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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-15
STATE OF OHIO
Department of Commerce Division
of Insurance

Department of Commerce Division
of Insurance
Columbus, o., March / 1922
AS superintendent of insurance of
the State of Ohio. l hereby certify
that the American Mutual Insur-
ance Company" located at Indian
apolis, in the state of Indiana. has
complied in all respects with the
laws of this State. applicable to it..
and is authorized during the current
year to transact in this state its ap-
propriate business of insurance on
the mutual plan as specified in its
license.
It's condition and business on the
thirty-first day of December Of the
year preceding the date hereof, is
shown by its statement, required by
law, to be as follows:
Total Cash Assets. .S2S2,669.
Aggregate Available AS
sets, -. 2S2,669.oS
A gr egate Liabilities,
including reinsur-
ance reserve. and
contingent / a bill
ity. -. 151,401.5S
Surplus. -. :. 131.267.50
Income for preceding
year. -. 167,ooo.78
Expenditures. for pre-
ceding year. 204.34s.14
In testimony whereof, | have
hereunto subscribed my name and
caused my official seal to be affixed,
the day and year first above written.
3. w. GEARHEART,
superintendent of Insurance.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-15
Grangers' Insurance Notice

We will be in the country during
school vacation, but expect to be in
Malta on Saturdays. Phone Por-
terville. Address Malta.-A. G..
MASTERSON, Sec'y. 25m3
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-15
POLLTICAL ANNOTNCEMENT

| will be candidate for county
commissioner on the Democratic
ticket, subject to the decision of the
August primary. j 0 II n NJ
BEARD.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-15
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT

| will be a candidate for Clerk Of
Courts at the Republican primary in
subject to the choice of the
voters. Your support appreciated.
%. C.. Hammond. jStf
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-15
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT

| wish to announce that l will be
candidate for sheriff on the Demo-
cratic ticket, subject to the August
primary-A. M. LOVE j1tf
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-06-15

Deyere Glassford and family of
Killbuck visited at Art Dougan's
last week.
jamie Miner of Malta and Flora
Hanson of Detroit visited last week
Nv Ire oc1iG Ha11nwpl1
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10

Clab Hancock brought home sack
of flour today. He tried to smuggle
it in the back way without the neigh
bors seeing him, as his wife had
promised to pay back all she had bor-
rowed as soon as he got sack.
Sidney Hooks went rabbit hunting
Wednesday of his week, but his shot
gun was too short and he couldn't get
close enough to the game to have any
luck.
Atlas Peck is going back to church
again next Sunday il it is a rainy day,
es he believes then he can find out
who took his umbrella.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
BEWARE OF THE ADJECTIVE

The most dangerous ard decctful part Of
speech is the adjective Rightly used it ex-
presses quality and paints a picture But in nine
cases out of ten it merely stamps the production
with the trade mark Of mediocrity
One class of articles, especially which suffers
torture and death from this source, is the average
descriptive literature Of this stale Most writers
seem to think hat by attacking such words as
beautiful, lovely, charming. delightful. ct cetera.
10 our lakes and orange groves they convey a
more Aattcfing notion Of the Florida landscape.
On the contrary, III most cases, they cheaper it,
If you do not believe it, pick up the next de-
sciptive article you find. even if it appears in the
Telegram, and mark out every adjective that can
be spared without impairing the sense. Then, read
it over carefully and see if it has not beer definite
ly improved. And if you find some word that
looks as if ii actually belonged to the description
Try using it afhrmatiyey.
All girls are pretty. All lakes are beautiful
All entertainments are delightful. All visitors are
pleasant. All sunsets are glorious. Why. then,
put thc issue in doubt by asserting something that
Wi. be taken for granted? This paper does not
care 10 undertake ihc leadership Of a movement
to cnancipate the noun from lis attribute, but such
d movement by scmc Of cur larger dailes might
have valuable results.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
duty Of the senate to correct that wrong.

