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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Life Not Particularly
Sacred in Nicaragua

The shadow of the electric chair
or moose holds no terror for the Mana
guam murderer. Supplying extra trade
for the undertaken in that Nicaraguan
settlement entails but 3O-day visit
to the city Jail.
A picture Of this community where
fighting Is the chief fun, although 1t
involves q funeral or two, is portrayed
by Alicia Patterson in Liberty. She
writes: 1.-THE natives are half or more
Indian, which explains a lot Of things.
Fighting is their favorite pastime. They
have no fear Of death and kill each
other off as casually as we would
shoot crows.
"The penalty for murder is thirty
days. No one goes out on the street
without revolver. The natives are all
horribly poor and rarely have enough
to eat. But as long an they can keep
alive they refuse to do any work. Work
to them Ii worse than death. They
die young. A man Of fifty is considered
old"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Hubby Not Doing More
Work: Leas to Be Done

Professors can grow interested in
almost anything. Now one tells us
that he has learned that men are do
ing greater proportion of house
work than they used to.
IL husbands are becoming OF some
practical value in the home it will be
great thing for America. But there
Is a suspicion that the professors
angles are slightly distorted.
1t isn't that men are doing more
OF the home work. It's the wives who
are doing less. They are taking their
meals out or living in apartments in
which domestic life is at a minimum.
Housework used to be standard
occupatiOn-in fact, q career. Now
it is an incident or joke. There
are SO many electric or mechanical
devices in the home these days that
about all that is required of the
housewife is the ability to push a
button or turn switch.-Los Angeles
Times.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
A VERY URGENT NEED

One of the needs of the Ohio
better police the districts With
ds of miles of improved roads being added yearly highway
the becomes the need We believe
place the where such protection needed than
right here Morgan counyespecay in and about the twin
cities We fautng local officials they only
much and they against proposition that did exist
few such conditions will
instead of better unless there cubng
proved roads lead from this place almost direction
from them side roads, These
country making of criminals
than in level comparatively level country system of po
lice would take lot of but citizens
general entitled the of their
Good roads welcome locality but along
blessings the other side of condition
created that the should take
remedy, and that without delay.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Naturalized

"Tay Pay" O'Connor's last visit to
Washington was during the Wilson ad-
ministration. He called at the White
House on hot summers day to pay
his respects, dripping with perspira-
ton.
You have wonderful city here"
he said to Secretary Tumulty, "but l
hope it's nothing like this in the here
after"
The secretary took him to a cloth
ing store and fitted him to a Palm
Beach suit, sending his heavy London
clothes to his hotel. Then the two
walked down Pennsylvania avenue,
Tay Pay delighted with his suit and
still wearing the price and size tags
which the clerk had forgotten to re-
move.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Cariboo Gold Rush

On March Is, 1857, gold was dis
covered in Cariboo, British Columbia.
Unto the waters of bays and wide
rivers, ruffled only by the swiftly Gid
ing canoes Of painted Indians, came
slowpaced sailing ships and splutter-
ing steamers" all laden with men
mad for gold. The Hudson's Bay forts
grew suddenly into towns, and Factor
James Douglas showed himself to be
SO strong man in keeping tolerable
order among 1900 whites, practical
ly all men and many Of them ruff
fans" 1000 Chinese and $4,000 In
dians, that, when the Pacific colonies
became the province of British Colum-
bia, he was made Sir James Douglas,
the first governor.-Montreal Family
Herald.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Chesterhill
FairvieW Grange

Fairview grange program for
Friday evening, Sept. 19: Song, by
grange; roll call, emphasize posi-
BILE beauty spots in our community;
reading, Farm Animals" music,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins; surprise for
school lunch kits, by the mothers;
What | would like to learn more
about if / had time, by the mem
bers; music, Hopkins orchestra;
reading, "As 1t VIII Be-" A mys-
terry story received from Edna Nor
ris will be read, which all will want
to hear.
Mrs. Asenath Murphey who had
spent some time in this vicinity.
left Thursday for Columbus, enroute
for Toledo, where she will spend the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. A. l..
McDermott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Elliott of West
Branch, Ia, and their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Park
Moore of Iowa City, arrived Thurs
day of last week for a visit with
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
WASP

~ HE U. S. 8. Wasp had tran
i hent glory about her that was al
most modern. rs.
She fitted into being In April, 1914,
and buzzed out during the fall OF the
same year.
There was first Wasp In the war
OF 1912. This second one was smaller
but better built Her 500 tons made
her little more than an OvergroWn
yacht.
She was armed with 20 sawed-On 81
Founders and pair of lean 12-pound-
ers. Cutting loose all together she
could hurl the tremendous broadside
of 315 pounds Of metal-or about the
weight of one modern 8-inch shell
Captain Johnnie" Blakeley took hey
out on May /, 1914. He wasted no time
but headed straight for the English
channel In six weeks he had cleaned
up enough prizes to retire on chick.
Ell farm.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Small Rugs in Good
Taste A.uait the Home
Maker of Modest Means
BY Virginia Smith

