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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
LIQUOR RECEIPTS SHOW
NO DRINKING ORCIE

The "wet wave" craze $50 denomi-
mated by the "Drys'') which swept ov-
er the country last fall, does not seem
to have resulted in the "orgy of drink
ing" frequently referred to by Pro-
hibitionists-atl least not in Maryland.
According to statistics the receipts
from the sale of liquor in the state
for this year will fall about $4,000
below what had been estimated as the
possible income. On the basis of
taxes already received, there will ac-
crue to the state about $1,200,000 in
liquor taxes. The 1884 budget had
estimated revenue of $1,500,000.
Bishop Cannon has inaugurated a
campaign for the return of Prohibi-
tion, on the ground that even the
Vets are dissatisfied with conditions,
and that the country has plunged in
to an orgy of drinking. The figures
above quoted should imply that the
state "budgeteers" were conservative
in their climates as to revenue, and
that, therefore, the orgy has not ma
terialized in Maryland.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06

Miss Emily Stevenson has returned
to her home here after a stay of sew
eral weeks with friend in Antwerp,
Belgium.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
FREEMAN BURKE
ON A RAMPAGE
SATURDAY EVE
Enters Home OF Mr.. c. HI. Cor
bin Apparently With Muir
derOus Intentions
PLACED UNDER BAIL
FOR JURY INDICTMENT

Freeman Burke, 80, was on Mon
day of this week, placed under
$250O bond for the action of the Grand
Jury, and in default of raising said
bond was committed to the county
Jail.
The charge against Burke, made in
Justice Riley's Court was, breaking
into the home of c. H. Corbin, At
kinson's District, for the purpose Of
killing and numbering the said Corbin.
Trouble started in this city on Sat-
urday evening when Burke became
disorderly. He showed deadly intent
when he drew a knife on Mr.. Zed
Ross, who thought it best to have
Burke arrested, but on condition he
would return to his home, he was al
lowed to go free. On his way home
he was picked up by Mr.. S. D. Corbin
brother of Mr.. C. H. Corbin. Burke
then began, without apparent reason
to threaten the life of C. H. Corbin,
who really had befriended him in his
disorder in the city.
Mr.. S. D. Corbin, fearing for his
brothers life drove to Mr.. c. H. Cor
bins house after putting Burke out
of his car, for the purpose of warning.
The two Corbins then went to Mr..
S. D. Corbin's house. Burke proceed
ed to Mr.. C. H. Corbin's house, broke
the window glass in the kitchen door,
burst the lock and entered. His arm
was cut severely by the glass, bled
freely, and spattered the furniture
and walls.
Appeals to Burke's father were un-
availing, so Deputy Sheriff Blades
was sent for. Going to the house he
found Burke asleep on a couch near
the kitchen door. Awakened, he
showed fight, but soon quieted down,
was brought to Pocomoke, lodged in
the lookup until his trial on Mon
day. A large knife was found on the
Corbin porch, which was identified as
belonging to Burke.
Burke has not had very enviable
record, having served time in a prev
ious case. The testimony at the trial
on Monday was all to the effect he
was rather dangerous character. He
pied guilty to the charge when read
to him, and declined to question any
of the witnesses regarding their story
of the affair.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
EFFORTS TO
KEEP FACTORIES
in OPERATION
State Director HungerfOrd To
Direct Energies In All
Parts Of Maryland
ASKS COOPERATION OF
ALL MANUFACTURERS

Every effort will be made to keep
all factories on the Eastern Shore and
in other parts of rural Maryland open
and going full speed, according to
Arthur E. Hungerford, State Director
for the National Emergency Council.
"Full compliance with the various
codes will be required at all plants ~
Mr.. Hungerford said. Employees
will be given full protection. These
plants in rural Maryland, are to my
mind, an important part in the Presi-
dents plan for subsistence farming.
No matter for what reason they were
established, they now meet a real
need. For this reason, they will be
kept going to the utmost.
'While there may be a necessity to
close down some factories temporarily
it must be realized that the contrac-
tors and manufacturers who threaten
ed to discontinue sending work to the
Eastern Shore cannot afford to do so.
These factories help stabilize the out
put of the industry and are necessary"
1t was explained by Mr.. Hunger
ford that while the contractors may
cut down the number Of employees in
some cases, the increased income Of
the remainder will more than make up
for these losses. He then revealed
how some manufacturers had tried to
persuade entire communities to agree
to code violation, and how the manu-
facturers tried to exploit the COM
munities collectively, the merchants as
well as the employees.
"In one small town in Maryland"
he said, "a manufacturer tried to get
the local towns people to agree to
code violation. He threatened to
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
FOURTH ANNUAL
PUREBRED RAM
SALE IN CITY
Quality Of Rams In This Years
Consignment Of Vigorous
Type And Bone
SALE WILL TAKE PLACE
ON SCHOOL HOUSE GROUND

