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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-12-25
Passing EUcnts In
Sporting World
Continued from Page ~

A third big base ball scandal in z
years involves such stars as Ty Cobb,
iris Speaker, Joe Wood, and Dutch
Leonard. These are implicated in
throwing game to Detroit in 1919.
thus allowing that team to get inside
the World Series money.
Leonard is the man who has spilled
the beans, and it is thought that Judge
Lands threatened Speaker and Cobb
with exposure, and this caused them
to get out of organized ball.
It is probable no action will be TAX
en- so long as the quartet makes no
move to return to the diamond. The
only one who probably has any idea
of so doing would be Ty Cobb who
had some ambition to become a Minor
league manager.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-12-25
COKEsBURY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Long and chill.
dren, Hugh and Anna Lee and Mrs
Annie Merrill, were Sunday guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Dryden of Dublin district.
Mrs. H. s. Disney, Mrs. John Hol-
ley, Miss Blanche Taylor and Miss
Hattie Carter, spent Monday of this
week in Salisbury, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Harris and fam
lily visited Mrs. Mary Davy, of POGO
rnoke City, Nd, last Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Long spent few days
last week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. J. Gibbons, of Pocomoke.
Mr.. Fred Harris, of Philadelphia,
Pa, visited his parents and friends
here last week.
The Cokesbury M. E. Sunday
school will hold their annual Christ
mas entertainment Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace v. Taylor
and children, Miss Blanche and Ralph
were supper guests last Monday
night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Taylor of Princess Anne.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-12-25

| sylvania. The body was brought her
Tuesday for burial Wednesday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Hudson viii
spend Xmas week with relatives il
Cape Charles and other towns in Vir
ginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Sturgis and Mr.
Lee Lynch of Wilmington will be
guests Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. R. Lynch during Xmas.
Mr.. Dan Hudson motored to Sails
bury Saturday.
| Mr.. Alton Davis, tobacco salesman
will be home for the Holidays with
his family here.
Mrs. Charles Mason will entertain
her son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Picken, Of Philadelphia, during the
Xmas holidays.
Mr.. J. T. Paradis is on the sick
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ward and
daughter of Snow Hill, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James Mer-
rill.
The Xmas entertainment and treat
will be given in the M. E. Church on
Wednesday night Dec. 10Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Merrill, Jr.,
and little son visited relatives in Po-
comoke and New Church Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. r. L. Ellis shopped in Will
mington last week.
Mr. .Elon Merrill has purchased a
car.
Mrs. Cecil Merrill visited in Will
mington last week. -
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dryden and
) little daughter spent Sunday with Mr..
Dryden's parents, near New Church.
Mrs. Lora Brimer and children
have rturned to their home in Clay
ton after spending several weeks with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hillary
Mason.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-12-25

Miss Julia Blaine, of Women's Col
lege, Newark, Del, is in Pocomok.
with her mother during the Holidays
Messrs. Calvert and Veasey Cullen
of George School, Pa, are in town
with their parents, for the Holidays
Mr.. Wilfred Ross, who left on No.
vember 9th, for an extended trip
thru New England and the Middle
West returned last Sunday. Will a.
way he visited New York, New Jer-
sey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Ross was travel
ling in the interest of the Peninsula
Produce Exchange. He reports severe
weather in the north, and is glad to
get back once more in more southern
climes.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Belford Roth,
and two children, Of Allentown, Pa,
are visiting Mrs. Roth's grandparents.
DR.. and Mrs. l. T. Costen.
Miss Mary H. Coston, of Swarth-
more College, is spending her vaca-
tion with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. I.
L. Costen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank U. Barnes, of
Wi11ioroStOn NJ n ot.1.ixod in poo0-
moke yesterday for a short visit to
Mrs. Barnes parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
w. McMaster.
Miss Elizabeth Venable, of Will
mington, Del, arrived home on Thurs
day for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Clara Jones Of the State Nor
NAL School at Salisbury, is with her
parents for the Christmas season.
Messrs. Dan Morse and Paul Glad
ding, of the University Of Maryland,
are. home for the Holidays. "
~ ~, riilF -
Messrs. Leon Bunce, Francis Belote,
and Elizabeth Scott, of Western
Maryland College, arrived in this city
last week for their vacation.
Miss Janet Blades, of the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati will spend the
Holidays with her mother in POGO
moke.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-12-25

WISHING all my friends a Merry
Xmas and Happy New Year.
r. C. PERDUE.
FOR SALE-2OO Army Buckle
Cloth Top Artics. 200 Sample Sweat
ers. One Solid Walnut Bed Room
Suit. Very old.
Dec-25-tf. G. c. TOWNSEND.
LOST-Gent's Hamilton Time King
watch. Initials F. U. H. Reward
Dec-25-tf. Worcester Democrat.
FOR SALE:--T Two Breeders: one, a
Buckeye; the other, an Imperial. APP
ply to 1. i MRS. Eff. TRADER,
Dec-25-tf. PacomsRe, Md RID l.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-12-25
GREENBACKvILLE, VA.

