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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15
A FINE TRIBUTE FROM PUPILS

That hne noteworthy tribute M. & Ms basketball
their superintendent M Turner in last weeks
paper Knowing the members intimately the writer OF
this does, know that from the heart Such tribute
coming of the ordinary. It is the
rule for high school pupils crtcse and find fault with
teachers rather than them Later after they
get the world that they
their teachers and that they did
that they did
better their time when they school Again it is
customary only for pupils but for others withhold
entitled receive until d
ter they have moved away or have passed from life.
quite Mr. Turner will appreciate the tribute
NOR he will be able in words.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15
Hickory Ridge

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Harlan and
Mr. and Mrs, Carl Scott visited one
evening last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. 0. T. Clark.
Relatives received word Sunday
of the death Of Homer Brown of
New Lexington.
VIM. James had the misfortune
of losing two horses, last week.
Harold Best and O. T. Clark
were GAINESVILLE callers, last week.
Frank Strahl's children are hav-
ing siege of colds and gland trou-
BILE.
bud" Wilson OF Crooksville
spent Sunday afternoon with his
mother, Mrs. Jane Wilson.
Mrs. Carl Drake is suffering with
cold and grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Medley spent
Sunday at Raymond James,.
Mrs. Harold Best and two sons
spent Sunday at Henry Abel's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond James
and children spent one evening
last week at ,Ote Clark's.
q Joe McElfresh was under q doc
tors care last week.
Roy Gooding has been having
quinsy.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15
POrtersville

j. E. Miller and family visited
Sunday at the Willard Patterson
home in GAINESVILLE.
A IA pound daughter was born
Sunday night to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
10th. Name, Erma Elizabeth.
Sudden Death of David Crook
Friends and relatives in this
community were grieved to learn of
the death of Mr.. David Crook,
which occurred Monday morning at
Z 10. Mr.. Crook had been in fail
ing health for quite a while. yet his
death came as a shock to the COM
munity. Last August he reached
his 18th birthday. He was married
when young to Mrs. jamie Henry,
and to this union were born six
children-Mrs. Clifton Doty of
Cleveland; Mrs. Asbury Bankes of
Deerfield; VIM. Crook near Porters-
Vile; Lloyd Crook of New Lexing-
ton; Virgil and Stella preceded him
in death. He also leaves one broth
er and two sisters, and a number
of grandchildren and great grand
children, besides a host OF friends.
He had lived in this community for
more than 80 years. He was a
member of Portersville M. E..
church, and K. of P. lodge. Mr..
Crook attended lodge Saturday
night, and church both morning
and evening. Funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
at Zion church, with interment in
Zion cemetery
Mr.. and Mrs, Jack Leigh of Gin
cinnati spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Daisy Earles and fam
lily. They were accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Pat O'Brien also of Gin
cinnati
Mrs. Dennis Argo who is in the
Good Samaritan. hospital in Zanes-
vile, is showing some improve
ment.
Miss Marjorie Taylor visited
Tuesday at the home of her uncle.
Herbert Bankes.
The young folks class of the M.
E. Sunday school will give play
entitled "The Deacon's Honey
moon," on Friday evening, March
20, at the community hall, at Por-
tersville.
Mrs. Harry Cornell is getting
along very nicely.
Mrs. Elmer Jadwin visited Mon
Gay with Mrs. Rufus Hearing.
June Taylor has been i'll with
heavy cold.
j. e. Sidwell who has been suf-
fering with. lumbago, is some bet
ter.
Chas. Sidwell, ST., and family
who have been i'll with heavy colds,
are better.
George Sidwell and family of
GAINESVILLE visited over Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Masterson
and Mrs. Priscilla Sidwell.
Clark Hearing is still improving,
hut Vpry slow
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15

