Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-11-26

Miss Lille Howard iefC wednesday
to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with
friends in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. She
also witnessed the Pennsylvania Cornell
football game in Philadelphia on Thanks
giving Day.
The woodchuck, the frog and the
skunk went to the show. The wood
chuck got in. for he had a quarter (hind) !;
so did the frog with his greenback but
the skunk had to go home. for he only
had bad scent.
Floyd Brothers. of Bridgetown. Va.
advertise in the MESSENGER today a
sale of high breed horses, trotters,
PAGERS, brood mares, etc. The sale will
be held at their farm near Bridgetown,
on Wednesday, December 18th.
The young ladies of st. Margaret's
Guild of All Hallows' Parish will offer
handmade fancy and useful articles
for sale. on Thursday December sth, and
in connection with the sale the All Hal
lows Guild will provide supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Walter Mapp have
returned from their honeymoon, which
was spent in Virginia and Kentucky.
They came to Snow Hill Wednesday to
spend Thanksgiving Day with her par
ents, DIR. and Mrs. John S. Aydelotte.
The price of wheat has been falling
steadily during the last few weeks, and
many who have been holding out for
higher prices are expressing considerable
concern. Whether it will again reach
the dollar mark or not is the subject of
much discussion.
MIR. John L. Bennett, of Philadel-
phia, was a visitor at the home of his
father in Snow Hill on Monday. He is
in the restaurant business in Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Bennett spent several days
with his sister in Girdletree, where he
lived for many years.
Members of Snow Hill Council No.
l67, Jr. o. u. A. NJ, are requested to
meet at their Hall this Friday evening,
November 25th. at 100 o'clock. for the
purpose of making arrangements for
the funeral of Brother Thomas j. Hen
man. VIM. II. Petit, Secretary.
Rev. George Hines, pastor of the
NJ. p. Church, preached splendid SER
mon at the Union Thanksgiving services
held in the Presbyterian Church Thurs
day morning. A choir composed of MEM
bers of the Presbyterian and Methodist
choirs, rendered some excellent Sc
lections.
The mere fact that person has not
lived in your midst all his life is no
criterion that he can not assist your town
to grow. He may know things about
town boosting that you have not learned.
You can assist in the growth of Snow
Hill by welcoming all deserving
strangers.
The United States Government is
making an effort to close contracts with
the leading tomato packers of the East
ern Shore for this seasons pack. The
tomatoes will be used in Army and Navy,
and are selected because of their super
Tor quality and clean methods used in
the packing.
"A local observer of weather condi-
tons makes the prediction that this will
be the worst winter for fifty years. All
the signs, he says. point to an extreme
~ cold season and unless he is badly
mistaken there will be one of the bitter
est cold spells ever experienced in this
section.
Prof. John S. Hill. of the Stockton
High School, who has been very active
in the development of the Worcester
County Teachers Association, composed
of about 100 Of our public school teachers
was presented a purse of $50 in gold
last Friday, while the teachers were in
Snow Hill, in acknowledgment of his
good work.
Holly is said to be very scarce this
year and the dealers are already having
trouble to fill orders. Fruiting trees,
says one dealer, become less and less
each year from the fact that fruiting
tree, once trimmed, never affords an
other crop, and the cutting of timber
too much exposes the holly trees. caus-
ing the leaf to yellow.
Under instructions from the Gov
ernor an expert accountant has been
engaged to make complete audit of
the accounts of the State Treasurer,
the State Comptroller and the Adjutant
General. The law requires such audits
to be made, but allows the Governor
to designate when the auditing shall be
done. The expert is expected to have
his report ready by January !.
Word was received from Camden,