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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-10
MELBOURNE.

Mr.. s. B. Burton, of New Church.
Va, spent a few days recently with
Mr.. and Mrs. b. J. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Ward and daugh-
ter. Bernice, and Miss Sarah Ward,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Brimer, near New Church, Va.
Mrs. Annie Nicholson and daughter,
of Salisbury, spent few days recently
with her sister, Mrs. Elisha Taylor.
Providence permitting. there will be
preaching at Remson's NJ. E. Church,
Sunday afternoon at three O'Clock, con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. G. w. Town
send.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. j. Reid and children
spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Reds
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William 7. Tay-
lor, near Beaver Dam.
Quite number of our people attended
the corner stone laying and the festival
combined at the new Baptist Church at
New Church, Va, Monday afternoon
and evening, July 5th.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dennis and son,
Earle, are spending some time with
relatives and friends at Wattsville, Va.
A little son came to gladden. the hearts
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. w. Levers Sunday.
July 4th. May the young mans stay
be long and pleasant one.
Mrs. w. c. Burroughs and Mrs. r.
w. Dixon spent Tuesday at Snow Hill.
Some of our people attended the
Children's Day service at Franklin City
NJ. Z. Church last Sunday evening and
pronounced it very good.
Mrs. w. II. Justice was on the sick
list the early part of the week.
Mrs. Emma Taylor, of Guilford, Va,
is spending some time at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Taylor.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-10

Notice is hereby given to the Demo-
cratic voters of Worcester County that
in pursuance of the provisions of Chap
ter 81 of the Act of 1908 known as the
Primary Election Law, Primary Elec-
ton viii be held in Worcester County, on
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Democratic Primary Election ami
County Convention.

Notice is hereby given to the Demo
cratic voters of Worcester County that
in pursuance of the provisions of Chap.
ter 81 of the Act of 1908 known as the
Primary Election Law, Primary Elec-
ton will be held in Worcester County, or
Saturday, July 3fsL 1909,
between the hours of one O'Clock, ~.
~. and six O'Clock, p. ~. in each
and every election district of this coun.
ty, the above date having been desig-
mated by the Chairman of the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee as the
date for the State and Judicial Pri-
maries. the said Primaries. both State
and Judicial, will be held on said date
and at said times at the following
places:
For Election District No. /, Wheel
wright Shop of Harry Hillman, POGO
moke City.
For Election District No. 2, Worces-
ter County Election House, Snow Hill.
For Election District No. 3, Worces.
ter County Election House, Berlin.
Fer Election District No. 4, Odd Eel.
lows Hall, Newark.
For Election District No. 5, Office OF
VIM. Whaley & Co., Bishopville.
For Election District No. 6, Worces.
ter County Election House.
For Election District No. z, Worces.
ter County Election House.
For Election District No. s, Barber
Shop of King Johnson, Stockton.
For Election District No. 9, Barber
Shop of John H. Rayne, Berlin.
to elect delegates from each district
to the County Convention to meet ir
Snow Hill, on Monday, August 9th. al
two O'Clock, p. M. for the purpose oil
electing four delegates to the State
Convention to meet in Baltimore or
August 18th, 1909. to nominate a can.
didate for Comptroller of the Treasury
Central Committee, and for the further
purpose of electing four delegates t
the Convention of the First Judicia
Circuit of Maryland, which meets al
Ocean City, Nd, on the eighteenth day
of August. 1909, to nominate candi-
date for Chief Judge and a candidate
for Associate Judge for the First Ju.
dicial Circuit of Maryland.
All candidates for delegates to the
County Convention shall file with the
State Central Committee of Worcester
County at least fifteen days prior to the
3lst day of July. 1909. a certificate
stating his name, residence. age, and
that he wishes to be candidate for
delegate to the County Convention.
All candidates shall file with the State
Central Committee of Worcester County
at least fifteen days prior to the 3lsi
day of July, 1909, a certificate stating
his name, residence, age and Office OF
convention for which he seeks to be
nominated, and five days thereafter he
shall pay to the State Central Com.
mittee Of Worcester County the sum
estimated by said committee as his fan
lproportionate part necessary to defer
the expenses of conducting said pri
maries.
JOHN p. MOORE, Chairman
HENRY T. BELL,
SAMUEL J. TWILLEY,
Democratic State Central Commute,
! for Worcester County.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-10

Holy Communion, 7.3O A. M, every
Sunday except the first of each month.
Sunday School, 1000 A. M. Morning
prayer and sermon, II A. M. Evening
prayer and address. 500 P. M.
Fridays, 800 P. M.
All Holy days, Holy Communion, 7.3O
A. NJ.
REV. ALEXANDER M. RICH,
Rector.
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AN RESURRECTION OF CON
SUMERS.

