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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02
UniOnville

The Barnes Welch reunion held
last Sunday was largely attended.
People came from the surrounding
neighborhood as well as other sec
tions, including Newark, GAINESVILLE,
Philo, Malta. McConnelsville, Mel
sonville, Caldwell, Sharon, Lowell,
Beverly and Waterford. At the
noon hour a bountiful dinner was
served to all present. The after
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

Estate of Nettie Chambers, de-
ceased. Woodie Gardner, whose ad-
dress is McConnelsville, Ohio, has
been appointed and qualified as ad-
ministratrix of the estate of Nettie
Chambers, late of Morgan county,
Ohio, deceased
Dated this 22nd day of Septem-
ber, A. d., 1880.
ARTHUR TORBERT.
Probate Judge of said County
o5co
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of John McMullen, de-
ceased. Jane McMullen whose ad,
dress is McConnelsville, Ohio, has
been appointed and qualified as ad-
ministrator of the estate of John
McMullen, late Of Morgan county,
Ohio, deceased
Dated this 18th day of Septem-
ber, A. D., 1880.
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge of said County.
1888
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Henery and
daughter Hazel and son Charles
spent Sunday in GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Wallace and
son Beryl of Beverly spent Monday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
nard Wallace.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02
McKendree

Mrs. Blanche Reed whose illness
had been mentioned in these items
from time to time, gave up the bur
dens of this life, Sept. 26. The
funeral was conducted Monday,
Sept %.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. D. Crisman OF
GAINESVILLE spent Saturday night and
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02
Morgan county, on the
5th day Of March and the
18th day of November.

Ashland county, on the 10th day OF
March and the 18th day of November
Muskingum county, on the 18th day
Of March and the Gath day of Novem-
Der.
Delaware county, on the oath day
of March and the 1st day of Decem-
ber.
Morrow county, on the 31st day of
March and the Sth day of December.
Tuscarawas county, on the 7th day
of April and the 18th day of Deem
ber.
Coshocton county, on the 21st day
of April and the 18th day of Decem-
Der.
Said terms to begin at o'clock a.
CHARLES c. LEMERT
LOUIS Is. HOUCK
CLYDE G. SHERlCK, Judges.
The State of Ohio,
Morgan County, SIS:
/, jamie Elmore, clerk of the court
of appeals within and for the County
Of Morgan aforesaid. do hereby certi-
fy that the foregoing copy is full,
true and complete transcript of the
original order of the court of appeals
in and for the fifth appellate district
State of Ohio, as appearing of record
to law in Morgan County court of ap-
peals' journal, volume No. 2, page Sc.
In witness whereof. ! hereunto sub
scribe my name officially and affix
the seal Of said court this 26th day OF
September, a. d., 1880.
tSeaD
JAMIE ELMORE,
Clerk Of the Court of Appeals
Morgan County, Ohio. 2o5
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF OHIO.

Uiiice OF the Secretary Of State.
/, CLARENCE ]. BROWN, Secretary of
State, of the State Of Ohio do hereby certify
that the foregoing is copied from and care
fully compared by me with the original Joint
sembly of the State of Ohio on April 9th.
1929, and now file in my office and in
my official custody as Secretary of State
and found to be true and correct Said Joint
Resolution was filed in the Office of the Sec
proposes to amend section of article XII
of the constitution of the state of Ohio
relating to the distribution of income and
inheritance taxes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have here.
official seal at Columbus, Ohio, this 18th
day of September, A. D. 1880.
CLARENCE ]. BROWN,
Secretary of State.
(Seall
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

! PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTl TUITION OF OHIO.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

FUN Err AL d Il Il { L U IL S
Invalid Coach Service
w Miller c. c. Miller
Phone I51-Black 99-T~esn
Store Phone 147-Black
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

Be it resolved BY the General Assembly ~
the State of Ohio, three ifths of the
members elected to each house con.
curing therein:
That there shall be submitted to the
electors of the state, for thei- val
rejection, in the manner provided by law, at
the election to be held on the first . uesaa
after the first Monday in November, 1880,
a, proposal to amend section of article XII
of the constitution of the state Of Ohio, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE XII.
Sec. 9. Not less than fifty per centu:n
of the income and inheritance taxes that may
be collected by the state shall be returned
to the county, school district, city, village
or township in which said income or II
heritance tax originates, or to any of the
same, as may be provided by law.
Adopted April 6. 1929
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

