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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-20
Ewell s Child, Attorneys-at-Law.
Sheriffs Sale
!. An Interest In A Valuable
HOUSE AND LOT
In Pocomoke City, Md.
Ewell s Child, Attorneys-at-Law.

By virtue of two writs of fieri facias
issued out of the Circuit Court for
Worcester County, Maryland, and 20
me directed, one at the suit of The
Farmers & Planters Company, COR
the same being No. Judicials, Octo-
her Term, 1924, in the said court and
the other at the suit Of Charles Lee
Hall against the said Benjamin s.
Jones being No. Ii Judicials, October
Term, 1924, in the said court, l have
entered upon the premises of the said
Benjamin S. Jones and having enter
ed, I have levied upon, seized and
taken into execution all the right,
title, interest and estate of the said
Benjamin S. Jones in and to all that
tract or parcel Of land on the south
west side of Market street in POGO
moke City, Worcester County, Mary
land, which was, by deed dated May
Is, 1906 and recorded among the
land records of Worcester County,
Maryland, in Liber F. H. P. No. Is
folios 10, etc., conveyed to Harriet
Jones from L. Paul Ewell, Trustee,
and which was described in said deed
as follows: beginning for the same
on the south side of Market
Street aforesaid and the south
east corner of said lot; thence
running north by and with said Mar
ket street az feet; thence west until
it intersects the lot of John 7. M.
Sturgis; thence by and with said
Sturgis lot az feet to the lot of Little
ton p. Ewell; thence by and with said
Ewell's lot to Market street the place
Of beginning" It being also all and
the same property devised unto the
said Benjamin S. Jones for and dur
ing his natural life and from and af-
ter his death unto Cynthia G. Hall in
fee simple by the first item of the
last will and testament of Harriet
Jones, said last will and testament
being dated July 9, 1920, and of rec
ord among the Parliamentary Records
of Worcester County, Md, in Lib
er A. C. R.. No. folios 345, etc., ref
erence to said deed and also to said
last will and testament being hereby
made for a more complete description
of the aforesaid property and being
the same house and lot now occupied
by Mr. King Goodwin, and / hereby
give notice that on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1924
at the Parker House in Pocomoke
City, Worcester County, Maryland, at |
the hour of three o'clock P. NJ, will
sell at public auction to the highest |
bidder, for cash, all of the said right,
title, interest and estate of the said |
Benjamin S. Jones in and to the above
described lot or parcel of land togeth-
er with the buildings and improve
ments thereon to satisfy the said
writs, costs and charges.
WILMER S. PURNELL,
Sheriff of Worcester County, Md.
John S. Melvin, Auctioneer.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-20
NOTICE

This is to notify the public that
am conducting business on my own
account, and in the location former
ly occupied when in the employ of J..
Milton Clogg. am still painting
automobiles, repairing tops, and up
holstering interiors. I shall be glad
to see all who have work in that line.
A-16-tf S. E. McMASTER.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-20
NOTICE

On and after September /, 1924, our
business will be conducted on the
WEEKLY basis. All persons indebt-
ed to us will kindly arrange to take
care of same promptly. This action
becomes necessary owing to slow col
lections.
Aug-30-4t. Allen D. Merrill q 20.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-20
NOTICE OF
Registration

Notice is hereby given that the Of
ficers of Registration Of voters of
Worcester County will meet at the
time and place hereinafter designat-
ed, for the purpose of registering
new, voters. Said sitting of the Reg
istration Officers will be held on
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-20
Ewell & Child, Solicitors.
Mortgage Sale
OF VALUABLE
Dwelling Property
In Pocomoke City
Ewell & Child, Solicitors.

