WORCESTER # DEMOCRAT
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT EST. 1898
THE LEDGER-ENTERPRISE EST. 188 C
MISS KATHARINE
STEVENS WEDS
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Daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Steven* Becomes Bride of Mr.
Erland Etchesom
Ono of the prettiest weddings of
the season was solemnized Wednes
day, August 31st, when Miss Kathar
ine Stevens of this city was united In
.carriage to Mr. Erland Etchcson, of
v Gaithersburg, Md.
> The ceremony was performed at
11 150 A. M., by the Rev. J. W. Lacey
at Hartley Hall, the home of tlm
bride, in the presence of a large as
temblage of friends and relatives.
The home was decorated with a pro
fusion of potted plants and cut fiow
< is, effectively carrying out the color
scheme of green and yellow. Mrs.
Sidney Stevens played the wedding
i arches, and also rendered a musical
program while the guests were as
sembling, Just before the entrance of
Ihe bridal party Miss Primrose Ennis
fang "At Dawning."
To the Sweet strains of Lohengrin’s
wedding tharch, the bride, hecoming
iy attired in dark bide Satin Somhinwf
with henna crepe, with hat to match;
and carrying a Bouquet of orchids
and lily of valley, entered the room
with her father, by whom she was
givfen in marriage. She was preceded
hv Miss Anne Blaine, the maid of
honor, gowned in ecrum georgette
md carrying a bouquet of white ros
ea. Little Miss Nan Cullen, daintil;
dressed in white organdy with tiny
raffles , made a most charming flower)
girl. The groom was attended by his j
brother, Mr. Ralph Etcheson as best)
man.
At the conclusion of the ceremony j
a wedding breakfast was served to the
hriday party and invited guests which
r umbered about seventy-five. Eight
, . L the bride’s most intimate friends
served. These were Mrs. Sidney Ste
■ ens, Mrs. John Stevens, Misses Nan
Lloyd, Rhoda Walters, Ruth Branner,
Mabel Davis .Marian Stevens and
Rosemary Stevens. They were bc
< omingly attired in dresses of green
i.r d white organdy.
Immediately after the breakfast
Mr. and Mrs Etcheson left by auto
mobile for g wedding trip north and
i pon their return will reside at
Caithersburg, where the groom is en
gaged in business.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Hartley Stevens, of this city,
:.nd a popular member of the young
er set.
The groom is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Etcheson, of Gaithersburg, Md.
BUY TICKETS EARLY
, FOR CHAUTAUQUA
Committee Urges Early Action In
The Matter Of Securing Tickets
For Big Event,
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This is a Special Notice to those
who expect to attend the Chautauqua.
Every year there are those who wait
until the last minute to purchase their
reason tickets and the committees
have always done their best to ac
commodate late comers.
The distribution of tickets is not an
easy task and the committee this
year advises all who expect to buy
season tickets to do so early. The
demand for tickets this year will be
larger than ever and all tickets un- j
sold by noon on Tuesday, September i
the 6th, which is the opening day, l
will be returned to the Chautauqua
Association and they will after tha f
tune only sell single admission tick
ets. The saving is yours if you take
a Ivantage of the opportunity to pur
chase your tickets early.
Tickets may be obtained from any
member of the committee and also at
the following places: I. H. Merrill
Co., Matthews & Lankford, W. H.
Clarke & Co., Lloyd & Blaine, J. T.
Smullin, Jr., Pocomoko City National
Tank and the Citizens National Bank.
Returned To Baltimore
Mr. George H. Dryden and daugh
ter, Rosamond, who have been visit
ing relatives in Pocomoke City, re
turned to their home in Baltimore on
Monday last.
POCOMOKE CITY, MARYLAND, SEPTEMBER 3, 1921
Chautauqua Begins In
Pocomoke Next Tuesday
I Pocomoke City is one of the 31
; towns which has the honor of ccle
j l rating ,ts lOt h anniversary with
j Lwarthmore Chautauquc,
Dr. Paul M. Pearson and Dr. Geo.
11. Turner will be here the evening of
.September 7 to help celebrate. Dr,
Pearson will give one of b : s talks
which everyone always enjoys.
The best Chautauqua program
; u hich Pocomoke Citv has exporienc
e ' in its ten years will bo given here
fiom September C-L2. If you haven’t
purchased your season ticket, do it at
once, you can’t afford to miss anyone
of the -lumbers.
