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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Misses Ada and Jessie Hatton re-
ceived large crate of fine oranges
at Christmas time, sent from Florida
by their brother~in-law Mr.. Frank
j. Ziegler who is located at Engle-
wood about 100 miles below Tampa.
The crate also contained few fine
tangerines.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01
Parkadan Holiday Dances

The Christmas dance given by
Richard Choguill. proprietor of the
Parkadan school of dance, Christ
mas night, was attended by about
80 couples-many of them being
students home from college for the
holidays. The 4Parkadan orchestra
furnished the music. A New Years
dance was aiso given; the dancing
beginning at 1890 p. M, and last
ing till 3 o'clock this morning. The
dances were held in the city dance
hall, which Mr.. Choguill has leased.
1t was attractively decorated in
keeping with the holiday season.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

County Superintendent Frank A.
Davis and ]. M. Turner, superin..
tendent Of M. G NJ. schools, attend
ed the mid-winter meeting OF the
Ohio Educational association, held
Monday and Tuesday in Columbus.
Mrs. Turner accompanied her hus-
band, and their daughters Linda
May and Eleanor have been visiting
at st. Paris where the family resid-
ed before coming here.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

The Marietta Times states that
Capt. Norman Whiting sustained a.
broken shoulder when be slipped
and fell Tuesday evening, as he was
leaving the armory.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01
East Bloom

Miss Zella Barkhurst of Cleveland
spent from Wednesday until Friday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
w. Barkhurst and sister Mary Bark
hurst. Carl Barkhurst and family
also spent Christmas at G.. w. park-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr. VIM Carr of Malta who is EN-.
ployed at the Brown-Manly Plow
plant, suffered bad cut In his arm
Friday, when stick Of wood he was
saving few in such manner as to
strike him. The cash required Ave
stitches to close.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01
Gatherings On New Years Eve

GatheF1ngS On New Years Eve
A watch night service, with So
cial time, was held at the Malta M.
E. church Wednesday night, New
Years eve. A service and social
time was also held at the Presbyte-
rian church, and gatherings more
or less pretentious, of social nature
and otherwise, were held at various
places here and throughout the
county.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01
Beech Grove Grange

Program for Beech Grove grange,
Friday evening, Jan. 2, at Z O'Clock: !:
Roll call, answered by telling some
things I have enjoyed during the
holiday season; song, by grange:
talk on new project work, Lenna
Williams. Everyone present will be
expected to be prepared to give
something on program; some fun,
Claribel Sevall and Eleanor Gibson
Xxx
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Smith were
among those present in Marietta at
the tenth wedding anniversary cele..
bration of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Smith
mention of which is made elsewhere
in this paper. In all Is were pres
ent.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. George Wolfram of
Canal Winchester and Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Sears OF Columbus made q
brief holiday visit with relatives and
friends in Malta.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. Willis Greer who is employed
with a loan company at Newark.
came Wednesday to spend over New
Years day with his father, Mr.. John
Greer, east of town.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Double funeral services were held
Monday ct GAINESVILLE for Mrs. Ada
e. Besser. 22, and her infant son,
who died at Bethesda hospital. Be-
Sides the husband Clyde Besser, Mrs.
Besser's mother and step-father
Harvey and Clara Clark, also a sis
ter and two brothers, survive her.
Burial was made at Sharon, Noble
county.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01
NEW YEARS GREETINGS

We wish you all a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
We thank you for your business
and your goodwill during the past
year, and are expressing our hope
that our business relationship for
next year will surpass in cordiality
and friendliness, the year drawn
to a close.
Yours for better times, THE
STANBERY PHARMACY.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Miss Dorothy Busche, teacher,
near Canton, who is spending her
vacation with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. V Busche of Kennebec ridge,
is suffering with tonsilitis.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. Emmett Farmhouse Of Stock
port who has been very i'll with
pneumonia, remains about the same.
1t is also stated that he has rabbit
fever.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Blair return.
ed to Columbus Saturday, after
spending Christmas with Mrs.
Blair's aunt. Mrs. George Chidester
of Malta.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Members of the McConnelsville
fire department enjoyed an oyster
supper at the hose house, Wednes-
day night.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Prof. and Mrs. Samuel Porter of
Alexandria, KY, have been spend
ing the holidays with the formers
parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Porter,
near Oil Spring, and other relatives.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Porter's sis
ter-in-law Mrs. ]. E. Cowan enter
tanned in her honor, with an auction
bridge party.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01
County

