Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-07-18

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ment on the first number which APP
peared two weeks ago. The Press will
be run during the season in the interest
Of Ocean City and the merchants and
business men of that place should give
it good patronage.
The pony penning at Assateague
will come off on Wednesday week July
10Th and the penning at Chincoteague
will come off the next day. Thursday,
July Both. Chincoteague people are
getting ready for the event with great
earnestness, and the posters proclaim
it will be the biggest pony penning
ever witnessed on the Island.
Willards campmeeting promises to
draw great many people this year. 1t
is located in beautiful grove along the
b. C. & A. Railroad and the camp will
open up on the 18th of July, continuing
ten days. A great many people in the
upper part of Worcester contemplate
attending this camp. as the Railroad
Company intends to run excursions at
reduced fair.
The Democratic Congressional Con
vention will meet at Ocean City on
Thursday, July 23d. 1t, is expected
that large gathering of Democrats
from all over the Peninsula will attend
this convention. We would suggest to
the various county leaders, that it would
be good time to hold an immense
ratification meeting of the nomination
of Bryan and Kern.
A local milkman has taken out a
patent on a perpetual motor to be fas-
tened on a cows back. the electricity
being generated by dynamo attached
to the cows tail 1t strains the milk
and hangs up the pail and strainer A
small photograph accompanies the out
fit, which yells $50 !" when the cow
moves; if she kicks, a hinged arm
catches milk stool and lams her over
the head with it. = Dorer Iader.
Goodman's ''panic sale has caused
sensation, and is one of the strongest
of the value Of advertising
ever given in this section of the country.
Hundreds of people focked INTO the store
last Saturday and have been going
steadily all the week. Mr.. Goodman
went so hard all day that in the after
noon he gave out and had to leave his
store and take rest. There are many
changes in the full page advertisement
on the last page of the MESSENGER to-
day. Announcements of the new bar
gains.
There are some very bad places in
the road from Spence to Public Landing
that ought to be fixed at once, and
which it will require very little time or
material to do. Many ladies' and chill
dren are driving daily to Public Land
ing at this time of the year and the
strip of that road from Spence to the
Landing has some bad holes in it which
should be filled at once. We feel sure
that it is only necessary for US to call
the attention of the road supervisor to
the condition of the road and he will
fix it.
With view of laying out various
lines for farmers telephone service,
a party of representatives of the
Bell Telephone Company visited Sails
bury Thursday. They left Philadel-
phia on Tuesday in an automobile
and are making tour of the entire
Diamond State territory. A member
of the party, stated that the Bell Com
pany is about to offer farm line pro-
position by which farmers or persons
living in rural districts can secure ex-
change service for SIS per year. The
farmers all over the territory have ex-
pressed themselves as being greatly in
terested in the proposition.
The National Drainage Association
has opened offices in the dupont Build
ing, in Wilminton, Delaware, and will
enter upon vigorous campaign looking
to the drainage. by Government aid.
of the so. 1000, 900 acres of swamp and
overlooked lands within the United
States. In order to facilitate the col
lection of the necessary data and Stats
tics, the Association requests that all
owners of such lands. no matter how
large or small their holdings, send their
names, address. and number of acres of
such land owned. to the Association at
the above address. The receipt of this
data will greatly aid in the early prose
cution of this work. and will be of great
advantage not only to the country at
large, but especially to individual owners
of swamp and overlooked lands.
In the neighborhood of so. 900
.ns.,.l