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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
Meanderings Of a Mildly
Militant Mind
Cat Claws.

Anyone who has ever been scratch
ed by cat probably remembers TIVE
things, the lightning-like quickness O
the animal and his own utter aston
ishment at its act.
Cat claws protrude from paws o.
velvet and strike when least ex
pected.
Unlike that deadly reptile which by
it's rattle gives warning before
springing to sink it's fangs into vic
tim, kitty gives no chance to dodge
an attack.
This feline trait, together with that
treacherous trick of slipping from Sc
clusion and bouncing upon it's prey
is so common among members of the
human family that we not infrequent-
ly hear persons referred to as cats.
1t is singular that this usage is
current only in reference to the feni-
nine fraction of society. Careful oh
servation fails to discover any logical
basis for such restriction; for
In the exercise of conversational
cat claws and the stalking of the un-
suspecting and detenseless, "Tom-
my" is quite as prominent and pro-
ficient as "Tabby." The female OF
the species is no more deadly than
the nile.
Innuendo, unprovoked insult anG
malicious tattling-cat-claw doings
everyone! make painful wounds,
slow to heal, and often developing in
to festerings sores whose poison con.
teammates the social atmosphere OF
whole communities.
They leave their marks, ugly, pitt
full, disfiguring scars Jon clean repu-
tations and guileless characters.
Bleeding hearts, broken ties, blast
ed hopes and Swallowed lives are the
satisfying trophies of the "cat,"-
exhibit "a" among his or her prout
achievements.
What is it in the nature of mel
that prompts him to hurt and hatt
when the world hungers for help ant
love?
Why should anyone seek sensitive
spots in another into which to sink
the poisoned points of censure ano
condemnation when hearts so readily
respond to the touch of tenderness
and glow and grow in response t,
words of appreciation and praise?
Few are they who, at one time OF
another, have not felt the cruelty OF
,nerciless and unmerited clawing.
But - we can't kill the cats.
We can't even trim their claws.
There is, however, one thing we car
do: We can render their attacks al
most futile by enveloping ourselves
in the invulnerable armor of silence
and courageously continuing on oul
chosen way.
Cat claws are dulled when they
strike the mettle of one strong e.
nough to disregard them.
And Tommy" and "Tabby" will b.
condemned to lives of innocuous
desuetude doing on their own door
steps when their pernicius efforts are
met only by unfeigned Indifference
or silent contempt.
EnNyA pENyTT nv uANrNOCK
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
Maddened at Sight Of Bride

The mother Of Franz Murn, hand
some Bavarian peasant of twenty-one,
had long been trying to persuade him
to marry Pauline Berndt, q rich
widow with large farm. His objec-.
ton was that the widow was sixty
three and ugly. Finally the mother
persuaded him to sacrifice himself for
the good Of the family and take the
widow and her money.
When the bridegroom saw his bride
totter up the aisle to join him at the
altar his revulsion was so great that
he went mad, drew the dagger which
every peasant in Bavaria carries and
cut off his mothers nose.
The bride fied.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
CATARRH

Catarrh Is a Local disease greatly In.
fiuenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists Of an Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local application. and the
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces and assists in Kidding your System
Of Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
f. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
Why Stildebakes exceLS the
world in body building

For IL years Studebaker has been a
builder of quality vehicles.
This historical tradition has been inbred
in generation after generation of coach
makers. And the Indiana city of South
Bend is known as a world-Mecca of arti-
sans of this craft.
In the modern $10,oo0,0OO Studebaker
body plants, there are sons and fathers and
grandfathers working side by side. Their
religion is fine coach building. And this
is reflected in their work.
AS fine body builders, Studebaker stands
supreme. No other maker has the expert
ence of Studebaker. No other the Stude-
baker traditions to inspire him.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
Serious Consequences

FlOra--Don't you find the hot sun
had for the complexion?
Famt-It's awful. 1t melts the
'"uge and leaves the face all streaky.
New Work. Sun and Globe.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29

r r ERE are facts based on
worlds engineering author
L l. ity. If you have any inten-
ton of buying an automobile, you
are urged to read them.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
No 'sPvice Glass;

