Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-22


in Snow Hill Thursday and visited our
school,
Rev. ]. B. North will preach at
Stockton tomorrow Sunday and there
will be no service in the Snow Hill Pres
byterian Church.
The many friends of Mr.. James X.
Purnell are pleased to see him on the
street again. He has just recovered
from a severe illness.
"A festival will be held for the bene-
fit of Aquango Branch public school this
Saturday evening. at that school house.
Everybody is invited.
News has reached here of the death
of Mrs. Mary A. Stops, sister of
Mrs. l.. ]. Houston, at her home in
Brooklyn, N. Y, last Saturday.
Mr.. Charles w. Shockley, of the
firm of J. S. Price & Company, has
been in North Carolina this week in the
interests Of the lumber business.
Mr.. Walter T. Mason has contracted
for a good-sized space in the MEssEN-
GER to exploit the goods of his store.
He tells about shoes in this issue.
Mrs. John Walter Smith has return
ed to Baltimore after spending week
with her sister. Mrs. Dryden, prepara-
tory to opening her home here for the
summer.
Mr.. Clifton Mock is the guest of
his grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID.
Irwin. at Atlantic City. Clifton has
been sick lately and unable to attend
school.
AS result of general reassess-
ment of property in Somerset County,
the taxable basis has been increased
from IS, 39s, $3.50 to 81, 429, 1926, net gain
of 50, OBJ, 1896.
Mrs. T. Spence Smith gave an
afternoon tea Thursday, from 4.30 to
G. 80 o'clock, in honor Of her guests,
Mrs. Barton, of Annapolis. and Miss
Wilmington, of Louisiana.
Mr.. George S. Payne placed in the
Pocomoke river last Wednesday neat
and fast l6 foot gasoline launch which
he purchased in Michigan. Several other
gentlemen will purchase launches for
pleasure purposes.
DIR. and Mrs. Paul Jones and Mrs.
Oscar M. Purnell spent several days
last week in Baltimore. While there.
they attended the dedicatory exercises
at the State Sanatorium for consump-
tives last Saturday.
Christian Church services tomorrow
Sunday at 10 A. M. and p. M.
Christian Endeavor at p. NJ. Teach
er-training class at 7.45 p. M. Special
sermon in the evening to young people:
subject Turning Points for the Young"
Mr.. Jester Stanford. of Spence. was
operated upon for appendicitis at the
Salisbury hospital on Wednesday. He is
getting along all right, but he just got
there in time as the case was very far
advanced and his condition was serious.
Mrs. Marion Franklin has issued
cards announcing the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Katherine Gray Frank
lin, to Mr.. Benjamin C. Baldwin, last
Wednesday in Philadelphia. where Mr..
and Mrs. Baldwin will make their future
home.
Last Sunday large party from
Shelltown, Va, and adjacent points on
the river, chartered gasoline launch
and spent the day in Snow Hill. They
dined at Purnell's Hotelreturning home
in the evening. They were the guests
of one of their number. a young man
from Shelltown.
We regret to learn that Mr.. and Mrs.
C. L. Dickerson's little child died at
their home in Kenly. N, c., Tuesday
last. Mr.. Dickerson is engaged in the
lumber business with Messrs. Price,
Shockley and ]. E. Dickerson, in the old
North State. He is a son Of Mr.James
E. Dickerson, of Piney Grove.
Mr.. John M. Rayne, Berlin, r. F..
d. No. /, writes US this week: "Please
send me the MESSENGER for one year as
| it seems we cannot make out without
it. We stopped ii the first of the year
thinking some other paper could take its
place. but we cannot find one as good as
the MESSENGER, so please send it to US
on Saturday."
Our people had an opportunity of
hearing some good music this week. A
travelling orchestra of three instruments,
harp and two violins, drew large crowds
on the streets and Sunday afternoon a
number of music-lovers gathered in the