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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-28
Manager OF "A. & p. Store
Accepts Ne,O Position,

Clinton Duncan, who has been in
charge of the A. & p. Tea Co.'s store
in Pocomoke, has resigned his posi-
tion, and has accepted a place with
William Deiches, cigar manufacturer
His territory will include Accomae
and Northampton counties of Vir.
ginia, and the lower part of Sussex
county, Delaware.
Mr.. Duncan's duties in the A. & p.
store will be assumed by his brother
Linwood Duncan, and the public car
be assured of the same efficient ser.
vice heretofore rendered by Clinton
Duncan.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-28
LEND A HAND.

Prof. Eutsler, principal of the
Poomoke City High School,
wishes to inform the public that
great difficulty is being expert
enced in providing transporta-
tion for the children to the Pub
lie Athletic Meet to be held in
Berlin, next week.
He would appreciate it, if
those who have cars to offer
would communicate with him;
or if those who are going them
selves and have spare seats in
their machines will drive around
by the way of the High School
on Monday next and take in as
many children as can be accom-
modated. We trust there may
be hearty response to this ap-
peal.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-28
SATURDAY NIGHT"
COMING THURSDAY
Cecil B. De Mile Extravaganza To
Be Seen AT Empire Two Days.
Superb Cast.

Cecil B. De Miles recent Para
mount production, Saturday Night"
will be the feature attraction ut the
Empire Theatre next week. It will
be shown two days-Thursday and
Friday, May 4 and 5. This is said to
be one of the finest pictures ever pro-
duced by Mr.. De Mile. The story was
written by Jeanie Macpherson author
of many De Mile screen classics and
the cast is practically all star. The
principle players include Leatrice JOY
Conrad Nagel, Edith Roberts, Jack
Mower, Julia Faye, Theodore Roberts,
and Sylvia Ashton.
The story deals with the marriage
problem and the effects of environ
ment on human and allied questions
Saturday Night" has been produced
on a lavish scale and there are un.
usual thrills in the development of the
story.
There will be no pictures on Mon.
day and Tuesday. On Wednesday the
last episode of "White Eagle" will be
shown, and also on this night the EN-
pire will show the first episode of the
serial picture, "The Jungle Goddess.
1t is hailed as the greatest wild ami
NAL serial production ever to reacl
the screen. 1t is produced by th'
same company that produced "Th'
Lost City," which made such a hi
with film fans here a year or NOR
ago.
Tom Mix, the old favorite, come
on Saturday in "Three Jumps Ahead
a tale of the Western plains. It i
said that Mix does several new ant
daring stunts never before attempte'
for the screen in this picture. :
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-28
Local Bankers Attend
Tn- County Meeting

The semi-annual meeting of the AS.
sociated Banks of Wicomico, Somerset
and Worcester Counties was held in
Salisbury last Wednesday evening.
Only the general business of the
Associated was transacted, which was
followed by banquet. Those present
from Pocomoke City were, Francis M
Wilson and E. W.. Veasey, represent
ing Pocomoke City National Bank
and William S. Schoolfield and Col.
more p. Byrd representing the Citi-
zens National Bank.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-28
POCOMOKE MAN RECEIVES
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT

r. Harlan Robertson has been APP
pointed by the Presbytery of New
Castle to represent that body at the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church which will be held in Indian
apolis in the near future.
This appointment comes with
great deal of responsibility-and Mr..
Robertson can be congratulated upon
the honor and distinction conferred
upon him.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-28
new OFFICERS FOR
THE ROTARY CLUB
Several Committees Also Appointed
To Serve Organization For
Ensuing Term

