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Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25
School Commissioners And
SuperintendentS To Meet.

The annual meeting OF the School
Commissioners Association of Mary
land will be held at the Maryland Nor
NAL School building in Baltimore. on
Thursday and Friday, December 7th and
sth. The following Topics will be dis
cussed: Health Inspection Of School
Children, "Why Should Maryland Not
Have Compulsory School Attendance
Law" Work of the Maryland Society
of Social Hygiene, ""Means for Increas-
ing the Supply of Trained Teachers, "
Needed School Legislation. The sea-
son will be concluded with luncheon
in the gymnasium Of the Normal School.
The Superintendents session will be
held at the Hotel Rennert on Wednes-
day morning, December 9th, and the
subjects suggested are the following
means of Awakening Interest in Agri-
cultural Education" "The County Su-
perintendent's Visit What Should it
Accomplish?"l"What Provision Can be
Made for the Exceptional Child?"
Needed School Legislation, (a) School
Revenues, (b) Compulsory Attendance.
(c) Health Inspection, (d) The New
Normal School.
Mr.. G. w. Fontaine, of the Somerset
County School Board, has been selected
to discuss the question of Needed School
Legislation, and Supt. w. II. Dashiell,
that of the "New Normal School," Supt.
E. w. McMaster. of Worcester County,
will discuss the subject of Health In
spection, and Supt w. J. Holloway, of
Wicomico County, that of the "Excep-
tional Child" At the close of the Super
intendents' meeting the State Board of
Education will entertain the Superin-
tendents at luncheon.
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25
Worcester Has Forest Warden

The annual damage caused by forest
fires is enormous. Last spring the loss
in Worcester County was several thou
sand dollars. In view of the fact that
most of these fires are from willfulness,
or carelessness. attention is called to
the following provisions of the State
Forest Laws.
The law requires that ANY one who
discovers forest or brush fire not under
the control or supervision of some per-
sons, =" shall extinguish it or report it
Immediately to the local Forest War
den or Patrolman. Failure to do so is
punishable by fine of $40.
The Forest Warden, or Forest Patrol
man for Worcester County. is James +.
Dickerson. r. F. d. No. 2, Snow Hill.
In case of fire the local Forest War
den, or Patrolman, should be notified
Immediately The law requires that
the landowner. or tenant, on whose lands
the fire is burning shall do all that he
can with the help he has on his place to
control the fire. and prevent its escape
to the other lands. Upon the arrival of
the Forest Warden he will assist the
landowner and if more help is needed he
will obtain the men and direct their
work, the expense of such service to be
paid by the County and State.
No back firing is allowed on lands
without the consent of the owner, ex-
cept under the direction of the Forest
Warden, who is authorized, by law, to
start back-iires. plow burrows. tear
down fences. whenever the necessity
arises)in order 20 check fire.
A strict enforcement of the law will
reduce to a minimum the forest fires in
the County. II is the duty of everyone.
who wants the forest protected from
fire. to cooperate with, and assist, the
Forset Wardens in enforcing the law
and to punish anyone who violates it.
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25
Sudden Death of
John W. Vincent

Just as The Messenger is going to
press word comes to us that Mr.. John
w. Vincent died very suddenly about
9.30 O'Clock this morning of heart fail
ure.
Mr.. Vincent was SO years of age. He
had been sick several weeks, but was
considered to be improving rapidly,
therefore the announcement of his death
was great shock to the community.
John w. Vincent. was born and
raised in Sussex County, Delaware, and
came to Snow Hill to reside and en-
gage in his business of matchmaker and
jeweler when young man. He was
married twice and is survived by wild
ow, and four children BY his first wife.
The children are: Miss Lilly Vincent,
Mrs. Charles Turmap, Miss Margaret
Vincent and Mr.. George w. Vincent.
He also leaves brother, County School
Commissioner James II. Vincent. of
Pocomoke City.
John w. Vincent was Christian gen.
tleman. honored and respected by every
body. His reputation as an honest, re-
liable workman and merchant was so
far-reaching that patronage came to
him from every section of the Peninsu-
la. He leaves his family such an heri-
tage as most men might well strive
for.
FuneIal services have not yet been
arranged.
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25
SNOW HILL. MD. MOVES
Local Readers. lOC. a Line

