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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

The family of Bert Martin-three
in all, near Joetown, have been grip
victims.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

A marriage license was issued re-
Gently at st. Marys, w. Va. to Ray
mond Smith, GIouster, and Sophia
Chakey of TrimbIe.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Since we were children, Morris
Hardware has sold Imperial Plows
continuously.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Coat and Dress racks must be
cleared regardless of price, to make
room for new spring merchandise.
WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

1t is stated that approximately
100000 persons visited the Hooking
county scenic district in 1884.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
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LOCAL NEWS

Rev H. H. Scott visited last
week, from Monday until Friday,
with relatives in Cleveland.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

The entire family of Alex Greuey
of Deerfield township have been vic
tins of influenza, and Mr. Greuey is
quite i'll.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

A complete line of Myers pumps,
hay tools and barn door tracks,
Standard Supply Co. j17tf
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

This week you buy Muslins
Prints, Sheetings, Dress Materials
at slashed sale prices.-WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

All Coats priced to sell, regard
less of cost. Dress up and save, at
WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

NOTICE. If you only have lit
tie it buys lot of needed goods, at
this sale-WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Mr.. Kendall Grove of Columbus
visited here the week end with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. n. Grove.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Phoebe, daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
w. R. Sears of Malta, is suffering
with an abscessed ear.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Girls Rain Coats, 8 to 16 years.
regular $295 and $3.50, at $1.9S.
Reorganization sale.-WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Mrs Carl C. Barkhurst Of East
Bloom, who has been quite i'll with
grip and complications, is improv-
fng. M
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Born Jan. II to Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl De Lancey, near Keith, son.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Sixty pairs of s2.48 to $3.50
Mems Oxfords-good styles, all
sizes, sale price $1.99.-WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Born Jan. II to Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Mills Of Ringgold, daughter.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

Coming soon-latest exclusive pic
lures of the Dionne Quintuplets
See them from dawn to bedtime.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

SUNDAY and MONDAY, Feb. s.
4-Claudette Colbert and Warren
Williams in cleopatra" Cecil b.
De Miles mightiest spectacle, with
scenes Of thrilling magnifcence.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24
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FOR SALE

PAIR GELDINGS, coming three
and four years old.-CARL HAIR
RIS McConnelsville. 24j2
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Jan.
31-Feb buck Jones in a thrill
ing breath-taking western "Shadow
Ranch" Ninth chapter of "Pirate
Treasure And Mary Boland, Pol
ly Moran and Ned Sparks in tDOwn
to Their Last Yacht Ripping
tunes, waves of joy, oceans of fun.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-01-24

SATURDAY, Feb 2-WC. Fields
and Baby Leroy in 'It's a Gift. -
Another great Saturday night show.
Comedy. Cartoon.
Evening star., 1935-05-06

this route in entering and leaving
the city. The measure which now
awaits the Governors approval re-
quires the traction company to bear
the cost Of improvements on its right
Of way to conform to the general
development Of the highway to assure
its accommodation Of the greatly in
creased volume of traffic. The alter
native to such cooperation would be
the abandonment Of the line and its
replacement by bus service to the
suburban areas beyond the District.
This situation requires early solu-
ton, despite the fact that it has per-
sisted for a long period. The high
way is one of the main arteries Of
travel between the Capital and the
North. For a stretch of several miles
it is in such condition as to invite
disaster at any hour. The problem
lies beyond the jurisdiction of the
District, although the interests of the
District are directly involved. The
measure now under consideration by
the Governor of the State will, II ap-
proved, bring it to the point Of solu-
tion, either by the reconstruction of
the trolley line at the cost of the
corporation or by its final abandon
ment and the restoration of the high
way to the jurisdiction of the State
over its entire breadth and for the
whole distance over which the trac-
ton line now runs. There should be
no question Of such action as will
bring about this correction of a con-
dition which is virtually certain to
lead to shocking accident and which
is a constant cause of traffic conges-
ton.
Evening star., 1935-05-06
Accurate Unemployment Data
Recognized as Urgent Need

