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Many Paroles for
Holidays Sought

! Early Christmas shopping
has been going on some weeks
in the office Of Secretary
Charles York Of the Indiana
board Of pardons and paroles.
Relatives have been besieging
the office with suppncations to
let their loved ones come home
on parole for the holidays.
'It is hard to say no to such
requests" York declared today.
But guilty persons must pay
the penalty In Imprisonment,
and II We started releasing pris-
oners on parole at Christmas
time there would be no end to
such procedure"
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SONIA p. 4 s,s., ; {:

1t added to her irritation that
Vera plainly considered herself q
young Madonna permitting an I'M
holy Magdalene to hold her child.
Sonia walked home, taking deep
breaths of the moist, spring haunt
ed air, careless but not unconscious
of glances from those who knew.
There goes Sonia Marsh, whose
father killed himself. 1t was In
the papers. 'Buzz-buzz -
When she entered her own home
she found her mother back at the
sewiRg machine.
do you have to do that, Moth
err"
We'll, 1 promised It for SaGur-
day. I'd rather sew than to sit
here thinking. Besides 1 need the
money"
That was Sonia's cue. She took
it gratefully.
"If you don't mind, I'm going
back to work, too. I'm going to-
morrow"
Go Be COntinued.)
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The NeU Gothic
Strap
Watch

A wonderful watch
built so that a jar or
3fall will not affect it's
5accuracy. 15-jewel, lu-
minous dial, fine leath-
err strap. The move
ment is fully guaran-
teed.
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EMPEROR SLIGHTLY BETTER

BIZ United Press
TOXIC, Dec. 15.-The condition of
Emperor Yoshihito OF Japan, criti-
cally Ill of pneumonia, was reported
slightly improved today. He was
taking food through a tube. Amer
dean Ambassador Charles MacVeagh
called at the imperial palace at
Hyama today and inquired about the
Emperor's condition.
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BY Vida Hurst

she was more sinned against than
SHINING.
The confession which Anna had
brought forth in travail for the sal
walton of her daughters soul bore
unexpected fruit. Far from fight
ing her inherited instinct for ex-
element, Sonia shrugged thin
shoulders and was convinced that
it would have its way. Why fight
destiny?
She said nothing of this attitude
to her mother, however. But she
surrounded herself with a silence
more battling than before. Anna,
immersed in loneliness and the re-
alization that her husbands saw
ings account would not cover his
burial expenses, was compelled to
turn to practical considerations.
Sonia went to see Vera's baby.
She spent unpleasant, restless hours
watching Vera boil bottles, wash
dannels, measure orange juice, and
go through all the maddening rou-
tine Of a mothers day. She was not
tempted by the plain, wholesome
fare her sister put before her family.
She did not relish holding a squall-
ing infant while Vera prepared it's
bath. The house was filled with a
damp, acrid odor, which nauseated
Sonia Babies were darlings in pink
and blue bonnets, smelling Of sachet,
but before they attained that
stade.
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You rOiH marcel at the ar
ray of deIiciously pre-
pared foods at White
Cafeteria Con the Circle. ="
AS alUays - odd penny
prices.
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real delight Vtors Here abundance kind gifts that
the holiday satisfaction foremost mind! Special
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trolman Wilkerson testified against
the youth IN municipal court. Hes
always In trouble" said Wilkerson.
Stein admitted throwing a bottle
through a poolroom window. Clay
Powers, 20 OF 1925 Holt Rd., was
fined $50 fer carrying a blackjack.
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TWO GET HEAVY FINES

Albert Stein, %, OF 2403 w. Nc
Carly St., was fined $50 and SEN
fenced to six months in jail on
charges of malicious trespass and
vagrancy this afternoon after Pa
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CHAPTER LXVII.


