Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-06-06

load of berries. Philip Evans. of neal
Gumboro. fell from his dayton. anc
when found by neighbor life was ex.
tinct. Mr.. Evans, who was about
thirty-five years old. had been suffer.
er for some time with acute heart dis.
ease. He leaves wife and two chill.
dren, boy and girl He was genial
hard working farmer.
Frequently persons say to US. ''yot
did not have anything in your paper
about my going away" or about some
other piece Of news. We are just ord
nary human beings. and while we tr!
to get all the news that S fit to print We
cannot know everything, therefore ",
will thank our subscribers to send u!
the item about their visit or visitors
Send it early in the week and get tn,
thanks of the printers
The Philadelphia Record will publish
beginning Sunday, June 7th, story by
William j Grimm, entitled "Onneta o.
Gnaden Huetten. . This story is now
published for the first time It is I
tale of colonial Pennsylvania at the be
ginning of the French and Indian War
and during the latter part Of the activ,
career Of Conrad Weiser, the then fam
ed but now almost forgotten Indian in
terpreter. This story should be OF
special interest to the Germans of Penn
sylvania 1t will be continue through
June and July.
The dates of the thirteenth annua
convention of the Maryland Bankers
Association have been changed to Sep
TENDER 18th. 18th and 18th, in place OF
23d. oath and 25th This change i.
made necessary by the American Bank
ers Association selecting September
9th to meet in Denver, Col. The Stat,
convention will meet at the Hotel Bel
vedere, Baltimore. and promises to be
notable gathering. The Baltimor,
Clearing House will cooperate with the
State association in the entertainment
and courtesies that will be extended tC
the county bankers.
The editors of the MESSENGER are
in receipt of invitations to attend thC
annual commencement exercises OF
Western Maryland College and Mary.
land Agricultural College AT both OF
these institutions Worcester County
will furnish graduates. 3 Western
Maryland. Miss Emily Thomas White
of Pocomoke City. is one Of the grad
yates. At the NJ. A. C.. MIR. Edward
McAfee Paradise is a graduate Miss
Rachel Donovan, who is also well-knowr
to our people as the accomplished daugh.
ter of Rev. Avery Donovan. will gradu.
ate from Western Maryland College
this year
Thy Crisdid Time says "A mum
Der of Cristield boatmen. who were il
Tangier Sound on Tuesday. report The
sighting of the largest school of Drum
fish ever seen in this section of tn,
country 1t is said that the school wa:
about ten acres in size and apparently
at least ten feet in depth. and the fish
looked to be from o to ~ feet in length
One boatman sailed around the edge oi
the school several times. but says tn,
fish gave the sailing craft no attention
whatever, but kept on their way TOWARD
the bay. All who saw it. say it was th'
most wonderful sight conceivable. anC
the report is corroborated bp larg,
number of people.
In 1906 hotel charges were regu
lated by law. Their charge permitted
for breakfast was "a cents. for Dime
with a pint of small beer or cider 8
cents, for lodging l6 cents, for gil
of spirit or brandy IL cents, and for
gill of whiskey cents. In 1904 whea
in Washington County was worth 81. 2
per bushel in Baltimore $3.50. Prio
to 1900 there was only one polling place
in Washington County and that a
Hagerstown. The sheriff conducted
the elections and was the sole judge
In 1900 the county was divided into tiv'
election districts. When HagerstowI
was laid out two tracts were reserved
as commons upon which the people
of the town pastured their cows. M"
cock Star.
According to a reports just ISSUED
a survey of the swamp lands of Maryland
shows the State has 32S, 600 acres o
such territory. of which l24. $50 arr
fresh-water swamps, and 2O4, il6 acres
saltwater marshes. The eastern ant
southern counties bordering on th'
Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean
have 1923, 326 acres, of which lls,9l2 arr
fresh and 2O4. 4l6 are salt The centra
and western counties have 5. 44O acres
all Of which are fresh. These figures