Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15


Mr.. Leroy Smith. of the Baltimore
Postofiice, visited his parents. DIR. and
Mrs. A. w. Smith. the first Of the week.
Mrs. Smith has been quite sick lately.
Governors Crothers, of Maryland,
and Swanson, of Virginia, have accept
ed invitations to attend the dedication
of the CrisfeId Marine Hospital on June
Both.
Mrs. Barton, of Annapolis, and Miss
Wilmington, Louisiana, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Spence Smith. Mrs.
Barton is the mother of Mrs. Smith and
Miss Wilmington is his cousin.
AT a meeting of the Vestry Of All
Hallows' Church held on Saturday last
Mr.. William F. Johnson qualified as a
vestryman and MIR. James d. Hack was
elected senior warden.
1T is rumored that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will soon put on a
large barge to run their cars from
Franklin City to Chincoteague to be
loaded, which, if correct, means
great saving to the company in the hand
ling of oysters.
Berry growers from around Bishop
vile. Selbyville. and from sections of
Wicomico County. have been in and
around Snow Hill this week securing
pickers. A great many of our colored
youth and women go to these places
every spring to pick berries.
DIR. Dick. of the Peninsula General
Hospital. Salisbury. came to Snow Hill
on Tuesday to perform an operation for
cancer of the breast on Mrs Robert N.
Stagg, of near town. We are pleased
to know that the Doctor feels the
operation will be successful and also to
state that Mrs. Stage is getting along
very nicely.
Rev. and Mrs. C. w. Prettyman
were called to Locust Grove, Kent
County, Md, the first of the week, be-
cause of the death of Mrs. Prettyman's
nephew. Mr.. Lambert Shallcross, who
died at st. Louis. on his way home from
New Mexico, where he had been six
months seeking health. His remains
were inferred at Galena, Kent County.
on Tuesday.
The Prohibition State Convention,
which was in session all day Friday in
Heptasophs Hall, Baltimore, unani-
mously nominated Mr.. John H. DuIany,
of Wicomico county, for State Comp
troller. He declined the honor, though
it was twice pressed upon him, and sug-
gested that the new Executive Com
mittee be authorized to select the can
didate, Baltimore business man pre-
ferred. Mr.. Dulany's suggestion was
agreed to.
One night last week, great school
of deep sea trout, said by fishermen to
be by far the largest ever seen here
abouts, made its way into the Chesa-
peake and half dozen fishing smacks
which were on the spot made rich hauls,
catching more than 1000 barrels of them,
or more than 400, 900 pounds. The fish
were so thick in places that numbers of
them were forced about the surface of
the water. The trout weighed from
fcur &c e!gh. pounds apiece.
Mr.. Glen w. Hack, son of Mr..
James d. Hack of this town, who has
been living in California for number
of years. and who still has an Office in
Los Angeles in that state, is now presi-
dent of the Bowden & Hack Fruit Com
pany, of Philadelphia. Mr.. Hack sur
prised his many Snow Hill friends by
making a short visit here this week on
his way to Norfolk. Mrs. Hack and
children have been in Snow Hill for
week or more.
Under decree of the Circuit Court
for Worcester County, Mr.. William F.
johnson, trustee, will sell all Of that
valuable real estate possessed by the
late Issac N. Hearn at the time of his
death, at public sale, in front of the
Court House door in Snow Hill, on Tues
day. June 9Th, at two O'Clock p. M.
Full particulars of this sale may be
ascertained by consulting the advertise
ment of the same on the first page Of
the MESSENGER today.
Christian Church service tomorrow
Sunday at 10A. M. and P. M. Chris
tian Endeavor at z p. M. Rev. d. N.
Middlekauff will preach in the morning
and Rev. ia. Hopkins at night; Mr.. Hop
kins will also conduct the c. Z. class in
teacher training which was recently
organized. this being the second lesson.
There is great movement on foot for
the training of better teachers for our
Sunday-schools, and last year over