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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

ty medical examiner, gave a verdict
of accidental death.
Police officials, due to the fact
that there were no skid marks on the
highway or on the lawn where the
car struck the tree, believe that Mrs.
Bosley was stricken ill while at the
wheel.
1t was reported that two boys
were seen running away from the car
Immediately after the accident. Of
ficers Chenowith and Carter investi-
gated and learned that Roland Heb
Ter, of Baynesville, was walking on
the sidewalk nearby when the crash
occurred, but did not actually see the
car until it struck the tree. Henry
Turner, young truck driver, was al
so close by but did not notice the cal
until he heard the crash. They said
they both left the scene after they
had viewed the mishap.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
Henry p. Walters, Solicitor
.Assignee's Sale
OF VALUABLE
Residence Property

BY virtue of the power of sale con-
tanned in a mortgage from Elizabeth
R. Smullin and John T. Smullin, her
husband, to Ulysses S. Payne, dated
May &c, 1914 and recorded among
the land records Of Worcester Coun-
ty, Maryland, in Liber o. D. C. No.
II, folios 35 ct seq which said mort
gage has been assigned by the said
Ulysses S. Payne to Mary A. Paradee
and assigned by Ulysses G. Paradee,
administrator of Mary A. Paradee,
deceased, to Edith May Moore and
assigned as to one-third part by said
Edith May Moore to Ulysses G. Para
dee and further assigned by said
Edith May Moore and Ulysses G..
Paradee to the undersigned for the
purpose of foreclosure, defaults hav-
ing occurred under the terms cove
nants and conditions of said mort
gage, the undersigned as assignee
thereof will offer for sale at public
auction in front of Hotel Pocomoke,
in Pocomoke City, Worcester County,
MARYLAND on
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
PLEASE PAY YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION
Godfrey Child, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that the sub.
scriber has obtained from the Or.
phans' Court for Worcester County
Maryland, letters Testamentary or
the personal estate of John M. Col
bourne, late of Worcester County
deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscribers on or be-
fore the 7th day of July, 1941. They
may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of the said estate
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay
ment. Given under my hand this
26th day of December, 1910.
MARTHA COLBOURNE,
Executrix
Test: Frank E. Hudson, Register Of
Wills.
Dec. 27-4t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

at the hour of O'Clock p. M.
all that lot or parcel of land in POGO
moke City, Worceter County, Mary
land described as follows: Beginning
at the south corner of Market and
Fifth Streets and thence running
southeasterly by and with Market
Street SO feet to the Elton j. Reid
lot thence southwesterly by and with
said Reid lot 205 feet to the lot for
merly owned by John T. M. Sturgis,
thense northwesterly by and with the
said Sturgis lot SO feet to Fifth
Street, and thence by and with Fifth
Street northeasterly 205 feet to the
place of beginning, being all and the
same land conveyed to Elizabeth r.
Smullin by deed from Elizabeth S.
Dryden dated February 8, 1908 and
recorded among the land records of
Worcester County in Liber o. D. C.
No. folio 1873 ct seq.
The above described property is
improved by a frame dwelling and
several outbuildings.
TERMS OF SALE-CASH. Title
papers and conveyancing costs at the
expense Of the purchaser. Taxes paid
to January 1, 1941.
Assignee
Dec. 27-4t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

