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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
POKE WHALEN
WILL MANAGE
POCOMOKE CLUB
Is Well Known To Ball Fans On
Eastern Shore And Will Be
Enthusiastically Received
STARTED AS MANAGER OF
PARKSLEY CLUB IN 1922

Base ball fans of Pocomoke City
and vicinity will be glad to hear that
John "Poke" Whalen has been signed
to manage the Pocomoke City Base
ball Club for the season of 1910. This
information comes from Mr.. Arthur
H. Ehlers.
Poke Whalen started playing ball
with the Frederick Md, Club in the
Blue Ridge League in 1915 and after
his debut in pro ball has been with
the following clubs: Greensboro, N.
c., and Durham, N. c., Class D;
Hamilton, Ont, in the Canadian Lea
que, Class D; Lancaster, Pa, Tri-
State League; Charlotte, N. c., South
Atlantic League, Class B; Baltimore
Orioles, International League, Glass
AA.
He started his career as manager
in 1922 at Parksley, Va. In 1928 he
managed Laurel, Del; 1924 and rs at
Parksley; 1926 managed Cambridge
1927 and 1923 managed Salisbury
1880 general manager Hagerstown
Md, Club; 1881 managed Youngs-
town, Ohio, Mid-Atlantic League
Class c. From 1881 until 1910 he
secuted for Washington Senators
farm clubs.
Whalen's records as manager in
the Eastern Shore League for sew
en- seasons was: finished first three
times, second three times, last divi.
sion once at Cambridge, having lost
% games due to class rule, dropping
from second to fifth place ten days
before the season closed. Holds re.
cords for developing and selling play
ers during the seven seasons he was
in the Shore league. He has had lots
of success as scout, having discovered
thousands of dollars worth Of players
Poke is happy to be with Pocomoke
and the fans can rest assured thei1
team won't be doormat for the lea
que this coming season.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
UNION MEETING IN
SALEM CHURCH SUNDAY

The Union meeting this Sunday
night will be in the Salem Methodist
Church with Rev. G. E. Lester bring
ing the sermon. The Baptist, of
course, being in their revival will be
attending their own services but the
other churches of the Union will wor-
ship at Salem.
Wednesday evening Rev. Wootten
gives way to recommend that instead
of meeting at Salem for the mid-week
services, that we attend the Revival
at the Baptist church.
These Union Services will continue
for eight weeks and the public is in
vited to attend all these meetings.
The schedule was printed in the last
weeks issue of the Worcester Demo-
crat but will be repeated from week
to week as to where the next meeting
will be held.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
TRINITY CHURCH
IN SALISBURY IS
BADLY BURNED
Fire Broke Out About 10 O'clock
Last Saturday Morning.
Interior Is Burned
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
NOT MUCH DAMAGED

The interior of Trinity Methodist
Church, in Salisbury, was badly
wrecked when flames started in the
basement about 10 o'clock Saturday
morning last and ragged for num-
Der of hours.
It was possibly one of the most
stubborn blazes in the city's history
as firemen were unable to get at the
base of the blaze because of smoke
and coal gas.
All of the fire units in the city were
called and many of the firemen were
compelled to wear gas masks.
The auditorium was sunken mass
of charred pews and scattered hymn
books. Some furniture was thrown
back in the Sunday School room by
firemen Saturday night as they near
ed the end of the battle. The fore
part of the platform and pulpit had
also dropped into the cellar.
One small fragment was the only
damage done to stained glass memoir
ial windows. They are covered, a.
long with two damaged oil mosiacs
by insurance policies held by the late
Governor Elihu E. Jackson's estate
Volunteer firemen left the build
ing Saturday night about nine O'Clock
after an eleven hour battle. At Z
o'clock that evening, Chief Disharoor
said the smoke and fire was under
control. From then on spottel
crew worked in the sunken auditor
ium cleaning out the debris and
quelching the last few flames.
Before dusk, flood lights were in
stalled on adjacent electric poles and
focused on the still smoking build
ing. By that time, firemen had con-
fined the blaze to one side of the
building.
The alarm was sounded at 9:55
Saturday morning and before three
o'clock every available piece of equip
ment from No. 1 station was in use.
One engine from East Salisbury was
also at the scene.
Gaping holes were cut in the slate
roof to ventilate the fire and as a
precaution against an explosion from
the volume of smoke and gases. Fire
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
DR.. A. A.PARKER
APPOINTED ON
THE COMMITTEE
Chairman Of County Committee
To Celebrate The 133rd An
niversary University Md.
OTHER POCOMOKE PEOPLE
ARE ALSO TO SERVE

