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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
OVERSPEEDING AT NIGHT
BRINGS ACCIDENTS
(By John Jaster. ir. J

M accidents involving persons
walkina on highways at night in
Ohio are caused by motorists who
drive too fast for the visibility pro-
vided by their headlights. An auto
mobile equipped with brakes in
good condition can be stopped with
in 101 feet from the point of apply
ing the brakes if it is travelling As
miles an hour The stopping dis
tance is 143 feet at 60 miles an
hour. To this stopping distance
must be added the number of feet
Travelled during the reaction time OF
the driver. 1t is estimated that it
takes the average operator about
three-quarters of second to begin
applying the brakes after he has
seen pedestrian on the road ahead
of him. This raises the estimated
stopping distance to $50 feet for a
speed of As miles an hour and to
2O9 feet for SO miles an hour. A
white object-such as person in
very light clothing-is visible for
distance of approximately 200 feet
of an automobile at night. The dis
tance of visibility for a person in
dark clothing is much less, OF
course. The maximum safe speed
for night driving is something less
than 60 miles an hour. Certainly a
speed in excess of 60 miles an hour
is dangerous and menace-and
this means cars with brakes in good
condition driven by alert drivers
who respond quickly to the stimu-
lus of an optical image. Unfortu-
nately, numerous brakes are not in
condition that could be called good
and many drivers for one reason or
another do not respond quickly to
optical stimuli.
In this connection the advice to
walk against traffic bears repeating.
If the driver of car can't see the
pedestrian until too late to avoid
an accident, the pedestrian facing
traffic can see the headlights Of the
automobile in time to get out of the
Way
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
Sharp Ridge

Philo grange will present the first
of their lyceum programs at Union
Hill grange hall Friday evening,
Oct. 25. A very interesting pro-
gram is planned, consisting of or
chestra music, tableaux, readings,
and a play entitled ''The Telegram"
The public is invited. Admission
S and 10c. You don't need to be a
granger to enjoy this program
(Adv.) A family dinner was very
much enjoyed at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Chas. Snyder and daugh-
ter Ethel, Sunday. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Clifton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lerner of Zanes-
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Clifton
and son Arnold, McConnelsville, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Fouts and sons
Kermit and Richard.--Mr and Mrs.
Everett Jones of High Hill visited
Sunday at the HI. B. Snyder home.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
Sunday Greek

We see in the Glouster Press an
account of the injury to Mrs. Rilla
Wade, 84, widow of Charles Wade.
Mrs. Wade made her home with her
grandson, near Smithdale. She had
arisen before daylight and was be-
lieved to have been going to look
at the clock, when she fell to the
floor, breaking her hip and over
turning the lighted lamp she was
carrying. The shawl she wore about
her shoulders ignited from the blaz-
ing oil, and had not the family
heard her fall and rushed to her
assistance, she would have un-
doubtedly been burned to death.
She is lying in a state of coma, and
no hope is held for her recovery.
She is attended by her daughter,
Mrs. Lucy Williams, and other
members of Mrs. Williams family.
Milton Berry and family moved
from the Frank Campbell house to
the James Harris farm. Mrs. Berry
Sunday school, and the class pre-
sented her with nice Bible as a
token of their appreciation of her.
- Mrs. Clyde thompson maze rev
days visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Van Horn, at Lancaster, and
attended the fair Miss Kate Mar
tin of Trimble made visit here
during East Branch special meet
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Van Horn
attended the Lancaster far, last
week. Mrs. Lane Posey of Glous-
ter visited several days with Mr..
and Mrs. Emery Wells.-- The few
squirrels left are getting a rest
since the law went out Hunters
were not so numerous as in other
years. Mrs. Albert Williams who
has been confined to the house a
long time from illness, is able to be
out some again. Miss Ruth Martin,
employed at the county home, was
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Rule
Martin, a few days.--Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. H. Matson of Glouster were
here, looking after relatives graves
in East Branch cemetery. Mr.. Mat
son has been an engineer on the
railway for over 40 years, and will
soon be laid off for good, as he is
20 years of age.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
Meigs

