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Evening star., 1939-12-10

ACRES-6 MILES D. C.
rooms bath, electricity, 2-car garage;
also Broom house: all for $1,000; terms.
rooms bath. h.-w.h:. gas. electricity.
$45 mo- Erwin REALTY CO. Call
Hyattsville 334. Ewes, Greenwood 1891.
TWO REAL BARGAINS.
Five-room frame bungalow. sale or rent
Also fve-room cottage for sale. Easy
terms. We also build tn order. J. M.
CAMPBELL. 42S Washington ave-, River
dale, Md. Greenwood O9s4 TO-
Arlington-New 5-Room, 2-Story
Colonial home; air-cond. oil heat; on large
Shaded lot with streams through back;
extra-Isrxe rms, open fireplace. cedar clos
cts, tile bath. shower; 2 large bedrml.. large
porch, hassmant lax: Only $3.50. H.
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7 ROOMS BATHS 1Nsrn. .ATED.
New oil burner with circrlator: lot
60x1 40: fenced; 10c bus: F. H. A.; $1,000.
Chest 4213
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RENTAL, HOUSES

9 new houses e rooms each: rental
value. $3.50 per month: $4,000 cash pays
down to 1st trust
BRADLEY BEALl & HOWARD INC.
National 02T1 Southern Bldg.
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NEAR CLINTON-NEW 5-RM MASTER
built house. full basement attic, h.-w,h,.
bath, shower, garage. large lot: 81. 500:
$500 cash can take it. DAN ABBOTT,
Carnp Springs. Md Clinton 2O-W
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OPEN TODAY.

S5,65O-714 Tewkesbury pl. NV. Mod
ern 6-rm. brick. h.-w.h, gar. e kitchens).
S8,950-4414 Illinois ave. Det 8
S7,2O0-l230 ingraham st. Lovely 8
rooms incl porches: refg.; garage:
SS,450-ls Sherman Circle. A real
beauty; right on circle; lovely rooms,
auto. heat; incl. porch entirely redec:
WASHINGTON REALTY CO. Geo. $780,
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RLINGTON-Attractive s-room English
3 baths, oil heat, garage; adaptable as
separate apts., only $3.50; terms. A
splendid buy for home or investment
RALPH GRAIN. 1899 Lee Hwy. Chest 3259.
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BUSINESS PROP. FOR SALE OR RENT
BUSINESS PROPERTY WANTED.
INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR SALE.

COLoRED STORE WITH ROOMS
3O7 3rd st. se.. $4,75O; $500 cash, easy
terms. Near Capitol. Fine location. Port.
ner Apts., 1855.
DUPLEX APARTMENT BRICK, YEARS
old; Takoma Park; rooms, 2 baths; $3.50
net income: price. $1,000. Box 293-Y.
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Petworth: rooms. brick garage, gas
heat chestnut TRIM only 3 years old: in
spection by appointment. TIFFEY g.
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WOODBRIDGE HOME,

804O Monroe st. n.e.-Detached, good con-
dition, suitable for 2 families: rooms, 2
kitchens. bath, h.-w.h: near cars. stores;
priced S6,350
VIM. R. THoRoWGooD.
2024 R. I. Ave. NE. Dec. 0317.
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ATS 18th ST. NV.
S6.95O.

Will sacrifice Groom brick, elass-inclosed
porches Frigdaire chw. in Burleith; now
rented for $40 a mo-: $3.50 cash, $40. 5S
4 month Hobart 51oS
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CoLORED BARGAIN-DEANWOOD
4617 Sheriff rd. n.e-2 bedrooms. living
room, kitchen, bath; $3.50 down. balance
like rent. For inspection call MR.. KUsH-
Evening star., 1939-12-10

DETACHED 2-FAMILY APIS, SEPARATE
entrances rooms and bath in each apt;
h.-wh., with oil; garage for 2 cars; white
with bath. cleo, h-w.h. white tenant.
Both houses can be bought for $3.50.
T J. hANE, Jr.,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
W. D. KEIM, SR.
DIED SATURDAY
OF LAST WEEK
Funeral Services Were Held On
Wednesday; Burial In Pres
byterian Cemetery

