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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
CHICKS SHOW
A GOOD BRAND
OF BALL PLAY
Wednesday Night Vic Weiss
Pulls Unusual Play By Steal
From First To Home Plate
MANAGER WHALEN is
SEEKING NEW TALENT

Although they did not have very
successful road trip since the last is
sue of this paper, the Pocomoke Base
ball team has won two of the three
games played on their own diamond.
They are still in sixth place in the
standing. The boys this week seemed
to have gotten their eyes on the ball
as they have gotten forty hits in the
last three games they have played, in
GLIDING Wednesday nights game.
On Sunday on the local diamond
the Milford Giants defeated the locals
3-2 in game that should have ended
2-1, but for some costly "boots" by
the Chicks.
On Monday night they travelled to
fredericksburg and We're defeated 6-5.
The boys outhit the victors but could
not bunch them at the opportune time.
On Tuesday night the locals down.
ed the Easton Yankees on the local
diamond by the score of AZ. Budura
pitched beautiful game only allow
ing the Easton boys six hits and not
allowing an earned run. This game
was won by the result of home runs
by Vic Weiss, centerfielder, Rocky
Furillo, leftfielder and Skeets Kirk
land, third baseman, Kirkland's COM
ing with a mate on base. Twelve hits
were garnered off the Easton twirler,
Baker.
On Wednesday night, Vic Weiss,
centerfielder of the Chicks put on a
show for Ladies' Night all by himself,
as the Chicks defeated the Milford
Giants 14-4. He was at the bat five
times and was given two free passes
to first base and made three hits. In
addition to this he scored four times,
and in the seventh inning, he reached
first base by virtue of q single and
stole all the way around to home plate
to tally a run for the home team,
This is a record that has never been
equaled to our knowledge in the East
ern Shore League and shows some
very remarkable speed on the part
of the baserunner. He also had an
other stolen base in the game. The
Chicks ran rampant on the base paths
with total of seven stolen bases and
they also garnered fourteen hits off
the offerings of two Milford pitchers.
Levi Woods, relief hurler for the
Continued on Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28

Next week, is celebrated the birth of the
American nation. The above cut represents a
smiling countenance upon the face of Uncle Sam
the ideated national parsonage. The Fourth of
July may be day of hilarity and recreation.
The thoughts of the Declaration of Independ-
ence may bring memories of the patriots of a
century and half ago, who burst forth in a wild,
joyous, acclaim that this country had determin-
ed to be a government of the people, by the peo-
pie, and for the people.
Now, Americans, if you think this country can
see nothing but occasions for holiday abandon
ment the Editor of the democrat" advises you
to study carefully the situation abroad; think
just how far it touches the boundaries of the
Western Hemisphere; and read carefully the ar
ticle contributed below by DR.. E. Clarke Fon-
taine, a native son of Pocomoke, and member
of the State Department of Education, in the ca
pacity of State Supervisor of High Schools.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
THE CITY PARK
FAST ASSUMING
MUCH BEAUTY
Natural Landscape Attractive
And Harmonious Architec-
ture Chief Features
CLUB HOUSE OF LOGS
CREATES MUCH PRAISE

The municipal park that is being
built by WPA funds is assuming now
shape which easily predicts one Of
the most beautiful recreation centers
in this section of the country.
At present the features that have
given evidence of what beauty the 10
cation will assume, are the clearing
of the woods between the Stevenson
residence and the Pocomoke river for
a 9-hole golf course. Already the
grass is making a fine showing on the
fairways, and while seed have not
been sowed on the greens, yet the
manner in which the fairways are
producing, it should be easy to have
fine set on the greens, where, no
doubt, soil will be added to ensure
richer basis. The course resembles,
largely, the one at Virginia beach, ex-
cept of course in the matter of roll
ing surface, the Virginia course being
laid among the sand dunes of the
beach. But in the matter of woody
setting, it is much like the one in the
Old Dominion.
All the piping for water to the park
has been laid and now Second street
is ready for hard surfacing from the
point already paved to the river edge.
This will be done by laying founda-
ton of clay and covering this with
gravel. It will be of equal width of
Second Street, and this section of the
town should be a most popular one
for building lots. It is far removed
from the noise of traffic, and in close
touch with what is going to be a
most beautiful riverside park.
The clubhouse, built of cypress logs,
all of which were cut from the cleared
area for the golf course, is daily
growing into most attractive build
ing. It is 80 feet by 60 feet, with a
porch extending along the entire front
overlooking the River, and with a
porch of shorter length on the "town"
side. O
The interior has a large fireplace
in one end, and kitchen and showers
and toilets in the other. There re-
Continued on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
EYANS-HOTTENSTEIN
WEDDING LAST SATURDAY

