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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the
board of county commissioners of
Morgan county, Ohio, will receive
sealed proposals up to ! o'clock, p.
m. on Saturday, the 18th day of
September, 1922, at it's office in the
court house, McConnelsville, Ohio,
for the razing of the present Irish
Rock bridge, the placing of culvert
to take the place of the said bridge,
the stone from the present abut-
ments to be used in making head
wall for the culvert and to make
fill thereon, all to be done in ac-
cordance to the plans and specifi-
cations now on file in the office of
the county surveyor. Said plans
and specifications may b1 seen at
said surveyors office at any time
during regular office hours from the
date of this notice up to the time of
receiving proposals as fixed herein.
A contract or contracts based up
on said sealed proposals will be
made with the person or persons
who agree to perform the labor at
the lowest price and give yood and
sufficient bond for the faithful per-
formance of their contracts in ac-
cordance with the plans and speci-
fications herein referred to, which
plans and specifications are to be
made part of the contracts.
Bids should be sealed and endors-
ed IBID for raZing Irish Rock
Bridge"
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
By order of the county commits
sioners.
CHARLES e. HARPER,
24a4 Morgan County Auditor
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby : given that the
board of county commissioners of
Morgan county, Ohio, will receive
sealed proposals up to l O'Clock p.
M, on Monday, the End day of Oc-
tober, 1922, at it's office in the court
house, McConnelsville, Ohio, for
ing the material necessary for the
building of a substructure of the
Frank Pierce bridge in Bloom town
ship in accordance with the plans
and specifications now on file in the
office of the County Surveyor. Said
plans and specifications can be seen
at said Surveyors office at any time
during regular office hours from the
date of this notice up to the time of
receiving proposals as fixed herein.
A contract or contracts based upon
said sealed proposals will be made
with the person or persons who Of
fer to perform the labor and fur
nish the material at the lowest
price and give good and sufficient
bond for the faithful performance
of their contracts in accordance
with the plans, specifications here
in referred to, which plans and
specifications are to be made a part
of the contracts.
Bids should be sealed and en-
dorsed "Bid for the substructure of
the Frank Pierce Bridge"
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
BY order of the County Commits
sioners.
CHARLES f. HARPER,
Morgan County Auditor.
McConnelsville, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1922.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the
board of county commissioners OF
Morgan county, Ohio, will receive
sealed proposals up to / o'clock p.
M, on Monday, the End day OF Oc-
tober, 1922, at it's office in the court
house, McConnelsville, Ohio, for
performing the labor and furnish
ing the material necessary for the
building of substructure to the
Yves Newton bridge in Marion town
ship in accordance with the plans
and specifications now on file in the
office of the County Surveyor. Said
plans and specifications can be seen
at said Surveyors office at any time
during regular office hours from the
date of this notice up to the time of
receiving proposals as fixed herein.
A contract or contracts based upon
said sealed proposals will be made
with the person or persons who OF
fer to perform the labor and fur
nish the material at the lowest
price and give good and sufficient
bond for the faithful performance
of their contracts in accordance
with the plans, specifications here
in referred to, which plans and
specifications are to be made a part
of the contracts.
Bids should be sealed and en-
dorsed IBID for the substructure of
the Yves Newton Bridge"
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
BY order of the County Commits
sioners.
CHARLES E. HARPER,
Morgan County Auditor
McConnelsville, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1929
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the
board of county commissioners OF
Morgan county, Ohio, will receive
sealed proposals up to / o'clock p.
M, on Monday, the End day of Oc-
tober, 1922, at its office in the court
house, McConnelsville, Ohio, for
performing the labor and furnish
ing the material necessary for the
repair of the West Abutment of the
Sam Harris bridge in Penn town
ship in accordance with the plans
and specifications now on file in the
office OF the County Surveyor. Said
plans and specifications may be seen
at said Surveyors office at any time
during regular office hours from the
date of this notice up to the time OF
receiving proposals as fixed herein.
A contract or contracts based upon
said sealed proposals will be made
with the person or persons who Of
fer to perform the labor and fur
nish the material at the lowest
price and give good and sufficient
bond for the faithful performance
of their contracts in accordance
with the plans and specifications
herein referred to, which plans and
specifications are to be made a part
of the contracts.
Bids should be sealed and en-
dorsed IBID for the repair of the w.
Abutment of Sam Harris Bridge
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
BY order of the County Commits
sioners.
CHARLES f. HARPER,
Morgan County Auditor
McConnelsville, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1922.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
1h .REAL. BARGAINS