BY virtue of the power of sale con-
tanned in mortgage from Oscar r.
Ellis and Alma P. Ellis, his wife, to
Ira T. Stevenson and assigned to L.
Paul Ewell, same bearing date Decem-
Der %, 1920, and recorded among the
land records of Worcester County,
Maryland, in Liber o. d. c. No. 80,
folios 426, ETC., default having been
made in the payment Of the debt Sc
cured thereby, the said assignee will
offer for sale at pubic auction, in
front of the Parker House, Pdcomoke
City, Maryland, on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 1924
AT $50 O'CLOCK P. M.
All that lot or parcel of land stu
ate, lying and being in Pocomoke
City, Worcester County, Maryland,
on the south side of Market Street
having width of sixty (60) feet,
more or less, on said Market Street
and depth of two hundred and ten
(210) feet, more or less, being all and
the same property by the aforesaid
mortgage conveyed and also being all
and the same property conveyed to
the said mortgagors by William H.
Pilchard and wife by deed recorded a.
mong the aforesaid land records.
This property is improved by an
eight-roomed dwelling with electric
lights and water.
Possession will be given on ratifi-
cation Of sale.
Taxes will be paid to date of sale.
Title papers and revenue stamps ut
the expense Of the purchaser.
Terms of sale-CASH.
L. PAUL EWELL, Assignee.
John S. Melvin, Auctioneer.
N. B.-We will furnish reasonable
amount of the purchase price of the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-20

N. B.-We will furnish reasonable
amount of the purchase price of the
abovenamed property to be secured
by a mortgage thereon.
EWELL & CHILD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

line protection, and the chil- dren some sort of a father, she came to live with him. But the down town streets, the lack of a yard for the children, made this an un- suitable home for them.
 ''So, after 50 years, he de- cided to sell the old home.
 "But sentiment was not through with its role in his life. He might have dropped in to see one of the dozen real estate firms that had bounded him in the past, and from them on let it all be- come a cold blOOded business transaction. But he was de- termined that if he must sell, he would pick the buyer. If he could not pass on or pre- serve the spirit of them. In other words, he determined that some part of the old house and the land itself must go into the building of some ething worthwhile, something that contributed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

By automatic control the boiler will burn only enough coal to keep the house at the desired temperature, thereby sav- ing an enormous amount of fuel wasted. The entire system being enclosed, no dirt or dust will be experienced and the absence or practical absence of ashes will eliminate the most unpleasant fea- ture of the present house heating sys- tems.
 So far as research has found, indus try first thought of pulverized coal as a fuel in 1924. Experiments were con- ducted in England in 1881 by J. s. Dawes, who tried the powdered coal in blast furnace. Other experiments were made in 1846 by Desboissieres, in 1854 by MOnchel and in 1856 by Mushet. In the naval tests at South Boston in 1867 and 1868, engineers used a two-flue boiler with approximately 300 square feet of heating space and 13 1-2 feet of grate surface. Almost the same time, ex- periments were carried on in London by T. R. Crampton. He attempted the firing of both stationary and locomotive boilers with pulverized coal.
 Little progress was made in the use of the fuel until 1S49, when ie first was used successfully for the burning of cement rock in rotary kilns of the cement industry. The use of the fuel in that industry has extended until now 90 per cent of the total cement output is made with pulverized coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

pictures of himself and the house. All sorts of myths grew up around him, for he was very inaccessible and would not talk to the curious public.
 "And now l will tell you the real reason why he re- fused to be made a near-mil- lionaire at the cost of his old homestead. It was pure sentiment. This was his house of memories. He had been born in it; his children had been born in it; had grown up in it and some of them had married from it. No matter how the external world about him changed, the four walls of this house, the familiar rooms and fur niture would never change and he wanted no other home.
 "He expected to die here but he didn't. And curios- ly enough, that same love of his children that had in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

