Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-11-21

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paper.
The Baltimore American calls for
CLOSED season" on human game. be-
cause twenty-one hunters have been
shot and killed in Wisconsin since the
opening of the bird season.
State Auditor George X. Ash was
in Snow Hill the first of this week ex-
amining the books Of the various county
officials. He found them in excellent
condition and the public interests being
carefully guarded.
Don't forget the home coming
next Sunday at Bates Memorial NJ.
r. Church. Preaching morning and
night and in the afternoon at the Sun
day School by visiting ministers. Every
body is cordially invited to be present.
DR.. and Mrs. John l.. Riley returned
home from their wedding trip Wednes-
day afternoon. They went from Snow
Hill to Baltimore, spending several days
there before taking steamer to Old
Point, where they remained until We'd
nesday morning.
Our Mr.. Vincent will be at the At
lantic Hotel, Berlin, next Saturday.
November 2Sth, for the purpose of col
lecting subscriptions owing for the MES
sENGER. also to receive orders for adj
vertising and fine job printing. Please
meet him at the hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Lambertson,
of Pocomoke, had as their guests during
the past week. Mrs. James Hancock,
Mrs. o. A. Jones and Miss ARA Jones,
of Klej Grange; Mr.. and Mrs. Lubin
Robinson. of Girdetree; Mr. Winfield
Callahan, of Baltimore; and the Misses
Beauchamp, of Pocomoke.
Mrs. Albert p. Warrington. wife
of former resident of Berlin. died in
Philadelphia last week. Her death was
very unexpected. Mrs. Warrington
was a daughter of the late Hon. John
Nicely. prominent attorney of Norfolk,
Va. Mr. Warrington was with his wife
at the time of her death.
Mr. Thomas Herman, whohas been
very i'll. is now much improved and his
many friends will be glad to see him out
again soon. Tom is a valuable citizen.
We are depending upon his assistance
to help us get our machinery into the
new MESSENGER OFFICE, and we hope
he will be able to be on deck at the
time.
During the foggy weather which
prevailed last week, the steamer Avalon
of the Choptank River Route. collided
with the steamer ltasca, which was
anchored, in Baltimore harbor. The
Avalon was damaged to the amount of
81 900 but was able to continue her trip
to Baltimore. Fortunately, not one of
her one hundred passengers was injured.
"A contagious disease among cattle,
known as aphthous fever. or contagious
foot and mouth disease of cattle. has
broken out in Pennsylvania. We advise
all our farmers to be extremely careful
about buying cattle from Pennsylvania
which have not been properly inspected.
This disease caused loss of S., 600, 900
worth of cattle in Europe in 1888, ac-
cording to the reports.
The project to build trolley line
the entire length of the State of Della
ware has again been revived and another
effort to finance the scheme and secure
the right of way is being made. The
farmers are anxious to have such SER
vice in the hope that freight rates will
be lowered The line will start in Will
mington and terminate at Delmar, six
miles from Salisbury. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Hastings re-
turned Monday from their visit to Phila-
delphia and to Princeton University.
where they witnessed the Yale-Prince-
ton football game on Saturday. Mr..
Hastings says that to view a foot
ball game is inspiring andan experience
never to be forgotten. The many
friends of Walter Hastings will be glad
to know that he is winning success and
gaining laurels for himself and for his
native town.
According to the reports recently
issued by the government, the produc-
ton of tomatoes has increased rapidly
during the last twenty years. The
statisticians tell us that the production
in the United States has increased from
8. 900, 900 cases of twenty-four cans each
in 1887 to l3. 600, 600 cases in 1907. The
reports for 1908 are not yet completed.
Maryland is one of the five leading
states in the production of tomatoes.