The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-31
HCKyONS
RECORD

When MIR Jackson began his strug-
gle for a position in the world OF bust
ness he was endowed with deter
mination that would tolerate no fall
ure. His field was narrow, his oppor-
tunities were limited, his capital was
small and his chief capital when he
started his battle for success was his
brains and energy, His father had
given him and his brother, +. T. Jack
son, small farm II was the iounda-
ton oil his success He realized that
the farm was too small and its soil
too exhausted to yield more than a
livelihood, and scant livelihood at
that. He looked for broader oppor-
tuni,ies, aud added stock raising to
his operations. He bought and sold
cattle and horses from which his in
come increased with each year He
learned that the Eastern Shore was
the real Paradise on earth and that
life here was far more profitable than
anywhere else
There was another Jackson who was
endowed. like MIR VIM III. Jackson,
with brains and energy, the late Mr..
f. f. Jackson. former governor of
Maryland. Ills opportunities, too,
were limited He left the home farm
when youth. aud after accommodating
$500 by operating a thrcshlng machine.
he vcnturcd into a mercantile enter
prise in Dclmlr. in small way. He
prospcrcd aud outgrew the village. In
searching for wider field he was at
tracted by Salisbury, but hardly had
he established himself in business there
before he found himself hampered by
a lack OF capital. Mr., w II Jackson.
who had come back to Maryland, add
ed his capital to that OF his brother
II at was the beginning OF the firm OF
JACKSON Bros.
Mr.. w. II. Jackson has mad" Sails
bury the centre Of his lumber enter.
pl.se. Through his industry it has
been transformed in less than quar-
ter OF a century from a village into 4
thriving town of 1000, and through
this one mans enterprise and public
spirited devotion Il is still growing and
will continue 10 grow as long as his
hand is At the helm
What would Salisbury be without
Mr. lackson2 Its lumber interest,
which has long been So profitable to
many farmers and mill men, in almost
every instance. secured its original
capital through Mr. Jackson liberal
ity
During the winters oi 1889 and 1900.
when there was \ distinct failure OF
crops and business was generally de-
pressed. Mir Jackson literally carried
lumbrrmcn and people needing help
through that disastrous period He
established. for the sole purpose o.
giving employment to the girls OF the
town. q large shirt factory, capable OF
employing several hundred needy per
sons. This factory went through an
experience OF financial disaster by
reason III incxpcrcncc and bad man
agcmcnt and was threatened with a
general suspension.
The result of its shut down was so
disaatrous To- the labor that was left
urcn ploycd that Mr.. Jackson assumed
all the debts oi the institution. reor-
gani7cd it aud is now conducting II
practically under his own management.
In establishing his large planning mill
at Salisbury Mir Jackson considered
the working people Of the community
at a large expense Of the profit OF his
business He can make saving 81
10000 To- $4,000 year, in freight
and other charges, by moving his plan
ING mills 10 the South but he refuse
10 do So. saying that hc is under obli-
cations Ia the men ard women who
have for 50 many years depended upon
this employment to continue II aS long
as he is able
When the town OF Salisbury was
burned in 1890. people were paralyzed
nv its utter ruin aud the uncertainty oI
rebuilding Mr.. VIM II Jackson
promptly took the initiative, and is re-