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red at the Poetoffice at Snow Hill, Md., am second-class matter.
Published every Saturday.
C. L. VINCENT &C. V. WHITE. Editor..
Subscription $1.60 a Year in Woroe.ter Co. $2.00 outside of the County.
THE LEADING NEWSPAPER OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MD.
SEVENTH ANNEAL FIELD MEET
The seventh annual field meet of the public schools of Worcester
County was held in Snow Hill yesterday.
It has not been many years ajro that this custom of a “Field
Meet” was inaugurated. It did not meet the approval of a great
many of our rural friends, who were strong in their opinion that
it was time and money wasted.
The objectors of yesterday, however, are the advocates of today.
They have come to a realization that it is necessary for the school
hoys and school girls to enter into these athletic exercises for the
benefit of their bodies as well as their brains.
The day is here when every child must have an education to
help it prepare for the business and the home life, and with the
education must go health and strength. The kind of training they
receive in the schools is superior to the kind they get at home, and
the annual field meet is to show the progress made by the students
each year.
We are pleased to have had with us yesterday the thousands of
loys, girls, teachers, parents and friends from every section of
Worcester County, and we hope they had a “good time.”
USAGE AND LANGI AGE
The editor of the Philadelphia Record makes some timely re
marks regarding the use of slang, and its effect on the English
language, which is more than worth considering. Slang seems
to be the rule these days rather than the use of good English. The
Record says:
Every sort of solecism and colloquialism in language is excused
on the ground that “everybody says it." and that usage makes a
language. Learned college philologists have not infrequently
given aid and comfort to the enemies of the language by pointing
out that only the dead languages never change. The languages of
living, active, huslting. hustling men prove their vitality by en
larging their vocabularies and altering their idioms.
If this be literally true there is no correct English except the
talk of the “man in the street" and the chatter of the two gills
next to you in the trolley car. Not only is there no use in studying
grammar, which is liable to change while you are studying it. but
there is no use in trying to impress the young with the superiority
of one man’s English over another’s. What they hear in the school
yard, what they hear in the grocery, what they hear in the base
ball field, is English brought right down to the minute, and of
much better authority than the English in a book written 100 or
50 years ago by some person eminent in literature.
Of course, a living language undergoes changes, and while the
English Bible may still be cited for the purity and accuracy of its
language, in the course of three centuries some words have become
obsolete, some have experienced a great change of meaning, and
some forms of expression are no longer used.
But_previous to 1900—and the century mark is a convenient
dividing line —the inquiry about unfamiliar word or phrase was:
“Where did it come from?” There are persons who have a fine
taste in language. They speak and write the best English there
is. They adopt new names for new things, and occasionally use
new forms of expression, but these have to be harmonious with
the spirit and traditions of the language. They discriminate be
tween good English and bad English, and if changes were recog
nized they had to pass the judgment of good taste, and with re
spect for the finest language in the world, a literature that will
become unintelligible before the twentieth century if the present
slovenliness of writing as well as speech goes on unchecked.
The man who is “up against” something when lie “tries out"—
instead of “tries”—his new automobile, and “wins out —instead of
“wins”—if he runs faster than the other man, and who uses the
contraction "don't” with a singular subject and who does not know
whether to say "You and I” or "You and me," and thinks "He and
I” sounds stilted and "him and me"—or perhaps "me and him”—
is more simple and democratic, does not care where the new
phrases or forms come from; he heard somebody say them, and
one man is just as good as another.
The truth is that the new phrases and forms come from persons
who care nothing about the English language, to whom slang is
more congenial than the purest English. They come from sports,
from the “diamond” or the "gridiron;" they are circulated by the
commercial traveler: they come from the lower classes of amuse
ments. They are not subjected to the test of good usage; if they
are common they are good enough; that seems to lie democracy
in language. The men who have no ideas seek to give the im
pression of smartness by inventing new slang. And the deplorable
thing is that a great many people who know better repeat any
word or phrase that they hear because a professor in some college
has told them that it is only the dead languages that never change.
