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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30

Characters-King Albert James
Fisher; Queen, Italia Sears; Prince,
Robert Andrews; Herald, Eric
Dougan: Cinderella, Dorothy Co.'S
grave; Charlotte, Kathryn Bell;
Caroline, Mary Perkins; Jester,
Samuel Koons; Fairy, Isabelle Fox;
Standard Bearers-George Ham,
Charles Glass, Buell. Savage, George
Warne, Charles Johnson, Francis
Miller, Kenneth Alexander; Pages,
John Fayen, Wayne Northrup, Earl
Lowell, James Ward; Train Bear
ers, Betty Ross, Marguerite Rob-
erts, Carmen Phillips, Margaret
Alexander; ladies and gentlemen of
the court; singers and players of
the court.
M. & M. H. S., Friday night, 1880
Orchestra; vocal solo, Margaret
Rothrock; piano solo, Mildred Law
Wilford Scott, Harry Savage; cornet
solo, Edward Perkins; vocal solo,
Ruth Kennard; Orchestra; boys
glee club; violin solo, Eleanor Err
win; girls glee club; vocal solo,
Wayne Jackson: saxaphone trio,
Ross, Tolbert and Northrup; orches-
ira; curtain.
The student body was delightful
ly entertained in Chapel Wednesday
morning by Rev. MacKay. Rev.
MacKay chose a very interesting as
well as instructive subject. He
took us on little trip to China and
illustrated for us on the blackboard
the Chinese character for several
words. The character for quarrel
Is two women, and for gossip"
three women. Their character for
marriage is a woman under a roof
with pig for her companion, and
fOr"word,"a mouth with breath issu-
ing out of it.. (Laughter.) The
Chinese character for honesty" is
man standing by his word, and the
first thing we should put into our
character is Honesty" for what
does an individual amount to if. he
does not have honor? The second
thing that we shoulds put into our
characters is "faith,' the third ire
sponsibility." We, as students of M.
& M. H. S., should never shirk re-
sponsibility. The fourth is ''love."
We should be very careful and put
the right things into our character.
Rev Mackay gave us the follow
ing illustrations to show that one
may drive things into character
which cannot be easily pulled out.
A little boy drove nail into some
wood and then pulled the nail out.
Some one told him to pull the hole
out and he replied that it was i'm
possible. He could have done one Of
two things. He could have plugged
the hole up with wood of the same
kind, or he could have filled the hole
with an explosive, such as gun pow
der and blown the block into pieces.
But the only safe way is 70 put In
the things that belong there. We
must put life into our work and ev-
cry one should be careful and not
make the mistake of leaving out any
of the essential things which make
us good American citizens.
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butterfly. She entertains students
nearly every night after school.
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Alumni Notes
Herself Dingey, class of 1916 was
made chairman of the senior pro-
gram committee of Ohio State Uni
versity, Columbus, Ohio.
Rachel Johnson class of 1916;
Mary johnson, 1918; Lester White,
1919; Lou Evans, 1921; and Lowell
Calvert, 1920; who are attending o.
u, Athens, Ohio, are home for the
spring vacation. and also Margaret
Warne, class of 1921, who is attend
ing Wooster college.
Byron Whipple, class of 1915, is
spending his spring vacation in Nc
Connelsville. This is Mr.. Whipple's
senior year at o. u, Athens, Ohio
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Calendar
March 30, 81 and April /, Art Ex-
hibit.
April 3, grade teachers meeting.
April 5, home economics club
meeting, 700.
April z, Adelphian literary pro-
gram.
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"Kennard!" said Miss Geyer,
scowling, "you misspelled most of
the words in your theme, and you a
senior"
"Yes'm! 1 am going to be dialect
writer"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30
Subject Chosen for Debate

The topic to be debated in the in
ter-society contest April 21, has
been selected as follows: "The
Open Shop system is justi-
fable" The aff., will be supported
by the Athenian representatives,
Augusta Button and Roy Appleman,
while Hugh J. Donahue and Ken
nard Cross will represent the Adel-
phian opposition.
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PROGRAMS
TODAY
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TOMORROW

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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30
Malta Grade Program

