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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-05-07
Real Estate Transfers

Lee NJ. Ray from Eben Hearne, ct
al, real estate on the south side of
Second Street. in Pocomoke City. Con
sideration, 500, etc.
Lola l.. Knox from John Knox, 2
acres of land. more or less, at the
junction of the road leading from
Berlin to Libertytown, in the Ninth
Election District. Consideration
Snow Henry Holden and Laura Hol-
den, his wife, from Edward Gardner
and wife, ct al, real estate on Bank
Street, in Pocomoke City. Consider
alton, SO, etc.
Archie F. Daisey from John +
Savage and wife, 80 acres of land
more or less, in st. Martins Neck, or
the road leading from Bishopville &c
the White Farm, in the Fifth Elec-
ton District. Consideration, 500.
etc.
George A. Etheridge and Norman J
Lewis from Farmers & Merchants
Purchasing Corporation. real estate
on the southwest side of Willow st.
in Pocomoke City. Consideration
500. etc.
Annie NJ. Livingston. ct al. from
Affria Fooks and wife, an undivided
one-half interest in "Standfast" oil
addition to Standfast," containing
100 acres. more or less, in the Seventh
Election District. Consideration, 81
etc.
Augustus A. Mason from Sarah
Becketts and husband, farm contain.
ing 20 lis acres, more or less, in the
First Election District, on the County
Road leading from Pocomoke City to
Wagram. Consideration, S400.
Frank S. Winchester from VIM. 7
Mason and wife, ct al. "Conveniency,'
containing 1883 acres, more or less
! on the westerly side of the State Stone
road leading from Snow Hill to POGO.
moke City, and about two miles from
Snow Hill, in the Second Election
District. Consideration, 500, etc.
Evelyn Taylor from Oliver A. John
son and wife, real estate on the north
east side of Laurel Street, in POGO
moke City. Consideration, 500, etc
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merchandise the possible
and shall continue do
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COLBOURNE

There will be preaching at Mt
Olive Sunday morning at the usual
hour by our pastor, Rev. !. S. Owens
Everyone come out and hear a good
sermon.
Mrs. f. W. Perdue and children
Fannie and Leroy, spent Sunday with
her daughter, Mrs. Zadok Sturgis.
Miss Beatrice Sirmon and brother
Elton, spent the week end in Sails
bury.
Mr.. Albert Fooks spent the week
end with Mr.. Avery Perdue.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Carmean en-
tertained a number of frineds Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. J. W. Dryden and Mrs Hettic
Figgs spent Sunday with Mrs. f. S
Carmean
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Timmons are
the happy parents of boy, who made
his appearance last Friday. May his
stay be long and happy one.
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STOCKTON VI. f. CHARGE

On Sunday. May Sth, services will
b. held as follows:
Wesley Church, Stockton:
Sunday School at 1000 A. NJ.
Preaching al 100 A. NJ. Subject:
MEMS Mothers"
Epworth League at 700 p. VI.
klej. Grange:
Sunday School at 2.l5 p. NJ.
Preaching ut 800 p VI. Subject:
prison Houses"
Grace Church, Franklin City:
Glass Meeting at $50 4. NJ
Sunday School at $50 =. VI.
Preaching at 100 p. VI. Subject:
MEMS Mothers" The Junior Order
United American Mechanics will at
tend this service in body in honor of
Mothers Day.
REV. w. l.. HESS, Pastor.
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CHINA'S APPEAL FOR HELP.

hnas appeal for help pathetic in the extreme because it
with little force There the other side of the Pacific
100000 helpless and children who have nearly
shed this world and pestence have al
their tolls and that the condition of
ny in which these millions live is such doom most
tragic Deaths help And they
that America cannot comprehend their need They
lien whose customs at with that the
verage perhaps excusabe he refrans from giving be-
he has been told the Chinese live practically moth
ng. 1t be that they but they cannot live absolutely
thing 1t is provide the almost ncompehensiby small mini
of food and clothing which will enable them to survive that
cas of the China famine fund making this week
cd in which they ask that their appeals for help shall be
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COME F!

If you can not visit our store
write. or phone. and Immediately
your order will receive attention
If not by messenger the first
mail or express will carry your
wants to your door. We try to
give the very best service, eX-
peditiously, at a minimum of
cost.
Our goods have always been
priced at the very lowest. con-
sistent with quality.
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STATION & WHALEY, Solicitors.
ORDER NISI.