Mr.. William D. Keim, ST., aged 81,
died on Christmas Eve, at his home
in this city, after an illness extend
ing over long period.
The deceased is survived by wild
ow; one son, w. d. Keim, Jr.; and
by one sister, Mrs. William Smith, of
Philadelphia.
Funeral services were held on We'd
nesday afternoon, conducted by the
Rev. r. B. Stewart. Interment in the
cemetery of the Presbyterian Church.
The bearers were: Messrs. Charles L.
Mason, Paul Jones, of Snow Hill, John
Clarke, James F. Dryden, j. Francis
Wilson and DR.. A. A. Parker.
Mr.. Keim's health has compelled
him to live more or less a retired life
for some years. He was for an ex-
tended period connected with lum-
Der company, he being in charge Of
the office in this city. He was a man
of sterling worth; of a high grade of
intelligence; possessed genial DISPOSE
ton, and made many friends here.
Pocomoke sustains a real loss in his
passing.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
new BRIDGE
TO Be BUILT ON
N. DIVISION ST.
Decision OF The Roads Commits
sion Settles A Dispute OF
Over Two Years
TO BE SIX BLOCKS UP
FROM PRESENT LOCATION

Whether the people of Ocean City
want it or not, the new 100000
bridge over the Sinepuxent Bay will
enter the resort at North Division
Street, six blocks above the present
location, at Worcester Street. Ezra
B. Whitman, chairman of the State
Roads Commission on Wednesday, an
nounced the commission definitely had
decided on the above named point of
entry.
The decision prompted by a War
Department ruling-ended once and
for all two-year dispute among resi-
dents of the ocean resort as to where
the new span should be constructed.
The North Division street site was a.
mong three proposed.
!, Mr.. Whitman said bids for prelin1i-
nary work on the bridge would be
advertised this week. Actual work on
the span will get underway before
February T., he added.
The War Department, he explained,
turned down plans for constructing
the span into South Division street,
where the tracks of the old B. c. &
A. railway entered the resort. This
was the third and last site, proposed
Shortly after the dispute over the
bridge site arose, the majority of the
Ocean City residents-at 1887 NUM-
cipal election-favored building the
bridge into Worcester street, the To-
cation of the present bridge. Com
mission engineer found that this was
impractical.
Then the previous Republic Roads
Commission laid plans for bridge in
to North Division street. The War
Department last February z approved
these plans.
Opponents of the North Division
Continued on Page 81
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
LATE NEWS

Stark tragedy followed in the
wake of the Christmas season at
Onancock, Virginia, in the dis
covery this morning of three dead
bodies in the cab of a truck.
Full particulars of the tragedy
could not be CLEANED but accord
ing to report Mr.. Ivan Mason,
driver of B. C. & o truck was
found dead in the cab, a victim
of carbon monoxide poisoning and
with him were the dead bodies of
his two children, aged respectively
1 month and 18 months. A hole
had been bored in the fOOtbOard
Of the cab and the windows clos
ed tightly to prevent the escape
of gas. The discovery was made
between z and 8 o'clock this
morning.
Mr.. Mason lost his wife two or
three weeks ago and was left
with two small children. It is
thought the death of his wife
preyed on his mind until he was
brought to the point of self-de-
struction.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
HUMANE SOCIETY
MAKES KNOWN ALL
ITS ACTIVITIES
Steps Are Now Being Taken To
Incorporate The AssOcia-
ton, AS Safeguard es

