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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-13
MISS SARTORIUS
IS Welded TO
MR.. ARMSTRONG
Daughter Of DR.. And Mrs. N. E.
SartOrius Married In This
City Last Saturday
BOTH WE'RE TEACHERS IN
GLEN BURNIE SCHOOLS

A lovely wedding was solemnized
Saturday, August seventh, in the First
Baptist Church at half after two
o'clock, when Miss Ruth Wells Sartor-
ius, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Norman
E. Sartorius, of this city, was united
in marriage to Joseph Edward Arm
strong, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
M. Armstrong, of Annapolis, Md. Rev.
j. A. Ditto, pastor of the church, Of
ficiated.
Miss Sartorius, who entered with
her father, by whom she was given in
marriage, was gowned in blue lace
over hyacinth taffeta with a turban
of blue illusion. Her flowers were lily
of the valley, roses and baby's breath.
The maid of honor, Miss Dorothy
Cooper, of Towson, was gowned in
peach chiffon with satin jacket. She
wore leghorn hat trimmed with
peach chiffon and carried peach rose
buds and delphinium.
The groom had as his best man,
Lieut.. Robert Gildart, of Washington,
D. C. The ushers were: DR.. N. E. Sar-
torius, of Baltimore, and William S.
Sartorius of Pocomoke, brothers of
the bride; Bowen Hardesty, of Will
lows, Md; and Garner Klair, of Co.
lumbia, Pa.
Mrs. Grady E. Powell, organist of
the church, played the wedding music
The brides mother wore navy gren-
adine with orchid corsage. The
groom's mother wore figured chiffon,
with corsage.
Out of town guests included: Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph NJ. Armstrong, Anna
polls, Md; Mrs. Beatrice Gildart,
Lieut.. Robert GiIdart, of Washington,
D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bradley,
Miss Shirley Bradley, Mr.. Creston
Bradley, Miss Dorothy Ward, Rev.
and Mrs. Dudley, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Albrecht, of Glen Burnie, Md;
Mr.. Theodore Revell, Mr.. and Mrs.,
Wilmer Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Rankin, DR.. Norman E. Sartorius, of
Baltimore; Miss Dorothy Cooper, Of
Towson; Mrs. T. Norman Tull, Of
New York; Mrs. w. U. Polk, of Sails
bury; Mr.. Bowen Hardesty, of Will
lows, Md; and Mr.. Garner Klair, of
Columbia, Pa.
Immediately following the reception
which was held at the brides home
and attended by large number of
relatives and friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Armstrong left for a wedding trip
to Quebec. The brides travelling cos
tune was of dark blue with matching
accessories. They will reside at Glen
Burnie where the groom teaches
French and English in the Glen Bur-
ME High School.
The bride is a graduate of the Po-
comoke High School and of Western
Maryland College. For the past sew
en- years she has been a member of
the faculty of the Glen Burnie School,
having charge of the Domestic Arts
Department. The groom took spec
ial course in Civic Safety at the Uni
versity of Maryland this summer.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-13

Ocean City. Md, Aug. 12-Five
young people, three girls and two
boys, drowned in the Sinepuxent
bay, six miles south of here to-
day, bringing a tragic end to a
Sunday School picnic of st. Mar
tins Methodist Episcopal Church.
All of the victims, ranging in age
from twelve to twenty-five, lived
at the little town of st. Martins
and had gone on the outing to
Henry's Grove. They went wad-
ing with several companions,
suddenly stepped into deep water
over their depth and drowned.
None could swim.
The dead were:
Daniel West, twenty-five.
Margaret West, twelve, his sister.
Hilda West, seventeen, another
sister.
Catherine Davis, fourteen.
Howard Isaac, sixteen.
Magistrate John Culver of Berlin,
who went to the scene, said he
would return a verdict of acciden-
tai death in the cases. Describing
the tragedy, he said:
'SThe five had gone to the pic
mic grounds in the grove with the
rest of the Sunday School party.
Ten of the party put on bathing
suits and went in wading.
Suddenly the five who met death
stepped from the comparatively
shallow water into the deep chan
mel and sank before their COM
paniOns or other persons who
were nearby in a rOwbOat could
reach them"
The bodies of 2 of the girls were
recovered and men from the Coast
Guard station here continued to
drag the waters of the bay for
the other victims. Two Coast
Guard boats were at the scene.
The bay, fifty-mile-lOng lagoon
from one to five miles wide and
separated from the Atlantic Ocean
by a narrow spit of sand, is up
wards of 80 feet deep in its chan
mel.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-13
$500 WILL Be
PAID EACH MONTH

