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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
After Dinner Tricks

No. 154-Driving Tac1s In Ceiling
Exhibit a sharp tack and offer to
drive it into the ceiling without step
ping upon a chair or ladder. Say that
you will merely throw the tack in the
air After every one has doubted the
possibility of such a trick demonstrate
it as follows:
Set the tack, point upward, upon a
half dollar, Gig. -, and press a sheet
of tissue paper over the point of the
tack Zig. p, Wrap up the coin in
the paper and hold the half dollar hori-
zontally, with the point of the tack
upward Gig. 81. Throw the coin
straight up, SO that it does not turn
N its flight. The weight of the coin
will drive the tack squarely into the
ceiling. Then comes the neat part of
the trick. The weight of the coin also
tears the thin paper, and the half
dollar, along with the paper, drops to
she floor, leaving the tack nailed to the
ceiling.
Copyright. 1929. By Public Ledger Company
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

to apply. Absolutely safe, non-poison-
Gus. Is greaseless and cannot stain.
Get bottle Of Hydrosal today. You
need it constantly. 25c, soc, 75c sizes.
If your druggist can not supply you.
send loo for liberal sample bottle.
Dept. 8 HydrosaI Laboratories, Gin.
cinnati, Observation-Disclosures.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

ator next fall. She
has a woman cam
paign manager in
the person of Mrs.
John A. Clark of
Meridian, who di-
rected poll tt C a |
campaigns for her
brother-in-law and
her uncle before
W o m a n suffrage
came. She also
manages a hus-
band, a half-grown
daughter and a law
practice.
I'VE see victory
ahead" says Mrs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
Memories of Old Days
In This Paper Ten Years
Age Today

May 8 was set apart as the day when
Richmond was to be Cleaned" The
mayor stated he would issue his proc
lamation announcing Richmond's an
nual cleaning day" This work,
which was under the Jurisdiction of
the Aftermath club, as it had been for
years, was to be carried out as usual.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
VETS TO GO TO coNcLAVE
IN FREIGHT CAR MAY 4

INDIANAPOLIS. April 22.-Mem-
bers of the Indianapolis chapter of the
Rainbow Division Veterans associa-
ton, will go to Bloomington in a
freight car to attend the state con-
vention of the association May 10 and
20, it has been announced.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

ndlI OF my time IN
bed, being afflicted
with a trouble which
women of a certain
age are apt to have.
! took Lydia E.
Pinkham'sVegetable
Compound Tablets
and used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. ! am a well
woman now and have
been for two years.
I can work az we'll aa
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

septic, will afford
quick relief from
a ny inflamma-
ton. Don't de-
lay. Prevent in
lection or even
more serious re-
suits with sooth-
ing, healing Hyd-
rosal. Made or
iginally for doc
tors' use, this
household an t l.
septic may now
be had at your
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
Checking Reckless Driving

Representatives of about so civic organiza-
tions of Chicago have organized to check reckless
driving. Their decision follows a large number
of injuries and deaths that have been traced to
carelessness on the part of the men, women and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
Stop Inflammation
Prevent Infection
Wonderful Immediate Relief From
Any Irritation

Don't endure suffering from sore
throat, burn or cut. 1t is So unneces-
sary. Hydrosal, a clean, liquid anti
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
SPENT half Her
Time IN BED
Farmers Wife Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made Her a Well Woman

Carter's Creek, Tenn. Three years
ago was almost an invalid. I spent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

Aged musician committed suicide in
preference to playing jazz. Life is
tough enough without adding jazz to
If
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

Major General Harry L.
Rogers saw personally to
the return of $4,000 Ameri-
can dead from France and
directed successfully the
work of Identification.
Representative Thomas L.
Blanton, of Texas, who last
year was saved from expul-
sion from the House by a
narrow margin of eight
votes, was denounced in the
House by his colleague,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

CUT THIS QUIT is WORTH MONEY
Cut out this slip, enclose with SC and
mail 1t to Foley & Co, 235 Sheffield
Ave, Chicago, III. writing your name
and address clearly. You will receive
in return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for
coughs, colds and Group; Foley Kidney
Pills for pains in sides and back; rheu-
matism, backache, kidney and bladder
a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing
cathartic for constipation, biliousness
he9daches and sluggish bowels. A. G.
tiSement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
Who's Who IN the
Day S News
MISS BELLE KEARNEY

Miss Belle Kearney of Vernon
Plantation, near the village of
Flora, Miss, aspires to succeed John
Sharp Williams as United States SEN
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22
Musings for the Evening

II know nothing of Mr. Dempsey's
quality as boxer writes George Ber-
nard Shaw, "but if he can play at light
ming long shots with an instructive
command of the duck and counter and
on occasion, sidestep a boxer who, as
the cinematograph proves, has the dan
gerous habit of leading off from his
toes without stepping in, with the GER
tainty of falling heavily on his nose if
his adversary takes in the situation
in time. Charles XII may find his Pol
tava yet"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