At recent meeting of the POGO.
moke City Rotary Club the following
officers were elected:
President, DR.. N. E. Sartorius.
Vice-President,. Godfrey Child.
Secretary, H. M. Walters.
Treasurer, Colmore E. Byrd.
These officers together with r. I
Lednum and H. B. Pilchard constitute
the Board of Directors.
The following committees were ap.
pointed:
Boys Work-Dr. A. A. Parker
chairman, H. B. Pishard, H. Merrill
Walters.
Business Methods - c. E. Byrd,
chairman, Raymond Dryden, Milton
L. Veasey.
Rotary Education-Godfrey Child,
H. B. Pilchard, E. L. Bunce.
Program-R.- w Lankford, chair
man, A. A. Parker, w. H. Walters.
Fellowship-E. L. Bunce, chairman,
E. Clarke Fontaine.
Public Affairs-R. I. Lednum, chair
man, Raymond Dryden, Ounce Ash
burn.
Music and Entertainment-H. B.
Pilchard, chairman, M. L. Veasey,
Godfrey Child.
Publicity-E. J. Clarke, chairman,
E Clarke Fontaine, J. M. Clogg.
Correspondence to. Rotary-E. J.
Clarke, E. L. Bunce.
Sargeant-at-Arms-J. M. Clogg.
The Rotary is constantly taking in
new members, and it's roster can moi
fail to be of inestimable benefit in the
advancement of all public utilities.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-04-28

Rev. e. L. Bunce will deliver SER
mon to the Odd Fellows on Sunday
(tomorrow) evening at 7.S0 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
JITNEY CAMPAIGN ID CLOSE MONDAY AT TWO MEET |NGS
Two Questions Come Before Voters At Election Set
 For Tuesday

Jefferson county citizens Tuesday will vote on the continuance of the and 1-mill school taxes for 25 years from the date of their expiration. Birmingham voters will decide whether the jitney owners ordinance overriding the citys settlement ordi- nance is to go into effect, to be the law until repealed by action at 8 similar initiative election.
 Polling places will open at s o'clock Tuesday morning and will close at 6 o'clock in the evening, l.. r. Gray, secreary of the election commission, announced Sunday night. Bcxes for the city election will be distributed under MT. Gray's direction Monday. The sheriff's office will distribute boxes for the school tax election. Returning officers must bring tho boxes to the sheriff's office not later than noon Wednesday,, Most of the boxes will come in Tuesday night, however, if custom is followed. The sheriff holds the boxes until the eIec- tion Commission meets for an official canvass of the vote.
 Mir. Gray wishes to stress upon election officers that a sheet con taining the final count must be post ed in a conspicuous place at each polling place immediately after the check is' completed. This is required by law, penalty being attached for failure to comply.
 Monday night will see the wind-up or the campaign for and against the JltneY owners ordinance, which has waXed warm during the final days of the week. Meetings will be held by both sides
 Commissioner William L. Harrison. George Lewis Bailes and Frank r.. Butler will speak in opposition to the measure at meeting in Westleigh park, Central park at : o'clock Mon day night.
 Proponents of the jitney mems or dlnance will argue for e vote ives" at North Birmingham park at 8 o'clock Monday night. Attorneys for the Jitney Owners association are expected to flay the city commission and the settlement ordinance, em- bodying an agreement with the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company, providing for paving, street lights, gas extensions and improved car service including q reduction in stree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
BANKERS CALLED TO ATTEND TARIFF MEET
Alabamians Who Will Select Dele gates Are Announced
 WASHINGTON BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD , MashinRtnn. D C Ana, oa

The American Bankers League, an organization formed to prevent a change in the existing tariff law and to combat the democratic idea of a tariff for revenue only, has issued a call to the bankers of the country to participate in the Western Tariff Congress to be held in Denver, in Os- tober,
 The Western Tariff Congress and the American Bankers League is af- filiated with the Southern Tariff As sociation composed in the main of southerners who adhere to the repub- ican tariff ideas, ana VII .n Da. al elections, vote for republican can didates. The executive eos.
 the American Bankers League in Alabama, which is charged with se- lecting delegates to the Western Tar if Congress in Denver, Is listed by the Southern Tariff Association as follows;
 II. T. Bartlett of the American Trust and Savings Bank, Birming tam A, l.. Stapues of the Peoples Bank of Mobile; Clyde HenrryX of the Tennessee Valley Bank, Decatur; and l.. II. cochrane of the City National Bank, Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
LEAVE THE DEAD,' PLEA OF ENGLAND AS AMERICANS DIG
University Of Georgia Is Seek ing Remains Of General
 James 0glethorpe

