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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
]. SHILES CROCKETT
MAKES A SUGGESTION
Advocates Establishment OF A Gas
Plant In Pocomoke City In
Suggestion To Voters.

The following communication from
Cne of our prominent citizens, will, we
are sure, be read with much interest
by the people of our town:
March 25, 1921.
Mr.. Editorials the time for our
town election is nearly here, | wish
TO suggest to the voters the manifest
Importance of electing to the town Of
fees those persons only who will use
their utmost endeavors to procure the
introduction into Pocomoke City of
Gas for lighting, heating and cooking
purposes. In a town of this size Gas
has become a household necessity, so
varied are its uses, and in all of its
uses it is efficient, safe and economi-
cal. Our neighbor towns are supplied
with Gas; / am informed that they
use it in Salisbury, in Delmar, in
Crisfield, and my informants tell me
that in those towns they could not get
along without it. Is there any reason
why households of Salisbury or Girls
field may do their cooking upon the
quick, clean and economical Gas
stove, while the households of POGO
moke City must put up with the Wood
Stove, Coal Stove or Oil Stove of
years gone by, with all the attendant
drIldpery 7 am not ref1ectinp upon
any public action of the Town Off
GERS He who serves the public serves
an exacting and unreasonable and
thankless master. But | do believe
that the people of this town should
make this question of the introduction
of Gas the leading issue in this elect
ion and in all elections to come until
we are no longer denied the use of
this household necessity.
J. SHILES CROCKETT.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
MIR. WILLIAM S. QUINN
WILL GO TO HAMPTON
To Take Charge OF The Coston
Company Big Seafood Plant
In That City.

Mr. William S. Quinn, of Crisfield,
and one Of the best known young men
of the Eastern Shore, left his home in
Crisfield this week and has gone to
Hampton, Va, where he will reside in
the future. For some time he has
been connected with the Holland Ga
rage in the position of sales manager,
but "Bill" you know, is always look
ing for something better. He has as
sociated himself with The Coston
Company, large seafood dealers, and
will assume the management Of their
Hampton plant. Mr.. Samuel S. Cos
ton, president and founder of tEis
large firm, contemplates retiring
from active business and has secured
the services of Mr.. Quinn.
The Coston Company could not
have made a better selection. Our
friend Quinn has had large and varied
experience in the business world and
is especially well fitted for the posi-
ton he is to assume. For a number
OF years he was with the great Arm
cur company and was a great success
on the road. In all of his business eX-
reriences he has made good and we
are sure he will succeed in his new
role.
He is we'll known to most of our
people, having made weekly visits to
our town for years, and all of them
will wish him the greatest success In
his management Of The Coston Com
pany.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
JAMES CARDINAL
GIBBONS DEAD
Country Mourns The Passing Of
Great Churchman Who Was So
Greatly Beloved.

James Cardinal Gibbons, archbish-
q of the diocese of Baltimore, and
the second American to be elevated
to the Cardinalate, died Thursday
morning at 11.33 o'clock, at his resi-
dence on North Charles street, Balti-
more. He Rad reached the ripe age
of Sc years and was active in the SER
vice of his church until the end and
had served in the priesthood for 60
years.
The final stage of the Cardinals
illness began on Sunday. After hav
ing recovered sufficiently from the
failure of his health in November TO
be able to move about his home and
even to go out, the Cardinal became
very much weaker on Sunday and
was unable to leave his bed. His
heart action became alarmingly weak
and his temperature fell on that day.
Since that time his physician, Dr.
Charles O'Donovan, had been in con
slant attendance, but it was felt that
the Cardinal could not again manifest
the remarkable recuperative powers
v hich he had shown several months
ago. Under these conditions his death
had been expected any time since
Sunday.
Cardinal Gibbons was a lovabia
character and was held in the highest
esteem by Marylanders generally, ir-
respective of religious differences. Fl.
passing win be mourned not only b.
the citizens of the great city in which
he lived and by the good State &C
Maryland, but the other States of ou.'
great Union together with the ma
tions of the earth will shed tears at
the news Of his detah. for he was a
man of international prominence and
esteem.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
ROBBERS ACTIVE
IN POCOMOKE
Two Stores Entered Last Week
And Robbed OF Goods. Spec
ulation As To Offenders.
INVESTIGATION EXPECTED
TO BRING RESULTS SOON