Miss Esther Sherman went to New
Lexington today, where she will
spend the week end with her friend
Miss Margaret Selby.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mrs. G. G. Brooks has been laid
up for about week, suffering with
shingles.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

There is no particular change re-
ported in the condition Of Mrs.
Frank Kuntz of Malta, whose long
and serious illness has been men
toned at different times.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. Chas. Ridgiey slipped and fell
on the ice Sunday. cutting cash in
his forehead. The doctor took sew
eral stitches to close the wound.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

The daughter born last week to
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Anderson of
Bristol, has been named Doris Ilene.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mrs. G. w. Adams Is quite III,
suffering with an attack OF indi-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mrs. Sarah Dye of Hackney who
has been in poor health for some
time, is not so well, having con-
tracted a heavy cold.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mrs. Martin Farus who resides on
the Mott place, Bristol township, Is
Ill with pneumonia.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

A son was born Sunday to Mr. and
Mrs, Paul Brownridge, near Rein
ersville.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Brown are
spending the holidays visiting in
Milwaukee with MIS-. Browns par
ents.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Mr.. Walter Lashiey, near Ludlow
is very Ill with heart trouble.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01
Life Certificate

Mr.. w. G.. Gilbert has been grant
ed high school life certificate.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Born to Mr.. ana MRS. Dwight
Haines, a daughter. named Mary
Lou.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

Miss Helen Carroll of near the
is suffering with grip.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-01

LOG l. NE w 3
Mr.. Herbert Manly Of Malta Is
threatened with pneumonia.
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Candidates.

Just whether it is the prevailing I'M
employment situation that works as
a cause cannot be definitely de-
termined, but there is in evidence
all unusual willingness on the part
OF the citizens to take public Of
flee, and it may be that the business
depression is responsible for the large
number of candidates who are filing
their claims for preferment. There are
three cases Just now In evidence. No less
than thirteen Republican candidates
have announced their desire to be nomi-
mated to succeed the late Representative
Vincent of the eighth Michigan district
No mention is made in the dispatches Of
the Democratic aspirants for nominal
ton. Perhaps they are not so numer-
Gus, the eighth district being tradition
ally Republican by large margin.
Then, over in Alexandria, where there
is a vacancy at the head Of the police
force, there are between twenty-five
and thirty applications on file before
the Municipal Council, the number
causing some embarrassment to the
city fathers, who must soon, however,
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face the issue and make q selection.
Then in Arlington County, which is adj
jacent, some forty-five names have
been registered in the contest for the
election Of flve supervisors, an average
Of nine aspirants for each possible posi-
ton. There may be more than forty
five before the lists are closed today.
This, is good sign, apart from the
question Of whether there is an eco
nomic stress to account for the desire
for public place 1t shows a willing
ness on the part of the people now in
private life to serve their communities,
and in the case of the Michigan repre-
sentativeship, their State and the Ma
ton. 1t Is q wholesome situation.
There Is no stagnatdon when the will
ingness to work for the common well
fare Is so general. The stipends Of
these Offices are not so large as to form
tempting lure. OF course, there is
a rather wide spread between the SAL
airy Of a one-fifth membership on a
board Of county supervisors and that
Of q member of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Perhaps in Michigan the
salary factor is an tnducement. In
Arlington County certainly there can
be no such stimlant to the aspira-
tions Of the people. Indeed the super
visorships Of Arlington County, it
would seem, are being sought for the
highly commendable purpose of public
service. Surely in that community
there should be only the difficulty Of
selection between excellent material in
giving the county a model administra-
ton.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
neaervjnr of Consideration