Everything has been made ready
for the Fourth Annual Purebred Ram
Show and Sale to be held in POGO
moke on this Saturday, July 7th, on
the Old High School Grounds, same
place as last year.
1t is stated that the quality of the
rams in this years consignment are
vigorous rams of ample bone, type
and conformation.
This years entry list includes rams
from the following we'll known Penn
sylvania and Maryland flocks: Belair
Farms, Bowie, Maryland, head; c.
M. Davidson, Stevensville, Maryland,
1 head; VIM. J. Hines, Brighton, Md,
2 head; S. o. Jones, Ellicott City, Md.
1 head; General C. L. Riggs, Cations
vile, Nd, 1 head; Buck & Doe Run
Valley Farms, Coatesville, Pennsyl-
vania, head; and the University of
Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1
head. This list of rams is somewhat
shorter than last year, but they are
said to be good rams. All are pure
bred Hampshires. A registration GER
tificate goes with each ram.
The event will start off with show
of all rams at loo P. M. Mr.. B. E.
Carmichael, Secretary-Treasurer of
the Maryland Stockmen's Association,
College Park, will officiate as Judge.
The auction will follow Immediately
and will be conducted by Mr.. Jack
Melvin.
The rams are guaranteed to be
without known defects and the breed
ers who are consigning them will
stand back of them. In case any ram
should prove to be a non-breeder, the
seller will either replace him with a
ram of similar quality and breeding
or refund the purchase price in cash.
If any one is interested in seeing
good bunch of rams; would like to
see them judged; would like to see
what they will bring when sold for the
high dollar; wants to take home a
registered ram to show to friends
and neighbors, Mr.. Vial and County
Agent r. T. Grant, Snow Hill, urge
everybody to come and spend the day
with the sheepmen. Preparations are
being made for large crowd. Coun-
ty Agent R. T. Grant reports that
several sheepmen in this county are
planning to attend.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
MARKET STREET WILL
BE WIDENED TO LIMITS

Some inquiry has been made con-
cerning the advertisement which ap-
peared in last Saturdays issue of the
Democrat" (and will appear again
this week) and which has to do with
bids for the contract to widen Market
Street.
1t was noticed that the contract
called for widening only to Seventh
street, whereas all preliminaries had
been arranged for the work to extend
to the city limits. Deeds had been
signed by property holders, and tele-
phone and electric light companies
had completed preparations for COM
plying with the requirements.
1t was, therefore, somewhat con-
fusing to read that the improvement
would extend only to Seventh Street.
However, the Democrat" has been
informed that the plan will go through
as originally devised, and the change
in the thoroughfare will not stop at
Seventh Street.
The correction of the error will be
made, it is said, when the bidders
apply for forms on which to make
out their figures, and they will be in
structed to bid on the whole extension
as heretofore planned. The bids will
be opened on July 10, and the work
will start very soon thereafter.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
DEALERS AND
GROWERS MEET
AT POCOMOKE
Potato Men Sign PrOratiOn
Agreement At A Well At
tended Meeting
PROBATION COMMITTEES
APPOINTED FOR MARYLAND

