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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-17

The opeeretta, Honey Pirates
was given in the West school au-
ditorium, Tuesday night, Dec. s,
under the direction Of Mrs. ID. II.
Rhyme, who was ably assisted by
Mrs. r. l.. Jackson and Miss An
ME Alexander. Children from the
beginners through the third grade
took part in this operetta. Little
Miss Ernestine Wigley played the
part of the Queen Bee; Carson
eagle, the Sun; Rheba Maude
Gelston, the Moon; Clovis Hardin,
Officer Bugg. They were assist
ed by a chorus of Bees, Drones,
Bears, Stars, and Bells. The
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-17

During the social hour the hos
tess served q delicious salad,
pickles, tomato sandwiches and
hot tea.
West Al Club Meeting.
The All club girls held their
regular monthly meeting Dec. 8,
there were 90 members present,
and two visitors, Miss Scale, our
county agent, and Mrs. s. j.
Browning leader for the after
noon.
The meeting was presided over
by the president, the Secretary
read the minutes and called the
roll, after which the following ap-
|poIntments were made:
Poultry Chaplain Marguerite
Browning.
Food Chaplain Lottie Mae
Black.
Home Improvements Chaplain -
Rose Mary eagle.
Gardening and Canning - Eliz-
abeth Black.
A very interesting program
was given by the members and
plans were made for several so.
cial meetings during Christmas
holidays.
Next regular meeting will be
held January IL, 1887.
West Honor Roll.
Primer - Billy Brock, Farron
Cade, Tommy Gelston.
First Grade - Audeon Goss.
Lyndol Goss, Jimmie Vinson.
Second Grade-Jean Hand, Fay
jeanette Wilkes, Billy
Stone, Robert Melton, III.
Third Grade - Frances Allen,
Clara eagle, Carson eagle, Jim
mic Hand, Myrtle Browning, Ern-
estine Wigley, Jean Musslewhite,
Reba Maude Gelston.
Fourth G~rade-Madeline Arm
strong, Dorothy Browning, Leila
Maude speyine, Fay Louise Har-
din, Nancy Steen.
Fifth Gfade-Leona Floyd, Ma
than Aldridge, Evelyn Hand. Mer-
ideth Holmes, Kelly Wiles, Way
land Aldridge Billie Jean Nc
Geneva Autry.
Sixth Grade-Casteel Cade, De-
line Springfield, George Brock,
Horace Bouchillon, Erskine Wig
ley, Lonelle Snaverley, Elizabeth
Josie Dean Thornton,
Julia Myrtis Gelston.
Eighth-Claire Melton.
Ninth Grade w. D. Brister,
Campbell.
Tenth Grade Beatrice Floyd,
Hazel Alexander, Brock Alexan-
der, Elizabeth McCreary.
Eleventh Grade Dorothy Hy-
nan, Thomas Brock.
Twelfth Grade-Annie V. Alex
Under, Mary Nell Hand, Fred
Hand, Jr., Alton Morris, Violet
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Montgom-
cry were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. E. Hagin Wednesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-17

Evans Musselwhite and Ben
Hathcock transacted business in
kosciusko Tuesday.
Evening star., 1936-05-31

EXPERTS PLAY WITH
LIVING CHESS PIECES. A
game in which boys were
dressed to represent the
pieces en- the board featured
the recent chess congress
matches at Margate, Eng
land. Sir G. A. Thomas (at
right, British expert, is
making his move, while his
opponent awaits his turn.
9 Wide World Photos.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS
FOR LAYING CORNER STONE
OF MUNICIPAL BUILDING
NUMBER OF HOMES
SAVED in WORCESTER

In Worcester County 10 homes
were saved by the Home Owners
Loan Corporation, according to a re-
port made to Arthur E. ,Hungerford,
State Director for the National Emer-
gency Council for Maryland.
The value of the loans was $42,033.
All told Cd applications were made.
The total number Of non-farm homes
in the county is 1880.
In the State as a whole one in
eleven of the owned non-farm homes
were saved. The total number of
loans closed were 15,940, all of which
were in distress either because of the
non-payment Of taxes, interest on
mortgages, principle on mortgages, or
all three. The total amount of these
loans was $45,579,93S.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
SUICIDE OF
ACCUSED MAN
CLOSES CASE
Prisoner Cuts Wrist And Jug
ular In Jail At Eastville,
Virginia Monday
WAS HELD AS SENDER
OF DEATH DEALING BOMB

