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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20
CONVENTION TO
ELECT BISHOP
TO MEET SOON
EastOn Diocese Will Call Dele
gates To Name Successor
To Bishop Davenport

The committee named to make re-
Communications for Bishop of Easton,
which was appointed at the recent
convention in Trinity Cathedral, Eas-
ton, Md, met last week and will be
prepared to make it's report at the
next session Of the convention. a
It is not yet known when this con-
vention will be called by Rev. w. D.
Gould, president. Mr.. Gould has writ
ten to the presiding Bishop of the
church to attend this convention and
preach, and failing to get the Presid-
ing Bishop, some other Bishop will
be asked, and when this is settled DR..
Gould will ask the convention to re-
assemble.
It is understood that the commit
tee had before it twenty-four names,
which had been submitted to it, and
that some of this number have been
eliminated in it's report. The COM
mittee is bound to make recommends
tions, or nominations, and what these
will be is not known.
It is not at all improbable that
this convention will not be able to
agree and that still another conven-
ton will have to be called. This was
the case when Bishop Davenport was
elected, it requiring three conven-
tions before a choice was made.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERVICES

"Truth" will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches OF
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, January
%.
The Golden Text will be from Deut.
1913, 4-"Ascribe We greatness unto
our God. He is the Rock, his work is
perfect; for all his ways are judg-
ment: a God of Truth and without
iniquity, just and right is he"
Among the citations comprising the
will be the following
from the Bible-Luke 11:1-"And it
came to pass, that, as he was praying
in certain place, when he ceased, one
of his disciples said unto him, Lord,
teach us to pray, as John taught his
disciples"
The Lesson-Sermon also will include
passages from the Christian Science
textbook, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Bak-
er Eddy, among which is the follow
ing, page 16-"Our Master taught his
disciples one brief prayer, which we
name after him, the Lords Prayer.
Our Master said After this manner
therefore pray ye,' and then he gave
that prayer that covers all human
needs"
Services: Sunday, II A. M, Odd
Fellows Hall, Pocomoke.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20
LAWYER AND
MAGISTRATE IN
VERBAL BATTLE
Curtis ]. Long Walks Out OF
Court After Jail Commit
ment By Magistrate
MRS. LONG WAS A
RESIDENT OF POCOMOKE

Inasmuch as one of the prominent
Attorneys at Law in Salisbury, Mary
land, had the good taste and judgment
to select one of Pocomoke's attractive
maidens for his wife his "run-in" with
Magistrate Marion A. Humphreys, on
Wednesday, takes on, more or less.
local interest.
Curtis A. Long, ESQ.,, the lawyer
in question, was trying a case involv-
ing an automobile accident, in which
Mrs. Katherine Moore, of Cambridge
was his client. Magistrate HUMPHREYS
asked Mrs. Moore question to which
her counsel objected, but to which Mr..
HUMPHREYS demanded a reply. The
following verbal fireworks followed:
81 object to that; her personal af-
fairs have no connection with an au-
tomobile-accident case," declared Mr..
Long, as the magistrate sought to
question his client, Mrs. Katherine
Moore.
Magistrate Humphreys put the
question again.
~ object to that form of cross-ex-
animation" shouted Mr.. Long. "You
just want to satisfy your personal
curiosity"
The magistrate ordered the clerk to
enter a charge of contempt against
the lawyer.
"I1l fine you So and COSTS" said Mr..
II won't pay it," countered Mr..
Long.
"Well, sir, I'll commit you to JAIL"
the magistrate shot back.
"I'd like to see you do it," came the
reply.
Webster English, the clerk, drew
up commitment. Magistrate Hum
phreys signed it. He turned it over
to Jesse Pollitt, deputy sheriff, and
ordered him to serve it.
"Mr. Sheriff." warned Mr.. Long,
"that commitment will have to be
served by force. The minute you take
me to Jail I'll file suit against the
Sheriff's bond"
The deputy turned to companion
officer, Don Parks, also a deputy.
"I'm not going to serve it," said
Parks.
So Pollitt turned to Rex A. Taylor,
States Attorney.
"As adviser to the Sheriff." said Mr..
Taylor, ut is my duty to inform you
that I know of no authority for the
commitment of man for contempt
by a magistrate"
Mr.. Long walked out of the court
room-free.
Mrs. Curtis Long was, before her
marriage, Miss Mary Louise School
field, daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Schoolfield, Pocomoke.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20

