Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-06-08

NIL IN small RasOllne Doat which ne
purchased while there last week. He
crossed Albemarle Sound in gale with
the waves rolling high. He came up
with Capt. Jim Ed. Rownds in Hampton
Roads and accompanied his vessel to
Snow Hill.
Mr.. John Selby. who came home
from Princeton University to attend the
funeral Of his mother. Mrs. Thomas Z.
Selby. will not return to Princeton again
this term. He had taken all his exam
nations except two. and he has been
informed that he will be permitted to
take these in the fall. With the begin
ming Of the fall term. Mr.. Selby will
enter his senior year at Princeton.
Mr.. J. Marshall Wilson attended
the convention Of the Diocese of Easton.
which convened in Elkton this week,
as lay delegate from All Hallows p.
Z. Church. A feature of the convention
was the celebration of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of st. Rev. William Forbes
Adams. as bishop of the diocese. The
convention adjourned Wednesday night
to meet next year in Princess Anne.
Mr.. c. E. Blades. of Girdletree.
was in Snow Hill Tuesday on business.
Mr.. Blades is a builder and contractor.
and has completed two houses on Lake
Street in Girdletree. and has two more
in course of erection. These houses are
being built by the Worcester Lumber
Company, which enterprising concern
has purchased three farms with timber.
and is operating mill at Girdletree.
Members of the Maryland delega-
ton are being besieged by their friends
in Congress and their constituents at
home for seats in the Baltimore conven-
ton. The assumption that Senator or
a Congressman from Maryland has all
the tickets he may want for friends has
proved embarrassing to the Maryland
ers. The truth is that neither Senators
nor Congressman have been allotted
tickets for the convention. They are
not, therefore, in position to accom-
modate their friends, yet those friends
are still insisting upon being provided.
The following dispatch, which was
sent out from Georgetown on Tuesday
of this week, shows the heavy traffic
in strawberries on this division Of the
railroad: Ninety-five refrigerator car
loads of strawberries passed through
this town last Saturday from the two
branches of the railroad south of here.
the largest shipment in any one day.
The Candy berry, which is fast becom-
ing the favorite in this section of the
county, and one in which there is the
most money for the growers. is just
beginning to yield. and it said there is a
larger crop of this variety than all the
others combined
Unable to find any law by which
they can compel rooster to stop crow
ing early in the morning, the members
of the Board of Health. of Wilmington.
have referred the subject to City Solicit
tor Hastings. Several days ago COM
plant was received from some residents
who said their neighbors had ROSTERS
that disturbed their sleep. The officials
discussed the complaint at length. and
ordinances were searched. but none
could be found containing any reference
to Growing ROSTERS. The Health Board
finally gave it up as bad job and called
on the City Solicitor for a solution.
Mr.. Victor II. Laws. of Salisbury,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Snow
Hill as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Herman Perdue. His wife and little
daughter had spent week with her
sister. Mrs. Purdue. and Mr.. Laws came
to accompany them home. Mr.. Laws is
the son Of Hon. William Levi Laws.
who formerly lived near Wango. but
who now makes his home in Salisbury
with Victor. who is his youngest son.
Vic says his father. who is over eighty
years old enjoys fairly good health. and
takes an active interest in affairs gen.
orally. He is very fond of his little
granddaughter and missed her during
her visit to Snow Hill.
An item about Ocean City says:
The new 25-foot boardwalk has been ex-
tended north from the Plimhimmon
Hotel to st. Rose Industrial School. A
new sewerage system is being installed.
The ''landlubber" is surprised at the
magnitude of the fishing industry. The
landing of the fish by surf boats is an
interesting revelation to the uninitiated.
The wreck Of the schooner John 7. Hall.
which came ashore some time ago dur
ing heavy gale. is now high and dry
on the beach. Some interesting photo
graphs were taken when the crew were
saved nv men from the life-saving sta