Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-10-19

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week. DR.. Hale, who is resident OF
Parkertown, entertained the audience
with a polemic which had for its top.
ic the editor of the Berlin Times. y
The Doctors effort was a scathing
denunciation of the above named
sheets unremitting attack upon the
Democratic party in the county and
state.
The very attractive hotel Of Ber-
lin, the Atlantic, was not large enough
to accommodate all who journeyed
hither to participate in the big get
together meeting, many had to eat at
other places in Berlin; some returned
to their homes, not being able to get
inside the hosiery. Therefore many
did not hear what DR.. Hale had to say.
The Democrat" is Of the opinion that
not only those who went to Berlin,
but also those who read this paper
would enjoy perusing what the speak
er had to say. The speech follows,
tho it will lack much by being de-
prived of the Doctors vocal rendition.
1 presume you all have read the
three-column diatribe in the issue OF
the Berlin Times of October 4th, where
in Old Pillgarlic, the editor, anathe-
matizes the main body of citizens OF
Worcester County. He expressly
names as the objects of his scorn
and rebuke the "moral leadership of
the County," "the best sentiment
among our people," "the leaders Of
thought in our towns and on our
FARMS" "the men who stand for the
best things in our social and poll
tical life," "the churches" "the news
papers," "the public officials" "the
outstanding men and women Of the
community" "the clergyman" "the
decent people," "officers of the law"
"leaders among our citizens" "the
candidates" "the Democratic machine"
"the honest people Of our county"
He places all these estimable people on
one side, on our side; and what,
ask you, is left for the other side?
Only Old Pillgarlic and his newspaper,
and a few Republicans. Nothing is
sacred to this defamer of this sec
ton of the Eastern Shore. He be-
rates the church, the clergy, the wo-
men, and the decent, honest people Of
our County because they do not join
him in his frenzied outbursts of pique
and petulance. We accept the chal-
lenge. After administering our cas-
tigation in a similar case to the Bal
timore Mencken so effectively that
he has not been traducing anybody
since, we shall now turn our atten-
ton to his disciple, the Berlin Men
cken. We deny his allegations, and
we defy the alligator. (Applause.)
The people whom this self-constit-
uted censor Of public morals, is as
saulting in his yellow sheet have the
best brains, the best manhood and wo-
manhood, the finest careers, the pur-
est lives, the highest aims, the mob
lest ambitions, the sweetest charact-
ers and the tenderest hearts that can
be found anywhere in this fair land
Of ours. (Applause.)
Never before has Republican CAM
paign in this county descended to such
disgraceful and degrading depths. In
default of any real argument, of any
genuine basis for criticism of our
principles of our candidates this editor
climbs down into the sinkhole of
SANDER, seeking for materials with
which to bespatter their reputation.
And here is the amazing thing about
the whole long line of charges that
this man has been publishing for
months: At no time in no issue has
he given us one single name or place,
or date, or fact; not a scintilla Of
evidence. When man utters such a
wholesale and indecent indictment of
the good people Of whole county he
at least should present evidence that
would be accepted in a court Of law.
This editor reminds me of the phil
liloo bird. When I was boy my
father used to take the family to
spend the summer at Martha's Vine
yard, pretty little island in the At
lantic Ocean off the coast of Massa-
chusetts. Often on the beach would
see an awkward, ungainly, squawking
bird skitting along the shore, and
when it espied a man approaching it
would stick it's head in the sand,
thinking it could not be seen and then
voice its satisfaction by whistling thru
its tail. Old Pillgarlic belongs to the