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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-07-29
LOCALS.

Mrs. Charles S. Timmons is visiting
relatives at Cape Charles.
Mr.. Elmer Mason has been quite
sick at his home near town.
Miss Grace Smith, of Baltimore. is
visiting Miss Sarah Goodman.
Mrs. Harry Esham. of Dendron,
Va, is visiting relatives here.
Mr.. Edgar Fontaine, of Pocomoke
City. was in Snow Hill last Tuesday.
Mr.. Charles w. Corddry made a
business trip to Baltimore this week.
Fruit of all kinds is scarce in this
county. In fact more so than for many
years.
The Annual pony penning at Chin
colleague Island was held on Thursday
of this week.
Mr.. w. Z. Pilchard. of Girdletree,
was visitor at The Messenger office
last Tuesday.
Rev. Edward McHenry. of Phila-
delphia. has been visiting his friend.
Rev. Fred Allen.
Mrs. G. Walter Mapp, of Accomac.
is visiting her parents. DIR. and Mrs.
John S. Aydelotte.
Mrs. John Hadder, and son Calvin,
of Showells. are guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sewell Jarman.
-Rey. w. c. Reese will preach in the
Christian Church of Snow Hill Sunday
morning and evening, July 30th.
Mrs. John II. Hudson. of Philadel-
phia, came Saturday to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Riley of Box Iron.
Miss Annie Purnell. of Salisbury. is
spending her summer vacation at home
with her father, Mr.. StephenL. Purnell.
Mrs. Leland Richardson and chill
dren. and her father, Mr.. John Holland.
spent few days in Franklin City last
week.
Miss Margaret Hunter and Miss
Hadessa Hunter Of Leechburg. Pa, are
visiting their niece, Mrs. George B.
johnson.
All Hallows Sunday School went u
Public Landing on picnic last Tuesday.
They had pleasant day and delight.
full time.
Misses Annie Dunlap and Bessie
johnson are visiting friends in Harring-
ton. They will go to Safe Harbor, Pa.
before they return home.
Miss Addie Stevens and Miss Ruth
Williams, of Cape Charles. have return
ed home after pleasant visit to Mr.. AND
Mrs. Stansbury Richie.
Miss Cecilia Houston, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Houston. of Stock.
tsn, spent sevecal days here this week
with Miss Andasia Purnell.
Chincoteague clammers have beer
compelled to stop wading out CLAIMS dur.
. ing the hot weather because of fleas
which bit them to distraction.
Mrs. Clara B. Parsons and two
daughters. Helen and Catherine, spent
the week very pleasantly with her cou'
sin, Mrs. Amanda West, near Pittsville
They will return to Snow Hill today.
Mrs. George +. Hammond anC
little son. Wilson, of Delmar. and sister
Miss Minnie Hill. were guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. William H
Marshall. at Stockton. a part of thil
week.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-07-29

