Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-02-18


of the Methodist Protestant Church will
meet in fredericksburg this spring. The
Conference will open on April 5th and
remain in session one week.
"A large pile driver at the river
bridge frightened Mr.. Lorenzo Buffers
horse last Friday morning as he was
being driven across the bridge. The
animal jumped into the wagon of
Mr.. Dewitt West, just ahead, causing
the son Of Mr.. West to be thrown oul
of the wagon and giving him bad
shaking up.
Motor Vehicle Commissioner. John
E. George last, week added $4,000 to
the $4,000 which he had previously
turned over to the maintenance fund Of
the State Roads Commission, bringing
his total contribution to the good roads
cause since the automobile law went
into effect, July /, 1910, up to s32, 900.
John r. Beckett. chief inspector of
the United States Engineers Office in
Baltimore has arrived in Princess Anne
to begin the dredging of the Manokin
river. The Congressional appropria-
ton amounting to $1,000 is now avail
able. The contract has been let to the
Maryland Dredging and Contracting Co.,
of Baltimore. and the dredging machine
is now in the river.
Last Saturday night the infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gordy. who live
about two miles over the river was
burned to death. The little fellow. who
was only sixteen months old, got hold of
a lighted lantern, which upset the
blazing oil burning him so badly that he
only lived few hours afterward. Mr..
and Mrs. Gordy have the sympathy of
q host Of friends in their sad loss.
The City Council is to be highly COM
mended for placing hitching racks on
the lot adjoining the waterworks. We
assure the farmers that the business men
Of Snow Hill have been endeavoring
for some time to make arrangements
for their teams, and now the City Coun-
Gil has come nobly and efficiently to the
front. The racks are substantially made
by settling heavy posts and running a
large wire cable through them. Hitch
to the cable and there is no danger of
your animal getting loose.
The coming meeting of the Whining
ton M. E. Conference, opening in AS
bury Church, Wilmington. March 18th,
is attracting much interest. Bishop
Henry w. Warren will preside and much
business of Importance will be consid-
cred at the sessions. A new feature of
this years Conference will be the adop-
ton of the plan of meeting the cost of
entertainment of ministers and dele
gates. The churches will be taxed l
per cent. Of their minister's salaries for
a common expense for their entertain
ment.
The many friends of Mr.. George Z.
Payne in the lower end of Worcester
County will be glad to learn that he is
recovering from serious operation per-
formed upon him at the Memorial Hos
pital. Richmond, Va, recently. This
is the second operation he has under
gone and the surgeons claim that they
have been very successful in relieving
Mr.. Payne of serious kidney trouble.
He is an employee of the N. Y p. & N.
Railroad, at Cape Charles, and his fell
low employees are glad to know that he
will soon be back at work.
DIR. S. l.. Mckee, formerly of Snow
Hill. now the leading optician of Dele
ware, was again elected President of
the Delaware State Optical and Optic
metrical Society at the annual election
of the Society held in Wilmington on
Thursday night of last week. Dr. Mckee
made a strong address at the meeting,
which elected applause from the mem
bers, who further showed their appre-
citation Of it. by ordering the address
placed upon the minutes of the pro-
ceedings. After the business of the
Society was transacted banquet given
at the Clayton House was enjoyed.
Notice was given in The Messenger
last week of the death of Miss Mary +.
Waters in Baltimore. On Tuesday last
the Baltimore Sun published a number
of requests made by Miss Waters. among
which was $500 to the Presbyterian
Church of Snow Hill. and $500 to Miss
Juliet Purnell, of Snow Hill. Mrs.
Jennie Scott Abercombie daughter of
General F. E. Waters) Miss Margaret
Winans Waters. Miss Mary Hester
Waters. Mr.. Richard I. Waters, Mr..
Howard w. Doughty, General Francis
z. Waters, Miss Florence Stieff. Mr.