s-iitrtT ICLD
ie Latest Gleanings From All
Over the State
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD
Annapolis.—SorKt. H. C. Heffner, 40
years old. for several years drum
major of tlie Naval Academy Hand,
died al the naval hospital here fol
lowing a brief illness of pneumonia,
which developed from an attack of
pleurisy. Surviving him are a widow
and four children, who live at Home
wood. near Annapolis.
Annapolis.—Major Kdmtind P Du
vall, a native of Annapolis, former
prominent athlete at St. John's Col
lege. has been transferred to the re
tired list of the United States Army
at his own request. With his family,
he plans to go to Plnehurst, N. t'.,
where he will devote a large part of
his time to giving lessons in horse- j
manshtp.
Hagerstown.—Five knights of Dixie
Klan. Kii Klux, of this city, in regalia,
entered the Salvation Army hall dur
ing services and presented the officers
with slll for use in Christinas relief
Adjutant Ilessie Humphreys had been
notified that a delegation from a secret
organization would visit the meeting i
and was told not to be frightened :
when they appeared.
Baltimore—Vice-President and Mrs
Coolidge accepted an invitation to
open tit.- Charity Hall to be given for
the benefit of the Union Memorial llos- j
pital at the i.vric January 5. This an
nouncement was made by Mrs. Kugene
Hovering general i bairiuttn of the ball
committee other distinguished gip--t< ■
will Im hah ilonera! Pershing, tiov- j
ere-T hit--hie. Mayor Hreenlng and |
many of the diplouiatie set in Wash
ington.
Halt more—" Modern religion with
out the pre . would Ie- impossible.”
the Hev. Itale-rt Kvans !’,running,
rector of the Protestant Hpiscnpul ;
Church of the Ascension, declared, j
speaking of "Pulpit and Press." Not
only does the press create piildir opin
ion and establish comity and friend
ship among peoples and nations.” he
said, "but it Is tesponsihle for the
•#* eradication of many abuses and
wrongs and has been the promoter of
countless tiplifting causes."
Baltimore. Warning shopkeepers
that In the future he would consider
punch boards ns gambling devices,
Magistrate Joseph 1,. Ranft. in the
Northwestern Police Court, dismissed
I,ouis Hillman. 21 years old. who
keeps a store at 2121 West North
avenue, upon a charge of distributing
gambling devices. According to the i
police, Hillman has been selling the j
punch boards to children. It was testi
fled that cash prizes were given those |
who punched the lucky number.
Further distribution of the boards will
bring a heavy fine, the magistrate
said
Hasten.—At the meeting of the j
council here a motion was passed that ,
the Mayor ask for the resignation of
K. Q. Kastenhnber. Jr., town engineer
William Whitby, a member of the
council, stated that several matters
have come to the attention of the
body recently leading to the determin ;
ation to request the resignation Tin- ,
latest. Mr. Whitby state?-, was tlo-l
charge of? 185 made by Mr Hasten
hither for engineering services and in
apection of curb anti gutter on South
Aurora street and North Washington
street. A few weeks ago Mr Kas
tenhuber preferred charges a?iinst
Mr. Whitby, asking that his license as
a plumber be revoked.
Baltimore. —George K Kieffner, As- ,
clstniit United States District Attor
ney, who has handled most of the nar
ootlc cases in the local Federal Court
during the Inst two years or more, said
these cases constitute front 25 to 3n
per cent, of the total criminal prosecu
tions before Judge Rose "I do not
believe there Itns been any marked in- ?
crease In narcotic addicts since the dry j
laws went Into effect," said Mr. Kieff
ner. "It Is an argument of the wets !
that the use of narcotics has increased
with the enforcement of the dry law
and at the same time they say the dry
laws are a failure because liquor is so
easy to procure."
