The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-11-11
MARLBOROUGH NOVEMBER

If at all, we will all have it here by next
Sunday I only wish to emphasize how
wonderfully this country has been blessed
bv our Heavenly Father.
In wet weather, from November to
probably as late as May, our streets or
roadways were literally impossible, for
our city was then en- a rich 'brick clay
hill and the old citizens in those days en-
loved the "stalling" of country team in
the mud, even to the extent of having
wagon, mules and load all submerged out
of sight. Il have known this to be fact
About this time was the darkest hour,
that this state or country could witness.
Reconstruction of South Carolina was not
completed, she was in the throes of deep
est agony and humiliation, sending back a
feeble defiance to the great power, which
she has since better understood, and which
Power has also learned a great lesson
from those naughty days; for firmly be-
| lieve there will never be again a forceful
| exhibition of national power, to overawe
or interfere with the domestic relations of
| any section of our great country. Indeed
| believe the people will be more diligent
than ever in this particular, for "eNpan-
SION is big word, and, coupled with
| ''centrpetal', might prove ominous for
| Democratic government. But this is slow
| work, in saving what | have to say of this
country; probably, had better defer for
another paper what has since happened to
| Spartanburg City and county.
Before close l would like to say, by
| way of information or by way of ''adorn-
ing a tale, that last Thursday was ''circus
day. We have one every year, and gen
| orally in November. Some of your read
ers may not have witnessed "circus day"
i in southern city; then they have idea
| of what it is like. The crowd might not
| distract or brighten him, for he may have
| seen crowds in cities and some way got
| used to them, but the "crcus crowd down
this way is a crowd, indeed, from way
back" as the boy would say. Imagine
| mixed crowd-white, black and yellow,
from every section of the surrounding
country, from 40 to 80 miles-"The Land
of the Sky contributing rgely-jostling
and crowding, standing and gazing around,
eating peanuts, cheStnuts, apples, ginger
| cakes and what -not-oblvious to all
earthly concerns except the prospect of
the coming parade The streets and
sidewalks are theirs, except an occasional
| movement by small policeman, which
this good crowd fortunately understands
is the law and order part of itself. Four
| thousand was Il very conservative estimate
of this crowd last Thursday. We had not
| an accident, not an arrest, not a drunken
| man on the streets or any where else, so
far as or the chief Of police have heard,
and why? There was nothing to stimulate
or excite. The dsI cnsaries were closed,
the Blind Tigers were out of sight.
| Whiskey was scarce. The good people
got what they came for, viz: sight seeing
and a day off, and before p. m. the
streets were as quiet as usual. This state
of affairs never existed in this county be-
fore the "dispensary law" became opera
| tive.
But fear | am imposing upon your
space and interest.
| Very sincerely,
A. j. GwyNN.