duty of the senate to correct that wrong
Newberry may be as spotess as an angel He
may be as innocent Of any Intentional wrong as
newborn babe. But that does net improve his
title to the seat. No set of men has right to
buy an election, away from the man whom the
people want to elect, and bestow it upon even a
perfectly innocent third party. The doctrine of
caveat cmptor applies. Newbenys claim is not
against Ford, except nominay but against the SOW
eregn people of Michigan who were defrauded by
the campaign slush fund. Ford is entitled to the
seat. moi because he is better man than New
berry, but because he is the choice of the unbought
voters Of Michigan. Newberry should be ousted,
not because he is an evil or corrupt man. but be-
cause the interrupted electorate of Michigan chose
another.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
PLAYED IT RIGHT

News reports indicate that Ireland is sensible
by small majority. A noisy minority came near
defeating The treaty, which marked the greatest
forward step Ireland has taken in seven hundred
years. That same minority came within two votes
of restoring de Valera to the head Of the govern
ment position in which his fanaticism might have
worked nreparable injury to the new free stale. ;"
Everything new seems ready for the transfer
of the government 10 the representatives of the
Irish people A governor, appointed by Great
Britain, just as the governor general of Canada
is appointed will be the executive head of the new
state, while the governmental functions will be ex-
ercsed by and for the Irish.
To all inienls and purposes. they are free With
the best wishes of the whole world, and with the
friendly but firm assistance Of Great Britain, they
can begin al once 10 make their country what it de-
serves to be-
We predict their success They are frugal
used to the absence Of luxuries, and not afraid of
work. They have abundant resources. including
a soil second 10 none in fertility, and capable Of
producing far more than they can consume. They
have pride, racial unity. and ambition to become a
factor in the world. The task of their govern
ment in restoring order, directing industry along
appropriate lines, and winning the support of the
fanatica elements, is severe, but no more SO than
the task Ct other and greater governments. The
burden Of taxes will weigh far less heavily upon
them than upon their brethren across the channel,
and vh the Increase OF their national wealth. it
will grow sill lighter They begin their career
as free state" under more favorable auspices
than South Africa or even Australia and New
Zealand, ard if their wisdom in governing them
selves equals their salor in opposing the govern
mont Of others. they will soon become very
important factor in the affairs of the world
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
LAKELAND IN 1922

This Is bound to be big year for Lakeland.
Large increases IN population, not counted by tie
census bureau, but marked by the building and
post office records. signali1ed the year Just past
This has lifted the city into class. Ii is no
longer one CT the promising small town" CT Flor
ida but city, with true metropolitan Institutions
Its next big event will be the actual coming Of
Southern College Plans are ready and consiruc-
ton will begin in due season. lhi. together with
other enterprises now under way, will swell the
total of building fer the year far beyond any
previous record.
Along with these improvements are coming new
business Developments The business streets are
extending in all directions Tennessee avenue is
due for some interesting changes up toward the
post office Man street can be greatly improved
by extending it along the Coast Line tracks to
Lemon street, thus making it the natural ingress
to the city A movement Is already Oh foot TO &C
complish that desirable result, and, since II is
logical step in civic Improvement we hope the city
government will put ii through
Out in the direction Of Ike new ice plant. IN the
northwestern part Of the city, extensive au;.ding
has been going on, with signs of increasing Out
South Florida avenue way the city Is growing
right into the country. Home sites are in great
d adjacent to college grounds. On the
D4se Highway, east and west many new houses
have gone up, and the city shows signs Of extension
One of the big problems no,t confronting US is
street transportation, in the absence Of an electric
line his we believe, can be fully solved by
auto-bus traffic, and we should Ike to see ii tried
out in extensive and systematic way !han
has ever been done.
Bue our problems are all easy as compared with
with those confronting most cities Of dis size
Lakeland is the metropolis of the greatest county
in Florida, land fairly bIossomng with enter
prise and development and wealth, and n5thng
can prevent its becoming one of the states great
cities.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
TIE LUCKLEss DAY

