Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-11
"SOME BY-PRODUCTS
OF LIFE"
BY EBEN HEARNE
No. 8

thing to know ones own mind and
that it is another thing to be able to
speak it. The occurrences that have
chosen to term by-products were num-
erous during the eighteen months I
spent as co-editor of our town paper.
One duty demanded of me, was the
necessity of taking trip to Baltimore
about every six weeks. During those
trips, had a chance to combine bust
ness with pleasure-calling upon old
advertisers and soliciting business
from new advertisers-thus retaining
old friends and making new ones. The
visits coupled with the pleasure of
visiting various parts of the city not
ing new buildings, new developments
and new municipal improvements, lit
orally thus causing every new day to
bring a new thrill. To small town
dweller, city possesses a fascination
that is difficult to describe. There is
an old adage which says: when you
are in Rome, you must do as Rome
does" It often happens when we are
in city, we somehow acquire the city
stride, and we imperceptibly find our
selves walking fast when. we are not
in a hurry. The rush of the crowd
seems to be Catching" and we find
or catch ourself trying to keep up
with the procession. In those trips
to the city by steamer there was va
riety and entertainment and they fur
nished a period of luxurious relax
alton especially on the return trip
home after three or four exacting
days in the city.
Another by-product was the at
tendance at the State Convention of
the Prohibition Party of Maryland
which were held on the Temperance
Camp Ground at Glyndon, near Balti-
more and the three days. association
with the Temperance leaders Of the
State and a number of visiting speak
ers Of national reputation. Among
them, the late VIM. Daniel, Eugene
Higgins, Chas. S. Mosher, VIM. Sill
Norwood, Joshua lowering, Finley G.
Hendrickson, John P. st. John, Vol
ney B. Cushing and Chas. H. Mead
Of the Silver Lake Quartette. The
Glyndon Camp was located on an ele-
waited tableland overlooking the beau
tiful Worthington Valley, termed by
the late Rev. w. T. D. GLENN, a re-
tired minister of the Baltimore Con-
ference as "The Land of Beulah."
That kindly old veteran was one of
natures noblemen, genuine optimist
and his life was a benediction to his
fellowmen. It was a rare privilege
to know such man as Rev. w. T. D.
GLENN. He had the distinction of
being a relative of the wife of the
celebrated Poet, the late Edgar A.
Poe.
Another by-product, recall was a
trip to the State Convention of the
w. C. T. U. of Maryland in the fall of
1889, which was held at Hagerstown,
and which is located in the heart of
the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was
my first visit to that city and it prov
ed to be most enjoyable one. Years
before I had had view of Hagers-
town from the Pavilion on High Rock
at Pen-Mar, thirty five miles distant.
During the first half of 1890, I
spent the time at home after settling
up the affair of the newspaper bust
ness. After I finished that task,
accepted temporary clerkship in a
store which proved to be very agree
able change. The summer of 1890,
was a very remarkable one in my his
tory. The organization of Prohibition
forces in the county and the State
had been complete and the work ac-
complished effective. AS the party
was we'll supplied with convincing
speakers, it was felt that they needed
the assistance of company of sing
ers.
To supply that urgent need, the or
ganization of a quartette of singers
became necessity. A quartette was
organized and three of the members
were selected from Pocomoke City,
the fourth member being a we'll
known minister of the Wilmington
Conference. It was my good fortune
to be one of the three selected from
Pocomoke City. Our leader selected
the name for the quartette and called
it the Walter Harmon Quartette, after
a prominent party leader of Queen
Anne County, Md. Our first long en-
gagement took us to the Glyndon
Camp, where we spent three weeks.
We filled similar engagements there
during the four following summers.