Democratic messenger., 1894-07-28
Our Town And People.
FL EST BANKIN THESTATE
OF MARYLAND.
SNOW HILL AS OTHERS SEE IT.
y Glance ut Our City. Facts
About its Enterprises Its
Cuisines and it's People.
WRITTEN BY A STRANGER.

WRITTEN BY \ STRANGER.
Snow Hill is on quite II boo,n, nev
brick houses being built in ever,
direction. The cheerful music of th,
saw and hammer is heard in ever,
part of the town. Splendid new bricl
business blocks are being rapid,
erected rs well a> many handsoni,
residences. When the magnificent
new brick Court House and Jail i
completed, at cost of $4,000, the,
will be the handsomest on the Eastern
Shore. All the buildings are built o
the very best material and in the hes
style. The MESSENGER Building, al
ready completed and occupied, is on
of the handsomest buildings in th'
town. 1t is directlyin front OF the new
Court House. In this building i
located the elegant new post office, als'
DIR. Bensons elegant drug store. Or
the second floor is the spacious ar,
comfortable office of the DEMOCRATIC
MESSENGER, one of the ablest elite,
newspapers in the country. On th,
third floor is the Masonic Hall.
The great fire which swept the tow
in August, 1898, destroyed propert,
amounting to several hundred thousand
dollars. on which there was an insur
ance of abont $4,000. One brick
block of business houses has been com
pleted and occupied by beautiful stores
one of which is +. ID. Cottingham &
Co.'S stylish drug store, one of the most
complete and hest arranged in the
country.
Snow Hill is Us old as Baltimore
The town is rapidly increasing in
Present population i,
1000; population of Worcester Coun-
" is $4,000. The assessed value OF
tbe county is sl,l23,764. \
Z The Court House and many Of the
most important county records were
destroyed in the great fire of 1884,
which burned the town. 4
Snow Hill is wealthy. aristocratic
town, where have lived, and do live,
many distinguished people. who have
borne an active part in shaping the
politics of Maryland.
Snow Hill was the home of Senator
l.. X. Wilson, who died about three
years ago.
According to tradition, Capt. John
Smith sailed up the Pocomoke river in
that long ago, and landed at this
point.
The "Old Furnace" that George
Alfred Townsend made famous in his
story. "The Entailed Hat" is located
near Snow Hill. At this place, the
furnace, Sampson Harmon still lives,
107 years of age. one of the real char
acters of the book. Gath" now lives
in Washington City. He was born at
Georgetown, Delaware, the County
seat Of Sussex.
Snow Hills the spot where the first
Presbyterian Church was established
in America, is known as the Mackenzie
Church. The handsome
new Presbyterian Church cost $4,000
Every denomination is represented
in this town and all are in Il flourish.
ing condition.
Snow Hill will soon have complete
system of water works. The town has
had electric lights for years. The
people of Snow Hill are wealthy and
are able TO pay for what they want.
They are embuel with a rev spirit ot
enterprise and are determined to build
up the handsomest town of its size in
| had the pleasure of meeting one OF
the leading physicians. DIR. George w.
Bishop, who is Treasurer of the County
c Commissioners. DIR. Bishop is Secreta-
nv of the Board Of Health, which has
recently been organized. He grad
uated at the Jefferson Medical College
in 1S49. Was member of the State
Senate in 1892.
Mr.. A. b. Marine has been Clerk of
the County Commissioners six years.
lie is a nation OF the town. The other
& are Edward White, w.
T. Boston, George w. Hancock. Thos.
Holloway and S. +. Mason.
At Snow Hill the main plant of the
great box factory of Smith, Moore &
60. They have mills in North Caro-.
lima and Virginia. The business Of
the firm amounts annually to nearly a
million dollars. They employ. all
told, between 900 and 1000 hands.
They ship all over the world. This
industry was started in 1870, capacity
Of l25,0OO feet per day. This plant
is located right in Snow Hill, on the
river. Their handsome
pfiice is finished in native pine. Hon.
John Walter Smith is President of the
State Senate. this being his second
term. Mr.. Moore is a native of Wor-
cester County and is one of the most
men in the town. He is q
Democrat and the first Mayor Snow
Hill has ever had. the town having
been recently re-incorporated.
Snow Hill has one of the handsomest
Post offices on the Eastern Shore,
which has been greatly improved by
Mr.. John l.. Mock, the new Demo-
cratic postmaster, who took charge Of
The office on the lst of August, 1898.
This is a Presidential Office. The
Post office is new and elegant and
arranged with much taste, and is
neatly kept. Mr.. Mock has given
satisfaction since his appoint
ment. He is exceedingly obliging and
popular. He travelled for ~ years
from Baltimore for n grocery house.
The courtesy he extends to the public
makes him popular with all classes of