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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
E. M. 7. E. BOYS
RETURNED WEDNESDAY
Those From Worcester County Re-
port Advantageous Outing
At Camp Meade

The boys of the Citizens Military
Training Camp came marching home
on Wednesday last.
Final equipment was turned ir
Wednesday. At the same time com
mutation was issued for return jour
neys home.
Regimental bands of the Sixth
Field Artillery and the Twelfth ant
Thirty-fourth Infantries marched will
the different contingents to the sta
ton at Camp Meade, where they
cheered the parting guests with fare
we'll concerts.
Brig-Gen. Harold B. Fiske, camI
commander, watched them 60. H.
was proud Of them as they marched
past the camp headquarters. Johnny
was a soldier now. And accordingly
he stepped high.
In addition to candidates from
Maryland and the District Of Colum
bia, there were men at the camp from
Pennsylvania and Virginia. Ever
those who have the greatest distances
to go will reach their home by Fri
day afternoon.
Teusday the Regular Army troops
at Camp Meade sold themselves tt
the C. M. T. C. students. While thu
students sat on the sidelines ant
watched, field artillery, infantry
tanks, cavalry and engineers did thei
stuff
Next year the boys who entered tn
basic or beginners course of the CAM
will have to serve with one of thes'
branches. After they watched tn
functioning Of the troops they mad
their choice.
Those who attended from Worces
ter county, filling the quota were:
Granville Adams, William Haymar
Wilson Outten, Maxwell Davis, Levi
Houston.
They report most advantageou
outing and are ready to return TO
another year.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
FATAL SHOOTING
FRACAS AMONGST
COLORED PEOPLE
Bedlam Breaks Out In Bedlam Tues.
day Night When One Negro
Is Shot Dead.
TWO OTHERS WOUNDED;
ARE NOW in HOSPITAL

A fracas of a serious nature broke
out early. last Wednesday morning ir
that section of Pocomoke City, known
as Bedlam, which section contains
mostly negro residents.
The trouble occurred in a restau.
rant owned by the two Fields broth.
ers-Sam and Alphonzo-and the ex-
citing cause was a dispute over the
sale of a bottle containing a soft
drink.
The customer, the murdered man.
objected to the bottle, saying the neck
was broken, and he wanted another
The evidence showed. that the dis
pute had not proceeded very far, when
lights were extinguished and pistols
began to pop.
When the smoke cleared away,
George Frears was dead, and Clarence
Wright and Edward Adley were seri-
ously injured. These two were rushed
to the hospital, and rumors have been
rife that Adley has succumbed, but
this has not been confirmed.
The dead man lay on the street
from about A. NJ, to 9 A. M, await
ing the action of the coroner's jury
Coroner Hargis empanaled the follow
lowing, who took testimony: G. Cleve
Townsend, Walter S. Atkinson, Abe
Flax, Edward Landing, Mitchell C.
Hickman, Alonza Blades, Harry Hill.
man, William Denston, William B
Duncan land o. Mack Littleton.
The witnesses examined were Yer.
non Dryden and William Phillips, Of
Pocomone City, and Ruth Perry, Eth.
Ell Walker, Robert Bush, Lewis Lyon
and Louise johnson, all Of Norfolk
Virginia.
The verdict of the jury was that
the death of the deceased was caused
by bullets from the pistols in the
hands of Samuel Fields, Alphonza
Fields and Harmon Gunby.
On Wednesday States Attorney
Johnson held a preliminary hearing
and on Wednesday evening Justice
Hargis reviewed the case. At this
hearing Lewis Ligon, Robert Bush
Ruth Perry, Louise Johnson, Ethe
Walker, Vernon Dryden, and William
Phillips all testified. Their evidence
showed that Sam Fields, Alphonzs
Fields, and Harmon Gunby, all were
seen with pistols in their hands. Lou
Use Johnson's testimony seemed to fi'
the murder on Alphonza Fields, al
she said she saw him with gun ant
that he shot Frears.
The two Fields brothers and Gun
by were all held as we'll as several O.
those who testified.
While there was no evidence tina
any intoxicating liquors were being
distributed, it is the general opinion
that some drinking was at the bottom
of the affair.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
Rehoboth Ladies VIII
Have Supper And Festival

The ladies Of old Rehoboth Presby'
terian Church will hold supper and
festival on the church lawn on Tues
day evening, August IL, beginning al
$50. The menu will include frieo
chicken soft crabs, oysters, meats
and all the delicacies Of the season
Ice cream and cake will also be serv'
ed. The public is cordially invited
All are assured of a generous mea
served in true old Eastern Shore
style.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
9TH DISTRICT FARMERS
TAKE DECIDED STAND
CITY COUNCIL WILL
COLLECT OVERDUE TAXES
Month OF August Given As The
Time Limit For Payment Of
l92O-2l-22 Taxes