Beginning this week $500
will be paid each month for
a stated period to the per-
son sending us the best
newstip. The tip must be
authentic and may refer to
accidents, death of a prOmi-
nent person, rObberies, Or
ganizatiOn meetings, we'd
dings, or any important
news of interest to our
readers. Cannot accept ma
terial we already have. De-
cisiOn will be made the last
day of each month and
check forwarded immed-
lately. Call POcOmOke 236
or if you live some distance
away mail your news but it
must be i'm time for the cur
rent weeks issue.
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-13

Miss Elizabeth Mills, of Whining
ton, Del, is home to spend her vaca-
ton with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
E. W. Mills.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-13

Mrs. Erland Etcheson, of Gathers
burg, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. II. Stevens.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-13

Mrs. Bradford Massey is in Orlando,
Florida, for an indefinite stay with
relatives.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence D. Fleming
are on two weeks cruise to Bermuda.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
GOD AND PROSPERITY

John Wesley used to declare that no religious
movement would endure in its vigor for more
than thirty years, because in that time the obed-
ence to the laws of God demanded in the Christian
life would bring worldly prosperity to such an
extent that it would lead the people to forget God
This is somewhat of an astounding declaration
but seems to be borne out conspicuously in human
experience
1t is as much as to say that obedience to the
laws of God as exemplifed by the Christian life
has in it the ingredients of prosperity and follow
ing such a course automatically produces prosper
ity, nationally speaking.
And then comes the real test. When everything
is prosperous and all seems to be well with the
world. the seemingly unconQuerable temptation is
TO forget God, in the feeling of self-sutficiency
without Him.
The penalty for forgetting God is trouble, of
which economic depresSiOns phases. The ups
and downs OF the Israelitish nation, of which the
Bible largely deals, merely follows the line of re-
Numbering and forgetting God as a nation. The
central theme in the Bible is that remembering
God brings prosperity and forgetting Him is fol-
lowed by adversely.
II is said that the meek shall inherit the earth
However, after they have cashed in on it the meek
are inclined to lose their meekness and the next
thing they know they have lost their inheritance
Ut would be a wonderful thing for humanity if
it could be prosperous without forgetting God
Here is an avenue of research which would be
worth following: How to enjoy prosperity without
forgetting the real source of Observation-Disclosures
to the laws of God as demanded in the Christian
e)-Burbank (Calif) Review
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
NO PAucITY OF ASSURANCES

The Digest reminds that President Roosevelt has
been giving assurances of balanced budget regu-
larry since he entered the White House. March TO-,
1888 urging that the economy act go into effect
at once, he said:
Il give YOU assurance that if this is done there
is reasonable prospect that within year the in
come of the government will be sufficient to cover
the expenditures of the government"
Spoke the Roosevelt who on the huStingS had
been lambasting the Hoover regime for its eXtrava
gance and had time after time promised the cleo
torate that federal expenditures would be reduced
greatly. Spoke the Roosevelt who said he feared
the things Nh. Hoover had been doing.
Having given ample assurances Mr.. Roosevelt
went OH a great spending spree which made the
Hoover spcudingS pale into insgniicance He am
plifed the Hoover agencies which he had de
nounced. He told the congress to give him
plete authority over the spendngs and the con-
greSS did as it was hidden.
Then came the fiction of two budgets-thc reg
ular budget and the emergency budget 1t was
emphasized that the regular budget was in balance
and that there had been reductions SO had there
been Army. navy and marine corps officers and
men remember their contributions to the balancing
of the regular budget. With extravaganza in spate
they suffered sashes in their compensation for
service.
The Digest cites series of dates on which Mr..
Roosevelt assured that the federal budget would
be balanced soon. January 3, 1884, he set the bal
ancing of the budget for the fiscal year 1886 jan
uary of this year he set it for 1888. April 20
of this year nc set it for 1888. He renewed assur-
ances of a balanced budget during his recent ives
tern trip.
Ii the federal budget is to be balanced with the
federal outgo at its present level the American
people will have to pay through the nose and the
poor for whom the Roosevelt administration pro-
fesseS so much concern will be ground down by
hidden taxes Meantime the Roosevelt administra-
ton goes forward gaily with the spendings and its
abeccdarian chiefs tell inQurerS that their records
are none of the public's business. The Roosevelt
administration is long on assurances and secrecy.
Under these policies it has thriven politically, while
the country has been carried deeper and deeper
into debt-Charleston News and Courier.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
LEE NOT CHEAP

