Democratic messenger., 1910-03-12

the Peninsula General Hospital Sunday
morning by his physician, DR.. Paul
Jones, to be operated on for appendicitis.
After arriving at the hospital Mr.. Webb
felt greatly relieved. and refused to
undergo an operation. He remained at
the hospital, however, for treatment
for few days. Mr.. Webb is mail
carrier on Snow Hill X. +. d. No. 3,
and is very popular with his patrons, as
well as with the general public.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin II. Taylor. Of
Stockton, will celebrate the twenty-fifth
anniversary of their marriage, or their
silver wedding, on Friday evening. March
eighteenth, from half after eight O'Clock
TO eleven. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor enjoy
a large circle of friends, and the even
ing Of March eighteenth will doubtless
witness great influx of guests to their
hospitable home in Stockton, to join in
the celebration, and to congratulate Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor on their twenty-five
years of connubial bliss and felicity.
Congressman j. Harry Covington
has had made very complete distri-
button of the experimental seed furnish
ed by the United States Department Of
Agriculture. He has been compelled,
however. to depend for this distribution
upon the lists compiled for him by
persons in the several Counties of the
First Congressional District. In order
that any person in Worcester County
who may desire these seed for expert
ment purposes, ana who has received
none. can obtain them. Congressman
Covington has sent to the Office Of the
MESSENGER a supply to be distributed
to these persons upon being called for.
"A representative of the L. A. Strout
Co., was in Snow Hill this week for the
purpose of appointing local agent to
represent them in this section. The
agency was offered to Mr.. 0. NJ. Pur-
nell, who accepted the terms and con-
ditions of their contract. and, hence
forth, all business of the +. A. Strout
Co. will be conducted through him. Mr..
Purnell is actively engaged in the fire
insurance business. and for several years
has successfully conducted real estate
business, under the name of the o. M.
Purnell Real Estate Agency. The E.
A. Strout Co. conduct large real es-
tate business. and have their head
quarters in New York, with branch Of
fees in all the leading cities of the coun-
try. By associating himself with the
Strout Company. Mr.. Purnell will be in
a position to aid very materially in the
development of this section Of the coun-
try.
Preliminary work on the stone road
leading from Snow Hill to Berlin was
resumed this week, under the direction
of road superintendent, Mr.. Charles II.
Taylor. This road has already been con-
structed as far as the edge of the Coun-
ty Aims House farm, or distance of
about three miles from Snow Hill. An
inspector from the State Roads Com
mission will be detailed here next week
to take charge of the work, and with
his arrival active operations on the road
will begin. Work on this road will be
pushed as rapidly as possible, and if
weather conditions are favorable, the
County Commissioners confidently ex-
pect to cover the greater part of the
remaining distance to Newark before
midsummer. The advantages of this
stone road were brought very forcibly
to the public mind last winter, when
many farmers living over the river, in
order to avoid the bad roads in Indian
town, crossed tine Pocomoke river at
Porter's bridge, which crossing is only
short distance from the stone road.
In letter to Mr.. John S. McMas-
ter, of Jersey City, n. j.. on the sub
ject of drainage, Mr.. William E. Wal
ton, OF Pocomoke City. says The
optimistic | grow regarding the pos
sibilities of this much favored section,
and il we only had few more public
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this the garden spot of the Atlantic
Coast Country. As see it our greatest
present need is better drainage, and If
one tenth of the money appropriated by
our National laws to put water on the
arid lands of the middle West could be
used in getting il off our Eastern Shore
lands. we would. in my judgment. be TAX
ing a long stride in the right direction.
A leader is needed to create sentiment
along these lines, and believe you are
the man to lead. for have long Won
dcred why the East should so quietly
submit TO the stupendous appropriations
for internal and Pacific Coast develop
ment when there is such need right at
home Irrigation is destined to disap-
point. for already in some localities the
alkoline waters used are destined TO
destroy the productiveness of the lands,
while here along the Atlantic Coast we
have large areas. if diked and drained
would become as productive as the famed
Netherlands. We are now working local
ly for better drainage lands, and hope
for some relief at the hands of the pres