Deserving OF COnSlOeIAtlOkis
Bow to the boast Of the self-made man
Defying nature in all its plan!
The oak ere 1t grows to its sturdy height
Depends on the soil and the rain and
light;
The river that flows to the mighty deep
Is fed by the streams on the hillside
steep;
The flower that blooms and the ripening
grain,
Were the sun shut out. would reach
forth in vain,
And the cubs in the widest creatures
lair
Would die in a lack Of sheltering care.
But the self made man apart doth
dwell,
The work Of some strange, spontaneous
spell,
With never a memory In his mind
OF help in the days that are left behind;
No friendly hint when the luck ran slow,
No timely aid when the cash was low.
He has missed q lot In the strife and
stress
Where he conquers In splendid loneli-
ness.
Let him claim such happiness as he
Defer to the boast Of the self-made
man!
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kingdom Of the Serbs, Croats and
Sloyenes. Passing away q little less
than three years after the armistice, his
title descended to his second son, Alex
ander, whose elder brother. George, had
renounced the right Of succession.
Alexander Kara-Georgevitch has
given the triple-titled kingdom IS good
an administration as could he expected
in that difficult composite Of national
tiles. For seven and q half years he
had to cope with the conflicting claims
of the three elements Of the kingdom
for domination in the parliamentary
government Then on the 9th of
January, 1929, he too L:atters into his
own hands and declared a royal dc
tatorship, which has now lasted little
more than two and q half years. His
industry, sagacity and adroitness Of adj
justment have effected the reconcile
alton of these elements to the point
where return to parliamentary gov
eminent has become possible. It was
expected that he would celebrate his
tenth anniversary Of accession August
l6 by renouncing the dictatorship. A
slight delay has occurred. Yesterday
Alexander assembled q reconstructed
cabinet at the palace at Belgrade and
presented a new constitution to the
ministers, the new administrative or
ganization consisting of ten Serbs, two
Croats, two Slovenes and one Bosnian
Moslem.
The theory upon which the new or
ganization Is based is that the three
Slav tribes, united under the crown,
are racially one-that there are no
longer Croats, Serbs and Slovenes, but
only Yugoslavs. 1t remains to be seen
whether this hypothesis will Withstand
the stress of ancient jealousies and
conflicting aspirations. 1t is highly
important to the peace Of Europe that
"Yugoslavia" should be tranquil. In
ternal strife there would be dangerous.
Alexander's administration, thus far so
successful despite the difficulties that
led to the dictatorship OF 1929. Is a
factor for stability In the Balkans, the
powder magazine Of the Old World.
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Alexander of Yugoslavia.

Alexander Of Yugoslavia is going about
the king business in highly intelligent
manner He is in command Of O diff
ncult combination Ct peoples, the very
title Of his Kingdom, that of the Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes, indicating the
peculiar nature of his position. He is
himself a Yugoslav, the head of the
house of Kara-Georgevitch, which dates
back for a century and quarter Of
Serbian disputation and travail. He Is
the fourth of that house to rule in
Serbia, and the second to rule over the
amalgamated state Of the united south
ern Slavs, or "Yugoslavs."
Alexander's father, Peter Kara
Georgevitch, was in exile when in June,
1908, he was summoned to take the
throne that had been violently vacated
BY the assassination of the worthless
Alexander Obrenovitch. against whom
an army cabal rose in murderouS wrath
after he had disgraced himself and his
country by his immoralities. Peter was
then nearly sixty years Of age, and did
not greatly relish REIMBURSEMENT of his
comfortable. agreeable life in Paris for
the tribulations of the Serbian mon
archy. He was rather pathetic figure
at Belgrade, especially when eleven
years later the Great War started, with
Serbia as the storm center. There Is
nothing more sorrowful in all the an
mails Of kingship than the spectacle Of
the venerable ruler fleeing from his
capital with the remnants of his army
In the great retreat in Winter south
ward. sitting on an ammunition truck
heavily swathed against the bitter cold
Of the Balkans. He survived the war
and returned to head the newly. created
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The Peace of Rome.