LONDON, August z5-'Leaye us our dead.' is~the plea which England addresses to aealous Americans bent Ion digging up the dust of old and revered patriots.
 First came an enterprising group of Virginians. who explored the hu- man remains of St. Georges church yard in a search for the Indian prin- cess, Pocahoutas
 Now representatives of the Univer- sity of Georgia are seeking authority to probe for the remains of General James Edward OglethOrpe. They want to transport the late general to the United States and enshrine his body In Georgia. General Oglethorpe. early Georgian settler and founder of the state university. will also be recalled by numerous -doughbOys from the camp that is named after him.
 The chancellor of the diocese of Chemlsford has denied the Americans permission to search for OglethOrpe, He may have been mindful of the in- dignation caused by the hunt for Pocahoutas, which Lord Curzon, among others denounced as ghoulish disturbance of the dead.
 General Oglethorpe is believed to be buried in Cranham Essex, which was his home from 1743 to 17S5. He was born in 1896. served in the Brit ish army, won fame as a member of Parliament and an empire builder, From the American point of view his chief achievement was the found ing of the colony (uow the state) of Georgia. He was a strong opponent of negro slavery and an ardent pro- hibitionist.
 Put he only spent about 10 years of his life in America, according to the English. who, therefore. contend that his dust belongs to England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
LANDLORD WILL CONTINUE TO GET
 HIS, |S OUTLOOK
Rents Continue To Climb Up- ward, As Construction
 Material Rises
By THOMAS l.. STOKES .eaRAh NAirR fn The Are-Hernlh


 WASHINGTON August 26.-Hign remission houses. apartments. rooms are apparently destined to continue for some time. The landlord will probably get his same share of the average mans earnings for quite a while yet, and any saving from the prosperity boom for the salaried public must be managed in some other way.
 Rents have gone slowly upward in the last few months--tIat is tl4s. cold fact written in reports to ths labor department from all sections of the country. The rise, it is true has been slight and gradual. Tn June, rents were 63.4 per cent higher than in 1913; in March the vari- ation from the pre-war year was 62.4 per cent; last December, rents were 6t.9 per cent higher than in 1913. With rents dolng better than holding their own. there are several factors intertwined with rent costs all of recent development-which in- dicate that no noticeable reduction Is in sight soon. These factors, shown in data gathered by the labor and commerce departments, are; Fnctors In Rent Situation.
 l. Rising cost of building ma terials.
 2. Recent slump in building to care for the present shortage of homes.
 8. Decided advances in cost of fur niture and other house furnishings.
 There doesn't seem to be much possibility of rents going down, with the price of everything that goes into rent costs going up,' one gov ernment housing expert succinctly put it.
 There is now shortage of sonc- thing less than 100000 homes in the
 fc.x, u r,oN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
TARIFF BODY. ORDERSPROBE
 OF BEET SUGAR.
Commission Gives No Reason For investigation, Which
 Will Be Separate From The
 Cuban Production Inquiry RECORDS WILL BE TAKEN FROM 1000 SUGAR FARMS Satisfactory Progress Made
 In Investigation Resulting
 From Charges That Tariff
 Caused High Price Claimed

WASHINGTON, August 26.-The tariff commission has ordered a comprehensive" investigation into the cost of producing sugar beets within the United States. The cost, the commissions announcement to- day explained Twill be separate and distinct from the inquiry being con ducted into cost of producing sugar in Cuba, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Louis lana and of the sugar mills of the west and will be for purposes of the so-called flexible provisions of the tariff act" of 1922.
 The extent that the new study will go into general producing costs from the agricultural standpoint, is re- garded here as having direct bear ing on existing rates of duty on sugar imports. The commission, however, said that the inquiry was fact gathering proposition and made no mention of how it intends to use the data obtained or the reason actuating it.
 Proress Satisfactory.
 Satisfactory progress has been made, commission members reported on the previously instituted inves- tigation itno sugar producing costs WHICH iSSull6u rom CQarEeS that the high sugar prices prevailing early in the year were attributable to the tariff duties. The new investiga- ton will go a step further than the one already in progress in that 1t proposes to delve into the very be- ginning of sugar production.
 Whether fresh complaints have been made to the commission against the import rates was not made known but 1t was ascertained that several members of the commission believe tho inquiry already under Way should be ,broadened and made complete while the question of duties and their. effect on prices is pend ing before the commission.
 Tine inqpiry announced today calls IpF survey of the cost of producing beets in about 30 sugar areas in Aeichigan, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, aiid California. Records will be taken Irein Approximately 1000 farms, or about l5 per cent of the total pro- auction of the 30 districts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
FATE OF IRELAND BULG LGARTAN ENVOY TO BE DECIDED IN TO PRAGUE SLAIN;
 MONDAY ELECTION ASSASSIN IS HELD
Three Shots Are Fired And Ambassador Dies When
 Placed On Operating Table


