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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-01-06
THE PENINSULA GARDENERS.
Annual Meeting At Chestertown January
16 An Elaborate And Interesting
Program Prepared BY The HorticuI-
tural Society.

The annual meeting of the Peninsula
Horticultural Society will be- held in
Chcstertown January rs. Z and Is. at
which the following program win be
carried out
january IL l.30 =. NJ. Prayer. Rev.
". l. White pastor NJ f. Church,
Chcstcrtown address Of welcome. vii
liam w Beck. Chcstertowu response.
Hon. J W Kerr. Denton. Md. presi-
dent IS annual address. James s. Harris,
Still Pond. Md Some Lessons from
the Peach Orchards of New Jersey.
Dr G. f. Warren, horticuturist New
Jersey Experiment Station. Z +. NJ
some Important Insect Enemies Of
the Peach. Prof a. L. Quaiuiauce.
What Our L. ). Dept, Of Agrlcul
tural Colleges Teach and How They
Teach 1t, Dr 6. +. Warren. illustrated
with lantern slides.
January II 8 A. NJ Report ON
peaches. Levi Cooeh Cooch Bridge.
Del: The Insects Of the Year Prof
T. T. Symons. state cntomOlogist of
Maryland; Fungus Diseases of Plants.
Prof f. D. Chester. Delaware Expert
mcnt Station. Controlling Insects and
Plant Diseases With Dust and Liquid
Sprays. Prof C.P. Close -hortieuturist
of Delaware Experiment Station T..
NJ The Value of the Soil Survey.
Milton Whitney, United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture Apples and
Apple Culture. j. ". Kerr, Denton.
Md Pears. ] l.. Soper, Magnolia,
Del. Plum Culture j r. Carter,
Smyrna, Del i t. NJ Grapes, dis
cussion to be opened by W. 4 Massey,
Smyrna Del. Nut Culture Hon.
George Biddie, Elkton, Md Small
hFjiit, Prof " II. IIutt. state horti-
culturist Of Maryland
January Is 9 A. NJ .Asparagus.
Frank Cochran. Galena, Md "Nege-
tables and Market Gardening. b. f.
r. Woodall, Milford. Del Fruit
Packages and Implements. George
II Niver, Wyoming, Del Some Re
quiremcnts of Fruit Markets, Prof
W II HUT. ? +. NJ. Gold Storage
OF Fruits, w. T. Robinson. president
America Warehouse Association, Phila-
delphia. "Producc Exchanges, A. j.
McMath, Onlcy, Va; Transportation
W. r. Allen, Salisbury, Md. New
Fruits Charles Wright, Seaford, Del. ;
"How To Beautify the Country Home.
j otto Thilow, Philadelphia. z T. NJ.
The Flora and Other Features of
the Yellowstone Park, Puget Sound and
Other Parts of Our Country, illustrated
with lantern slides, J. Otto Thilow.
Az the close Of each address oppor-
unity viii be given for full and free
discussion Of the topic presented.
Unusual efforts have been made to
secure a representative exhibit of apples
and pears, not only from the Peninsula.
but from different parts of the country
and it is expected that fine collection
will be displayed Frui, is already i'm
cold storage from Maryland New
Jersey, Missouri and Connecticut
There will also bc large exhibit Of
fruit packages. spraying outfits and
implements
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To Meet al Ocean City.

Mr. NJ Bates Stephens. state super
lntendent % public instruction isauthor
lty for the statement chat the law rcla-
tive g county Institute Of school teach
ers VIII BE- amended IS the next Geucr
al Assembly So as % remove all doubt
rs to the authority for q consolidation
Of school Institutes Of sverl counties
with one institute. to be- held Turing the
summer at some attractive resort This
consolidation took place last September
when the teachers uf Somerset. Nicon
leo and Worcester. instead of holding
separate county Institutes held com
blned institute al Ocean City
AT the time il was thought that au
thority for this consolidation was not
conferred 10y law. but no objection was
raised IL is now proposed that the law
shall be So amended that full authority
will be given for rthe consultations tire
Institutes IF several counties into one
Under this plan Dorchester viii bciu-
vited to join Somerset, WicomIcu and
Worcester IN an institute at Ocean City.
next summer. There are not sufficient
accommodations at the resort for more
teachers. It viii bc possible. however.
for teachers of the other counties of the
Eastern Shore to hold separate msti-
tute at another time
It will also be possible for teachers of
Western Maryland counties to unite fl
holding an institute al Blue Mountain
House, Blue Ridge Summit. Araddoe
Heights, Oakland or Deer Park
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-01-06