When the Mckinley tariff in
creased duties there was an
instruction of consumers that
swept the Republicans out of
power in the House of Repre-
sentatives. Two years later
even Republican States joined
the Democratic States in elect
ing Mr.. Cleveland, and from
1898 to 1895 even the Senate
was Democratic. Then silver
ism divided the Democratic
party, and the Republicans
have been doing as they pleased
ever since.
But now silverism Is we'll
nigh forgotten, and there are
plenty of indications that
another instruction of the
consumers is about to occur,
and that even Henry Cabot
Lodge will be compelled to
recognize that they are not a
myth, but a majority. On
wood pulp and printing paper
the Senate is antagonizing
pretty much all the news
papers, and it is proceeding
against the evidence and the
conclusions of the Mann COM
mittee, which was Republican
by two to one. On the cotton
goods schedule the Senate is
increasing duties, although the
National Convention promised
a revision which was intended
to be understood as reduction
and the cotton manufacturers
are VIGOROUSLY prosperous;
they are paying good dividends
and piling up SURPRISES and
making too much money to
reduce wages, although in Fall
River they have a right to, un-
der the sliding scale agree
nient.
A committee of the wholesale
dry goods merchants of New
York. had meeting last week,
at which resolutions were
adopted regarding the increased
duties on cottons, of which the
following is one:
Resolved, That if this schedule
be enacted into law, we pledge
ourselves to take every possible
means, through our commercial
travellers, through the cooper
alton of the $4,000 retail dry
goods merchants of America
by advertisement and magazine
articles, to continuously agitate
this matter until the whole
public shall understand in de-
tail the iniquities and injustice
forced upon them in their
everyday purchases by this un-
reasonably high barrier to
competition.
AT the same time the organi.
cation of Western women to
fight increases of duties on
gloves and stockings is growing
stronger and more belligerent,
and, if Congress shall pass any.
thing like the Aldrich bill, the
women of the country who
do the buying for their fam
lilies, will elect a Democratic
House in November, 1910.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-10
Still Growing!

This is what our trade is doing growing big
ger every day. People are coming to the big
Store" from many places far away. One day this
week we had customers at our store from several
places quite distant from Snow Hill They came
from Chincoteague, from Pocomoke City, from
|Stockton and from Newark.
The Reason For 1t
lis very clear It is here they find the goods they
want, at prices that are RIGHT In Shoes they find
the "BION" SHOE for Men; the AMERICAN
LADY" SHOE, for the Ladies, and the &c. & e. -
SOLID LEATHER SHOES for everybody. These
shoes are trade winners. Buy them once and you
will be sure to buy them again.
We Lead the Procession
in FURNITURE. It is at the Big Store you will
find nice, cool-looking WHITE ENAMEL BEDS,
MATTRESSES, Bed Springs, Bolsters, Pillows,
Sheets and White Coverlets. Pretty patterns and
designs in Crex, Japan, China and Fiber Mattings.
Our Stock
Of DRY GOODS Notions, Embroideres, Laces &c.
is large and varied. In fact it is here you find
almost everything that large store in live, hust
ling town Of 1000 inhabitants should carry. We
have bought our goods RIGHT. We sell them
RIGHT and that is why we have succeeded.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-10
BE COMFORTABLE
HOT WEATHER IS COMING
PREPARE FOR IT.

Every lady knows that wash dresses necessity if she
expects be comfortable and the time wedressed
is also we'll known that stock is the from which
the best selections be made and the best goods and
tasteful styles gotten for the least money. Batstes
Organizes, Lawns Dimities and many other fab
RIGS are here in profusion and at very low prices
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas here too-pretty ones
in great variety-many of them at prices lower than
ordinary.
Our reputation for selling better hosiery lower prices
is being well sustained by the stock selling.
SMITH, MOORE s. HARGIS.
SNOW HILL MD.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, !
LUCAS COUNTY.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. D. 1856. A. w. GLEASON,
(SEAL.) NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally. and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Send
for testimonials free.
+. J.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold By all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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N. P. Church Notice.

