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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-06-11
UPSHUR & UPSHUR, Solicitors.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Harry J. Cropper vs. The Mutual
Fish Company, Corporation.
Ordered this 18th day of May, in
the year 1921, by the Circuit Court for
Worcester County, Maryland, in Equ-
ity, that the Receiver in the above
cause named give notice to all persons
having claims against The Mutual
Fish Company, corporation, to file
their claims. properly authenticated,
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Worcester County at Snow Hill, Mary
land, on or before the 9th day of
June. 1921, by causing copy of this
o,der to be published in some news
paper published in Worcester County
once week for three successive
weeks before the Goth day of June,
next.
JOSEPH l.. BAILEY,
Judge.
FRANKLIN UPSH UR, Receiver.
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THURSDAY
July 7th, A. D., 1921
AT 2.aO O'CLOCK. P. NJ.

all those tracts, parts of tracts or
parcels of land situate in SyncpuXent
Neck in the Third Election District of
Worcester County, Maryland, called
Gcnezer. Pleasant, Mayfield and Gosh
en- or by whatsoever name or names
the same may be known or called,
containing approximately six hundred
acres be the same more or less, of
which about two hundred acres are in
woodland, about two hundred acres in
marsh and the balance in orchard
aggrcgating about sixteen thousand
trees. the majority of which are APP
plies, being the same lands which We're
conveyed to the said Bay View Or
chard Company. by Della X. Powell
and William b. S. Powell. her husband,
by deed dated February 27. 1918. re-
corded among the land records of
Worcester County in Iibcr 0. u. {.
No. 10, folio 93.
About $3.50 of these trees were
planted in 1912, 1000 in 1919. and
5000 in 1915.
This is very desirable orchard
proposition and the particular atten-
tion of orchardSt> is called to the
sale.
The personal property of the bank
rupt will be sold on the premises the
following day, of which separate and
due notice will be given.
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1921 Tax Rate $1.4O
Reduction of 10 Cents
From Last Years Rate

County Commissioners the levy for 1921
last Tuesday The rate $i0 which 10 cents less than the
rate last year
The reduction made possible because of the downward trend
expenses which will the county does individuals
year county had of S22 35 This year the
county will have revenue of S20S,
The expenditures levied follows
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SATURDAY
July I'd, A. d. 1921
AT 1.a0 O'CLOCK. 2. NJ.


all that piece or parcel of ground and
premises situate and lying in the
Third Election District of Worcester
County, State of Maryland. and in the
town of Berlin, and beginning for the
same at boundcr on Franklin Ave
nue. on the line of the lot of the said
Horace J.. Mitchell and Alfred +.
Powell and from thence running in a
Southeasterly direction by and with
the land of the said Alfred +. Powell
2i6a feet to bounder on the line of
the said Mitchell and the land of Rob-
crt S. Adkins. thence southerly by and
with the said Adkins land 6li feet to
the line of Alfred +. Powell to a
bounder, thence northwestwardly by
and with said Powell land 235i feet to
a bounder on Franklin Avenue, and
thence westwardly with said Franklin
Avenue 65 feet to the bounder. the
place of beginning; being the same
real estate which was conveyed to the
said Horace J. Mitchell by the said
Alfred f. Powell and wife by deed
dated March llth, 1911.
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STATION & WHALEY. Atty's-at-Law
Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
Orchard Property

BY virtue of an order Of the Honor
able John c. Rose, passed in the mat
ter of Bay View Orchard Company
bankrupt. the undersigned Trustee of
the said Bay View Orchard Company,
will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder in front of the Atlantic
Hotel in Berlin. Worcester County,
MARYLAND,
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WIN. G. KERBIN. Attorney-at- Law.
Bankrupt Sale
or VALUABLE
Personal Property!

BY virtue of an order of the Hon.
John C. Rose. Judge of the District
Court of the United States for the
District of Maryland. passed in the
matter of Robert +. Givan, bankrupt,
the undersigned trustee will sell on
the premises, where the said Givan
now lives. near Newark, Maryland
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-06-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

The creditors of Bay View Orchard
Company are hereby notified that the
sale of the real estate Of the bankrupt
will take place aS above stated.
+. W. c. WEBB,
Referee.
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PISTOL AND A WHIP.

