Democratic messenger., 1911-10-21

Snow Hill as the guest Of Miss Florence
Franklin.
Mr.. Reese Scott, of Ironshire, and
Miss Margie Smack, of near Trinity M.
p. Church, were married Sunday after
noon at the M. p. Parsonage by Rev.
George Hines.
Mrs. Belle Shockley. who has been
visiting relatives in Virginia, returned
home this week, accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. Mack Littleton, who will
spend several days with relatives in
Snow Hill.
Mrs. Charles w. Bromley and
brother, Mr.. John Richardson. left
Saturday morning of last week for
Philadelphia, where they will visit their
sisters, Mrs. r. C. Pollitt and Mrs. B.
X. Godfrey.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Dryden. who
have been visiting relatives and friends
in Snow Hill, Pocomoke City, and Ac-
comac County. for the past three weeks,
returned to their home in Long Island
City, last Saturday.
Bates Memorial NJ. 2. Church will
hold an oyster and chicken salad supper
in the basement of the church on Thurs
day and Friday next. One of the special
features will be fancy table. The
public is cordially invited.
Every member of Snow Hill Council
Jr. o. U. A. NJ. is requested to attend
the Memorial Service at Bates Memorial
Church, Sunday, October 10Th. A special
sermon will be delivered by the pastor.
Rev. George Hines. on this occasion.
Hon. John Walter Smith came
home from Baltimore last Monday night
to look over the local political field. He
was very much in demand while he was
here. Governor Smith is farseeing,
wise leader and he is not selfish one.
DIR. S. l.. Mckee will be in Snow Hill
next Monday and Tuesday at the drug
store of p. ID. Cottingham & Co. DR..
Mckee is the leading optican of Will
mington, and if you are having trouble
with your eyes. it will pay you to see
him.
Court will convene here next Mon
day. 1t looks like great deal of work
will come before it. There are quite a
number of crimal cases to be tried
The grand jury will also have stren-
uous time of it, as there is every pro-
spect of many indictments.
Miss Andasia Purnel attended the
marriage in Princess Anne this week of
Miss Eliza Worthington Waters to Mr..
William C. Hart, of Baltimore. The
wedding was a fashionable one, and
was solemnized at noon Wednesday in
St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal
Church.
Capt J. B. Wheaton, on account
of poor health. has resigned as keeper
of Wallops Island Life Saving Station.
and Capt. George Reynolds. keeper
of Pope's Island Station. will succeed
him. Alfred Duncan, surfman of
Smiths Islaud. will be the successor of
Capt. Reynolds at Pope's Island.
Our thanks are due Mr.. George c.
Dukes. of near Girdletree. for a boquet
of beautiful dahlias. which he left at
our office on Friday afternoon of last
week The dahlias were grown from
bulbs planted by Mr.. Dukes, and the
flowers exhibited every different shade
and variety of coloring, which make this
grand autumnal species so great ia
vorite.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Humphreys
Spence. of College Park have issued
invitations to the wedding of their Sis
der, Miss Mary Leanora Spence, to
Mr.. w. r. Bullock, of North Carolina.
on Thursday evening. the Goth. of Oc-
tober. The church wedding will be fol-
lowed by a reception at The Arlington
Hotel. Washington.
-R. C. Peters & Sons, Berlin, tele-
phoned to us last Tuesday that they
were very much pleased with their adj
vertising in The Messenger. that their
demonstration had been a grand sue
cess and they were selling great many
Coles Hot Blast Ranges tracable to
The Messenger publicity. Messrs.
Peters are live wires and are ready to
take advantage of the best mediums
of giving publicity to their wares.
Hop Lee. Chinee. let loose all his
lung power last Wednesday night when
big black coon tried to gain an
entrance into Hops laundry in the mid
die of the night. Hop raised such yells
that the thief was glad to get away.