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The Omaha guide., 1936-11-07
THE CHURCH OF GOD

2025 No. 2lth Street
Elder Robert l.. Moody, Pastor
Mrs. Edna w. Moody, Reporter
The Omaha guide., 1936-11-07
SALEM p T CHURCH

2sth and Decatur Streets
Rev. NJ. p. Bilbrew, Pastor
VIM. Cooper, Reporter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
GOVERNOR NICE CALLS SPECIAL
SESSION

Governor Nice announced on
Thursday last that the special ses-
sion of the General Assembly OF
Maryland, originally scheduled for
the first week in February, would not
be called until the first week in
March.
The special session is made neces-
sary on account of the relief problem
that confronts the State. All money
available for relief from the gross
receipts tax before the expiration OF
the levy on March 81 will be allocat-
ed to the counties and Baltimore city
early in February.
AS the special session Is for the
purpose of enacting relief legislation
our legislators should see to it that
the usual food of bills be kept out,
and not permitted to clutter up the
files and delay proceedings.
Let the special session be devoted
solely to the purpose for which 1t Is
called.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
AIM AT PREVENTION

More police" is the answer to the
growing problem of highway safety,
in the opinion of ]. Borton Weeks,
President of the Keystone Automo-
bile Club, who declares "our ideas
with respect to enforcement must be
changed, and the aim of our gunners
must be pointblank at the major
PREVENTION.
Writing editorially in the current.
issue of Keystone Motorist, official
publication of the Club, Mr. Weeks
compares highway casualties with
war losses, and continues: "If we
are confronted by situation analog-
GUS to war, it Is apparent that the
forces to deal with the problem-if
it is to be dealt with adequately
must be well trained and numerically
adequate.
''The education Of youths and
adults, and improved engineering of
highways, especially the establish
ment of center separations of oppo-
site-bound traffic, are highly import
ant in the safety movement, but en-
forcement by adequate number of
thoroughly trained men is vital If the
accident toll is to be reduced.
IA large percentage of accidents
can be prevented If the roads are
adequately patrolled. This WIS
proved on the Black and White Horse
Pixies in New Jersey over the last
Labor Day holiday Of three days
when not single fatal accident oe-
CURED on either of those great high
ways under the heaviest traffic they
ever bore, simply because there was
one motorized New Jersey trooper
patrolling every ten miles Of road.
Enforcement does not consist of
getting promptly on the scene after
the accident, but being there in plain
view for the purpose of preventing
accidents. We cannot win the war
with an unframed corporal's guard.
We must have trained men and
plenty of them, working eternally on
the job"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

Truth" will be the subject of the
esson-Sermon in all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Jan. 26.
The Golden Text will be from
Isaiah $50 Lord, thou are my
God; l will exalt thee, I will praise
thy name; for thou hast done won
derful things; thy counsels of old are
faithfulness and truth"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
Loving from the Bible-II Cor. 1888
For we can do nothing against the
truth, but for the truth"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy, page
2O7-"The spiritual reality is the
scientific fact in all things. The
spiritual fact, repeated in the action
of man and the whole universe, is
harmonious and is the ideal of
Truth"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

Names of more than score OF
companies suspected of making mu'
nitions without registering with the
Government ais required under the
Neutrality Act OF 1895 have been
turned over to the Attorney General
tor investigation by Cordell Hull
Secretary Of State.
This action was the first In actually
bearing down upon American NUM-
tions companies under the neutrality
law, although Secretary Hull's warn
ing OF Dec. 3, after the deadline for
registration on Nov. 80 had passed
brought in a long list of some of the
best. known munitions firms in the
nation.
Before the deadline, Sc COM
panies registered; after the first
warning, 20 came along: and now
more than 30 are to be investigated
and possibly prosecuted by the At
torney General. with stiff penalty
looming before them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
GASOLINE TAX NETS MARYLAND
S7O,852, $50 SINCE ENACT
MENT