"You say you have been an animal
trainer for 20 years ?"
ayes, Your Honor"
"And yet you tell me you can't con-
troll your wife"
81 might be able to do it. Your
nor, if the law would allow me TO
the same kind of implements"
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EASY METHOD.

have a pleasant way with bill
4"
q comes from long practice"
lpecunious citizen.
hem away with a smile is
d keep your small change
nd tobacco"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-06-11

MIR. George A. Payne, of Chin
&C league, Va, was in Snow Hill on
siness last Tuesday.
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TERMS OF SALE.

$4,000 cash. and balance in three
months to be secured to the satisfac-
tion of the assignee. or all cash at the
option of purchaser. Taxes will be
paid to January !, 1921. Title papers
at expense of purchaser.
FRANKLIN UPSHUR.
Assignee.
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TERMS OF SALE.

A deposit of three thousand dollars
in cash will be required on the day of
sale, and a further payment of two
thousand dollars within thirty days
from the day of sale and the balance
in full within ninety days from the
day of sale. the deferred payments to
bear interest from the day of sale and
to be secured to the satisfaction of the
Trustee.
JOHN w. STATION,
Trustee.
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A. BOOK HEW ARD,
lille UEWARD

..est:-ASBURY C. RILEY,
: Register of Wills
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FRANKLIN UPSHUR, Receiver.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
PAY FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Food for thought is furnished by
the National Educational Association.
at whose convention the proposal was
advanced. that teachers should be
paid on the basis Of preparation and
efficient service, regardless of the
grade in which they teach. A primary
teacher, under this theory. would re-
ceive as much salary as a high school
teacher, provided she was as well
trained and as capable. This proposal
will BE- regarded as revolutionary by
many who are convinced that teachers
in primary grades have a far easier
task than those in high schools and
need far less preparation for it.
But the trend Of educational practice
Is to lay more and more stress on the
Importance of sound instruction in
the primary and grammar grades.
and when one remembers how few
children attend high school. 1t is
obvious that the grade schools should
be provided with the best possible
teachers. for il Is there that the larg-
est part of the battle with ignorance
takes place. Baltimore Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
THOUGHTS or A @R0OM
FOR RENT

''I can't say 1 like these spells be-
tween rooners-I got sort of lonely
with nobody around. Always greas
for company. ! was-and I've enter
tanned some mighty pleasant people in
my time. too.
My last roomer moved out yester-
day. Guess that means I won't have
anybody in for three or four weeks.
remember one time I was empty for
Eearly two months got 20 miserable
that my boards began to creak.
Here's my owner coming in now
and with two young men, She's show
ing them how comfortable my bed Is
aid what big closets have. They're
fine looking young fellows-theyd
certainly make IL pleasant for pone
room.
II can't believe IL, They've rented
cne and paid a week in advance.
ever heard of anything like this-how
did they ever ind out about me 20
soon7
"Oh that's different. J just heard
my owner telling them that was the
first time she ever tried Room For
Rent" ad in the classified section Of
Every Evening.
II might have known that"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.

There can hardly be any dissent
from the view that the Commission
for the Reduction of Armaments sit
ting at Geneva under the authority
Of the League Of Nations has acted in
most admirable spirit towards the
proposed Washington conference Of
the Allied and Associated Powers"
There Is no manifestation of jealousy.
no suggestion OF rivalry; only a desire
to cooperate and generous praise for
President Hardings initiative are the
notes sounded by the commission
through its members. Viv1ani and
Fisher.
The commission at Geneva viii not
so out Of business. but 1t Will gladly
furnish the Washington conference
with all the data 1t has collected.
There cannot be too many master
minds working on the fornida BILE
question Of armaments.
1t is TO be assumed that the Wash
ington conference will seek to accom-
piish no hidden Interior purpose and
that ii will be what IL now purports
to be-a conference on th< most dis
turbing Pacific and Far Eastern aues--
tions and the Limitation of ornaments.
The attitude of cordial coopprat ton
taken by the Geneva Commission of
the League is possible for every one
IN America upon that basis, and il
is upon that basis that every one
in this country who has been friendly
to the League can give the Admin
lstration earnest support-Spring-
fields Republican.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
AN ENEMY TO SOCIETY.

