Democratic messenger., 1910-03-12

We are pleased to note among the
votes for Statewide Local Option, our
own delegates. Messrs. King and Peters,
Mr.. Murray having been detained at
home by sickness.
Miss Mary Taylor entertained last
week DIR. and Mrs. Thompson, at her
lovely country home, Eastgate. Dr.
Thompson is secretary of the Board Of
Presbyterian Missions.
Rev. f. c. Wright last week was
called to his old home in Dorchester
County. by the death Of his mother.
He has made many friends here. who
express sympathy in his loss.
Hon. Severn Murray was not able to
return to Annapolis last week on ac-
count of illness.
Mrs. d. w. Babcock is spending a
few weeks at her old home Newark.
N. J.
The canning house at Ironshre, under
the management of l.. II. Archer, Of
Hartford County, is soliciting contracts
for tomatoes. and hopes to do the largest
business ever, this coming season.
Zadok Ayres is back home, after
clerking in Chncoteague for some time.
He proposes to start in business here.
Mrs. William Disharoon is back from
a long stay at Hahnemann Hospital,
Philadelphia, where she was success
fully operated on, and is now rapidly
convalescing. Her many friends join
in her thanksgiving.
Mrs. Henry Anderson is able to write
to friends, and is rapidly recovering
from serious operation. She hopes
soon to be at home again
Messrs. Henry Anderson and Charles
Matthews. Cashier of First National
Bank, went to Newport News on busi-
ness trip to see l.. L. Dirickson.
Mr.. T. J. Whaley took business trip
to Norfolk and Wilmington, N. c.. this
week.
Last Sunday was the quarterly COM
munion service in the Presbyterian
Church.
Mrs. Thomas Hammond and Miss
Ruth Willette have returned from a
visit to the Northern cities in the in
terest of spring millinery.
Misses Johnson and Burbage recently
made visit to the cities to study Easter
bonnets and procure up-to-date materials
The monthly w. C. 7. U. meeting
was called Wednesday at the home of
Miss Mary Jones.
The new municipal building will prob
ably be of concrete blocks, which makes
handsome appearance. At Ocean City
the use of these blocks for foundations
and whole structures is likely to become
general. We wonder that some enter
prising. longheaded man has not gone
into the manufacturing of them here,
where the finest quality of sand is prac-
tically unlimited. A man near Norfolk
has become millionaire several times
over by thus using the sand on his other
wise Improbable piece of beach land.
Thomas Edison says I'm 20 years all
houses will be built of cement blocks.
because cheap. durable dry and slightly.
1t will thus be possible for the poorest
to be splendidly housed" Edison is at
work perfecting and cheapening the
methods.
The railroad officials in special car
visited Ocean City, in regard to the pro-
posed changes for the summer season.
They reused all Berlin Sunday night
about A. NJ. as they passed through
with prolonged whistle.
Capt. William Powell, of North Beach,
brought up fine lot Of ponies from
Palmer's Beach.
The st. Martins Ditch Commission
met again last Saturday, most of the
taxpayers being present.
AS the school children of Maryland
have settled upon State flower, the
'.black eyed susan" or ''ox eye daisy,
it would be we'll to use that flower for
school decoration, and in all ways bring
it to the attention of the children, until
they recognize the fact and take pride
in it. The shamrock or simple clover
leaf, means untold things to the Irish
man, the Aeurdelis to the Frenchman.
So let US exploit our flower, until no
matter how far our boys and girls
may wander in the future years, the
sight of "black-eyed susan" will bring
them home in thought and love.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown were re-
married in Chincoteague last week.
They were once residents of Berlin and
are held in kindly remembrance here.
Their adopted son played here last fall
in the Chincoteague band. and called
forth expressions of interest. and pleas