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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
'"Chirps" ~
from the
Democrats Pen
from the

Well, Sir, l saw in the Evening
Sunpapers the other day-or evening
"a little dig at our solons over at
ANNAPOLIS. The point was that about
thirteen days out of the twenty-seven
had been devoted to the business for
which the good votes of the counties
were cast.
I think an injustice has been done
our legislaturemen. The Sun willful-
ly and with malice aforethought fail
ed to take note of the minutes the
General Assembly has been laborious-
" toiling with affairs of big import.
Why, 1 saw-I'm confident l did
where the House met one day last
week at 100 p. M, and adjourned at
1:17 p. m. And on Monday night of
this week, they did better than that;
they met at 8:O3 o'clock and adjourn
ed at 8:39.
What better than that can you ex-
pect. Why, some of those men had
been working hard all day down the
cellar in the committee rooms, and I
suspect some of them had lost as
much as four or eight dollars in a
penny ante game with a five cent
limit. Some of 'em had pressing en-
gagements on the golf course, and
others had had a flat tire or sump'n,
and had failed to roll into the his
toric old capital until too late to take
part in the 36-minute pow-wow on
Monday.
But, you know, you must give our
lawmakers some credit for strategy.
You see, it's pretty much like foot
race. Some poor innocents will start
off, setting the pace. The old stag
ers will trail along, until they see the
time has come for sprint; then they
will squirt ahead of the pace-mak-
ers, and these poor devils will hard
ly see 'em fit past, so tired out with
the grind, they are.
These old timers in the State House
won't be hurried, you know; they take
their time, studying the course of
events, and along about March 31st,
they'll start a sprint with the bills
they've been pettin', and they'll go by
the youngsters so fast, these nincom-
poops won't know what they voted for,
amt it so? That reading clerk will
read those documents so fast that all
you can hear will be-er, ah, boop,
ling, s-s-s, bang, tra-la-la-lala, and
down comes the gavel-all over, boys,
she's gone into the codes, it's too late
to do anything about it, and the race
is won and lost.
So, faint no use to squawk, Sun
papers. You squawked last year, and
the year before that; any maybe you'll
CONTINUED on Page 1O)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
LOCAL SCOUTS
TO INACCURATE
DRIVE MONDAY
POcOmOke District Quota Placed
At Eight Hundred Dollars
By The Council
LOCAL ORGANIZATION TO
MAKE STRONG APPEAL

The people of Pocomoke City have
been quite liberal in their contribu-
tions to help the flood sufferers in
the South and Midwest. They are
to be highly commended for extending
aid to the refugees, fleeing a land
covered by the worst overflow of riv-
ers ever known in this country. They
needed all the help extended and still
more is earnestly solicited.
But there is an institution right at
home which also is most worthy
solicitor for help-The Boy Scout
organization. The public needs no
education as to the value of this move
ment to the boys of any community.
The principles of Scoutism applied
to the training of youth will go far
toward molding them into good citi-
zens and making them an honor to
their country.
Money is needed to carry on the
Troop in existence in Pocomoke. At
present, it is a flourishing branch of
this Scout Area. 1t has a competent
leader in Fred Henderson, a splendid
log cabin, and fully enlisted corps
of troops. 1t is body of boys, the
home people can not afford to see
neglected.
They need money to get the best
out of the Scout life. On Monday a
drive will start to obtain funds, and
this drive will continue to and includ-
ing Friday, February 18th. Solici-
tors for contributions will be Mrs.
Madeline Bunting, Miss Mildred Hay
man, Miss Hortense Parsons, "Parson
"Jack" Wootten, James r. Tilghman,
Edward Ham, Grady Powell, L. G.
Callahan, Eugene Matthews land Rus
sell E. Matthews.
The Boy Scout Committee for the
Pocomoke District is Ralph Ross,
Chairman; Wellington Tawes, Girls
field, Vice Chairman; Millard Tawes,
Crisfield, Finance Chairman: Godfrey
Child, Esq, Chairman Finance Com
mittee, Pocomoke Area; and DR.. N.
E. Sartorius, Vice Chairman.
The quota set for the Pocomoke
City District Area is $500. This, of
course, is not all to be raised here,
but it is incumbent upon local people
to give literally, as it is quite like
ly deficit may occur in other places.
Pocomoke wants all the supervision
of it's boys that can be given, and the
greater the amount donated, the
greater will be the advantages de-
rived from the sources higher up.
The Democrat urges the residents
of Pocomoke and vicinity to heed the
of the solicitor, and make the
local troop feel secure in it's present
position.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
JESSE MASON RELEASE IS
ON 1000 DOLLAR Bail