Thursday afternoon, 2:30, March
! 20, 1922: Song, America; pageant,
Children Of Many Lands; operetta,
Mother Goose's Garden; Morning
Callers, dialogue; piano solo, "RO-
sta" Marjorie Sheridan; recitation,
"a School Boys Lament" Richard
Manly: recitation. 1.-THE Muskingum
Valley" Carl Wetherell; "The Pro-
posal," dialogue; song, "The Old
Scool Book"
Thursday night-M. & M. H. S..
7:30-Tableaux, Part /. Pot or
Basil, Adeline Woods; Alice F. Pal
mer, Vernette Harrington, Evelyn
Zumbo; His Mother, Bernice Row
land, Song of the Lark Lois Jenkins;
AngeIus, Floyd Cramblett, Bernice
Henery; The Cleaners, Ruth Ken
nard, Olive Bishop, Bernadine Nc
Clure; Age of Innocence; The Melon
Eaters, Wayne Jackson, Myron Toll
bert; Spirit of rs. Kennard Cross,
John Stahl, Roy Ferguson.
Part 3. Play. "Kleptomaniac"-
Mrs. John Burton, Peggy, Pauline
i Spung; Mrs. Valene Chase, Armsby,
young widow, Norma Sillery; Mrs.
Chas Dover, Mabel, A lovely "new-
! lywed'', Adeline Woods; Mrs. Pres
/ ton Ashley, Bertha, Margaret
| Brooks; Miss Freda Dixon, Opal
Martin; Miss Evelyn Evans, report
er, Ruth Gaylord; Katie, housemaid
! to Mrs. Burton, Leora Ludwig.
Friday afternoon 2:30, McCon-
nelsville grades, March 31st.
! Dramatization of Cinderella" by
first, second, third and fourth
grades; drill, Comm thru the rye, .
fifth grade; a Ribbon" drill, select
ed from and 7th grades violin
solo, piano duet, and a reading, also
by members of and 7th grades,
reading, thirteen states Can exercise)
! eighth grade.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30
Attends Teachers Convention

Supt. Fulks and Miss Hutson at
tended the teachers convention at
Columbus Friday and Saturday.
One of the high spots of the conven-
tion was an excellent address on
college athletics by DR.. Wilce OF
the 0. S. U. The convention was
we'll attended and much business
was transacted. Supt. Fulks also
visited Ohio State athletic field
where 95 men were undergoing
practice for spring baseball.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30

Several students from the Malta
normal school were visitors at M.
& M. last Friday.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30
Baseball Practice Starts

Coach Fulks has issued call for
25 candidates for baseball. Light
practice started Monday evening,
The squad will practice for while
on the commons. Only one game
has been scheduled for the season
so far-Logan Hi has been schedul-
ed to play us at Logan April 20.
The squad will doubtless be put
through heavy practice preceding
the game.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30

William and Lawrence Embree
were absent from school last week.
They were attending the funeral of
a close relative.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30

Owing to the Art Exibit held this
week the Adelphian program that
was to be given tomorrow will be
postponed one week.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30
Apollos here.

Mrs. Button is now quite a social
butterfly. She entertains students
nearly every night after school.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30

After the girls physical educa-
ton spectacle, freshman girl was
being escorted home by a senior.
She was SO excited at being thus
honored that she forgot her skirt.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30

Senator Willis has been elected
the handsomest man in the senate,
by the stenographers. Using him as
a beauty model, We have several
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-03-30

At Athens it is customary for fra
ternfties to contend for the silver
cup, at fixed intervals of years. A
former M. & M. student, Lou Evans,
took a prominent part in winning
the trophy for his fraternity, the
Sigma Pi. He played on the basket
ball team and successfully guarded
one OF the star players of Athens.
He will also be on the track team
this spring. This speaks well for
his M. e M. training.
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
PROHIBITION NO FACTOR

