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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Endicott of Plantsville, were calling
on relatives here, Tuesday.
Fairyiew Grange Oct. II

Endicott of Plantsville, were calling
on relatives here. Tuesday.
81 Fairview Grange Oct. II
Il Song, by grange; Grange oppor-
tunities in this community sfor the
coming year, by members: What are
the marks of good talker, John
Schofield; What constitutes good
listener, Frank Hart; music. Mr..
and Mrs. Hopkins; reading, keep
on just the same, Alta Hoon; roll
call, women. respond by naming
favorite cooking utensil; men re-
spond by naming favorite gar
den tool; music, by orchestra.
School Notes
On Monday, Oct. 6, the Chester
hill parent-teacher association held
their second meeting of the year.
The Chesterhill orchestra made its
initial appearance and favored with
several numbers. Lena Faye Smith
gave very delightful reading,
which was followed by interesting
talks on new ideas in education by
Mrs. Gibbons and Mr. Brooks. The
next meeting will be Nov. 8, and
will be in the nature Of a Hallow-
cen program, followed by appro-
pirate refreshments.
The student body of sthe high
school has been divided into two
literary societies, the ''Hesperian"
and the Excelsior which give
their programs alternately every
two weeks on Friday afternoons.
The Hesperians are led by Howard
Ewart, president, and Pearl Car
penter, secretary, with Miss Gander
and Mr.. Brooks advisors, while the
Excelsiors' officers are Mary Lou
Use Walsh. president, and Catherine
McPeak, secretary, with Mr.. Diehl
and Mr.. Fast as advisors. The four
upper grades of the high school
have chosen from the faculty men,
bers the following advisors: Seniors.
Mr.. Brooks; juniors, Miss Gander;
sophomores, Mr.. Diehl, and fresh
| men, Mr.. Fast. The public speak
| ing class, under the direction of
Supt. Workman, is making rapid
| progress. Eight of it's members
have signified their intention of en-
| tering the Prince of Peace declama-
| ton contest, and they have made
| application to become members OF
! the state debating league. Boys
and girls basketball practice is now
| nicely under way in preparation for
! their first game of the season with
| Bartlett, at Chesterhill, Nov. l..
| Eighteen boys and twelve girls are
competing for places on the teams.
| The high school baseball team, with
| Ewart and Carr as the probable bat
teries, will meet the Reinersville
team at Chesterhill, Friday, Oct.
II, at 3 p. m.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Coleridge's "Dream Poem"

Coleridge himself told how he came
to write the poem "Kubla Khan" In
consequence of slight indisposition,
an anodyne had been prescribed, from
the effects of which he fell asleep in
his chair, at the moment when he was
reading a sentence in Purchas' "pil-
grimage,' beginning Here the Khan
Kubla commanded a palace to be built
and a stately garden thereunto." He
slept for about three hours and on
awakening wrote down all the lines Of
the poem that have been preserved.
Then he was called away on business,
and on his return was unable to re-
call the remainder of the lines that
had been composed by him in his
dream.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
CheSterhill
Death of Walter Mulks

Mrs. Annie Rusk has received no.
tice Of the death of Walter Mulks,
a cousin, and the son of Mrs. Susan
Sprague Mulks, at Los Angeles.
Cal, former residents.
E. L. Bingham, Waterloo, Ia.
and Mr.. and Mrs. N G. Bingham,
Casper, Wyo., were called to Hope
well by the illness of Jonas Bing-
man.
A marriage license was issued to
Lowell Thomas Bowman. son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Bowman of Bart
lett, and Miss Mamie Myrtle Mills,
Roxbury, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mills of that place. The mar
riage rites were performed by Rev.
Robert Derrick of Chesterhill.
Lee Funk and family of Colum-
bus spent Saturday night and Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. Ella
Funk.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Zumbro, Mr..
and Mrs. F. l.. Worthington, and
Paul Zumbro of Columbus were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E.
Mercer of Pennsville.
Death Of Mrs. Clyde Bowman
Word received by relatives, Sat
urday, of the death Of Mrs. Clyde
Bowman. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hop
kins and Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Yocom
attended the funeral services, at
Parkersburg, Monday.
C.. e. Bode and family and r. G..
PEBBLES motored to Columbus Sun
day, to see w. A. PEBBLES, who is
in the University hospital. They
found him much improved. Later he
has been taken to the home Of Mrs.
PEBBLES.
Mrs. Lucy Fisher Ill
Mrs Malinda Monroe, mention of
whose illness has been made from
time to time, remains very low. Mrs
Lucy Fisher who was assisting in the
care of Mrs. Monroe and who was
taken suddenly i'll last week, SO far
recovered as to be able to be taken
- her home in McConnelsville, Mon
cay.
Sunday Mrs. Alta Reed and
daughter Marian entertained in hon
or of the formers sons birthday,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. B. Doan and
guests of honor John Reed and wife
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16