The First Baptist Church in POGO
moke was the scene of very quiet
wedding Saturday evening last, at
eight o'clock, when Miss Katherine
Hottenstein, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. C. Hottenstein, and Mr.. Willard
Evans, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Evans, of near Pocomoke, were
united in marriage.
The ceremony was solemnized by
the Rev. John A. Ditto, in the pres
ence of immediate members of the
family and few intimate friends.
The bride is a graduate of the Sails
bury State Teachers College in the
class of 1889. For the past year she
has been teaching in Rockville, Md.
The groom is engaged in farming.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
DATE IS SET
FOR THE TRIAL
OF MURDERERS
July Twenty-Ninth Has Been
Named For Arraigning The
Prisoners In Pilchard Case
DATE DEPENDENT UPON
MRS. PILCHARD'S HEALTH

A tentative date for the trial of
two Eastern Shore Negroes for the
murder of Harvey E. Pilchard, Snow
Hill farmer, was set last Tuesday for
July 20 by Circuit Court judges at
Towson.
According to Lawrence E. Ensor,
States Attorney for Baltimore coun-
ty, the trial has been delayed because
of the illness Of Mrs. Annie Pilchard,
widow of the murdered man, who
herself was criminally attacked dur
ing the murder and the robbery at
their home.
Previously, July Is had been set
for the trial, but because that date
conflicted with the date of the Demo-
cratic National Convention at Chi
cago, which one of the defense attor-
neys plans to attend as delegate,
still another postponement of the
trial was made.
The prisoners, Arthur H. Collick
and Charles w. Manuel, % and 16,
respectively, have been in the Balti-
more county Jail at Towson since
March Is, when they were taken there
for safekeeping after hunt for them
by angry mobs on the Eastern Shore.
Cost of maintenance of the prison
ers is expected to be $1,000 by the
time Of the trial. This expense in
cludes day and night police guard
at $3.50 per month; and also an ap-
proximate cost of so cents per day
for each prisoners food and care.
It is expected that at the conclu--
sion of the trial the Baltimore county
authorities will submit their bill to
the Eastern Shore county where the
crime was committed.
Mr.. Ensor said Mrs. Pilchard has
been receiving hospital care until re-
Gently, and since her dismissal from
an Eastern Shore hospital she has
been under the continuous care of a
physician, making it difficult to as
certain when she might be able to
appear as the chief witness against
the alleged murderers of her husband
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
J. W. SAVAGE
IS INSTANTLY
KILLED, list
Was Using A Planer When He
Was Struck By A Flying
Piece OF Wood
FUNERAL SERVICES SUN
DAY AT BEAVER DAM

Mr.. John w. Savage was instantly
killed Friday last while engaged in
work at Fleming Brothers Mill at
Beaver Dam. Mr.. Savage was using
a planer when a piece of wood flew
from the machine and struck him on
the neck, breaking his neck and caus-
ing instant death.
The accident is a most regrettable
one. A native of Accomack County
he moved to Beaver Dam about four
years ago and was we'll liked and re-
spected in the community in which
he lived.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Margaret
Mason Savage, he is survived by three
children, Maude, of Salisbury; Earle,
of Hopeton; and Mason, of Newport
News. He also leaves his mother,
Mrs. Polly Savage, of Gargatha; two
brothers and four sisters, Warren, of
Chincoteogue; Bryan, of Gargatha;
Mrs. Burleigh Watson, of Gargatha;
Mrs. Clarence Vessels, of Chincotea-
que; Mrs. Clarence Chopper, of Acco-
mac; and Mrs. Alton Wilson, of Bal
timore; three grandchildren, Jack and
Grace Ann of Hopeton and Mary 10
Savage, of Newport News.
Funeral services were held Sunday
at 2 P. M, from Beaver Dam Presby-
terrain Church. conducted by the Rev.
Robert B. Stewart, and burial was
made in the cemetery at Parksley,
Va. The active pallbearers were:
Messrs. Herbert Groton, Elton Hope,
Garland Figgs, Calvin Tull, William
Hope, Joe Landlord. The honorary
bearers: Messrs. Reese, Webster How
ard, Earl Parks, Marion Holland and
Leon Sparrow.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
CHANGES MADE
IN TELEPHONES
new DIRECTORY
Names of All Subscribers Pub
lished In Alphabetical List
With Number Following