TN hotels, clubs, and Office build
i ings, as we'll as in elaborate
homes, one still finds carpeting
used to cover entire floors. In
the average American home, how
ever, carpeting is dispensed with
in most rooms.
Two reasons have been given
for the passing Of carpets. One
is that they were difficult to keep
clean and sanitary without eff
cient servants The second is
that carpeting involved consider
able expense in recutting and re-
fitting when the family moved
from one house to another
Rooms were never the same size.
With the improvement in dom
estic architecture in the last
twenty years there came a def
mite fashion for uncarpeted hard
wood or painted floors with small
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18

Gradually there came improve
ment in inexpensive scatter rugs.
but 1t has been only quite re-
Gently that we have been made
pleasantly aware that some of
them now feature design and col
or that will please the most ex-
acting buyers and home fur
nishers. AS a matter of fact, the
improvement in moderate priced
scatter rugs has been SO marked
that many who can afford luxuri-
Gus Orientals have been attracted
by the new designs, particularly
those in cotton chenille which are
guaranteed to be washable and
color fast
Let no one dissuade you from
buying expensive rugs IL you can
afford them. However, we need
no longer feel that Orientals are
good and desirable merely be-
cause they are costly.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Roman Enervation

The historian Pliny declares that
for 600 years bathing was the Ro.
mans only medicine However, the
Romans went to an extreme and the
public baths became the lazy mans
paradise-an evil rather than the
basis of wonderful custom. The Ro.
man became an idler, dawdler-
was an easy victim for the conquer
ors from the North.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
First American Newspapers

Early American newspapers varied
greatly in size and shape, on account
of the scarcity of news and especially
the scarcity of paper. The slow meth
ods of production naturally prevented
expansion, but during the Revolution
ary period the editions of some of the
papers became so large that the men
who pulled the levers on the presses
complained of backache.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
CONGRATULATIONS DUE FAIR BOARD

When conditions general taken consideration the
Morgan county fair be congratulated their
very good fair which held last week In which
human could control the fair been lacking somewhat
with other
make for that loss that the long fully
to the fair under normal conditions At time the
thought of trying hold fair this
Der of counties of the did no but finally wisely decided
ahead with and the results beyond
When the various fairs held this the
ciay this section carefully anayzed believe that Morgan
countys fair will stand we'll the top of list
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18

rugs tastefully scattered in places
where they would serve both util-
itarian and artistic purposes. At
first it seemed that only Oriental,
Navajo and antique weaves could
be used by those who dared or
decided to discard carpeting.
Cheap Rugs Were Stunned
Many a woman who would have
loved to take up her old carpets
shrank from doing SO because she
could not afford expensive rugs
and would not have dared to sub
stitute cheap and inartistic scat
ter rugs. The homemaker with a
modest budget but an eye for
beauty could find no attractive
scatter rugs within her means
when carpeting, featuring cab
bage roses and startled deer,
passed out with marble top
dressers and horsehair sofas.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Echo Of Independence

Great Britain did not Immediately,
send minister to the United States
after she acknowledged our independ7
ence In the treaty Of Paris In 1893.
Her first minister did not arrive until
eight years after the close Of the war.
George Hammond, who arrived in Phil
adelphia In 1891, was the first British
minister to be received by an Ameri-
can President-Exchange
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
Future of Coal

Henceforth coal must be regarded
not only as a fuel for direct combus.
ton in the generation of light, heat
and power, but also as chemical raw
material which will be transformed to
an increasing extent into other fuels .of
higher form value and variety OF
synthetic organic chemicals.-W. III,
Fulweiler In Gas Progress.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18

Regular meeting of Hiawatha Re-
bekah lodge, No. 1872, Friday even
ing, Sept. 10, promptly at 7:3O. At
s O'Clock the 18th anniversary of
the Rebekah branch of the order
will be observed with program
and refreshments. The Rebekahs
and their families and the Odd Eel
lows and their families are in
vited.-Lettie Dew, N. G.; Ella
Mendel, Sec'y.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18

Loo A l. NE w S
Light your home completely with
the Aladdin Instant Kerosene Man
tie Lamps.-Standard Supply Co.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18
JOT 1T DOWN

