Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-07-02

town, possibly, is the Friends
ing House. This is on the OF
of EaSton, just a little city WI
the fair grounds and on a /
roadway.
To Talbot came the Quakers
were expelled from the settlement
the Quakers in New England
The visitors passed near the ia
on which is buried A. Dickinson,
was killed by Gen. Andrew Jackso
later President of United States.
Mother Of Governors"
Cambridge, the Mother of Gov
einors,' where Friday night was
spent. takes rank with other Eastern
shore towns as a real garden spot.
In recent years it was produced three
Governors Gov. Henry Lloyd, who
died recently; Gov. Phillips Lee Colds
borough and Coy. Emerson c. Har-
rington.
The touring from Cambridge to
Salisbury is devoid Of other than
local history The state road leads
through an old manor once owned by
the Lees of Virginia. Near to Del
aware line is the cid home of Patty
Common, the famous white woman who
three-quarters of a century, ago was
engaged in alluring free colored men
and women to her prison dwelling,
when they were shipped to the South
and there sold into slavery. Sharp
town. where the Nanticoke river was
crossed, was named for Governor
Sharp, the last OF the Colonial Cow
elnors. An interesting town near the
main thoroughfare between Sharp
town and Salisbury is Mardela
Springs. whose famous mineral waters
make their way through assures in
the rock OF Central Pennsylvania.
Salisbury is said by many to lead in
all Eastern Shore towns in thrift, en-
terprise and is miniature city. The
men who have contributed most to the
progress of Salisbury possibly have
been the JackSons. former Governor
Elihu F.. former Congressman viii
liam H.. and Senator w. p Jackson,
son of William H. jackson. The town
has had two disastrous fires. the first
in 1860 and the second in 1886. from
both of which il rapidly recovered.
The act creating the town was passed
by the General Assembly in 1882.
Quaint Princess Anne
Princess Anne. the reXt town visit
ed, brought calculations of surprise
and approval from the tourists be-
cause Of its flower gardens. its Co.
lonial homes and The neatness of it's
stores. though there are some eye
sores in the town. Somerset, of
which Princess Anne j. the county
seat. boasts of records which date
back from December II. 1865.
In 1912, according to the records.
Princess Anne became the county seat
of Somerset county and Snow Hill the
county town of Worcester County.
Among the county's most notable
contributions TO public activities in
other States We're Governor Lowe and
Governor Fletcher. both If whom were
executives of Missouri. From Somer-
set to North Carolina went the father
of President James X. Polk. To the
same ancestry Episcopal Bishop Polk,
who was also a general in the Con-
federate Army. and Senator Trustcn
Polk. of Missouri. trace their lineage.
Fish And Crab Metropolis.
CriSfield. where the party enjoyed
crab and fish dinner. was named FOR
John w. Crsield. who ranked for
many wears as the leader of the East
crn Shore bar. He was one of the
builders and president of the Eastern
Shore Railroad, from Delmar to its
terminus at Crisfeld. In this enter
prise he risked and lost his fortune.
The history of Somerset and Wor-
ceSter counties is replete with the
early history of the Presbyterian
Church in America.
A. early as 1861 Presbyterians in
Somerset county had been writing
home for a minister, and finally enc of
these appeals reached the Presbytery
of Laggan, in Ireland, where young
man had just been licensed to preach.
He heard the call and was quick to
respond.
In the absence Of documentary proof
to the contrary. PreSbyterians at
Snow Hill believe that he organized
that church and then continued his