ed at open house on Tuesday evening.
Miss Nellie Cherrix Of Annapolis
spent the weekend with relatives.
Mr.. William Conoway, of Norfolk,
visited friends here, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Bartlett Bishop
are spending this week in Cumber-
land, Mr., as the guests of Mr.. and
MRS. F.. ". Carpenter. They Will
return to Snow Hill on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Buhr, of New
York, are the guets of Mrs. Charles
Tilghman.
Mr.. Frank Henderson, of Whining
ton, visited his mother, Mrs. John
Henderson, last week.
Miss Alberta Littleton, of Upper
Marlboro, Nd, is spending the holt
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Littleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace McKissick
and daughter, Miss Miriam, and Hor-
ace, McKissick, Jr., spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Cot
tingham and Mrs. John Cottingham
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Bailey, of
Baltimore, spent the weekend with
relatives.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. William Dryden, Bet
tie Ann and Billy Dryden, of Marcus
Hook, visited Mrs. Cora Herman and
Misses Ann and Minnie Herman, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Sturgis, of
Claymont, Del, spent Christmas Day
with Mrs. Bessie Sturgis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin Passano, of
Baltimore, will spend this weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walden Richardson,
of Philadelphia, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Clayton F. Richardson, this
week.
Mrs. Charles Ferguson, of Will
mington, will spend this weekend
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Hudson spent
the weekend with relatives in Frank
ford, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Banded, of
New York, visited Mrs. Bandell's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur C. Hum
phreys, ST., this week.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
new BRIDGE
OVER POTOMAC
THROWN OPEN
Governor O'COnOr Made The
Dedicatory Address. Mrs.
O'COnOr Cut Ribbon

The new Potomac River Bridge, al
Morgantown, Md, the third modern
bridge structure to be dedicated for.
mally by Governor OConor within
the past fourteen months, was thrown
open to traffic on Saturday last
December IA, amid colorful ceremon.
les.
Governor O'Conor made the dedi-
catory address, following which Mrs
O'Conor shipped the ribbon that open
ed the structure to traffic. Thus
a new link between Maryland and
Virginia was brought into being.
Recalling the fact that it was at
Ludlow's Ferry, near Morgantown,
that the earliest known ferry in CO.
lonial times was operated, Governor
O'Conor stressed the Importance of
this new link in the North-South high
way system, and predicted that il
would bring new prosperity to both
Southern Maryland and the Virginia
section it serves.
Costing more than $5,000,0OO, and
more than two miles in length, the
bridge constitutes still another phase
of the highways improvement >plar
now being pushed with all speed by
Governor O'Conor's Administration.
Coupled with the announced five
year and twenty-year road building
programs, drawn up by the State
Highway Planning Commission, these
new bridges are further assurances
to the people of Maryland that the
present administration will go dowr
in history as the greatest road build
ing administration in the history Of
Maryland.
Good roads cost money, and plenty
of it, but with gasoline diversions
stopped, and with efficiency and e
economy in other State Departments
resulting in the largest surplus thu
State Treasury has ever known, goot
roads for Maryland are not only {
possibility now, but a surety.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
n o I'll G E

This is to notify the public, that
I, George H. Johnson have re.
signed from the Johnson Meat
Products Corporation, and will
open for business December Is,
on what is known as the GrOtOn
place, just outside POcOmOke
City on the Snow Hill road, and
will engage in the business of
manufacturing sausage, scrap
pie, lard, and other meat foods.
Dec. 13-3tp.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
MARYLAND POETESS
HAS NARROW ESCAPE

Using the porch roof as a means
of escape from her blazing home in
Crumpton, Kent County, Md, Mrs.
Mary Fennimore Sheppard, well
known Maryland poetess, rested COM
fortably last Friday after her close
brush with death.
Breaking out in the early hours the
flames had gained considerable head
way before the poetess was awak-
ened by smoke in her sleeping ROOM
about $3.50 A. M.
With her means of egress down the
stairs cut off by the blaze, Mrs. Shep-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

pard called to her neighbor, DR.. J.
w. Stack and then made her way to
the street by the porch roof, carrying
her pet dog securely wrapped in a
blanket.
DR.. Stack and G. Roland Harrison
who lives on the opposite side of the
street, responded to Mrs. Sheppard's
call, and by breaking into the back
of the house held the fire in check
until the Millington Fire Company
arrived.
The interior of the back part OF
the house was badly damaged.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
PEANUTS SEEM FATAL
IN SOMERSET FIRES

AS a strange coincidence for the
past two years Route Is at Loretto
has been the scene of two truck
crashes in which tons of Suffolk, Va,
peanuts were scattered over the high
way, which have been largely sal
vaged in burned, wet and muddy
condition, by the small boys of Prin-
cess Anne for their holiday cheer.
Paralleling a similar accident a
year ago, early last Saturday morn
ing at 1870 A. M, the Princess Anne
firemen were called out to fight a
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