that every recovery from a depression
shows a trend toward less employ
ment than the preceding recovery,
because new labor saving methods had
been resorted to when many business
enterprises were faced with deficits.
The use of labor-saving devices is
naturally accelerated if wage scales
are substantially raised with recovery.
From this point of view the old levels
of employment can be attained only
by a reduction in working hours"
Estimates of the amount OF un.
employment, issued by supposedly we'll
informed sources" reports the Saginaw
(Mich) Daily News. have on oc.
casions differed by two or three mil.
lions. Naturally 1t is more difhcult to
deal with such a problem II its ex-
tent is not accurately known, while
it also is difficult to determine what
effect recovery measures actually are
having. 1t is obviously highly desir-
able to have such figures If they can
be obtained accurately, and particu-
larly If they can be obtained with
sufficient speed so that they can be
utilized before they become too old
to be Of more than academic inter-
est"
Evening star., 1935-05-06
Wisconsin Avenue in Maryland.

A lamentable condition prevails on
one of the important highways lead
ing into Washington, an artery Of
great volume Of both through and
local traffic, and nothing appears
possible for its correction unless q
bill now before the Governor Of Mary
land, awaiting his approval, Is signed
and its provisions are enforced. This
artery is Wisconsin avenue. the CEN
ter of which from the District bound
ary to Bethesda Is occupied by the
tracks Of trolley line, Is In places
at different grade from the avenue
itself, which is now in process Of
widening and repaving. Owing to the
unwillingness of the traction COM
pany to cooperate in the execution
of the improvements now under way.
the two sides Of the highway are
dangerously separated by the rail line
and the presence Of wire-bearing poles
In the center Of the avenue adds
greatly to the periiaef those who use
Evening star., 1935-05-06

minister Of communications, In this
report notes the installation Of auto
matte telephones in such large cities
as Marking, Shanghai, Tientsin, Han
kow and Tsingtao. and the intention
to extend the lines beyond the urban
areas. But there is an obstacle to this
enlargement, as noted in the follow
ing paragraph:
Since the closing of the Telegraph
and Telephone School at Shanghai,
owing to unsatisfactory management,
over 800 telegraphists have either re-
tired thaving reached the age limit
or been dismissed on account of in
efficiency. The steady development Of
the service and the rapid increase in
the number of long distance tele-
phones and local telephone exchanges,
taken over or newly installed by this
have created large demand
for personnel. Moreover. as the nine
province long. distance telephone lines
will be completed in the near future. a
sufficient number of telephonists must
be trained to meet requirements. For
these reasons it has been decided to
establish a training school at Nam
king, and besides admitting candidates
who successfully pass the entrance ex-
aminations, selected employees among
the present telegraph and telephone
personnel will be taken into the school,
The language dificulty is not as
great in the larger centers of popula-
ton as in the provinces, where the
dialects are most numerous, but the
telephone is not likely to be much used
in China for a long time to come by
those who are limited to their pro-
vincial and local speech. Otherwise
the task of a phone exchange operator
in that land would be one of the most
difficult in the world. 1t is no wonder
that trouble is being experienced in
the training of personnel in the coun-
try that has been called the land of a
thousand tongues,
Evening star., 1935-05-06