Hence the problem which now
confronts Ohio is the practical
question: "Shall our highway con-
struction program be based upon
the demand for speed or upon the
vital need for transportation 2"
There will be no permanent eco
nomic recovery in this country
until agriculture, our foremost in
dustry, S placed on a sound basis.
Thousands of Ohio farmers still
suffer frem the same lack of trans
portation facilities as in the days OF
their fathers. Is it not more I'M
portant to the State that agrlcul-
tural products should have modern
transportation facilities than it is
for motorists to be abe to drive
at 60 miles an hour over al State
highways?
Redistribute the Gas Tax
The only remedy for the situa-
ton appears to be in redistrlbu-
ton of the present gasoline tax.
Without touching the States share
Of that tax now used for mainte-
nance and repair, some small frac-
ton of the States share OF con-
struction funds might well be de-
voted to the construction of roads
and streets in the local areas-ln
the municipalities, counties, and
townships. Moreover, the State
Highway Department will receive
in 1881 a SO percent increase IN
Federal funds for construction.
Hence some decrease in the States
share of the gasoline tax need not
necessarily reduce construction by
the State Highway Department
especially if more consideration is
given to the conservation OF exist
ing foundations and materials.
The local communities-cities,
counties, and townships-now re-
ceive only 37I2 cents out of the
gas tax dollar. 1t has been sug-
gested that this share be in
creased to so cents, leaving the
remaining so cents of each gas
tax dollar for the State high
ways. Such a redistribution of con-
struction money derived from the
gasoline tax would give the local
communities an additional $5,000.-
600, which might be divided equally
between municipalities on the one
hand, and the counties and town.
ships on the other.
At present the counties and
townships with 87Iz percent OF the
State road mileage are given only
20 percent of the gasoline tax. The
State Highway Department with
13 percent Of the road mileage re-
ceives 62Lz percent of the gasoline
tax. It is evident that the present
distribution is not based on any
sound economic basis, but is rather
a concession to the demand for
speed, and more speed.
The next General Assembly
might well give consideration to
the best means of providing proper
transportation facilities for agri-
cultyre and of giving city taxpay-
ers some relief from the excessive
assessments now levied for street
paving.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Speed or transportation

What is the goal in our road
building program? Is it to provide
speedways for motorists who insist
on driving at the rate of SO to 10
miles per hour? If so, all the gas
oline tax revenue that can be
raised in Ohio during the next 20
years will not prove adequate.
There are 10000 miles Of roads
on the State highway system, and
to make speeoways out OF this
mileage would require all the gas
oline tax revenue available, leaving
cut of the question the $4,000 miles
Of county and township roads.
But if roaos are, constructed on
an economic basis, if highways are
built to provide safe and sane
transportation for the largest num-
Der Of persons and products, over
the largest possible miicage-then
a different problem presents itself.
The time has come for -he public
to decide whether our road build
ing program shall be based on the
constant demand for speed or on
the real need for transportation.
Ohio's Mud Mileage
In spite Of the large revenues re-
ceived by the State from the gas
olire tag and the license tax, and
from the excessive assessments
heretofore levied on farm owners
to build highways, Ohio today has
$4,000 miles of mud roads. These
roads represent nearly one-half OF
the total road mileage of the State
(outside of cities and villages).
Any program of road construction
which is based on real economic
needs cannot leave these mud roads
out of consideration.
Needless to say, practically all
of these $4,000 miles of mud roads
are in rural communities. The far
mer, although one Of our foremost
taxpayers and producers, has not
been given his share Of improved
roads. Yet everyone admits that
social and commercial contact with
the outside world, through the me-
dunn of low-cost hard surfaced
roads, makes for more prosperous
and progressive agriculture. SO
long as Ohio farmers are kept
from their markets during many
months of the year by unAnproved
roads there will be serious farm
problem. 1t is the duty of every
State to give to agricultural COM
muhities roads which are practical
for travel all the year round.
Farmers Require Transportation
Thousands of Ohio farmers have
been assessed for building State
highways, over which 81 percent
of the traffic is city traffic. The
farmers were told that once the
State highways were built, atten-
ton would be given to the so-called
secondary roadside farmers
roads. But now that all State
highways are surfaced, it is urged
that practically allof them need to
be widened-in The interest Of
speed.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Pennsville

