The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-01-21
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1 lures WE'LL" said the guest, FL
/ have met Your kind before, Int !
never before met one who carried his
sample with him. = -
Before the county was established
! It's land had furnished two members
of Congress from the part which IS
now Freedom distyict Elias Brown
and Peter Little. Col. Joshua Gist OF
1 BeeNQlp iQparlE tqply, ana r brother Of
General M6rdecai Gist was one Of its
settlers, and II had given birth to
! Francis Scott Key, whose name viii
/ be remembered and whose song Will
sissas wsssts gll6eshE3 iafsl.'ht ne
4 free and the home of the brave
The taxable basis Of the county
4 m,,lS40, was ts4. 74s,gO0QQ, tpdayfl 81
round numbafs II IN ssqhoO.p0O Ih'he
CAST. census Show n gbpeldiios "
i sos free eolored, and 1922 slaves BY
i 1860 the white population had in
creased to 22525, tie free colored TO
/ 1925, and the slaves been reduced 10
/ 7S3 These figures indicate that the
slave question would have been SET
+ tied IN our county without the aid Of
civil war.Our fathers we're .shrewd
enough 10 find slavery did not pay,
and very little is had 20 do wth any
thing in Carroll county that does not
pay.
When the British threatened 20
capture Baltimore IN 1914 the fun ls on
+ It's Commercial aud Farmers Bank
were removed 10 Westminster for
safety This early recegHtiiop pthoar
ability 10 take care 81 money no doubt
led TO the formation IN 1916 Of the
Bank OF Westminster, now known as
siie,ilirg}n Natsoa3l BHuiss Huaf wa en-
has never missed q dividend, aud 90
the early daya not only paid itA regu-
lar dividends, but frequently an ex-
ftra bne ofR0 per cent II was the only
hank IN the county when Il was or
qanized. today ste have 81 Baul ann
Trust t'omfaiiies. with fegaufcts an
p9cxiilarng siJ, 0G0 coo Whsn ycu
realize the cuaiuty'a people are aver
agt men and women It's per capita
wealth ~ represented bY our hDnk' -
amazing. hoing alfout Sf3s Tor every
man, woman aud child When you ada
10 .thtI 2t090000 the value OF our
1850 farms, and the stocks and bonds
and morigage8. locked W. IN the safe
depugit boxes, the amount 81 which
no one Will ever know. the wealth %
our people becomes astounding and
defy you 10 find county la Mary
land. yea. purely agricultural conn-
ity IN the United states with O per
capita wealth equal to ours
And what Of the people whose
labor has mnde the hills and Valley
nj this lapd hlosEuu IKE Eauirn Z or
what racial siock do these men hpd
: women come who have IN a short
time dug an this weniih from ihf
aoll? We lnigitt say 81 two totally dias
simleT clayses. TIE opposite 81 each
other III racial charaeteriatica ana
h4hug. Thpst that came over the
fp6nnsVlvhnia hine were accustomed @
fhard WORK. 10 frugal LIVING. they we're
OF the Puritablcsl type 81 NeB kpg
land and brplglF with' Them fli1ee
traUs IN charlotte which were bbtind
10 result In y dHpBperpus people Few
II hhy'm giient had slaves and the or'
dunus labor oGihc aclds Wag perform
i Hditv thaif iamiIMe toe ehifag ard
women wnrkldR slide by side with ihe
mon Thirty aearH ago ! saw for tbs
ari8 time. hrdr Westminster. q white
woman n waEl In tie Eelds and was
toId thnt fhlsl yaits the tnstom in. thf
Northern parK OF the county. and that
/ nj Manphanot district, not only was
Il observed aH that smoke would ho
fnnna tamng only from the three
houses. 0atside III the Inwn, 10 which
the German language was not splkeh,
or the Democratic ticket voted, ln The
Southern part o. the county the set
tiers were Of different strain ~
blood. with d different mode Of living
They were OF the Cavalier type. some
bcinR OF the blood OF those Failaut
gentlemen who followed gaiiy and died
gladly for Charles l. They had their
slaves. lived welt and got much en-.
loyment out OF life, and ! have heard
many stories Of visits by friendR ana
relatives from the Valley and Bait
more city. who accompanied by their
servants. would spend weeks. giving
up the days and nights TO pleasure
aad TO iuy
i THE original traces Of land N the
county had hGen taken W by men Nv
ing At Il diAtbnce, who divided them
and sold part4 TO actual settlefa Thus
we had no manor with tta tendai
rights. the nearest hpproach 20 onehe-
Ing Springfield, the home o. william
Patterson. upbn whose 1000 acres Nc
fikeh N liaNiig, his fields being TILED
by his 500 slafus II was from Spring
heid that Elitaoefh his head strong
and nnruiy haaghter, went TO her
fate She had iinsihted upon attending
the ball given In Baltimore TO Jerome
Bopapane IN 1903, which not meet
ing with her old fashioned fathers
approval. he had locked her NJ IN her
room. This did not deter her, for she
buudeled her ball dress and clothes
together and In the shade " evening,
by the aid OF her slave boy, ESCAPED
from the upper story, mounted her
horse hiden In the park, and followed
nv her boy on mule. carrying her
clothes. rode gaily and buddy down
the LIBERTY Road 10 Baltimore town
ana met her future husband Of the
tbaiI she HAD afterwards n very IN
hapiy life, AS we all know from his
4 tory, was estfanged from her family
4 was not received NJ the Court Of Mas
poleon. who later annullea her mar
rage, aud years afterwards wheh
snrineHeld Was, owned by her brother
George, ia unhappy old woman coul'
occasionally BE seen. walking IN sad
! w. II. 2 'ls.sa.4 tba ItfIla nfH