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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

ACTION TAKEN
BY P. T. ASSOC.
Recommend Chapel Talks; De.
cries Hazing; Extra Teacher;
Health; And Other Subjects
CLOSER COOPERATION
is FELT NECESSARY

Of interest to many are the rec
concentrations submitted by the Exc
cutive Committee of the Parents
Teachers Association at a recent
meeting of the Association held in
the High School.
The recommendations are as fol-
lows:
Chapel exercises each Monday morn
ing, at which representatives from
town organizations be present to talk
to students, and that students take
part in program. The committee
feels that this will make for closer
contact between town and school and
will be help and inspiration to the
pupils of the school.
The question of hazing be taken up
with students. The committee feels
hazing of smaller students by larger
ones is manlike-inclined to
develop DULLES, and often is of great
harm physically, mentally and NOR
ally to the younger students.
The committee ask the school board
to provide an extra teacher for the
elementary school. They feel the
number of students is SO large that
best results cannot be obtained by
teachers or students, and the prin-
cipal does not have time for the exc
cutive duties necessary, where he or
she has a full schedule of classes
They recommend having a teacher
who can take full charge of the music,
to relieve the teachers for other dut-
! les.
Believing that the health of the
child is the most important considera-
ton of the school, the committee
recommends that every effort be
made to ascertain whether each child
in school has the proper physical ex-
animation, dental care, and be pro-
vided with glasses where they are
needed.
The committee feels that our school
should be in the town limits-and
would ask our Senator and members
Of the Legislature to introduce a bill
in the next Legislature to incorpor-
ate the property belonging to the
school in the town limits.
The committee requests the Ameri-
can Legion or any other organization
to present a flag and flag pole to the
Elementary School-if and when the
members of the organization feel fl
nancially able to do so.
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
COUNTY SEAT
EXPECTS CROWD
ON OCTOBER u
Democrats Have Secured Array
Of Talent AS Speakers
OF Occasion
MIR. GOLDSBOROUGH is
MAIN SPEAKER AT BERLIN

Hundreds of Worcester County
Democrats will throng Snow Hill next
Tuesday evening, October 27.
On that night, the first of three
mammoth countrywide Democratic raj
lies will be staged in front of the Wor-
cester County Court House, sponsor
ed by the Young Mems Democratic
Club of Central Worcester County, to
campaign in the interest of President
Roosevelt, Vice-President Garner and
Representative Goldsborough, all can
didates for reelection on November 8.
Six prominent speakers, two of
them nationally known, will address
the rally, of which States Attorney
Thomas F. Johnson, of Snow Hill, will
preside over as chairman.
The speakers are:
Hon. Sumner Welles, of Washing
ton, D. c., Assistant Secretary of
State and former U. S. Ambassador to
Cuba.
Hon. Stanley Reed, of Washington,
D. c., Solicitor General of the United
States.
Representative T. Alan Goldsbor-
cugh, of Denton, Member of Congress
from Maryland.
Hon. William S. Gordy, of Sails
bury, State Comptroller.
Hon. Howard w. Jackson, Mayor
Of the City of Baltimore.
Hon. Lansdale G. Sasscer, Presi-
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
CROWDS GATHER HERE
TO ATTEND CORNER STONE
LAYING OF CITY BUILDING
BIG DEMOCRATIC RALLY
in BALTIMORE, OCT. 80

Attorney General Homer S. Cum
mings will be the principal speaker
at the large rally to be held at the
Lyric in Baltimore on Friday, Oc-
tober 3Oth at 500 P. M. This will
be the climax of the Maryland cam
paign and it is expected that Demo-
Gratis from all over the state will
gather in Baltimore for the event.
The same night Ambassador Brock
enbridge Long will address the coun-
ty-wide rally to be held at Towson in
Baltimore County.
Following these meetings the
Roosevelt First Voters League will
hold cabaret ball and reception for
the guests of honor, Attorney General
Cummings and Ambassador Long,
together with the Maryland Party
leaders and other distinguished guests
This will afford Party workers from
all over the state an opportunity to
get together and exchange ideas and
relax and enjoy themselves before
carrying out the final push Of the
campaign.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
Grand Masonic Lodge Place
Stone In Position By Their
Beautiful Liturgy
BIG PARADE PRECEDES
REGULAR PROGRAMME

