Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-01-09

MISS riOFcHCe jules, Vi DeTIln, were
united in marriage at the Methodist
Episcopal parsonage, by the Rev. G.
w. Prettyman. The bride and groom
were accompanied by Mrs. Richardson.
of Chincoteague, aunt of the bride, and
by Mrs. Mary Hancock, of Snow Hill.
The MESSENGER has moved into
its new building on Bank Street, next
to the First National Bank. Look for
the stone building and walk right in
the front door. You can't miss us, as
it is the only building of the kind in
Snow HILL We are now ready for
business, and we will appreciate your
orders for advertising and Job Printing.
"A. NJ. Walls, Secretary of the
Maryland Tomato Growers Association,
will be in Snow Hill Thursday. Jan.
18th, to organize district association.
This organization will be great bene-
fit to tomato growers, and all farmers
who are interested in growing toma-
toes should attend. The meeting will
be held at one O'Clock at the Court
House.
DIR. Joshua w. Herring, Comptroller
Of the state Treasury, Saturday last ar
nounced the first quarterly distribution
of the State school tax for 1909. The
amount for the several counties and the
city of Baltimore are payable on and
after January 10th. Wicomico's share
of the apportionment is SIS, 325.S6;
Worcester's is 4,926.22. and Somerset's
Sc, 077.30.
The Christmas services held by
Bates Memorial NJ. p. Sunday-school
last Thursday evening, were well at
tended There was special music by
the choir and the program was well
rendered by the children. Mr.. Lora
Bailey made splendid speech in pre-
senting Mr.. b. +. Truitt with present
from the school in acknowledgment of
his faithfulness as superintendent. Mr..
Truitt then made a report of the school
showing its satisfactory growth this
year.
Mr.. Thomas J. Shallcross, a
brother-n-law of Mrs. c. w. Pretty
man, died suddenly at the home of his
daughter, near Locust Grove, Md. The
deceased, who was one of the best
known men of Kent County, was SO
years old. He was one of the strongest
adherents of the Democratic party on
the Eastern Shore and was regarded as
one of the shrewdest political leaders.
He had twice held public office, once as
Judge of the Orphans Court and two
terms as County Commissioner.
Not since the year 1903, when you
could hardly give oysters away, has the
season been so bad as this one. The
most discouraging reports come from
all the tidewater counties of this state.
and thousands of men whoare engaged in
the oyster business have left tire rocks.
discharged their crews, and quit. What
this means to these people can only be
| imagined when one thinks that the oys-
ter business is the only means of ivel
hood they have, and when it is cut off
their chief source of livelihood is gone.
DIR. George w. Todd, the Superin-
tendent, informs us that the Pine Bluff
Sanatorium will be opened to receive
patients about the middle of this month.
This is the only institution of its kind
on the Eastern Shore and is fitted up
especially for the treatment of tuber-
culosis patients. The buildings, which
cover large area of ground. are en-
tirely new and have every convenience
known to modern science in effecting a
cure for the "White Plague" The
situation is an ideal one, being in a
beautiful pine woods, on the high banks
of the Wicomico river about two miles
from Salisbury.
Mayor Orlando Harrison, of Berlin,
was Monday elected president of the
Exchange and Savings Bank of Berlin.
to succeed the late Clayton J. Purnell.
Thomas j. Whaley was elected vice.
president. Mr.. Harrison was vice-presi-
dent at the time of Mr.. Purnell's death
last year and since that time has been
acting president. Mr.. Whaley has also
been prominently identified with the
management OF the institution since its
formation. He is a large lumber manu-
facturer The other directors elected
are DIR. Zadok p. Henry. Edward S.
Furbush, DIR. Thomas Y. Franklin,
Horace f. Harmonson, Oscar M. Pur-
nell, Edward M. Scott and Alfred +.
Powell
The State Board of migration, of
which DIR. Frank Hines, of Chestertown,
| ic nraeidant and Mr. August F. Tranne