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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04
A RuSy Month At Geneva

May has been, and still is, &
month of unusual activity at the
seat of the League of Nations
More than this, the League car
point to some tangible accom-.
plishments on the credit side of its
ledger. The meetings of the Coun-
Gil dealt principally with two ques-
customs union, which after acrid
debate was turned over to the
World Court for legal determine
ton.
The other question was the Ger
man-Polish dispute regarding the
maltreatment of German minoritiea
in Poland. On this point Germany
won major victory when the
Council refused to accept as final a
Polish report. Arthur Henderson
British Foregn Minister, emerged
from the meetings with greatly en-
hanced prestige, as the real hero of
the German success, and as the
choice of the Council for chairman
conference.
The Pan-European Commission.
an offspring of the League, met at
the same time, but was less success
ful in dealing with the complex eco
nomic difficulties of the continent.
It's tangle of problems is left 10
subcommittee for three months.
but BRAND and his colleagues have
not admitted defeat in their effort
to unite Europe economically.
Today Geneva sees the opening of
another opium conference.-the
time to try to regulate the manu-
facture, instead of merely the pro-
duction and distribution. Of opium
and cocaine. In this League enter
prise, the United States is taking
an active part. Dealing with a
more specific problem than most of
the Leagues agenda, the opium
conference has a substantial chance
of success. s.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04
The Story The Tombstones Tell
In Bristol Cemetery
c.. B. R RAY

| in the fullest sense of the term, for
! folks who needed her services. She
probably drew her wages by the
week, but staid by the year. May
we never forget her kindly deeds
her good cooking. We might tel
you here that Mrs. Macklem, Mrs
Edna Wilson Gilliland of Bristol
and Mrs. Flora Ogan of Springfield
all granddaughter of Charles and
Content Coulter, with their children
are all that are left in Ohio as last
of the lineage.
near Keith, Noble county, Ohio
1915; died 1929. She was the sec
ond wife of Adam Barclay. We
want to tell you here that Mr.. Bar.
clay was born in county Down, Ire
! land; he came to Noble county when
eight years of age. Mr.. and Mrs
Barclay were married in the year
| 1868. They first located in Mus
kingum county, owning the Harry
McCracken farm in 1871 they sold
/
turned the same year and purchas-
ed the farm known as the Muse
/ farm on Meigs creek. In 1875 he
! sold this farm and purchased the
farm on Horse Run, now owned by
] w. o. Workman, where his sOn-in-
f, law and daughter o. D. Baker and
wife reside, and the family contin-
ued to live here until Mr.. Barclays
| death Feb. s, 1903. After his death
Mrs. Barclay moved to Rural Dale.
After she became ill she was taken
! to the home of her daughter Olive
! wife of Stanley Huffman of Dun
can Falls. where her death occur
| red
They were parents of nine chill
dren-Emmet who died in infancy,
Itol, wife of Rev. John McGregor
| of whom we have told you; Eliza
beth, wife of Wilson Henderson
whom we will tell you about later
Surviving are the following: Adam
Barclay, an attorney of Jerome,
Idaho; o. r. of Duncan Falls; Les
| ter of Berea; Jesse of Rural Dale;
Happie, wife of Finley Culver.
| Rural Dale, and Olive, wife of Stan
ley Huffman, Duncan Falls. Mrs.
Barclay was woman with many
good traits of character which en-
deared her to a host of friends. We
will tell of the stepchildren, farther
along in the story. At this time We
want to tell you more about Mr.
Barclay. While he is not buried
here, but at the Jennings cemetery
near Caldwell, he was so long time
resident of the township and a
member of the Bristol church, that
we feel we should tell Of him here
He was a very strong man; his SON
| in-law, the late VIM. Sheridan, used
/ to tell a story of his strength. Once
when they were rebuilding a water
gap in the construction Of which i
was necessary to lift very heav:
pole or log and lay it in the forks
of posts set in the ground-when
they were ready to place the pole
Billy suggested that they get help,to
! which Mr. Barclay agreed. While
Mr.. Sheridan turned to do some
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04
Odd. Isn't IT,