The census Of the unemployed au-
thorized as a part of the Federal re-
lief program appeals to newspaper
commentators as an essential factor
in the task of dealing with the coun-
try's greatest unsolved problem.
1T is something that should have
been started years ago." declares the
South Bend Qnd) News-Times, which
believes that ''our refusal to take such
an obviously necessary step is shin
ing example of governmental folly"
The Newport News (Va) Daily Press
remarks that the census will be out
of date almost as soon as it is COM
pleted," but to this argument the
Rock Island Qll) Argus replies: "The
new census will provide the admin
istration with authentic data on which
intelligent action can be based. The
cost of taking such a census Is only
about three-tenths of per cent of the
$4,S80, 100000 work relief total. The
census will doubtless reveal facts that
are valuable in placing the distribution
Of this huge fund"
"It is calculated" according to the
Fort Worth (Tex.) Star-Telegram, ito
supply the first really accurate infor-
nation as to the extent of unemploy-
ment. We have been working toward
unemployment relief with all energies,
but we have never known exactly how
big is the job we have before us.
The estimate of unemployment most
widely used in the United States is
that of the American Federation OF
Labor, which uses as its base OF
computation the figures of the last
census of unemployment. brought up
to date by available reports from vari-
GUS fields of economics-a method
which may have a high percentage OF
error The A. F. Of L. estimate of the
unemployed in March was slightly
above 100000"
why the unemployed are so numer-
GUS months, or maybe years, after
the beginning of business recovery,
says the Long Beach Press Telegram,
lis a question which millions OF
Americans would like to have
answered. The paradox of an ap-
parent increase of unemployment
paralleling evidence of an improve
ment of business excites curiosity, and,
more important than that, a deter
mination of the facts of this case is
necessary to an understanding of the
problems of national recovery, with
out which there can be no certainty
of a solution of those problems. There
will be nearly unanimous approval,
therefore, of President Roosevelt's an
nouncement of plan to have census
of the unemployed as a preliminary
to the jobs-for-all campaign. When
that census has been completed, the
size of the Job confronted by the
American people in finding work for
the unemployed, its nature and the
most hopeful methods of achieving
this result, will be revealed. They
no longer will be moving in the dark.
and light Is needed to arrive at any
goal"
One valuable feature Of the census,
as viewed by the Salem (Mass) Eve
ming News, is that it will give some
idea how near the present methods of
estimating the unemployed compare
with the actual situation and the
Joplin (Mo) Globe feels that IAN in
telligently devised and carried-out CEN
sus would 60 q long way toward put
ting an end to undeserved benevol-
ence."
Some economists" the Youngstown
(dhto) Vindtcator recalls. "believe
Evening star., 1935-05-06
Telephony in China.

Those who are aware Of the great
number Of dialects spoken by the
people Of China, which are mutually
understood by only small percentage
Of the five hundred millions Of the
people Of that country-the exact
population Of China has never been
determined-will not be surprised
when it Is revealed that great difa-
Guilty Is being experienced in that land
In the establishment and maintenance
Of Q general telephone system. In .
report Just issued by the ministry Of
communications ct Nanking this dim
Guilty Is set forth. Da Chu CHA Hua.
Evening star., 1935-05-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Honor.

Honor.
As to certain new conditions we're
becoming wide awake,
We assert with words emphatic that
our honor Is at stake.
Conditions leave US doubtful Of our
honor. What Is more,
There are questions as to credit at
the corner grocery store.
Men talk about their honor like Bob
Acres in the play
odds Rents!" or else odds Taxesl"
very frequently they say.
And every one who has been splashed
by passing waves Of crime
Must say Good morning. Judge, your
Honor" nearly all the time.
Evening star., 1935-05-06

Inventors announce a mechanical
cotton picker ready to take care of
the work when it is decided that an
abundance of cheap cotton is better
than an expensive scarcity. Whatever
happens. some farm hand is going to
lose his job and wish he could afford
a shirt.
Evening star., 1935-05-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