A report Of the Humane Society OF
Worcester County, Ocean City, Md,
shows that since April, the follow
ing work has been done:
81 dogs and 81 cats destroyed as
either homeless or ill.
% dogs, 8 cats, rabbit, 1 canary
bird, were treated and nursed. 20
dogs were returned home; afterwards
8 died.
AZ dogs and 2 cats were boarded
for pay. About 20 animals have been
placed in homes.
The officers of the society are:
Honorary President, Samuel D. Rid
die; President, Mrs. R. J. Massey;
LIST Vice-President, Mrs. Lester Brit
tingham; End Vice-President, Mrs.
Frank Waller; Treasurer, Mr.. Ed
ward Scott, ST., Corresponding Secre-
tary, Mrs. Guy r. Ayres; Recording
Secretary, Miss Imogene Taylor.
The Board of Directors is made up
of the following: Mr.. L. Franklin Pur-
nell, Ocean City; Mr.. William Whaley,
Berlin; DR.. E. J. Clarke, Pocomoke
City; Mr.. Edmund Johnson, Ocean
City; DR.. Fred Nicoll, Berlin; Mr..
John Byrd, Snow Hill; DR.. Roy Buhr-
man, Ocean City; Mr.. Frank Waller,
Ocean City; Mr.. Sheldon Chandler,
Berlin; Mr.. Harold Rayne, Ocean City.
Steps are now being taken to in
corporate the Society as a safeguard
against any legal entanglements.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
DEDICATION SERVICE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

On Thursday evening, January A,
at eight P. M, a special service of
dedication will be observed in the
Pitts Creek Presbyterian Church. The
dedicatory address will be delivered
by DR.. Willard Glenn Purdy, Moder-
ator of Newcastle Presbytery, and
minister of the First and Central
Presbyterian Church of Wilmington,
Delaware. Other ministers of New
castle Presbytery who will participate
in the service are the Reverends VIM.
Leishman, of Lewes, Del; L. S. Hind
man, of Princess Anne; VIM. r. Log
an, of Berlin; and Herman Bischof,
of Rehoboth.
The occasion of this service is the
completion of six new Sunday School
rooms, and the alteration and redeco-
ration of the Sunday School auditor
ium, which is the original church
building, built in 1874.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all, to attend this service.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
CHANGE MADE IN DAYS
FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION

Attention of garbage users in Po-
comoke City is called to the fact that
beginning Tuesday, December 26th
collection will be made only twice a
week, each Tuesday and Friday. This
schedule will be in effect until further
notice.
Patrons of this system are asked
to note the change and have their gar
bage ready for collection each Tues
day and Friday at the usual hour.
Also in order to keep the streets clean
and sanitary they are requested to re-
move all containers as soon as pos
sible after they have been emptied.
The Council, also, wished to advise
the residents to avoid putting live
Goals in the ash cans. On two occas-
ions, the truck, collecting the garbage,
has been set on fire. Hereafter, water
should be poured on the ashes; un-
less this is done, they will not be re-
moved. Cooperation in this matter is
earnestly solicited.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
SALISBURY EDITOR
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY

The Democrat" regrets to record
the death of I. Ernest Jones, general
manager and treasurer Of the "Salis-
bury, who died Wednesday night, un-
expectedly, at his home in Salisbury.
Mr.. Jones was admitted to PENN
sula General Hospital two weeks ago
for treatment of plebitis, from which
he had apparently recovered suffic-
iently to return to his home for
Christmas. His. condition seemed to
continue to improve up to the moment
of his death. Mrs. Jones and their
only son, Judge E. Sheldon Jones were
at his bedside.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Hill & johnson Home, East
Main street, at 2:3O o'clock Saturday
afternoon, Rev. H. r. Deal, pastor OF
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church,
officiating, assisted by Rev. DR.. Thos
A. Williams. Interment will be in
Wicomico Memorial Park.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
ANNUAL CHARITY BALL
TO Be GIVEN BY LIONS

