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The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Softball League
Being Organized
PLANS PROGRESSING IN FORMA-
TION OF RECREATION BASE
BALL GROUP WITH EIGHT
OR TEN TEAMS AS
MEMBERS

Plans are progressing for the for
nation of Madison county recreation
baseball league with teams from Lon
don, Mt Sterling, West Jefferson,
South Solon, Sedalia and Lilly Chapel.
The London teams will include those
sponsored by the Madison County Auto
company, Eagles lodge, Knights Of Co
lumbus, and the London prison farm.
Games between several of the teams
will be played on the London grounds
to accommodate the squads from dis
tance and to keep them from travelling
long distances for each game.
Herb Lanigan, local athletic official,
is conducting the preliminary arrange
ments for the formation Of the league.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
London High School
Golf Team To Play
Upper Arlington

Jacob Won Kanel, golf coach of the
London high school, announces the
first match Of the season will be play
ed on Friday Of this week at Upper
Arlington with the team of the high
school Of that suburb in Columbus.
Eight matches have been scheduled
for the local team which has given
promise of being a strong contender
for honors in this section this season.
Coach Won kanel has announced that
plans are being arranged for a series
of inter-class golf matches for the high
school this spring and summer.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Kansas City
Ball Club and Manager Iris Speaker
Enjoy Banquet at Red Brick Tav-
ern Monday Eve

The Kansas City baseball team.
headed by the famous Iris Speaker,
Ell route home BY bus from a visit at
the Red Bird encampment in Column
bus, halted Monday evening for a
time to enjoy a special dinner at the
famous Red Brick Tavern in Lafayette
four miles north of here on the Ma
tional pike.
Twenty four players, Manager
Speaker and number of friends from
Columbus and London enjoyed the
chicken dinner served by Mr. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Stone, proprietors of the
tavern.
The old inn was built in 1897 and
was first famous during the days that
the National highway was the main
artery of travel east and west.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
CLUB TO VISIT
SPRIN GFIELD.
FARMERS CLUB WILL BE GUESTS
OF REV. AND MRS. FREDERICK
FISCHER FOR APRIL
MEETING THURSDAY
ATTORNEY. WIT
TENBERG PROFESSOR ON
PROGRAM - REV. FISCHER
GIVES IMPORTATION FOR
REACHING CHURCH

The members of the Madison Coun-
ty Farmers club will enjoy an unusual
treat on Thursday of this week when
the club is entertained by Rev. and
Mrs. Frederick Fischer in the dining
rooms of the Church of the Heavenly
Rest in Springfield.
Rev. Fischer, rector of the Spring
field church and a former rector of
Trinity Episcopal church of London
For many years, he served as histor-
ian of the Farmers club and has at
tended many Of the meetings of the
group since moving to Springfield a
number of years ago.
The usual basket dinner will be en-
joyed at the noon hour and the pro-
gram will include short addresses by
Attorney ]. B. Malone and Prof. Paul
Kelsey, of Wittenberg college, Spring
field.
Rev. Fischer, in announcing the
meeting has written the following in
structions relative to reaching the
church, and also has issued a general
invitation to visit his church for the
day:
Those who drive TO Springfield by
route 40 will continue west to the first
street west Of Memorial hall, turn left
and south on Plum street, about four
squares to the church. All parking is
unlimited and free in this section.
Those who come by the South Charles
ton pike will pass the Crowell building
on West High street and on the sec
ond street west of this, Plum street,
turn left and south. Heavenly Rest
church is a brick church on the east
side of Plum street opposite the end Of
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The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Alleged Thieves
Bound to Jury
OMER MONTGOMERY AND WIFE
HELD TO JURY IN BOND OF
$500 EACH ON CHICKEN
STEALING CHARGE

Omer Montgomery and his wife
Ruth Allen Montgomery, Of Cedarville,
formerly of near South Scion, are be-
ing held in the county Jail here under
bond Of $500 each for appearance be
fore the grand jury on charge OF
stealing chickens of Mrs. Wyatt Rob
erts, of near South Solon.
The couple was bound over to the
grand jury Monday in the court OF
Justice j. E. Strayer and being unable
to provide bond, were remaided tc
jail. They were arrested by Sheriff.
J. A. Maxwell and Deputy Gormar
Clark ten days ago.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
JONES FUNERAL
HELD MONDAY
MASONIC SERVICE CONDUCTED
AT RESIDENCE HERE FOR w.
A. JONES. RETIRED BUGGY
MANUFACTURER
WIDELY KNOWN LONDON CTTT.
ZEN SUCCUMBS FRIDAY NIGHT
AT HOME FOLLOWING EX-
TENDED ILLNESS

