Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-11

operated on TOT appennlcltls n the
Peninsula General Hospital. Salisbury,
on Friday Of last week, is improving.
Her sister, Miss Annie Hill, will 20 TO
Salisbury today TO spend Sunday with
her.
In publishing the list of Notaries
last week the first one on the list was
accidentally omitted. that Of Mr.. Clayton
I. Richardson. connected with the Com
mercial National Bank who was APP
pointed Notary Public by Governor
Goldsborough.
=. The fish factories of Chincotcague
have consolidated under the firm name
of Seaboard Oil & Guano Co.. and will
issue additional stock for enlarging their
plant. to build fish steamers, etc. A
large number of men is being given
employment by the factories.
Mrs. William r. Spurrier left last
Saturday for Baltimore. where she was
joined by her son. Mr.. William r. Spur
rier. After short stay in Baltimore
and Washington. they left this week
for trip through Western Maryland.
Braddock Heights. and other points Of
interest.
Mrs. Clayton Butler entertained
number OF friends Sunday. Among
those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. Will
ard Pusey. Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
ShockDey and family. Mr.. and and Mrs.
Garlic Hudson, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Adkins and Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
Adkins.
--Messrs. Upshur & Upshur. by
Franklin Upshur, Trustee. advertise in
today's Messenger at trustees sale,
desirable lot near Berlin in the Third
Election District. The lot contains two
acres. more or less, and is part Of
tract known as "Credwell." or "ven-
ture." See advertisement on first page.
MIR. Z. w. Givans received a car
load of twenty two mules from st. Louis.
Missouri. last Saturday. The first three
days of this week he sold nine Of them
at private sale, and has several other
sales in prospect. The mules are all
young. sound, and able bodied, and any
one desiring fine team should call to
see them.
Mr.. Sidney Burroughs has three
acre lot near the railroad depot well set
in alfalfa. This is the first alfalfa Mr..
Burroughs has grown. and he is well
pleased with the experiment. He has
already been offered good price for
the first cutting, and with favorable
weather conditions he expects to harvest
three and possibly four crops.
A few strawberries are said to have
ripened' in Somerset County, and big
pickings are expected by the 18th of
this month. The prospects were never
better for large crop of berries.
Growers in some parts of Worcester
County expect to make shipments about
the Goth. the cold weather having greatly
retarded the maturing of the crop in
this section.
Mr.. Carl s. Bonneville has sold his
house and lot on Morris Street in Snow
Hill to Mr.. A. S. Hancock, at a price
slightly under two thousand dollars.
A few years ago Mr. Hancock bought
the Todd farm, about three miles from
Snow Hill. and established himself and
family there. We understand it is Mr..
Hancock's intention to occupy his
property in Snow Hill another year.
If it isn't one blessing on the East
ern Shore, it's another. The persim-
mons have scarcely dropped when the
oyster and terrapin and possum and
muskrat are in: these have scarcely
climbed out of the pot till the shad is in
the frying pan, and the shad has wig
gled off to give way to the ripe red
strawberry. with the crabs claw barely
concealed under the green leaves. =
Exchange.
"A special session of the Supreme
Court will be held in Dover next Satur-
day to take action upon the test case on
the boulevard act. The action is to stop
Judge Conrad. of Sussex County. from
appointing a commission to condemn
lands that are desired by the boulevard
corporation. II is expected that the
corporation will make some reply which
will raise the issue Of law and perhaps
an issue of facts.
-Messrs. Perdue and Corddry. agents
for the well known REQ cars, report the
following sales within the last week:
REQ touring car to A. C. Hancock. of
Stockton. REQ touring car to Harry
Pheobus, Pocomoke City; runabout to