in itself a strong, 
 rich and prosperous municipality, which is 
 not only free from debt itself but which 
 bears its full share of the State's burdens. 
 
Baltimore County Officials 
 
 U<»ai'(l of County Commissioners: 
 
 WILLIAM P. COGHLAN, President 
 
 JAMES RITTENHOUSE 
 
 GEORGE W. YELLOTT 
 
 WILLIAM P. BOSLEY 
 
 A. FREDERICK SCHLEE 
 
 HUGH J. GALLAGHER, Chief Clerk 
 
 Judges of the Circuit Court: 
 
 N. CHARLES BURKE, Chief Judge 
 FRANK I. DUNCAN, Associate Judge 
 WILLIAM H. HARLAN, Associate Judge 
 ALLAN McLANE, Associate Judge 
 URBAN T. LINZEY, Stenographer 
 
 (^lerk of the Court: 
 
 WILLIAM P. COLE 
 
 MARTIN J. O'HARA, Chief Deputy 
 
 State's Attorney: 
 
 GEORGE HARTMAN 
 
 GEORGE G. WHEELER, Deputy 
 
 Sheriff: 
 
 SAMUEL C. MAHLE 
 
 GEORGE W. MARLEY, Chief Deputy 
 
 Judges of the Orphans' Court: 
 
 H. SEYMOUR PIERSOL, Chief Judge 
 CHARLES J. KNOX, Associate Judge 
 JOHN HOFF, Associate Judge 
 
 Register of Wills: 
 
 WILLIAM J. PEACH 
 
 Supervisors of Elections: ^ 
 
 ROBERT L. CLARKE 
 HARRY H. GERMAN 
 ABRAM T. STREETT, Clerk 
 
 Roads Engineer: 
 
 WILLIAM G. SUCRO 
 SAMUEL A. GREEN, Assistant 
 
 County Surveyor: 
 
 FRED D. DOLLENBERG 
 
 Tax Commissioner: • 
 
 WILLIAM B. COCKEY '! 
 
 Commissioner of Health: ,' 
 
 DR. HARRY M. SLADE 
 
 Marshal of Police: 
 
 JOHN C. COCKEY. Phone — Arl. 12 
 CONRAD H. DIEHLMANN, Lieut.-Mar. 
 J. WESLEY CREAMER. Lieut.-Detec. 
 
 TreajiurtM" and Collector of Taxes: 
 
 N. BOSLEY MERRYMAN 
 
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Board of Education: 
 
 SAMUEL M. SHOEMAKER, President 
 EDWIN R. STRINGER, Vice-President 
 ALBERT A. BLAKENEY 
 JOHN ARTHUR 
 JOHN H. GROSS 
 JAMES P. JORDAN 
 ALBERT S. COOK, Supt. 
 JOHN T. HERSHNER, Assistant 
 
 County Jail: 
 
 ELIJAH M. PRICE, Wardn 
 
 CLINTON O. BOSLEY, Deputy 
 
 DR. WILLIAM L. SMITH, Physician 
 
 1-he Department: 
 
 JAMES RITTENHOUSE, JR., :\IarshaI 
 PHILIP G. PRIESTER, Supt. of Mach. 
 JOHN J. FARLEY, Supt. of Fire Alarm 
 Co. No. 1 — Towson. Phone — Tow. 126 
 " " 2 — Mt. Wash'n. Ph. — Tux. 46 
 " " 3 — Arlington. Phone — Arl. 15 
 " " 5 — Catonsville. Ph. — Caton. 20 
 " " 6 — Mt. Winans. Ph. — Lan. 91-M 
 " " 7 — Canton. Phone — Wolfe 149 
 8 — Highlandtown, pumper. Ph. 
 Wolfe 149 
 " " 9 — Gardenville. Ph. — Ham. 21 
 " " 10 — Govans. Phone — Tux. 4 8 
 " " 11 — Roland Park, pumper. Ph. 
 
 Tuxedo 47 
 " " 12 — Roland Park, ladder truck. 
 
 Phone — Tuxedo 4 7 
 " " 14 — Highlandtown, steamer. Ph. 
 Wolfe 149 
 
 Police Magistrate for Towson: 
 JOHN T. HOPKINS 
 
 County Farm Asent: 
 
 J. F. HUDSON 
 
 Keeper of Court House: 
 
 ADAM SCHMIDT 
 GEORGE SMITH, Assistant 
 
 Siijierintendent of Almshouse: 
 
 JOHN CHILCOATE 
 
 Press Bureau: 
 
 WALTER A. POOLE. The Sun 
 ELTMER R. HAILE, Evening Sun 
 JOSEPH B. PERKINS. American-Star 
 J. ERNEST KEYWORTH, The News 
 
s' 
 
 GOVERNOR HARRINGTON 
 
 E 
 
 ,MERSON C. HAR- 
 RINGTON during 
 the last Legisla- 
 ture showed that h e 
 meant to preserve, at 
 least during his ad- 
 ministration the con- 
 stitutionol separations 
 between the main di- 
 visions of the govern- 
 ment in spite of t h e 
 undignified, nagging 
 and goading of news- 
 papers with axes to 
 grind which attempted 
 to drive him into try- 
 ing to coerce the Leg- 
 islature into doing 
 what they wanted 
 d o n e. He preserved 
 inviolate the highest 
 traditions of his office 
 by insisting that it was 
 the duty of the Legislature to pass laws, of 
 the courts to construe them, and of the Gov- 
 ernor to execute them. Governor Harrington 
 will maintain the fine traditions established 
 by former Governors of Maryland. He is a 
 man of marked ability, attractive person- 
 ality, pleasing and natural manners. He is 
 easily aproached and is devoting his entire 
 attention to living the State an efl[icient and 
 economical administration of its affairs. 
 
 HOWARD BRYANT 
 
 MR. BRY- 
 ANT has 
 only re- 
 cently been 
 promo ted ( ? ) 
 from law and 
 the courts to 
 politics and 
 the Legisla- 
 ture. In doing 
 this, however, 
 he was without 
 the assistance 
 of McKee Bar- 
 clay's "lady 
 friend," Miss 
 "Polly Ticks." 
 He got there 
 on merit alone, 
 and was re- 
 garded as one 
 of the strong 
 men of the 
 General As- 
 sembly of the 
 Session of 
 1916. 
 
 
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CONGRESSMAN J. FRED C. TALBOTT 
 
 J. 
 
 FRED C. TALBOTT. 
 known also as "Un- 
 cle Fred," Mr. Tal- 
 bott, and the "Father of 
 the Navy," is one of the 
 most widely known Dem- 
 ocrats In Maryland. 
 Men have come and 
 gone in public life in 
 Maryland during the 
 last forty years, but he 
 has pursued unbrokenly 
 the even tenor of his 
 way as one of the most 
 successful men in Mary- 
 land politics. During his 
 long public career h e 
 has been recognized as 
 an able and efficient 
 public servant, whose 
 time has always been at 
 the service of his con- 
 stituents and his party. 
 No man in the State 
 knows more of the citi- 
 zens personally, nor has 
 more personal friends 
 In fact, to many, Baltimore 
 county would not seem like home without 
 Fred Talbott and his white hat somewhere 
 in it. 
 
 than has he. 
 
 CARVILLE D. BENSON 
 
 FORMER STATE SEN- 
 ATOR CARVILLE D. 
 BENSON served Bal- 
 timore county for a num- 
 ber of years in both the 
 lower and the upper 
 houses of the General As- 
 sembly of Maryland with 
 conspicuous ability. He 
 is a skilled parliamenta- 
 rian, familiar with the 
 practice, methods and 
 procedure o f t h e Mary- 
 land Legislature, and was 
 recognized throughout 
 the State as one of the 
 most resourceful and able 
 men in that body during 
 his incumbency there. 
 During his service in the 
 Legislature he advocated 
 and assisted in the enact- 
 ment of many useful and 
 progressive laws. 
 
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CHIEF JUDGE N. CHARLES BURKE 
 
 HIS HONOR 
 JUDGE 
 B URKE 
 is one of t h e 
 best - loved cx,n(l 
 respected tig- 
 ures i n Balti- 
 m o r e county. 
 Bigness is his 
 principal char 
 acteristic. B i g 
 brained, big 
 hearted, and big 
 bodied, he is a 
 big lawyer, and 
 a big man who 
 is known not 
 only through- 
 out the State, 
 but far beyond 
 as one of the 
 first citizens of 
 Maryland. Bal- 
 timore county 
 is proud of 
 Judge Burke. 
 
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 GEORGE HARTMAN 
 
 GEORGE HART- 
 MAN, the State's 
 Attorney for Bal- 
 timore County, is pop- 
 ular with all classes 
 except criminals. Mr. 
 Hartman has made an 
 excellent record as the 
 prosecuting officer o f 
 Baltimore county and 
 is now in his second J^'j 
 term. The amount of 
 criminal business a t 
 the T o w s o n bar is 
 large and the demands 
 upon the public prose- 
 cutor in this county 
 are varied and exact- 
 ing, and that he has 
 been so successful is a 
 tribute to his ability. 
 He is the father of the 
 Hartman Liquor Bill 
 which, it is hoped, will promote law and or- 
 der iu Baltimore county in connection with 
 the operation of the liquor business. 
 
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HUGH J. GALLAGHER 
 
 MR. GALLAGH- 
 ER h a s not 
 grown gray 
 hairs in the service 
 of his country, but 
 he is undoubtedly 
 bald. Whether this 
 is due to purely 
 natural causes, or is 
 a result of trying to 
 keep up with his 
 work as chief 
 clerk in the County 
 Commissioners' o f- 
 fice, and at the same 
 time keep visiting 
 taxpayers with hair- 
 trigger, razor-edged 
 tempers i n a good 
 humor is not 
 known. But h e 
 really does these 
 things, and does 
 them well. He is a 
 competent a n d an 
 obliging ofli\ci&L 
 
 H. COURTNAY JENIFER 
 
 He O U R T E- 
 NAY JENI- 
 • FER, per- 
 haps better known 
 as "Here" Jenifer, 
 is one of the youn- 
 ger members of 
 the Towson bar. 
 He is also secre- 
 tary to the County 
 Grand Juries, i n 
 which position he 
 acquires a lot of 
 information which 
 can be of no possi- 
 ble use to him be- 
 cause he is forbid- 
 den by statute to 
 tell anybody what 
 he learns there. In 
 spite of the strain 
 of carrying these 
 secrets he is al- 
 ways in a good hu- 
 mor and is neither 
 bald nor gray. Mr. 
 Jenifer by his at- 
 tention to his du- 
 ties is acquiring the reputation of an effic 
 and capalile lawyer. 
 
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JOHN CROWTHER 
 
 THE best type 
 of "Coun- 
 try Bank" 
 Presidents, "safe 
 and sane," with 
 a clear, accurate 
 and wide knowl- 
 edge of his coun- 
 ty and its people. 
 It has always 
 been a task of 
 some magnitude 
 to "put anything 
 over" on John 
 Crowther. Under 
 his management 
 the Towson Bank 
 has prospered, 
 and has been on 
 the Honor Roll 
 of American 
 Banks. A Demo- 
 crat in politics, 
 he has been a 
 Democrat not 
 afraid to "speak 
 out in meeting," and to criticize where he 
 thought it due. His kindness, sincerity and 
 force of character have made him many 
 friends, and few men in the county are so 
 widely known and liked. 
 
 W. CLARENCE CRAUMER 
 
 "F 
 
 AITH FUL- 
 NESS and 
 efficiency" 
 mark the charac- 
 ter of the cashier 
 of the Towson Na- 
 tional Bank. Few 
 men have so wide 
 and accurate a 
 knowledge of Bal- 
 timore county peo- 
 ple and credits as 
 he. 
 
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 CAPT. WILLIAM GRASON 
 
 FEW men enjoy in 
 as high a degree 
 the confidence o f 
 their fellows as Cap- 
 tain Grason. Known 
 to practically all the 
 lawyers in active prac- 
 tice in the city and 
 county o f Baltimore, 
 he maintains well the 
 traditions and the hon- 
 or that have so long 
 distinguished the 
 Maryland bar. He has 
 been for some years 
 auditor of t h e court, 
 and is an authority on 
 Equity Practice and 
 Court Accounting. 
 
 JOHN MAYS LITTLE 
 
 JOHN iMAYS LITTLE, 
 another member of 
 the Towson bar, has 
 also served in the Mary- 
 land Legislature, and in 
 addition to his law prac- 
 tice discharges the du- 
 ties as president of the 
 Parkton National Bank. 
 Mr. Little is an earnest 
 and conscientious work- 
 er and through his cour- 
 tesy and affability has 
 made many friends and 
 is Avidely known and 
 liked throughout the 
 county. 
 
REV. W. H. H. POWERS 
 
 THE REV. DR. WIL- 
 LIAM H. H. POW- 
 ERS, rector of 
 Trinity Protestant Epis- 
 copal Church, Towson, 
 is known to churchmen 
 throughout the State as 
 an eloquent and impres- 
 sive minister of the gos- 
 pel and a true-hearted 
 Christian gentleman. 
 His kindness, his pleas- 
 ing and dignified man- 
 ner, and his ready hu- 
 man sympathy have en- 
 deared him to his pa- 
 rishioners, who are de- 
 votedly attached to him. 
 
 MAJOR JOHN I. YELLCTT 
 
 MAJOR JOHN I. 
 YELLOTT was, 
 until his retire- 
 ment from active 
 practice, one of t h e 
 leaders of the Mary- 
 land bar. His life 
 has been active and 
 his career successful. 
 For many years he 
 has been one of the 
 most widely known 
 a n d respected citi- 
 z e n s of Baltiomre 
 county. His interest 
 in public affairs, and 
 the vigor and energy 
 with which he press- 
 ed his opinions, made 
 him a striking and 
 forceful figure in the 
 various political and 
 economic movements 
 in the county. He 
 served with distinc- 
 tion in the Federal 
 Army, in the Civil 
 War, and at its close 
 began the practice of law in West Virginia, 
 afterwards removing to Baltimore county, 
 where he soon won a place as one of the 
 leading trial lawyers of Maryland. Born in 
 Dulany's Valley, a descendant of an old Mary- 
 land family, he exemplifies the virtues of the 
 old "Maryland stock." Courteous, dignified, 
 and manly, he is a fine example of the Mary- 
 land gentleman of the "old school." 
 
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ABRAM T. STREETT 
 
 "A 
 
 BE" STREETT, 
 former Marshal 
 of Police and 
 Sheriff o f Baltimore 
 county, is a farmer 
 living near Glen Arm. 
 Mr. Streett's adminis- 
 tration of these offices 
 showed that agricul- 
 ture does not neces- 
 sarily disqualify a man 
 from becoming an effi- 
 cient conservator o f 
 the peace. 
 
 JUDGE FRANK I. DUNCAN 
 
 JUDGE DUNCAN is 
 not only a lawyer 
 and jurist of dis- 
 tinguished ability, but 
 he is a man of hobbies 
 a^ d fads. He has many 
 of them. Perhaps his 
 most cherished fad is 
 looking after the 
 welfare of home- 
 less and helpless 
 little children, 
 and trying to 
 brighten little 
 lives that know 
 little else than 
 gloom, and t o 
 make them 
 cleaner and bet- 
 ter and more 
 wholesome. But 
 he has other 
 fads. He is a n 
 "Elk" of national renown, and loves to carve 
 strange legends and curious designs on canes, 
 gavels, and other implements of wood. He 
 is also a trout fisherman of cunning and skill, 
 and is becoming a motorist. 
 
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JOHN S. ENSOR 
 
 OHNNY" ENSOR, 
 alas is gone, and his 
 ringing laugh will 
 be heard no more in the 
 places his cheery presence 
 used to brighten. 
 He is gone, but the 
 memory of one of 
 the county's most 
 valued and best- 
 loved men will lin- 
 ger long. 
 
 COL. DAVID G. Mcintosh 
 
 COL. DAVID G. McIN- 
 " TOSH, of the Tow- 
 son bar, has won 
 high honor and distinc- 
 tion both in war and in 
 peace. His courage and 
 determination won him a 
 colonelcy in the Confed- 
 erate Army, and the same 
 qualities of mind and 
 heart carried him to the 
 front rank of the Mary- 
 land bar. His well-known 
 ability as a lawyer, his 
 sonorous and moving elo- 
 quence, his erect military 
 figure and dignified bear- 
 ing are known through- 
 out and indeed far beyond 
 the county. Colonel Mc- 
 intosh has found time to 
 write several highly inter- 
 esting and valuable mon- 
 ographs on the military 
 tactics and strategy of 
 the Civil War. Colonel 
 .Mcintosh is one of the Board of Bar Exam- 
 ers of the State and is one of the ex-presi- 
 dents of the Maryland State Bar Association. 
 A man of strong character and strong convic- 
 tions, his views at all times have carried 
 weight in the discussion of various move- 
 ments affecting the public welfare of Balti- 
 more county. Although a veteran of the 
 Civil War, he preserves apparently undimin- 
 ished the vigor and elasticity of mind and 
 si)irit which have made him so conspicuous a 
 figure in the county. 
 
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WILLIAM F. COGHLAN 
 
 ar} qui: 
 
 ^K isla 
 *^ ty 
 
 QUIRE," Leg- 
 islator, Coun- 
 Commis- 
 sioner, soldier, busi- 
 ness man, lawmak- 
 er, politician, "Bill" 
 Coghlan, as he is 
 sometimes callV>d. 
 has had a varied 
 but a uniformly suc- 
 cessful life. A Dem- 
 ocrat in politics, he 
 is a "Progressive" 
 in policy. He be- 
 lieves in good roads, 
 good schools and an 
 efficient sewerage 
 system. He was one 
 of the principal in- 
 fluences in 'killing" 
 the Mt. Washington 
 'sewerage deal" a 
 few years ago. His 
 real interest in our 
 county affairs, his 
 industry and sound 
 sense have made 
 him a useful and highly efllcient public offi- 
 cial. 
 
 WILLIAM P. BOSLEY 
 
 WILLIAM P. BOS- 
 LEY is the rep- 
 resentative i n 
 the County Commis- 
 sioners' office of the 
 "Upper End," and is 
 expected to know all 
 about the interests 
 and needs of farmers 
 of the northern sec- 
 tion of Baltimore 
 County. To do this he 
 must have a working 
 knowledge of road 
 building, politics — 
 both national, State 
 and local — • weather 
 conditions, our for- 
 eign and domestic re- 
 la,tions; churches, 
 their organization, 
 doctrines and law ; 
 farming in all its 
 branches, including 
 general farming, dai- 
 rying, stock raising, 
 trucking and chicken 
 fancying. Of course. 
 
 must know many 
 
 other things. Notwithstanding these de- 
 mands, Mr. Bosley remains an amicable, 
 courteous gentleman, who discharges the du- 
 ties of his position with entire satisfaction 
 to his constituents. 
 
