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the other counties of southern Mary
land-Prince Georges, Charles, Calvert
and ST. Marys.
The native whites of native parentage
numbered 1896. the native whites of
foreign or mixed parentage 3,S75 and
the foreign born whites 3.255 The per-
centage of foreign-born inhabitants in
Anne Arundel is greater than in any
other county in the state excepting
Baltimore, where the percentage under
Arundel 1t was 81 In Calvert it was
three-tenths of l per cent. in Charles
less than ! per cent, in st. Marys 1 per
cent and in Prince Georges $40 per
cent. Germans, AuStrians and Russians
constitute the bulk of the foreign born
population of Anne Arundel.
* *
There is a larger preponderance of
males in the population of Anne Arun-
del than is usual in the agricultural
counties in the region of Washington,
the figures being 20,559 males and
1894 females. The whole number of
registered voters in the county was
11,041, slight decrease under the CEN
sus of 1900. The native white voters
of native white parentage numbered
5,O64. substantial increase over 1900.
The native white voters of foreign or
mixed parentage numbered 79S, the
foreignborn white voters were 1,644,
decrease under 1900, and the colored
vote was 3,51S, a marked decrease
under the previous census year
The total number of illiterate males
of voting age in Anne Arundel county
in 1910 was 1856, or 16 per cent, while
in 1900 the percentage was nearly 25.
The percentage of illiterates of voting
age of the whole number of such males,
for the state of Maryland was S.5. The
percentage in Anne Arundel is much
higher than in the northern and west
ern counties of the state, and lower
than in Calvert. "a per cent; Charles,
80 per cent; Prince Georges, "a per
cent: Queen Annes, 25 per cent; ST.
Marys, 3S per cent, and Worcester, 26
per cent. In Anne Arundel the native
white illiterates of voting age number
ed 275. the foreign-born Inhabitants
S1 and the number of colored
illiterates was 1890.
The number of inhabitants of the
county between the ages of six and
fourteen years, inclusive, was S,003,
and the number attending school 5000,
or rs per cent. The percentage of the
children of native white parents was
SJ.2: of the children of foreign born.
S4.S, and the percentage of colored
children in attendance at school was
63.3.
The approximate land area of the
county is 276.4SO acres, and the average
in farms, 20S,245. The improved land
in farms is 13O,127 acres. the woodland
in farms 1920, and other unimproved
lands in farms 9.S5S acres. AS is the
case in most of the southern Maryland
counties, there was less improved land
in farms in 1910 than 1900, but because
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with some abrupt changes in direction
goes to Hog Island point on Chesa-
peake bay. The eastern line of the
county runs in the bay, generally two
to four miles off the land.
At Upper Marlboro one is about two
miles from Anne Arundel county and
the railroad from Washington to Chess
apeake Beach crosses into Anne Arun-
del county three miles southeast from
Marlboro. In an air line Anne Arundel
county lies about twelve miles east of
the District line. Running eastwardly
through the county into Chesapeake
bay are Bodkin creek, a considera BILE
body of water, though it is called a
creek; the Magothy river. Whitehall
river, Severn river, South river Rhodes
river and West river. The number Of
creeks and branches draining into
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Bay of Chessopeack over and agains. fhe Isle of
Kent formerly called by the name Of Providence
by the inhabitants there residing and inhabiting
this yeare shall from henceforth bee erected into
Shire or County by the of AnnarIndell
County. And by that name hereafter to bee ever
called.
"Annarundell." as it was then spelled,
was named for Lady Anne Arundel,
wife of Cecilius. Lord Baltimore. The
lady was a strict and devout Catholic
and the name given the county was not
altogether pleasing to the inha bitants.
who were Puritans, and these Puritans
were the dominating element. In Octo-
ber, 1854, by an ordinance of the Puri-
tan commissioners of the county the
southern boundary of the county was
determined as being Mr. Marsh's
creek, commonly called oyster creek, y
and the name of the county was
changed to Providence. What those
ancients of 1854 called Oyster creek is
now Fishing creek. In 1856 the act of
1854 was revoked, the name Anne
Arundel was restored
X
The boundary between Anne Arundel
and Calvert, which had figured in the
dispute of 1854. became the subject of
= controversy in 1777. Commissioners
were appointed and the line deter
mined, but the question arose again in
1909 and the present line dividing the
counties was not established until 1925.
In 1853 there arose a contention as to
the boundary between Anne Arundel
and Baltimore counties, and this dis
pute was not adjusted until 1893. How
ard county was created a district of
Anne Arundel in 1888 and was erected
into county in 1850.
The boundaries of Anne Arundel are
irregular and difficult to follow in de-
tail without the aid of a map. 1t is a
long county, extending from the middle
of the Patapsco river at Baltimore.
south to Hog Island point, somewhat
over a mile north of Chesapeake Beach.
The northwest boundary dividing Anne
Arundel from Baltimore and Howard
counties runs from a. point in the
Patapsco river just south of Baltimore,
in a winding but southwesterly direc-
tion to the Patuxent river at Laurel
1t follows the line of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. There the line
dividing Anne Arundel from Prince
Georges turns southeast, following the
'Patuxent river about twenty-seven
miles to a point several miles below
Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges coun-
ty. Then the line dividing Anne Arun-
del from Calvert county turns east, and
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passing an ordinance for the reduction
of Lord Baltimore's province, the ap-
pointment of parliamentary commits
sioners for Maryland and Virginia. the
petition of the inhabitants of the Sew
ern and of North Patuxent to these
parliamentary commissioners for Mary
land-Richard Bennett and William
Clairborne-for redress of their grev-
ances against Lord Baltimore, the
charge by Gov. Stone that the settlers
of Anne Arundel were drawing away
the people and leading them into fac
tion. rebellion and sedition against
Lord Baltimore" and the sanguinary
battle of the Severn between the troops
of the Baltimore government and the
Protestants of Anne Arundel make one
of the long and interesting chapters of
the history of Maryland.
During the period of the Cromwell
government in England Quakers set
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of the general appreciation IN asricul-
tural values considerable improved
land has been added to the farm area
since the last census.
The value of all farm property IN
Anne Arundel was set down in 1910 as
s16,6S9, ,931, which was greater than the
farm values of other Maryland counties
excepting Washington. Frederick. Car
value of the farm property OF Anne
Arundel in 1900 was $6.419.931. an in
crease in ten years Of 100 per cent The
value Of the land was set down at S1L.
242.sss; the value of the o nuiddlngs; 1a
domestic animals. poultry ana pees,
S1.049,359. The average value OF land
per acre in Anne Arundel county
was set down at the last census al
$500. while in 1900 its value was
placed at only SIZES per acre. Anne
Arundel land was appraised at hlsher
figure per- acre than land in any other
MARYLAND county. excepting the county
of Baltimore, the average value OF
land in that county being appraised at
$7317 per acre. The land of Frederick
county was appraised in even numbers
at $37 per acre; Carroll, $32; Howard
$34; Kent, 36; Montgomery, $46' WASH
s34; Prince Georges, s32; Hartford. s24;
Calvert. SO; Caroline, $29: Ailegany.
S14; st. Marys, S12; Worcester, Ill
Wicomico. $21; Garrett, SIS; Cecil US.
ana Charles, $lU.
Anne Arundel is one Of the straw
berry counties of Maryland and the
leader in that industry. Wicomico pro-
duces, in a favorable year. something
over 100000 quarts. Somerset, 4'ooo'-
600; Worcester, 100000. and Caroline.
100000. but the production OF Anne
Arundel is about 100000 quarts. Anne
Arundel is also one of the tobacco
counties. the production being about
2,5O0.OOO pounds on 1000 acres In
tobacco growing St. Marys county
leads, followed by Prince Georges,
Charles, Calvert and Anne Arundel. in
the order named.
Anne Arunders production of corn Is
about 100000 bushels a year from
go, 900 acres, which is not large yfeld
compared with Carrolfs 100000 bushel
crop, Baltimore's 100000 busheIs.
Fredericks 100000, Harford's 1000
900, Montgomery's 100000 and WASH
ington's 100000 bushel yield.
Anne Arundel stands well up in the
list of orchard counties of Maryland.
having over 100000 orchard trees, a
greater number than any other county
excepting Washington. with 100000.
and Kent with 100000. 1t is also one of
the peach tree counties of the state.
In 1909 the total value of the crops
of Anne Arundel was $2,19S.000, which
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these rivers is very large. Running
northerly through a part of Anne
Arundel and emptying into Patapsco
river are the important streams, really
large estuaries of the bay. called Cur
tbs creek, Cat creek, Nabbs creek,
Stony creek and Rock creek.
In addition to Annapolis, the towns
and settlements of Anne Arundel coun-
ty are Brooklyn, Masonville, Fairfax.
East Brooklyn, South Baltimore. Pun
phrey, Iinthicum. Shipley. Friendship
Church. Wellham Cross Roads. Well
hams, Patapsco. Stony Run, Harmans.
Severn, Odenton, Academy Junction,
Woodwordville, Patuxent, Glenburnie,
Saunders, Marley. Armige, Jacobsville,
Lakeshore, Mount Carmel Elevation.
Pasadena, Earleigh Heights, Robinson,
Arundel Beach, Round Bay. Allenville.
Jones, Revell. Arnold, Winchester, ST.
Margarets, Skidmore, Cedar Grove, Ben
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THE GOVERNORS HOUSE. ANNAPOLIS.