The annual Charity Ball sponsored
each year by the Lions Club will be
held in the State Armory, this city,
Monday night, January LIST, dancing
to start promptly at $3.50 o'clock.
A gala occasion is being planned
with plenty of confetti and favors for
everyone. Lew Start and his 11-pce
County Club Orchestra will be on hand
to furnish music and everybody is as
sured good time. Reservations
may be made by telephoning Allen
P. Scheduled, Pocomoke 490-W and
tickets for the event may be purchased
from any member of the committee at
$3.50 per couple.
Celebrate New Years by attending
this affair. Proceeds will be used
for the blind clinic.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
NATIVE SON OF
POCOMOKE CITY
DIES in S. BOSTON
Remains Of Local Citizens
Father Brought To Balti-
more For Burial

Funeral services were held Friday
morning of last week at the w. J..
Tickner Funeral Home, Baltimore, for
Joseph Carson Riley, Jr., 70, father
of the Rev. Frank C. Riley, D. D.,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
South Boston. Mr.. Riley died Tues
day in South Boston hospital. The
Rev. J. Truman Anderson, pastor of
Lee treet Baptist Church, Baltimore,
officiated and burial was in Baltimore.
Mr.. Riley was native Of Pocomoke
City, Maryland, the son of the late
Joseph Carson and Margaret Jane
Aud Riley. He was educated at Bal
timore City College, and was well
known building contractor. He was
a member of Howard Masonic Lodge,
No. 1O1, of Elkridge, Md, of which
he was past master.
Surviving, are his wife, four sons,
DR.. Riley, of South Boston; T. Dill
lard, of Pocomoke City; J. Chapman
Riley and H. Lee Riley, of Elkridge;
and one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Nc
Connell, of Hammerlee Beach, Md.
His son, DR.. Riley, of South Boston, is
widely known in Baptist circles in the
South and few years ago received
his honorary degree Of Doctor of Di-
vinity from the University of Rich
mond.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
TWO DEATHS in
AUTO ACCIDENT
LAST SATURDAY
Car Side-Swipes Loaded Truck
On Road From POcOmOke
To WestOver

An automobile accident occurred
early last Saturday morning, about
2:3O o'clock, which caused the death
of two men, and painfully injured an
other who was taken to the Peninsula
General Hospital, but, since, has re-
covered sufficiently to leave for his
home.
The TIVE men killed were Charles
M. Brinkley, 81, and Frank K. Meier,
45, residents of Norfolk, Va, and
Weehanken, N. j., respectively. They
had been doing construction work in
Norfolk. The former was on his way
to Pittsburg; the latter to spend the
holidays with his family. A third
man, Mr.. John Byrd, of Norfolk, was
also in the car, and he was on his
way to Washington, D. c.
When near the residence of Mr.. M.
Weidema, about a miles from POGO
moke City, the car attempted to pass
truck, heavily loaded with green
lumber. Evidently, miscalculating
the space between the two machines,
the car crashed into the projecting
ends of the lumber which tore into the
right side and front of the auto, kill
ing, instantly, Mr.. Brinkley and Mr..
Meier. Mr.. Byrd was rushed to the
hospital where he, as stated above,
was given treatment and discharged.
DR.. Henry M. Landlord was sum-
moned to the scene of the tragedy,
and he pronounced both men dead.
They were moved to the Bradshaw
funeral parlors, this city, and after
wards identified and claimed by rela-
tives, who had previously been con-
tacted by state police and others.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
VIM. 7. LEWIS
DIED ON FRIDAY
HEART ATTACK
Was Highly Esteemed Citizen
Of POcomOke And A
Skilled Mechanic

