Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-07-01

Girdletree M. Z. Circuit will be held
at Girdletree on Friday morning, July
7th, at 10 o'clock. The members of
each church are requested to be present.
Commencing Sunday July I'd, there
will be two trains for Ocean City that
will stop at all local stations for Ocean
City passengers, leaving Claiborne at
ZOO and lO.55 A. NJ, respectively. ct.
There will be celebration at Cor
bins +. D. in the afternoon and even
ing of July 4th, consisting of music,
dancing and fireworks. Refreshments
at reasonable rates. The public is in
vited.
The Ladies Euchre Club was en-
tertained last Friday evening by Miss
Annie Station and Mrs. Edna S. Whaley
at their home on Federal Street. The
first prize was won by Miss Mary Mus
selman.
Miss Mary Scarborough, of the State
Normal School, came home last week to
spend brief vacation. She leaves next
week for Columbia University where
she will remain during the summer
The annual Furnace festival, given
under the auspices of the Christian
Church, will be held on Wednesday the
18th of July. If the weather is unfavor-
able on Wednesday, the festival will be
held on the following day.
Services on Snow Hill circuit, M.
P. church, this Sunday as follows:
Preaching at Nassawango at 10. 80 A.
M; Bates Memorial, Class at 10. 80 A.
M; Christian Endeavor, els P. M;
and Preaching at 500 p. M.
DIR. Alfred Smith, temperance evan
gelist of the Wilmington Conference,
will deliver an address in the M. <.
Church at Klej Grange, Wednesday
evening, July 5th, at 7.30 o'clock.
Everybody invited to attend.
While riding to his home, in Law
sonia, an adjoining town of Crisfield.
on his bicycle Monday night, Clarence
r. Moore was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. Moore was 80 years
old, and engaged in the crab trade.
Mrs. William H. Higgins and three
children. of Laurel. Del. are visiting
Mrs. Mary Higgins and family. They
were accompanied to Snow Hill by Rev.
VIM. II. Higgins. who left for his home
in Laurel the latter part of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Samuel Price en-
tertained large number of little boys
and girls last Friday evening in honor
of the 9Th birthway of their son, Will
lam. Games were INDUCED in and re-
freshments were abundantly served to
all.
The members and friends of the
Methodist Protestant Church will not
hold a festival on July 4th, as previous
ly announced, for the reason the young
people desire to devote the day to the
interest of the newly organized base
ball team.
Tho "Pine Grove" farm in coul-
bourn's district was sold Tuesday by
Oliver ID. Collins, att0rney-at-law. The
tract contains about 300 acres of land,
and is very desirable farm. The pur-
chaser was Lev. Truitt, colored, whose
bid was 81, lie.
On account of the Jackson-Smith
Congressional contest it may be neccs-
sary to purchase new ballot-boxes for
all the voting places on the Eastern
Shore, this fall, as the law does not
allow the ballots to be removed until the
contest is decided.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Townsend left
Tuesday for their home in Baltimore,
after spending several days in Snow
Hill with their father, Mr.. George c.
Townsend. Their daughter, Miss jamie
will spend several weeks
here with relatives.
L. l.. Dirickson, Jr., and DIR. James
c. Dirickson, of Berlin, attended the
of the directors of the Com
mercial National Bank in Snow Hill
afternoon. The former is the
president of the institution, and the
latter is one of the board of directors.
"A festival will be held at Klej
Grange on the 4th of July, at which
time and place all the usual good things
will be for sale. During the afternoon
several balloons will be sent up for the
special amusement of the children.
Come early, and join in the celebration.
IIwish to inform the public that have
accepted the agency for the Baltimore
Steam Laundry Co." Give
me trial. Satisfaction guaranteed.
leaves every Wednesday morn
ing returning Friday night. First ship
ment, Wednesday, July LIST. J. Arthur
Price.
On account of Fourth of July, the
b. C. & A. Ry. Co. will run a special
train leaving Ocean City at Is p NJ,
from Ocean City to Salisbury, stopping
at intermediate points to let off passen-
gers, for the accommodation of passen-
gers also desiring to remain at Ocean
City after night.
Running from field Monday even
ing to escape an electrical storm, Brad
shaw Messick. a well known Hearns'
Cross Roads Delaware farmer, fell
dead in the doorway of his home from
heart disease. Two young men were
killed by lightning on the Messick farm
a few years ago.
Judge VIM K. Boston, of Ironshire,
Md, has been visiting Mr.. |. j. Bur-