On the first day you have four
cl aiming, talented young ladies who
will entertain you. We are sure you
will agree they are rightly named!
“The Four Artists.”
Dr. Boyl’s lecture on the “ Advan
■ i/iges of a Handicap” is a wonderful
!} inspirational lecture ilium".! by
wit and humor and enjoyed by all
v, ho hear him both young and old.
And so on during the week music,
lectures, play, opera and the band
will please all the audiences Buy
your ticket today.
FIRST COLORED FAIR
MEETS WITH SUCCESS
Colored Folks Hold Interesting Meet
On Pocomoke Fair Grounds.
Good Order Prevails.
For the first time in the history of
j our town tile colored people of this
I section held an agricultural fair dur
j ing the past week. The meet begai
jon Tuesday last and continued for
four days. It .\as held on the grounds
oi the Pocomoke Fair Association and
proved a success. Tuesday was al
most a blan|< day, very few of th<-
colored folks taking much interest ir
the event. Wednesday business bet
tired up a little and a fair crowd was
present. Thursday, as is usually the
case with fairs, was the banner day
and many colored folks from all sec
tions of the peninsula were present
to enjoy the events. It is estimated
tllf.t fully twenty-five hundred per
s< ns were on the grounds that day
and the large attendance helped to i
pull the management through with
their enterprise.
The editor, in his effort to give our
pfople a true account of the doings,
visited the grounds on Thursday, hav
ing received from the management a
complimentary ticket for the season.
\\ e have no hesitancy in stating that
the affair was a credit to the colored
folks of our community, and they arc
< ntitied to credit for the success
which attended their first effort.
■ While we did not witness any of the
lacing events we are told that they
were interesting. We do know, how
-1 ever, that their exhibits were highly
creditable. Especially was this true
of the agricultural department where
some fine specimens in this line were
displayed. The domestic department
, was also well filled and this, too, was
a credit to them.
The attractions were innocent and
. many of them very attractive, and the
. best of all was that the best of order
prevailed from start to finish.
Stephen H. Long is president of
the enterprise and Edward Victor is
, the secretary. Both have the respect
. ci our peoole and it was largely due
, t: them that the enterprise met with
, the success herewith reported.
Empire Theatre Open
Two Nights Next Week
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On acconut of Chautauqua coming
- tc Pocomoke next week, the Empire
Theatre will be open only two nights
- -Monday and Saturday.
Monday night there will be a spec
| iul feature shown entitled “I Believe.”
1 This picture was advertised to be
' shown some time ago, but due to de
' lay it did not arrive in' time for pre-
I sentation.
Saturday night local screen lovers
will have the pleasure of seeing
Douglas Mac Lean and Doris May in
May Tully’s well known stage pi a /
“Mary’s Ankle.” This is a rich com
edy and said to be packed with
laughs.
Patrons of the Empire will note
i that the starting time has been
changed from 7.30 to 7.15.
AND
THE LEDGER-ENTERPRISE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
IN ANNUAL SESSION
Three Day* Last Week Given To
Matters Of Interest To Poco
moke City Taxpayers.
The Mayor and Council for Poco
nioke City was in session for several
days last week for the purpose of
making changes, transfers etc., in
the taxable* of the town. Like all oc
casions of this chanactcr many of our
pcopel were before them and much
business was transacted. Some, how
ever, failed to attend and of course
their claims will be too late for con
sidcration this year. Whatever the
| result of that important meeting may
have been, no blame can attach to the
town authorities. They took every
precaution to notify the people and
by handbills posted all over the town
the people were given notice that
tl.is meeting was to be held. These
hills were posted for a considerable
time before the meeting was to oc
cur andif anyone failed.to avail them
selves of the privileges of that im
portant session they have no one to
blame but themselves. The Mayor
and Council went to considerable
trouble to get the notice before the
people and they are to be congratu-
U ted upon the fact. Of course you
will always find some who overlook
such meetings and after they arc
o\cr ate ready to criticise the action
of the authorities. We are not taking
sides with any one nor are finding
fault with any one. We are not hired
by the Mayor and Council to defend
them; we have simply heard that
s< me persons are complaining b •
cause the meeting was not given the
proper advertising, and trying to Iv
fair to all simply place the authori
ties in the proper position before our
people. Surely in this matter they
did their whole duty and there should
Ik no censure of them in the premise.