The funeral service for William AL
len Jones, aged 50 years, retired bug
gy manufacturer of London, who died
of Paralysis on Friday night at his
home on North Oak street, was held
Monday at 2:30 p. m. at the residence,
conducted by Rev. George w. Osmun,
pastor of the Methodist church, and
members of the Masonic lodge.
Burial was made in Kirkwood ceme-
terry in charge of Undertakers Lukens
& Ramsey.
Mr.. Jones had been i'll with paraly-
sis for the past four years and had
been in a serious condition for some
time prior to his death.
He was the last of the buggy manu-
facturers Of this section, once noted
for the fine outfits turned out. For
many years, he was engaged in the
making of fine buggies and carriages
with his brother, the late c. 7. Jones
under the firm name of c. T. & W. A.
Jones. The plant was located in the
building on North Oak street, across
from the court house, now owned by
DR.. NJ, Vance.
Mr.. Jones was one of the best known
Masons of this section and was a Past
Master of Chandler Lodge No 138, +.
& A. NJ, London.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Anna Jones, one son, Wolford Jones,
of London, one sister, Miss Margaret
Jones, Of London, and two grandcail-
dren.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
NEWS IN COURT
HOUSE CIRCLES
COMMISSIONERS APPROVE ESTI-
MATES FOR RESURFACING OF
THREE ROADS IN COUNTY,
SUBMITTED BY COUNTY
ENGINEER
ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR NAMED
MT. STERLING MERCHANT
FILES DEED OF ASSIGN
MENT-OTHER NEWS

Estimates for road work in Madison
county, submitted by County Engineel
Z. f. Harvey, have been approved as
follows by the county commissioners
Resurfacing of the Old Federal road
in Range township from Sedalia tt
the Bethel church, distance of Az
miles, 16 feet in width, at an estimat-
ed cost of $2,309.7O.
Resurfacing of Road SO in Canaan
township, a distance of 1t miles, 1e
feet in width, S1,232.00
Resurfacing the West Jefferson and
Kiousville road in Fairfield and Jeffer-
son townships, from Big Plain in the
direction of West Jefferson, distance
of 7.3 miles, 4,354.32.
The three contracts are to be award
ed by bids at a date to be announced
later.
Named Assistant.
Attorney John R. Tanner, of Lon
don, has been appointed by the county
commissioners and Judge P. r. Emery
as temporary assistant to Prosecutor
II. G. Black in all matters relative to
the distribution Of the gasoline tax
money for poor relief to the county
and townships and for assistance in
other legal matters.
Makes Assignment
Robert II. Phillips, department store
owner Of Mt. Sterling, has filed deed
of assignment in the Madison county
probate court to Z. W. Douglas, also
Of Mt. Sterling.
Mr.. Douglas has filed bond of $4,000
in the court.
Additional Jurors
Additional jurors have been drawn
for the April term of court as follows:
Clarence Hunter. Paint township;
10y Snyder, Deercreek; Elton DeBolt,
Mrs. Walter (Ruth) Nairn, Darby;
Allen Coleman, Range; Wright D.
Chandler, London, second ward.
Will Fled
The will of Thomas Prugh, late of
Somerfordtownship, has been filed in
probate court for hearing on May 6.
Continued on Page Two)
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
so Prisoners
Due for Transfer to London Farm
This Week - Total Population at
Present 141l

Fifty additional inmates Of the Ohio
penitentiary at Columbus are to be
transferred during the next few days
to the London prison farm and when
the transfer is completed, the farm
will have the largest population since
its establishment, a total of around
1475. The population today is 1411.
The last unused dor1nitory has been
d and is being used at this time
for the additional men, The normal
capacity of the farm is 1900 with pro-
visions for an emergency population
of $500.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Father of London
Resident Dies
ORLANDO BEVAN, Is, FATHER OF
MRS. X. b. HOWARD, sue
CUMBS SUNDAY AT HOME
NEAR WILMINGTON

Orlando Bevan, aged rs years,
Of near Wilmington, Clinton county,
father of Mrs. r. B. Howard, Of Lon
don, died Of complication of diseases
on Sunday at his home, following an
illness of three years.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Ella Bevan, four sons and two
daughters.
The funeral service was held today
at 2 p. m, in the Springfield Friends
church in Clinton county, followed by
burial in the cemetery near the church.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
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Baby Dies

