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The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

How could it have tired me
to climb this little hill? And
where we're those other shad-
owy hills which had mounted
around it with the years
those hills of poverty and suf-
fering, of humiliation and de-
spair? They had seemed
so real to me, those cruel crags.
I had thought I could never
be free from their shadow.
But they were not here at all!
There was only peace here.
There stood the old home,
warm and content, in the
midst of the spring morning.
There was no barricade around
it. no blight upon it, no grave
across it's sunny sill
And the steep hill I had
dreaded was only little slope
that but lifted me higher, into
the wide, sweet air.
Dreading a Dream
And it came to me that for
IS years I had been dreading
a dream. "A dream that had
no reality. I had made real
hills of sad experienceS-but
they had only been shadows.
weaving brief webs across the
winding trail. And all the
time I had been agonizing in
nv darkness the old house
and life had gone on together,
strongly, serenely-with the
springtime coming surely, after
every winter rain.
And suddenly I saw that that
is the way it is with us all.
Fighting MISUNDERSTANDING
shadows - believing it is all
real
But some day, perhaps, we
will come back
We will come back-although
people may not see us, even
when we pass them closely
We will come back and go
strolling up and down the places
where we'd lived a while-down
the streets that seemed so mar
row and so dark-up the hill
that seemed so high and so cruel
to an old house where once
we dreamed and wept-
And, smiling. we will say,
what fools we were to suffer
so! Sect is such a little hill!
And there is no grave-ONLY A
SUNNY SILL -"
Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
ONCE-OVERS

You feel that if there were
people like you, the world
would be filled with much
more of joy and contentment
and there would be advance
ment and general industrial
stability.
Just leave it to you and
things would be right.
Often you feel quite alone
because so few have your view
point.
You actually believe that
your ideas are right and have
never considered the possibility
that you might be wrong.
But here's something for you
to null over.
If there are too few human
beings who are congenlal to
you the something wrong Is
with yourself and not with hui
manity in general.
The big majority are not out
of step.
Aren't you stubbornly set as
to what a man should repre-
sent?
You greatly regret that you
have few friends.
You crave society but are un-
willing to bend or make any
concessions to those whom you
would have as friends.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

Last Sunday went back to
the house where I had been a
girl. I had not gone to it for
Is years. I did not think I
could ever go there again.
An old house, deep in roses.
A young girl, deep in dreams.
And then-the dreams dll going
wrong. Twenty-Five years Of
dreams going wrong. I did not
think that I could ever go there
again. But last Sunday it came
to me, quite simply, that 1 must
go back. that it was weak and
wrong to be afraid to go back
So I went, but as if I were
walking in a nightmare. I re-
membered how the house had
stood on a high hill. and how
hard the hill had been to climb.
Looking back over the years,
the house seemed all sur
rounded by cruel, high hills.
Hills of poverty and sickness.
humiliation and despair. And
a grave that lay like a bar
across the door. How could I
go back-climb those hills
again, one by one, with bleeding
feet. face that grave again,
with a breaking heart? Yet I
couldn't go on respecting my
self unless I did go back
A Beautiful Day
So I went back, through the
morning. The wind was blow
ing, gentle as a breath-a
child's happy breath that has
never caught and snarled.
The wild flowers were washing
in bright tide over the brown
fields foaming over the
broken walls spilling in
trickleS of rose and blue be-
side the rutted road. The sum
shine clung in a wet, gilt web
to rock and trunk and leaf
and the air was filled
with sudden darts and trills
and bubbling bells of song.
A bright morning, but my
heart was dark as night. So
dark, that I came upon the
house on the hill before re-
allied it. And, when I looked,
I could not believe my eyes.
For 25 years I had thought of
this moment with inexpressible
longing and pain. And now,
here I was-but surely this
could not be the place &.
FOR TT WAS SUCH A LITTLE
HILL
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
TIMES TEST

Fill in each blank:
/. was the first en-
giner President.
2. The Cyclops were supposed
to have lived in
3. Purple is formed by COM
bination of -.
4. A registers the rise
and fall of an airship.
5. Rangely Lakes are in the
State of --.
Match correctly:
6. trust kiss
Z. resist tobacco pulverized
8. oSculate perSevering
9. snuff confidence
10. resolute oppose
Do you know:
II. How many children did
Martha Custis have when
she married Washington?
IL. What is the name given to
the soldiers military sig
nal at evening?
13. Who is the hero of "The
Man Without a Country?"
IA. On what river is Rouen?
is. What is the popular name
for Norway?
(Answers on Magazine Pagey
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Citizens Advisory Council

