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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11
Winchester Reviews
Legislative Doings
Notes The Absence OF The Old-time LOBBYIST
And The Great Improvement Toward
Cleaner Politics.

State House, Annapolis, March O..
The strenuous fight which resulted
in the passage of the prohibition en-
forcement bill in the House of Dele
gates last week, has not been renew
ed, openly at any rate, now that the
bill is in the Committee of the Senate.
Roth sides are apparently resting
this week, making preparations for a
renewal of the contest in the upper
House next week. AT the present
time the result appears in doubt.
Several of the Senators have not an
nounced their position on the bill,
and efforts are being made both by
the Drys and the Vets to gain these
apparently doubtful Senators, on
whose action the fate of the bill will
rest. All sorts of reports are in cir
culation, and both sides are claiming
a majority of the number. AS in the
House, the fight will be for and
against an amendment providing for
a referendion, to be voted upon by
the people of the State at the Con-
gressional election next fall.
The Anti-race track bill, is also in
doubt. The measures received large
majority in the House, where no seri-
Gus fight was made against it. The
indications are, however, that vigor-
Gus contest will be made TO prevent
the passage of the bill in the Senate,
with the result in doubt. Owing to
the fact that the passage of the bill
will reduce the revenues of the State
Treasury more than three quarters
of a million dollars year, several Of
the Senator's who would otherwise be
in favor of the bill, are doubtful as
to the expediency of its passage at
the present time. The chances are
that it will not be taken up until after
the enforcement bill is disposed of,
which will probably be at least two
weeks hence. In the meantime, the
budget bills, providing for the appro-
priation for the next two years, will
probably be held up until after the
anti-race track measure is settled,
owing to the fact that its enactment
will necessarily bring about scaling
down of all appropriations in order
to meet the deficiency, caused by the
loss of the large amount derived
from the tax on the race tracks.
Politics, and the prospective candi-
dates to be voted for in the coming
fall. are becoming more and more
subjects for discussion every day, as
the session nears its close. Not few
people believe that in the end, Sena-
tor Smith will be forced TO enter the
Senatorial contest, in order to pre-
vent a serious primary fight in the
Democratic party, for it is the general
impression that if the ex-senator de-
sires the nomination, he can have il
without any interference whatever.
The visit of the Senator to Annap-
oils on Tuesday gave color to the re-
ports that he is not averse to re-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11

The Worcester County High School
Baseball League will have formal
opening on Friday, March 31st. The
League is composed of five High
Schools, Snow Hill, Pocomoke, Ber
lin, Stockton, and Girdletree, the last
High School being new entrant this
year, and an additional contender for
championship honors.
The candidates for permanent
berths on the different teams are al
ready practicing, and youthful EMU
lators of Babe Ruth are cracking
home runs over the fence in a man.
ner highly pleasing to themselves as
well as to their managers, while the
pitchers are displaying such a daz-
zling array of curves and shoots as to
cause their enthusiastic teammates
to put them in class with Walter
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11

Editors Democratic Messenger
don't want to be thought chronic
fault finder but want a little space
to tell my troubles, not because they
are mine, but because hundreds of
your farmer subscribers are in the
same boat and will thank you for Civ
ing them a hearing. II is about the
cost of butter and | will make the
story short and sweet. My text will
be found in ist Peter, 4, Is, "lf the
righteous scarcely be saved, where
shall the ungodly and the sinner APP
pearl" And here is the application,
even before the sermon; If the butter
maker with private customer at a
special price can barely pay his feed
bill, where does the maker of 30-cent
butter get off?
We milk five cows. say we, for
Mrs. B. is equally guilty with myself.
In fact without the farmers wife and
children, there would be a butter
famine that never would be broken.
We sell about 90 pounds each week
in Snow Hill, delivering to private
customers, and the average price for
February was a fraction over ~ cts.
One Saturday, bring out from Selby
& Byrd's mill, two bags of feed cost
ing S4.25. The next Saturday bring
out three bags, costing S6.25 and so it
alteraates, making $2l.00 for the
month of February. Besides this the
cows eat four bushels of crushed corn
in the month, costing S2.40. also
buy my fodder of Snow Hill man,
paying $3.50 per stack and | don't
believe either landlord or tenant will
get rich quick at that price. OF this
my cows eat $1,000 worth for the
month, making total for February
of $3.50 for feed alone. Couldn't |
feed them cheaper? Yes, | could keep
them alive, but my observation has
been that the farm that winters cat
tie on corn shucks and corn nubbins
produces very little butter, or buys
from the neighbors. But if you had
your own feed wouldn't it be cheap
er? | will admit that in my struggle
with drought conditions last year, |
failed to grow enough forage for my
cattle, but if had it of my own, why
should sell it to my cattle below
the market price. the same | would
get from n neighbor.
We sold S36.lI worth of butter in
February. This makes us "a cents to
the good for which we are thankful.
1t is worse than that at times, but
does it not look as if we were only
kind of collection agency, g9thering
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11
County High Schools
Feel Stir Of Spring
All Are Organizing Their Teams For De-
bates And Athletics.---Much Interest Is
Being Manifested