Christmas toys for girls and boys al
Mrs. J. c. Shortt's.
For crisp celery. fresh out of the
ground, telephone 1903 A.
Holly Wanted will pay good price
for holly. For particulars apply to W. z.
Purnell.
Ladies and children's cloaks are
being sold cheap at my store. Mrs. j.
Cannon Shortt.
Il represent good fire insurance COM
panies. William G. Kerbin, Attorney
at-Law, Snow Hill.
Largest line of fIrs on the PENN
sula-values and prices tempting. w.
S. Dickinson & Son.
DO YOU want building lot on Bur-
ley Street in Berlin for $500. 90 and up?
Amply to Harrison's Nurseries at once.
DO you want building lot on Com
modore Street in Berlin for SIS 90 and
up? Apply to Harrison's Nurseries at
once.
Highest market prices will be paid
for old feather beds. Send card, and
will call. Morris Miller, Pocomoke City,
Md. Nov. lS t. +.
Now is the time to buy your winter
cloak. have some good bargains for
ladies, misses and children. Come and
see them. Mrs. J. Cannon Shortt.
For sale Thoroughbred cockerels
and pullets. Single comb white leghorns
and Rhode Island Reds. Price Sl.0O
each. Mrs. C. l.. Vincent, Snow Hill.
Md.
Il have received fine stock of
Christmas toys for the little ones. Come
and see them early, and get your choice
before they are all gone. Mrs. J. C..
Shortt.
$4,000 per month straight salary
and expenses, to men with rig, to intro
duce our Poultry Remedies. Don't
answer unless you mean business.
Eureka Poultry Food Mfg. Co. Qncor-
porated,) East st. Louis. III. (4t)
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25
Might Have Been in Maryland

Just how it happened that the State
of Delaware is not now part of Mary
land was an interesting bit of history
upon which DR.. Bernard C. Steiner,
librarian of the Enoch Pratt Library,
and Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. dwelt upon in a lecture before
the Maryland Historical Society in Bal
timore recently.
DR.. Steiner has made close study Of
the history of Maryland in the seven
teenth century and has published a
large volume as the first fruits of his
work. In his lecture he laid special
emphasis on the relations between the
English settlers in Maryland and the
Dutch in Delaware, just after the Dutch
had conquered the Swedes. Down to
the capture of the whole of New Neither
lands by the English in 1864 and the
consequent loss of hope to acquire the
Delaware territory for the proprietors OF
Maryland, he described in detail the
efforts of the Maryland colonists r.
gain control of the Delaware countr
He pointed out that these efforts
made half-hearted by the fact that
trade between the two classes of cor
lists was highly profitable. Thus, he -
commercial considerations ~
Lord Baltimore from es'
! domain over what j. :
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25
LOCALS.

Look out for snow next.
Mrs. James Webb is visiting friends
in Baltimore.
We have had some real winter
weather this week.
John w. Station. Esq, visited Balti.
more this week on legal business.
-Dover's new Pennsylvania Railroad
station was opened to the public Monday
Christmas falls on Monday this year
and il is only four weeks off. Do you
realize it?
Holy Cross Catholic Church, OF
Dover. will be rcdedicated on Thanks
giving Day.
The November term of the Circuit
Court for Talbot county convened Mon
day at Easton.
Mrs. Gordon b. Jones and daugh-
ter, Mrs. James B. Robins, are visiting
in Philadelphia.
"A meeting of the Empty Stocking
club will be held in the afternoon OF
Thanksgiving Day.
Lafayette RuarK has been appointed
postmaster at Westover and Henry
SPAIN at Woodbrook.
Miss Mary A. Bishop returned home
Saturday night from an extended visit
to Baltimore and other points.
Mr.. William r. Bishop spent the
week end with his wife at the home of
Senator and Mrs. John p. Moore.
Wesley Porter, while hunting for
rabbits near Ridgely, was accidentally
shot in one foot by Albert Thawley.
-Messrs Gordon l.. Burbage. John
Townsend and C. G. Mumford were in
Snow Hill on busir IS last Wednesday
w. l.. Johnston has been elected
chief conductor of the Wilmington di-
vision OF the Order of Railway Conduct
ors.
1T was reported early in the season
that rabbits were plentiful, but the
gunners in this section say they are
scarce.
Miss Lula Jones, of Princess Anne
has returned home from visit to her
cousins. Mr.. an6 Mrs. Harry j. Bayley.
near town.
"A full-grown white woodcock was
shot by Frank Sauter on his farm near
Fullerton. the first of its kind ever seen
in that section.
MIR. James M. Bayley of Mt. Yer
mon. Somerset County, has returned
home from visiting his son, Mr.. Harry
j. Bayley, near town.
There will be no preaching in Mas
sawango NJ. +. Church Sunday, Nov. 26th
but all those expecting to take part in
the Christmas entertainment are re-
quess-a m meet at the Church in the
-. civ at 3. 30,
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25

