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The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-03-19
High School Contest.

Great enthusiasm is being mani
tested in the local High School
circles over the approaching con-
test between the two literary So
cities of the High School to be
held at the Opera House on the
evening of March 27. These
soclties were organized early in
the year and had done much
toward developing the spirit of
school pride and of personal
responsibility, on the part of the
pupils, for higher standard of
literary work. The students were
divided as equally as possible into
two societies. They are equal in
number from each class, in num-
ber of boys and girls, in total, and
as well as could be estimated by
teachers and pupils, equal in
literary and musical talents. They
elect their own officers, formed
their own constitution and by
laws, arrange their own programs
through the medium of Program
Committees elected by the stu
dents.
The work is, however, under
the general supervision of the
teachers, who offer suggestions,
encourage the pupils, criticise
manuscripts for revision, hear
them rehearsed, and grade them.
Nevertheless, the system places
much more responsibility upon the
students and affords them, also,
an excellent lesson in Parliamen.
tary Law and the business side of
an organization.
Clionian and Philomatheon are
the respective names of the
societies. BY developing the
spirit of competition between them
We hope to bring out the best
work of which they are capable.
Each society will be represented
by it's best talent in the following
list of productions, essay, grafton,
recitation, debate, original story,
original poem, extemporaneous
speech, piano and vocal solo, and
II. S. newspaper. The victor in
Oratory will represent L. II. $. at
Circlevllle in May.
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NOW IS BEST
TIME TO TAKE
Directions to Prepare Sim
pile, Home Mixture.

A well-known authority on Rheu-
matism gives the readers of a
large New York daily paper the
following valuable, yet simple and
harmless prescription, which any
one can easily prepare at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon,
one ounce Compound Syrup Sar-
saparilla, three ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in bottle,
and take teaspoonful after each
meal and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients
can be obtained from any good
prescription pharmacy at small
cost, and, being of vegetable ex-
traction, are harmless to take.
This pleasant mixture, if taken
regularly for few days, is said
to overcome almost any case of
Rheumatism. The pain and swell
ing, if any, diminisbes with each
dose, until permanent results are
obtained, and without injurlng the
stomach. While there are many
so-caled Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, ETC., some of
which do give relief, few really
give permanent results, and the
above will, no doubt, be greatly
appreciated by many sufferers here
at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of
this neighborhood ellcits the in
formation that these drugs are
harmless and can be bought sepa-
rately, or the druggists here Will
mix the prescription for our read
ers if asked to.
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SIMPLE WASH CURES &c
ZEMA.
Itching, Burning Skin Dis
ease Routed Without
Use of Injurious
Drugs.

Great inventors often have been
praised for surrenderlng the
secrets of their discoveries.
Practically the same thing happen
ed in the medical world in the
case of Decatur d. Dennis, the
eminent skin specialist of Chicago,
Dr., Dennis, in his own office
practice, discovered that pure
vegetable oil of wintergreen,
properly mixed with other simple
remedies was practically a sure
specific for Eczema, psoriasis,
barber's itch, salt rheum, and
other itching skin diseases. But
the OIL of wintergreen alone was
found ineffective. 1t required
other mild ingredients such as
glycerine and thymol compounded
with the wintergreen to produce
the real eczema cure.
This compounded d. d. d. Pre-
scription positively takes away
the itch at once-the instant il is
applied to the skin. This vegeta-
BILE liquid does away with deleteri-
Gus drugs so long used in an at
tempt to doctor the blood, where
as modern science has determined
that eczema is first and all the
time skin disease.
If you want to learn more about
the merits of ID. ID. ID, Prescrip-
tion, call at our store. We voueh
for this remedy. Bort d Co.,
Logan, Ohio.
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COULTRAP GETS $500.
Judge Bright, of Logan,
May Realize.
jackson SUM-