Washington in January, 1924. and in March, 1924, Mir, Bennett's report and recommendation were submitted. These covered about $50 typewritten pages and were strong indictment of the "Pittsburg plus" practice. Final argu- ments in the case were offered before the commission on June g and 24, the case being argued by Messrs. Stein hauer and Pickering against the Pitts burg plus" practice, and by Richard V Lindabury and Mir. Coriett on behalf of the corporation.
 Only one member of the commission remained of those who heard the orig inal arguments in this case, this being Chairman Thompson, who has consis- tcntly voted against the "Pittsburg plus" practice, and who took an early stand, which he has since maintained, that this practice is economically and morally wrong and should be abolished, provided the evidence showed that it is also legally wrong.
 A development in this case which is of extreme interest to the general pub lie was contained in the testimony of three eminent economists, Prof. John R. Commons of the University of Wis consin Prof Frank A. Fetter of Prince ten, and Prof. William 2 Ripley of Harvard. The corporations defense consisted largely of the claim that "Pittsburg plus" exists solely in re- sponse to the economic law of supply and demand. It claimed that no other steel producing district in the country, except Pittsburg, manufactured suf- ficient steel to meet it's normal demand,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

The complete force of the paper num- bers thirty-six, six of whom compose the editorial staff. Two of these are women. Il believe women are capable of covering every assignment on paper except city hall," says Mir. White. ''The reason they cannot cover city hall is not because they are incapable of it, but because politicians refuse to talk to women" (New York editors please note
 However, there is not total equality among the sexes on the Gazette, for while the men get two weeks vacation the women are granted four. Mir. White says, after all, the girls need one month out of twelve to butter around, to sew a bit and to play pack-a-back with the neighbors's babies"
 Everybody on the editorial staff takes a turn at writing editorials for the Gazette. MT. White urges all the re- porters to express their satisfaction or dissatisfaction in the editorial columns about what they see on their runs.
 The editorial staff is recruited from the high school and the two colleges State Normal school and the State Presbyterian college, in Emporia. The boys first start with paper routes and then write up the sports. in college and finally graduate to regular reporting When the women or men reporters in their time Outgrow the Gazette, Mir White finds them places on papers in New York, Chicago or some other large city. "In that way" said Mir. White jocularly, "I control the birth rate ot the editorial staff of the Gazette"
 ". A. White had always wanted to own a newspaper since the time he learned his letters from the EmpOria News, which papered the walls of his mothers kitchen. At the age when lit tie girls start planning the way they will bring up their children, young "Blr' White was already dreaming of improving the morals of his community through editorials. After working as a printer and reporting and writing edi- torials on the Kansas City Star, young White bought the Gazette in 1895, at the age of twenty-nine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
Romancesof thew antAds
 By MRS LEROY j. BOUGHNER

to human betterment, some thing far removed from cold cOmmercialism. ;
 "He had no definite ideas as to what he wanted, but he did know that a Want Ad in The Age-HeEald would bring him a big and varied audi ence, and he hoped that out of it he could sift the per- sons to whom he wanted the house to go.
 sTt might have been chance, but it seems more like predestination that his ad was seen by the leader of a group of young men of similar religious faith, who were looking for a site for a club house. When this young man came to him and the old man heard his ideals, he realized that his wish to keep inviolate the spirit of the old home, to preserve it as a home, was going to be fulfilled. As a club house, many generations of young men would seek it as a shell ter when they came as strangers to the big city, and would know it as their first home. There was no better purpose to which he could dedicate this house of sacred memories.
 'sWell, that is why you and all these other boys are here {; and why the youngsters from up state who yearn to come to the city, knows that if he has a buddy in this club, he won't have to sleep in the park all night, though he may have to sleep three in a bed; and why Hiram WestcOtt and his grand children are in California 1; and why-I suppose I am still here. Excuse me for 8 moment"
 Then he struck.
 The young man by the fire started.
 "W hy, it's midnight, !" looking at the clock. ''I must have fallen asleep an d dreamed that story I heard today about how this club house started. A Want Ad did it-hm. We'll, if it was a real estate Want Ad that brought me here, I guess a Help Wanted one can find me a job. Pm sure going to give it a chance tomorrow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