IL am pleased to recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as the best
thing know Of and safest remedy for
coughs, colds and bronchial trouble, .
writes Mrs. l.. b. Arnold Of Denver,
Colo. 1--WE have used II repeatedly and
It has never failed TO give relief" For
sale BY al dealers,
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25

81 do not believe there is any other
medicine so good for whooping cough as
Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, " writes
Mrs. Francis Turpin, junction City, Ore.
This remedy is also unsurpassed for
colds and Group. For sale by all dealers.
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25

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Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25

House.
There will be no preaching at Mas
sawango NJ. p. Church Sunday, Novem-
ber 26th. owing to the reopening of
Friendship Church on the same charge.
There will be services in the latter
Church on Sunday as follows: preaching
at 1890 a. m, 2.30. p. m. and 7.45. p.
m. by former pastors. The public is
cordially invited to attend. Rev. II. E.
Norris, pastor.
Miss Bernice Butler gave a very
delightful party in honor of her many
friends last Saturday evening. Those
who were present, and participated in
the party were: Misses Minnie Scott, of
Box Iron, Lola Williams. Lena Pusey,
Clemmie Bowen. Edith Gordy. Ethel
Williams. Laura Jarman. Mary Gordy,
Blanche Perdue, Della and Emma Pusey.
Lola Pusey, Bernice Parsons, Beulah
Butler and Beulah Gordy, and Messrs
Walter Hancock. Eddie Davis, Raymond
Clarke, Luther Shockley, Norman Dry
den. Chester and Herman Parsons, Rog-
er, Elwood, and GLAND Carmean, King
and Frank Atkinson, Dan Holtenstein,
James Gordy, Cleveland Carmean, Ed
win and George Leake. All reported a
jolly time. Miss Butler also entertained
q number Of herfriends Sunday evening.
Democratic messenger., 1911-11-25

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

In Lancaster last Tuesday, Henry
Kee, colored, was convicted Of the
murder Of Sam Dye, also colored, and
sentenced to be hanged. If Kee hangs,
his will be the first legal hanging in
the county in seventeen years.
willis Jackson, a 17-year- old ne
gro boy, was lynched at Honea Path,
Anderson county, last Tuesday for
committing a criminal assault on an
11-year- white girl. The little girl
was taking a cow to the pasture at
about 7.30 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The negro seized her and carried her
into the woods about fifty yards from
the road. A white man came along
in a buggy and noting the plight Of
the little girl, after the negro had left,
ascertained the facts and raised the
alarm. People began to scour the
country, and the negro was finally
caught and taken to jail at Anderson.
A mob gathered and the fellow was
rushed to Greenville. Thousand fol-
lowed and an effort was made to take
the prisoner to Spartanburg. The au-
tomobile broke down and the officers
carried the man into the woods. The
mob, led by Josh Ashley, found the
party, took the prisoner away and car
ried him back to Honea Path. Two
suspected negroes had previously been
taken before the little girl and she
said they were not the right ones
She positively identified Jackson.
however, and he confessed. The ne
gro was then taken out and with
rope round his left ankle was hoisted
up to the cross arm Of a telegraph
pole, head downward, and riddled with
bullets.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13