The High Schools of Worcester
County are preparing for the annual
interscholastic debate, to be held
Wednesday evening, March 29th. The
High Schools participating will be
Snow Hill, Pocomoke, Berlin, Stock
ton, and Ocean City, and two teams,
one taking the affirmative side of the
question to be debated, and one TAX
ing the negative side, will represent
the High Schools.
The subject for debate is: "Resolv-
ed, That the Closed Shop Would Be n
Benefit to the Country as a Whole"
The teams will be pitted against
each other in the following manner:
Berlin (afiirmative) at Berlin VS..
Snow Hill (negative); Pocomoke
(afIirmative) at Pocomoke VS.. Berlin
(negative); Snow Hill (affirmative)
at Snow Hill VS.. Ocean City mega
tive); Stockton (aflirmative) at Stock
ton VS.. Pocomoke (negative); Ocean
City (affirmative) at Ocean City vs..
Stockton (negative).
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johnson, Grover Cleveland Alex
ander, or Victor Keen
The complete schedule follows:
March 3lst.-Snow Hill at Berlin,
Stockton at Pocomoke.
April 7th.-Girdletree at Stockton,
Pocomoke at Snow Hill.
April 1lth.-Berlin at Girdletree,
Snow Hill at Stockton.
April l4th. -Pocomoke at Berlin,
Girdletree at Snow Hill.
April 1Sth.-Berlin at Stockton,
Girdletree at Pocomoke.
April 21st.-Pocomoke at Girdletree,
Stockton at Berlin.
May 2nd.-Snow Hill at Girdletree,
Berlin at Pocomoke.
May 5th.-Stockton at Snow Hill,
Girdletree at Berlin.
May l2th.-Snow Hill at Pocomoke,
Stockton at Girdletree.
May 19th.-Pocomoke at Stockton,
Berlin at Snow Hill.
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Full Calendar For The
Wilmington Conference

ark, Md, Bethel, Smyrna circuit, Fell
ton, Magnolia, Cordova and Hebron.
Mr.. Stallings entered the conference
in 1906, and has served Phoebus,
Chincoteague, Roxana, st. Peters,
Bozman, Crumpton, Marydel and
Trappe.
TO Held Me::c-;a. Services.
Services will be held in memory of
Revs. +. J. Cochran, p. H. Rawlins
and w. w. Redman, retired ministers
who died during the past year.
Interest will center in the district
superintendencies. Having served
but five years, it is thought the Rev.
Vaughn S. Collins will be reappointed
superintendent of the Salisbury dis
trict. There is much speculation con-
cerning the Revs. Robert Watt, Will
liam A. Wise and William X. Now
bray, superintendent of the Will
mington, Middletown and Dover dis
tricts, respectively, who are finishing
their sixth year. Before 1920 a dis
trict superintendent term was limi-
ted to six years, but q months ago
the General Conference removed the
time limit. Whether Drs. Watt, Wise
and Mowbray will be reappointed
only Bishop Mcdowell knows. He
will appoint district superintendents,
but he has given no hint regarding
appointees.
Methodists who want new district
superintendents are proposing Revs.
II. w. Ewing, w. f. Habbart, J. w.
II. Sumwalt and G. C. Williams, of
Wilmington; the Rev. G. T. Anderson,
of Elkton; the Rev. w. H. Briggs, of
Easton; the Rev. J. w. Colona, of
Dover; the Rev. Howard Davis, of
Lewes; and the Rev. J. l.. Johnson,
of Crisfield, for the positions.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11
KU KLUX KLAN
STIRRED DOVER
Sunday Nights Church Visit Fol-
lowed Circulation of Advertising
Matter