more than $500 people-was $500. and
the rural population 31,S42. The whole
urban population of the county dwells
in Annapolis.
The white population of the county is
1896 and the colored population
14,136, the white population showing
an increase in the last census period
and the colored population a decrease.
The colored population was 80 per
cent of the whole in 1900 and 36 per
cent of the whole in 1910. This decline
in the ratio of colored to white in
habitants is going on in, all the coun-
ties of southern Maryland and in all
the Virginia counties that border on
the Potomac river.
The percentage which the colored
population bears to the total Is lower
in Anne Arundel than in any one of
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tied in Anne Arundel county. Numbers
of them settled around Herring creek.
Rhodes river, South river, the Severn
and Broad Neck. Mr.. Warfield, in his
Founders of Anne Arundel" writes:
The Quakers had meeting houses in
every section of Anne Arundel county.
AT their meeting house at West river
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Quite a stream of settlers came to the
Severn river neighborhood in 1649 and
1850. and the natural growth of popu-
lation was supplemented by non-con
formist immigration during subsequent
years In 1850 settlers were taking up
lands on and close about the site of
Annapolis and the section was called
Middle Neck Hundred. Settlement OF
the South RIVER, Rhodes river, West
river and Herring Creek neighborhoods
of what was to be Anne Arundel
county began in 1850.
The conflict or conflicts between the
Puritans of the Anne Arundel section
and the government of Lord Baltimore.
the action of the English parliament in
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GLIMPSE OF ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.