The Georgia court of appeals has
ruled that a son-in-law is not a
member of the wife's family.
Eddie Cooney, inmate Of Au-
burn, N. Y, prison, is suing fo,
damages for the loss of his arm
while working in the license plate
shop.
Anthony Fokker, Dutch airplane
designer, printed his own money
to pay his employees during the
war
Senior students at the Hollywood
Cal, high school were questioned as
to their desires for the future and
not a single one wanted to enter
the movies.
The British Railways Freight
Association recently classified por-
table typewriters as musical instru
ments.
The golf course at Monte Garlic
often has snow upon it while sur
bathing is INDUCED in on the beach
The reason is the links are 2,60(
teet above the sea, or ~ minutes
away via auto.
A bicycle club has been formed
/ in Hollywood
In Turkey when the moon goe
into eclipse the natives think vol
is eating old Luna and they shoe
in the air in an effort to hit and xii
the wolf.
The sweetest smelling orang,
blossoms come from the sour o"
ange trees.-The Pathfinder
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04
BishOpville

The church put on Fathers
Day program, which proved to be
a success. A large crowd attended.
Decoration day was very fittingly
observed here Saturday, with two
veterans out, who are very feeble.
Twenty-nine soldiers are buried
here.
ed church services at Hooper Ridge,
Thursday evening. where Rev Miles
f. HoOn is conducting series of
meetings. and sang for them. They
report good meeting with six adj
ditions to date.
Mrs. John A. Clark Dies
Mrs. John A. Clark of Elliott
passed away Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, after a lingering sickness.
She was in her 92nd year Mrs.
Clark was an aunt OF Mrs. w. H..
Hoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith mo-
tored to Barberton, Saturday, and
visited Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Smith
and daughter Mary Elizabeth
Dwight Smith accompanied them,
and visited his sister Mrs. Parker
Linscott and family.
Miss Rosa Withem graduated
from the eighth grade. The COM
mencement was held June l, at
Mountville high school.
The funeral of Thomas McLain.
held Thursday, was the largest that
has been held here for years. He
was one of Morgan county's best
school teachers, respected by all,
and especially was he loved by the
where he has taught. We
feel we have lost good and true
friend
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04

Clinton Crate and Hugh Gibbons,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04

Margaret, wife Of John Deems,
died Sept. 8, 1886, aged 83 years.
She was a sister of Mrs. VIM.
Smiley. We failed to get the his
tory and where Mr.. Deems is bur
led.
Chas. Coulter was born in Ire
land Sept. 27, 1909. 1t seems he
first came to Philadelphia, at any
rate he worked there, but we are
unable to find any record of the
time when he came to Bristol town
ship. His wife, Content Morey
Coulter, was born in Maine, Sept.
27, 1918; died Oct. 20, 1857. Their
old home just east of the Bristol
church, now owned by j. H. Grand
staff, is known to this day as the
Coulter place They were the par
ents of two sons and four daugh-
ters-Daniel F., Liberty, Mary.
who married VIM. Wilson-she is
deceased and buried at Lytlesburg;
Sarah, who married VIM Williams,
and moved to Kansas, died and is
buried there; Liberty also died in
the west. Susie NJ died Oct. 10.
1883, aged 40 years, 10 months and
five days. Olive A. died July 10,
1858, aged three years and Is days
Daniel F., 1853-1917, was born
of the one on the farm, and his en-
tire life was spent in the neighbor-
hood-his death occurring on an ad-
joining farm to the one where he
was born. His wife, Anna Dean,
1858-1904. While we do not know
where she was born, We knew her
as good woman. We will never
forget the last time we visited her
Harry Henderson and the writer
were together. We were soon to
leave for Illinois, and we knew she
would be gone on the journey from
which none return, before we would
return 1t was one of those exper-
fences that we never want to go
through, but she was as calm as
though she was only going on a
trip like ours. Then again, we re-
member one evening when our days
work was finished, on coming to the
house of our employer, we found
the Democrat, and it seemed the
words "Anna Coulter dead" blazed
as written with fire right into our
face. She was a good woman, who
was ever thoughtful of others. We
wish the type setter would please
make that statement in type such
that it might show to our readers
what she was to us, and as a little
token Of our appreciation of deeds
Of kindness. They were the parents
of one daughter, Lizzie. wife of w
G.. Macklem, who own and live on
her fathers farm. Elsewhere we
have told you of their children, and
now we want to tell you of Anna
Coulters mother, Elizabeth Dean,
1S42-1916. Where she was born
and many things we have and will
tell you of others, is not part OF
the story Of Aunt Lizzie Dean She
was known all over the country
round about. She kept house, and
when we say kept house we mean it
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04