Progress in the investigation of the
mail bomb case, which in last July
resulted in the death of Curry Thomas
popular farmer of Northampton
County, Virginia, was suddenly halted
by another tragic event which took
place in the Eastville Jail early Mon
day morning last.
Ever since the July horror, the law
has been quietly at work in an effort
to bring the guilty to justice, and last
week two men were arrested and
lodged in the Virginia prison. These
were, DR.. H. R. Hege, dentist Of Mt.
Airy, N. c., and Edward Banner, for
mer Mt. Airy WPA foreman.
Rumor has it that DR.. Hege, after
being incarcerated, attempted to COM
nit suicide by gashing himself with
the rough edges of watch crystal,
but subsequent conduct on his part
had led his guards to believe no fur
Their trouble from that source would
occur. But early Monday morning he
succeeded in taking his life by LAGER
ating his wrists and his throat with
the jagged points of broken eye
glass lens. He had been dead several
hours when he was found.
Not many will fail to see in this
suicide, the act of guilty man. While
reticent before his death concerning
the evidence accumulated against him.
the authorities opened up afterward
with some information which led to
his arrest. He was known to have
purchased dynamite and he had ac-
cess to lead pipe and fuses, material
necessary to make the explosive ma
chine. There was, also, other evil
dence connected with the mailing of
the machine which bore against him,
and help to form the chain of circum-
stances that would probably fasten-
ed the crime upon him.
It has been announced that the
State will now consider the case clos
ed; but there is chance that Ban
ner may be held by the postal au-
thorities, as an accomplice in the mat
ter of sending the death package thru
the mails. At this writing, nothing
definite has been announced in that
connection.
Mrs. Thomas was so seriously injur.
ed by the explosion that she is still
in the Nassawadox Hospital, recover
ing from her wounds. She had been
held as an important witness in the
case, and had been put under a $4,000
bail for her appearance at court. The
affair has created a widespread in
terest in the county and state as Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas were highly esteem
ed and deservedly popular. Full de-
CONTINUED on Page g.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
s% POCOMOKE CITY. MD, FRIDAY OCT 16, 1886
CORNER STONE LAYING TOMORROW 23O p NJ
MATTHEW'S
NUPTIALS SOLEMNIZED

Mrs. Jessie D. Fletcher. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Dickerson, of
Modestown, and Carroll G. Matthews,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Matthews,
of Parksley, were married at 9 o'clock
Saturday night, October 10th, at the
George Mason Hotel, Alexandria, Va.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
E. v. Register, pastor of Del Ray M.
E. Church, in the presence of Mrs. F.
Marion Chatham, Jr., of Salisbury,
Md, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Frank White,
Parksley, Va. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Nichols, Washington, D. c., and R.
w. Slagle, Alexandria, Va.
The bride wore a dark blue coat
suit with accessories to match and a
shoulder corsage of gardenias.
Following the ceremony a buffet
supper was held for the bridal party
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Nichols, Washington, D. G..
After short motor trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Matthews will be at home in
Parksley. No announcements sent.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
Former Pocon1oke
Girl Married Sat.

A very attractive wedding and one
of interest here took place Saturday,
October tenth, when Miss Catherine
Covington, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Covington, of Onancock, for
merly of this city, became the bride
of Mr.. Elmer A. Richie of Upper
Darby, Pa.
The ceremony was performed at
high noon at the homes of the bride
in the presence of members of the two
families and a number of intimate
friends.
The bride was attired in a travelling
suit of green with matching accessor-
les and was attended by her sister,
Miss Virginia Covington as maid of
honor. The groom had as his best
man, his brother, Mr.. Robert Richie,
of Philadelphia.
At the conclusion of a wedding trip
to New York and other points north
Mr.. and Mrs. Richie will be at home
to their friends on Elm Avenue, Up
per Darby, Pa.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
"Chiirps''@
from the
Democrats Pen
from the