In the Summer of 1878 a former
Government employe wrote:
This has been and is yet q great
season for wild flowers; oceans of
them line the roads through the
woods, border the edges Of the water
runlets, grow all along the fences and
are scattered in profusion over the
fields"
He was Walt Whitman, writing for
what was to be his book, Specimen
Days In America" so many Of them
located in Washington.
He enumerated the perennial bios
SONS and friendly weeds" met on his
walks as follows:
wild azalea, wild honeysuckle, wild
rose. goldenrod, larkspur, crocus,
sweet flag, trumpet flower creeper,
scented marjoram, snakeroot, Solo
mons seal, sweet balm, mint, wild
geranium, wild heliotrope, burdock
dandelions. yarrow, coreopsis, wild
pea, woodbine, elderberry, poke weed,
sunfower, chamomile, violets, Gle
mats, bloodroot, swamp magnolia
milk weed, wild daisy, wild chrysan-
themum.
The foregoing list reminded him of
something, he said.
las the individualities I would
mainly portray have certainly been
sighted by folks who make pictures,
volumes, poems, as faint testimonial
of my own gratitude for many hours
of peace and comfort in half-sickness
(and not by any means sure but they
will somehow get wind Of the compli-
menD hereby dedicate the last half
of these Specimen Days to the"
No, he didn't dedicate them to any
celebrated person, as the great DR..
Johnson would have done, but solely
to the following:
Bees. blackbirds, dragonflies, pond
turtles, mulleins. tansy, peppermint
moths, glowworms, water snakes,
crows, millers, mosquitoes, butterflies,
wasps and hornets, cat birds and all
other birds, cedars, tulip trees and all
other trees, and to the spots and men,
ories of those days, and of the creek.
y
The interesting thing about all this
is that the flowers, weeds, trees, birds,
are still to be found everywhere.
One does not have to go out into
the country and sit by creek for
hours. as the good gray poet did.
Whitman was one of the worlds S
champion creek sitters.
Long before the industrious breed
of "sitters" of a few years ago was
ever dreamed Of, Walt Whitman spent
happy hours. days, Of his life. doing
nothing more busy than watching.
1t is true that he watched with a
purpose, for he stood a chance, with
anything he saw or heard, of being
able to incorporate it in one Of his
curious poems.
Nevertheless, at the time he sat
and watched the lazy streams. the
still bodies Of water called ponds, the
rivers-including our own Potomac
he was simply the incarnation of eyes,
ears, nose.
These three senses, under the direc-
ton of the mind, are those which
enable the naturalist to get a great
deal out Of life.
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If he can see, hear and smell-each
vastly important in its way-he can
come to some understanding Of what
goes on all around him.
The eyes, of course, must rank first.
Seeing is all important, whether it
Is bird. animal, flower. star, stone,
insect.
The ears, perhaps, but We are not
sure, come next.
Even a pond, o.l still Summer
afternoon, is filled with sound.
There Is a hum to 1t. easily heard
il there Is no human talk going on.
Evening star., 1935-05-06

The nose Is far too little con-
sidered.
The good lover of Nature, in her
various moods, places great stress on
his nasal powers. which bring TO him
odors inimitable.
Many of the plants Whitman
enumerated, all Of them known for
hundreds of years before he wrote, as
no doubt they will be known hun
dreds afterwards, are apprehended by
their fragrances, or spicy odors.
Home gardeners lovingly incorporate
into their yards many specimens in
order to know some approach to that
fragrant path the woodsman trods.
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Things popularity known as weeds
in time become flowers. in garden
language.
1t must never be forgotten that a
"weed" is a plant, or flower, as well
as any.
Goldenrod, now popularity regarded
as a weed. on account of its con-
tribution to the hay fever brigade.
is still grown in many a garden for
its blossoms.
Burdocks, listed by Whitman, grow
wild in those remaining city lots
which for some reason or other still
remain In the midst of large cities.
The great fiat leaves of the burdock.
while disregarded by some, compelled
no less horticulturist than Libery
Hyde Bailey to declare 1t has a place
at every doorstep.
A plant is flower or weed mostly
or not.
1t is interesting to note that manv
of the friendly weeds" listed bv
Whitman are coming into high favor
again.
The revival in herbalism has led
some of these plants right out of the
wilderness into the modern city gar
den and home.
Since Whitman wrote, his charge is
no longer true that these weeds" are
sighted by those who make pictures,
volumes, poems.
Many beautiful books have an
peared in recent years written about
these humble but picturesque plants.
There are waves of opinion in all
things, fashions, as we say, in flowers
as we'll as in clothes.
What is popularity despised one age
will be regarded even with affection
in another.
Hence we see revivals of women's
clothing styles, including hats, which
twenty years ago would have seemed
impossible.
1t is the same with flowers.
The interest which began to grow
after the World War in drug plants
when it was discovered that much OF
the crude drugs were imported, has
been slow but steady, until today
many persons. who little suspect it,
have in their home gardens, as di-
rect result, scores of plants whose
primary use is to alleviate the aches
and pains Of mankind.
The study Of these plants. and the
careful observation of them, will bring
many hours of peace and comfort, u
as Walt Whitman said.
Not to one, but to all who are
honestly interested in them, come
these hours for mind and heart.
1t seems that there are some things
which comfort the mind, others the
heart alone, but the study Of flowers,
in their many forms. unformal
botany, as it might be called, seems
to bring peace to both.
1t is a study directly adapting itself
to the patient, as it were He goes as
slow or as fast as he pleases, with
Nature as his teacher. She holds
over him no lash, but only the smile
of Summer.
Evening star., 1935-05-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN,