DR.. A. A. Parker, Pocomoke City,
has been named the Worcester County
chairman for the 133rd annual char
ter day celebration of the University
of Maryland scheduled for Saturday,
January 20, at the Lord Baltimore
Hotel in Baltimore.
Principal speaker for the annual
event will be Congressman Clifton A.
Woodrum, Representative from Virgin
ia, and Chairman of the House Ap-
preparations Committee, who will
speak on 1.-THE American Frontier"
Other speakers are former Cover
nor Harry w. Nice, POSTMASTER;
Governor Herbert r. O'Conor, guest
of honor; ]. Benjamin Robinson, Dean
of the Dental School; DR.. Daniel F.
Lynch, program chairman; and DR..
H. c. Byrd, University President.
Over 1900 alumni and friends of the
University from all over the State
are expected to attend the colorful
event which features a banquet fol-
lowed by a dance.
Other county persons on commit
tees are: A. w. Parker, Selybville !;
William HI. Scott, Princess Anne;
Elizabeth Mills, Pocomoke City; w.
Fl. Price, Snow Hill; Orlando Harri-
son, Berlin; R. T. Grant, Snow Hill;
Lucy Walter, Snow Hill, all graduates
of the College Parks Schools; God
frey Child, Pocomoke City; John San
ford, Berlin; w. H. Scott, Ocean City;
Law School graduates; William H.
Clarke, Pocomoke City, Pharmacy
School graduate; John Dickerson,
Stockton; R. L. Hall and N. E. Sar-
torius, Pocomoke City, Medical
School graduate; Robert I. Given, Po-
comoke, Dental School graduate; and
Edna Hales, Snow Hill, Nursing
School graduate.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
WORKS BOWLERS
STILL LEADING
THE PROCESSION
Has Lost Only One Game To
Date In The Schedule Of
The Bowling League

The Rotary Club is keeping up its
record and maintaining the place it
has always occupied since the bowling
league was first organized-in the
cellar.
On Monday evening of last week
the Lions refused to have their tails
twisted and took the Rotarians into
camp by the score of 1435 pins to
1886. The Rotarians gained some
consolation out of this contest from
the fact that George Bunting was
high roller with 418 pins to his credit
for the three games.
On Thursday evening, January II,
a fight took place between the Bulls
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
FERTILIZER CO.
ENTERTAINS AT !
ANNUAL FEAST
Worcester Corporation Is Host
To Seventy-Five Or One
Hundred Guests Tues.

Between Is and 100 guests were en-
tertained by the Worcester Fertilizer
Company, Snow Hill, at the annual
banquet given by this corporation.
The Ladies of the Methodist Former
ly Methodist Protestant) Church serv-
ed the meal in the basement of the
church, last Tuesday afternoon.
This company has adopted a unique
feature in the management of this
yearly function. They invite their
guests to eat from a splendidly pre-
pared menu, and those attending are
free to retire at any time without
having their digestion spoiled by at
tempting to assimilate a lot of vocal
pabulum. There are no after-din-
ner speeches.
President Montgomery Stage stated
he had so many applications for op-
portunity to "orate" that he thought
it better to turn them all down, and
send the people home in a happy
frame of mind. A wise conclusion.
AS always, the Worcester Com
pany presents a pleasing and useful
souvenir. This time it was a very
neat clothes brush, with name Of com.
pany on handle. They are to be con.
graduated on the success of this
years meeting, and it certainly fur
nishes an attractive ending of a fis-
cal year, or the beginning of anoth-
er, whichever way the company con.
strues it.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
LIONS STAGE A
VERY PLEASANT
PROGRAMME
Serve Dinner To About so Mem
bers And Guests On Board
Steamer Harrington
PROF. EHRENSBERGER IS
SPEAKER OF EVENING

