Evening journal., 1912-05-09
Mr.. Miller Shows That
Roads Bring Benefit


Toastmaster Marvel said:
q must explain to Senator Sproul
that the reason why we Anglo-saxons of
SUSSEX. county have tried, to forget our
Anglo-Saxon kinsmcn OF Lancaster
county il that we are a very prosperous
pecplc. and the causes of his claiming
kinship with us now comes TO me for
Che reason that only a few days ago, at
one of our very well known girls schools
the children were asked to bring in COM
positions regarding the Mayhower, and
the people who came over in it. One
especially / read. Il went on TO explain
the starting, the descent against the
religion and proceeded TO explain that
they entered into a boat and went over
to Leyden in Holland and stayed for
awhile before they found so many
other children becoming Dutch that they
went back to England. We have not
claimed kinship with those children
since"
"Some years ago some of you will
remember, some of you older ones. that
there was a dispute between Lord Balti-
more and William Penn as to which was
Delaware and which was Maryland. At
that time Baltimore claimed the line OF
MARYLAND to run up through George
town in Sussex county. My ancestors
then took up ground at that point un-
der old King George aud have remained
there ever since When the dispute be
tween Lord Baltimore and William Penr
became a little acute they referred it tC
Mason and Dixon to survey it to sec
where the Delawareans and the Mary
landers should divide. There is a ira
dition that a Jug of whiskey SO affect
ed the calculations of Mason and DixoI
that they made an actual mistake O
where the line was, and that this mis-
take resulted in our getting about 2
miles of of Maryland, causing the Inn
to run down into Delmar, so that tha
part of it is now in Sussex county wher'
/ was born So it seems that by a lul
of whiskey / became Delawarean an
not a Marylander However, II woul'
not have been SO bad for Sussex conn
tian to be a Marylandcr because ther
are good things in Maryland foun
one there myself | had occasion quit
few years ago to go to Salisbury NOR
or less Often | was accused OF goln
more than less. ] knew that country wei
as IL was I5 years ago / have in m
minds eve now most clearly from tim
to time as / go there now, I drive on
across the Eastern Shore from Salisbur
to various points and you men tina
have not been there cannot realize tn
change in the country in three, four q
live years that is most certainly al
tributable to good roads they have bui
in the community.
Il could 20 ON anc make this speec
for Mr. Miller, but ! would place hin
fear. very much in the position OF
man who had a horse that was sicl
Very bad throat Could not breathe. I
saw a veterinarian and he prescribed
gill of a very fine powder, fill gas piI
fun and blow Il down the horses throa
He secured the powder and the pipe an
treated the horse The next mornir- II
veterinarian inquired for the horse. I'll
mans wife said, The horse is all righ
but John is very sick this mornin;
What is the natter He got the med
cine, filed the gas pipe, and put 1t
the horses mouth, but the blamed hor
blowed first
so that in order that ! may not mai
Mr.. AIiller's speech, it gives me gre
pleasure to introduce Mr.. Walter
Miller of the Eastern Shore OF Mar
land"
Mr.. Miller Immediately launched in
his speech and won his auditors by
fiery eloquence.
"AIr President, Gentlemen OF {
Board of Trade OF Wilmington, and I
old Sussex county neighbors; ! am 81
to be with you," he said. u have liste
ed with great deal of interest and mu
pleasure and benefit TO your toastmai
cr's eloquence, to your mayors We
proper remarks about the citizenship
Wilmington and the State OF Delawa
and Senator Sprouts valuable cont
button to the purposes OF the meeting.
was particularly pleased with his homo
remark obout the pride of citizensh
] owe you an apology. gentlemen,
not being a blue hens chicken, but WI
YOU remember that was not RESPONSE
for the place OF my nativity, ] am 81
that you will excuse me.
q have, however gentlemen, the hol
and tbr pleasure Of being your next DE-
neiqhbor. belong to that part of Ma
land where the pure old Anclo-Sa1
stock which W r. toastmsster has
eloquently spoken OF is, and | can O
say in Affirmation OF all that he
said of the people OF Sussex county, l
aware, that they are my neighbors, ,
with due respect TO the city of v
mington and other places, would
exchange them for any ncighbors tina
know.
Il am peculiarly interested in this s
ect, as il relates TO those neghbors
mine. lam also interested in the lar
advantage that will necessarily accrns
all of the people of this State and "
them the people OF other states as the