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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31
SATURDAY,
February, 14th, 1914.

All that lot and parcel of ground lying
and being situate near Jones T.. O.. in
the Third Election District Of Worccs
ter County State of Maryland. called
Hopkins Point or by whatever
name or names the same may bc known
or called. containing p and tourt tcnths
acres of land more or less. the same
being more particularly described in a
deed from John l.. Pruitt to the said
Mary f. NJ Wyatt, dated the 18th day
of February. \. D.. 1906. recorded
among the land records of Worcester
County. in .ibcr. f. H. r.. No. -.
folios 3S6 and 81 and being the same
property conveyed to the said Thomas
]. Grbblc by the said Mary T.. VI. Wyatt
and husband by deed dated the 7th day
of September. A. d. 1911. duly recorded
among the land records of Worcester
County to which said deeds reference
is hereby made for more particular
descriptions OF thcpropcrty hereby mort
gagged
Taxes will be paid to January l,t,
1911
WILLIAM y. BJRBAGE.
Assignee.
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CALVIN B.TAYLOR, Attorney at-l.aw
AsSigncc'S Sale
or 4
Valuable Farm

BY virtue of the power contained in a
mortgage from Thomas j. Gribble and
Margarite r. Gribble, his wife to Mary
f. NJ Wyatt. bearing date September
the seventh. nineteen hundred and
eleven. recorded among the land records
of Worcester. County. Md, in l.iber. o.
ID. c.. No. 10. folios 30 and 81. default
having occurred therein, the under
signed assignee thereof, will sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for
cash. in front Of the Atlantic Hotel, in
the town Of Berlin. Worcester County.
Maryland.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31

Leaving Baltimore at y. m, about
Island. known as Bloody Point. where
a fight took place about the middle of
the seventeenth century between Mary
land and Virginia forces under Clai
borne. Claibourne had settled on Kent
Island. which was included in the limits
of Virginia by the Charterof that State;
subsequently it was included in the
grant to Lord Baltimore with no Suiii-
cient saving in favor Of actual settlers
to cover Clahornc's establishment The
trouble was soon satisfactorily settled
and Claibourne retired to Virginia
on the opposite side Of the bay can
be- seen Annapolis. and. towering over
all the lofty dome OF the historic old
State House. in which Washington. af
ter the Revolutionary War. resigned his
sword
About Il. m., the ,tcanc, passes
through Hedges Strait, into rangicr
Sound. which it follows until it enters
the Little AunameSseX river tor Cri~
field the first stopping place
All these water, and the adjacent Is.
lands were once the familiar haunt Of
George Fox. the great Quake. who was
accustomed Ia make the water trip
down the entire Eastern Shore to Nr
ginia. stopping at the various Quaker
e.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31
SATURDAY,
February 18th, 1914,

At l.3u O'Clock. i. NJ.
the following described property in Zee
simple
All that tract of land situate and lying
in Worcester County. State of MARY
land. on SncpuNent Beach, which was
conveyed To the MARYLAND Beach In
proycment Company by Henry \. cod
frey and others hy deed dated June
l1th, l9o7, recorded among the land
records of Worcester County. in liher
f. II p No. - toios 5Gi and 565, cN-
cept lots one two. three, -four, five sin,
seven. eight, seventeen and eighteen, in
block eleven. which were conveyed to
Leonard kittcugcr by the said Mary
land Beach Improvement Company by
deed dated November llth, 1907. and
recorded among the land records afore-
said in l.ibcr q. II. c.. No. I. folio loo
etc. and except also lots one. two
three four -lN. seven. eight. ninc
and ten in block three. heretofore sold
10y said South Beach Land Company 10
Charles A Edberg. Said property is
known rs Maryland Beach City and
is situated on the Atlantic Ocean south
Of the property now or formerly belong
ing 10 the American Resort Hotel Com
pany, commonly called the Ocean City
Property, the same having been sur
veyed and laid of in lots, streets ave
nucs, and alleys, by the said Maryland
Beach Improvement Company in 1907
and plat whereof Is recorded among
said land records aforesaid simultanc
ously with the deed above mentioned
from Henry A. Godfrey ct al, to said
Maryland Beach Improvement Com.
pany, said tract containing about three
hundred and forty two acres and three
fourths of an acre. more or less. and
being the entire tract aforesaid except
the lots above mentioned so sold and
conveyed to said kittcnger and said
Edberg
TERMS OF SALE.
One-t third cash balance in six and
twelve months or all cash. as the pur
chaser may elect; credit payments to
bear interest from day of sale and to be
secured to the satisfaction of the attor
ney. All expenses To be adjusted to
date of sale.
A deposit of $l50.00 will be required
of the purchaser at the time of sale.
LESTER l.. STEVENS,
Attorney Named in Mortgage
Chas T.. Hill. Auctionecr.
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John ". STATION, ATTORNEY
ORDER NlSI.

