Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-12-19

Frank Eatasv p Xxx xSAfs' of po0omoks City, "
Beautiful gtft books, in prose. poet
nv, music, and art. Books for children.
Bibles, hymnals and pictures for Christ
mas presents, can be seen at Mrs. Susie
E. Birch's. Before buying your Christ
mas presents call to see her stock at the
residence of Mr.. E. D. Bailey.
AS it is week before Christmas and
our columns are filed with Christmas
advertising and letters from little child.
rem. we must ask the indulgence of
those of our correspondents whose let
tiers do not appear this and next week.
After Christmas let them come.
We have all kinds of fancy dishes,
confectioneries, nuts, fruits, canned
goods, fresh and salt meats, and home.
made sausage. AL kinds of agate and
nickel ware which we give away with
each pound of baking powder sold. J. b
Hancock & Co., Washington St.
Thomas Milton Payne. infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Pavne OF
near Stockton dise1ast Friday. Funeral
services were\ held in Goodwill M. E
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Stockton. 0ffi4iating. The bereaved
parents have thu sympathy of host of
friends.
Under a ruling of the United States
Internal Revenue Department., which
took effect November 1st, cigar dealers
must sell cigars from the box in which
they are received from the manufac-
turer. The dealer is not even allowed
to remove the last few cigars from a
box and put them in another partly full.
If you have piece of property, live
stock, horses, mules furniture, timber,
house and lot to sell. or property to
advertise against trespassers put your
advertisement in the MESSENGER, where
everybody will see it. The MESSENGER
reaches several thousand people in the
county each week, and the little sum
invested in advertising. may bring you
in hundred fold.
Advertisers who wish their adver-
tisement changed next week, should
bring them in by Wednesday noon. All
letters and communications intended
| for publication should also be sent We'd
nesday We will go to press one day
earlitr next week III order that we. as
well as our employees may take Christ
mas Day, which falls ON Friday this
year.
The real estate agency of o. M.
Purnell has made some notable trans
actions in the sale of real estate in Snow
Hill the past week. Having purchased
the property of j. J. Collins, on Green
Street, consisting of three brick build
ings, he has sold the one now occupied
BY A. Hartman to DR.. Paul Jones, the
one occupied by Hastings & Timmons
to Mr.. Walter T. Mason, and has re,
served the one at present occupied by
Mr.. Mason, for prospective purchaser.
Mr.. John G. Angelo, of Pocomoke
city, is a remarkable old man. He is
hale and hearty and active in his bust,
ness as ironsmith, at 80 years of age.
The Ledger Enterprise says: "He has
his tomb alread erected and it is partially
the work of his D@n >hands. 1t consists
of the original anvil apd hammer used
in acquiring hid trade df ironsmith. and
with which h@ WORKED for over sixty
years The haEhmaG<and handle are
rivited to the anvil which in turn is
rivited to marble base, and set at the
place where he designs to sleep when he
gathers his cloak about him and lies
down to rest"
Christmas services for the children
of Worcester Parish will be held in St.
Paul's Church Berlin. Oh Sunday night
December 9th at 7.30 O'Clock, In St.
Paul g. blythe Sea Ocean City, Monday
night, December 28th at o'clock. and
in st. Martins Brick Church, Tuesday
afternoon December Goth, at 3 o'clock
At all of these services the jacobs
Ladder will be exhibited and Illuminated
The children at St. Paul Shy the Sea
and at ST. Martins will present IA special
programme of their own. while the child
rem of st. Pau's, Berlin will assist in
rendering the beautiful Christmas ser
vice of the church. Gifts will be
distributed and all are cordially invited
J. Gibson CAN'T. Rector.
We are very much pleased to learn
that Mr.. Harry d. Clogg has decided to
remain i'm Snow Hill and con tlnue his
Photographic business here. He visited
another town up the shore few months
ago and was so pleased with the
opportunities there that he decided to
move from Snow Hill to the town In
question. but our people are loath to
part with him. He is one of the best
photographers in the State and it is
really an advantage TO Snow Hill to have
such good artist here. Mr.. Clogg has
made sittings for the very best people
of the county and he is doing work
better than our people Can get at most
city establishments. We are glad to
know he will remain with us
The large four masted schooner
Lizzie ". Parsons, which is owned
principally by Worcester County PEG
pie. was built in 1902. at Bath. Maine,
the contractors being Kelly, Spear s.
Co., well known firm of that City.
Her length of keel is 100 feet. width
1873 feet. and depth of hole 1873 feet.
She is the largest sailing vessel ever
owned in Worcester County. The
schooner is now being used in freight
ing cement from New York to Charles
ton, S. c., and will reload with lumber
from that point for New York. She
will be engaged principally in carving
lumber from Southern ports to North
ern markets. Her loading capacity for
lumber is about five hundred and fifty
thons md feet of Georgia heart pine. or
about eleven hundred tons of coal. The
schooner is equipped with steam
apparatus for handling the sails,
anchors, etc., has all the latest improve
mems. and is modern and up-to-date in
every particular. The purchase price
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