Although Citizens Advisory Council has again been chosen
by the two large civic organizations that represented
it, proposition pending before the Federation of Citizens
Associations supplant with the executive
mttee of the federation.
The Citizens Advisory Council formed during the ad
mnisraon of Engineer Commissioner Bell was an
est effort to permit Washington people to intimately partc
pate in strictly local matters In its formation however
overlooked that the three large trade bodies
ington take most active part in civic affairs they
not represented the body chosen from the
civic federations
Recognition by the Commissioners of the
Of the Citizens Advisory Council naturally objections
from other organizations and embarrassed Commissioners
The Federation of Citizens Associations father of the
c is big enough and Influential enough it stands with
out deegating authority and power and in all probability
the federation will return its old methods of handling civic
affairs making its executive committee strongest commit
In that way division of authority will be avoided and
the federation will stand out instead of its progeny
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
An Answer to
Just a Woman"

Editor, Times:
Men, think a little more Of
your wives!" So says a woman.
Now let one of those men re-
ferred to give her something to
think about.
I am one of thousands Of
married men who are among
the unemployed. Some Of
them have wives who, like
mine, are working. All of them
are out day after day trying
to get a job, but where to
find one? How many of those
wives believe in cheering the
husband up a little? Are they
all like mine? Home at 5 in
the evening, grabs the news
paper to see-God knows what!
Friend hubby soon comes Strag-
Cling in. Tired out from tramp
ing the streets all day in
search of work. Wife pays lit
tie or no attention, but keeps
on reading the paper.
Anything TO eat, dear!
hubby fondly asks. "You great
big lazy tramp. You have the
nerve to ask me that when you
know I've been working all day
while you roam all over town
enjoying yourself. One word
leads to another. Hubby gets
mad and walks out, muttering
something about "a helluva
life"
Hours pass. Hubby comes
back home. He enters the bed
room. Wife seated in front Of
dresser, locking curriers' on her
hair. She looks up, smiles,
apparently having forgotten the
earlier incident.
"Oh, Freddie, when that
bonus check of yours comes I
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
A Useful Gadget
For Everybody

First aid to Government snoopers afforded by Indiana
professor who invented breath smeer designed to tell
how much alcohol the suspect has consumed.
It is simple gagdet The criminal first forced to breathe
into ten cent store balloon the balloon his breath
transferred to solution which turns pale he has been
drinking forbidden liquors.
Il is said to be surefire and will doubtless be welcomed
by guardians of the public morals ought to simplify their
work considerably
And bv the wav you it to test your drinks It
will show Won whether the kick that cocktail high ball
due to alcohol or to usual blend of dynamite nitro
The average palate since prohibition has unable to
distinguish the difference But the mystery cleared
up. And apparently the League and the SCOT
flaws both owe a vote of thanks to the professor.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
China's "God Of Children" China Needs Him

Many gods China land of than 400000000 in
habtants largely devoted recent years fighting famine
and disease.
These pictures show samples of gods that satisfy the
lonngs of ignorant people demanding gods actually visible
before their eyes.
Educated Chinese need gods of this kind and do not
pay any attention the fat gentleman God of Children
the savage person. God of War.
The intellectual Chinese follow the teachings Of Conuciu
who long before the beginning of the Christian sad do
do others what you would have them do unto
you Preaching philosophy of respect for Others and for
law
The Chinese imagine gods of different kinds and like
statues to represent and make real their maginings.
Hence the cheerful smiling god with the children crowdng
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

) on the other hand he seems to
think that these constitute the
only people existing. Does Mr..
Allen, by chance, happen to
know the lower class, or by re-
ferring to the lower class,
people who engage in unlawful
soliciting?
I agree with you, Mr.. Editor,
that prohibition is responsible
for many of our crimes today,
and if Mr.. Allen would stop
and think himself, he will know
that this statement is abSo-
lutely right. Ask him to go
back to the bygone days when
the saloon had it's fling. He
will know that there were not
the terrible crimes which are
being perpetrated today. The
writer happened tc be living in
Washington during the days
when the saloons were open
and it was an unusual thing
those days to see a woman
drunk. The only type Of
drunkards in those days, were
the laborer returning from his
work with a fat pay envelope,
who encountered many Of his
friends and a drink was Sug-
gested. Dutch treats followed
and by the time he was ready
to go home he was drunk.
So, Mr.. Editor, Mr.. Allen
seems to be one of those "drys"
wishing to inflict on us the
idea that prohibition is the
right thing. Thousands Of
people like myself express the
same opinion that prohibition
is a failure.
H. M. REED,
The Washington times., 1931-04-07

