Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-03-21

about the matter and expect you tC
settle. The Post Office Department
requires II of US.
The temperance meeting held al
Nassawango school house, Friday even
ing was largely attended. The large
crowd present seemed to manifest the
interest-the people of the vicinity have
taken in the cause.
The West End Club will exchange
books Saturday. If members will re.
turn books Friday afternoon or Satur.
day morning. it will be an accommoda.
ton. Books will be distributed from
four to six O'Clock Saturday.
Attention is called to the large adj
vertisement of w. s. Dickinson e. Son
on our editorial page. The millinery
opening of this house will be held on
Thursday and Friday April I'd and I'd.
The advertisement gives valuable infor-
nation.
We received letters from Nassa-
wango and other places last week and
week before which came too late.
Friends. send these letters in by We'd
nesday and they will be sure to get in
the paper. We cant do everything on
Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. John J. Bunting, of Newark.
this county, is making good at Dickin-
son College. He is not only a bright
and progressive student, but it is re-
cognized by his fellow students, who
have chosen him AZ the chief of the
Inter Society Debating Team.
The toothsOme shad has arrived in
the Pocomoke and from now on receipts
of shad are expected to increase in our
markets. There is no fish quite so
good as the Pocomoke shad, in the
opinion of Worcester CONTAINS. Epi-
cures have declared them superior to
any other kind of shad.
Shortly after leaving Fruitland for
home one night last week, a daughter
of W. II. Dykes was attacked in her
carriage by a colored man. who tried to
secure her purse, which was in hand
satchel. With rare courage Miss Dykes
fought her assailant and prevented his
taking her money until the approach of
another team caused the negro to run
on ana escape IN tne WOOus.
A syndicate has been formed to
build trolley road from Lewes to Re-
hoboth and Ocean City, Md. The com
pany is said to be capitalized at 81 ,OO0,-
900. and already many subscriptions
have been received. Rehoboth Bay will
be crossed either by bridge or ferry.
The syndicate is said to be composed
of Philadelphia and Wilmington men.
DR.. George Z. Truitt, son of Cap
tain George w. Truitt, of Box Iron, is
meeting with success in the practice of
dentistry in Guadalajarah, Mexico. DR..
Truitt has been appointed by the Gov
ernor dental surgeon to the State Peni-
tertiary at Guadalajarah. There are
about twelve hundred prisoners in this
penitentiary, and it is very likely that
there is considerable toothache Any
how George says he is busy.
An enjoyable comedy will be acted
at the Snow Hill High School Hall next
Friday evening by the pupils of the
school. The play is entitled who Is
Who" and it is replete with laughable
incidents. The program also includes
drills by the scholars, recitations and
vocal and instrumental music. There
will be fun for everybody and you don I
want to miss it. Everybody should
patrOnize the affair, as the money will
be used for school athletic purposes.
Reserved seats 80 cents. General ad-
mission % cents. Tickets at Getting
hams Drug Store.
The mortgage tax law applying to
Worcester, Wicomico, and several other
counties in the state. has been decided
to be constitutional. by the Court of
Appeals of Maryland. The opinion of
the court was delivered by Judge Bris-
coe, on Thursday The case decided,
was a friendly suit brought by the
County Commissioners of Wicomico
County against one of its citizens in
order to test the validity of the law.
Some few persons in Worcester County
have been awaiting the result of this
suit. Our Board of County Commission
ers determined some time ago to make
the law apply to all or none. and ordered
suits to be entered against all who re-
fused to make payment of said tax.
The State Board of Education,
has set apart one day of each year
in the public schools of Maryland,
called Maryland day which is March %,
on which one important event in Mary
land history is presented. the topic
selected being Maryland's part in
winning our independence. In each
public school in the state the subject is
TO be thoroughly presented. and the
help of the press has been enlisted so
that history of the event and its his
toric significance is to be brought home
to the children and as well to the par
ents. By concentrating these forces
of intelligence upon single event
each year. that occurance will be SO
deeply impressed on the public mind
that il will notbe forgotten. Thus in few
years children and parents will acquire
a good working knowledge of state
history, out of this knowledge of the
historic past will come a love of our
state. its civic government and institu-
tons. thereby contributing to better