There are only two kinds of auto
mobiles today. Economically pro-
duced cars which give you more for
your money. And cars which are not,
and give you less.
Price does not indicate intrinsic
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29

ings than are used in any competitive
car, within ST, 500 of its price.
We subject Studebaker cars to
$4,000 inspections. That requires
1000 men. All told over 10000 hand
and machine operations are per-
formed in the manufacture of
Studebaker car. In so many opera
tons, though each one is small, there
is great opportunity for economy
and savings. 1879 premium is paid
on many steels to insure Studebaker
specifications instead of CONNER
cial run" used in cars many times
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29

WI SA4s !0AS G144 xAA0A V4oSAeA4
makers cost of produc-
ton.
Hence two cars may
show a price difference
of $500 to $1,000 and
more. And be Of the
same quality.
The difference in price
simply shows that it cost
one maker more to make
this car than the other.
Judging value on price,
this is folly. Price class
is q myth.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
Price Glass"
the mysterious stranger i'm the motor industry

Does difference price indicate difference quay Why
priced 25 500 higher than another of the quality?
The questions that should when
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29

Thus a manufacturer producing
but 10000 cars year must add $z5
per car for engineering, or eight
times as much as Studebaker.
Other fixed overheads have been
reduced proportionately. And these
influence Studebaker prices.
A set of body dies costs 100000.
It will produce many thousand sets
of body stampings, each one as per-
feet as though there were only a
dozen made.
BY building $4,000 bodies from
single set of dies, Studebaker reduces
the die cost per body to only $500.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29
Where the Difference
Comes in

Studebaker, producing
100000 cars yearly, has
reduced engineering cost
to 1888 per car.
This is based ca a total
engineering cost of $780,
600 a year, which is the
least on which any man
ufacturer can maintain
an efficient engineering
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29

2-What sort of bearings? Stude-
bakers are Timken-equipped.
Everlasting smoothness and quiet
performance result.
Slow many cars year does this
maker produce? Small produc-
tons mean either higher price
or cheaper car.
@What sort of upholstery? .Stude
baker closed models are done IL
Chase Moha;r, the finest material
for this purpose known. Open
models are upholstered in genu-
inc leather.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29

Such a car is the Studebaker Light
Six Touring Car, at $1o45. A clear
difference of between $l55 to $355.
The uneconomical manufacturer is
not profiteering. He is unfo' tuuately
situated, that is all.
Eqnalled Only BY Cosfliest
FOREIGN and american Makes
Al! Studebaker models are
equipped with Thinker bearings.
There are few cars in America, re-
CARELESS of price, which equal ours
on this point. In our Light-Six, for
instance, we put more Tinkea bear
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-29

Studebaker price.
No finer car can be
built than the Studebaker
OF today. Only famous
foreign cars and the most
costly of American ars,
compare.
See n .HfMdehnker-
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
Nomination Of Son Of Late
President for Governor
Is Almost Assured
HAS SPLENDID RECORD

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 22.-Nomina-
tion Of Theodore Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy, as Republican
candidate for governor of New York
state virtually has been assured.
Monday night group of prominent
state leaders decided to throw its
strength to the son of the late pres.
ident.
Withdrawal of H. Edwin Machold,
speaker of the assembly, gave Roose.
welt an advantage over the rest of the
field and his name was mentioned with
great frequency Monday as the most
likely candidate.
Taking cognizance Of the sharp drift
in sentiment toward Roosevelt, group
of state leaders met Monday night and
canvassed the situation. At the con-
clusion of the conference it was de.
clared that the consensus of opinion
was that Roosevelt should be nominal.
ed because of his campaigning ability,
his record in public service and in the
army during the World war.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
HAD TOO MANY
THIRST ouENoHERs'

A young girl came into the Mount
Massive garage yesterday afternoon,
and after seating herself, sw0oned. F.
o. Mandy, proprietor, ran to her as.
sistance, and gave her some water.
She said that nothing was the mat.
ter with her, and all that she needed
was some sleep SO that the after ef-
fects Of the many 'sthirst quenehers Z"
she had consumed that day could be
given a chance to pass off.
It appears she came into the garage
with two other girls, both slightly in
ebriated, and that when they had de-
posted their charge, they promised to
call for her after little while, driv-
ing ON in their big Packard.
Toward evening the girl in the
drunken stupor came back to conscious
ness just in time to be picked up by
her two girl friends.
The car Il. said to have had Colo.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
aLENwooD PIONEER PASSES

