Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-06-28


Monday and Tuesday at VIII
mington's magnificent new
hosiery, the Hotel DUPONT.
and in showing Us the sights Of
their thriving city The dinner
given the editors at this beauti.
full hotel, one Of the best in
America. was an event that viii
long be remembered and inn
pressed upon the mind of the
senior editor Of The Democratic
Messenger, because of the
splendid entertainment and
especially because Of the senti-
ments Of unity Of purpose urged
upon the editors Of our PENN
sula by Mr.. Josiah Marvel.
President of the Wilmington
Chamber Of Commerce, and by
Judge George Gray, honored
and respected by Eastern Shore
men as we'll a. by Delawareans
Their speeches. and those of the
other speakers. had telling
effect upon the editors and will,
no doubt, have a guiding in
tluence upon the future course
of the newspapers of the PENN
sula.
We are satisfied that our good
friends. Metten. Carter. Bell,
and other newspaper men of
Wilmington, as well as the
members Of the Wilmington
Chamber Of Commerce. are
thoroughly unseliish in their
efforts to unite the business and
farming interests of the PENN
sula. for the benefit Of all sec
tions. The slogan Of the meet
ing was help one another
help to make the Delmarvia
Peninsula known in every Sec
ton Of our great country as the
land flowing with milk and
honey
II il recognized that we
should have better shipping
facilities: il is recognized that
we are not giving the proper
encouragement TO secure indus
tries which would give our peo-
pie more profitable employment
and it is a fact that we have
not blown our born as good and
strong for the Peninsula as we
should have done. and we re-
solved that henceforth we
would let ourselves he heard.
loud and strong in praise Of our
God favored land: not failing
to let the people OF the world
we reach with our papers know
that rare opportunities await
new settlers on the Peninsula.
and that the products Of our
farms. orchards and gardens
are not surpassed in quality in
the whole world In his speech
Judge Gray truthfully said
GEOGRAPHY and geographic
cal lines cannot separate a peo-
pie who are one at heart and in
feeling and in interest and in
the common wealth that unites
them. This is a unique section
Of our country great Pen
insula, for it is great PENN
sula that extends from Chris
tiana down TO the Virginia
Capes. between the Chesapeake
and Delaware Bays and Allan
tic ocean; it is remarkable
geographically and State lines
can't separate the people who
are dwelling on a portion Of the
worlds surface so marked for
community of interest as tins
Peninsula is marked for those
who dwell upon il.
cone Of the earliest settled
parts of the United States.it to-
day has population more
homogeneous south of Will
mington than perhaps any other
part Of our country. on are
descended from common ances-
tors, who speak the same Ian
guage, think the same thoughts,
brought up in the same tradi-
tions, fed upon the same litera-
ture as no other people on the
same area in this country have
ever been blest with. We un-
derstand each other better than
the people who live upon as
wide an area anywhere else
that | know Of, and there is no
reason why we should not come
together, act together, and in
all things try TO advance the
interest of this one great PEN
insular community am not
thinking about State lines
this one great peninsular COM
munity."