The regular annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Citizens National
Bank, in Pocomoke City, will be held
on Tuesday, January 18th, 1871, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock A. M.
and 8 o'clock P. M. for the election
of Board of Directors for the en-
suing year, and for the transaction of
any other business which may be
considered.
J. C. STEVENSON,
Cashier.
Dec. 1876.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
INCOME TAX
PAYMENTS CUT
in THE STATE
Coming Session Of Legislature
Will Reduce Levy From
IL To Is Percent
BROUGHT ABOUT BY
FINANCIAL CONDITION

Maryland's income tax payments
will be cut by at least 1870 to 1870 at
the coming session Of the General
Assembly, if recommendations from
Governor O'Conor to that effect are
carried through.
This heartening news to the peo-
pie of Maryland was announced by
Governor O'Conor as a result of the
very splendid financial condition of
the State which now has the unpre-
cedented surplus in the Treasury OF
more than $6,O00,000.
"This reduction can be made at
the coming session of the General
Assembly," Governor O'ConQr de-
clared, land will represent saving
to the taxpayers of between $685.
$4,000 and $1,156, 10000.
when the incomd-tax law was
enacted at the 1889 session of the
Legislature, it was necessary to bal
ance the States budget and to pro-
vide revenue through other means
than the diversion of gasoline taxes.
1--WE put a stop Immediately to the
practice of borrowing to meet cur
rent expenses. Also, we budgeted
relief appropriations for the first
time. Our budget has remained in
balance ever since, and we have not
diverted one dollar from gasoline
tax revenues. This policy will con-
tinue in force.
However, by the practice of e.
economies and through the efficient
operations of the various depart
ments, the surplus witch existed at
the end of our first fiscal year, has
now increased in most heactening
fashion.
81 believe that the present taxpay-
ers, who have made this possible,
ought to receive the benefit Of it.
Accordingly, I will recommend to the
Legislature such a reduction as will
not disturb the strong financial con-
ditions of the State. We will con-
tinue to maintain a sufficient work
ing fund, but the free surplus will
be returned to the taxpayers through
a reduction in present taxes.
Precisely what form this reduc-
ton shall take can now be deter
mined. The Tax Revision Commits
sion, of which Mr.. Rawls is Chair
man, will be able to assist material
ly in pointing out what provisions
can best be modified in fairness and
Justice to all classes. The Legisla-
ture will, of course, be the final
Judge as to where to make the reduc-
tons.
ION several occasions in the past,
have suggested reductions in favor
of persons in the lower-income brack-
cts. Particularly have l felt that
persons whose limited income is de-
rived from investments upon which
they have to pay at the high rate
might be relieved.
"The combined balance sheet OF
Maryland, submitted to me by the
State Comptroller, shows our tota
assets to be $3O3, 52O,556. It is in
teresting to note that the bonded in
debtedness of the State is $44,166,
600, a material reduction over the to
tai outstanding at the time the pres
cash balance, as of the first of DC
ent administration took office. Ou
tober of this year, was $18,99S,5O1.'
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

The regular annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Pocomoke City
National Bank, of Pocomoke City,
will be held on Tuesday, January 14th,
1941, between the hours of 10 o'clock
A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. for the cleo
ton of a Board of Directors for the
ensuing year, and for the transaction
of any other business which may be
considered.
WILLARD J. STEVENSON,
Cashier.
Dec. 13-5t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

truck fire on the main Shore high.
way just north of Loretto. The large
trailer truck, loaded with seven tons
of peanuts, the property of Bonnie
Lines, Inc, of Norfolk, had, accord
ing to the driver, been forced off the
highway and thrown on its side by
the roadside ditch where it caught
fire. Despite the best efforts of the
firemen the estimated damage to the
truck and it's cargo was placed al
$4,000.
The scattered cargo on the high
way attracted many passing motor
lists and scores of Princess Anne:
small boys.
Part of the cargo were still burn
ing 16 hours after the fire started
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