Liquor prohibition has not
been an element increasing the
use of drugs. says DR.. Carleton
Simon. special deputy police
commissioner of New York in
charge OF the narcotic division
The same statement is made by
Ralph Oyler, chief of the New
York narcotic squad of the in
tcrnal revenue bureau.
DO you know any liquor
drinker," asks Oyler. who has
turned to narcotics because he
cant get liquor? | don't.
Drugs are harder TO get than
liquor and more expensive. A
man with the whisky habit can
do without whisky if he has 10.
A man with the drug habit can
not do without it. He will steal
and kill TO get the money
These two experts say the
drug user is not to blame. He
is the victim. The real Grim
mails, they say, are the peddlcr
and the smuggler. - Chicago
Evening Post.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
THE DRINK THAT KILL
ED LINCOLN

From an article by Chas. L.
Sheldon in the Christian Her
add.
As | passed the corner OF
Tenth and L Streets (Washing-
ton, D. G. | happened to call
up little bit OF history not al
ways told in the school text
books. and turned and went
into the iuuk shop where from
the Tenth Street door ! could
sec the front ct Ford'S Thcater
where President Lincoln vas
shot ] wanted to see il tho
thing was still standing in this
cid saloon that was there OF the
night of April Il. 1905.
II was still there, and | felt
thrill of memory as worked
my way through piles OF old
iron 10 where il was. A gaadily
painted post near what Mas
once the bar OF the saloon, and
the words on it in large and
different colorcd letters: "Wherc
John Wilkes Booth took his last
drink
These arc the words inscribed
or that old saloon post, and ior
more than forty years in the
capital city OF the United
States, on the outside OF this
same saloon were the words
painted in bold letters. John
Wilkes Booth took his last
dring here fifteen minutes be-
fore he shot Abraham Lincoln."
And the astounding thing about
it all to nc. as recalled it all.
was the fact that the words
were an advertisement OF a sa-
Icon, not intended to warn the
young men of a danger or even
TO mark historical spot.
Within this old saloon fof
nearly half century were
photographs OF Booth and an
inscription over one of them
read, "The handsomest man in
Washington had drink here
fifteen minutes before he killed
the ugliest.' Can history find
anything under the sun to i'll
ustrate better the dcvilish ma
turc of the liquor traffic.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
THE BOOTLEGGERS
(Walt Mason)

along the darkness they going; from
they bring the boncyard They make
their y of their brandy and he who drinks
keep They fill their old dead
would small will
rsted
granite, he this well known
planet They make their booze cof shoes brought by
the goods he's needing A
when bumper big OF bootleg bourbon works will split
you'll throw curb You'll bite the chairs and fall
gudy wien you're through the
will sit body Few the shroud and
drink the bootleg mixture and with spade mems beds made where
peddng they're
selling bottled aughte with drink bone and and
milk, and waerI =
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13

ty option to eliminate these saloons, |
Dreathed a prayer of gratitude to
Almighty God for the opportunity he
had given me to have some part in
bringing about the legislation that
made 1t possible not only to close the
Saloons i'll one county and one state.
but IN every county and every state
III the United States of America, and
got strength and courage out of that
days visit where saw at close range
the workings of this awful traffic to
return to my post to try to do my
part in the finish fight against the
hercest foe that has ever grappled
with the forces of the Kingdom of
God.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
Changed by Prohibition

Recently on my return from the
Washington convention | visited one
day i'll kittannng, Pennsylvania, Il
county seat where ] had served as
pastor i'll my first pastoratc for eight
and one-half years 1t did my heart
good to see the saloons of that ter
ribly saloon cursed county seat closed
and used for legitimate lines OF bust
ness. The barron OF the hotel over
which ! slept the first night stayed
in the city, which there as a candi-
date i'll the church | afterwards
served, was closed. The reverly kept
me awake the most of the night, and
in the place of that saloon is now a
splendid grocery store. On locking
out of my window that first Sabbath
morning I saw three saloons; one a
wholesale liquor store that is now re-
placed with a five and ten cent store,
one of the other places is now a bank
and the other shoe store, another
nearby is grocery and meat market.
| walked up to the county court house
and took another look at the Jail
where fifteen years ago / stood be-
side a man on the gallows who was
hanged because of the liquor traffic.
| looked up to the beautiful cemetery
that overlooked the valley of the
Allegheny River and was able TO re-
call the lives of twenty-five public
men who had not lived out half their
lives because of the cruel liquor
traffic. And when took my place.
after one days visit in that city where
we worked and prayed that the time
might come when we could have a
chance to vote in the county by coun-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13

