Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-03-01
MEIGS
Democrat Still to Flourish with
All It's Old Time Vigor

While we were not fishing for
comps, yet we are only human and
can't help feeling measure OF
gratefulness that we could write SO
| long and be appreciated while living.
| No Mrs. Ross, our grist would not
stop the wheels, but should Rural
Dale and Meigs both stop pushing" :"
they would sure drop their ears and
tuck their tail. Needing the request
Of the editor and many of the read
ers and in spite of some of the read
ers, we are back and will stay "till
death do us part" or we get bounc-
ed, and we will write our way
| hoping that when the end comes
those who have had the constitution
and nerve to stay it out, may re-
member us as the correspondent
who made the world little brighter
and better, by our having penciled
our version of life at Meigs.
We have been trying to post our
self on the K X. X. and have got
ten to the place where if they will
announce themselves in favor of a
revision of the Ohio school law, so
as to favor the boys and girls, and
the competent teachers, rather than
supts and factory made teachers
we are ready to go in if we have to
so on our hands and knees.
The real estate of Samuel Ray,
deceased, will be sold at partition
sale.
Here's hoping we may soon say
the flu flew up the flue.
VIM. Flanders, civil war veteran,
whose health had been improved,
has not been so well lately.
Friends here are sorry to know
of the serious illness of S. H. Huff
man.
Lucy, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam w. Scott, is on the sick list
with tonsilitis.
Vincent Crawford, our school
teacher, has been i'll the past week
and the school has been closed.
1t is thought at this time that
folks will be ready for the Grange
meeting this Saturday, 1 p. m.
Gilmore Gilbert has been supply
ing for Miss Ellis at Valley.
The many friends of Miss Nellie
Brothers extend gratulations on
| her marriage to Mr.. Lautzenheiser
of North Industry, but regret we are
to lose her from our neighborhood
Farm hands seem as scarce as
the proverbial hen teeth. High
price of labor in other lines and low
price of farm products, seem TO be
the cause.
The report that the Barnesville
extension was to be let in February
seems to have been exaggerated.
A. j. Lindimore who has employ
I Mt of ot.hn L,
soon to make arrangements for the
spring work on the farm.
Mrs. Jesse Haines who has been
on the sick list, is improved.
! Clyde Moore will have public
sale of his personal property some
time the latter part of March.
Mrs. j. P. Carnes, who has been
in poor health, is improved.
In a conversation with a friend,
an ex-service man, he told US how
he feels the government is paying
| his way as to board and lodging
| While being treated he was furnish
ed as many one dollar meal tickets
and two dollar room tickets as he
would take. In case he didn't eat
the dollars worth the restaurant or
hotel got the change which was true
IN every case, they getting the
bonus"
Mrs. Geo. Singleton and little
daughter Betty have returned to
their home at Dietrich, Idaho, after
spending several weeks visit with
the formers parents Mr.. and Mrs.
A. P. Wilson.
Mrs. Roy Wilson is reported ser
iously i'll from the flu, grip or what
ever the prevailing disease is.
Thank goodness, we have a train
ed nurse on our line. You CORES
pondents can call it what you please
and she translates it into plain Nut
tonburg talk for us.
A letter from Mrs. G. w. Ashton
of New Cambria, Kans., brings to
our mind some history given US by
our father. Mrs. Ashton is the
daughter of VIM. Lindimore who