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Blowers, who
for the past thirty years has lived in
Glenwood Springs, died at half past
seven o'clock Wednesday morning at
her home on Colorado avenue and Ninth
street. .Il 4ae.
Mrs. Blowers has been failing for
some time and few weeks ago con-
tracted blood poisoning in one Of her
hands, and it grew SO serious that It
was found necessary to amputate ono
Of her fingers. The poison, however,
went through her system and she quiet.
ly passed away. Had she lived day
longer deceased would have been sew.
enty-five years Of age.
Mrs Blowers is Sdrvived BY two
children, Eugene Blowers and Miss
Fanny Blowers, both Of this city, and
three grandchildren, Nr.. John Adfi.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25

introduced a. dairy feed, With sugar
as q 'by-product.g 1t was soon learned
that if farmer, who had previously
raised hay and grain for his dairy Md
ON forty acres Of land, plantsd ~
acres to sugar beets, he still raised
more hay and grain on the remaining
thirty acres than he had previously
raised on forty and had bssidss his
cash crop Of beets from ten acres. Thia
fact, dsirymen VINO are studying beet
culture point out, shows the beneficial
effect Of beets on ths soii."
In addition to his work AZ president
of the company Of 1900 farmers whs
are building their own sugar factory
at Defiance, Ohio, Mr.. Allen is widel,
known as lecturer on dairying ant
beet culture and the folly Of shipping
away American soil fertility whil'
buying sunshine and rain from for
eign countries.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
I RYAN ! IN CONVICTED
FEDERAL COURT

dF. 1San of Rifle, one Of Garfield
countya 6ading bootleggsrs, was ar
raigned ~ the federal court in Grand
Junction Monday of this week and
pleaded Suilty to violation Of the pro-
hibition laws.
Ryan was arrested by Sheriff VIM
ters and Prohibition Officer Richard
son the last day Of April while in the
employe of the Rifle Telegram at Rifle
and was found guilty in the county
court OF having liquor on his premises,
and knowing that this was by no means
his, first offeuse, the court gave him a
sentence Of ninety days in the county
jail and fine of 5000 and costs.
Judge Neblett of. the federal court
let Ryan off with severe lecture and
fine Of $25, taking into consideration
the fact that he had already paid his
fine Of 5000 and served 101 days il
Jail. It is said that Ryan was well
pleased with the judgment and paid
his fine.- I4 0.l-'s 81
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
Makes Rscstd Iinls b Lsad-
vile VIZ kd|aad Aighws
live al aaf Hssrs
is 4 BfAUTlFul DRIVE

G. NJ Keck and SON, Charlie, J. I.
Burdge and H. j. Holmes motored to
Leadvi1le last Sunday via the new
Busk-Ivanhoe tunnel which Is fast
rearing completion, although more men
are needed on the PROJECT.
They travelled at good rate Of
speed and arrived in the Cloud City
just two and half hours after leav-
ing Glenwood, and Mr.. Keck states
that when this tunnel is completed,
and under ordinary conditions, tho
trip should be made in three or three
and half hours.
Work is progressing now from both
ends of the tunnel and seven thousand
of the eleven thousand feet has been
completed although some of it is still
in the rough. 1t took the party sew
erteen MINUTES to go through the tun-
mel.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
CASTOR ". Means, Former
Justice Agent, Says Wit.
nesses Testified to Lies
WHEELER. vi IAsTIGAT0R