Through circular letters sent out
by the Mayor & Council of this city
the taxpayers are informed exactly
as to the financial status of the cor
poration.
BY figures contained in these let
tiers it can be seen that demands arc
made on the treasury which the city
is not able to meet, with the amount
of money in hand.
1t can also be seen that there are
enough unpaid taxes due to liquidate.
within a few dollars, all the outstand-
ing notes and bills, not including the
taxes of 1923.
The Council has therefore decided
to call in all unpaid taxes for 1920,
1921, and 1922, and if these are not
paid during the month of August, the
accounts will be placed in the hands
of the Councils attorney for col
lection.
The situation should be readily un-
derstood by property holders, and
since it can be seen that the indebted
ness of the town can be liquidated by
a settlement, the back taxes should be
readily forth coming.
Treasurer Ross can be found in his
office on the third floor Of the City
Hall, his hours being from 9 A. M. tt
IL M; and from 1 P. M. to a P. M
Not very far into the future he ex'
poets to be fitted up on the second
floor of the City Hall.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
N. p. Sunday School
Haze Annual Picnic

The members of the M. P. Sunday
School of this city enjoyed their an
nual picnic at Public Landing Tues
day of this week. Quite a number
motored from here in the morning
and spent the day swimming, sailing
and grabbing. Others spent the after.
noon and thoroughly enjoyed the COO
breezes and excellent bathing at this
popular little resort.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
Roster Of Forty-Seven Men Ready
To Start For Virginia Beach
Today AT 10 A. M.
CAPTAIN CHILD AND
LIEUT.. POTTS in CHARGE

Maryland National Guardsmen will
go into camp today. The first big
movement by water will take place
when more than 1000 guardsmen go
to their summer camp at Virginia
Beach aboard chartered steamers of
the Old Bay Line.
The annual encampment will open
today and close August 16. Govern
or's Day will be observed August Ia,
when Governor Ritchie, commander
in chief of the guardsmen, will in
spect the camp and review the troops.
Eastern Shore National Guards
men, about 400 in number, will go to
Cape Charles over the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
and take special boat to Berkley,
Va. From Berkley they will go by
train to Virginia Beach.
The encampment this year will be
the first at Virginia Beach. This will
be the first time that the entire per-
sonnel of the Maryland guard has
travelled to camp by water.
General Reckord will command the
troops at camp and Major Thomas j.
McNichols will be the executive of
ficer.
At camp the guardsmen will spend
the mornings in drills. Afternoons
will be devoted to supervised athlet-
les, parades and ceremonies. Recrea-
tion will be provided for the evening
hours.
Major William D. Upton, of the
Maryland National Guard Air Ser
vice, accompanied by Capt. Charles A.
Mason, flight commander, will fly to
Virginia Beach on the day Of the re-
ception for Governor Richie.
Headquarters Company, Sd Battal-
lion, 1st Infantry Maryland National
Guard, Pocomoke City, Maryland, is
as follows, and will attend the en-
eampment: IS
CAPTAIN-Godfrey Child.
1st LIEUT.-Charles D. Potts.
SERGEANTS-Roger F. Vincent,
William X. Morse, Dorsey S. Evans,
Joseph w. Willard.
CORPORALS-Corbin HI. Merrill,
Johnson N. Payne, Gerald J. Down
ing, Clarence w. Dryden, Claude W.
Mcdaniel.
PRIVATES, 1st CLASS - Eldred
L. Brown, Rubin w. Chesser, Clarence
w. Grey, Fred W. Henderson, George
D. knight, Earl B. Mcdaniel, Jesse
J. Packer, Edward Solum, Albert J.
Warren, Lloyd c. Watson, Ernest w.
Wise.
PRIVATES - William E. Bounds,
Jr., Calvin T. Birmingham, Harold M.
Birmingham, Melvin e. Brimer, VIM.
o. Bunting, Lester H. Bunting, Frank
o. Chesser, Robert w. Copper, Jr.,
Edward J. East, Arthur J. Ford, Her.
bert Croft, William w. Henderson,
Hyland r. Mcdaniel, James d. Mer-
I rill, Mari M. Nutter, Frank c.. Packer,
John B. Powell, Colvyn C. Redden, Jr.
Samuel J. Schoolfield, Jr., Howard D.
Sherwood, Roy Smith, Howard W.
West, William T. Wilson, Sanders
Willing, I. H. Merrill.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02