ARTICLE XII, SECTION 9.
PROPOSING TO AMEND SECTION 9 Oh,
ARTICLE XII OF The CON TITI.
TON OF THE STATE or CiIO. IN
REGARD TO THE DiSlRiDU ION Or
INCOME AND INHEpITAlsCE TAXES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

Dated October /, 1880
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Dated October 1, 1880
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Dated October 1, 1880
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

Dated October i, 1880
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-02

ARTICLE XII, SECTION
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
Fire Caused
by Cigaret
Kills Man

a cigaret smoked in bed resulted
in the death of one man early to-
day and endangered the lives of
twenty-one persons when a room
ing house at Sc North West street
caught fire.
The dead man is Lazo Manof, 48.
cook in the Corner restaurant, West
and Pearl streets.
At midnight Sunday a roomer
smelled smoke. At a. m. today a
passerby saw smoke coming from
Manof's window. He called Mrs.
Lula Lair, landlady of the rooming
house. With her son. Corwin Lair,
18, she went to Manoff's room. The
room was ablaze. Young pulled
Manoff's body off the bed into the
hallway.
The fire department extinguished
the blaze.
DR.. o. H. Bakemeier, deputy
county coroner, said Manoff's death
was due to suffocation and not from
burns. He had been dead three
hours when his body was found,
Bakemeier estimated.
Cigaret stubs indicated the origin
of the fire. A small quantity of
corn whisky also was found in
Manoff's room. Bakemeier believes
Manoff fell asleep with a cigaret in
his hand while under the influence
of liquor.
Manoff's body was sent to the
city morgue. A nephew, Pete Chris
hof, 1416 Milburn street, survives
him.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
Poison Theory Followed in
in Probe; Husband
Is GriIIed.

BU Times SpeciGl
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Sept. %
With the grand jury due to con-
clude its gathering of testimony late
today in the probe of the alleged
poisoning of Mrs. Carrie Thelma
Pryor, county officers continued to
batter her husband, Ernest Pryor,
with questions, in an effort to OBJ
tain a confession that he admins
tered poison TO her.
officers investigating the case are
confident that an indictment
charging Pryor with murder will be
returned by the grand jury Tues
day morning.
The motive for the alleged crime,
as built by witnesses before the
grand jury, is that Pryor sougES
$4,000 insurance which he took out
for his wlfe eleven days before her
death.
Police officers, who investigated
Mrs. Pryor's death on Aug. 10 and
her husbands relations with his
cousin, Miss Elsie Ham, 20, of Brazil,
were jury witnesses today.
Today Miss Ham said, Il am
ready to do anything to help solve
the death of my cousin"
Authorities say both she and
Pryor have admitted carrying on
clandeStine love affair while she re-
sided in the Pryor home.
Mrs. Pryor found out that her
own home housed the love-nest of
her husband, authorities say, and
although she submitted, quarreled
with her husband on several occa-
sionS.
Pryor and Miss Ham met once
since his arrest. She was brought to
the county Jail, where he was being
questioned. She ignored him, while
Pryor, oblivious of her presence, sat
with bowed head.
Miss Hams attitude toward in
reviewers since her detention as. a
witness before the jury has been
defiant, while Pryor seems constant
ly in daze, with but one answer
to questions. II don't know"
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29