can have a new spring outfit,
can't I? I can get a peach
for only 5000. You'll give me
the money, won't you, dear?"
Hubby looks at his pants,
then the shoes and says that
he ought to get some clothes
first. Then friend wife gets
sore and won't speak to him,
but gets the paper out and sits
down to write to the news
paper about it, very careful to
tell only the most pathetic part
she can. And they hang pic
lures!
JUST A HUSBAND.
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
You make offerings to him if you want more

about him. You make offerings to him if you want more
children
Hence also powerful cowlng bearded creature repre-
senng mems age-long desire to kill each other wholesale
If you want to win your try to placate this war
god with presents.
Perhaps would be better for China the God of Children
were not busy and the population not great That god
would thank you however for suggesting birth control
It surely would be good thing for China the War God
the children brought earth by the "God of Children
there were no wars famne and plaques to kill them off,
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Disagrees With Writer
On Prohibition

Editor, Times:
I am very much interested
in the article which appears
in The Times, March 81, signed
L. G. Allen.
Mr.. Allen seems to think
that among his acquaintance
there are no bootleggers. Is
this so wonderful? A small
percentage of people that he
knows, I hope, do not engage
in this unlawful business, but
The Washington times., 1931-04-07
Hearst Papers Advocate

"HoneSt friendship h all nations entangltng alliances
Nth none" "-George Washington
Proportional representation the United States Senate no
than 0o Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reapportionnne in the House OF
Representatives.
Separate departments the of the NdUy ana OF the
Air all united under Secretary OF National DeenSe
action to the limit of Federal poUeTS TO GoonSh
ALerdcy under q Secretary of Education
President the first OF January toHoa
ing the November election.
Selecue immigration to admit only those suited tor An1eTt
citizenship and American needs 49,
Deportation undesirable aliens and extension OF cse
ship period to 10 gears.
g. Complete publicity for income tdreS to preOnt og t6T
dodgers from escaping taxation.
Modification of the Voedd act to permit light O1neS ana
beers under Federal regulation.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29
r.. \. Installation

The Royal NeighbOrs here install
ed officers Wednesday evening for
the ensuing year as follows: Oracle,
Lettie Dew; V. Oracle, Jessie Stall
smith; Past Oracle, Mary Bingham
Chancellor, Annie Morrison; Record
er, Margaret Leggett; Receiver, Ma
bel Mace; l. S., Hazel Warne; O. S.,
Mary Lindimore; Musician, Chris
tine Shilling; Physicians, DR.. c. E.
Northrup and DR.. d. G. Ralston.
Appointed officers: Flag Bearer,
Louise Quigley; Captain, Mary Lin
dimore; Graces, Stella Smith, Helen
Kuntz, Gladys NORM, Velma Bragg
and Mary Matson. Mrs. Forest Hav.
ener was installing officer, and Mrs.
Fonnie Hooper was ceremonial
marshal. 1t was public installa-
ton and each member was privi-
legged to invite guest, and in all a
large number were present Fol
lowing the installation fine pot
luck supper was served, and a brief
program was rendered.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29
Mrs. Florence A. Emaf-ine Dies

Florence A., youngest daughter of
James M. and Philena Warthman
Ferguson, was born near Ilesboro.
o., June 12, 1859, and died Jan. "a,
1881. She lived there until some
time after her mothers death, when
on the re-marriage of her father she
moved with him to Morgan county,
where she lived five years Return
ing to Hooking county, two years
later she was married to George w.
Emarine, Oct. IL, 1882. They NOV
ed to the old Emarine place near
Hesboro where they lived As years.
Three years ago last September, they
moved to Logan to spend the rest OF
their days. Mrs Emarine united
with the Deerfield Presbyterian
church while in her teens. After
her marriage she transferred her
membership to the Methodist church
at Ilesboro After moving to Logan
she and Mr.. Emarine took their
membership there. There are left
to mourn her loss, her devoted hus-
band, one brother-Byron S. Fer
guson of Philadelphia; half broth
er, Walter b. Ferguson. and a half
sister, Miss Belle Ferguson, both of
McConnelsville. One sister, Mrs.
Ezra Deaver, and a little brother
Alison preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at the Methodist Episcopal
church, Logan, with interment at
Ilesboro, Hooking county. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Ferguson and Miss
Belle Ferguson of this place, Ezra
Deaver, Earle Deaver and wife near
Deerfeld, and Carl Deaver and wife
of Akron, attended the funeral.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29
SMALLPOX Makes En- Scatter