1t has been some years since a
store robbery was reported in POGO
moke City, but last week outlaws of
this character seemed to take fresh
hold in our community and two rob
berries were reported. The store Of
G. w. Bunting Co., on Clarke ave
1ue, and that of Noah Gunby, at tho
corner of Fourth street and Linden
avenue, were entered by thieves and
relieved of small amount of goods
in each case. Entrance in each case
occurred at night and were made bv
force. Both of these establishments
are engaged in the bicycle supply
business and carry large line of re-
volvers, cartridges, etc. 1t was the
last named articles that the thieves
seemed eager for as in both cases re-
volvers and cartridges were taken in
large numbers. 1t is estimated that
the loss in each case amounted some
where around $100.
The authorities were at once noti-
fled and they have been investigating
nlatters ever since. There is some
speculation Is to who the outlaws
really are. Matters being closely
srrutinized cause some to think that
it is band cf young white boys whn
have learned to love firearms sport
and that they are bent and bound to
have pistols, ETC., at any cost. AS to
The truthfu!ness of this fact it is not
for us to say. We do know, however,
that such things have occurred in our
community in recent years and we
lad hoped that the lesson taught hao
been sufficient to curb it. And we co
hope that chose who have this idea IN
their mind are wrong in their specu-
lation.
But with it all it is not amiss to
call the attention of parents to the
fact that too many young boys are al .
lowed to run on the streets at night.
Evil is everywhere present and it
may be that some good boy, under
the influence of one not so good, may
he induced to do something that will
blast his life for all time to come.
The best l.lace for boy, always has
teen and is now, with his parents a
home. You know then he is out of
Danger Of evil influences.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
Young Ladies Will Open
Dancing School Wednesday

Misses Mary and Henrietta Som
merkamp opened their dancing school
last Wednesday at the Armory and
enrolled many young people. The
opening exercises were very interest
ing and entertaining to all the chill
,iren and their parents. The Misse:
Sommerkamp gave a demonstration
ef their method of teaching. They
Will conduct two separate classes for
children, one for girls from a to Ia
wears of age, in fancy and folk dane
ing, physical culture and interpretive
v ork. The other class will be for
toys and girls in ball room and round
dancing. All who have not already
enrolled are invited to do so on We'd
nesday, March Both. The charges are
s4 for entire course ending May 18th.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
STATE POLICEMEN
ARE ON THE JOB
Commissioner Baughman's Report
For Last Week States That
Fines Have Doubled.

Evidence of the activity of the new
State police is seen in the report OF
Motor Vehite Commissioner Baugh-
man on automobile fines for las!
week, which SHOWS a total of $3,66l
collected in 55 towns in the State
City fines amounted to $1,040, max
ing a total OF $4,69l.
These figures more than doublc
those of the previous week. Hereto
fore city and county fines have beer
running along about even as rule.
with the city usually paying a slight
u larger amount. Last week the
tables were reversed and the counties
outdid the city IN the matter of fines
The fines were for various violations
cf the law, among them being for
Laving the wrong kind of glass in
their headlights; using dirty and
swinging markers, having no mirror
allowing cut-outs to remain open and
operating overloaded trucks.
Pocomoke City's fines for the last
week amounted to $i72.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
EMPIRE PHOTO PLAYS
FOR COMING WEEK
Notable Film Stars In Variety Pro-
gram AT Local Theater For
After Easter Week.

Briefly sketched below is an out
line of the program of film plays
be seen at the Empire. Theatre next
week.
"The De1il to Pay" a powerful
mystery drama, based on one Of the
most amazing scientific discoveries OF
the decade, and adapted from the
well-known mystery novel by Frar
oes Nimmo Greene, will be shown on
Monday.
The attraction on Tuesday is
Thomas H. Ince's latest Paramount
Aircraft feature, "L'Apache," featur-
irg Dorothy Dalton. 1t is a story OF
love and adventure in the Latin quar-.
tel of the French capital. This is
said to be che best picture Miss Dal-
ton ever appeared in.
Admirers of Buck Jones evidently
Lave great treat in store for then
in his newest William Fox production
"The Big Punch" which is coming or
Wednesday. From the stout-hearteo
BIN in Gust Pals" and the fighting
cowboy in 1.-TWO Moons" Buck chang
IS to a tender but stout-hearted cir.
cult rider of the hills, who fights il
other ways than with the six-shooter
Viola Dana now has the role of &
chorus girl whose speciality is SHIN
my dancing. Advance reports indi
cate that the vest-pocket stars many
admirers will discover when "The
"The Chorus Girls Romance" will be
shownon Thursday, that Miss Dana
shakes a wicked shoulder. In the
Continued ON Page z
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
P. H. 5. STUDENTS
WIN in DEBATES
Home Teams Win Four Notable
Victories On Friday OF
Last Week.
PUPILS WERE DIRECTED BY
MISS EVELYN GARDNER