Philadelphia North American. runs a
headline Twenty-Five million dollar
bootlcgging plot exposed We were
wrong in these two respects and con-
sequently mistaken in our contention
and hope that our opponents would
not be able to build up an effective.
active, aggressive, fighting organiza-
tionf
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
1921 HEALTHIEST
YEAR IN HISTORY g
OF UNITED STATES
Estimated 10000 Lives Have Been
Saved

Dry 1921, figures show, was the
healthiest in history In Chicago
1000 fewer persons died during 1921
than in 1920 In New York the gen
eral death rate in 1921 was ILL per
thousand as compared with 1898 in
1920. The effect Of the drop OF prac-
tically two points from last year, ac-
cordng to a news dispatch in the
Chicago Tribune, means that 1902
persons arc alive who would have died
under he conditions OF 1920. The in
fant death rate in New York dropped
from IS in 1920 to I'll per thousand
in 1921.
The World Digest quoting figures
from the New York Times relative 10
the decrease OF the death rate among
policy holders of 81 leading life in
surance companies comments: Despite
the absence Of rock and rye, pneu-
ponia decreased 50 per cent from
1920.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
Injunctions are Effective

Ira second feature of the lava and
one which stands out very prominently
is Section p known as the injunction
feature. 1t makes prosecutions effec-
tive. One of the things that encour-
ages crime is the fact that criminals
sometimes deserving punishment get
off with a light fine or secure a dis
agreement OF the jury and 90 free.
The injunction feature makes it pos
siblc to close the place for one year
aud our Illinois state law makes it
possible in addition to prevent the
keeper OF the place from going to an
other place and repeating the program.
The Illinois Prohibition act reaches
the individual as well as the place.
In prosecuting under the Nolstcad act
place after an injunction had locked
up his saloon would go few doors
away aud start another. The injunc-
ton order is issued directly by the
Judge. as ii is not necessary to have
a trial by jury. This feature of the
law has been taken into the Circuit
Court of Appeals by the vets and has
been sustained in every particular
Recently this court handed down one
OF the most helpful opinions that has
ever been given. Acknowledgement
Brundagc has done effective workdn-
der the injunction provisions OF this
law and that of the Nolstead act.
Local Officials Responsible
The third feature OF the law TO which
we wish to call attention is that OF
placing the responsibility of enforcing
the law upon the officials. including
the mayors OF cities, the chiefs OF po-
lice and other peace officers. 1t is
through this feature OF the Illinois
Prohibition act that the recent order
by Mayor Thompson OF Chicago has
been given. After our organization
had called to his attention particular
features of this law bearing upon this
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13

under criminal prosecutions provides
that these go into special fund out
OF which the salary and expenses of
the states attorney and his assistant
OF July comes, enough OF the fund is
set aside to cover three months ex-
penses OF the states attorneys Office
and the balance OF this special fund
goes to the county superintendent OF
schools for the school fund. The peo-
pie are beginning to appreciate that
active, aggressive work>on the part of
the states attorney will prove cffec-
tive and will pay all the expenses Of
the prosecution together with the ex-
penses of the states attorneys office
and will still bring in large amount
to the school fund In addition to en-
forcing the law it helps TO lift the bur-
dens of taxation. No argument for
lawlessness can prevail in the face of
this. For example = Lake county,
where we have an aggressive states
attorney in the person OF Col. A. V.
Smith, more than $4,000 above all ex-
pcnses has been collected. In Dekalb
county. the total expenses reach 1000
and the returns in fines have Melted
over $1,000. Every week adds num-
Der OF additional cases of this sort
The real value of this feature of this
law is that it keeps the matter OF en-
forcement within the bounds OF the
activities of the law itself The cases
are rare. If ever. when it is necessary
or advisable for the local citizehs to
raise funds with which to prosecute
the violators of the law. The state
gets the benefit and the state should
provide the aexpense money.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
Three Important Provisions

