Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-31

who was taken to the Peninsula General
Hospital at Salisbury few weeks ago
to be operated upon for appendicitis,
has returned home greatly improved in
health.
Detective Bradley, Of Baltimore
City headquarters. who was in Dorches-
ter County for several days with Detec-
tives Kahler and Kratz watching the
primaries held there Saturday said; "The
people on the Eastern Shore are the
best ever met"
Mr.. Claude S. Dryden. of Queponco,
writes US about his remarkable crop of
potatoes. Four and half acres Of land
yielded 3l2 barrels of potatoes. Mr..
Arthur Shockley, of the same neighbor-
hood, planted two acres which yielded
116 barrels. Both farmers planted the
Cobbler potato.
The first Maryland Regiment, known
as the Eastern Shore regiment, has
elected Major Charles w. Adams Of
Easton lieutenant to succeed
Colonel William G. Purnell of Elkton,
retired on account of age. Captain
John A. Morgan of Company E, Elkton
was elected major.
The Office of Farm Management,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, has now ready for distribution a
circular giving a detailed discussion of
the wild onion problem and outlining a
plan whereby the pest can be extermi-
mated. This circular will be sent free
to any person requesting it.
Mr.. William Boettcher. formerly of
Snow Hill and now of Elizabeth City,
N. c., while en- route for New York.
stopped over in Snow Hill last Tuesday
to renew the acquaintance of his many
old friends here. Mr.. Boettcher is now
manager of the National Box Company,
located at Elizabeth City, which has a
large and prosperous business at home
and in the North.
The Baltimore, Chesapeake and At
lantic Railway Company are equipping
their steamers which ply between Bal
timore and the Eastern Shore with
Wireless Telegraph service, and the
wireless station at Tangier has become
accustomed to talking with the steamer
every evening as the boat passes the
Island. transmitting any news of inn
portance that has occurred on the Island
and learning whatever is new on the
steamers route.
What shall it profit farmer to get
81 cents more for hide and pay $40 a
year more for his shoes?" pertinently
asks the Newark Evening News. Moth
ing, of course. But the trouble with
many farmers is that they see only the
extra 81 cents in hand, and do not con-
slider the $40 out of the pocket at the
end of the year. If they would reflect.
they would realize what tremendous
discount they suffer on that little cash
item of 62 cents in hand.
Mrs. Susan A. Kerbin, of Dover,
DEL. mother of Mr.. WilliamG Kelbin,
of Snow Hill, died at her residence in
Dover, last Wednesday, at the ripe age
of Sc years. She was born near Hunt
ing Creek, Caroline County, Md, on
November goth, 1923. Mrs. Kerbin was
the widow of the late James NJ. Kerbin,
of Dover. whom she married in 1851.
She leaves seven children. Her remains
were laid to rest in Lakeside Cemetery,
Dover, last Friday afternoon.
This is one of the poorest fruit
years ever known on the Eastern Shore,
and especially in Worcester County.
There were very few cherries or
huckleberries, practically no peaches
and apples, and the only hope we now
have is for good crop of cantaloupes
and watermelons. The blackberry crop
was pretty fair, but we are very much
surprised that some of our near town
farmers or truckers do not put out
good sized patch of cultivated Lucretia
blackberries. They are large and
luscious. and the market of Snow Hill
alone would pay some one person for
the cultivation of these berries.
--Messrs. George w. and N. L. Con-
nor, of Baltimore, who represent the
cause Of the adult blind in Maryland,
spent the past week in Snow Hill
and enlisted the sympathy and interest
of many of our people in their enter
prise-that of establishing an industrial
school for the adult blindof Maryland. Mr.
George w. Connor, who is totally blind.
has long been teacher of those sim
ilarly afflicted. and says there is urgent
need of an institution where the blind
can learn to be self-supporting. Ample
provision has already been made for the