For many years the scientists have
been warning everybody, young, mid
dle-aged and old, that kissing is dan
gerous from a health standpoint and
even, in some instances, have tried to
have it abolished by law. But it has
been impossible. Even in localities
where the practice is severely frown-
ed upon, considerable bootleg kissing
has been going on. The scientists have
raved to the effect that the practice is
responsible for the spread of great
epidemics.
Now we read in the papers that last
week there was a sort of social held
in a home on Long Island where six
young ladies' sold kisses and were
smacked voluminously by the young
gentlemen. During the party a man
with heavy cold arrived and coughed
constantly. Next two or three DAYS
thirty-one persons who attended the
party were taken down with the flu.
But, to the surprise of one and all,
not one of the six girls who sold the
kisses nor one of the customers who
bought the same contracted the flu.
The only ones to come down with it
were old married folks who never kiss
anybody.
1t is thus we are obliged again to
give the old whiskbrooms of science
the gate on this subject Let it be
hoped we will not have to speak to
them again.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-22

advertisement.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
Sisk a Candidate
For Congress
Caroline Democrat Bases Candidacy
On Repeal of The VOlstead Law.
Advocates Radical Action.

Col. Albert w. Sisk, of Preston
Caroline County, Wednesday entered
the race for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the House Of Representatives
from the First Congressional district
His candidacy, he says, is based ION
the repeal of the modification of the
Volstead law and the passage of some
measure that will remove the possi-
bility Of any private interests deriv-
ing profit from the manufacture or
sale of Intoxicating liquors"
Tells of Whisky on Shore
Lawlessness and the corruption of
youth on the Eastern Shore have led
Mr.. Sisk into the fight, he said. On
every hand, he declares, he learns of
large importations of whisky to that
part of Maryland. He understands
that in one county 5000 gallons are
distilled and distributed every week.
He has learned, he says, that in
another part of that section one man
sold 300 stills in week Bootleg
gers attend all the young peoples
parties and dances, he asserts. He
believes that the Volstead law has
created, and will continue to create,
a new class of criminals.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
McMASTER OUT
HUMPHREYS In
New School Superintendent Took
Office Last Iuesday-Mr.
McMaster Retires.

Last Tuesday was q busy day with
the Board of Education, especially
with the incoming and outgoing
SupeI'intendents OF Schools. Mr.
McMaster completed his duties as
Superintendent, went over the cash
on hand, the amount due and the
obligations of the Board of Educa-
tion with Mr.. A. c. Humphreys, the
new Superintendent, and presented
his report, which is published in The
Messenger today.
The old saying that "office holders
never resign" is not true and especial
ly in the case of Mr.. McMaster He
could have continued in Office indefin-
itely, but he no longer cared for it..
He has served the people of this
county we'll and faithfully for many
years, and the amount of money he
has received for his services would
not have paid for the services of a
first class hod carrier. He has been
misrepresented and abused by men
OF such small calibre that their shots
fell harmless, and he goes ont of
Office with the high regard of the
people of the County and State. A
trustworthy official and every inch a
gentleman.
Mr.. Arthur C. Humphreys comes
to the Office of School Superintendent
clothed with special training for the
Office, and with what is still more
important, a good business training.
The Superintendency of the Public
Schools is no longer a job for a
teacher" but is one for business
man and financier.
Mr.. Humphreys will make good and
the people are to be congratulated
that he is Mr.. McMaster's successor.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
NEGRO WOMAN
WAS HELD UP
Men in Automobile Stop Her On
State Road. start to Rob
Were Frightened on.

Rose Ayers, well known colored
woman was going home from Snow
Hill last Saturday night with hel
market basket containing Sunday
supplies. When she arrived in front
of the J. =. johnson farm an auto
mobile containing three men was
standing there. Two colored men
jumped out of the auto and one of
them grabbed her with one hand and
threatened her with an open razor
in the other. But she screamed, and
then another automobile came up.
The occupants heard her cry, and
while the automobile had run by the
hold up party, it was soon backing
to investigate. As the men in this
automobile got out the two negroes
jumped into their machine and the
driver put on all speed. The Ayers
woman says she could easily identify
her assailant who wanted her basket
of grub, and whatever money she
had
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
TRAVELLING MAN
KILLS HORSE AND
WRECKS THINGS
Ran Into Two Teams Near Stockton
And Injured A Horse Fatally.
Both Buggies Demolished.