Compromise, Cancellation and CO.
operation seem to be Of the essence OF
European life In this troubled year OF
1881. And so it Is in accord with the
fitness of things that Mussolini and tbs
Pope have come to an agreement over
questions that have agitated Rome for
the past three months. The controversy
over Catholic Action" Clubs, which
were summarily closed by the Fascist
police in May, ends with their reopen
ing under conditions mutually satisfac-
tory to the italian government and to
the Vatican.
The clubs, comprising half million
youths of the Catholic faith, will be per-
mitted to refunction, but as purely re-
ligious and educational organizations.
Their members are required to desiSt
from athletic activities, which III Duce"
reserved as the exclusive prerogative OF
youthful Black Shirts. Primarily. and
above all else, Catholic Action" Clubs
renounce any and all semblance of po-
litical purpose, nor may they invade the
trade union or syndical field. Their one
and only flag is to be the flag of italy.
With Italys overwhelmingly pre-
ponderant Roman Catholic population,
it goes without saying that the Fascist
party is made up to very large extent
Of members of the faith Under the
agreement reached at Rome yesterday
the condition Is automatically re-estab-
lished whereby Italians may belong both
to Catholic Action" Clubs and to the
all-powerful political organization
which owes allegiance to Mussolini. To
this extent the Vatican appears to have
scored,a considerable victory. Early in
the controversy the Fascist high COM
mand declared that membership in the
two organizations was incompatible.
Osservatore Romano, ofhcial Vatican
newspaper, describes the accord as one
which will cheer all Catholics of the
world" Coincidentally it is understood
that Premier MuSsolini will take early
occasion to visit Pope Plus in Vatican
City and by that token place the high
seal of Italian approval upon the new
pact. The concordat and Lateran ac-
cord of last year were supposed to have
laid the definite foundations Of peace
between the Fascist government and
the Holy See The violent clashes
which ushered in the feud, now hap
PLY suppressed, indicated that further
agreements were required If that peace
was to be of enduring character. These
have now been achieved.
1t is probably not expected on either
side that all the hot words and recrim-
nations exchanged while the quarrel
was in progress will be forgotten, but
there Is at least now every sign that
Italo-Papal relations have entered upon
a new phase of friendliness and mutual
liberation. From the banks of the Tiber
has thus come, at timely moment, an
example which will hardly be lost upon
other powers, just assembled once again
at Geneva In conference on ways and
means for extracting the gunpowder
from the European situation.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

daughter Horatio. Her gambling and
| extravaganza, however, left her poor,
and in 1913 she was put in prison for
debt, remaining one year. She then
went to Calais to escape creditors,
where she died January Is, 1915.
@. Who was Crispus Attacks? HI.
A. He was the first man to fall in
the Boston massacre March 5, ITO. lie
was born in birmingham, Mass, either
OF an Indian or negro mother, in about
1920.
@. When was the Trans-siberian
Railway completed, and what did 1t
cost? H.B.
A. The line. as a single track rail-
road, was completed In 1902 and cost
SITS. 100000.
@. In what Supreme Court decision
was 1t said that good will Is the dispo-
sition of a pleased customer to return
to the place where he has been well
treated?-J. F. T.
! A. Apparently the phrase is one de-
rived from the accepted definition of
Lord Eldon's of the term good will
the probability that the old customers
will resort to the old place" Mr.. JUS
tice Day of the Supreme Court in the
case Des Moines Gas Co. vs. Des Moines,
milton as follows: Good will Of the
business Is that amount of value which
| hheres in the fixed and favorable con-
sideration Of customers occurring from
an established and well known and well
conducted business"
Q. Does Canada grow her own to-
| bacco?-G. M.
A. In 1880 Canada produced 36,716,.
GIT pounds Of tobacco. OF this she ex-
ported 5,355,869 pounds. During 1890
| she imported 17,435,1 1853 pounds, 90 per
cent of which came from the United
States.
Q. What is the longest river in RUS
A. The OBJ, which is 5000 miles in
length.
@. What kind Of a party is one
which says on the invitation Progress
sive Salmagundi"?- PA. r. M.
A. The tables are arranged for Diff
ferent games. One table may be Lotto,
another dominoes. another finch, etc.
Card games may be added, or the Sal
magundi may be entirely card games,
such as bridge, Pedro, euchre, five hun
dred, etc.
@. How long a run did THE Gre.n
Pastures" have in New York City?-
T. D.
A 1t has recently completed Q run
Of more than 600 performances.
Q. How many people were killed and
| injured in the earthquake at Managua,
Nicaragua Wv. E. A.
A. More than $50 bodies were recov-
cred and buried and more than 5000
were treated for injuries.
@. Has Ireland ever prosecuted the
! Jews?-W. H.
A. 1t is one Of the few countries
which has never prosecuted the Jews.
@. OF what sort of material are the
Bermudas formed?-L M. S.
A. The Bermudas are principally
composed Of aeolian limestones, con-
sisting mainly Of blown shell dust very
irregularly Stratified. The reefs are
ridges of limestone plastered oyer with
thin layers of coral and other calcare-
Gus organisms. The atolls are in
crusted with convoluted tubes of serpu-
lac and vermetus, together with bar
nacles. mussels, corallines and some true
incrusting corals. They probably rest
upon foundations of aeolian rock.
@. Is there member Of the House
Of Rothschild still living?-B. L. T.
A. Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the
only surviving son Of the House Of
Rothschild, has Just observed his 86th
birthday anniversary He lives in Paris.