In the Matter of the estate Of Stephen
Bailey. deceased.
In the Orphans Court Of Worcester
County. Maryland December term
1919, to wit. January 20th. 1914
Ordered that the sale of the real es-
tate of Stephen Bailey. deceased above
reported by Charles A. Clarke. Execu-
tor be finally ratified and confirmed
unless cause 20 the contrary be shown
on or before the oath day of February.
1914. provided "a copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper published
in Worcester County, Maryland. once
in each of three successive weeks before
the ninth day Of February. 1914
The report states the amount of sale
To Ice S6O5 ~.
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR.
JOHN l.. MASON
Judges
Test: EDWARD =, DAVIS
Register of Wills
True Copy Test:
EDWARD T. DAVIS.
Register of Wills
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SATURDAY,
January 31st, A. D. 1914

at . q CLOCK p. M,
all that lot of ground, with improve
ments thereon erected, situate on Pitts
Street, in the town of Berlin, in said
Worcester County. beginning for the
same at point on said Pitts Street
twenty feet distant from the east cor
ner OF the brick storehOuse now Occu-
pied by j. ID Boston. and running by
and with said street in westerly di-
rection till it intersects said east corner
of said building. thence by and with
said store building in a southerly direc-
tion distance of thirty feet. thence in
an easterly direction parallel with said
Pitts Street % feet. thence in a straight
line to place of beginning: il being a
part of the real estate inherited by
the said Henry J. Anderson from his
father, Stephen J. Anderson. and de-
vised 10 the latter by the last will and
testament Of James Anderson, recorded
in the office OF the Register Of Wills in
Worcester County in Liber G.. T. b..
No. 3. folio. 81.
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON,
Attorney Named in Mortgage.
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TUESDAY,
February the Sd, 1914

all that tract of land lying in Scotland
neighborhood in Worcester County,
Maryland, which was conveyed TO the
undersigned by Thomas j. Whaley and
wife and others BY deed dated the 2nd
day of April, 1905. recorded among the
land records of Worcester County in
I.iber f. H. Pho. q, folios 5lg and
$50, containing 10 acres more or less;
the same being more particularly de-
scrihcd hy mctes and bounds. courses
and distances. in said deed.
This land was formerly the property Of
John K Pmnell. and with the cNcep-
tion Of about one acre, is woodland and
contains large quantity Of merchant
able timber. mostly pine. An unincum-
bcrcd titled viii be given to the pur
chaser.
TERMS; One-third cash on the day of
sale. the balance to be- paid in six
months, with interest, and secured To
the satisfaction of the Undersigned or
all cash, at the option OF the purchaser.
JAMES IT.. HICKMAN.
CedartoWn, Maryland.
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Judge Dennis Reminiscent
OF rip to Snow T:

larg, number settled IN AnnanesseN.
among whom vas Stephen llorscy. after
ward the first Sheriff of Somerset Coun-
ty; the first Dixon whoeN came to the
colony. and Dannock Dennis. of Scotch
Irish ancestry. whose father arrived in
Virginia from Londonderry Ireland in
lG2s Previous 10 this arrival of emf
grants about 80 English. under the lead
crship of Arnold Elzey, had settled in
Somerset about 1852. on the Manokin
river
For many wears the Quahcr- were nu-
merous in Somerset and Worcester
Counties. but gradually worked their
way northward The only remaining
memorial Of them known 10 me is a
Quaker graveyard between Snow Hill
and Berlin. in Worcester. bat their de
sccndant- arr still numerous IN Somcr
set. and the homestead patented to the
first Dixon is -till owned hy lincal lc
sccndant Of the same name. not far
from the Annuuc->cN river
1t i, interesting 10 trace in ,,corgc
FoN> journal bis yariou~ tup, through
thi, section IN the cmll years % the
seventeenth century.
Later an equally distinguished pro
motcrof another faith had his home and
work in thrsr Same waters nludc 10
Rev Joshua Thomas. famiharly known
as the 'parsonof the Islands \ very
fair life of him hy Rev Mr. Wallace
has been published, butts now. lbelieye
out OF print But he was truly re-
markablc man. He was native Of
Deals Island and l>ed until about the
second quarter Of the eighteenth century
He was an uneducatcd man, and |
doubt if he ever had or studied any book
except the Bible. hut this be- thoroughly
mastered and taught and himself walked
by it, prccepts No man in this section,
and a few anywhere. ever eXcrted as
wide and beneficial influence, both by
his life and teachings and the effect Of
his influence is still ob>crvant in the
habits and God-fcarine lives Of these
people.
He believed implicitly IN the power OF
prayer and invoked God blessing upon
every act; even when he went fishing he
would first ask God, direction and guid-
ancc. His power as an orator is said To
have been great, and he j. said to have
made SO many conversions among the
sailors in the English feet stationed
near there during the War of lSl2, at a
great campmceting on Tangicr Island
that Admiral Cock burn tried to induce
him to 20 with him to England as a
wider field for his powers. But he was
an earnest patroit and American and
declined andcontinued 20 live his honored
and useful life at Deals Island. preach
ing at the neighboring islands and coun-
tryside until his death. The good eX
ample and powers for good of this re
markable man are still tu be- observed in
the character and habits Of life OF the
small communities in which he worked.
must not leave these notes without
a short account of an even more his
torical interest. about which almost moth
ing has been written. viz The Battle of
the Barges 1t was fought in Tanger
Sound, near Hedges Straits. between
barges from the Eastern Shore of Mary
land and Virginia and barge~ from the
British fleet 1t was the last battle Of
Revolutionary War and was fought the
day the preliminary treaty OF peace was
signed in Paris The Maryland barges
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31

Ntih NatftlfIlNltltu iiA = 0tl4iiNtbfN
les. Who was a descendant of Majo
General Edward Whalley. general
Cromwell's army and one of the Reg
cidcs, and who. after leaving NeS
Haven about 1916 twherc he had live
many years with his son-n-law Goffe
and another, both Regicides, took out
a patent for lands in Worcester county.
Maryland, which he named Geneazer,
and on which he died about 1903 The
Maryland and Virginia bnrges (the
latter commanded by Commodore Bar
rom were victorious in this fight, br'
Whalley was killed and is buried IN
Onnncock Accomae county recollect
hearing my grandfather telling good
story about this battle, a. follows: AT
the uomcu, of victory the powder maya
zine of on of the Virginia bargcs was
cNiie,iyd hu those who were not killed
&crc rescued hy thcother boats. Now,
at this time there wa, good deal of
popular feeling against the recently
established Order of Cincinnati. many
thinking IL vas too ailstocratic an asso-
cia'ionand fearing il might be "A stepping
stone 10 monarchy So those rescued
one, organized rs a take-oir on the
Order Of the Cincinnati. an order
which they called the swim-nati.
1T which an old Mr. Gibbs, afterward
Clcrh Of the Court OF Accomac County,
wa, president And annually, after the
Cincinnati. hcld2t their banquet. the
swim swim matt would hold theirs.
with toayt>, etc.. patterned in every
respect ike the Cincinnati.
After leaving Crisheld the steame
now heads for Tangier Island an inte'
cstinp and thickly settled community
Acro,, the upper end is the for many,
wears disputed boundary line between
Maryland and Virginia. which was i'm
portant not for the land involved, but
because Of the valuable oyster b, pd
crab grounds covered hy the 4 "a
waters. Thi, was settled hy ar
tion in l>75, owing 10 the diiiicul
marking the boundaries in the wa
Frequent collision, over these prizes i
occur between citizens Of the two ST
From Tangier Island the steamer hs
eastward and makes for Onancock k
and its landings This is in Acco sac
county Virginia, a most fertile nd
interesting county and said to be sh Sn
by the census to he the richest county
in the United States. per capita
The first point of special interest on
this creek is Onley. once the residence of
the distinguished cx Governor Henry a.
Wise. OF Virginia, in his early life.
Just before the Civil War he moved to
Princess Anne county, Virginia. but
many of his public letters We're dated
Onley. II i now sad wreck. but was
"A beautiful home when first remember
it, A. We approach Onancock Wharf,
Just over the starboard bow may be
seen Mount Prospect, the former home of
Col. Levin Joyncs, a distinguished sol
der Of the Revolutionary War He lies
buried to the rear of the house, an iron
fence surrounding the grave. He was
lieutenant colonel of the Ninth Virginia
Continental Regiment. known in Eng
lish histories as the ''Gall Virginians. :
who made a great name for themselves
in the Revolutionary War. Al German
town they We're commanded by Colonel
Joynes. and. according 10 Losing and
other historians. saved the retreat of the
Continued on Page -
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WILLIAM F JOHNSON. Attorney
NOrtgagee'S Sale
OF \
Valuable farm
AND
Personal Property