On Friday night, March 18th, an
lnterSchool Debate was held under
the auspices of the High School Puo-
lie Discussion League of Maryland,
which has it's headquarters at the
University of Maryland, under the di,
rection of Prof. c. S. Richardson.
Pocomoke High School, as men,
ber of the League, had two teams
q negative and an affirmative, chosen
and directed by Miss Evelyn Gardner,
head of the English department.
Those selected to represent POGO
moke's alternatives were: Miss Por-
tia Alderman and Miss Cynthia
Blaine of the class of 1921. Those Sc
lected for the negative were Miss
Elizabeth Tull of the class of 1921.
and Miss Olga Wulff of the class of
1922.
The High Schools at Berlin, Stock
ton and Snow Hill also had two teams
and debated, on the same night, the
same subject: Resolved: "That the
United States should adopt some sys->
tenn of Compulsory Military Train
ing"
According to the plan adopted by
the League, the affirmative team of
each school remained at home and de-
bated a visiting negative team. The
schedule of Friday night was as fol-
lcws:-
Pocomoke City, affirmative at home
vs.. Stockton, negative.
Stockton affirmative at home VS.
Berlin negative.
Berlin affirmative at home VS..
Snow Hill negative.
Snow Hill affirmative at home VS..
Pocomoke City negative.
The outcome of the debate was in
tensely gratifying to the faculty, stu
dent-body and friends of the POGO
moke High School, for our teams
were victorious, Pocomoke's affirma
tive winning at home, and the mega
tive winning at Snow Hill.
Pocomoke won another honor at
Snow Hill, for the judges in render
ing their decision, declared Miss Olga
Wulff to be the best debater of the
evening, and Miss Elizabeth Tull the
second best debater.
Pocomoke High School was the on
ly school in the county which had
both victorious negative and affirma-
tive teams. The outcome of the de-
bates being:
Snow Hill won debate with Berlin
affirmative at Berlin; Berlin's mega
tive won debate with Stockton's af-
firmative at Stockton; Pocomoke's
negative won debate with Snow Hills
affirmative at Snow Hill and POGO
moke's affirmative won debate with
Stockton's negative at Pocomoke.
We are justly proud of our two
winning teams, and take this oppor-
tunity of congrtulating them upon
their success.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
POCOMOKE CONTRACTOR
SUSTAINS INJURIES
MIR. Samuel S. Holland Falls From
House Roof And Is Badly
Bruised.

Mr.. Samuel S. Holland, on1 of our
most respective citizens and prom
inent contractor Of this city, fell from
a house roof on Friday afternoon last
and sustained serious and painful in
iuries.
Mr.. Holland had contracted to build
a granary IN the Eagle Mills lot on
Clarke avenue for Mr.. Raymond C..
Dryden and it was while engaged at
this work that the accident occurred.
With his force of men he was putting
4 galvanized iron roof on the build
ing. His position was. near the peak
of the roof and while thus at work
Re missed his footing, Sided down
the iron to the caves and thence to
the ground. The distance of the fall
in the clear was about ten feet and
fortunately for Mr.. Holland he fell on
smooth soil and he was thus probably
saved from more serious injuries.
He was taken up hurriedly and car
red to his home on Second street and
physicians were Immediately sum
moned. An examination revealed the
fact that he was badly bruised and
that no bones were broken except ore
rib. He received the proper medical
attention from his physicians and
since has been confined to his room.
At times ne has been in state of un-
consciousness but his doctors think he
will finally be restored to health, the
only thing against him being his age.
The accident caused much alarm
among our people. Mr.. Holland is one
cf our best citizens, is held in the
highest esteem by the whole commu-
nifty, and that he should be called up
on to suffer such an atfiliction, espec
tally at this time of life, is a matter
OF much sorrow to his friends gencr-
ally.
He and mis- family have the sympa-
thy of the community and all are hop
ing that ne will yield to the treat
ment of his physician and be saved to
many years of life among us.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
Miss Effie Hops Dies
In Cambridge Hospital

