Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-04-10
CHARLES DEVELOPING.


Charles County is getting to b,
better known everywhere in the
State than IL was in the years gone
by when people looking for homes
gave this section wide berth because
Of the mistaken impression, created
In some instances by our own citi-
zens that Charles county was a low
fat country where mosquitoes and ma
lara made nie not worth the living,
but in addition thereto, because some
so-oalled abest citizens" were defeat
cd for election to offices to which
they aspired il went out far and wide
that negroes dominated the affairs
Of the county to such an extent that
it was NO it place for white man to
live in. Now, hsppily, such false
impressions and false statements hav-
ing been disproyen so often, the
county is beginning to "look up" and
every lay or so there II recorded a
deed to some home or investment
seeker, who has been induced to
come into the county and, after find
ing that conditions sere so different
from what had been represented un-
hesitatlngly bought farms. The fol-
lowing from the Baltimore News
shows how we are advancing, not
withstanding disgruntlsd and defeat
cd demagogues. who, because Of their
inability to control affars did not
hesits to to besmirch their own home;
The News article says
"Charles county is rapidly develop
ing, says Southern Maryland resi-
dent. During the last few years
many strangers have come IN and
bought homes, and farm values have
consequently risen. No longer can
lands be found as low as 90 per acre,
although there are yet many good
farms to be had at prizes ranging
from 80 to $40.
The demand has been particularly
directed toward the river fronts, and
they are fast being taken up and i'm
proved. Among the recent purchas-
ers is George II. Stevenson, promi-
nent in national agricultural circles,
who is now working his own farm
overlooking the Potomac, near Bel
Alton. Adjoining him is Rees HAw-
kins, who comes from Long Island,
and is enjoying life on a 750-ac-e
tract
q. Fl. Bishop, Of Baltimore, is an
other who is delighted with a water
front property, and ]. P. Poole, Of
South Carolina is a recent purchaser
W. ]. Gordon, who came from New
York sever al years ago, is making
money on his two fine farms at Pope'
Creek, ard there are many other
who are doing well. J. Bernard
Scott. formerly of Baltimore, ais,
spends part Of his time on his farm
here.
There are at least three things il
which Charles county is unsurpassed
by other ssctions Of Maryland, ant
they are important to the man VIII
wants to make his home upon TIL
farm and bis living out Of the soil :
she is close to the greatest market
OF the world, only few hours f'oR
Baltimore and Washington, and jus
a few hours farther from Philsdel
phia and New York; she has elina
tic condition that is delightful, neve
excessively cold, never oppressivel,
hot, and with growing season 0
200 days; and natural condition .
soil that is first class. While SOM
Of it may be run down and unpro
ductive, yet it takes but little to i'm
prove it, and in short time it cal
be made to produce alfalfa as fine a
that grown anywhere in the country
10 addition there is variety Of soiIs
ranging from heavy clay to Ugh
loan and sand, which psrmi,s Of tn
growing Of greater variety Of crop
than almost anywhere"