The Marietta court room was
cleared in record time Monday, and
a panic narrowly averted when Judge
David III. Thomas adjourned court
because smallpox had broken out in
the Washington county jail The
courtroom was iammed with people
who were on hand to hear the trial
of Mrs. Carrie Gourley, charged
with conspiring to kill her husband.
The accused son, Harry Gourley,
who was jointly indicted with his
mother, was found to be a victim OF
smallpox, and his mother had been
nursing him at the Jail. 1t is stated
that Judge Thomas dismissed court
attendants, and wholesale vaccina.
ton began. The Jail is being rigid
ly quarantined.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29

united in marriage to Mrs. Martha
Greer Shipley, who survives. He
also leaves one step-daughter, Letha,
wife of G.. l.. Carleton of this place;
two sisters, Kate, wife of John
Rouanzoin of Morganville, and
Sadie, wife of Cydnor McInturf OF
Penn township One brother, George
C. Allen, met tragic death about
26 years ago, when tree fell on
him, while he was working on the
place now owned by j. c. Cooper
Mr.. Allen was pleasant, So
ciable man; he was big hearted and
generous, always lending helping
hand in time of need. He had a
magnetism that made him many
friends. This was very evident in
the election last fall; and was again
demonstrated by the large numbers
who called at his home, following
his death, and were at the funeral to
pay their respects.
The following out of town per-
sons were present at the funeral Of
Mr.. Allen: Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Shrack and Guy Shipley, Lucas, o.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas SCHNEIDER and
Ray Shipley, MansfieM;; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Shipley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Shaffer, son Virgil and
daughter Betty, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Fischer, townsville, O.; Chas. Hemp
field, Mt. Gilead; Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Greer, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Greer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Greer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Steward, Ida Ritchie, Mr.. and
Mrs. John McGrath and Judge l.. j..
Weber, all of Zanesville; Mr.. and
Mrs. Emerson Greer, Newark; Her
bert Allen, Pleasantyille; Holly AL
len, Columbus Clyde Allen, Robert
and Edith Butler, Crooksville; Mary
Pemburton, Fultonham, and Mrs
Lucy Brehm, Somerset.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29

The Marietta Times states that
Arthur D Barker of Muskingum
township received telegram on
Tuesday informing him of the death
at Girard, Kansas, of j. Dana Bark
er, 60, son of the late John D.
and Mary Anderson Barker of Ma
rietta. Details of the death were
not given The Barker family left
Washington county about 1870 and
settled in Kansas, where they since
have resided. The elder Barker was
a brother Of the late Capt. Gage
Barker of Muskingum township. J.
Dana Barker was cousin of Arthur
ID. Barker and of Mrs. William
Stacy of Muskingum township, and
of Bailey Barker of Marietta and
Dr. O.. D. Barker of Parkersburg,
w. Va. He had visited here on
numerous occasions Mr.. Barker is
survived by one son, Jack Barker,
who is an opera singer in New York.
and daughter, Mrs Mary d. Lemler
of Pittsburg, Kansas
The deceased was a cousin of Mrs.
E. d. Shafer Of this place
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29

Three cars figured in an auto
wreck Monday evening about 6
o'clock, on the north river road,
near the Bader and Grouse places.
A Chevrolet auto driven by Horace
Genge, and with him Mrs. c.. D.
Wedgs and Mrs. o. D. Fraunfelter Of
GAINESVILLE was going toward Zanes-
vile, as was also Ray Balding Of
er Riley to GAINESVILLE. 1t seems
that Genge in passing Balding hook
ed his fender and Balding went in
to the ditch. Just as it happened,
S. S. Floyd of Clarksburg, w. Va.
who had been visiting his grand
daughter in Columbus, was coming
toward this place, and his car and
the GAINESVILLE machine came to-
gether. Mrs. Wedge sustained
fracture Of the left leg, and Genge
had his left arm fractured. Floyd.
aged IA, had his knee bruised, face
cut, and received bad breast
wound. Balding and his brother es-
capped injury and their machine was
not much damaged. The other cars
were practically wrecked
The injured were given medical
attention here in local doctor's
office. Floyd remained over night
at the Kennebec hotel, and Tuesday
was taken to his home by Gerald
Price.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29
Dedication, Church of Christ