ANOTHER SILVER LINING
Word comes to us that the strawberry crop was not as badly
damaged in this section by the cold wave of last week as was at
first reported. At first it was thought 75 per cent of the straw
berry crop was wiped out; now. it is conceded proper to reverse the
figures and place the loss at 50 per cent.
THE ri<;ht kind of a paper
A protest against the sensational muck-raking newspaper is
going up all over the land. There is a rising tide of indignation
everywhere against newspapers which are not reliable; and people
will no longer have such newspapers in their homes. The well
thinking public declines to allow the women and children to feast
upon diatribes and villification of reputable citizens, upon divorce
scandals, the details of which are unfit to publish in the columns of
a respectable newspaper and which tend to lower the morals of
communities.
The old-fashioned method of running personal and political
organs and misrepresenting the character and worth of public
men is a thing of the past and will no longer be tolerated.
A newspaper must be clean; must be fair; must be just in its
dealings with the public, and to such a newspaper the public will
give liberal and unstinted support. That is the kind of a news
paper the editors ol The Messenger are giving to the people of
Worcester County. Send us the news, and if you have done any
thing worth while let us know altout it.
PRESBYTERIAN CHIRCH.
Preaching Sunday morning at 10.30. j
and in the evening at 7.45.
Sunday School, 11.30 Mrs. ('. 1..
Vincent, Superintendent.
All are cordially invited.
REV. W. S. KREGER, Pastor.
A LITTLE THING THAT CO I’NTS.
Her Husband—What are you fus
ing about now; “our new dinner
•nvn ?
’ "''rt/upp' my new din
• troubles.
GIRDLETREE BAPTIST CHIRCH
Bible School lo A. M.
Sermon “Farming for the Lord" II
A. M.
Sermon “Why our Church should
! appeal to you” 7.30 p. M.
BETH KIIEN
Bible School 2 P. M.
Sermon 3 P. M.
You ure always Welcomed.
H. P. MATOY HALL, Pastor.
Subscribe for The Messenger.
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IE DEM MESSENGER, SNOW ... L, MARYLAND.
Retrenchri+iit
And Reform
[CONTI \ l ED FROM FACE ONE.]
up u small army, and costing hun
dreds of thousands of dollars every
year. And all these Commissions are
j making for more room, more money
and more people to aid them in their
, work. That there is much waste of
labor and efficiency, and no little waste
of money, is apparent to all who are
familiar with the way public work is
done. For nearly a year the govern
or has been making an exhausted
ami thorough examination of all these
matters and has reached certain defi
, nite conclusions in regard to them. In
a short time therefore he proposes to ,
make certain recommendations as to (
what he thinks should he done, in order
to give the people time to consider
them at their leisure, and on their
merits. Heretofore Covernors have
reserve their recommendations until
the opening of the General Assembly,
■ when they have presented their views
and plans in messages to the two '
Houses. The plan of the present
Governor seems to be a great improve
ment over the old system. Making
it public months before the law body
meets, will give the people an op
portunity to look into alll these mat
ters for themselves, and will open
them for discussion during the cam
paign in which the men who are to
vote on them at Annapolis, will have
a chance to discuss them before the
people, and find out what they think
. of them, in this way, the voters can .
pass on the plans of the Executive at
the polls and he will find out whether '
public sentiment is with him or
against him.
There is no doubt of the fact that (
the Governor’s program is the most ,
revolutionary ever placed before the
people of Maryland, and will bring 1
about great changes in the effective- <
ness of the state government. There I
is also no doubt that its enactment ,
will greatly reduce the expenses of the
public service, which has been going
on in a slipshod, inefficient way, as a
slow growth, ever since the Civil War,
. now nearly sixty years ago. Most of
the officials during all that period of
time have been honest and faithful
men. and whatever evils have existed,
have been those of a system of ad
ministration, and legislation, which
the people of the state have long out
grown. Now that states as well as all '
sorts of government are obliged to re
trench and economize, it is well for 1
the people of Maryland to give con
sideration to these problems a solution
of which the Governor is preparing to
propose to them.