Messrs. Conwell and Leon Black. of
Milton, Del, have been visitors in Ber-
lin recently.
The President of the Law Enforce
ment League is Rev. Thomas Van Dyke;
secretary. Robert J. Shovel, and treas
urer Reese G. Peters.
Mr.. Elijah Bell is out again, and our
light shines. During his illness some
thing went wrong at the Power House,
and we CROPPED in darkness. and got
nervous over the water supply.
DIR. and Mrs. Harry Purnell have an
other son. who will be known as Frank
lin Robins Purnell.
DIR. Tyndall left for the hospital where
he expects to undergo an operation, and
DR.. James, of Philadelphia, is attend
ing to his practice.
Rev. John L. Shovel preached last
Sunday at Trinity. Sussex County, DEL.
and returned to Berlin Tuesday.
Mrs. j. S. Purnell entertained Mrs.
Moore. of Pittsburg. Pa, friend of
Miss Annie, who is spending the sum-
mer at Ocean City.
Mrs. Will Pitts has been quite sick,
and is still confined to her room.
Mr.. Harry Purnell had an alarming
illness, which threatened blood poison,
induced by the sting of an insect while
handling shingles.
The annual picnic of the Episcopal
Sunday School and congregation will be
held in the yard of Mr.. ThomasJ j. Wha-
ley, on Tuesday, August LIST, from to
O'Clock. Let the young and old folks
all come prepared to make it a memoir
able affair.
Mr.. Harry Bethards is at home, and
the family have moved into their new
house, which is an ornament to that
part of town.
Miss Katherine Anderson has been
quite sick again.
Mr.. George Snyder is entertaining his
parents at the Atlantic Hotel.
Paul Jones was carried to the hospital
suffering intensely. but was successful
ly operated on for appendicitis and is
rapidly recovering.
The w. C. T. U. meeting at Shovel,
at the home of Mrs. Browne. Secretary,
was a most enjoyable affair. A wagon
load of Berliners attended. Beautiful
music was rendered Mr. Calvin Ryan,
of Bishopville, who has lately graduated
from a school of elocution gave some
fine recitations. Temperance speeches
were made. an abundance Of ice cream
and cake served. Everybody was glad
to have been there.
Our brave lifesavers all had to jour
ney TO Lewes, Del, this week for the
annual examination. Heretofore Ocean
City has been convenient place for the
purpose, at a minimum expense.
The County Executive Meeting of the
w. c. T. U. met at Ocean City Thurs
pay afternoon. to arrange for the Con-
vention which will be held early in
September.
Mr.. Sidney Jones will move into the
house lately vacated by Mr.. Lee Hedges.
A number of ambitious young people
here are taking courses from CORES
pondence schools. and fitting themselves
for greater efficiency in teaching and
business.
A strong movement is under way TO
change the name of Ocean City to
Maryland Beach" There is an Ocean
City, N. j., which makes confusion for
us. and ours is the only Maryland Ocean
shore resort. An Act of Legislature will
be necessary
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-07-29

a
Rev. DIR. Francis T.sAk....A
President of the Maryland Annuafss.
ference Of the Methodist Protestant
Church, who has been confined in the
Union Protestant Infrmary. Baltimore.
for the past several weeks, underwent
an operation at the hospital Saturday
morning. Rev. DR.. Little has been suf-
fering from an intestinal ailment for
some time. and was taken to the hospi-
tai from Chestertown, Md, where he
now has a charge. to undergo treat
ment. He failed to respond. however,
and his physician, DIR. Thomas R. Brown,
finally decided on an operation. II was
performed by DIR. William A. Fisher
and was successful. DIR. Titles con-
dition is encouraging. 1t is believed
he will be well on the road to recovery
within the next few weeks.
Rev. DIR. Little is one of the most
prominent ministers in the Methodist
Protestant Conference. Besides serv-
ing as President of the Maryland Con-
ference he has served as pastor of nu-
merous Methodist PROTESTANT Churches
in the Conference.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-07-29

The Peninsula Horticultural Society
has accepted the invitation to hold a
summer meeting at the home Of ]. G.
Harrison & Sons. Berlin, on August "a.
Mr.. Harrison will make an address Of
welcome to which President Frank +.
Matthews, of Pocomoke. will respond.
Mr.. Harrison will serve lunch at noon,
after which the nurseries will be inspect
ed. All the members Of the SOCIETY are
cordially invited to be present and many
of them will want to take advantage Of
this opportunity to spend the night at
Ocean City.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-07-29
All HalIOws Parish Church.

July 30. Seventh Sunday after Trinity,
Celebration of Holy Communion at 7.3O
a. m. Mathis with Sermon at 1890.
Evensong and Sermon at z 80 p. m.
Topic What is a Christian"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-07-29

There has been an epidemic of sick
ness from eating crabs here lately. A
dead crab is a menace to comfort.
The Washington times., 1911-07-26
MEXICAN EMBASSY
SKEPT|CAL ABOUT
REFUGEES STORY
Senior Pereyra Doubts Celso
S. Cortes' Statement That
He Was Threatened.

The Mexican embassy does not take
seriously the tale told by Celso 8.
Cortes, Of Mexico City. who is lost
somewhere in this country, and who is
said to declare that political enemies are
threatening his life because he was a
supporter Of the Diaz regime. Nor does
the embassy believe that Cortes is now
in Washington.
Cortes came to this city in May from
Baltimore and called at the embassy,
where he had a talk with Senior Percy
ra, then charge d'affaires, and first Sec
Ietary Of the embassy.
"Cortes told me that a conspiracy OF
his enemies prevented his getting job
in Baltimore" said Senior Pereyra to-
day. II think he is suffering from de-
Iusion. I do not think he was In good
circumstances financially. but I hesi-
tated to offer to lend him money lest ne
feel himself insulted. Do not say any
thing cruel about this poor man. His
brother in Mexico City is very sad over
his disappearance"
The Mexican ambassador has asked
the assistance Of the police here in To-
eating Cortes, who is thirty-five years
of age, weighs 135 pounds, and wears a
dark mustache. Police Of other cities
will be notified.
The Washington times., 1911-07-26
FISHER WILL VISIT
ALASKA FOR DATA
ON CONTROVERSIES
Secretary of Interior Plans
Inspection of Northwest
Land Offices.