Look at the label on your paper
and if you are in arrears, we would
appreciate it very much if you will
pay your subscription up to date.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
FOR SALE

FOR SALE OR RENT-Farm and
7-room house with porches, located
near Pocomoke. Apply to Mrs. Har-
rison Lambertson.
Dec. 27-3tp. s''
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR SALE-Homemade croche
tablecloth. Phone Pocomoke 6 F 81
Dec. gilt.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR SALE-Wood. See A. G. Par
sons, 121 9Th St., Pocomoke.
Dec. 20-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

NOTICE-Price on hair eating
IS cents will remain the same u:
Shaws.
July lott.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

John Deere Tractors and Farming
Implements. Tractor repairs and -
placements. M. w. Boston, Telephone
1881 Pocomoke.
Mar 20-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

ANNAPOLIS - MATAPEAKE
ROMANCOKE - CLAIBORNE
FERRIES
FALL and WINTER SCHEDULE
-194O-
Effective September 9Th, 1910
DAILY AND SUNDAY
Eastern Standard Time
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS

NOTICE. will not be responsible
for any bills contracted by anyone
other than myself. Edward Price.
Dec. 27-3t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

APARTMENT FOR RENT-Fur-
nished or unfinished. Mrs. George
Holland.
Dec. 27-2tp.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR RENT OR SALE-Store cor.
Fourth and Second, all modern fix
lures, interior and exterior thorough
ly remodeled. Broom apartment a.
bove store. Apply Somers Garage.
Nov. 29-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR SALE-Dry chicken manure,
delivered anywhere within miles Of
Pocomoke, $1,000 a load, 6 tons to o
load. Harvey Mears, Chincoteague, Va.
Sept-13-tf
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR SALE One casting box, size
IL x Is, in good condition. Worcester
Democrat.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR RENT-Furnished apartment
Mrs. VIM. Stevenson, Front st.
Dec. 13-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

When you have something to sell.
rent or trade run an ad In our Class
flied Columns.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR RENT-6-rOOm house and a
4-room apartment. Gus Mason.
Dec. 13-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

FOR SALE-Six antique living
room chairs, solid mahogany and in
excellent condition. Samples and price
at Merrill's Furniture Store, Cor.
Clarke Ave. and Willow st. Pocomoke
City, Md. Oct-25-9
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-27

The Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co.
Annapolis Maryland
Evening star., 1940-01-21
"A. U. Registration
To Begin Friday

Registration for the second Sc
mester viii begin on Friday ut the
American University, both at the
College Of Arts ana Sciences on the
campus. Massachusetts and Nebras-
IA avenues NV, and ut the School
Of Public Affairs, In the downtown
center, 1901 p street NV. Glasses
begin February /.
High school students graduating
this month can take . special sched-
ule Of regular freshman courses to
complete tho requirements for . de-
gree In three and one-haH years,
With one term Of summer school.
The '1n-Service" training pro-
gram for Federal employees con-
ttnues to be expanded at the School
OF Public Affairs with late afternoon
and evening classes.
The teaching STAN includes mem
bers Of the full-time university fac
ulty. supplemented by experts con-
nected with the Government or with
Evening star., 1940-01-21
Doctors Hospital on Site
Famous in D. G. History
-
Since Founding, First Word Has Been
Educational, Medical and Social Center