WILLIAM McCALLISTER 
 
 WILLIAM McCALLIS- 
 TER, known some- 
 times as the "Mayor 
 of Hamilton,," and to his 
 familiars as "Mac," is one 
 of the "live wires" of the 
 county. He is essentially 
 a publicist, and while all 
 his reforms are not adopt- 
 ed, his discussion of them 
 is always interesting and 
 illuminating. 
 
 DR. CHARLES L. MATTFELDT 
 
 DR. MATT- 
 FELDT ac- 
 quired in his 
 service as County 
 Commissioner a 
 reputation as a 
 maker of epi- 
 grams. Perhaps 
 his most noted ut- 
 terance was when 
 he informed a Mt. 
 Washington dele- 
 gation which was 
 'kicking' vigoruso- 
 ly against the pur- 
 chase of a sewer 
 plant in that 
 neighborhood that 
 "It was necessary 
 to be cruel in or- 
 der t o b e kind." 
 The Doctor is one 
 of the best-known 
 figures i n Balti- 
 more county. 
 
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 EDWARD B. PASSANO 
 
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 occupation is that 
 of printer, and he's 
 a good one, too. He is 
 at the head of the Wil- 
 liams &. Wilkins Com- 
 pany, 2 419 Greenmount 
 avenue, which enjoys an 
 enviable record for high- 
 class work in Baltimore 
 city and its environs. He 
 is a stickler for "system" 
 and his shops at Waver- 
 ly are so well arranged 
 that they practically run 
 themselves. Every man 
 is required to watch the 
 clock and keep an accu- 
 rate account of the time 
 he consumes on each job. 
 When the job is com- 
 pleted it is an easy mat- 
 ter, therefore, to fix a 
 reasonable charge. Mr. 
 Passano's chief hobbies 
 are walking sticks and 
 automobiles, although he 
 has recently taken an active interest in farm- 
 ing and, while he doesn't yet look it, is de- 
 veloping into quite a "hayseed." His farm 
 is in the Second district. He is also active 
 in all matters concerning the civic welfare 
 of the county and is one of the leading spirits 
 in the Towson Town Club. Towson owes 
 him a debt of gratitude for a number of pub- 
 lic improvements secured largely through his 
 efforts. 
 
 JUSTICE 
 JOHN T. HOPKINS 
 
 THAT he was ap- 
 pointed by a Re- 
 publican G o V- 
 ernor and reappoint- 
 ed by a Democrat is 
 evidence that "Judge" 
 Hopkins "m a d e 
 good." The position 
 of police magistrate 
 at Towson is an im- 
 portant one, and that 
 Mr. Hopkins succeed- 
 ed in discharging its 
 duties to t h e satis- 
 faction of both par- 
 ties is a tribute to hi? 
 fairness and ability. 
 
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 LEONARD G. QUINLIN 
 
 LEONARD 
 G. QUIN- 
 LIN lives 
 in the Elev- 
 entli district 
 of Baltimore 
 county and 
 was fortu- 
 nate enough 
 to be Sheriff 
 just before 
 the adoption 
 of t h e con- 
 st itu tional 
 amendment 
 which will 
 be submitted 
 next fall al- 
 lowing Sher- 
 iffs to suc- 
 ceed them- 
 selves. Not- 
 withstanding 
 this, Mr. 
 Quinlin ap- 
 pears happy 
 and content- 
 ed and is fol- 
 lowing his usual vocations with cheerfulness 
 and success. 
 
 COL. HENRY BASH 
 
 NO MAN has 
 more knowl- 
 edge or in- ^ 
 
 formation about CI r 
 Maryland history ^^ 
 and men and 
 families promi- 
 nent in Maryland 
 during the last 
 generation than 
 "Colonel" Bach. 
 No man could 
 have more be- 
 cause no man 
 could hold more, 
 and it is literally 
 amazing that one 
 man can hold so 
 much. Besides 
 gathering general 
 information, the 
 "Colonel's" hob- 
 b y is pinochle, 
 and he has the 
 great|/3st confi- 
 dence in his skill 
 at this game. 
 "Colonel" Bach is 
 
 a familiar figure in Towson, where he is liked 
 and respected as an amiable and courteous 
 gentleman. 
 
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 ELMER R. HAILE 
 
 LAWYER, poet, motorist, newspaper writ- 
 er and journalist (the two are not the 
 same). Mr. Haile's talents are as varied 
 as his activities. His ability and industry 
 have won him the respect of the people of 
 his county as well as his brethren of the bar. 
 
 LOUIS HERGENRATHER 
 
 LOUIS HERGENRATHER, sometimes oth- 
 erwise known as "Doc," the well-known 
 druggist of Towson, is interested in 
 many more things than drugs. He takes a 
 keen interest in all public local matters and 
 is a public-spirited and useful citizen. He is 
 always willing to give his time and services 
 to help along the town he lives in. He is a 
 real hustler. 
 
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 I W. CARROLL VAN HORN 1 
 
 W CARROLL VAN HORN is the g^enial 
 and obliging assistant in the office of 
 • Wheeler & Cole, Incorporated, insur- 
 ance brokers, at Towson. "Vanny," as he is 
 Ivnown to his intimates, is a real hustler and 
 talks fire insurance to every one he meets. 
 
 W. HERBERT GORSUCH 
 
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 ' HE PUT IT 
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 in the lower section of the county, = 
 
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 3 l\Jr. Gorsuch is now living the simple life on 1 
 
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OSBORNE I. YELLOTT 
 
 A LAWYER of widely recognized ability, 
 an acknowledged expert on automo- 
 bile, municipal and public service law, 
 Mr. Yellott has participated in the drafting 
 and preparation of much of thfe constructive 
 and progressive legislation of this State in 
 those branches of the law. His characteris- 
 tics are untiring industry, and a genius for 
 system and statistics. His hobbies are auto- 
 mobiles and photography. 
 
 ALFORD M. WHITTLE 
 
 MR. ALFORD M. WHITTLE is the Tow- 
 son expert on fire engines. He not only 
 has the unbounded admiration of the 
 youthful population, who rush to the win- 
 dows and doors to see him whiz by in con- 
 trol of the Towson fire engine, but the con- 
 fidence of the citizens of the town, who rely 
 upon the local fire company to protect their 
 lives and property. 
 
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 NOAH E. OFFUTT 
 
 FEW figures are bet- 
 ter known at the 
 county seat than 
 Noah E. Offutt, owner 
 of the Offutt Building, 
 a well known lawyer 
 and a sportsman. He 
 too was "agin" the 
 "sewer deal" and was 
 one of the plaintiffs. 
 An old St. John's boy, 
 he still has the same 
 love for athletics he 
 had when he made the 
 last touchdown that 
 that plucky little col- 
 lege made against the 
 Navy for many years. 
 A Democrat in politics, 
 he is not "hide-bound" 
 and is opposed to dis- 
 honesty in politics 
 without regard to the 
 brand of disinfectant. 
 
 C. GUS GRASON 
 
 CGUS GRASON, 
 the well-known 
 • lawyer of Tow- 
 son, is a son of the late 
 John Grason, and be- 
 sides inheriting much 
 of the personal appear- 
 ance and many of the 
 physical characteristics 
 of his father, he is also 
 possessed of much of 
 the fighting spirit and 
 aggressiveness which 
 characterized the elder 
 Grason. Mr. Grason is 
 an alert and resource- 
 ful lawyer, who has 
 participated in the 
 trial of many of the 
 most important crimi- 
 nal cases in Baltimore 
 county in recent years. 
 Clear-headed, capable 
 and industrious, he is 
 earning for himself an 
 enviable reputation as 
 one of the successful 
 lawyers at the Baltimore county bar. 
 
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 HENRY P. MANN 
 
 HENRY P. MANN 
 was for a num- 
 ber of years 
 County Commissioner 
 and President of the 
 Board of County Com- 
 missioners of this 
 county, and since his 
 retirement from politi- 
 cal life he has been 
 one of t h e successful 
 business m e n of the 
 Fourteenth district. 
 Mr. Mann is widely 
 known over Baltimore 
 county as a courteous 
 and obliging gentle- 
 man, who is never hap- 
 pier than when serving 
 a friend. 
 
 CHARLES J. FOX 
 
 THE f o r- 
 mer cour- 
 teous and 
 eflficient Chief 
 Clerk and Au- 
 ditor o f t h e 
 County C o m- 
 missioners' of- 
 office, is liked 
 wherever he is 
 known, and 
 that is at least 
 everywhere in 
 Ba 1 1 i m o r e 
 county. He 
 m a d e an en- 
 viable record 
 as Chief Sta- 
 tistician of the 
 Labor Bureau, 
 where his 
 sound com- 
 mon sense and 
 human sympa- 
 thy enabled 
 him to save 
 that depart- 
 ment of the State from both its foolish friends 
 and its selfish enemies. He has recently been 
 appointed to that position. His main hobby 
 is his home and family. 
 
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 DR. JAMES H. JARRETT 
 
 THE dean of the "doctors" of Baltimore 
 county, Dr. Jarrett is the best-known 
 physician in the county. Notwithstand- 
 ing his advanced years he retains well his 
 vigor, and takes a fresh, keen Interest in 
 things about him. His active and successful 
 practice many years ago secured for him 
 recognition as one of the foremost physicians 
 in the county, a position which he has since 
 maintained. 
 
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 LOUIS HENNIGHAUSEN 
 
 MR. HENNIGHAUSEN, who for a num- 
 ber of years was one of Baltimore's 
 leading lawyers, with a large and lu- 
 crative practice, is now living the "simple 
 life" at his home in Towson. Although he 
 has long since celebrated his "three-score- 
 and-tenth" birthday, he is still young in spirit 
 and takes a lively interest in the affairs of 
 the day. He is particularly well versed in 
 history and can give one some interesting 
 'pointers" on the Great War, especially from 
 the German standpoint. And he is also well 
 versed in ancient and current politics. Mr. 
 Hennighausen, being of German extraction, 
 has for years been one of the guiding spirits 
 among the German organizations in the City 
 of Baltimore and has held numerous posts of 
 honor and trust. He has by his numerous 
 activities, extending over a long span of 
 years, deserved a period of rest and recrea- 
 tion, and it is the hope of The Jeffersonian 
 peace and happiness. 
 
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ALBERT A. BLAKENEY 
 
 MR. BLAKENEY is at present the execu- 
 tive head of Thistle Mills, Inc., of II- 
 chester, Md. He is a successful business 
 man and formerly achieved considerable suc- 
 cess in Republican politics, having served one 
 term as a County Commissioner and later a 
 term in Congress. He has probably given 
 "Marse Fred" Talbott more trouble in poli- 
 tics than any other Republican in the coun- 
 ty, which is really worth mentioning, for the 
 veteran Democratic Chieftain has had things 
 politicaHy pretty much his own way as far 
 back as the memory of any living man run- 
 neth. During his term as County Commis- 
 sioner Mr. Blakeney made things interesting, 
 especially for the Democrats, by his frequent 
 tilts with the late John T. Ensor, who at that 
 time was also a power in Republican politics. 
 As a result of these tilts the G. O. P. was 
 split wide open and the wound has not healed 
 to this day. Mr. Blakeney was appointed by 
 Governor Goldsborough a member of the Bal- 
 timore County School Board and the con- 
 sensus of opinion is that he has made an ex- 
 cellent Commissioner. Mr. Blakeney has ap- 
 parently been successful in every line of ac- 
 tivity except that of taking unto himself a 
 wife. He is a bachelor of long standing and, 
 while he is still eligible, his friends ?ire in- 
 clined to believe that he will spend the rest 
 of his days in tliat state which tlie poets have 
 been pleased to call "Single Blessedness." 
 
 
DR. FRED MITCHELL 
 
 DR. MITCHELL is one of the best-known 
 all-'round "country doctors" in tlie coun- 
 ty. He owns a fine estate on the York 
 rc/ad about 18 miles out from the city, where 
 he dispenses hospitality as well as pills. He 
 is also somewhat of a farmer and is keen on 
 raising well-bred stock. Dr. Mitchell is a 
 public-spirited man and is always one of the 
 first to take a position on the "firing line" 
 when a movement that concerns the public 
 good is set on foot. He was one of the "Ring 
 Leaders" in the fight for Good Roads and is 
 now in a position to enjoy some of the fruits 
 of his labor in this regard, the York road 
 hiiving been rebuilt by the State as far north 
 as Hereford. Dr. Mitchell is, or has been, 
 president of the Hereford Improvement As- 
 sociation and he generally makes it his busi- 
 ness to see that Hereford is "heard from" 
 when matters of public concern are before 
 the people. Dr. Mitchell has also taken a 
 lively interest in politics but, being a Re- 
 publican, has met the fate that most mem- 
 bers of his party in the county meet when 
 they seek public office. 
 
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 DR. J. PERCY WADE 
 
 THE care and treatment of poor unfor- 
 tunates who have lost their sense of 
 reason is the duty of the gentleman pic- 
 tured above, Dr. J. Percy Wade, superin- 
 tendent of Springfield State Hospital, located 
 near Catonsville, Baltimore county. Notwith- 
 standing the fact that Dr. Wade is thrown in 
 contact constantly with the patents at the 
 institution which he heads and where many 
 horrible cases of insanity may be seen, he 
 maintains a bright and cheerful disposition 
 and is one of the most affable gentlemen that 
 one might care to meet. Dr. Wade's knowl- 
 edge of the disease of which he has made 
 a life study has given him a national repu- 
 tation, and in consequence he is often called 
 upon in criminal cases to give expert testi- 
 mony in cases where an offender pleads in- 
 sanity. Dr. Wade's chief hobby is the wel- 
 fare of the large family of unfortunate be- 
 ings that are in his especial charge, and ex- 
 cept for an automobile trip now and then, he 
 can always be found seated behind a desk 
 in the executive offices of this big institution, 
 and giving a word of cheer to sorrowing pa- 
 rents and relatives whose loved ones are suf- 
 fering with a disordered mind. 
 
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 EZRA B. WHITMAN 
 
 THE State Board of Health now has the 
 authority to compel the County Commis- 
 sioners in any county or the Mayor and 
 City Council in any town or city to install 
 sanitary sewerage if they think it advisable 
 for the good health of a community, and in 
 the event that any county, city or town is so 
 advised it is very probable that Mr. Whit- 
 man will be called upon to draw up plans 
 for the system. Mr. Whitman is a consult- 
 ing engineer of fame, with offices in the Mun- 
 sey Building, Baltimore, and just recently 
 he submitted to the County Commissioners 
 of Baltimore County plans for sewerage sys- 
 tems at Arlington, Govans and Towson. Al- 
 though comparatively a young man, Ezra B. 
 Whitman has many engineering feats to his 
 credit, and is recognized as one of the fore- 
 most engineers in the profession. Many in- 
 tricate problems pertaining to health, bridge 
 building and the erection of manufacturing 
 plants have been solved by his active brain. 
 He has made a specialty of consultation on 
 engineering, and "big" men from all over 
 the country call upon him at times for ad- 
 vice, which in most all cases is carried out 
 to the letter, and proves most satisfactory. 
 
HERBERT A. WAGNER 
 
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 CONSOLIDATED 
 GAS«ELEC. CO. 
 
 HERBERT A. WAGNER is the executive 
 head of the Consolidated Gas Electric 
 Light and Power Company, with main 
 offices at the corner of Lexington and Liberty 
 streets, and power houses in all sections of 
 the city and suburbs. It is Mr. Wagner's 
 company that makes Baltimore's great White 
 Way at night, as well as supplying the many 
 homes with gas and electricity, and Mr. Wag- 
 ner personally is striving at all times to make 
 Baltimore a bigger and greater city. Mr. 
 Wagner succeeded Mr. Ferdinand C. Latrobe 
 as president of the Gas Company, the latter 
 gentleman being also Mayor of Baltimore city 
 for seven consecutive terms. Mr. Wagner is 
 a man of rare business ability, and keeps in 
 close touch with each and every department 
 of the large corporation which he heads. He 
 is a member of several clubs, and makes his 
 home in Roland Park, the suburb which both 
 Baltimore city and Baltimore county point to 
 with pride. He appreciates the good roads of 
 our county and is often seen passing on some 
 of the prominent drives. 
 
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 DR. ROBERT E. LEE HALL 
 
 THIS, Ladies and Gentlemen, is a familiar 
 character in legal circles both in Bal- 
 timore city and Baltimore county, and 
 the artist has pictured well his subject — Dr. 
 Robert E. Lee Hall. "Doc," as he is known 
 to his intimates, has not always pursued the 
 life of a lawyer, which, by the way, has 
 many trials and tribulations, but at one time 
 was in the drug business, and this is where 
 he gets the title of "Doc" and the one which 
 has stuck to him ever since like a leech. The 
 Doctor of Pharmacy, Law, Diplomacy and 
 Good Fellowship is a Democrat from head 
 to foot and during the last Presidential cam- 
 paign did much effective work for the Wood- 
 row Wilson League of Baltimore City, ol 
 which he was an enthusiastic member. If 
 you have ever met the genial Doctor you 
 will doubtless remember the hearty hand- 
 shake that was accorded you; it is one right 
 from the shoulder, and if one's bones are a 
 bit weak they will surely ache, for "Doc" 
 lias a shake that is all his own, and by jin- 
 goes he makes you realize it, too. . If this 
 good old world was made up of such sunny 
 dispositions as the one which Dr. Robert E. 
 Lee Hall possesses there would be no kick. 
 for "Old Man Grump" would be kicked sky- 
 high, never to return to earth again. 
 
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DANIEL WILLARD 
 
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 DANIEL WILLARD is president of the 
 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, whose main 
 offices are in Baltimore, and which was 
 the first steam railroad to be operated in the 
 world, the first train running from Baltimore 
 to Washington over rails made of wood. The 
 cartoonist has pictured Mr. Willard m some- 
 what of a cramped position, pulling the bell- 
 rope on the little engine with the tender at- 
 tached labeled "B. & O." This, we admit, 
 is a bit exaggerated, for the Baltimore and 
 Ohio is one of the greatest railroad systems 
 in America, and one of which Baltimore city, 
 the State of Maryland and, in fact, the whole 
 country is justly proud. Mr. Willard's heart 
 and soul is wrapped up in the welfare of the 
 B. & O. — -the safety of employees, the com- 
 fort of passengers and maintenance of the 
 highest efficiency in every branch of the busi- 
 ness to which he has devoted his life. 
 