Secretary of the Interior Fisher plans
for this summer one of the most thor.
ough and extensive inspection trips ever
taken by a head Of his department, and
will leave next Tuesday for the West
and Alaska His trip, 1t was announced
today, will occupy more than two
months,
The public land offices of the North
west will be first visited. The Secretary
also intends to look over the oil fields
of Montana and wyoming which are
held by the United States. He will
pay especial attention to the admins
trative methods of the offices, and en-
deavor to learn from citizens what they
consider the needs of the public land
system.
The feature Of the trip, however, is
TO be the visit to Alaska. The Secre-
tary will be accompanied by DR.. Holmes,
of the Bureau of Mines, and several ex-
perts of the Geological Survey and
nractical miners Of Alaska. Gov. Wal
ter Clark, of Alaska, also will accom-
pany him.
The Secretary is determined to visit
every port Of Alaska, and travel to the
terminal Of all the railroads. This plan
he believes will give him first-hand
knowledge Of conditions over which
there has been so much controversy this
year.
The Washington times., 1911-07-26
BRAMjE|S HERE To
LAY GROUND WORK
OF ALASKA INQUIRY
Graham Committee Counsel
Investigates Records
and Witnesses.
By JUDSoN C. IwELLIvER.

Louis D. BrandeIs, of Boston, came
to Washington today and spent the day
making preliminary investigation of
records and witnesses, in the Controller
Bay inquiry.
Brandeis has been engaged as coun-
sci for the Graham committee in this
matter. He is arranging his affairs so
that he may be able to give to the in
vestisation whatever timc II may de-
mand.
1T is impossible for me to say any,
thing whatever about the case at this
time" said Brandeis today. because
I have not had time to fanIiliarize my
self with the record and the testimony
that has thus far been taken"
documents. testimony. and the results
of his conferences with people in
Washington, and at once begin work
formulating the plans fer the big in
vestiGation that is to go to the bot
tom OF all Alaska affairs.
Efforts on the part of Administra-
tiOn symrathizers to make it appear
that this case is being quietly dropped,
fni little confirmation iE the attitude
Of Chairman Graham and Mr.. Brandeis
Because Of his long experience as coun-
sci in the Balllnger-Pinchot case. Mr..
Prandeis Is anything hut a novice In
Alaskan affairs. He will be able in
very short time to gather in the
threads of developments since the for
nrer case closed, and will take charge
OF the whole matter when the Graham
committee resumes sittings, about Oc-
tOber Is.
The Washington times., 1911-07-26
ELOPERS RETURNING
WITH FORGIVENESS
OF PARENTS GIVEN
Clyde Dunnington and
Bride, Miss Effie Wheeler,
Evade Opposition.

Parental forgiveness having been re-
ceived from Mr.. and Mrs. s. c. Wheeler,
1895 Newton street, who were outwitteo
in their effort to prevent the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Effie Wheeler,
to clyde Huntington, the bride ana
bridegroom of day are on their way
back to Washington from Atlantic City,
accompanied by the brides mother.
Miss Wheeler slipped away when all
the marriage plans had been made by
the young man she met three years ago
at Colonial Beach.
Dunnington made his reputation as a
high school athlete when he played
quarterback on the Eastern High School
team. He is now employed by a WASH
ington typewriter agency.
The marriage OF yesterday was the
result of the pursuit of the bride from
Washington to Atlantic City. She was
taken there by her mother a week ago
Tuesday, the efforts made IN Washing
ton to prevent meetings having been
unsuccessful. More determined than
ever to be married, the young people
secretly arranged a meeting and mar
riage In Atlantic City. Upon the pre-
text Of going out on a business trip,
Huntington slipped away from his bus
mess friends and went to Atlantic City,
He sent a note to his flancee telling
her OF his plans, and she slipped away
from her home, met Dunnington, and
they were married.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