there is still well preserved grave
yard. To their meetings came the
Galloways, Murrays. Richardson's.
Chestons, Joneses, Chews, Hookers,
Lawrences, Birkheads ana many others
of the influential families who later
Joined the Episcopal Church. 1t was
in their meeting houses that George
Fox was gladly received, when, dur
ing that remarkable visit, he won over
the stanch Puritans into jealous Quak-
ers Gov. Fendall, who had ordered
them to be banished. had to depart the
province himself. but the gentle Quak-
won friends, and, like the nom
conformists. did pretty much as they
pleased, yet still held their faith and
kept their hats OH. In fact, the prov
ince was the refuge for all kind of rebels.
Gov. Fendall was banished to Vir-
ginia, but returned and defended him
self with such ability he was acquitted,
and he left descendants who became
leaders in the families of Maryland
In the Narratives of Early Mary
land" compiled and edited by Clay
ton Colman Hall of the Maryland His
torical Society. it is said that before
the grant by Charles II to William
Penn, in 1881, of the charter of Penn
sylvania. many members OF the Society
of Friends, or Quakers, had availed
themselves of the religious liberty
established in Maryland to- settle in
that province. Scant hospitality had
been given these people in the other
chusetts banishing them from that
colony and barbarous punishments
were prescribed should any of those
banished return. By Massachusetts
law of 1858. banished Quakers. return
ing. were liable to the death penalty.
and John Fisk. in his work, The Be-
ginnings of New England" sets forth
that in 1859 members of the Society of
Friends were hanged on Boston Com
mon.
Under Gov. Fendalfs administration
in Maryland there was an order of the
council which weighed against the
Quakers. but 1T was not law of the
province. and Fendalrs regime was
brief. A law of Maryland required that
every settler should take the oath of
fidelity to the lord proprietor and that
every man capable of bearing arms
should be enrolled in the militia and
provided with arms and ammunition.
The order of the council was that any
settler refusing to comply with these
requirements should be banished from
the province and for returning after
such banishment should be whipped
from Constable to Constable until he
was out of the province"
The Quakers refused to take the
oath of fidelity or to enroll in the mi
litia. and the charge was made against
them that they dissuaded others from
military service. and from serving as
witnesses and jurors. 1t does not ap-
pear from the records that the penalty
of whipping or even banshment was
imposed upon any Quaker.
The journal of George Fox, the
founder of the Society of Friends is
one of the interesting documents of
history. and in the course of that jour-
: nal he tells of two general meetings
held. one at West river. in Anne Arun-
del county. and the other in Talbot
county, shortly after his arrival In
Maryland from Jamaica and before his
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Washington's NeighbOrs--AnneA Arundel C