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ALEXANDER McCORMICK 
 
 HERE is a familiar face to most of our 
 readers. Don't you remember seeing this 
 figure time and time again during Fair 
 Week at Timonium. We feel sure that you 
 are all well acquainted with Mr. McCormiclc, 
 the veteran president of the Maryland State 
 Fair and Agricultural Society, and if there 
 are any who do not know him we take great 
 pleasure in introducing him to you now. 
 "Alec," as he is known to his intimates, is 
 not only a familiar character to those who 
 altend the Timonium Fair, but to the ma- 
 jority of the residents of Baltimore county, 
 for he has been a leading figure in agricul- 
 tural and floral circles for many years. Mr. 
 McCormick resides at Raspeburg, on the farm 
 that has been in his family for generations, 
 the original grant for the land having been 
 made by the early settlers of the State to 
 bis forefathers. Although having long since 
 passed the three-score-and-ten mark, Mr. Mc- 
 Cormick pursues the vocation that he select- 
 ed in his youth — that of a florist — his place 
 being one of the real show places in the com- 
 munity. Notwithstanding his advanced years, 
 Mr. McCormick is indeed delightful company 
 and if one wishes to hear a really interesting 
 story, they should hear him tell the history 
 of his home place. It takes one back to the 
 days when the first history of Maryland was 
 being compiled. May he live long to enjoy 
 the wide circle of friends that feel it a priv- 
 iiege to know and to love him. 
 
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 DR. EDWARD N. BRUSH 
 
 DR. BRUSH has been physiciaii-in-chief at 
 Sheppard-Pratt Hospital, which is lo- 
 cated just south of Towson, for more 
 than thirty years. The institution is devoted 
 solely to the treatment of diseases of the 
 mind, and as far as its reputation goes it is 
 second to none, and Dr. Brusla is often called 
 upon to deliver lectures before noteworthy 
 assemblages in all parts of the country. To 
 Dr. Brush primarily is due the credit for the 
 high standing of Sheppard-Pratt among the 
 medical fraternity as well as the layman. To 
 one who visits the institution and sees per- 
 sonally the interest taken in each individual 
 patient and then to realize that his associa- 
 tion with these poor unfortunate beings cov- 
 ers a period of thirty years, it is to wonder 
 that Dr. Brush could possess such a sunny 
 disposition. He takes great pride in showing 
 visitors over the grounds and through the 
 buildings, and we may well say that he need 
 not be ashamed of them, for cleanliness is 
 the one word that counts at Sheppard-Pratt 
 Hospital. Dr. Brush is most cordial in his 
 greeting, and on leaving one must admit that 
 they have indeed met a gentleman of the 
 old Southern type — courteous and affable. 
 May he live long to carry on his work of 
 helping poor unfortunates and giving words 
 o:' encouragement to sorrowing relatives. 
 
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J. BARRY MAHOOL 
 
 
 ISN'T this smile familiar to you? Yes, this 
 is J. Barry Mahool, one-time Mayor of 
 Baltimore city, and a well-known figure 
 in the grain business. He is associated with 
 P^rame, Knight & Co., merchandise brokers, 
 with offices at 121 S. Calvert street. Mr. 
 Mahool is an affiable gentleman, of the good 
 old Southern type, and when the salutations 
 of the day are passed between himself and a 
 friend his face lights ud with a cordial smile 
 just as you see it depicted by the cartoonn 
 in the above sketch. While the business of 
 Frame, Knight & Co. commands a great deal 
 of "Barry's" attention, he always finds time 
 to take a lively interest in politics, and not 
 so very long ago he nearly became Mayor of 
 Baltimore for another term. Mr. Mahool's 
 hobbies are unknown to us, but we do know 
 that he has just recently purchased a "buz" 
 wagon and can be seen on Sunday afternoons 
 motoring with his family over the hills and 
 through the dales of beautiful Baltimore 
 county. 
 
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FRANK G. DOTTERWEICH 
 
 ABOVE one of the most prosperous and 
 popular contractors of Baltimore county 
 has been pictured by the artist. The 
 Dian seated on the wagon driving the "nag" 
 is none other than Frank G. Dotterweich, 
 whose place of business is at No. 247 South 
 Fifth street, Highlandtown. Mr. Dotterweicli 
 has to his credit the building of many of the 
 substantial little homes that adorn the thor- 
 oughfares in the eastern section of the coun- 
 ty. Unlike most men who have made their 
 mark in the world, and who sit back and di- 
 rect their affairs from a lavishly furnished 
 officer, Mr. Dotterweich is always "on the 
 job." He does as much work as any man 
 in his employ, and he believes in keeping in 
 touch with every job that he undertakes, and 
 says he has always borne in mind the truth- 
 fulness of the old saying that "that which 
 is worth doing at all is worth doing well," 
 and to this he attributes in no small measure 
 his success. While Mr. Dotterweich's hob- 
 bies are unknown to us, we do know that he 
 is an ardent Democrat, and takes a deep in- 
 terest in all campaigns. He is a citizen of 
 whom we are all proud. 
 
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 Frank G. Dotterweich 
 
 General Contractor 
 
 247 S. Fifth St. 
 
 HIGHLANDTOWN, MD. 
 
 Phone Wolfe 1657 
 
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PRANK A. O'CONNELL 
 
 ABOVE the cartoonist has pictured one of 
 Baltimore county's pencil pushers and 
 space grabbers — Frank A. O'Connell — 
 in a characteristic pose, and if it was not for 
 the big cigar in Frank's mouth the sketch 
 would not be complete. Mr. O'Connell is a 
 new-comer into the newspaper field at the 
 county seat, nevertheless he is known to the 
 fraternity throughout the State, having been 
 associated in the past with the Baltimore 
 Sun; at one time editor of the Frederick 
 Post, and during the Star-Spangled Banner 
 celebration in Baltimore two years ago he 
 was Director of Publicity of the Centennial 
 Commission, where he "banged out" some 
 very clever and effective "stuff." O'Connell, 
 like the majority of the sons of Erin, is full 
 of Irish wit, which he uses at times to good 
 advantage. When Frank walks into the of- 
 fice, hangs his coat on a peg in the wall, 
 draws from his vest pocket a huge cigar and 
 seats himself at the typewriter, one may be 
 sure that his fertile brain will soon be trans- 
 ferred into a real live story, full of vigor and 
 "pep," and woe be unto the chap that inter- 
 rupts this compiler of news. Quiet and un- 
 assuming like all men of real merit, Mr. 
 O'Connell has won for himself a host of 
 friends throughout Baltimore county. 
 
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 OFFICE DIRECTORY 
 
 PIPER BUILDING 
 
 Attorneys — 
 
 John Mays Little Elmer R. Haile 
 
 C. Gus Grason A. A. Piper 
 
 Ernest C. Hatch Robert H. Bussey 
 
 Frank I. Duncan William S. Keech 
 
 J. Howard Fox Gwynn Nelson 
 
 Officer Children's Aid Society — 
 
 Miss Mary Lucas 
 Electrical Contractor — 
 
 Paul R. Wolf 
 Auctiojieer — 
 
 J. Milton Dance 
 
 Real Estate — 
 
 C. Bentley Company 
 
 Insurance — 
 
 Piper, Dollenberg & Co. 
 
 Printers — 
 
 Union-News Publishing Company 
 
 SECOND NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 
 
 Attorneys — 
 
 W. Gill Smith Wm. P. Cole, Jr. 
 
 William Grason Elmer J. Cook 
 
 T. Lyde Mason 
 
 Banking Rooms — 
 
 Second National Bank 
 
 Notary Public — 
 
 C. Marley Hipsley 
 
 OFPUTT BUILDING 
 
 Attorneys — 
 
 T. Scott Offutt N. D. R. Allen 
 
 Noah E. Offutt T. Wilbur Meads 
 
 James P. Offutt George Hartman 
 
 James Kelley 
 Insurance — 
 
 Wheeler & Cole, Inc. 
 
 Printers — 
 
 Raine Printing and Publishing Co. 
 
 Notary Public — 
 
 James Kelley 
 
 W. Carroll Van Horn 
 
 MASONIC BUILDING 
 
 Attorneys — 
 
 H. Courtenay Jenifer Harry L. Smith 
 
 Edward H. Burke Charles C. Held 
 
 Real Estate — 
 
 George C. Tracey 
 Druggists — 
 
 Court Drug Company 
 
 Printers — 
 
 The Jeffersonian Publishing Co., Inc. 
 
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 CARDINAL GIBBONS. 
 
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 HIS EMINENCE JAMES CARDINAL GIB- 
 BONS is head of the Holy Roman Apos- 
 tolic Catholic Church in America, and 
 is a most lovable character, not only among 
 his own churchmen but among persons of all 
 creeds. Although a man well advanced in 
 years, having passed the Biblical allotment 
 o1" three score and ten, his views on public 
 questions are broad and have great weight 
 with the public in general. While the Car- 
 dinal makes his home in Baltimore city, ad- 
 joining the Cathedral on the corner of Ca- 
 thedral and Mulberry streets, he is well and 
 favorably known to many Baltimore county 
 people, having often preached in many of the 
 Catholic churches of our community. Either 
 in his priestly robe or in street costume. Car- 
 dinal Gibbons is a picturesque figure, and 
 may be seen any afternoon taking his daily 
 walk out Charles street accompanied by one 
 of his associates at the Cathedral. 
 
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 Did You Ever Ask Yourself This Question? 
 
 CAN I LAY ASIDE 
 20 /c OF MY INCOME 
 
 IT WILL PROVIDE READY FUNDS 
 
 For the best Year Book — a Bank Book 
 
 For a home for your loved ones 
 
 For real opportunities with ready mo- 
 ney at hand 
 
 For an indemnity' against the Rigors 
 of Time 
 
 For that payment on 3'our Insurance 
 Policy 
 
 For that needed Vacation Outing — and 
 
 For a Merry Christmas in a sure and 
 easv way 
 
 " Mone3' at interest is a good silent 
 partner all throxigh life." 
 
 OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH 
 
 The Towson National Bank, 
 
 TOWSON, MD. 
 
 TO-DAY 
 
 and watch it grow. Tomorrow may 
 never come. 
 
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FRANK I. WHEELER 
 
 MR. WHEELER has no use for fires — 
 except, of course, those kindled in the 
 stove or furnace to cook with or keep 
 warm by — and for that reason conducts a 
 fire insurance business under the firm name 
 of Wheeler & Cole, Inc., in the Offutt Build- 
 ing", at Towson. His ambition is to persuade 
 every property owner in the county to take 
 out (with him, of course,) a policy of insur- 
 ance so as to be protected against loss from 
 fires. But Mr. Wheeler is not interested 
 alone in insurance against fires. He's a great 
 volunteer fire-fighter and has done perhaps 
 more than any other man in the county to 
 build up efficient volunteer fire companies in 
 the thickly settled portions of the county. He 
 is also deeply interested in the matter of pub- 
 lic improvements and for many years given 
 freely and ungrudgingly of his time, thought 
 and energy in battling for measures and 
 tilings calculated to make Baltimore county 
 a more desirable place for the abode of civil- 
 ized man and woman. He was particularly 
 active in the recent fight for good roads and 
 better schools. Mr. Wheeler's hobbies are 
 few, but he likes a good cigar, is fond of 
 motoring, and loves to steal away for a week 
 or two every summer and "buck the break- 
 ers" at the seashore. Last summer, however, 
 he let one of the breakers "buck" him, and 
 came back home with a badly sprained limb. 
 Better luck to him hereafter. 
 
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 HENRY A. RYDER, Prop. 
 
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 and Sick Kooni Necessities. 
 
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NEWTON D. R. ALLEN 
 
 SENATOR ALLEN, as most everybody 
 knows, was elected last fall to represent 
 Baltimore county at Annapolis. He has 
 a desk in the Upper Story of the Legislative 
 Mill — the equivalent of a seat in the House 
 of Lords, if lie were an Englishman — and 
 those who followed his work at Annapolis 
 Ihe past spring say that he managed to grind 
 out some good "grist." Just at this time 
 Senator Allen is leading the dry forces in the 
 county and the chances are that, unless the 
 good Lord sends an awful drought this sum- 
 mer, he will have all the "Brewers' Big 
 Horses" hitched to Water Wagons after the 
 next election. While the Hand of Fate played 
 some part in elevating him to the Senate, 
 Senator Allen is a self-made man and has 
 deserved success by reason of the conscien- 
 tious manner in which he has discharged 
 every duty, both public and private, that has 
 fallen his lot to perform. Although he lives 
 on the "Road to Joppa," in West Towson, 
 Senator Allen is not a back-number by any 
 means. He has for years taken an active 
 interest in civic affairs and has been largely 
 instrumental in securing a number of public 
 improvements for Towson and the county at 
 large. About the harshest thing we can say 
 about him is that he is a Republican — but, 
 oh well, all of us have SOME faults. 
 
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 If you have any Waste Paper send it 
 
 to our Waste Paper Department, 
 
 12 N. Frederick Street. 
 
 We want now 100 Tons of Old Books, 
 
 Magazines and Newspapers. 
 
 Correspondence Solicited. 
 
WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE 
 
 "B 
 
 ILLY" LAWRENCE, and "Pat," his 
 "Man Friday," are two widely known 
 figures in Baltimore county. That 
 the two are associates is a tribute to Mr. 
 Lawrence's kindness of heart and ready sym- 
 pathy. "Pat" is a harmless imbecile whose 
 welfare Mr. Lawrence has made his especial 
 charge, and in return for his kindness and 
 sympathy he has the affectionate loyalty and 
 devotion of "Pat.." Mr. Lawrence is a law- 
 yer of distinction and ability and practices ex- 
 tensively in Baltimore county and city. 
 
 "Billy's" hobby is his automobile and his 
 chicken farm, which is located in Harford 
 county, and where he spends his idle hours, 
 which we must admit are few. Nothing 
 pleases him more than to talk on the "fowl" 
 line and tell how many eggs he receives from 
 his hens each day, and when it comes to an- 
 cestors and pedigrees "Billy" has it down to 
 a fine art. He is an ardent fisherman, but 
 has never made any record "hauls." "The 
 best I can catch," said Mr. Lawrence to a 
 friend one day, "is a darn bad cold." 
 
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TELEPHONE ST. PAUL 3155 
 COMPLIMENTS 
 
 WM. H. LAWRENCE 
 
 ATTORNEY AT LAW 
 
 810-812 LAW BUILDING 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 PRACTICE IN BOTH BALTIMORE CITY 
 AND BALTIMORE COUNTY 
 
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ALBERT S. COOK 
 
 PROFESSOR COOK, as everybody knows, 
 is Superintendent of the Baltimore Coun- 
 ty Schools, and to say that he has made 
 good is only stating a palpable fact in a very 
 mild form. Not only has he made good in 
 Baltimore county but his success has been 
 such as to gain him "honorable mention" in 
 educational circles throughout the country. 
 Educators from other States have repeatedly 
 come here to get a line on his "curves." Pro- 
 fessor Cook is a very energetic fellow. He 
 is constantly on the alert, and while his offi- 
 cial duties keep him pretty much on the go 
 he nevertheless finds time somehow to study 
 and keep abreast with the advanced educa- 
 tional thought of the nation. In order to be 
 a successful Superintendent of Schools in 
 Baltimore County one must necessarily be a 
 good diplomat, and that Professor Cook pos- 
 sesses this latter quality to the Queen's taste 
 can easily be demonstrated by the fact that 
 about 99 per cent, of the schoolmarms in the 
 county think he's "just grand," "perfectlv 
 lovely," "so considerate," and so forth and 
 so on ad infinitum. Professor Cook's chief 
 hobby is to get back to Princeton every fall 
 and root for the home team when the big 
 foot-ball game is pulled off. And, believe us. 
 he can yell like an Indian when he gets 
 warmed up! No one need have any concern 
 for the welfare of Baltimore County Schools 
 as long as Professor Cook is at the helm. 
 He's the right man in the right place. 
 
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SAM W. PATTTSOX 
 WILLIAM H. GAHAN 
 
 PATTISON & GAHAN 
 
 Auctioneers 
 
 7 East Lexington Street 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 TELEPHONE 
 ST. PAUL 1320 
 
 THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING 
 IS THE EATING THEREOF." 
 
 This Book Is A Sample Of 
 The Jeffersoniaii 
 
 Printing 
 
 •Job, Novspaper And 
 Book Work 
 
 BETTER GIVE US YOUR WORK 
 THAN TO WISH YOU HAD. 
 
LOGIE BONNETT 
 
 THIS, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the "vil- 
 lain" who made all these cartoons and, 
 workins in cahoots with the shop fore- 
 man, we decided to write this sketch and 
 smuggle him in with the rest of his victims. 
 It's not often, you know, that a cartoonist 
 has to swallow a dose of his own medicine! 
 Our friend, as the reader will observe, pre- 
 sents himself in two aspects — on the right, 
 as he is today, and, on the left, as he w 11 
 bo at the end of the century. We will deal 
 with him as he is today, however, and let 
 future historians cover what comes hereafter. 
 ■Mr. Bonnett came to Towson about two years 
 ago and accepted the postion of Editor and 
 IManager of The Jeffersonian. He has held 
 down that job ever since, with all the trials 
 and tribulations incident thereto, and has 
 made good. This every reader of The Jeffer- 
 sonian well knows. But they probably don't 
 know that he was arrested and locked up at 
 the Central Police Station some time agj, 
 "Flivver" and all. Oh, no, he didn't publish 
 that! Well, he was. And what do you think 
 he was charged with? Blowing his horn! 
 When they found out that he was an Editor, 
 however, the Captain let him go. "Common 
 failing," he observed. (See Docket No. 16. 
 folio 156, C. P. S.) We would like to tell 
 more, but space forbids. To make a long 
 story short, "Bonnie" is a pretty good sort 
 of fellow every way you take him. And as 
 an artist, he's doing fine work and improving 
 all the while. 
 
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WILLIAM C. KENNEY 
 
 MR. KENNEY is the "live wire" Cashier 
 of the Baltimore County Bank. Al- 
 though this bank is the youngest in 
 Towson, it occupies an old established stand 
 — and a very substantial one, too — on the 
 York road right in the heart ot the county 
 seat. Mr. Kenney has a sood "nose for 
 money" and during the five or six years he 
 has been in charge of this bank has rounded 
 up a large and happj' family of depositors. 
 The business of the bank is slowly but 
 steadily growing and it has come ta be a 
 very substantial and useful institution. 
 "Billy" Kenney, as he is more familiarly 
 known around town, is a very affable and 
 likeable fellow, and a good mixer. He makes 
 himself "perfectly at home"' whether behind 
 the banking counter or out on the street. 
 Bis hobby is tennis, and he has been about 
 as successful with his racket as in rounding 
 up depositors. And "Billy" is some warbler, 
 too, believe us. He sings in a number of 
 choirs and is invariably called on for solos 
 V hen anything worth while is pulled off in 
 and around Towson. 
 