won has been through the fact thai
we haven't tried to do something
beyond US, and that you are our
friends.
Our friend j. l.. Glenn, we call
him Lossie, tells us this one. Dur
ing the war the Bristol church was
badly torn up. On few occasions
at least, John Henderson was the
only member present-in fact the
only person. Someone thought to
guy him, asking him how many
were present, when he replied
-four" When the questioner want
ed to know who they were, Mr.. Hen
derson replied Father, Son and
Holy Ghost" and now we know
why the venerable John Henderson
is quoted; is honored, yea loved, to
this day; man of God gone home,
but his work, his life, is living on.
PedicOrds
The name once so familiar and
for so long time part of the
community, church and school, but
now gone out of our township.
Through the kindness of Mrs. Ida
Ford, Glendale. Cal, we are able to
give you the history of this family
that played such an important part
in the history of which we are in
terested.
Dorsey Pedicord was born near, il
! not in, Baltimore, Nd: his wife
Elizabeth Brown, was also born at
the same city. They later moved to
the Pan Handle of West Virginia.
near Wellsburg, where Zachariah
Pedicord was born 1928 When he
was two years old they moved to
''the wilds of Ohio" His father is
buried at the old Baptist graveyard
of which we have spoken. We find
we will have to give you that his
tory or as much as we are able to
gather, later in the story, and it
will depend on our aged friend
Jesse Gibbs as to much of it, as we
remember his telling of being at a
funeral there more than so years
ago. SO we are leaving the elder
Pedicords here and will give more
of their record when we visit that
memories of Ohio included the rec
objection of seeing a deer walk in
the cabin door, on its hind legs,
frozen stiff (after it had been skin
ned) which scared the little folks
almost to death. He was but three
and half years old, but he never
forgot it. His mother was a Pres
byterian and was buried at Bristol.
Her death occurred years after her
husbands We will give dates
later. The old set, as old timers
used to say, were Baptists.
Laura Murphy Pedicord, wife Of
Zachariah. was born 1898; died
1918. Her parents were born in
southeast Ohio, either in or near
Morgan county. Mr.. Murphy was
buried at Mt Carmel. Mrs. Muir
phys monument reads July IL
| 1SO9-July 4, 1899. Her given name
was Nancy. Zachariah and Laura
! Pedicord were the parents Of the
| following children-for fear we for
| get it later let us tell you first thai
| Mrs. Pedicord's father died wher
she was eight years old, and to the
children Eta or De Eta, wife Of j
l.. Patterson, perhaps we gave the
date, but for fear we haven't, WI
give it here, died Aug. g. 1884
aged 2S years, three days. Mrs. Ida
Ford, Glendale, Cal; w. Fl. Pedi
cord, Olathe. Col; c.. A., st. Paul
Mimi, or Battle Creek, Mich, now
perhaps; DR.. Jas. NJ, GAINESVILLE.
| (To Be Continued)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04

not acquainted with rye, we couldn't
help wondering il that wasn't tall.
Friends of the Lindimore family
have been inquiring when the re-
union is to be held. Bristol town
ship is waiting to help them make
it the biggest reunion ever held ir
Morgan county.
With four coal banks running, il
looks like haulers won't have tC
wait to load.
We are sorry to read Of the ser
ious condition of our friend Abe
Hayes of Windsor.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Haines anC
Miss Eta Merwin spent Tuesday il
GAINESVILLE.
Who can give us the history o
Captain Paul who is buried at Re
hobeth cemetery, Manchester town
ship?
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04