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 22.-Repudia-
he told the senate committee in its
investigation Of the administration of
Harry M. Daugherty as attorney gen
eral, has been made in a signed state
ment by CASTOR B. Means former de-
partment Of justice agent and star
witness for the Daugherty investigat.
ors, according to copy Of the state
ment made public at his home here
Sunday by Mr.. Daugherty.
The Means statement was incorpor-
ated in letter sent by Mr.. Daugherty
to John W. Davis, the Democratic
nominee for president, in which the
former attorney general takes the pres
idential candidate to task for state
ments which Daugherty's letter says
Davis has made over the country
"suggesting improper conduct by me
in my official capacity" The letter
was dated Sept. 10.
United States Senator Burton K.
Wheeler Of Montana, prosecutor Of the
committee, now vice presidential can.
didate on the LaF'ollette ticket, Is
charged in the Means statement with
having '.put this tissue of lies" into
the mouth Of Means and the majority
# other witnesses.
These, witnesses and myself were
persuaded to make these false state
ments," continues the Means state.
ment, "by Senator Wheeler under
threats of Indictment in some cases
and by promises of gain and aid in
others.
"The testimony given before the
Wheeler committee, by Roxie. stinson,
X. Momand, myself and the majority Of
the other witnesses was nothing but .
tissue Of lies put in the mouths Of
these witnesses by Senator Wheeler,
primarily to confound and discredit tho
department Of justice and the admin.
'istration," the Means statement de-
clares. -
The Means statement was made in
Washington on Sept. II, according to
Mr.. Daugherty, who said u was given
to him voluntarily. According to the
former attorney general, Means now is
in seclusion, preparing additional data
concerning his former false testimony.
Mr.. Daughsrty left HE Columbus hons
Sunday without announcing his des.
tination.
In his letter to NJ. Davis NJ.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25

Daugherty wrote: emo lawyer, much
less one of your recognized ability,
would under any circumstances tolerate
for one moment the character of the
testimony with which the (Wheeler)
committee burdened its records.
"One Of these witnesses (Remus)
shortly after your Seagirt speech, in
which you made reference to his testi.
mony, published full retraction and
repudiated his testimony before the
committee.
"The whole contemplate conspiracy
of fraud and deceit will be laid bare
in due season. When that time comes,
you and the country win be astounded
sbysthe revelations, even though two Of
the members of the committee are now
seeking high political places in : the
nation.'
The former department of justice
agent, in his statement, says he testi-
fled as he did before the Wheeler COM
mittee for only one reason. That was,
his statement said, because on the day
before he was to take the stand, friends
of the aattorney general told him that
Mr.. Daugherty said ~ could go to
hell.n
In his statement, Means declared he
has in his possession documentary
evidence" with which he said, "by
quick review of the testimony of the
Wheeler committee, it can be proved
conclusiyely that Senator Wheeler
knew that he was framing Mr.. Daugh-
erty and the Republican administration
and to some extent this involves the
oil scandal.n
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
GEORGE HAMILTON
DIES IN CALIFORNIA

Word has been received in Glen
wood of the death on September 9 of
George Hamilton, husband of Alice
Brown Hamilton, former Glenwood
resident.
Mr.. Hamilton had been ill for the
past ten months from effects of the
flu and died at the Aw Aimee hospital.
The funeral was held at Modesto, Cal
ifornia, and the body was cremated
near Stockton.
Mrs. Hamilton will take the ashes
to Mr.. Hamilton's old home in Mis-
souri,, and will stop in Glenwood on
her way home.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
oouNTY-wIDH TESTING PROGRAM

County Superintendent of Schools
Mrs. Gretta Pottenger has been able
to secure the cooperation Of the state
department Of public instruction and
the Western State college in putting
on testing program Throughout all Of
the schools Of the county.
Schools, in the past, have been con-
Quoted on the basis Of TRADITIONAL
standards, which really means NO
standards at all. Until very recently,
since 1910, definite units Of msasurs-
neat have been employed ana It h now
possible 70 measure our results. Stand
ards involve two thinss.A definite
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
DENVER COMPANY
BUYS CITY BONDS

At special meeting at the city hail
last Saturday night called for the pur-
pose of selling bonds to obtain suffi-
cient funds for the completion of the
tunnel construction in the Glenwood
waterworks system, the highest bidder,
the James N. Wright Bonding Co. of
Denver, bought the bonds. They Of
fered $100.6s premium ON the issue
with ~ per cent on the $50, 900 issue.
An application was heard from the
Holly Sugar corporation of Grand
junction for water main for a com.
pressor at their quarry in North Glen
wood.
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25

