Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-08

were guests at the NJ p. Parsonage
this week.
Mr.. Victor Hammond, of Washing
ton, ID. c., who is spending the summer
with his grandmother, Mrs. Esther
Hammond, in Berlin. was guest at
the home of Mr.. James p. Burroughs
this week
Misses Eleanora Hargis, Helen
Moore, and Miss Minnette Chapman, of
Knoxville, Tenn, were entertained at
Ocean City from Wednesday to Friday
by Miss Ethelyn Wilson at the cottage
of her mother, Mrs. f. X. Wilson.
Miss Venie Hearne, of Pocomoke
City, came to Snow Hill Monday, and
has been spending the week with her
brother, Mr. Eben Hearne, at the Hotel
Purnell. On Tuesday they enjoyed a
pleasant da VS. outing at Ocean City.
The Berlin base ball team played
two interesting games of ball in Sails
bury on the Fourth. The morning game
resulted in victory for Berlin by the
score of to 3: the afternoon game
was won by Salisbury. the score being
ii to 2.
The Board of County Commission
ers was in session Tuesday and struck
the levy. The rate is $l.00. decrease
of 5 cents. and places the county on a
cash basis. Furthur mention is made of
this i'm an editorial of the MESSENGER
today.
Our old friend Doughty, of the
Atlantic Hotel, Chincoteague Island,
writes us that the Annual pony penning
will ''come off" on the Island on the
25th, and 26th. of this month. 1t goes
without saying that large crowd will
witness the event.
Mrs. Chas. T. Mount and little son
Wilfred, who have been visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. p. Bailey, for
the past few weeks, will return to her
home in Portsmouth, Va. to-day. She
will be accompanied by her sister, Miss
Allie Mae Bailey.
There will be services on Snow Hill
charge, M. p. Church, tomorrow as
follows; Bates Memorial, class meeting
and preaching in morning; Christian
Endeavor at 7.l5. p. NJ; preaching at
Trinity at 800, p. M: Nassawango.
Children's Day services at 500. =. NJ.
Wanted Energetic man to repre-
sent the Southern Mutual Investment
Co. Excellent proposition. bearing the
closest inspection. Doing business i'm
81 states. Only men of good standing
who are ready to furnish bond. need
apply. Address p. o. box $50, Whining
ton. Del.
Mr.. Woodland c. Bradley died at
the Peninsula General Hospital Sails
bury about o'clock Tuesday morning,
of hardening of the liver, after an illness
of more than two months. He returned
from the Baltimore City Hospital about
a week ago in very weak condition
and went to the Hospital at Salisbury
The festival which was held Tues
day night i'm front of the Court House
was well attended and patronized. The
receipts, amounting to $5l.O0. will be
added to the base ball fund. The man
agement of the base ball club desires
to thank the ladies and all other persons
who contributed to making the affair a
success.
AT the quarterly meeting of the
directors of the Diamond State Tele-
phone Co., held recently in Dover, the
final merger and consolidation of three
telephone companies in Maryland, two
in Virginia and one in Delaware. was
confirmed and made absolute. The
number of directors was increased from
seven to ten, and large appropriations
were voted for the further extension of
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was made in the officers of the company.
The game of baseball between the
Snow Hill team and the Indians, of
Berlin. on the Snow Hill grounds last
Friday afternoon, was won by the local
team by the score of % to 2. The visit
ors were outclassed, as indicated by the
score, Westcott, the pitcher for Snow
Hill, being in fine form, and holding his
opponents down to two scratchy hits.
1t should be explained that the Indians"
do not represent the best talent in Ber-
men, enthusiastic over baseball, and
ever ready to get into a game.
night to hold up and rob Chance Wilson,
a NOiOt GU uuCholCi WIN d Siildil
store on the outskirts of the town. The
attack was made by a negro, who, under
the pretence of buying clans, got Will
son to go to the rear of the store.
While there the negro tried to force
the money drawer, but made slight
noise which attracted the attention of
Wilson. who Immediately went to the
front, but was knocked senseless. The
negro escaped without obtaining any
booty. States Attorney William F.
Johnson has ordered the arrest of Ed
ward Nelson, who is accused of the
crime.
"A Washington correspondent writ
ing about the contested election cases
before the next Congress thus refers to
the Jackson-Smith contest Zone of
the most bitter cases promises to be
that of Jackson against Smith in the
first Maryland district. wagon load
of testimony, representing only the side
of Republican contestant. has already
been received Much of this evidence
consists of ten ballot boxes containing
the ballots as cast and a mass of other
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