Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-29

Hearne, the past week.
MIR. John r. Franklin. Mrs. Frank
lin. and their daughter Miss Katherine
of Baltimore, ar, visitors at the home
of Dr. Charles p. Jones.
Elder Lively, of Birmingham, Ala.
bama. will preach in the Old School
Baptist Meeting House next Wednesday
afternoon. at three O'Clock.
DIR. f. S. Dashiell is down with
typhoid fever. His case has not devel
eped any alarming symptoms, and we
trust his recovery will BE speedy.
Miss Margaret d. Hastings, who
has been visiting friends and relative:
in Salisbury. and attending the camp al
Parsonsburg, has returned to her home
near Berlin.
MIR. and Mrs. r. w. Birmingham
and children, also Mrs. Margaret Sherk
ey, of Philadelphia, are the welcome
guests of Mrs. z. H. Sturgis at her home
near town.
Our old friend, Thomas P. Town
send. of Baltimore, an erstwhile Dem
ocratic war horse of Atkinson's district
has been visiting friends in the county
the past week.
Mrs. John III. Long, and children
Imogene and Aubrey. of Dagsboro. Del.
returned home this week after a very
pleasant visit here with her sister. Mrs.
Franklin p. Bailey.
Mr.. j. H. Riley entertained very
pleasantly part of this week, Mr.. Geo
Shockley, of Pittsville. Mr.. Edgar Hill,
of Philadelphia, and Mr.. Thos. Hill. OF
Virginia, at his home near Box Iron.
If you have friends visiting you
don't blame us if we do not secure the
item of news. We can't be everywhere
or know everything. 1t is a courtesy
you owe your visitors to drop us card
or tell us about them.
Mrs. Harriet Richardson has been
quite i'll at her home in this town. Her
grand daughter. Miss Viola Smith, who
has been visiting in Somerset County
returned home Saturday to assist in
caring for Mrs. Richardson.
City Policeman White has been re-
moving the weeds from the sidewalks
this week. This is deserving work
and we hope the effort will be extended
to all sections of the town. If we can
not turn our sand into macadamized
sidewalks. we can at least have the
weeds removed.
The editors of the MESSENGER &C
knowledge receipt of an invitation to
attend the silver wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mis-. John T. Taylor at their
residence in Snow Hill this evening.
We wish them many happy returns of
the occasiop( and that they may live to
celebrate their golden anniversary and
several others.
Last Moonlight Excursion to Ocean
City-The Baltimore, Chesapeake and
Atlantic Railway Co. will run their last
Moonlight Excursion of the season from
Salisbury and points East to Ocean City
Thursday, September 3rd. 1908. Passen-
gers can go on Train No. 1. leaving Sal.
isbury 9.16 a. m, or ON Special leaving
Salisbury $50 p. m.
Mrs. Thomas H. Spence returned
Monday from Baltimore, where she has
been in attendance on her husband.
Prof. Spence. who recently underwent
an operation for appendicitis at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital. The operation,
as has been stated before in the MEssEN-
EER, was successful, and Prof. Spence
expects to come home in about two
weeks.
John Thomas Nicholson died at the
home of his brother. near town, on Fri.
day morning the 18th, inst. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Mr..
Smith at NJ. P. ChuyFh. Sunday morn.
ing. the 10th, afterF Which his remains
were laid to rest ih the adjoining GENE
terry. Mr.. Nicholson was an old veteran
of the civil war, and. until his health
failed, a successful farmer.
There will be preaching services
conducted in the following NJ. p.
Churches. Sunday next. August 30th:-
Nassawango. at 10 30 a. m, Trinity at
800 p m, and Bates Memorial, Snow
Hill, at s p. m. Christian Endeavor
service will be held at Bates Memorial
at 7.l5 p. m. Sunday. The public is
cordially invited to all these services.
Leonard B. Smith, Associate Pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Field. of FELTON,, Delaware,
was guest several days of this and last
week at the Purnell hotel. this town.
Mr.. Field is pastor of the Presby
terrain churches of FELTON, and Bridge
vile and is an eloquent young preacher
He occupied the pulpit of Whatcoat NJ
f. Church Sunday morning. Rev.
James Colona who was a guest OF
Rev. Green preached in the same church
in the evening.
In another column Mayor Corddry
calls attention to an ordinance prohibit