The treasury of Maryland has
been enriched by $70,352,730.5S by
gasoline taxes during the twelve
years this type Of levy has been In
effec. to raise current revenue.
A statement by William s. Gordy
Jr., State Comptroller, on Friday
showed that in 1924, when the firsl
2-cent-per-gallon tax was levied, +he
state collected $1,5S8,421.S9. Las'
year, with Accent tax in effect, the
income was $S,S0S, 402.25.
For the entire twelve-year period
including both 2-cent and Accent tax
the average income was $685.
1884. During the last five years
from 1875, with Accent tax, the
annual average return has been 49,
166,614.S4. On the present basis
each penny Of the gasoline tax brings
in about $2,200,O00.
The 2-cent tax was in effect from
January /, 1924, until April l, 1927
when 1t was increased to 4 cents
The 2-cen. portion Of the tax is allo-
Gated to road maintenance, another
IN cent for lateral road construc-
ton, or the maintenance and con-
struction of streets in Baltimore,
debt service and county road work.
The remaining half cent of the tax
10 allocated for Embarrassing elimi-
nation, but, under an amendment Oh
the law, may be diverted to bridge
construction.
Up to 1888 80 per cent. of the
gasoline-tax income went to the State
Roads Commission and 90 per cent
to Baltimore city. After 1888 the
revenue was divided, 20 per cent. to
the commission and 80 per cent. to
Baltimore city.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
NATIONAL YOUTH ADMTN1sTRA.
TION ACTIVITIES

A number of National Youth ADJ
m'nistration Work Projects are get
ting under way throughout the East
ern Shore District, according to Max
Chambers, District Representative,
and others are being sponsored by
various civic bodies such as: Cham
bers of Commerce, Women's Clubs,
Rotary Clubs, etc.
The work is being done by youths
boys and girls-betwenn the ages
of 16 and rs and are classified under
the following four divisions:
l. Projects for Youth-Communi.y
Development and Recreational Lead
ership.
2. Projects for Rural Youth De-
velopment.
3. Public Service Projects.
4. Research Projects.
The yo',ths are employed one
third lime at one-third the security
wage which ranges from $11 to $19
per month in the Eastern Shore
Counties. The work involved is only
part of tie program, as the Advis-
DRY Committees are planning uplif.-
ing activities that will give the young
people opportunities to find a place
in life for themselves
Mr.. Chambers reports that num-
Der of students are receiving NYA
aid at Washington College and Sails
bury Teachers College in addition to
needy high school students in the
several High Schools. The work pro-
jects are for young people who are
out of high school and not in College.
The new location of the Eastern
Shore Office is 2O6 Stewart Building,
Easton, opposite the Court House.
Young people interested in college
or craft work, counselling and guild
ance, may find valuable assistance
by communicating with this office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
BREAKS AND SURFACE INJURIES
TO TREES SHOULD BE j.
REPAIRED

That "a stitch In time saves nine"
particularly applicable to the
proper care and treatment of trees,
t is emphasized by Walter r. Bal
ard, horticulturist for the Univer-
.ity of Maryland Extension Service.
lie points out that repairing break
Or injury to the tree at an early date
may be the means of saving the own
er costly and laborious operation in
rec surgery In any case, all trees
should be given an annual examina-
ion to prevent entrance of destruc-
i've fungi.
TO understand the necessity and
wisdom for these periodic examina-
ions one must know something of
he way a tree grows and functions,
according to Mr.. Ballard. He ex-
plains that the roots of the tree serve
o anchor the tree in place and at the
same time they extract from the soil
large amount of wafer in VIII CHI
Jalious chemical elements, essential
the well-be ng of the tree, are dis
solved in a very dilute form.
This liquid stream is then carried
Upward through channels in the
wood to the leaves which act as the
digestive apparatus for the tree. The
caves absorb carbon dioxide from
the air and through the mysterious
action TO sunlight, manufacture vari-
Gus products, among them being
cellulose, which makes up large
part of the structure of the tree.
This nutritive material then descends
to every part of the tree through the
cambium layer which is located be-
tween the bark and the wood. The
cells of the cambium layer represent
the live tissue of the tree.
For this reason it is important to
keep the cambium layer in good re-
pair, since breaks in this layer or
protective covering allow fungi to
attack the dead cells which form the
center of the tree.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
WOULD "MARSH RABBIT" BE
SAME BY ANY OTHER NAME?