OF AN INVITATION

The Democrat" acknowledges with
appreciation an invitation to attend
graduation exercises of Goldey's Bust
ness College, at Wilmington, Del.
This year is the fifty-second of the
life of that institution, it having been
founded in 1885. The exercises will
be held on Friday evening, January
81, in the gold ball room of the
DUPONT hotel. Invitations are sent
out by the officers and faculty of the
college.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20
MISS MARION KINNEY
new HEALTH NURSE

The Worcester County Health De-
partment through the cooperation of
the County Commissioners has added
a new nurse to the staff. Miss Mar
ion Kenney, of Baltimore, was assign
ed to the post and according to an
made by DR.. w. r. Will
lard will have charge of the Snow Hill
and Stockton districts. Other county
nurses are: Mrs. Ruth Adams, Mrs.
+. S. Nicolls and Mrs. Ruth Graefe.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20
CHRISTMAS SEAL
SALE REPORT IS
ABOUT NORMAL
Worcester County Winds Up
Campaign Ahead Of That
Of Last Year
Nancy OTHER COUNTIES
REPORT LARGE GAINS

The majority of the counties OF the
State have either exceeded their
Christmas Seal sale total of the prev
ious year or have remained relatively
the same, it was reported by the
Maryland tuberculosis Association
A few have fallen behind their 1897
total but are expected to improve their
records during the next few weeks.
Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
list District), Baltimore, Caroline,
Carroll, Cecil, Garrett, Hartford, How
ard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince
Georges Queen Anne's, Somerset, Wi
comico and Worcester Counties are a.
head of their previous totals at this
stage.
Many of these counties have made
large gains, it was stated, and many
of them are just over the record OF
last year. The other counties are back
of their 1887 total for this time OF
the year.
Last year Montgomery County led
the state in total returns. It again
has the highest total of any county
$4463.7O. Prince Georges County has
made the greatest cash gain, $682.3O ;
and Wooster County has had the
greatest percentage increase little
better than one hundred percent for
a total of $854.38.
There is still chance that the coun
ties which have fallen behind may
improve their records apd even go a.
head Of last years total. Christmas
Seals were sent to many people who
have not yet responded. If these peo-
pie will mail their contributions to
their Seal Sale chairmen, every coun-
ty would be assured a good sale and
an adequate anti-tuberculosis program
for the coming year.
Follow-up reminders will be mail
ed to these people to call to their at
tention the work that is made possible
by the purchase of Christmas Seals
and their chance to share in the work.
"The response of the citizens of the
State in buying the Christmas Seals
has been most encouraging" said Will
liam B. Matthews, managing director
of the Maryland tuberculosis Asso-
citation. "It shows that the people OF
Maryland are aware Of the seriousness
of the tuberculosis problem and are
determined to do something about it..
Determination and cooperation
with the public health agencies on the
part of the people will bring about
the final downfall of this ancient en-
envy.
eff those who have not yet paid
for their Seals will do so, fine anti
tuberculosis program can be made a.
valuable to the whole state" Mr.. Mat
thews continued. cit is hoped that
the final returns will warrant expan-
sion of the present activities and the
adoption of others, all of which would
help to reduce more rapidly the a.
mount of tuberculosis illness and
death in Maryland"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20
MRS. E. M. STEVENSON
DIES in BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Mrs. Ella M. Stevenson beloved wife
of Ernest Stevenson, formerly of Po-
comoke City, died January 10, 1889.
Funeral services were held at the resi-
dence in Brooklyn, N. Y, on Sunday,
January Is; interment Monday, jan
uary 18th at Evergreen Cemetery,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr.. Ernest Stevenson was brother
to the late Messrs William NJ, and
Upshur P. Stevenson, of this city.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20
~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, you-all know that nave
..onned writing anything in this col
umn about dogs; but if were I'd tell
vou people about a little joke that !
think was played on me last week.
I received a letter telling me that
some sympathizers with the woes OF
nts, dogs, and other pets, had start
"a something, the name OF winch
seemed to signify dog pound put
a was heralded forth under the nj
anlutin" term Humane Society, fol-
pwed up other euphemistic names as
'.shelter, home, kennel"
r. ia located on the road from Ber-
IN to o. City and, you needn't say any
fhing about it, but I'm sort OF gao
A, isn't any nearer to Pocomoke City.
mt. the joke on me comes In Just
here: Evidently, what has been sald
In this column about CANNES hasn't
heen taken seriously at all. Indeed, 1t
aupears to have carried the conviction
nat I'm far from being an enemy to
.man's best friend, but could be
classified as a friend.
Consequently, furthermore, and al
NO. the letter above referred to carried
With it an advertisement taking up
about 16 inches of space, which l was
asked to run free, gratis, and Tor
nothing. Blest if I didn't do it, too.
II that doesn't constitute high-pres-
sure craftsmanship, then what is it!
Blest if I don't believe the people at
the head of that project could sell
prayer books to old Beelzebub him.
self. Here, I've been lambasting dogs
in general and particular, and right
IN top of it, back an institution to
urolong the life of the beast, with all
his yaps, bowls, whines, and banks
to make my nights night mare, and
my days, days of weakened vlsion'
caused fom lack of sleep. There must
be something soft about me-in my
Aead-piece, I'm thinking.
Then, I get a letter thanking me
for my Cooperation, and stating
that, ain our end of the county are
many sick and stray animals. If we
can clean up this condition, we shall
perform a civic service and also rem
der human aid to the animals. Our
shelter is for the entire county. We
invite any one to bring unwanted or
sick animals. If we cannot help them
in any other way, we can, at least
give them painless end"
What I'd like to know is: How big
a claim has the Humane Society staked
out for its operations? Bless Peter!
It ought to be on and occupying the
whole of Glen Riddles farm. I see it's
opposite the Man-O'-War filling sta
ton. It ought to be on the above
named estate and owning kennels big
ger than Mr.. Riddles barns and
stables. Why, I can send them an
unlimited number of stray dogs-can't
guarantee they're sick; on the con-
trary, their activity during moonlight
nights give evidence of mighty
healthy condition of the vocal cords;
and their frequent riots caused, no
doubt, by jealousy of some lady friend
would indicate that the poor creature,
Nan, is the sick one.
No, Sir, 1 don't believe the $50
eiety" will long remain unpatronized,
and if it can do anything about re-
ducing the number of pests in "our
end of the county" then my advertise
ment won't be such a joke, after all,
will it?
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20