Miss Efrie Hope passed away
luarch 18th, after a long illness. She
is survived by her mother, Mrs. John
Hope, and two brothers, Edward T.
Hope, of Salisbury; and Coley S.
Hope, of Delmar; and four sisters,
Mrs. r. V. McCready, of Salisbury;
Mrs. George Groton, of this city and
Mrs. Edward Mapp, of Wacha-
preague, Va; and Mrs. B. i. Savage,
of Locustville, Va. Funeral services
were held Saturday afternoon at 3.3O
at the home of her sister, Mrs. George
Groton, of this city, conducted by
Rev. A. A. Bischell, of Cokesbury, as
sisted by Rev. J. o. Alderman. Inter
ment was made in the Baptist ceme-
terry.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26

The lime requirement soil testing
campaign rs conducted last year net
with such favor among the farmers
that it has been deemed wise by the
department to set apart the first
week in April as soil testing week for
Worcester county. The campaign will
be conducted exactly the same as
it was last year, except that instead
of having one day, a week has been
set apart.
In order to make it more convenient
is necessary that the samples of soil
be properly taken. With a spade or
shovel dig a square hole to the depth
of about six inches, lay piece of
clean paper in the bottom of the hole
and then shave a thin slice from one
side of the hole, allowing the soil to
fall on the paper. Lift the paper and
soil slice from the hole and proceed
to another place in the same field and
repeat the operation.
If the field is small and fairly uni
form, two holes will be sufficient to
give a representatiN sample, but if
the field is large and uneven it will
be better to secure sa. a.Aples from at
least four different places. The sam
pies thus secured from different plac
es in the same field should then be
mixed together and from the mixture
a half pint of soil should be taken for
the test. This half-pint sample should
he wrapped in paper or put in a clean
LIME REQUIEM
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
Mr.. Chris Phillips
Died At Williamsburg

Mr.. Chris Phillips, a former resi-
dent of this city and known to many
Of our people. died at the Williams
burg, Va, asylum last week and his
remains were taken to his old home
in Accomac county for burial. Mr..
Phillips had his faults (who of us
Lave not) and we are sorry that he
lad, but We cannot refrain from ex-
pressing sorrow at his death.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
SOIL TESTING WEEK FOR
WORCESTER FARMERS
Rules Here Set Forth For Proceedings All Should Take
Advantage Of This Opportunity.

bag and numbered or marked on the
outside of the package. The samples
from each field should be wrapped
and numbered separately, then all
acked together in q box or package
for shipment.
In ored to make it more convenient
Cor farmers all over the county, those
N the northern section of the county
will bring their samples of soil, neat
ly packed, to the Berlin Hardware
Company, those of the southern sec
ton will bring their samples to the
Peninsula Produce Exchange offices
at Pocomol1e, while those in the CEN
tral section will bring their samples
to the County Agents office in the
Court House. The County Agent will
then collect the samples from POGO
moke and Berlin and will ship them
all direct from his Office to the Mary
land Experiment Station, where the!
will be tested and results returned to
the County Agents office to be sent
TO the respective farmers.
Before the package is wrapped for
shipment fill out the slip at the bot
tom of this article, tear off, attach
ic to the sample, keep copy for ref
erence. This is important since the
result of the test will be reported to
YOU by number and it will be neces-
Sary that you know the fields cores
ponding to the numbers.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-03-26
Accon1ack County
To HaUe Concrete Road

1t is rumored that bids are out for
nine miles of concrete road to be built
at an early date extending from Tas-
ley to Rue, Va. This is good news
not only to Virginians but to Mary
landers as we'll and we sincerely hope
the report is true.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-06

ming, Jan 6, at o'clock. Joint install
lation of tribe and Pocahontas imme-
diately after meeting. Each member
may invite a friend, guests to come
at 5 o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-06
Cooperate with the Firemen.

