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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-15
Entertain AT Bridge.

Mr.. and Mrs. Allan P. Schoolfield
very pleasantly entertained number
of their friends at their home on Wal
nut street, Friday evening of last
week. The affair was in honor of Mr..
snd Mrs. Mark DeHuff, of Baltimore.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs. Sid
ney Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. Norris M.
Young, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Ross, Mr..
and Mrs. Mark DeHuff and Mrs. Rob-
ert Lane.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-15
ANOTHER CHANGE
IN CLOTHING FIRM
MIR. J. E. Powell Sells The |. H. Mer-
rill Company Business To MIR.
J. W. Singleton.

Another important change occurred
yesterday in one of the largest busi-
ness concerns in our city. Mr.. j. E.
Powell, who about a month ago pur-
chased the bu7iness and good will of
the l. H. Merrill Company, has sold
the same to Mr.. ]. w. Singleton, and
the transfer took place yesterday.
The sale carries with it the stock and
good will of the company, Mr.. Powell
still retaining the building, but giving
Mr. Singleton term lease upon it.
The new proprietor needs no words
Of introduction from our pen. For
several years he has been on the sales
force of the Merrill Company and is
we'll and favorably known to the peo-
pie of our town and the purchasing
public generally. He has been in the
mercantile business most of his life
ard is especially familiar with the
clothing and gents furnishing busi-
ress. He is young and aggressive and
is in every way capable of taking care
OF the large business he is now the
had of.
The business will be conducted just
as it has for the many years past ard
will still be the |. H. Merrill Company
The same sales force will greet you
when you enter the store and the
courtesy that hos been shown so many
years will still be yours. The stock
has been replenished in the last few
weeks and is now complete in every
detail so that you will really know
10 difference from the l. H. Merrill
Company of old.
Mr.. Singleton, as is we'll known, is
a native of North Carolina, but has
been u resident of our town for a mum
Der of years. He married daughter
If the late Fillmore Merrill, who is
a relative of the late l. H. Merrill, So
this old business is still in the Merrill
family, where it has always been
since it's foundation sixty years ago,
With the exception of the few weeks
it was owned by Mr.. Powell.
We congratulate Mr.. Singleton up
or his purchase and predict for him
and the l. H. Merrill Company many
years of usefulness to this COM
riunity.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-15
Damages On Eastern
Shore Reported $25, ,665

The sum of 1866 to pay for dara-
ages done by the storm of February
15-has been authorized by the direc-
tors of The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, most of the
damage ccurring on the Eastern
Shore. This is one of the storm items,
amounting to 100000 fer Marylan.
passed on by the directors. Total new
work to be done in Maryland this
summer amounts to 100000.
This will provide plant and facili-
ties for 1900 new telephones in tn ;
State by October 1st.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-15
By Taking Twin Bill From Cam
bridge Home Club Secures Strong
Hold On Second Place.
Standing of the Clubs.
(Thursday night, July 13)

By taking a twin bill from Cam
bridge yesterday, Pocomoke has Sc
cured a strong hold on second place,
and are within few games of Parks
ley, who is setting the pace in the
Eastern Shore League. The games
today and tomorrow between these
teams can mean much to Pocomoke if
she can come out on the long end of
the scores.
In the last week, the boys repre-
senting Pocolnoke have won five Of
their last seven starts. Salisbury
handed Pocomokc a defeat last Fri.
day, by the score of 4-3, this game
Icing thinning affair. Gordy work.
ed against Hearn for Salisbury, and
pitched wonderful ball, being especi-
ally effective IN the pinches, but lost
out in the 18th. In this game, POGO
n'oke went 10 bat in the ninth two
1Uns behind, but showed the old fight
i.g spirit. Goldy, first, up, tripled,
and Wilson followed with another
triple, and then Manager Ryan, en-
p,oying the squeeze play, scored Viii
son with the tying run.
On Saturday, the local team trav-
eled to Salisbury and were on the
lcng end of the score, So. Bussey
Y. as on the mound for Pocomoke, and
b. winning, ran his total wins to six
with no defeats this season.
Monday and Tuesday, Crisfield was
defeated by Pocomoke, in two hotiy
contested games. Huse, recently with
Crisfeld, worked for Pocomoke in
Mondays game and showed his for
mer teammates what good left
handler can do, Winning by the score
IF 3-2.
On Tuesday, Philips, working his
first game for Focomoke, set Crsfield
down by the score sd. There were no
earned runs made off his delivery Jew
rcrs being responsible for Crisfield's
counters. In both of these games,
{ ordy was the big gun for Poeomoke.
IT, Mondays game, he came through
With home rim with zap on base
which won the game, and in Tues
days battle, two home runs by him
accounted for all of the local teams
lrarkerS.
After travelling to Cambridge We'd
nesday and eing defeated to the tune
Of 81, Pocomoke came back and took
double bill from the Gamers yester-
day. Both games were very close ana
full of thrills. Gordy, who threw
them up for Pocomoke in the first
game, was the winner in eleven in
rings, 3-2, Mcknight breaking up the
game with hot single TO center.
In the second game, Bussey ran his
total wins to seven, beating Shroll for
the second time that day, A to 3. The
visitors made bid for the game in
the ninth, but the best they could get
was one run. Home runs by Wilson
and Decker was the feature.
Parksley will be the attraction to-
day, and it should be a real battle.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-15