WILLIAM b. DUNCAN
Il. w. McMASTER
P. w. TANKARD
S. D. CORBIN
C. V. CORBIN
C. H. CORBIN
w. S. MARINER
MRS. NETTIE MARINER
LUTHER PARSONS
WILLARD P. EVANS
I. C. POWELL
CALVINE HOWERTON
ISAAC R. PARSONS
GEORGE WISE
J. F. CORBIN
MRS. J. G. w. CORBIN
SYLVESTER SCOTT
DR.. G. M. VANDEGRIFT
NATHANIEL J. PUSEY
GEORGE T. BISHOP
S. J. TRADER
M. L. TAYLOR
OHIO STURGIS:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02

Mrs. E. B. Lankford and Mrs. E. S.
Davis have been on a trip to Atlantic
City. Mrs. Davis returned Thursday,
while Mrs. Lankford stopped off at
Philadelphia for visit with her
sister.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
Condition OF County Roads Leads
To Determination Not To Pay
Any More Taxes
LETTER ADDRESSED TO
COUNTY, STATE, NATION

The following letter shows that the
farmers of the Seventh district have
taken desperate measures to relieve
what they think is a desperate situa-
ton. AS can be seen it is addressed
to National, State, and County au-
thorities, and contains an appeal
which should bring results:
To the County Commissioners, State
Road Commission, and Federal Au-,
thorities:
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned farmers of the
Seventh district of Worcester county,
feeling that we have just cause for
Indignation and complaint of the re-
peated rebuffs at the hands of both
County and State officials, when ap-
preached in the matter of improved
roads; and feeling that our grievance
and sufferings have reached a point
where they are unbearable; and real
izing that there is no redress except
by desperate action; We have decided
that we will absolutely refuse to pay
into the county treasury any money
for taxes, until we are assured that
improvements in the roads of the a.
aforementioned district, will be made,
and until there is some evidence those
assurances will be carried out.
We feel that no argument is neces-
sary to prove the miserable conditions
of the county highways in the Seventh
district, an inspection will prove that.
We who are compelled to haul our
produce to shipping points, do SO un-
der all sorts of difficulty Our fruits
are injured, our loads frequently
dumped, and our vehicles stalled in
either mud or sand.
In winter our children, with untold
difficulty reach the school, our sick
are deprived Of proper attention; and
our communication with the outside
world in the matter Of mails is in
danger of being cut off.
Specifically, we would point to the
condition of the Dividing Creek bridge
which we consider dangerous to cross
Inc roads in Somerset and Worcester
on each side of the creek are, al
times, impossible and we feel the
limit of endurance has been reached
It would seem 10 us, that those ir
authority in Nation, County, ant
State could better conditions were
they so disposed. We feel that we arr
justified in resol ting to such methods
as will bring results and therefore w
have decided to pay no more taxe'
until the situation as to county road
is relieved. Signed:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02
Pocon,oke Girl Weds
Man From, Philadelphia

Miss Esther D. Stevenson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Steven
son, was married on Monday last,
July 21, at o'clock, P. M, to George
A. Garner, of Philadelphia, Pa.
The ceremony was performed in
Snow Hill, by the Rev. Mr.. Jones, OF
the M. j.. Church. Mr.. and Mrs
Garner will reside in Philadelphia.
Miss Stevenson, before her mar
riage, was employed by the Atlantic
& Pacific office department in the
Quaker City.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-02

st. Stephens Guild, Upper Fair
mount, will serve supper in the
hall at Manokin, Thursday, August Z,
at 5 p. NJ.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

TO spell it, and he can't make me-
In moment the voice of n. P.
Granger came over the wire.
That YOU Bipps?" the big lum-
berman inquired, pleasantly enough.
MY wife couldn't quite get the name
What can I do for you, Henry
well, I'll tell yoh what you can
do for me-" Mr.. Bipps cried angrily.
You can take your lumber business
and go to hades with it, that's what
you can do for mel Yes, am mad !.
You've got that just exactly right.
And IL stay in this town a thousand
years and build ten thousand houses
and live to be a million years old,
I'll never buy another stick of lumber
from you-never!'
why, Henry" said the voice of
Mr.. Granger, you must be drunk.
never sent a collector to ask you for
money. Your account has always
been one Of the accounts we've never
had to give any attention. l don't
know what you're talking about,
Bipps. We never pressed you to pay
q cent You could have had another
ave thousand dollars worth of lum-
Der from US any time you wanted it,
Bipps.'
''Haven't-haven't you been sending
your George to my Office every"
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Building q Chimney.