Charles +. Allen, a travelling sales
man, hailing from Seaford, Del,
while under the influence of liquor.
ran his automobile into the buggies
of w. II. Dryden and Charles Tarr,
of near Stockton, on the road from
Georges Island Landing to Stockton
last Wednesday night, demolished
both carriages, threw the occupants
out and injured one horse so badly
that it had to be killed. He must
have been driving his machine fast
as one of the horses was knocked "a
feet off of the road.
Sheriff Shockley and Lieutenant
Peppers * of the State Police force,
went to Stockton the same night and
arrested Allen. He was carried be-
fore Justice McAllen Thursday morn
ing and was charged with driving an
automobile while under the influence
&C liqvn~ with reckless driving and
with failing to keep to the right of
the road. He pied guilty and paid a
fine of $l25.00. He also had to pay
S315.00 for the damage he had done
to the property of Messrs. Dryden
and Tarr.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
AUTOS CRASHED;
z GIRLS INJURED
Accident Happened At All HallOws
Church Corner, Snow Hill, on
Wednesday Evening.

Two automobiles crashed into each
other at the Episcopal Church corner
in Snow Hill about 6 o'clock Wednes-
day evening. The wind shield of each
was smashed and other damage done
to the cars, and two little girls were
injured.
Mr.. John l.. Mason was coming
in one of the cars from the ball game
at Pocomoke City. Mr.. w. I. Rich
ardson and family were coming in
the other car from Ocean City. When
the cars crashed together one Of Mr..
Richardson's daughters was thrown
out of the side of the car and she was
badly bruised. A little daughter on
the front seat was thrown through
the wind shield. Her back was cut,
face and one eye cut, and she had a
narrow escape from fatal injuries.
1t was done so quickly that both
parties are inclined to thing the ac-
cident due to the mistake of the other,
but both thank God it was no worse.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
Sheriff Shockley
Arrests Clammers
Six Virginia Clammers Caught Working In Md.
Waters--Surrendered When Fired
" At---Cost Them $lO2.

of the year to make claiming a
profitable business and they do not
want their neighbors in Virginia to
come over and help" them.
But, there are some Virginians who
do not wait for an invitation and who
have been taking clans while the
claiming was good.
Sheriff Shockley and Deputies
Everett ID. Truitt, Eugene Dennis
and Lands Dennis went to Taylor's
Landing, secured power boat and
guide, who knew the depredators and
they put out across the bay. When
well over to the beach opposite
Horsehead Tumps, they ran into a
fleet of clammers and called on them
to surrender. Instead of complying
they took to their boats and made
every effort to escape, but the Sheriff
and his deputies fired at them and
they gave up and came to Snow Hill
with their captors. They were car
ried before Justice McAllen, where
they plead guilty and had to pay
fines amounting to $4,000.
Sheriff Shockley is not making
much noise about being 1. capable
and active officer, but the number of
arrests of violators of the law made
by him is greater than that made by
any Sheriff for many years.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05

Sheriff \ ,Shockley has had many
complaints lately that Virginians
were claiming in Maryland waters,
especially in Sinepuxent Bay so he
went on scouting expedition last
Wednesday and captured six men in
the act. They jumped into their
boats and attempted to get away, but
rifle shots brought them to realiza-
tion that the Sheriff of Worcester
was not to be trifled with, and they
gave themselves up.
Since the inlet opened near Ocean
City and the bay has been salted, the
bottoms Of Sincpuxent bay have been
covered with clans, and where once
was barren bottom there are millions
of the finest clams-young and ten
der and worth thousands of dollars.
Bay men arc alive to the blessing
that has come to then, and are now
shipping clans to a good market. 1t
is not great many years ago that
clans could be bought here for 25
cents a hundred They are now SELL
ing for $l.50. While the clammers do
not receive that much, they get
enough to make from five to six dol
lars for a short days $ work. Of
course they cannot work every day,
but they get in enough days this time
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
Professor Covington
Commends Oratory

Prof. Harry F. Covington, formerly
of Snow Hill, but now of Princeton
New Jersey, where he is professor in
English at Princeton University, is
of the opinion that the aftermath OF
the World War is the cause for an
increased interest in public speaking
as manifested at Princeton and othel
colleges during the last two years.
Prof. Covington and wife are
spending the summer at Ocean City
where they are enjoying the quiet
and simple life of Maryland's popular
seaside resort.
In a dispatch to the New York
Times Prof. Covington is quoted as
follows:
at is law of history" says Harry
+. Covington, Professor of Public
Speaking and Debate in Princeton
University, "that the golden ages OF
eloquence have taken place in times
of national crisis, and have always
been associated with the idea of lib
erty. Therefore, the intellectual up.
heaval which has grown out of the
World War is the most likely cause
for the recent revival of interest in
public speaking"
With the renewed activity of the
Princeton Speakers Association and
the new interest in debating, which
resulted in an intercollegiate cham
pionship in debating last year, Pro-
fessor Covington's explanation comes
as a solution.
"rhe olden days" he goes on to
say. "when public speech was used
and abused only by the clergy, and
by so much Of the laity as happened
to be lawyers. are gone-and gone
forever. Business, social and civic
matters have become so interlocked
that real leadership demands the abil-
ity to speak in public"
Although informal speaking, has
increased greatly in popularity with
the students here. debating has not
at all been neglected. Princeton's
victories over Harvard and Yale in
forensic work this last year were
laid to two doors by Professor Cow
ington; first, the new system in use,
that of eliminating all sides dishes
to the main debates and concentrat-
ing entirely on them; and, secondly,
on the willingness of the men to
work.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
SENATOR SMITH
HOPE OF PARTY
Can Have Senatorial Nomination If
He Desires II. All Will Quit If
He Consents To Run.

