Democratic messenger., 1888-04-21
OUR TOWN.

attention Of our readers to the fact oil
their duty as to the interest they should
manifest in the election Of men to fill
the Office who will exercise good judg.
ment without bias, prejudice. or sci.
fish motives. As we have said before,
the hands Of the present board Of Com.
missioners have been tied, but the sue.
ceeding board being better provided
for, by an additional tax Of five per
cent. on the sIoo on the property
within the town limits, will be enabled
to do a better part by the town. Snow
Hill has for many years been quietly
building up until within its limits may
now be found, private residences,
stores, mills and various other enter
prises for which other places would be
noted. Presuming that all our read.
ers are familiar with the location Of
the town, we will only say that the
soil in the vicinity is Of kind nature,
susceptible Of a high state Of cultiva.
ton and productive Of all kinds Of
cereals which should attract settlers
from abroad In this connection we
would suggest that the great drawback
to incalculable growth is the high ap.
probation in which the land is held by
the owners, who, although aware Of the
fact Of owning too much real estate,
cannot he induced to sell it al a fair
price to parties wishing to move in our
mids, and who are able to improve it.
Strangers upon their arrival in our
town are at once struck with the
magnificent array OF private residences
lining the streets, many Of which have
been erected within the past few years
and cannot be surpassed in archi,ec.
tural beauty and home comforts in the
State. We do no, wish to create the
impression abroad that our citizens are
by any means exlravagant in their
taste. for places TO cat, drink and sleep,
but that our abodes are pre- eminently
homes. Among those homes which
deserve special mention on account Of
beauty may be mention.
ed those of U S. Senator, +. X. vii.
son. U. S. Sub. Treasurer, DR. George
W Bishop. Speaker of :he House Of
Delegates. Geo NJ. Upshur. Ex Con.
gresham, George W. Coving,on and
Messrs. G J Purnell, VIM S Wilson,
Geo. W Purnell. John p. Moore o.
ID Collins, NJ. +. Hargis, Jno. ]. Col.
l.ns and a number Of others might be
mentioned had we the time, space. or
inclination so to do. We prefer, how.
ever, to call yoar attention briefly to
other facts in connection with our
town Of more interest TO you, namely,
our business interests. No town in the
State can boast Of more eminent ar
ray Of professional men, viz: lawyers,
doctors, ministers, and barkers, all Of
whom are reaping rich harvests, while
our public and private schools are in
i very nourishing condition in the
hands Of most efficient teachers, than
whom we can imagine no better quail.
fed or more industrious. Our mer.
chants, although not noted for any
marked peculiari,y in their manner Of
doing business,or for any extraordina-
ry degree Of enterprise, are what every
town need for success, good. sound,
business men. with whom it is pleas
ure TO do business, knowing that no
advantage would be taken Of ones self
enen il an opportunity presented itself.
While It may appear that no enterprise
exists in our town this will prove un.
true if for a moment we look back for
a few years to the time when there was
but one mill and no manufacturing in.
,erest ofany kind and compare the state
of affairs then with those existing to.
day. At that time one mill. employ
ing probably not more than a dozen
men was depended upon for every
thing. but as necessity required it, i'm
provemen,s were made and to day the
null Of Richardson. Smith, Moore x
Co., is one Of the largest in the State,
and tha, Of Collins, Vincent * Rob
ins is far superior to milling interest in
this town Of a few years ago. Besides
these grea, improvements other enter.
prises have been introduced and are
being conducted with financial success,
the most important Of which is tine
large cotton and whip factories OF
Messrs 4. ID. Irwin & Bro, which
will give employment 10 more than
100 men women and children. In
addition to all these vast improvements
aud enterprises may be mentioned the
introduction OF the electric light plan;
in out town by tn. en,erprislng firm Of
Collins, Vincent x Robins, which has
now been in opc'a,ion alb ut four
months. sufficiently long TO prove en-
tircly satisfactory. With all these ad
vantages we can see no reason why our
town should be second to any on the
Shore, and We earnestly hope and ex
pect to see the inhabitants take more
pride in the future. in the general ap
pearance Of ou: streets, and the condI'
ton Of their property, aud II such Is
not dore W. shall certainly continue to
urge upon the town authorities the
NECESSITY OF more pains,aking in the
performance Of their duty. IL our
Town cannot be properly lighted let
them abandon lighting it entirely and
jus, put the slree,si in first class condi
ton. Elsewhere in this issue We
place the names Of gentlemen whom
we would be glad to see elected Town
Commissioners for the ensuing tao
years. They are well.known TO every
voter in the town and must be &C
knowledged to be pre- eminenily fitted
for the position They are gentlemen
full Of enterprise, and, il elected. will
dare to do their sworn duty. regardless
Of consequences.