reader cdn get the ansUer to
any question OF fact by Dritinq The
Washington Euentno Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. c. Please inclose
stamp for reply.
@. How many people live In the
Solomon Islands?-W. r.
A. About 100000. The total area
Of all islands Is about 1900 square
miles.
@. What is the name of the castle
of the dukes of Devonsh;re?-T. d.
A., Chatsworth. It was begun in
1870 and Is one Of the finest private
seats in England. The grounds are
nine miles in circuit and are sur
passed only by those Of Versailles.
@. When were Chinese wistaria
and Grape myrtle introduced into this
country?-C. B. D.
A. The Chinese wistaria (Wistaria
sinenSis) was introduced into this
country in 1915. The Grape myrtle
Oagerstroemia indica) was intro
duced in 1859.
@. How long have there been day
nurseries in this country?-T. H.
A. In April. 1854, a charter was
issued to the Nursery for the Children
of Poor Women in the City of New
York to care for the infants whose
mothers were obliged to work away
from home.
O. Where Is the largest freight yard
in the United States?-G. F.
A. 1t is the Hoboken Yard at Ho-
boken. N. J.
@. How high is the Egyptian obelisk
in New York City?-H. M.
A. The obelisk, known as Cleo
patras Needle, is II feet in height.
@. Who founded the American Wa
ter Color Society?-S. L.
A. Is was founded in 1866 by James
David Smillie. an engraver and
painter, who is especially remembered
as the illustrator of Cooper's novels.
O. Was the Tales of Hoffman,"
performed before its composer died?
H. B. E.
A. Jacques Offenbach died in 1880
and Les contes Hoffman," was not
performed until 1881.
O. What is meant by a city of
refuge?-J. H. T.
A. In Bible times 1t was city to
which murderer could fee for tenn
porary refuge while his case was
examined. If the murder was unin-
tentionel he would find asylum there.
This was also true in the days of
Greek and Roman supremacy. If
guilty of willful murder, however, he
was put to death.
Q. Why was pantomime so popular
in early days?-J. S.
A. 1t Is usually attributed to the
fact that in the great open theaters
it was much easier to see than to hear
@. Are the natives of Chosen Japa-
nese or Chinese?-A. M.
A Their origin is uncertain. Eth
nologically, they are unlike the Japa-
nese, Chinese or Mongols. In fea-
lures they frequently resemble Euro
peans, even in coloring.
@. How is one duodecillion writ
ten?-R NJ. D.
A. 1t is written as followed by 80
ciphers.
@. When was fractional currency
issued by the Government and why
was its issue stopped?-D. H. N.
A. The fractional currency was
found generally unsatisfactory. The
circula ton was maintained only at
great expense to the Government. 1t
was replaced by coin at the earliest
possible moment. The first issue OF
fractional money was made on All
gust l, 1852; the last and fifth issue
was made from February rs. 1874, to
February IS, 1876.
Evening star., 1935-05-06
Gag Rule.

From the Grand Island tNeb.) Independent.
At a recent club meeting it was
ruled that no member should be al.
lowed to speak on any subject he
didn't understand. The silence be-
came so oppressive that the ruling was
reversed and members permitted to
discuss infallible remedies for the de-
preston.
Evening star., 1935-05-06

The Kentucky Derby having an
nounced Omaha as the winner at 4
to now leaves an eager public to
return to contests Of opinion not so
easily disposed of. A horse race is
valuable in showing how a momentous
question can be settled If it is ap-
preached in the proper spirit Of fair
ness and determination.
Evening star., 1935-05-06

Superior intellects find difficulty in
adjusting to mass impression. When
Goering was accused of eating a baby
for breakfast he retorted, But never
eat breakfast" This is a fine illus
tration of the phase of German phil
osophy which relies on reduction to
the absurd.
Evening star., 1935-05-06

European writer's continue to print
impressions of America which are
often entertaining though seldom en-
tightening. Most Of the impressions
might as we'll have been formed by
remaining at home and allowing
imagination to play under more con-
genial surroundings.
Evening star., 1935-05-06

President Roosevelt has some IA
vorite ideas, but the course has become
muddy and many tipsters are confident
that outsiders have q chance.