their tour of the rest Of the carni-
val. Bingo was the next attraction
which received the attention, and
from that time on until 12 O'Clock,
there was a constant crowd in at
tendance at the bingo game. The
House of Magic, the Hospital show,
and the Wrestling and Tumbling
show then came in for their share
of attention. One of the features
of the Wrestling show was two
out of three fall match between
Gerald Stoneburner and Bud RAM
bo which was won by the latter.
Four gayly decorated booths in
which novelties, popcorn, lemon
ade and home made candy were
sold, added to the festive atmos-
phere, while the restaurant fortified
those who became weak, with hot
dogs and coffee. At 10:45, a cake
walk was held, five cakes being CIV
en- away. The second stage show,
consisting of old time and popular
music, comedy skit by Donavon
Campbell and Esther Fisher in
which Donavon did some plain and
fancy dancing, and a male quartet
number was given. Following this
was the drawing for the dinner set
George Lamb, sr., being the win
ner. After the drawing, the crowd
thinned rapidly, and at midnight
when proceedings were halted,
there were only few left at the
bingo stand. The remarkable sue
cess of the bingo stand was in no
small measure due to contributions
of busines houses in Malta, McCon-
nelsville, Crooksville, the Deaver-
town merchants and the patrons Of
York township. We wish to public
ly thank the following for support ::
Kroger Co., A. & P. Co., Malta
Hardware, Strahl's Jewelry Store,
Coulson's, McClelland G Kennard,
Standard Supply, Sears Pharmacy,
Whites Dry Goods Store, Kraps &
Betz, Harris Pharmacy, George
Lowell, Glover Farm Store, McCon-
nelsville-Malta. E. L. Stanbery,
Chal Matheney, and various pa
irons of the school, Deavertown.
Cannon's Furniture Co., briggs
Furniture Co.. Swartz Dry Goods,
Kombs Kut Rite, Square Deal Mar
ket, Maxwell Co., Crooksville
China Co., Yellow Green Cottage,
Star Pottery Co., Pitcock's Hdwe.,
Glover Farm, Crooksville Hdwe.,
Browns Dry Goods Store, A. & P.
Co.. Kroger Co.. Cusick's Drug
Co., Crooksville.
Many others contributed to the
success of the evening and we ap-
preciate what they did. Following
is a list of the activities and names
of people who made them success
es. Lemonade booth, Madeline
Fletcher, Pauline Divers; popcorn
booth. Georgia Lamb, Iva Kirk
wood; candy booth, Maydelle Ham
ilton, Leatha Stanbery; novelties
booth, Esther Fisher, Betty Lindi-
more. restaurant, Miss Gordon,
Irene Kirkwood, Lola Thomas,
Marie Hale, Blanche Collins, Kath-
ryn Bell. Mabel Gibbs; fish pond,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15

glad that the highway department
the leading from the seat to
Stockport side of Rights of way for this road
secured and let hope that won't be long until
be and made the of good road
This important stretch of road, but be-
of its condition the has not been extensively
would be if better condition.
pie going from here Stockport take the
long through Pennsve This road will through
than miles of rich land in the county, and also
the beautiful river scenery for which the Muskngum
valley We know whom all give credit to for
they they
did a good piece of work.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15
Meeting OF Civic Club

At the meeting of the Community
Civic club held Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Alice Manly in
Malta, officers of the club for the
coming year were elected as fol-
lows. President, Mrs. Alice Manly;
vice president, Mrs. Goldie Betz;
secretary, Mrs. Grace Bozman;
treasurer, Mrs. Name Hambleton.
Mr.. August Miller, of GAINESVILLE,
florist and landscape expert, was
present at the meeting, and gave q
talk on "civic Identification"
In the social hour refreshments
were served.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15

The first thing on the program
was free stage show featuring old
fashioned music, by group of
boys, directed by Gerald Stoneburn-
er. This was followed by a black
magic skit by Ray Gibbs and Lloyd
Allen. After this the crowd swoop-
ed down on the fish pond and fshed
It nAarly dry hafore. they began
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15

Herald editors, Humphres and Mason
Auditor Gordon than they do of other
pcants they exploit his candidacy for local postmaster is
for candidate for auditor and what
they Gordon does the postoce
again candidate for auditor which event it would
make tough Shedding for their relative.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15
York Township Pupils Make
Carnival Great Success

approximately 500 people at
tended the first carnival ever held
In the school building at Deaver.
town. The huge crowd began
streaming in at ~ o'clock and
throughout The evening thoroughly
enjoyed the carnival atmosphere.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15

quarrel with those Malta
referred to Herald All that is
Sunday school scholars and teachers
taking the Morgan County Democrat to Sunday school with e
instead of their Bibles.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15