Important changes in the new Som
erset and Worcester Counties tele-
phone directory that is being deliver
ed, which it is believed will make 1t
more useful and easier to read, have
been announced by w. H. Walters,
Jr., manager of the Pocomoke City
office of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company of Baltimore
City.
In the past telephone subscribers
were listed under their exchange, but
with this issue all names are pub
lished in one alphabetical list and the
exchange is shown after each name.
Thus to find a subscribers number in
any of the eight exchanges in the
book it is not necessary to know in
what telephone exchange area he is
located, One need only look for the
subscribers name in its proper al
phabetical position.
In addition, the forthcoming direc-
tory has been set in new type espec-
tally designed for Bell System tele-
phone directories which is clearer and
easier to read than the type formerly
used. These changes are similar to
recent improvements in other direc-
tories which have been found very
satisfactory in actual use.
The front cover of the new direc-
tory features an artists drawing Of
the monument erected in Berlin,
CONTINUED on Page I'D
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
"Chirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, / had lady to say to
me this week: Next time you go a.
way from home, you'd better get
YOUR wife to tie an Identification card
to the lapel of your coat, SOS you'll
know where you're goin' or comm
You see, she'd read what I said in
this column about the day I went
hay-wire in Norfolk; the time I asked
for ticket to Norfolk, and there !
was standing right in Norfolk.
But, / told her that while, ordi-
narily, I was very truthful man,
sometimes took excusable liberties
with Madame Veritas Il reckon she's
married for all l know and those
who read this column may find the
truth, but not always the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. That
being the case, I have been living in
fear and trembling because that tick
ct agent might read what said. The
next time I go to buy a ticket from
him he might tell me to go swim
acros sthe Bay; or, if I had the faith
of Peter Il think that was the Bibl-
cal character) I might find the walk
ing good.
So, while there was the foundation
of truth in the "ticket" story, I am
ready to "fess up" to little embel-
lishment in the conversation that took
place between the seller and myself.
But I know you will agree with me
that it could very easily have
occurred in Connection with poor soul
who went to the window of a ticket
office and didn't know what printing
he wanted on the pasteboard.
It's all in Che way of a joke, and
that reminds me of what my old friend
and standby, 10 Sierra says about
jokes. 10 moralizes as follows:
"Old jokes or new jokes or any
kind of joke, I like them. If they
are old enough, have forgotten them,
and they are new again. And any
way, nobody ever got indigestion
from joke.
"And my neighbor, he is kinda
comical at times, and I guess he
thinks maybe I am good guy to try
his jokes on, so he says, 10, did you
hear about the teller who sold his
10 thousand dollar dog? And says,
no.
"Well, he says, this dog it looked
like 2 bits but the teller held his price
at 10 thousand-but he didn't sell
him. And then one day he rushed
home and he said, sold the dog. But
when he was pinned down he said it
was not exactly 10 thousand in cash
it was kind of trade-he got 2
nice five thousand dollar cats.
So I says, were the cats sure
Continued on Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
PROF. A. CARLSON
IS APPOINTED AS
SCHOOL HEAD
Succeeds w. Stewart Fitzgerald
AS Superintendent In
Somerset County

Prominent among those mentioned
as successor to Prof. Allen Carlson,
former principal of the Crisfield high
school, but lately appointed Superin-
tendent of Public Education in Som
erset County, are Prof. Donaho, prin-
cipal of the school at Marion; and
Prof. Fred Usilton, member OF the
faculty of the Crisfield School.
Prof. Carlson succeeds Prof. w.
Stewart Fitzgerald as head of the
Somerset schools, who has been ap-
pointed Superintendent in Caroline
county. Prof. Fitzgerald succeeds
Prof. Benjamin c. Willis, who goes
to Washington county.
The newly appointed head in Som
erset has, for fourteen years, been
principal of Crisfield High School and
will move with his wife and daughter,
to Princess Anne, the county seat, af-
ter he assumes his new position.
A native of Cartwright, Pa, Carl
son is a graduate Of Powers School,
Tioga county, Pennsylvania; State
Normal School, Mansfield, Pa, and
the University of Maryland.
He taught at Fall Brook, Pa; Nan
ticoke, Salisbury and Delmar before
going to Crisfield in 1926.
Carlson is a first lieutenant in the
First Infantry, Maryland National
Guard.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
COUNCIL MEETS
FOR REGULATION
OF PRODUCERS
Mr.. Eugene p. Matthews, Of Po-
cOmOke City, Is Chairman
Of Group Committee