in her mothers lap, Sonia faced the
truth. The blood of Jed THOMAS
might be in her veins, but all the
affection she could ever give a faith
err had been buried with the pitiful
body of the man who had loved her
more than his own life. Anna had
warned her that she was never to
repeat her confession to any one.
1--WE kept it all these years /
never want to discuss it again.
> And Sonia, knowing the reason
for her mothers confession had
been a firm belief in her daughter s
guilt, knew that she would never
be able to tell the truth Of her own
affair. After all, it really made no
difference which night she had spent
in Franklin's shack
She had reckoned without Anna s
acceptance OF the fact that she, too,
was married
why did you marry Don If you
were so in love with someone else,
SONAR"
Sonia swallowed over the lump in
her throat before she replied, II
fought l could go with him to Ber-
a."
Wei, then, why didn't you go?''
Il couldn't go go on with it. You
te we were only playing at being
lied 1t was more difficult than
imagined"
fou mean you were not really
n and wtfe?"
IN. nor'
was sickening to be forced to
lain the details OF their rela-
MS.
Wen, then" asked Anna, in a
v, practical tone, what are you
ing TO do?"
AS soon as Don comes home out
riage will be annulled and III
ny Franklin"
ma shook her head.
onias voice was angry. why,
! suppose you think he won't
Try me?"
Those things don't happen. So
Poor child, you'll learn some
not to believe in any lover s
nises."
er spiritless detection reused
girl to half-hearted defiance.
You can't judge every one by
ar own experience, mother"
She felt that her mother should
ye known better than to have
faith In Jed Thomas. Even II
we're her father, 1t was ridiou.
S comparing him to Franklin.
Even in youth he must have been
ri and unsympathetic.
Anna continued, quietly: what
your immediate plans?"
Franklin is going abroad with
bis mother"
And your
Until that moment Sonia had no
en- sure.
"oh, I'm going back to work in
san Francisco"
Afterwards. lying sleepless in
er bed, Sonia wondered at her
2anged state OF mind. Was it the
rasult of her mothers confession?
The knowledge that her weakness
had been inherited? She no longer
agonized over the tragedy of her
fathers suicide. The thought of
his patient, pleading eyes would
never fail to bring the tears. But
she felt now it could not have been
avoided. Fate had ordained II
many years ago. She, Sonia Marsh
who was not even entitled to the
name she bore, had been only a
link in the chain of circumstances
How could she have been other
wise, with a mother who had de
ceived her husband for 10 years?
Her mothers sin seemed to hei
the greater.
Something pliable and youthful
hardened in the girl that night
Annals confession had swept her
from a course of honest repentance
to the shoals of self-pity Eagerly
he accepted her mothers state
ment that she was not altogether
TO blame. 1t had been easy to ad
Just herself to the new idea that
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gram and our improvement projects
we can absorb $50, 169 OF this cut"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23

Miss Florence Parsons of Colum-
bus is spending few days with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Par
sons.
The churches will hold Joint
Christmas entertainment at the c.
u, church, Sunday evening, Dec. 90.
Champion grange will hold an all
day meeting Jan. /. c. s. Ran
dolph of Buckeye Valley will be
present and install the officers of
both oranges.
Walter Schram and family are
moving from the G. +. Sidwell farm
to farm near New Lexington.
Mr., and Mrs. /. c. Masterson re-
port fine meeting of the Ohio
state grange at Dayton last week.
Grafton Burdette and family of
Detroit, Mich, spent a few days here
last week visiting relatives.
Bailey Bankes of New Concord is
spending the holiday vacation at
home.
Judge H. VI. Finley and family,
Mrs Lizzie Parkhill and Mrs. Ella
Moore of McConnelsville. called on
relatives and friends here, Sunday
afternoon.
Work on the New Lexington road
has been discontinued until spring,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23

