Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-22
STATE AND PEN|NUSLA.
Georgetown Prisoners Make
An Appempt to Break Jail.
The Canned Goods Market

An Appempt to Break Jail.
The Canned Goods Market
Very Active.
The annual Kent and Queen Anne S
Fair will be held at Colchester Beach on
August 2S.
Rev. Frank E. Williams, of Elkton.
Is considering a call extended to him
by the Presbyterian Church at Lewes,
Delaware.
Grace Methodist Protestant Church
at Belair was dedicated Sunday by Rev
Frank I. Little. president of the Mary
land Annual Conference.
The degree staff of National Lodge.
No. 81, l. o. o. F., of Elkton, will con-
test for the 800 prize before the Sover-
eign Grand Lodge. which convenes in
Baltimore next month.
Prof George A. Steele, formerly
principal of the Elkton High School, has
accepted position as teacher in the de-
partment of English in the Pennsyl-
vania Military Academy, at Chester.
Pa.
The annual convention of the Cecil
County Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has elected as President, Mrs
Mary Brown. of Sylmar; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. Edwin Haines, Rising
Sun; secretary, Mrs. Norval @. Brown.
Rising Sun; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Har.
ris. Principle.
As an appreciation of the valuable ser.
vices rendered to the First National
Bank of Georgetown by its cashier,
John L. Thompson, the latter has been
elected president of the board of direc-
tors. and will be gwen salary.
A remarkable new industry has sug-
gested itself to lower Delaware farmers,
and they are now engaging in it with a
large measure of success. 1t is shipping
young turkeys to the city markets,
particularly New York. Young turkeys
were not known in the markets until
recently. Lately they have been found
to be remarkably fine for swell hotels
and epicures, and. as they bring fancy
prices. the farmers prefer to sell rather
than take the desperate chances on
raising them.
Prisoners in Georgetown Jail made
another unsuccessful attempt TO break
Jail. everything being in readiness to
escape during Saturday night, Deputy
Sheriff Ryan, however, making an early
morning round with some visitors, dis.
covered the plans and stopped the con.
templated exit. An opening had been
made through the wall large enough to
drop rope through, and the beam over
the door of a cell was loosened
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Alexander Mclaughlin, of Front and
Walnut streets. Philadelphia. narrowly
escaped drowning Saturday. in the locks
of the Delaware & Chesapeake Canal,
by falling from one of the Ericsson Line
of steamboats, as the vessel was going
through the locks at st. Georges. Nc.
Laughlin was on the return trip from
Baltimore. and had fallen asleep when
the boat gave a sudden lurch and he
plunged into the waters. He yelled for
aid. but no help was given him and. be.
ing good swimmer, he reached the
side of the piling and got ashore.
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Mr.. Andrew Woodall, of George.
town. has had built at Cambridge one
of the largest power boats yet brought
out for service ON the Chesapeake. The
Cambridge Manufacturing Company
built the hull. which is now at George.
town being fitted with joiner work.
The boat is equipped with an S5-horse.
power Globe gasoline engine, and is in
tended for the grain and other trade be-
tween Georgetown and Baltimore. She
will have capacity of 5000 bushels of
grain. or about lis tons deadweight
cargo.
Mr.. William l.. Amoss. State director
of farmers institutes, has been selected
by the Maryland Commissioners to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition to
supervise the agricultural exhibit which
Maryland will send to st. Louis next
year. The exhibit will be on an elaborate
scale. and will show Maryland grasses
and cereals. as we'll as fresh fruits and
vegetables. There will be an exhibition
of canned goods.
DIR. P. b. Housekeeper of North East,
who was nominated ON the Democratic
ticket for the House of Delegates sever
al months ago, has forwarded his resig.
nation to the members of the State
Central Committee. DR.. Housekeeper
states that i'll health prompts him to de.
cline to run for Office. His place was
filled by Samuel j. Keys. of Elkton.
Mr.. Keys is a member of the lumber
firm of Keys g. Miller Co., of Elkton
and his selaction IN a kaS two u,au,hars Of