BY virtue Of the power Of sale con
tanned in mortgage from Charles l..
Dckerson and Maggie d. Dickcrson.
his wife. to Charles l.. Shockley, dated
the first day of January. 1913. recorded
among the land records OF Worcester
County. in Liber O. u. G., No, IL, folio
50, in event of default of payment as
therein provided, such default having
occurred, the undersigned mortgagee as
aforesaid, will offer at public sale the
following real estate included in the
aforesaid mortgage AT the Court House
door in the town Of Snow Hill. in said
Worcester COUNTY. MARYLAND. on
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WILLIAM F. JOHNSON, Attorney.
Mortgages Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
KNOWN AS
FAIRFIELD FARN'

By virtue of power of sale contained
in mortgage from Emerik Olah and
Elizabeth Olah his wife, and Louis
Farkas, and Esther Farkas. his wife,
to Harry f Fry, and assigned to viii
liam F. Johnson for the purpose of
foreclosure, dated the third day of Oc-
tober. nineteen hundred and twelve and
recorded among the land records of
Worcester County. in Liber q. ID. {.
No. u. folio $50, etc default having
occurred in said mortgage. the under
signed. as assignee aforesaid. will offer
at public sale. for CASH At the Court
House door in Snow Hill'1 said Wor-
cester County, on
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-31

TO the Creditors Of The Bellerose Fish
ing Company, a corporation, bankrupt
Take notice that the sale of the real
and personal estate of the said bank
rupt will take place on the terms and
at the time and place above stated
Dated at Salisbury, Maryland. lanu-
AIRY. 18th. 1914.
ELMER II WALTON.
Referee in Bankruptcy
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TUEsI~nY
February Sd, A. D. 1914

all that tract of land situate on the Bay
side in the Second Election District of
Worcester County. Maryland. known
as a part Of FAIRFIELD" contain
ing 430 "a acres of land, more or less,
and which was conveyed TO the said
Emerik Olah. Elizabeth Olah. Louis
Farkas and Esther Farkas. as tenants
in common, by the said Harry + Fry.
by deed OF even date with said mortgage
recorded among the aforesaid lana rec
ords of Worcester County, in Liber o
d. &. No. II. folio 32l
Also. at the same time and place. the
following personal property: Three
Mules, two Cows. one Farm Wagon,
one Buggy. one Corn Planter one Har-
row, three Cultivators, one Potato Dig
ger, one Plow and lot of Harness. all
included in the aforesaid mortgage.
WILLIAM F. JOHNSON.
Assignee for Foreclosure
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All HaIIOWS Parish Church.

Feb. /, lth. Sunday after Epiphany,
Celebration of Holy Communion Al 40
litany and Holy Eucharist and sermon
at 1870. Topic. THE Right Word
Evensong and Sermon at I3O. Mon
day, Feb. ,, Feast of the Puriiication,
Holy Communion al 7.30. a m.
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BY virtue of power of sale contained
in mortgage from South Beach Land
Company. a body corporate. to The
Morris Avenue Building Association, a
body corporate, recorded among the land
records Of Worcester County, in liber
o. d. G.. No. II. folio 373 etc. the un-
dcrsigned Attorney will sell at public
auction at the Court House door in
Snow Hill Worcester County, Mary
land. on
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WM. F. JOHNSON, Atty.at-Law.
Mortgages Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

BY virtue of the power Of sale CON
tanned in a mortgage from Henry J.
Anderson and wife to the Equitable
Building and Loan Association. of Snow
Hill, Maryland. dated November 10Th,
1902. recorded among the land records
of said Worcester County, in Liber +.
H. F.. No II. folio $50, the undersigned
attorney, named in said mortgage to
make sale of the property therein men
toned, upon default of payment as pro-
vided in said mortgage, such default
having occurred. will offer at public
sale to the highest bidder. for CASH.
in front Of the Atlantic Hotel. in the
town of Berlin. in said Worcester
County. on
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Trustees Sale
or
TheBankruptEState
OF
The BGIIerOSG Fishing Co.
10 - &C.