makes from 600 to 1000 barrels per
day. Some of the new wells make
several thousand per day for long
time. This company has fairly
large production at present, but later
it will be increased many, many
times. All of our wells are in the
lake, not only here but at Ambrosia,
Lagonilles and all the other places
around here. The V. o. c., British
concern, has all the land conces-
sions here, the other companies are
operating in the lake. / sure am 60
ing to like it here. The climate is
excellent, there are few places of
amusement, but / didn't come down
here for pastime, so l should worry.
The w. o. c. would like to hire
some American with a wife that's a
school teacher, so l guess I'll have
| to come up and hunt me school
marm; would get $500 per month
| for each, and house and eats fur
nished Sure is a good chance foc
his wife down here, the companies
will pay her way here, furnish a nice
bungalow, and 100 per month for
their eats.
Our outfit gave a dance at La Sa-
lima Saturday night, ande we won
the ball game yesterday-Lago VS..
". O. G.. We have a fine tennis
court at La Salina, that's where
the dance was held. A fine place
too. big grove of palm trees, by the
side of the lake. The camps here are
wonderful, although the towns are
the punk. Little 2X4 adobe huts,
and 2x4 store bow buildings for
stores and canteens.
The people are at least 1000 years
behind times They sleep in ham
mocks, six, eight and 10 in one little
hut about 10 feet square-three
hammocks high. They use charcoal
stoves to cook with, and few now
have gasoline lamps, U. S. made.
One good thing about this country is
they have few laws, and they are
good ones, also they are strictly en-
forced. Very little fighting done,
! CHATS mostly Americans loaded on
boo2e) and very little stealing. ANY
thing is safe, with no one around
and the house not t,i locked. What
little pilfering is done, is done by
Americans. So you see what a good
opinion I've got of my country.
Huh? The poems are really too lazy
to steel, besides they do have some
respect for the law, because they
fear it. They have no schools here,
except occasionally a Catholic
church has built one and furnishes a
teacher, but the law does not force
one to 60, because the government
does not establish any at all. The
weather. class send their children
to the United States for an educa-
ton. The poorer class don't need an
education. / expect they will be
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
THE REAL SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

We believe that does
Christmas spirit in the air than there has
of whether
across the sea
of money
hard spirit lavish giving
please friends
festival the rich alone the
need for economy chill
there festival in the deeply root
ed also he older folks
of all this Christmas spirit that in the
nations the world have been
bending Throughout
minds of the people, for
will to
ghu Christmas spirit also?
with the harshness of
If there of Christmas because
In realizing this not
why needs chrstmas-and what it stands for?
We have
typographical perhaps other ifng
error into his
is the "oher kind that
hardest that kind that in
the place
experience last week
celebration The article originally written
type unusually rush
made it leave
others In the revampng of the article
particular about
the discovered until the
practically off the Here is the paragraph
speaker the evening Hon. Geo E.
chief engineer of
his remarks road matters with
"reminiscences life in this county He stated,
things tarhest
today with the exception of farming He
said that Donahey
be built; otherwise the
out of the mud The governor and
toured the
places whe Champaign
gravel roads and learned that the
responsible
Raymond Smith he taken into the highway
department charge of traffic bound work Mr.
at the meeting Friday night The fl
naneng problem, speaker stated
the legislature
much road building will be done the
years
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23

for those without friends to help,
there will be presents of some
kind or other, especially for those
confined in the state hospitals for
feeble minded, and epileptic. And
each of these $4,000 state wards are
looking forward to Christmas day
with just as much anxiety and
pleasure as the more fortunate, who
have comfortable homes with
plenty of everything.
A conservation commission in
stead of the fish and game division
of the department of agriculture
will be installed in Ohio after the
next legislature if members of the
Izaak Walton League of Ohio and
the League of Ohio Sportsmen OBJ
tain a legislative measure to that
effect. The two leagues will cen
ter activities on an effort to have
this one measure passed at the next
legislature. Legislation proposed
would give the commission author
ity to make flexible open and clos
ed seasons and to administer af-
fairs of the department. The COM
mission would be maintained with
hunters and anglers license money
without cost to the taxpayers, ex-
cept for forestry work, should that
department be brought into the
commission
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23

than the state of Michigan. These
facts are brought out In special
report of the United States Bureau
of Public Roads just published. lt
shows that in Ohio there are 84,-
I532 miles of roadway of which
.33.581 are improved in some man
iner. Pennsylvania has only 16,-
O99 miles of improved roads, Mich
igan 2O,99S miles, Kentucky IT,
O66 miles, Illinois 14,17S miles and
New York, 24,539 miles.
There is no state law under which
an autoist may be fined for not
coming to full stop at intersections
of side roads with main thorough
fares. and auto drivers can neither
be arrested nor fined unless the city
or village council has adopted an
ordinance providing for the same.
1t cannot be done under any sup
posed state law The matter has
come to the attention of Director
George F. Schlesinger, who has adj
vised one or two Ohio mayors that
while it is. hoped that such a law
will be passed at the coming ses-
sion of the general assembly, there
is no such law now. Many cities
and municipalities have adopted
such laws, but many arrests have
been made on the supposition that
there was state law covering the
alleged offense. In all such cases
the fine where paid. will have to be-
returned.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
OPPORTUNITIES ARE STILL KNOCKING