 PRAGUE, August 2e.-M Daskal- off, Bulgarian minister to Prague during the regime of stamboulinsky, was assassinated Sunday at AHas, dy- ing in a hespltal there.
 His assailant youth called Nix oloFf from Sofia. fired four revolver bullets into the minister's body at close quarters.
 M Boyadieff, who was with DasNal- off, was also slightly injured. Nix oloff has been arrested.
 NJ. DasEaloff appointed to the Prague post by StamboulinsEy, was high in the councils of the dead pre- mier's government.
 He had been one of the most az gressive opponents of the new Bank off government instituted by the rev olution, and during the revolt directed -Zanl1off activities from Prague after Stamboulinsky capture.
 He was looked upon as one of the leaders of the Agrarian movement and a potential leader of counter revolu- tionary activities against the new government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
NATION WAITS FOR PINCHOT ID SHOW HAND.
Conference To Seek Settle
 ment Of Mine Deadlock Will
 Be Opened At Harrisburg,
 Pa, On Monday Morning EXECUTIVE ASSURED OF SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT White House And Coal Con-
 mission Cling To Belief That Pennsylvania Governor Will Force A Compromise Soon

WASHINGTON, August 26.-Pro- fessing confidence in the outcc me, official Washington awaits the open ing tomorrow of the conference at Harrisburg, called by Governor Pin- chot to seek a settlement of the con troversy which threatens to shut down the anthracite mines September 1. The Pennsylvania executive will have net only aid in the form of data gathered by federal fuel agencies, administration spokesmen declare, but the moral support of the federal government if he finds it necessary to impose a stronger argument than the logical aspects of the situation.
 Federation by representatives of both operators and miners that nothing had occurred tt change the decisions expressed at earlier par leys, has failed to shake the optimis- tic view taken by President Coolidge and his advisers. While the refusal of the miners 10 submit the issues to arbitration and the equally flat de- clination of operators to agree to the demand for increased pay sub mitted by the employe gre up seemed to constitute a deadlock, the White House and coal commission clung to the belief that Governor Pinchot would be able to force an equit- able compromise.
 Acting upon instructions from President Coolidge, that every aid be given Governor Pinchot, data and conclusions derived by various gov ernment bureaus have been sent to Harrisburg for use in the confer ence. Two members of the staff Of the coal commission who were in- strumental in preparing the recently published report on production costs VIII be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
500 CASES LIQUOR ARE CONFISCATED
 AT MOBILE PORT
British Schooner Aromay And Cargo Seized Near
 Louisiana Coast

NOBLE, Ala August 26.-(Leased Wire to The Age Herald) hund- red cases of imported liquors were brought to Mobile late today on board the British schooner Aromay by federal officers, and will be stored in the government warehouse until charges against the officers Of the vessel charged with violation or the Volstead act are disposed Of.
 The Aromay and her cargo of liquors was seized Friday morning off Breton island, near the Louis jana coast by Deputy Collector O. Customs Lewis l.. Curtis Of Biloxi Miss. Collector Curtis went on board the vessel that was held up at the point of a machine gun Her holds were searched and the six hundred cases of liquor revealed. The crew were put under arrest at Biloxi and the yacht brought here.
 Tn Aromay is 90 it long, yawl igged yacht of British registry and cleared from Belize, British Hon. duras. with general cargo for open destination. This is the first vessel of foreign registry to be taken on the Gulf coast and the largest con tra band cargo captured in these waters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
Pinchot Is Ready To Deal With Problem