Rev. Baylor To Preach
At The Baptist Church
On Sunday, September 11th Rev.
W. H. Raylor, D. I)., of Baltimore,
(Tutors, will preach in the First Bap
tist Church of Pocomokc City at l 1
o'clock A. M,, and again at the night
services at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Baylo: is an orator of unusual
power and brilliancy, indeed he is one
of the leading ministers of the Sou
tlern Baptist Convention, anil brings
at this time a special message to the
Baptists of Pocomokc City and vicin
ity and every Baptist young and old
s earnestly invited to be present ami
hear this message.
While he comes to the Baptist’s as
h's own denomination, his message is
v crld wide, and every person % Po
comoke City of any denomination or
o no church affiliation is cordially
invited to come and hear his message
ar.ii enjoy an intellectual feast, Ae
will preach at Pitt’s Creek Church in
ti.t afternoon at 3 P. M. Members
c Pitt’s Creek Baptist church please
1; kc notice.
All are welcome.
by order of
PULPIT COMMITTEE.
The Ocean City
Season Is About To Close
Possibly with the coming Sunday,
and surely with Sunday week, the
great Ocean City season for the v.ar
1921 will come to a close. That it
has been a successful season no one
I will deny. The hotels and boarding
j houses have all enjoyed a fine bu.si
.' i.ess and thousands of persons from
all sections have gathered there to In}
fanned by the breezes of old ocean.
! Not only have the visitors from a dis
i tance enjoyed this popular resort, Ini:
■ cur own people, those of the Eastern
| Shore have found much pleasure in
‘ ( t'.f ir many visits there. With ti e
' j coming of the automobile Ocean City
i has been giver, a prominent place on
1 the map of our State and we are sure
it will grow in favor year by ye.'.r
’ (We will shortly bid the old place
I I adieu for the 1921 season hut we all
hope to live to enjoy its delightful
breezes and the hospitality of its
1 good citizenship for many, many
years to come.
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TOWN AUTHORITIES
IMPROVE FOURTH ST.
Work Started At Passenger Station
And Will Be Continued To
Linden Avenue.
Fourth Street, one of the most
popular Streets of our town, and
surely one of the most used thor
e ,ghfares in the city has at last
come under the notice of our city
fathers. For years this street has
been badly neglected and many haw
been the times that we have called
the attention of the authorities to the
fact. We aro glad to state, however,
that an eifort is now being made to
put the street in excellent condition.
We have moved from the street and
shall not be privileged to enjoy the
improvement that is being made, but
we are glad that our neighbors are to
be so fortunate.
During the past week a well graded
street has been built, the foundation
cl which is cinders, and from all ap
pearances the improvement has come
t, stay. The improvement was com
menced at the passenger station of
Die N. Y. P. & N. R. R. and has been
completed up to and beyond Market
street, and we understand will be con
tained this week to Linden avenue.
We are sure that the residents
along this line are deeply grateful to
the town authorities for this im
provement. Fourth sheet is one of
the most used streets of the town and
that it has been sadly neglected will
not be disputed by anyone who is fa
miliar with local conditions. The pres
ent improvement, the foundation of
which is cinders, seems to be of a
permanent character and we are sure
that ultimately Fourth street will
compare favorably with any street in
the town.
Miss Anne Blaine Gives
Kitchen Shower For Bride
On Friday evening, August 26th.
Miss Anne Blaine gave a surprise
kitchen shower for Miss Katharine
Stevens, whose* marriage to Mr. Er
land Etcheson took place on Wed
nesday of this week.
The affair which was a complete
surprise to the guest of honor was
informal but a very pleasant one. Ai -
ter the numerous gifts were present
ee’ the guests were entertained with
music and delightful refreshments
were served. Those enjoying the hos
pitality of Miss Blaine were:
Mrs. Jay B. Cullen, Mrs. John
Clarke, Mrs. Sidney Stevens, Mrs.
