Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-03-18

The professional oyster doctors have
been at work within the past week in
Baltimore They had better let the
practical oyster men have their way
in the matter. Theories don't amount
to much in planting oysters. The men
who work in oysters all the year round
can knock most theories into smither-
eens.
Mr.. A. L. Hancock was in Balti-
more and Philadelphia last week pur-
chasing machinery and supplies for his
canning establishments. one of which
he will locate at Spence and the other at
Box Iron. Mr.. Hancock has had con-
siderable experience in the canning bust
ness and will. no doubt, be able to make
large packs Of tomatoes.
The largest band Of gypsies ever
seen on the Peninsula is on its way
south and will likely soon encamp in
this section. They number some rs or
80 persons and have about 30 wagons
with IS head of horses. They call them
selves English gypsies, and if one may
judge from their patois or brogue, are
indeed of Johnny Bull" and Paddy"
extraction. They claim over 700 per-
sons in their several camps in Delaware.
Mr.. II. w. Carly, superintendent of
the Diamond State Telephone Company
for the Eastern Shore, was in Snow Hill
on Monday. He is hustler and is max
ing new business for the Telephone Com
pany every day. The farmers of Wor-
cester County are getting the fever for
telephones and they are finding them
great convenience. When they want
doctor or want to know something about
the markets they find the telephone a
great thing to have in the house.
-Wicomico county claims to be in
possession of the champion eater of the
peninsula in the person of one Bern
Jones, of Trappe district, who is called
Hungry JONES'" because he has never
been able to satisfy his appetite. AT
one sitting, according to the Salisbury
Courier, Jones devoured Ia fried eggs.
and in pie-eating contest he finished
strong with a record of getting away
with as Observation-Disclosures of the five
cent variety. Jones is asking his friends
to arrange a match for him with some
one who can do something noteworthy
in the eating line.
The Maryland Annual Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church will
in fredericksburg, Md, in its
eighty-third session on April 5. This
is the first time that the Conference
has ever been entertained in town of
this size, and the people of Federals-
burg and vicinity are determined to
carry through this great undertaking
in such a creditable manner that their
well-deserved reputation for progress
siveness will be sustained. The enter
tainment committee has met with
great success in providing homes for
the ministers and delegates, and expect
to complete that part of its work in a
few days.
The telephone line through Indian
town has been extended to Wilton. with
the following subscribers: Messrs. l..
b. Disharoon. Harry w. Perdue, Willis
Wimbrow, George Barnes. Roy Gordy,
Montgomery Stagg. r. N. Stage, Ern-
est Shockley. w. o. Dickerson, C. L.
Dickerson, ]. E. Shockley, E. j. Shock
ley, John H. Truitt. William X. Truitt,
Howard Adkins, j. A. DeMar, Peter J.
Jones, S. E. Shockley. and DIR. William
H. White. At Powell's crossing the
the telephone line branches off over the
river, connecting Messrs. Archer c.
Holloway, Arthur Shockley. Edward II.
Bounds, Claude Dryden, L. F. Townsend
and j. w. Bradford. Mr.. A. C. Hollo-
way has installed telephones on his
farms, and finds them great conven-
fence as well as great saving in time
in directing his daily work on the farm.
At Wilton, Mr.. S. f Shockley. who
conducts large mercantile establish
ment, is kept busy answering questions
about the price of eggs, chickens. etc.
Last Saturday morning MIR. Shockley had
more than forty crates of eggs in his
store. The service on this line is excel
lent. and the patrons are to be congrat-
ulatedon the success of their enterprise.
Mr.. P. w. Dryden and County Commits.
sioner John L. Robins, who live on the
stone road, are also connected with the
same system.