Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-08-01
The Board of School Commits.

The Board OF School Commits
sioners will meet next Tuesday aud
reorganize, As Mr.. ID. G. Hudson, tho
President of the Board, has served the
time Tor which he was appointed Com
missioner by Governor Brown and will
he succeeded by Mr.. Benjamin p.
Selby. Mr.. Hudson has been con-
nected with the School Board of Wor
cester county for many years and is
thoroughly acquainted with the duties
and requirements OF the office. He is
an honest, honorable. conscientious
citizen, in whom the public has nm.
limited confidence Mr. Benjamin p.
Selby, of Showells Station, is an intelli,
gent young Republican whom Governor
Brown appointed as Mr.. Hudson's
successor. He will no doubt prove
himself worthy OF the honor conferred
upon him by the Governor.
Mr.. VIM. II. Bosley, president of
the Queer Anne's Railroad, says
The road has been completed from
| Queenstown to Denton. 30 miles, roll
ing stock has been purchased and it is
expected this part of the line will be in
operation by August /. From Denton
to Greenwood, Del, Is miles, the road
has been graded. the ties have been
land and the rails are now being laid.
This part of the road will be finished
in go days, ut the expiration of which
time the contractors will have the
Denton bridge completed and will turn
it over to the company This will
place the Queen Anne's railroad with
in % miles of the ocean at Lewes, Del.
The contract for the last 25 miles
will be let within go days, and the
whole road will be completed and in
operation by January l."
The fear that Ocean CITY hotels
would not fill up this year has been
overcome. for now il is almost impossi-
BILE to get place to sleep. except out
on the velvety sand where people de.
light to sit and walk at all hours of the
day and night, so that there one would
he more or less disturbed. The only
thing needed to advance Ocean City's
progress. and comfort OF its patrons. is
another large hotel aud cheaper hotel
rates. The prices charged are beyond
the reach of many that would delight
TO spend week or month at our
favorite resort We would not GEN.
sure the hotel proprietors for charging
high prices for who can blame them.
when at their prices, they cannot ac-
commodate many who apply for board.
The proper thing is for those interest
ed to build another and larger hotel
and offer rates that will induce people
who have never felt able to visit Ocean
City to go there.
"A severe thunder storm accom-
panied by heavy rain fall visited
this section last Friday. The wind
blew hard in veins resembling the cy-
clonic disturbances of the West, up.
roofing many trees and breaking down
others that were laden with fruit
Corn suffered with other growing crops
and though no serious damage was
done to anyone individual, hundreds of
bushels of corn were destroyed in the
county. A house on the Hill" in
this town, occupied by colored people.
was struck by lightning and the
Notwithstanding was knocked off.
The electric fluid played around the
people inside the house. knocking orna.
ments off the mantle and bursting a
cuspidore alongside of Raymond Hack.
1t ran out Of the house, down wire
clothes line to pig pen. few feet from
the house, aud killed two pigs.
Considerable talk about the organ.
ization Of Free Silver Democratic clubs
in the county has been INDUCED in,
but thus far no effort has been made
TO organize club in Snow Hill. We
believe there should be one here rs
well as in every district in the county.
The sentiment of our people is over.
whelmingly in favor of the Democratic
nominees, and if they do not carry the
State and county it will be the result
of our peoples not voting. They can
not vote this year unless they get
registered and the most important duty
of these clubs should he to see that
every Democrat in the county gets
registered this year. No matter when
or how many times our Democratic
friends have been registered here they
will have to he registered again this
year, and clubs should he organized
and committees appointed to attend to
registration Of Democratic voters at
once.
Ill. A. Cannon, large grower,
shipper and packer of peaches at
Bridgeville, Sussex county. Del, in an
interview in Philadelphia last week.
said that the Delaware peach crop will
be one OF the largest ever grown,
despite the fact that the dreaded "yel.
lows" the peach tree scourge, has
affected most of the trees in the northern
and middle portions of the State. 1.-The
disease" he said. lis believed to be
contagious from the fact that ii knife
used in cutting limb from tree
affected with 'yellows' he soon after
used to trim healthy tree it becomes
affected with the dread disease. The
'yellows' are fast advancing s,uthward
and have now reached Wyoming, and
are invading the orchards about Eel
ton. Only few years ago Middle
town was the chief shipping center,
but there are now no peaches about
either Middletown or New Castle.
The trees have had to be cut down or
dug up, as after II tree gets 'yellows' Ii
will not bear trHit The peach ship
ping center this year will he at Bridge
vile, from which point il is estimated
that at least 500, 900 baskets will be
shipped"
CORBIN.