OUNTY Played Part in the Maryland Main fPonees
~ From Virginia. Many Observation-Disclosures Differences Of the
CotyPoducts
Townue of Farm Popey-One of the Strawberry Raising Cneson
Mining of Yesterday andT Today-Th Soils.
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and a subsequent grant of more than
500 acres on the north side of the
Severn, opposite what later came to be
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
NEW YEARS BALL AT
OSCEOLA CLUB.

The New Years ball at the Osceola
club, always one of the most elab-
crate entertainments of the winter
and which will be given this year on
the evening of Monday, January 1,
will be distinguished by much bril-
liancy. The entertainment committee
comprises Mr.. C. E. Dobson, Mr.. T.
j. Hanlon, Jr., and DR.. c. Ray Nit
chell. Among the patronesses of the
evening are Mrs. w. A. Blount, Mrs.
J. A. Merritt, Mrs. C. w. Lamar, Mrs.
r. H. Turner, Mrs. Gus Eitzen, Mrs.
f. R. Malone, Mrs. E. c.. Maxwell,
Mrs. ]. S. Reese and Mrs. C. Ray Nit
chell and Mrs. H. C. Muslin.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
ENTERTAINED AT BUNCo
SATURDAY.

Misses Marion and Margaret An
derson entertained few friends Sat
urday morning at Bunco at their
home. Those playing were Misses
Elmira and Gladys Bell, Mabel Pfeit-
fer, Lucille Gray, Lucille Sellers, Ros-
allie Sellers, Lucille Robson, Viola
Roche, Ruth Wells, Nell Yates, Ruth
and Kathleen Van Pelt, lima Graham
Marie Jones, Vivian Mcclellan, Nelds
Taylor, Marion and Margaret Amber
son, Geraldine Borras and Clotilde
D. Lustro. The first prize was wor
by Miss Irna Graham and the con-
ISOLATION by Miss Viola Roche.
A plate luncheon was served anc
each player was presented with mar
cissus.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31

The tiSle of year is again drawing
near when the university makes spe-
cial effort to help the teachers of
the state in tie review courses Of
fered by the Teachers college and
Normal school. These review courses
will begin the Sd of January, and
may be entered any time after that
date. All subjects required for the
county and state certificates are COW
cred by these courses, and many
teachers who have not yet Sc
cured the certificate they seek, or are
behind in certain subjects, take adj
vantage of this excellent opportunity
to raise their grade in those subjects
IN which they are deficient, or to OBJ
tain higher certificate. They are
greatly facilitated in this work by
the fact that each student receives
special and individual attention suit
ed to bis particular needs. Students
may enter any time after the Sd of
January aad find classes going on
that will be of interest to them, as
special care is taken to see that the
/ work meets the requirements of each
individual and that the courses of
! fered are especially suited to meet
the needs of the young men taking
them.
These courses are given by men
who are well acquainted with the
needs of the teachers of the state and
have had long and broad experience
along these lines. Some of these
men who give them courses have
spent years in the successful training
of teachers and are especially well
qualified for this work
Special effort is made each year to
reach the young men whose schools
are out at this time, or will be out
during the early spring, and through
these review courses, to assist them
in better preparing themselves for
their chosen profession of teaching,
or in attempting to raise the grade
of their certificates and the stand
ard of their work. Every facility of
the state university is at the COM
mand of these students, and will be
used in assisting them in every pos
sible way.
There is no expense whatever at
tached to these courses except for
board and lodging.
instruction for County Agents.
Director Rolls of the agricultural
extension division of the university,
has arranged a new method of in
struction and aid for the county dem
onstration agents in certain districts
of Florida. During the holiday sea-
son, the professors of the various de-
partments of the College of Agricul-
ture are spending several days with
agents who are just beginning service
in the demonstration work. Profess
sor w. L. Floyd, assistant dean and
professor of horticulture, will go to
Palm Beach county to spend a few
days with Mr.. r. N. Wilson, the new
agent for that county. They will
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

