Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-09-10

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popular play. which will be given in
Snow Hill next Wednesday night. This
play comes to Snow Hill highly recon-
mended, and should be well patronized.
Seats on sale at Mason's Opera House.
The County Commissioners are max
ing great improvement to the Court
House Square. having completed the
laying of cement pavements around that
portion Of the square not already pro-
vided with such pavement. The work
was done under contract with The Cord
dry Company Of this town.
The hottest day of the year was ex-
perienced here last Tuesday. the tenn
perature reaching above ninety degrees.
In Baltimore the thermometer regis
tered ninety-six degrees, surprising the
heat record of the year. The hottest
days previously this summer were on
June 23d and July 10th, on both Of which
days the temperature was above ninety.
Mr.. o. NJ. Purnell is waiting for
some one to bring in a stalk of corn
larger and taller than the one he has in
his Office. Several have been brought
in this week, but they fail to measure
up to the great size and length Of the
stalk which Mr.. Purnell secured last
year. He offers one dollar to the per-
son who brings a stalk to beat the one
he has on exhibition.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
George I. Richie sympathize with them
in the death of their little son. George
Sherman Richie, which occurred at
their home in Delmar last Friday morn
ing. The little one was twenty months
old and died Of brain fever. Interment
was made in Mt. Olive NJ. p. Cemetery.
Delmar, last Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richie are natives of this town.
The public schools throughout Wor-
cester County re-opened Monday after
the summer vacation. and there was
about the usual enrolment in the town
schools. In several of the country
schools the enrolment was small, owing
to the fact that many children are
working in the tomato canneries and the
fodder fields. This is the case every
year, but as soon as the canning season
closes, and the fodder is saved, there
will be a rush for school.
The U. S. Government in its Pure
Food Law" does not endorse" or guar
antee" any preparation, as some manu-
facturers in their advertisements would
make it appear. In the case of medi-
cines the law provides that certain drugs
shall be mentioned on the labels, if they
are ingredients of the preparations.
Ely's Cream Balm, the well-known
family remedy for cold in the head. hay
fever and nasal catarrh. doesn't contain
single injurious drug, so the makers
have simply to print the fact that it
complies fully with all the requirements
of the law.
Mr.. John NJ. Tucker, chairman of
the State Roads Commission, and assist
ant engineer Uhler came to Snow Hill
Wednesday to inspect the stone road,
which is being built between Snow Hill
and Berlin. Chairman Tucker expressed
himself as satisfied with the progress OF
the work on this end Of the road. He
also stated that the road was being built
here per mile cheaper than at any other
point on the Eastern Shore. This, too.
in the face of many disadvantages. such
as the long haul of stone, and the con-
struction of bridges and culverts. The
wet weather of a few weeks ago also
handicapped the working force to con-
siderable extent.
Frank J. Mccormick, travelling
freight agent for the Chicago Great
Western Railroad, was in this county
this week, in the interest of his road,
looking after sweet potato shipments TO
the West. He has also visited the prin-
cipal points in Northampton and Acco-
mac Counties, Virginia. Mr.. McCor-
mick's home is in Baltimore City. Ben
jamin S. Dowdell. travelling freight
agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, reports that the sweet potato crop
in the Peninsula Counties will be short.
and that the growers are holding the
present crop in hope of a betterment
in prices. He states that owing to the
large fruit crop, the shipment for Au-
gust, 1910. is far in excess Of last year.
While at work on the stone road
Tuesday, Mr.. King Atkinson, son of
County Commissioner Samuel /. Atkin.
son, was stung twice by spider. once
below and once above the knee. When
Mr.. Atkinson was brought to Snow Hill,
he was suffering excruciating pain in
every part of his body. A hypodermic
injection somewhat lessened the pain,
which finally settled in his back. The