William T. Lewis, aged SO, died at
his home in this city, on Friday night
of last week, his death being due to
a heart attack. Funeral services took
place on Sunday afternoon conducted
by the Rev. J. w. Wootten. Burial
was in the cemetery at Parksley, Va.
The active pallbearers were: Messrs'
William Mears, Charles Hancock, Syl-
vester Maddox, William Dix, Marvin
Merrill and Grady Powell. Honorary
bearers: DR.. A. A. Parker, Robley
Small, Walter Emf, Milton Pilchard,
Thomas Payne, B. F. Moore, Chas.
Northam, Pratt McAllen, G. X. How
ard, r. E. Matthews, Marion Merrill,
Sim Ward, John Ralph, George Ralph,
Archie Merrill, T. B. Venable, Prim-
rose Johnson and M. w. Costen.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by six brothers: Walter, of Baltimore;
James r., Elton, and O. w., of Acco-
mac; Orris, of Parksley; and Upshur
Lewis, of Salisbury.
Mr.. Lewis was a carpenter by trade
and his work earned for him the
classification of skilled artisan. He
was careful of the interest of those
for whom he labored, and the quality
of his workmanship evinced his pain
stalking.
He was a good citizen, and POGO
moke regrets exceedingly the fiat of
nature which orders the comings and
goings of those the city can not well
spare.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
SCHOOL AWARD
AMER. LEGION
FOR YEAR 1910
S. Earl TrOmley, Commander
Post No. SO Announces Pro-
gram Of Awards
COMMITTEE OF POST
TO SELECT MEDALIST

AS a New Year Greeting, by S.
Earl Tromley, Commander of Wor-
cester Post No. SO, The American
Legion, it was announced today that,
beginning with the year 1910, 1.-THE
American Legion School Award is
to be awarded annually in the public
schools of Pocomoke City, Snow
Hill and Stockton, to the boy and
girl, of the grammar school gradua-
ting class, who best represents those
qualities of character and ability,
which they believe, when properly cul-
tivated and matured, will result in
worthy citizenship and well rounded
manhood and womanhood.
This educational activity of the
Americanism Committee of Worces-
ter Post No. SO, of which G. Ewell
Dryden, of Stockton, is Chairman, is
designed to place emphasis on the
development of character and scholar
ship in school pupils by the presenta-
ton of solid bronze medals, beauti-
fully finished, and Of the finest pos
sible quality and workmanship, in two
types, boys and girls.
The medals are attractively sus-
pended from an appropriate length of
official American Legion ribbon; and
are presented with an attractive GER
tificate detailing the basis of award.
The girls medal also includes a small
replica of the medal in the form of
a brooch; and the boys medal in
cludes a replica of that medal in the
form of small lapel button. In adj
dition to the medals presented to the
boys and girls, striking all-metal
school award plaque, beautifully fin
ished in satin bronze, will be present.
ed to each of the above named schools
for permanent display. Fourteen
blank panels are Incorporated in the
design of these plaques, each to be
engraved with the name of the win
ming boy and girl for seven consecu-
tive years.
The American Legion School Award
is limited to the graduating classes
of grammar schools because it has
been most strongly felt that the boy
must be reached at an impressionable
age and at the threshold of his en-
trance either upon a more extensive
education or into tho hraadaarninpr
world. The highest purpose to which
the American Legion can devote itself,
is the cultivation of high character
and wholesome ideals in the youth
coming to citizenship. Thus, during
the years, as The American Legion
members grow older, there will be per
petuated in the winners of its awards,
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
COMMENTS ON
RECENT DEATH
OF REV. LACEY
Oxford, N. c., Newspaper Lauds
Former Minister Of A PO-
comOke Church
SOME INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

An Oxford, N. c., newspaper pub
fishes the following editorial concern
ing the death of Rev. j. W. Lacey
former pastor of Pitts Creek Presby'
terrain Church, Pocomoke City. It il
published with the feeling it w<ll bt
read with interest by the many
friends here of the deceased clergy
man:
A minister ordinarily yields
his greatest influence among the
members of his congregation and
that was true of Rev. j. Watkins
Lacey, who went to his heavenly
reward last Tuesday morning, in
the quiet, .unobtrusive manner
that he lived and worked.
Already, his friends, the MEM
bers of his congregation and
those who knew him most inti-
mately have said of him more
and finer things than is within
the ability, but not the passion
ate desire, Of this writer to set
down here in print.
he was u mlulSCer VI IHc
byterian church for nearly half a
century. All his preaching was
not from the pulpit of the church,
nor within the other congrega-
tional meetings of the church.
His preaching was done in his
contacts, where ever he made
them = in the church, in the
home, on the streets - by his
unfaltering, neighborly, Christian
living.
Watt Lacey-and he seemed to
love the intimacy of having his
friends call him by his given
name = never stopped studying
and he never stopped learning. He
was a churchman without peer.
He was Rotarian who lived the
slogan, "Service Above Self" He
was a neighbor who never forgot
to be neighborly. He was friend
that men like to call friend.
DIR. Lacey did WELD his greatest
influence within his own church
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
GROOM ON RIDDLE FARM
FATALLY HURT BY KICK

