Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-07-08
FORMER RESIDENT
VISITS OLD HOME
A Lady Now Resident of Weldon,
North Carolina. Tells of Her Recent
Visit TO the Eastern Shore Of Md.

Mrs. Mary Vincent Bounds, a native
of Worcester County, who has been
living at Weldon, n. c., for a num-
ber of years, recently paid q visit to
relatives in Somerset, Worcester and
Wicomico Counties. On returning
home she wrote of her trip for the
Roanoke News" as follows:
81 left Weldon Monday, May %,
for Salisbury. Maryland, via Nor
folk, Old Point Comfort and Cape
Charles. Having been several years
since | passed through this section
of Virginia and Maryland, | preferred
the day trip, so spent the night in
Norfolk. Promptly at S:l4 Tuesday
A. NJ, the steamer "City of Balti
more" left the n. Y. p. & n. wharf.
She steamed quietly out of this Won
derful harbor, for Norfolk is well
known for its extensive harbor for
both foreign and domestic ships.
"Just out from the harbor is the
great naval base, built at cost of
several million dollars, by the Uni
ted States Government.
"Old Point Comfort scarcely seems
the same. since the hotel Chamber
lain was destroyed by fire. 1t occu-
pied a commanding position to sea
voyages. We arrived at Cape Charles
around ~ NJ, and were soon en- route
for Salisbury by rail. The n. y. p. K
n. passes through a beautiful agri-
cultural section, potatoes being the
main crop in Virginia. Pocomoke City
the first stop in Maryland has re-
Gently been almost destroyed by fire.
81 learned the people are already
preparing to build greater and more
modern city. From Pocomoke City
up to Salisbury, we pass through
wonderful trucking section, strawber-
ries being the principal money crop.
The picking and shipping season was
at its height and the growers of ber-
ries were "all smiles" as the prices
were abnormally good. Around Mar
ion Station, a small community in
Somerset County, the crop was esti-
mated to have netted over 100000.
Strawberries grown on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, are of the finest
for table use. 1t was my good for
tune to be served three times day
with some of the finest that ever
graced the Queens table. Ny hostess
knew the varieties by name, saying
these are Chesapeake, others Candy,
etc. They all seemed very delicious
to me. My stay in Salisbury was
cut short by an invitation to visit
Berlin, in Worcester County, Md.
There were plenty Of strawberries, as
well as other good things in Berlin,
so hadn't lost anything in that line
by the change. Automobiling in this
section is up to high water mark, as
the state highway connects all the
principal towns and cities. Berlin is
situated on the Ocean City Branch of
the Baltimore, Chesapeake and At
lantic railroad. 1t has a number of
pretty homes with spacious lawns,
well kept, and one of the largest and
best equipped hotels on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. This is made
possible by patronage from Ocean
City, only eight mises distant lby
stone road and less by railroad. Ber-
lin is a town of less than l 800 in
habitants. The extensive growth of
shrubbery is perhaps augmented and
inspired by "Harrison's Nurseries,
which own and occupy miles and miles
of real estate, covered with all kinds
of shrubbery and evergreens. They
are also called the largest fruit tree
growers in the world. 1t was my
privilege to drive through part of the
evergreen and shrubbery section.
chaperoned by Mr.. A. P. Collins, one
of the managers, who described the
planting, cultivation, etc. My host
and hostess, Mr.. and Mrs. f. p. Down.
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