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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-02-01
From Corporal Mitchell

ndcr date Of November 23d Cor
pora Frank A. Mitchell writes vcrN
interesting letter from France to his
parents Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Mitchell, Of Newark. He mentioned
seeing MoXlcy Gray, and eating sup
per with him. George Richardson,
another Newark boy. he had not seen
since August.
ION Sept. D. he writes, We hikcd
about Il miles, with full packs. which
weigh about 90 lbs. to the trenches.
rot 70 bed about 5am. The trenches
We entered were quiet. bat after
pending Il days there the excitement
began. Of course we knew something
was going to start, for artillery be-
gan to come up and get in position.
80 on the night of September - wc
Put on our battle pack, and prepared
70 20 forward. OF over tho top.
=" was detailed 70 stay with the
Captain. and neither Of u5 closed our
eyes, nor did many Of the boys
About midnight one Of The greatest
artillery barragc- that WAS eyer
known was fared. and continued un-
III uc went oHer. -tarted forward
at 6.l5 q M Friday morning, sept.
- and for five day, and nights we
wcre on the go One night found a
tree 70 Sit under, and that was all the
covering We had.
We left Hill No. 30l. where the
Crown Prince lost the flower Of his
army. The most talked-of town Vas
Mountfacon, which our division cap
turcd. Stone walls were about all
that was left Of it.
After being relieved Monday af-
ternoon, we hiked until Friday morn
ing to village where We rested about
10 days, when we were off again to
the front. this time at St Mchicl,
where We stayed 8 days. The Ger
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Rural School Notes

N Dorothy Shockley has been ap-
naa fill the vacancy at Browns
souool. caused by the death Of Miss
Frances Warren. Mrs. Robe Nc
Grath, former teacher OF this school,
had been substituting until a prop
erly qualified teacher could bc se-
cured.
Miss Walters. Home Demonstra-
tion Agent for Worcester County,
Who has been teaching sewing in one
Of the rural schools. will resume her
work next week, rs all schools are
open again, after having been closed
for several weeks on account Of the
influenza.
Mr.. Victor Bonneville has been ap-
pointed teacher of Merrill school,
near Pocomoke City. This is one Of
our rural schools having such a large
attendance that the Board Of Educa-
tion is considering the adysablity Of
making il two-teachcr school
Mr. Eugene pruitt, who j, Secretary
Of the Teachers Reading Circle for
Worcester County. has sent out a let
ter to all teachers in the county ask
ing that they send their names II
once in order that the books may be
ordered for the work Only twenty
one teachers have responded up to
date. We hope to enroll 4 hundred
per cent. Of our teachers for ,his work.
% please send your names at once
Superintendent McMaster has been
visiting schools in Atkinson's and
Stockton districts this week.
The arithmetic problems fol rural
schools. which Mr. +. |. Oswald,
County Agent. is preparing, vii be
riailcd 10 teachers nest week. These
problems will be sent out each month,
and We are asking all rural teachers
10 place particular emphasis upon this
work as We think il a most excellent
means Of Nitalzlng arithmetic Tor
farm boys and girls.
All teachers who have Red Gross
scrap books finished are asked TO send
them to the office Of the supervisor rs
soon as possible. Those who have not
finished them will kindly do 50 at their
very earliest convenience.
Group Meetings of rural teachers
will be resumed at once. Notices as
to time and place Of meeting will be
mailed to teachers in few days.
Miss Mamie Coffin, teacher at
Friendship school, has been absent
from school during the past two
weeks. on account Of illness. Mr..
Betty Long. a former teacher is fill
ing Miss Conin'- place during her alb
sencc
NARY Il, PrSEY.
Supervisor Rural schools.
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me

