Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-06-04

order left at Hotel Calvert will receive
prompt attention. l.. L. Hearn, Prop'r.
Cards are ont announcing the mar
riage of Mrs. Lucy Latham and Mr.
Carlisle Sturgis. formerly of Snow Hill.
The ceremony will take place at East
Brldgewater, Massachusetts. on the
ninth of June.
AT recent meeting of the board of
editors of The Tome. :" the school paper
Of Tome Institute. John ). NJ. Wharton
son of n. p. Wharton. of Stockton, was
elected business manager for the coming
school year.
Down To freezing point. our Soda
is always cold, always good, always
lust right" Our fountain is the cool
est. most pleasant stopping place in
town. Meet your friends there. p. ID.
Cottingham a. Co
The Spelling Contest" previous
~ announced. will take place in Newark
on the.public school grounds, this (Satur
day evening. Ice cream and cake will
be sold, the proceeds of which will be
for the benefit of Trinity NJ. p. Church.
Prof Thomas II Spence, Vice
President of Maryland Agricultural Col
lege. spent Thursday III Snow Hill.
Prof Spence came To prepare his home
at "Lansdowne" for the reception of
his wife and children. who arrived here
on the noon train the same day.
Mrs Mary NJ. North has very in
teresting article i'll The christina Work
and ErdngsiiSf, of the issue of May 2lst.
on 1.-The Birthplace of the Presbyterian
Church in America" The article is ac-
cOmpanied by number of photographs
which were taken by the author.
Services will be held on Snow Hill
Circuit of the NJ. p. Church, tomorrow
as follows: Preaching at Nassawango.
at 10 30 o'clock. a. IN; Trinity. 800
o'clock. p. IN: Snow Hill. Glass meeting
at .. 30 o'clock. a. m. and Preaching at
$ O'Clock. p III.
\ The person who left broken down
Sart /on the county road between the
fStIhs of George J. Dryden aud John l.
R06lns. are hereby notified to remove
the same at once. or the Comfy will re-
move il at the owners expense BY or
der Board of County Commissioners.
H ID. Clogg. Photographer. desires
to notify the public that beginning with
June 20. he will spend Monday. Tues
day and Wednesday of each week there
after. in Snow Hill; and Thursday. Fri.
day. and Saturday of each week there
after, in Pocomoke City. He has pho
tograph studio at each place, and is pre-
pared to do first class work.
DIR. VIM. ID. Straughn who was re-
Gently operated upon for appendicitis
at tine Peninsula General Hospitil. Sails
bury, was able to leave his room for the
first time last Sunday, and spent sever
al hours on the veranda. He expects To
he able to leave for Ocean City early
next week. where he will recuperate be-
fore taking up his practice at Snow
Hill.
e II. Nelson, of FELTON,, Delaware
was the winner of the Five Dollar Robe
offered by J. III Perdue to the person
writing -. II. II. Perduc for Carriages
and Runabouts. the greatest number
of times on postal card. Mr.. Nelson
wrote the full sentence correctly and
legiblv. ATS times. A young lady of
Salisbury was close second, having
written the phrase i55 times.
ut iittctiuE lOI tltCt-
ion of officers of the Snow Hill Fire De.
psrtment, was held Wednesday night.
ana resulted as follows: VIM c. Ker
bin, president; VIM: $ Parsons. vice
president; George w Vince..t, secretary
chief; Walter q. Turner. assistant chief:
Ernest Mills. foreman truck No /:
Ernest Parsons, assistant; Charles
L., Il.
Smith, assistant; George w. Powell,
marshal.
The friends and members of Wesley
NJ. + Church will hold festival on the
Church grounds. July 4th. The pro.
ceeds will be used toward paying the
Church debt. At the reopening OF the
Church last winter sufficient funds were
not raised to pay the indebtedness. The
Church is now burdened with debt,
which it is hoped will be paid by the
proceeds from the festival. All the
friends of the Church are invited to be
present, aud lend their aid to the noble
cause.
The Sign of safety-Oehms Acme
Halls now located at III West Lexing
ton Street, near Charles, a very conveD-
lent place for shoppers from any part of
our state. being easily reached from all
the railroad stations aud st amboat
wharves; right in the heart of the retail
shopping district and visitors are made
TO feel thoroughly at home by this we'll
known and long established Mems and
Boys Cloth * House. Oehm's is a
synonym for reliability aud good quality.
Hunt them up when you visit Baltimore.
they promise TO save you time, trouble
and money.
One afternoon of last week while
Mrs. Charles j. Mckee. who lives abot
"A mile and half from Snow Hill, was
sewing. she glarced out OF the open door
and was astonished to see the air black
ened by swarm of bees coming direct
~ towards the house. She hastily
snatched tin basin, and began To make
loud noise to attract the bees. Mr..
Mckee. who was at work in the field,
heard the din. aud hurrying TO the house
he saw a large swarm of bees circling
around the big chimney of the front
part of the house. Following the lead
of the queen bee. the swarm sooi began
TO go down the chimney, where the bees
attached themselves in their peculiar
fashion in cluster as large as half
I a