MANY persons observing factory
chimneys projecting into the
air have wondered how they could
be constructed SO seiidly and with
out creokedness. When the brickwork
10 completed a few feet above the
ground rods Of iron are fastened
around the chimney. resting upon
blocks Of wood. The rods consist OF
several pieces, which are screwed into
seckets and thus clanped against
the brick SO tightly that they will
sustain very heavy weight.
To these rods is fastened a scat
folding of wood, which supports a
board platform on which the chimney
makers stand and which also holds
the bricks and mortar. The scat
folding is further strengthened by
braces passed around 1t. When the
courses Of brick are laid UP SO far
that the seaffold lis inconyenient to
work from, another set of rods is
bolted around the chimney and the
elevated into its new po-
sitisn piece by piece. Sometimes a
new scaffofd Is built, the old one
being left in place, the men reach
ing the other by means of ladders.
The bricks ana mortar are raised
from the sFoupA by means % repe
passing over pulley inserted in !,
beam protecting above the scaffold.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
What Nation Will Use Newly Invented Death Raw?

Without either Si,,> hitting practical
ly on the death ray, and it is yet
more curious that Snaith, as its
spokesman. had d glimpse of the
rays good role to stop aircraft of
invaders from carrying gas to wom-
en- and children of cities.
The diabolical combination OF gas
and aircraft did not stand out, in
1916; yet Snaith made his Urban
Meyer say:
"As 1 told Orville Wright when he
first said he was going to fly all
that is the wrong tack. The DAY
when the wrights got home with
their damned contraption was the
worst the human race had seen since
the invention of gunpowder.
And, now, when we who live in
Paris or London, were, quite seri-
ously, resigning ourselves to be mis-
erabiy killed by poison gas, say, ten
years hence, there arrives the death
ray, which will make aerial warfarf
impossible in England"-as the Lon
don headlines put it-and, as we hope
ly impossible in France, the United
States, Italy and other countries OF
the former allies. And in Germany,
too, quite so-who wants to invade
Germany? We just want peace
Because, even if the death ray can
kill men directly ard in number at a
distance, who is going to squirt death
across the lands when equal death
can be Immediately squirted back
upon the squirters. We think no
not even Germany.
It will be deadlock.
For. quite surely, what would-be IN
vader will send up his aircraft carry
ing gas to women and children II
they can be crashed down promptly
at the frontier2
Evening star., 1924-06-29

NO, indeed, Henry. But I'll tell
you what 1 did do this very afternoon
I called George onto the carpet and
gave him q good Raging for spend
ing half his time in your office, chin
ming that hossie bookkeeper of yours.
What made you think we were nag
ging you for money. Henry?"
why, every time 1 went into my
office he pulled out a bill or a state
ment-'
IA sly dog, Henry" chuckled Mr..
Granger. "A young fellow has to
have some excuse when he gets
caught in another mans Office too
often
Mr.. Bipps hung up the receiver and
then tried Mr.. Farnum of the brick
company. Farnum had never asked
to have Mr.. Bipps' account reduced.
Neither had the sand company, nor
the paint company, nor the hardware
company. Neither, it seemed, had
any one. The doorbell rang, and he
went to the door. 1t was Caggerty.
81 went around to your Office,
Bipps, to talk over this creditors
meeting, but you were not there. But,
say. / ran into something funny. 1
met your sporty little vamp of a
bookkeeper coming out all doIled up,
and there was young Frank Macken-
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Sterling Heilig, Writing IN Paris, Says Ques-
ton Viii Be Answered by Fourth of Jolly.
Poison Gas for Attack and the Ray for Defense.