That we do the very
best line of Commercial
Printing and at reasonable
prices. Give us your next
order and let us prove our
assertion.
Bear in mind, we want
your business, and we pro-
pose making ourselves de-
serving. Are you with us?
THANK YOU.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18

possible to buy inexpensive Of interesting
desan effective In the modern scheme
of furnishing young Those
coorfas cotton chenes which have
Of their ability to Withstand
frequent laundering without loss of color shape.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-09-18

nome, after attending church ser
vices; also Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Peck of Malta visited at the Ross
home, Sunday.
Mrs. Rosa M. Young who has been
visiting friends in Granville for the
past month, came to her home last
week, and attended church in the
forenoon, and spent the rest of the
day with o. w. Ross and wife. With
all the other folks at our home. we
surely enjoyed a fine time, even
though We are not in very good
health, but we are very thankful
that it is as well with us, as it is.
The cottage prayer meeting last
Friday evening at the M. f. par
sonage was attended by about so
persons, and was a good meeting.
The meeting will be held this Fri
day night at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Farmhouse about two miles
from Rural Dale, 1t is hoped a
good attendance will be there. All
weekly prayer meetings at the
church are very well attended
Knitted piece sets for infants
all white or with pink or blue trim.
Jacket, bootees and cap, $50 to
$275. Jacket, leggins and cap,
solid white, pink or blue, $3.50 to
S3.75. Infants Jackets, all white
or trimmed, 81 to $195. Infants
white dresses, daintily trimmed, soc
TO $1.19. Infants silk dresses,
washable, white, pink, blue, trim
med, $l.50.--K -Kraps & Betz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08

Notice-An stocks sold in one hundred share lots
excepting those designated by the letter 1851 2S3s)
which shows those stocks be sold in odd lots only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
BOND
ISSUES IN ADVANCE
Prime List Steady on Action
of Reserve Board In
Easing Money.
BY r. H. RICHARDSON.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, February e.-Bonds
were irregular today. with interest CEN
tered once again in railroad issues.
High-grade railroad bonds were traded
in large amounts, mostly at unchanged
prices. The junior issues were very
active, with gains about offsetting
losses.
In general, prime issues tended to
firmness. U. 8. Government loans to
slightly higher levels, and foreign dol
lar credits to fractionally lower ground.
The action OF three more Federal Re-
serve banks in following New York's
lead in reducing the rediscount rate
mad further easing effect on money
rates. The municipal market was still
slow. as indicated by the extension of
me syndicate on New York City's $685.
600 1000 issues, Of which $4,000 600 Etill
remains to be distributed. Some nend-
ing issues, including San Francisco's
$50, 100000 proposed loan to buy gas
and electric properties, have been uost-
poned as q consequence, For next
week, however, total of over 942 nm :
goo or municipal issues are scheduled
! for public offering.
Convertible bonds moved uncertain
~, only the railroad issues showing any
Improvement. The feature of this group
was q sudden burst Of buying in Colon
on 6s, which advanced over S points
70 new high price for the year. These
PONDS, OF which Sl0,000000 are out
standing, ranged from high of iieI5
10 low of 597s in 1929. They are
convertible into common stock Of the
company at ratio of IS shares of
STOCK for each $1,000 par value deben-
Gure The stock, traded on the Curb,
mas recently been active and higher.
In the second grade railroad group
FLORIDA East Coast IS dropped 2I2
| points, still retaining part Of FRIDAYS
gain. Cuba Northern Railroad 51ss were
of point.
French bonds were of slightly and
Italian issues were strong in the foreign
department. Greek IS dropped q point,
while Japanese bonds inclined to slight
ly higher levels. South Americans were
| quiet.
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RAILROAD STOCKS
LEADERS IN UPTURN
Tobacco Issues Also Active
in Short Session-RaIIy
at Close.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, February 8.-Speeula-
tive demand today conferred an the
high-priced rails, the tobacco shares
and limited list Of public utilities and
specialties In the industrial sroup.
Yesterday the rail average for the
first time went through that of Decen1-
Der 3, which gave these shares the
same technical advantage as had been
reallzed previously by the industrials
when they duplicated and then ex-
ceeded their former high average level.
Another factor that had to do with
the increased attention given to the
rails was the split-up in Canadian pa
cine shares, which naturally suggested
similar action by other carrier stocks.
among those mentioned again as likely
to recapitalize were Union Pacific. Della
ware & Hudson and New York Gem
tral. Today's movement in the rails,
however, was not confined to the high
priced issues, but included several
quoted in the medium price range.
Industrial shares showed the effect
of some over-exploitation recently. Ap-
parently all that was happening in this
group was the temporary withdrawal
Of speculative support and q moderate
amount of realizing.
The tobaccoS were active and strong
on reports of an advance In cigarette
prices, which were later denied by one
Of the manufacturers. Two conspicuous
industrials, Simmons and Standard on
of New Jersey, sold at the lowest prices
Of the year.
The last half hour of trading wit
messed greater buoyancy and q sharp
run-up in stocks that had been ne.
elected earlier. The rails continued
to advance, with Union Pacific show
ing q gain of 8la points, Canadian Pa
cihc over points, Delaware g. Hud..
son points, Lackawanna about 4
points and Pennsylvania AZ points
This was the first important demon
stration In the rails since last Sum-
mer.
The general market was encouraged
by these advances and public utility
and industrial stocks that had beer
heavy in the first floor showed some
recovery. Trading was more active with
prices advancing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
Preferred Stocks
By GEORGE T. HUGHES.
Effect of Outstanding Shares.