 Q. What's the matter with Billy? 
 
 A. He's all right! — every way you take 
 him. 
 
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 Real Estate & Insurance 
 CHAS. J. FOX 
 
 ORANGEVILLE, MD. 
 
 Phone Wolfe 6266-W 
 
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 DAVID G. Mcintosh, jr. 
 
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 MR. IMcINTOSH is not an opera singer, 
 as one might imagine from this car- 
 toon, but is a Lawyer and Legislator 
 of no mean ability. He has for two consecu- 
 tive terms looked after the interests of hs 
 home county in the Lower House of the Gen- 
 eral Assembly and has made a record of 
 which he and his offspring may feel justlv 
 proud. Was even "among those mentioned" 
 for Speaker at the last session. Mr. Mcin- 
 tosh is associated in the practice of law with 
 Hon. .Tames F. Thrift, now Comptroller of 
 Baltimore City, and the firm is doing a large 
 and lucrative business. "Davy's" great de- 
 light is to mount one of his steeds and go on 
 a cross-country fox chase. He is right at 
 home in the saddle and can take a high jump 
 at any time and land safe. He and his ac- 
 complished wife frequently go out with the 
 hunt clubs. Mr. Mcintosh is one of Balti- 
 more county's leading men and can be d'^-r 
 pended on to come to the front at any time 
 in any movement having for its object the 
 advancement of the general welfare of the 
 county. 
 
Office Phone, Tuwsoii (>■'! 
 Kesideiice Phone, Towsoti 31 l-R 
 
 JOHN T. HOPKINS 
 
 Justice of the Peace 
 
 Jurisdiction, 
 Civil and Criminal 
 
 Coextensive Throughout 
 Baltimore County 
 
 SMEDLEY ROW TOWSON. MD. 
 
 Velie Biltwel Six 
 
 "The Name Insures The Quality" 
 
 Model 22—5 Passenger, 6 cyl .. $1065 F; O. B. Faetorv 
 
 Model 22—2 Pass. Roadster, cyl., $1045 F. O. B. Factory 
 Model 15—7 Passenger, 6 cy!., $1450 F. O. B. Factory 
 
 McFARLAN SIX 
 
 "Hercules Of The Hills" 
 
 6-cylinder 90 horsepower, any style body, any 
 color paint, upholstery and top without addi- 
 tional fost. McFarlan Cars are Road Cars, the 
 result of eight years steady refinement, of high- 
 powered six- cylinder construction. 
 Five or Seven-Passenger, $3200 F.O.B. Factory 
 
 SERVICE TRUCKS 
 
 1 ton model 120 worm drive. $1375 
 
 1/-2 ton model 180 worm drive, $1950 
 
 2 ton model UO worm drive, $2250 
 
 3;4 ton model 170 worm drive. $3000 
 
 5 ton model 200 worm drive, $4000 
 We would be very glad to have you interview any driver of 
 the above cars you meet on the street or road. 
 
 RITTENHOUSE SEITZ AUTO COMPANY 
 
 1921-1929 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 
 Phones-"Mt. Vernon 4047 and Mt. Vernon 6562 
 
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JOHN T. HERSHNER 
 
 AINT NO USE 
 I A'INT GOINER 
 STUD/ NO 
 How -SEE ! 
 
 JOHN T. HERSHNER, the assistant school 
 examiner of Baltimore county, is a very 
 well - known and exceedingly important 
 personage with the youthful population of 
 the county. "What Mr. Hershner says," is a 
 more important and authoritative dictum in 
 their eyes than the views of any other po- 
 tentiate whatsoever. Mr. Hershner has earn- 
 ed the reputation for himself as an indus- 
 trious, capable school official, and has the re- 
 spect and confidence of those interested in 
 school matters throughout the county. 
 
 When Mr. Hershner's "flivver" is seen in 
 the Highlandtown section the kids scamper 
 in all directions, especially if it be when 
 school is in session, for they well know that 
 his object is to see that all those who play 
 "hooky" learn their A B C's and attend 
 school regularly. In attending the duties of 
 his office Mr. Hershner is compelled to use 
 a great deal of diplomacy, and in but few 
 cases has he made an enemy of the parent 
 who seemed indifferent as to their child's 
 future. He at all times tries to show con- 
 cisely the wrong that the parent is doin.^; 
 to their offspring in not sending them to 
 school, the result being a better attendance 
 record on the part of the youngsters. 
 
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 START A BANK ACCOUNT 
 WITH US TODAY 
 
 Our Bank Is A Monument To 
 
 The Thrifty People Of 
 
 Bahimore County 
 
 Your Patronage Solicited 
 
 Second National Bank 
 
 TOWSON, MD. 
 
 OFFICERS: 
 
 THOMAS W. OFFUTT, PRESIDENT 
 ELMER J. COOK. Vice-President 
 HARRISON RIDER. Vice-President 
 THOS. J. MEADS. Cashier 
 JOS. B. GALLOWAY. AssT. Cashier 
 
 DIRECTORS: 
 
 Thomas W. Offutt 
 Elmer J. Cook 
 Harrison Rider 
 John I. Yellott 
 Wm. A. Lee 
 Chas. H. Knox 
 
 W. Gill Smith 
 Noah E. Offutt 
 A. D. Steebins 
 Allan McLane 
 Francis X. Hooper 
 George Hartman 
 
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 1 ERNEST C. HATCH I 
 
 MR. HATCH, who is a "rising" young 
 member of the Towson bar, resides on 
 Seminary avenue, Lutherville, opposite 
 the home of his distinguished father-in-law. 
 Judge Frank I. Duncan. He plys between 
 heme and office in his Ford, which he finds 
 af-fords better transportation than the Jerk- 
 water Electric Line. This Ford, as the read- 
 er will observe, is one of the earlier models, 
 but that number "23" on the dash is no 
 doubt a mere piece of deviltry on the part 
 of our cartoonist. Mr. Hatch, in additon to 
 his law practice, takes an active interest in 
 financial affairs and is a director of the Tow- 
 son National and Baltimore County Banks. 
 He is also the local representative of a lead- 
 ing bonding company. His chief hobby is 
 raising chickens and he has a Methodist 
 preacher's fondness for fried-spring-chicken. 
 He is also fond of tennis. It mignt also be 
 mentioned, in passing, that JMr. Hatch is the 
 twin brother of Alfred C. Hatch, and while 
 each no doubt thinks he is better looking 
 than the other, they both look enough alike 
 to get terribly mixed up at times. While this 
 is sometimes embarrassing, it is also very in- 
 teresting — especially when out among ladies. 
 Mr. Hatch, besides his activities "hereinbe- 
 fore enumerated," as the lawyer would say, 
 takes an active interest in church work and 
 is also one of the leading spirits in the Lu- 
 therville Improvement Association. 
 
 Upon the whole, a pretty useful citizen. 
 Mav his tribe increase! 
 
Established 1890 
 
 FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO, 
 
 OF MARYLAND 
 
 ERNEST C. HATCH, 
 
 Representative, 
 TOWSON, MARYLAND. 
 
 CAPITAL AND SURPLUS OVER $5,000,000 
 
 If you need a Fidelity and Surety Bond or 
 Casualty Insurance, 
 we will furnish it. 
 
 EDWIN WARFIELD, 
 
 President. 
 
 SCHWAB BROS. & CO. 
 Auctioneers 
 
 PHONE ST. PAUL 1408 
 
 1008 FIDELITY BUILDING 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
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 J. ERNEST KEYWORTH. 
 
 THIS, Ladies and Gentlemen, is just one 
 side of the manj^-sided individual who 
 may be seen around tlie Court House 
 niost any day, with pencil and pad in hand, 
 picking up items of Interest for the Balti- 
 more Evening News — the Hon. J. Ernest 
 Keyworth alias "Scoops," a favorite with the 
 ladies and the friend of everybody. "Scoops" 
 is about the livest thing in the way of a news- 
 paper reporter that has ever appeared at 
 Towson. What he doesn't know about what's 
 going on isn't really worth knowing. If he 
 cl-ances to meet you fifty different times in 
 the one day his first invariable greeting is: 
 "What do you know?" He puts this query 
 in such a lady-like way that you just can't 
 help confiding in him all you do know. The 
 result is that "Scoops" has come to be a ver- 
 itable "walking encyclopaedia" of local his- 
 tory. He can not only tell you when a cer- 
 tain couple secured a license to marry but 
 can also tell the day and hour of the arrival 
 01 their first born — he's got statistics stored 
 under his hat that the Health Officer never 
 dreamed of. But "Scoops" is all right — 
 whether you catch him comin' or goin' — and 
 don't forget that! He has many of the finer 
 liuman qualities in his make-up and the Edi- 
 tor of the News made no mistake in assign- 
 ing him to "cover" the county seat. 
 
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 QUARRIES AND OFFICE: 
 
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 WOODLAVVN POSTOFFICE 
 
 Phone Caton 168 
 
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JOHN S. BIDDISON 
 
 THE above is intended to depict tlie con- 
 tour of the physical properties of the 
 Honorable John S. Bidison, former State 
 Senator, former Counsel to the County Com- 
 missioners, former County Boss, etc. Sena- 
 tor Biddison — more affectionately known 
 among his friends and associates as just 
 plain .John — has recently been elevated to 
 the Presidency of the Overlea Bank, an in- 
 stitution which bids fair to become one of 
 the solidest and most prosperous of its kind 
 in the State. Between holding down his job 
 as Bank President and looking after his large 
 and lucrative law practice Senator Biddison 
 is kept pretty busy, but he is never too busy 
 to play politics when he gets out among the 
 "B'hoys." He's fond of the game, and once 
 having had his hand in — as is the case with 
 many others whom we might mention — finds 
 it hard to let go. Senator Biddison is not 
 only a big man physically, but he has a big 
 heart, and on that account has a wide circle 
 of warm personal friends throughout the 
 county and State. Although a Democrat to 
 the core, he has nevertheless followed the 
 teachings of T. R. to a noteworthy extent. 
 That is to say, he has a large and interesting 
 family in his home over in that garden spot 
 of Baltimore county called Gardenville. 
 
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OPEN AN ACCOUNT WITH 
 
 The Overlea Bank 
 
 OVERLEA, MD. 
 
 Remember, That Savings In Youth 
 Make Cushions For Old Age 
 
 OFFICERS: 
 
 JOHN S. BIDDISON 
 President 
 
 JOHN L. SIPPEL 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENT 
 
 WM. J. SEWARD 
 Cashier 
 
 DIRECTORS: 
 
 JOHN S. BIDDISON J. WESLEY GATCH 
 
 JOSEPH PLUMER A. L. WILKINSON 
 
 CHAS. H. SEWARD JOHN L. SIPPEL 
 
 = JOHN B. GONTRUM 
 
JAMES P. REESE 
 
 AVYBODY could tell that ("aptain Reese 
 is a veteran fire-fighter just to look at 
 this cartoon. The remarkable thing 
 about him Is that he has gone through so 
 many tires and yet has retained "unsinged" 
 his luxuriant growth of whiskers. Captain 
 "Jimmie" is at the head of the Lutherville 
 Volunteers and he is always the first man on 
 the job when an alarm comes in, no matter 
 at what time it comes in or the condition of 
 the weather on the outside. And he knows 
 how to fiyht the flames. As an insuranca 
 man, he knows what a fire means, and he is 
 constantly putting forth his best efforts, 
 without pay, to build up a competent vol- 
 unteer fire-fighting force throughout the 
 county. If every community in Baltimore 
 county only had a Captain Reese to keep tab 
 on the fire-bugs there would really be littl? 
 excuse for anyone carrying insurance. Cap- 
 tain Reese is a useful citizen any way you 
 take him. :\Iay his tribe increase! 
 
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 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
CHARLES B. BOSLEY 
 
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 This is the Hon. Charles B. Bosley — for- 
 mer Member of the Legislature, Lawyer, No- 
 tary Public and Whatnot — who was born 
 "well nigh on to 30 years ago" in an old 
 brick homestead between two giant hills in 
 the Upper End of the Fourth Election Dis- 
 trict of Baltimore County, where he is still 
 better known as just plain "Charley." Said 
 hills, however, did not in the slightest affect 
 his rapid advancement into the realms of 
 Law and Politics. "Charley" is a son of 
 County Commissioner William P. Bosley and 
 at this writing has his "shlnsie" hanging out 
 at No. 16 East Lexington street, Baltimore 
 city, although he practices quite as much in 
 the county as, in the city. Among his clients 
 in the county is the White Hall Bank, and 
 as a result of this the "Rubes" in the "Upper 
 End" take particular pains to honor their 
 commercial paper at maturity, for they know 
 that when "Charles" takes up a legal case he 
 doesn't permit any grass to grow under his 
 feet. "Charley," being affable and of good 
 address, has had no little success in politics. 
 One of his recent triumphs was Ihe part he 
 played in killing the iniquitous Annexation 
 Bill. In order to do this he didn't hesitate 
 to waltz around with Miss Poly Ticks, for 
 he is still a single man and therefore im- 
 mune from scandal. 
 
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 JOHN HOFF & SON 
 
 OWINGS MILLS, MD. 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 CARRIAGES 
 
 WAGONS 
 
 AUTOMOBILES 
 
 AND 
 
 FARMING 
 IMPLEMENTS 
 
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COL. JACOB W. HOOK 
 
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 THIS, dear readers, is a sketch of Col. Ja- 
 cobus Hook, President, of the Old Town 
 National Bank, former City Collector, 
 and connoisseur of cigars. One of Colonel 
 Hook's chief delights is to gather around the 
 banquet board with his friends, tell good 
 stories, smoke good cigars and have a con- 
 vivial time in general. During his regime as 
 City Collector he achieved quite a record in 
 this respect. Colonel Hook is all right, every 
 way you take him, and we shouldn't be a bit 
 surprised some bright morning to pick up a 
 paper and find that he had been chosen 
 Mayor of his native city. Long may he live! 
 And may his humidor never become like unto 
 Mother Hubbard's cupboard when she went 
 there to get her poor dog a bone! Colonel 
 Hook is well known in Baltimore and Har- 
 ford counties, especially to the farmers who 
 make their way weekly to the Belair Market 
 to dispose of their goods, many of them being 
 depositors in the Old Town National Bank, 
 ".lake," as the Colonel is known to his in- 
 timates, is a gentleman of the "old school" — 
 affable, courteous and accommodating. One 
 of his chief hobbies is the active part which 
 he takes in the East Baltimore Merchants and 
 Manufacturers' Association of which he has 
 long been president. "Jake" will be found 
 on the "firing line" in any movement for the 
 betterment of Baltimore citv, and especially 
 Cld Town. 
 
THE 
 
 01(1 Town National Bank 
 
 Gay and Exeter Streets 
 
 IJaltiniore, Md. 
 
 United States. State and City 
 Depository 
 
 Capital - - $2oO,(l()(i 
 
 vSurpliis and Pn.tit - 1^0, OOO 
 I)ej)(>sits - - 1,8(K),(K10 
 
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 UvrXERS OF CRHDIT 
 FORE IGX E XC J I A X( J H 
 
 OFFICERS: 
 
 Jacob \V. Hook, President 
 
 Aaron Heneseli, \'ice-f*resident 
 
 Henry O. I\*edue, 
 
 \'iee-F*resident and Cashier 
 
 l\ >\. Miller, Assistant Cashier 
 
 DIRECTORS: 
 Jacob \V. Hook Aaron l^enesch 
 
 Henry A. Hrehm Robt. Fusselbany.h 
 Walter vSnyder (leorge Schillino- 
 
 Eonis li. Hartell James Kin^ 
 J. FIenr\ vSnvder of C, 
 
FREDERICK D. DOLLENBERG 
 
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 MR. DOLLENBERG is the County Sur- 
 veyor — has been for several years and 
 will be for some years to come, if he 
 wants to be — and is a very useful citizen 
 generally. His home is in Towson, but his 
 duties as Surveyor require him to go all over 
 the county, and wherever he goes he makes 
 friends by reason of his courtesy and con- 
 scientious devotion to duty. The result is 
 that "Fred," as he is more familiarly known 
 among friends and associates, is rarely ever 
 opposed by even a Republican when Election 
 r)ay rolls around — and a Republican, as we 
 all know, is as a rule awfully hard to please. 
 Mr. Dollenberg has recently "branched out" 
 into the insurance business and with old 
 friends. A. A. Piper and Gus R. Brown, con- 
 ducts the Towson Insurance Agency, Inc., a 
 thriving youngster in the insurance field. 
 "Fred" applies himself pretty closely to busi- 
 ness but, like all good citizens, has a few hob- 
 bies to which he devotes part of his time. 
 One is that of Sunday-school superintendent, 
 and he is just as much of a boy as the rest 
 of 'em when the regular annual outing-day of 
 the Towson M. E. S. S. rolls around. He is 
 also fond of good cigars and likes to "flivver" 
 around in his Ford. For the past three or 
 four summers he has "flivvered" to Atlantic 
 City for a few days with a party of friends 
 (always of the masculine gender! ) and he's 
 a real broncho when it comes to "bucking" 
 a "breaker." 
 
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 F. D. DOLLENBERG 
 
 Surveyor and Civil Engineer 
 
 COUNTY SURVEYOR 
 
 for Baltimore County 
 
 C. iK P. Phone 
 
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 E. T. NEWELL & CO., 
 
 Auctioneers 
 
 PHONE MT. VERNON 211 
 
 218 W. FRANKLIN ST., 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
EDWARD H. BURKE 
 
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 .Mr. Burke is one of the truly "rising" 
 >()ung members of the Towson bar and if 
 his health is spared he will no doubt in time 
 become quite as distinguished as his distin- 
 guished father. "Ned" is a deep student and 
 takes his work seriously. Indeed, he some- 
 times gives one the impression of taking 
 things too seriously, yet in his moments of 
 relaxation he is lively enough and can yell 
 like an Indian at a bar association banquet. 
 Mr. Burke is one of the counsel to the Coun- 
 ty Commissioners of Baltimore County and 
 his sound advice has kept the county out of 
 many a legal muddle. He is not much bent 
 on giving "curbstone" opinions and usually 
 studies a case thoroughly from every an.i;le 
 ])efore i-eaching a conclusion. Mr. Burke has 
 his offices in the Masonic Temple Building, 
 and is closely associated in practice with H. 
 Courtenay Jenifer. He and "Here" are as 
 far apart as the poles in many personal char- 
 acteristics, yet pulling together they make a 
 formidable legal team. Mr. Burke is an 
 earnest speaker and always makes a good 
 impression, whether before the Judge or 
 jury. "Ned's" chief hobby, so far as is known 
 among his fellow-members of the bar, is his 
 automobile. He started out a few years ago 
 with a Ford "flivver" and succeeded in hav- 
 ing his name registered at two or three police 
 stations for proficiency as a fast driver. Since 
 having taken a wife, however, he drives an 
 Empire — and more slowly. 
 