If the secret" can be kept from
the wife of certain official In the
United States Biological Survey, the
Bureau has agreed to tell how musk
rats can be used to enliven the family
menu.
Returning from an inspection trip
in muskra: areas of Delaware, one Of
the Bureaus biologists carried to his
Washington home some meat obtain
ed from these fur animals and intro
duced the food as marsh rabbit
The results, he says, were delightful,
and the dish proved to be an inter-
esting delicacy, but he hopes that in
his own home marsh rabbits" are
not identified.
The flesh Of the muskrat for hui
man food is variously esteemed, with
diversity Of opinion as to its
palatability. Muskrats are sold in
some parts of the East and Middle
West. Ip the retail markets Of
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Whining
ton, and other cities they are sold
from about the middle of December
to the middle OF March as marsh
rabbits, but no attempt is made to
conceal the fact that they are musk
rats. They are bought and eaten
both by weli-to-do citizens and by
people who seldom indulge In high
priced game.
The animals are trapped primarily
for their pelts, but after they are
skinned, the additional labor of pre-
pairing the meat for market is so
slight tina. it can be sold very
cheaply.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
Administration

The Administration legislative
iield marshals are busy trying to
whip in shape a new farm-relief pro-
gram TO submit to Congress. that will
Jake the place of the AAA. that the
Supreme Court killed. Thus far the
different schools of thought" have
not gotten together.
Privately" said an official OF one
Of the organizations involved, 1--WE
are nowhere near agreement. Pub
.icly, of course, we will all officially
leny this.
Zone school-call 1t the Admins
ration school-believes in shrinking
American agriculture down to the
size Of the domestic market and
abandoning all hope Of obtaining ex-
port outlets for our SURPRISES.
1.-THE other school believes in "a
fair price for a full CROP This
school-and it is the majority group
believes in keeping our land. 1t
also believes in higher protective
tariffs and in the transfer Of some
agricultural commodities from the
free list to the dutiable list.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
MORE THAN 1000 ILLITERATEs
LEARN TO READ AND WRITE
IN CCC CAMPS
In CCC CAMPS

Some 4,339 illiterates who entered
the Civilian Conservation Corps
camps during the fiscal year which
closed June 80, 1895, were taught to
read and write, 1t was stated in a
communication issued to Mr.. Robert
Fechner, Director of Emergency Con-
servation Work, by Mr. Howard W..
Oxley, Director of CCC Camp Educa-
ton for the U. S. Office of Education.
According to survey by the CCC
Office of Education, made with the
assistance of the War Department,
there were 1859 illiterates in the
Conservation Corps during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1885. A total
Of 5,4O6 were persuaded by the edu-
cational advisers to receive instruc-
ton. OF these, 1907 were enrolled
in classes, and 1879 were given in
dividual training. About fOur-fifths
Of the number who received training
achieved the objective set for them
by their advisers. Over 1850 refus-
ed to avail themselves of the oppor-
tunities afforded.
The proportion of illiterates to the
total enrolment was about Q per
cent, but varied in each corps area.
| The Ninth Corps Area, bordering on
the west coast, had the lowest pro-
portion, with figure of three-tenths
Of per cent, Mr.. Oxley stated.
The survey showed that 70 per
cent of the illiterates were under
twenty-five years of age; S per cent,
between twenty-six and thirty-five
years of age; and 16 per cent, over
.hirty-five years Of age. Nearly 06
Der cent of the illiterates were
American-born, and about 4 per
cent, foreign-born. More than half
If them came from rural communi-
les; about third, from small
owns; and the remainder from large
cities.
Continuing, Mr.. Oxley said: I'm
aching illiterates, advisers have en-
)loyed a variety of techniques. Indi-
yidual instruction has been found to
oe the most beneficial. The use Of
visual aids, such as motion pictures
Ind newspaper comics, has proven
helpful. Advisers seek to begin their
earners with words and phrases
.ommon to daily life. Simple stories
md news-items are read to the men;
hen they are taught to read them or
write up the material In their own
way. Later on, the men are shown
1ow to express their thoughts In the
form of letter or brief account. p"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
THE CITY DER THE CITY
Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore, Maryland