same.
cd for our sol
.o,c.s OF The kinds liked
j are the mos appropriate.
mo Eerln and the Friendly Libra
d. gica will forward any books received.
'c Address Miss Margaretta Purncll or
~ Miss RozcIle Handy Berlin.
For the good Of the County y
be hoped that as MANY women q pos
sble viii attend the women sessions
OF the Farmers Institute .u week
Child welfare wi. ~ anoa ae
= =, toq.ss created; and eeaI n.er4s.
shown now in the raising 3 nom and
school standards mas read to much
that is beneficial.
q not too early to begin planning
Is bette GARDENS, better poultry. and
q better airy products for 1919. Food
.ie will ,ate the world"
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CALVIN b. TAYLOR, Attorney.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Or
phans Court for Worcester County,
Maryland letters Of administration
on the personal estate of
HERMAN S. BAKER.
late Of Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof to the subscriber, on or be-
fore the 22d day of July, 1919. They
may otherwise by Law be excluded
from all benefits Of the said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate pay
ment. Given under my hand this llth
day OF January 1919,
NIRGIE K. BAKER.
Administrators.
Test. ASBURY c. RILEY
Register of Wills.
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-02-01
JOHN W. STATION, Solicita
Trustees Sale
Or VALUABLE
Real Estate !

by virtue OF the power contained in
. mortgage from Emory Aydelottc
and Margic T.. Aydclottc, his wife. to
Horace +. Harmonson dated Deem
ber 9th. 1916, recorded among the
land records Of Worcester County in
liber O. d. G. No. -. folio 507. the
undersigned Trustee named in said
mortgage, default having occurred
therein. will sell at public auction TO
the highest bidder for cash in front Of
the Atlantic Hotel in the town Of Ber-
lin, Worcester County, Maryland,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-02-01
JOHN ". STATION. Solicitor.
Assignee's Sale
-OF-
House & Lot
In Girdletree, Md.

By virtue Of the power contained
in a mortgage from FeliN Lake TO
Emerson G. Polk. dated August %,
1913. recorded among the land records
of Worcester County in Libcr o. y. G.
40 II. folio l2l, default having oc-
Cured therein. the undersigned as
signec thereof will sell at public auc-
tion in front of the Court House in
Snow Hill. Worcester County. Mary
lnnd. EOR CASH. ON
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-02-01
Tribute to the American Red Cross Is
Worldwide and Heartfelt
ENDORSEMENTS BY THE GREAT

General pershng-To the millions of whose he
hands the service, to the millions Of the
and poor throughout the country who have contribute
rfcd and even 10 the millions children of schools VIII
their part made clear that the relief and comfort @
by them through American Red Cross to the men in seryic
General petainI have just received the letter in
nouncc that commission Of the American Red Cross h voted
credit Of 100000 of the most needy fan ~
officers noncommssionel officers and soldiers. know thai y @
the American | speak in reality to the people OF the h
States NV thanks therefore, go your people and a1Y tus
to have to transmit TO them the ne I" u ae4 p
affection Of army The French troops will a anar F oh-
ably long time, but thanks to inter on many ae cares
will be dipaed and many OF the msiortuI y" oe HE ft
Surgeon General ireland, U. s. All American e. Gross has
performed thrce-fold function in the great war u s e hyau-
able ally of the medical department in assisting It % ~ he seS
wounded II has been the great agei q rescue 4Ha po !" '
unfortunate refugees who driven from taer ho uI '
by its at the railroad stations Hd Is Afta o 1o
wounded been the cheering, heartennG and ha @ o Guy a'e'
worn OF all these functions and services n Ho" m zen up
or abandoned medical department l e aeP q ne hea
Cross until the last wounded aeY re e a+ nae Inc
in their bles and camps during t co ' II winter
will need conradcshp and whoesc a IN"s = the heu
The carchers will be the @ p ION between
the wounded their families at h The re1a 90 must not
be left helpless until the elements OF nl tHf H united No"'
therefore, it is time for closer and 0non Ag ana larger
and Jealous membership for eah hed ross.
Admiral Sims, u. S. NJ 1fd people say, 'Nhy is IL
necessary 10 care for sick and soldiers ad sailors through
o,ytion like the American j? Why the govern
,t o tbe work. The fact is not capable OF doing
the the Red Cross does merSeicy turns up We Son
v not tbo facilities som legal authority to do all
o,ob ~ do The emblem Cross is two small pieces of red
ono oa ,ootlv across ea ut know this the only
hi of rel tame they've do things unhampered by rules
- nlo,;ons Whom o sick or wounded and need quick
action ubamperd and the Red Cross to the front
Secretary Of War Prior TO the signing Of the armiste the
rl of tho Amorico o was confined within home and neutral
aros ar within ares entente control Now its scope is obyiousi
nord 10 embro y the entire continent Of Europe ogeth'
with % norto The which confronts this great seryl
I'M -eased. / that all Americans will wi
* of healing and reconstruction ="
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In the matter Of Bryan Rounds,
ex parte.
In the Circr Court for Worcester
City, yland. 10. 29iS,
ancery.
# Bryan Rounds TO
to Bryan Peter Bish-
&c care and attention
Bishop to the said
and the affection of
1unds for said Peter
desire of said Peter
eli change having been
sidered. it is this four
january, 1919. by the
for Worcester County,
equity. declared thai the
II on the third day OF Feb
.ry. 1919, proceed to pass final
crlor and decree that the name Of the
said Bryan Rounds shall be changed
10 Bryan Peter Bishop rs prayed in
said petition unless cause to the con
rarv shall be shown on or before
7c said third day of February, 1919,
sovided that notice of the substance
"a object of said petition warning
persons to show cause to the con
ny, if any they have, why the
yer Of said petition should not be
ntcd, be published in some news
or in Worcester County once =
L for three consecutive weeks be-
he said third day of February,
and a publication as aforesaid
.opy of this order shall be deemed
appliance herewith.
ROBERT +. DUER.
7opy-.fest:
D. COLLINS. Clerk.
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JRY AMENDMENT PROCLAIMED /!