New Things When 
 They Are New . . . 
 
 Satisfactory Service At All Times 
 Legitimate Prices In All Things 
 
 TEW ART&(L 
 
 HOWARDanoLEXINGTONSts. 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 BALTIMORE'S 
 BIGGEST 
 BEST 
 STORE 
 
 Practically Everything for Everybody 
 
 Special attention jjiven phone 
 and mail orders 
 
 We Give Svxrety Coupons and Kedeeni 
 Them In Our Own Merchandise 
 
ARTHUR P. SHANKLIN. 
 
 MR. SHANKLIN is a member of the Tow- 
 son bar, has offices in the Piper Build- 
 ing, and enjoys a lucrative practice, 
 especially in the line of real estate transac- 
 tions. Although he doesn't often appear in 
 court, he can be depended upon to give sound 
 advice upon any legal proposition submitted 
 to him, and as he makes it a rule to deal 
 "fair and square" with everybody he insists 
 upon his clients doing likewise. Rarely, 
 therefore, do his clients get entangled in ex- 
 pensive litigation. Mr. Shanklin has also 
 been active in politics and for a number of 
 years was counsel to the Board of Election 
 Supervisors. His voice has frequently been 
 heard on the hustings in the county, and 
 during the Cleaveland and Wilson campaigns 
 he traveled in other States and achieved quite 
 a reputation as a political orator. He has 
 been active in fraternal work and just at this 
 time is the High Mogul of the Towson Lodge 
 of Elks, the strongest fraternal unit in the 
 county. He took an active part in the recent 
 Elks' Convention at Baltimore and helped in 
 many ways to make his visiting brethren from 
 other States comfortable and happy while 
 here. Mr. Shanklin in his younger days also 
 achieved quite a reputation as a tournament 
 orator, and used to say all kinds of nice 
 things about the ladies in his coronation ad- 
 dresses — and still does, at every opportunity. 
 
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l^^raiik A. Fiirst, President 
 Seymour Mandelbauni, \'ice-Fres. 
 John T. Daily, Secretary 
 Edwin Warfield, Treasurer 
 Wni. A. Oettinoer, Asst. Treas. 
 
 Maryland 
 Dredging and 
 Contracting 
 Company 
 
 River and Harbor 
 
 Improvements 
 
 General Contracting 
 
 Main Office 
 FIDELITY BUILDING 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
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 HOWARD WHITTLE 
 
 MR. WHITTLE has achieved considerabh^ 
 tame in Baltimore county as a volun- 
 teer fire fighter and, like all volunteer 
 fire fighters, is a mighty good fellow. He is 
 the bellwether of the little Volunteer Fire 
 Company at Glyndon, where he makes his 
 home, and he has also served a term as presi- 
 dent of all the volunteer companies in the 
 county. Mr. Whittle is entitled to the thanks 
 and good will of the people of the county 
 as a whole for his activities in building up 
 an efficient fire fighting service. He is also 
 deeply interested in other civic matters and 
 follows closely the proceedings of the Con- 
 federated Improvement Associations. When- 
 ever an alarm of fire comes in at the Glyndon 
 headquarters Mr. Whittle is the first on the 
 job, and the thundering of the big fire engine 
 over the county roads and the clanging of 
 the bell can be heard ringing through the 
 hills and dales of that rolling country. Mr. 
 Whittle is a good citizen, most every way you 
 take him. "His "hobbies" are, in the main, 
 matters of public concern. 
 
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 PUNCTURE-PROOF 
 COMFORT AND ECONOMY 
 
 THAT IS WHY THE 
 
 BALTIMORE COUNTY FIRE 
 
 DEPARTMENT USES 
 
 DAYTON 
 
 AIRLESS 
 
 TIRES 
 
 THE TIRE SHOP 
 
 CHARLES AND 20TH STREETS 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 TELEPHONE MT. VERNON 1216 
 
 HEATH'S 
 
 25 N. HOWARD ST. 
 AT FAYETTE 
 
 Buy MEN'S FURNISHINGS at our 
 
 Exclusive Men's Shop 
 
 Then you will be dressed proper 
 
 MANHATTAN SHIKTvS 
 
 $l.o() to $10 
 
 Separate Cuffs, French Cuffs and 
 
 vStiff Cuffs 
 
 MANHATTAN UNDERWKAK 
 
 Rockino- Chair Union Suits 
 
 B. V. D. Underwear 
 
 Interwoven Hosiery 
 
 Imported and Domestic Neckwear 
 
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GEORGE C. TRACEY 
 
 MR. TRACEY'S principal line of activity 
 is Real Estate — and he has been emi- 
 nently successful — but when his biog- 
 raphy comes to be written it will be found 
 tliat the better part of his life has been spent 
 in promoting fraternity and brotherhood 
 among his fellow-men. He takes an active 
 interest in a number of fraternal orders and 
 is a great organizer. His activities along this 
 line carry him all over the State and he is 
 more frequently addressed as "Brother" 
 Tracey than as plain Mister. Mr. Tracey 
 was also formerly prominent in the hotel 
 business, having first conducted the Towson 
 Hotel and later The Smedley House. He has 
 also been active in politics and has on two or 
 three occasions sought the Democratic nomi- 
 nation for Sheriff. As luck would have it, 
 however, his party's organization each time 
 got behind his opponent and he has not yet 
 been able to realize his political ambition. 
 He nevertheless has a large personal follow- 
 ing and may eventually have to be "reckone'^i 
 with" as a political factor. If you want to 
 know the value of a certain piece of county 
 real estate — put it up to Brother Tracey. He 
 can come about as near telling you its real 
 value as anv other man in the county. 
 
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 For All The Country People 
 
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 DISTANCE 
 
 LTELEPHOHT 
 
 TELEPHONE 
 
 YOUR ORDERS 
 
 ST. PAUL 
 
 6156 
 
 449-457 N. GAY ST. 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 Telephones- -St. Paul 41()5 
 St. Paul 41()() 
 
 E. SCOTT PAYNE CO. 
 
 HARDWARE 
 
 360-362-364 N. GAY STREET 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 A. C. DIETRICH, Treas. 
 W. T. DIETKICH, Sect'y. 
 
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 DR. A. C. M( CURDY 
 
 DR. IMcCURDY is the pioneer dentist of 
 Towson — and he is a pioneer in other 
 directions as well. For instance, as a 
 Game Warden. Although a mighty good 
 one, he may soon be forgotten as a dentist, 
 l)ut as a Game Warden his name will be 
 handed down to posterity, yea, even unto 
 the end of Time. While his interest in den- 
 tistry is passive, his interest in game is a 
 passion. He is fond of the great Out-of- 
 Doors and if he had his way about it we 
 would, like in the Indians, have enough game 
 and fish about us at all times to live like 
 princes and not be pestered to death with 
 butchers' bills and the like. The only "game" 
 which the Doctor has not been able to mas- 
 ter to his satisfaction is that of politics. 
 Some years ago he got the Legislature to pass 
 a law requiring the County Commissioners 
 to appoint as Game Warden he who might be 
 recommended by the Game and Fish Asso- 
 ciation of Baltimore County, and then he got 
 the Game and Fish Association to recom- 
 mend him — a nice little "game" — but, lo and 
 behold! the critter turned out to be like unto 
 a "greased pig" and poor "Old Doc" hasn't 
 yet been able to "bring home the bacon." 
 He's still got his weather-eye on the critter, 
 however, and he may capture it yet. Here's 
 hoping that he will. Besides his other ac- 
 tivities Dr. McCurdy takes an active inter- 
 est in the affairs of the Maryland State Fair 
 and Agricultural Society and helps to make 
 things lively at Timonium every year, espe- 
 cially under the "little tent on the hill." 
 
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 Engraving 
 
 Gifts For All Occasions 
 
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 339-341 N. Charles Street 
 
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 E. CLINTON TRACEY 
 
 JUDGE TRACEY, who for a number of 
 years graced the bench of the Orphans' 
 Court, resides at Arcadia, that garden spot 
 Oi the Fifth district, and now devotes most 
 o! his time to the peaceful pursuits of ag- 
 riculture. Judge Tracey's record in the Or- 
 phans' Court was eminently satisfactory. He 
 was courteous, level-headed, just and fair, 
 and made a favorable impression upon law- 
 yers and litigants alike. While .Judge Tra- 
 cey's picture is a good one, the artist made 
 a grave mistake in hitching that horse to the 
 post in his front yard. "His Honor" doesn't 
 travel that way. Long before he left the 
 bench he provided himself with one of Henry 
 Ford's buzz - wagons, otherwise known as 
 "flivvers," and he hasn't ridden behind a 
 horse for so long that he probably wouldn't 
 know the difference between "gee" and 
 "haw." Judge Tracey was stung by the Coun- 
 ty Commissioner bee some time last summer, 
 and came pretty near running away with the 
 nomination, but his friends in the lower part 
 of the county thought perhaps it would be 
 better for him to lead the simple life a while 
 longer. They couldn't quite understand why 
 anyone living in a place like Arcadia would 
 v/ant to enter the bedlam of politics. 
 
 P. S. — Judge Tracey is a Democrat, how- 
 ever, and like all good Democrats, is ready 
 and willing to come to the front at any time 
 his party calls him. 
 
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 ENGRAVING 
 
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WILMER BLACK 
 
 WILJMKR BLACK is a certified public ac- 
 countant with offices and a staff of ef- 
 ficient clerks in the Garrett Building, 
 Baltimore, and among his clients are some 
 of the largest institutions in the State. He 
 has done a great deal of auditing work for 
 the Baltimore county officials, and needless 
 to say that his work has proven satisfactory, 
 for time and again he has been called upon 
 to compile their statements and reports. Al- 
 though with business headquarters in Balti- 
 more city, Mr. Black is a resident of Balti- 
 more county, living in that peaceful village 
 Oi l\It. Washington, where he takes an active 
 part in all that pertains to the civic better- 
 ment of that place. Among his hobbies are 
 "loud" shirts. Walking down the street with 
 a frontispiece that resembles a Mexican or a 
 Spanish flag is nothing new to Brother Black. 
 On one occasion when he was all dressed up 
 in one of these and "had no place to go," a 
 client dropped into his office, and said: "Mr. 
 Black, I'm moving today to the top floor of 
 tlie Fidelity Building; how about giving me 
 that shirt you have on so that I can make an 
 awning?" So it is, the "louder" they come 
 the better he likes them." 
 
BLACK & CO. 
 
 (WILMER BLACK C. V. A.) 
 
 1208 Garrett Building 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 Certified 
 
 Public Accountants 
 
 And Auditors 
 
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 ASA B. GARDINER, JR. 
 
 
 YOU'VE treated your best girl to Gardi- 
 ner's ice - cream many a time, haven't 
 you? And it always made a good im- 
 pression upon you as well as the girl, didn't 
 it? Of course! But did you ever stop to 
 inquire why the cream is called Gardiner's? 
 Ir you don't already know, the answer may 
 be found in the accompanying picture, and 
 it's not a puzzle-picture either. The Brains 
 and Energy behind the firm that makes 
 Gardiner's ice-cream reside in the person of 
 Mr. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., who makes his 
 home near Cockeysville and is one of the 
 county's most progressive and useful citizens. 
 But Mr. Gardiner's activities have not been 
 confined to dairy products alone. He has 
 t.aken an active interest in civic affairs and 
 has probably done more than any other man 
 in the county to promote the cause of good 
 roads. When the Good Roads Loan was be- 
 fore the people a few years ago he stumped 
 the county and made a number of effective 
 speeches in favor of it. After the loan was 
 passed the Legislature, recognizing his emi- 
 nent fitness for the position, named him as 
 a member of the Good Roads Commission. 
 
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 PASTEURIZATION 
 
 The Only Safe Way 
 
 "Ten years ago, Pasteurized ]\Iilk was 
 a fad. Five j'ears ago it was a live (|ues- 
 tion. witli as many antagonists as sup- 
 j)orters. Today — it is the approved milk. 
 
 "When Nathan Strauss established his 
 milk stations in New York City and be- 
 gan feeding the poor babies Pasteurized 
 Milk, he was trying to help humanity. 
 lie found that babies fed Pasteurized 
 jMilk didn't die, but that babies fed raw 
 juilk did die. 
 
 "Milk is the perfect food. Pasteur- 
 ized Milk is not only the perfect food, 
 but it is the Safe Food." 
 
 HARRY EVERETT BARNARD, M. D. 
 
 state Food and Drug Conimissioiier, 
 
 Indiana. 
 
 CITY DAIKY MIIJv is Scientific- 
 ally Pasteui'ized according; to meth- 
 ods approved by the United States 
 Department of Agriculture. It is, 
 thei-efore, a most wholesome food 
 for grown-ups as well as babies. 
 
 Send a postal or telephone and 
 we'll have one of our wagons stop 
 at your home. Prompt and courte- 
 ous service. 
 
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T. SCOTT OFFUTT 
 
 THIS cartoon of Mr. 
 Oftutt is a char- 
 acteristic pose; lie 
 is the gentleman that 
 drove the last nail in 
 the coffin of the Mt. 
 
 J\\ ^ "i^">-a^ Washington Sewerage 
 ^ rV^\ / >-/ deal, and is identical 
 ...//// Al. ^^^'. v-'Y with the original when 
 waiting upon P. Flani- 
 gan in answer to a 
 cross - question to ex- 
 plain how sewage 
 could run up hill. 
 Every juror who has 
 sat in the jury box in 
 the big Circuit Court 
 room at Towson f o r 
 the past decade will at 
 once recognize it. Mr. 
 Olfutt stands among 
 the leaders of the 
 :\Iaryland bar and en- 
 joys a large and lucra- 
 tive practice. He is 
 almost invariably on 
 one side or the other 
 of most every import- 
 ant case tried at the 
 county seat and fre- 
 quently appears before 
 the Court of Appeals 
 at Annapolis. His 
 cases are thoroughly 
 prepared ; he is ag- 
 gressive and resource- 
 ful at the trial table and generally succeeds 
 in getting a verdict favorable to his client. 
 Notwithstanding his large practice, he usual- 
 ly takes a position on the "firing line" in 
 every important political contest in the coun- 
 ty and is an effective "stump" speaker. He 
 is at present one of the counsel to the Board 
 of County Commissioners. Among Mr. Of- 
 fiitt's hobbies might be mentioned tennis, 
 squash, walking, hunting and, last but not 
 least, automobiling. 
 
The Well Dressed Notables Of 
 
 Baltimore County 
 
 Wear 
 
 "Collar Hug" 
 CLOTHES 
 
 THE QUALITY SHOP 
 
 Baltimore and Liberty Sts. 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 Purnell Art Company 
 
 309 N. CHARLES ST. 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 GOOD PICTURES 
 
 AND 
 
 FINE FRAMES 
 
 We cordially invite an earlj^ inspection 
 of our large and most select stock 
 
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WILLIAM P. COLE, JR. 
 
 "B 
 
 ILLY" COLE, as he is pretty gener- 
 ally known around town, is a thrifty 
 and successful young member of the 
 Towson bar. He maintains an office in the 
 Second National Bank Building "next door" 
 to Mr. Elmer J. Cook, with whom he is to 
 some extent associated in business, and his 
 clientele is growing every day. Being an 
 eligible bachelor, Mr. Cole caters particular- 
 ly to the ladies, and we wouldn't be sur- 
 prised to pick up The Jeffersonian some Sat- 
 urday morning and find that "Mr. and Mrs. 
 So-and-So announce, etc." The wise ones 
 say that no lawyer is ever "well-balanced" 
 until he gets a side-partner. Mr. Cole Is 
 also prominently identified with the work of 
 several fraternal organizations and is much 
 in demand as a speechmaker, especially upon 
 festive occasions. He is also active in civic 
 affairs, and at the time of the writing of this 
 sketch is at the head of the Towson Town 
 Club. Mr. Cole has been zealous and unsel- 
 fish in his efforts to make Towson a better 
 place to live in, and, incidentally, a cheaper 
 place, he having taken an active part in the 
 fight for a 5-cent carfare from the city. Like 
 his distinguished father, "Billy" also has 
 many of the attributes of a successful poli- 
 tician, and we wouldn't be surprised to find 
 his hat in the ring for some worthy office 
 before manv moons. 
 
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 TQ/^T T'T't^ tift!^ been devekpe:! from the 
 •'■^^^ ■'-'•■• * ■'--' well-known Pint sch ga.<, i;sed 
 V)y practically every railroad in the country. 
 Used on over 220,000 railway passenger ears. 
 The same distinct qualities that have made 
 Pintsch Light so satisfactory for railway pass- 
 enger car requirements have been retained in 
 the development ot IS0LI7E for lighting and 
 cooking in isolated localities. It offers a super- 
 ior illuminant to such localities : and, as an 
 ideal gas for cooking and heating, it is un- 
 equalled. 
 
 TO/^T T'T'TT^ is a manufactured non-poison- 
 ■'-^^^ ■'-'■'- -'■ '-^ ous gas, compressed into cyl- 
 inders of convenient size to handle, and delivered 
 to consumers ready for immediate use. 
 
 There is no burden of initial cost imposed on 
 users of ISOLITE; — no purchase of equipment 
 involving a heavy outlay of money is required. 
 
 TQ/^T TT^rj^ equipment is supplied com- 
 ■lOvyJ-^l 1 Hi piete; — ready for connecting 
 to the house service pipe. 
 