In that city over yonder.
Where all Is fair and bright,
We will meet and greet our loved ones
And there will be no night.
CHORUS
And there will be no night,
And there will be no night;
We will meet and greet our loved ones
In that city fair and bright.
Far away the bells are ringing;
We are nearing Home Sweet Home
Where loved ones walt our coming,
And none shall ever roam.
In the west the sun Is setting,
Let us brighten some ones way.
We can make the old world better,
If some kind words we say.
To be at Home with Jesus,
In that land Of peace and love,
Where storm clouds never gather
Our Fathers house above. H..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
ORPHANS COURT

Bonds Approved-M. Amanda Bry-
son, Administrative Of Lewis F. Bry-
son.
Accounts Passed-First and final
account Of Carrie F. Borden, admin
istratrix c. TIA. Of Duane Secor: first
and final account of Street e. Riley,
administrator C. t. a. of Robert F.
Pierce; sixth account of J. Frank
Tosh. guardian Of Gsneyisve Turner
Tosh and Janet Ann Tpsh; tirst and
final account of Lorraine Wilson. ad-
minis.rator of John g, wilsoa,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
AGENDA BIBLE CLASS
Evangelist John Moses Baker
Baltimore, Maryland

Agenda Bible Glass, what a blessing
Just five and twenty years old;
Good work they have done, helping
others
In this world. will never be told.
The old folks and home at Ocean
Grove,
Where the sunset time draws near;
Plensart memories come and go:
Loved ones to them so dear.
Agenda Bible Glass did not forget
The old folks, but remembered one
and all.
Christmas and sunshine baskets sent,
Just answering the Masters call.
Two thousand dollars and over,
To the building fund was paid;
And FIVE hundred dollars for organ
This was the pledge they made.
Friendlinsss, friendship. understand
ing,
Comrades one and all
Liberty and love for each other
No harm to any befall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

A money engineer" who would
see to it that the money system was
made capable Of bearing the load
OF the widest popular consumption, .
IA one Of the ways to solve unemploy-
ment. writes Henry Ford in an article
An the February American Magazine.
In q world wanting many things,
he said. 1--WE have never had over
production. only underdistribu-
tion or underconsumpfion. and fur
Their insisted there was enough pro-
dnctive work ''crying 20 be done" in
this country right now to employ
every employable person ..'for long
TINA to come"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

Do you have an empty whiskey
bottle around your home with the
words Federal Law Forbids Sale or
Reuse of This Bottle" blown in on
the shoulder?
II you have. technically you are
violating Federal law. Under the
Federal statute enacted on January
/, 1886, every bottle must be broken
Immediately the contents are con-
sumed under heavy penalties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
KILLS RATS

mice, reaches and beetles-that's RAT
SNAP, the old reliable rodent destroy
err. Comes in cakes. They eat 1T
without any bait. Doesn't matter how
much other KINDS Of food Is around.
Apply Ii list, 4th, AND yth day and cut
each cake In 80 pieces, place II where
the vermin In seen to run,
25c sizs--1 cake-enough for Pantry,
Kitchen or Cellar.
35c size-2 cakes-Afor Chicken House.
coops, or small buildings.
75c size-5 cakes-enough for all
farm and out-buildings. storage build
ings. or factory buildings.
r. NJ. Dempsey, Limestone. N. Y.
says "Rat-Snap certainly does the
work. 1t was well worth $1,000 to get
rid Of the Rats and Nice in my own
house"
Sold by
Ashby's Drug, Store
Jos. 8. Pogue. Sons 4 Co.
Rising Sum. Nd.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24
W. c. T. U. NOTES