The Baltimore Sun of Thursday
says:
Four hundred Maryland Democrats
members of the State Central Com
mittee and leaders and workers in
the party, gathered yesterday at the
Hotel Rennert for one of the largest
and most representative annual
meetings of the committee in recent
years. They departed, as they had
come, with no candidate for the Unit
ed States Senate behind whom the or
ganized forces Of the patty are will
ling to unite.
One word from small, gray-hair-
ed man in blue suit, who moved un-
obstrusively about the Rennert lobby,
meeting friends and supporters,
would have united the party hehind
him and virtually assured him of the
nomination, according to experienced
observers. But that word was with
held. The man was John Walter
Smith, former Senator and leader of
the State organization. Countless
friends during the day urged him to
be candidate, but to none was
vouchsafed any encouragement.
Almost without exception the Wis
iting Democrats took their leave firm
in the conviction that William |. Nor
ris, President of the State Senate, and
David J. Lewis, Of Cumberland, form
er Congressman, will be left to fight
it out for the Senatorial nomination.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
Monday, Sept. 18th
Date of Primaries

The day for the Senatorial and
Congressional primaries this year has
been set for Monday, September 18th.
The State Central Committee of the
Democratic party met at the Rem
merit Hotel, Baltimore, last Wednes-
day, and adopted a resolution fixing
September l1th as the date. NJ. L.
Hargis, chairman of the Worcester
County State Central Committee, at
tended the Baltimore meeting.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
DIR. B. F. COULTER
50 YEARS MARRIED
DIR. and Mrs. Benjamin +. Coulter
Celebrate Their 5Oth Wedding
Anniversary in Philadelphia.

DIR. B. F. Coulter is pastor of the
Old School Baptist congregations at
Snow Hill and surrounding country
i. He is q good preacher and a splendid
gentleman. He and his good wife
have just celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary and the Phil
adelphia Record of Wednesday tells
about it in the following story:
"Old school Baptists, or 'hard-shell
Baptists,' had notable reunion yes
terday, the occasion being the fiftieth
anniversary of the wedding of Dr.
Benjamin Franklin Coulter, one OF
the leading exponents of the denom-
ination Of this country. DR.. Coulter
is both Doctor of Medicine and a
Doctor of Divinity, and in addition
to having a large medical practice,
has for years presided over the con-
gregation which worships in Park
Avenue Hall, Thirteenth Street and
Columbia avenue.
"To honor the distinguished min
lister the old-timers gathered from all
parts of the country, some from as
far as Georgia. and the reunion was
held yesterday afternoon and even
ing in Park Avenue Hall. Represent
atives of many of the old congrega-
tions who were prominent in the re-
ligious life of the country so years
ago, came from far and near. and the
day for DIR. and Mrs. Coulter was one
continuous round of receptions and
messages of congratulations for DR..
and Mrs. Coulter.
"Dr. Coulter is just completing his
seventy-fifth year, but is hale and
hearty and looks more like a man of
so. He is over six feet tall, and is
As active and muscular as the aver
age man half his age. lie and his
wife, who was Miss Annie Hill, are
natives of Newark, Del, where they
both belonged to well-known families.
DIR. Coulter graduated in medicine
from Jefferson College in the class
of 1880. While for many years be-
fore he directed the Columbia ave-
nue. congregation, he was not ordain-
ed to the ministry until 1905, since
which time he has acted as pastor.
"Dr. and Mrs. Coulter has only one
child living, Mrs. Edna NJ. Baker
who lives with her parents at No.
1906 North Twenty-second street, and
two grandchildren.
"The 'hard-shell Baptists.' while
few in number in this part of the
country, claim to be the original de-
nomination. the other branches be-
ing formed from il.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-08-05
STATES ROAD COST
CHEAPEST IN EAST

Roads in the State of Maryland are
being built 25 per cent. cheaper than
those in any State in the East, ac-
cording to announcement from John
n. Mackall, chairman Of the State
Roads Commission.
A mile of roads now costs $4,000
whereas just after the war the cost
per mile had advanced to $4,000.
The present rate is as low as could
possibly be expected, according to Mr.
Mackall.