Well, Sir, I see by the papers that
Jimmy Snow is going to mystify the
people of Salisbury and vicinity by
writing mysterious story and local
paper, in some mysterious way, has
accepted the hair-raising serial, and
purposes to run it, week by week.
Now, you know, it's just very mys-
terious how people get acclimated so
quickly up in Wicomico. Why, you'd
think Jimmy had been born and bred
in Salisburytown, and had gained, all
his mysterious facts inside the walls
of Wicomico's capital.
Bless your heart, people, Pocomoke
brung up that boy and I think he must
have been in Salisbury not more than
an hour and a quarter, when he was
adopted, branded, ad introduced to the
public as a Salisbury product, who
had launched upon literary career,
and was ready to make the public
flesh creep with one of his blood curd-
ling pieces Of fiction.
To me, this whole proposition re-
solves itself into problem very much
like the one that has never been set
tied; viz, (which hen is mother to the
chicken, the one that laid the egg, or
the one that Matched it," Now, I'll
bet a nickel Jimmy had his plot all
worked out here and a lot of it men
tally formulated, when, prontol he
was switched over to Salisbury, and
there the thing was Matched out and
Salisbury's native son was the hatch
er. Quick work. / certainly have to
congratulate my neighbors Pr their
powers of assimilation, and mourn
that Pocmoke, in the course of human
events, was deprived of the prestige
Of authorship.
Moreover, the hen that matches out
the egg makes just as good mother
as the one laying it, so Jimmy is in
good hands, and great credit is due
Salisbury's journal in encouraging bud
ding genius. Maybe some day Jimmy
will bring great renown to that city
by one of his brain storms-I mean
Snow storms-if the fates allow him
to make his abiding place for any
length of time. I wish good luck to
all concerned.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
WORCESTER COUNTY CLUB
FIRST MEETING OCT. 9Th

The Woman's Club of Worcester
County held the first meeting of the
season on Thursday, October 9Th. in
the Sunday School roors<of the Pres
byterian Church in Berlin.
The newly elected president, Mrs.
A. H. Stevens, presided and suggest
ed that the club take steps toward
an "Old Ladies Home" for Worcester
County.
Warm greetings were extended the
club by Mrs. Harry w. Purnell.
After the transaction of the reg
ular routine of business, the chair
man of Welfare-Mrs. Harold Scar
borough, presented Mr.. Haines from
the CCC Camp of Ocean City, who
told in a most interesting manner of
the Educational and Welfare Work OF
the Camp.
Miss Ferguson, who rendered a vio-
lin solo, was next on the program.
Miss Cecilia Houston, Executive
Secretary of the Worcester County
Welfare Board gave an informative
paper on Public Welfare.
Mrs. Marshall Post, who sang "The
Cradle Song" accompanied by Mrs
Carlton Powell was very entertain
ing.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
October Term Court Called
In Snoto Hill Judges Crockett
And Lnsley On The Bench

attention to the statutes mentioned.
as we are required by law to do, we
are not to be understood as minimiz-
ing the Importance of our other laws,
Iall of which are generally given you
in charge.
Sec. % of Art. 81, Md. Code, pro-
vides that the Grand Jury shall at
each term of Court visit the Jail and
inquire into it's condition, the manner
in which it is kept and the treatment
of the prisoners, and report the same
to the Court.
"In this connection, your attention
is directed to the 1886 report of the
Director of Welfare, giving the re-
suit of his inspection of the Worcester
County Jail, such inspection having
been made by him as required by law.
A printed copy of his report will be
furnished your Foreman.
promptly upon the receipt of a
copy of this report the County Com
missioners ordered certain repairs to
be made to the Jail and these repairs
have been in progress and doubtless
you will find that the condition of the
building has been improved. Of course
it may be that the facilities for car
ing for prisoners are inadequate. It
it regarded as desirable in such in
situations that male and female pris-
oners be confined in the same quar-
tiers. Certainly, segregation of these
prisoners is proper and necessary and
facilities for such segregation should
be available.
1--WE are confident that the Coun-
ty Commissioners stand ready to pro-
vide suitable quarters for prisoners,
if such be not now available, consis-
tent with the reasonable require
ments of the situation. AS to the
manner in which the Jail is kept and
the treatment of the prisoners, the
report of the Director of Welfare in
dicates laxity in this respect which
is indefensible.
Certainly, it cannot be said that
the drinking of intoxicants by pris-
cners or the intermingling of male
and female prisoners is proper. A
thorough investigation of these con-
ditions should be made by you. 1t is
recommended that you give special
consideration to the matter of the Jail
and report fully your findings.
eve specially direct your attention
to the anti-gambling laws, the laws
against the illegal manufacture and
sale of intoxicants, and the laws a.
gainst Sabbath breaking. These laws
are on our statute books, they are I'M
deniably proper laws, and they ought
to be enforced. A laxity in the en-
Continued on Page g.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16