This morn alack, there was a tack, on which
placed my trilby; such luck" / said, fills me
with dread-this day lemon will be-" Hour
after hour MY luck was sour, misfortunes drove
me dotty; 1 stubbed my tees and broke my nose
aGainss doolpos knotty. | took drink OF dark
blue ink, mstakirg il for water, aimed at. fly,
and my aunts eye received the swzzng swatter.
Oh, all the fates and kindred skates to punish me
seemed banded; fell down stairs and broke some
chairs and sofas where | landed And every lay
has known day when all things seemed con-
spring to make him smart and break his heart
and tansle all his wiring, Such days there be-
and then what stuff gent is made of:
il he is cheap he'll wall and weep at bogies he's
afraid, Of. But if he's strong he'll toll along;
the iinX," he'll say, will vanish tomorrow's
luck, I'll bet buck, will all the fantods Danish"
Nest days are bright; they treat us right, they're
days to be respected, and if enc day seems bleak
and gray, should not be detected. Day after
day 1 quit the hay, my spirits high and soaring,
/ stub no toes, | break no nose, no lacks are on
the flooring All things are good, | knock on
wood, and chant in high soprano; the luck is Just
l do not bust the sofa piano.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
THE NEWBERRY CASE.

Thou canst moi say did it, is the gst of
Senator Newberry's address before the United
States senate.
The plea is as vain as when those words were
first uttered by Macbeth The ghost of Banquo
would net down at his command because an agent
and NOT he had done the deed Ii was. as Web
ster Remarked on notable occasion, an honest
ghost, and looked 10 the principal rather than 10
the subordinate the author of the crime.
Newbery does moi deny that a vast sum Of
money was used He does net deny thot the
Michigan electorate was corrupted by tbs eypea-
diture But because he was net there supervising
it in person he thinks it would be araaif to oast
him from his dearly purchased seat, and he legs
the senate to consider him as the innocent vcli
rather than The beneficiary.
His logic is totally awry. The public is net
really interested in the personnel of the caadida,.
but in the right CT the people Of Michigan &c choose
their representative That right vas in,erier.ed
with in the Ford-Newbery election. It is the duty
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
THE FREAK CROP
Stanford Herald.)

We are tired, absolutely peevish about these
walkers" workers." "wgglers,' "jugglers," Jar
heads and all others who working Florida.
They may call it touring" Florida, but we do
not They are here every day with book to sign,
with yards of stuff about themselves walking
from Tmbuctoo to Saskatchewan, about lectur-
ing, about everything under tine sun and the sum
and substance of it is they want free advertising
in order that they may CLEAN some money from
Sanford. If we were mayor of Sanford would
order everything off the street that looked like
begging working the public for any cause
whatsoever. Sanford needs the money that is
spent for these people to see Florida" every
winter. Why don't they come down in the sum
mer?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
WHITE WAY FINISHED
(Ocala Starr

Ocaas white way is finished all around
the public square down Magnolia street to Wash
ngton. The committee very fortunate in its
choice OF lamps. They are much superior to the
oid-fashioned cluster variety, and their soft and
radiant CLEAN has a beautiful effect amid the
foliage of the trees around the court house When
summer comes this superb illumination should
certainly be taken advantage of in band concerts
and other open air entertainments The city and
county authorities should combine resources and
buy more benches for the square. y double row
OF seats all around it would not be too many
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
As Others See 1t
IN THE PROCESSION
(Florida Times Union. }