Human life is too cheap in North Carolina"
comments Judge Sinclair in sentencing Wake
county farm youth for manslaughter
A trite enough sentiment, to be sure, but wholly
accurate in the sense which His Honor intended it.
As a matter of abstract fact, though life is not
too cheap in North Carolina; it is, on the contrary
too expensive by reason of lot of other things
being too cheap.
Leisure IS too cheap in North Carolina; many
people have plenty of it without knowing how to
employ it except to the harm of others and the
detriment of society; education is too cheap be-
cause it is made available to lot of people who
are not mentally equipped to use it except to the
harm of society; automobiles are too cheap be-
cause they are within the reach of persons who
do not know how to drive them; guns are too
cheap. injurious drugs are too cheap. liquor is too
cheap, shySter lawyers are too cheap.
The tawdry, the hypOcritical, the dangerous
things in the world they are things which are too
cheap; respectable upright, constructive life is
very dear for it must be bought every day at the
cost of relentless struggle against the evils of a
society which still partakes more freely of the
neo-pagan than it does of the Christian.
Life. like other desirable things, is cheap only
in those ictive Utopias where it may be had freely
and easily for the asking; it is not cheap Except
in the sense that we have too many enemies of
society who regard the lives of others as of no
consequence in these days when so much of care
and thought, and labor are necessary to preserve
it.-Saisbury Post.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

WIASHrNGTON-It is interest
w ing TO watch the growth OF
an incipient war psychology in
Washington. In fact, it is so in
tereSting to some persons who are
especially sensitive on the sub
ject Of war that it Civ them cold
chillS.
No one thinks we are really 60"
ing to war, of course. But so
many of both the best and most
indifferent minds here are talking
about what it would be like if we
did, that it would be holding out
on the reade. not to mention it.
In no time at al, Washington
high and low-haS come to be-
teeming with people who turn out
10 be military-naval strategistS Of
the most articulate order.
Senator NJ. M. Logan Of Ken
lucky, who ranks well up on
the Senate Military Affairs Com
mlttee, proposes a n9PaI plock-
AIDE of Japan which he thinks
would make the japanese behave.
For one such suggestion made
publicly Washington CORE
spondent can hear hundred IN
private.
Roosevelt, with his warning
Iet no one imagine thai America
will escape" and his advocacy OF
collective Quarantine" against
aggressor nations, started all this.
He left the imagination free to
roam the distance between an
admonitory shake II The finger at
Japan and positive military-naVal
action in a preventive war"
Military and naval men nat
urally, IN view of their function,
speak in terms of action. But
they're far from the only ones who
can tell you hog long it would
take to develop an effective bomb
ing base in Alaska. (About a wear,
IL you want to knowo
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
BREVARD LEGION
IN INSTALLATION

BREVARD, Oct. 20. (SpeciaD.
Officers of Monroe Wilson Post
American Legion will be installed
at a special meeting to be held
in the main auditorium of the
courthouse here Wednesday eve
ming.
J. B. Jones. county superin-
tcndent of schools, is the incom-
ing commander; Ernest II. Webb,
district highway engineer, vice
commander. Other officers to be
installed include Ralph J. Duck
worth. finance officsrsy b. IL
Freeman. service officer. Eella
Parker, sergeapt-at-arms; j. \.
Giazentr, chaplain. NJ. f, Head is
the retiring commander.
Tests show smokers generally
obtain higher scores than non
smokers in particular intelligence
tests but in general scholarship
standing the non-smoker makes a
better showing. ~-.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