Dover. March THE episode at
Peoples Christian Church, Sunday
evening. when two members of the
Ku-klux Klan entered the church,
marched up the aisle to the pulpit and
placed an envelope on the desk with
$3l in it for a needy family, was the
main topic of conversation here, yes
terday Expressions of Indignation
and amusement combined to make
the subject one of the most talked-of
at the State Capital.
As some figure, the appearance of
the two men at the church and their
mission, was an opportunity availed
of by members of the Klan to adver-
tiSe themselves, as Dover was distrib-
uted with posters, Sunday night or
early yesterday morning, with the
following:
Membership in the Ku-klux-Klan
binds men together in the True Spirit
of service. 1t is systematically
against and regularly opposed to any
and everything contrary to pure
Americanism. 1t works within the
law legally and morally and welcomes
honest criticism.
at is an active Protestant organi-
zation, with strong backing. insisting
upon the unhampered maintenance of
all American Institutions, and con-
tinues to advance and will go ahead,
Notwithstanding all opposition from
any quarters whatsoever, because of
its determination for right and its
belief in law enforcement, peace and
justice.
Membership open to all American
gentlemen. Your name, address and
telephone number will be held sacred
when placed on reverse side hereof
and mailed to p. o. Box 35l, Dover,
Delaware. Every Evening.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11
In l92O-2l Roads
Cost State $4,736,50

The thirteenth and fourteenth an
nual reports of the State Roads Com
mission for the years of 1920 and
1921 make an innovation by present
ing in detailed, tabulated form the
apportionment of appropriations to
each county and the expenditures
and obligations charged against such
appropriations.
The report was transmitted to
Governor Richie last Wednesday.
The report shows that the total for
the post and lateral roads funds for
the two years in question was S4,9S4.-
626, made up as follows: State 1920
appropriation, $2,350,OO0; counties,
lateral road appropriation, Si,50O,-
900; Federal appropriation, $3.50 900;
county additional road fund, S2S1 ,l27;
and one item, $3499, from Carroll
county for additional width of roads
through towns.
OF the S4,98i,626 total, expendi-
lures and obligations account for
81, ,736,5Ol, leaving an available bal
ance of S24S,125.
The post road fund, State and Fed
eral, not available September 30,
1921, is given as $l,390,0O0, while
this awount, plus the S2S4,l25 bal
ance, makes the total available jan
uary /, 1922, $l,63S, ,l25.00.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11
This Hen Shows
Her Appreciation

Frenchtown, n. j., March 6.-Three
eggs laid in one day is the record of
a hen owned by William Fritts, a
High Bridge Sunday School superin-
tendent. On a recent cold morning
he noticed the hen acting queerly in
the back yard, and, thinking she was
suffering from the cold, put her in
a warm shed.
An hour later, about 0 o'clock in
the morning, the hen laid an egg.
Having thawed out by 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, she laid another. Thor
oughly warmed and kept awake by
an electric light, at o'clock in the
evening she laid third egg. Fritts
then switched off the light, fearing
the hen might contract a sore throat
from too much cackling.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11
Bryan Ridicules
Darwin's Theory
Says Christians Must Either Reject Evolution
Or Their Religion.---He Supports The
Story OF Jonah.

William Jennings Bryan aimed his
campaign against Darwinism to Phil
adelphia Sunday, speaking at the
Philadelphia Forum in the Academy
of Music before an audience of 1000.
He was introduced by Rev. Russell H..
Conwell, president of Temple Univer-
sity.
The Commoner has stirred up a
bigger hornets nest in his old age by
his anti-Darwin propaganda than he
aroused as the Boy Orator of the
Platte, with the doctrine of free sill
yer, he admitted.
"All my life have been getting
into fights" he said. "Pretty nearly
always ! have been getting licked. In
my old age il occurred to me that it
would surely be popular thing with
everybody to get out and fight Dar-
winism. ! knew that the people who
didn't believe in it would be with me,
and it seemed to me that those who
cherished the depressing belief would
be glad to be disabused of it. But,
do you know, have never been so
denounced in my life as by people
when | tried to take the monkeys
head off their crests. Last week an
editor said that | had never been
counted much intellectually, anyway.
Why,' even the Republicans never
said that.
"But am going to defend my an
cestry. They can't make monkey
out of me-"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11
Boy Hangs Himself
After A Whipping