Some New Ones Listed Lately
2 4-rOom houses, $3.50, and
$4,000.
6-room houses, $1,000 to
$1,000.
S-room houses, e lots) $1,000
and $1,8OO.
fine modern houses, $4,000.
5-room houses, $500 to $4,000.
2 7-room houses, $4,000 to
$4,000.
1 5-room and s acres, 81 500.
ROSS Il TAYLOR, Agents
Rooms 11-12 Stanbery Bldg.
McConnelsville, Ohio
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Each bidder must submit with
his proposal a certified check made
payable to Charles E. Harper, Coun-
ty- Auditor, in the sum of $25O.Oo
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars as
an evidence of good faith and as
guarantee that he will enter into
contract if awarded the work.
The Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
Dated August 20, 1922.
Signed
CHARLES e. HARPER,
Morgan County Auditor
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board of County Commits
sioners of Morgan county, Ohio, up
to Twelve (12) o'clock noon OF
Sept. 23rd, 1922, for furnishing
materials and performing labor in
the remodeIing of the Morgan Coun-
ty Chifdren's Home near McCon-
nelsville, Ohio, according to plans
and specifications, now on file with
the County Auditor.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

The accounts and vouchers of the
following administrators, executors
and guardians have been filed for
settlement in the probate court of
Morgan county, Ohio, and will be for
hearing on Monday, September IS,
1922, at ten o'clock, a. M:
Florence M. Smith, administrative
of the estate of Chauncey b. Smith;
Alden T. Gillespie, administrator of
the estate of Wilbert H. Gillespie:
William NJ Smith, executor of the
will of Mathew Smith; Alfred E.
Mills, administrator with the will
annexed of Elihue Palmer; A. P.
Pinkerton, guardian of John G..
Pinkerton and La Doyt B. Pinker-
ton.
Any person interested may file
written exceptions to any or all of
said accounts or any item therof, on
or before said hearing.
ALFRED H. MERCER, -.
24a3 Probate Judge.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

be sealed and endorsed bids for
Printing Ballots"
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
GEO. T. NEWMAN, Clerk
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
BIDS FOR PRINTING BALLOTS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board OF Deputy State Supervisors
OF Elections of Morgan county.
OHIO, will receive sealed bids up to
one O'Clock, p. M, Saturday. 9th
day of September, 1922, at its Of
nee in McConnelsvile, Ohio. for the
printing of the ballots for the gen.
eral election to be held on Noyem-
Der z, 1922.
opeclncatlons are on file in the
onlce of said board. Bids should
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
Bad Headaches

Had constipation about four
years and had awful bad head
aches. After taking Foley Cathar-
tic Tablets, l was quickly relieved"
writes Mrs. Myrtle Jones, ST. JOS
eph, Mo. Foley Cathartic Tablets
for biliousness, headaches, blurred
vision, coated tongue and bad
breath-SOld EVERYWHERE.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. John Martin left Saturday
for Warren, Pa, after spending a
weeks vacation with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Martin of Deer
field. Mr.. Martin is employed with
the Pittsburgh Press, as crew man
ager in the circulation department..
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. Kenneth Robinson who has
been employed the past summer at
Detroit in an engineering office, re-
turned home the latter part of last
week to visit week or so before go
ing to Denison university, Gran
vile, where he will complete MS
course in few months.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
LOO AL n a w s
Get the "blue ribbon" at the /

Sheriff W. E. Stallsmith has pur-
chased from Mr. John Whitney his
property on Center street in McCon-
nelsville. Mr.. Whitney recently
purchased a residence property in
Cleveland
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Platt and
their niece Miss Nellie Mwood of
Niles, Mich, motored here last
Thursday to visit Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Shinn. They left Tuesday for
their home. Mrs. Shinn accompan-
led them as far as GAINESVILLE, and
then went on to visit her cousin Mrs.
Sadie Gantz of near Waverly. Mr.
Platt is the son of Mrs. Shinn by
her first marriage
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Henery of
Valparaiso, Ind, are spending two
weeks visiting with friends and rel
atives of McConnelsville and Stock
port. Mrs. Henery for the past two
weeks has been critically i'll with
blood poisoning in her right leg.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Marxen and
two children and two of their neigh
boris children returned to their
homes in Carnegie, Pa, Monday, af-
ter a visit here with the formers
sister Mrs. Frank Johnson of Sew
enth street.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Torbert, 153
E. Lane Ave-, left last evening for
Chicago, where they will spend some
time with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph s.
Watt of Shreveport, La, who are
there for the summer. They also
will visit relatives at Summit Farm,
La Porte, Ind.-Ohio State Journal,
Sept. /.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