If the charges against Jesse Ma
son, 81, of this city are upheld, then
he is guilty of heinous offense.
It is reporttd that he inveigled a
thirteen-year old girl, Annabelle Out
ten, Of this city, into car in which
were Miss Dorothy Mason and Russell
Howard, both of Pocomoke. The quar-
tet, it is said, then resorted to a de-
serted house in Somerset county on
Saturday night and there Jesse Mas
on is said to have criminally assault
ed the little girl. She is reported to
have said she escaped early Sunday
morning and went to her home with
the story.
The three were subsequently arrest
ed and jailed, after a hearing before
Magistrate w. w. Price, of Snow Hill.
The alleged outrage having occurred
in Somerset county, the trio were
taken to the Somerset Jail from which
they were subsequently released.
A hearing was accorded Mason on
Thursday morning in Princess Anne,
and he was released on $1,000 bail,
which was furnished by Bernard F.
Moore, his employer. The charge a.
gainst Mason, it developed was not
actual assault, but attempted assault.
The case will come up for review be-
fore the grand jury of Somerset
county, and probably tried there.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
MILK DEALERS UNDER
CHANGED CITY ORDINANCE

Attention of milk or cream dealers
is called to the publication in another
column of today's issue of the
Democrat" of an ordinance regulat-
ing the sale of the aforementioned
commodities.
A change in this ordinance as for
merly enacted, includes prices for per-
mits and imposition of fines. Those
interested are given until April 1, to
meet the new requirements of the Or
dinance.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
SERVICES TO Be HELD
AT ST. MARY'S SUNDAY

Owing to the illness of the rector,
DR.. R. B. Mathews, services at St.
Mary's Church, this city, were dis
pensed with last Sunday.
This is to give notice, however, that
DIR. Mathews has recovered sufficient
ly to fill his appointment here next
Sunday evening at 1880 o'clock. Ev-
ening prayer and sermon beginning
at that hour. Public cordially invited
to attend. Church school at 10 a. m.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
RESERVATIONS MADE
FOR DANCE FEB. y

Reservations are being made for
the Washington Birthday Dance to be
held in the Armory in Pocomoke City
the night of the 22nd. Jack Schaller
and the Club Royal Orchestra of Har-
risburg, Pa, will furnish music.
This is a return engagement of this
orchestra which met with instant ap-
proval upon their previous visit here.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
DR.. FONTAINE WILL
TEACH in MAINE COLLEGE

DR.. E. Clarke Fontaine, supervisor
of Maryland high schools, has been
named to the summer school faculty at
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. The
session opens July 6 and continues
thru August 13.
DR.. Fontaine will offer two courses
at the Maine school. They will be
Principles of Secondary Education"
and Curriculum Revision in Second
ary Schools"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
TUBERCULOSIS CLINICS
in SNOW Hill FEB. 8

The Maryland tuberculosis Associa-
tion will hold clinic in Snow Hill,
on Monday of next week, February
8. DR.. Steenken will be in charge at
the County Hea tn Department.
headquarters in the Odd Fellows
building.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05
CONTRIBUTIONS
STILL COMING in
FOR RED CROSS
Millions Given To Flood Suffer
ers, But Millions More
Are Needed
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
FROM POCOMOKE CITY