Wishing the editor and readers a
very Merry Xmas and a Happy New
Year.
Greenbackville was largely repre-
scented in Pocomoke Wednesday, Dec.
18th. Every one present expecting
to bring back the Ford or radio. None
so lucky.
Mrs. Ella Smith returned home
last week from very pleasant visit
in Baltimore.
Mrs. Lewis Conoway, of Philadel-
phia, spent Saturday with her mother,
here.
Mrs. Arthur Mills spent Monday
and Tuesday in Philadelphia, shop
ping.
Mrs. Edgar Hill, of Philadelphia,
came Friday night to spend the Holt
days with her mother-in-law, Mrs. EN-
ma Hill.
Mr.. Charles Jones, of Wilmington,
sypent the week end here with his
mother, Mrs. Annie Jones.
Master Lewis Conway, Jr., after
spending last week with his grand
mother, returned to his home in Phil
adelphia, Saturday.
Mr.. w. H. Merrill visited his broth
er in the hospital at Salisbury Sun
day. Mr.. Merrill reports his brother
improving and he expects to come
home Sunday.
Everybody is wearing smiles. Santa
Claus is expected in town Friday
night.
Mr.. j. T. Thornton returned home
this week from visit in Bishop, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Powell, Mr..
and Mrs. Wolford Carey. of Fruitland
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Bevans, of
Cheriton, Va, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. Bevans.
Messrs. Mock, Waterfield and Trad
er left Friday to spend Xmas at their
homes in Virginia.
Mr.. Levi Ellis, Of Oyster, is home
to spend Xmas with his daughter,
Mrs. John Selby.
The pupils of the grammar school
rendered a very interesting Xmas
program in the school auditorium on
Thursday evening.
Mr.. Gorge Merrill is reported i'm
proving in the Peninsula General
Hospital in Salisbury.
Several cases Of flu are reported in
town.
Mr.. Paul Long, Of Shovel, is work
ing in the P. r. r. office this week in
the absence Of Mr.. Carl Phillips who
is i'll.
Mrs. Warren Young and sons have
moved out on a farm near Stockton.
Mrs. B. F. Harringtonvisited her
son and wife, in Cape Charles last
week.
Mr.. Harry Ellis has purchased the
McCleary farm near town.
Revival services will lbegin in the
M. P. Church in January with Miss
Grace Jones of Baltimore in charge.
MI. WI. Davis received news Sun
day of the death of his sister in Penn
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-12-25

Miss Media Andrews was operated
on at the Peninsula Hospital, Sails
bury, Md, Monday for enlarged ton
sils.
Mrs. Bell Mears is in the Peninsula
General Hospital, Salisbury, for an
operation. Latest reports are that
she is doing as well as expected.
Evening star., 1926-11-11

| earnings and cars produced in any
preceding 12 months, including the
| record for 1925. which was the best
| in the history Of the company.
| General Motors Is giving Mr.. Ford
| his stiffeSt opposition. In spite OF
what he calls absentee ownership ana
diversified models, which Mr.. Ford
| has always held to be millstones about
! the neck of a plant. General Motors
| today makes one Of every four cars
sold. Last year they made only ~
per cent Of the cars and in 1928 only
| 16 per cent. In 1924 Ford made 81
per cent of all the autos produced. In
1925 he was making only az per cent,
! and now he makes only one of every
three cars produced. What more nat
ural than that he should reduce his
working week and thereby his costs
SO as to meet this new situation?"
Having no knowledge Of the motor
! industry, make no pretense at pass
| ing judgment on this analysis. The
| person quoted Is a widely recognized
! authority, and he summarized what
| l heard from other quarters. These
| comments are also supported by the
| auto license statistics for Wayne
County, which takes in Detroit. and
| is held to be a fair sample of what
people are buying these days.
Ford Keeping Own Counsel.
The Ford answer to these comments
is given in the interview which pre-
ceded the present article. When
was at the Ford plant l cound learn
nothing concerning the gossip heard
on every side to the effect that Mr..
Ford Is about to answer this compe-
tition with a medium priced car or
that he is going to introduce revolu-
tionary changes in the gear shift and
in the price Of his product. Mr.. Ford
is keeping his own counsel in such
matters.
Whatever the import of the auto
mobile sales figures, there is no sigr
of anxiety about the Ford offices or
the Ford factories. From Mr.. Ford
himself and from his associates there
radiates a sense of we'll being and
Of confidence in their ability to meet
the future, which indicates that the
Fords expect to be doing business at
the old stand for long time to come,
and that, be the times good or i'll, the
men will work no more than eight
hours a day five days a week and the
company will make money on that
basis.
Copyright. 1925
Evening star., 1926-11-11

