Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-06-04

been here on a visit to Mrs. Harriet
Richardson, mother of Col. Richardson.
Mr.. Walter G. Mapp. of Accomac
County, came to Snow Hill last Satur-
day in his touring car. Mr.. Mapp was
accompanied by his brother. Mr.. Brooks
Mapp, and Mr.. Samuel Ross. both Of
Accomac County.
Prof. Humphreys and members Of
the High School faculty desire to thank
those who assisted them in the Com
mencement" entertainments. and assure
them that their services were much APP
preciated.
Sheriff Dale and Deputy Sheriff
Gordon l.. Bowen took the condemned
prisoners from Snow Hill Jail last Mon
day and carried some to the House Of
Correction and others to the State Peni-
tertiary.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
Wicomico County, Ernest A. Toadvine.
ESQ.,, is down with typhoid fever. Mr..
Toadvinc's many friends in this county
will be glad to know that he has passed
the danger point and is now on the road
to recovery.
Many Worcester fields Of wheat are
heading now, and farmers are expect
ing good yield this season from the
present outlook. The past several crops
have been unusually poor, and good
one could not be more welcome than at
this particular time.
The Catholic Church property in
Snow Hill is to be painted and put in
repair. Some of the windows have been
broken out by bad boys. and the matter
is being investigated with the deter
mination to prosecute the despoilers to
the full extent of the law.
Hon. George w. Covington returned
home Wednesday from New York, where
he and his family have been residing
since last fall. Mr.. Covington came in
advance to arrange for the re-opening
of his house, his wife and daughter
stopping in Princeton for short visit.
Mrs. Clayton J. Purnell, accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss Bessie,
and Miss Wilson Hargis, is spending a
few days at her cottage in Ocean City.
Mrs. Thomas P. Wharton, of Stock
ton, came Thursday to superintend Mrs.
Purnell's household until her return
next week.
Mr.. Thomas j. Herman has return
ed home from the Protestant Iniirmary
Hospital, Baltimore, where he was
operated upon for cancer Of the mouth.
He. also underwent two other opera
tions. He is getting along as well as
could be expected of one who passed
through such severe ordeals.
Mr.. M. p. Tilghman has been seeing
snakes. He was looking for hen eggs;
put his hand into the nest and caught
hold of a Shiny snake. He killed it.
and went back to look for more. He
was not disappointed. He found another,
and likewise dispatched it. Each snake
measured five feet and two inches.
Senator and Mrs. John P. Moore
and daughter. Miss Helen, returned to
their home here on the steamer Mary
land last Saturday. Mrs. Moore has
been sick for several weeks. and the en-
tire family has been compelled to remain
in Baltimore since the adjournment Of
the Legislature. They are pleased to be
back in old Snow Hill.
Governor Crothers has appointed
commission of farmers, looking to the
advancement of the agricultural inter-
ests of the State. Every county is rep
resented. Those named for Worcester
are: Orlando Harrison. James +.
Thomas and Lemuel w. 0nley. Wicom-
leo, William S. Allen. Somerset, Thos.
Colbourne and Roe Wilmington.
For the benefit of their employees
and themselves the merchants of Snow
Hill have agreed to close their stores
at 7.3O o'clock every evening during the
week except Saturday evening. The
arrangement goes into effect June 18th
and continues till September 18th. All
persons who want to make purchases
should remember the date and the time.
DIR. Z. S. Dashiell received notice
this week of his appointment as an in
structor on the Clinical Board of the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
The honor was entirely unsolicited by
DIR. Dashiell, and is fitting recognition
of his well known skill in surgery and
his thorough knowledge of the subject.
The Baltimore College is the Oldest
college Of Dental Surgery in this country.
On Thursday next, June 7th, Sails
bury will entertain the forty-second
Protestant Episcopal convention Of the
diocese of Easton. which will convene