thing to do for the guests who
didn't want to play big golf or
dance. Some of my friends jok-
ingly inquired if l was building a
playground for children"
But Carter kept at it. He
stretched his baby course to
eighteen holes. Almost before he
knew it, everybody around the
hotel was playing
The fame spread and inquiries
about the cost of a baby golf
course began to drift in from 9TH
er cities. Carter was in the busi-
ness before he knew it.
A FEW weeks ago, while re-
IN turning home from one of
the company's branch factories in
Rochester, Pa, Carter met War
rem T. Godfrey, a bond expert who
had been instrumental in getting
the Lookout Mountain hotel bonds
guaranteed.
How are you getting along?D
asked Godfrey.
I'm making over $1,000 day
in royalties" Carter replied.
IF you handled things right
you'd be making ten times that,
Godfrey observed.
Il told Godfroy,' says Carter,
that I didn't want to be bur-
dened too much and I had just
been talking about consolidating
all the different plants, since I
had been offered about $1,000,000
worth of stock in such CONSOLE
dation."
Godfrey then asked Carter if he
wanted to sell out. Carter dickered
and finally offered the trade mark,
manufacturing plant and patents
applied for at 100000.
Godfrey then interested Robin
son.
They kidnapped me, brought me
to Chattanooga in an auto and
bought me out the very next day"
Carter explains. "The deal was
soon closed"
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
LOUD SINGING MASKS
JAIL BREAK ATTEMPT
Police Captain Lets Melody Con-
tinue, but Takes Away Hammers.

Police Captain Lets Melody Con-
tinue, but Takes Away Hammers.
BB Unitcd Press
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Sept. 20,
Il wish 1 had some one to love
me-" came in song to the ears
of Walter Brown, night police cap
tain. Two prisoners in She jail yard
sent the notes trembling into the
night
Captain Brown detected an ex-
traordinary verve and vehemence in
the performance even though it was
in the best Sunday night manner Of
repentance and hope.
The captain gum-shoed to the
jail yard. There Joseph zitto and
Haden Hale we're working furiously
with hammers against the wall. AS
the hole they were battering became
larger, the volume Of their song in
creased.
The men are fugitives from a
Texas prison camp.
Sing if you must" Captain
Brown told them, but I'll have to
take the hammers.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
100000 COPS
BONUS Laid TO
.CAPONE'S GANG
SpeakeasieS Taxed to Take
Care Of Officials and =
Police, Says Paper.
PAY0FF SET WEDNESDAY
Melon Is Vice and Liquor
SyndiCate's Answer to
Cleanup Drive.

/ BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The Chi
cago Herald and Examiner said to-
day that on next Wednesday the
underworld forces of Scarface Al
Capone would pay approximately
100000 to corrupt police, poll
ticians and public officials"
There will be bonuses for those
who have been especially attentive
to gangland's interests during the
widespread attack on public
enemies" said the article.
"Ah, bonuses!
Answer of Syndicate
"That is the syndicate's answer
to decency's drive against the Or
ganized killers, bootleggers, vice
mongers and dope peddlers that in
fest the city.
"All of this was disclosed by
policemen who have been watching
the operations of the Capone syn
dicate and who have been offered
part of the bribery fund.
1T is predicted that by payday
an extra 100000 of graft will be
ready. In the years Of its reign in
Chicago the underworld has been
convinced that while money may
not be everything it will buy num-
ber of persons.
Taxed $500 Apiece
The Examiner explained that
about $50 speakeasies on the near
north side, battle ground of Capone
and George Bugs" Moran, his Bit
terest enemy. had been taxed from
$100 to 5000 each to aid in provid-
ing the graft fund"
Il the policeman on the beat
can't be fixed, the sergeant can,
the story continued IF the SER
geant can't the captain can; if the
captain can't be fixed, he can be
transferred-that is the under
worlds philosophy. The gangsters
have the money. During the next
few weeks, the soundness of the
half world argument will be proved
or disproved.
Phone Calls Threaten
Policemen who resist the tenpta-
ton of quick riches are subjected to
dozens of harassments. Sometimes
they are threatened with death. The
latter is the situation with half a
dozen police of the East Chicago
avenue station AnOVnOuS tP1e-
phone calls have terrified their fam
lilies and enraged the officers"
The EXaminer gave as an example
that of patrolman JAG Kratzmeyer,
who was offered, said the paper,
$4,000 to LAY off, the liquor sellers
in his district. Kratzmeyer refused,
dhe Examiners added, whereupon his
life has been threatened repeatedly.
always by telephone"
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
Grounded

