Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-12-05
The ladies of the Presbyterian

\'nurCn Will nOlu II DdZddI, anu sale u
fancy articles for inexpensive Christmas
gifts. on December 10th. in the rooms
over the millinery store of Mrs. V. S
Townsend. The sale will begin at half
past four o'clock in the afternoon. Come
early to see the display. and get your
choice of the pretty articles that will be
OH sale
Mr.. G. E. Godfrey has bought the
farm of Mr.. Charles L. Shockley. al
Acquango, Branch, this week, the pur
chase price being $1,000. Mr.. Godfrey
will occupy his new home about the
first Of the year. Mr.. Shockley has
rented house on Washington Street,
andwi move his family in few days.
He will devote his time to the manage
ment of his new flour and grist mill
in this town.
MIR. Oliver johnson, of Friendship,
who was formerly an inmate of the aims
house, and who. upon coming Unto an
inheritance of $1,000 from an uncle IN
the West, married an inmate of the
almshouse. and left that institution, was
in Snow Hill on Monday. He came
here to have deed recorded for a new
home he has just purchased in Friend.
ship.
Toys! Toys ! TOYS! We sold out
last year and have just prepared for
this Christmas with the largest line of
toys ever brought to Snow Hill. Every
thing brand new. Dolls and carriages,
dishes, stoves. carts, wagons, wheel
barrows, engines, boats. dancing bears
and all kinds of mechanical toys in
al hmm 10 In e
Brother.
The gypsies have been encamped
near Maul's Pond, about mile from
Snow Hill. for the past two weeks. A
number of our young people have made
excursions to their camp to have their
fortunes told, and some of our dealers
have "swapped bosses" with them
Another band joined them Tuesday land
when they awoke Wednesday morning,
they found shroud of snow enveloping
their camp.
Mr.. Charles E. Averill. of Sayville,
Long Island, is OH visit to his old
friends in and around his former home,
Girdletree. Mr.. Averill was in Snow
Hill Tuesday. and paid short call at
the Messenger office. He expects to re-
main in Worcester week or ten days
longer, looking after his interests in the
county. We hope he will return to
Worcester county to reside, as we are
always loath to lose good citizen.
DIR. Paul Jones and Prof Levin J.
Kelly went over to North Beach We'd
nesday of last week on cunning trip.
Two sons of Capt. Hudson took them in
charge, and the party remained aboard
boat in the Bay until Saturday morn
ing. Ducks were plentiful, and they
enjoyed good sport. They brought
home twenty-three ducks The weather
was intensely cold, but they lived very
comfortably aboard their improvised
house boat.
Mr.. HI. K. Nissley, of Mount JOY.
the expert slate roofer, has recently put
slate roof on the new home of A. G..
Riley, on the edge of town on the Ber-
lin road. If you should want slate
roof, Mr.. Nissley will be glad to give
you estimates ON the best quality of
slate, and will guarantee his work. Sew
eral years ago Mr.. Nissley placed an ad-
vertisement in the MESSENGER, and
while he has done considerable adver-
Using, he saysit has been the most prof
liable he ever did.
Miss Emma R Caulk, of Baltimore,
and Mr.. Stephen D. Redden, of POGO
nuke City, were married on Tuesday,
November oath, at the parsonage OF
Star M. p. Church, Baltimore, by Rev.
CIV. Haddaway. Immediately after
the Ceremony, the happy couple took
the Steamer Maryland, and arrived in
Pocomoke City OH Wednesday. A re-
ceptjSn was given them at the home of
the, groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Red
den. near Poccomoke City, the same
evening. They were the recipients of
many handsome and useful presents.
We are just in receipt of a Car load
of choice hay, and have arranged for
other cars to follow. We have decided
to add hay to our already complete line,
and will keep same constantly on hand
hereafter. We shall be in position to
fill large or small orders prom pity, and
at lowest market prices. We want your
business, and promise to serve you
with best grades obtainable. Don't for
get that in addition to our stock of all
kinds of bui ding materials, coal, and
ice, we have added hay. Yours truly,
w. D. Corddry & Son.
letters from children in different parts
of the county, addressed to Santa Claus,
in care of the DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of these
communications from our little friends,
and we promise to publish them in the
MESSENGER at an early date. We trust
that the real Santa Claus will sue them.
and that each little heart will be glad
dened by receiving the very thing ask
ed for. IT we were Santa Claus, it
would give us pleasure to fill the stock
ing of each little tot in the county:
but we are only poor country editors,
and if subscriptions do not come in
faster than they have been doing, we
will have to go without our stockings
being filled ourselves. Subscribers will
please bear in mind that our stockings
are hung up the year round. and we
hope you will give US the very thing
asked for-what you owe us-a silver
dollar.
AT the great football game last Sat-
urday ON Franklin Field. Philadelphia.
between the slight, best plucky cadets
of the Navy, against the sturdy West
Pointers, enthusiastic Marylanders were
everywhere in the throng, and were
conspicuous on the Army as well as the
Navy side of the field, although by far
the larger number were shouting for the
boys from Annapolis. In one of the
most prominent boxes on the Navy side.
directly beneath the cadet corps, sat
Governor John Walter Smith. who wav-
ed Navy flag and cheered the plucky