Nevertheless his position can never be
that of that famous immigrant w. NJ.
Taylor since Jowett has not sought
America for its own sake. He will rank
as a travelling evangelist, a visitor to
these shores, an eloquent. far-reaching
voice. toned with the quiet culture of old
world refinement; and nobody who hears
him will be able to question Jowett's
sincerity. Nobody. however, will say that
he is an American, though he stay with
US till he dies.
Perhaps, too, / am dissatisfied at the
victory of the Presbyterian church over
another Congregational minister? That
simply is not so. The days of the separ-
ate existence of the two bodies are evil
IDENTIFY numbered as they are consciously
eliminating their differences. But. never
theness, Jowett is emphatically an inde-
pendent, much more at home where in
dividuality is emphasized than where rou-
tine and tradition count for much.
Welcome, then, to America, DR.. Jowetti
Welcome especially because We know that
your heart will be bleeding heart, torn
from its moorings In Birmingham! And
when you come south, pray bear In mind
the usefulness with which the new, come
day the greater, Birmingham will greet
you
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
SHOW FOR CHILD, WELFARE
Many Things of Interest In a New York
Exhibit

From the New York American.
One thousand volunteer ''explainers''
have taken charge of the crowds that I'LL
the Seventy-first Regiment armory. in
Thirty-fourth street, at the child welfare
exhibit
ing health measures, museums. education.
philanthropy. work and wages, street and
recreation, homes. law. clubs. churches
and settlements that touch the child.
Some of the things that may be learned
at the exhibit are:
That there is spring ana summer
class for women at the New York uni
versity. where they learn to dig the soil,
plant vegetables, care for them scien-
tifically and finally gather them and cook
them over out-of-door fires.
That owing to the higher cost of living.
for a family of three children under the
age of 6, whereas formerly 1t took $42.
That the toys for children COMMITTEES
has discovered that German toys have q
tendency to cultivate the esthetic and
as their purpose physical growth and ex-
ercise. l..ls.,a n
That in the furnishing a home az
hibit there is IL three-room apartment fur.
nished completely at cost of 500. It -
practical, artistic and convenient and In
cludes a "child's corner" illustrating
what can be done for child who can
not have room Of his own.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

manuscripts of the Bible are written 1t
is practically identical with that of the
Sloan Tunnel inscription, and this fact
settles at stroke the disputed question
whether that inscription can be as old
as the time of Hezekiah. 1t is also the
same as that of the Moabite stone of
Mesha dating from the ninth century e.
{. This correspondence would suggest
the eighth or ninth century as the date
of the ostraca, and this view is confirmed
by the place of discovery, which would
cause them to be assigned to the time of
Ahab.
"Of special interest are the proper
names found on these ostraca. From the
nature of the records the names of gods
appear only as elements in the formation
of the names of men. Thus the general
word for God, ELL occurs in Elisha,
Elnathan and possibly in Elish (abbre-
waited from Elisha ca, 'Elba and
Ella
1.-The name of Israers God occurs fire.
quently. Naturally it nowhere occurs in
the full form, II w II, any more than
in Biblical compounds. But the form
w, common in Biblical compounds, and
the form H, found both separately and
in compounds, are also absent in the
ostraca. If the w is consonantal the
pronunciation may have been Yawa, II
vocalic it was probably Yo, as in so
many Biblical names. OF name of men
o. considerable number are found, many
of them Biblical equivalents.
at Is interesting to note that while
some of these names are mentioned sew
eral times in the Bible, a great many of
them occur in the account of the reign
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

take in holding that ships make trade
But the truth is trade makes ships. Get
your trade and the ships will come.
cheap. There are auxiliaries-the best
material the best fabric. honest dealing.
We refuse to make goods cheap, we re-
fuse to sell them cheap, we refuse to en-
ploy the best materials, our fabrics are
flmsy, sand the authorizations of goods
in the United States, greater than in all
the world besides. show that we are not
honest dealers.
We've got to mend our manners and rid
ourselves of our rascals before we do
much trading abroad, except that which
does itself-such as our exports of raw
materials like cotton and foodstuffs, like
provisions and grain
England is a free trade country and
the other nations and peoples owe her
the gigantic sum of $1,000. 100000 oe our
money We owe her more than $4,000, oOo :
0cO chiefly represented by her holdings
of our railroad stocks and bonds. How
did England get to be so rich? Read
this table and you will know:
1.-THE merchant marine of Great Britain
now numbers more than $1,000 vessels.
according to the annual statement of nav
igation and shipping. just issued by the
government. Germany is second In the
list, with only one-seventh as many mer-
chant ships. The relative standing of the
nations 10 at present as follows;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

