Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-07-30

gust. The train is scheduled to reach
Snow Hill at 8. 20 o'clock in the morning
Returning, the train will leave Ocean
City at 6. 80 O'Clock in the evening.
"A pleasure party composed Of Mrs.
William X. Truitt and children, the
Misses Francis and Gertrude Truitt.
Lucy Stagg, Margaret Timmons. and
Master John limmons. made a pleasure
trip to Baltimore on the steamer Mary
land this week. arriving home Wednes-
day night. The party was chaperoned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles b. Timmons.
On the 9Th page of the MESSENGER
to-day will be found an attractive an
nouncement Of the coming to Snow Hill
of II. d. Clogg. the photographer, on
August sth. Mr.. Clogg will remain here
till August 18th. Persons vino want
photographs made will do well to call on
Mr.. Clogg while he is here. He makes
splendid pictures and gives satisfaction.
While returning from a negro camp
meeting last Sunday morning. negro
named Blake got in a fight with another
negro named Jim Ed. Purnell. Blake
is said to have struck Purnell with a
standard from the wagon. knocking him
unconscious. At last reports Purnell
was not expected to recover. The fight
took place near Mt. Wesley. Blake has
been LOGGED in Jail.
Wilmer Powell, colored. who lives
in tenant house belonging to Mr..
Monte Stagg, in Indiantown, was ar
rested Sunday by deputy sheriff Gordon
Bowen for stealing meat from Mr.. Har-
Ian Payne's store the previous night.
Powell confessed the theft. and was
brought to Snow Hill and lodged in Jail.
After a hearing before Justice Daniel
II. Lewis. Powell was released under a
500 bond for his appearance at court.
Last week the MESSENGER gave an
account of the death by ptomaine poison
| ing of two mules belonging to George
Hammond. colored. and of the critical
condition of another pair Of mules and
one horse from the same cause. Since
our last issue these last three have died,
making total Of five fatalities for
Hammond. The first pair of mules was
valued at $35000; the second at $3.50. 90;
and the horse at $4,000.
Rev. and Mrs. c. w. Prettyman
will start Monday morning on their an
nual vacation, which they will spend in
the White Mountains of New Hamp-
shire. They will be gone the entire
month of August. returning for service
the first Sunday in September During
his absence Mr.. Prettyman has made
arrangements for his pulpit to be sup
piled each Sunday. announcement of
which will be made from week to week.
Miss Andasia Purnell has been APP
pointed instructress in the manual train
ing department of the Snow Hill and
Stockton High Schools, and will assume
charge of the work in the fall, alter
mating her time between the two schools.
Miss Purnell prepared herself for manual
training work by a course of study at
Columbia University. New York, and
has successfully taught in the Princess
Anne High School for the last three
years.
Our old friend, Mr. Samuel r. John
son. of near Wesley station. called to
pay his subscription to the MESSENGER
one day this week. As he handed us
the money he remarked that he had
been a subscriber to the MESSENGER
since it was founded, more than forty
years ago. He also said he expected to
continue to be subscriber as long as
he lives. Mr.. Johnson says the people
generally of his vicinity greatly appre-
ciate the stone road, which is nearing
completion as far as Five Mile Branch.
On Tuesday Col. Arthur ID. Foster
with party of friends went down the
river in his yacht on fishing trip. They
made their headquarters at Tangier
Sound. where they piled the hook and
line with so much zeal and success that
old Isaac Walton is said to have turned
over in his grave, on the other side of
the ocean. Those in the party with Mr..
Foster were the following Messrs.
Marion T. Hargis and William +. Brat
ten, of Snow Hill. and Mr. John Riquardt.
Of Baltimore.
MIR. Paul Purnel' while on an ex-
cursion train from Ocean City recently,
was pushed off the rear platform by u
number of boisterous Virginians and
came near losing his life. The train
was running at a 3O-mile clip, and the
young man was rendered unconscious
from the fall The train ran back and
took him to the nearest station, where
doctor revived him and gave him
medical attention. He is now limping
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