surprise to nj, friends and acquain-
tances in Cape Charles. For years he
bad been a member of the X. of r..
Lodge of this city and held that
membership to the time Of his DEATH
The funeral occurred at Cape
Charles Thursday afternoon and was
attended by several of his family
connection from this city.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-15
GOOD WILL NJ. E. CHURCH.

Sunday, July 10th. At p. M, Sun
day School, C. w. Blades, Superin-
tendent. 3 p. M, preaching. We'd
nesday July 10Th the Annual Festival
will be held. You will always find a
welcome at our church.
D. B. PRETTYMAN, Pastor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
FOOTBALL
BASEBALL
TEX RICHARD IS
BACKING FRUSH
Featherweight Championship Con-
test May Be Staged Late In
Summer

New York, Jan. 30.-Tex Richard,
fight promoter, has become interested
in the claims of Danny Frush on the
featherweight title now held by
Johnny Kilbane. Richard plans to
stage a championship feather contest
probably during the latter part of the
summer, in which Kilbane will have
q chance to displaye his wares.
Richard declared he was willing to
pay Kilbane reasonable sum for his
appearance in defense of his crown,
but that if the Clevelander became
unreasonable in his demands he would
stage an elimination meet and award
a titular belt or other emblem to the
winner and thus. ignore the Cleveland
boxer.
81 would like to see Frush against
some of the eastern featherweights.
If he does well against them I will
match him with Kilbane. Frush is
willing to fight for a reasonable sum
and I will cooperate with him. Kill
bane cannot expect all the feather
weights to fight him in Cleveland, nor
can he expect to have everything his
own way in a championship fight"
says Richard.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
task is ACCOMPLISHED.

task is accomplished.
But the thing that ] wan. to bring
to your attention is the fact that
had to call the game ar the beginning
or soon after the beginning of the Sec
end half because Of deliberate and in
territorial foul playing on the part OF
your team and because of the fact that
one OF your men seruck one Of mine
in the back of the head with his fist
and was to be allowed to continue
playing. should have called the
game before that but we had your
team bested. wirded and beaten and
thought that as long as | possibly
could, | would Let it go on hut I do
not allow that sort of stuff on the part
of my teams and ! am not going to
allow any team to pull it on mine.
Your men did things last night that
would have permanently disqualified
my men and out of consideration for
your own team to say nothing of mine
| am asking that yOu convey this let
ter to your men and your coach with
the information also that we are pro
testing the game and we had friends
in your own ranks that we had no
business to have. Men were standing
all around me who saw enough to dis
gust them and they were not afraid to
say it, Your team knows il as well as
| do and there is reason. | DO not
have to go outside OF YOUR own town
and your own people to find men who
have a fine sense of fair play. They
showed it last night and 7 am glad
that we still have few men in the
country who love fair manly sports
and who lCathe the other sort and
who know as well as I do that if we
sit back and allow a bunch of ire
sponsible boys to run us and them as
we'll it will not be long until we will
have no moral support in our school
sports and we will have then lost a
great agency fer good.
| want to thank the men who were
there last night that saw the situation
as it was. They wanted to be friendly
TO the home team but they had no
chance.
| am writing this letter to you and
to the Lakeland papers with the hope
that you and men of your standing
will help a few of us clean up our
athletics and get ii on a basis of JUS
tice and right.
For mere than twenty years I have
ben following school sports and last
nights exhibition was the worst
ever saw.
I am sanding a copy of this letter
to the State Committee with a formal
protest against the score counting
against us. We had a raw deal and
knew that you did not know it and
I knew that a great many Lakeland
people did not know it, Therefore
this letter and the information it con-
veys belongs to you and them.
Please take this letter and its sub
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
FLORIDA u. PLAYER
SIGNS WITH PHILLIES