A Negro, found guilty of selling
heroin, one of the most harmful Of
narcotic drugs. was sentenced by
Deputy Judge Lynn in Municipal
Court yesterday to pay fine Of s1OO
and to serve one year in the Work
house. This penalty was none too Sc
we're, and should be given to every
like offender whose guilt is clearly
proved. One of the curses of the
present day is the use of heroin, Co
caine and similar drugs among GER
tain classes. These drugs not only
destroy the win power and ruin the
health of those addicted to them,
but they cause the victims to become
almost crazed if they cannot secure
their usual doses. A man in such a
condition is more than brute--he
becomes a shrewd and highly dan
gerous criminal who frequently will
any crime, sometimes even
murder itself, in order to secure
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03

agreement known as the Mayfiower
Compact was entered into by the Pill
grims in the cabin Of the Mayffower
the text of which was that they cove
nanted and combined themselves to
gether into civil body politick, and
to enact. constitute and frame such
Just and equal laws. ordinances. acts.
constitutions and offices. from time 10
time. as shall be thought most meete
and convenient for the general good
of the colonie.
Q. Why was the Atlantic Fleet sent
to the Pacific Ocean? All.
A. The Navy Department says that
the Atlantic Fleet has not been moved
10 the Pacific Ocean. The Atlantic
and Pacific Fleets have exchanged
some of the vessels in the two fleets.
This was done on account Of the high
cost of oil on the Atlantic Coast. The
oil burning vessels of the Atlantic
Fleet have been sent to the Pacific
Coast where the oil is much lower in
price. and other vessels brought TO
the Atlantic Coast.
Q. What is there in a liquid form
that will not heat? O.
A. The Bureau of Standards saws
that they know of no liquid that can
not be heated
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03

the electoral votes, and the election
the three candidates ranking highest
are considered. Clay az automatically
out OF IL. lie used his influence for
Adams, who was elected. Later Adams
made Clay his Secretary ~ State.
which caused a great deal of comment.
The irsseibIe Randolph capped the
Gilman of this comment by declaring
that the appointment meant the com
bination Of the Puritan with the black
leg" When they fred the first shot
in the inevitable duel, both missed.
Randolph found his hot blood 40
cooled that he refused to fire again,
and there the matter ended. without
bodily harm TO either.
Dueling has been frowned down
almost everywhere now. Occa sionslly
a duel will occur in France. but fatal
results rarely follow. German army
officers and students have a dueling
code, but in the student duels. at least.
all vital portions Of the body are 80
protected that nothing can result but
few picturesque scars Of which the
bearers usually are inordinately proud.
In every state In the Union dueiing is
forbidden, with various penalties
ranging from death TO disqualified
tiou for public office forever. In Texas
TO this day. the Governor on taking
oath Of Office. must swear ne has
never taken part in a duel.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest
WISDOM.

am rot wise In printed lore,
| own no nicely framed degree,
Sad strangers do not seek my door
To gather bits of truth from me:
When graybreads talk / stldom speak,
But when in winter or in summer
\ bathroom faucet springs a leak
] know enough to call plumber.
On many subjects | am dense
AND many things | cannot do.
/ have a little common sense
Perhaps enough TO see me through +:
| do not claim to know it all,
] gladly bow to wisdom greater.
When need paper on the wall
| leave il To the decorator,
/ drive a car and yet 1 find
Its secrets much too deep for me-
Mine is no engineering mind,
An Edison I'll never be;
F. run the car until il stops.
And when il viii not go send it
Without delay unto the shops
Where there are experts who can
mend it.
One need not try TO know IL all
One place is all a man can fill.
The paper hanger cleans my wall.
The. doctor cures me when I'm III
hold it wisdom-al although YOU
Perhaps this very minute doubt it
When there's some little job to do.
To hire a man who knows about it.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
UNIQUE SUMNER school.

