Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-04-30
LOCALS.

-Shad have not yet become plentiful
in our river. The price is still out OF
sight.
Mr.. Joshua Reed. well known cit
izcn of Chincoteague Island, dropped
dead on Monday.
We are printing quite number OF
strawberry checks. The price is only
$l.00 per thousand.
"A festival will be held at Box Iron
NJ. L. Church Friday and Saturday even
ings, May 9th and 9TH.
Rev. DIR. Reed, of Trappe, Talbot
County, held services in All Hallows
Church Thursday night.
Our old friend Daniel A Massey, of
Berlin, was in town Thursday to get his
commission as Magistrate.
Miss Lucy Pusey has returned home
after spending some time with friends
at Nazareth and Nassawango.
MIR. William Dukes. Of Hudson, N.
Y, spent several days here this week
with Mr.. and Mrs Charles Johnson.
The members of the West End Book
Club will exchange their books'at the
Library on Saturday from2 to O'Clock.
MIR. Cephas Riggin will move his
family to Painter, Va, next week so
that he may have them near to his
milling business.
Quite a number of our strawberry
growers belive they will have ripe ber-
ries in a few days. And they will if
the weather comes warm.
The First District Republican Con-
vention will meet at Ocean City on
Wednesday, July Goth. There is no in
timation who will be nominated.
Mrs. John p. Moore, who has been
quite sick in Baltimore, is much better
and expects to be able to return to her
home in Snow Hill in a few days.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Nassa-
wango NJ. p. Church, will meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. b. j. Johnson,
this Saturday evening and hold tie
social.
Miss Davida Roxane Eberlein, is a
new conner at Public Landing. She is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Ebcrlein, and the stork arrived with her
last Saturday.
DIR. John l.. Riley. delegate of the
Worcester County Medical Society. has
been attending the annual meeting of
the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty, of
Maryland, held in Baltimore this week.
MIR. l.. Haskell, of Boston, Mass.
who has been spending the past winter
with his daughter, Mrs. John A. DeMar,
of Indiantown, returned North Tuesday
for a short visit. accompanied by his
granddaughter, Miss Ruth +. DeMar.
Mr.. Clayton T. Richardson. promi-
nent resident of Chincoteague Island,
manager of the Wheaton Mercantile
Co.. was visitor to his father. Mr..
Oliver T. Richardson, in Snow Hill last
Tuesday.
All members of Ocean Lodge, No.
81. Independent Order Of Odd Fellows.
of Snow Hill. are requested to meet in
the lodge room next Tuesday night, as
very important business is to be con-
sidered.
Owing to mistake in the calendar,
the dates in the license notice given by
Clerk Collins were wrong. Mr.. Pitts.
Deputy Clerk. will be in Berlin, Mon
day, May I'd, and in Pocomoke City,
Tuesday May Sd.
Miss Lula Conway Price, daughter
Of J. Samuel Price. Esq. of Snow Hill,
is one of the 1910 graduating class of
the University Of Maryland Training
School for Nurses. The commencement
exercises will be held on May 9Th. at
Lehman's Hall, Baltimore.
According to reports given by the
farmers. crops are eight days earlier
than they have been for five years, and
judging from present conditions Wor-
cester truckers will have one of the most
prosperous seasons in many years.
Strawberries are well advanced. and
will be ready for shipment to Northern
markets in about ten days. 1t is said
that an early crop for the Peninsula
truckers means thousands of dollars
extra to them, due to the fact that they
are enabled to enter in competition with
truck shippers from more Southern