l.and that Pittsburg must supply the nor maj shortage in steel thus occasioned. Therefore, the corporation claimed, that after the supply in the Chicago market, for illustration, is exhausted in any given year, the later purchasers during the year would have to buy their steel in Pittsburg, and those would be charged the actual freight from Pitts burg, and in order to equalize the price to all consumers, it charged all of them this freight.
 In effect, what the steel producers did was to make a delivered price" on steel rather than . price, f. o. D. min. which is the usual method of selling most commodities.
 Concealed Freight Charges This question of delivered price, v including a concealed unearned freight charge, the economist stated, is relative. ly new in the domain of economics and marketing, and presented a problem never before dealt with in the practical application of economics to business conditions. The economists strongly denied the claim of the corporation that Chicago and other steel producing dis tricts are unable to supply their nor nal demand. This line of reasoning, in the light of the evidence actually submitted, was, according to Prof. Fet- ter's description, ''grOtesque." The real market for steel, said the economists, was at the mill door, and whenever the mills sold steel for less money than they could obtain for it at the doors of their own mills, they were guilty of dump ing" or discrimination against those customers nearest. to them who normal ly had right to expect the advantages of their location.
 The economists also stated that this making of a delivered price" and not permitting purchasers the privilege of selecting their own routing for ship ments is the latest and most effective method of price-fixing.
 The abolition of the ''Pittsburg plus' practice, which the present decision of the commission insures unless this de- cision should be set aside by thes court, is of vast moment to Chicago the west, and to consumers throughout the coun- try.
 Its effect undoubtedly will be to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

"Well, I guess I'll put an ad in The Age-Herald to- morrow for a job," said the youth drowsily, stretching himself in front of the fire place. And in so doing, he dropped the want sd section he had been reading to the floor.
 It was close to midnight and the lounging room of club house was deserted.
 "You can't make a mis- take on that" said 8 voice.
 Theyouth stared. He had thought he was alone. The voice came from the direc- tion of the big grandfather clock in the corner of the room. Sure enough, it was the clock talking!
 "But for a Want Ad you wouldn't be here," went on the clock. "Ever hear the story of how you and all these other boys who hang around here, came to have this club house? It's more interesting than half the stories you come in here to read in those magazines on the table. Truth, you know, is-
 "Well, fifty years ago this ground the club house stands on was a farm. It was owned by Hiram Westcott, who. came over from Eng land. He brought me with him. Across the street where that row of stores stands was our cow pasture. The bank building on the corner is right over the old pond. !, Away back in the nextA block, that new apart ment hotel is going up on the best turnip field in this part of the country.
 ''When Hiram Westcott, the son, got the farm, 1t had dwindled down. The town was spreading out and he could sell pieces for too much to make it profitable to work as a farm. Finally only the house remained, Twenty years ago he could have sold that for a good price, but he wouldn't and as the years went by he still held on to it.
 "Stores, hotel, apartment buildings went up all around it. His little old rambling
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
TO COMPLETE LINK
 M BEE LINE ROAD

PULLMAN, Ala, July 26.-(Spe. clal. )-Commissioners Scruggs and Suttle of the state highway commission were in Cullman the last of the week and stated that the Blount Springs link of the Bee Line highway would be com pieted within sixty days. They also stated that the entire line of this road would be under construction in the near future.
 With the completion of this section of the road. from here to BlOunt Springs, a large number of people from this part of the state will be frequent visitors to this popular resort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
By l.. H. MORRISON { Assistant Editor of Power


 NEW YORK, July 26.-Industry is awakening to the possibilities of pow dered coal as an economical and highly efficient fuel for power. There has been A long lapse in experiment and general interest since the early attempts in 1S42 to utilize pulverized coal in metallurgi- cal processes and since the experiments made by naval engineers in South BoS- ton fin 1887 and 1868. It IS only of late years that the process has been made practical.
 One chief advantage of pulverized coal from an economic standpoint IS that it permits the utilization of the mountains of anthracite culm or coal dust dumped about each colliery in the great coal fields. This dust, rich in heat ing value, has heretofore not only been worthless as a fuel but actually has placed a burden on the mine owner in its disposal.
 The method of firing powdered coal differs radically from any other system In place of a fireman feeding coal through an open door into a white-hOt boiler furnace, or of a pOwer-driven ram forcing in the Jumps of coal, as does the mechanical stoker, a fan blows the coal ground until it is as fine as flour, into the firebox. It is immediately distilled into a gas and, mixing with the oxygen of the air, burns much like a natural gas.
 In the comparatively few years in which pulverized coal has been success fully used in firing boilers, the equip ment used in preparing and handling the fuel has been improved, until at the present time it is as reliable as any other system. Not only are large super power central stations rapidly adopting the system but machines are now on the market adaptable for small power plants. These may be used for apart. ment-house and hotel heating and, fl recent experiments produce satisfaction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
By MRS. LEROY J. BOUGHNER