FRANKLIN CITY M. I*. CHARGE.
Meetings Sunday, April 21th, as
follows: 1
| Greenbackville—Preaching at 10.20.
A. M. Sabbath School at 230 F. M.
Signpost—Sabbath School at 2.1a
F. M. Preaching at 3.00 F. M.
I Portersville—Sabbath Sc! o1 at 2.30
F. M.
Girdletree—Class meeting at 10 30.
A. M. Sabbath School at 2.15, F. M.
Preaching at 3.00 F. M.
REV. R. W. SUTCLIFFE. Pastor.
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ALL HALLOWS PARISH.
April 21th. 1921. Fourth Sunday
. j after Easter.
, 10.00 A. M., Church School.
11.00 A. M„ Matins.
7.2.0 I*. M., Evi nsong.
' REV. ALFRED LEE JONES, Rector
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible Studv next Lord’s Dav at
10.00, A. M.
Preaching at 11 A. M.
Preaching at Box Iron at 2.30 1\ M.
WHATCOAT M. E. CHURCH
10.00 A. M., Sunday School. Prof.
A. C. Humphreys, Superintendent.
11.00 A. M., Public Worship and
. sermon.
7.30 P. M., Public Worship and
sermon.
Come! You will be helped. A home
' like church.
REV. L. E. POOLE, Pastor.
STOCKTON M. E. CHARGE.
On Sunday, April 24th, sen ices
| will be held as follows:
Wesley Church, Stockton —Sunday
School at 10.00 A. M. Preaching at
11.00 A. M. Subject: “Prison Houses."
; Kpworth League at 7.00 P. M.
| Klej Grange—Sunday School at 2.15
P. M. Preaching at 3.00, P. M.
. Subject: The Message of the Lilies.
Grace Church, Franklin City— j
■ Class meeting at 9.30 A. M. Sunday
School at 2.30, P. M. Preaching at
7.30 P. M. Subject: “Prison Houses."
REV. W. 1.. HESS, Pastor.
GIRIM.ETRKE M. E. CHURCH.
Services for Sunday, April 2-lth, as
, follows:
10.00 A. M.. Sunday School. W. S.
Townsend, Superintendent.
11.00 A. M., Preaching.
3.00 P. M., Preaching at Goodwill.
7.15 P. M., Kpworth League Ser-ic*-.
Miss Mary Dukes, Leader.
7.45 P. M., Preaching.
You are always welcome at these
services.
D. B. PRETTYMAN, Pastor.
What People
Want !!
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We Supply
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First and foremost this is a ;
drug store of the highest type, j
Our drugs are of the highest ;
purity, our laboratory is equip- ;
ped with the necessary ap- J
paiatus from spatulas to micro- J
scope. We are students of the \
best medical and chemical liter- ;
ature. and keep abreftst of the !
times, so that the medical pro- |
fession can be assured of the !
best pharmaceutical service.
Next to the sick room the ;
toilet should have first consider- J
ation for in the care of the per- J
son many diseases are prevented, j!
In this department Quality i!
conies first. A complete line !
that adds to the comfort, pleas- !
iue and health of the bath—in- !
eluding fine soaps, toilet waters,;!
bath towels, bath sprays, tooth!!
and hair brushes, shampoos. !
shaving soaps and lotions.
Our Toilet Goods stocks are 1
already adapted to meet the de-,
mands of the various seasons.; ■
Our Spring and Summer stock is
now displayed and the various
articles are to be sold at reduced '
prices.
FINE STATIONERY
Good writing paper in boxes,
or by the pound or quire, writing
pads, and stationery of all kinds,
is a line we specialize in and
give particular attention to in l
this store. We want to supply
you with everything you need in
good stationery.
THE “BEST SELLERS"
are added to our stock of popular
fiction as soon as published. The
best stories of the year—the;
most popular works of latej
authors are all here and the
prices are popular too.