The October Term of the Circuit
Court for Worcester convened in
Snow Hill on Monday last with As
sociate Judges James M. Crockett and
T. Sangston Insley on the Bench.
The following were Drawn as Grand
Jurors after Charles w. Mumford, OF
Newark, was appointed Foreman: w.
Earl Timmons, Silas D. Jarman, Les
ter M. Holland, Arthur M. Adkins,
Ford D. Kitchens, Herbert R. Glad
ding, Harry J. Cropper, Samuel A.
Powell, Pemberton P. Hickman, Gin
ton H. Jones, Richard Leake, John H.
Elliott, Frank West, Clayton L. Bak-
er, Charles w. Pilchard, Eulis Hudson,
Matthew Fleetwood, Simon H. Heilig,
j. Thomas Merrill, Charles H. Tim
mons, VIM. S. Evans, Norman Peters:
The following were then drawn as
members of the Petit Jury: Walter
L. Groton, Paul R. Kenny, G. Cleve-
land Carmean, Charles c. Drifting
ham, Harvey C. Pusey, Thomas K.
Taylor, Joseph G. Hill, Victor Dicker-
son, 1. Clayton Mock, VIM. K. Hol-
land, Jr., Thos. P. Selby, Roy T. Lit
Teton, Maurice L. Aydelotte, Jerome
w. Johnson, Walter C.. Turner, James
S. Conner, Mack D. Ward, T. How
ard Collins, Jr., Edward D. France,
Victor R. Strickland, Robert c. Hur-
ley, Herman A. Littleton, Carlton
Jones, James T. Sexton, and Marion
R. Merrill.
Only one Jury Case was called on
Monday; viz, Edward Bonneville VS..
Solomon j. Small and DiXton Sexton,
of Pocomoke City, which grew out of
an auto accident near Pocomoke. The
Jury returned a verdict for Bonnie
vile. The balance of the day was
taken up with Arguments. etc.
Judge Crockett in charging the
Jury stated that he wished to call
special attention to the following:
1. Sec. 8 of Art. II of the Md.
Code, P. G. L., providing for the pun
ishment of persons violating the
abortion statue;
2. Sec. 70 of Art. 81 of the Md.
Code of P. G. L., relating to the
crime of defalcation by public Off
cials; and
5. Subtitle Health = Narcotic
Drugs" of Article 81 of the Md
Code of P. G. L., as amended by Ch'
So, Acts of 1885.
"You are charged to inquire dill
gently into and investigate all cases
of violations of the provisions of these
statues, and to make true presentment
of all persons guilty of such viola
tions. It is to be remembered, how
ever, that by directing your special
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
Hon. T. Alan GOldsbOrOugh And
Hon. w. G.. Helfrich Will
Be Speakers Of Occasion
PARADE TO PRECEDE
PROGRAM OF EXERCISES

Tomorrow will be a memorable day
in Pocomoke-the day the corner
stone of the Municipal Building will
be laid, the building to stand on the
corner of Clarke Avenue and Vine
Street, and to be erected by funds
provided by the Public Works Ad-
ministration in connection with mon
eys added by the City Corporation
all amounting to about $4,000.
This new addition to Pocomoke's
architectural beauty is Of colonial de-
sign with a main structure thanked
by two wings, and surmounted by O
graceful cupola. It will contain q
community room; room for the Pub
lie LIBRARY; offices for the Council
and for the Clerk; rest rooms for the
white population; and various other
rooms for different purposes. There
will be room surrounding the build
ing for Identification, and the purpose
is to make the spot community CEN
ter.
Tomorrow's program is made up of
a parade in which many organizations
will participate: the Fire Department.;
Scouts, both boys and girls; Ameri-
can Legion; National Guard; School
children and the Masonic lodges, the
march being led by the Pocomoke City
Boy Scout Band.
The speakers of the day will be
Hon. T. Alan Goldsborough, Repres-
entative in Congress from the First
District; Hon. w. G. Helfrich, of
Washington, Chief counsel for Mary
land of the P. w. A. Introducing
these and others will be His Honor,
the Mayor of Pocomoke City, E. w.
Ross.
Many committees have been ap-
pointed to manage different situa-
tions of the occasion, not the least
important being that in charge of the
decoration, and all citizens are asked
to lend hand in this matter to the
best of their ability. A stand will be
built over the corner where the stone
is to be placed and this will be taste
fully decorated. The ceremony direct
ly connected with the placing of the
stone will be in charge of Grand Mas
ter of Maryland Masonic Lodges,
Harry B. Wright, assisted by other
officials of the Grand Lodge.
This structure will fill long felt
want and is the result of the inter-
est of Senators Tydings and Rad
cliffe; of Congressman Goldsborough;
of the Senator from Worcester, Mil
ton L. Veasey; and of persistent eff
forts of local citizens. It will be USE
full as well as ornamental, and a
monument to all interested in it's erec-
ton.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
STATE HOUSE
AT DOVER, DEL.
FOR CONFERENCE
Second Annual Conference Of
Boy Scout Leaders Next
Tuesday Afternoon
THREE HUNDRED MEN
EXPECTED TO ATTEND