The members of the local Lions
Club and their guests assembled in
goodly numbers at the Steamer Har-
rington, this city, on Tuesday even
ing last, when, besides partaking of
good meal, listened to some very en-
tertaining oratory.
l.. Griffin Callahan, president of
the Club, was master of ceremonies,
and, in his usual impressive manner,
introduced the guests and succeeded
in making everybody feel at home and
welcome.
Following the introduction of the
guests, President Callahan introduce
ed State Senator from Worcester,
Hon. Thomas F. johnson, who made a
short felicitous address and he was
followed by Mayor ]. O. Byrd, of
Snow Hill.
The main speaker of the evening
was Prof. Ehrensberger, of the Mary
land University, who was "pinch-hit-
ting" for DR.. H. G. Byrd, president
of the above-named institution. DR..
Byrd was prevented from attending
by illness. Prof. Ehrensberger talk
ed, in very pleasing and understand
able way, about the latest miracle
of communication-the Radio.
He first gave a very interesting
history of the invention; told, so a
layman could understand, how it
works: and ventured to predict just
to what extent it would further adj
vance. In connection with the radio,
he touched upon television and fac
smile; he expressed himself as rath-
er doubtful about the present effic-
iency of the former, but produced ex-
hibits of the real accomplishments
of the latter-a reproduced news
paper.
A pleasing feature of the evening
were the vocal solos contributed by
Mrs. Roy Bridger, of Pocomoke, &C.
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
POCOMOKE HI
UNDERGOING
INVESTIGATION
Delegation, Headed By DIR. E. c.
FOntaine, OverlOOks Insti-
tuition This Week

Pocomoke was visited this week by
number of educators who came on
an investigation tour to look into the
schools of this city. These investiga-
tors, looking toward the betterment
of the system, have been made thru
out the State, and Pocomoke is only
taking her turn for examination.
Those in the delegation of investi-
gators were: DR.. E. Clarke Fontaine,
State Supervisor of high schools; J.
w. huntington, State Supervisor of
Colored Schools; w. Stewart Fitzger-
aid, Superintendent of Somerset coun-
ty schools; Benjamin Willis, Super
intendent of Caroline county schools;
r. G. Thompson, Supervisor Vocation
al Rehabilitation, member State de-
partment of Education; J. Fred Stew
ems, principal of high school at Stew
enville, Md; w. Skirwin Start, prin-
cipal at Galena, Md; Clement Noble,
principal at Ridgely; Dorset Donoho,
principal at Marion, Md; w. c. Twill
ley, principal at Mardella; Paul HUFF
fington, principal at Trappe, Md; and
A. C. Humphreys, Superintendent of
Worcester County Schools.
The findings of this committee will
be made later and will be made pub
lie to the extent that the Department
thinks advisable.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
FLYING SQUAD
STILL FINDING
HIDDEN STILLS
Gives Warning He Will COntin-
ne Warfare On Liquor And
Gambling Violations

States Attorney Kerbin is still
making it hot for stills even in this
cold weather. His flying squadron
is finding many violations of the hq-
uor and the gambling laws, and right
on the back of this comes the infor-
nation that a new Jail is to be built
in Snow Hill. Whether there is any
relation between the two news items,
has not been definitely stated.
"I told all violators of the law
mean business when I first went into
office on January 1, 1885," said the
militant, 29-year-old prosecutor. II
still mean business"
Kerbin announced that his flying
squad" of officers arrested three men,
destroyed three liquor stills and seiz-
ed two slot machines in a series of
raids over the weekend. It marked
the first 1910 foray of the "flying
squad"
The slot machines were found in a
filling station near Stockton and in a
store at Ocean City. One operator
was fined $25 and costs. The other
was tried Wednesday.
At Cedar Hall, near Pocomoke City,
officers arrested a Negro man and de-
stroyed a one-hundred-gallon liquor
still. The operator was sentenced to
eleven months in the House of Cor
rection.
A seventy-five gallon still was de-
strcyed near Good Will and twenty
five-gallon still was destroyed near
Snow Hill. Several barrels of mash
and several hundred gallons Of dis
titled whiskey were seized
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
PARENT
ASSOCIATION MEETS

The Parent Teachers Association
held it's regular meeting on Thursday
evening, January II. DR.. Willard
explained the part parents can play
in solving the health problem Of Wor-
cester County. DR.. Bridger stressed
the Importance of dental care for
children of pre-school age.
The desire for new building for
the Elementary School was discussed.
Members of the Parent Teachers As
ISOLATION were appointed TO bring this
problem before the various local clubs
in order to win the support of many.
Mrs. Bridger sang two selections.
Delicious refreshments were served.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
IMPORTANT MEETING TO
BE- HELD in BALTIMORE