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 819 Seventeenth Street 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
 527 N. Howard Street 
 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
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 MICHAEL J. GAFF 
 
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 R. GAFF, who was one time Sheriff of 
 Baltimore county, lives with his large 
 and interesting family in the Twelfth 
 district, where he is Road Supervisor. As 
 Sheriff, Mr. Gaff made a satisfactory record, 
 and he was fortunate in not having to apply 
 the "noose." He personally looked after the 
 work of the office and saw that his deputies 
 kept busy. As Supervisor for the Twelfth 
 district, Mr. Gaff handles thousands of dollars 
 of the taxpayers' money annually, and we 
 have yet to hear even a suggestion of graft 
 or waste on his part. He is "on the job" at 
 all times and sees to it that the county gets a 
 square deal on every contract for labor and 
 materials. Mr. Gaff's chief hobby is that of 
 being a Democrat. He is of the "dyed-in-the- 
 wool" variety and can always be depended 
 upon to line up a number of personal fol- 
 lowers for every Democrat on the ticket. 
 And if every Democrat in the Twelfth district 
 would raise as many young Democrats as he 
 is now raising, the Republicans would have 
 to "go way back and sit down" for a gen- 
 eration, at least. 
 
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 MICHAEL J. GAFF 
 
 General Contracting 
 
 3418 Toone St. 
 
 CANTON 
 
 Baltimore County, Maryland 
 Phone Wolfe 2956-R 
 
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JOHN D. C. DONCAN, JR. 
 
 MR. DUNCAN is the son of Judge Prank 
 I. Duncan, and, following in the foot- 
 steps of his distinguished father, has 
 chosen the Law as his profession. He has an 
 oifice in the Title Building, Baltimore, and 
 enjoys a large practice. He frequently ap- 
 pears in the county and city courts and has 
 been unusually successful in the trial of 
 cases. He early joined the ranks of the au- 
 Lomobilists and, as our cartoonist has so viv- 
 idly pictured, is fond of speeding. That dog 
 might follow him for a square but, take it 
 from us, any dog that follows John Duncan 
 from Lutherville to Baltimore has got to 
 have something more than legs and lungs — 
 it must have a good nose as well, for John 
 only hits the high places when he gets his 
 Saxon "warmed up." Mr. Duncan, before en- 
 tering upon the active practice of his pro- 
 fession, held a responsible position with the 
 State Insurance Commissioner. When he be- 
 gan practicing he formed a co-partnership 
 with former State's Attorney Robert H. Bus- 
 sey. This partnership, however, was later 
 dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Duncan 
 has in a very short time "made his mark" 
 at the bar and he bids fair in course of time 
 to become one of the leading lawyers of 
 Maryland. 
 
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CHAKI.es p. SOHX, I'li.C, Ph.G. 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 -foVw'SCM' OPPOSITE m COURT HOUSE A\A(^Yy\(>;b 
 
 THE COURT DRUG STORE 
 
 Is Modern and Up-To-The-Minute 
 
 In Every Detail. 
 
 Our immense and complete stock 
 includes items as 
 
 A. D. S. REMEDIES 
 
 REXALL REMEDIES 
 
 PHOTO SUPPLIES AND FILMS 
 
 NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES 
 
 PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALTIES 
 
 AND DRUG SUNDRIES 
 
 HIGHEST GRADE CHOCOLATES 
 
 AND BON-BONS 
 
 STATIONERY AND SCHOOL 
 
 SUPPLIES 
 
 SICK ROOM REQUISITES 
 
 We sell at the lowest cut prices. Our service 
 will please you: our prices will suit you. 
 and our policy of mouey back if not satisfied 
 will appeal to you. 
 
 ( )ur Prescription Department is in charge of 
 Graduate Pharmacists. 
 
 We are manufacturers of The Famous Twelve- 
 Minute Headache Capsules. 
 
 Visit our Soda (rrill. It's the pride of the town. 
 Our menu of Ices, lee Creams and Sundaes 
 will satisfy the most fastidious. 
 
 WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE. 
 
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 HARRY M. BENZINGER 
 
 
 IF THIS gentleman had been named Ben- 
 giniier it would have been more to the 
 point — for he is a "live wire" in every 
 line of activity he pursues. Mr. Benzinger 
 put so much "ginger" in the fight against 
 Mayor Preston's Annexation Bill last winter 
 that the thing simply died a-borning. Mr. 
 Benzinger's routine occupation is that of an 
 attorney-at-law — and he's a good one, too — 
 but he's one of these fellows who doesn't be- 
 lieve in living to or for himself alone, and 
 he goes out and fights for or against what- 
 ever he believes will redound to the good of 
 the taxpayers of his native county as a whole. 
 While he fought against the Annexation Bill, 
 he fought for the Goods Roads Bill, the 
 School Loan, the Sewerage Loan, and other 
 measures having for their object the ad- 
 vancement of the general welfare of the 
 county. While more or less stern in manner 
 at the bar or in the forum when he has his 
 "fighting togs" on, Mr. Benzinger can kick 
 up more merriment around the banquet 
 board than any other man in Maryland. And 
 this not all due to champagne, either! 
 
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 A. A. PIPER, President. 
 
 F. D. DOLLENBEKG, Sec'y «Sc' Treas. 
 
 KOBT. A. PIPEK, Ass't Sec' v. 
 
 Piper, Dollenberg & Co. 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 OF 
 
 ALL 
 
 KINDS 
 
 PIPER BTILDIXCr, 
 TOWSON, MARYLAND. 
 
 Teler)hone, Towsoii 94. 
 
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 WILLIAM J. PEACH 
 
 BILLYS 
 iGONEFe TAKE 
 
 ME TEF? 
 ' TOWSOINTOWN 
 
 TEfe DAY 
 
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 MR. Peach is the Register of Wills of Bal- 
 timore County, has been for some time 
 and is likely to be for some time to 
 come. For "Billy" is not only a good fellow 
 personally but a good politician as well. Mr. 
 Peach lives 'way over in the Second district 
 of Baltimore county, and is just as smooth, 
 sound and durable as the famous granite 
 marble that is quarried in that locality. He 
 knows pretty much everybody in the Second 
 district well enough to be called "Billy" and, 
 as a district political leader, none has ever 
 lived who could wield a larger influence. 
 The secret of "Billy's" success in politics is 
 that he plays the game "on the square." As 
 Register of Wills, Mr. Peach has achieved 
 an enviable record. The business of his office 
 has more than doubled since his incumbency. 
 He is on the job personally most every day 
 and has introduced a modern and practical 
 system for the handling of the affairs of 
 his office. The State collects more revenue 
 through his office than through that of any 
 other Register of Wills in the State outside 
 of Baltimore city. No more courteous and 
 obliging official ever walked into the Towson 
 Court House than "Billy" Peach! May he 
 long continue to hold the office of Register 
 of Wills. 
 
 Mr. Peach's hobby is raising Peaches. He 
 has a fine crop of 'em at his hospitable home 
 over at Granite. 
 
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S. MONOCRUSOS C. AVL^iMIS 
 
 C. & P. Phone St. Paul 8679 
 
 DIAMOND 
 
 CONFECTIONERY 
 
 French Bakery 
 
 Light Lunch 
 
 SODA AND HOME-MADE 
 
 CANDIES 
 
 121 NORTH HOWARD STREET 
 
 105 W. LEXINGTON STREET 
 
 BALTIMORE. MD. 
 
 WE USE NOTHING BUT FRUIT 
 FOR OUR FLAVORS 
 
 Ford Dearborn Attachment 
 
 AND YOUR FORD MAKES A TON TRUCK 
 
 See us for full particulars 
 And demonstration. 
 
 Ford Commercial Bodies 
 
 In stock ready for 
 Immediate Delivery. 
 
 New Ford Runabout Bodies, $25. 
 
 The C. E. Hosbach Co. 
 
 HIGH. B.^LTIMORE, FAYETTE STS. 
 
 Successors to The King-Hosbach Co. 
 
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 J. SMITH ORRICK 
 
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 MR. ORRICK lives at Glyndoii, Baltimore 
 county, where for many years he has 
 held down the job of Justice of the 
 Feace. Possessed of patience, a fair knowl- 
 edge of the law, and good common sense, he 
 has made a corking good dispenser of jus- 
 tice. This is attested by the few appeals 
 that are taken from his decisions and the 
 ftwer reversals handed down upon the ap- 
 peals so taken. Besides his activites as J. P., 
 j\!r. Orrick takes an active interest in the 
 linancial affairs of Glyndon, having for some 
 time been President of the Glyndon Perma- 
 nent Building Association. 
 
 That Justice Orrick is also possessed of a 
 keen sense of humor is apparent from the 
 following "pome" which he recently sent the 
 Editor upon receiving a letter containing his 
 "cut:" 
 
 Your circular letter with "cut" received; 
 That 1 am so ugly I hardly believed. 
 Not one line of beauty on which I can boast — 
 Looks as if I lived on sour milk and toast. 
 
 Yes. place the "cut" in your new book. 
 For no one will trouble to give it a look. 
 Minus all beauty, yet I am happy, 
 I'm too usilv to flirt, and never get "daffie." 
 
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 IMPORTED JERSEY HERD 
 
 HEADED BY 
 
 EMINEXT DOR, Xo. 91251, 
 
 a son of the great BULL EMINENT SECOND, 
 l: 2532 H. C. Sold for $10,000 at public auction. 
 Pi-izewinner on Isle of Jersey and sire of 8^ 
 tfsted daughters, and of FERNS BLUE BELLE, 
 H'S820, tested 21 pounds of butter in seven days. 
 
 GOLDEN MAID'S OXFORD, No. 122167, 
 
 liiiported from Isle of Jersey son of OXFORD 
 lOU'LL DO, P. 4075 H. C, sire of 20 GOLDEN 
 iMAID'S SAFETY, P. 14389 H. C, daughter of 
 GOLDEN MAID'S PRINCE, sire of 42 tested 
 daughters. 
 
 COWS BY THE FAMOUS BULL OXFORD 
 LAD, P. 3128 H. C, sire of 43 tested 
 
 Daughtei'.s. 
 
 Daughters — 
 
 ^"IOLA•S GOLDEN JOLLY, sold for $15,000. 
 
 STOCKWELL, siie of It tested daughtcr.s. 
 
 GOLDEN FERN'S LAD, sire of FLYING F<^X, 
 sold for $7,500. 
 
 EMINENT, sold for $10,000. 
 
 SENSATIONAL FERN, sold for $10,200 and 
 sire of 29 tested daughters in the Register of 
 P'erit and 22 sons with daughters in the Rt^g- 
 ister of Merit. 
 
 vor.Nf; Bri.i.s at reasonable pukes. 
 
 Ill V OME VXD IMPROVE YOUR HEKIJ. 
 
 CHARLES K. RIEMAX, Owner. 
 I>iiinbnr(oii Farm. Rodgers Forge, Md. 
 
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PATRICK BRADLEY 
 
 JUDGE BRADLEY, formerly a member of 
 the Orphans' Court of Baltimore County, 
 resides at Loreley in the Eleventh dis- 
 trict. Prior to his election to the bench he 
 for several years served the public as a Jus- 
 tice of the Peace. Both as Justice and as 
 Judge he made a record of which he and his 
 descendants may justly feel proud. He was 
 at all times courteous and attentive and was 
 quick to grasp the right and justice of a mat- 
 ter. Whenever he rendered a decision the 
 parties affected, whether favorably or ad- 
 versely, felt that their cause had been fairly 
 and impartially weighed and considered. Al- 
 though generally a very quiet man. Judge 
 Bradley is remarkably well informed upon 
 a variety of subjects and, when among 
 friends, frequently gives vent to his store 
 of tj'pical Irish wit. He bears the distinc- 
 tion of being the oldest man ever elected to 
 the Orphans' Court, but his faculties are still 
 unimpaired and he takes a lively interest 
 in the public affairs of the day. Judge Brad- 
 ley's hobbies are not generally known at the 
 county seat, but it may safely be surmised 
 that one of his great joys is his old corn-cob 
 pipe. Long may he live to enjoy his pipe 
 and the respect and esteem of his fellow- 
 citizens in the county! 
 
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C. & p. Phone, Wolfe 4719 
 
 . FREDERICK SCHLEE 
 
 Contraclor 
 For all kinds of 
 Brickwork 
 
 Furnace Building and Repairing 
 a Specielty 
 
 Jobbing Promptly Attended To 
 
 :$SlcS TOOIVE STREET 
 BALTIMORE, MR. 
 
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 I DR. E. M. DUNCAN = 
 
 DOC- I -GOT 
 iTHER-WORST 
 
 'of it as 
 
 USUAL J 
 
 WHEN anybody around Govans gets a 
 pain or a chill he nine times out of 
 ten gets in touch with Dr. E. M. Dun- 
 can, the most popular and successful physi- 
 cian in that locality. Dr. Duncan is a 
 brother of Judge Frank 1. Duncan and pos- 
 sesses many of "His Honor's" personal at- 
 tractions. He has a large and lucrative prac- 
 tice and enjoys tlie confidence and esteem of 
 most everybody around Govans, irrespective 
 oi" their religion, politics or previous condi- 
 tion of servitude. He has for years taken an 
 ac five interest in the civic affairs of Govans 
 and frequently goes to the trouble of appear- 
 ing before the County Commissioners and 
 urging some needed public improvement. He 
 was for some years at the head of the Go- 
 vans Improvement Association and took a 
 lively interest in the fight for better schools 
 and roads, also sanitation. He is also a 
 'Dry" man and is taking an active interest 
 in the fight to make Baltimore county a 
 Sahara, alcoholically speaking. 
 
 The Doctor's chief hobby appears to be his 
 automobile. When he has any spare time 
 on his hands he can generally be seen spin- 
 ning along one or more of the fine roads in 
 and around Govans. 
 
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 K\ CALVEKT STKLART 
 WILLIAM P. BUTLEK 
 
 STEUART & BUTLER 
 
 Auctioneers 
 
 TOW SOX 
 NAKYLAXI) 
 
 OFFirE: 
 
 PII'EK BUILDING 
 
 Towson, M(l. 
 Teleplione, Tdwsoii !)-4 
 
 MILTON J. DANCE 
 
 Licenced Auctioneer 
 
 residence: 
 G L E X .\ R M 
 
 Hal'itmokmv CorxT^'. Md. 
 Tple])li<)ne. Fork 'J.!-F.") 
 
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RICHARD VINCENT, JR. 
 
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 MR. VINCENT is perhaps the biggest all- 
 around florist in the State, but his spe- 
 cialty is dalilias. He grows acres of 
 them and invites the populace, from county 
 and city, to come to White Marsh, early every 
 fall and glory in his achievements. Have you, 
 dear reader, ever attended one of Vincent's 
 Dahlia Shovv^s? If not, make it your busi- 
 ness to go to White Marsh this coming fall 
 and let your eyes behold one of tlie most 
 beautiful and inspiring scenes anywhere on 
 God's footstool! Young man, if you liave a 
 sweetlieart, take laer up or down or over to 
 White Marsli this fall and get her an armful 
 of dahlias — and she's your sweetheart for 
 evermore! Mr. Vincent is one of Baltimore 
 county's substantial citizens and the county 
 is justly proud of him. May his tribe in- 
 crease! 
 
To place my name in this space 
 Would be a terrible offence ; 
 
 So I contribute with rare grace 
 To help you bear the expense. 
 
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 JOHN M. DENNIS 
 
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 WHILE the last Legislature was dead- 
 locked over the election of a State 
 Treasurer to succeed General Vaud- 
 ver, and the whole Democratic party seemed 
 to have split on a rock, somebody — probably 
 Mr. Talbott — shouted "His name is Dennis!" 
 Whereupon the' political skies suddenly be- 
 came as clear as crystal and the Good Old 
 Ship of Democracy passed serenely on its 
 course. ;\Ir. Dennis has already made his 
 mark as State Treasurer and, while it is al- 
 v.ays hazardous to make political prophesies, 
 we venture to predict that the people of the 
 State will think so well of Treasurer Dennis 
 toward the end of his term that they will in- 
 sist upon him staying on the job. Mr. Den- 
 nis is an affable gentleman, a keen business 
 man, and an all-around good citizen. Among 
 his hobbies are his fine herd of Holstein cows 
 which he keeps on his beautiful farm at Ri- 
 der wood. These cows are probably the finest 
 in the State and the dairy on the Dennis farm 
 is a model for efficiency and cleanliness. Mr. 
 Dennis is one of those rare kind who believes 
 that anything worth doing is worth doing 
 right, and this accounts in great measure for 
 his success in every line of work he has un- 
 dertaken. He is one of Baltimore county's 
 most substantial and useful citizens. May 
 he long live to help upbuild her civilization! 
 
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WHEN IN NEED OF 
 
 HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
 
 DO NOT FORGET 
 
 Essex Farm and 
 
 Brooklandwood 
 
 Farms 
 
 it 
 
 KING SEGIS PONTIAC ALCARTRA, Jr. 
 
 LUTHERVILLE, 
 
 BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD. 
 
 Homes of the Best Holsteins in the South 
 
 Herds headed by the wonderful bull 
 
 King Segis Pofltiac Alcartra, Jr., 
 
 Son of the $50,000 Bull. 
 
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 DR. HENRY P. HYNSON 
 
 DR. HYNSON has been little heard of late- 
 ly, but for years he was active in the 
 civic affairs of the county and served 
 for some time as President of the Confeder- 
 ated Civic and Improvement Associations of 
 Baltimore County. While president of this 
 confederation he took a most active interest 
 in the fight for better schools, and when the 
 school loan was before the voters of the 
 county his voice was heard in its advocacy 
 at most every public meeting held. He has 
 also been active in other civic matters, par- 
 ticularly good roads. He is a forceful and 
 pleasing speaker and has a fund of good 
 "jarns" which he uses with telling effect in 
 advocating a cause dear to his heart. While 
 never having held public office, Dr. Hynson 
 is believed to have been "stung" rather se- 
 verely by the County Commissioner "bee" a 
 few years ago. The swelling went down, how- 
 ever, without result. Dr. Hynson is connect- 
 ed with the well-known druggists' firm of 
 Hynson, Westcott & Co., Baltimore city, but 
 he lives in Baltimore county and is one of 
 our useful and substantial citizens. 
 
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 I GOOD PRINTING | 
 
 I IS AN ART. I 
 
 I WE ARE ARTISTS, I 
 
 The Smallest Order 
 Receives The Same 
 Careful And Prompt 
 Attention As The 
 Largest One 
 
 PHONE TOW SON 289 
 
 The JeffersonJan 
 
 TOW SON, MD. 
 
