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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
Tom Sims Says

The bones of a mastodon have
been found in New York, probably
proving the ancients had taxicabs.
Now that a radio swindle has been
reported the crouch will report ra-
do is at last nearing perfection.
Maybe a Chicago boy is working
as a laborer in his millionaire dads
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
Try, Try Again

Try, Try Again
"a resolute- man can accomplish
almost anything"
Except keeping his hair from
falling out."-Louisvlle Courier
Journal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

party or Of candidates. and the bal
lot is then folded and placed in the
ballot box. Under this system no
one can know how voter voted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03
The pride of thine heart hath deceived

! The pT1de OF JnIne HeaTJ HdCH ueUeIVeu
thee.-Obad 1:3.
Where there is much pretension much
has been borrowed; nature never pretends.-
Lavater.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

How many United States Sena.
tors are there?
Ninety-six, two from each State.
They are elected in all the States
directly by the people at general
elections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

Atlantic City
will fine DRINKS
according TO
their breaths,
but one plead
ing bay rum
may escape by
q hairbreadth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

Two Colorado
mountains are
moving. One
has moved 100
feet. May be a
sign Of spring
restlessness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

Where was the Parent-Teachers
Association founded?
In Washington, d. c., February
II, 1892, by Mrs. Theodore w.
Burney and Phoebe A. Hearst.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

What is the tallest building in
Italy?
st. Peters Church in Rome. 1t is
44s feet high. but is not divided into
stories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

How are leaves bleached?
Mix dr. of chloride Of lime with
I pint Of water and add sufficient
acetio acid to liberate the chlorine.
Steep tho leaves about 10 minutes
or until they are whitened; remove
to a piece Of white paper and wash
in clear water.
From what is the quotation
''Hew to the line, let the chips
fall where they WIFI taken?
From a speech Of Roscoe Conklin
at the national convention in Chi
cago, Illinois, in 1880, when General
Grant was nominated for third
term. The exact. words were "He
will hew to the line Of right, let the
chips fall where they may"
How long does it talcs the Civil
Service Commission, % get the
markings Of an examination
paper?
This depends on the conditions in
the examining division of that office.
Sometimes the results of the exam
nations are ready in from month
to six weeks while at other times
three or four months are required.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-03

factory. ANY
way they say
he Is.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-03-14

have gone up, happily. As time goes on they will probably go up still more, but nobody need worry about lack of labor to do the country's work. Machinery will do more and more of the heavy labor Already the signs of this are plain. Who sees a string of hod car riers any more, toiling up a series Of ladders with couple of dozen brick 1? Short-sighted employers are complain ing about the curtailment of imrnigra- ton, but the present law is going in the end to benefit all classes. The condi- tions that are growing up now are going to make a better and happier country. People shiver over the danger of over population, too. There is none. h. dustry by and by will be distributed, and there will be free hands enough to restore the agriculture i'll neglected areas, over thousands and thousands ot square miles which now are unpro- ductive and too remote from the packed industrial centers to be avail able I am an optirnist on every angle of the natter
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-03-14
Rail Employees Veto Labor
 Party Plan

Chicago, March .-Organized rail- road employees will continue the A. F. Iof L. non-partisan political policy.
 These workers, representing A. F. of L. affiliates and the four railroad brotherhoods, rejected a labor party proposal at meeting of the conference for progressive political action, held in this city. The conference then ad- journed.
 Representatives of the Socialist party and other groups and individuals con- vened without the trade unionists and arranged to form a labor party. The name will be decided on later. The conference for progressive polit- ical action was loosely organized group, whose backbone was the organ ized railroad employees. The confer ence indorsed the independent candi- dacy of Senator La Toilette when he announced last summer that he was a presidential aspirant
 The conference was referred to as a third party" during the campaign, but 1t had none of the characteristics of such a movement.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-03-14
Indiana Buildis Industry Sees EA
 As Good Year