James W. Hancock. mortgage of
James J. Givan and Sallie X. Givan.
his wife, ex parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. In Equity. No. 3l0S.
March Term, 1921. To wit: April
9th, 1921.
ORDERED that the sale made and
reported by James w. Hancock. mort
gage, in the above cause described
be ratified and confirmed unless cause
to the contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 25th day of, April, 1921,
provided a copy of this order be in
serted in some newspaper printed in
Worcester County once in each Of
three successive weeks before the End
day of May in the year nineteen hun
dred and twenty one.
The report states the amount Of
sales to be 400.
OLIVER ID. COLLINS. Clerk
True Copy, Test:
OLIVER d. COLLINS. Cler
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MIR. SHIPPER Z!
AND
MIR. GROWER /!

Are you satisfied on prices that you
have been getting for your produce?
Are you looking for a reliable house
that gives you square and honest
deal? DO you know that we are in
position to get you fancy prices for
eggs, chickens, Strawberries, and some
other country produce? Ship your
net shipments to
rETER LEWICKA & CO.. INC,
Commission Merchants,
3i6 King Street,
Wilmington, Del.
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GIRDLETREE NJ. f. CHURCH.

Services for Sunday, May Sth, as
follows:
1000 A. NJ, Sunday School. w. S
Townsend. Superintendent.
HOO A. NJ. Preaching. Mothers
Day Services.
300 p. NJ, Preaching at Corners.
Mothers Day Services.
800 p. NJ, Preaching at Goodwill
Mothers Day Services.
7.l5 7. NJ, Epworth League Service
7.45 r. NJ, Preaching.
You are always welcome at these
services.
d. b. PRETTYMAN, Pastor.
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ALL HALLOWS PARISH.

May s, 1921. Sunday after AS
cension.
10 A. NJ. Church School.
II A. ~ Holy Communion ct Holy
Cross Chapel.
7.3O Evensong at All Hallows'
Church.
REV. ALFRED LEE JONES, Rector.
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A WHITE TOMATO.

that all there was left to be invented in the
worthless one, but this year two distinct
i striking of which is a white tomato.
'7cts of the ordinary tomato, except
white. John Baer seems the
be ause of the profusion of
S, which are of the round,
Earliana, but a much
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are added to our stock of popular
fiction as soon as published. The
best stories of the year-the
most popular works of late
authors are all here and the
prices are popular too.
TAKE A KODAK WITH YOU
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Your speedometer tells you
how far you went-a Kodak tells
you where you went and what
you saw. The pleasure of the
trip can never fade with clean
cut Kodak pictures to refresh a
laggard memory.
Better take along a generous
supply of film. We have a COM
plete assortment, autographs
and non-autographic, and it is
all kept under proper conditions.
KOdaks from S9.49 up
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
LID NOT SERIOUSLY TILTED.

The very radical change the regulations governing the pre-
scpon Of beer and wine by physicians while deprecated by many
radical prohibition advocates has been hcraed by Others the
death blow any hope that might have been entertained Tor the
reinstatement of beers and light wues legitimate beverages be
sold as before the eighteenth amendment adopted
Allowing the prescription of these articles by physicians
the ground depng anyone of their where they can be
anyway beneficial and they must be purchased in quantities,
the greatest objection their saeust for social bcyer
age removed OF the prescription regulation for both
beer and wine will be abused by physicians just the writing
wkcy prescriptions has been but responsibility has been placed
which repued hysica will disregard lightly consider
But the regulation puts the saloon and the serving of beer and
wine in public places further beyond the range of possibility and
after all these the greatest evils Few will
undue amont OF beer wine in the privacy his home Like
Whiskey while occasional usociabc individual be
who will get lonesome bat the great evil ease
with which liquor obtained and the purely socabc phase
the old days many into saloon get drink beer
vine whskey what found OF kindred spirits and
scwed He would have burlcncd stomach
with the load il left his icnaonS viii he he liable To do
under prescription regulation The old objection the ncces-
siy of buying i'll quantity deprycS poor extent
Of course still prevails but really necessary under the the guam
t IS not SO great that many viii suffer by deprivation
70 the old saloon and miscellaneous retailing however gone
all time and comparatively few people would them back if they
could
In view Of the effort required the beer
the manner in which viii he served and used imagine that
the lid will be found not have been lifted high people
who much alarmed imagine.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
VANISHING AMERICAN FAMILIES.