John Stevens, Mrs. James Crockett,
Mrs. Farrel Bowen, Mrs. E. Wilfred
Ross, Mrs. Claude Davis. Misses
Katharine Stevens, Rosemary Stev
ens, Marian Stevens, Ruth Branner,
Mildred Clogg, Primrose Ennis, Wil
lie Walters, Mabel Davis, Mary' Scott
Edna Ashburn, Myrtle Ashbum, Lou
ise Byrd, Rhoda Walters, Nan Lloyd,
and guest, Miss Edith Crawford, of
Pittsburgh, and Miss Annie Merrill
and guest, Miss Pauline Horsey, of
Salisbury.
Entertain At Bridge
In Honor Of Guest
Mrs. Chaunccy Turney and Miss
Anne Young entertained a number of
friends at bridge Friday evening of
last week in honor of their guest
Miss Irma Bevans, of New York.
Those present besides the guests of
honor were Mrs. Harlan Robertson,
k Mrs. EmmA Stevenson Mrs. Norris
M. ; Young, 'Mrs. John Clarke, Mrs. T
Paid Young, Mrs. G. E. Powell, Mis
es Minnie Young, Alice Young, Sadie
Jones, Nettie Barnes, Ella Wilson,
Olive Young ,of Easton, Pa., Miss
Ruby Kerns and Mrs. Stella Kern-
Bailey, of Danville, Va.
Chautauqua To Be Held
On High School Grounds
It has been rumored that the
Chautauqua this year would be held
fibowhere than at the school ground-.
Such however is not the case and thi
report has no foundation whatever.
’I he Chautauqua, beginning Tuesday
of next week, will be held as in the
lest years at the school grounds
which are centrally located and con
venient to all. It consists of an unus
aally fine program this season and it
is to be hoped a full attendance will
be in evidence at each session.
VOLUME 41. NO. 36
W
The Keller Fair
Held This Week
The old Keller Fair, the oldest Ag
ricultura! Fair on the Eastern Shore
and by far the most popular of them
all, was held at their grounds near
Keller the past week, beginning on
Tuesday and continuing for four full
days. This is really and truly an
agricultural fair and it is probably
the largest attended fair on the
shore, notwithstanding that it is lo
cated in a country section. Their ex
hibits are always of the finest and
their trials of speed are always trot
ted on the track and not in the sta
bles. In fact Keller Fair is the real
thing when genuine sport is taken in
t consideration. They have made
many improvements during the past
years and in addition have greatly
enlarged their plant, so as to take
care of their constantly increasing
crowds. This year the crowds in at
tendance were even greater than is
generally the case and a show worth
while was enjoyed. Many* Pocomoke
City persons were present and enjoj
ed the season with our Virginia
friends.
WORCESTER SCHOOLS
OPEN MONDAY NEXT
The White Schools Of Our County
Begin Their 1921-22 Session
On September sth.
The vacation days are about tn
come to a close so far as Worcester
county is concerned. On Monday nexi,
September the sth, the pupils and
teachers will get down to business
and for the next nine months the edu
<ai icnal wheels of the county will be
ti ming at full speed ahead. It is
the hope of every one that the year
will be one of great success. The
great educational interests of our
State arc now under new manage
ment and this management has the
support of all good citizens to the end
that the very best interests of our
S‘ate may be conserved. Throughout
’.lie county several changes in teach
ers have been made but the authori
ses are of the opinion that the
changes will work to the betterment
of the great educational interests of
the State as a whole. Worcester has
Den fortunate in always having a
fine corps of instructors and we be
love that the list has been greatly
strengthened for the present year.
!n our own school here in Poco
l ;okc a few changes have been made
Li,i it is the hope and the belief of all
teat the best interest of the school
has been guarded in the selection
it; be. Some who had served faith
fully and well either resigned or
vt re transferred to other positions
ind new selections had to be mad
We are sure that the authorities were
w ise in their selections and that the
best interests at the school were tak
e.i into consideration when the ap
pointments were made. Our com
munity as a whole seems to be well
{•leased with the selections and the
rew school year will begin under most
favorable circumstances. We give
below the teachers for the Pocomoke
City School for the coming scholastic
year. They are:
Keener W. Eutsler, H. F. Gilbert,
C. Harold King, Isabel Veasey, Ida
Belle Wilson, Mildred Waples, Annie
Merrill, Maude A. Graham, Ethel M.
Dix, D. S., Grace Ward, D. S., E. L
Stevenson, C. C., Sadie O. Powell, An -
nie Ross, Jennie Bonneville, Ethel E.