gan employers to turn to the five
day week and no demand Tor the
shorter week from the employees out
side of Ford's plant because 80 per
cent of the employees Of Michigan
plants, other than Ford establishments,
operate on a piece-work basis. When
business warrants, these plants Oper-
ate SO hours a week.
ANY reduction in the working day
or working week means a decided re-
duction in earnings and our emI
ployes have no taste for that" Mr..
Lovett said. 1.-The five-day week
would be a heavy drain on family
income, and you may be sure that
there Is no agitation among the Mich
igan factory workers for Sucn a cut.
Mr.. Lovett says that piece work Is
popular outside the Ford works. The
Fords, on the other hand, will tolerate
no piece work, cons .dering 1t unfair,
uneconomic and impracticable. They
saw their men prefer fiat wages.
Rivals Question Ford Sincerity.
Mr.. Ford's statement Of his wage
policy as outlined in the preceding
articles remove the sting from a
criticism which is heard throughout
Detroit-that is, that he misled the
public into believing that he was
paying six days wage for f1ve days
work. On every hand the investiga-
tor Is assured that this was sly
trick, but careful perusal or Mr.
Ford's announcement, shows that he
never said he would take such a
step-that the six. day idea was tackled
on in the press reports and head
lines. Detroit, thus far, has not
grasped the idea that the full six
day rate is on the way, for l was
often assured that the new policy
meant a permanent though euphemls-
tic pay cut.
Another prevalent belief which the
investigator meets in downtown Of
fees as regularly as in the humble
cottages Of the workers Is that the
fiye-day week is a clever way or meet
ing an alleged radical and permanent
decline in business, while at the same
time getting valuable publicity.
"Mr. Ford is the victim OF present
day prosperity" one is told. Peopie
want a higher-priced car and Install
ment buying makes it quite as easy to
purchase a more expensive car as TO
get a Ford. The prices of the heavier
cars have come down and down until
they rival the Ford rates in attractive
ness to people Of small means. Mr..
Ford could cut his price in half and
still not halt this tendency to buy
the more expensive cars-unless
long and deap-seated depression sets
in, which would be the greatest boost
Ford could get. Faced with a plant
larger than the present demand calls
for, there is nothing for him to do
but reduce the working week."
Give Version of Ford Reasons.
From a Detroit man whose profes-
sion it is to keep in touch with all
phases Of the auto industry. and who
is not connected with any plant, re-
ceived the following comment on the
situation:
"Since the first of the year the
Dodge and Buick plants have doubled
their products. The Hudson-Essex
output has increased one-third. Oak
land, Pontiac and Nash plants have
broken records. General Motors re-
ports that in the nine months just
ended 1t has broken records for both
Evening star., 1926-11-11
FORD'S EMPLOYEES SUSPICIOUS
OF AIMS OF 5-DAY-WEEK PLAN
Workers Fear System Is Way to Cut Wages
Declare They Are Overworked-Other
Employees Question Sincerity.