The State Legislative Hall at Dover
will be the scene of the Second An
nual Area-wide Conference of Boy
Scout Leaders next Tuesday after
noon and evening, October 20. The
Conference will be featured by the
presence of Walter w. Head of St..
Louis, Mo-, National President of the
Boy Scouts of America since 1926.
Three hundred men active in Scout
leadership throughout the Peninsula
will convene at the Legislative Hall
at P. M. to plan the years program
of Scouting. Mayor j. Wallace Wood
ard of Dover will welcome the dele
gates. The keynote address will be
given by DR.. Harry v. Holloway, State
Superintendent of Schools and Court
of Honor Chairman of the Boy Scout
Council.
Following the general assembly the
delegates will divide into three dis
cussion groups devoted to the SUBJ
jects of Administration, Growth and
Program. The Administrative group
will be led by Council President
Charles H. Cant and Finance Chair
man Edwin C. Huber of Whining
ton. DR.. E. B. Benger will preside
over the group discussing Scouting
Growth, while Howard L. Seaman will
lead a discussion on Scout Program.
Chairmen of the Council Commit
tees on Organization, Clubbing, Sea
Scouting, Training, Activities, Civic
Service, Camping and Court of Hon.
or will be present to give their views
on the best methods of conducting
Scouting for the boys of the PENN
sula. The discussions are open to
Scoutmasters, Troop Committeeman
and other Scouters representing the
1873 Boy Scout Troops of the Coun-
Gil.
Following the afternoon discussion
period, a colored motion picture of
the Wilmington Boy Scouts encamped
along the Brandywine will be shown
by Norman P. Rood, member of the
Council Executive Board, on whose
estate the encampment took place
last June.
The closing of the Conference will
be held in the Hotel Richardson and
will take the form of a testimonial
dinner to the Scoutmasters of the
Council. The principal address will
be given by Mr.. Head. The message
from the National Boy Scout Presi-
dent is eagerly awaited by the Scout
Leaders of the Peninsula for it is
largely as result of his national
leadership during the past ten years
that the Scout movement has advan.
ced to it's present enviable position
in the field of boys work.
Invitations to all Scout leaders Of
the Council have been issued by How.
Continued on Page s.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16

Well, Sir, four or five of US foot
ball nuts are in a jam. We've had
tickets for weeks for the Yale-Navy
game to be pulled off at the Balti-
more Stadium, and now the Mayor
and City Council have been inconsid-
crate enough to put on show here in
town-a cornerstone laying. OF
course, we are tortured by sense of
duty AMI we are attracted by that tus-
sic that's going to be staged next Sat-
urday in he Monumental city.
We thought something of writing
up to the managers of the game to
see whether we couldn't get it post
poned, in the light of the big attrac-
ton down here on the Shore; but af-
forwards concluded that, maybe, they
Continued on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
MIR. AND MRS. QUINN'S
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIV.

Mr.. and Mrs. Loire c. Quinn, ma
tives of Pocomoke City, but longtime
residents of Crisfield, will celebrate
the 5Oth anniversary of their we'd
ding on Tuesday next, October 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinn will keep open
house from p. M, to 10 p. m. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
friends who may call. No invita-
tions are sent out to anybody, but all
are welcome to go and spend a social
hour with the "bride and groom" of
fifty years ago.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-16
POLITICAL MEETINGS
FOR WORCESTER CO.

Democratic political meetings
have been arranged by G. Hale
Harrison. Ch., Democratic National
Campaign Committee for Worces-
ter as follows: Snow Hill, evening
of October 27; Pocomoke City, ev-
ening of October 20; Berlin, af-
ternoon of October 81.