Denny Fisher, Lawrence Erwin;
house of magic, Mr.. Love, Ray
Gibbs, Lloyd Allen; wrestling, Mr.
Adcock, Roy Longer, junior high
boys; hospital. Mr.. Adcock, Edgar
Stanbery, Donnie Hughes, George
Thomas, John Sprouse; bingo, Mr..
Fuller, Donovan Campbell, Gerald
Stoneburner; tickets, George kamb,
Mrs. Fast Mrs. Hamilton: fortune
telling, Helen Heighley, Ruth Dea-
yer, Dayton Eppley, Floyd Aliaro;
cake walk, Dallas Stoneburner.
Harry Fast and old timers
A great deal of creoit for sue
cess of many details of this affair
should be given to Miss Evelyn Cor
don, who supervised the work done
by the home economics girls on the
restaurant, candy, lemonade and
popcorn booths, and to the manuai
training boys for their contriou-
tions to the fish pond.
Half of the proceeds realized
from the carnival will go toward
the purchase of our new stage cur
tain and the remainder for school
supplies and books.-XX.
Mr.. VIM. H. White who reacned
his S5th birthday anniversary Mar
1st, celebrated it very pleasantly
by having his children here to visit
him. He also received number OF
birthday cards and other greetings,
and was remembered with a birth
day cake.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1934-03-15

Excess or Deficiency Of
School District p. o. Address ''O'o' '
McConnelsvi'Ie. Ohio,
March ~, 1894.
certify the foregoing report to be
correct.
s. w. SCOTT,
Clerk. Board of Education y
Tax Valuation. -. ss..4610,897. 90
Tax Ievy.5 s....ss0. 90 %MflIS
School Enumeration. .... ..16l
Evening star., 1934-05-06
Started Kmdergartens

HE kindergarten. which has come to he
:. recognized as almost essential if a child
Is 10 get the proper start in his education
was OF German origin as its name suggests
fIleoer1ch Froebel, German educator after
mucn study became convinced that the all
important years in child's mental develop-
ment were the neglected years between the
ages OF and and sought to work out a
method OF education for the pre-school age
Hls theory was that a child would develon
considerable ability through short STORYTELLING
Playing OF games and other such activities
requiring initiative, community of action and
creative ability
90 successful was his experiment. the kin
oergarten idea spread rapidly. but during its
cary years was private institution discon-
hec1eo from the regular school-system
IN this country kindergartens were run pri-
Vateiy or under special endowment until 1879
wnen st. Louis tried out a kindergarten as
a regular part Of the public school system
w. r. Harris. then superintendent of schools
IN ~, tne Missouri city. was convinced that the
mad proper place in the regular
educational system. The success of his ex-
pertinent paved the way for general adoption
Of the kindergarten.
Evening star., 1934-05-06

the work to do over again. So sick as he was
he dragged himself around the earage-coaIsne,,
packing his laboratory equipment and getting
MS animals into travel-cages 1t took him two
Gays OF arduous effort to get everything ready
"hen he got to Chicago. though he could
naroly lit his head. he put the animals and
hinseH INTO taxi and rode far OUT to the
north side to the United States Marine Hos
pltai. There he got some fresh healthy guinea
pigs and rabbits and somehow he managed tn
oraw blood from the dying guinea pigs he had
Drought from Utah and to shoot this blood
iun OF deer-fy fever germs, into the veins of
tne healthy guinea pigs and rabbits
once more he bundled the animals and him.
sen INTO taxi and rode back to the railroad
stauon- He was on the last lap of his Journey
ana ne wasn't quite so worried The germs
would thrive in the new animals until thew
got to Washington the next day.
When DR.. Francis finally arrived he took
the animals to the laboratory. made his renort
and explained how the germs must he rent
thriving In successive animals He even tried
70 90 some work himself but had to give IN
at last and go to the hospital. 1t was three
months before he was fit for work again.
"nne ne was laid up ne mulled over the
iacts ne had learned about this disease He
decided to call it tularemia. since it was capsed
Wy nacCoys oacterium tularense.
Inc following Summer he went right hack
70 Utah. where he and his associates finished
their dangerous research
Evening star., 1934-05-06
BY JANE STAFFORD.