Baltimore. - The nomination of
Judge John C. Rose was confirmed
by the Senal* anil he may enter upon
Ills duties as Circuit Judge of the
Fourth Circuit at any time His pro
motion leaves a vaeaney on the dis
trict bench which must be filled at
an early day. Appreciating the im
portance of speedy action, the lend
ers of the local bar are concentrating |
their influence to Insure the nomins
tlon of a man who is eminently quali
fied to fill the position. Almost every
lawyer of any prominence Is urging
the appointment of Judge Morris A.
Soper, and the pressure exerted is so
great he cannot well afford io refuse
to accept If the tender is made. IT
Is understood that others who are
seeking the appointment have strong
political indorsements, hut It is doubt
ed that these will avail when the facts
are aqunrely placed before the PresL
dent and the Attorney General. • '
/
if SHIP RULING
ATTACKEB IN BRIEF
i
Plea Filed in Supreme Court
Against Decision
MISINTERPRET TERRITORY
Nothing In Congressional Debate To
Show Anyone Meant Law To
Reach Vessels Most
Serious In Pacific.
Washington.—A plea that American
ships cannot justly he prevented front
I serving liquor on the high seas under
| (hi* prohibition laws is set forth in
.t brief tiled in the Supreme Court by
file International Mercantile Marine
in support of its appeal front the In
terpretation given the Daugherty
| "bone-dry" ruling by Federal Judge
! Hand at New York
The brief also declares It is not
unlawful for vessels to bring their
; ship stores nf liquor into American
j territorial waters. In this respect the
! position taken by the Mercantile Ma
rine Is similar to that set forth by
the foreign shipping concerns ist :t
1 brief filed recently with the court
Declaring that should the decision
j of Judge Hand he sustained "it won',l
j he impossible commercially to operate
i American flag steamers in the m. ••
1 eager trade of the world." the ic
- points out tlia* the g'-eat for
t> tlts-A'lantic Herrs will always b
ah’" to soil liquor on their westbound
Voyages, and ."gaill-t -111 It rout!
American liners will he s.-rfon ly
handicapped became. it say- Kir
peans w ill not travel by Ameri' t
-fe liners when they can come by
' reign ships and enjoy their u-nal
wine.
similar conditions. It adds, will
prevail Ip the South American tr-.d.
on tiie northbound voyages, v.jri..
v.- .-i l- auitlihound in that t,5,.
to, k up with liquors at Remind •
■r Havana Tlo- most serious ,nm
-1 fitlotl will 1 -qiie it asserts, on the
He ifi-. wle-re. in the Near Hast cm
trade ships sailing from Canadian
ports would have diverted to them
o-tii ally nil the passenger busi
ness
Only by the adoption of a fiction
Is it possible by constitutional eon
strip-fion to hold, the brief adds,
that the word "territory" as used in
the prohibition net- Includes vessels
of the United States upon the high
sens and in foreign ports Such a
construction "would lead to an cm
harrasslng international situation.”
it i- declared.
The lirie f sets forth that examina
tion of Congressional debates does
not disclose "a single word which
j would indicate In any way that any
| one in Congress ever contemplated
that prohibition would apply to vos
! el -of the United States "
I* seemed "hardly conceivable.” It
i- added, “that Congress would place
an additional obstacle In the way of
the establishment of an American
i merchant marine when the additional
I burden imposed was not essentia! to
■ arty nut the fundaments! purposes
[ t the prohibition reform."
PROPHESIES 18 STORMS.
Goshen Observer Bases Prediction On
First Snow's Arrival.
Middletown. N. Y. Conrad Diehl
i Co-lie!!'- weatlp-r prophet, expects U
more storms this winter. According
to the old sy-tem of reckoning, he
ays. v.e are to get 2fi in all. and we
already have had eight He arrives
at this conclusion because the first
now-storm of the season came on No
vember 2*5 . and it Is held that the
number of snows Is governed by the
date on which the first storm appears
Dleltl. who is in ills eighty sixth
year, lias been a close observer of the
! w ither all his life, and his trend--
! ! larc that his predictions have come
true more often than those of Devoe.
of Hackensnck. who predicted a warm
; itecembor.
ENDS LIFE WITH DYNAMITE.