Washington January 29-FormaI proclamation by the State
Department that the National prohibition amendment has
been ratified by hreelOurths OF the States Of the Union and
thus becomes valid part Of the Constitution issued to-
day by Frank L. Polk the acting 1t will
go into effect next January 10th, 1870.
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Whatcoai N. {. Church
SUNDAY


Sunday. we begin our CENTENARY
STEWARDSHIP REVIVAL Campaign
and sincerely hope for the hearty coop
Grafton Of every member of the congre-
cation.
1000 a. m. Sunday School. Prof. A.
c. Humphreys, Superintendent.
HOO a. M. Public worship and ser.
mon. Theme: Stewardship of Prayer :
7.3O y. n. Public worship and sermon
Theme: - ardship of Souls.
Prayer ing every Wednesday at
80 p. m.
Special \ lsic Stirring Messages A
Saving Gospel in Homelike Church.
A most cordial welcome awaits you.
REV. l.. +. POOLE, Pastor,
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Jersey Cow.
Brood Sow.
Blacksmith tools and equipment Of
all kinds.
All the farming implements fatts.
wagons, carriages and harnc bo
longing to the said Emory Aydelotie
at the date of said Mortgage Blu ot
Sale
JOHN W. STATION
As rna
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Girdletree Baptist Church

GOODWILL
1890 a. m. Bible School.
No Preaching.
SPENCE
2 90 .. m, Bible School.
300 p. m, Pr ching.
As this il . On ST.
members ar.
REV.
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invited.


anu Com ssioncrs were in
lae dat an Wednesday, with
m.9hs present: Messrs.
lma v laley, Hudson and
t owing business was
Hennie Enniss out
hanged from NJ. 7.
hastings & Timmons.
dr William Mitchcl's outs
1e changed from ]. +
y. Ayres 4; Bro,
.o at the Clerk shall return
Al ut. & Sons bill for lumber
auo aa them that Road Engineer
Lam says it was nc ordered by
red that the people of the 9th
u Il be allowed to erect tcie-
ruouc line from the Mile Post to
nuats Gate, thence to the old Nassa-
0 .ngo Creek bridge.
Ordered to allow Wimbrow Bros
20 put up poicS III tIl' to"h VI Nh"i
eyNille for electric light wires.
Ordered that Claudia Ross's pen
sion be increased to 50 month.
Ordered that the treasurer pay the
following bliiS: f.
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ioI 'oao :" .aaao -
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1919-02-01
CALVIN d. TAYLOR. Attorney.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Notice il hereby given that the
subscriber has obtained from the Or
phans' Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, letters of Administration
on the personal estate Of
DANIEL W. BAKER.
late of Worcester County. deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned TO
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof to the subscriber, on or be-
fore the 22d day of July, 1919. They
may otherwise by Law be excluded
from all benefits Of the said estate.
All persons indebted 10 said estate
arc requested to make immediate
payment. Given under my hand this
ilth day of January, 1919.
IDA II. BAKER,
Administrators.
Register of Wills.
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Who was horribly frightened Of "au";
She s, complexion. through
fear !. Having hH9d on q
gas r'ue.
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JOHN W. STATION, Solicitor
Order Nisi.