Wednesday, January oath at 2:30
P. M. in the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
at Baltimore, there will be held an
important meeting on the subject of
Pasture Management and Improve
ment. The meeting, to which all are
invited, will be sponsored by the
Maryland Horse Breeders Association
and other livestock organizations. The
speaker will be Prof D. B. tombstone
Wallace, of Cornell University, an out
standing authority on the subject. OPP
portunity will be afforded any who
are interested to ask any questions
they wish Of the speaker.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
LOCAL COUNTY
JAIL WILL Be
IMPROVED
About Twenty-FOur Thousand
Dollars To Be Spent In
Changes OF Prison

Improvements to the Worcester
County Jail at Snow Hill, costing a.
round $4,000, including the construc-
ton of an addition and remodeling of
the present Jail, will get under way
this spring, it was learned today.
In their June 1, 1889 annual levy.
the Board of Worcester County Com
missioners set aside an appropriation
of $4,000 for the proposed County
Jail Improvement project.
N. Carl Phillips, lower Shore WPA
project supervisor, has announced
that the remaining $4,000 will be
furnished by the Works Progress Ad-
ministration, which recently approved
the Worcester Jail project.
Plans for the Jail Improvement call
for The construction Of an addition
equal the size of the present Jail
building. The present Jail will be re-
modelled in keeping with the two
story plan of the new Jail building.
The addition will be built west Of
the present Jail, on the Franklin ST.,
side at Snow Hill. The main entrance
to the Jail, upon completion, will face
the east side of the new building on
Washington Street.
In the new addition to be built will
be placed steel cage cells for both
white and negro women prisoners on
the second floor. The lower floor
cells in the addition will house white
men. And the present Jail of eight
steel cells will be open to negro men
prisoners only.
The new Jail project, when complet-
ed, will have in it an Infirnlary and
Jailer's Office. The present jail
building has total of only eight steel
cage cells with a capacity of thraa<
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
RESIDENTS ARE
REQUIRED TO
GIVE ANSWERS
Mistake Made AS To Legal Com
pulsiOn In Work Of Cen
sus EnumeratOrs
ENUMERATOR FINED $500
FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY

Considerable circulation has been
given recently to an erroneous state
ment to the effect that there is no
legal compulsion to respond to the in
quiries of census enumerators.
The taking Of the census of popula-
ton is provided for in the Constitu-
ton. Since it's results provide the
basis for Congressional representa-
ton, all persons are required by law
to give correct answers to the inquir-
les of census enumerators. From time
to time the Congress has, by special
enactment, provided penalties for fail
ure to comply and for the giving of
Intentionally incorrect information
These penalties apply not only to the
public but to census employees as
well. Census employees are required
to treat the census information as
confidential and divulgence of infor-
nation about any individual or firm
is severely penalized.
Fortunately, in the $50 years OF
demonstrating, the records show that
it has rarely been necessary to resort
to compulsion.
The penalties provided for non
compliance with the 1910 Decennial
Census were set by Congressional
enactment of 1929. Similar penal
ties have been provided by Census law
for more than 100 years.
Penalties applicable to the public
range from $500 fines or 60 days i'm
prisonment for refusal to answer, up
to $500 fines or one year imprison-
ment for giving Intentionally incor-
rect information.
Proprietors of hotels, apartments
boarding houses and similar enter
prises who refuse to cooperate with
the enumerators in registering guests
are subject to a fine of $500. In
dividuals or committees who conspire
to cause an inaccurate count of a
community are subject to a fine of
$1,000 or Imprisonment of one year
or both.
Compulsory submission of reports
by business firms dates from 1880.
Penalties for refusal range from $500
or 60 days Imprisonment or both up
to as high as $4,000 fines or one year
Imprisonment for misrepresentation.
A census enumerator who refuses
or neglects to do his official duty is
subject to a fine of $500. If he re-
veals to an outsider any information
he has collected on his official duties,
he is subject to a $1,000 fine or two
years Imprisonment or both. If he
knowingly reports false information
to the Bureau of the Census, he is
subject to a fine of $4,000 or impris-
onment for five years or both.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
OF
VIRGINIA DEPT.
FOR A BRIDGE
To Form A Part OF The High
way Leading To ChincOtea-
que; To Cross NarrOwS
TO BE HELD ON BOTH
IN FIREMEN'S HALL