Following are few matters of
Legislation which w. G. T. U. women
are interested in which are being con-
sidered in Washington.
First of all--Legislation dealing
with the Liquor Traffic. Under this
head comes the Guyer Bill for Pro-
hibition in the District of Cclum bia
In introducing this Bill Represent
alive Guyer showed that conditions
under repeal In the Capital City are
probably worse than In any other
city in the country, and the residents
of the District are powerless to dc
anything about it. 1t is up to the
Committee having charge of Distric,
Affairs of which Mrs. Mary T. Nor
ton is chairman.
Senator Capper has introduced a
Bill to limit liquor advertising and
protect dry territory. He is always
on the job.
And did you know-"U. S. Su-
preme Court Rules 100000 Liquor
Tax Unconstitutional" This tax wa
collected in Dry States from liquor
dealers and was used as Federal
License to cover up Bootlegging.
Senator Sheppard has also intro
duced new Constitutional Amend
ments-two of them to take the place
of the 18th. You can take your
choice More will be heard from
them later.
Next-Legislatio of interest to
Peace-makers.
Neutrality. What lot Of things
1t suggests. We all sincerely want
legislation which will keep the
United States out of War, but at the
same time we want to see wars
thruout the World done away with
and must cooperate with the rest of
the nations to that end. Why spend
more money than ever before to
build war machinery when we have
already outlawed war by the BRAND
Kellogg Peace Pact? Peace methods
must be relied on in place of War
Methods to settle disputes. Senator
Nye's Committee is showing the
Country as nothing has ever done
before a very real source of war
encouragement.
| va nd N q q
Kvale have introduced bills in both
houses to provide for Optional in
stead of Compulsory Military Train
ing, which is now generally in force,
known in schools and colleges as R.
o. T. c., and admitted to be the most
expensive and least effective from
military point of view method of
training soldiers.
Senator Tydings rescued Bill
which had a rather bad star: in the
House and entering it under new
number rushed it through the SEN
ate in the busy days near the close
of last session, which is known as the
Military Disaffection Bill, and is in
tended, according to rumors from
Washington, to keep Communism out
of the Army and Navy, AS matter
of fact 1t says nothing about Com
munism but, il passed as 1t now
stands on the House Calendar await
ing action, might easily be construed
to cover just such a article as this
and "get me in Dutch" for preferring
Peace TO War, and being willing to
say 50.
That kind of legislation would be
all right in Germany or Italy but not
in our Free United States of America.
BERTHA BALpERSTON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

Dredging operations, which have
been started on the Long Marsh
ditch between Caroline and Queen
Anne's counties, will improve the
drainage conditions for $4,000 acres
of land. This is one of the projects
handled by the CCC drainage camp
at Goldsboro.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

early in the Session there would be
sufficient time for study by the Repre-
sentatives of the various Counties and
Districts.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD e. CoBoURN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

When a suit newly cleaned doesn't
get grease spot in the first three
days, it will hold out for three weeks
But this is extraordinary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

1t is the small college that offers
nothing but an educatiop-aRd sees
that you get it,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

A man with a paunch needs sus-
penders. Why should he heep uR
the struggle against tAs~l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-24

Money talks. even with women,
when they give 1t chance.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT, POCOMOKE CITY, MARYLAND.

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With rustic beauty fraught,
The traveller quenched his thirst and
fastened on
A drink was all he sought.
Another came, who'd journeyed far
that day
An artists soul had he;
Forgetting thirst and WEAKNESS, he
placed
His sketch book on his knee,
And captured, with few swift pencil
strokes,
The scene around him spread,
The picture painted from that crude
sketch lived
Long after he was dead.
Then came a poet, just to rest awhile
And muse, as like as not,
But ere he sat him down, his eye had
caught
The beauty of the spot.
With pad and pen he jotted down some
notes
And quickly moved along;
His journey done, before he slept
that night,
He gave the world song.
At close of day violinist stopped,
To rest and slake his thirst;
Before his lips had touched the brim-
ming cup
He heard a joyous burst
Of bird sorg, blent with other twilight
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
Poetry Corner
AS A MAN THINKETH

AS A MAN THINKETH
A thirsty traveller paused beside a
spring
It's water sweet and COOL
Which gushed from out a low hill
side, into
A quiet, shadowy pool.
Tall pines reached eager arms toward
the sky,
And clapped their hands with glee,
While in the fragrant sweetgum trees
below,
Birds warbled merrily.
The sun shone palely through the
moving leaves
That gentle breezes stirred,
And, blending with the peaceful quie-
tude
The bubbling spring was heard.
Although the scene was one of rarest
charm,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28

wholesome as fresh milk. If necessary
to cut down, a substitute may be used
for butter.
In general, prices on most foods are
no higher than last week and a slight
decrease has been noted in beef and
lamb chucks, young chickens, eggs
apples, green beans, lima beans, cab
bage and new potatoes.
Here are three menus planned for
different budget levels.
Low Cost Dinner