If you were dictator you
would do well to pursue the same
ruthless, aggressive, dominating
tactics employed by Mussolini,
Hitler and Stain. The only way
a dictator can continue in control
of his country is by ruthless, ag-
gresSivc, dominating practices.
Otherwise, he would not last long.
So, if we in America ever have
a dictator, he, too, must employ
ruthless. aggressive. dominating
methods with us.
1t is fine for those who arc get
ting theirs from the dictator to
have the opposition treated with
ruthless, aggressive domination.
But the trouble is, one never
knows when he himself will be
classcd with the opposition. OBJ
serve the vicious treatment that
Stain is netting ont and has met
ed out to persons who yesterday
were as thick with him as pea
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
THE. NEW y E 4 I
IN WASHIN GTON
-sY RODNEY BUTCHER.
By RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service stan Correspondent

And Of course the pacliiSt groups
are indulging in more war talk
than anyone, since they conSlde!
it their job TO warn everybody
that ditching the neutrality ct Is
our first step towar:: international
conflict.
Mr.. Roosevelt, peaceful man
mas reminded the country that ht
learned a lot as assistant sec.e-
tary of the navy before, during
and after the World War.
The most definite thing he ever
wrote about Japan, following this
period in which he was fairly
close to world events" was in
magazine article in 1923. in this
article he sought to discourage
what ne said was rather a common
idea among 10th Japanese and
AmericanS--that their two coun-
tries inevitably some day would
60 10 war.
Roosevelt then made no poheS
about the fact that the Navy and
Army agreed that the United
States couldn't even hold the
Philippines against Japan without
a navy twice as large as hers.
Today one hears protection OF
the Philippines would require q
navy thrice the size Of Japan'S.
The Nine Power Treaty and
Japan'S promise therein to respect
Chinese sovereignty were then
hailed by the future President as
one of the most excellent reasons
for scouting the "inevitability"
theory. All of which. atF ough
proving nothing, makes Interesting
reading today, when, as Logan
says, dealing Wit. foreign nations
at war is 2 matter Of improvisa-
ton from day TO day"
Mr.. Roosevelt, seated at the p:-
ano, expects TO do the improVis-
ing, =.
fCopyrIcht. 1897. NEA Service. Inc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
BIG SPLASH ALWAYS ENDS IN TINY,
FADING RIPPLE
lBy BRUCE CATION
All stories are longer than they Too

We seldom hear the complete story of
anything. because every story is like
stone plunged into a lake, sending rippleS
out across the eXpanSe of time. And be-
fore they have died away, we lose sight
of them in the distance.
Thus a tiny ripple passes across tOdayS
news. all part of a story that made very
bis splash 81 years ago.
Richard Croker to a whole generation
of Americans was a symbol. No child was
TOO Young. no man too old to have heard
of Richard Croker, in whose pugnaciOus
person was concentrated for a time all
the hatred that an aroused PUBLIC opinion
could pile up against municipal graft and
corruption. For Is years Richard Croker
was the nchallenged boss of New 1ork'S
Tammany Hall. Chauncey NJ. Depew said
of him that He was a king and New York
was his kingdom"
Croker was the last of the colorful Tam
many bosses. inheritor of the soied man.
tie of Tweed. Driven both from his post
at last and even from the city Of New York,
he died abroad.
And of what he left behind at his death,
what remains today? The Tammany or
ganization is badly on the run in New York
City, and It's grip on the town is nothing
like it was i'm Cookers day. Politically he
left behind only a malOdOrous memory
of corruption, machine rule, and dema-
goguery. tainted with faint Overtones Of
the vice racket
But Croker left behind great fortune,
the extent of which was never exactly de-
termined. Admitting that II was working
for my own pocket all the time he did
amasS a great deal of money.
And what happened to that? Long and
bitter legal squabbles distributed much OF
it among lawyers. And today his widow,
Bula E. Croker. is broke, facing eviction
from the magnificent palace Croker built
in West Palm Beach, Fla.
1.-The Wigwam," it was called, recalling
its Tammany origins, and for years though
it was gradually falling to ruin, Mrs Gro
ker was able TO hold on to it. Now Mrs.
Croker awaits eviction, her last resources
dissipated she says, in lawyers fees, taxes
and court costs.
The last little ripple passes almost noise
lessly along, and all that Croker did, all
that he got, is vanished. 1t is usual to note,
when some cheap little crook is rubbed
out. that Crime does not pay" Yet even
for Richard Croker and his family, his ca
reer can have brought little satisfaction.
Croker died in exile, much hated and
despised. Even the property he amassed
failed to protect his widow. Of his long
and colorful career, nothing, not even a
ripple, now remains.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
NO SPICK EENGLEESH