II SAW THE RAyENoCs FISH DARTING
TOWARD MI.
stands out as unique. All during the
summer months hc worked as an engi-
nepr on a dredgc boat which piled up
and down the bayous emptying into the
gulf of Mexico aud it was during this
term of SER Ice that lie met the terror
and skippt'i It by the margin Of a
hairs breadth.
Life on i dreigc boat is not an ideal
pA,stcncc Ii! amy means. said the hero
ot t4c adNcuiu.c, and soon grows SO
u.on14onop ulat il is hardly tolerable.
a. tact Wcrt it not for the few chance
hlpi aud Ia areS that COME our way
lhmk Nc would dic of cnnu
II is of one of those hazards that
Nam H. tel you, IL hazard that, rs
louk back upon il now makes cold
shi,er> plaa u and down my back.
Il Was yr,uta5 ia the jaws OF man
eating shark. ii great ravcnous monster.
seek NJ to appcasc It's appetite, and
here am /. alive and well
"Ous boat ll} at the mouth of one OF
the haNou~ that pour their Hood into the
restless sou h,rn sea within few
mile, u: that picturesque spot. Grand
isle We wee far enough up the stream
- rsrtrr tin pound and rush of the
I cat wave, which throw whtecaps
shy WHN aut in that waste of greeniSh
Matrt.. hu. We could sec the ocean.
hear lis wcrping, moaning sob. ana the
u'ranrholN. ,tirgo. like sound seemed 10
call u ami infect Il With Il desire for n
p,E.l sc into these Slirgcs
81 WAS ouc OF those who listened 10
the vote ef ,he sca hcarkcncd To the
weird can. and the wild desire pos.
scSscd me fDr a swim in those mighty
waves The SURF washing on the beach
in long. ziguggiug lines of white.
yeasty foam Wc could see from the
deck Of our anchored steamer and To
our ears came the sWiShug pounding
boom as each wall of water. urged In
by never weakening force, spent its
energy IN climbing the stretch OF yellow
sand and sprayed itself in lashing
showers on tie unyieldng shore
The temptation TO swim in that
great sea Was not 70 be- resisted My
blood tiugled NJ the sight and sound of
it, and obtained the captains permis,
sion to usc the yawl Ia row over 10 the
island
"'Going for a swim, Reese hc ask
ed, and when gave am affirmative re
ply he said that the surf bathing ulou.
the beach of the island was magnin
cent but that il was dangerous a. ~
too far out because of the sharks l'd
heard tie story of the sharks before.
but wasn't afraid, not intending To risk
myself out ia very deep water aud as
| showed the skin on from the drcdgc
boat side | assured the skipper that
would exercise great care.
Two or three of the crew went with
me ana handling the oars III pairs.
we rapidly crossed the stretch uf calm
water. sheltered between the island
and the marshy mainland. and reached
a favorable point TO tie up.
1T WAS evening. "a glorious summer
evening with "A stiff breeze sweeping
across the island from ont at sea. and n
mellow moon riding high In the heuv
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-01-06
FARMER KILLS WIFE
AND CHILDREN
Murdered Three With an Axe and
Then Killed Himself
HE WAS PROBABLY INSANE