Bu Untted Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-Joseph
Rinero, 80, a printer, was a
student of electricity, but there
was one principle of the sub
iect he overlooked and the
omission cost him his life.
With his wife and three
small children, Rinero went
into the country Sunday to
gather mushrooms. They hap
pened to stroll near a high
tension electric line with steel
poles. Rinero, eager to display
his knowledge, explained that
even though they were high
tension wires no harm could
come from touching one at a
time.
In order to better demon
strate his explanation, Rinero
climbed the steel pole and
grasped one of the wires. He
relaxed instantly and dropped
to the ground, dead. A ground
current in the steel pole had
completed the electrical circuit.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
Il CAN FLING EM-HE FOOLS THE BOYS FoR NINE INNINGS

For Babe doesn't know the
players weaknesses as he did f.f-
teen years ago-and smart little
rookie could get hold of one of
those slants.
Perhaps fifteen years ago he
couldn't have done it. Old timers
in Boston will vow he couldn't.
Fenway park, Ruth on tine
mound-and the boys in the
bleachers stayedS until the last
man was out
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
40 CHANGE IN HOUSE
II New Faces to Appear in
Senate This Year.

BIZ Tuftcd Press
: WASHINGTON, Sept 29.-Elec-
ton year already has resulted in
forty changes in the personnel of
the house of representatives, ac-
cording to a tabulation just COM
pleted by William Tyler Page, clerk
of the house.
This combined with eleven
changes in the senate's membership,
makes f1fty-one changes in the en-
tire congress, or almost 10 per cent
of it's total membership.
Twenty-four of the house changes
are the results of retirements or
Withdrawals, and the other fourteen
were caused by the primary defeats
of incumbents. There have been
two deaths.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
GAS CONTRACTS TALKED
Works Board Prepares to Take Bids
on Airport Supply

Members of the board of works
have been comforting with officials
of large gasoline firms preparatory
to letting contracts for the supply
of gasoline at the municipal airport.
The airport will be opened in
October. An air circus is planned
at the opening of the port. Board
members attended the opening of
the Lunken airport in Cincinnati,
Sunday.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29

proved continually. Today. Car
ter estimates its cost at $4,000.
The story behind this course is
the true story of the birth of min
iature golf, now played by millions.
Back in 1923, Carter was presi-
dent of the Fairyland inn, real
estate development company situ-
ated on Lookout mountain. He
had under way big golf course
that was about half financed.
Worrying with this enterprise one
day, he conceived the idea of es-
tablishing a clock golf course.
n n
IT started building one of the
L putting green's around the
many boulders and making
hazards and tunnels" he explains.
Everybody laughed and scoffed
at the idea.
MY idea was to provide some
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29

By NEA Serrice
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept.
~ 29.-Folks. meet the man
who made miniature golf pay on
a full-sized scale.
He's Garnet Carter, Chatta-
nooga real estate developer, and
he's just retired from the business
after having cleaned up a cool
half-million dollars with an in
vention that, he says, was Just
an accident"
After making more than
100000 on his accident" he has
sold the trade mark, "Tom
Thumb" that cost him $1,000, a
manufacturing plant valued at
$4,000 and a number of patents
applied for to w. Fl. Robinson of
Philadelphia, a pickle manufac-
turer, for 100000 cash.
Carter's Fairyland golf course
on Lookout Moutain, near here,
is the original from which came
the $4,000 that have since popped
up like mushrooms all over the
United States.
On these the United States de-
partment of commerce places an
estimated valnue of $125,0OO,OOO,
exclusive Of the real estate.
Il
rTHE Fairyland course here is
4 about four times as large as
any of it's 24999 brothers and is
many times as hard to play. The
green's are bigger, the hazards
more difficult
The course is laid around noun
tain boulders on ground made his
toric by Civil war battles. The
holes are from twenty-six to
fifty feet long. Brownies and
gnomes and other story-book fig
ures are placed about the course
for ornamental purposes.
Opened in 1928, it has been i'm
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
FROST MISSES CITY
Low Places in Vicinity May
Be Nipped Tonight.

