Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-05-28

MIR Geore O. Dukes, of Girdletrec.
brought quart Of very fine strawber-
ries To our Office Thursday morning.
The berries were of the Tennessee Pro
liiic" variety. and were the finest and
largest we have seen this season.
Miss Ethelyn Wilson. who has been
Spending the winter in Baltimore. visit
eel Mrs. J. Edward White this week.
She left "Wednesday for Ocean City.
where she will spend great part of the
Summer with her mother. Mrs. Julia A.
Wilson
AT special meeting on Monday
night the Vcstry of All Hallows Church.
Hon. George w. Covington and Hon.
William G.. Kerbin were elected dele
aates to the Diocesan Convention that
meets in Princess Anne. on Wednesday
Jane Sth.
The ladies' of the Christian Church
will hold a festival on the lot adjoining
the Church. in the afternoon and even
ing of Saturday. June 18th. Ice cream.
cake, etc will be sold The public
cordially invited to attend. Proceeds
for the benefit of the Church.
John p. Moore. Jr.. who is attend
ing the Pennsylvania Military College.
Chester, came home Saturday to spend
Sunday with his parents, Senator and
Mrs. John p. Moore. He returned Mon
day afternoon to prepare for the final
examinations in June.
Both precedent and superstition
point to the probability that this summer
is be an unusually warm one. Those
interested in the vagaries of the weather
man have been searching his records to
find out Just what sort of summer is
generally sent after "hard winter, "
and they answer with one accord, "a
hot summer"
Attention is called to The sale of valu-
able real estate, situate in the Eighth
Election District on the South side of
County road leading from Girdletree to
Taylor's Landing. and known as PARA
more's Double Purchase" This desir-
able farm containing 200 acres more or
less. will be sold at public auction in
front of the Court House door. next
Tuesday afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, by
Oliver ID Collins. Trustee.
John W. Station, Trustee, will sell
two lots or parcels of land in Newark
district. this Saturday afternoon, at
80 o'clock. in front of Bowen Bros. &
Sons store. One lot is situate on the
North side of county road leading from
Poor and Honest Branch to Halls Land
ing, and contains twenty acres of land
more or less; the other is situate on
Synepuxent Bay at Halls Landing, and
contains thirteen acreas of land more or
less.
Hon. John Walter Smith and Clay
ton J. Purnell. ESQ. Directors of the
ID. NJ. & V. Branch of the Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Washington Railroad. at
tended the annual mt citing of Directors
Of this branch at Georgetown. Del
Wednesday. A special train took the
party from Georgetown to Chincofeague
Island after the meeting of the Di -ectors
had been held. Among the directors
reelected were Hon. John Walter
Smith, Hon. George w. Covington, and
Clayton j. Purnell. Esq. of Snow Hill
There is one rational way to treat
nasal catarrh the medicine is applied
iirccf to the affected membrane. The
remedy is Ely's Cream Balm. Ii restores
the infiamed tissues to healthy state
withou. drying all the life out of them
and it gives back the lost senses of taste
and smell. The sufferer who is tired If
vain experiments should use Cream
Balm. Druggists sell it for 80 cts. Ely
Brothers. 56 Warren Street, New York
will mail il.
The annual commencement If Gold
Il
hand College will be held in the Grand
Opera House. Wilmington. "n Thursday
evening, jane I'd. when he 18th class. the
largest in the history of the institution.
will be graduated. Elk. Senator Anthony
Higgins will preside aud Edward Box OF
Philadelphia. editor of the the LddieS
Home .io"rndi, will deliver the address
to the graduates The annual address
will be made by A. A. Willis. ID. d.,
of New York.
The Board of Election Supervisors
met in their Office in the Court House
last Saturday .and organized by re-elcct
ing Mr.. Uriah +. Shockley. president OF
theNBo,fd. aud Mr.. John w. Station
council and clerk. Mr.. Algcrnon T.
Hill. he new member of the Board. was
prrsent. as were also the other members
of nhe Board. Mr.. Uriah F. Shockley and
Mr.. +. II. Benson. who were reappcint
Cd this year for another term. TIL,
ballots of the last election were burned
in the presence of Chief Judge of tn,
Orphans Court. Ara p. Bowen.
MIR. John G Mock. "a well known
resident OF this county. died at his HON,
near Snow Hill last Saturday morning
at the advanced age of eighty one years
Mr.. Mock had been in failing health FOL
somexime, yhd for the last five weeks
had been v great sufferer from heart
diseaseA He leaves to mourn their loss
widow and three children. -Messrs
John E/aEd William Mock. and Mrs.
Elizabeth Dryden. and large number
of friyhds ahd relatives. The funeral
services were conducted in Whatcoat NJ
+. church last Sunday afternoon b,
Rev. G.. T. Anderson. the pastor Of tn,
church. His body was laid Ia, rest il
the NJ. 4. Cemetery of this town. Mr.
Mock had been a protesting Christian
for number of years. an active mem
Der Of Corners NJ. f. Church. and wa.
prepared when the summons came.