Olney, Va, March 5.-Becoming
peeved when chastised by his mother
for some wrongdoing, Clifford Brown,
l3 years old, left the house yesterday
and, going to the barn, committed
suicide by hanging himself from a
rafter with rope. Becoming alarm
ed when the boy did not return home,
members of the family instituted a
search and his lifeless body was
found dangling from a rafter. Mrs.
Jennie Brown, so years old, grand
mother of the boy, attempted to end
her life last spring by pouring coal
oil on the bed clothing and then set
ting fire to the bed on which she was
resting. She died later.
Lee Brown, 40 years old, son of
Mrs. Jennie Brown, with whom the
mother resided, became greatly wor-
ried when news was received of his
mothers death and his mind became
unbalanced. After making several
attempts to end his life he was re-
moved to 4 sanatorium at Staunton,
Va.
After receiving treatment at the
institution, physicians believed that
his mind had become rational and
preparations were being made to
have him returned to his home when
he suddenly broke loose from the at
tendants and threw himself directly
in the path Of an automobile which
was passing the sanatorium. The
machine passed over. his body and he
died as a result of his injuries.
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election.
The session, up to the present time
has been absolutely free from all
trace of partisan politics. There has
been no division on party lines on any
matter before either House, and no
one would be able to tell whether a
member of either House was Re-
publican or a Democrat, from any
thing that has happened here. In de-
bers have, in the main, been unusually
attentive to business, and the usual
accusations of boodling and lobby cor
ruption which have been prevalent in
all former sessions, have been notably
absent. The lobby has been literally
starved out, and the old-time states
men of the third horsc, are here no
more. The creation OF the Public Ser
vice Commission, has taken away the
measures which in former sessions
brought the corporations down to An
napolis every session and the old days
of the corrupt lobby, are apparently
gone forever. II was expected by
many people that the race track peo-
pie would come down with unlimited
Doodle to prevent the passage of the
anti-race track bill, but up to the
present time they have not appeared,
greatly to the disappointment of
those who expected to reap harvest
for their winters work as law makers
of the State. PAUL WINCHESTER.
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Defends Jonah Story.

Mr.. Bryan was invited by the
Forum to bring to Philadelphia one
of the Sunday School lessons which
he has been teaching in Miami, Fla,
to classes numbering as high as 1000.
II chanced that yesterdays lesson
dealt with Jonah. 81 suppose no
lesson in the Bible arouses so much
mirth among the scoffers as the
Jonah lesson" he said, $50 / am
mighty glad that that is the one am
to discuss. You may expect me to
speak of the lesson if true. A great
many people have come to regard
the Bible as book of fiction. | do
not apologize for the Bible. | teach
it,"
He proceeded to do so, taking up
the second call of Jonah, when he
went as missionary to Ninevah,
first then turned to the first call and
the "big fish" incident. He called the
lesson "The Power of Repentance"
"What is the ground for the rejec-
tion of this incident" he questioned.
"Can you reject it on any other basis
than that which would compel the
rejection of all miracles? don't
say that you should be able to under
stand it. A miracle is miracle be-
cause you can't understand it. But
the Christian who doesn't believe in
Christianity, as se9 forth in the Bible,
believes in things much more difficult
CONTINUED on PAGE 12).
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MIR. Bowman BewaiIs
Low Price of Butter