Sits On Charge And Pulls Cap When
Told To Leave Home.
TVnn-liurg. I’a William Reiter, a
I- lire-! well driller of Reid Hill, near
•>-. -? 1 reeded in ending his Hfe and
hi- worrle quickly.
He walked front Ills home, which he
1 ’1:1s loett notified to vac,ale. and sat
down in a vacant field on a charge of
dynamite and pulled the cap Bovs
rderning from a trapping trip found
ei . body, hunted and mangled. 20 feet
from the place of the explosion Reit
er was t',7 years old.
The notice to vacate made hint tie-
I pondont and Is believed to have
! caused him to take his life.
5253.000.000 FOR PENSIONS.
Sum Included In Appropriation Bill
Reported To House.
Washington. The annual under
department appropriation htil was i"
■ortpil to the House h.v the House An
nropri.itlor.s Committee. The meas
ure carried S2A 1,215.300. of which
*254.85* v.n Is recommended for the
• 'tilted Stiles Pension Office. Of the
’•liter sunilf?'3,ooo.flpo is to go for the
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tHE DEMOCRATIC MESSENGER SNt>W HILL, MARYLAND.
! UPSHUR &
ORDER OF COURT
T. Spence Smith, Collector of State
and County taxes for the Second
Collection District of Worcester
County, Maryland, foi 1912 and
1913, ex parte.
In the Circuit Court lor Worcester
County, Maryland. No. •* Miscella
neous. October Term, 1922.
Application having been made by
the petition of William (. Kerbin,
Trustee in Bankruptcy of the pur
chaser, to procure the ratification and
confirmation of the sale made to
Elijah W. Davis on the seventeenth
day of August, 1915, by T. Spence
Smith, Collector of State and County
taxes for the Second Collection Dis
trict of Worcester County, Maryland,
for 1912 and 1913, of all that lot or
parcel of land with the improvements
thereon, situate on the east side of the
county road leading from Millville to
Salisbury, about one-half of a mile
from .Millville, adjoining the lands of
the J. K. Dickerson estate, Larry Mills,
and Addie K. Moore, in the Sixth
Election District of said Worcester
County, conveyed to the said Lemuel
A. Jenkins in part by Leonard U.
Mills, by <teed dated June 20. 1905,
recorded among the land records of
said Worcester County in Liber F.
11. I’. No. 23, folio 52. and in part to
said Lemuel A. Jenkins by William
M. Moore and wife, by deed dated
October 5, 1901, recorded among the
aforesaid land records in Liber F. 11.
I’. No. 15 foil'*) 577, containing about
twenty-eight atcres of land, and as
sessed for the t said years 1912 and
1913 to said Lemuel A. Jenkins, and
the said Collectiir ha ing made a re
port to this Count of the said sale to
gether with all the proceedings had in
relation thereto a,ml the said pro
ceedings having b-V t mined by the
Court and the sainy- appearing to be
i' gular, and the provisions of the law
in relation thereto Appearing to have
been complied withi it i. thereupon
this 28th day of November, 1922. by
the Circuit Court for Worcester Coun
ty, Maryland, adjudged and ordered
that notice be given by \he insertion of
a copy of this order ini some weekly
newspapei published Yn Worcestei
County. Maryland, once! a week for
four Micce-MVe " eeks. beJfore the lOth
day of January. 1923, Yearning all
per oh- inter, -ted in aid\ property to
be and appear in this Clpurt on or
before the 16th day of JanYinry, 1923,
to show cause, if any they ■iavc, why
,,f> 'alifiod and
order be a of this
A. Jenkins before the 16th Lemuel
January, 1923. day of
JOSEPH 1,. HAD
True Copy—Test: F v
OLIVER D. COLLINS, tTlerk.