In the matter Of Bryan Rounds,
cX parte.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Economic Conditions
Are Called Inadmissable

The brief third section on Luxem-
burg declares that the proposed eco
nomic and political conditions are one
sided and inadmissibe. The fourth
section deals at considerable length
with the Saar district. Germany de-
clares that the frontiers have been
drawn to include important Industrial
districts beyond the coal mines, but
even the cession of the mining district
could not be admitted. A supply Of
coal can be guaranteed but the total
coal computed to exist in the Saar
mines would represent a hundred times
the maximum French demands.
The population of the Saar district
is peculiarly uniform and has been at
tached to Germany for over a thousand
years, during which period France has
possessed it not more than slxty-eight
years. The people to-day are as Ger
man as they were hundred years ago,
when they demanded to be reunited
with Germany but on account of the
coal mines they are put under an abb
normal and unfavorable form of gov
ernmcnt, and since the armstice they
have begun to learn what they will
have to suffer
All this is to compensate France for
coal destroyed in the North, but such
a question can only be settled on an
economic basis, not by tearing away q
nationally undisputed territory and
degrading the league of nations by in
volving it in the transaction. The Ger
man government declines to make any
reparation in the form of punishment,
and still more emphatically declines to
pass on to individual parts of the
population the punishment intended
for the whole of the community. The
annexation Of the Saar district of
France would mean the creation Of an
other AlsaceLorraine, and Germany
claims that the whole question must be
nsdered
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Alsace-Lorraine
Called Mostly. German

The fifth section dealing with Alsace-
Lorraine insists that for the most part
this district is German, but admits that
according to present conceptions of
right an injustice was committed in
1871 when the people were not con-
suited. Germany has therefore prom
ised reparation, but it would be no
rcparation to cede Alsacc- Lorraine with
its immensely increased economic
wealth to France at once.
A vote must be taken allowing
choice between union with France,
union with Germany as a free state,
and complete independence. If the
population should decide for France
the present conditions must be modi-
fled as to the dating back Of the cession
and the question of nationality; and
if France Is to take over the results of
Gcrmanys effort she must equally take
over a proportionate share in the Ger
man debt.
A short sixth section declares that
Germany has never intended to shift
the frontier with Austria by force, but
cannot pledge herself to oppose a pos
sible desire of German Austria to be
united with her.
A long and important seventh section
deals with Gcrmany's eastern frontiers.
Germany has agreed to a creation of
an independent Polish state, but the
terms Of the treaty include in it a
number of totally German towns and
extensive German tracts of land for
military or economic regions without
regard to nationality or to history.
H. ~
applies to Upper Silesia, which has had
no connection with the Polish Empire
since 1863. The wishes of the inhabi-
tants have been clearly expressed by
the elections of the Reichstag in 1903
and 1907, when the majority voted for
German rather than Polish deputies.
In 1919, when the Poles proclaimed
their abstention from voting, 60 per
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16

with the Poles, and the German popu-
lation is of far greater economic and
cultural Importance.
Germany cannot consent to the sew
erance of East Prussia, with a Ger
man population of 100000, from the
German Empire. A connecting bridge
must absolutely be preserved, but Ger
many is ready to cede to Poland such
West Prussian territories as are indis-
putably Polish.
TIL cesson of Danzig, purely Ger
man town, is claimed to be in direct
opposition with President Wilson'S
principles. To make it free city and
to surrender certain of its rights to
Poland would lead to violent opposi-
tion and continuous state of war in
the East. Danzig must remain with
the German Empire. But Germany is
ready to make Memel, Konigsberg and
Danzig free ports, in order to secure
to Poland the promised access to the
sea, and to grant special transit facili-
ties under specified conditions recip-
rocally applied.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16

In the southern parts of East Pruss;.
plebiscite is demanded, but these A.
tricts are not indisputably Polish. ma
the tact that nonGerman Language l.
spoken in certain districts is in itso,s
of no Importance.
with regard to Memel and the al
joining districts, even the Lithuan;sn
speaking inhabitants have never shown
any desire to separate from Germanr
and the delegates state that in ~
whole territory there are about ssooo
Germans, as against about 54 900 Iithn
anlan-speaking inhabitants, who rsn
orally also speak German Memei ~
particular is claimed as a purely Ger -
man town. and Germany therefore DO
cllnes to cede this territory.
If any German territory is ultimsta
ly ceded to Poland Germany must nro
tect its former nationals. This Is nj,
the more necessary because the poll.
have not so far shown themsal,ss
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
cent of possible voters voted for Ger
man candidates.