A telegram from Re0 CroSS HEAD
quarters in Washington was received
tuesday by Mrs. G. Randolph Mount
Chairman Worcester County Chapter
American Red Cross, Snow Hill, Md
admiral Grayson congratu-
lates your Chapter on splendid
achievement in behalf Red Cross
Flood Relief Fund. Needs con-
tinue to grow. Red Cross now
caring for nearly million flood
refugees in Ohio and Mississippi
Valleys. Operating one hundred
and thirteen field hospitals and
three hundred seventeen concen-
tration camps. Red Cross furnish
ing immediate emergency relief
for refugees. This must continue
for many weeks until water has
receded. Possibility additional
towns must be evacuated and
number of refugees will grow.
National Chairman hopes citizens
your Chapter will continue res
pond fullest extent their gener-
osity.
Walter Davidson,
SOL A. NJ, Feb. 2
Mrs. Bradford Massey, Chairman
or Pocomoke City, reports continued
contribution in cash and clothing for
he flood sufferers. On Wednesday
he totals for the County were So,
L01.11. Funds secured in Pocomoke
to 536.11. More than 500
lrticles of clothing have been shipped
gratis through the local P. r. r. ex-
press office. st. Mary's Episcopal
Church has collected and sent huge
boxes through the local Red Cross
Branch to Headquarters in Bluefield,
Va. in care of Mrs. Hugh V. Clary,
former resident of Pocomoke who wir-
ed here for assistance to help clothe
$50 refugees in the West Virginia
section. Other clothing has been sent
% Red Cross Headquarters at Point
Pleasant, West Virginia.
Contributors to the fund since re-
port of last week are as follows:
Baptist Churches of Pocomoke
and Pitts Greek and the
Royal Ambassadors of POGO
moke .$S3.OO
oocomoke High School and Po-
comoke "a" 24.6O
oocomoke Elementary School,. 1920
Citizens National Bank. ...... 1000
of Pocomoke City
National Bank ............ 500
Worcester Democrat and En-
ployees 1000
Employees Montgomery Ward 1925
Individual Contributors: Cynthia
Ardis, C. D. Trader, r. H. Robertson,
George H. Evans, Margaret D. Crock
ett, DR.. Granville Dickinson, Mrs.
)levia Costen, George Reid, Eben
1earne, Vesta Stevenson, Hilda Stew
'nson, Margaret Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. o. Johnson, Frank Shaw,
Haude Blades, Anne White, Evelyn
White, Mrs. o. F. White, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. NAPLES, Mrs. Melvin Grave
Y, Robert R. Lankford.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05

Mayor and Mrs. E. w. Ross were
weekend guests of their son-in-law
and daughter in Frederick, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1937-02-05

Mrs. w. U. Polk of Salisbury, was
the weekend guest of her sister, Miss
Nettie E. Barnes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15

The crop reporting board also
predicted this years pear produce
ton would be 3O,178,OOO bushels, aus
increase of 100000 bushels over
1885 and an increase of 5,844, 900
bushels over the fiwe-year average
of 24,334,OOO bushels.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Cot Shipments
About Ended

4 Shipping of apricots from the
Priest Rapids valley neared an end
this week with the loading of a
number of straight cars, In addition
to truck and express shipments.
1t was estimated that the total
shipments in the valley will ann
cunt to between 18 and 20 cars,
slightly above those of last year
Small shipments of Red Bird
peaches were made this week, and
picking of Rochesters is expected
to start within another week. While
no prices have yet been quoted on
the early peaches, both growers and
dealers are confident the returns
will be good.
With surplus stocks Of potatoes
being exhausted on the wholesale
market soon after the Fourth, prices
of early spuds have been rising
steadily, taking Jump from $40
and $12 per ton to $16 last week,
with listings this week being from
SIT to $40 per ton.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Predatory Drive
Results Shown

Valley poultry growers should
benefit considerably by the work
of contestants in the annual pred
atory drive, members of the White
Bluffs Rod and Gun club believe, as
tabulation of the results of the con-
test show a decrease Of over 1900 in
the magpie population.
Tommy Griffiths, winner of first
place in the contest, which closed
June 30, was awarded a 90 rifle as
his prize at meeting of the club
Monday evening. Other contestants
and their prizes were: Bud Austin,
fishing pole; Dick Schicka, hunting
knife; Art Heideman, watch, and
Ted Goodner, ammunition.
Results of the contest show that
the boys accounted for 283 mag
pies, 972 nlagpie eggs, At sparrows,
622 sparrow eggs, hawks, owls,
20 ravens, As pocket gophers, 40
sage rats, coyotes, is jackrabbits,
and 38 raven eggs.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Bangs Disease Tests
Begin In County