UPSHUR & UPSHUR, Attorneys
Sheriff’s Sale
* OF
Real and Personal
PROPERTY
By virtue of several writs of fieri
facias issued out of the Circuit Court
for Worcester County, Maryland, and
to me directed, one at the suit of
Exchange and Savings Bank of Ber
lin, Maryland, a corporation, one at
the suit of Ajax Rubber Company,
Incorporated, a corporation, and one
at tlm suit of Clarence E Bodley
and John C. Bodley, partners trading
as The Showed (iarage, against Thur
man Dale; and also one at the suit
of Traveller Rubber Company of
Bethlehem, U. S. A., a Delaware Cor
poration. and one at the suit of the
American Car Company, a corpor
ation. against Thurman Dale and
Vaughn Butler, partners trading as
Dale and Butler and Thurman Dale;
and also one at the suit of Traveller
Rubber Company of Bethlehem, U. S.
A., a Delaware Corporation, against
Thurman Dale and Vaughn Butler,
partners trading as Dale and Butler,
I have levied upon, seized and taken
in execution all the right, title and
interest of the -aid Thurman Dale in
and to the following real and per
sonal property, to wit:
I All that house and lot on the
west side of Main Street in Whaley
ville, in Worcester County, and State
of Maryland, now occupied by the
said Thurman Dale and his wife, be
ing the same property which was de
vised to the said Thurman Dale by
hi mother, Jane L. Dale, by her last
will and testament.
2. All the household and kitchen
furniture contained in the. above men
tioned bouse at the date of levy
thereon, to wit. November Bth, 1922,
consisting of beds, bedding, stoves,
chairs, carpets, tables and other per
sonal otTects.
And I hereby give notice that I
will sell the said real and personal
property, or so much thereof as may
Ibe necessary on the premises at
Whaleyvillc, in said county, on
SATURDAY,
January 6th, 1923
AT 10.30 O’CLOCK, A. M.,
to satisfy said writ and costs.
Terms of Sale: CASH.
W. O. SHOCKLEY, Sheriff.
—Many people have paid their sub
scriptions to The Messenger in the
past week. Have you paid^oura?
* "'“’W jJf
STATON & WHALBI, Attys-at-Law
U..
I Trustee s Sale
OF VALUABLE
'! Shares of Stock
By virtue of an or.ler of the Hon.
orahle John C. Rose, Judge of the
District Court of the United States
for the District of Maryland, passed
in the matter of Christopher Ludlam,
individually and as a member of the
partnership composed of himself and
Ansley Ludlam, trading as Ocean
City Fish Company, bankrupt, the
undersigned Trustee will sell at pub
lic auction, in Berlin, Worcester
County, Maryland, in front of the
bank building occupied by the Calvin
B. Taylor Banking Company,
SATURDAY,
January 13, 1923.
AT 2.30 O’CLOCK. P. M.
certain personal property of the said
bankrupt, as follows:
Fifty-seven shares of the capital
-tock ot Uie Ocean Cil> Pin and !m
ptovement Company, a corporation.
Terms of Sale:—One-third cash on
i the day of sale, the balance of the
purchase price in full within four
l months from the day of sale, or all
• cash, at the option of the purchaser,
, the deferred balance to bear interest
from the day of sale and to be secured
to the satisfaction of the Trustee.
I JOHN s. WHALEY.
Trustee.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS:
T lie creditor of Christopher Lud
lam, individually and as a member of
the partner-l ip compn-t-d of himself
and Ansley Ludlam. trailing a. Ocean
City Kish Company, an hereby noti-
bed that tin- -ale of the aforesaid
personal property of the bankrupts
will take plan a- abo\,- stated.
U. W. C. WEBB,
Referee.
NOTICE TO situ KIIOI.DI KS
i Notice is hereby : en that the an-
I mud meeting of tin '.ockhold- r of
i the Deposit and Sa.ing. Bank. <9
• Snow Hill, Maryland, il! he held in
. the bank building on I a lay the 2nd
day of January, 1923. at II o'clock,
I A_ M.. for the purpose • electing a
, Board of Directors of sal bank for
I the ensuing year.
