Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-08-24


The tract of land between Mt. Yves.
ley and Cedartown. which was sold by
William +. johnson, Esq. at trustees
sale, last Tuesday. was bid in by Mr..
Thomas p. Selby. for William Wright,
colored, for $3.50.
Mr.. Herman Hancock, of Chester
town, has been spending week at home
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. A. S.
Hancock, near Snow Hill. Mr.. Han
cock is the head clerk in large drug
store in Chestertown.
Mr.. Frank Barnes has sold his farm
near Cottingham's Ferry, and will make
his homein Pocomoke City another year.
The farm contains about 1855 acres. and
is considered fine tract. Mr.. Milton
L. Veasey was the purchaser at SIS. 500.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen l.. Purnell.
Jr., entertained her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Colbourne, of near Snow
Hill. her brother. Mr.. Jefferson Col
bourne. and family. of North Carolina,
and Mr.. o. J. Shockley and daughter,
last Sunday.
Miss BERTHE Wright. of Cambridge.
has returned home. after very pleas
ant visit to Mrs. J. Cannon Short. Miss
Wright was the last trimmer Mrs.
Shortt employed, and she is appreciative
of her kindness. Miss Wright is very
popular in Snow Hill.
The Berlin Nurseries will please ac-
cept our thanks for basket of beauti-
full peaches received by US Thursday
morning. Every summer the Harrison
remember The Messenger. and the
thought is just as much appreciated by
us as the splendid gift.
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Pietsch return
ed to Baltimore Monday after pleasant
visit to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. McAllen. Mr.. Pietsch is district
superintendent of the public schools of
Baltimore City. He was formerly a
professor of the Baltimore City College.
On another page will be found the
advertisement of the Delaware State
Fair to be held in Wilmington on Sept.
10th to 18th, inclusive. The manage
ment declares it will be the greatest
fair ever held in Delaware. 1t has cost
them about $50, 900 to get ready for the
event.
Mrs. J. Beverly North and little
daughter. of Washington, came We'd
nesday on the steamer Maryland on a
visit to her parents, MIR. and Mrs. j. J..
Collins. They were accompanied by
Miss Edna Mclaughlin. of Washington.
who will spend sometime at the manse,
with Rev. and Mrs. j. b. North.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Davis. of
Baltimore. spent part of the week in
Snow Hill at the Purnell Hotel. Mr.. Davis
is the popular and capable manager of
the Rennert Hotel. Baltimore. He is a
nephew of Register of Wills Edward P.
Davis. He is well known here. and
his friends are proud of his success.
Rev. L. II. Derrickson. of Church
Hill. Maryland. accompanied by his wife
and daughter. spent Monday afternoon
in Snow Hill. They were en- route to
Pocomoke City on visit to relatives.
Rev. Mr.. Derrickson filled the NJ. E.
pulpit at Girdletree few years ago.
and he is well known in the lower part
of the county.
odd Fellows of the Peninsula will
meet at Ocean City on Friday, August
Both. The B. C. & A. Railroad Compa-
ny has agreed to furnish transportation
at the regular Thursday excursion rate.
There are thousands of Odd Fellows on
this Peninsula, and il is a pretty good
guess that most of them will go to
Ocean City on August 30th.
Fire recently completely destroyed
the large oyster packing plant of VIM.
S. Richardson. at Quindocqua. near
Marion and the Pocomoke Sound. II
was one of the largest packing plants in
Somerset County. The fire is supposed
to have been caused by defective fiue.
When in full operation 200 oyster shuck-
ers are employed at the plant.
The Second Quarterly Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church,
Snow Hill Circuit. met in Trinity Church
at Newark on Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Those who attended from Snow
Hill. representing Bates Memorial NJ.
p. Church. were the following: Messrs.
Charles w. Shockley, William II. Petit.
Samuel ]. Williams. and John Hayward.
This week marked the exodus of a
number Of Snow Hill people from the
gayeties of Ocean City to the quiet and
ra,,oaa ~ THAR own hopaac Amnnoy thie