Probably the greatest suit for
libel ever heard in the Common
Pleas Court of jackson county,
was that of Judge Henry w. Coul-
trap, of Macarthur, VS. the Cincin-
natl Enquirer which was heard
Friday and Saturday by jury
which returned a verdict for plain
tiff allowing damages to the ex-
tent of $25OO.
The suit grew out of libelous
article published in the Enquirer
May last. The article which was
written by T. A. Mcfarland, but
transmitted to the Enquirer under
the signature and approval of
Miss Lucille Sylvester, the Wells
ton correspondent at that time,
related to suit which had been
filed in the Common Pleas Court
at Macarthur by a merchant named
Boutwell,, charging Judge Coul-
trap of malfeasance, while on the
Common Pleas bench at Macarthur
as we'll as charging Ex-senator
Bright, of Logan, and Attorneys
Holland, of Macarthur, and Nc
Gillivray, of Jackson, co-operat-
ing with Coultrap, whereby Both
we'll lost $4,000 through suit
which he had in court at that time.
The charges in Bothwell's petition
were never proven and the case
was thrown out on demurrer;
hence the publishing of the article
was repetition of false charges,
making it libelous article.
Attorney Otto f. Vollenweider,
of Macarthur, was party defend
ant with the Enquirer and Nc
Farand but the charges against
him were dismissed by plaintiff,
The same charges as those pre-
ferred against the Enquirer Com
pany and Mcfarland are preferred
against the Ohio State Journal
Company and Mcfarland, Attor-
neys Bright, Holland and Nc
Gillivray each have similar suits
pending against each of the Com
panies. The Enquirer Company
has filed a motion for new trial on
different grounds, among which
is that of the Jackson County
Court not having Jurisdiction in
the case.
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MY NEIGHBOR
ACROSS THE WAY
Written by will Waite.

asked my neighbor across the
way what he thought of the way
property is advancing in valuation
in Logan, he said it ought to be
enough for property holders to
have the benefit of the enhanced
value of their houses, and not to
raise the rents on all the laboring
and business men. He said he has
seven houses to rent, but he did
not raise u cent on the rent. He
said he would feel like taking food
from the chlldren's mouths, if he
should raise rents, right in hard
times. That he thought that was
good way to keed people away
from Logan. Rent was high
enough, He asked me why, |
supposed, so many people raised
their rents. ] told him / didn't
know. He said he heard they
were going to run an early morn.
ing train from Lancaster, so Logan
laborers could live there in cheap
houses.
He said he was reading in the
papers about some school children
getting burned to death at Cleve
land, and that he went up to the
school house of our town and
looked at the doors. He said he
found them all opening out, in
both buildings and everything
alright. He said while he was up
to the school house, he just walked
on over to the cemetery, and the
mud side walk from the sch ool
house over to the gates Of the new
cemetery pulled his ovef-shoes off
twice. He asked me why there
wasn't side walk laid along there,
and | said ] didn't know.
My neighbor, one nice day last
week, was cleaning up his lawn
and getting ready to plant some
flowers, and / remarked that Lo-
gan had improved much in the
past few years, in pretty lawns
and well kept premises. He said
he liked to see homes taken care
of, but there was not much en-
couragement in Logan to set out
flowers for the dogs to break off
He said he was glad to see nice
park opposite the court house,
where the old dog lou used to be,
but he had heard that the dogs
had broken off many pretty flowers
there last year. He asked me why
the dogs are not kert up, in Lo
gan, | told him / didn't know.
WILL WAITE.
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Ohio Tax Payers Hand
Book.

The compilation of this work
was undertaken by Mr., Gilbert
H. Stewart, Jr., Secretary of the
Ohio State Board of Commerce,
at my request.
The purpose of the work is to
enable any taxpayer to learn pre-
cisely how the state and local tax
laws of Ohio touch his interest,
whatever they may be. This
information Is of value to all tax
payers, but it is especially valuable
to that large number who have
investments in many forms and in
several counties.
The information contained in
this volume is intended, primarily,
to benfit the members of the Ohio
State Board of Commerce. 1t is
not, therefore, published as a
money-maklng proposition. 1t
will be sold to such membership
at cost of publication; one dollar
per copy, Three thousand copies
have been printed. All copies
not required to supply orders from
members of this Board will be sold
to the genial public at three dollars
per copy. Ohio State Board of
Commerce, Allen X. Foote, Com,
missioner, Board of Trade Build.
ing, Columbus, Ohio,
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Given up to Die.

