Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-07-27

States. seems to hold good even with
home folks. When they go away from
home they see the difference. Well,
we've got the beauty. what we want now
is more factories. IL some one will
show us the right kind toget, there will
be no trouble about getting capital.
William F. Johnson, Attorney-at-
Law advertses three pieces of property
ut public sale in this issue of the Mess
enger, as follows: the Purnell c. Coul-
bourn pine timber at public sale; the
Mitchell Costen Lot at mortgages
sale; and tract of land in Second Elec-
ton District between Wesley and Ced-
artown. at trustees sale. All three
sales will be held on Tuesday, August
Goth.
Samuel Collier was buried Tuesday
at Westover. Death was due to
the blowing up Of threshing machine
near Westover. upon which he was
working. When the opposite end of
the boiler blew out he had the furnace
door open. He received the full force
Of the steam through the pipes upon the
recoil. He was practically cooked from
head to foot and died in great agony.
He was 2S years old.
Mr.. Thomas J. Devereaux, SO years
Of age, died at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrf. Annie Richie, in ,Delmar,
Delaware. Mr.. Devereaux lived in
Snow Will nearly all of his life and had
only b8en in Delmar short while. He
was gkipd-hearted. amiable man. Al
though Unfortunate in life, he was
always a gentleman. and we regret his
death very much. Mr.. Devereaux was
member of the Presbyterian Church.
In politics he was consistent Demo
crat.
Miss Louise Smith, for several
wears stenographer in the Office of the
County Treasurer here, was married in
Old Swedes Church. Wilmington. Del.
Nav 9th, Dhst, to Mr.. Gansevoort Blocker
Hurlbut/of New York. The wedding
was kA,t a secret until last week. be-
cause ne groom is AN actor. and was
away krAeling until the summer sea-
son st in. Mr.. Hurlbut joined his wife
at Ocean CITY last week. and from there
they went to Pocomoke City for few
days. leaving for New York on Thurs
day.
The Standard Oil Company has in
creased the price of gasoline to nearly
double what il was this time last year.
Why is IL? The farmer who runs sta
tionary engine, the boatman who uses
gas engine to propell his boat; the print.
err. the manufacturer, all are hit hard
by the increase. What is the remedy ?
We give it UP. OF course automobile
owners are also having to pay the in
crease but most of the automobiles are
run for pleasure and it is only necessary
to cut down the pleasure little to
meet the increase.
This section, and, in fact the whole
State of Maryland. was visited by fu-
rious wind and rain storm last Sunday
afternoon. Trees were blown down.
houses unroofed. and other damage
done, especially in the northern part OF
the State. At the farm of Mr.. +. w.
Dryden. near Snow Hill, his silo. was
blown down. A large. heavily laden
pear tree was blown down in the yard
of Mr.. Edgar Bratten. The rain came
down in torrents and the lightning was
vivid. The storm was of short duration.
Governor John Walter Smiths hand
some seven-passenger Piercc-Arrow
automobile was badly wrecked and the
chauffeur considerably injured last Sat
urday on the way from Baltimore to
Atlantic City. The machine was going
through Newark, DEL, at a rapid rate
of speed, and was approaching the rail-
road track when the gates were let down
in front of it. The chauffeur applied
the emergency brakes. the machine
skidded from left to right, and then
turning completely arount turned over
on its side, with the chauftsur. and his
cousin, who was with him, under the
machine. Both men were injured, but
not seriously. A colored man whom
thew had picked up along the road.
jumped out through the back curtain
and was uninjured.
The annual festival at Mt. Olive Nj.
p. Church will be held this year on next
Wednesday. July 3lst. Contrary to the
custom that has prevailed for years the
annual outing, or Forest Day. AT
Public Landing, will not be held the fol-
lowing day, but has been set Tor the
first Wednesday in August, which will
be the seventh of August. or one week
from the date Of the festival at Mount
OllVe. neretOlDTc, uuiut Gus " PSoP's
attended the festival at Mt. Olive We'd
nesday afternoon and evening. and con-
tinued on to the bay that night. spend
ing Thursday at the bayside: The
change in the date has been made in or.
der to give the housewives an interval
of rest between the two events, as It Is
too much Of hardship for them to at
tend the festival. and then make ar
rangements for an outing at the bay on
the following day.
What is probably the best piece of
timber on the Eastern Shore of Mary
land and Delaware is advertised in the
Messenger at public sale. II is the val
liable tract of TIMBER belonging to Mr..
Purnell Coulbourn, few miles from
Snow Hill. It is estimated that this
tract contains about five million feet Of
excellent pine timber, some of which is
heart. When the u. S. Forestry Survey
was being made in this county several
years ago. the employees Of Uncle Sam
were greatly astonished to come across
such splendid piece of virgin pine in
this section of the world. They said