A fact-finding and educational
council to perfect closer co-ordina-
ton between vegetable growers, ship
pers and those engaged in mass dis
tribution of fresh vegetables has been
organized by representatives from
Maryland, Virginia and North Caro-
lima, E. P. Matthews of Pocomoke
City, Md, sub-chairman of the group,
has announced.
Members of the subcommittee
headed by Mr.. Matthews are J. A.
Price, of Salisbury, Nd, and H. G.
Mears, of Pocomoke City, Md.
The Council, to be known as the
Maryland Virginia North Carolina
Vegetable Council, will gather detail
ed information on vegetable acreage
planted, crop conditions, possible
yields and time of peak season, in an
effort to secure for growers more
profitable and orderly market. "The
Council" Mr.. Matthews said, twill
attempt in this way to prevent season
al Cutting of the market"
Through newspapers and other
mediums, the Council will release in
formation on vegetable marketing
which will prove valuable to both pro-
ducers and shippers"
A third major objective of the Coun
Gil will be to work with large dis
tributors, seeking their cooperation in
putting on special campaigns to slim
ulate greater consumer demand for
vegetables at peak seasons.
The area covered by the Council,
which is patterned after similar coun-
ellis and committees elsewhere in the
United States, has been broken down
Continued on Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
MIR. AND MRS. BUNTING
RETURN FROM TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Bunting have
returned from very pleasant motor
trip to West Virginia. Enroute they
stopped in Baltimore for their daugh-
ter, Miss Virginia Bunting, student
nurse at the Church Home Infirmary,
who accompanied them on their trip
and returned to Pocomoke with them
for brief visit. Miss Bunting will
have as her guest over the weekend
Miss Betty Vessels, also a student
nurse at the same hospital.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-28
FARMERS CAN LEASE
TRAPS FOR TWO YEARS

Arrangements have been made for
county farmers to lease for two
years Japanese beetle traps, for farm
use, from the Horticultural Depart
ment at cost of 15c per trap. The
trap may be kept two years and the
fee is payable in advance.
For convenience of farmers living
in heavily infested areas applications
should be made to the following: Will
liam Mason, End Street, Pocomoke;
William Hudson, Stockton; William
H. Richardson, Snow Hill; and Severn
Hudson, Burley Street, Berlin.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Arcivevoda Otto registroval.

We Ventnor, N. j., arcivevo-
da Otto, jenz dosud nevzdal Sc
nadeje ma rakousky trim, dial
sc registrovati pri soupisu mu-
zdl pro vojenskou sluzbu. TIDAL,
re jest 27 rokG starry a obca-
mem uherskym.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Roosevelt veri We svobodu
TSR

We Washingtonu konal Sc
Sized Slovenske Ligy a jejich
pr1buznych organisac1. Sized
byl svolan drem. Hletkem z
z ~poverenf vyboru Slo-
venkse Ligy, a ackoli Slovenska
Liga zvala ma kongres vseehny
acknowledgements organisace,
americtl Slovaci, ktef1 v fadach
ceskoslovenskeho odboje bo-
JUL "a osovobozen1 ceskeho a
slovenskeho naroda, odm1tli Sc
kongresu zdcastniti, protoze
Slovenska Liga podporovala tu-
kovsky nacisticky rezim. Dele
GAGE kongresu byla prijata pre-
sidentem Rooseveltem, ktereho
u.jistila v oddanosti americkych
Slovak1 Spojenym Stat1m. Pre-
sident Roosevelt prohlasil dele
gael, re Spojene Staty usiluji
o znovudobyt1 samostanosti
vsech porobenych evropskych
malych narodG, a re president
osobne je presvedcen o tom, re
nenf daleka doba, kdy Dude Ia
Sc zr1zeno svobodne Ceskoslo-
vensko!
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25