TAKE A KODAK WITH YOU
Your speedometer tells you
how far you went—a Kodak tells
you where you went and what
you saw. The pleasure of the
trip can never fade with clean
cut Kodak pictures to refresh a
laggard memory.
Better take along a generous
supply of film. We have a com
plete assortment, autographic
and non-autographic, and it is
all kept under proper conditions.
Kodaks from 59.49 up
MMingliaiM.
Prompt Service by Mail
SNOW HILL. MARYLAND,
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Paris Modes of Fringe and Laceij
Shown in the Latest Gowns ii
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; | For 66 years we (W. S. Dickinson & Son —I. K Hargis) have sold dependable ||
< ' merchandise at the lowest possible prices. We are doing so now < ►
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;; lection of the new ! I
j; Fringe and Lace Gowns v j;
j; now on display in our ready-to-wear department. These represent the latest word j;
o in street and dinner frocks and should be seen by every lover of good dress. Mod- !!
< • erately priced at ;;
1 $35.00 to $50.00 t
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Just Received—loo New Dresses
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!! Taffeta, Canton Crepe, Crepe de chine and Georgette !!
Priced at $25.00 and $35.00
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;! These dresses were manufactured to sell at prices much higher and represent very |!
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Summer Dresses of Dotted Swiss i:
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!! Organdie and voile are also being daily received !!
j; Priced from $7.00 to $25.00
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;; Our Present Collection of Dresses, Always the Best on the Peninsula !!
|| Was Never Better Than Now. We invite You to Inspect Them ;;
HARGIS
:: Two Big Stores POCOMOKE, MD. ]•
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OUR AIM
j., to make this (VOL'H) bank a
public- service institution, and we want
you to help do so by freely using us
and our conveniences.
To Carry Out
our purpose we have provided a
Ladies Waiting Room and a Farmers
dub Room, both of which are free to
s-.H. We have also installed
In Our Lobby
a Bulletin Board for free advertis
ing purposes. If you want to buy or
sell anything whatever advertise the
same on this Board that everybody
may see and know your wants.
You Do Not Have
to be a depositor to enjoy our ser
vice and our conveniences. We want
you to use our Waiting Room, use our j
Club Room —use our Advertising Bul
letin Board, whether a depositc r or
not.
Deposit & Savings Bank
Snow Hill. Md.
Ow v) your
owp borp*
You can do it, if you are a stock
holder in the SN'OW HILL
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSO
CIATION. You participate in all
the earnings of this Association,
Stock is only one a share
a month.
If you want to buy a home or
build a home, and want an easy
way to pay for it, call on either
of the officers of this Association,
and he will put you right.
You can start right now.
MARION T. HARGIS.
President. 1
WM. D. CORDDRY,
Secretary.
Snow Hill Building and
Loan Association
SNOW HILL. MARYLAND
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TO DISTINGUISH IIKR POSITION.
Mrs. Cuddleton —I don’t approve of (
| a wife drawing a salary as her hus-1
band's house-keeper. That would make i
a servant of her.
Mrs. Hiram Bowser—Not exact')’.
She wouldn’t have to give him a
| week's notice of her intention to leave
, him.
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Spring Suit |
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Made to measure and I
made right, of fhe
• right materials
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| T. H. Collins & Sr
SNOW HILL, MARYLAND
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CMITH PAID LESS THAN JOK
PAINT FACTS JONES paid $56 for m l 4 Gallop
ready for use Mixed PA.
SMITH made 14 Gallons of the
/SKy? Pure Paint, for $39, by ’
8 Gals. L & M Semi-Paste Pa*
SMITH SAVED
_ LAM SEMI-PASTE PAD
They are simply adding Unseed .
0.1 to LA M Saml-Paata Paint rnD s>u£ „„
WM. T. CHERRIX, Snow Hil
“Messenger" Printing I?'
ARRIL 23, 19L

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