Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-01

| Whlte, daughter OF Thomas IL. L. -.
White, Esq, died 1T her home in Snow
Hill last Sunday afternoon after short
illndss. She leaves a husband. also an
infanf&few days old She was an in
dustTh,fS popular young woman and
wilHbe sadly missed by her husband
and large circle of friends.
Mr.. James Robins Purnell. who is
in the employ of Wood. the coffee i'm
porter of Boston, was here on Sunday
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James r. Purneil. Robins has develop
ed into fine looking young man and is
selling goods for the big firm he repre-
sents. He travels mostly in and around
Main and Massachusetts.
A House Party has been entertained
during the past week, by Miss Estelle
Truitt, at the home of her father. Capt.
George w Truitt. of Box Iron. Among
those present were the following: Miss
Elizabeth Wallace, of Dover, Misses
Alice Gunby and Mamie Gillis, of Sal
isbury, Miss Dora Jean Collins. of Snow
Hill. and Prof. John 1. Coulbourn, and
Dr. Beverly North, of Snow Hill.
Mr.. George T. Purnell, of Philadel-
phia, is home on visit to his father,
Stephen L. Purnell, Esq. George IS
accompanied by friend, Mr.. Edward
Craney, who is being shown the de.
lights and charms of a vacation in
Worcester county. Miss Annie Prrnell,
o. Salisbury, is also home on visit to
her father. and has Miss Edna Gordy.
of Pocomoke City. and Miss Della
Harrison. of Berlin, as her guests.
Thursday, August 6 is the date set
for the entertainment Of the Maryland
State Horticultural society by Mr. w.
+. Allen, at his farm near Salisbury.
This date has heen selected that the Wis
itors may have an opportunity to wit
ness the handling of cantaloupes from a
patch of more than 30 acres Represent
atives will be present from Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia, and large
crowd is expected. Mr.. Allen will give
an elaborate dinner to the visitors.
There does not seem to be any rea-
sonable excuse for the people of Snow
Hill being deprived of the mail from
the North, Thursday noon. The passen-
ger service was moved along as usual.
but for some unexplainable reason the
mail was not brought here. 1t seems to
us that Uncle Sam would do we'll to
investigate this matter. With banking
and other institutions the receipt of
mail on time is important, and when no
apparent effort is made to give the pub.
lie the service it is entitled to it is time
for a vigorous kick all along the line.
-Messrs. William +. Hubbard, George
Griswold. L. II. McLanney, G. w.
Donnan. w. J. Turner, John NJ. Nelson.
in. S. NJ. Crowcll. and Antoine T..
Boisen, of the Bureau of Forestry. Wash
ington. are here making IA survey of the
timber i'll this county. that the U. $.
Department of Agricultural may ascer-
kinds that yet remain uncut in our
forests. These young men are quartered
at the hotel Purnell. They leave town
early every morning and tramp through
swamps and woods securing the infor-
nation desired by Uncle Sam.
The many friends of Mrs. William
Stewart Nelson were panied to learn of
her death last Monday. She had been
in poor health for long time, and had
Recently returned home from Balti-
NOR hospital where she had been for
trektihent. Her funeral took place
Wednesday afternoon in the NJ. +.
Cemetery. after services in the church,
conducted by her pastor, Rev. A. Green.
Mrs. Nelson leaves to mourn her death
large circle of loving friends. a hus-
band and Il son and daughter, Mr..
Sylvester Nelson and Miss Mary Nelson,
all residing at home. The family has
our sympathy.
Snow Hill has been interested this
week viewing the new comet, which
promises to be the brightest one of the
past ten years 1t is now visible to the
naked eye. If you have not seen it look
for it the first clear night. To the I'M
assisted eye the comet will appear as a
haZy patch of light. An acute eye
should be able to detect Il short tail pro-
jecting away from the sun. At o'clock
in the evening the comet is directly over
head, and looks like IA round, blurred
star of about the fifth magnitude. Its
nearest approach to the sun will occur
on August 9th at Il distance of about
thirty one million miles Its present
distance is about one hundred million
miles, and from the earth about twenty
million miles.
--MesSrs r. + Powell and Edwin
III. Taylor, proprietors of the Stockton
Bank have demonstrated that they un.
derstaud their business and have made
a success of it They have given excel.
lieut. satisfaction to their patrons and