thing else, Mr.. Barclay lifted and
placed the pole in position himself.
Our story will be incomplete, we
feel, should we not tell you of the
son Adam. He started his career as
a school teacher. We are not sure
whether the first term was at Meigs.
but we do remember his first day in
our school, The winter before we
had gotten a reputation of doing
about as we pleased. On that morn
ing, Ad, we called him, took up
school. When we had all found our
seats, he remarked something like
this: l am here to teach your
have order first. We looked him
over and it seemed the consensus OF
opinion that he was big enough to
prove the statement, and we took
him at his word. At recess and noon
he was with us in our play and soon
had won the bunch and taught a
successful school. Elizabeth Bar
clay Henderson, wife of Wilson
Henderson, as we have said was the
daughter of Adam and Elizabeth
King Barclay; was born 1869; died
1921, at Lakewood, a suburb of
Cleveland The daughter, Eliza
beth Baden, who lives with her
father at Berea, survives. Mrs
Henderson was a successful school
teacher in Bristol before her mar
riage. Mrs. Baden's husband is en-
ployed with company who send
him away from home quite bit, so
it makes it nice for Mr.. Henderson
and daughter that they can be to-
gether. Of the children of Mr.. Bar
clay's first marriage, we only re-
member of knowing of three-Mrs.
Margaret Hooper, McConnelsville;
Mrs. Susan Sheridan, GAINESVILLE,
and Mrs Sarah Boggs. The death
of the last named occurred May 26.
1881, in Indianapolis.
David McCarty, born Feb. II.
1S46; died March 7, 1911. Sarah,
his wife, died July l, 1873, aged
81 years, seven months. The Nc
Cartys owned and lived on the farm
where Mrs. Mary Gorrell and daugh-
ters now own and reside, near the
Pleasant Hill school We remem-
Der of our parents talking of these
folks-remember son they called
Finley, and a daughter Vine. The
latter taught the Salem school and
boarded at Grandfather Gordon's.
A daughter Elsie married an Os-
borne.
A. J. Lawrence
Died Oct. 4, 1889, aged II years
and two months. Mr.. Lawrence
was born in Meigs township, Mus
kingum county, but he came with
his parents to Bristol township,
when seven years of age. He was
twice married and was the father
of three children. His home was
near the present home Of Webster
Anderson. near the Election school
house. His death was sudden; he
had been at the grange store the
day of his death. We will tell Of
family later in the story.
John Mcdonald
Was born in Washington county.
Pennsylvania. April 4, 1921; died
Feb. II, 1880. He came to Bristol
about 1858. His wife, Sarah For
dice Mcdonald, was born Sept. 26,
1926, in Bristol township. and died
in the same township March 21,
1898. AS we remember as told by
our grandmother Ray, she was
born on the Ray farm on MeigS
creek. on the part now owned by
T. E. Knox. The Fordice's sold
this farm to our grandfather IN
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04
Farm And Home League

The Farm and Home League met
at Meigs Valley grange hall, May
IA, with II members present. Th.
program was carried out as pre-
viOusly announced. Next meeting
will be held at the home of Mary
Sines, on Thursday, June IL. A pot
luck dinner will be served at noon.
Program: Reading, Mabel Ashton
and Lizzie Cordray: recitation, EN-
ma Knox, Carrie Ray; quotations,
Ella Knox. Lottie Mcdowell. Ethel
Wilson and Coda Fox; talk on club
work. Ona Warne; surprise, Pearl
Radcliff, Irene Wilson. Mabel Ris
berg Please bring scraps for
quilt and also thimbles and needles.
-XX.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04

the two convicts charged with hav-
ing started the disastrous fire at the
Ohio penitentiary a year ago, have
returned to that place to spend the
balance of their lives. They es.
caped the electric chair, not through
the lack of evidence, but rather
through the failure of Ohio statutes
to cover just such crimes as they
plead guilty to. Another factor in
the case is said to have been the re-
ports of the last electrocution at the
state prison When the two con-
victs went on trial both declared
they preferred the electric chair to
being returned to the prison. But
they changed their minds and en-
tered pleas of guilty to second de-
gree murder which carried with it
sentences of life Imprisonment.
Thus endeth another famous mur-
der case.
While Ohio has 1,545 civil war
veterans living today. not more than
400 of these are expected to attend
tIc O0tH annual uCampm00L OIL the
Grand Army of the Republic to be
held in Columbus, June IA to Is.
The average age of these battle
SCARED veterans is almost 81 years,
and hundreds of them are feeble
and unable to stand the trip to Co.
lumbus and the attendant activities
of the annual encampment. The
presence of President Hoover, who
will review the parade of the vet
erans June 16, will attract national
interest in the event. The president
expects to spend a few hours in Co.
lumbus journeying to Marion where
the Harding tomb will be formally
dedicated. An effort is also being
made to have former President
Coolidge attend the G.. A. r. en-
campment, and review the parade,
which this year will be over only a
very short route.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-06-04