Lakeland is right in the procession of cities
building up rapidly in this state While not so
much has been said about Lakeland's growth in
and at the close of the year 1921 it was shown
the newspapers as is the case of some other
places the work has been going steadily forward
and at the close of the year 1921 it was shown
that practically a building permit had been issued
every day. carrying with it average of more
than $4,000 estimated value The total of the
permits showed that the contractors had estimat-
ed he cost of the more than three hundred build
ings at $1,174S0O. This is a splendid showing,
and it is interesting to add that the program for
the coming .Rpnths is pretentous and indicates
following up Of the big year with another maybe
just as good.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
Daily Poem
THE FOUNTAIN or YOUTH

w ~ NJ vi w 4
(By Virginia Dare Simms, member
National Editorial Association of East
Liverpool, Ohio.)
In the Land of Flowers,
Where the pixies dwell,
Meath the moss-hung oaks,
Flows a magic well.
Or a fairy fountain.
Mid the lilies lush;
Ever from this wellspring
Magic waters gush.
Wee folk chant the legend
In a tinkling tongue,
"Whoso drinks these waters,
Ever will be young
But when men come seeking
Fer this fountain, fair,
Teasing little pixies
Cry, 10! here" "Lo! there
Some will bid us tarry
In ST. Augustine;
There they say the fountain
3 Surely has been seen.
Lovely o,d New Smyrna,
Others gaily tell,
Is the surest place TO find
EcLccr's famous well.
Others gay the fountain
That al cares will drown
Is in Winter Haven,
Lakeland Rrado04nwn
Healthsome Tallahassee.
Gainesville or DeLand,
Sunny, Gay Daytona,
With its surf and sand.
When we reach Orlando
Some will bid us stay
Many say Miami,
Down on Bisceyne Bay.
Eustis or Mt. Doru,
~ others bid us choose:
Yet these honest pixies
Mean not. to confuse.
Listen to the secret
That / overheard,
In the lifting MARBLE
OF a hooking bird.
AS the notes came floating
Clearly, on the wind,
"All may know the secret,
Cali who seek may find"
whose drinks the sunshine
In this Land OF Flowers,
Eats its wholesome citrus fruits,
"Basks within its bowers.
"Wboso Genes a-seeking
Falls beneath the spell,
Anywhere in Florida
Flows the magic well"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
STARTS OFF WELL
(Orlando Reporter-Star.)

The Lakeland Evening Telegram started off the
New Year in fine style, taking the full leased
wire service CT the As4ociated Press, the great.
est ncwszathtring DISSEMINATION Il the world THIS
is sure indication that Lakeland is srowins
The ReBorter-Star contracted three ) ears ago ior
the fall leased wire service OF the \. 2. fer the
winter months, but once used it can scarcely
be given up, and and it has been a regular
feature of this papers news source the year
around for the past two years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10

The difference between success
full and an ordinary man is usually
this: The ordinary man is satisfied
to be a second-rater-Detrou Free
Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
Tn0hscryont NoI

Mfr. X.&You are extrayagaht. You
spend money for unnecessary clothes.
Mrs. X.-Absurd! Unnecessary
clothes are not in stylc.-Bos.on
Transcript.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10

The days ci grace for The payment of automo-
bile licenses are drawing to close. After the
fifteenth OF this month it will not be fashionable or
advisable to be sporting around with 1872 / tags on
automobiles OF motor trucks
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-04-06
CHAPTER Ill
The Break Is Made.

And that's the way Nurse Sarah
finished her story, only she shrugged
her shoulders again, and looked back,
first one way, then another. AS for
her calling me "chatterbox"-she al
ways calls me that when she's been
doing all the talking
AS near as I can remember, have
told Nurse Sarah's story exactly as she
told it to me, in her own words. But
Of course know I didn't get it right
all the time, and I know I've left out
quite a lot. But, anyway, it's told a
whole lot more than I could have told
why they got married In the first place,
and it brings my story right up to the
point where 1 was born; and I've al
ready told about naming me, and what
a time they had over that.
OF course what's happened since,
up to now, I don't know all about, for
I WAC cnly a child for the first few
years. Now I'm almost a young lady.
"standlng with reluctant feet where
the brook and river meet" Il read
that last night. I think it's perfectly
beautiful. So kind Of sad and sweet.
. 1t makes me want to cry every time
I think of it, But even If I don't
know all Of what's happened since
I was born, I know good deal, for
I've seen quite lot, and I've made
Nurse tell nae a lot more.
know that ever since l can remem-
Der I've had to keep as still as mouse
the minute Father comes into the
house; and / know that never could
imagine the kind Of a mother that
Nurse tells about, If It wasn't that
sopettmes when Father has gone OIL
on a trip, Mother and I have romped
all over the house, and had the most
beautiful time. I know that Father
says that Mother is always trying to
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storekeeper, did, and the men there
with him.
1t was one day when I was in there
buying some white thread for Nurse
Sarah, and it was a little while after
I had asked the doctor if a divorce
was a disease. Somebody had said
something that made me think you
could buy divorces, and I had suddenly
determined to ask Mr.. Jones if he had
them for sale. (Of course all this
sounds very silly to me now, for I
know that a divorce Is very simple
and very common. It's just like a
marriage certificate, only it unmar-
ries you instead Of marrying you; !;
but I didn't know it then. And If I'm
going to tell this story I've got to
tell it just as it happened, Of course.)
Well, asked Mr.. Jones if you could
buy divorces, and If he had them for
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-04-06