The actual workings OF this Illinois
Prohibition act in three important par
ticulars are enough to prove the eff
cheney OF this act along the lines for
which it is designed. 1t provides that
the Board OF Supervisors shall coop
crate with the law enforcement officers
in enforcing the act. Already there
are more than score of counties over
the state where the friends of this
cause have gene to the members OF
the Board OF Supervisors and have Sc
cured appropriations for the states
attorney and sheriff TO be used in the
enforcement al the law In nearly
every case where they have been APP
pcaled 10 by organized public senti-
ment to give this cooperation. desig-
mated in the act itself, they have done
so. These counties have benefited by
this expenditure. In the first place
the law relative to the fines collected
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13

ment itself to give their influence day
by day for the enforcement OF the
Eighteenth Amendment. They should
allAtand for law Instead of adverts-
ing as substitute for Prohibition the
return to beer and wine. a question
that has already been settled by the
Legislature and by the Constitution it.
self, every honest newspaper should
be using its efforts to give Prohib-
ton, now fact in law and Constitu-
ton, chance. The newspaper should
be the foremost champion of law en-
forcement, General Grant well said,
III law is good enforce it to get the
benefits OF such law. II it is bad
enforce it in order to let the people
see that it is bad and make it possible
TO get rid of it,"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
Worldwide Dry Fight

The results OF Prohibition are prov
ing the greatness OF the accomplish
ments i'll writing the Eighteenth
Amendment into the Constitution.
If we can hold the ground the world
will soon see that Prohibition is a
blessing and bcnefaction and the
world will want il and get it. A
North Carolina slogan might suit H.
linois; Cut out the moonshinc and
scatter the sunshine around the
world" VIC are getting well paid for
the years OF hard work in the results
already seen. In addition to carry
ing on our own fight, our State
League is doing its full part and ex-
poets to continue i'll the conservative
work of the World League Against
Alcoholism, headed by Ernest H.
Cherrington.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
Translated Into Lives

Let us translate this TACT into
number of lives saved in 1921 The
thirty-soven life insurance companies
contributing these figures transact
about 80 per cent of the life insurance
business OF the country and the
figures actually submitted for the first
ten months OF this year in comparison
with the first ten months of last year
are from a group of policies repre-
sentinS in point OF number SIS per cent
OF all now outstanding in the United
States.
Combining both ordinary and in
dustrial life insurance business. these
thirty-seven companies report that
while they experienced in the first ten
months OF 1920 deaths numbering
2O5,94l, for the same period this year
only l84,860 deaths have occurred. This
shows reduction of p 08l in the
actual number of their death losses
this year. But this large number does
not tell with entire accuracy the
whole story OF the life saving of the
year because it covers only ten
months and the deaths of 1921 oc-
Cured among greater number OF
lives at risk. BY using these facts to
correct our calculations it may be said
that the net saving Tor this group OF
life companies will amount to at
least 26,402 lives. Stated in the
usual mortality ratios, it means that
the death rate of this year for these
companies will be S.24 per thousand
instead OF 9.58 per thousand, as it was
in 1920"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1922-01-13
The Illinois Prohibition Act

NcCunq--l nc proponents Oh GrOniDl-
ton.
The chief spokesman for Prohibition
today in Illinois is The Illinois Pro-
hibiton Act" This has been written
into the statutes since our annual
meeting. 1t was passed by the last
Legislature in June and signed by
Governor Len Small on June p, going
into effect July L. We have no hest
lance i'll saying that the illinois Pro-
hibition act is the most complete state
law now on the statute books OF any
state and i'll this connection We wish
to give due credit to our Attorney. J.
II. Collier who has done more to fur
nish the provisions OF this act than
anyone else This law is built after
the national Prohibition law but is
strengthened for state purposes in a
number OF its provisions 1t is con
structed OH the fundamental principle
that it is the duty of the regularly
chosen enforcement officials to bring
about the enforcement of this Prohibi-
ton law. 1t recognizes the funda
mental fact that we will not have Pro-
hibition until the state and local off
cials together with the federal officials
chosen and elected to enforce this law
give their hearty cooperation to that
end. The government can never en-
force the Eighteenth Amendment
without the cooperation of the state
officers together with the local officials,
The city will be Handicapped in her
efforts to enforce the law if the gov
eminent and state officials do not do
their part and likewise the state must
have the cooperation OF the other