Mrs. Chauncey A. Turner who has
been quite i'll with pneumonia at her
home in Springfield, Ohio, is slightly
improved. Her sister, Miss Anne
Young of this city, is with her.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20

Mrs. Alice Hill has returned to Bal
timore after being called here by the
death of her father, Mr.. J. Wesley
Burton.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-01-20

Mrs. E. I. Blaine and daughter,
Miss Cynthia Blaine, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. John r. Lydon in Easton,
Pa.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

as II inches. They arrive about the
middle Of May, and when they are
half grown, mingle beautifully with
the flowers, the yellow staminate
ones and the pistillate ones with red
hairy scales and bright red stigmas,
all making the tree look very festive
in its spring colors.
The acorns are ANIMALS and are
from one-half to inches long.
They are variable in shape and size
and seated in deep brown cup with
scales that are messy in their con-
tour. The kernel is white and sweet,
much appreciated by the squirrels.
This oak is known from Nova
Scotia to Montana, south to Penn
sylvania, Tennessee and Texas. This
is another of the oaks that should
be planted more and more in city
parks. 1t is dependable tree that
lives to a ripe old age. Growing
quickly when established in rich soil
1t is ornamental no matter where
1t Is planted. 1t is one of the most
widely distributed oaks we have and
there is no season that it does not
have picturesqueness that is salts
flying to all tree lovers.
One thing that is always sought in
tree is its ability to make the best
of everything. This, the burr oak
accomplishes 100 per cent. Plant
this tree and your great-great-
grandchildren will enjoy its shade
and beauty. Birds will be happy in
1t the year round and squirrels will
rejoice over the abundance of its
fruits.
Evening star., 1939-11-10
More Witnesses Called
By Dies in New Orleans
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10.-Addi-
tional witnesses were called today
in the House committee investiga-
ton of alleged communistic activity
on the Gulf Coast.
Representative Martin Dies, Dem.
ocrat, of Texas, chairman of the
committee probing un-American ac-
tivities. said testimony he heard
yesterday indicated the National
Maritime Union &C. I. o. was DOM
mated and controlled by the Com
munist party"
Both yesterdays and today's ses-
sions were ordered closed to the
public because some of the witnesses
fear physical violence" Mr.. Dies
came here in an effort to determine
if the civil liberties of William Nc
Cuistion. a recent witness in WASH
ington, had been violated.
McCuistion, wanted by New Or
leans police for questioning in the
killing September II of Philip Carey,
Gulf District N. M. U. official, was
arrested in Washington as he
stepped from the committee witness
stand. Mr.. Dies heard II witnesses
yesterday and conferred last night
with New Orleans police on the Nc
Cuistion case.
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Dy LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Because the cups holding the
acorns have a fringy expression,
many have called the bur oak the
n1ossy-cup oak; yet the other name,
the bur, is just as descriptive.
Differing from its cousin, the post
oak, in its determination to reach
as high in the sky as 1t can, the bur
oak towers some 160 feet, dwarflng it
by three times. This is one OF the
more snowy oaks. 1t is rugged in
appearance, because Of its antlered
branches and shaggy limbs, and has
no idea of harmony when it comes
to form and figure. Yet it is a
lovesome tree because it is so indi-
vidual.
Inspecting the young twigs and all
the limbs. you are interested in the
corky wings which have a sort of
gnarled look and add to the delight
and ease of identifying the tree.
The bark is grayish- brown,
deeply furroWed and scaly. The
wood is beautiful shade of brown
with a paler shade for the sap wood.
1t is close-grained, hard and heavy,
Evening star., 1939-11-10