Spojene Staty mohou "a diva
roxy vykonati vice neil Nsmci
Ia sedm rokH.
V New Yorku Louis A. John
son, byvaly asistent sekretare
valky We Washingtonu odpove-
del ma proslov, ktery mel pluk.
Charles A. Lindbergh a zddraz
nil, re my mGzeme udelati We
dvou letech vice, neil Nemec-
ko udelalo v sedmi letech."
'Jsme schopni ma mort, We
vzduchu j ma zemi k z~ajistenf
dokonceni programu, jestlize
by bylo zapotfebi obrany", do
dial Johnson We SVEN proslovu,
ktery byl tez rozsiren rozhla-
sem pc cele zemi.
MY to mGzeme udelati, pro-
toze vse bylo planovano a pri-
praveno. Plany pro zarizeni
byly vybrany jiz pred mnoha
mes1ci. Poznali jsme SUDDEN
vyrobnl methody a oznamili je
VyrODcum.
0 valecnem lo6stvu Spoj.
StatG recnfk pravil, re bylo
"nejmocnejsfm valecnym LODI
stvem sveta", a jestlize Dude
spolupracovati svalecnym LODI
stvem Velke Britanie, NIUE u
drzeti leteckou i pozemnf silu
daleko cd pobrezf Ameriky.
"Kdyby Britanie a jejf valec-
ne lodstvo paddy do n~epratel-
skych rukou, mohli bychom &C.
liti nebezpecne situaci", pravil
Johnson.
Pc prohlasenf, re "nase le-
tadla jsou nejlepsi ma svete",
Johnson pravil, re 1plne vyba-
vene vojenske aeroplany jsou
nyn1 vyrabeny v poctu $50 kaz-
dy mes1c a re pTfstiho ledna je-
jich mes1cn1 vyroba stoupne ma
1850.
Dale pravil, re Spoj. Staty
stale sledovaly vyvoj letectv1 a
re kdyby nase letecka flotila
byla vybudovana roku 1884,
re jsme mohli ztratili cas- i pc
n1ze a byti ukolebanf We fales-
nou domnenku bezpecnosti.
Nyn1 bychom NELL stejne mno-
no prace, jake il name, nebot
i Nemecko must nyn1 predela-
vati svou leteckou flotilu, pro-
toze britske novelist modely
jsou leps1.
Lindberghovu rec Johnson
naval prosbou "a "obetovan1
zasad, ma kterych Spoj. Staty
byly vybudovany'', ably sc gu
sm1rilo Nemecko a Japonsko'
a ably Sc "zastavila pomoc Bri-
tanii'. Pravil tez, re Lindbergh
"sestoupil sc sveho uznavane-
no pole leteckeho a sam Sc u
stanovil jedinym strazcem a.
mericke nezavaosti."
PrGmyslove zdroje americke
pevniny mohou pfedciti walled
ne moznosti' Nemecka We zbro-
jarskem materialu, jak v Bos-
ton, Mass, prohlasil Sill Walter
Layton z britskeho ministrstva
zasobovan1 volaje pri tom k a.
merickemu lidu, ably nesl dvoj-
nasobne bremeno pomoci Bri-
tamil dodatecne k prevalent
nalehavych prac1 vlastnl obra-
ny.
"Nenf pochyby'', pravil Lay
ton k clenGm Associated Indus
tries of Massachusetts,, "ze kdy
by valecne moznosti Severn1
Ameriky byly organisovany a
vrzeny ma vahu, re spojena ST
la Ameriky a Britskeho impe-
ria NIUE urcite predciti a pre-
konati s1lu Nemecka a vsech
jeho spojencG."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Zenich.

V Luray, Va, chce 81 zprijem-
niti zivot IA roxy starry John
Heflin, vdovec z Jefferson ,jenz
ozenil Sc s mladou d1vkou Divi-
ma Walker, 16 rokG starou.
Evening star., 1940-07-14

The British Empire claims to have
mined So per cent of the gold pro-
duced in the world in the last year.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Prizes for Winners
In Soap Box Derby
Due Wednesday

Medals, cups, ribbons, sports
equipment aid other prizes will
be the rewards given to the
1910 crop Of Soap Box Derby
racers this week.
Awarding of the prizes will
take place at the auditorium
OF the National Museum on
Constitution avenue at Tenth
street NV, at $50 pm.
Wednesday.
Gene Bean, IL, of 608 Ritten-
house street NV, wins a Gruen
wristwatch for the best de-
signed car, and a Westfield
wristwatch for the second best
design goes to Raymond G.
Burke, IA, TIA Thirty-second
street Sc. The watches were
donated by Sidney Selinger of
Selinger's, 818 F street NV.
Seventy boys will receive
flrst-heat medals, Is will re-
ceive silver cups, donated by
The American Legion, and in
addition there will be sports
equipment given to- first and
second place winners IN the
semi final heats.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Far East
Continued From First Page.)

Yangtze River while the Japanese
look the other way for a considera-
ton.
Russia, with her eye at the same
time on the European battle-ground,
also is playing the Far Eastern dip
lomatic game China is said to re-
gard the United States as its true
friend and Russia as a friend not
to be trusted too far but a friend
with a large, almost necessary, in
terest in preventing a Japanese vic
tory over the Chinese army.
japanese Resources Taxed.
Information has reached the
United States indicating Japanese
inability to proceed further in the
war unless vigorous official obser-
vauons on desires in Indo-C China,
Hong Kong and the East Indies
cause countries friendly to China to
abandon their course of moral and
material assistance to the Chinese
cause
1t is said that the Chinese ex-
pedition is tying up 81 Japanese
divisions, with 21,00O men in each.
The total number of Japanese troops
In China is estimated at about