James Souden Strine, two-day-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell F. Strine,
of London, died at II a. m. Saturday
in White Cross hospital, Coluhloas.
A private funeral service was held
Sunday at 2:30 at the home of S. P.
souden, Columbus, with burial in the
Gahanna cemetery.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Appointed Z. NJ.
At Mt. Sterling
PALMER PHILLIPS NAMED POST
MASTER SUCCEEDING LATE
w. A. RAY. REPORTS
STATE

Palmer Phillips, of Mt Sterling, has
been appointed as acting postmaster
of Mt. Sterling, succeeding the late
William Ray.
The appointment was made by Post
master General Farley, following the
consideration of a number of appli-
cants for the position.
Mr.. Phillips has been engaged ir
the department store business in Mt
Sterling for a number of years with
his father, r. H. Phillips.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Report Scarlet
Fever Cases Here

Two new cases of scarlet fever are
reported by county health authorities.
They are:
Mrs. Eloise Ashton Hiatt, Columbus,
i'll at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. W. Ashton, London, and Suz-
anne Morse, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton Morse, Chandler avenue.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Severely Injured

J. Elmer Baker, we'll known Madi-
son county farm owner and operator
and president of the Madison County
Farmers club, was severely injured on
evening when he was kicked
in the abdomen by vicious horse.
DR.. w. A. Holman, of London, was
called and rendered medical aid
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Supt. Harris
OF Greenfield McClain High School t
Address Rotary Club Wednesday

Supt. f. r. Harris, of McClain high
school, Greenfield, will be the speaker
at the London Rotary club, Wednesday
noon. Prof. Harris, who is a Rotar-
ian and has travelled extensively in
Europe, has spoken to the club before
and is we'll known in London.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Eagles Lodge To
Nominate Officers

London Aerie No $50, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, will nominate Off
GERS for the current year at the regu-
lar meeting to be held on Wednesday
night of this week, April 26, beginning
at o'clock.
On the following Wednesday, May 3,
the election of officers will be held,
the lodge using the Australian ballot.
The installation of the new officers
will be conducted on Wednesday night
June T, at eight o'clock.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Former Resident
To Speak Sunday
MRS. MARY BREWSTER HOLLIS
TER, OF DELAWARE, TO GIVE
ADDRESS AT METHODIST
CHURCH APRIL 80

Mrs. Mary Brewster Hollister, of
Delaware, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Fisher Brewster and the late Rev. VIM
n. Brewster, and former resident of
London, will speak both morning and
afternoon on next Sunday at the Lon
don Methodist church.
Mrs. Hollister has spent many years
in China and will speak of her work
at the London church. DR.. Hollister
her husband, is professor of English
Bible at Ohio Wesleyan.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
SON ARRIVES

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Herman, of
Dayton, formerly Of London, announce
the birth of son on April "a in the
Miami Valley hospital in Dayton.
Mrs. Herman submitted to an oper-
alton and her condition and that of the
baby are reported as favorable.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
TO ADDRESS CLUB
AT OSBORN MAY 3

Rev. B. B. Fleming, pastor of the
Mt. Sterling Methodist church, has
been invited to address the Osborn
Rotary club on May 8.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
UNIQUE BANQUET
TO BE HELD MAY 2

A Mother Daughter banquet
will be served in the London
Presbyterian church on Tues
day, May 2, at $50 o'clock.
Elaborate plans are being
made for the unique event and
a special program is being ar
ranged.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
On Duty Again

John Geesling, county commissioner
who has been off duty for the past
month because of illness, has recover
ed and was able to attend the meeting
Monday Of the board Of commissioners.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
LAS AyENTURERAS
To Hold Benefit Card Party at
X. c. Hall Thursday Night
Public Invited

The Las Aventureras is sponsoring
benefit card party in the Knights OF
Columbus hall on Thursday night OF
this week, April 27, at eight o'clock
Auction, contract and euchre will bt
offered the players and the general
public is invited.
The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-25
Play at Fairfield

The senior class play of the Fair
field school will be presented on We'd
nesday of this week, April 26.
Evening star., 1933-12-20
SOCIETY