Gainesville, Jan. 30.-Lance C.
Richburg, senior in the college of
agriculture at the University of Flor
ida, and probably the finest third
baseman ever developed at the school
has signed to play this season with
the Philadelphia Nationals.
Richburg was signed by the New
York Giants in 1919 and farmed out
to Oakland in the Pacific Coast
League and later to Newark in the
International. McGraw granted his
request for release at the end of the
season and in 1920 he signed with To-
ledo in the American Association and
was sent to Grand Rapids in the Cen
trail League, where the Giants tried
to claim him under the 1919 contract
and finally bought his release from
Toledo, sent him to Dallas in the
Texas League, then traded him to the
Phillies in the Rawlings-Stengle deal.
Richburg will report to the Phillies
this spring after the graduates and
after playing this summer expects to
enter the Veterinary school of the
University of Pennsylvania.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
BARNARD GOLF
TOURNAMENT AT
ST. PETERSBURG
(By John Lodwick.0

st. Petersburg. Fla, Jan. 30.-(Spe-
cial. )-Winter times banner sport
event will be held here the last of
this month when Americas best horse
shoe pitchers will take part in the
fourth annual barnyard golf tourna-
ment for the United States champion
ship.
The games will get under way for
one week Starting Feb 20 with stars
such as Charley Bobbitt, Frank Jack
son, Fred NJ. Brust, George May, Shan
non Bonifant and others equally as
good entered.
J. Todd Flower, of Akron, o., presi-
dent of the National Association of
Horse Shoe Pitchers. who is here ar
ranging details of the titular contests.
said today that cash prizes would
amount to $4,000 in addition to medals
and trophies.
Several of the entrants in the ma
tional meet have already arrived in
the Sunshine City," and are condi-
tioning themselves for the big event
by daily workouts. One of the stars
has established a training camp at an
island near here where his workouts
are held in secret.
Plans have been drawn for stad-
ium to be erected in Williams Park,
which will accommodate 1900 specta-
tors when completed. Five lanes will
be laid out in the pit of the big bowl,
on which the championship games
will be pitched.
No admission will be charged to the
contests and all seats are free. The
tournament is financed annually by
st. Petersburg sportsmen.
Charles Bobbitt of Lancaster, Ohio,
is the present horse shoe pitching
champion of the United States. He
won the title here last winter. Bob
bit is 90.
Fred NJ Brust, Columbus, Ohio, was
the first champion.
George May, of Akron, Ohio, won
from Brust.
Frank Jackson of Kellerton, Iowa.
was the next title holder and dropped
the crown to Bobbitt.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
GOLF FOR ALL AT LOW
COST IS NOW PROMISED

Chicago, Jan. 30.-Golf for every
one at a nominal initial and reason
able annual expense will be made
possible it was announced today by
the committee named by the Washing
ton Golf association to foster COM
munity links. This committee, COM
posed of Chas. Pfeit of Memphis, Fred
S. Borton of Cleveland and E. S. Rog-
ers of Chicago is formulating plans
whereby any town can start it's citi-
zens with a golf course with a small
appropriation and keep up the course
as well as extend it, as players re-
quire, without much additional ex-
pense. The original outlay, the COM
mittee has proved, can be made under
charge for recreation parks while
the smaller fee charged players, pro-
perly handled, can be made to take
care of the course.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
MOAKLEY WILL
NOT RETIRE YET
COrnelPs 5S-year-old Coach Still
Has a Good Deal of Fight
Left In Him