A meeting of. Shore potato dealers
and growers was held in the auditor
ium of the Pocomoke high school on
Friday of last week, the purpose of
arranging for proration committee
for the control of the Eastern Shore
of Maryland potato industry.
All important Eastern Shore pota-
to dealers, representing the Shore,
met with w. J. Meal of the AAA and
signed the proration agreement.
The agreement, when signed by rs
per cent of the dealers and growers
in the district, has the force of law
and enables the proration committee
absolutely to control the sale of pota-
toes by growers and dealers in the
district.
Three members of the committee
will be elected by the dealers and
three by the growers, this body then
selecting a seventh man to serve with
them.
The committee will make weekly
surveys of the potato supply for mar
ket and if the supply is in excess Of
the demand, will prorate shipments
among the dealers, who will then car
ry the proration down to the individ-
ual growers.
No price setting, as such, will be
made by the committee but the. prac-
tice of withholding potatoes from the
market when there is no demand is
expected to uphold the prices and such
potatoes may be put on the market
when the demand is firm.
Although the marketing agreement
applies to Wicomico as wei las Somer-
set and Worcester counties, potato
growers are located only in the south
ern section of Wicomico county.
Following the explanation of the
program R. N. Stagg, Jr., Snow Hill,
was elected chairman of the meeting
to elect members of the Control and
Proration Committees to serve with
dealer-representatives. The following
members were elected for Maryland:
Control Committee, j. Miles Lank-
ford, Pocomoke; Alternate, w. H. Hol-
loway, Newark.
Proration Committee-Albert Dick
erson, Snow Hill; C. C. Pilchard,
Stockton; o. P. Carey, Pocomoke. AL
ternates, Ralph E. Shockley, Snow
Hill; Russell White, Pocomoke; Lum-
ma Matthews, Pocomoke.
These committees will work with
Mr.. w. G. Meal and A. E. Mercker
in handling the marketing program
for Maryland.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
LOCAL POLICE
NOTIFIED OF
NOTED BANDIT
Chief Of Police, w. A. Stroud
Receives Circulars AnnOun-
cling Dillinger Reward
GUNMAN SEARCHED
FOR IN MASSACHUSETTS

w. A. Stroud, Chief of Police, has
received circulars this week on which
are printed two cuts of the famous
bandit-John Dillinger-one cut CIV
ing full face view; the other pro-
file. A full description is given of
him and the reason for his capture,
for which reward of $4,000 is Of
fered; and $4,000 for information
leading to his arrest.
A similar circular was also received
by Mr.. Stroud in regard to the man
Gillis, pal of Dillinger. $4,000 is
offered for his capture and $500 for
information leading to his arrest.
1t is evident that some opinion
exists that Dillinger is in the East
somewhere. On Tuesday he was
hunted along the county lanes and
trunk highways of Western Massach-
usetts. State troopers roamed the
roads and searched the backwoods
farms. Cruising car squads and mo-
torcycle officers watched the high
ways for small sedan bearing Mich
igan registration plates. Troopers on
horseback sought strange faces in the
wooded areas, and searched abandon
ed farms.
The concentration of troopers was
ordered early today, two hours after
a motorist who stopped for gasoline
in the little village of Whitinsville
had been positively identified" as
Dillinger.
The stranger, driving a light sedan
with Michigan plates and accompanied
by a woman, stopped for gas at a
Whitinsville filling station about II
o'clock last night.
An attendant named Allen was in
charge-an alert youth decribed by
Whitinsville folk as "a reliable man."
He thought the stranger at the
wheel Cooked like Dillinger' and af-
ter the machine had sped off on the
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
INSPECTION FOR BEETLES
GOING ON In COUNTY

In an effort to determine absence
or presence and to prevent spread of
the japanese beetle in Wicomico, Wor-
cester and Somerset counties, an in
spector of the United State Depart
ment of Agriculture, Bureau of En-
tomology and Plant Quarantine, dur
ing the next 2 months will carry on
extensive trapping operations in this
locality. This work will be perform
ed in cooperation with State officials.
Inspector Alfred P. Richardson of
Willards, Nd, will place approximate
ly 600 traps in those sections of the
counties in which the japanese bettle
has been found. The inspector will
inspector will visit each trap at least
twice per week to see that it is func-
tioning properly and to determine
whether any japanese beetles have
been caught.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06

You know these are hot times all
along the line. If the weather, poll
tics and hard times are not enough
to make a man sweat, I don't know
my name. Hot weather makes YOU
cuss; politics makes you use
profane language. 1 don't know
which is the worst of the three.
Sometimes a shower bids fair to cool
the air, and then the old humidity
returns; sometimes in politics, every
thing seems to be "in the bag" and
the bottom drops out, dumping all
your calculations; sometimes good
times seem just around the corner,
and when you get to the corner, it's
all plain brick wall. The best thing
l guess is to give and bear it. What
l guees is to grin and bear it. What
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
POCOMOKE FAMILY
in AUTO ACCIDENT