Lowering skies, on Friday of last
week,-skies which began late in the
day to develop into showers, and
during the night to give an exhibition
that reminded one of the late hurri-
cane, did not promise much in the
shape of weather for the program
prepared for the laying of the corner
stone of the Municipal Building in this
city on Saturday, the seventeenth.
But the disturbance seemed to blow
itself out in the night, and, while Sat-
urday did not dawn with cloudless
skies, yet, before the time for the big
event rolled around, the sun was mas
ter of ceremonies and shone with his.
accustomed brilliancy, giving an ideal
day for the occasion.
Between 1900 and 1000 people were
on hand when Mayor Ross, from q
raised platform opened the exercises
Preceding there had been a parade
which formed at the Armory, took it's
march to Willow, to Front, to Market,
to Second, to Vine, and then halted
where the last named street formed
a junction with Clarke Avenue, the
corner where the new building is to be
erected.
This parade was made up of Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, American Legion
aires, Firemen, Members of the Ma
sonic Fraternity, National Guards,
School Children, and Fire Department
Auxiliaries. These were led by Leg
ionaire, L. Griffin Callahan, mounted
on snow-white steed, and all march
ing to the music of the Boy Scout
Band.
The streets were gaily decorated las
was also the speakers stand, and
streamer flags ran the whole len 9Th
Of the building lot on Vine Street
and Clarke Avenue. Fronting the
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
YOUNG men ARRANGE
FOR ARMORY MEETING

The Democratic Campaign and the
Young Mems Democratic Club of Wor
cester County are staging a big rally
at the State Armory in Pocomoke on
Thursday night, October 29th at 8 P.
M.
The Committee on Arrangements
has secured the services of twenty
one piece band; the band music start
ing at '7:30.
The speakers on that occasion will
be the Honorable T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough, Congressman for the First
District; and a National speaker of
prominence will be here on this &C.
casion, the National Committee hav-
ing assured the local Committee that
the speaker will be named in the. next
few days. The local Committee has
also made arrangements to have a
prominent woman speaker deliver a
short address at this rally.
Everyone is requested to attend and
all will be assured of a delightful ev-
ening.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
Y. PRESIDENT
SHOE COMPANY
GETS 2 YEARS
William A. Birmingham, Of
Once Local Industry, Found
Guilty Of Embezzlement
CLEARED ON CHARGE OF
CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD

A judgment was entered in the Cir
cult Court on Tuesday in favor Of
Alice B. Kerbin, Administrators, Viii
liam G. Kerbin, Jr., and L. Paul Ewel
VS. Charles S. Pilchard, Elmer Pill
chard, James L. Redden, Henry G
Jones, Caleb Watson and Merwin P
selby for 5000. This judgment was
rendered by a Jury for services rem.
dered by the late William G. Ker.
bin and L. Paul Ewell, Attorney fol-
the above named in the George L.
Barnes, Bankruptcy proceedings two
years ago.
A Judgment was also rendered for
$1,000 in favor of State of Maryland,
use of Ethel Grace Conley and Alonzo
James Conley VS. George T. Price, a
taxi-cab driver of Fruitland, Mary
land, after the jury had deliberated
for two hours. This suit grew out of
an automobile accident whereby Az
year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
ley was killed during the month of
June, 1886.
After the prisoners were arraigned
Linwood Matthews of Pocomoke City
pleaded guilty to the sale of liquor
and was sentenced to months in the
House of Correction.
Algie Birmingham of Pocomoke
was found guilty by the Court and
sentenced to 6 months in the House
of Correction for Assaulting Lloyd
White of Pocomoke City some time
ago.
In the Conspiracy case against c.
Clark Brown and William A. Brit
tingham, two of the officers of the
Clark Brown Shoe Company, of Po-
comoke City, the Court returned ver-
dict of "Not Guilty"
In the "Embezzlement" case Will
liam A. Birmingham was found gull
ty by Jury and sentenced to serve
2 years in the Maryland House of
Correction. Mr.. Birmingham is al
legged to be in the life insurance bust
ness in Harrisburg, Pa, but at the
time this offense was committed he
Continued on Page -
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
FIGURES SHOW
ROOSEVELT WILL
HAVE MAJORITY
Opinion OF Editors Place ROOse-
welt Substantially Ahead
In Recent Poll