Now, in 1924, we see more momen-
tous Fourth.
The very victory of civilization
whose scale was turned by those he.
roic doughbeys, became threatened
by nexious product of the world
war-poison gas. Nothing could
stop it.
The next war, admittedly by ex-
perts. Is ito attack directly the will
of the enemy's people," and, "as air
craft possess the ability to avoid
armies and navies. Is An air force
going to be so foolish as to attack
these forces in place Of attacking
that will?
Whatever the civilian may desire
or squeak for, to put it vulgarly,'
says Col Fuller, high commander of
the British tanks in 1918, in his book,
lin the next great war he, the
civilian, is going to be lin the soup,
and 1t will be pretty hot SOUP"
He pictures great cities, such as
London, attacked from the air, with
out nstice. by a fleet Of 500 airplanes,
each carrying 500 ten-pound bombs
OF, let US suppose, mustard gas, to
cause 100000 minor casualties" Gin
addition to some thousands of men,
women and children killed) and
throw the whole city into panic
within half an hour of their arrival
Picture the result:
r X u
tT ONDON for several days will be
one vast raving Bedlam; the
hospitals will be stormed, traffic will
cease, the homeless will shrek for
help, the city will be in q paade-
msnium. What of the government at
Westminster? It will be swept away
by m avalanche Of terror. Then will
the enemy dictate his terms, which
will be grasped at like q straw by
a drowning man. Thus may a war be
wen il forty-eight hours and the
lossss Of the invader raay be nil"
Certain experts claim such cheni-
cal warfare will be "mereifuP' and
''eheap'--merciful III Gas they as
sums3 the nerves Of the people are
attacked BY sn offensive against their
bodies by nen-istha1 gases" and
cheap "if = future var can be won
at the cost Of = few Thousand civil
ians, women aad children killed"
Thsss would, ct course, be ins addition
to the 208,oos minor casualties' Of
mustard gas attacking = single city
like London.
But who can guarantee it will be
Has?
Also We might hear news Of miner
fyom boys .at home who
had Q touch OF mustard gas, in spite
Of their masks. But these civilians
VIII have no masks.
Who caH Guafantee non-iethal
gases? There are gases ameng the
cheapest which permit = good re-
coysry from medium doses. but OF
which big breathings leave the vie
tim m idiet for life Cheapness, nov
city and terrsr will decide the attack
lpE GaseA
In 1914 '5slGAs1slssss' was sup
posed to have . similar ''wiu-break"
Evening star., 1924-06-29

backed out of the doors and closed it..
Mr.. Bipps dropped into a chair and
put his arms on his desk and let his
head fall forward. He was through!
His bones were jelly and his marrow
was water.
I'm going home" he said pres
emily, raising his head, Il feel sort of
sick"
His eve fell on the telephone and
he went to it and called up Caggerty.
This is Bipps, Caggerty," he said
wearily. Il guess you'd better call
the creditors, like you suggested"
He turned to Miss Clark.
Make out a list of all I owe" he
said, land figger up how much ready
cash I've got. And make q list of
my mortgages and what's yet to be
paid on them.
IN his own front hall he seated him.
self at the little table holding the
telephone, and called q number.
"I want to talk to N. p. Granger"
he shouted well. If you want to
know who this is, it's Henry Bipps.
and you can tell him so! And II he
don't want to talk to me you can
tell him to go to Hades! 1 said
Hades! Hades. Spell it? / don't have
Evening star., 1924-06-29

ing effect on armies and civilians,
and, therefore. by promptness, to be
"merciful." Withdrawing failed, but
frightfulness remained.
France will, almost certainly, par
Rhone Company, with which Grindell
Matthews had signed contracts and
which receives half his stock in the
big English company, possesses lab
eratorieS, down there at Lyon, 50
ultra-modern that nowhere else could
the ray be so we'll developed.
This Rhone company, most power
full of its kind in France, was already
working on similar lines when the
Englishman made his find" Down
there, for example, Poyer, the great
engineer, has a 250-kilowatt high
frequency sinstallation, working in
massive steel chambers, which has
gone to near $50 quadriliions. By
synchronism they are on the point
of creating light, SO to speak, di-
rectly. in obtaining a vibration syn
chronized with that of light
Now all this is connected. The
Transformation of the exterior molec-
ular state Of matter which en-
revolutionize the world quite other
wise by other and quite different ap-
plications in industry, and of these
Foyer and his associates at Lyon
were already on the track.
The Germans are doubtless on a
similar track to similar results. And
others, too, in various lands.
yNTILLIAM PRIOR, for example, a
Tunbridge Wells inventor, has
been invited to demonstrate an "ia 8
visible ray" before British air minis
try expsrts. He claims to have ex,
ploded sunpewder, lighted and ex-
tinguished eleGtrio lamps stopped
and restarted = petrol motor, ete
1t is curious that such unknown
experimeaters, almost without labe-
ratory resd6rcss, should stumble on
the thing practically. Since 1915
In 1915 it was solved mathematieally,
ana thsy were full Of 1t 1t 0xfsrd.
In 1917 J. C. Snaith outlined it as
"MurdweIfs law" in his book, The
Coming"
Murdweil's law could only, then,
"be rendered In tsrms of the highest
mathematics" but Murdwell himself
Imaginary American, standing for
the real psrsonagesa "expected soon"
to be able sto reduce 1t to physical
formula"
There sre hidden forces which
man is about to harness In industry
he made . eharactsr say, "and which
are capable Of revolutionizins war"
They could blow up munitioa dumps
and kill at distance "if Murdweli
can only restate his formula in terms
of atomic energy"
Enemy scientists were ALREADY
gropinE' and would soon have their
own priyats vsrsiea Of the law" bs-
eauss they knew the fosces latent
In it.p
It is curious that the wsf passed