spired him to keep the house, was the cause of his finally selling it.
 "His eldest daughters husband died leaving her and her three small children dependent upon old West colt. AS she needed mascu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

Chicago the principal seat of steel man
 rfacture and fabrication; in short, the principal steel market of the country> Numerous industries have been awaiting the determination of this case to build new plants or make large plant exten- sions in the Chicago district, especially in the Calumet section, where the Chi eag0 steel industry is mainly located.
 1t is eonservatiyely estimated that over 500 900 900 will be spent in this dis trict within the next few years in the
 building of new mills, new steel fab rieating industries and the extension o9 present industries
 Far Reaehing Effect
 But the decision has more far reach ing effects than this, since it assures to
 every town in the west, and in fact to all sections in the entire county
 east and west, north and south-au Cf the natural advantages that they should
 enjoy in the fabrication of steel. and
 preserves to each manufacturing dis
 trict its own normal market. Under
 the '.Pittsburg plus" system this was not the case. as Pittsburg could reach any market in the country on at least C4N4AA GGA1AA MAA4 AuC1AA A18AAG8NOA1B 1AAe very often upon much better terms.
 This should be a vast stimulus to i'm dustry generally and should do much to keep business and industry upon an even keel
 Finally, the decision is of tremendous
 moment to all consumers, as it will un- doubtedly mean lower steel costs. This will reduce the cost of farm implements, and this was one of the reasons which impeIled the American Farm Bureau Federation to take an effective and ac- tive part in the fight against 'Pfttsburg plus" It will also notably reduce
 building construction costs and the cost of road construction, and-more i'm portant than all else-wilI end the evil practice of making a delivered price,
 in which other industries have been
 rapidly emulating steel. When it is remembered that middlemen's profits gre charged upon the concealed un- earned freight item, the saving ef- fected-running into hundreds of mil lions of doIlars-is very apparent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

story and a half farm house, set in an almost solid lands cape of brick, stone, cement and mortar, was pointed out to gaping tourists as a kind of freak landmark. He was written up in the Sunday
 supplements with full page
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

cramp or overact. Contains no mar cOtics or soothing drugs.
 Ask your druggist for genuine Cali fornia Fig Syrup" which has direc- tions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup.-AdV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

Even a fretfui, feverish, bilious or constipated child loves the pleasant taste of "California Fig Syrup" This gentle, harmless laxative never fails to sweeten the stomach and open the bowels. A teaspoonful today may pre- vent sick child tomorrow. It doesn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27

n AHH18N AU08IEIEVE7y AAU75AW Final taking of testimony closed in
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-02-07
FORTY YEARS AGO.

Interesting Item Reprinted in 5oiss
Paper.
Under the heading Forty Years
Ago" the Boise Statesman of last
Sunday had the following item taken
from the Statesman of February A.,
1884, which will be interesting to old
timers who came TO the Occur d'Alenes
at that early date:
United States Marshal Dubois. who
iad good opportunity of learning
about the Occur d'Alene mines while
north recently is fully convinced that
the Occur d'Alene region will prove a
success and that thousands of people
viii flock into the country in the
spring. In fact miners, prospectors
and traders are pouring in now as fast
as the modes of travel will permit. AS
he came out he passed one party GO
ing in on a sleigh drawn by oxen. The
oxen win be killed for meat as soon
as they get in"