Now is the time for New Year.
resolution in regard TO fire prevention
Therefore, be il resolved by us all
that we keep our cellars clean, ashes
away from wood, stoyepipes cleaned
out. chimney caps cleaned and secure.
ly in their proper place. Also, that
we will no more throw cigar or cigar
cite stubs carelessly away, nor leave
matches where children may reach
them. Furthermore, that before leav-
ing our offices and homes we will in
spect fires and heating apparatus TO
insure safety 20 ourselves, our prop
erty and our community, TO save ex
pense to our city. suffering or incon-
yenience TO any. and make If possible
the 1927 record of the Barre fire de-
partment even better than the past
year, during which only one real cost
" fire occurred With a firm purpose
of keeping this resolution until Jan
/. 1929, we swear corporation to our
FIRE department. Chief John Heney.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

Zane Grey's latest book, ''The Mys-
terious Rider" at Martins Book Store.
Price, $2.-adv.
Samuel Kingston and his brother,
| Paul, drove to Mortified yesterday,
where they will visit for a few days.
Regular meeting of the guild of the
| Church of the Good Shepherd with Mrs.
L. R, Rickert, Thursday evening, Note
change of place.
Joseph Bennett of the A. Tomasi
building has gone to Boston, where he
expects to secure employment during
the winter months.
If your overcoat needs repairing, let
us do it for you while this warm
weather lasts. All work done satisfac-
torily. Barre Cleaning, Dyeing and
Tailoring Shop, 1872 North Main street
Phone 1921. Walter Krinovitz,
Prop.
James B. Stewart of Maple Grove
street left yesterday afternoon in the
interests of Burke Bros. on business
trip which will take him through the
middle west. Mr.. Stewart is planning
on attending the Michigan convention
of retail monumental dealers to be
held in Owosso, Mich, on Jan. HIP.
Romeo Prario of Prario Bros, Mont
pelier grocers, and well known in the
Italian colony in this city, will leave
some time next week for New York
City, whence he will sail for an Ital-
ian port, while en- route for his former
home in Brelli Montainaio, Italy. Mr.
Prario plans to spend the next four or
five months in the vicinity of Brelli
Montainaio visiting relatives and re-
newing old acquaintance.
A program of wide range was pre-
sented at the Barre opera house last
night by the Orpheus quartet as the
third number of the entertainment
course arranged by the Barre Board
of Trade and the Barre Womans club,
and the singing was of high quality |
in whatever sort of selection the en-
tertainers chose 10 give. The four men
were rather skillful too as musical |
comedians and they amused the large |
audience greatly in their humorous Of
forts, especially in the barnvard bel /
low, although bagpipe imitation pro
duced hearty laugh. For nearly two
hours the quartet kept the people in
terested.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN


Basketball, Barre post, No. 10, VS.
Green Mountain post of st. Adams
Spaulding gymnasium, Saturday, Jan.
3, at p. m.-ady.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cook of South
Main street went to st. Johnsbury
yesterday to pass a few days with
Mr. Cooks brother.
Charles Carroll and Edward Brown
attended the banquet and ball given
by the Knights Of Columbus at Wa
terbury Tuesday evening.
Miss Nadine Sullivan returned YES
terday from Waterbury, having at
tended the knights of Columbus ball
there Thursday evening.
Theron Meader of Newport, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shea
of al Franklin street for the past
few days, has gone to Boston to re-
main a couple of weeks
The Times is pleased to correct the
spelling of the name of one of the com
mittee having in charge the pageant
recently presented at the Church of
the Good Shepherd. 1t should have
been Mrs. James l.. McGlafin.
Dino Valz has returned from short
visit to his parents former home in
Italy. Mr.. Vak. who was senior
at Spaulding high school this year,
discontinued his schooling to accom-
pany his parents to Italy shortly aft
er school opened in September,
A letter, written by Walter Wells
from Boston to co-worker of his in
the Granite City Tool Co., carries the
information that he has once more
signed contract with Uncle Sam in
the navy. He is the son of Mrs. Geor-
ginia Wells of Elm street. Mr.. Wells
had been employed at the Granite
City Tool Co until week ago, when
he went to Boston, During the World
war, he served in the navy.
A calendar that is more than. cal |
endar is being distributed by James
X. Pirie, the well known granite quar-
ry owner. 1t is picture gallery in
addition to being calendar, and the |
pictures are of Mr.. Pirie, senior, and |
his three sons, James G.. Prize, super
of quarries, Grover G. Pr !
ie, superintendent of construction, and |
Fred f. Prize superintendent Of ma
chinery. In the center of the heavily |
mounted calendar is a photograph of
one section of the Prize quarry proper
ty, showing a rich vein of stock TIE
is one of the most artistic
that has been gotten out by any 10.
cal concern in years.