Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-23

Tomorrow Sunday morning will
be the last class service during this
quarter. and the meeting will be ad
dressed by Capt. Levi Brimcr. How is
your record of attendance for this quar-
ter? Can't you add one more to il to-
morrow ? We will be glad to see you,
especially so. if you have not been with
us this quarter. rs this one visit would
prevent us from sending you another
blank report. J. T. Taylor, Leader
a delightful trip to Pocomoke City
on the steamer Mabel was given last
Saturday afternoon by Mr.. Marshall
Wilson in honor of Miss Katherine
Hodge. of Henderson, Ky, and Miss
Eta Goldsborough, of Cambridge. who
are the guests of Misses Nora and
Wilson Hargis, and Miss Lillian Hyde,
of Baltimore. who is the guest of Miss
Bessie Purnell The party was chap
eroned by Mrs. Margaret Wilson and
Mrs Marion T. Hargis.
Services in Bates Memorial NJ. +.
Church tomorrow as follows preach
ing at 80 O'Clock a. m; Sunday school
at 2.30 o'clock, y. m; Christian Endeav-
or at Z o'clock. Subject for morning
service, Harvest" topic for Christian
Endeavor, Miss Ethel Sturgis. leader.
"John Elliot and His Nilsson Among
The Indians. Owing to Children's
Day service at Nassawango NJ. =.
Church at 100 O'Clock. there will bc no
service in town at night.
The secret is out, The mystery Of
the negro whose escapadeS startled the
community last week has been revealed.
The man is a son of Henry Martin. is
partially demented. and wandering
away from home, got lost in the woods
and was unableIor several days to find
his way back On Thursday Deputy
Sheriff Gordon Bbwen went out to
search for the man Nand tracked him
nearly to his home. He ascertained
the fact that the negro was a little
'otf. and had strayed away from his
fathers house, where much anxiety had
been felt for his safety. He is peace
able fellow, and the story about his
threatening boy is thought To have
been the imagination of scared young
ster.
Tie Baltimore papers of Monday
printed list of National Banks in the
State of Maryland which are on the
"Roll of Honor. There are only twenty
two of them in the State, among the
number being the First National, of
Snow Hill. This is credit to our old
est financial institution In order to
entitle bank to have recognition on
the roll of honor" the institution must
show surplus and undivided profits equal
to or in excess of its capital stock that
is to say. the capital to be 100 per cent.
profits and surplus must exceed that
percentage. According to the reports
there were 80 national banks in active
operation in Maryland on August -
1905 Maryland also stands in eighth
place on the roll of honor. with %
banks, as against. % for the year pre-
vious.
The story published in several Phila-
delphia papers about certain William
r. Jones, alleged to hail from Snow
Hill, getting buncoed out of the better
part of 5000 in that city one day this
week is not true so far as we can as
certain, as no such person as William
r. Jones lives in Snow Hill We hate
to spoil such well written account as
appeared III tne b"tF'H, nut II "ould
be lasting disgrace for an Eastern
Shoreman to allow anything as slow rs
a Philadelphia to get ahead of him.
The only excuse we can find for the
publishing of such fabrication is that
a reporter of the Buiietin had been
drinking too much Schuylkill water.
and his condition caused him to see
things" The story about Judge Eisen-
brown knowing the railroad fare to
Snow Hill, will go all right as the
Judge is frequent visitor to our town
and he can vouch for the fare. and the
Judge knows, too. that we have nothing
around here as green as the aforesaid
William r. Jones.