Preaching in Bates Memorial Church
at 1890 A. NJ. and 7.45 p. M. Trinity at
800 p. M.
Glass, Sunday, $50 a. M; Sunday
School every Sunday at 200 p. m.
Christian Endeavor, Sunday, tbs p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 1880 p. m.
Class Sat. 7.30 p. m. Junior Christian
Endeavor Saturday at 800 p. m. You
are cordially invited to all of the above
services. l.. A. BENNETT, Pastor
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-10

e. Clark Fontaine, principal of the
Pocomoke High School; Misses Venie
G. Hearne and Mary Hearne Stevenson,
teachers in the school, left Thursday
for Chautauqua, N. Y, to pursue a six
weeks summer course.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-10
N. E. Church Notice.
SUMMER PROGRAM.

cOmMEh FhOGRAM.
Preaching Sunday, 1920 A. NJ. and
8 P. NJ; Sunday-school. 1i.30 A. M. ;
Young Peoples Class Monday, 730 p.
M. Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 8 P.
NJ. Union Glass Meeting Friday 8 P.
M. Official meeting the first Monday
night IN the month.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07

ct wrote a medical friend of mine in
London about curious discovery
which made recently quite by chance,
but which l shall never publish to the
world through the scientific Journals =
said Brooklyn doctor last week.
mot long ago this friend sent me
about City little dark colored pellets.
and he wrote me that they were new
combination of drugs that he had
found particularly good in cases of
brain fag. He asked me to try them
on my patients and report. During the
next month or SO / doled out the pei
let's to several of my patients who
came around complaining of tired
nerves. All of them said that the med
icine did them a lot of good. Yester-
day. however, l was going through
my Office desk and discovered those
pellets from London intact in the plain
envelope in which had placed them.
A hurried but anxious investigation
disclosed that i had been administer
ing to my nerve weary patients some
wistaria seed that my wife I'd gath
cred, put In plain envelope and laid
inadvertently on my Office r. LEX
change
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07

I'm the selection of his Church. Sew
enth. in the fact that shortly 1t will
begin to take practical shape In the es-
adjustment of Christ's Millennial King
dom. Eighth. in the fact that through
that Kingdom blessing shah extend
TO every creature Of our race.
So, then, let every man to the extent
of his enlightenment appreciate and
confess the Almighty God and give
thanks unto his name. because he Is
good and because his mercy endureth
forever. And let those who have tast-
ed of his grace pursue on. that they
may grow In grace. grow in knowi-
edge, grow in faith and grow in char
acter-likeness to our God. And let his
saints addressed in this text more and
more appreciate their wonderful priyi-
lege, their high calling Of God In Christ
Jesus-to be heirs Of God and joint
heirs with Jesus Christ our Lords-if SO
be that they suffer with him. that they
NAV be also gloritied together. And
knowing that they have need OF faith
and patience and character develop
meut. let these firmly trust the Great
Teacher. come what may. and give
thanks for every experience OF life.
knowing that our Father is too wise to
err and remembering the Masters
words, ''The Father himself ioveth
YOU John xvi. %.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
ANTIQUITY OF DICE.
Origin of These Devices Buried In the
Remote Past.

OFtQin OF n04o 0GNtCSW 6Ats~A 50 49,
Remote Past.
Scholars. have delVed in vain for the
origin of dice, which. in various
shapes, have been used in forms OF
worship and religious ceremonies since
the dawn of history Their earlier use
was for the forecasting of events and
obtaining of divine guidance. Their
adaptation to a game of chance was
comparatively quite recent.
There is a surprising number OF
varieties OF dice, but they may be di-
vided into two general classes The
most familiar form is the cube. With
two excepuons-the Korean and Etrus-
can-cubical dice have the spots SO ar
ranged that the six and one, five and
two and three and four are opposite
making the sum Of the opposite sides
invariably seven. In all ages the num-
Der seven has been regarded with par
ticular awe and as having much mys-
tic import.
The dice just described are not only
proper to modern Europe and Amer
lea, but to classical Greece and Rome,
ancient Syria, Persia. India. China,
Japan and Siam. The other form Is
the long. square prism sometimes
found amid prehistoric ruins In Europe
and existing today in India.
A most interesting form is the tor
or spinning dice, with four or six
sides, which was twiried with the
thumb and second finger, of which
specimen was discovered In the re
mains Of Naucratis. Greek colony OF
600 B. C. Two specimens Of dice have
been discovered at Babylon.-Harper's
Weekly
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
THE CENTURY PLANT.

