Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-03

Vile were visitors the first OF the week
at the home Of MIR and Mrs Walter G.
Turner Dr Bell is recupcrating from
an operation he recently underwent IN
u hospital in Baltimore, and came here
from Chincotrague whore he and hi-
wife had been visiting relatives They
went from here to Berlin, expecting To-
return 20 their home in SclhyyilIr this
week
The annual races wil be held al the
Snow Hill Driving Park neNt Thursday
afternoon In addition 10 the race- All
ycrtscd there will be Farmer Race
during the afternoon Mes-r- Rob
ert y Stage and Ernest J.. Shocklcl.
OF Indiantown. and Mcssrs t.rur-' Par
sons and Walton tIancncE ~ snow
Hill. have already -igniied their intcu
ton of entering this race and fhcrc
will probably be- other,
Mr. William II. Price ha- pern
awarded a certificate Of distinction for
having attained the first grade o. con
duet and study during the 1918 II SIR
sion az St Johns College Annapolis
and his parents. as well a. his friends
are very much gratiiied al hi- record
MIR ] $ Price. his father. say ar Is,
as proud 81 his record In department ts
he is OF his scholarship
Rolwaud Purnell farmc, 81 near
Houston, has Just pulled a watermelon
which weighs - pounds and O.
inches in circumference Tn" melon
has been watched all summer, with the
purpose of allowing il 20 get q iarg"
a. il would Mr. Purncl secured the
seed for his melon, from some which
h. found growing wild on the farm
when he bought it
y. II Bradford advertised the
Hoover Potato Digger in The Messcn
ger and sold stacks Of them He ha-
a carload coming in now. and is hooking
orders every day BY buying in car
load lots he gets them ut a lo~ price
and gives his customers the advantage
Of the reduction The way Ia make
satisfied customers Is To advertise IN
The Messenger.
Messrs g. T Richardson and Ccargc
" Livingstone have contracted with
the School commissioners of Worcester
County "a build an anncx "a Brown
school IN Atkinson > District. near th,
be an II = shape addition, providing q
new room. and will be finished with q
porch Work will commence a- soon
as the material can be put on the
ground. and the addition wil be- com
pletcd rs soon as possible
The agricultural committee o. the
Maryland Agricultural College met Al
the Rcnncrt Hotel Wednesday, and
after approving number OF accounts
mapped out the work To- hc done hy the
department Of farmers institutes, The
State was dstricted and arrangement,
We're made to have number OF eetur
ers appear in each district The idea be-
ing to encourage this feature IF drg
cultural enlightenment a, much a. Dos
siblc
Mr. Virgil Pruitt, OF ir.ilctrcr. Who
has been spending the last five weeks
AT Delaware Water Gap. for the bcnc-
fit of his health joined his wife in SNOW
Hill last Saturday night Mr.. Prutt
has been greatly henesttcd by his trip.
having gained fourteen pounds IN five
weeks During his absence his wife
has been staying al the home Of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs William J Lay
ton. in Snow Hill Mr. and Mrs Pruitt
left Tuesday for their home IN Girilc-
tree
Acting under Instructions from Or
John ). Fulton, Secretary OF the state
Board OF Health, the public school At
Reid Grove. Dorchester County. was
closed Wednesday, and viii remain clos
eel until the property Is put into n SAM
Ia ~. L.. ssYs.ss 81
81 this kind in the State but ii Is stated
that other schools will be closed unlc>,
the Instructions given by the state
Board Of Health are complied with
promptly
;,y contest lnaugurated bS an
entcrprising firm of Sudlersyllc 4, an
advertising scheme should commend
itself To merchants or firms IN other
towns II Is not only novel method of
advertising. but also a eommcndahle and
public spirited effort to destroy the
hories OF flies and to help in making
ilyless town. There We're four contes-
tants at Sudlcrsyille, and they brought
in five bushels Of flies. Their weigh,
totalcd - lbs and ozs. and approx
mated IN numbers , BOO. ON.
Mrs Frank Nash left Thursday Tor
her home in Philadelphia, after having
spent several weeks in Snow Hill. She
was summoned here by the illness OF
her mother. Mrs Harriet Richardson.
and remained Al her bedside untiI the
end came two weeks ago. Since her
mother death she has been engaged
in disposing Of her household effect,
among her relatives Her brother. Mr.
William :. Richardson. of Somerset
County. spen, part of this Wees here.
leaving for his home Thursday
Checks were mailed Wednesday
from the office of T. " McMastcr.
County Superintendent g teachers n
Worcester County for the iirst month
salary. Each check was made ogt for
one ninth OF the teacher yearly saiar.
The monthly payment was nauguratel
las, year. ana has PROVED! 80 -atl~i.tt.
tory that there is no likelihood ~ gv.
vcrting to the quarterly system OF pay
meni. Reports are required Up hc uhd'
out quarterly. and statement II bi.I-