other community organizations. It Is
| their testimony that I am setting
down-testimony which is backed up
by their pastors.
Complaint of Decreased Earnings.
These men had not yet received
the increases in pay which are being
put into effect at the rate of a thou
sand a day. They formed their con-
clusionS on the basis OF year S
experience with the five-day week,
while Mr.. Ford did not announce
his intention to give higher pay for
It may we'll be that they will tell
different story when the pay Is
raised to the old per-week rate or
higher, as Mr.. Ford promises. For
the present, they complain of d.
n;shed earnings and too strenuous
tasks. All of the men with whom
talked, were whkt are known as
production employes-the men who
work along the conveyors. Some OF
these men said they were so ex-
hausted by the eight hours labor,
that they fell asleep on the cars COM
ing home from work.
The criticism of the Ford policy
voiced by these men was vigorously
S0COnQeQ Dy d DoIlOlI ClSI6J Iihdil,
who has many Ford employees in his
parish and is widely known for his
studies in economic and social prob
lems-the Rev. Reinhold Neibuhr,
pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church
and contributor to many periodicals.
"Autocracy is never quite human"
DIR. Niebuhr said in sermon dur
ng my sojourn in Detroit. Il do
not know whether Mr.. Ford is aware
Of what is going on in his plant or
whether he is deceiving himself, but
his policies are wearing out the lives
of his employees. The f1ve-day week
Of $500 year to the great majority
of Mr.. Ford's employees"
Will Ignore Ford Policy.
Detroit employers did not wish to
be quoted concerning Mr.. Ford's new
policy, but they were unanimous in
declaring that they had no intention
of following suit. Asked whether
there was not demand on the part
Of their employees for Saturday off,
now that Ford employees enjoyed a
two-day week end, they said they
would meet with opposition If they
adopted such a policy.
John L. Lovett, former Chicago
newspaper man, who is now secretary
Of ,the Michigan Manufacturers Asso-
citation, to which Mr.. Ford as we'll as
most Of the other Michigan Industrial
lists belong, explained that there was
no disposition on the part Of Michi-
Evening star., 1926-11-11
BY CARROLL KINDER.

Opecldi Disp1tch TO Ihe star.
DETROIT. Mich. November H.
Careful survey of the industrial stu
alton here reveals no disposition on
the part of Henry Ford's fellow en-
ployerS in or out of the motor in
duStry to follow mis- lead in inaugural
Ing the five-day week as a deliberate
operative policy.
Equally difficult to perceive is any
indication that the workers of Detroit
want the five day week, as they un.
derstand it to be practiced in the
Ford plants, to be extended to other
plants and other industries. Workers
here, as elsewhere, would like to see
the work week and the work day
shortened, but they want the reduc-
ton to come without the speeding up
which is involved in the Ford policy.
1 have talked with local employers,
workers in the various Ford plants
and m other Detroit factories. clergy
men and welfare workers, business
men and labor leaders, and nowhere
can I find enthusiasm for the Ford
f1ve-day week as now practiced. If
the five-day policy is to spread, either
Detroit will undergo change OF heart
or the impetus for the new moye-
ment will come from outside Detroit.
Workers for Plan. Say Executives.
The Ford executives told me that
the new policy met with favor on the
part of their employees. Chats with
foremen brought out universal tests-
mony that as the men come to un-
derstand the five-day plan and to see
the daily wage rate boosted, they drop
their original hostility or suspicion
and heartily approve the innovation.
In support of this view the executives
cite the low labor turnover Of the
plants-20 or 80 men day in the
= Fordson plant with 41,000 employees
was one of the figures cited.
That, however, is not the attitude
most frequently voiced to this. investi-
gator of the five-day week. Numerous
Ford employees with whom l talked
in their own homes were critical Of
the policy, because they considered 1t
an ill-disguised wage reduction, ac-
companied by a speeding-up process
which was an undue tax upon their
strength. The obvious comment upon
such a statement as the foregoing Is
that disgruntled spirits are bound to
be found among the employees Of a
large plant. l tried, however. to see
workers who were not Soured or Ill
favored in life, and 1 went to men
whose qualities had brought them
leadership in their churches, lodges or
Evening star., 1926-11-11
$4,000 In GEMS FOUND.
Four Held in Connection With
$21, 900 Wheeling Theft.

PITTSBURGH. November II P).-
Diamonds valued at $4,000 were
found last night at the home of
Maude Anderson, colored, police said.
after she and three other negroes had
been arrested in connection with a
s21 900 jewel robbery last September
at the home of H. F. Behrens, Wheel
ing, w. Va, banker.
The jewels were concealed in a fur
neckpiece. Police said they had OBJ
tanned confessions which probably
would lead to the recovery Of the rest
Of the jeWelry.
Evening star., 1926-11-11
Rhinelander Decision Reserved.

