Milford chronicle., 1916-10-27
INTIMATE SKETCH OF
JOHN G. TOWNSEND
"A Sussex Countian" Tells of the Re-
publican Candidate For Governor.

In the extreme southeastern part Of
this state lies Baltimore hundred, so
named because it was part of the state
of Maryland in the old days, and un-
der the dominion of Lord Baltimore.
Until the railroad came in 1874 there
was no town in the hundred of any
Importance. but with the advent of
the railroad came Selbyville, and now
the latter town vies with Bridgeville
as the greatest strawberry shipping
point on the Delaware division.
The progress of American men and
American ideas is beyond compare.
You wake up in the morning and To-
town is built, you count only few
years and the boy of yesterday that
was only getting twelve and one-half
dollars a month has grown into the
well-to-do business man of today, and
become the dominating factor of his
neighborhood.
John G. Townsend, Jr., was born
May 81, 1871. He was a poor boy.
Most Sussex County boys are poor
boys. He picked up an education; the
kind that is picked up usually sticks.
He thought to become a telegraph op-
orator, and that failed him, and into
the woods he went to chop and to saw,
and behold, the woodchopper of yester
day became the lumber dealer of to-
day, and nowhere is a better Judge Of
lumber found that John G.. Townsend.
The large and fiOurishing canneries at
RehobOth and Georgetown are SUBJ
stantial examples of his genius and
His father. of the same name, early
took an interest in strawberries.
Young John did the same, and under
his care and nurture grew the refrig-
Grating cars and the preserving bus
mess, and in combination with the rails
ing OF Strawberries have assumed un-
dreamed of proportions. All this
John G. Townsend was growing. In
his home locality, in the county seat.
le has grown into a man of affairs.
Wen consulted him as to matters Of
business. His judgment was good
lis opinions respected. He was made
PRESIDENT of the Baltimore Trust Com
'any that located at Selbyville, with
branches at Bridgeville and Camden.
ii with drawing deposits and a -four
5hlng balance. He has served as a
tate director of the Farmers Bank
Or many years, and has been a repre-
in the General Assembly
rom Baltimore hundred.
1t has not been as a politician that
e has won his way. True it is that
e has been a Republican, tried and
'ue, with Republican principles deep
lngrained in his nature, but as a
lsiness man he has won his way.
IAN whose word is as good as his
)nd, who gives a promise and keeps
with the same keen sense of right
hen dealing with the poor as with
e rich.
The enterprises which he has es-
blished in Sussex County have dis
ibuted much ready cash among the
'ople and been productive of much
'od. 1t can be said without fear Of
ntradictiOn that within the past ten
ars no man has contributed more to
e material wealth and advancement
Sussex county than John G. Town
nd, and that is the reason why in
is Republican State Convention he
ceived the unanimous vote of the
ssex county delegation.
John G. Townsend is a moral man
d a religious man. OF the beauty
his married life and his wife and
children there need nothing be
Id. He represented the Methodist
iscopal Church in its general con-
ntion of 1912 at Minneapolis. Like
Ter busy men he finds opportunity
do things. and his life is replete
IN good deeds and neighbOrly acts.
yer so busy but he can do a kind
thing for a man. and this is the
n whom the Republican party has
minated for the Office of governor;
nan careful, conservative and trust
rthy, and with all. a representative
the plain people of Sussex.