New York, Jan. 3O.-Coach Jack
Moakley. of Cornell. who recently cell
ebratsd his 5Sth birthday, does not in
tend to retire from active work. Moak-
ley declares it is only when a man re-
tires that he feels his age.
81 want to keep working as long
as I can get around he said, then
l don't have time to think about my
self. My experience is that we feel
pretty good when we don't have time
to sit around and think about our
selves. I never felt better in my life
than at present. This spring / ex-
pect to be so busy I won't have time
to think about anything but work"
Moakley is said to be an unusual
specimen for his years. Not only does
ne tell Cornell track and field men
what constitutes good form in compe
tition but he is able to actually show
them Moakley can run a hundred
yards in really creditable time. He
spends one hour daily at certain light
exercises and is a great believer in
strict adherence to a diet for long
life and happiness.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
PRINCIPAL DRAPER OF LEESBURC
VERY SORE OVER RECENT DEFEAT

and to the State Athletic committee in
sslf defense.
In the first place, when We went out
en- the court last night several men,
who seemed to know what they were
talking about remarked without any
reservation at all that your man Gil
lespie was what might be considered
Ia casual student if he was in
school at all. Remember. that I ac-
ccptcd your eligibility list and I am
taking your word. but just wanted to
call your attendtion to situation.
In the second place, we were to
play your team there on the same
basis they played us here, that is, we
were to have local expenses and the
winner was to take sixty per cent Of
the receipts and the loser forty. Your
boys met the letter of the agreement
perhaps but they limited our men to
fiftv cents each in the restaurant last
night while we put no limit on YOUR
fellows when they came here and we
paid two dollars Il man and some
r'Ore beside. I believe in men taking
care of themselves but l do not be
lieve in any such sharp practice and
IL tIlIS Is lHe SDlIlJ our SCHUOl am %
letics is engendering I think TIL
sooner we drop it the better I am
calling your attention to the fact thai
am looking after matters of this sort
in my town and With the boys who are
under me and if such things occur
once and it is brought to my atten-
ton it will not occur again.
Again. your men began the game
profane and ugly. They swore at
each other and at our men all the
time the game was in progress. Your
men used language that would have
disqualified any man I had. l do not
allow indiscriminate profanity and I
am here and now announcing my firm
belief that your school can handle
that matter in the same way that
mine does. I am going to stop it on
cur field if it takes an arm and I am
going to have both arms when the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30

The following letter has just been
received by the Telegram regarding
the recent basketball game between
Leesburg and Lakeland Hi" teams:
Lakeland Telegram.
Lakeland, Florida.
Gentlemen:
am sending you a letter addressed
to the principal Of your city schools
Prof G.. F.. Everett. which | wish you
would publish as much for the good
of your own home boys as for the
good of the boys of the state at large
The letter is self explanatory and
states facts which you can substan-
tiate. believe if you will take the
time and trouble to call DR. Rogers,
there. or | think that is his name, he
will be able to tell you something. All
l want is fair play and | am asking
you out Of the desire to secure fair
play, to publish this letter.
Very truly. s. A. DRAPER.
Here is the letter in full:
Leesburg, Fla, Jan. o. 1922.
Prof G. E. Everett,
Lakeland, Florida,
My dear sir:
dlll NIlllHS YOU dDOul SEVER dl llttt-
ters that | believe will be of interest
to you and will say in beginning that
] am sending a copy of this letter to
the state papers and your own hone
paper.
You will recall that I accompanied
my basketball teams yesterday to your
city for the purpose of playing two
games of basketball.
We played the game with the girls,
which to my mind was a splendid
game, especially on the part of your
girls They are a nice bunch and are
good players. Our team has to admit
without question that they were fairly
beaten and | am asking YOU to say
this to your girls team with NV com
pliments and best wishes. We con-
graduate them.
The boys game had several angles
which | am going to presen. 10 YOU
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
RETURN MATCH BETWEEN
HEAVY CHAMPS DISCUSSED