Our lack of knowledge OF the cul-
tural attainments of our neighbors In
the Western Hemisphere would be
aughahie If IL did not so often lead TO
serious misunderstanding. Especially
do we need to know Mexico in other
than the conventional way. The action
of the Universary of Arizona this
summer In sending large party Of
taachers and students TO Mexico city
with the cooperation of the Mexican
Government Is therefore an excellent
move
This unique summer schooi--for it
Is duly forganized as such--left Tucson
June 81. stopped on the way at Mazat-
Ian, Queen city OF the West Coast .
centre of Mexican culture and let
ters, and at Guadala lara, with its
magnificent cathedral and Murillo's
Assumption" and finally reached it,
headquarters at the capital city. where
II Will remain In session until August
IL. \ course in Mexican archaeology
Is now under way, participated I'm by
Mexican authorities the centre of
study being the National Museum.
with its marvellous collection OF mono
liths the Aztec Calendar Stone and
Sacriiciai Stone. and the interesting
Indian Goddess There liz also
course on the literature OF Mexico
and Spanish America. under the direc-
tion of an American professor of
Spanish, supplemented with lectures
by prominent Mexican men of letters.
For their work the students have had
placed at their disposal the 200 900
volumes Of the National Library, be-
sides the collections Of the library of
the University of Mexico. On the re-
turn trip the members of the sum
mer school will visit Queretaro TO see
the cathedral and other churches, con-
tanning some OF the best work Of
Edurado Treguerras, the Michael
Angelo of Mexico" and Guiana juato.
with a panteon often compared to the
Campo Santo of Genoa.
All OF this suggests a picture of
Mexico rather different from that to
which we are accustomed. II suggests
that II We take the trouble we may
find in Mexico and other Of the ma
tions To the south OF MS intellectual
and artistic values well worthy of any
study we can give thern.--New York
I.ypufuu Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
CROOKED DEALERS FORCED OUT.

Edward McAteer, clerk OF the mar
kets, has begun war upon the bogus
farmers who have been selling cold
storage eggs in the King and Madi-
son street markets. A day or so ago
he ordered from the market place
such eggs and then selling them to
customers as eggs fresh from the coun-
try. He promises the city that this
practice will not be permitted. and
that any person masquerading as
farmer so as to sell cold storage prod
ucts there will be ordered away.
1t is not the farmers themselves
who are the greatest offenders IN
this respect. The majority OF the
dealers in the King and Madison street
markets are honest and honorable
men. who would not stoop To petty
practices to make a few pennies. II
is men who really are not farmers in
tne real sense OF the word who have
been passing cold storage eggs off
on the housewives. And IL is these
men that Mr.. McAtoer has ordered
elsewhere.
The King and Madison street mar
ket is for the use of farmers primar-
lily. IL is conducted so that farmers
may sell their products direct to the
housewives at prices which are fair
to both parties. If middlemen are al
lowed to intrude themselves in this
market its real purpose will be de-
fated. The strongest supporters of
Mr.. McAteer's policy should be the
farmers themselves. He is protect.
ing their good name as well as the
market baskets of the city when he
forces dishonest men to remove their
stalls.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
A DESPERATE CASE.

So many, many things, according
to our revolutionary diagnosticians.
are the matter with us as a people
that recovery seems impossible. We
read the long catalogue OF distressing
symptoms and wonder how the sufferer
can live through the night. especial
ly sweeping and pcSsimistic are the
diagnoses of the younger set. No dubie-
ties cloud their sanguine certitude.
Thou ailest here and here. they say:
and so little they leave untoched that
one doubts If any spot b. free from
the general infection. Puritanism is
a Cancerous growth on the social body
that ought long ago 10 have been re-
moved by the knife. The professors
are a pimply rash that ought 10 be
rubbed out with sandpaper moistened
with vinegar. Capitalism, herdism
Main STeetism. and hundred other
wasting diseases prey upon the vitals
Of the patient, and hourly his condi-
ton grows worse. The bedside bullet
ins give small warrant for hope. Yet
who is there that has not heard of
instances wherein the most desperate
ly ailing patient. abandoned by his
doctors, has ali at once begun ~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
Bcllicose Statesmen
by Frederic J. Haskin