By International Labor News Service
 Indianapolis, Ind, March Pros poets for good year among the build ing trades is indicated. and the settle ment of several disputes and the ad- judication of wage rates has further smoothed the way. P1asterers have reached an amicable agreement with employers on a renewal of the wage scale of 1924 of $1.5O an hour
 The dispute between the sheet metal workers and other craftsmen regard ing the placing of iron window and door frames has been settled by agree ment to the allotment of the work to the sheet metal men.
 A wage controversy affecting Indi- annapolis electrical workers has been amicably adjusted. Journeymen and wire men have agreed to last years wage scale. Inside shop men and fix ture hangers have been granted an in crease from 80 to 90 cents an hour to $1 an hour. The new scales are to be in effect for one year.
 A number of Indiana cities report big building programs for the year. In Ithe Calumet regions three or four cities will have construction programs total ing several mi1lio ndo1lars which will include not only public construction but mills, factories, churches and dwellings.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-03-14
Farmers Incomes
 Drop In New York

Washington, March 28.-The aver age labor income of farmers in the
 state of New York was $453 in 1914 and $205 in 1923, according to the
 Monthly Labor Review, published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 By labor income is meant the
 amount the farmer receives for his years work above all farm expenses, including interest on the capital in vested and in addition to the use of his house and farm products
 The difference between earnings in
 1914 and 1923 amounted to a reduction of 55 per cent. in actual money and of
 approximately 70 per cent in the pur- chasing power of the income
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-03-14
AS THE WORKER SEES HIS WORLD
Summary and Digest of Important Events of the Week, Here
 and Abroad.

Four men killed as locomotive de- Farmingda1e, Maine. Governor Silzer of New Jersey charges existence of cement trust, which illegally fixes prices and keeps up cost of road building.
 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad celebrates 9Sth anniversary as country's first railroad for the general transportation of passengers and freight" British trade union delegation to Russia reports communism is ended and Russian system is now state social ism or state capitalism.
 French bakers raise price of bread.
 Robert c. C1owry, telegraph pioneer and former: head of Western Union Telegraph Company, dies on train at age of 87.
 Russia and Japan resume diplomatic relations as ambassadors take posts.
 Coroner's jury planes Glen Alden Coal Company for death of six asphyx- lated by gas as mine cave-in breaks gas main at Scranton, Pa.
 Frederick Ebert, Socialist, saddler and first president of the German Re public, dies of peritonitis.
 Engineer killed, two hurt, as L. & H. locomotive explodes ia Sussex Coun- ty, N. J.
 Telephone company sends photo graphs by wire over distance of 5,40O miles.
 President Coolidge signs postal pay and rate increase bill. Chimes of Big Ben, London's famous clock, heard by radio 8,523 miles away. 1 Street car workers strike in Mexico City, tying up traffic. i Factory employment now showing gradual gain, Department of Labor reports.
 Paul Wallace Hanna, labor and socialist editor dies in New York at age of 43.
 President Coolidge orders inquiry into alleged bartering of Federal pat ronage in southern states.
 Railroads need not submit labor dis putes to United States Railroad Labor Board, Supreme Court decides Bread kept fresh ten months by in vention of Swiss baker. Many bills lost in shufhe, as Con gress spends closing hours in debate New Jersey senate passes bill for sterilization of mentally unfit l Twelve hundred bankers at New | York meeting hear Sir Henry Thorn | ton, head of Canadian National Rail ways, praise trade unionism. Seventeen mor western railroads sign wage agreements with engineers and fremen on basis of Southern Pa ci6c settlement. Germany willing to enter border se- curity pact, France is told.
 President Coolidge is inaugurated i; calls for more economy and tax reduc- tions.
 | Vice President Dawes attacks Senate rules after taking oath of office. | President Coolidge signs bill increas- ing pay of Senators and Representa- tives.
 Dynamite explosion in explosives fac tory in Saxony kills five.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-03-14
DENY BLANKET INJUNCTION

Detroit, Mich, March Circuit Court Judge Dewitt Marian refused to issue a blanket injunction against metal polishers on strike against the Sheppard company. This concern re- duced wages and hte po1ishers sus- pended work. Judge Marriam's order applies to few of the strikers, but he declined to include the entire city
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31

here, but it's better to go straight
and wear a robe later.Your Aunt
Sarah Ann
After Word: We will attend the
protracted meeting at Chapel. Hope
Vine CordTay will ask us to eat with
them. IS. A.
Deyitt-Taycner
The marriage of Herbert Floyd
Dewitt and Miss Eurie Frances Tav-
ener was solemnized by Rev. ]. L..
Nuzum. at his home in McConnels-
vile Thursday at p.8 M, Dec. "a,
1925, in the presence Of a few
friends. Mr.. Dewitt is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Dewitt, route
two, and has been employed at But
Ter, Ind. Mrs. Dewitt is the oldest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Tavener of route two and is one of
Morgan county's teachers teaching
at Dutch Hill this year. She will
finish the term.
They are two of Morgan county's
young people whom their many
friends are Justly proud of. They
left for short trip TO Cincinnati
and other points. They will be at
home to their friends at Butler, Ind,
after the close of the school year.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
Triadelphia