Rochester Mich. Jan 3. Alarmed
by the deserted appearance OF the
farm house OF Clarence A Barnum.
who recently located near here neigh
bors broke into the house and found
Barnum. his wife. his daughter Louise,
aged %, and his son Clinton aged Is.
all lying dead The wife and the son
and daughter had apparently been
killed with AN axe. A single barreled
shotgun lying near his corpse. and
the fact that his head was almost on
tirely blown OF showed how Farmer
Barnum himself had met his end. Mrs
Baruum's body lay in the woodshed
It appeared that she had been able TO
resist the murderer tor a BRIEF time
or al any rate had succeeded in elud
ing him long enough 70 reach the
shed But here She was struck down
and met the same fate that had be.
fallen her son and daughter
The appearance OF the house lndi
Gated that the family had just finished
breakfast when the insane and mur
derous frenzy OF the father broke out
Evidently there had been a terrific
struggle as the mother and children
battled for their lives The dining room
was all bespattered with blood even
the ceiling Under the dining room
table lay the fathers body. a gun
across his knee Apparently he had
taken the muzzle into his mouth be.
lorc pulling the trigger Three extra
cartridges stood on the sideboard AZ
ii IN readiness 70 oyertake any mem
Der OF the family who might succeed
in escaping the murderer's axe There
was blood on the handle of the axe
but the blade had been washed In
the dining room where the body oi
The father was found lay also that OF
the daughter The sons corpse was
found in tho kitchen Il Is thought
thar thc boy was tho first attacked
that the mother was killed in the
woodshed ucNt and that the father
turned last io The daughter imprisoned
IN the dining room where the dis
'urbauco hal apparently begun The
wife and son and daughter all had
their heads TERRIBLY emit and crushed
with the axe
Barnum sold "a farm near Homer
Mich onlt teW months ago and 10
Gated here lat, iu tue season 1t Is said
that tho harvest III his new home did
not meet hi- Expectations and that be-
had become dcspoudeut This was
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JOHN w. STATION, Attorney-at-Law.
Order NiSi.

Levin j. Houston. Collector of State
and County taxes for the years 1894
and 1898. eX parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. No 3 Petitions. October
term, 1905, to wit: December 18th,
1905.
Whereas, certain Levin j. Houston.
Collector of State and County taxes for
Worcester County for the years 1894
and 1895, has reported to the Circuit
Court for Worcester County sale
made by him to satisfy and pay said
State and County taxes for the years
1894 and 1895, in arrears and unpaid, of
all that property in the Sixth Election
District of Worcester County known as
''Davis's Choice" or phillips Luck, "
containing seventy five acres of land,
more or less, and assessed to certain
William Davis for the said years 1894
and 1895, of which the County Com
missioners of Worcester County be-
came the purchaser.
And, whereas, said collector has re-
ported all the proceedings had in re-
lation thereto: and, whereas, upon ex-
animation it appears to the Court that
the said proceedings are regular and
that the provisions of law in relation
thereto have been complied with.
Now, therefore, it is ordered this
18th day of December, 1905, by the
Circuit Court for Worcester County
that notice be given by the publication
of this order once week for three
successive weeks before the 18th day
of January next in some weekly news
paper published in Worcester County
aforesaid, warning all persons interest
ed in said real estate to be and appear
in this Court on or before the 18th day
of January next to show cause, if any
they have, why said sale should not be
ratified and confirmed.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $l4. 10. HENRY PAGE.
True Copy, Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL, Clerk
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OLIVER ID. COLLINS, Attorney.
Order NiSi.

In the Orphans Court of Worcester
County.
December term, 1905 to wit: December
18th, 1905.
ORDERED that the sales of the real
estate made and reported by Ellen +.
Mason, and Walter I. Mason, Executors
of the last Will and Testament of
Stephen f. Mason, deceased, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the con
trary thereof be shown on or before
the 9th day of January next. Provided
a copy of this order be inserted in some
newspaper printed and published in
Worcester County once in each Of three
successive weeks before the 9Th day of
January next,
The report states the amount of sales
to be $l55. 100.
ARA =. BOWEN,
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR,
Test: EDWARD r. DAVIS,
Register Of Wills.
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rwo SHOT IN PISTOL DUEL
Shooting Resulted From Attempt "a
Arrest Man For Burglary.