Following the usual course the rcau
time gives TO the public information which gathered at the
previous enumeration It IS probably better than withhold all
information and then upon the public in one po1fero
volume or SCI Of volumes Among the bits given
QUITS that with regard to the diminishing size Of American families
The 1920 census takers found that the average number persons
was As whereas in the number as and in 1880 forty
years Previous there five persons to the family Following
nc same ratio by the time the nest report made the number may
he down to an even our loss Of person family in
half century
The report for shows that the nations population was
grouped INTO 2435T676 families residing in 2o672o4 DWELLINGS,
an average q 81 persons TO dwelling. The bureau con
Sdcrs family to be any group of persons whether kin
50 on& as they are living together household Thus person
Nng alone IS family also those residing an
institution q some sort Ec boarding school, regardless of the
number as shown by the report the average families was
inc largest III the Southern and the smallest the Western
states while the number persons 10 dwelling was the greatest
IN New ngand and the middle Atlantic and the smallest
the Western states.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
Today's Markets
WHEAT SHOWS NEW
STRENGTH ON MARKET

Chicago, oct with receipts
falling of and the United States yisi
bic supply decreasing wheat today do.
yeloped fresh strength. Bulls contin.
ued also to find encouragement in
opinions that the railroad strike
mlsht Ice settled BESIDES the fact
as noted that British and Argentine
quotations showed complete re-
Spouse Co y,stordJ.s advances. After
opening at &c of to &c gain Dec.
$ldS to $l0SH and May S1124 to
$ll2i2 the market scored a material
upturn all around althO Il temporary
sag interviewed
Corn and oats moved up with wheat
In corn the opening which varied
from unchanged tiGgurcs to lsc lower.
Doc 4f3sc TO fSc, as followed by a
moderate general advance
Oats started unchanged TO nc high
or Dec 323sc and then scored fur-
thcE gains Provisions were nominaliy
weak with hogs.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
Local Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs, I'D Tanquary and Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Green. all OF Marshall
county and Miss Mary Mollitt were
over Sunday guests at the home o!
Eugene MofTitt and daughter on BluIl
/ street. ~"
/ Mr.. and Mrs. j.. j. Morrissey Of OF
tawa were guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs r. r. White of Broadway
| yesterday. fu
/ Misses Emma and Maud Hill went
to Chicago yesterday to visit friends
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barker and
Mr. and Mrs Ed Murphy drove tc
! Seneca yesterdayto visit friends.
Miss Adds Marsh and Mrs. William
DAILY went to Chicago this morning tc
attend a state meeting Of the Mission
airy Union Of the congregational
church Florence Marsh also went t.
visit friends in the city.
| Mrs. Sylvia Thompson, who has re
! turned from the w. G. T. u. conyen
speaks enthusiasticall of the work
and prospects for the coming year
| Enforcement of law and the rousine
of public sentiment to that purpose
will be the line of work the coming
year.
| Miss Sue Daggett, who has been
visiting friends in Chicago and Mil
| waukee. has returned home.
! Mrs. William Battles and son Cut
It's and A. f. Smith, who have been
motoring in Ohio, visiting relatives,
returned home last evening.
Ben Veshey OF Braceville has pur-
chased three lots on the corner OF
Pearl ana Canal streets, south of the
canal, and is here with the lumber
taken from houeS torn down III
Standard. He proposes to erect
three houses on the lots and will
commence work Immediately.
Mrs Willis Bingham is delegate to
the state convention of the Pythian
Sisters, held in Peoria this week, and
started this morning, accompanied b.
Mrs. George Fisher, for that city
w. Fl. Kilmer of Waverly, Iowa, who
accompanied the body Of his brother,
Roy Kilmer, here for burial in Seneca,
visited his daughter Mrs Bertha Sig
Ter, for several days before returning.
II is fourteen years since he was here
before, and there were many changes
and improvements to examine and
talk over
Mrs. Harry Schenck of Valparaiso
Ind is visiting her aunt, Mrs. John
Sigler Of Illinois street, this week.
The high school senior and sopho-
more classes have a. masquerade on
Saturday night to give play for hal
loWeen ideas.
Mrs. John Adler of Washington
street entertained Mrn. Mary r. Greg
ory Of Elgin' overnight Mrs. Gregory
is due at Kankakce today, and took
the early car for Joliet, as the begin
ming of her Journey
A card from Mrs. Julina Hayes
states that she arrived safely in kai,'
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
Wan Street

