Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-03-28
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Il. l.. Melvin OF Kent ISL.
appointed cashier of the recently
lied Stevensville Savings Bank
The National Bank of Chesapeake
City will begin business about April LIST /,
with Joseph III. Steele rs president. and
John Banks cashier.
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Joseph c. Bird. a highly esteemed
citizen of Cecil county. died at his home.
in Rising Sun. aged as years. Several
children survive him.
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The new textile plant of the Baldwin
Manufacturing Co., at Banks. Cecil
county, is nearing completion. and will
give employment to about go hands.
A scholarship in Washington and Lee
University. at Lexington. Va. has been
conferred upon the Jacob Tome Insti-
tute. and has been accepted by the trus
tees.
Benjamin Gibbs, the ID year-old son
of Mr.. Isaac Gibbs, of Massey. was
taken to Baltimore for medical attention
in consequence of peculiar accident
which occurred while hunting near
Middletown. last Saturday with an
elder brother His brother was walk
ing ahead with double barreled breech-
loading rifle, which went off in his
hands. The weapon recoiled and struck
the yoGnger boy on the forehead with
such force that the frontal bone was
fractured. DIR. J. I. NJ. Finney operat.
e6 on the boy the same day, removing
the fractured piece of bone. The patient
is making good Roadway.
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Elk Neck, Cecil county, has small
pox case, that of a young lady who had
been visiting in Philadelphia and vi.
cinity.
vile. through their president, John r.
Cook, have received numerous letters
from various firms and individuals rel
alive TO the establishment of various in.
dustries there. Their information con.
corning the town was received through
an article in the Baltimore Sun recently
County Health Officer Bratton visited
Port Deposit to investigate some cases
of typhoid. He is inclined to attribute
the trouble to a polluted spring. The
town supply is drawn from reservoir,
but a few householders still continue
the use of water from private springs.
Adolphus Dicken, of Hancock, was
granted an absolute divorce in Hagers.
town by Judge Mitzenbacher from his
wife. Eliza B. Dicken.
The Modern Woodmen of America is
making a rapid growth in Crisfield. and
at the same time planning an elaborate
program with which to entertain the
State Camp of the order. which will
meet in Crisfield in May
John Lea, an old colored resident of
Kent county, died this week at the home
of Samuel Cooper. near Worton. Lea
was over 30 years of age. and one of the
special requests he made on his death
bed was that no colored.person should be
present at his funeral or have anything
to do with his burial. This request
was carried out to the letter and his pail
bearers were well known white citizens
of Kent. Rev. DIR. J. G.. Denroche, of
St. Paul's p E. Church. conducted the
funeral services.
The steamer Cambridge has been
withdrawn from the Claiborne route
and is undergoing an extensive over.
hauling, preparatory to the summer ex-
cursion season. A new boiler will be
put in. the hurricane deck will be ex.
tended and covered. and other changes
made. which will cost several thousand
dollars.
During this Wilmington conference
year the following ministers have died
Rev. Walter E. Avery aud Rev. w Sip
herd. of Wilmington, Del; Rev. J. D.
Kemp, of Millington, Md; Rev. w. F.
Talbot, of Dover. Del. Rev. B. NJ. Bull
lock. of Hooper's Island. Md. and Rev
Baynard Wheatley. of Parksley, Va
Mr.. Harvey Dorsey. who reside.
about two miles from Westover Station
and who is perhaps the oldest person in
Somerset county. was visitor to Prin
cess Anne on Saturday last He wa,
born in March 1901 and is. therefore, o:
year old this month. He can see and
hear well; is active; enjoys good health
and works every day. He says he dis
tinctly recollects the war of 1912, and
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