cent of possible voters voted for Ger
man candidates.
With regard to language, the parents
of less than % per cent of the school
children have declared themselves in
favor of education in a non German
language under the new provisions,
and the Polish dialect spoken by con-
siderable part of the upper Silesians
is really mixed language, and does
not represent mark of nationality.
upper Silesia owes everything to Ger
many, and Germany cannot dispense
with upper Silesia, while Poland does
not really need it. The Upper Silesian
coal has supplied almost the whole
industry of eastern Germany, and last
year the output was 43,5OO,0O0 metric
tons. Poland in the same period used
about 10,500,000 tons, and the Polish
output was nearly seven million. Half
the deficit came from upper Silesia,
the remainder from the mines now in
Czecho- Slovakia, but the new Poland
could probably supply herself with all
the coal she needs.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Province of Posen
Can't Be Called Polish

The province of Posen cannot be
regarded as indisputably Polish. Ger
many is required to cede such parts as
are truly Polish, but the proposed
frontiers are based on obsolete stra-
tegic, not national, considerations.
AS to. West Prussia, the treaty gives
almost the whole of it, and even a
part of Pomerania, to Poland West
Prussia is claimed as old German ter
ritory on which the Polish dominion
of 300 years has left little trace. In
the district assigned directly or in
directly to Poland, it is claimed that
the population includes about $4,000
Germans against $4,000 Poles and
others who are not to be identified
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Demands Equal
Trade Terms

Germany demands that in the eco
nomic provisions she be treated on a
basis of equality and reciprocity, and
not in the one-sided way outlined She
agrees to freedom of traffic on German
rivers and within Germany, but always
on condition that there be no inter
ference with German sovereignty. Sim
ilarly with the renewal of treaties
lapsed through the war, she expects
recipi iocal treatment rather than the
assumption by the Allies of the right
to say what engagements are or are not
to become operative again.
The Germans refuse to accept the
trial of the ex-Kaiser or to sanction
his extradition from Holland on the
ground that no German subject can be
brought before a foreign court with
out established law or legal basis.
Similarly, she cannot agree to extra
dite other subjects accused of viola
tons OF the laws and customs of war.
instead, she proposes an international
court Of neutrals to judge the fact of
crime, the punishment to remain with
IT, national courts.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16
Says Germany's Position
Would Be DESTROYED

But the proposed treaty of peace
shows that Germany's position as
world power is to be destroyed in
every possible manner. Economic pro-
visions are cited to prove the intended
destruction of German economic life,
both at home and abroad, even to the
detail Of the confscation Of her cables.
During the war new principle has
been put forward, the right of self
determination of nations Speeches
proclaiming this principle by Mr..
Asquith, Mr.. Churchill. Lord Grey,
Lloyd George, Signor Orlando, NJ.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-16

war, and if the nations are dlsap-
pointed in their hope Of this it will
not be her fault.
CHAPTER 2-TERRITORIAL CUES
The first section lays down the
principle of the right Of self-determin-
alton in accordance with President
Wilson's fourteen points in his speech
Of February II, 1918, and the second
point in his speech Of July 4, 1918. The
German delegations claim that on these
principles the cession of uper Silesia
and the Saar district cannot be de-
manded at all, and that where terri
torial cession can be acquiesced in it
must be preceded in every case by a
plebscite with universal suffrage un-
der fair conditions administered by a
neutral power after evacuation of for
eign troops.
This section also advocates the prin-
cple of protection Of national minori-
ties under the league, including such
German minorities as may pass under
alien sovereignty. These must be
afforded the fullest possible cultural
autonomy
1t claims that the contested terri
tories of Moresnet and Prussian Mores-
net have German majority. Eupen
again is purely German and the Wal
looms are considerably in minority
in Malmedy. Germany cannot consent
in principle to the cession of such in
disputably German districts, and in
these instances a real plebiscite is not
provided for. Germany is prepared
to supply wood from the Eupen for
ests in reparation to Belgium, but can
not consent to the bartering of human
beings.