BY virtue Of an ordcrof the Honorable
John {. Rose. Judge OF the United
States District Court for the District
of Maryland the undersigned Trustee
in Bankruptcy Of The Bellerose Fishing
Company. corporation, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder al
the net house Of the said bankrupt. at
Ocean City. Maryland on
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OCEAN POUND FISHING,

including two large pound boats and
one skifr, all fitted with high type en-
gines. all the pound paraphernalia used
last season in the fishing OF three pounds.
lot of new setting, one large draft
horse. camp outfit, miscellaneous ar
ticles and supplies of various kinds used
in said business. and one lot of real
estate improved by net house and stable.
Sad S' hTynE S oSeP s6o% So%yGeS Mr to 'TS I'D
deed dated April 10Th, 1913 and record
ed among the land records OF Worcester
County in liber O. ID. c. No II folio IL,
being Lot No. IL in Block No. - South.
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NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given to all persons
owing town and corporation taxes for
the years 1911 and 1912 that unless the
same are paid.at once shall proceed to
collect the same by due process of law
CHARLES II. PARSONS.
Collector
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s STATION. Attorney at N
ORDER NISI

station Assignee ot Amanda
is. Assignee OF Maggie John
tgagee of Theodore Dauphin
Dauphin. his wife, Expartc
uit Court for Worcester
Cos. equity. No, 2569 Jan
uary ter,. 1914. To wit: January
18th. 1914.
ORDERED that the sale made and
reported by John " Station. assignee
in the above cause described be- ratified
and confirmed unless cause ta the con
trary thereof be shown on or before the
10th day of February 1914. provided Il
copy of the order be inserted in some
newspaper printed in Worcester County
once in each of three successive weeks
before the ninth day of February in the
year nineteen hundred and fourteen.
The report states the amount of sales
TO he SS05. 00.
OLIVER d. COLLINS, Clerk
True Copy. Test:
OLIVER d. COLLINS. Clerk.
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TERMS OF SALE.

one fourth Of thc.Ipurchasc- money
to be paid in cash and the balance in
three months from the day of sale by
the purchaser giving his interest bear
ing bond with security to be approved
by said Trustee. or all cash al the option
Of the purchaser. any sale of twenty
five dollars or less will he for cash
Title papers for real estate to be fur
nished by Trustee at the expense of
the purchaser.
JAMES WALKER,
Irustec.
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uPSHUR 4 uPSHUR. Attorneys
PUBLIC SALE
or VALUABLE
Timber Land
NEAR SPENCE

The undersigned will offer at public
sale at the Court House door in the
town of Snow Hlil. Worcester County.
Maryland, on
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LIE ROY SMITH
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SNOW HILL

Prompt attention given to collections.
Office in the Pos, Office Building. op. Court Hous
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WEDNESDAY
February 18th, 1914
at , 0 clock. p. m,

all the property of every kind of said
bankrupt estate. the same being used
and suitable for
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TUESDAY,
February 10th, 1914,

At > O'Clock p m.
the following personal property: one
Boiler. 80 h. p. one Engine. 30 h. p.
one Disintegrater Lot of Bricks. one
Tile Mouth Piece. one Wagon. one Trap
The aforesaid property is upon the
premises Of II ] Lewis on Washington
Street extended, in the town Of Snow
Hin, and can be inspected at any time
before sale
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON.
Trustee
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CALVIN b. TAYLOR, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Worcester County. Maryland.
letters Of Administration on the personal
estate of
CHARLES II. LONG,
late of Worcester County, deceased
All persons having claims against the
deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with vouchers thereof. to the
subscriber. on or before the llth day of
August 1914. They may otherwise hy
law he excluded from all benefits Of the
said estate, All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment. Given under my
hand this 3lst day Of January 1914.
ALICE /. LONG.
Administrative
Test: EDWARD p. DAVIS.
Register of Wills
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UPSHUR upSmuR. Attorneys.