Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-09-12
STATE AND PEN|NUSLA.
Tomato Glut at Milford. The
Sewing Machine Swindler
Abroad. A Drowning at
Smiths Island.

Abroad. A Drowning at
Smiths Island.
Every tomato factory within 10 miles
of Milford is now chock a block with
tomatoes, and growers are face to face
with the proposition of accepting and
10 cents per basket for their fruit or
taking it home for compost. This seems
all the more strange when it is remem.
bered that only week ago tomatoes
were in good demand at from 30 to 40
cents per basket.
This season William +. Allen shipped
from the Peninsula Plant Farms.
Wicomico county,25 cars of cantaloupes
20 of which were refrigerator cars. His
total shipments We're about $4,000
carriers.
Water from the Denton town tank
has been pronounced unfit for drinking
purposes. President Lewis, of the
Town Board of Commissioners, acting
on the advice of physicians, has given
notice that the water must not be used
without first being boiled.
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The Smyrna cali says: Farmers be-
ware and don't get pulled in like many
of our Sussex farmers and those living
in lower Kent have in the last few
weeks by sewing machine agents
covering that section at the present
time. Their scheme is to offer you
about five times the value of your old
machine, for instance S25 to $50 for
machines not worth s.. Then they
charge you S65 to s75 for their machine.
which can be bought of any reliable re
tail dealer for S25. Be careful and
read what you sign, as many of our
Sussex brethren signed Judgment
notes when they thought they were
merely signing receipts for the machine
until it was called for. Instead of call
ing for the machine collector calls for
the money on the note. If you need a
machine buy of our home dealers and
get value received.
The Maryland Democratic Editors
Association will hold the next annual
meeting to. day at "Oakdale." the coun.
try home of Hon. Edwin Warfield, in
Howard county. Mr.. Warfield very
kindly extended an invitation to the
editors to be his guests. and we are
sure none of them will mss the op.
portunity of spending day at this
hospitable home.
James Alexander, colored, hailing
from Wilmington. Del, was killed near
Wilmington. Station. on the Queen
Anne's and Kent Railroad, by the south
bound passenger train ON Tuesday
morning He with a companion, was
walking down the track, and notwith-
standing the repeated warnings OF
Engineer Covell remained on the track
and was killed by the locomotive.
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Edward T. Evans, aged - years. of
Smiths Island, was drowned last Tues
day while fishing about $50 yards from
the shore. Evans. who was in canoe
alone, pulled up his anchor in order to
get outside of the other canoes around
him. After selecting good position.
he threw the anchor and started aft,
when he fell overheard and came up
only once The boatmen around him
started to his rescue, but although the
water was only twelve feet deep. were
unable to locate the body until half
hour after the accident. The body was
recovered by means of nets and paddles.
All efforts to resuscitate the man were
without avail.
DIR + " Wilson. who fnr the past
four ;.r> has been prhciicIng medicine
in Mt. Vernon district, this county. has
decided 10 remove 10 Wider field, and
may locate in Pocomoke City. On the
location. however, he has not fully de-
termined, but he will leave the county
about the middle of the month. The
Doctor has been very successful i'll his
practice and many regrets are expressed
at his determination To leave.-SomcrS6t
U.rdid.
James Virgins, Il Kent Island oyster
man was killed by lightning Saturday
night last during the severe electical
storm. He went out of his house, on
the western extremity of the island. to
feed the hogs and had been out of the
house but few minutes when IA bright
flash and deafening report startled
those in the house Not returning In a
reasonable time his wife went to look
for him. He was found dead by the
hogpen. The lightning had struck him
in the head. leaving no mark save
slight scar and some scorched hairs. He
was 30 years of age and leaves widow
and three children.