to their generation, continued the
school after their mothers death.
The carly records Of this vicinity
speak, too, Of 'The Hicksite or
Quaker Church." which was upon
the site where the Doctors Hos
pital now stands. Subsequently, the
Friends School became an auxiliary
to this church. Here in its street
location 1t helped mould the spir-
itual and educational ideals of sue
cessive generations Of Washington
youth, . number of whom have
since become national and interna-
tional figures in their service for our
country. indbergh was a pupil at
this school during his fathers term
In Congress, and Nelson johnson,
our Ambassador to China, not only
had the distinction Of never being
absent nor tardy during his school,
days here, but Of having his future
success In life prophesied by the
principal, Frances Sidwell.
Pumps Few and Far Away.
In marked contrast to the system
IN the Doctors Hospital, which
makes cooled drinking water avail
able upon every floor and in every
room Of its setup, it is interesting
to note the community's early drink
ing water problems as narrated by
Christian Hines in his Early Recol-
lection Of Washington" The great
est dimculty we experienced" he
tells you, was in getting water, as
there were few pumps-and they at
. great distance, so we had to go
to a spring near Hamburg Wharf,
not far from the old Glass House
about half . mile distant. and oc-
casionally to old Mr.. wilson's, near
Twentieth and I streets"
This was in the period prior to
the Civil War. Hamburg Wharf was
then an important point of arrival
and departure for sailing vessels
making port in the Capital City.
1t was located at the foot Of Twenty
flrst street and the Potomac River
Here were unloaded certain boxes
of the Governments official papers
at the time of its removal from
Philadelphia to Washington, the
new Capital on the banks of the
Potomac.
The Washington City Directory of
the year 1922 comments upon the
opening Of a hack line from "the
Presidents house to Hamburg
Wharf at q charge Of 12h cents
per person." with certain admoni-
tions as to the fines to be imposed
upon the cabbies who overcharged
those who had not been residents
Of Washington for at least IL
months, and so might not be aware
of the proper tariff for this service.
The route Of this line was undoubt-
edly in full view Of dwellers upon
what is now the medical center of
today.
As the city grew up. street along
with it, the improved water supply
Evening star., 1940-01-21

hospital location totll tollotu nert
Sunddy.)
Evening star., 1940-01-21

Biological Society
To Hear Report on.
Arctic Expedition
Dr.. Hugh O'NeiII to
-
Speak Saturday at
Cosmos Club

The results of the botanical ex-
pedition from the Catholic Univer-
sity to Labrador, Hudson Bay and
the Arctic during the summer of
1889 will be outlined to the Biologi-
cal Society of Washington next Sat-
urday evening at the Cosmos Club
by the Rev. DR.. Hugh ONeill, as
sistant professor of biology and
curator of the Langlois Herbarium.
Four scientists comprised the
technical personnel of the expedi-
ton. They included Father ONein,
the Rev. Maxinilian Duman, o. S.
B., a graduate student in the field
Of botany at the Catholic University;
the Rev. Arthene Dutilly, research
professor Of botany and DR.. F..
Gardner of the University of Mon
treal.
Pictures to Be Shown.
Nearly 1000 feet of motion pic
lures were taken by Father O,Neill
and about 1000 individual photo
graphs during the course of the
4,OOO-mile voyage. Many of these
will be shown during the illustrated
lecture before the Biological So
ciety.
During the trip to the North,
Father Dutilly called at the mis-
sion stations of the Oblate Fathers
to leave the supplies for the COM
Ing year. 1t was during these stops
that the scientists had an oppor-
tunity to collect the specimens and
to make the photographs illustrat-
ing their work.
His Seventh Expedition.
It was the first trip to the North
for Fathers ONeill and Duman,
but the seventh expedition in which
Father Dutilly had participated.
Commissioned by the late Holy
Father, Pope Plus XII, to collect bo-
tanical and geological specimens
and Eskimo artifacts for the Lat
eran Museum, Father Dutilly makes
his collections and assemblies them
in laboratories at the Catholic Uni
versity during the succeeding win
ter. He has contributed a number
Of surplus specimens to the Smith
sonian Institution and to the uni
versity museum.
Many plant specimens have been
forwarded to other museums
throughout the world, and, under
Father ONeill's direction, one of
the most extensive and elaborate
Arctic plant collections in the world
Is being assembled at the Catholic
University. A special label has
been printed for attachment to each
specimen sheet which bears a map
of the area over which the expedi-
ton travelled. AS the smecimen is
identified the spot where it was
found is marked on the accompany
ing map. Both Father O'Neill and
Father Dutilly are members of the
Catholic University faculty, while
Father Duman teaches biology at
st. Vincent's College in Latrobe, Pa.