Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-07-26

MT. 0idfeHct VI. Taylor, Assistant
Secretary to the u. 5. Senate District
of Columbia Committee. is home ON a
visit to his family.
"A party of young ladies and gentle
men enioved days outing at the beach
Thursday. being conveyed in Capt.
Scott's smart boat
Hartford County farmers Will sell
their entire crop Of wheat and purchase
seed wheat from sections Of the country
where the quality was good.
Engineers and surveyors from the
United States Engineering Department
at Wilmington are surveying the pro-
posed route u the Lewes Canal.
Several of our citizens will leave to-
day for Denton, where they will spend
some time attending the campmeeting
which is in progress at that place.
Mrs. Frank 7. Parker and sister.
Miss Pauline Burnite, have returned
from a visit of several weeks to friends
in Stonington. Conn. Newport. and
New York.
Miss Bessie Fretwell is home with
her sister. Mrs. Clarence NJ. Taylor.
Miss Annie Weber of Baltimore. and
MIR c. b. Fretwell. brother of Mr..
Taylor, are also visitors.
The Mt. Olive festival will be held
on Wednesday. August 9Th. and the
Annual Farmers Bay Party will be
held the next day, the first Thursday in
August. at Public Landing.
Caught in salt marsh near George
town with "A big Holstein bull, John
Stevenson was given one toss and
thrown several feet into the river. but
escaped with only few bruises.
Mrs. r. NJ. purnell and Miss Grace
Purnell went to Ocean City last Satur-
day to spend several weeks. They
were accompanied by Miss Leila Hodson
who spent several days with them.
MIR Charles l.. Shockley, Of the
firm of Shockley & Selby. has returned
home from his regular monthly trip to
Chincoteague Island. where he goes in
the interest of his milling business.
Mr. Matthew Purnell has made
quite hit with his cucumber crop this
summer. His land is well adapted to
growing cucumbers and he has been
getting big prices for them in northern
markets.
Sharptown Methodists will hold a
camp-meeting in Nelson's Woods. July
81 to August 4. This is one Of the most
popular camps on the Eastern Shore,
having large and well-kept grounds. and
attracts big crowds.
MIR. John w. Rantz. who came here
about five years ago from Illinois. and
bought the Burton West farm near Mill
vile. has sold his household effects.
and left this week for Northern New
York, where he will locate.
Attention is called to the half-page
advertisement of Burbage. Powell x
Co in The Messenger to-day. This is
Berlin's Big Store and the bargains
offered at this big semi-annual sale are
all bonaiide.
The corn and other growing crops
in Worcester. and in all the lower coun-
ties of the Eastern Shore have been so
badly damaged by the drouth, that has
prevailed for weeks. that the farmers
and gardeners are Respondent.
The huckleburry crop is failure
in Worcester County because of the
heavy frosts in the spring. In Sussex
County, Del. there is big crop, espec-
tally around the Delaware Capes. They
are of the high bush variety and are
very fine.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch and son.
Russell. of Philadelphia. spent part of
this week with her sister. Mrs. Nathan
iel Pusey. near town. Mrs. Pusey has
also been entertaining her mother, Mrs.
Joseph Cannon. and her brother. Mr..
Elisha Cannon. of Dagsboro.
Prospects for good grape crop up
the Peninsula is very good. All the
growers are delighted with the setting
Of the fruit. which shows healthy con-
ditlon. Concords. Ives and Clevengers
are heavily laden only the earliest va
rieties having been affected by the
frosts.
Mrs. Thomas Brimer. of Box Iron.
was carried to the Peninsula General
Hospital. Salisbury. ON Thursday for an
operation for appendicitis. She has
hean "a sufrarar for some time and her