S5.95 Table and Choirs
Large enough for real tea parties
Maple finished table with 18x24-inch
sssss ssss sss esair:' :~s sasSsas7 sasssy $4.99
only --------------
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Peace League List
Publication AssuiIed
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The American Civil Liberties
Union yesterday denounced the pub
lication by the Dies Committee of
the Washington membership and
mailing list of the American League
for Peace and Democracy.
1t was an attack on civil rights" "
Arthur Garfield Hays. union general
counsel, wrote to Chairman Dies of
the committee, which has been in
vestigating un-American activities.
Men have legal right to express
their views and to join organiza-
tions," Mr.. Hays wrote. 'The fact
that congressional committee may
publicize their names in this man.
ner would persuade many persons to
be as fearful of the expression Of
their views as those in totalitarian
states"
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Seeks to Pay 10-Cent Debt

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-. Nov. 10 (P).-
The postmaster here has been asked
to help an honest man pay a 10
cent debt.
Alvin Giffith of Hoxie, Ark, re-
quested the postmaster in a letter
to contact all persons named Bar
nett who receive mail at this Office
and learn to whom he owes a dime
on recent horse trade.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

$5.95 Ice Skote Outfits
For women and girls-white Elk Shoes
with figure skates. For men and boys
black and cherry Box .,.-., ,~~.-.,...
toe shoes with Hockey g n AA
skates. Saturday only W ->SS
royland- Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

president, DR.. Oscar B. Hunter; Sec
ond vice president, Raymond F.
Garrity and Martin T. Wiegand.
Board Of directors, John G. Bell,
Joshua Evans, Alvin w. Hall, Barge
L. Hartz, John j. Hasley, Simon T.
Price, A. De Walt Willard, Albert
w. Howard, Earl D. Krewson,
Anthony G. Lucas, David l.. Max
well, H. Glenn Philips, John G.
Scharf and Nigel j. Uline.
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Nominations Made
For kiwunis Election

Frank L. Peckham was nominated
for president of the Washington
Kiwanis Club by the Nomination
Committee in a list made public
today. The election will be held
November II by written ballot.
Others nominated are: First vice
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Biggest Strow Sondols

A pair Of the worlds biggest straw
sandals, 16 feet long and sh feet
wide. which took SIS people . week
to make, we're presented by small
businessmen to Asakura Kwannon
Temple in Toxic, Japan, because the
word Oashi, meaning big foot, also
means ability to pay bills.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

$2.95 BABY DOLLS...
-Lovable, twenty-four-inch baby dolls
with real lashes and eyes that close in
sleep They're almost as large as a
real baby and cry when they're hurt (.
and they're dressed in
pink or blue dotted COT
ton swiss with lace ST M
trimmed bonnet. Sat- NH
urday only---
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Tobacco Profits y. S.