AS will be seen by the announce
ment of the Church of Christ (Sev-
enth street, which appears among
the regular church items in this
paper, and as has been previously
noted. that church will have ded-
icatory services on the coming Sun
day, Feb. 1. The last payment on
their church building was recently
made, and the dedication services
follow. There will be morning, af-
ternoon and evening meetings, with
basket dinner at noon. The din
ner will be served in the Woodmen
hail.
The dedicatory sermon will be de-
livered in the morning by Elder c..
III. NORM In the afternoon several
speakers will take part, and at night
Elder Harley Bankes will be the
speaker The general public is
invited.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29

Lillian Waterman, aged II years,
mention of whose critical illness was
made in this paper last week, pass
ed away at the family home in East
Bloom, Sunday evening. For sew
eral days preceding death, her con.
dition had been very critical. She
was a daughter of the late DR.. Ho-
mer c. Waterman and wife of Zanes-
Vile, and was born at Middleport,
Ohio For many years she and her
brother-in-law Elmer E. Richard
son and wife made their home to-
gether The deceased for number
of years had been an invalid, and
for the last three years had been
blind. Notwithstanding her afflic-
tions, she was bright and cheerful
until the last. She was conscious
of the fact that she was soon to be
taken from this earth-a change
which she expressed to those about
her she cheerfully welcomed. Sur
viving are brother, William Water
man of Rockwell City, Iowa, and a
sister, Mrs. Ralph Ebert of Zanes-
vile. Three sisters are deceased
Mary, who was the wife of Willis
Helmick of Zanesville Clara, who
died in infancy, and Helen, wife of
Elmer E. Richardson, who died last
June. Miss Waterman was good
musician, and for some time was
church organist at Mt. Zion. She
was a member of the Universalist
church.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at o'clock, at the
Wesley Chapel church, and inter
ment was made in the church GEM
etery.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29
M. vi. Sears Buys Pharmacy

Wednesday of this week a deal
was consummated whereby Mr.. Mar
maduke NJ Sears becomes pro-
prietor of the l.. II. Sears pharmacy
Of this place. In the year 1922 the
new owner entered the Sears phar-
macy, while attending school here.
Following his graduation from M. &
NJ, he entered the Cincinnati Col
lege of Pharmacy, graduating from
that college in the year 1926. While
attending college he was employed
with pharmacy in Cincinnati He
successfully passed the state phar-
macy examination, and returned
here where he has since been em-
ployed with the Sears pharmacy.
He is too well and favorably known
to need any introduction to the pub
lie
The firm name will continue the
same-.'Sears Pharmacy" The new
proprietor is one of our very best
y
| pharmacist, pleasant and accommo-
| dating, and his legion of friends
wish for him abundant success. He
took over the store Wednesday.
Mr.. L. H. Sears has no definite
plans for the future. He has been
in business here since 1918, when
he and Mr. Satler purchased the
drug store of the late c. Fl. Gibson
This partnership continued for
about two years, when w. d. Dan
ford purchased Satler's interest, and
in 1921 Mr.. Danford disposed of his
interest to Mr.. Sears, and since thai
time Mr.. Sears has been sole owner
Jack Flanagan will assist Mr..
Marmaduke Sears in the store, out
side of school hours.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29
l.. Ii. Adrean Named Sheriff

A few hours following the death
of Sheriff J. w. Allen last Thursday
morning, the county commissioners
got together and filled the vacancy
by naming L. B. Adrean, Repub
lican. There were five candidates
for the vacancy Mr. Adrean was
defeated last fall, for election, by
Mr.. Allen. Sheriff Adrean on as
suming his office named V. A. Van
Horn as his deputy, and Probate
Judge Arthur Torbert appointed
Mrs. Mildred Adrean as Jail matrOn.
Mr.. Adrean served at one time as
dog warden of the county, and was
also deputy under c.. b. Henery,
when the latter was sheriff