William H. Walters, Jr., his entire
family, together with Mr.. Carson
Ward, all of this city, were fortunate
to escape serious injury on Wednes-
day last while returning from Reho-
both Beach, Del.
When about seven miles north of
Berlin, they met Ford car driven by
a colored man, who, according to Mr..
Ward, was taking the inside of left
hand curve. The result was a side
swipe which materially injured the
Walters car, but fortunately no one
was hurt.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
~
from the
Democrats S Pen

doesn't always win, she's still in the
money. There's been whole lot said
about the mother in Canada who as
tonished the medical world-and her
husband, too, I'll bet nickel-when
she increased the population of her
community by giving birth to five
little girls. And. what's more, they
are still alive and kickin'; everybody's
in hopes they will keep on living and
kickin'
But, amt it awful to think of when
they all get to trottin' around and no
one can tell 'em apart; or worse yet,
when each one can't tell herself
from her sister, Then, when some poor
devil happens to fall in love with one
of 'em, he'll be shakin' in his boots
when he calls for fear he'll kiss the
wrong one. l amt saying what she'll
do when she is kissed; but if she can't
tell herself from her sister, it won't
make much difference, will it?
If one of 'em should do something
bad and Mamma should feel the need
of applying the slipper, it would be
Just too bad, if it fell on the wrong
place. The guilty one would be just
mean enough to take a spoon and stir
'em all up so Mamma would make
mistake. A whole lot Of possibilities
, might arise, intricate enough to set
somebody crazy.
But I started to say something
about the Eastern Sho'. Well, 'taint
much use to say anything look
in one of our columns today at that
picture. That's product of some
folks out to Big Mills, and three are
pretty hard to beat-'taint often done.
I have the report, also, from the good
lady who brought that picture to the
office, that the color of those newly
arrived American citizens doesn't pre-
vent them from being real cute"
They can smile, and kick, and cry,
just as cute, just as hard and just as
loud, as if the coloring matter in their
archaeological q think that's the
word) formation were white, yellow,
or red-don't make no difference,
young animals are all the same, no
matter what the genera.
And now, just little plea. The
County nurse says those three little
kids-two girls and boy-are here,
there's no mistaking their material
existence; they're here in real flesh
and blood, and they haven't just the
chance they need to thrive just as
they would like. The parents, no
doubt, are doing all they can to carry
them through the struggling days of
infancy, but the necessary means to
procure the babes such foor and cloth
ing required in these trying days,
is not Forthcoming. Here's a chance
for charity.
Quarles, a great many years ago,
wrote, "In giving of thine aims, in
quire not so much into the person as
his necessity. God looks not so much
upon the merits of him that requires
as to the manner of him that relieves.
1t the man deserve not, thou has given
to humanity" And Middleton says,
Charity is never lost. 1t may meet
with ingratitude or be of no service
to those whom it was bestowed, yet
1t ever does a work of beauty and
grace upon the heart of the giver.
The deeds of charity we have done
shall stay with us forever. Only the
wealth so bestowed do we keep; the
other is not ours"
So here's chance to help out bit,
and it's safe to say the smallest do
nation will be gratefully received.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
O'CONER OUT
FOR OFFICE ON
STATE TICKET
Announces Candidacy For The
Office OF Attorney General
For Maryland
IS NOT ALLIED WITH
ANY OF THE FACTIONS

