Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-10

OF people. The volume OF business In
industries IL said to aggregate n total
OF some $S,o00.0o0.
Tho Cambridge s Scaford railroad
gives a direct route to Wilmington
and New York, and intersects the
baltimore. Chesapeake & Atlantic
railroad at Hurlock. giving quick time
TO Baltimore. There are two passen-
ser trains daily, each way, besides
tho freight trains. There Is also good
steamer service To Baltimore. Cam
bridge Is connected with the great
State road system 80 that travel by
automobile Is swift and plcasurabe
to all parts. Many notorious lines
make regular trips on schedule TO
Hurlocx, Claiborne, Salisbury and
other points.
Cambridge has four banking insti-
buttons, all strong and fiourishing.
two national banks. n trust company
and one State bank. There are three
regular newspapers ISSUED IN the city:
the Democrat and News. an up-to-date
weekly: the Cambridge Record a
thrice-a- week chronicle of events. and
WV 1sshN ''ahiitis Ntb
ute courier.
Cambridge. though a very healthful
locality. has three hospitals. the Cam
bridge Hospital. situated on n beauti-
full site overlooking the Choptank
river on the eastern end of the town.
the Maternity Hospital. adjacent TO
Il. and the State Hospital for the In
sane, also on the river, mile or so
! from the city.
Cambridge Is a town with rather
exceptional market facilities, and the
proximity of the adjacent waters
brings an abundance of fish, oysters.
CLAIMS, wild fowl. in season. II is n
great shopping center for large
outlying rural district. A brickyard
and manufacturing company help
10 keep the price Of building materials
Mt reasonable figure, thereby en-
couraging building operations 1t is
the postal center for a largo part of
the county. The rural delivery men
carry the mails TO the remote sections
\ fine Federal postofiice has Just been
erected at the corner of High and
Church streets, that is a credit to the
town.
| Cambridge Is city " churches
| Almost every rellgi ous belief Is her,
represented. 81. Pauls NJ T. Church
on Maryland avenue; Grace NJ. Il
Church. South, Race and Muir streets
the First Baptist Church. Locus
street: Christ i. T.. Church. High an,
Church streets: the Holiness Church
South Rare street. and Zion NJ Il
Church on Locust and Mill streets, ar,
all substantial churches. Also Their
are three churches for the Colore,
people OF the community: Waugh
Chapel. NJ. T.: tho African NJ. L. an,
the Baptist Church. l; is indeed rar
to find a town with more imposing
church ediiices than are found In thi
city.
To find a more desirable place q
residence. a location better suited 1
all kinds OF manufacturing industries
a climate more salubrious and free
from extremes OF heat or cold. a peOpl
more sociable. more hospitSb5e. NOR
cultured and refined. Comnunit
with better advantages afforded l.
, churches. schools. markets would in
deed DE d!flicul; 10 find
! Cambridge Is indeed a fitting an
/. worthy meeting place for the fifty
fourth session OF The Wilmington Ar
nual conference OF the Method.
Episcopal Church. We. citizens OF tn
fair city. rejoice 20 be your hosts Il
the third time. 10 our city. 20 OF
i hearts. 20 our homes. W. bid 70
z welcome"
Mr.. Gunby publishes in the c,on.ei
, ence manual an interesting revie
o: the early church history Of Do
chester county and concludes as "a
2 lows
! A Methodist Church became a n,
cessity. The early converts OF u
!. new teaching were not cordially ?,
Ce.ved by other churches. The fir,
(, Methodist Church In Dorchester coui
a. was built on The south side
: church street between Mil and Hie
I streets. occupying the present sit,
Z on which the homes Of l.. e. Phillil
and Col Albanus Phillips now stan
= and running eastward two thirds
y the way toward the present postofiiC
This building was afterward sold. TOT
down and rebuilt on Gay street. al
is the present City Hall
,, In 1875 Zion Church was built {
; Race street on the 10; that lies b
j. tween the stores occupied hy Il
y Samuel Hubbard Hardware co. Al
that Of Cornwel. Bowdle & Co Tn
) structure was rebuilt in the early sc
Z. under the pastorate OF DR.. Z. L. Ho
fecker and was destroyed by FIRE
4 the summer OF 1910.
y The present beautiful and cor
modlous structure on Locust and NJ
IN streets was dedicated by Bish,
n Thomas p. Nicely. June l6 1912.
l' Was erected during the pastorates
: Rev. II. 7. Coursey and Dr.. Clinton
Is Wyatt John W. Fletcher. w.
y Wills, W. S. Hoddlnott. AIbanus Phi
lips and Thomas Bremen were Il
members % the building committee.
e The nrasans gfrrt,a,,.-.