Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-10-23

fill to the bottom below. No one was
hurt and the machine was unin-
jured Some would say it was Prov
idence, others it was Ford.
Some folks who wanted to bet that
the Cliftons wouldn't finish the
road, now predict it will be finished
in three weeks. For fear some may
misunderstood us, the bridge and
road is not open to travel IL you
want to go to Cloud and Rowland
and points north, detour at Meigs
cemetery. Bristol, Reinersville and
points south, detour at c.. G. Will
son residence. The reason the am
bulance crossed was because the
Cliftons are Morgan county men
with Morgan county hearts. "A call
of fire at the Ray home Sunday
brought out more folks than were in
the average church Sunday. Another
example Of what your scribe has
been preaching land in COM
munity where folks are ready to
help each other is cheap at any
price. . Meigs Valley grange held
another interesting meeting Satur-
day night One petition was read
and referred. Officers were nomi-
the community, come and sing, talk
or do anything to help make bet
ter community A prominent bust
ness man of the county seat wants
in. and will come with us. Our
friend on the Knob may rest as
sured that he will be fully con-
vinced as to which he Should do,
when they get the new school build
ing paid for. We know how to stop
him, but would rather let him run
down. Cal Hauke and family who
have been visiting here, are at New
ark visiting the formers relatives.
They were to have family reunion
while there. We would have been
! tempted to have gone along if we
could have found good man to
/ take our place on the road. We
would have tried to find our friend
| G.. w. Jones. While we have not
! seen anything about his having paid
his subscription. neither have we
( lieve him alive. s. S. Sines has
rented the D. L. Jenkins coal bank
and is advertising screened coal at
&c per tushel. Fred Radcliff has
abandoned the first location and has
T.
we said Grace instead of Margaret,
we would say we are pretty well
posted for a one talented gent with
| out high school attainments, and
! would advise tax payers TO figure
I which is the cheaper--a high school
/ or transportation if you don't care
4 for the children who can't go else
where TO school We are inform
ed the last pay on the road which
I was paid the 18th, was S1400. The
next one will be more, as 1t was the
/ first one in which they got to work
every day. a nice bunch OF money
coming into the community ana
mostly to home folks. Miss Mary
/ Mcdowell. mention of whose gong
! to Bethesda hospital last week was
made in the last issue, was operated
upon Friday. 'The first report was
encouraging, later word not so
! good. Her brother Clair brought
! the word Monday evening that she
was doing nicely and her sister Lot
/ tie would probably come Tuesday.
We are informed that the work
mems Insurance departm 9n{ refuseo
/ to pay on the death OF Oliver Ander-
son, an employe of the Brown-Manly
! Co. Malta 1t will be remembered
! an autopsy was held nearly four
months after his death. Rev. Nu-
zum will preach at Mt. Zion next
| Sunday at 2:30 o'clock. Hear him
and see if he has any shoes to fit
you. He handed us couple or
three pairs last time. If you are
not an American you cant vote. II
you are, you will vote. George
Carnes of GAINESVILLE and Fred
Carnes of McAlester. Okla, visited
with their brother John P. and wife
last week :. "A white man and col
ored woman, claiming to be man
and wife, tried to camp with the
colored family at the Campbell
bridge Sunday night. After quite
bit of excitement they started on
the back track some time in the
night. "A literary and box social
was a very pleasing affair. Nearly
$50 was taken in. II the county
engineers would stay away, we
might get the road finished sooner.
They were out Monday and gave us
quite bit more grading to do.
Roy Wilson and family will move
this Thursday from the Everett
Wells to the G. E. Dougan farm near
Deerfeld church.