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
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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
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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
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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.
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Recent Transfer:
Of *
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$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 *