There is ready sale for Victrolas
all the time, because when people
make up their mind to get talking
machine they come to the store
with their minds already made up it
must be a genuine VictroIa of some
style or other. Always try Morris
Hardware Company.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Miss Harriet Gillian left Mon
day for Delaware where she resumed
her duties as teacher in the public
schools. Her mother accompanied
her part way, and went on to Circle
Vile where she will visit two weeks
or so with her brother DR.. HI. c..
Callen.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. John H. Prescott and son of
Parkersburg had their car stuck in
the mud last Sunday up the river,
and it remained in that condition
until Monday. Mr. Prescott, it will
be recalled, built the armory here,
and he sand his son are building a
new court house at Springfield, and
were on their way home to spend
Labor Day.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mrs. Basil Sullivan and children
who spent six weeks here with Mrs.
Sulliyan's mother Mrs. Lizzie Trip
lett, and with relatives and friends
at Pennsyille and Stockport, re-
turned Tuesday to their home in Ak
ron. Mrs. Triplett accompanied
them home for a visit.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Sheriff w. E. Stallsmith has pur-
chased the John Whitney, better
known as the Judge Hanna, prop
erty, on Center street, next to the
Star restaurant, which he expects
to occupy as his home after his term
as sheriff expires.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

DR.. j. B. Naylor went to Colum-
bus Tuesday to attend a four days
meeting of the District Health Com
missioners, held at the Southern ho-
tel. Wednesday night he was on
the evenings entertainment pro-
gram.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. H. N. Gheen and his son and
daughter returned to Elm Grove, w.
Va, Monday. They had motored
here Sunday, bringing with them
Mr.. Gheen's parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Gheen of Stockport vicinity,
who had been visiting two months
at Elm Grove.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

You have been asking for some
thing different. Here it is-pony
race once around.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Wilmarth re-
turned to Cleveland Monday, after
spending their vacation of two
weeks with their home people, Mrs.
Frances Mcbride of this place, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Bartlett of Malta
Mr.. Wilmarth is taking vocational
training in accountancy.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

The sheep department will prove
itself a drawing card for the fair.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

See the prize winning and sale
toppers at the fair.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

You might drive from Dan to
Beersheba and not see a better fair
than the Morgan county fair.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

The fair is a great university that
teaches by object lessons.-Secre-
tary Wallace.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Adjust your 'specks'' and see
how far we have developed our ex-
hibits.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. John Guyton of Beaver Falls,
Pa, came Saturday to join his wife
and daughter Marjorie Eloise, who
spent a number of weeks here with
his mother Mrs. Clara Guyton, and
other relatives. Mrs. Guyton also
visited her mother Mrs. Wallace at
Roxbury.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

The fair-a romping good time
all day. 35 cents.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

A deposit that will pay the big
gest interest of all 35c at the gate
for admittance.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Take a seat in the rest-awhile
when at the fair. 1t is fine.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Sept. 13, IA, Is. Come running,
but don't crowd
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

No event of the season is more
paronized or popular than the fair.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
LEGAL NOTICE

The Hilaman Oil Company resid-
ing at Parkersburg, West Virginia,
will take notice that on the 18th
day of August, 1922, The Agnew
Torpedo Company filed it's petition
in the Common Pleas Court of Nor
gan county, Ohio, in case No. 5156
against the above named party,
and attached party, and praying in
it's petition for a judgment against
said defendant for the snm Of
$342.05 with interest thereon from
May Is, 1921.
Said defendant is required to an
swer on or before October z, 1922.
FRANK McDERMOTT and
NJ E. DANFORD,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

A joy ride to the fair will be a
joyful surprise.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. Jno. E. McGrath and son
Bernard of GAINESVILLE attended the
Woodmen picnic here Monday, and
the Woodmen class adoption in the
evening. Bernard McGrath who is
just past 6 years of age, has the
record of being the youngest mem
Der of Buckeye camp, GAINESVILLE.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mrs. j. L. Marsh and children
Georgia and Laird of st. Cloud.
Fla, who spent six weeks with Mrs.
Marsh's Grandmother Mrs. Sarah
Hummel and other relatives, of the
Westland vicinity, and elsewhere.
left Tuesday for their home. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Marsh's
grandmother who expects to spend
the winter with her.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Better class of horses promised
for the races at the fair,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Rev. F. B. Gilhousen and family
of Sabina visited here from last
Thursday until Tuesday with Mr..
and Mrs. F. B. Kraps. While here
Rev. Gilhousen preached Sunday in
the M. P. church. 1t will be re-
called that about seven years ago he
was supply pastor here for several
months.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

The fair propaganda is spreading
like grease in a griddle.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