The missionary society of the M
P. church held their October meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Florence
Daugherty, Tuesday, at O'Clock.
The meeting opened with song.
PRAYER, Mrs. E. A. Martin; devo-
tionals, Mrs. Emma Barkhurst;
minutes of last meeting read and
approved; election Of officers for the
coming year: president, Mrs. Al
lie Van Fossen; vice pres. Florence
Daugherty; sec'y, Mrs. Mary Gill
more; treas, Lena Harmer; cor
responding sec'y, Mrs Lydia New
ton. A good program Of readings
and songs was rendered. 1t was
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Physical Fitness, Ability to Concentrate
Helped Bobby Jones Win Title Matches
Drank Tea and Sugar ssPick Me Up"
During Tournament As Source
of Quick Energy

<sHING" Bobby Jones, the At
IN lanta, Georgia, barrister, is the
crowned head Of golfdom today be-
cause he has learned the lesson of
physical fitness and the value Of
reserve we'll Of energy, ready for
use in emergencies.
Resting in the clubhouse at Mer-
ion after his smashing defeat Of
Eugene Homans which netted him
his fourth and greatest successive
triumph of the year-the American
amateur cup-Bobby summed up
his phenomenal successes with
characteristic modesty.
'It's largely a matter of keeping
flt," he said.
g~,eYears ago." he continued, "golf
probably saved my life. When /
was a youngster l was as delicate
q child as you could find. Then
was, to use good old expression,
turned out to grass and in no time
at all my health improved. When
! was about six years old started
to play golf and have kept at it ever
since. It keeps me out in the air,
calls all the muscles Of my body
into play, and is natural way to
maintain a normal weight"
Speaking of weight, King Bobby
is opposed to the harmful reducing
fads and eating "dont's". Il eat
everything that agrees with me-"
he said. "Of course, during tourna-
ments I am compelled not to tax
my digestion with food of too heavy
a nature, so follow the example
of the football squads and partake
of light. energizing foods. / take
a cup of hot tea with several Jumps
of sugar and a couple of pieces of
toast, and find this repast light and
easily digested. Sugar and tea act
as a quick energizer and serve as
quick pickup food"
Helen Wills, Americas Queen of
Tennis, it might be noted, fol-
lows a similar practice, dissolving
a few Jumps of sugar in a cup of
warm water, favored with lemon,
during her matches. The sugar, a
highly concentrated energy food
according to science, creates a we'll
of reserve energy needed in athletic
competition.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Hessians Scattered

OF the 29,S67 Hessians that came
to America during the Revolution, only
1913 returned to Germany. OF those
remaining, 54S were killed, and some
Of the 1862 wounded died. Some also
disappeared, but great number are
known to have remained and settled;
grants were given them in Nova Sco-
tia, but many scattered to different
parts of the country.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Deeds
What Is A Scout?

A scout has great fun in hiking
through the woods, telling north
from south by the moss on the
trunks of trees, or telling east from
west by the shadows. He need not
swim across a wide river to talk to
his pal for he can do that by sig
mailing. He knows and recognizes
the trees, flowers and plants. He
knows the birds and animals which
he meets and can avoid those that
are poisonous or harmful in any
way. If he forgets to bring match
es, he doesn't have to hike that
weary mile back home to get them
-no-he merely proceeds to rub
sticks together, or strike flint on
things he can cook out there in the
open. He keeps himself physically
fit by being clean and avoiding
those things which might tend to
poison his system. He is exceeding
ly careful of those of whom he
speaks, and tries only to speak well
of all. BY simply being a friend to
all, he has many new friends. His
| daily Good Turn does much to-
wards making him new friends. He
| always remembers his motto, BE
/ Prepared" and he thinks and plans
| ahead for a hike, or whatever he
may be doing, to do in order to be
/ prepared, should he need to be. An
other thing a scout enjoys, and that
is amping-fnding there fun in
the games, and in the evening
among the great silent trees by his
campfire, he dreams for his tomor-
! rOW-XX
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Gul!s Earned Gratitude

The Mormon cricket was so named
because of it's attack in 1S4S on an
early Mormon settlement near the
present site of Salt Lake City. t
threatened the extinction of the colony
until a fight of gulls appeared from
Salt lake and exterminated the pest.
Because of that monument was
erected to the gulls. The cricket
marches in large, orderly armies, but
at times will leave good feeding
ground for a comparatively barren
area.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Air and Water