Mrs. A. r. Appleman who has
been suffering from severe colo
and sore throat. is some better.
Sunday morning was the coldest
OF the season here, the thermometer
varying from to below.
The Fluharty children are having
severe siege of whooping cough
Frank Mcdonald who works in
the Deavertown oil field came home
Thursday to spend few days with
his family.
A very enjoyable family reunion
was held at the home of Geo. Bankes
and wife Christmas day All the
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren, II in all, were pres
ent.
Arthur Appleman and family
spent Sunday at Lyle Martins.
Howard Sheets and wife of Nc
Connelsville spent Christmas at H.
w. Gordon's.
The youngest child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Campbell has been quite
sick, threatened with pneumonia.
The patrons of the school attend
I'd the Christmas tree at the school
house last Thursday afternoon. The
children gave short program.
Harley Bankes of Marietta, Prof.
Walter Bankes of Akron, and Mrs.
Hattie Carr were called here last
week by the illness of their father,
VIM. Bankes, whose condition is
critical.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
Mrs Clara /. Indman

Clara Idella, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Dearth, was born Sept
I27, 1874, near Hackney, o. She was
married to j. w. Ludman Sept. s
1897; to this union one daughter
was born. She united with the
Bethel NJ E church in 1893, under
the pastorate of Rev. G. G.. Maple,
and remained an active member un-
til the church was discontinued, at
which time she transferred her
membership to the Smiths Chapel
M. P. church and continued an ac-
tive and faithful member of this
church and it's auxiliaries until
sickness called her from the active
work which she had SO much enjoy
ed; but she continued in her earnest
desire for the success of her Savior's
work.
She was a member Of the Center
Progressive club. She was free to
express her opinion in favor of what
she believed to be right, and to con-
denim that which she believed to be
wrong. She was an obedient daugh-
ter, kind, devoted and loving wife
and mother, and had a friendly feel
ing for everyone, and in return for
this friendship she held the esteem
and respect of host of friends, as
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
UniOnville

! The Christmas entertainment at
the high school building on Christ
mas eve, was attended by a large
crowd The tree was full of pres
ents and the entertainment put on
by the pupils, under the manage
ment of the teacher Miss Murray,
was exceptionally fine. Santa came in
at the close of the program with a
fine treat for the kiddies, and they
were delighted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G. Allen and
family of McConnelsville spent Sun
day here with Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Stegner. Their son William remain
ed for a weeks visit at the Stegner
home.
Miss Joy Barnes of GAINESVILLE
spent Christmas here with her par
ents. returning Sunday evening.
G.. B. Ritchey and family of Zanes-
vile arrived here Christmas to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Brown. They re
turned to their home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F.. E. Foster spent
Christmas with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. N. Wickersham of Reiners-
vile.
The Meigsville township board of
education will meet this Friday at
O'Clock. The new members will be
sworn in at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Kuntz and
daughter Jewell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kay Barnes spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. George Porter of Hack
ney.
t. C. Wilson has finished his con-
tract for delivering 400 bushels of
coal to the schools of this township.
Mrs. Ed Kidd is very i'll at this
time. Mrs John Wells is reported
some better.
King winter is certainly with us
again, and reminds us of former
years when the sleigh bells were in
use during the winter months.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Stegner attend
ed a turkey dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Keyhoe of
Beverly, Christmas eve.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
East Grove