E. W. MARSHALL. Cu-hier.
V/*' 'm w’Tnn. if i*vi>c
Notice is hereby given th( the
annual meeting of the stoclidders
of the Worcester Eeitiiizer Com
pany of Snow Hill, Maryland, till be
held in the Community Hull f the
Deposit and Savings Bank, ofSnow
Hill, Maryland, on Tuesday, Jauury
9th, 1923, at the hour of 10 o'lock,
jA. M., for the purpose of eletig a
■ Board of Directors for the enuing
">’ear, and transacting any otlerbus
ine.ss that may properly come bfore
the meeting.
D. FRANK FOOLS,
Sec wary. '
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDER. '
•Notice is hereby given that tliewn- 1
nual meeting of the stockholder* of
the Bank of Ocean City, of (than
city, Maryland, will be held in the ,
bank building on Tuesday, the tnd ,
day o/ January, 1923, between ihc
hours ~f ten o’clock, A. M„ and fir .
" clock, I>. M„ for the purpose if
electing a Board of Directors of slid !
bank f or the ensuin|r y,, ur> an ,| tl - als .
acting such other business as miv
regularly C onie before the meeting.
FRANK W. TRUITT, ,
j __ Cash it*'.
NOTICE'TO STOCK HOI ULUS
'I he annual meeting of the Stock
, .“ ra Snov Hill Electric
j Kht and PoWr Conpany, of Snow
Hd . Marylami wUI beheld on Tues
day. January W 192 L between the
S-wWII °* c 0( “■
'’• M. PURNELL Secretary.
NOTH E T<> SFot’KH*jJiEiVsT^
Notice is hereby given tUt the an- i
nual meeting of the stockholders of
! ‘ rKt Natlonal f ’*ank ,f s now
Idl, Maryland, will lie he! in tl)e
bank budding on Tuesday, o.u
day of January, 1923, betw* n , ho i
hours of 10 o’clock, a.m., and Vclock 1
p. m., for the purtK.se of eleti„” !
Board of Directors of said bi*# “ c
the ensuing year, and to t ßa °c
•uch other business as may
larly come before the meeting.
W, E. BRATTEN, Ca*^ r ,
NOTICE TO STtICKHrtLDERIT i
•- \ I
Notice is hereby given \that t 1
annual meeting of th stackholdc*'
of the Commercial NationalYllank, or
Snow Hill, Maryland, will ba held in
the hank building on Tuesqay, th*
9th day of January, 1923, fetweq
the hours of 10 o’clock. A. MA and !
o’clock, P. M., for tlie pagwsc o
electing a Board of salt
bank for the ensuing ear. yp
CLAYTON T. RICH Alt. W 'M
The Messenger \%hes > - *
a Happy
Public Sal?
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property
Intending to leave the County. I
will sell at public auction, on {he
’ premises where I reside, near Klej
. Grange Church and store, on
1 WEDNESDAY,
January 3d, 1923
Commencing at 9 o’clock, A. M.,
■ the following discribed property, to
■ wit:
• One Grey Mure, weight 1000 ibs.
• Two Jersey Cows,
i Three Heifers.
Three ShoaLs and some Pigs.
Two Poland China Sows.
One 2-horse Wagon.
One Top Buggy.
One Runabout.
One Horse Cart.
One John Deere Double Valking
Cultivator.
One 4-row Barrel Sprayer.
One John Deere Double Horje Plow.
One Iron Drag.
Lot of Tomato Baskets.
1 Other things, too numerous to men
tion.
Lot of Household and Kit<-Von Fur- I
niture.
Terms: Made known on day ,f sale. j
Elton Arms.
William F. Johnson and II.
John, on, Attorneys-at-Law.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Oliver !•'. Tingle and Mitniie Tingle
Vs.
I.oui-a L. Tingle, Okolcna Hudson
anil Robert Hudson, Matilda Long
and Stephen Long ani Mattie L.
Riehardsoii and Tlionas Richard
on.
In the Circuit Court fir Worcester
County. Maryland, in Equity. No.
3235.
The object of this siit is to pro
cute a decree for the sale of certain
property in Worcester ’ounty. Mary
land, of which Willitm H. Tingle,
' died, ' izod anil possessed.