AREA testing" on Bangs Disease
has sta1ted in Benton county, which
is the first county i'm the state to
start on this work, County Agent
w. w. Skuse announced this week.
DR.. T. D. Rosenoff, federal yeter-
marian, is working out of Prosser
at the present time and in the near
future another federal veterinarian
will work out of KenneWick.
"Area testing means THAT the
entire county will be tested i'm a
similar manner to which the lib
tests have been made in the past,
Skuse explains. This will be an ex-
cellent means of preventing con-
tanniaation of clean stock from In
fected herds and is a measure that
has been desired for some time by
the farmers as a means Of protects
ing their animals. Federal and state
funds in equal proportion are paid
as part of the reimbursement OF
cattle found to have the disease.
All animals six months old and
over are tested. If a herd was tested
four months on more ago, 1t is now
entitled to retest. Two subsequent
tests without reactors or suspects
win put a herd on the accredited
list.
Application blanks can be signed
at the county extension office,
which will save time for the vet
erinarians i'm the field, Skuse says.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Fasteners To
See Fruit Work

Twenty fruitgrowers, laorticultur-
al scientists and nurserymen from
the mid west auld east are to make
four-day tour of Washington's
tree and small fruit districts this
month to learn about this states
fruit growing methods Dr.. John @.
Snyder extension horticlllturist of
Washington State College, said this
week.
The group is travelling by train
from the midwest and will arrive
ait Puyallup July 18. After seeing
the western Washington expert
ment station they will go on the
10Th to Prosser and on to the va
kima valley to see the soft fruits
and apples there. Members of the
Yakima horticultural club will take
the group in cars to the Wenatchee
district on Tuesay, July 20, and the
fasteners will spend the afternoon
and part of the next day visiting
orhards, experiment work and
packing plants there.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Mercury Headed
Upward Again

After brief respite from torrid
weather, higher temperatures were
again forecast for the Priest Rap
ids valley, in common with the rest
of the country, as skies cleared and
humidity dropped today.
The break on Wednesday, when
the temperature dropped to So de-
grees, was the second since June
26 when the current heat wave
started, readings of SO and 81 de-
grees having been made on the 5th
and 9Th
On Thursday last, the tempera-
ture climbed to 100 degrees, the
highest since the reading of 104 on
June %. During this week, tenn
peratures have ranged above 50,
with the exception of Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Nights have been comparatively
cool during the present hot spell,
with winds blowing during the late
afternoons and evenings.
Throughout the rest of the coun>
try. the heat wave has taken ter
|rific toll, the death list being placed
at over $50 while crops and forests
have suffered greatly from the high
temperatures and lack of moisture
Scattered thunderstorms and show
ers prevailed over most OF the
country Tuesday and Wednesday
but did not bring amy measure of
relief.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Deer Season Is
Earlier, Longer

The earliest and longest deer sea-
son in many years, and eight Jump
dates for shooting quail, Chinese
pheasants and Hungarian part
ridges are features of the 1887 open
seasons announced this week by the
washington state game commission.
The deer season opens September
Is and closes October 20, with hunt
ing of buck deer being legal in adj
sections of the state except on
cambridge Island. In addition, deer
of both the male and female species
will be legal venison on Shaw, Or
cas- and Whidby Islands, where
their damage to crops has become
an acute problem.
The jump dates for bagging quail,
huns and chunks are October "a,
25, q, 80, 81 and November 3, s
and z. Chinese pfleasants may be
hunted in all parts of the state
while the quail and partridge sea-
son will be open only in Adams,
Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia,
Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield,
Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogaal,
Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens,
Walla Walla, Whitman, Yakima
and part of Klickitat counties.
Elk hunters get eight days Of
cunning in six eastern Washington
counties and in western Jefferson
county. Elk of either male or fe-
male species may be taken in parts
LOT Garfield, Columbia and Jeffer-
son counties
| The general trend in the open
seasons and bag limits is slightly
toward retrenchment on game birds
but, not on, big game animals, u
was announced by the commits sion
ers, who studied recommends tlons
from every district in the state and
heard reports from game depart
ment biologists and officials of the
Forest Service and u. S. Bureau
of Biological Survey before setting
the shooting schedules.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Mrs. Bryan Lowe
Severely Burned

