Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-04-15
Improve Your County.

Elsewhere we publish in full the Court
House bill We Trust us several provis
IONS will De carefully read and consider
ed by tie reading public 0 hit ne think
ing portion thereof will be in a position to
vote intel lgently on tic important sub
Jet when required 10 DO 50 on the 9TH
day Of Nav next There is class Of
people in every community who oppose
every thing like progress. bate improve.
ment arc always jealous Of their usigh
l,or-' success, aud otfcnji ueS in their mar
row mindrdness even drSpise their ON n
existence To thrm. aud all such
We Iave nothing 10 say. 1t would be a.
easy TO make water run up hill. az TO con
vince them that a man IN great mcai
ure should make his own pro- perity -
Bar there are n'hers aud great majo.
ity Of our people, too. We are glad to
ray, Fho are anxious aud willing "a treat
every sui rc faulty aud dispassionatcly,
who are not particularly anxlou, TO trca }
IN tie non progresstNc loot.teps Of their
ioreiathers. hing since dead, but are
awake to the nee, s~itie. cf The OCCASION
aud are willing. for heir own good aud
the good Il the generations 10 come, to
bend their energies toward the front in ,he
great march Of this progressive country
The question With Us is 10 bring settlers
Thousands aud thousands If acres Of our
lands are waste, growing W in bushes.
lriars and other uudorsrowth which
should BE- cultivated We want farmers.
we want a Siculturi,ts aud how 10 draw
them is the pcrpleXmg question To
the common sense vi " il would seem.
that the same inducements should be Of
fer,d the stranger 20 visit aud abide
IN our county as / offered the stranger to
visit our homes ur 5oaiI Ia our hotels The
place must be made attractive. the same
ronvcnieuces and comforts Offered aud
the same character Of hanits shown as
elsewhere Is our county il point of
thrift aud uttrActlNcuess On par with
other places, even tie ruicst newly
settled 5, ctons Of she We>t. Does the
dead and dilapidateA aud deserted coun-
" scat bespeak thrift and enterprise.
does its fe6 remaining aud dccayiug
houses denote industry, and are lis sur
r5uu liugs OF such nlture rs 20 impress,
the newcomer in the belief that this
county is proper place for him to locate
and build up home for himself ana
those whom nature inay have entrusted
10 his carez Certainly it l., not 4
We must get out OF the
DID ruts, we must move, we must i'm.
prove Begin at the seat uf the evi! first
Let us move our county scar to Lt
Plata, neat, thrifty md Improving
town near the center Of thu cuulty on
the railroad, erect suitable Court llpu~r
aud other public buildings thcreat. an
other improvements will spring up all
over the county. Oar people will feel
that they are il the land Of the living.
One enterprise will inspire another, and
thrift and industry will awaken as mat
TER of course, and strangers will suoi
discover the attraction OF the county and
the opening here for the investment Of
capital We are to /. however, that suck
Improvements VII cnt.il burdrn.nu,
taxation. That Improvements will cost
money. there is no question, but VIVA
i'a''c'' u a"'u' ~ ~" 'aJ " '"e re- URN
are commensurate with the expenditure
Was there railroad company ever start
ed in this country that dll not. the FIRST
thing, borrow heavy suns Of money AMI
unrtrayp IFS Drouprlv tn ,,., f-e i,uprnva
"oi 'SaSe n P''P''Y !" max improve
menus 50 ''''' '"' enterprise c"n,' DC
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was 93 o,n" ''' 80, " '''y 81 > r nna
'"e wv ""' P'''uc' "Ne' S'"V"'
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on Tue Woo $,-'.Vo" p'o''4'd t'r
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'hH' 'he man "h1 no" p'}> 81 taNe'
(ym ,h;s y, -, p. ~ ',..l..-.''...
tax payer? TIE tax argument is there
for nothing more nor less ;h,u a scare
crow Apart from nus ~Mir the b,l'
piV' l1 ,,'' ,',o ,'' e'5 oo NJ - r'.i
necessarily follow that that sum wilI be
expended Davis. Of Baltimore, the
s,en'left. who Planned the Marlboro
!, i..1 -. ~ ~
IL Court House as j. needed IN mi, coun. /
ty can be built for Sl5.000 ana in YER
lhcatlon of his staten NJ has furnished
~ "',' '"G p''" "3't., e,n =, 'eu a"'
.irino 10 10 SO 6y clll At lbe Inleprn-
dent Olhee. 50 that il L., sum than
so, 600 Is used proFort'onately less