Mr. and Mrs. Russell James spent
Sunday at Ote Clark's.
Mr. and Mrs. George Coleman
and children of Athens spent Christ
mas at G.. j. Humphreys.
Mr. and Mrs. Cash Barkhurst and
sons spent Christmas at John Hills
Gale Newton was a Saturday and
Sunday visitor at Wes Newton's.
A large crowd attended the Christ
mas entertainment at Westland
Wednesday night.
Several pupils from Westland Wis
ited the Pennsville school Thursday.
The dance at Frank Miller's Sat
urday night was well attended.
Charley Newton and Elbert
Kouanzoin went to GAINESVILLE to
find employment.
Miss Marjory Best is visiting Miss
Rernice Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Kille and
son of Plantsville were guests at c.
J. Humphreys ON Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orin Abel and chill
dren spent Christmas with Mrs.
Abel's parents Mr.. and Mrs. James
Price at Pennsville.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31

40 in number, and told them the
next time be blew his whistle, he
meant business, and for them to as
semble armed.
Soon afterward 30 cowboys rode
into the town and cantered down
South Main street. They saw man
on a ladder painting his house and
one of the cowboys playfally shot
him, "just3to see him fall" Then
1 Dan Parks blew his whistle.
The cowboys knew what this
meant and they entrenched them
selves in}a livery barn, a gun in each
hand. That was just across from
where the Penn hotel now stands.
The 40 citizens with double barreled
shotguns and Winchesters gathered
across the street from them. Parks
addressed the cowboys as follows:
4 Dramatic Moment
II am going to give your man two
minutes to surrender and I will
count off the time, the first minute in
halves and the second in quarters.
When | begin to count, my men will
bring their guns ito their shoulders
and pick out one of you. IL your
man doesn't surrender, my men will
do their duty" The officer pulled
out his old silver watch and began to
count. When first two quarters of
the second minute had been told off.
the cowboys took counsel and said,
They're too strong for us. Better
send Mike out" So Mike, the cow
boy who had shot the painter, sur
rendered and the citizens lowered
their guns.
Life Worth $3.50
The cowboy, who had murdered the
Wichitan in cold blood, was taken
before a judge, where he was fined
$3.50 and turned loose. Then the
cowboy company mounted and start
ed south, shooting and yelling. But
the city was proud, for it had es-
tablished the fact that there was
law, and Dan Parks was respected
ever afterward.
Mr.. Harrison, who recalls these
incidents, is 80 years of age, but has
never had a doctor and his health is
still good. He is the owner of con-
siderable real estate in Sedgwick
county, among which is the home
stead he took in the early seventies
located on section three, northeast
quarter, township 26, range two
west. He is proud of the fact that
this is one of the very few, If not
the only homestead that has never
been mortgaged.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
Reason Roberts

Reason Roberts. son of John and
Sarah Roberts, was born in Brook
county, w. Va, near Bethany, in
the year 1916 ,and ded at his home
in McConnelsville Dec Is, 1925,
aged 70 years and % days He was
veteran of the Civil war, being a
volunteer member of Co. A, 9th
Ohio Cavalry. He was united in
marriage with Miss Eunice Daw of
Gaysport, Dec. /, 1868, who with the
following children survives: George
j. and Lewis E. OF Malta; William
r. of Barberton; Edward R. of
Mansfield; Mrs. Elizabeth Musgrove
and Mrs. Hattie Berry of McCon-
nelsville, and Miss Bessie of the
home. One daughter preceded him
in death, in infancy He also leaves
to mourn his loss 19 grandchildren
nine great grandchildren and one
brother Wiley Roberts of Denver,
Col, and two sisters-Mrs. Sadie
Owens and Mrs. Mary Jewel of Co.
lumbus, the latter being with him
at the time of his death He came
to McConnelsville in 1908 and had
been engaged in the dairy business
until February of this year, when he
was compelled to discontinue it on
account of i'll health. He was a
faithful, loving husband and father,
a good neighbor and an honest, up
right citizen, and great lover of
nature. He was of a cheerful dispo-
sition, always looking on the bright
side of life and centering his
thoughts on his home and family
where he will be missed, but not
forgotten.
Funeral services were held Friday
at 1880 at the Main ST. Church of
Christ, conducted by Rev. L. B.
Douglas of the Methodist Protestant
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
Page Three