M. E. Gilbert's brood SOW ''join-
ed the Wallace gang" according to
Mr.. Gilbert, and killed ten of her
pigs,-but crowded Marion out of
the money.--In our item last week
about the Wilson's, we meant to say
Mr.. and Mrs Hamer Wilson (Lura
McGregor). Since writing last
weeks copy, we learn Robert Glenn
and friend brought Mrs. Fanny Nc
Gregor from her former home at
Akron. Mrs. McGregor will live
with her soG-in-law and daughter.
Maybe you thought we were going
to say-keep house. Not so. Mrs.
Wilson knows housekeeping as well
as school teaching. So with two
model housekeepers, Hamer won't
have much to worry about Mr..
and Mrs. Dave Henderson, McCon-
nelsville, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Stanley Radcliff and
family.
Card of Thanks
We understand one of the Her.
aid correspondents wanted to say
they would pay the processing tax
on the taters we raised, and not on
what we ate, and friend Wilbur cut
it. 1t takes brains and muscle to
raise and dig potatoes, and we have
neither. Any fool can eat. And
Wilbur and we are friends. Always
hate to have people say things
about us, and appreciate anything
our friends do to ward off these
sullen attacks. If we could be an
angel and all. our friends would
watch out for our interests, life
wouldn't be very interesting.
Movings
Jesse Pierce and family from the
S. e. Bone (DevoD farm to the
Mrs. Dora Flanders place, recently
vacated by Harry Campbell and
family: Earl Van Horn and family
from the Joe Jenkins house, to NAL
ia; Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Lavery CAL
ice Fogle) in with Joe Jenkins; |;
Melvin North and family from the
nj. E. Gilbert house to the rooms
vacated by the Van Horns.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24

Ray of Caldwell were dinner guests
of Mrs. Ivan Barnes on Tuesday of
last week. Mr.. and Mrs. Serle
Bline of Newark were visitors last
week at the VIM. Barnes home.--
Mrs. Anna Reed who is employed at
the Fred Barnes home, spent all Of
last week at her home here, caring
for her daughter, Mary, who was
very ill.--Elmer Anderson of Bris-
tol is employed on the Dora Nelson
farm.--R. H. Ray and Albert Kidd
are employed cutting timber for
Carl Harris Mrs. Rosa Brown has
erected a new wagon-shed and corn
crib. Howard Lindimore and How
ard Barnes did the work.--Graham
Clark and Frank Watson are en-
ployed building a new house for
Steve Slivka.- THE voters in this
section are up in arms over the pro-
posed bond issue in Meigsville and
Morgan townships to be decided at
this fall election, for the purpose OF
building a two-room school building
near Neelyville. They figure this is
an unnecessary tax to be imposed
on the tax payers, when We have a
fine two-room school building at I'm
ionville, and the largest and finest
play ground in Meigsville township,
located at a safe distance from the
main traffic, making it much safer
for the pupils, and only one room is
now being utilized for school pur-
poses. This building will take care
of from 80 to 100 pupils without
being over crowded, and three
school busses pass through this vii
lage daily. 1t looks to the tax pay
ers that the pupils can be trans
ported here just as easily as they
can be transported away from here.
1t will be the same route, the same
distance, the same cost, and save
the expense of new building in
some other location. And if in the
future it becomes necessary to en-
large the building, we have the
ground for that purpose. Tax pay
ers you had better look over the
ground and investigate before you
vote, SO you can do so with a full
understanding of what you want to
do in this matter, before it is too
late. We want every pupil to have
all opportunity possible to receive
an education, but we don't want to
vote to benefit few at the expense
of y.--Harry Stoneburner and
Ern Hutchins of GAINESVILLE were re-
cent visitors at the J. P. Kidd home.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
School Districts Will Need
Voted LevieS

There is nothing in the Founda-
ton Program law that will make
unnecessary the voting of levies out
side of limitations for school oper-
ating costs. 1t is true that there
will be cases where the amount OF
voted levy needed will be less, but
for the most part those districts
which have heretofore had to have
an extra levy in order to maintain
their regular school program will
continue to require such levy. This
is because Ohio, on the average,
maintained last year s60-$90 pro-
gram ($60 per elementary pupil and
500 per high school pupil but the
foundation level of $45-$67.50 is 25
percent below this.
There are only two ways in which
a district can secure funds to inn
prove upon the foundation pro-
gram: Cd secure from the county
budget commission an operating
levy inside limitations high enough
that, when combined with the states
minimum per-pupil payment, the
foundation level will be exceeded. !.
(2) vote levy outside limitations.
The first will be possible in only a
limited number of cases, the second
will have to be the main reliance;
or there may be combination of
the two methods.
Please remember that the new
law, in itself, does not provide for
the financing of schools on as high
a level of expenditure as prevailed
in the school year 1934-35, when
the total of budgeted expenditures
for the operation of the schools Of
the state was 100000. If ev-
cry district should decide to operate
strictly on the foundation program
level and not seek to supplement
their programs with the proceeds Of
voted levies, the operation of the
schools of the state would cost in
1896 approximately $70,0O0,00O.
The foundation program law fur
nishes a base for the support of
schools at the lowest level that can
be recognized anywhere in the state.
The citizens Of many districts will
desire better than minimal ad-
vantages for their children and
will vote special levies to pro-
vide such advantages. 1t is un-
likely that there will be many dis
tricts where such levies will need to
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24