B. Spiegel, 1904 N. Virginia ST.,
Evansville, Ind, writes; "For
over five years | was troubled
with kidney and bladder affections
which caused me much pain and
worry, | lost flesh and was all
run down, and year ago had TO
abandon work entirely. l had
three of the best physicians who
did me no good and | was prac-
tically given up to die. Foley's
Kidney Cure was recommended
and the first bottle gave me great
relief, and after taking the second
bottle was entirely cured" Why
not let it help you2 Bort & Co.
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Our town has four churches and
eight saloons we'll supported and
patronized: Six months of idle
ness each year demands a loafing
place and the saloon keepers APP
preciate the situation.
Illiteracy is at the minimum and
the general intelligence Of high
order. The daily press keeps our
people in close touch with the pro-
gress of events so that the ques-
tions of the day are always under
discussion. 1t is the ambition of
every parent to make his children's
chances better than his own and
education and the chances for it
are much appreciated.
Although thirty-five years old
our town is very much the same
now as in the early days, the sons
follow in the footsteps of their
fathers and the laws of environ
ment produce universal results, as
the father, so is the son.
Our more progressive citizens
are appreciating the situation and
are solving the problem of idleness
and it's baneful influence on the
young. A public library building
has been donated by our leading
citizens and is now filled with 5000
volumes of choice books. A club
house and its equipment costing
$12, 500 has been erected. Here is
provided gymnasium, dancing
pavilion, pool and billiard tables,
bowling alley, baths, music room
with piano, lounging room and a
reading room supplied with the
best of our current magazines.
Here the young people assemble in
social gayety and life for them has
already begun to assume larger
proportions. For the past half
dozen years lecture and enter
tainment course has been given in
our opera house and is literally
patronized, Some of the best
talent in music, science and litera-
ture that our country produces is
found on our platform.
Many of our people who have
lived here for twenty-five years
and whose ambition is to better
the chances of their children move
away to some commercial center.
Here they find employment at a
better wage, but they come back.
They have lived too long in a
neighborhood where every man is
his brother and his friend to adapt
himself to new social conditions.
Caste is unknown to him, Unequal
ity never recognized; so they come
back while the younger members
stay in their new surroundings and
adapt themselves to it, A social
democracy unknown in other Sec
tions here reigns supreme.
Political economists lay down
the rule that prosperity and CON
tent will come only to those CEN
ters that afford q diversity of pur-
suits that will provide employment
for all its people. Yet here is a
little inland hamlet with but one
industry that provides labor for
its male members but one half of
each year that is unequaled any
where in the world for content and
social happiness. The cause of
this condition is the fact that we
have no caste, that every man
earns his bread by the sweat of his
brow and that we have no other
ambition than to be able to work
for competence. A. E. FAME.
New StraitsYllle, Ohio.
Feh. o. I0Og,
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Surrounded by high hills de-
nuded Of timber and left with an
impoverished soil is located the
little mining town of New Straits
vile, Ohio.
Life in our town is different
from life in most towns, yet very
similar to all other mining com
munities. The one essential diff
ference between this and an agri-
cultural or manufacturing center
is the lack of caste. The only
knock required to gain admission
to any of our homes is the one Of
character. That is the passport
universally recognized here. We
are all poor, and, consequently on
level, there not being a single
rich family in our midst.
Our population numbering 250O
souls is made up of the very best
blood produced by Europe and
America Scotch, Irish. Welsh,
English, German and native Amer
leans; native in the sense chat
their grandparents were born in
this country, The usual riif-ratt
of many mining towns is not toler-
ated here, but one negro family,
no Hungarians, Italians, Bohe-
mians or other Europeans reputed
to be against the best ideals of
good Americans, are to be found.
The only means of sustenance is
the mining of coal and clay; ar
duous labor requiring workers to
go under the ground in the dark,
away from the benign influence of
all nature; no sun to kiss their
faces, no gentle zephyr to cool
their cheeks, no rustic of the
leaves to charm their ears, no
flowers to please their eyes, and
no woman to admire their courage,
to nod approval of faithful toll or
soften their lot by an uppreciative
smile.
The miner works no more than
eight hours in one day and the de-
mand for his product gives less
than six months employment out
of each year. Here the Roosevelt
idea is in vogue, the average fami-
ly numbering six, for which the
average wage is about four hun
dred dollars per year. Such in
comes don't allow of much eXtrav'
agance and does not produce socia
scandal among the idle.
Next to the lack of caste oul
most marked characteristic is thal
of charity; universal help to al
afflicted in our midst. The miners
union requires "a burial fund to se'
that their dead are properly in
TERED. When the hour of afllic,
tion comes, when the only son o.
head of the family 10 sick or in
jured, u committee makes th'
rounds and all contribute until th'
suffering ones are relieved. Th'
lessons of frugality are not vel
learned, the spirit of make much
spend much, is very prevalent, 81
that when the idle season come
many are soon without means o
sustenance. The merchants of tn
town are called upon and credit j
given them until work begins again
Those who get hopelessly in deb
move away aud the"dead-beat" i
abroad in the land, even amonI
mining towns so that the mer
chants profits are eaten up AM
lie is on Level with the miner AM
not much more than a living !
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Papa Fot Would You Take for Me- 3

