Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-01-24

week, january lotn. DuTlHE tNe open
season many of our gunncrs enjoyed
some fine shooting. although the season,
as whole. was not as productive of
game as was anticipated in the early
fall The season for shooting wild duck
will close next Saturday, January 3lst.
the closed season running from that
date to the first Of November
The Eastern Shore SQUAD Co.. Stock
ton, has Maltese cat which Mrs
Foulks brought from New York in
March. lsl Il is an unusually large
female cat and although twenty years
old. is apparently satisfied to live quite
while yet Shc is the mother Of over
two hundred kittens. none of which has
survived her The average age Of
cat is about ten years some live to be-
fifteen. but not one in thousands 10 the
age Of this cat.
The Civic League. which was re-
Gently organized in Salisbury met Satur-
day and effected permanent organ
ization Application will be- made 10y
the league to Join in the State Fedora.
ton Of Clubs. The following are the
officers: President. Mrs l.. d. Collier.
presidents. Mrs.. T. f. Martindale,
Mrs l.. +. Warner and Mrs +. f. Jack
son.corrcsponding secretary. Miss Maria
Ellegood. recording secretary. Mrs II
S Wales. and treasurer, Miss Mary
Cooper Smith.
Mrs d. Frank Fooks entertained a
number of her friends at her home on
Federal Street last Saturday evening
Mrs Fooks is charming hostess. and
an atmosphere OF Southern charm and
hospitality pervaded her artistically
furnished house Those present were
as follows Mrs George 3. Barnes. Mrs
James B. Robins. Mrs. John r. Moore.
Jr. Mrs Paul Jones. Mrs William C.
Powell. Mrs. Margaret NJ Wilson. Mrs
T. Spence Smith. Miss Julia Purnell.
Miss Florence Franklin. Miss Nellie
Payne. AMI Mrs. T. +. Selby
+. J. Dukes & Bro. of Milbourne's
Meadow Farm. Girdletree. exhibited at
the Peninsula Horticultural Society.
which was held at Easton last week.
and were awarded prizes. as follows:
For best collection of white potatoes,
second prize. for best collection Of bar
rels Of white potatoes. first prize: for
the best seven eighths basket Of each
Of the following varieties: Green Noun
tain. Irish Cobbler Mccormick and Re
hoboth. first prize: for the best seven
eigh;hs basket Of Big Stem Jersey sweet
potatoes. first prize: for the best collec-
ton Of Big Stem Jersey slip seed pota-
toes. first prize This Is quite an array
of first prizes. and our good friends
should feel gra,ified at their success.
The stock Of hardware OF Thomas
r. Selby. offered at public sale last
Tuesday. has been purchased II private
sale by Mr. George II. Sheppard of
Philadelphia. and the store will be- opened
to-day saturday Mr. Sheppard is a
salesman for the Pittsburg Steel Co..
and thoroughly conversant with the
hardware business. III, expects 10 Is
sumo active management Of the bust
ness. and will move his family 10 town
IN few weeks. Mr. Walter G. Turner.
who has managed the store for Mr.
Selby the last year. will be retained by
Mr. Sheppard WHO'S fortunate to secure
his services. a. he l. competent and
reliable. and ha, large acquaintance
ship with tn patron, Of the store
\ new disease. the foot rot Of the
sweet potato. ha> been discovered by
experts of the Department Of Agri-
culture in the Dismal Swamp. Cape
Charles and killes sections Of Virginia
In some fields from - to - per cent Of
the plants were diseased The disease
attacks the lower part Of the stem
from the soil line 20 four or 1--WE inches
above il The fungus kills the plants
by the destruction Of the epidermi> or
bark Of the stem. Small black bodies
about the size Of pin point and just
visible 10 the naked eye are formed on
the diseased plants. These are the
fruit bearing bodies Of the fungus The
Department Of Agriculture warns po-
;aio growers from buying seed potato
and plants from the infected districts.
By advertisement IN The Messen-
ger today the State Roads Commission
asks for sealed proposals for building :
section OF State Highway between Ber-
lin and Salisbury. the specifications call
ing for either macadan OF concrete con.
struction The contract for building
one section. or the first four miles Of
this road mas already been awarded and
one and one half miles completed The