was evidenced by the large number
of friends and relatives who visited
her in her last sickness and mani
tested their interest and desire for
her recovery to health, there being
I113 different persons to visit her In
the past four weeks.
She departed this life Dec 9, at
the age of 81 years, two months
and ] 8 days, leaving to mourn their
loss a father in-law and husband OF
the home. one daughter and soa-in-
law, Glenna and Frank Watson, one
granddaughter, Marjorie Watson,
and the following sisters and broth
Ter: Mrs. Val Combs, Beverly, o.:
Mrs F. G. Watson, Los Angeles,
Calf; Mrs ID. r. Packard, Rock
ford, ILL.,; Mrs. #. II Carroll, McCon-
nelsvilIe. O.; Mrs. G. w McFerren,
Beverly, o.; Mrs. C. G. Bozman
Hebron, o., and j. A. Dearth of
Owen, Wis.
Brief funeral service was held
at the home and concluded at tho
Smiths Chapel church, conducted
by her pastor Rev Walter Gia@k,
assisted by Reys. Sanford and NJ r.
tin. The text used in the funeral
discourse, found in John 3-lG. had
been selected by the deceased. An
unusually large assembly of friends
and neighbors gathered to pay tho
last tribute of respect to one who
will be greatly missed in the corn
munity. The body was laid to rest
in the Smiths Chapel cemetery
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
"REMINISCENCES OF KANSAS
PIONEER-J. w. HARRISON

Clippings from Kansas paper:
came into the office of the Demo.
crat recently and we are reproduc
ing them in their entirety in this
paper, feeling that they may be OF
much interest to Morgan county
readers, in view OF the fact that Mr.
]. W. Harrison whom they concern,
spent his early boyhood days in
this county. He is now located at
Wichita, Kan, The first article,
from the Kansas paper of Jan. 21,
1923, read as follows:
To the majestic buffalo that roam
ed the primeval prairies of Kansas
back in the early seventies, John
Wesley Harrison, almost an octo-
genarian, residing at 800 South
Walnut street, owes the foundation
of his present day wealth.
For, in the summer of 1873, two
years after he had landed in the vii
lage of Wichita, he slew with a cap
and ball rife, 165 members of the
last drove of buffalo he ever saw,
and later sold the pelts for 81 each,
and brought his then youthful wife
from the valley of their childhood.
back in the commonwealth of Ohio,
to Sedgwick county.
Thrilling Story
It's a thrilling story-a story that
only the sturdy yeoman of the pio-
neer days can relate, which the ell
derly man told to reporter. It's
the same narration of hardships and
prosperity-of joys and sorrow
which many a resident of Wichita
has told and which comparatively
few ever will relate again. Most of
them have left the hot winds and
the sand storms, and dangers and
the excitements of the then prolific
hunting grounds, for the rewards
that await them beyond.
However, as Mr.. Harrison, who is
IS years old. gave detail after detail
in clear-toned language, it appeared
that he may battle the onslaught of
time and live to tell a generation yet
unborn, of the events hidden by a
veil Of half century.
Reaches Wichita I'm 1871
II had been married but short
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
Pleasant Hill School Report

Following is the report of the
Pleasant Hill school in Bristol
township, for the first half year:
Number enrolled, boys 10, girls g.
Average daily attendance, boys 10,
girls Z. Percent of attendance,
boys 80, girls 95, total, 81. Cases
of hardness, none. Pupils neither
absent nor tarday: Wava Harmon,
Ila vorhies, Robert Beatty, Ken
meth Alexander, Dee Dunkle, Will
bur Harmon, George Gheen, John
Daniel.-W. l.. Smith, teacher.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
Make Life Worth Living

Don't go arounu feeling tired
lacking in energy and strength, be
cause your kidneys are not working
properly. The use of FOLEY PILLS
diuretic stimulant for the kidneys,
will flush your kidneys. remove in
furious waste matter and bring the
kidneys back TO normal, active
condition. Your FOLEY PILLS
are the only thing ever got to 10
me any good" writes Samuel Bren-
ner, Alexandria, Ind. Sold Every
where.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31

Substitutions for M. & NJ: Price,
Davis and Pearson; for alumni, Her
bert Lewis, Osborne, Calvert.
Summary: Fields-Kennard, l.;
Seyerle, Q; Bingham, l. Northrup,
6. Humphrey, 4 foul. Alumni
Lynn, 10; White, /; Deedrick, 1:
King, s, all fields.