The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-08-26
Letter from W. ". Morrison
Macarthur, o., Aug. 90, 1909

EQltOr DEMOCRAT SENTINEL.
Dear Sir--To fulfill my promise
/ made some of my friends when
we left Carbonhill, | will endeavor
to scribble few lines, and If it
escapes the waste basket, we may
some future time come again. We
have thought of writing several
times before, but have been too
busy, and Mr.. G. II. Beck being
absent and the popularity contest
being on, we thought the editor
was too busy to pay any attention
to much outside news. But since
Mr.. Beck has drawn his fine farm
in Idaho and the Stork has paid a
visit to the editor, we doubt If
either has sufficient reasoning
faculties to know enough to put
this in print. But in the first
place we want to say if there Is
any body who don't want to read
this, they can just shut one eye
when they are reading the other
news in the DEMOCRAT SENTINEL.
We are now located near the b. "
O. railroad near the public road
that leads from Macarthur to
Athens, about two miles southeast
of Macarthur and am working
every day at the Macarthur brick
yard, which ls one mile south of
Macarthur. The plant Is located
on the Beard farm, which name is
we'll known to many of the citi-
zens of Carbonhill. And another
queer thing is that the same Rev.
Powell who preached at Carbon
hill last April, makes his monthly
appointments here, which makes
us feel the more at home.
The brick company is doing a
thriving business. The shipments
this summer have been heavy, the
largest number shipped in one day
being 100000. Some are shipped
to Atlanta Ca, some to Duluth,
Minnesota, some to Chicago and
different parts of the United
States. All the laborers are white
Americans, no foreigners or ne
groes are employed here.
Macarthur is nice little town
of l,40O inhabitants; it is noted
for several things; it is the home
of Hon. j. R. Frelner, who is auth
or of the 2 cent r. r. bill; it is
the former home of Hon. John E.
Canty, Hooking county's Repre-
sentative; it is also the former
home of Mr.. Pearce, who is Secre-
tary of the state of Colorado; it
is also the former home of Mr..
Charles Clark, who is the cham.
pion checker player of Ohio; it has
plenty of church and school ac-
commodations and no saloons; it
has very strict pure food law
which impose fine of 5000 and
Jail sentence of 60 days to anyone
caught in the act of trying to sell
or deliver any diseased meat or
any other UNIV holesome food. We
think all villages should have such
laws and enforce them to the let
ter.
Work is good in Vinton county
at present, all three of the brick
yards are running to their fullest
capacity every day and the mines
all are working from three to five
days per week except Mohr and
Minton and they will start soon.
This is perhaps the best mine in
the state to make money when
they work. There are several
from Logan working here, among
whom are James and VIM. Wright
who both have good positions and
good wages.
The crops are good here with
few exceptions except hay which
is very light; corn, wheat, pota-
toes and oats are all good except
it has been too wet for some of the
corn on low lands and few fields
which recently have been visited
by the worst hail storm since the
summer of 1859; many stones fell
here August 5, two and one. half
inch in diameter and cut holes
through heavy graveled roofing
and knocked holes into growing
as large as walnuts.
j wish to say that the we'll
wishes we received from our many
friends as we left Cerbonhill,
seems to all be coming true, for,
with the exception of a slight
attack of rheumatism now and
hen, we never felt better and our
'amily can say the same. About
he only reversal we have met
With is the high water totally
destroyed our melon ipatch which
consisted of one-half interest in
.40 hills and the rabbits have
destroyed our late bean patch, for
mall game is very plentiful here
The rabbits will come and play all
lround inside our door yard, and
We have frequently seen as many
's four in bunch at evening and
lave seen squirrels and hear them
within two hundred wards