It Blooms, Says Florist, Every Twen-
ty-five to Forty Years.
'"The regular century plant" said an
expert in Horticulture, lis not cactus.
It belongs to family by itself 1t has
q large, broad leaf, sometimes two or
three feet long and several inches
thick where they branch from the CEN
ter There are two varieties. one the
variegated and the other green. The
only difference is that the variegated
has white stripe along the outer edge
of the leaf. Both bloom every twenty
five to forty years. A stock perhaps
eight or ten inches in diameter shoots
up from the center TO height of IF
teen or twenty feet. and around this
stock cluster small blossoms. They are
neither pretty nor fragrant. They were
formerly supposed to bloom once in a
hundred years.
1.-THE nearest thing to a century
plant Is night blooming cereus II is
a cactus and blooms once III about
every twenty-five years or so. The
flower is large. very beautiful and has
delightful odor. One plant may nave
several blossoms. but each flower lasts
only one night
There is no such plant as century
cactus The cactuses that many have
mistaken for century cactuses will
bloom in four or five years if kept IN
der glass or about seven years If not
in a dollhouse Because they are so
long in blooming. suppose, they have
been called century cactuses, and the
name has been handed down until 1t is
considered the proper term for them
They bloom yearly after the first bios
SONS appear. They are just an ordi-
nary cactus. but they have pretty
fragrant fower."- Seattle Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
HORRORS OF THE ARCTIC.
Terrible Experiences of the Crew Of the
M Ea+ed Jaannetta,

Terrible Experience OF the Crew Of the
III Fated Jeannetts.
When Ross In 1918 touched at Etah
the Esks thought they were being Wis
tied by ghosts With her white sails
appearing on the horizon, where the
sky melts into an abyss of ocean,
what else could the ship be but some
great white winged ghost, and what
those strange creatures on her decks
but lost souls7 They thought she,
great bird, had flown from the moon,
where wood was abundant. and when
they saw her close, her wooden belly
and her masts. they whispered. How
much wood there Is In tue moon-how
very muchg Wood is like gold to the
Esks.
One of the unhappy crew OF the
Jeanette writes: 81 put some mercury
to freeze and beat it out on the anvil.
Our frozen brandy looked like black
topaz. We divided meat, oil and bread
with Ratchet. Joshua forgot to put
on his right glove; In a moment his
hand was frozen. The poor devil wish
ed to thaw his lifeless hand In warm
water. 1t was Immediately covered
with pieces Of ice The doctor was
forced to cut the unlucky mates hand
OF, and he died next day. Toward the
middle of January a caravan of Esks
came to ask US for some dried fish and
brandy. We added a little tobacco to
these presents, which they received
with tears of joy. The chief, feeble
old man, told US that the week before
he had eaten his wife and two sons"
Cold more terrible than the white
wolf and bear seizes it's victims I'M
awares, instantaneously, fatally. The
cold purifies the blood, sharpens appe-
tite, favors digestion and stomach. 1t
soothes to sleep by bringing death In
the midst of beautiful dreams. This
intense cold, so dry, so pure, stops pu-
trefaction, sweetens the air by greatly
increasing its density and puritles wa
| ter. Cold takes the place of cooking,
for 1t makes raw meat, raw fish and
tallow eatable.
A Roman nosed people could not
hold their own in the arctic. A Roman
nose would be too often frozen or
The Esk fiat nose is less exposed. The
name Eskimo, or raw food eaters, Is
nickname given by the Labrador In
dams. Their true name in their OWL
tongue is Inoit and means man." II
patriotism be a virtue the Esks have Il
surprisingly. Never was land Of
verdant groves. golden harvests and
willows mirrored in the streamlets and
silvery waves better beloved than theiH
snow fields and ice hills and gloomy
sinking tents and igloos.-New Yorh
Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
AN ARCTIC RESCUE.
The Feeling When the Relief Ship |
Came into View.