The baggage car, rabbits and guinea pigs
StuI1ed With germs. Behind in the Pull
man. their doctor custodian suffering from
the same disease. Both were being borne
] rapidly eastward by a transcontinental ex-
press They were racing against time They
must reach Washington before the animals died
ana the germs in their bodies were lost to
science
1t did not matter that Eddie Francis the
doctor-cuStodian, was so sick he could hardly
hold his head up
He might risk his own life by disobeying
his doctors orders and making the journey
from Utah to Washington when he should have
neen IN bed But he could not and would not
take any chances with those germs that were
growing nicely in the rabbits and guinea pigs.
aheao In the baggage car. They were the
germs OF brand-new. all-American, disease
He had spent all of that long, hot Summer
In combination garage-coalshed-
1indlng them and coaxing them to grow in the
guinea pigs Now he was taking them to his
chief at the old Hygienic Laboratory of the
ington
Inere he and Uncle Sans other disease
1lgnters would spend the Winter finding out
Wnat sort OF germs they were and Just how
they could be tanned. Then the following
spring the ranchers and hunters of Utah and
helgnporing States could be saved from the
HAT was the plan. A mere trife like his
being desperately sick with the fever him.
sell could not be allowed to spoil it. or to make
useless MS entire Summers work So he Law
IN his berth, aching and tossing with fever
ana worrying about his pigs and his germs.
AT intervals he stumbled out to the baggage
car 10 see how the pigs and rabbits were get
Ting along, and dragged himself back tn his
perth feeling worse and more worried than
ever. '>--
But you may be sure that his worry was all
!or ms animals and their germs not any of it
1or nimsef For Eddie" Francis-Dr Edward
FRANCIS, medical director. United States Public
aeatn Servlce-was and is dauntless disease
ilghter who has lived only for his work of hunt
ing and tanning germs
=, his associates in the service will tell VOL
thaI ne Is welded to his work" When other
men are playing with their children, he is think
ing ABOUT his work and the service. Nor are
oeVouon and determination his only oualifica-
lions for research. He has the enthusiastic
Vivacious type Of mind that is stimulating to
others working with him
'us' as ne Is unafraid OF the physical dangers
ol ms JOB, he IS fearless and ruthless in as
'aultlng traditional, established beliefs and
opinions He believes in proving everything
eavlng nothing to chance
Prove it In animals" is his watchword and
Us constant advice to younger scientists
Evening star., 1934-05-06
H0rticulturrsts Aided

HE Government has taken heed of the
financial distress of nursery men, florists
Ano oeners who produce plants, bulbs and
seeds for the horticultural trade. These ner-
sons have been classed as farmers In order
tnat they may obtain crop loans where neces-
sary to carry them over into their sale season
Evening star., 1934-05-06

he was young man himself when he joine.
the service fresh from ID months internshi
in a general hospital He distinguished him
self on his very first job.
Al that time immigrants at Ellis Island
where he was assigned. stood In line to be In.
spected by the medical officer for signs OF
smallpox, yellow fever. plague and other all.
ments that Uncle Sans disease fighters are
ever on guard against. The health INSPECTION
process is done somewhat differently today.
nNE morning as young Dr. Francis walked
past the line Of immigrants he noticed
peculiar abrasion on the foot of q big strap
ping West African Negro, member of a band
OF torture dancers" bound for the Buffalo Ex-
position for show purposes
Guinea worm disease" he pronounced i'm
mediately, and he was correct.
PROBABLY not one doctor in 10, with far more
experience than his, would have recognized at
once that the disease was due to an unusual
Parasluc worm Of India, Arabia and the West
African Gold Coast
Hs cnlefs In the service began to take notice
OF tns Keen young recruit They ordered him
IN the old Hygienic laboratory now the National
inStltute OF Health. and set him at some re-
search work. They found that be took to it
like duck to water
so 1t Is not surprising that he was picked
W "aAe the 1lgnts against "the first American
oisease, tularemia. However, in 1918 when
ne was assigned to a study of deer-fly fever.
no one knew that he was going to discover a
orand-new. an-American disease
All that was known. officially was that for
some years ranchers and hunters in Utah had
neen affl1cted with disease which they called
oeer-hy fever. because they thought it came
from the bite OF the blood-suckine cieer-fly
commonly found on horses and cattle in thar
part of the country.
"A rev days after the bite of the flv. the
small lymph glands in the region become
swollen and painful. The patient suffers severe
cnliis and then fever lasting for several weeks
some patients died all were disabled for weeks
OF months during Midsummer the busiest COO
son on ranch or farm
In 1917, physician Of Brigham CITY. Utah
III. H. A. Pearse, had described six cases of
tnls disease at a meeting of the Utah State
Medical Association but it had been knovn for
several years before that. BY 1919 the sttaa
tion had become so serious that the Stat.
heann commissioner called on the Surgeon Gen
eral OF the United States Public Health Service
Ior ald In July. 1913, Dr. Francis was on his
way 70 Utah. accompanied by 80 guinea pigs
81 white mice 80 white rats and 30 rabbits
from the Hygienic Laboratory.
Wnen ne arrived In Salt Lake City. the health
commissioner told him that the disease was
most prevalent around the town of Delta about
loo miles to the southwest Accordingly DR.
francis went to Delta where he was welcomed
'y the towns physician, DR.. H. L. Charles. In
Evening star., 1934-05-06