New York, oct o. Foreign oils,
especially the Mexican group were
buoyant at the opening of today's
stock market Mexican Petroleum rs
ia result of it's aemiannual statement
.of earnings, made an early gain Of 5N
points Initial dealings in that stock
included one lot Of 1000 shares at
Sl0GH to sos against yesterdays
final price of $l031a Pan American
Petroleum, general Asphalt and Hous-
ton Oil were ] to ~ points higher
Rails made Indifferent response to
latest Developments io tho labor situ-
alton altho coalers showed decided
firmness. The usual industrial lead
ers registered only nominal changes.
Exchange on London was At it's biah-
est quotations in sig months and that
German mark atrenvthoned.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
ELTON BRUMBACH, OLD
RESIDENT, is DEAD

Elton Brnmhach, an old and re
Spccted resident OF this city, died yea
tcrday about half past . o'clock ut hi
residence an Washington street from
an attack OF neuralgia of the heart.
Mr.. Brumbach was born on the OLD
homestead IN Rutland township IN
1871. and was therefore II years old
ut the time OF his death llo was mar.
ried to Cordelia Cate in Ottawa on
Jan. 3, 1867, There was born Of this
marriage two children. Mrs. Bela
Long and pnrton Bumbach, who sur.
Viye him.
Mr.. Brumbach moved to Marselles
twenty years ago last spring and had
resided here ever since.
He Is survived by his widow his
daughter, Mrs. Walter Long of the
north prairie; Burton BrumbaCh, who
resides on the old homestead in Rut-
land township, and one sister Almira
Brumhach, who resides on the old
Theodore Brumbach farm in Rutland
township
Funeral services will be held at the
house at o'clock tomorrow after.
noon, Rev. o. A. Burton otliciatine.
and burial will be in the Brumbach
cemetery in Rutland township, north
Of the city.
In the death of Elton Brumbach one
Of the Oldest and most respected ma
tive residents of this county has been
taken away and large circle OF
friends will mourn his loss.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
w. r. c. Inspected.

The Woman's Relief Corps held d
ppecial meeting on Monday afternoon
for the convenience of their inspector
Mrs. Mary 4. Gregory of Elgin. The
hookkeepor was so efficient and the
women, especially the officers. were
so well drilled that but little criticism
was made.
After the business session was CON
cluded the women adjourned to the
dining room where sandwiches, cake
of several different kinds and coffee
and cream were served
Brief addresses were made by sew
eral of those called up, the absent
and sick were recalled to memory, and
after rising vote of thanks to the
inspector for her efficient thorough
ness and kindly criticism, the women
adjourned, hoping next year would
bring as pleasant an official.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
LOCAL MARKETS
WOMAN WHO FORGED
F. R. NOTE SENT TO
PRISON THREE YEARS

New York. Oct. % Mrs, Emma
Richardson Burkett of Hillsdale, Ind
today was sentenced to the peniten.
tiary for forging the Endorsement of
Theodore Roosevelt to note for
100000. The length of her sentence
is limited TO three years
The note was purported to have
been signed by Charles j. Shunson
who Mrs. Burkett claimed was a
Rough Rider. She testified during
the trial that an uncle had left her
fourteen bags of gold and that she
loaned the money to Roosevelt for
eight years at s per cent interest dur.
ing the Progressive convention in
1912 Handwriting experts testified
that the eolone1's name had been writ
ten by Mrs. Burkett.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
COUNCIL HOLDS AN
INTERESTING SESSION