1. Application of the Virginia De-
partment of Highways for approval
of plans for the construction of a
bridge across Black Narrows forming
a part of the highway leading to Chin
colleague, Virginia, will be considered
at public hearing to be held by w,
A. johnson, Colonel, Corps of Engi-
neers, District Engineer or his rep
resentative in the Firemen's Hail.
Chincoteague, Virginia, beginning at
200 P. NJ, January 80, 1910.
2. All interested parties are invited
to be present or to be represented
at the above named time and place,
particularly navigation interests and
the officials of any county, city, town
or local association whose interests
may be affected by the plan. They
will be given an opportunity to ex-
press their views upon the suitability
and adequacy of the proposed plans
in reference to navigation, and to sug-
gest changes considered desirable in
the interest of navigation.
3. Oral statements will be heard,
but for accuracy of record all i'm
portant facts and arguments should
be submitted in writing, as the re-
cords of the hearing will be forwarded
for consideration by the War Depart
ment. Written statements may be
handed in at the hearing or mailed
to the above. beforehand. It is re-
quested that they be presented in dup
licate.
a. The plans submitted show that
it is proposed to build new bridge
to replace the existing one, as fol-
lows:
A concrete and steel bridge to con-
sist of 81 spans, each approximately
40 feet long, supported by bents of
s concrete piles each. The middle
or navigation span to be fixed and
to have horizontal clearance normal
to the channel, of 33 feet, with YER
teal clearance of feet above mean
low water. The existing bridge when
completed in 1922 had vertical clear
ance of 9 feet above mean low water.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
"Chirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, l generally get off on
Tuesdays my buster for this column,
but postponed it this week till today
Thursday in order that I might
thank the Business Mems Association
of Pocomoke City, for that beautiful
Plymouth car they gave away last
Wednesday
But somehow or other, there was
a slip-up 1 didn't get it, nor neither
did get nothing else. (If two mega
tives are equal to an affirmative,
what's three equal to. Q. E. d. You
know, thought I would look mighty
well behind the wheel of that car, but
suppose somebody else will look bet
ter. AS it is. I came much nearer
getting the prize than I ever did be-
fore-a man sporting the same name
as l do, was the lucky guy; all right
maybe he'll give me ride in it some
day.
How-some-ever, I'm not the only
poor soul who didn't get the gas wag-
on If I saw things properly, there
were more than one person in POGO
moke that afternoon, and I'll bet four
cents they all had-well, hopes, any
how Most of those hopes were thrown
to the breezes when the last number
was called, and it will be many day
before the last ticket will disappear
from the sidewalks and street beds
of this burg.
Doggone it, you preachers can say
what you please-a little gamble con-
tains a lot of human interest, and a
chance is most attractive tempta-
ton. "Hope springs eternal in the
human breast" and if any of the big
crowd here on Wednesday says ne
was hoping for the best-well, his
breast was hardly human.
Why, heard a preacher say once
that he wished he had one of those
lucky Irish Sweepstakes tickets
Wasn't that awful? But we are al
human, you know, and thousand OIL
two bucks would fit in any mans
pocket, and it would be productive OF
double pleasure-pursuit and posses
sion; the thrill of taking chance
and the quiet satisfaction of sailing
away the kale.
I'm going to hope for better things
next time, and maybe the lightning
will strike some day near me
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
FREICHTER POCAHONTAS
SAFE in SALISBURY, MD.

The freighter Pocahontas which
was reported in danger of sinking and
which inspired Coast Guard search
after rumors of disaster had reached
Salisbury, is safe at her dock in that
city after weathering a gale her skip
per described as the worst in his 35
years of experience.
The craft was unreported for TWEEN
ty-four hours which was explained
when Captain Austin said he had an
chored at Hooper Straits Sunday af-
ternoon and had ridden out the storm
until 10 A. M. Monday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
MISS |. TOWNSEND
DIED in NEWARK, N. J.

Relatives were notified Wednesday
of the death in Newark, N. j., of Miss
Lille A. Townsend.
Miss Townsend is well known here
having visited her aunt, Mrs. Ira T,
Stevenson, of Walnut ST., on several
occasions.
Full particulars of her death and
funeral arrangements had not reached
here ct the time Of going TO press,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

Elwood Birmingham, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton Birmingham, was
operated on for appendicitis Tuesday
in the Peninsula General Hospital in
Salisbury.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

Well, the news comes that Polk
Whalen comes to Pocomoke as man
ager of the Eastern Shore League
base ball team Shades of Parksley
Continued on Page 81