Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-01

voters would juggle the tickets ana
vote the other one. They did not
always wait until the voter got TO
the school house. One time man
who was a Democrat, but had mar
iii into n. Republican family had
been besieged by the said family to
vote as they did. The word got
rr+. an as he was on his way TO
the polls, he was met by a proml-
nent Democrat out in the woods
After they had talked for some
time the man turned ABOUT ana
never even went to the school
house.
Some of the early trustees, or
| rather of the time we write, were
Tohn Henderson, John Sears, Will
liam and McCracken Wilson, and
pobert Whtehouse. At that time
there were no qualifications for a
voter, only in Democrat town
ship YOU had to be Democrat Fl
years of age, or if in a Republican
the same rule applied. If they knew
enough to hand the ticket to the
Judge it was all right. George told
of one case where father brought
a simple son and the son handed In
the ticket the father gave him.
They let this pass for some time.
then someone objected When the
! son was questioned, it was found
/ he did not know who the canof-
dates were or what he was voting
| for. They refused him vote, and
! he never came back.
At that time each party had a
! ballot. If one wanted to vote for
some one not on his ticket, they
could cross out or erase the name
Of the one they did not want to
vote for and write in the name OF
the person they wished to vote for.
At that time very little scratching
was done. The elections were held
from 80 a. m. until $50 p. m.
The judges and clerks got $50
each for their work. Now judges
and clerks get $S per. Then the
whole bunch got $3.50 for hold
ing three elections. Now one cleo
tion costs over $50.
At one time a law was passed
that anyone who had been out OF
the state must register before they
would be allowed to vote. George
and the late John Oglevee were
chosen as registrars and two days
were set apart for the work. On
the first day no one appeared. On
the second, A. j. Scott and son
James registered. They waited un-
til nearly closing time and decided
no one else was coming, end start
ed. After they had gone little
ways they met John Weeden. They
asked him if he would as soon go
back to Oglevee's. and he agreed
so they came on to Ogleyee's where
he was duly registered. This law
was repealed before another year.
So we tally another honor Dor G.
p. Oh yes, before we forget it
G. P. and Guy Smith had their pic
lures taken together at the Weth-
erel studio. Muttonburg, Ohio. This
studio was up stairs in the Paxton,
now the Stanley Ray. house,
Nothing wonderful about that. Guy
was seven years old and weighed q
pounds. Guy was always whiting.
When he had his picture taken. he
had his knife in his right hand. In
the picture it showed in his left.
Who can tell us why? When we last
saw Guy he had grown some, but
when we think of the hard labor he
performed on the farm-plowing
narrowing, sowing and reaping with
a one-mule team, we can't see why
he did not develop Drawn. And that
calls to mind that Guy and your
scribe registered Bristol township
men during the late war.
We remember at that time sew
eral who registered told us they
| had heart trouble. So far as we
can think at this time, all of those
registered, with one exception, are
still living, and he was drowned.
We have always heard that heart
trouble is terrible disease, but
come to think of it if one hangs on
that way we don't want it.
AS we have said, in those days
Bristol was strongly Democratic.
George tells that before one elec-
ton he and two other workers Wis
tied every Democrat in the town
ship and got them to promise to
come to the election. When the
count was finished it showed 319
votes cast-1O9 Republicans, PA
Democrats.
Some men changed their politics
on account of pensions. A friend
who was in the World war thinks
they would have gone back to their
first love had they lived through
the time of the last three Republi-
can presidents. AS we are only
writing history, we only throw that
in for you to think about.
Since we wrote Finis to the 'Syc-
amore," we find we left out lot
of folks and things of interest. One
was that Ezekiel Devol built the
first brick house in the township.
This was where J. J. Evans now
lives, we believe. The Devereaux
school house which we told about
was of brick. 1t will be remember
ed this building stood close by S. E.
Bones old house south of the e. A.
CASTOR residence, near the Cotton
bridge. Perhaps we have told you
before, but if we have we hope it
will not hurt you to read it again.
At this time when Uncle Sam is
gathering IN the gold it Is more i'm