That Day, Too-er-Dustin'."
an plain what he thought Of her gal.
livantin' round from mornin' till night
with them young students an profes-
sors, an havin' them here, too, such
lot, till the house was fairly overrun
with them He> said he was shocked
an scandalized, an didn't she have
any regard for his honor an decency,
Il she didn't for herself! An oh. q
whole lot more.
"Cry2 No, your ma didn't cry this
time. met her In the hall right after
they got through talkin', an she was
white as a sheet, an her eyes was like
two blazin' stars. So know how she
must have looked while she was in the
library. An I must say she give 1t
to him good an plain, straight from
the shoulder. She told him she was
shocked an scandalized that he could
talk to- his Wife like that; an didn't
he have any more regard for her honor
an decency than to accuse her Of run
rim after any man living-much less
a dozen Of them An then she told
him lot of what his mother had said
to her, an she said she had been mere
" tryin' to carry out those instruc-
tions. She was tryin' to make her
husband an her husbands wife an
her husbands home popular with the
college folks, 50 she could help him
to be president, If he wanted to be-.
But he answered back, cold an chilly,
that he thanked her. Of course, but
he didn't care for any more Of that
kind of assistance; an If she would
give little more time to her home an
her housekeepin', as she ought to, he
would be considerably better pleased.
An she said, very well, she would
see that he had no further cause to
complain. An the next minute I met
her in the hall, as I just said, her head
high and her eyes blazin'.
"An' things did change then, lot,
I'll own. Right away she began to re-
fuse to 60 out with the students an
young professors, an she sent down
word she wasn't to home when they
called. And pretty quick, Of course,
they stopped comm.
"Housekeepin'? Attend to that?
Well, yves, she did try to at first, a
little; but Of course your grandma
had always given the orders-through
me, 1 mean; an there really wasn't
anything your ma could do. An 1
told her so, plain. Her ways were
new an different an queer, an we
liked ours better, anyway. SO she
didn't bother US much that way very
long. Besides, she wasn't feelin' very
well, anyway, an for the next few
months she stayed in her room a lot,
an we didn't see much Of her. Then
by an by you came, an'-well, I guess
that's all-too much, you little chatter
hov ~
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SYNOPSIS


PREFACE.-Mary Marie explains her
apparent double personality" and just
why she is 'cross-current and a contra
diction;;" she also tells her reasons Tor
writing the dlary-later to be novel The
diary Is commenced at Andersonvihe.
S CHAPTER L-Mary begins with Nurse
Sarah's account Of her (Mary's) birth.
which seemingly interested her father,
who Is a famous astronomer, less than
new star which was discovered the same
night. Her name is compromise, her
mother wanted to call her Viola and her
father insisting on Abigail Jane. The
child quickly learned that her home was
In some way different from those Of her
small friends, and was puzzled thereat.
Nurse Sarah tells her Of her mothers ar
rival at Andersonville as bride and how
astonished they all were at the sight Of
the dainty eighteen-year old girl whom
the sedate professor had chosen for q
wife.