me city council met last evening In
the city han and the full membership
were present and transacted rcutin1
business, after which they heard John
rope, who had claim against the
Guy Tor an accident TO himself and
VIE which happened last spring by
reason of u tractor working ON the
street frightening his horse to run
away with himself, wife and child IN
TIE buggy, throwing his wife out on
~ the pavement. breaking couple of
ribs, and throwing himself out and
! cutting his head.
The council promised to take the
matter M at an early date and come
| To an understanding as TO the measure
| Of damages.
The council debated putting q rail.
ing on a culyert on Young street and
/ decided that 1t should be done To pro-
tect that place from accidents
\ complaint was made of rubbish
and garbage being dumped on the old
O'Neil property on Commercial street
Tho clerk Wls instructed TO notify the
people doing so tC cease committing
tho nuisance and remove the stuff al.
ready dumped
RepaintinE OF the canal bridge was
taken up, and 1t was decided to paint
II the same color as that used on the
river bridge, and the Girdoro dividing
the roadway from the sidewalk
should hc painted white on each end.
80 as TO prevent automobiles from run.
ming on IT, as has happened in the
past.
Construction Of permanent rail- /
ing along the sidewalk along Hunter. |
Allen d Co.'S place Of business was I
referred to Commissioner Kchrt. with !
instructions to have Hunter. Allen X !
&C. erect permanent railing there.
The question OF repairing the brick |
BERN in front of NJ. -. Wolfcs place /
OF business was discussed and the !
city clerk was instructed to notify the !
water and light company to repair il. !
as they are the party who removed |
the brick to lay pipes into Mr. Wolfe's |
place of business.
Numbering of streets was discussed, |
and in that connection City Engineer
Irwin. who was present, presented a
plat showing new plan of number
ing, putting tho lots into twenty-five
foot sections. thus placing two mum
bers to Il fifty foot lot and three num-
bors to a sixty foot lot and ether mum
bers in proportion. The council dis
cusscd this at considerable length and
compared it with the previous plan of
the lots in ten foot sec.
tons. thus being oIhal multipos of
a hundred.
1t was finally decided to ascertain
how many houses in the city are al
ready numbered, and then decide at
the next meeting which plan would
be better City Engineer Irwin said
either plan is feasible,
The council also discussed ordering /
the posts to place at the street cor
ners to place thereon the street
names. and Commissioner Kohrt will
report at the next meeting how many
posts will be needed
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
PEORIA MURDERER
FOUND DEAD IN CELL

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct 25.-The body OF
George Hath. 70. church janitor under
indictment for killing Miss Elnora
Laut, his former housekeeer because
he believed the woman and male
companion were attempting to deprive
him of the little home in which he
lived was today found suspended from
his cell door in the county Jail Hath
had tied underclothing about his neck
and the gratings of the door, and then
slowly strangled himself to death
while in sitting posture the position
Of his body indicating He had been
dead several hours when found
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25

G. B. Rounds transacted business
in La Sale yesterday.
Mrs. j. S. Geen was an Ottawa Wis
itor yesterday.
The Ladies' Community Aid viii,
have an all day sew Wednesday, Oct.
20, at the home Of Mrs. Sam Stadden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Cary and Miss
Margaret CLANCY motored to Peoria
Sunday.
Mrs. Josephine Etzbach and sister.
Mrs. Louis Tanning, from st, Paul.
went to Chicago yesterday, to be gone
few days.
Mrs. Matte Phelps. who has been
visiting her sister Mrs josephine
Dawson, left for her home in Albu-
querque, \. NJ. Sunday night.
A Knights of Columbus banquet was
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
e UTICA -

held at the Auditorium in Ia Sale
Sunday evening. A number of the
Utica knights attended.
A. e. Pruess returned home from
Chicago Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Pat Murphy from La
Sale visited at the home of the lat.
ter's father Robert Condron. Sunday.
Mra w. E. Crosiar and children and
sister, Miss Mmnye CLANCY. and Dale
Baker motored to Marseilles Sunday
Mrs. Alice Wheeler. Mrs, H. w
Fowlie,, Mrs. Bess Huffstodt, Miss
Eiisabeth Fuller motored to Spring
Valley Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. LOUIS Larson from ottawa is
visiting her mother, Mrs Swanson.
Miss Hazel Swanson from Chicago
is visiting her parents.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
Masquerade.

The Main Street Girls will hold a
masquerade party at the American
Legion Hall Thursday, October 9th,
at 1880 sharp Each member please
invite at least one guest and notify
Coda Miller by Wednesday noon Of
your acceptance. Each person please
bring cup, fork and scissors
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-25
Same erthday-same Celebration.

Willard Dix and Gilbert have the
same birthday. so their felix's arranged
for a celebration of the date by hay
ing a number of friends drop in to the
Dix residence last evening to assist
the young men in remembering the
fact. Pumpkin pie, homemade bread
and coffee to keep one awake were
served the gentlemen present ami
cards'and cigars furnished amusement
for the rest of the evening,