Mo nation can rise 10 hcightS
when its speech is slurred and
slovenly. its thought without clar-
itv," says an editorial writer re-
rrrying to the way we Americans
talk. "No amount Of material
prosperity can compensate for
this. for it will signify that the
civilization 50 represented Is
cheap, hurried and tawdry,'
If radio speakers, announcCrs
and commentators would keep the
foregoing thought in mind, they
would have tremendously bcne-
fetal effect on the speech Of the
rest Of us.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
PLAN MARcoNl MONUMENT

WIMEREUX. France. tJP)-
\ monument 20 Gu~lialmo Mar
conf will he erected next yram at
Wimcrcux on the spot where the
inventor Of the wireless cs,ah-
lishcd receiving station IN
1899. Here was received the first
wireless message sent across The
English Channel.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
APPLE CONTAINERS: Mrs.

APPLE CONTAINERS: Mrs
VIII Brown. who is able by rea-
son of an attractive pack, to sell
Stayman apples for $50 at the
curb market, says the half
bushcl baskets are more popular.
She thinks well of the idea this
column recently suggested Of
neck containers. preferably cor
iugatcd paper board, for mailing
as souvenirs.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

federal budget.
Balancing the
human brain is
m o $ t important
of all. If the ma
GRITTY Of us
could have we'll
balanced minds,
we should have
sense enough to
balance the bud
get of h Il m q n
and natural re-
sources without
plunging our ma
ton so deeply in
to debt a peri
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

Before we get too wrapped up in this
new international cooperation idea, will
somebody please make it clear that this
time we won't be having any money to
lend?
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

Duke of Windsor is going to study nous
ing problems when ne visits us. The hous-
ing problem 80 bad in England that he
got thrown out of his home because he
didn't marry to suit the government.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

Latest figures show that 100000 peo-
ple have been killed in the Spanish civil
war, and we can't help thinking that in
efficient old democracy does have its
points, after, all.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

Francis Dillon of the A. F. L. says the unoniza
ton drive in the auto industry "has failed" Messrs
Sloan and Chrysler might be pardoned for asking
what it takes to make such drive success.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
AS | SEE Ii


The way folks back home" be-
have must be q tremendous han
dicap to the work of the Chris
tian missionaries i'm heather cOun-
tires. The greatest hindrancc to
the spread Of Christianity abroad
and at home is the profcsscd
Christian who processes but never
performs except on Sunday.
Today | heard it announced
that seven hundred persons in
the shadow Of the church at
tend arc Cost" Every one Of
those seven hundred persons
would jump at the chance to get
an automatic Stokcr, OF a mechan-
ical refrigerator free. Then why
don't they jump at the chance to
get salvation free? Probably they
would if the members Of the
churches would make their rcli-
gion work as we'll as automatic
stokcrs and mechanical rcfrigera-
tors.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
BALANCE NEEDED

The president of the United
States says balancing the budget
of human and naturo, resources
is as important rs balancing the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

If a publicity hungry movie gal can't persuade
the editors that she has been picked for that "Gone
Wit hthe Wind" role, she can at least announce
that she's going to marry Rudy Vallee
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20
ORGANIZING APPLE GROW

Frs: r. &. Washington, who re-
Gently wrote an article on apple
marketing, believes the apple
growers need an organization to
sell apples and manufacture the
by-products, and believes 1t so
strongly he is out mingling with
the growers. When man has.
hobby. and the time to ride II, he
can do lots of joyriding. Nothing
Just now, it appears. would do
his heart more good than to sec
the growers organized. The grow
crs should bear in mind that it is
merely a hobby with Mr.. Wash
ington-somcthing to give time
and thought to. so don't worry
about his making a million over
night. Just be patient and work
with him and Santa Claus may
come 20 sec you.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-20

Just when we were wondering what had
become of Al Smith, he pops up as one of
the New York Giants substitute pitchers.