Franklin D. Roosevelt will most
likely be reelected to the Presidency,
according to results Of the third an
nual political poll taken among 5,145
newspaper editors by Liberty Maya
zine.
Liberty asked each editor who he
thought would be elected President.
About 400 editors turned this ques-
ton down, leaving some 1900 lined up
as follows:
Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,875
Alfred M. Landon 1874
William Lemke 10
Norman Thomas o
Earl Browder o
The editors predicted as follows:
1. Mr.. Roosevelt will receive q
minimum of 269 electoral votes
three more than he needs to win, and
a number that may be increased by
Roosevelt victories in any one of four
doubtful states.
2. The Democrats will win 266
seats in the House of Representatives
to 159 for the Republicans, z for the
Progressives, and for the Farmer
Laborites.
8. The Democrats will win 20 of
the falls SO senatorial elections-giv-
ing them 81 seats in the Senate to ct
for the Republicans and each for
the Progressive and Farmer-Labor
parties.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
IMPRESSIVE CERE MONIES ON SAT. LAST
SECOND DEATH in
A SHORT PERIOD

The death of Emery Niquist, %,
of near Princess Anne on Sunday
morning last, is the second tragic oc-
currence in the Niquist family within
a period of three months.
According to information CLEANED
just after the tragedy, young Niquist
arose as usual to attend to the milk
ing. Ne report of shot was heard
but when Mrs. Niquist entered the
summer kitchen adjoining the home
the body of her youngest son was dis
covered and lying by his side shot
gun. No motive has been ascribed
for the act. Beside his mother, there
are five other members of the family
who survive the young man. All are
residents of Princess Anne.
In August, Mr.. Emory Niquist, ST.,
68 year old father of the boy, was in
stantly killed when on his way home
from a visit in Princess Anne his
car was struck by the Crisfield north
bound freight train at the South Main
Street crossing. The Niquist farm
borders on the railroad track at the
fatal crossing.
The community is deeply shocked
at this second tragedy and much SYM
patty is extended the family.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
"Chirps" ~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, sometimes a change OF
diet does a man physical good; ano
sometimes a change of mental pro-
vender is relished by the reader. So
I am going to give you, this week. a
few remarks by my old pal ano
chump, Josephus Bush, who IS al
ways speaking confidentially' to tne
public through the columns OF a daily
newspaper. $1,000,
Josenhus seems to think football
is the supreme talk these days. Foot
ball is predominantly college game,
and he evidently deplores the fact
that this extra-curricular activity
draws more attention to the intellec-
tual campus than is good for another
sort of college-the Electoral College,
Therefore he says:
CATER seeing them scrimmage q
few times, am inclined to feel that
while the material is not quite as good
as I have seen it, they may develop
satisfactorily before the final game
"Do you refer to the football pros
meets at Old Sourmash, your Alma
Mater, Mr.. Bush?"
Certainly not" Mr.. Bush replied
;'The material at Sourmash is the
same as usual. We hire the same
PLAYERS year after year. replacing
them only for reasons of age. re-
fer to the athletic prospects at an
other institution in which have
long been interested but which doesn't
seem to get much mention IN the
press" ;,
"What institution is that, Mr.. Bush
you don't mean Notre Dame, dc
you?" -
"No, son." Mr.. Bush replied. u
refer to that citadel of higher learn
ing, Electoral College. Matricula-
ton has been unusually heavy this
wear and a number of prospective
students have been turned away for
lack of room in spite Of the fact that
the WPA and the PWA have done
everything they could in the last year
or two to enlarge the quarters and
to install new equipment.
"Well, haven't they plenty OF foot
ball material, Mr.. Bush-they usually
have a good team, don't they?"
eyes," Mr.. Bush replied. "There
is no lack of material. A number
of the old letter men are back and
CONTINUED on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
STORES IN POCOMOKE
TO BE KEPT OPEN

