Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-20

Mrs. Clayton Scarborough, OF
Girdletree, visited Mrs. Virgil Pruitt
this week.
MIR. ard Mrs. Edward Ford, of
Clayton, Del, spent the week end
with her mother, Mrs. Edward Hill.
MIR. Isaac w. Townsend had as
visitors Sunday, his son, Preston, and
wife, and grandson, Thomas, and
wife, all of Georgetown, Del.
1t was the steam saw mill of
Long d Pussy that blew up in At
kinson's district on Thursday of last
week, and not Long 4 johnson as re-
ported.
MIR. and Mrs. John w. Station re-
turned home the first of the week
from a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Cochran, in Wayne, Pa.
Rev. George w. Bounds, of Will
mington, Del, who has been spending
some time with his cousin, Mrs. c. c.
Pilchard, at Melbourne, has returned
to Wilmington.
MIR. and Mrs. William I. CherriX
motored to Philadelphia the first of
the week, and are spending few
days there with Mr.. and Mrs. John
II. Hudson, the sister of Mrs. CherriX.
The State Roads Commission has
advertised for the construction of
I.Sl miles of concrete road leading
out of Millington.
The Cecil County Commissioners
turned over to State control yester-
day all the concrete and macadam
roads in the county.
MIR. Sewell 7. Riley, on "Clear
View Farm" has two White Pekin
Ducks, that have laid one hundred and
fifty $50 eggs, and are still laying.
Can you beat it2 He also has full
crop of peaches Nand plums, his or
chards being practically unhurt by
the frost.
MIR. William c. Powell has been
in Philadelphia and Baltimore this
week. While in Philadelphia he at
tended the Gift Show exposition at
the Adclphia Hotel, where manufac-
turers from all over the country dis
played wonderful array of gifts for
the holiday season.
MIR. Clayton T. Richardson, cash
Ter of the Commercial National Bank,
attended the meeting of the Mary
land State Bankers Association,
which convened in Atlantic City this
week.
-Messrs. J. Sidney Burroughs,
Percy Holloway, o. VI. Purnell, Glen
more s. Williams and Harland Payne
went to Baltimore Wednesday in Mr..
Burroughs car. They are expected
home today friday.
DIR. c. W. Purnell, of Pocomoke
City, has purchased the Atlantic
Hotel at Ocean City from Captain
w. b. s. Powell. Dr. Purnen expects
to give his personal attention to the
management of the hotel. He will
make extensive improvements to this
well known old house and Mrs. Pur-
nell will also give her time to seeing
that things are in good order. They
ran the hotel at Chincoteague until it
was burned.
-"Kidland in Fairyland" was a
splendid entertainment given under
the supervision of Miss Lille Howard
and her assistant teachers in the
Snow Hill Primary School in the
Opera House on Thursday night of
last week. The performers We're all
kids" from the lower grades. They
sang well. and acted their parts splen-
didly. A large audience greatly en-
joyed the entertainment.
Mr.. Edward Davis, manager of
the Hotel Rennert, accompanied by
Mr.. Henry Kries, and Messrs. Clifton
and Clarence Dietrich, of Baltimore,
motored to Snow Hill Saturday for a
week end visit. Before returning to
Baltimore they spent a night AT the
North Beach Club House as the
guests of Mr.. +. 5. Furbush, of Ber-
lin.
DR.. Howard Kelley and W. W..
Davis will speak on the Preservation
of the Christian Sabbath at Bowen
VI. +. Church, Newark. Sunday at
HOO A. NJ, at Stockton NJ. +. Church
at 300 p. NJ. They will also be at
Girdletree and Goodwill NJ. +. Church
Sunday. Notices of services from
each of these churches reached US too
late for publication. They must be
in our hands before Thursday.
Miss BERTHE Richardson left Sun
day to meet her sister and brother-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rodgers,
who are on an automobile trip from
their home in New York. From Balti-
more the party will proceed to Peters