Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-05-16
maryland AKDDELAWARE
Public Whipping i'll Dover.
Suit Between the Salisbury
Electric Light Co. and the
Fort Wayne Electric co.


son of Robert Steward. of Elliotts Island.
was drowned in the Nanticoke river at
Sharptown, Wicomico county, Friday
by a canoe capsiZing. The boat was
loaded with oysters and went 10 the
bottom III 20 feet of water. CAPT.
George Thomas, who was also i'll tie
boat. was rescued by Joseph Spear ami
his son. The boy body was recovered
byCharles Mooney and Others after hav-
ing been in the water about two hours.
The canoe was pulled up by means of a
strong sturgeon seine
Verdict i'll the tomato contract case of
Numsen & Son, of Baltimore, against
Parks was rendered at Ccnterville in
favor of the defendant, Parks, Of Kent
county, whose tenant made the contract
without the consent of the landlord.
A new bank has been organized iii Ga
lena. Kent county. with $1,000 capital.
DIR. Z. a. Scott is president.
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Rev. Arthur +. Whatham of Cam.
bridge has accepted the call To the Great
Choptank parish, and Rev. L. Carter
Page. its former rector, has declined
the call extended to hun by the Dorches
ter parish.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee for Cecil county has issued a call
for primaries to be held i'll all the dis
tricts of the county on May %, to elect
delegates to county convention to be
held on May 26 to nominate candidates
for county offices.
The hotel and saloon people propose 10
test the constitutiOnality OF the prohibit
tory law in force in Cecil county. They
have filed Il petition for "A writ of man
damus directing the Liquor License
Commissioners to receive the petition
of Delphos Price, who seeks license.
A writ of replevin OH four dynamos of
the electric light plant at Salisbury was
responsible for guarding the plant with
shotguns last week. The machines
were purchased from the Fort Wayne
concern about eight months ago. One
of them, the electric light company
contends, is defective, and the company
refused to pay the bill. The case will
go TO the courts.
James Powell and Thomas Smith were
each given 10 lashes in Dover, Saturday,
by Sheriff Melvin. They were convicted
of the larceny of some chickens from
jeremiah Teat farmer near kenton.
i'll January last and sentenced to be
whipped and imprisoned for six months.
Powell keenly felt his disgrace as he
was being taken to the whipping post
nd held his handkerchief 10 his face TO
eld him from the gaze of the specta-
tors. Frederick Allen, Il II year old
colored boy, convicted of larceny, also
received 10 lashes.
The crab packers of Oxford, st.
Michaels and Tilghmans Island are not
in as high hopes for ii profitable business
as they were some time ago. 1t is said
that at this remarkably early period the
markets are already overStocked, and
the tendency is downward as the season
advances. The immense amount of
crabs shipped from Virginia and North
Carolina is the cause of the stagnant
prices
During the past week four Ektonians
have been promoted TO responsible posi-
tons in the city of Wilmington. At
meeting of the Equitable Guarantee and
Trust Company Ohio Rowland was cleo
ted president, and Richard Reese treas
urer of the Pussy & Jones Company,
and Charles n. Tull was promoted to be
special auditor of the Dupont Powder
Company.
The caterpillar plague is raging III the
Easton district as it did last spring.
These pests are destroying the beauti
full foliage upon the ornamental and
fruit trees. Citizens are endeavoring To
destroy the caterpillars by burning them
out of their web covered retreats To
all appearances these ravenous creatures
are identical with those so destructive
last year. There are millions of these
worms, and every variety of tree is at
tackled by them.
The County Commissioners of Wi
comico county have fixed upon Thur
day, May u. as the day for hearing APP.
plicants for license to sell liquor, aid
circumstances. The meeting will be
held in the court house, so that all in
terested in the question may be present
Burley Tapman, young man of Po-
comoke City, was picked up by train No.
"a of the New York. Phila q Norfolk
n. r., on Wednesday afternoon last and
brought to Pocomoke City. The en-
gineer saw him lying beside the track
near Beaver Dam aud he was in a semi.