New York, Jan. 3O.-Jack Kearns,
manager of Jack Dempsey, said today
that promoter Tex Richard might be
asked to stage a return match be
tween the worlds heavyweight box
ing champion and the French boxer,
Georges Carpenter, in Europe next
summer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
McDERMOTT SIGNS UP
WITH BOSTON NATIONALS

Boston, Jan. 30-The signing of
John F. McDermott of Providence, R.
l., an sinfielder, as a member of the
Boston Nationals, was announced to-
day. He completed an enlistment in
the navy two weeks ago. McDermott
never has played professional baseball
but has had considerable experience
with naval teams.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
MOVEMENT MAY BRING
BILL CARRIGAN BACK

New York, Jan. SO.-There is
movement on foot in Boston to have
Bill Carrigan returned as manager of
the Red SoX. Boston scribes who are
behind the project declare Hughey
Duffey is all right but that the pres
ent situation in the Hub requires a
man like Carrigan.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30

ject matter into serious consideration
and let's get to the point. all of us
Of running the school athletics along
the same lines as we do the other
branches, with fair play as a basis. II
wo do not they are going to run us.
Very truly, s. A. DRAPER,
SUP. Prin.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30
ST. LOUIS CATCHER
Is SERIOUSLY SICK

st. Louis, Jan. 3O.-William Dill
hoefer, Catcher of the st. Louis
League Club, is in serious condition
at st. Johns Hospital here as the re-
suit of an attack of typhoid fever
DilhoeSer recently was married in Mo-
bile, Ala, and had returned here to re-
side when he was taken ill.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-30

$4,000 reward for the return of
jewelry lost from automobile in
Lakeland, Wednesday, Jan. rs.
Four diamond rings, one gold
wedding ring, and one diamond
bracelet, tied in handkerchief.
Address P. o. Box GAG, Phone
SIS, Lakeland, Fla, or call at
Room lO4, Dyches Bldg.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-07-21

four vessels of not more than 100
tons burden, each carrying not 0
than one 1S-pound gun. Mr.. King
thought this an opportune time to
suggest to our government that the
agreement be given permanency in a
formal treaty. Some Of the author
tiles In Washington thought the Cana
dian prime minister vas trying to
take a fier Of his own in the dis
armament market for political pur-
poses"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-07-21

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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-23
By TOM SIMS

Twas the night before; Chris tmas
and all through the house not thing
was stirring. Not even spoon. Not
even a roboer. There wasn't even a
bootlegger stirring.
The cake in the kitchen was all
stirred. The fire on the hearth hau
been stirred. And the family upstairs
asleep now had been stirred. .-
Outside the wind whistled. 1t had
a right to whistle. 1t was going south
to warm country.
Inside, beautifully set in the very
center Of the parlor's exquisite fire
place sparkled a costly lump of coal.
The whistling wind looked down
the chimney and, the costly lump Of
coal burst into tiny so flame.
"Whistle, whistle,' whistled the
wind as it jumped back. This was the
Christmas of '22 and coal burning
was a very strange sight.
But the damage was done and by
the tiny 81 flicker one could see
four. stockings hanging from the
'mantel., i, q.
There was Mary's stocking. Mary
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-23
T}rp, 81 nlka, Imaa Chr Might BrfnrR>>>

was sophisticated, 1G, and had new
er missed being kissed. Her stocking
held an eyebrow pencil for Mary to
make her mark in the world. And
to guide her feet through the i'm
portant steps in life there was new
dance record on the mantel.
! Henry's stocking was there. Henry
was II and had never voluntarily
washed his ears. His stocking held
pocketknife so he could cut his
initials on the piano. And an airgun
for him to shoot at cats, birds, dogs,
windows, horses and people:
There was mama's stocking. In it
were clothespins, hairpins, hatpins,
safetypins, pins, a butterknife,
flatiron and nearby stood washing
machine.
T. Next came theo old mans sock. 1t
held tobacco, smoking and eating,
while nearby stood a new easy chair.
This easy chair came hard because
it had been charged to him..
AS the old man was sleeping he
was dreaming Santa Claus drove a.
coal wagon. rs &: >,@. 90
By his side mama was dreaming
the Christmas dinner dishes jumped