Scattered frost throughout the
northern half of the state Saturday
and Sunday nights was light and
inflicted no damage. the weather
bureau reported today.
Indianapolis had no frost, but
frost was reported this morning
from Terre Haute and Cambridge
city. Today's weather forecast for
Indianapolis and vicinity said light
frost may occur on low ground to-
night. Frost is probable tonight in
the north portion.
Generally fair weather tonight
and Tuesday was the forecast.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
MYSTERY CLOUD OVER DEATH
OF HIGH Marine LEADER after
Wife IS HACKED WITH Ak
Family Disputes Police Theory That Brilliant
Lieutenant Colonel Attacked Woman
and Then Took Own Life.
TRAGEDY IN FASHIONABLE HOTEL
Couple in Washington on Leave Were to
Have Sailed This Week for Haiti;
Victim Without Aid II Hours
Bv United Press


WASHINGTON, Sept 29--The police theory that Lieu
Colonel Richard Bennett Creecy distinguished marine
corps officer brutay hacked his beautiful wife to the point
of death and then killed himself disputed by his family
today throwing cloud of mystery crime which end
ed of the most brilliant in the marine corps
Creecy's sister-n-law Mrs. Donald B. Creecy of Bal
more said today it was the belief of the family that her
brotherinaw murdered and his wife brualy attacked
with a hatchet in their apartment at the Mayfower hotel
Sunday.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29

BOSTON, Sept. 90. Fifteen
ID seasons ago a husky left
handed pitcher won himself a
regular job with the great Boston
Red Sox, and Sunday he came
back to the old town to take the
hurlers' box once more and dazzle
opposing batsnen with his array
of curves and hooks-but this
time he was pitching against his
old club.
The big young fellow fifteen
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
TOLD TO go JUMP IN
THE LAKE,; SHE DID

Chicago Woman Really Is Obedient
Wife; Cops Hold Her and Mate.
Bu Unitcd Press
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Mrs. Louise
Loach, %, is a woman who prides
herself on always doing as her hus-
band tellg her
Today Mrs. Loach and her hus-
band Thomas, AZ, were motoring
along tha outer drive of the edge
of Lake Michigan. At the same
time they were quarreling over
some family affair
Finally Loach, disgusted, said:
Go jump in the lake
Always obedient, Mrs. Loach did.
Loach stopped the automobile
and rescued her just before two
park policemen arrived and took
them to the station for having a
bottle of gin.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
Lower Reproduction Costs
Are Recognized by
Commission.

Possibility that utility rates may
be reduced in Indiana loomed today
with disclosure that public service
commissioners have recognized de-
creased production costs in making
property valuations for the Miami
Wabash County Telephone Com
pany. Inc, a new utility.
With the expenditure Of huge
sums and long litigation in federal
courts. utilities established valuation
based on reproduction new" With
a high or rising market, this has
been to their advantage in boosting
rates. Now the effort may prove a
boomerang, as the Miami-WabaSh
Telephone Company order indi-
Gates.
After setting out company engi-
neers' figures on valuation new and
deprecated, the order follows with
this significant paragraph:
Having considered all evidence OF
value set out above and all such
evidence as appears in this cause,
the commission believes that esti-
mated costs to reproduce, less OBJ
served depreciation. plus materials
and supplies, suggests present val
ues of the properties that are in ex-
cess of fair values as basis for the
issuance of stocks and bonds.
Values such as suggested would
be fictitious in some of the proper
ties involved.
Values should be the commits
sion's best judgment, based upon all
the evidence Of value contained in
the record"
The latter paragraph paves the
way for cutting valuation with
consequent decrease in rates, it was
pointed out by Commissioner Frank
Singleton, who wrote the order.
It is considered likely the point
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29
WAY PAVED FOR UTILITY
RATE SLASHES BY BOARD

eventually will be thrashed out
again in the courts. Utilities, facing
rate reductions, are likely to come
in with a new theory of value to
protect their extensive securities
issues, it was pointed out.
The new telephone company has
properties at Roam, Twelve Mile,
Mexico, Denver and Lafontaine. All
are owned by former Governor
James P. Goodrich.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-29

years ago was Babe Ruth. who in
a few years won himself renown as
one of the really great left-hand-
ed pitchers of his day.
But that was before managers
discovered the young fellows
ponderous batting ability. his skill
in driving the ball over far fences.
Sunday he came back to Boston
as the Big Bam." of the New
York Yankees. baseban's mightiest
Slugger Of all time. maker of rec