Washington. August s.--Becontly
the proceedings Of committee Of
Congress were euIiyened by clash
between Representative Johnson, Of
Kentucky, and brother uf Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll. the Stacker who
has found sanctuary, In Germany.
"Ben Johnson" lis no stranger TO af-
fairs OF this sort. having figured
prominently In one some years ago
In which his opponent was a Wash
proportions. ON this occasion Mr..
Johnson sought weapon but was pre-
vented from doing any shooting.
Such clashes appear periodically to
ilven up the news OF the day. Tom
Heflin. now in the Eenate, while rep
resenting his Alabama district in the
House was one OF the principals with
Representative Norton OF North
Dakota. In a night on the floor OF the
House. and also took part in a shoot
Ing ARRAY on a Washington street
car some years before that
Mr.. Befiin was yorsted in the
short encounter in which he figured
on the floor OF the House. Relations
between Norton and Hefiin were very
strained, and came to head one
afternoon when Norton walked across
to the Democratic side of the House
and asked Henin some question.
which quickly led to a physical en-
counter. When they were separated.
Mr.. Norton had Mr.. Hefiin quite help
less. his rotund form bent backward
over one of the desks. This seemed to
satisfy both for there was no second
clash.
On Another occasion, HefIin reflected
seriously upon the Workmanship Of
southern gentlemen when he opened
FIRE on n Negro on a street car and
hit an innocent and inuffensive jockey
in the knee. One OF Mr.. Helms
brothers. a surgeon. came from the
South to attend the victim Of the
statesman's bullet. James X. Yarda-
man. until recently Senator from Mis-
sissippi, caused nation wide comment
by an attack on a Negro porter on
train. No action was taken against
either Hefiin or Yardaman.
Bob" Thomas, of Kentucky. like
former Senator Bailey, OF Texas
figured in physical encounters with
Thomas was undone
by mail sack over which ne tripped,
the newspapexrnan pershing himself
on the chest of the PROSTATE 1egis-
lator and having all OF the better Of
the battle.
The Bailey frscas took place with
the late Captain w. Sinkler Manning
who was killed In France a few DAYS
before the arfniaf prc vay signed Man
ming was husky chap, over six feet
tall, and the Texas Senator ~as not
able TO make much Of an impression
on him
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-03
WHAT 1T DID TO US.

June was the first fun month of life
under Mr.. Fordney's Emergency Tariff
Act. which wns aimed .-<particularly
against Canadian exports of farm pro-
ducts to the United States. The results
as now reported from Canada are that
this trade underwent some shrinkage
along certain lines, such as frozen
meat, butter. potatoes and wheat -four.
But what did the new Fordney tariff
do to- us2 our exports to Canada of
mowers and reapers fell from s5a.13G
In June of last year to s25, 1866 In June
this year; ploughs and cultivatora
from $3.50, 300 TO s2i.69s: commercial
automobiles from s502,S to s97 7,313;
passenger automobiles from Sf,271 ,4s1
To S703, 1891: locomotives from st1f,417
to $4,000; metal-working machinery
from s634. .333 To 1880: steel sheets
from s6o5. .755 to s163, ,so4; cotton cloth
from $2Ss, ,S6s to sl56.Ss2: cotton from
few items in a long list.
The South sold its support OF this
Fordney tariff for puny protection
on long-staple cotton. What does the
South think it gained by that i'm the
Canadian market for its cotton? What
do the hundreds of thousands of men
out of work in the farm implement
the automobile and the wire and steel
Industries think they are gaining from
this slap at one of the great outside
markets for their products?
In enumerating the points OF what
II terms "a truly constructive effort"
toward industrial rehabilitation within
four months, the White House failed
to mention the Fardney Tariff Act.
which had the backing of the Admin
istration at it's passage. The reason lis
beginning to be apparent.--New York
World.