nNHAT monstrosity Of graft and pat
tern of absurdity, the bill pro-
i vding for a subsidy to American
shipmasters, is going through its annual
stunt Of dying. did think my dear, dead
dead friend, Edward Carmack, had
killed it for good. but not So
1T is again inCongress brazen and
shameless What is the proposition
II is that the man in Michigan digging
potatoes, the man in Indiana shucking
corn, the man in Kentucky stripping to-
tacco, and the man in Mississippi pick
ing cotton. shall be taxed, and the rev.
enue so derived paid to somebody on the
Atlantic coast to encourage him to make
ship at the masthead of which shall ny
our glorious flag. That is the graft OF II.
And here comes the absurdlty. The
men in Congress who advocate this bill
are swift, vociferous. emphatic to tell us
that our manufacturers cannot compete
With foreigners right here in the donles-
tic market. and vet they beseech Con-
Eress to hire ships to carry their goods
to compete with foreigners In markets
thousands of miles away. Congress pur-
veys a protective tariff to destroy for
cign trade. and the subsidists, all OF
whom are high tariff men, would vote the
money or the people to re-create foreign
trade. II trade IL bad thing. as the
protectionists say 1t Ii, then why not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

Ii mercantile establishment in town and
c ffers his cargo for sale. "All right
says the Latn-American 'Tll swap you
wool for it, Then our Anglo American
throws up his hands and says: That
impossible My country would make me
pay an enormous tariff tax on the wool
when / landed 1t at home and thus l
would be huined." No trade there. But
the Britisher steps in and says, Il will
take your wool and give you cotton goods
for IT. and there Is trade right there
and then. and that is why we sell so lit
tie to South America and Great Britain
sells SO much And until we rid ourselves
of the infamy Of the tariff the Britisher
will continue to monopolize the South
American market, even If Congress
hired our shipmasters to build a thou
sand ships annually for the trade. Be-
sides, the English cotton goods are cheap
er for the reason that the spinner of
Manchester has untaxed machinery.
while the machinery of the American
cotton mill is taxed to the quick. Thus
even If Congress had the wisdom to put
wool on the free list the Britsher with
his cheap goods would yet hold the South
American market
Mr.. Bryan made tte fatal mistake in
holding that larger volume of currency
makes prosperity. But the truth is that
prosperity makes the large volume OF
currency. The history of our own coun-
try the ten years, 1S97-1906 shows that.
The ship subsidists make the vital mis-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

Under Ahab and later under Jeroboam
H., it reached its greatest splendor.
Still later it was the seat of Assyrian
and Persian governors stationed in Pal
estine. 1t was rebuilt by Herod the
Great, B. c., with a magnificence which
eclipsed all it's former glory. Many
times has it been destroyed and rebuilt,
and the history of these changes lies
buried beneath it's soil.
1.-The hill is covered with fields and
olive groves surrounded on all sides by
deep valleys, heavily terraced for agrcuI-
tural purposes, and commanding distant
views. including the Mediterranean on the
west. The village of Sebustien on the
eastern slope of the hill perpetustes the
name given to Samaria by Herod when
he rebuilt the place.
In 1903 Harvard university began the
exploration of this large hill in central
Palestine, which, as explained, marks the
site of the ancient Hebrew capital Sam
aria. The chief results of the year s
work were the discovery of a Roman
statue of heroic size (probably repre-
senting Augustus), well-preserved Ro-
man altar, an imposing stairway about
so feet broad, and the massive founda-
ton walls of large building, which was
thought to belong to the temple built by
Herod the Great in honor of Augustus.
THE campaign of 1909, in charge OF
Prof. George A. Reisner, aided by Mr..
Clarence S. Fisher, furnished the proof
that the temple just mentioned at the
summit of the hill, was really the work
OF Herod. Under these Roman remains
was recovered part of a massive He