goal to be reached and q unit Of meas
urement by means Of which we can ~
the progress which we are making.
Both Of these requirements have been
met in the scientific development in
the field of education.
It is one thing to tssch and quite
another to test your results. Teach
ing is the process by which We arriye
at a goal. But testing is Necessary to
see how effective are our efforts.
The tests to be given include both
intelligence and accomplishment tests
and will serve as a basis for the fs.
classification Of pupils ~ well = b.
ing an authentic source Of information
in the comparison Of the accomplish
ments of the rural and urban schools
of the county. z
In the colorado School Journal, Sep
tember number, is an article written
by Mary G. G. Bradford, state super.
intendent Of public instruction Of Col
orado, on the value Of testsl Mrs,
Bradford had this to say in this re-
gard: "The efficiency of the school
!! is increased fourfold. The teachers
work is made easier. More definite
results are obtained, Best Of all, the
children classified in this manner by
the tests, are much happier in thei,
work than under the old system" Mrs
Bradford also states: cit is de
light to be able to call attention u
the actual" saving in time and conse
quently, in the expenditure of taxes
that must result as soon as classifi
cation by tests and measurements shal
have become universal
A few counties only have used tn,
tests up to this time, but all are anx
ious to do SO aud are fortunate, in
deed, to nave been able to secure tn
services Of the state rural school. %
pervisor and an expert from the West
ern State college, so early in the schoo
year. The services Of these two peopl
are donated and thus the expense vii
be practically nothing. S
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
SUGAR BEEIs AID
DAIRY INDUsTSy

(From the Colorado Beet Grower) !
Grand Forks, N. Dak.-Convinced
that dairying in North Dakota will be
ereately benefited by introduction of
sugar beet culture, the North Dakota
Dairymen's association invited Charles
81. Allen, president of the Farmers'
Sugar Co., Defiance, Ohio, to address
the state dairymen's convention at
Grand Forks. Mr.. Allen outlined ini-
tial steps in q movement that many
stats agricultural leaders believe will
result in making North Dakota one of
the leading sugar producing states in
the eCtt -sS.,.za lE
"Sugar is grown, not maaufactur-
cd" Mr.. Allen contended. Chemically
it is nothing but sunshine and water
carbon taken from the air as the result
of the suns action on plant leaves
and hydrogen. The beet merely stores
up sunshine and oxygen secured from
the rain, and water, and when the
storeroom is returned to the farm in
the form of pulp, no fertility has been
taken from the soil.
Experience in Denmark and certain
sections Of the United States where
sugar beet culture and dairying are
carried on together, shows that sugar
beet pulp can best be put back on the
farm in the form of dairy feed in COM
bination with alfalfa and grain. Beet
pulp balances the ration, acts as
laxative, and prevents the danger Of
over-feeding protein. Without soft
feed, especially during the stable feed
ing in the winter, protein diet has
danger Of accumulating fat around the
mi k producing vessels of the animal
and thus reducing productions dan
ger that scientific agriculturists agree
is entirely eliminated by feeding sugar
best pulp.
Butter and cheese, when analyzed
by chemists, likewise prove to be moth
ing but sunshine and water. Thus
S ling sugar and dairy products takes
no fertility from the soil. Besides, the
deep growing roots Of the sugar beet
90 down to now undeveloped regions
of the soil, making bacteria life ac-
tive, and greatly increasing the yield
of the crops in rotation with it.
"study of the history Of Denmark,
considered in its advanced methods
the most advanced agricultural coun-
try in the world, has convinced dairy
leaders that introduction of dairying
and raising Of sugar beeA have made
Denmark what 1t is today. Denmark
IS only on-fourth the size Of wiscon-
sin, yet exports more dairy products
han the entire state Of wisconsin.
"Before the sugar beet was intro
iuced in Denmark, farmers raised
principally grain. This was exported
Until the soil refused to stand such
abuse. Farmers left TO
lind more fertile soils in the far west
where they could continue to abuse it.
Then the Danish government stepped
n and ordered that nothing be export
d except sunshine and rain in the
,orn Of butter ard excess. Bssts were
The Glenwood post., 1924-09-25
FORMER oAnBoNDAaErrz
DIES IN DENVER


Mrs. Anna Shearer, for many years
a resident Of Carbondale, passed away
in Denver last Saturday following
short illness. VIM. Shearer, the late
husband of Mrs. Shearer, passed away
about year ago and since that time
his widow has made her home in
Denver.
Funeral services were held in the
capital city and the remains were
brought to Glenwood Tuesday and were
taken by motor from the Farnum NOR
tuary to Carbondale for burial. The
body was accompanied by Miss Stella
Smith, sister of the deceased, and
her brother.