Our store will be closed on
Thursday afternoons through June,
July and August Shop in the morn
ing Whites.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
RICH RACING
PRIZE IS UP
$50, 600 Trotting Event VIII
Be Run Wednesday
Al Goshen

GOSHEN. ". ", Aug. II. 1.-THE
$4,000 Hambletonian. richest light
harness horse stake In this country.
Is down for decision tomorrow with
M least ten or the years smartest
three-year-old trotters slated TO race
for the biz prize over the mile track
At Good Time park.
The advance sale OF tickets indi-
Gates that N crowd Of 10000 viii pack
its way into this quaint little horse
loving down TO see the browning
OF The 1881 tTotting champion for
the winner OF the Hambletonlan
generally Is recognized as the years
leading three-year-old.
Named for q great trotter, the
stake is the n race for which
breeders and owners always point
their best performers. Like many
races the entriea are made when the
horses are f0aled and the purses
built up BY added fees as the
probable starters Sh-w Improvement.
The final payment OF $500. due to-
day, will determine how many will
face the starter in the three-heat
stake.
The good time stables bay fiIly.
Media Guy, with n mark or 2:03
3-4. probably will rule the favorite.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
Champion And
{. SaIazar May
Duel In Series

The City League championship
series. which gets under way here
Sunday between the Robins and
irternationals. may develop into au-
other hurting duel between Gamer
mo Salazar and Robert Champion.
Early IN the season, the Robins
signed Salazar. who twirled the Bob
cats into second place in the Browns
vile Boys league. Champion hurled
the JuareZ aggregation 70 the cham
pionship in the small circuit.
Now the Internationals. a Mata-
moros team. are attempting TO sign
Champion for the big series. The
managers will vote on him Friday
night az a league meeting. If he
is voted in. the series will be an
other Champion-Salazar duel.
Frank Torres and Meme Cara are
whipping the Robins into top shape
for the series. Practice Is planned
throughout the week.
The MatamoroS squad Is made
up largely of former st. Joseph's
college ball players.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
SURPRISE
ALL OPPONENTS
Hitting All Around
And Are Due to Land
High In Race
BY HERBERT w. BARKER
Associated Press Sports Writer

The Pittsburgh Pirates have no
hope OF winning the Natio-ll league
pennant just at present but they
evidently still are Of the opinion
they car smash their way into the
first division before the curtain
falls for the season.
After three months OF floundering
around while their pitchers tried
TO find their effectiveness and their
batsmen searched vainly for their
batting eyes, the Pirates pulled
themselves together Just when IL
looked Ike they were going 70 fall
right out Of the league.
The insertion OF the Amherst
football star. Howard Groskloss. at
second base. the return TO hitting
form Of Paul Waner and the over
night development Of Glen Spencer
into a starting pitcher who could
win were three primary causes for
the Pirates squirt since July.
Yesterday with Spencer working
on the mound, the Pirates nosed
out the Chicago Cubs. 4-3.
The defeat dropped the Cubs
from a virtual tie with the second
place New York Giants TO a posi-
ton half a game removed from
the runnr--up rung.
The Pirate-Cub game was the
only one on the major league
schedule yesterday as both leagues
prepared for int~ersectional warfare
starting today. In the National
league western teams come east and
in the American, eastern clubs bat
tie the west.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
Former Saints Off
For Mexico City

The Kingsville Mo-Pacs, compos-
eli largely OF former San Benito
Saints. left for Mexico City Tues
Gay morning. The former Saints
will play ten games with leading
teams at the Mexican capital.
The roster includes Dutch" Hoff-
man. Vic Sralla, Tommy Jordan,
Johnnie Lynum. John McGrew, T.
r. LaBlanc and Tommie Swayze.
Kitty" GLEASON, Eddie Greer, Hal
Crumpton, Jesse Devereaux, Paul
Johnson, and Clyde Pratt.
Quite a number OF these boys
played in the Valley league this
season.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-11
Bandits Escape

FORT WORTH. Aug. l1.-tP-
Twenty-four hours after the hold
up Of Jerry Green, bank messen-
ger, police here today we're without
major clues as to the identity Of
the four men who escaped with
$1,000 in currency and $4,000 in
checks. Green was unable 20 iden-
tify any Of the assailants from 20
lice descriptions and pictures OF
possible suspects.