~ SaaiicS garage winch was also cOalShed
Dr.. Francis set up his cages of animals and
his laboratory.
- Charles was called to see a patient who had
peen taken sick while moving alfalfa and had
gone TO bed with fever and pains in his head
neck and shoulders DR. Charles diagnosed the
ailment as deer-fly fever
Wmle he gave directions to the sick mans
"ie Dr Francis drew little blood from the
patents arm. He took this blood back to his
garage-c coalshed-laboratory and injected some
OF 1t into two of the guinea pigs and two of
tne raobits Five days later, all four animals
were dead DR.. Francis performed very careful
autopses on those animals. He found many
whitish spots of dead tissue on their livers and
spleens This was something familiar.
About 10 years before. another of Uncle Sans
disease fighters. DR.. G. w. Mccoy of the Public
Health Service, had found the same sor, of
spots In the lvers and spleens Of ground sour-
reS In California. They were very much like
the sort OF spots found in animals that have
oleo OF plague. DR.. Mccoy was looking for
plague In the squirrels and rats of California,
where an epidemic of this dread rat-borne dis
ease had ragged
In the course Of bis Investigations he found
that some Of the squirrels were suffering from
disease very like plague. but which was not
plague, and which could be given to guinea
pigs. Guinea pigs you know belong to the
rooent FAMILY as well as squirrels
LIZ FRANCIS saw at once that the disease his
guinea pigs and rabbits had died of. after
having blood from the sick rancher injected
into them, was the same as McCoy's plague
IKE disease of rodents. DR.. Mccoy had been
able TO Isolate q micro-organism, or germ. in
this disease which he called bacterium tu-
,arense, after Tulare County. California, where
he found it.
But it was rather fussy germ and would not
thrive on the ordinary laboratory fare of plain
ooulilon and plain agar. He had to cook I'D
q speclai culture medium for it, of egg-yolR.
1hat was why DR.. Francis was so worried
ABOUT the germs he was taking back to WASH
lngton He didn't have any of the special
medium for them and he knew he had to keen
them alive in guinea pigs. II the pigs died,
the germs would be lost.
Iwenty-six days after being taken sick the
rancher had died. Dr. Francis was allowed
to look at his liver and spleen There he
found many Of the same sort of tiny white
spots that he had seen In all the guinea mig
and rabbit Ivers and spleens when the ami
mas died after being injected with blood from
ne SICK rancher. He cut tiny bits from the
'Pieen OF the dead rancher and inoculated
nem into guinea pigs. too. From these pigs he
'btained McCoy's bacterium tularense.
HEN, just at that exciting moment. and
! five days after the rancher had died. DR..
Iancis began to have chills himself. His tenn
erasure rose rapidly, and DR.. Charles ordered
I'm to bed But instead DIR. Francis made
ians for his return Journey
He knew that If he was sick In bed for three
four weeks. all the germs from this strange
ew disease would have died and he. or some
ne else, II he himself died vo,,ld hava oil
Evening star., 1934-05-06

Rabbits and guinea pigs stuffed
with germs. .. in the same train
their doctor-custod;an stricken
by the same sickness. Racioo
to reach Washington before the
animals Tor the doctor) die and
the germs are lost to science
The Washington times., 1934-11-19
New Securities for 9 Months
Registered at $685. ,494, 524

Registration of $36,0O3, 1871 In
new securities became effective
under the securities act in Sep
tember, the Securities and Ex-
change Commission announces.
This total involved 18 companies.
Effective issues registered since
the first of the year through Sep
tember by 275 companies aggre-
gate $528,494,524, the Commis-
sion said.
The report covers only new is
sues and excludes reorganization
and exchange securities and GER
tificateS of deposit.
The compilation showed net
proceeds to the iSSuers will be
$32, ,995, ,O6O for September and
$482, ,25S,77S for the nine months.
Selling and distribution costs will
amount to $3.008,931 and SAL
490, ,799, respectively.
The balance of the difference, in
the January to September figures
between the gross amounts regis
tered and the net proceeds repre-
sents the aggregate of 1885, ,14e
securities registered "for the &C
count of others" and $1,3s9,79