We articles L. Smith
platform having
making decided
of
finds
rbuton whc W. readers will enjoy:
knock at the OF the
wAo is asIee until they find who his
work.
The opportunity will
knock oth hurry and fol-
biggest those that Not
twmt meni n when John
A it's manufacture in his little in
cable considered joke until
a Pennsylvania canals
bridge
a
Roebings made fortune through
perunity
Electricity
ed for rcentu o o
kettle lids hundreds
to
Apples beenfa
attention of Isaac Newton.
o resistes
ing to all the world man
o har earhs
will a directly
else will
Someone will a
sunshine light houses without
the meantime opportunity stands knocking.
always waiting for the
satisfy enlarge
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS
WRITTEN FROM VENEZUELA

Mrs. Dan Barkhurst of PataskaIa
sent two letters to the Democrat
which had been received from her
son Charles who is stationed at La
Rosa camp, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
An extract from the letter of July
IA is as follows:
We sure are going to have it soft,
the natives do all the work and we
just superintend the job. The gov
ernment makes the companies hire
75% native labor,eso it makes it nice
for u.s.. Harry had to move this
week to another camp up the lake
about six miles from here. Sorry.
but I'll see him often anyhow. He
said to tell his folks when you re-
ceived letter.
Everything is lovely here, lots bet
ter than | expected The company
has a commissary, sell us clothes,
etc, and everything is handy. We
have shower baths, and oh boy, but
they sure do feed us we'll! They
have all kinds of vegetables, fruits
oysters, twice per week, ice cream
three times a week, and everything;
good cooks too. The company has
an ice plant here; all our drinking
water is boiled, condensed, filtered
and then we have ice for tea, lem
onade, etc. Carry ice out to the
rig and have everythign as nice as
you could ask.
Dandy bunch of men too, do any
thing for you. So don't worry about
me old dear. If get homesick, I'll
pile on a tanker and beat it, but ]
don't think that's likely to happen.
Tell everybody said hello, and
also would like to hear from all OF
my friends, that is If 1 have any.
Send my mail in care of The Lago
Petroleum Corporation, SMaracarbo
Venezuela. .....l
An extract from the letter oil
Aug. 8, is: ....... 's.. s~ ..
Had quite a thunder storm, lots OF
lightning. last night. 1t sure is pret-
ty, an electrical storm at night out
on the water. I'm working on a
well that Is close to shore. ! have a
board walk three directions from my
rig; one goes to the La Salina
camp (this company's) another to
the road close to the edge of the
lake, and one to the boiler station
that sets in the lake. -,
l have one native firin gthe boil.
ers on my shift, and three men with
me on the rig These wells are flow.
ing wells until the gas pressure gets
low, then they are swabbing wells
Zone form of pumping). My well
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
COLUMBUS LETTER

by CnaS. w. Rlfe)
Absolutely nothing is being left
undone by the managing officers of
Ohio State institutions for the 25,-
600 unfortunate wards of the state,
that will add to their happiness on
next Saturday, Christmas day. Be-
cause thousands of the children in
some of these institutions are with
out relatives or interested friends,
the state must provide little pres
ents of some kind, and this is be-
ing done by managing officers, and
institutional help. There will be
special meals served during the
day, and brilliantly lighted Christ
mas trees in every institution,
whether it be penal one, or a hos
pital for feeble minded Several
tons of candies, thousands of or
anges, bushels of apples, pop corn,
and other good things have been
purchased for the institutions. and
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
.HomE" CHRISTMAS GIFT