Badly scalded by steam from a
pressure cooker Saturday morning,
Mrs. Bryan Lowe was taken to the
Pasco hospital where she received
treatment this week for severe
burns.
y Mrs. Lowe had been cooking beetS
in the cooker and had allowed it
Ito cool off for some time before
opening it, but some of the peel
ings had closed the vent, prevent
ing the escape of the steam. AS
she unscrewed the top, the steam
struck her ON the face, arms and
chest, inflictirg severe burns.
She was taken Immediately to
the hospital by MIR. Lowe and G. 1.
Wright, and while her condition
was very serious, Late reports indi-
cate that she is recovering Salts
factorily.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Nations Peach Crop
rs About Average

Peach production in the United
States will reach 57,693,0OO bushels,
compared to a crop of $4,000
bushels last year, it was estimated
this week by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture in their report of the
agricultural outlook on July l.
The average production for the
fiye-yea1 period ending in 1882 was
81 ,2980O0 bushels.
The crop reporting board said
growing conditions were favorable
in most Important peach areas dur
ing June, resulting in a crop pre-
diction three per cent higher than
was given a month ago. In general,
the report said, fruit is clean, free
from disease and of good quality.
Washington states 1887 peach
production was estimated at 10000
bushels, as compared with 1,558, 600
bushels In 1896 and an average OF
|, 149, 900 during the 1928-1932 per-
iod.
The crop condition as reported
on July was 80 per cent, COM
pared with 80 per cent on the same
date in 1886 and the 1928-1932 av-
erage Of SO per cent.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Mrs. F. i. Badger Dies
AT Iowa Home


Friends in this valley received
word recently of the death of Mrs.
F.. I. Badger, pioneer resident of
White Bluffs, at West Union, Iowa,
on June is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Badger came to the
valley nearly thirty years ago, OPP
Grating a boarding house at the olo
town of White Bluffs for several
years and then purchasing a ranch
in the Klondyke district which they
developed into an apple orchard.
5 Leaving here a number Of years
ago, the Bagders lived at Asotin
for several years, later returning to
their ranch. About six years ago
they moved to Kellog, Idaho, and
from there to Iowa.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
August l lis Deadline
For License Renewal

Motorists who wish to renew their
licenses for the 1937-39 per-
iod without submitting to all exam
ination have only two more weeks
in which ito act, it was pointed out
this week by the state department.
of licenses.
Under the act passed by the last
session of the legislature, all mo-
florists who secure a license after
August l must pass an oral and
physical examination.
Those who now hold a, 1861
license may have it renewed for the
following two-year period without
examination by FILLING out the pro-
per forms before that date.
Cost of the drivers license for the
lo37-39 period was increased by the
legislature from $1.O0 to $500,
Drivers who do not have a license
at the present time, Or who hold
an out-of-state license, may secure
the new license without examina-
tion by first obtaining a license for
the present ,biennilun and then re
aleWing it before the August 1 dead
line. A cursory examination is nee
essary to secure a new license for
the present period.
All drivers who do not renew
their Licenses before August l must
take a rigid examination before Sc
curing it, and ALL motorists must
submit to this examination prior to
August 1, 1899 Under the terms of
the new law, the director of licenses
may require rnotorist to take this
examination at any time during the
coming tWo-year period. #
Il Local motorists may secure appli-
lcations fol. renewal OF their drivers
licenses at the White Bluffs Moto0
company in White Bluffs, OF the
Ianford Garage in HanfOrd.