Scranton Pa Jam AS the result
OF revolver dnc iu the woods al
Tobyhanna. about ~ miles from here
one man s dyng while another was
so seriously womdca that hc MAY lose
an arm They are John A Brown
shot IN tae head breast and back
skull fractured will die and Charles
Beggs. "a detective 81 this city shot
through the arm
Brgps ana several other officers
went to Brown home 70 arrest him
on charge 1T bufsla- AIS on ot
them was readiue ue ~aram Brown
drew mis- revolver and began firing
Tho officer Joined iu thc dur with
the above r suit
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-01-06
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the an
nual meeting Of the stockholders of the
First National Bank Of Snow Hill
Maryland, will be held in the bank
building, on Tuesday, the 9th day of
January, 1906, between the hours Of 10
O'Clock A. M, and O'Clock p M. for
the purpose of electing a Board of Di-
rectors of said bank for the ensuing
year. JAS. =. TOWNSEND, Cashier
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders Of the
Commercial National Bank of Snow
Hill, Maryland, will be held in the bank
building on Tuesday the 9th day of
January, 1906, between the hours of 10
o'clock A. NJ, and ! O'Clock p. NJ, for
the purpose of electing Board of Di-
rectors of said bank for the ensuing
year. VIM. f. BRATTEN, Cashier
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B iffen
BYSbork
"A Daring Summers a d.
UenTure In The GuD
of Mexico.
Big Fish Pursued Him. on+ He
Escaped From It's JotOE
Only After LoSinS PART
Of His Heel.

Many men have narrow escapes and
live to tell Of them but few have the
close call with death that William
Reese encountered and come out with
breath in their bodies. says the New
Orleans Picayune Reese's adventure
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A jamaican Lady Speaks Highly OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.

Mrs. Michael Hart wife Of the super
intcndcnt Of Cart Service al Kingston
Jamaica, West India Islands, says that
she has for some years used Chamber
lain S Cough Remedy for coughs. Group
and whooping cough and has found it
very beneficial She has implicit con
fidence in it and would not be without
a bottle Of il in her home Sold by ~
-. Cottingham q Go.
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TERMS OF SALE

25 per cent. in Cash on the day of
sale, the remainder in two equal Install
ments of six and twelve months, to be
secured by the interest bearing bond
OF the purchaser, bearing interest from
day of sale, or all cash at the option of
the purchaser.
For further particulars see the un-
dersigned owner.
+. T.. HUDSON. Girdletrec, Md
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TUESDAY, January 9th 1000,
at 2. 30 O'Clock P. NJ.

About 1000, 900 feet of GOOD pine tim
Der in three lots, as follows:
1st About 1900, 900 feet on my farm
between Box Iron and Girdletree
I'd About 400, 600 fee. on the Reedy
track, between Box Iron and Girdletree
Sd About 400, 600 feet on the Parker
Selby farm.
At the same time | will sell good
Saw ill,nearly new. with Stave attach
ment.
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SOMETHING HELD ME nY THE HEEL"
firmly placed and, running aud swim
ming hy tun- ! hurried an the sub
merged slope
u knew then thal was safe, that
the water was too shallow for thc man
eater to follow me, and. turning again,
hooked over The whilrcaps 90 see him.
There he was sure enough swimming
about n short circles his hlack nm
showing above Tie surface hailied and
doubtless angry ut missing liis supper
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PUBLIC SALE
OF
Two Million Feet
OF
Pine Timber,
AND A SAW MILL

will sell at public auction, at the
Court House door in Snow Hill, Mary
land, on
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The Farmers Paper.

THE SUMS market reports and commercial col
limns are complete and reliable and put the farm
or the merchant and the broker IN touch with the
markets of Baltimore. Norfolk Charleston New
York. Chicago Philadelphia and all other import
AM points in the United States and other eoun-
tri,.s All Of which the reader gets for one cent
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THE SUN AT | CENT
Is the Cheapest High Class Pa
per in The United States

THE SUNS special correspondents throughout
the United States. we'll in Europe. China.
Jnpan the Philippine. Porto Rico Cuba and IN
every other part Of the world make Il the greatest
newspaper that can be- printed.
It's Washington and New York bureaus are
among the best in the United States, and give
THE SUMS readers the earliest information upon
an important events in the Legislative and financial
centers Of the country.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-01-06
Baking Powder

Food made with alum
baking powder carries alum
to the Stomach unchanged.
Scientists have positively
demonstrated this and that
such food is partly indi-
gestible and unhealthful.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
SOCIAL CALENDAR.