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 BISHOP JOHN GARDNER MURRAY 
 
 BISHOP JOHN GARDNER MURRAY is 
 head of the Protestant Episcopal Dio- 
 cese of Maryland. Kind, affectionate 
 and a man of broad mind Bishop Murray 
 has made a host of friends both in and out 
 of his church. While his rise in the minis- 
 try was made step by step it has been some- 
 what rapid, for he did not set out from his 
 younger days to pursue the paths of preach- 
 ing the gospel, but started life as a mer- 
 chant, engaging in the wholesale business in 
 New Orleans, after which he studied for the 
 ministry, assuming his duties along this line 
 in the South. Bishop Murray's first charge 
 in Maryland was as rector of the Church of 
 St. Michaels and All Angels' in Baltimore, 
 after which he was made Coadjutor Bishop 
 of the Diocese of Maryland, and was elected 
 bishop after the death of the late Bishop 
 Paret. Bishop Murray is well known to the 
 Episcopalians of Baltimore county, and has 
 confirmed many of the younger folks as well 
 as a great many of the older ones. 
 
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 Si^LFETY FIRST 
 
 You can help in this work of prevent- 
 ing accidents by exercising ordinary' 
 care in using public highwaj^s, and b3^ 
 promptly notifying the companies of 
 the existence of any Hazardous Condi- 
 tions. 
 
 The Safety First movement being 
 carried on by Public Service Com- 
 panies is of vital importance to every 
 man, woman and child in the county. 
 
RICHARD W. COOK 
 
 THIS gentleman ranks among the fore- 
 most real estate developers in the State, 
 being general manager of Villa Nova, 
 one of the most attractive suburban develop- 
 ments around Baltimore, and whicn, by the 
 waj\ is located in Baltimore county. Mr. Cook 
 is rather a young man of the progressive type 
 and has endeavored to carry out the princi- 
 ple in all his undertakings, and if one were to 
 visit Villa Nova they would have it portrayed 
 in a vivid picture. The greatest of Mr. Cook's 
 hobbies is good roads, and he works untir- 
 ingly to accomplish this end. The avenues 
 that run through his development are all 
 macadamized, of good width, and are a real 
 pleasure to drive over. He believes that if 
 you lay good roads you have no trouble in 
 getting people to view your property and in 
 turn purchase. It is more of the type of men 
 like Richard W. Cook that Baltimore county 
 stands in need of — good, substantial, progres- 
 sive citizens. May his like increase and may 
 Villa Nova soon be made up of beautiful 
 rural homes. 
 
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What is the value per square foot of the 
 ground under 3'our home? 
 Figure it up for comparison 
 
 Lots less than 4 Cents per Square Foot. 
 Easy terms if desired. 
 
 A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE 
 NEARLY 600 FEET ABOVE 
 
 TIDEWATER 
 
 ABOUT ONE MILE FROM 
 
 BALTIMORE CITY 
 
 THIS PRICE INCLUDES 
 Cement walk 4 feet wide at front of Lot. Well built 
 road.s already completed. Under ground SeAverage. 
 Deed and recording same, also Title Policy guaran- 
 teeing Title to you from Title Guarantee and Trust 
 Co. ALL FOR LESS THAN FOUR CENTS PER 
 SQUARE FOOT. This Price Soon to Double. 
 
 Cottages ready for occupancy also for sale — 
 
 Price right. Spend one cent and mail 
 
 Postal for Map and Pictures of 
 
 Don't wait, it will interest j'ou— Do it now. 
 
 KICH'D M . COOK, 
 14 E. Lexington St. Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Our Antomohile at voiir (service to inspect \'illa Kovh 
 Only a short run out Liberty Heights Ave. 
 The New State Boulevard. 
 
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DR. CHARLES G. HILL 
 
 THE veteran above, pictured by the "pen 
 pusher" as if a duplicate of the bronze 
 statue of Charles Eager Howard of Rev- 
 olutionary fame and which adorns Washing- 
 ton Square on Charles Street, just opposite 
 the Stafford Hotel, Baltimore, is Dr. Charles 
 G. Hill, surgeon of Troop A, Maryland Na- 
 tional Guard, and physician-in-chief of Mouni 
 Hope Retreat, Mount Hope, Baltimore coun- 
 ty. While the Doctor's activities as a nerve 
 specialist consumes a greater portion of his 
 time, he found ample opportunity to drill 
 with the boys of Troop A at their armory 
 at Pikesville until they were sent to the 
 Mexican frontier, and since the first of July 
 Dr. Hill's "pony" has had a good long rest. 
 In uniform, mounted on a fiery steed, the 
 Doctor presents a most pleasing aspect, and 
 whenever the troopers were called to parade 
 for any patriotic celebration the Major was 
 much admired. Dr. Hill is a real Chester- 
 field in manners and appearance, and as a 
 nerve specialist is recognized as an authority 
 the country over. He makes his home in Bal- 
 timore county, and has a beautiful residence 
 on Wylie avenue near the Reisterstown road. 
 
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 IIICIMJJIIM 
 
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 compliments 
 dr chas. g. hill 
 
 Park Heights and Wylie Ave. 
 
 Baltimore County, 
 
 Maryland 
 
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EDWARD A. POWERS 
 
 
 NEVER been to the Suburban? Then you 
 had better go if you want to spend a 
 real night of pleasure, for Edward A. 
 Powers, the proprietor, has been at the busi- 
 ness too long not to know just how to cater 
 to the wants of the public. When it comes to 
 getting vaudeville acts that please the folks 
 and good chefs that can prepare "ye olde- 
 style Maryland dinners" there's no place in 
 the State that "can light a candle" with the 
 Suburban, on Park Heights avenue, just be- 
 yond the city line. In the summer "Eddie" 
 operates a cabaret show that is unexcelled, 
 and a dance floor escond to none, and the 
 music — why it just carries one off their feet, 
 it's grand. In the winter it's practically the 
 same. Mr. Powers' heart and soul is wrapped 
 up in the modern establishment which he 
 personally conducts and, save for his dogs, 
 of which he has a dozen or more, there is 
 little else that commands his attention. The 
 Suburban is a place where a fellow need not 
 be afraid to take his wife, his daughter or 
 his sweetheart, and you can bet your bot- 
 tom dollar that there'll be something doing 
 every minute, for "Eddie" has a good place 
 and knows how to run it. The best sort of 
 proof of the popularity of the place is the 
 hundreds of automobiles that are parked in 
 front of the Suburban nightly, and the ring- 
 ing cheers of laughter that are carried on 
 the breezes from the interior of the garden. 
 
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PARK HEIGHTS AVENUE 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 OPEN ALL THE YEAR 
 
 COMPLETE A LA CARTE SERVICE 
 
 ED. A. POWERS. Proprietor 
 
 THE PLACE WHERE ITS A PLEASURE TO DANCE AND WHERE 
 ITS A PLEASURE TO EAT 
 
 
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WILLIAM E. KLOHR 
 
 "B 
 
 JLLY" KLOHR is a plumber by trade 
 and an orator by profession. During 
 the recent fight waged against "Old 
 John Barleycorn" in this county Brother 
 Klohr was a leading spirit with "John's" 
 forces, and he was often asked by those who 
 carried an umbrella to keep from getting 
 "wet" why he did not give up his vocation 
 and get a job "driving a water wagon." 
 "Billy's" trade as a plumber brought him in 
 contact with water too often, and he just 
 couldn't see it the way that the "drys" de- 
 sired him to, and therefore kept up his battle 
 for "Old John" to the last, and, by the way, 
 he came out victorious. Mr. Klohr is a resi- 
 dent of Towson and conducts a plumbing shop 
 oi> the York road just north of Chesapeake 
 avenue, where one may secure anything from 
 a pipe joint to a complete bathroom outfit, or 
 iv fact find men well able to place all the 
 necessary modern conveniences in their home. 
 Probably the greatest of Mr. Klohr's hobbies 
 io to secure a good dog and with gun in hand 
 prowl over the hills and through the dales 
 in quest of game. He also likes to take an 
 occasional fishing trip and usually comes 
 heme with a basket of good looking speci- 
 mens. 
 
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 SPARROWS POINT 
 
 FIRST among the great industrial enter- 
 prises that contribute to the financial 
 stability of Baltimore County is the 
 Maryland plant of the Bethlehem Steel Com- 
 pany, at Sparrows Point. While it is now 
 employing 6,000 men and is of great im- 
 portance, commercially, when the improve- 
 ments contemplated are completed, the local 
 plant will rank among the greatest in the 
 United States and probably in the world. 
 
 Nearly thirty years have passed since the 
 Pennsylvania Steel Company purchased the 
 land upon which the town and plant now 
 stand. The question is advanced at times 
 why such a plant is located so far from the 
 base of raw materials — two hundred miles 
 from the coal mines of the Alleghenies and 
 1200 miles from the ore banks of Cuba. It 
 is very true that Sparrows Point is 1200 
 miles from Daiquiri Dock, Cuba, but Pitts- 
 burgh is a third again as far distant, and to 
 haul ore overland it must first be unloaded 
 from ships and carried by train over the 
 mountains, which is a cumbersome, slow and 
 expensive process. 
 
 A trip to the Point will convince you that 
 a much easier and less expensive method is 
 in vogue. Ore is discharged from the hold 
 of steamers and dumped almost at the very 
 door of the furnaces. There is also a cheap 
 way of loading steel rails for European and 
 South American ports, and this is directly 
 into the ships without the necessity of send- 
 ing it to some seaport by rail first. Way 
 back in 188 6 land at Patapsco Neck was 
 cheap, and there was ample space for the 
 disposal of waste products such as slag, etc., 
 and which is disposed of at inland plants 
 only under great expense and considerable 
 difficulty. At Sparrows Point the problem 
 was an easy one — it was dumped into the 
 water, thereby creating more land. 
 
 Two large railroad systems were close at 
 hand, and over their lines it was possible to 
 reach either Mexico or Winnipeg. Truck 
 farms made up the surrounding country, and 
 the beautiful waters of the Chesapeake glit- 
 tered not far away, thereby making an ideal 
 location for such an industry. 
 
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The land was surveyed and laid out in 
 188 7, at which time the erection of the blast 
 furnaces was also begun. The first pig iron 
 suitable for conversion into Bessemer steel 
 was cast on October 2 3, 188 9, the date of 
 the real beginning of big operations at Spar- 
 rows Point. Since that time it has seen good 
 seasons and bad, and during the long indus- 
 trial depression of the nineties the plant was 
 
 compelled to shut down. But speaking gen- 
 erally, it has been an ever-growing enter- 
 prise. 
 
 The first Bessemer steel that was produced 
 in the State of Maryland was blown on Au- 
 gust 1, 1891, and the first steel rail was made 
 just six days later. Since then, however, the 
 great mills have been turning out thousands 
 upon thousands of tons of rails, and for near- 
 ly every railroad in this as well as foreign 
 lands. Italy. France, Australia, India, .\f- 
 
 s^ 
 
rica, Norway and China have made large pur- 
 chases. During the Russo-Japanese war the 
 armies of each country were transported over 
 rails made at Sparrows Point; they stretched 
 up toward Vladiwostok and down toward Pe- 
 kin and Port Arthur. 
 
 Iron ore that finds its way to Sparrows 
 Point to be converted into pig iron and rails 
 comes from the Great Lakes, Cuba and the 
 Mediterranean ports. Half a million tons of 
 it are used yearly, with about 150,000 tons 
 ot limestone and mountains of coal. 
 
 The Sparrows Point mills are given over 
 almost entirely to rolling steel rails and bil- 
 lets, though the improvements now under 
 way will make it possible to greatly diversify 
 the product. 
 
 Probably the most noteworthy product of 
 the Shipbuilding Department is the dry dock 
 Dewey. This gigantic craft was built in a 
 basin, with a cofferdam to shut out the water 
 of the bay. When completed, instead of be- 
 ing launched by gliding down a "ways," water 
 was admitted to the basin and the gigantic 
 craft was floated. Its method of operation is 
 to submerge so as to permit a ship to enter 
 between the side walls, and after being cen- 
 tered the water is pumped out and the vessel 
 is lifted high and dry for repairs. The Dewey 
 is capable of docking any ship up to 20,00 
 tons dead weight. Vying with interest in the 
 construction of the Dewey, is the remarkable 
 feat of towing it to Olongopo, Philippine Isl- 
 ands, where it is stationed. 
 
 As a town Sparrows Point is quite as in- 
 teresting as when viewed industrially. Well 
 laid out, trees lining all the walks which are 
 constructed of concrete, it presents a most 
 pleasing sight. Pure water is furnished from 
 deep artesian wells and there is an under- 
 ground sewerage system. One of the most 
 interesting features perhaps is the large store 
 of the Sparrows Point vStore Company. In 
 this establishment may be found everything 
 from needles to anchors. A big truck farm 
 supplies it with fresh vegetables, and a mod- 
 ern bakery is a part of its equipment. The 
 educational facilities of the town are excel- 
 lent. Two kindergartens, intermediate schools 
 and a high school offer the finest advantages 
 to the children of the community. 
 
 Sparrows Point has been well termed "the 
 cleanest and greenest steel town in the Uni- 
 ted States." 
 
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 Henry Reckord 
 
 AGENT FOR THE 
 
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 Chesapeake Avenue 
 TOWSON, MD. 
 
 Tl RES— Ol LS---ACCESSORI ES 
 
 REPAIRING 
 
MARTIN J. O'HARA 
 
 MR. O'HARA is Chief Clerk in the office 
 of Clerk of the Court William P. Cole 
 — a position whicli he has very credit- 
 ably filled for several years — and as such he 
 superintends practically all the business of 
 that office. Mr. O'Hara's specialty, hovirever, 
 is that of issuing Licenses. Although still a 
 young man, he has probably issued more li- 
 censes, for various purposes, than any other 
 man in Maryland. Under the various gen- 
 eral and local statutes now in force it is al- 
 most impossible for anyone to turn around 
 without first going to Mr. O'Hara for a li- 
 cense. While no one has kept tally, it is 
 safe to say that Mr. O'Hara has in his life- 
 time issued no less than 9,999,999 marriage 
 licenses, not to mention the innumerable 
 traders' licenses, saloon licenses, gunners' 
 licenses, auctioneers' licenses, real estate 
 agents' licenses, undertakers' licenses, jack- 
 ass licenses, and so on ad infinitum. Mr. 
 O'Hara, in his License Department, is a pro- 
 lific source of revenue for the State and 
 county. He is always well groomed and his 
 "presence" is such as to command attention 
 wherever he goes. 
 
 Mr. O'Hara's liobbies are few, but perhaps 
 his greatest delight is to run down to At- 
 lantic City every summer and find out what 
 the wild waves are saying — and, incidental- 
 ly, stroll the Boardwalk and admire the beau- 
 ties of the seashore. 
 
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TELEPHONE 
 
 TOW SON 78- W 
 
 C. GUS CRASON 
 
 Attorney at Lavj 
 
 PIPER BUILDING 
 TOWSON, MD. 
 
 iELEPHONE 
 TOWSON 216 
 
 WILLIAM P. COLE, Jr. 
 
 Attorney at Law 
 
 SECOND 
 
 NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 
 
 TOWSON, MD. 
 
VICTOR G. BLODE 
 
 MR. BLODE achieved considerable fame 
 some years ago when he "harnessed" 
 the waters of the Patapsco, near II- 
 chester, to an electric plant which he built 
 under the river at that point — something in 
 the nature of a "submarine" power plant. 
 The plant proved to be very efficient and he 
 furnished current for lighting purposes in 
 Catonsville and vicinity. After making un- 
 successful efforts to introduce his product 
 into Baltimore city he sold out to the Con- 
 solidated Gas Electric Light and Power Com- 
 pany. While Mr. Blode has been successful 
 in various business enterprises, his name will 
 no doubt be longer honored and remembered 
 on account of his philanthropic enterprise. 
 He was largely instrumental in establishing 
 the Eudowood Sanitorium, near Towson. 
 where victims of the White Plague are treat- 
 ed by hundreds every year. One of the hos- 
 pitals in the group of buildings at Eudowood 
 bears the name of Blode. Mr. Blode is one 
 of the county's foremost citizens and taxpay- 
 ers. Would that we had more of his kind! 
 
THE 
 
 PIKESVILLE 
 
 NATIONAL 
 
 BANK 
 
 PIKESVILLE, MD. 
 
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 HARRY M. BENZIXGER 
 President 
 
 CHAS. K. HANN 
 Cashier 
 
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 DIRECTORS 
 B. John Bhick C. J. Foley 
 
 \Vm. B. Cockey Geo. E. Eyncli 
 \Vm. F. Coghlan A. T. Myer 
 Robt. Corbett S. M. Slioeniaker 
 
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HON. FRANK A. FURST 
 
 MR. FURST — who is just plain Frank 
 among his wide circle of intimates — - 
 is one of the b'g men of Maryland — 
 big in mind, body and soul. He is a natural 
 leader and organizer of men, and although 
 he has always taken an active interest in pol- 
 itics has never held public office. His record 
 in this respect is exceptional. Many times 
 have his friends tried to coax him into the 
 political arena — even tempting him with the 
 nomination for Governor — but he has con- 
 sistently refused to be a candidate for any- 
 thing. This doesn't mean, however, that he 
 has not rendered public service. He has per- 
 hiips accomplished more out of office than 
 he could have accomplished in office. He 
 championed the cause of Hon. Emerson C. 
 Harrington in his recent Gubernatorial fight 
 and is generally given the credit for the Gov- 
 ernor's election. Mr. Furst's fame is not con- 
 fined alone to Maryland. He is known as a 
 canal builder throughout the nation and has 
 frequently taken large dredging contracts 
 along the Atlantic Seaboard. He is a jovial, 
 likeable fellow, and eats a herring every New- 
 Year's morn for good luck. We are inclined 
 to think, however, that it is his pluck rather 
 than his luck that has gained him the com- 
 nsanding position of influence which he now 
 occupies in the public affairs of the State 
 and city. 
 
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 s. bukxs i-^atcxiffe 
 
 N. B. LOBE & CO. 
 
 General Auctioneers 
 
 323 W. Baltimore Street 
 BALTIMORE, MD. 
 
 PHONE ST. PAUL 4305 
 
 INDEPENDENT 
 
 ICE 
 
 COMPANY 
 
 S. CLAYTON SEITZ, 
 Proprietor. 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
 
 ICE AND 
 ICE CREAM 
 
 YORK ROAD AND CHESAPEAKE AVENUE 
 
 TOWSON. MD. 
 
