Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-03-01

Very fortunately, we printed four
of the inside pages the first Of the
week. The other pages are crowded
with advertising because We have
had no opportunity to make better
arrangements.
In our dilemma, Brother Crockett
of The Worcester Democrat comes
to our aid, and has kindly used his
press to do what we could not do.
appreciate his courtesy and gen.
crosby.
Rev. William w. Green, rector of
Trinity parish. embracing Church Creek
and Taylors Island. and the oldest clergy
man in the Easton Diocese, died last
Saturday morning. He is survived by
widow and five children. Rev. Mr..
Green was 81 years old. He was a ma
tive OF Rhode Island. and was direct
descendant of Gen. Nathaniel Green. lie
was a member OF the Society Of the
CINCINNATI.
-Messrs. j. Bolgiano & Son, the
well-known seedsmen of Baltimore, are
sending out their catalogue for 1913. II
is artistically printed and will prove of
interest to the farmer. trucker and
gardener. Good seeds are at the bottom
of all good agriculture, they are the
foundation stones and success is impos-
sible without them. For the past 95
years this house has distributed seeds
throughout Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. C. Shocklev. Of
near Snow Hill. entertained a number
of their friends and relatives lest Sun
day. those present being as follows: Mr..
and Mrs. James Truitt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Timmons and son. Charles, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman perdue, Mr.. and Mrs,
William Truitt and son, Elijah, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Shockley and son. Edward,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Shockley and fam
lily. All reported very pleasant time.
"A fire which started early Saturday
morning in the garage Of A. w. Dick,
on Main street, Rehoboth. Del. DESTROYED
"a summer cottages and the Atlantic
City Hotel before the combined efforts
of firemen from Wilmington. George
town and Dover cxtinguished it. The
total damage is estimated at 500, 900.
The city is without a water system and
the firemen were compelled to make
their fight with chemicals and old-fash-
toned bucket brigades.
A mixuD of a Virginia detective,
town officials, and colorcd men created a
sensation in Princess Anne Saturday
night. After pistol shots, the detective
was lodged in Jail. and remained there
all night, was released on Sunday morn
ing. No arrests were effected. Mis-
taken identity and general misunder-
standing caused the stir. The detective
made his entry In gypsy wagon, and
departed in the same vehicle. like the
noted Arab. who softly folds his tent
and as softly steals away"
Mr.. ]. w. West, who is the princi-
pal promoter of the proposed electric
railway to run from Deals Island to
Snow Hill, was in Princess Anne last
Thursday to secure certain additional
data for the Public Service Commission,
to whom application has been made to
put on the market the bonds of the
company. Mr.. West is very sanguine
as to the outcome of the matter, and
believes the application will soon be
granted. He stated that the members
of the commission are impressed with
the desirability Of the road and its inn
portance.
| The alarm of fire was sounded after
II o'clock last Saturday night Mr..
William C. Powell was going home from
his drugstore when he saw blaze in
the millinery store of Miss Lizzie Gray.
He Immediately gave the alarm. and il
was only a short while when crowd
assembled and the fire was cxtingulshed
with buckets of water. The blaze was
near a show case. Miss Gray says her
last customer was colored man. who
was looking at a hat right where the
fire occurred. He came in with light
ed cigar, and it is thought he knocked
the ashes Off into some scraps Of paper