The Cotton corner.-The so-called
cotton corner" Of a year ago Is
brought to mind by a brief filed by
the government in the United States
supreme court. The defendants are
James A. Patten, Eugene G. Scales,
Frank B. Hayne and William P.
Brown, and among the "co-conspira-
tors" are James w. Cannon Of Con-
cord, and Lewis w. Parker Of Green
Vile, also "a large number OF cor
porations Of the states of Alabama,
Georgia and the Carolinas, engaged
in those states in the business OF
spinners of cotton and manufactur-
ers of cotton fabrics" We had sup
posed that this case had been wound
up-and gone by default-but 1t
seems that the government Is still
hammering on 1t, though having some
trouble to make good. The Wash
ington correspondent Of the New
York Journal Of Commerce says law
officers who drafted the government
argument have been somewhat trou-
bled to show that there had been a
conspiracy, in the technical sense, to
raise the price Of cotton by means of
corner. The difficulty attending
their efforts Is pretty clearly shown
in the statement that ut Is not neces-
Sary 10 determine tnat the conspiracy
In the present case was efficient and
successful in the highest degree, or
that the conspirators omitted moth
ing that would aid in the attainment
Of their unlawful purpose; 1t is
enough that they conspired to mon
opolize the cotton supply, and that
the means adopted were suited to the
end In view, and whether they
stopped where they did from stupid
ity or subtility, they had done that
which the law denounced as a crime"
On the strength of this showing the
supreme court Is asked to reverse the
Judgment of the lower court. in
case Attorney General Wickersham
should succeed in getting favorable
judgment from the supreme court on
this subject, 1t Is admitted that op-
erations of the Sherman law and its
general application will be greatly cX-
tended, since it will be made TO ap-
ply practically to any uniform or con-
certed buying or selling operation.
even If such operation Is not based
upon an actual control OF commodi-
ties, which Is the basis that was sup
posed to have been set by the Sher-
man law by those who framed it
Charlotte Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13

with the ease and facility that it can
be produced in Texas; but If our peo-
pie will study it as they have studied
cotton. they will learn how to pro-
duce it profitably. and the day will
come when they will be able to make
as good a showing Of the proceeds of
an acre of alfalfa as they are now
able to make of the proceeds from an
acre of cotton, and that will mean
that they will be able to beat Texas
raising alfalfa just as they are now
beating Texas raising cotton.
One great trouble with our people
Is that they dearly love TO raise cot
iton. They would rather raise cotton
| II seems, than to raise some other
crop that would net them twice the
money, and when they branch out as
an experiment with some other crop
and fail the first season to get results
equal to the results gotten by the
people who have had years Of expe-
rience, they are too quick to throw
everything down in despair and say,
1T can't be DONE"
Alfalfa can be grown in this coun-
try. 1t has been profitably grown on
small scale and 1t can be profitably
grown on a large scale; but no rea-
sonable man need expect to start in
without previous knowledge and ex-
perience and develop into a full
fedged alfalfa producer the very first
season.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13

OF course we have no quarrel with
him who seeks to have us print ad-
vertising matter for him free of
charge. No, we have no quarrel
whether this fellow be representing
himself in an individual capacity or
whether he Is representing public
or semi-publio enterprise. Even when
he takes the position that the matter
he represents Is one that concerns
the interest of the public, and that
there are no funds with which to pay,
we have no quarrel. When he tries
to urge that there Is more reason
why we should bear the expense than
why the expense should be borne by
him we still retain our good humor.
But then we do not yield to such ar
guments often. There Is in operation
to keep US straight, a constant re-
minder In the shape Of knowledge
that there must be dug up about $120
every Saturday to keep this newspa-
per going, and feeling as we do that
most Of our duty is to the people
from whom this money comes, we do
not take very seriously the claims Of
the people who would try to get for
themselves or the people they rep
resent any part of the values created
by the fund referred to without bear
ing their proper proportion Of the
burden. No, we do not consider this
position at all selfish. Among other
things there rests upon us the respon-
sibility of being true, fair and just to
everybody, and the people who bear
their proportion of the expense Of
making this newspaper would not be
treated fairly If other people were al
lowed to use the paper too freely for
their own purposes without paying
And for a similar reason we refrain
from doing things that we ourselves
might desire to do; but which we can
not conscientiously do because of our
responsibility to others.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13

The death Of Judge Klugh Is an
nounced with sorrow and regret. He
was a Christian gentleman, and ar
able, conscientious and just judge
The only objection that has ever been
urged against him has been in the
sessions side of the circuit court
Many considered that his sentences
were ridiculously mild. Where some
of the other judges would say two
years, Judge Klugh would say 80 days
He was never excessive in the punish
ment meted out. And perhaps this
was not altogether wrong, because
above all else he desired to be Just
and could not bring himself to be
harsh with the weak while he realized
that still worse offenders, who are
stronger, are allowed to go free. Judge
Klugh was just judge and Chris
tian,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13
WITHIN THE TOWN.