She was ready for sleep and she lay my arm
In her little frilled cap SO fine.
With her golden hair falling out at the edge,
Like circle of moonshine;
And hummed the old tune of "Banbury Cross"
And "Three Men who Put Out to Sea-
When she sleepiy said, as she closed her blue eyes
Papa fot would you take for me2'
And ! answered, "a dollar, dear little heart, -
And she slept, baby, weary with play,
But held her warm in my love-strong
And | rocked her and rocked away;
Oh, "the dollar ant all the world to me
The land, and the and the sky,
The lowest depths of the lowest place,
The highest of all that's high
All the cities with streets and palaces,
With their pictures and stories of art,
/ would not take for one low soft throb
OF my little ones loving heart
Not all the gold that found
In the busy, wealth.fnding past
Would take for smile of my darng's face,
Did know it must be the last.
So rocked my baby and rocked away,
And felt such sweet content,
For the words of the song meant more to me
Than they before had meant
And the night crept on and slept and dreamed
Of things too gladstone to be,
And wakened with lips saying close to my ear,
''Papa, fot would you take for me?''
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vaudeville field with well-known
actress in sketch written by him
self, entitled "What can be Done
Under Hat" We wish Charley
all the good luck in the world, for
he is indeed deserving. He is a
clean cut little gentleman, and his
polished acting is sure to attract
the big ones in the theatrical
field.
East Lynne, which played an
engagement here on Monday night
of this week to fair sized audi
ence, gave absolute satisfaction.
The star, Miss Goodwin, was very
clever, and her support was far.
w. b. Patton in the "Slow
Poke" comes April 9th. He will
play to packed house, as his
play is good one, and as an
actor he has few equels on the
American stage. Next season he
will play new piece written by
himself, called "The Block head +"
George NJ. Cohan outdid himself
when he wrote, composed and
staged 'The Honeymooners, which
opens at the Southern Theatre on
Wednesday, March 25. He gave
the song play snappy exciting
plot crowded with logical compli
cations, he wrote humorous dia-
logue, composed score of song
hits, worked out dozen delight
full dances for two score pretty
girls and then finding out what
good thing he had produced played
it himself all last summer at the
New Amsterdam Theatre, New
York and played to capacity when
the thermometer was at it's highest.
"The Honeymooners" is on the
road with the New York produce
tion and classy Broadway COM
pany which includes a score of
favorites. There are love, politics
and rollicking farcicality in "The
Honeymooners.
Mr.. Henry w. Savage's English
Grand Opera Company in last sea-
sons great success, "Madam But
terhy" is booked for return en-
gagement at the Southern Theatre
on Thursday, March %. Mr..
Savage had intended to take Mad
am Butterfly off the road this
season, but the requests for return
engagements were so many and so
urgent that he finally abandoned
the idea of giving repertoire of
opera in English and this season
is again introducing his notable
singers in the celebrated and fas-
clnating Puccini work. While
Mr. Savage has retained his great
orchestra of fifty musicians as
we'll as the same magnificent
scenic production that helped to
make famous the New York en-
gagement, he will introduce here
many new principals, in the lead
ing roles of the Opera. Among
the MADAM Butterfly" prima
donnas may be mentioned Miss
Rena Vivienne, Miss Pnoebe
Strakosch, a gifted niece of the
noted Adelina Patti; Miss Eliza
beth Wolf, a talented German
prima donna, and Miss Dora De
Fillippe, who was especially en-
gagged by Mr.. Savage after she
had returned to the Opera Comique
at Paris. FooT LIGHTS.
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A SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