Air saturated with water vapor is
lighter than dry air of the same tenn
perature because water vapOr is light
er than air. When water evaporates,
a given quantity of water is dispersed
through large volume so that the re-
sulting vapor is lighter than a mass
OF air having the same volume and at
the same pressure.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
and daughter Joyce. They were
joined in the evening by Mrs. G. D.

and daughter Joyce. Tney were
joined in the evening by Mrs. G. D..
Zumbro.
Miss Ella Morris Of Amesville
spent few days last week with Mrs.
Henry Hopkins She is recovering
from injuries which she sustained
when she fell down a flight Of steps.
Miss Katherine Ferguson of Will
Jamestown spent Sunday with her
brother, Mr.. J. G. Ferguson.
DR.. c.. B. Whitacre and son Ar
nett of Graysville were Sunday
guests of the formers brother and
family, DR.. A. H. Whitacre.
Mrs. Emily Kinsey is visiting her
sister in Crooksville.
Mrs. Nettie woodward, Misses
May Creighton and Lillian Todd mo-
tored to Marietta, Sunday.
Mrs. C. d. Zumbro of Ravenna is
thes guest Of relatives, this week.
Farmers institute will be held at
Union hall, Oct 81 and Nov 1.
w. w. Howland and son Maxon
Of Manchester, Miss Edna Rowland
and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richmond.
West Union, were guests Saturday
night and Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
II Brooks, principal of Chesterhill
high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray McCune, Ath-
ems. were Sunday guests of the lat
, ter's mother, Mrs. Margaret john
SON.
Mrs. J. B. Goddard and Miss Thel-
ma Goddard spent few days with
Mr.. Goddard and Billy at Kenton,
where they are working in the oil
fields. Lee woodward who was not
in the best of health, came home
with them, and is spending a few
days with home folks. Miss Thelma
is back on her job clerking for Bode.
after a two weeks vacation. Gerald
PEBBLES was working in her place.
Miss Ruth Berry of o. U., Ath-
ems, was the week end guest Of
home folks.
Mrs. E. ~ Williams has as guests
her mother Mrs. Shields and sister
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Hurdley
of Youngstown.
Sunday was day for picnics: Mr..
and Mrs G. e. Fawcett and daugh-
ter Marjorie, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. 1.
| Schofield and Anna Mae and juan
ita. Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Kennard, Mr..
and Mrs. C. p. Yocom, Mr.. and Mrs
| A. r. Patterson, and Howard, Mar
| tha and Dorothy Calendine visited
+ Rocky House, near Old Mans Cave.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Schofield, Mr.
and Mrs w. B. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. r Schofield, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Schofield and son Billy, Miss Jose
phine Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. C. L.
Smith and daughter Betty Lou
went to the Natural Bridges
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hook and chill
dren were guests the week end of
! the formers grandmother, Mrs.
Sadie Barnes Mrs. Hook and chill
dren remained for longer visit.
John Miller and Floyd Bowman
had a collision with their autos,
Sunday evening, near the Benjamin
grove The cars were damaged, but
no one hurt-possibly shaken up a
little.
i Ed Blade of Sioux City is visiting
/ his daughter, Mrs. Vinton Lochary.
| Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Embree and
! children, GAINESVILLE. Merle Snyder,
| Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Norvelle
Mercer, Parkersburg, spent Sunday
at Will Snyder's.
| Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pickering
were Sunday guests of Jesse Boles,
! Stockport.
Miss Lena Reynolds of Center
burg visited at Hiram Thomas Sun
day.
Thos. Mccoy of Stockport is drill
! ing a water well for Chas. Bowman.
i Il n
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
HOMES FOR SCHOOL

Buy a house now for the school
year. A good investment:
For rent-furnished rooms, fine
location, near high school. 50
s. room, near Rchool. 81 500.
4 rooms, near school, $4,000
5 room, near school, s. $50.
6 room, gas, electricity, $1,000.
room, good lot, $1,000.
room, only $1,650.
s room, double, s1,850.
s room, bath, garage. $4,000.
7.room. bath, near Main, $2.75O.
2 fine moderns, good locations.
and room, $2,1O0-$ 500.
f3} 6.rooms $2,S00.
(3) 8 rooms, S2.0O0--$3,600.
.ssss.,ss ItkK4s0n REALTY co.
Emmett A.Taylor.. Mgr.
NcCcnnelsville. OnaO
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Most Collegiate Railway