 C. a P PHONE, TOWSON 107 
 
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 A Worb Q^o (Sur Srab^rs 
 
 TO CT)]\rPTLE an edition of 
 this character consumed con- 
 siderable time. It has meant 
 tlie burning of a great amount of 
 "midniglit oil/' The snapshots in 
 this book were not selected, but 
 taken at random, and we realize 
 that there are many prominent 
 men in Baltimore county who 
 have been "slighted" so to speak. 
 It is the intention of The Jeffer- 
 sonian to publish in each issue a 
 "snapshot" and in all probability 
 by the time the next 865 days roll 
 around Ave will have enough gath- 
 ered together to publish auothcr 
 edition. We wish to take this op- 
 portunity to thank our large fam- 
 ily of advertisers, who have so 
 generously assisted us in this 
 work, and to thank each our who 
 has in the slightest degree helped 
 to make The Jeffersonian the 
 paper that it is today. 
 
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 THE OFFICE FORCE 
 
 HERE are the boys behind The Jefferso- 
 nian — the staff from the Editor down 
 to the Devil, of from the Devil up to 
 the Editor, whichever way you'll have it — 
 and like the boys behind the guns in modern 
 warfare, they do the real work and yet get 
 very little credit for it or glory out of it. 
 "Equal justice to all," however, impels us to 
 present them to our readers. 
 
 1 tN THE upper left-hand corner is Orenze R. s 
 
 s I Rice, the linotype operator, who with rare = 
 
 = -^ skill and infinite patience sets into cold = 
 
 s type the mass of "copy" hurled at him by the ^ 
 
 1 Editor and the neighborhood correspondents. ^ 
 
 1 To be a good linotype operator one must also ^ 
 
 1 be a good mind-reader, for it is a hopeless m 
 
 1 task to make even "horse sense" by follow- = 
 
 1 Ing literally some of the manuscript submit- s 
 
 = ted. Mr. Rice, however, reads the writer's p 
 
 § mind, as well as his hieroglyphics, and in s 
 
 = emergencies draws on his own imagination to ^ 
 
 1 help out. With all his temptations to swear, ^ 
 
 = however, he never permits himself to become = 
 
 1 rumpled or grumpled. Verily, Mr. Rice is a ^ 
 
 = "laborer worthy of his hire." s 
 
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iiiiiiftej. 
 
 IN THE upper right-hand corner is the late 
 Henry C. Longnecker, who at the time this 
 cartoon was drawn was connected with 
 The Jeffersonian. He died March 7, 1916, 
 alter having spent a long and useful life in 
 newspaper work. Mr. Longnecker was a man 
 of sterling qualities and his loss is mourned 
 not only by his coworkers on the staff of The 
 Jeffersonian but as well by a host of friends 
 throughout the county. 
 
 BENEATH is William George Harrison, the 
 "Printer's Devil," but otherwise more 
 familiarly known among his associates 
 as "Happy." Like his namesake Hooligan, 
 "Happy" gets into a good many "scrapes," 
 but always emerges with a broad smile. II 
 is a part of his duty to keep the machinery 
 well oiled, and although he ofttimes gets 
 more oil on his face and hands than on the 
 machinery, he nevertheless manages to keep 
 things running smoothly. 
 
 s TN the centre is Logie Bonnett, who is kept 
 
 s I busy looking after the business, editorial 
 
 M and "cartoonical" interests of the paper. 
 
 AT THE lower left-hand corner is "Bill" 
 Koch, otherwise more politely known as 
 William, who is the official pressman. 
 He "feeds" the paper upon which The "Jeff" 
 is printed to the big press, which passes the 
 funshed product on to "Fatty" Hughes, oth- 
 erwise more politely known as Harry, who in 
 turn prepares said product for mailing. 
 
 IN THE lower right-hand corner is W. Harry 
 Flayhart, whose official title is "Commo- 
 dore." It is somewhat of a mvstery how 
 he acquired this title, as the only time he 
 has ever been known to be "at sea" was when 
 asked to arrange a "freak" advertisement. 
 The "Commodore's" duty is to "set" all ad- 
 vertising matter that appears in the paper, 
 which he does with all the bluster and ten- 
 derness of a mother hen. 
 
 ABOVE is Harry Fuller, "the broom art- 
 ist." who keeps The "Jeff" office and 
 plant just as spick and span as would 
 "Old Dutch Cleanser," and when it comes to 
 running errands quickly, Harry is right on 
 the job. 
 
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"UNCLE JAKE" 
 
 LAN' SAKES! Yes, Ihis 
 is ther first time that 
 my darn old mug has 
 been in er print, an' if I do 
 say so myself I ain't a bad 
 lookin' feller, now own up 
 right, am I? I'm ther yap 
 that has a few lines ter say 
 each time ther "Jeff" comes 
 out, an' if I'd ferget ter say 
 somethin' 'bout Constable 
 Thompson there'd be er lot 
 of disappointed critters in 
 and around Baltimore coun- 
 ty. If yer mug was left out 
 of this yer book, thank yer 
 stars, 'cause it is er fact that 
 I'm ther best lookin' thing 
 in it. Who was that laffed? 
 'Taint no use! I've travel- 
 ed this yer country from 
 coast ter coast and lived in 
 a great many "bergs" an' 
 cities, but seems ter me that 
 I'll end my darn old days in 
 this yer co'munity. Yer see, 
 me an' Mame don't get ter 
 town often, but when we do we take in every- 
 thing from A ter Z. Ther other night we de- 
 cided ter go to ther theater, an' took our 
 "horseless carriage," a darn good buggy, an' 
 ther old family mule an' made our way ter 
 ther show house. When we got in er front 
 I lit my old pipe, an' after gittin' a glimpse 
 of ther crowd an' lookin' at those comin' in 
 handsome limousines (or lima beans, as yer 
 v/ant ter call them) an' ther poor every day 
 feller clinging ter his girl and hoofin' it; sud- 
 denly we heard ther sweet strains of music 
 comin' through the flapping doors. I feel 
 pretty sure that I would have tried ther fox 
 trot or some other of those fandangle dances 
 if me an' iMame had been er lone — that darn 
 music seemed ter limber me up er bit. In 
 we went. I was rendered spellbound when 
 I beheld ther decorations. It took me back 
 ter ther days when I was er kid, an' yer 
 know that's been some time ago. I thought 
 v/e'd entered a fairy land, that ma used ter 
 read ter me 'bout when she sat me on her 
 knee. Over my pesky old head hung a great 
 canopy of light blue an' every now an' then 
 a big gold star. Doves were suspended from 
 ther ceilin' and there was plenty of them at 
 that. My old worn brain can't remember 
 like it used to, but I reckon there was at 
 least a hundred. Yer know music gets me. 
 When I was a lad I used to be some jigger 
 and always managed ter get ther prettiest 
 girl in ther neighborhood ter take 'long; so 
 when ther musicians struck up an old fa- 
 miliar tune, I just literally waltzed down ter 
 our seats. Presently the doggasted back of 
 ther theatre went up, an' girls came out. 
 
Well, Mame covered her head with her shawl 
 an' they kicked and rared. Then er man 
 co.me on and wanted ter kill another, an' 
 Mame got ter fightin' with me 'cause I didn't 
 butt in and sep'rate them. Ther excitement 
 was too much fer yer Uncle Jake, so I grab- 
 bed Mame by ther arm an' out we went. As 
 we edged ther curb, we could see ther old 
 mule running up ther street. One of them 
 city urchins had let her loose an' she was 
 headed fer home. A feller walked up an' 
 said: "I'll take yer home, step in." Me an' 
 Mame was so tickled with his er politeness 
 that I thanked him heartily, shook him by 
 ther hand and stepped into his contrapshun. 
 In less than no time he had whizzed us home, 
 an' opened ther darn old door an' let us out. 
 "I can't tell yer how much I appreciate this," 
 I said. "Come out some time and have din- 
 ner with us." "Three-fifty," said he, as he 
 examined a thing that looked like an alarm 
 clock fastened ter ther front of his autermo- 
 bil. And dadblame by buttons if I didn't 
 realize fer ther first time that I'd hired a 
 taxicab. Ther best thing that yer can do is 
 ter stay 'way from theatres, an' whenever 
 yer feel like lookin' at a comic opera or a 
 burlesque show review this yer book. 
 
The last page is near at hand, 
 And soon the good folks of our land 
 Will know by name the live wires, then 
 The up-to-date, popular business men. 
 
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TOWSON 
 
 A Historic Sketch of the County Seat 
 
 CCompiled From Various Sources.) 
 
 TOWSON is the county seat of Baltimore 
 county, and is seven miles north of the 
 city, on the York turnpike. It has a 
 population of 2,550. Here are located the 
 Court House, the county offices, County Jail, 
 several hotels, churches and schools, and dur- 
 ing terms of court, and in times of political 
 contests, farmers' gatherings, county meet- 
 ings, etc., the town has a lively appearance, 
 thought it is at all times the center of much 
 activity. The County Almshouse is in the 
 Eighth district, near Cockeysville. There are 
 many handsome residences in the town, and 
 the taste of the people has led to the culti- 
 vation of attractive flower gardens around 
 their homes, so that in the proper season 
 many of the lawns and grounds are indeed 
 beautiful. Much money is represented in 
 and around Towson, and the buildings show 
 that a refined judgment has directed large 
 expenditures in beautifying the place. 
 
 The name of Towson comes from the Tow- 
 son family, who in the early days of the coun- 
 try kept "Towson's Tavern" in this locality. 
 The mention of them on record here is in 
 1771, when Samuel Worthington, one of the 
 justices of the Levy Court, paid Thomas Tow- 
 son the bounty on one hundred and thirteen 
 squirrel skins. The next is in 1796, when 
 Thomas Stansbury was appointed supervisor 
 of the road from Towson's Tavern to the 
 Long Calm, and was allowed five pounds for 
 keeping it in repair. This is now the Jopp-.^ 
 road. In 1776, William Welsh was allowed 
 seven pounds for keeping in repair the road 
 from Ezekiel Towson's tavern to Walter Du- 
 lany's ford, on the Falls of the Gunpowder, 
 which is now the Towson and Dulany's turn- 
 pike. In 1799 the York turnpike was being 
 laid out, and Ezekiel Towson was very much 
 dissatisfied with the line that had been adopt- 
 ed because it did not pass the door of his 
 
hospitable ■ inn, and he petitioned the Gen- 
 eral Assembly for a change in his favor. His 
 petition recided: "That I am the owner and 
 possessor of a tract or parcel of land in Bal- 
 timore county on which there are considera- 
 ble improvements; that by the establishment 
 o>' the York road in said County a consider- 
 able quantity of meadow land has been de- 
 stroyed and my property materially injured; 
 and the difference between the roads fixed by 
 ihe commissioners of review and that con- 
 templated by me and intended to run by my 
 building is not more than thirty-two perch- 
 es." The General Assembly, considering that 
 Mr. Towson had a good grievance, and that 
 he was willing to give up that portion of his 
 land over which the road would pass, en- 
 acted soon after "That the York turnpike 
 road when altered shall pass by or near the 
 buildings of the said Ezekiel Towson; that 
 is to say, beginning for the said alterations 
 at the place where the said turnpike road 
 intersects the orchardes of John Hopkins, 
 and running thence with a straight line until 
 it intersects the Old York road at or near 
 Ezekiel Towson's Tavern; thence again un- 
 til it intersects the said turnpike as laid down 
 and confirmed by the commissioners of re- 
 view." 
 
 In compliance with this act of the General 
 Assembly the board of review directed the 
 sui'veyor "to lay down and make a plat of 
 the road, beginning at Towson's Tavern, and 
 running thence, passing close to the west end 
 ot Perrigo's house, until it intersects the re- 
 corded road below Norwood's.' It appears 
 from this that the turnpike as originally 
 surveyed was considerably west of its pres- 
 ent location, probably passing near where 
 the County Jail now stands; thence over 
 v/hat was then called Satter Ridge, by the 
 gap near the Marsh family burying-ground, 
 back of Sandy Bottom, and did not strike 
 the present location until it reached me prop- 
 erty then owned by Norwood, but now part 
 of the Hampton estate, and where J. B. Par- 
 lett has for many years resided. 
 
 Towson and the Towson family have pro- 
 duced one citizen and member who casts 
 lustre upon the name — Gen. Nathan Towson. 
 He was born at Towsontown, January 22, 
 
 / y^ ^ 3r8-f4, and was one of a family of twelve 
 tf-^ children. Going South, he was in Louisiana 
 
 f*^yy when our government purchased that terri- 
 tory from France, and he entered one of the 
 company of volunteers that was formed at 
 Natchez, Miss., to enforce the American 
 claim in case there should be any resistance 
 by the French inhabitants. He was promoted 
 to the command of the company, but in 1805 
 he returned to Baltimore county, and he was 
 engaged in farming when war was declared 
 against England five years later. He was 
 
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commissioned captain of artillery on March 
 15, 1812, joined Col. Winfield Scott, and 
 went with him to Lake Erie, having raised 
 his own company. He commanded a boat 
 party that set out from Black Rock and cap- 
 tured two British armed brigs, the "Detroit" 
 and the "Caledonia." His boat grounded on 
 the American side within point-blank range 
 of the British canon, but Captain Towson re- 
 fused to abandon his boat, and through his 
 gallant efforts she was saved and subsequent- 
 ly became one of the victorious fleet of Com- 
 modore Perry. He remained with his bat- 
 tery at Black Rock, the advanced post of the 
 American army, during the winter of 1812- 
 13, and in several minor affairs displayed 
 his dauntless courage and military skill. At 
 the battle of Stony Creek he was the senior 
 officer of artillery, and did great destruction 
 with his battery. He was charged by the 
 enemy during the night, but the following 
 morning he recaptured his guns and took a 
 few British prisoners. 
 
 When Colonel Scott was promoted to a 
 general and took command of the army. Cap- 
 tain Towson was ordered to Buffalo again, 
 where he employed his time in drilling his 
 battery. At the battle of Chippewa his was 
 the only artillery engaged until after the 
 retreat of the British. He selected his posi- 
 titon opposite the enemy's batteries, which 
 he utterly silenced, blowing up their ammu- 
 nition wagon and causing dreadful slaughter. 
 At the battle of Bridgewater his command 
 suffered severely. Both his lieutenants were 
 wounded, and of thirty-six men wno servea 
 at the guns, twenty-seven were killed and 
 wounded. At the defense of Fort Brie, when 
 fifteen hundred of the best troops of the Brit- 
 ish army attempted to recapture Captain 
 Towson and Major Wood with two hundred 
 and fifty infantrymen, were repulsed and 
 held back, veterans of European wars de- 
 clared that they had never seen a more rapid 
 and deadly artillery fire. Captain Towson 
 came home from the war crowned with hon- 
 ors. Of his share in the battle of Chippewa, 
 General Scott said in his official dispatch: 
 "Towson's company was the first and last 
 engaged, and during the whole conflict main- 
 tained a high character which they had pre- 
 viously won by their skill and valor." Gen- 
 eral Ripley said of him: "I have no idea that 
 there is any artillery officer in any service 
 superior to him in the knowledge and per- 
 formance of his duty." The gallant officer 
 was promoted to lieutenant-colonel for his 
 brave and efficient service. He was retain -^^ 
 in the Army and made paymaster-general. 
 He served throughout the Mexican war, and 
 in March, 18 49, was breveted major-general. 
 He died in Washington, July 2 5, 18 54, and 
 his remains rest with those of his wife in 
 Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown. 
 
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The corner-stone of the Court House for 
 Baltimore county was laid at Towson (then 
 called Towsontown) October 19, 1854, in the 
 presence of a very large assemblage from the 
 city and county. The newspapers of that 
 time mention as among the distinguished per- 
 sons present Thomas Wildey, the father of 
 Odd Fellowship, and Rev. Stuart Robinson. 
 A procession marched to the ground in the 
 following order: Isaac Hoshall, chief mar- 
 shal; the building committee composed of 
 Joshua Hutchins, Joseph D. Pope, Edward 
 S Myers, Charles Timanus and William Sla- 
 ter; Judge Albert Constable; Coleman Yel- 
 lott, orator of the occasion; the clergy, the 
 county officials; a band of music; Towson 
 Lodge I. O. O. .P.; citizens of the county 
 and city. Judge Constable made a Drief ad- 
 dress, and prayers were offered by Rev. 
 Stuart Robinson and Rev. H. B. Ridgway. 
 The ceremonies were concluded with the ad- 
 dress by Mr. Yellott. The design of the 
 building was for a structure of stone, two 
 stories in height, one hundred and twelve 
 feet front by fifty-six feet deep. The achi- 
 tects were Dixon & Baldwin, and the builder 
 was William H. Allen. The property was 
 purchased from Dr. Grafton M. Bosley, who 
 presented the county with the right of way 
 to it from the turnpike. On December 16, 
 1856, the grand jury made a presentment 
 to the effect that no good title to the right 
 of way or to the water-right for the jail had 
 been secured. The commissioners produced 
 opinions from Hon. T. Parkin Scott and Sam- 
 uel H. Taggart that the title was sound. On 
 Monday, January 5, 185 7, the first session of 
 court was held at the Court House, and on 
 the succeeding 15th of May, it was declared 
 finished and was formally handed over to 
 the County Commissioners. 
 
 Towson has every modern convenience — 
 a steam railroad, two electric street railways 
 (one between Towson and Baltimore and the 
 other between Towson and Timonium), elec- 
 tric lighting, gas and water. The water is 
 furnished by the Baltimore County Water 
 and Electric Company, and is brought all the 
 way over from Avalon, in the First district, 
 where it is impounded and put through a 
 process of treatment to insure its purity. As 
 a result Towson, as well as other suburban 
 communities served by the Baltimore Coun- 
 ty Water Company, gets good water. The 
 das aad Electric Company has greatly added 
 to the appearance of the town and a branch 
 office is maintained here. It has splendid 
 banking facilities — two National banks, one 
 State bank and two thirfty building associa- 
 tions. The two National banks are located 
 on Washington avenue opposite Court House 
 Square, the First National occupying the site 
 of the old Piper Building, the Second Na- 
 tional occupies the site of the old Law Build- 
 
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 iiig, the State bank is located on the York 
 road, and one building association has quar- 
 ters on the York road adjoining Lee's store, 
 while the other has offices in Masonic Temple. 
 
 Towson has a paid fire department and 
 is well equipped to protect the town against 
 fires. The work of the regular department 
 is supplemented by that of the volunteers, 
 who never fail to do effective work when an 
 opportunity is offered. 
 
 The town also has its doctors, dentists, 
 lawyers, tradesmen artesians and policemen, 
 ^lid last, but not least, its newspapers — 
 three in number — all of which go to press on 
 Friday afternoon and carry glad tidings from 
 the county seat to the farthermost parts oi' 
 the county. State and nation. 
 
 To make a long story short, TOWSON IS 
 ALL RIGHT, and any one who contemplates 
 locating here might, in the language of the 
 Irishman, "do better and fare worse." 
 
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