This pleasing story upon which The Golfers CO. awarded
prize 1t is written by A. f. Fne of New Sraitsve, de-
scribng people We acknowledge due courtesy the
Straitsville Record for reproduction of the story.
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DIR. j. II. Long, osteopath, of
Lancaster will be at Hotel AM
brose on Tuesday and Friday
afternoon of each week. Examin-
alton and consultation without
charge, 8 IL, II.
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THEATRICAL
COMMENTS

WI hbly bSitS lOhNcS ShOi Wy
for Peru, Ind, to join the Hagen
back and Wallace Circus.
The Barnum & Bailey Show Will
open at Madison Square Garden,
New York, on the 10th.
Heres "hot" one: An actor
after registering at certain hotel
put the customary question,-D
you make theatrical rates? The
clerk said we used to, but the
hotel just burned down.
Richard Carle in his new play,
"Mary's Lamb" has caught on at
the Illinois Theatre in Chicago,
and it looks as though the run
would extend throughout the
summer months.
Jacksonville boasts of three NOV
ing picture shows. Not bad for
our little sister city w. S. Stuart
is the owner of two, and the other
one is owned by foreigner.
There is some talk of another
moving picture show being opened
in Logan shortly by local parties.
'Tis understood Zoe. vaudeville
theatre will run in connection.
Logan loves to be amused.
Bsrnum and Bailey have an
invocation this season in female
clown, and they have also done
away with side show of freaks.
Mr.. Doc Waddell, well-known
in Logan, goes out this season
with the Sells and Floto Circus.
Will we pass through another
season without a clrcus2 We're
we fortunate or unfortunate?
An excellent likeness of Miss
Lillian Goodwin, leading lady in
the East Lynne Co which played
an engagement here Monday
night, adorned one of the pages of
the popular cred Book"
MIR. Orpie Read, the well-known
and popular lecturer and writer, is
to fill an engagement here soon.
This will be rare treat for the
Logan people.
Manager Hoppe is contempla-
ting putting in a large loft to use
for scenic productions. This will
be welcome news to the theatre
going public. One thing sure, our
people are proud of our cosey
little Opera House, and the
management is considered one of
the best in Ohio. He gives the
people their choice of plays.
So many people complain about
the rise and fall of prices for the
different attractions. The local
manager has nothing at all to do
with the prices, that is all con-
tract of which the manager has no
control.
Melodramatic stunts must be
stored away for all time to come.
Patrons of the theatre are be-
ing tired and disgusted with
pistol variety shows.
The San Carlo Grand Opera Co.
will soon play two day engage
ment in Columbus, Alice Nelson
is the bright particular star in
the cast. Miss Nelson is well
remembered by the Loganities
for her clever work in the "Fortune
Teller
Otis Skinner will be seen short
ly in new play called "The
Honor of the Family"
"Molly Bawn," a play from the
Clutches book, has just been
dramatized.
Joe Cawthorn, well-known in
Logan, through his funny antics
in "Little Nugget, has gone to
the front ranks in recent years.
He is featured with Elsie Janis in
1.-The Hoyden" this season, and
making a tremendous hit.
The old Chestnut st. Theatre at
Lancaster will change hands the
coming season. Manager Cutter
will step down and out, and the
new managers, Messrs. Nixon and
Zimmerman, well-known theatrical
magnets, will manage same. Ian
caster will in due time see a very
pretty remodeled theatre, and
nothing hut high class attractions
will be booked.