The outstanding development in
state politics, up to this writing, was
the announcement this week of Her.
bert O'Conor, Esq, for the office of
Attorney General of Maryland On
the same day came the announcement
of Charles G. Evans, assistant States
Attorney for Baltimore, for the Of
flee of States Attorney to succeed
Mr.. O'Conor.
Unlike Mr.. O'Conor, Mr.. Evans i'm
mediately declared for Ritchie for the
fifth term. In doing so he says: 81
know very little of practical politics
and think it just as well that a
States Attorney keep out of poll
tics. However, cannot let this oc-
casion pass without saying that, as
a citizen, l intend to cast my vote for
Governor Ritchie's denomination.
81 am convinced that what the State
of Maryland needs in these trouble
some days is a Governor with the
demonstrated experience of Governor
Ritchie. This is no time to be casting
about for some one who possibly may
make good Governor.
"And 1 say this fully conscious of
the merits of Mayor Jackson, Mr..
Radcliffe and DR.. Conley."
Mr.. O'Conor has not taken a stand
for any of the gubernatorial candid
ates. In declaring for the office, he
apparently is seeking the good graces
of all elements of the party. In his
statement he says:
81 shall lay before the voters of the
State my candidacy for the Attorney
Generalship of Maryland.
For eleven I'll years as States
Attorney, have devoted myself to
the interest of the people of Balti-
more and am able to say, without
fear of successful contradiction, that
my every act and purpose throughout
the three terms of my administration
have been in the public interest.
The high office of Attorney-G Gen
eral affords the opportunity of con-
tinuation in the same general field of
the work to which I have directed my
energies and studies continuously
since my admission to the Bar fif-
teen years ago. I feel that the ex-
perience which I have gained as the
Prosecuting Attorney of the City of
Baltimore, as well as through other
official and public undertakings, has
given me an understanding and an ap-
probation of the nature and scope of
the work which the Attorney-G General
is called upon to perform.
Furthermore, my work as Presi-
dent Of the States Attorneys Asso-
citation, my participation in the study
ands preparation of the remedial leg
lslation as Chairman of the Commits
sion appointed by the Governor to
survey conditions in the State in con-
nection with the administration of JUS
eral Assembly since l have been in
and drafting of proposed legislation
at every Session of the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly since have been in
office, have all combined to put me
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06
HARRINGTON WITHDRAWS
HIS CANDIDACY

Although the Democrat" has re-
ceived no direct information yet it is
reliably reported that Mr.. Emerson
Harrington has withdrawn his name
as candidate for one of the Judges
of the First Judicial District.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06

Miss Eleanor Cullen and Clayton
Davis, Jr., have returned from Fred
erick, Nd, where they attended the
c. E. summer conference held at Hood
College.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1934-07-06

Mrs. George w. Roberts, of Sails
bury, spent the weekend in POGO
moke, the guest of her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin A.
Roberts. She was accompanied by her
granddaughter, Doris Bozman.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07

and Guines Tucker spent last Thurs
day afternoon at Christ SawatZky's,
near Lake Eleven.
Ed Johnson furnished music for a
party at the Cabin Inn Tuesday night
Emil Merganz enjoyed his 5Sth
birthday June End.
Elsie Johnson spent Friday with
Inafaye Tucker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunnard Erickson
called at the William Trap home
Friday.
Ralph Tuenge is helping at Earl
Jamison's.
The Ladies' Aid of Dell Grove. met
at the home of Mrs. Adolph Olson last
Thursday afternoon. A nice lunch
was served.
| Mrs. Zajicek was Saturday morn
ing caller at the DePover home.
Mrs. John SwensCn and daughter
visited with Mrs. Adolph Sawatzky
Monday afternoon.
Sunday school at the pavilion at
$3.50 a. m. Everybody welcome Spon-
sOred by the Sandstone Bible church
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Andersen and
Mrs Louis Elkjer were in MinneapO-
lis Tuesday to visit P. P. Kilstofte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Eriksen went to
Minneapolis yesterday, the former to
take additional treatments for his all
ment.
A. Henriksen was in st. Paul sew
eral days ago and argued with rail-
road officials, particularly the general
freight agent of the Great Northern.
against the new interstate freight
rates which became effective June 3.
These new rates will work con-
siderable hardship on either producer
or consumer; the producer will take
less or the consumer will have to
give more. and in either case the diff
ference goes to the railroads. Here
tofore the rate on potatoes and ruta-
bagas from Askov to Chicago has been
90 cents per hundredweight. The
new rate, effective now. is SO cents
per cwt.-an increase of 40 per cent.
The SO cent rate is effective for the
three summer months of June, July
dIlu AUGUST, dItST llldl lIS dIC VIII
be reduced for the other nine months
to 33 cents, but still represents a very
big increase. Formerly FinlaysOn
and Askov were the zone dividing
points on the N. P. and G. ~, that is:
points north of these stations had a
higher rate, but under the new rates
this difference is eliminated and the
rate is the same all the way to Du-
luth. Cumberland, Wis, however,
seems to be a little closer to Chicago
and for that reason gets into a diff
ferent zone and consequently gets a
rate 2 or 3 cents below the AskOv
rate. The rate from points north of
Askov to Duluth was formerly 3O1a
cents, so its increase will of course
not be so great. During Mr.. Henrik
sens recent travels through the
southern states he called on railroad
officials there to seek more advan-
tageous rates for Pine county. With
rate of SO cents to Chicago it is
quite possible that it will become
more common to take produce to that
city via trucks.