Nant6 hubO NHGWs
Very often during the months of
daylight we stood on the cliff straining
our eyes to see the longed for relief
ship. As the summer of 1905 slipped
on we almost despaired, but one day
in July, when hope had almost aban-
doned us, we saw one OF the boys
jumping up and down and supposed
that at last his brain had given way
under the strain. IN fact, many Of us
were almost crazy with the monotony
and anxiety that were upon us day
after day. We watched moment and
wondered which of us would be the
next to go off his balance.
When we went to him and saw what
he saw, the long looked for relief ship,
! don't know whether we all jumped
for joy or what we did, for we have
no memory of our actions in that hour
Quickly each man gathered his little
kit, ready to rush to the boats and
leave forever that island where death
had stared us In the face for sixteen
months and where we had almost
given up all hope of ever again look
ing upon the faces Of our loved ones.
In our frantic haste to be gone many
of US left behind relics and records
which we priced and later regretted
the loss Of At the end of sixteer
months the relief ship Terra Nova had
arrived, and we steamed to Norway
where our party divided, some goinf
to London and others to Germany
Captain Edwin Collins Account Of th'
Ziegler Polar Expedition in Nationa
Magazine.
No man is really beaten until h'
Id
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
ArqylI and LonqfeIIow

The great Duke of Argyll was visit
ing his son. then governor general OF
Canada. and met Longfellow in the
American poets ancient colonial man
sion at Cambridge. Mass. AS they sal
together on the veranda the duke per
sistently asked the names of the vari
GUS birds he saw and heard singing In
the poets trees as well as Of the flow
ers and bushes growing In his exten
sive and beautiful garden. Longfel
low was neither botanist nor ornithol
ogist and did not know.
81 was surprised to find your Long
fellow such an ignorant person." said
the duke subsequently to an American
acquaintance
Indeed! Pray, on what subject?"
''Why, he could not tell me the
names OF the birds and flowers to be
heard and seen in his own garden"
MAY l ask how many languages
you speak?" the American asked.
"Certainly-but one"
'Mr. Longfellow," was the answer
speaks six and translates freely from
almost all the languages of Europe"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
Thu Other Wav With Hin

Remember. sir. that you owe some
thing to your constituents" said ont
member of a town council to another
"Humphr' said the other IF you
owe anything to your constituents all
I've got to say is that you're lucky
Why, there are not half dozen voters
in my ward that have not borrowed
money from me- STRAY Stories.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
90. an His Suit.

They were having spelling lesson
at a certain. district school the othei
day, and the little scholars we're all
arranged in front Of the teacher. SPELL
ing away for dear life, trying to see
how near they could get to the head.
The word .'chimney" was given out
to little black eyed girl who had been
spelling words correctly throughout
the morning. but she missed this one
by inadvertently leaving out the ~"
Quick as wink the little boy next
her bounced on the word and spelled
it correctly.
You may go up one. Johnnie" said
the teacher.
81 don't want to-" whined Johnnie.
getting ready to cry. my mother
would whip me IL did, because I'd
get all over soot"-London Fun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07

Cocaine which dulls the nerves
never vet cured Nasal Catarrh. The heavy
feeling in the forehead, the stuffed up
sensation and the watery discharge from
eyes and nose, along with all the other
miseries attending the disease, are put to
rout by ElY's Cream Balm. Smell and
taste are restored. breathing is made
normal. Until you try this remedy, you
can form no idea of the good it will do
you. Is applied directly to the sore spot.
All druggists, SOC. Mailed by Ely Bros,
Sc Warren Street, New York.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-07
The MistIetoe.

The ,mistletoe is Druidicaf contri-
button to Christmas. 1t was held In
great veneration by the Druids in an
cient England, and the cutting OF 1t
was attended by sacrificing and feast
ing. With weird incantations the priest
climbed the tree on which the mistle-
toe grew and cut it away with a knife
of purest gold, no base metal being al
lowed to touch 1t. AS the twigs fell
they were received below In q mantle
of spOtless Wilderness.