A practical Christmas gift for the
whole family Buy them home OF
their own. Good house selections.
Sold on easy terms:
7 room, near school, $3.50.
8 room, Il acre. $4,000.
Good building, full lot, $500.
room, bath, garage, $2,750.
room, electricity, $4,000.
room large lot, $2,500,
2 houses Torrent. Bargains.
az room, $1,800 to $3.50.
(4) room, $4,000 to $500.
(3) room, $2,250 to $4,000.
(6a Malta bargains, $500 to
$500.
Double bath, electricity, $3,100.
EAfsiEsTT A. TAYLOR, Agent
End Floor, Jones Bldg,
Over Stanbery Drug Store
McConnelsyille, Ohio
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
SHERIFFS SALE

BY virtue of an order of attach
ment and to me directed by the court
of common pleas of Morgan county,
Ohio, in the case of Frank Harrison
being case No. 5431 on the docket Of
said court, I will offer for public sale
on the farm of Rosa Fuller in Union
Wednesday. January 5, 1927. at Loo
in the afternoon, the following per-
sonal property to-wit:
4 direct connected air compressor.
l direct connected Patton Buel Com-
pany power.
/ small air compressor.
/ IS barrel steel tank.
power houses, galv. iron.
J. III. pumping jacks.
Said property is taken as the prop
erty of Ray Isner and B. c. Tunison.
Terms of sale: Cash.
GEO. F. KENNARD,
Sheriff of Morgan County.
c. II EaufS ATTORNEY 22dZ
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
BESSIE @. PATTERSON
NOTARY
EVERYRODY'S STORH


farther advanced in another 100
years, but that's a long time down
here.
Gu erida mia madre, adios. Has,
a manana. Manana means tomor-
row, and this is what they call the
land of Manana and no ahee. Ono -.
In other words they believe in put
ting off until tomorrow what they
can do today.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
Ohio,s Improved Roads

The state of Ohio has double
the mileage Of improved roads of
the state of Pennsylvania, 40 per-
cent more than New York state.
nearly two and a half times more
than Illinois, and 60 percent more
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23
POR'TERSEIIIE

The social given by the ladies' aid
last week, was decided success.
Claude Martin, 20, of Santoy,
son of Edward Martin. was buried
at East Branch, Monday. Death
was caused by leakage OF the heart.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23

and the equipment is being stored
for the winter.
Chester Coulter, fur dealer of
Corning, made a business trip to Je-
rome Parsons, Saturday.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-23

AS entertainment which is
Wednesday The aenddnce not
large -
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-07
Dirigib|e Norge Arrives Spitzbergen
ROAlD A|NUNDSEN IN D|R|G|b[E NORGE
 ARRIVES SP|TZBERGEN- FLIGHT ACROSS
 NORTH POLE WASTES bE NEXT CRUISE

BIJFFETED BY STRONG WINDS, HUGE AIRSHIP MAKES FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILE VOYAGE IN THIRTY-THREE HOURS-LONG TRIP MADE IN TWO HOPS
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ADVOCATE OUTLET
 B|TUM|NDUS GOAL
 ID NAVAL STATIONS
ANcHoRA6E RESIDENT POINTS OUT FEW FACTS TO SEAT
 TIE MINING CLUB
FAvORs INLET NAVAL BASE
RECOMMENDS SOME GOVERN MENT AGENCY STUDY VITAL
 ALASKAN QUESTIONS

SEATTLE, George E. Voss, Anch- orage resident and a veteran Alaska miner, before the Seattle Mining club yesterday, declared the government could and should provide an outlet for the bituminous coal in Alaska thru the establishment of naval sta tions at some point on the west coast of Alaska, near Cook Inlet and al the California and the Puget Sound Navy yards. He said The question of how we are going to~ use the coal of Alaska is closely related with the questions of how are we going to ere ate employment for the citiznes of Alaska? How are we going 10 pro vide tonnage and create operating revenue for the Alaska Railroad9 II is desirable that some government agency study these questions and make proper recommendations"
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bay.
 The course of the Norges was laid from Rome, over Marseilles to Paris, and thence to London. The airship went direct to Oslo. From Russia the flight continued to Vads and then to Kings bay. Mooring masts are con- structed at Oslo and Vads. A mooring mast is being built at Kings bay as we'll as a wooden shed.
 One of the factors on which the ex- petition will depend largely for suc- cess is the wireless service It is the intention that the wireless station on the Norges shall receive reports of the meteorological conditions along the edge of the polar basin, and the