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FHE DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER PTY-FOURTH YEAR. No. 52. Jhristmas Dance / A Splendid Affair ell Attended And Greatly Enjoyed—Some Novelties Introduced And l ine Music Given By The Orchestra * 'hristmas dance given Snpw Hill, was held ning. It has been ny years to hold ey are looked for anticipalion from xt, each ono seem le one next prcced >arations are always nth old, older, young, lend their as.xis ’ks are decora •ing the floor helpers are al things aryland •oflTi e,; ■vet*. J ? on vas ne s l Miss Emily Disliaroon Weds Claude Adkins A very -pretty wedding w.-i lem nized at the home of Mi 1 *ish aroon at high noon Y.' .-day. when his daughter, Miss C ! doily I>ish aroon became the brii •>: Mr. Claude Mitchell Adkins. The marriage cere mony was performed in the parlor, which was attractively decorated with holly anil evergreei the bride's pastor, Kcv. C. It. • i insburg. officiating. The bride wore a ha uls r ait of dark brown velvetina, it hat and gloves,Ao match. Immediately after the marriage refreshments w. . erved. after which the bride am jruom motored to Pocomoke < i> wluie they left on the northboun train on a wedding trip to Philadelphia an other points. The wedding was a quiet nr and was witnessed by only the mme ale families of the bride and groitn. and ' few intimate friends. The redding arches were impressively pl.yed by is Evelyn Shockley, a their return from their honey trip- Mr. and Mrs. Adkn- will temporarily with the alter - Mr. Levin B. Disharon, in ill. •ide is a very attracti'e young lady, and the : aerous, VQung f.armi* of . Perdie Pars*ns unf Mr. an i 1 at Tiu'day ■ gom darted hme rs. | t out more the his 1 d *l, y. 8 * I ( I i Cartoon Review of 1922 "'low ° - \ • \ ; v: C —\ c>.*“c*au v.siTt us 1 . 'I ***•. Wv; j; weps *?*"•• ** WANTS .< *,,,.*• ® jftsS CW£f "excuse •. cvst" / \ oTtt*• 7 :a -vV /,, \<*i/‘‘(€r> w William D. Pitts Appointed Surveyor Recently County Surveyor, William J. Pitts died at his home in Berlin. Mr. l'itts was elected in 1921 for two vears. If he had lived, his time I * would have expired after next Fall's election. Mr. Pitts was in poor health for nearly a year before he passed away, during which time hi' son, William D. Pitts, did his work for him, and as he is a worthy young man and has much of his father’s work yet to -omplete, the County Commissioners eeling the true spirit of Christmas, ive the young man a ohancc, by up- : nting him County Surveyor to fill the unexpired t-••Wof hi father, law placed th.s appointment in **r-ls of the Commissioners. HALLOW?/ PARISH Robert B. .Matthews, Rector Sunda Services M. Sund, y IKchool. M. Morning* Prayer and Ser- M. E'Owng Prayer and "ues l /services X : ® .ening Prayer or m r,, cs. R ■ >IATHEWS, Rector. Elephant Arrives in U S. M ' HL M SNOW HILL. MARYLAND. SATURDAY. DECEMBER .10. 1922. WILSON FOUNDATION HAS BEEN RAISED Announcement has been made that the Million Dollar Woodrow Wilson Foundation has been raised and former President Wilson was so ad vised Thursday, his birthday. More than 200,000 men and women in every State in the union have contributed to this undertaking, according to Mr. Bowie’s announcement. The in- j come from the foundation's en dowment is to be used as an award or awards to the individ ual or group which, during a given period, has rendered the most corispicious service to the public. PRESBYTERIAN CHFIU H Sunday, Dec. 31st, 1922. Preaching Sunday morning at 10.30. In the evening 7.45. Sunday School 11.30. Mrs. C. L. Vincent, Supt. REV. W. S. KREGER, Pastor. Licenses Issued For Christmas Weddings Since last Friday .he Clerk of the Circuit Court has is.-ued the follow ing marriage licenses, to white per sons: Allen Thom:;.- I.cng, near Poco moke, Md., Hazel Louise Dryden, near Westover, Md. Earl Massey, Mappsvillc, Va., Alice Marriner, Pocomoke City. Avery Franklin Bull, Parksley, Ya., Veeda Estelle Shrieves, Hopkins, Va. David Bradford, Berlin, Mattie Birch, Berlin. Frank Smack, Klej (irangc, Ethel Richardson, Stockton. John O. East, near Pocomoke City, Mabel E. White, near Pocomoke City. Samuel P. Outen, Pocomoke City, Ethel Payne, Pocomoke City. Edgar F. Benson, near Pocomoke I City, Mollie Jane Howard, near Poco moke City. William Thomas Miles, Bloxom, I Va., Laura Virginia Messick, Bloxom, I Va. Herbert Powell, near Snow Hill, Beulah Pusey, near Pocomoke City. Luther B. Rowley, of Cape Charles, Va., Lillian Elizabeth Jay, Baltimore, Md. Claude M. Adkins, Snow Hill, Em ily Disharoon, Snow Hill. Farmers To Hold Big Meeting Here A meeting of the farmers will be 4 held in th<l Court Room at Spp- " on January 2nd, at two o' farmers' meeting wil,' lion with the mg restr County Them will be importance tc w* Have Narrow Escape While Hotel Burns! Building Completely Destroyed—Several Per sons Got Out With Difficulty, And Saved Practically Nothing. The hotel property at Stockton, owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James I*. Davis, was destroyed by fire early on last Saturday morning When discovered, the flames had made such great headway that some of the occupants narrowly escaped losing their lives, among these being Mrs. Banner Parsons, and Mrs. Law rence Hide. Only a few articles of ! clothing were saved, and only a few Lpieces of furniture. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Davis, the hdiise was occupied by Mrs. Banner Parsons and daughter. Celesta, Mr. | anil Mrs. Lawrence llilfe, and Mr. : Corwin, a carpenter. The house, and all its furnishings, ; representing practically, the life sav ings and accumulations of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, wen 1 consumed by the flames, nothing of value that can he alvngcd remaining on tin- .'it.- except the land, and there being no insurance lon the house on account of a high rate of insurance. The brick store of H, L. Mason & Co., alongside the hotel, was in dan ger. the flames setting fire to the window sashes, and the cornice. The ; house of Harold Houston, on the north side, escaped damage, but the IliflV house, diagonally across the street from the hotel was afire, the (lame being easily extinguished. The fire was discovered shortly after two o'clock in the morning, and Present Gift To Mr. McMaster A handsome silver water service ;the gift of the public school teachers of Worcester County, was presented to Mr. K. W. McMaster on Christmas Kve. Accompanying the gift was the following letter: Snow Hill, Md., Dec 20, 1922. j Mr. K. W. McMaster, Pocomokc City, Md. Dear Sir—The long line of teach ers who have passed under your kind ly supervision and care and who will lever cherish the warmest memory of your goodness, wish at this Christ mas season to express to you in small measure their appreciation of your kindness in the past. We therefore beg that you will acept this gift and use it as a constant reminder of our warm friendship and esteem for you. Not only the teachers and pupils but the parents whose problems you shared will always rtain the most grateful feelings toward you, so that your name is intimately and indelibly interwoven into the history of the Public School System of Worcester County. We all join in wishing you a Merry Christmas and health, happiness and prosperity in the New Year. Signed: NANCY PI'KNELL, A. C. HUMPHREYS. EDNA STATON WHALEY, JI'I.IA E. BRATTEN, JOHN S. HILL. MARY N. HICHLAND, MARY li. PUSEY, DAISY R. WISE, FRED H. DEWEY, ETHEL M. DIX, Committee. •-' • ■ Recent Transfer: Of * 0 we ' $1.50 A YEAR. $2.00 OUT OF COUNTY. , at one time it appeared that the en ! tire part of the business section ( I might fall a prey to the devastating flames. A bucket brigade was formed, and I the citizens of Stockton did heroic ' work, confining the fire to the build- I ing in which it originated, notwith ' standing the close proximity of other buildings, some of them frame. A message was sent to Snow Hill ' j for assistance, and in a few minutes : after the alarm was sounded, the ■ members of the Eire Department, and ' a number of other citizens were on • tin- -eene of the fire, prepared and ready to do anything in their power to assist tin- good people of Stock - ton, and to aid in saving their prop • city from destruction by fire. I The hotel property was formerly the residence of ('apt. (iideon Price ' and family. After the breaking up of the Price family, tin- house was purchased by Mr. A. S. Bromley, who made extensive additions, occupying part of it as a residence, and con ducting a hotel there. When Mr. Davis acquired the property, he, also made many im provements, and conducted an attrac tive and home-like hostlery. The fire that destroyed the business section of Stockton, about sixteen .years ago, was stopped on the north erly side at the Price house, or the hotel property destroyed Saturday morning. TO USE $4,150,000 FOR STATE ROADS . 1.11 Miles Built This Year; Chairman Mackall Sends Requests To Counties To Tell Needs. Approximately $.'1,150,000 will be available for new road construction in Maryland during 1D2.'1, with sl,- 000.000 more to be .-pent on work held over from this year, John N. Mack : all, chairman of the State Roads : Commission announced Tuesday. Mr. Mackall is now busy with the construction program for next year. Before this is definitely decided on, ,I he said, the ideas of the various County Commissioners as to what work should be undertaken in 19211 will be considered, anil requests for this information have already been sent out. Funds for the new work will be supplied by the Federal, State and county governments. Post roads will require $1,500,000, half from the I nited States (lovernment and half from the State. The same amount will be spent on lateral roads, half to be supplied by the State and half by the counties in which the work is done. In addition, $150,000 has been set aside for bridge construction. In spite of the fact that the work of the Commission was seriouslv in terfered with by the strike of the railroad shopmen, which delayed ' <!. delivery of much rial, 1022 was a building in Maryland. mission completed —lO9 of concrete *" Jiiarui 25 gravel—at p oV er ‘cost o" 000. Work ca year to* about *