Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-04-24

coming to school" The children
were Margaret, Henry, Susan and
Jack Lett. The directors asked the
teacher to put them in a corner by
themselves until they could hold
meeting. This she refused to do, as
they were fair and well behaved.
The next day the directors came to
the school, and McCarty after some
parleying addressed Margaret with
Amt you one of the niggers?" She
said mo. I'm as white as you are"
Mr.. Wharton then attempted to
pick out the offending "niggers,"
and got hold of McCarty's girl about
Marg's size and age McCartv said
Hold on there, that's my gal" Me
Carty then tried again, when Whar-
ton exclaimed That's my gall" SO
they gave up and ordered the teach
er to put them out, and on her re-
fusal to do so, she was dismissed
and another teacher. Eliza Wood,
was employed. One school house
was burned. and Lett was threat
ened with the destruction of his
property Another school house
was torn down. Some said the mig
gers knew too much already The
children tried running them out.
and that failed, so a separate school
house was built on the Jas. Lett
place, and they had their own school
until the law granting equality was
passed. Margaret became the wife
Of Joe Tate. and Henry went to
Nebraska and passed as white
man and was defeated for governor
by 4 small ma jority.
The First Roads
The first two roads in the town
ship were the Marietta road run
ming north and south, and the old
federal trail east and west Litels-
burg called The Devils Half Acre,
the metropolis. containing l o dwell
in&s, a church and several factories.
Varieties OF Activity
John McCutcheon and son Robert
were cabinet makers. Charley Ah-
hott was a harness maker and tried
to bring about prohibition by drink
ing up all the whisky He drove a
gray horse TO an old hieh wheeled
sullly, and when Charley cot past
siding and fell out. the horse would
wait until he was able to climb II.
igain. John Williams was black
smith and kept q tavern" Lewis
fTandstaff had a tan yard, one smell
IF which was enough Tor a lifetime
Matthew Fisher was a chain maker,
Jimmy Crawford basket maker
.eyi Gorrell and John Wilcox were
.oopers J. A. Golden, photographer.
line & Fisher manufactured fan
ljng mills, and Frank Bav Kept
alCon. At different times John LiteI
sam Wells, Elza Dye and William
7arrell We're merchants. Iii vii
Jams was a fiddler. Eli Gay was
What they termed "hully" and
seemed 10 he hunting trouble Cay
vas al the Stevens stand one dav
when q show was travelling from
Caldwell 10 GAINESVILLE. One Of the
men, a small fellow had cot left
ma was following on foot He Stop
ood at the tavern and called for a
class Of whisky When the bar
epder passed ii out. Cay picked II
I'D and drank it, The young man
aid IF ! had any friends here, I'd
hrash you for that" They assured
Tim they would see that he had
lass, drank it, and invited Gay out
o fight When they were outside he
ct down his yalise. jumped straight
lp. kicked Gay in the face, and left
i'm unconscious He was one OF
he actors.
A show was being held at Zeno.
which refused to sell the colored
,eople tickets, so they raised up in
rms and decided to run the show
if at the night session. But they
net with a lot OF resistance Iron
takes, pins, clubs, stones, fists and
eeth We're used as weapons, and it
7as said TO have been a very bloody |
attic. One fellow bit the whole
op off Quill" Let's ear One old |
olored man who was passing. and |
tho was hard Of hearing, was found |
nconscious beside the road the !
ext day !
Dollars Were Mighty Scarce
We sometimes think we see hard /
mes but Israel Dunlap who always /
ent bare headed, said he saw a
ollar in 1913 and did not see an /
Their until 1922. All business was 4
one by barter Il
Whisky Had Large Part In Killings /
Three murders have been com 4
lifted in this township. The first 4
as many years ago, near Coal Hill. \
ne man stabbed the other with a 1
utcher knife, cutting the large ar II
,ry in the groin, which caused him II
} bleed TO death in a very few min II
tes VIM, George killed James Il
colt with an AK, very cold blood Il
murder. George was hanged at Il
olumbus. George Galogly killed a 1
an named Apperson with a chair Il
lille under the influence of whisky H
ihisky played a large part in all II
lree Of the killings. Alcoholic H
quors were cheap and easy to OBJ II
lin, and in the rural districts you H
ould see 25 drunk men where we
OW see one. II
There was more sociability, and H
lere were more get-together meet H
gs, such as cuttings, wood chop
ngs, house raisings, log rollings,
'rn huskings, spelling bees, apple
lrings, night visiting Some of the
lmes to test the strength were II
resting, hop step and jump, foot II
ices, putting the shot, holding
eavy weights at arms length,
ripping a broom handle.