make a general survey of the citrus
and truck industry of the county and
outline plans of work in this section
that show promise of best results in
the future. Professor Floyd will also
go further down the state to Miami
and other sections for investigating
purposes.
Doctor j. E. burlington, professor
of agronomy, will go to Fort Myers.
where he will be joined by Mr.. j. M.
Boring, the agent in charge of that
county. Together, they will investi-
gate the truck industry and general
farming lands of the county, visiting
down the county as far as Estero and
out to Fort Thompson and Immoka-
lee.
Professor c. L. Willoughby, of the
department of animal husbandry,
will 90 to Jackson county to assist
Mr.. S. W. Hiatt who has recently
come to that county from Escambia
county. Farmers meetings will be
held at Greenwood, Cottondale and
other central points, with a view to
encouraging this section in general
farming and live stock production.
Director Rolls feels that this sole
of work on the part of the university
staff at Gainesville will be in the ma
ture of short school of instruction
for the citizens of the different coun-
ties, and will serve to show them how
to use the facilities of the college of
agriculture and the experiment sta
ton to the best advantage.
The College of Law.
A continuation of discussion of
1.-THE Rights of Pupils in Public
Schools, by Dean Harry R. Trusler,"
appears in the December issue of the
American School Board Journal.
For the past few weeks the seniors
of the College of Law have been busy
trying cases in Common Law Plead
ing, Professor Clifford W. Crandall
acting as Judge. Members of the
junior class have been employed as
witnesses and jurors. Next Semes-
ter, the seniors also will handle
equity and criminal cases in the Prac-
tice court. This work, In connection
with the courses on Florida civil
practice, affords the law students ex-
tensive training in the trial of cases.
The student enrolment of the state
law school is now larger than any an
nual enrolment of the past The jun
ior class is decidedly larger than any
junior class has ever been before.
While the great majority of the law
students are Floridians, expecting to
practice in this state, yet students
are enrolled from states as distant as
New York, Illinois, Wyoming and
Panama. Of the incoming claEs alone;
eighteen men have enjoyed one or
more years of college training and
seven have received academic degrees.
Thirty members of this class have
engaged in some substantial business
or occupation before entering upon
the study of law.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
SONG SERVICE AT
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

A song service of more than US
ual interest and beauty will be given
at the First Presbyterian Church on
Sunday night. The choir will be as
sisted by large chorus, the Spanish
Trail male quartette, and Miss NAL
lory, violinist. The services will be-
gin promptly at 1880 o'clock. Doors
of the church will be opened at
o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited to worship with us in this serv-
ice of song. Following is the pro-
gram:
Organ Voluntary, March of the
Magi," (Buck)-Miss Laney.
Prayer.
Neutrality-suspicious..
Anthem, Bethlehem" (Barlett)-
Mr.. Garfield and chorus.
Psalm.
Solo, "The Light of the World
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-31
Mr.. RUFUS JONES
ON SIOUX CITY TRIBUNE.


Mr.. Rufus Jones, who for a short
time engaged in newspaper work in
Pensacola, and was later secretary
of the Pensacola Chamber of Com
merce, has a great many friends in
this section of the state, who will
learn with interest of his connection
with the Sioux City Tribune, as a
member of its editorial staff. Since
leaving Pensacola, Mr.. Jones has been
with some of the leading newspapers
of the country, among which are the
Montgomery Advertiser and the Ok
ahoman, of Oklahoma City. His
friends here will congratulate him on
his connection with the Tribune,
which is one of the leading news
papers of the west.