An exhibition of perfection-the
cattle show.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

IT you think ponies are slow, you
will change your mind after seeing
the races at the fair.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Prof. and Mrs. R. w. Martin and
little child who have spent a month
with Mr.. Martins parents Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. Martin of Deerfield and
Mrs. Martins people Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Niceswanger of Poplar
ridge, will return the first of next
week to Hillsboro, where Mr.. Martin
will enter upon his fourth year as
of the high school.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

Mr.. Charles Dearth of MeigsyilIe
informs us that his son Mr.. Dean
Dearth, who left here July 26 for
Honolulu, where he enters Y. M. c..
A. work, sailed Wednesday of this
week from San Francisco. Train
service was so poor from Chicago
that he arrived in San Francisco "a
hours late. In spite of this handi-
cap he wrote that he is enjoying his
trip very much.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

The Victrola exercises will bring
into play at one time or another, all
the muscles of the body, stimulate
It's every normal function and
through continued use, once a day.
result in greatly improved condi-
ton of mind and body. Hear them
at Morris Hardware.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07

CHARLES E. HARPER,
Morgan County Auditor.
McConnelsville, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1922.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-09-07
SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

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The Washington times., 1922-11-17
Prison Sentences For
Reckless Speeders
By BILL PRICE.

The son of New York millionaire paid heavy fine and
spent in the Tombs prison. being transported there
"Back Maria along with assorted variety of crm
nails reckless speeding in the streets of the Metropolis
He led from the court where he convicted with
his handcuffed.
The newspaper accounts of it have restraining in
fuence upon exubean youths who to think that the
made wholly for them to burn the wind through
in their sport cars, laughing smiling pedestrians jump
frantcay of the meeky keep themselves within
bounds of safety.
Joy irresponsible young get of their exploits does
balance the appalling life and the of
wreckage passing through hospitals Heavy fines do
young of wealth who have nothing to do but
engage riding They need radical treatment to
bring them their and make them understand that we
all obligations to Others matter what the station in fe
Not all young of rich families lnconsderae OF
Others Not all Of them feel that their will get them
Of trouble they get into good OF them
this way however and in manifest their
contempt for the financially less fortunate
There plenty Of men, young and old, who are not
wealthy and deserve punishment for their fragrant
disregard the rights of others and their defiance of
traffic If these added the quored drivers and
thoroughly irresponsible and who licenses
drive and should have them there will be found the
main Of the automobile death and destruction toll in
Washington and elsewhere.
police may do make hundreds of daily but
collateral permitted and forfeited for serious
oenses and the courts impose moderate heavy fines
the growing to humanity will remain unsoved even
with valuable educational campaigns such that about to be
started in this city.
Hundreds of accidents be avoided The jaywakng
pedestrian will continue to thrust himself into danger failing
to profit by the casualty lists But there large
numbers Of accidents that avodabe for which the pedes
tian in way responsible The of these due to
the guilty old offender who has had the
right kind OF lesson IN the courts.
The Washington times., 1922-11-17
ONCE OVERS
AFRAID OF FRANKNEss.

You with others responsible for the financial
agement of organization which should be your pride
to successfully.
Instead of studying the needs in broad and the
wherewtha for getting the and how to spend that
money economically the easiest find out what
else is going to do about it and do likewise
Then when it becomes known that matters have not
been run so as to Justify public confidence and the debts
loom bigger than expected by those for whom you have the
affair in trust, what do you dol
Do you say, "we have not dared to tell you that
and much because, If you had known, you
might have done thus and so another way"
Do you think inspires confidence in the public the
organization which must pay the bill eventually find
that there pay than they had idea and that
you knew il all alongf
No. pays bigger dividends look deeper and thrash the
thing opt before gets big rather than have TO play
for symxsthy in order to get what you want.
The Washington times., 1922-11-17
Nerves of Humanity

As humanity develops it grows q nervous system
individual body threaded with fine flaments that
carry sensations the whole world growing system of in
ter communicating lines
These are the telegraph and telephone wires.
Did you picture yourself in
dreaming all the myriad wires that thread the city? Did
conjure before your edative eye long
running from town to all the other of the
country? They out mountains plains and
deserts through and forests and they trembling
day and night with the pulsaons Of thought weaving
common mind Of the into unity of consciousness
They said the other day that
in London and got from the stock market in New York
in six minutes after it opened.
Little by little this network covering the globe
will be before the remoest foreign land will be
neghbor.
this globe becoming upon its surface huge
spider web
brings the thought the nterependence of all human
hat vour dss causes some trsmhlnr par. IN Trev ~
In Argentina
Whether like it want it not this humanity shall
become