The Washington, Idaho & Montana
may lay claim to being the most col
legiate railway. Eight of its fifteen
stations are named after famous edu-
cational institutions, as follows: Well
lesley, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stan
ford, Vassar, Cornell and Purdue. The
construction engineers on that line
must have been extremely loyal TO
their own and their wives alma
maters.-Railway Age.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16

healthy fatigue which any exercise
would produce. But when it comes
to tournament golf, an entirely new
phase develops. The physical strain
is present but it is the tremendous
mental strain which saps ones en-
ergy to the utmost.
Concentration is necessary of
course, and certain tension. If
mistake occurs there must be the
mental provision for retrieving that
mistake. In few other sports is the
responsibility placed so squarely on
the individual. In baseball, for in
stance, there are eight men to pin
faith on to win. I'm golf it is one
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16

stroke after another.
"The human element of emotion
must be carefully suppressed. 1t Is
impossible to strike out in anger
and hope to gain anything. The
first big lesson that | learned is that
each shot is of equal Importance,
and the easiest way to acquire this
habit of minute attention is to cul-
tivate a frame of mind that de-
mands supreme 'and exclusive con-
centration on each shot,
This, according to Bobby, calls
for strong, healthy body properly
nourished by good food and re-
freshed by plenty Of sleep.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Japanese Serf Labor

Japanese oeIt A0oOE
The cotton and silk mills OF Japan
employ women chiefly. Most O.. them
are young girls, recruited from the
rural districts. The mills are ar
ranged as communities in themselves
usually a wall surrounds them.
There are dormitories attached. and
the women live as well as work there.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
JJnfairness of Men

The .unfairness Of men in their
hatreds has always interested me,
in a reflective and mournful way.
Most of the terrific indictments one
encounters in conversations or in
reading are of incidents that never
happened.-E. w. Howe's Monthly.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
Skylarks in America

There are no skylarks In the
United States. Canada has the only
skylarks on the continent Of North
America. A colony has been acclima-
tized at Victoria. British Columbia.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16

B o b b y would
like to see golf
played by even
greater numbers
Of people than at
present.
Golf as played
by the average
business man is a
real health meas
ure", he s a / d
"Any normal man
can play thirty-six
holes a day and
not feel it, except
for the natural,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16

near future. This is mystery play,
different from anything that has
been given recently. Miss Wood Is
directing it,
County Superintendent Davis, SUI
perintendent Penrose, Mr.. Bailey
and Mr. Hilaman spent last Thursday
in Columbus, attending to matters
of school finance.
Three pupils from the high
school, Frances Anderson, Albert
Newsom and Mildred Heskett, and
Fred Abel from the eighth grade,
with Mr.. Haskins, attended the Geo.
Roger Clark sesqricentennial cele-
bration at Springfield, Friday.
Work has started in preparation
for the annual Prince of Peace dec
lamation contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pickering spent
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Pick
ering's parents, in Guernsey county.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-10-16
COURT HOUSE NEWS

CONTINUED from page one)
James d. and Jennie Pollock, At.
Penn; p. A. and Katie Risen, 73,
Penn; Chester Reed, so, and M. FL.
Williams. 160 acres, Bloom, all to
T. v. Secrest.
Deeds
E. D. Miller ct al to D. A. Me-
Intire, 168 acres, Bristol; G. B.
Henery, sheriff, to Clarence Wiley,
16 acres, Center, $240
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
Wo0DMEN ELECT

Thomas j. Carroll was elected
consul Of Georgetown Camp,
Modern Woodmen Of America, at
a meeting last night. G. W.
Rhodes was elected advisor.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
SIS JEWELRY STOLEN

Jewelry worth SIS was reported
stolen yesterday from the home
of Frank z. Freye. 800 block Four
teenth st. N. E.. by thieves who
used q duplicate key.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
AIR MAIL SERVICE

Canada and Argentina are
Joined by by-weekly air mail SER
vice, placing the two countries
within seven days of each other.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
ovERCoAT STOLEN

An overcoat worth $50 yester-
day was stolen from the locker
Of Frank Muir In the Earle Drug
Store, Thirteenth and e SITS. N.
w, where he Is employed.
The Washington times., 1930-12-19
$a,75O FOR MANUSCRIPT

LONDON, Dec. 19-Gabriel
Wells, of New York paid $3.50
for the original manuscript Of 95
pages Of Sir James Barrie's "Auld
Ldcht IdyllS,"