Cooperating with the Pocomoke
Business Mems Association in their
Community Drive for customers,
many of the stores and business
houses in Pocomoke will keep open
Thursday night of next week, Oc-
tober 10Th until 9 o'clock. This will
continue every Thursday night dur
ing November and December with the
exception of Thanksgiving week
when stores will remain open on Tues
day night instead of on Thursday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
SCHOOL MONEY
IS FORWARDED
TO THE COUNTIES
Worcester Gets $2O,5S4.26. Som
erset Gets Largest Amount
On The Shore

Checks totaling $19S,633.7S were
mailed Friday to the boards of edu-
cation of the nine Eastern Shore of
Maryland counties by William S. Cor
dy, Jr., State Comptroller. Other
funds were sent to all the remaining
Maryland counties and Baltimore City
at the same time.
A check of $2O,584.26 was mailed
to Worcester County Board of Edu-
cation.
The money distributed among the
counties was appropriated in the
State budget for negro industrial
schools, part payment of salaries,
books and materials, census and at
tendance, equalization fund and for
reductions in county school taxation.
The following checks were distri-
buted on the Shore:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
0. STRAUCHN LLOYD
VISITED HERE WE'D.

Hon. o. Straughn Lloyd, Republi-
can candidate for Congress, to rep
resent the First District in the Low
er House was in Pocomoke on We'd
nesday of this week, meeting old
political friends and endeavoring to
make new ones.
Mr.. Lloyd represents Wicomico
County in the Maryland Senate and
is now opposing Hon. T. Alan Colds
borough for election to the National
Assembly. He is hard worker, a
genial gentleman, and has met with a
measure of political success.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
A REMINDER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS

All good Democrats should hold in
mind the big rally to be staged in Po-
comoke on the evening of Thursday,
October 20. The meeting will be held
in the Armory and big demonstra-
ton is desired.
Other meetings scheduled are for
Snow Hill on the evening of October
81, and for Berlin for the afternoon
of October 81.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

Mrs. E. Farrell Bowen entertained
the luncheon bridge club Friday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

The checks cover the first quar-
terly payment of funds due the pub
lie schools for the 1887 fiscal year.
The quarter ends on December 81.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

By Shopping from the Adj
vertisements of This Paper.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23

Just as the Democrat" was
going to press, it was learned that
Mrs. J. Lee Carey, of Somerset
county, near POcOmOke, died yes
terday Thursday October %.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed tomorrow Saturday from the
home, at o'clock in the after
noon.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-10-23
SERVICES AT ST. MARY'S
NEXT SUNDAY MORNING

Services at st. Mary's Episcopal
Church next Sunday morning, October
%, at IL o'clock; Morning prayer and
sermon by DIR. R. B. Mathews, rector.
Public is cordially invited to attend.
Church School at 10 q. m.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
aroused by Pup
Youth Suues Four
Children From, Gas
Refrigerator Blast DriUes
Occupants of Hyatts-
UiL[e Home to Roof.
BY a staff Correspondent of The Star.

By STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 23.-
Explosion OF an electric refrigerator.
causing a deadly gas to circulate
through the house, might have seri-
ously endangered the lives of five
sleeping children early yesterday
morning had it not been for mongrel
pup, Pooch, which awakened the old
est child, who, in turn, effected the
escape by way Of the roof.
Aroused by Pooch, Jimmy Wolfkiel.
Is, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Wolfkiel, rushed into the room where
his four sisters were sleeping, awak-
ened three who were large enough to
walk, and picked up l7-month-old
baby, making his way through sec
ond-story window.
Standing on the roof, Jimmy at
tracted the attention of neighbor by
hurting a bottle through window.
The neighbor called the Hyattsville
Fire Department and the five children
were lifted down. They were Eliza
beth, II: Mary, 7; Norma, 3, and
Nancy.
They were sleeping again in the
neighbor's house when Mr.. and Mrs.
Wolfkiel returned home from visit
to friends in Washington. Wolfkiel
is an engraver on an afternoon news
paper.
Cause of the explosion was not de-
termined. The refrigerator was
wrecked.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
BRIToN MAKES APPEAL.
Ambassador Asks Berlin to Accept
Powers Proposal.

Ambassador Asks Berlin to Accept
Powers Proposal
BERLIN, March % (P.-Sir Eric
Phipps, British Ambassador, was dis
closed today to have made q personal
appeal to the German government to
accept the Locarno treaty powers pro-
posals for settlement Of the European
crisis.
Sir Eric is generally regarded as
having more influence upon Reichs-
fuehrer Hitler than any other foreign
diplomat.
He called last night upon Konstan-
tin Won Neurath, German foreign min
lister, and, 1t was said as result, Hit
Ter might modify his intended reply
to the proposals offered by Great
Britain, France, Belgium and Italy.
Although it had been originally
planned that Joachim Won Ribbentrop,
Hitler's ambassador at large, would
go to London today with the German
reply, reliable source said that Tues
day and even Wednesday might elapse
before he makes the trip.
The British Ambassador apparently
learned that Hitler and Ribbentrop
were flying together to Breslau yes
terday In travelling conference. Sir
Eric went directly to Won Neurath
Evening star., 1936-03-23
q DIE IN MEXICO
|. .ASUNRESTFLARES
Federal Troops Rushed to
Durango-7 Rebels Slain
in Siege of Town.

(Copyright. 1885. by the Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, March 23.-At
least ~ persons were killed and sew
eral score were wounded in various
parts of Mexico, reports from the
provinces said today, as discomfort in
rural districts fiared over the week
end into open fighting.
Federal reinforcements we're rushed
to the town of Canacatlan, in the
north central state of Durango where
reports said town officials stood of an
attack by 40 rebels yesterday and
killed seven of the insurgents.
A police sergeant and two soldiers
stationed at Canacatlan were wounded
during the conflict.
Dispatches from Durango said 10
insurgents Of force led by Federico
Vazquez were killed by federal troops
during a battle Saturday in the
Taxicaringa Mountains Of that state
A number OF prisoners, including
several women travelling with the
rebel band, were reported taken by
the troops, and a number Of horses
and rifles were seized.
A group of insurgents, believed to
be enemies Of the governments So
cialistic education program, terrorized
the town Of Paredones, in the state Of
JaliSco, Saturday night and killed a
schoolboy and a police offcial, dis
patches reported
An old land dispute between resi-
dents of two neighboring towns near
Tehuacan, Puebla, resulted In a q
hour fight yesterday in which eight
persons were killed and about 20
wounded
The clashes were isolated, and al
though nc officials were available for
comment, all recent statements from
the war department have declared
there is mo military problem" in the
country.
The insurgents who attacked Pare
dones were reported to have entered
the village school and opened fire on
the defenseless students, killing one
and wounding several others.
The invaders then went through the
town, searching for teachers whom
they threatened to kill After smash
ing furnishings in the homes or sew
eral teachers, the raiders fed to the
mountains, pursued by troops sent
from Guadalaiara.
The State Of JaiiSco has been the
scene of numerous attacks on social
istic school teachers and of other
rebel activities during the last year.
Only Saturday, Gen. Juan Soto Lara.
commander of the military zone, an
nounced that he had put an end 10 the
insurgent attacks after his troops had
KILLED many rebels in scattered en-
gagements and a number Of other
leaders Of anti-government groups
had surrendered.