Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-31

The Democracy of Worcester
held two enthusiastic meetings in Snow
Hill on Tuesday last. one in front of
PurnelPs Hotel and the other in
Purnell's Hall. The Republicans
held forth at stand built in front of
the Court House You will observe
in another item in this paper that DIR.
Straugm and John J. Collins have
corrected a statement made by Col.
Mnllikin. They say the Colonel was
wrongly informed, and we assert that
he told people who stood and listened
to his speech great many glaring
falsehoods as he uttered about the City
Council. He neglected to tell his
hearers, however that Turkey, the
worst Of all nations is a gold standard
country and laboring men are paid
less there than any place on the face
of the earth.
About six weeks ago Miss Estelle
Truitt, while coming from Salisbury
lost small gold watch, with charm
attached to il, somewhere on the
county road near Long Ridge. Three
weeks afterwards il was found by
George w. Parsons. of Long Ridge.
II had been covered by the sand and
had remained unobserved by all who
had passed that way until found by
Mr.. Parsons. That gentleman came
over here to attend the Baptist Asso-
citation on Wednesday and brought
the watch TO Miss Estelle, who was de-
lighted TO have it again. as il was very
highly priced by her, being a present
from a iriend.-Peninsula Press. -FOUR
friends of the Press in writing up the
above neglected to state that Miss
Truilt recovered her watch through an
advertisement in the MESSENGER,
which is Il fact.-EDs
Two ballots appear in this issue OF
the MESSENGER, one on the outside
which is published for the purpose of
instructing voters how to vote for
Bryan and Sewall and the other is by
order OF the Election Supervisors.
Owing TO wrong construction of the
law by Counsel to the Board, the
ticket was not published in this paper
last week, as it should have been. One
of the editors OF the MESSENGER told
Attorney TO Supervisors that it should
be published, hut in his pompous, know
it-all manner, he said he had read the
law and it was not required. So it
was not printed. 1t was not our desire
or intention to give publicity to this
fact, but the appearance of these two
ballots in the MESSENGER indicate
something wrong and We feel called
upon to make explanation. II neces-
sary we can say great deal more
about it than we have done.
1t is an event in the mercantile
history of this country that is passing
before the eyes of the people OF Phila-
delphia just now in the sale OF the
assigned stocks OF Hilton, Hughes d
Co., who occupied close relations to the
and business of A. I. Stewart
x Co, OF New York. The successor
ship OF this old concern, the greatest OF
all American business enterprises OF a
character, has passed over
to John Wanamaker, who is now
moving over to Philadelphia and selling
off the assigned stocks OF the great
New York store preparatory to the
Of the A. I Stewart structure
at Broadway and Tenth Street, New
York. These are great undertakings
the disposal of the present stock and
the reconstructing of the New York
business.
There will be Democratic speak
ing in Snow Hill this Saturday after
ternoon and possibly in the evening.
w. G.. Kirbin of the Somerset county
bar, will speak at the afternoon meet
ing and Hon. George W. Purnell will
address his fellow citizens in the even
ing. a meeting will also be held at
Stockton tonight to be addressed by
Messrs. Kirbin and Richardson. This
will close the campaign in this part Of
the county. 1t is needless to inform
you that Worcester will roll up a good
Democratic majority. but we want
every vote that can be gotten out TO
help swell our majority in the State.
The workingmen and farmers under
stand that il they vote for Bryan they
are voting for better times and if they
vote for Mckinley they will remain
right where they now are. All this
talk about 30 cent dollars which the
Republicans have been doing is moth
ing but pure humbug. Every man
knows when we had free silver before
1873 silver dollar was worth as
much as gold dollar and that's what
Mr.. Bryan proposes TO make them
worth when he is seated as our next
President. 1t is admitted in these
columns by the Republicans of Snow
Hill that one OF their speakers told a
and every thinking man can
see at glance that they will tell you
TO gain your vote.