Continued From Second Page)
Davis, jr., is passing the Witner in
Philadelphia.
No date has been set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Hawes of New
York have come to washington to
spend the holiday season and are guests
Of Mr.. william Phelps Emo, at l771 N
street.
DR.. and Mrs. Albert Marland and
their children, Albert and Jack, will
leave today to spend couple Of weeks
in Miami. Fla. En- route they will visit
relatives of Mrs. Marland at Rocky
Mount, N. G.
Mrs Charles z. TausSig of New York
City has joined Mr.. Taussig at the
Carlton.
The 175th meeting of the Archeol-
ogical Society will be held this evening
in the ball room of the Seven Arts Club
when DR.. Clarence A. Manning OF
Columbia University, widely known au-
thority on Slavonic languages and arts
will speak on Castles of the Baltic. u
The president of the society, Mr.. Wade
Hampton Ellis, will present the speaker
whose subject was announced as
"Castles of the Balkans" due to mis-
understanding through conversations by
long distance telephone between Mr.
Arthur Stanley Riggs, director of the
society, and DR.. Manning. Among the
guests from the diplomatic corps who
will be in the audience will be the
Evening star., 1933-12-20

Miss Sadie Arbuthnot, Mr.. Lyle Brook
over, Mr.. Ambrose Fahy, Miss Sylvia
Schwartz, Miss Elsie Schwartz, Mr..
Patrick A. BoiNn and Mr.. Rene Bon
nerjea.
the forums school and formerly at the
Ecole Militaire du Genie at Versailles,
France, acted as host and presented
selections from the "Robaiyat de
Omar Khayyem," L'Edition dart
Frank Toussant-the preface of which
is signed by Ali No-Rouse of the Per-
sian imperial legation, Cairo, Egypt.
The other soirees include German,
Tuesday; Russian, Wednesday; Spanish,
Thursday, and Italian, Saturday, and
are open. upon application, to any one
desiring to attend
Evening star., 1933-12-20

December IS, In the Misses Stones
School, where she makes her home.
Roanoke and now divides her time be-
tween Washington and Annapolis. Miss
Isobel Stone poured tea and Mrs. Gardi-
ner Rogers, Mrs. George Muth, Mrs.
Warner Cubberley and Miss Madeline
Jeter assisted.
Among the National Park Seminary
students who are leaving school today
to spend the Christmas holidays in their
homes are Miss Mildred Bennett, who
will visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
G. Bennett, at Woodley Park Towers;
Miss Olive Cochran, daughter Of Repre-
sentative T. c. Cochran of Pennsylvania
and Mrs. Cochran, at 1899 Thirty first
street, and Miss Mary Senate Howes,
Evening star., 1933-12-20
HISTORIC ISLANDS
MAY Be DEVELOPED
p. w. A. Asked to Build Road
on North Carolina
Dunes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAPE HATTERAS. N. C., December
20.-The cradle of English colonization
in the New World, the birthplace OF
graveyard for ships may be placed on
the beaten paths for tourists to see.
They are located on North Carolinas
remote islands of windswept SAND
dunes, which the State government
seeks tc, have turned into a national
park.
Meanwhile, impetus has been given
the movement by officials of the Federal
Public Works Administration, who have
appeared interested in proposals Tor
$4,000. 600 loan.
A part Of that would be used to build
bridges from the mainland and a high.
way the length of the narrow sand
strips paralleling the continent from
Virginia to Cape Lookout.
The remainder would go to make the
ghastly white landscape green with
trees and grass, anchor the sand dunes
against running around at the wh1ms
of the winds and build bulwarks to
keep "Old Ocean" in his place.
DesoIate Banks"
In so far as the Nation at large is
concerned, the desolate banks that's S
what the natives call them-eXist only
in the geography books and the his
tories Relatively few tourists have
braved the treacherouS sands and biting
winds to inspect land so strange that
some might conceive of 1t as sliced
from another planet and dropped to
earth.
For the most part, it is a domain for
herds of wild ponies, cattle and sheep
and a quaint race of fisherfolk descend
ed from Elizabethan Englishmen, with
many of their forbears' traits in speech
and customs.
And It Is a land of silence and lone
illness except for roaring ocean breakers
and winds that seem to run the dlatonlc
scale of music on gnarled branches OF
dwarfed pines.
Roanoke Island, one of the few In
the group that supports abundant vege-
tation. was the site of the flrst EngnSn
colony in the western hemisphere. IL
was planted by Sir Walter Raleigh and
named Fort Raleigh in his honor. And
within the walls of the stronghold was
born Virginia Dare, Americas tlrst
white child. But the colony vanished
as though swallowed by the earth ana
none ever learned its fate.
Scene of First Flight.
HOWeNeI, lIIC olOC Va IAAS AVN ~ 49,
dicated by s. granite monument and
markers to show its dimensions.
A few miles to the northeast Is the
high sand dune called Kill. Devil Hill,
from which Wilbur and Orville Wright
made the first successful flight with an
airplane. The Federal Government has
anchored the Kill with covering OF
turf grass and erected a towering bea-
con on its peak as memorial to the
Wrights.
Strangest of all the sights is the
graveyard of ships which stretches
along the beach for 200 miles. Con-
trary winds and sand shoals reaching
far out to sea have been In conspiracy
against seafarers since the first craft
came this way. And few are the earth
maritime nations not represented in the
ghastly morgue Of rotting, rusting hulks.
The sounds separating the 'banks"
from the mainland constitute a sports
mans paradise. Every Autumn brings
millions of wild ducks, geese and swan
to Winter there and the waters TEEN
with fish.
Evening star., 1933-12-20
MOTHER ACCUSES SONS
Patience Ends With Theft of
Washing Machine Motor.

