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

Addie klch, both OF fOcOmoke City,
were married at the M. +. Parsonage
Thursday afternoon by Rev. G. W..
Prettyman.
The MESSENGER office does all kinds
Of good printing. We furnish engraved
work at less than city prices. Leave
your money in the county and you'll get
some of il back.
1t is said that the directors Of the
Wicomico Fair Association will build
another large exhibition hall. to be used
especially for fruit and vegetables and
horticultural display ward.
Col. Arthur ID. Foster came to Snow
Hill Friday night Of last week. remain
ing until Wednesday of this week with
his wife and children at the home Of
Senator John Walter Smith.
Mr.. Graham Gunby. of the l.. W.
Gunby Co.. Salisbury. was in Snow
Hill Thursday in his easy-running Z. NJ.
+. Car. Mr.. Gunby is one of the hustling
young business men Of Salisbury.
The dahlia fields of Mr.. d. W. Bah
cock, Berlin, are now in full bloom and
the sight is beautiful one. He extends
an invitation to everybody to visit him.
See his "Welcome" notice in this paper.
Mrs. +. X. Wilson left this week
for Ocean City, where she will occupy
her cottage for several weeks. She has
as her guests her daughters, Mrs. J.
Edward White and Mrs. Franklin Up
shur.
Pears and apples are abundant. 1t
is to be hoped that some Of Jour farm
ers will make plenty Of vinegar. so that
the public will be spared the use of the
concoction now sold under the name of
vinegar.
DIR. William d. Straughn went to
Baltimore Tuesday with Mr.. Merrill
Stevens. Mr.. Stevens has been in poor
health for a long time. and DIR. Straughn
took him to Baltimore hospital for a
surgical operation.
Mr.. Charles W. Corddry took the
following party to Ocean City Thursday
afternoon in his automobile : Messrs.
Harris and Howard Corddry, Oscar
Lewis. and Carl Sturgis, Of East
Bridgewater, Mass.
Watch your poultry houses close !!
Fowls are mysteriously disappearing
from roosts all over the county and
their owners have strong reasons to be-
lieve that the "roost filters" were Of
the two-legged variety.
Mrs. r. C. Gunther and son, Rich
ard, have returned to their home in
Baltimore after spending several weeks
with their aunt. Mrs. Robert S. Thigh
man, of Klej Grange. and cousin, Mrs.
James Webb, of Snow Hill.
Masters Clarence and George Hold
son and sister, Miss Leila, left this week
for their home in East Orange, New
Jersey. after having spent the summer
in Snow Hill at the home Of their grand
father, George S. Payne. Esq.
Mr.. w. P. Pope brought the largest
apple to town last Saturday we ever
saw. It weighed l7l ounces and measured
l4A inches in circumference. Mr.. Pope
lives in Atkinson's district and has
named the apple Nazareth Pride"
MIR. George Z. Payne, of New
Church. Va. was admitted to Memorial
Hospital in Richmond, Va, Wednesday.
for treatment Of kidney trouble, sup
posed. the physician says. to have been
caused by sprain from heavy lifting.
The heavy rains of the past week
have cut Off the remnant of the peach
crop in Sussex County, Delaware.
Solways and Shocks. which were about
the only variety on the trees, have
cracked open, rotted and dropped off so
that very few have been fit for market.
An old fashioned country square
dance will be given in Mason's Opera
House next Friday night. Music will
be furnished by several well known
violinists, and the program will consist
only of good old fashioned county square
dancing.
The open season for squirrels began
Thursday. September l. and from early
morning until late in the afternoon the
reports Of guns could be heard all over
the county as they sounded the death
knell to the furry and bushytailed
quadruped.
MIR. Walter S. Hastings left We'd
nesday morning for Princeton. where he
will engage in tutoring in French until
the opening of the University. Mr..
Hastings graduated at Princeton in June
but will return this year for post
graduate course.
AZ L u na;ia,, hos nahum al hnx,,a