The United States collects more
money on a package of cigarettes
than the combined profit Of farm,
warehouSeman, m nu + a t urer,
wholesaler and retailer.
Evening star., 1939-11-10

Polish Club to Sponsor
Relief Benefit Dunce

The Polish Club Of Washington
will sponsor dance at 8. pm. No
vember II in the Wardman Park
Hotel to raise money for relief work
in Poland. ID p
The funds will be turned over to
the American Red Cross. The club
Evening star., 1939-11-10

is a unit Of the Polish National
Alliance, whcih has donated $50, 600
to this cause.
Evening star., 1939-11-10
Natures Children
Bur Oak
(Ouercus macrOcarpa)

and very durable In contact with
soil. It's lumber is always in demand
At this time of the year the leaves
are q beautiful rich yellow, soon
turning golden brown. During the
summer they have been a dark lus-
trous green with silvery lining
They are from five to seven inches
long, some of them reaching as much
Evening star., 1939-09-28
CReleased BY the North American New

Central and South American coun-
tries for the taking on of supplies
and fuel. The British, therefore,
might object to such extension of
territorial waters.
Although it is doubtful whether
many German submarines will op-
crate close to the shores Of the
Western Hemisphere countries any
way, still German assent is no more
likely than British and French
agreement. This is because the set
ting of such a precedent on one side
Of the Atlantic would naturally
commit the belligerents to recogni-
ton of some such Zone on the coast
Of other neutral countries on the
other side of the ocean.
The Pan-American nations will
doubtless paint their respective
flags prominently on their shipping
and proclaim wide neutral zone,
but it will require the effective as
sertion of these rights, primarily by
the United States, in diplomatic
channels before such zones become
an accepted international custom.
Reproduction Rights Reserved3
Evening star., 1939-09-28
Rise in Food Prices
Reported Checked

The marked uptrend in food prices
following the outbreak Of war in
Europe has been largely checked in
the past two weeks, Secretary of
Labor Perkins reported yesterday.
She based her statement on the
weekly survey of food prices by the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics, which
showed most staple foods increased
less than ! per cent in II cities
surveyed.
Pork chops are cheaper than they
were last week, navy beans are
higher and most food staples re-
main about the same.
Navy beans, main item of SOL
diers' fare, rose as high as 1S per
cent In Los Angeles. The average
increase, however, was about per
cent.
Pork chops dropped below the
August Is level, decline of per
cent from the previous week.
Sugar and lard prices changed
only slightly; round steak, bread
and coffee remained close to the
August Is level, and all other foods
were practically unchanged from
September 10.
Evening star., 1939-09-28
|HeudIineFolk
And What
They Do
Many Troubles Beset
Prince RodziwiII, Lost
Somewhere in Poland
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

Early last year the New York
police were in quite a dither and
were burning up the cables to Eu-
rope over report that Louis
Oepke) Buchalter and Jacob (Gur-
rah) Shapiro were in Poland, FIX
ing to kidnap the fiance Of old
Prince Michael Radizwell and exact
a ransom of $1,000 900. That never
came of, and, if the above ever
had any designs against the Prince,
the Russians have beaten them to
it, as they seize his ancestral estate
near Novogorduk, and start dealing
230, 900 ancestral acres to nearby
peasants. If it isn't one thing, it's
another. appropriation is more and
more fashionable.
The cumulative troubles Of the
frail, 69-year -old Prince began sew
eral years ago, when he divorced
his second wife, the mother of his
children, to marry the 31-year-old
Nine. Suchestow, daughter Of jew
ish grocer. While he was buying
the brides wedding gown, his former
nurse, Mary Atkinson, shot herself
in London, having believed that she
would be the bride. The relatives
of the Prince vehemently opposed
the marriage, and, after much FAM
lily contention, succeeded in having
him declared mentally unsound and
placed under the care of a guardian.
The Prince and Nine. Suchestow
were mysteriously missing for few
months, and then the Prince sud-
denly married Mrs. Harriet Stewart
Dawson of London, widow Of an
Australian businessman. He was
presumed to be mentally compe-
tent again, and all was we'll in the
ancient baronial walls until the
Germans and the Russians came.
There is no word of the Prince,
lost somewhere in the cataclysmic
ruin of his country. Nine Suches-
tow was recently reported at Monte
Carlo, full of bitterness, charging
that everybody was double-clossing
everybody else and that Monte Carlo
was the only spot in the world with
a safe house percentage.
The marrying Prince is a fragile,
little old man, bundled up in a
big overcoat on the hottest days.
\ He is a man of considerable literary
and artistic culture and urbanity
and was warm personal friend
of the late George v of England
and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.
With his brother Jusz he has been
leader of the Conservative party
of Poland, of family long deeply
rooted in ancient feudal institu-
tions and stanch defender Of
the feudal land tenure which sur
vived the first World War. He
had many castles and great es-
tates, the above 100000 acres be-
ing only a minor portion Of his
total holdings.
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