MILWAUKEE,. P.-Mrs Mary Ores
kovic pleaded in vain with her sons,
Steve. 81, and John, 10. when they al
legedly took articles from her home and
sold them for spending money. But
motor of the washing machine, forcing
her to use her knuckles on a washboard,
Mrs. Oreskovic decided to tell her
troubles to the district attorney. Her
request for warrants charging Steve and
John with vagrancy was granted.
Evening star., 1933-12-20

daughter Of Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral William w. Howes and Mrs. Howes,
at the Maydower. They will not return
to their studies until January 10.
Mr.. and Mrs L. w. Pollard Of Rich
mond are at the Dodge for q short
stay.
DR.. and Mrs. G. Z. Babcock Of Balti-
more and Rev. and Mrs. Earl F. Hack
man were dinner guests Of Dr. and
Mrs. Howard T. Morse at their home in
Takoma Park Monday evening.
Among the newcomers to the Interna-
tional Art Forums French Soiree at the
Admiral, at 1910 Rhode Island avenue
Monday evening were the Marquise San
Germano. Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Harradou
Evening star., 1933-12-20

Miss Margaret M. Taylor of San
Francisco is spending a few days at the
Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Gibson, accom-
panied by their son, are at the Willard
for a visit and will return to their
home in New York City in a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Hardy Of New
York City are at the Carlton for q
brief stay. accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert w. Wolff, also of New
York.
Evening star., 1933-12-20

Minister of Finland, Mr.. Astrom; the
Minister of Lithuania, Mr.. Balutis, an6
the Minister Of Venezuela, Senol
Arcaya.
DR.. and Mrs. Julian Howe and theii
sons, John and Carl, and DR.. Howe's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Howe OF
Lewistown, Md, who were visiting them
left Monday afternoon to motor tc
Miami Fla, where they will spend a
couple of weeks, making their home al
the William Penn Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Barr of Villa
Nova, Pa, are at the Carlton for severa
days.
Marriage of Miss Rhodes
To Mr.. Rollins This Afternoon.
A wedding of interest was that which
took place this afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
in the Fifth Baptist Church, when Miss
Dorothy Lee Rhodes, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Herr Rhodes Of
East Falls Church, Va, became the
bride Of Mr. Jesse Bert Rollins Of this
city, son of Mr. Nathaniel Rollins and
the late Mrs. Rollins. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. DR.. John E
Briggs in the presence of members oi
the families and few intimate friends
The bride was dressed in brown chif-
fon velvet, with a close-fitting hat an6
accessories to match. She wore q
shoulder bouquet of bride roses.
Mrs. Edward Hill Bowers, sister oi
the bride, was her only attendant. Hel
gown was of green chiffon velvet. with
matching accessories. Mr.. Vivian S
Rollins was best man for his brother.
Following the ceremony small re.
ception for the immediate family was
held in the home of the bride. Later
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollins left for a brie1
wedding trip. They will be at home
after January at $50 Holly street
Lyon Village, Va.
Mrs. Michael Dove entertained to-
day at a bridge luncheon in her home
in Ashton Heights. Among the guest.
we're Mrs. Earle w. English, Mrs. Car