An example Of how the amount out
standing affects the investment value
Of a preferred stock is afforded by
Eastman Kodak. This well known and
highly prosperous industrial has no
funded debt and ahead of the common
there is only one class OF stock, per
cent cumulative preferred outstanding
to the amount Of s6,165, 700 or 81 ,657
shares. To pay the preferred dividend
takes only 1893, 942, and the net income
of Eastman Kodak in 1927 and in 1928
was in each case over 100000.
Evidently 1t would take nothing
short Of financial catastrophe to i'm
peril the dividend on Eastman Kodak
preferred. It is not surprising then
that the stock, limited though 1t Is to
q per cent return, has repeatedly sold
to yield less than Al per cent, a basis
comparable to that given by the most
conservative bonds.
This particular preferred. has other
claims Of merit. 1t is not only cumu-
lative, but is non-callable, q provision
which does not artificia1ly limit the
market price. It has voting power, each
preferred share being entitled to one
vote, while 1t takes 10 shares Of COM
mon to give the holder q single vote.
The chief reason, however, aside from
the financial strength of the company,
Tor the nigh price the stock commands
IN the market Is the small amount Of
the issue.
1t has often happened in the bond
market that the quotation for high
grade securities has been depressed BY
an increase in new offerings, even
though those new offerings were Just as
sound and in every way desirable as
those already outstanding. Not only
corporate but Government borrowers
have found this condition q bar to
financing on favorable terms.
When the supply Is increased, whether
1t be Of bonds or Of preferred stock, new
investors must be found, and until they
are the market Is weighted down.
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b. Private wire Direct T. The Star Once.
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Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, February 8 C49.-Stocks
strong; investment rails reach new 1890
high. Bonds firm; rails improve. Curb
firm; Pennroad crosses Is in large
turnover. Foreign exchanges easier
Canadian dollar at new 1880 high. Cot
ton higher; steadier cables and trade
buying. Sugar steady; better spot sit
uation. Coffee steady; Brazilian sup
port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

Washington Rwy. e. Elec. 4s--S1 900 at
IS. $4,000 at IS, 1000 ct 65I4, $1,000
at $751;.
Barber & Ross 6Iss-$l 900 at ss1a.
Capital Traction Colo at 90.
Potomac Electric 51z9o pfd.-5 at los, S
at 106. 5 at 106.
washington Rwy. g. Elec. pfd--s at
o7A.
Riggs National Bank--l0 at s241k.
Security Savings g. Commercial Bank
10 at 476,
Lanston Monotype-l at lis, 2 at IFS,
10 at lis.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 100.
Real Estate Mtge. & Guar. pfd.-100 at
z, so at z.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas IS B-S5oO at .106.
$1,000 at 100, 81 900 at l06.
Washington Gas $500 at 1ol, $500
at 101.
Capital Traction 5s-$l,5oo at "a.
washington Rwy. 81 Elec. pfd.-7 at
97R.
Washington Gas SIS A--sloo at 1929.
Peoples Drug Stores pfd--5 at 106.
Capital Traction Co.'S at S0N.
Mergenthaler Iinctype-10 at 1osN.
RSd ard Aaknd pe:eA.
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BALTIMORE STOCKS.
Stockholders Of the White Rock Mir

Stockholders of the White Rock Min
eral Springs Co. of Waukesha, Wis,
have approved an increase in the COM
mon stock from 100000 to 1000
shares. They also assented 70 the plan
whereby the companys second preferred
stock was exchanged for common on
the basis: Of fiye shares Of common for
one share Of preferred.
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CONTINUED On Page g.
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SMITH WILL SPEAK
AT TRUST FARLEY
Washington Bankers to Hear
: Former Governor at A. B. A.
Division Conference.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Alfred E. Smith, former governor Of
New York State and now chairman Of
the board Of the County Trust Co., will
be one Of the speakers before the
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eleventh midwinter
trust conference.
according to an an
nouncement Of the
trust company di-
vision, American
Bankers Associa-
ton, under whose
auspices the meet
ing will be held
February 10, 10
and 20 at the Com
modore Hotel in
New York. Many
Washington bank
ers are arranging
to attend the con-
ference.
1.-The possibilities
of the corporate
Gl,,1;a-y fT1 eAFU-
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