Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-11-08


MIR. @. V. White, one of the editors
of the MESSENGER, who has been in
poor health for several weeks, left for
Baltimore Wednesday and is now under
treatment at the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. We hope he will soon be restored
to health.
Revival services will begin at Trim
ity Nj. p Church tomorrow Sunday
evening at p. m. and continue nightly
for one week There will be Sunday
School only in the afternoon. Preach
ing in town in the morning and prayer
meeting at night.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riageVf Miss Laura +. Price, of Stock
ton. to\MZCharles E. Pruitt of Balti-
more. we ceremony will be solemn
lied in @unby Presbyterian Church.
stocktyh AZ 1l.ao a. m. Wednesday.
November nipeteehth-
"A woman attracted attention in
Cambridge Monday by her efforts to
give away her three year old child. She
passed up and down the main business
streets offering the child to the ladies
she met She said she was afraid she
could not take care of it.
About so operators of the Salisbury
Shirt Factory went on strike Monday.
because number of their fellow work
ers were discharged. because of their
activity in organizing union. The
factory employs about $50 men and
women. and is badly crippled by the
strike
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mumford, of
Box Iron. gave Halloween party at
their home last Friday night. A very
enjoyable evening was spent by all Re-
freshments were served about ten o'clock
when. after having thanked their host
and hostess for really pleasant time.
all departed for home.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. McMaster have
issued Invitations to the marriage of
their/ daughter. Mrs. Mary Anne. to
Mr. Thank Upshur Barnes. of Pocomoke
CITY. The ceremony will be solemnized
IN the St. Mary's p. E. Church. POGO
moke, Wednesday afternoon, November
at two o'clock.
The apple crop in Worcester county
is the largest for several years, and this
market is being supplied with choice
fruit. Particularly fine fruit of the Ben
Davis variety is now being harvested
and is selling at 80 cents bushel. The
apples this year are unusually large,
perfect in shape and of beautiful color
The Misses Payne entertained the
Euchre Club at their home Thursday
evening. Professor Colbourne won the
gentleman prize and Miss May Pur-
nell won the lady's prize. There were
ten tables and the evening was one of
great enjoyment for those present. Sup
per was served between IL and IL
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Franklin,
of Baltimore celebrated the 25th. ami
versary of their wedding at their home
in Baltimore this week. Both are well
known to our people and we wish them
m&ny more years of happiness. Mr..
Franklin is the eldest sou of the late
Judge Franklin and Mrs. Franklin is
the daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Charles
Z. Jones of Snow HILL
The Baltimore, Chesapeake and At.
lantic Railway Company has contracted
with the Maryland Steel Company to
build new steamer. The boat. which
will be named the Virginia, will be $50
feet long. and is expected to be the fin.
est of the fleet of is steamers. She will
be completed by May 18th, 1908. 1t has
not yet been decided on what route she
will be placed.
Miss Nettie Dean, Kent county
school teacher has been sustained by
the Circuit Court in her right to exer-
else reasonable power in furnishing her
pupils. She was arrested and had a
hearing before "a magistrate, who de-
cided in her favor, which decision has
been upheld by the higher court. A
of such cases have been tried
recently in Kent. and i'm every instance
the teacher has been upheld.
The steamer Maryland did not
come to Snow Hill Wednesday, having
been placed in the service of President
Thomson and other officials of the b.
q. q A. to take them to- Salisbury where
the annual election of officials was held
President Thomson was reelected ut the
of the Ocean City Bridge Com
pany, held at the same time, the follow
ing directors were elected: Robert p.
Willard Thomson, A. J. Ben
jamin, w. l.. Rothstein.