Eutsler, Zella Mapp Crockett, Louise
Matthews, Mary E. Knight, Pear!
Flatten, Violet Crcsser, and Pauline
East.
These true and faithful persons
have the support of our entire com
munity and teachers and pupils alike
have the best wishes of our people
generally for a most successful schoi
i-.tic year.
Princess Anne Man To Wed
Rev. and Mrs. Oliver H. Murphy, of
Princess Anne, have issued an
nouncements of the approaching mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Harriet
Waters Murphy, to Mr. William P
Suiva, cashier of the Bank of Somer
i set. The wedding will take place on
September 13th, in St. Andrews
Church in Princess Anne, Miss Mur
- pliy was formerly employed in the of
fice of the Collector of Internal Reve
nue in Baltimore.
POCOMOKE LOSES
SERIES IN NINTH
After Deafeating Crisfield Home
Team Loses To Princess Anne
Here Last Monday,
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The first game of the Eastern
Shore elimination series for the base
ball championship, was played at
Crisfield on Saturday afternoon last
and was largely attended. As is well
known the base ball fans of the Eas
tern and Western Shores had arrang
ed for a contest between the Freder
ick club, which was the winner of the
Blue Ridge League and the winner
of the Eastern Shore championship.
To decide the Eastern Shore winners
a series of games was arranged be
tween Crisfield, Princess Anne and
Poeomoke and a series between Salis
bury, Cambridge and St. Michael’s.
The winners of these series to play
the final game for the honor of meet
ing the Blue Ridge winners. Salis
bury and St. Michael’s withdrew from
the list, leaving the field open to the
other four teams.
At the game in Crisfield on Satur
day, witnessed by at least 1500 peo
ple Poeomoke eliminated Crisfield
from the list, the score being 6 to 3.
Those who are familiar with base ball
state that this game was a fine ex
hibition of the National game. It is
.‘aid that Poeomoke outplayed Cris
ncld on the defensive ,giving the best
exhibition it has shown this season.
A catch by Shriver on what looked to
be a home run from Dittmar’s bat
featured, although two catches bv
T avis and a stop hy Knode were dif
ficult.
At the game with Princess Anne
played on our local diamond on Mon -
day afternoon, Princess Anne elimi
nated Poeomoke by a score of 14 to
It. At this game both sides seemed
to have what might be termed “stage
fi ight,” as four pitchers were used
by each team, all being freely hit.
It was a game of “hit and run” from
si art to finish, as will be noticed by
the score. Up until the ninth inning
it looked as though Poeomoke would
win the game as the score at that
time stood 11 to 9. With Princess
Anne at the bat in their half of the
ninth, and with two men out and two
on bases,.a long fly was knocked to
I ruitt at centre field, which looked
easy but was muffed. Princess Anne
scored five more runs, in this inning,
thus eliminating Poeomoke.
The game with Princess Anne was
i layed under protest, due to Princess
Anne playing Sharpley who was not
an eligible player, and at a confer
ence of the ball management held at
Salisbury on Tuesday, Poeomoke
made an effort to have the game
(ounted out, but our boys were over
ruled and + he series stood as played.
On Thursday afternoon Cambridge
end Princess Anne played off one of
their games on the Poeomoke dia
mond. This game had created much
enthusiasm all over the shore and
persons were present from all sections
of the four lower counWos. The game
was an interesting one in which Prin
cess Anne was the winner by a score
of 8 to 7.
To The Lady Democratic
Voters Of This District
Some of those who are opposing
my candidacy for re-election to the
Maryland House of Delegates, have
circulated a report in other parts of
the county that very few of your set
will support me in the primary elec
tion which is to occur on Friday next,
St ptember the 9th, the purpose of
c urse, being to weaken me with the
women voters of the county. 1 ap
peal to you for your assistance. To
be sure, like all men, I have my im
perfections, but I feel that you,
rmongst whom have lived for these
many years, know that I am not the
worst man in the district. I ask you
to look over my imperfections, cast
the mantle of charity around my
- shortcomings and give me a chance to
show the best traits of my character.
And I promise, if elected, never to
violate the confidence you repose in
me. Respectfully,
SAMUEL M. CROCKETT.
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Miss Nell Dryden, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. A
Parker, Iras reutrned to her homo in
I.a tiedown, Pa.