Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13

brother of the former owner, for $500.
He also purchased the furniture of the
hotel
Mr.. w. C. Cullen, secretary of the
Peninsula Produce Exchang of Maryland
was in Snow Hill Thursday, leaving at
noon for Berlin. Mr.. Cullen is going
over the county looking after the in
terests of the Exchange.
Mr.. w. S. Townsend will represent
the Peninsula Produce Exchange at
Girdletree during the coming season in
the capacity of agent and Inspector,
and Mr.. Paul Stilwalt will represent the
Exchange at Friendship.
The Members and friends of Bates
Memorial Church will begin the sale of
ice cream and cake on the corner of the
church lot, Saturday evening, May Goth,
and continue every Saturday evening
during the spring and summer.
Read the advertisement of Philip
E. Eddy, Providence, X. l. and Lord &
Spencer, Boston, Mass, two of the
best commission houses in the East,
both of which are selling agents for
the Peninsula Produce Exchange.
There will be Services on Snow Hill
charge, M. p. Church, this Sunday as
follows: Bates Memorial, Class at 9. 80,
A. M; Preaching, morning and evening,
Christian Endeavor at IT'S P. M,
Preaching at Trinity at $50 P. M.
There will be preaching in Snow
Hill Presbyterian church tomorrow
morning and evening by the pastor, Rev.
j. B. North. Mr.. North was taken sick
last Sunday after the morning service,
and was not able to fill his pulpit in the
evening.
Fruit and Potato growers find New
ark, N. j., good market. C. E.
Barker & Co., selling Agents in that
City for the Peninsula Produce Exchang
is one of the best firms in the COM
mission business. Our farmers should
try them.
The work of painting and decorating
the Interior of the Court House will
be completed this week. The men who
have been doing the work have made a
good job of it, and the court room pre-
sents a neat. clean and attractive APP
pearance.
The ladies of All Hallows Church
gave festival in the old Post Office
building last Wednesday evening. The
ladies of the Presbyterian Church will
hold one this friday evening in the
storehouse on Green street recently va
Gated by Walter Mason,
When you come to Court next
week, remember that you can get fine
oysters at j. A. Prices right opposite
the Court House. He also carries a fine
line of canned meats, cakes, crackers,
confectionery, cigars, fruits, soda water,
milk shakes, ginger ale, and all kinds
of refreshing drinks.
Warden John F. Weyler was re-
elected Thursday evening, and has al
ready begun to serve his eighteenth term
as head of the Maryland Penitentiary.
All the. other employees of the institu-
tion were re elected, upon the recon-
mendation of the Warden. Chief Clerk
William c. Franklin, of Berlin, was
reelected.
We have removed about go names
of subscribers from our list this week
who failed to respond to postal cards
sent out about two weeks ago telling
them to pay up. By their not doing so
we take it for granted they do not
want the paper, and we don't intend
anyone shall have it who has subscribed
and will not pay for it.
Baltimore has had banana glut for
the past two weeks. This fruit has
been selling as low as three cents a
bunch, but the three cent kind was
hardly marketable. However, it has
been possible to buy fine bananas as
cheap as rs cents a single bunch, Five
steamers brought 81, $50 punches from
Jamica and Cuba in one day.
Rev. Samuel McBurney, of Phila-
delphia, who preached in Snow Hill
such an eloquent sermon on the Sunday
of the dedication of Whatcoat M. E.
Church, died at his home in Philadelphia,
Sunday afternoon. He was greatly in
demand at the dedication of churches
and had a host of friends in Philadel-
phia, Wilmington, Washington and
Baltimore.
Quinn & Co., Crisfield, have com.
menced the publication of the Maryland
Farm Journal, 80 pages exclusive OF
cover, devoted to the agricultural inter.
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