THE moving picture show is being
missed pretty badly. 1t furnished
amusement for great many people
who have no other amusement and
who now have no place to go at night
Cotton continues to move slowly
But few growers are selling except
seed. Most of the cotton goes from
the gin back to the farm or to the
warehouses.
Mr.. R. E. Heath has purchased the
w. S. Neil residence on Cleveland
avenue and will move into it shortly
DR.. S. l.. Steele has purchased the ]
R. Killian house occupied by Mr.. ]. F.
Youngblood, on South Congress street
Mr.. Youngblood is building on East
jefferson street. Mr.. John f. Carroll
has bought the S. l. Miller property
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13

impossible in the past because of the
disagreement between the three men,
bers. Action against soft drinks sold
at soda fountains can apply only to
the drinks as they are shipped in in
terstate commerce. The government
police power will give DR.. Wiley op-
portunity, however, to enforce his rul-
ings in Washington city by confiscat-
ing impure drinks at the local soda
fountains. The pure soft drink
should contain only a pure fruit eX-
tract, sugar, spice and pure water"
said DR.. Wiley. IF had my way no
other soft drinks would be permitted
in the market The health of children
should not be endangered by the ar
tificial sweeteners, coloring matter
and flavors that are sometimes used
and the public should be protected
against the caffein and dope that
finds it's way into many Of the drinks"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. S. M. McNeel of Yorkville, i
relatives in Union.

Mrs. S. M. McNeel of Yorkville, is
visiting relatives in Union.
Miss Beulah Matthews of Glover, is
the guest of Miss jamie Wray in York.
vile.
Mrs. w. D. Glenn and Miss Josie
Carroll of Yorkville, are spending to-
day in Charlotte.
Mrs. Sallie Griffith of Charlotte, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. w. w.
Lewis, in Yorkville.
Mr.. John M. Rawlinson Of Charlotte.
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. w. w.
Lewis, In Yorkville.
Miss Minnie Stephenson, who has
been at the state hospital as train
ed nurse during the past five years,
has resigned her position and Is
spending some time with her faith
er. Mr.. ]. R. Stephenson, on York
vile No. 1.
Mr.. r. H. Mason Of the dairy divis-
ion of the United States department of
agriculture, was in Yorkville yester-
day. His business is to talk with
dairymen about butter production,
the care of cows, the care Of milk,
the proper method Of feeding, about
silos. best feeds, etc. He was in a
hurry yesterday and did not see many
Of the people that he should have seen !;
but he promised that he would be back
In a month to spend several days,
during which he would visit the
homes Of the creamery patrons near
Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-13
Alfalfa.

1t is conceded by all the farmers
everywhere who have had expert
ence and who know most about the
subject, that alfalfa is the most val
liable field crop that can be grown.
Alfalfa makes a complete and per-
feet ration for every kind Of domes-
tic animal, including poultry, and the
possibilities of wealth in an alfalfa
crop seem to be without limit.
There is no question Of the fact
that the alfalfa growers Of the west,
where they have succeeded in get
ting a good. substantial footing, have
very considerable advantage over
cotton raisers of the south.
1t is true that western lands, par
ticularly those in Texas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and other neighborins
states. are better adapted to the pro-
duction of alfalfa than are the lands
of the south; but because this is true
| it is not to be understood that alfalfa
cannot be proftaby raised in the
south.
In this connection it is worth while
to remember that cotton, that crop
which we have all taught ourselves
to believe is the crop of crops for
this section, grows to greater perfec-
ton and is produced more cheaply in
Texas than it is in South Carolina,
and we believe that those who have
been familiar with conditions for so
long a time will agree with us when
we say that after looking into condi-
tionS as they existed in South Caro-
lima and in Texas. thirty years ago,
a cotton expert of that day would
have advised South Carolina people
that for them to undertake to make
a living growing cotton was a useless
waste of time. The advice of such an
expert would have been based on the
fact that in Texas there is nothing to
do but to plant the cotton and culti-
vate ii a little until it gets a fair start.
while in South Carolina, under condi-
tionS existing then, it would have
been impossible to foresee the means
whereby such crops as we are now
producing could be raised.
Alfalfa can be produced in South
Carolina. It cannot be produced