NEW YORK, November IL @.-
Decision on an appeal for new trial
Of Leonard Kip Rhinelanders suit for
annulment of his marriage to Mrs.
Alice Jones Rhinelander, daughter Of
a negro coachman, was reserved yes.
terday by the Appellate Division Of
the State Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1926-11-11

fThis is the third Of three articles
en- the tfre.ddv ,reek as induGurated by
henrg Ford IN his Detroit ant. The
CietC on his neu poiicv.D
Evening star., 1926-11-11
Bridge Lamps, s1.S5

COMPLETE WITH SHADE, very special
price. Wrought-iron Lamps with dec
Grated parchment paper shade.
Wrought-iron Bridge Lamps, $2.35; were
1896. 9, with gilt floral trimming.
Evening star., 1926-11-11
Curtaining Reduced

Plain and Fancy Weave and Colored Dot
Scrirns, s yards, 81; was 25e to S5e yard.
Rayon Fancy Weave Scrins, yards, 81.
In gold green and pongee colors.
Wash and Ready Crepe, 8 yards, 81. Also
Japanese Crepe and Wolfe Ratines at this
same extremely low price.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-05
CLINTON

The regular meeting OF the ODD
fellows will be held at their hall, Fri
day evening.
Carroll w Robinson. first select
man, has returned from Augusta,
where ne has been attending the AS
SCISSORS Convention.
Mrs. Ida Andrews, of Lewiston, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Cain, of Main str4et'
were dinner guests recently at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Rich
ardson.
Mrs. Arlene Adams, of Pleasant
street, is in Bangor for a few days,
visiting her husband who has en-
pioyment there.
Mrs. George Waldron, of Railroad
street, was in Pittsfield recently,
when she visited at the home OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Charles Lar
rabee.
Mrs. Caroline Crockett 5 in Ban
gor, visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcellus Cain mo-
tored to Fairfield, Thursday, where
they visited relatives.
The members of the Larkin Soap
Club No. l, were delightfully."- enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon at The
home of Mrs. B. c. Sirois Of Main
street.
Miss Leona Crummett. a student
of the fifth grade, is unable to attend
school on account of illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Levern Goodale left
Wednesday for a ten days hunting
trip through northern Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-05
HAVE KIDNEYS
EXAMINED BY
YOUR DOCTOR

Flush your kidneys by drinking a
quart of water each day, also take
salts occasionally. says noted au-
thority, who tells us that too much
rich food forms acids which almost
paralyze the kidneys in their efforts
to expel it from the blood. They be-
come sluggish and weaken; then you
may suffer with dull misery in the
kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness,
your stomach sours, tongue is coat
ed, and when the weather is bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine
gets cloudy, full of sediment, the
channels often get sore and irritated,
obliging you to seek relief two or
three times during the night.
To help neutralize these irritating
acids, to help cleanse the kidneys
and flush off the body's urinous
waste, get four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy here; take a
tablespoonful in glass of water be-
fore breakfast for a few days, and
your kidneys may then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for years to help flush and stimulate
sluggish kidneys: also to neutralize
the acids in the system SO they no
longer irritate, thus often relieving
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive: can not
injure and makes a delightful eff
fervescent uthta- water drink,
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no one benevolence Is involved. The
movement, writes Mr.. Coolidge, is of
much Importance" because "practic-
al help is the best expression of
friendship" At home and abroad,
such practical help prepares the way
for peace.
Mr.. Vickrey tells his story in
startling statistics. Here, says he, is
the United States with per cent OF
the worlds population. Yet she has
so per cent of the worlds gold, IS
per cent of the worlds automobiles,
SIS per cent of the worlds railroads,
66 per cent of the worlds telegraphs
and telephones, IS per cent of the
worlds iron, 81 per cent of the
worlds copper and son on. Never
has any nation established an econ
omic predominance over mankind,
thus absolute.
And never has any nation entered,
therefore, on path of deadlier peril.
In the annals of mankind, not one
richest nation hitherto has ever sur
vived an ultimate ruin.
And why? Because getting is not
enough. Unless getting be giving 1t
Is death to the body polite. Be-
tween God and Mammon there Is no
midway compromise. 1t is either the
Golden Rule or Rule by Gold.
The Day Of the Golden Rule is
thus a Defense Day. 1t disposes Of
hidden dangers. It dispels interna-
tional prejudices. He who invests in
his neighbor is protected by the best
of all collateral securities.
Published by George II. Doran
Company, New York City, N. Y.