Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-01-29

LENA Rivers comes to Snow Hill
highly recommended, and the seats are
being taken rapidly. The Opera House
will likely be well filed by people who
like to encourage good drama.
MIR. and Mrs. John p. Moore, Jr.,
left Tuesday morning for Baltimore,
after having spent several weeks in
Snow Hill at the home Of his parents.
After short visit in Baltimore, they
left for their home in North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Barnes, of POGO
moke City. and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Barnes, Of Indiantown, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Snow Hill as guests Of
MIR. and Mrs. ID. Frank Fooks. The
Messrs. Barnes are brothers Of Mrs.
Fooks.
CLANS are up to high water mark
in prices on Chincoteague the highest
ever known there. The size. which was
sold some time ago for $500, is now
worth $3.50 to $500 per thousand and
the $50 size has gone up to $1,000 and
sl1.0O.
Rev. G. w. Prettyman has been
extended unanimous invitation to re-
turn TO Whatcoat NJ. +. Church for
another year. We join the congregation
in wishing that he may come back. His
influence for good in this community is
very great.
Captain John Fitzgerald, of Cape
Charles, after a long illness, died at his
family residence, aged So years. He was
born in Somerset County. Md. but had
been living in Cape Charles for the past
twenty years. The remains were sent
to Pocomoke City for interment.
The Baltimore Sun Almanac reached
us on Wednesday. The 1910 blue book
is just as good as ever and should be IN
every house in the State. II is such
book of reference as we cannot obtain
elsewhere than from the Sun and every
subscriber to that paper receives one
| free.
The adjourned meeting Of stock
| holders of the Commercial National Bank
was held in the bank building here last
Tuesday. The old directors and officers
were all reelected. The officers are:
President, Alfred Child. Vice-Presidents.
DIR. John S. Aydelotte and Hon. George
w. Covington; Cashier. William E.
Bratten.
There is an old saying that when
snakes begin to show themselves in the
winter time the backbone of winter is
broken. Mr. James Taylor saw a large
snake one day last week on Mr.. Thomas
Selby's farm and he and a colored man
killed the reptile. We are still having
some good winter and there is not any
evidence yet of summer approaching.
Miss Ida Hickman. daughter of Mr..
William Hickman, was on Tuesday last
operated on at the home of her father
on Clarke Avenue, Pocomoke City, for
appendicitis by DIR. Dick. of Salisbury.
Miss Hickman was sick with measles
when appendicitis developed and could
not be removed from her home for the
operation.
Sara Elizabeth Tarr. the infant
daughter and only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Tarr, died after an illness of ten
days, on Tuesday morning at the home
of the parents in Pocomoke City. Funer-
al services were held at their home on
Wednesday afternoon at $50 O'Clock,
conducted by the Rev. G. |. Humphreys,
Of the NJ. 2. Church.
Master Weldon Barnes, who sur
vived the railroad accident at Princess
Anne. in which his brother was killed,
is slowly improving at the Peninsula
General Hospital. at Salisbury, under
the skillful treatment of the physicians
and nurses. The little fellow, although
suffering intensely for weeks, is said to
be one Of the most patient and cheerful
inmates of the Hospital.
Easter comes exceptionally early
this year; in fact it will occur earlier
than any other year since 1900. The
first full moon after March 22d. will
appear March 25th. therefore. Easter.
which is always the first Sunday after
this occurrence, will be March 9th Eas-
ter will not be so early again, except
1918, when it comes March 23d. until
1921. when it falls on the same date as
this year.
Six months or more ago Jane Mar
tin, colord woman residing in Snow
Hill. noticed that one of her chickens
was sick. She tried all known remedies
TO cure il. without avail, and the chicken
lived until this week, when Jane con-
cIuded il had lived long enough in sickly
condition, so she killed it. IL was found
that a six penny nail had gone clear
through the chickens gizzard and pene-
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