 well win entertain at reception January will with Miss Janet Hurter
  The members or Inc beauvoH oiuo give Tesday January the o Y. W. A. Adele Dsbro her home Court tf,s az
  mar
 
 day Bertha Rice will entertain the Young Lad Ss0 o'clock < as " B. Kelley will entertain at ger King Birmingham, Birmingham, Miss < Troy the Name les ca z Fl rhruss6y February s<s < ' Thursday Il o'clock Misses
  February 1Nrs will the Moth at rs Troy will entertain number of at Q Birmingham Troy Annie Troy F "a. l
 
  Sunday February will
 married at the home of her aunt Mrs Me 27 whkerson :. 1sThe Miss Iuci wsshbarp and o'clock
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
Ucnnen and Society
mss HOLT ENTERTAINED

MISS HOLT ENTERTAINED
 The members of the Queen of Clubs and number of other friends were de- 1fehtfuIIy entertained on Friday morn ing by Miss Julia Holt at her home on Perry street. It was violet party and the homo was exauisiteiy adorned in a plan of violet and green, Ferns. vio- let's and shaded candles were with fauIfless taste, placed about in jardi- niAres. vases and silver candelabra. The score cards were club cards and on them the score was kept by Miss An nie May Griggs and Miss Bessie Allen.
 Two handsome prizes were awarded; hand painted bowl full of violets and piece of bureau china was won by Miss Maggie Mashburn.
 The guests were:
 Misses Susie May. Clement Marks Elizabeth Baldwin, Elizabeth Andrews, Frankie Jones, Lucie Richardson, Mit- wick. Maggie Chambers, Laura Cham berf, Annie Laurie Sparks. Katherine Jelks. Annie Maud Dawson. Dorothy Seibs. Ethel Peizer, Maggie Mashburn, Bessie Burke. Josie Norwood. Bessie Allen. Annie May Grigg, Mary Troy, Annie Reid, Tyson. Virginia NorwQod, Nellie Meyer. Miriam Brame. May Belle ford, Julia Taylor, Lucille Warren, An nie Stakely, Frances Stakely, Dorsey Tyson, Annie Howard Blue. Jean Rous- sean. Annie Lowe, Fife May Wagner, Fannie Halls, Grace Halls, Rob Roper, Camilla Webber, Ella Hargrove Sayre, May Robinson, Theresa Vass, Libbfe Nass. Mary Marshall Vass, Elotse Glenn, Kate Ely. Fannie Morris Cloud. Chris tine Glass. Marie Milton, Matte Falls, Earrie Perry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
sts No More than the Ordinary Kind. All GrOcers.

she gave the command to her maiden friend Wlast. Libussa had been com pelled by her people to marry, but she had eontriyed to remain something more than the better half until her death left the widower master. His first thought was to get rid of the arm
 ed sisterhood. who then seeded, seized a mountain castle after murdering the inhabitants and for seven years, by treaehery and violence. maintained such a terrorism that the neighhoring states at last combined against them. and, de- coying the Amazon army into an ann buseade. they literally exteFminated it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
nELLINGRATH-ELMORE.

Mir. and Mrs. Nesbitt Elmore, of Te- cumseh, Kansas announce the engage ment of their daughter. Mary Nesbitt, marriage win take place at the First Presbyterian Church. Montgomery Alabama, on "Wednesday afternoon february !, at 5:30 o'clock.
 No Invitations issued.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
European AmaAons.

Europe once had it's republic of wo- men in Bohemia. The precise date of this Utopia is given as 7S5. A French writer states that at the death of King Crocus his daughter Libussa succeeded and at once surrounded herself with q powerful hodyguard of women. of whom
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
MISS NoRwcoD ENTER
 

Miss Virginia Norwood was the hos tess to whom the members of the Sat- urday Card Club and a few other friends were indebted for much pleas ure yesterday when she entertained them at her home on Perry Street. The club prize was a comb set with sap phires, and it was won by Mrs Stuart Mckenzie. and the guest prize. a card case, was won by Miss Roberta Rob- erts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-28
povgh Rlder,, to ATsouwh RIder.n

New York Evening Post.
 The president to Gov. Frantz of ok laRoma, late a Rough Rider" Have just read your (inauguaD address You will deliver the goods, Here's hop ing"
 Gov. Frantz to the president (unof- fciall: Have just read report of Till- mans speech, He's a wild wolf; ldo the AbeFnethy stunt with him"