little butter money from twelve to
fifteen Snow Hill families and imme-
diately turning it over to the Snow
Hill feed dealer? The farmer must
get his spending money out of his
profits and if there are no profits
there is no spending as business men
have found out to their sorrow, the
past few months. Feed is only one
of many items that make up the cost
of butter, such as labor, breeding,
veterinary services, housing and ma
chinery, ice in summer, interest on
investment, insurance, taxes, depre-
citation fund, etc. | can't take the
space TO enter into a discussion of
these.
II takes ten quarts of average milk
to make one pound of butter. If you
are selling your butter for 80 cents
pound, you are getting cents per
quart for your milk. Mr.. Butter
buyer, when next your milk man de-
livers your bottle of milk on your
porch, ask him how long he would
continue in business with milk at 3
cents a quart, or even at cents
quart, or better still, buy COW Al
try to produce it yourself for tho
prices.
Now | am not writing this askin
for or expecting more money for br
ter. | do not hold myself superior
the laws of supply and demand ana
am willing to take my chances with
butter makers the United States over
but | wish to show the consumer tina
we are not profiteering when we as
a fair price for good article, clean
and conscientiously made and q
the cost to the farmer shor'
given some consideration, so tn;
farmers wife and children shou
go unpaid or underpaid. Don
swer as did a prominent Snow
man to me and he looked me S,
in the face as he said it, "Why s.
| pay you 80 cents for butter wi
can buy il for 40 cents? Your
cuts no figure with me. am no
lie benefactor, buy where car
the cheapest" And this same
asks you $500 for one half J
consultation and brings to hi
no more brains than you or
| close with my origins
tiOn. "If the butter make
vate customers at spe
barely pay his feed
the maker I B0-cer
Thanking ou for
hearing, Am,
ment.
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Cambridge, Nd, March S.-Rear-
rangement of pastors, church trial
in which a minister is accused of mis-
applying funds, and the first boys
conference ever held in the Whining
ton Methodist Episcopal Conference
will make the fifty-fourth annual ses-
sion of that conference here March
22-27 one of the most important ever
held.
While many of the pastors have
been asked TO return, it is rumored
that there are likely to be many
changes. The Rev. Edwin Gardner
was given a hearing a year ago and
suspended pending the next meeting
of the conference. The boys confer
ence will be unique. There will be a
representative boy from each charge
in the conference, and the boys will
hold conference" following the
style and methods of the regular min
isterial conference. The object is to
interest boys in church work, select
possible material for the ministry
and acquaint them with the business
of the church that laymen are called
upon to transact.
Elections To BE Held.
The conference will elect as fol-
lows:
Conference trustees to succeed the
Revs. w. F. Corkran, J. w. Colona
and w. II. Briggs.
Members of the Conference Edu-
cation Society to succeed the Revs.
+. F. Carpenter and r. p. Nichols and
Laymen Arley b. Magee and E. j..
Winder.
Trustees of Wesley Collegiate In
stitute to succeed the Revs. +. c..
MacSorley, G. c. Williams, II. X.
Stephenson, J. T. Herson, W. T..
Gunby, and X. p. Nichols and Laymen
G. w. Tebo, John G. Townsend, Jr.,
Walter o. Hoffecker, II. L. Price,
Harry Mayer and Albert w. Sisk.
Members of the bureau of sessions
to succeed the Revs. G. I. Anderson
and W. L. White and Layman H. p.
Cannon.
Members of the committee on con-
ference relations to succeed the Revs.
+. n. Faulkner, George White Daw-
son, f. W. Mcdowell and G. S.
Thomas.
No constitutional questions are
likely to be submitted to the confer
ence. Few candidates. possibly not
more than one, will be presented for
admission on trial
II is understood that the Revs.
George p. Smith, w. +. Matthews
and G. w. Stallings will request that
their relation be changed from active
to retired. Mr.. Smith entered the
conference in 1896, and has served
Lakesville, Glendale, Houston, Wyo-
ming, Clayton, st. Johns, Kenton,
Millington and Cheswold Mr.. Mat
thews was admitted to the conference
I 1902, and has served Marion, New
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81 do hope that you keep your cows
in a PASTURE" said Mrs. Newlywed as
she paid the milkman.
"Yes'm," replied the milkman. "Of
course we keep them in a pasture"
"I'm SO glad" gushed she. 81 have
been told that pasteurized milk is
much the best"
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M. P. Conference To
Meet AT Chestertown

The Maryland Annual Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church
will hold its sessions this year at
Chestertown, Md. Rev. DIR. James II.
Straughn, president, will preside.
There is no doubt that he will be
reelected TO the office for another
year. So far as can be learned, there
will be few changes among the min
listers of this denomination.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11

The Cynical Bachelor observes that
when fellow tells a girl he will love
her always they may both be young
enough to believe it.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-03-11

If we must die to be appreciated,
mighty few of us are in any particu-
lar hurry about it.