A groom on the Glen Riddle Farm,
former home of Man o. War and War
Admiral, near Berlin, was killed Tues
day when he was kicked by colt.
The victim was Horace Clarke, of
Berlin. The fatality occurred when
Clarke was leading horse following
at the heels of a colt which was hand
led by a boy. The colt reared sud-
denly and struck Clarke with his heels
rendering him unconscious.
The blows landed near his heart
and he was pronounced dead fifteen
minutes later.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
OF MISS A. E. MADDOX

Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus W. Maddox,
of this city, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Annabelle Ellis
Maddox, to Mr.. Robert Lee Dryden,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff Dryden of
near town.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Elmer Pryor at his home here
Thursday, December twenty-first at
seven o'clock. Those witnessing the
ceremony were: Miss Elizabeth Hall,
Miss Lois Hancock and Miss Pauline
Dryden.
The bride wore an ensemble of
wine velvet with matching accessories.
The young couple will take up their
residence near Pocomoke City.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-12-29
DISCUSSION OF
THE new CANAL
ON WEDNESDAY,
Dinner Served On Steamer Har-
rington To About Thirty
From Different Places
SENATOR RADCLIFFE AND
REP. d. ]. WARD PRESENT

A very satisfactory meeting was
held, Wednesday evening on board the
Steamer Harrington, this city, the at
fair being staged for the purpose OF
discussing the advantage of the long
proposed canal, connecting the POGO
noke river with Chincoteague Bay, at
some point near Public Landing, thus
making this waterway part OF the
inland route from New York to Flor
ida.
U. S. Senator Radcliffe and Repres-
entative Ward, both of Maryland,
were present, along with number OF
leading citizens from Somerset and
Worcester Counties; and, had not the
condition of the roads made motor
traffic difficult and perhaps, danger
GUS, the attendance would have been
larger; asait was, there were about Sg
sat down to a dinner served by Man
ager Nichols of the hotel-boat.
Of course, all the speeches were in
support of the project, and there
seemed to be logical arguments for
opening up the two bodies Of water.
AS Senator Radcliffe stated, there are
now new and different avenues of APP
proach to the situation since the canal
was turned down by the War De-
partment. At that time there was
no Ocean City inlet, and there was
no new channel dug at the mouth Of
the Pocomoke river. The completion
of these makes the proposed canal
almost an absolute necessity.
1t was the concensus of opinion that
the War Department would have to
have concrete evidence of the finan-
cial advantage to be derived from the
canal. Those proposing it must deal
in facts and figures, as far as it is
possible to forecast the outcome OF
any new endeavor.
Mayor Byrd, in his speech, produc-
ed data looking toward proving an
increase of water traffic. These were
gathered perhaps prior to the OPEN
ing up of the Pocomoke river mouth,
and since the completion of this and
the Ocean City inlet, they might be
produced on a larger scale.
Wallace Quinn, of Crisfield, was
quite enthusiastic over the project,
and did not hesitate to predict a most
profitable growth of shipping, basing
his opinion on what had been the re-
suit in similar work in the South.
Mr.. William Powell, of Snow Hill,
who for 80 years had worked on plans
for this Improvement, stated he was
just as enthusiastic now as ever, and
predicted that circumstances almost
demanded it-"it had to come"
Representative Ward, due to certain
obligations, stated he was not quite
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