HARRISBURG, Pa, August 26.-- Gov. Clifford Pinchot, with such ot- cial and other assistance has been summoned or volunteered, prepared today to deal with the threatened suspension of anthracite mining.
 Miners union officials and coal op- orators representatives who will con- fer with him Monday were all on their way to the state capital. The governor as always during the inter views since he agreed with President Coolidge to make a final attempt to avert the industrial tie-up said little today.
 Only the barest outlines of the gov ernor's plans for the meeting became evident In his afternoon talk with newspaper men. He will greet the four leaders of the miners union and the four members of the general pol icy committe of the anthracite oper- ators when they arrive at his capital offices, make a brief address detail- ing the circumstances under which they will have been brought together after three or four previous fruit
 lConfinuRd an Pare THO)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
PISTOL WAS UNLOADED,
 l2-YEAR-0LD MAY DIE
Ben Awtrey Playfully Commits
 Suicide"

ATLANTA, Ga. August 26--Ben Awtrey, age 12, lies in a local hos pital tonight probably fatally wound ed as result of playing with "an unloaded" pistol.
 Der and his eight year-old brother, Louis, were playing in the yard of their home with a pistol which they had found in the house. Four of the chambers were empty and the boy supposed the fifth was also unloaded.
 Playfully he turned the weapon to his breast.
 Goodbye" he said to Louis I'm going 10 kill myself" Then he pulled the trigger
 Surgeons are fighting hard to save his life The bullet entered a fraction of an inch below bis heart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
"DOn't Blame Dad," /" Pleads Dying Cripple

CHICAGO, August 26.-Samuel Sopoci rubbed the sleep from his bleary eyes Sunday and dis covered himself in a cell at the Chicago Avenue police station.
 His surprise was only momen- tary, however, for his week end parties" had ended in the same place several times before.
 On previous occasions. how ever. his crippled son, John, aged II. had generally hobbled over to the station of a Sunday morn ing to see if dads all right "
 T see I'm in again, Sopoci remarked to the cell keeper, who eyed him rather queerly, and nodded:
 "Yes, you're in again. You're in for a long time."
 What do you mean. a long timer" scoffed Sam. I'm going to lay off the stuff for a while. Has my kid been over yet?'
 Don't you remember
 Remember what?"
 Remember how you charged into the house Saturday night, ran your wife out, found little John hiding in the bed room and began beating him. Then he began crying and, because he cried, you reached in the bureau drawer where you kept your au- tomatic and shot him In the head? Johns dead"
 Sopoci collapsed. If he hadn't, the jailer might have added that, just before he died, the boy whispered to the policeman:
 Don't blame my dad. It was bootleg booze. He's kind fath- CT when he don't drink"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
BABY FALLS IN TUB AND LIFE HANGSIN BALANCE SUNDAY
Hospital Attendants Are Mak- ing Desperate Efforts To
 Defeat Death

Found practically dead in a tub of water under a hydrant, F. I. Ellis. Jr, II months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ellis, 2327 Third avenue, is at the Birmingham General hos pital Monday with a fighting chance to live unless pneumonia sets in, hos pital authorities stated.
 How long the baby had been in the water was not known by his parents but his grandfather missing the child, started a search, discovering him submerged in the tub of water and with life practically. extinct at l o'clock Sunday afternoon. A pass ing autoist rushed the child to the hospital.
 ternoon that when the child was brought to the hospital there were no signs of life. Artifical respiration, oxygen and a saline solution were given to the stricken child. Forty minutes of desperates work by the attendants produced the first signs of life.
 Late Sunday evening pr. -Gewin stated the child was in critical condition from the amount of water which had reachel the ehild's lungs and that his fever was very high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-27
EQUAL RIGHTS IS SLOGAN
international Association of Women
 Preachers Meets MOndny

CHIIAGO, AuBuSJ Zb,~TTt IHIeT- national Association of Women Preachers will open it's annual con ventlon Monday night with members from all parts of the United States, representing F denominations, here to urge equal rights for women in the clergy.
 The association has announced that one of it's principal objects is Ito se cure equal ecclesiastical rights for women and to encourage capable and eonsecrated young women to take up the work of the ministry"