Tlie bill states tha' said William
t 11. Tingle died about the month of
I July, 1922. possessed of a certain
, parcel of land situate, n said Worces
i Ur County, near the Delaware State
r l>n f and on (he eouity road leading
It on Selby* die, Delavare, to wliat is
, knowi a- C arey .iiwn, containing
fifty-si • tel es of iJK more or less;
and th.t he let ® wiving him a
. '-‘Hiisa L. Tingle, who is of
all age and reside- in (he State of
Delaware and leaving besides as his *
avtrs at law, the following children,
namely:
Oliver !•. Tingle, a son, \,ho inter-!
married with Mamie Tingle. Okolona
Hudson, a daughter, who intermar
ried with Robert Hudson, .Matilda
Long, a daughter, who intermarried
with Stephen Long, all of whom are
of full age and reside in the State of
Delaware, also Mattie L. Richardson,
a daughter, who intermarried with
I nomas Richardson, who are of full
age and reside in Worcester Countv,
Maryland. ;
I hat said real estate is unproduc
tive m its present condition and is I
not now being tenanted and is idle
and unoccupied.
That the said real estate is not
susceptible of distribution without
material loss and injury to the par
tie entitled to interests therein, and
that in order to make divisions of
■'"l interests, it will be necessary
that said real estate be sold and the
thereof be divided amongst
the parties hereto according to their
several interests.
it is thereupon, this 13th day of
December. 1922, ordered by the Cir
rait Court for Worcester County, in
Equity, that the plaintiffs by cuusing
a copy of this order to be inserted in
-ome newspaper published in said
Worcester County, once in each of
four successive weeks before the Bth
•ay of January, 1923, give notice to
tie said absent defendants of tho ob
ject and substance of this bill, warning
them to appear in this Court in per
son or by solicitor, on or before the
2ith day of January, next, to show
cause, if any they have, why a decree
ought not to lie passed as prayed.
OLIVKR D. COLLINS, Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
Ol.l\ Kli 0 COLLIN'S, Cle.*.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS 2
- ■ i
Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Or
phans’ Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, letters of Administration
on the personal estate of i
ANNIE F. PILCH A!®; ,
late of Worcester County. declMed. 1
sUI persons having claims wtainst t
fhej,.ceased, are hereby wan*d to
exhlb t the same, with the vouchers
V’oißif, to the subscriber, on oilbf
!',’*■* the 12th day of June, 19?3.
may otherwise by law be ex-
D-om all benefits of the sai
All persons indebted to sai
are requested to make imm
payment. Given under r
9th day of December, 19
CHARLES C. I‘ILCHARI
Administri
■ PAUL JONES. ..
Register V
■ print your Itiilheads,
■I Letterheads now, s
BRihem ready for the fi.
MASON’S
Opera Housed
SNOW HILL, MI). /
SATURDAY, DEC. :tOth
AND JANUARY Ist
JACKIE COOGAN
IN
“MY BOY"
You will surely enjoy this
picture. Come and bring the
kiddies. We will give to the
'child holding the lucky number
I a Jackie Coogan doll.
Admission—Adults 28c; Chil
dren 17c.
JAN. 2nd.
"BEYOND THE RAINBOW”
This picture will assure you
good entertainment.
Adults 2<>c; Children 10c.
JANUARY sth and 6th
“WHERE IS MY WANDER
ING BOY TONIGHT." Be sure
to see this picture, one that will
Ik*
/ Admission—Adults 35c; Chil
dren 2<c.
The opera House will be com
fortably heated, and the new
machines recently installed in
sure a continuous production,
with splendid pictures.
Beginning January 2nd. two
shows a night will begin. The
first will start al 7.15 I*. M., and
the second at 8.45 P. M.
Public Sale
—OF VALUABLE— .
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l DEALER IN HORS AN
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FROM YORK,..
Will be here and oflVoi
at Doe Ned Timmoitt;
SnowVHill, a choice lo'
and houses, on
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