Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-01-23

Mr.. Frank Peters, son of Charles NJ.
Peters. Of Wesley. attended the PENN
sula Horticultural Society at Cambridge
this week, where he represented the
firm Of VIM. NJ. Peters Sons. After
the adjournment of the meeting he left
for Delaware where he will spend sew
eral days with friends.
Fruit growers are meeting in
various sections of Delaware to discuss
zero weather on fruit trees. particular
ly the young trees which have been set
out in great numbers by the farmers of
Kent and Sussex within the past two
weeks OF number of extensive
growers of peaches and pears. who have
been asked concerning the fate of the
young trees in weathering the frigid
wave. none will venture a positive
opinion. Many. however, are hopeful
that. because Of the prevalence of dry
weather throughout. the sap had not
been reached and the wood not serious
ly injured.
The season for shooting quail and
rabbit in Worcester county closed last
Friday, January 18th. Both quail and
rabbits have been very plentiful in the
county, and large numbers of both
have been killed. Partridge shooting
has been popular with our sportsmen,
and birds have been found in large
fiocks, but the season cannot be said to
be q very successful one. The birds
seem to be more wary and more readily
frightened than in former years, for
now they invariably direct their flight
towards the woods on being discovered
| in the open. Some of our hunters are
advocating an extension of the season
for shooting them.
| The seventeenth annual meeting of
the Peninsula Horticultural Society was
held in Cambridge this week. The first
session was held Tuesday afternoon in
the Opera House. Judge Henry Lloyd
delivered the address of welcome, W hich
was responded to by Hon. Chas Wright.
of Seaford, Del w. G. Dawson, presi-
dent of the Society, delivered the an
nual address s. H. Derby, of Wood
side, Del, talked on apple Culture on
the Peninsula" giving a number of ex-
cellent hints in regard to the varieties
best suited to this locality and the prop
er methods to follow in order to secure
good results. Other addresses were
made and the meeting was decided
success.
M. Calvin H. Long has sold his
house and lot on Federal street TO Mr..
Robely D. Jones. for $2250. Mr.. Long
has made a great many improvements
to this home since he bought it three
years ago, and as it adjoins the resid-
ence of Mr.. Jones, It is a particularly
desirable acquisition for him. Mr.
Long retains an option on its rental un-
til the first of the coming April, when
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Long is the owner and proprietor of a
flour mill in Pocomoke City which is
doing a furnishing business, and his
purpose in moving TO that town is to
resume the active management of this
mill, as well as to look after other in
terests there.
| The business community of Sails
bury was somewhat startled Friday
morning last by the announcement that
the sheriff had taken possession of the
large shoe store of r. Lee Waller in Sal
isbury aud had closed the establishment.
Mr.. Waller was Tax Collector for the
Salisbury and Parsons districts in 1900
and 1901. and the county has secured
Judgment on his bond for those years.
The amount due the county for the two
years is said to be about $24 900, but the
officers in the county Treasurer's depart.
ment estimate that credits for B. G. &
A. Railway taxes. in litigation. and IN
solvencies will reduce the amount due
to about $4,000. On Mr.. Walters bond
of 1900 the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany. of Maryland, is security. On his
bond Of 1901 the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty Company. of Baltimore,
is security. There is much sympathy
for Mr.. Waller in his financial troubles.
and his friends hope he will be able to
adjust matters and resume business.
The Choptank river has been closed
to both scrapers and dredgers this week.
but dredging OH the ice has been carried
on with good results. The modus op.
erandi is to cut a hole in the ice big
enough to admit of the dredge being let
down through it. Then trench about
four inches across is cut for distance
Of some 80 or go yards. and by means of
this the dredge is drawn to the end of
the ditch. where a second hole is cut.
and it is drawn, with the oysters, to the
surface. Four men work together, and
from IS to 100 are thus engaged The
work is done on the tongers' grounds.
where oysters are fairly plentiful, and
this fact, coupled with the high prices
prevailing. makes the work remunera-