be increased over what they have
been heretofore. In most cases the
full voted millage now in effect will.
not need to be applied or, If new
leyies must be voted, the millage
may be reduced.
This fortunate circumstance is
largely the result of the foresight
the legislature showed in restoring
to schools protected right to
fair share of the ten mills within
the Imitation Education Week
Bulletin, Issued by the Ohio Educa-
tion Association, Columbus, o.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
UnlOnville

Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Foster and
family of Noble county were Wis
itors here last week at the Frank
Foster home.I Russell Duvall, C. r..
Brown and Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Will
son motored to Pataskala last Sum
day and spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dewitt, and family
Mrs. Alice Coyle and daughter Vera,
Mrs. Milton Dye and Mrs. Elizabeth
Craig of Renrock, and Mrs. VIM.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24

Mrs. Elmer Clifton of GAINESVILLE
is visiting this week with relatives
here Mrs. Stella Eye left Tuesday
as a delegate to the missionary con-
vention which meets at Lorain.--
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey, Snyder and
son Dennis were in GAINESVILLE, Fri
dav
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
f NEW FORD V.8 FOR 1886

drivers touch like q well-troined horse.
You don't have to push" or tight" the
Ford Va driver md cor costly get
on terms Of good understanding with
eoch other.
An engine hos much to do with the
roominess Of cor. Very much indeed.
A long engine uses up cor space. The
compact va engine permits much Of the
ordinorY engine space to be used by
passengers.
II really is q greet cor in every woy.
this 1886 Ford We the finest. safest.
most dependable Ford cor ever built.
Now on disploy by Ford dealers.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24

80. but, after all is said and
done, it's the cigarette it.
self that counts
:. the question is.
does it suit y0m?
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24

new. larger rudiator. Nuturul thermo-
syphon oction is assisted by two CEN
trifugol water pumps. New style hood
louvres permit rapid dir-How ground
the engine.
Edsier. quieter shifting Of Ford gears
The geor shift lever now truvels q
shorter distance.
The tWo qualities you want in
brakes Brokes thdt stop the cor with
ease und certointY. Ford Super-Sofety
Brukes of the long-tested. fool-proof.
mechanical design.
Safety-as alWays = in the electri-
callY welded genuine steel body. SofetY
Gloss oil Ground at no extru cost. Hun
dreds have written grateful letters be-
cause this glass has protected the sofetY
Of their fumiies.
A car you can driUe Uithout strain
all day, if you like. in city or country.
Steady. holds the road. responds to the
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
Low FORD V.8 PRICES

THIRTEEN BODY TYPES-coupe Is windows).
$50. Tudor Sedan. $3.50. Fordor Sedan. $3.50.
DE LUXE-Roddster with rumble sedt). $3.50.
Coupe e windows). S57o Coupe Is windows).
S555. Phaeton. $3.50. Tudor Sedan. S565. Cab
riolet with rumble seot). S62s. Fordor Sedan.
$625 Tudor Touring Sedan with built-n
trunk). $3.50. Fordor Touring Sedan with built
in trunk). $3.50. Convertible Sedan. $3.50.
F. O. B. Detroit Standard accessory group. including
bumpers and spare tire extra All Ford " body types
have SoietY Gloss throughout additional cost
Economical terms through Universal Credit Company.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
STATH AUTO MUTUAL In.
SURANCU ASSOCIATION

Ohio's largest insurer oi saC0.
mobiles. Nasy payment Dlsa.
JOHN W. FOX. Agent
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24

It's lines Gre much more beautiful. The
hood is longer and sweeps forward over
the distinctive new rodiator grille. giving
the cor q length end grace thut are
instuntlY impressive. The tenders ore
lorger. with wide flare. Horns ore con-
ceuled behind circulor grilles beneath
the heddldmps. New steel wheels.
Ford upholstery = olwoys Of sterling
quulitY and excellent toste-is rich and
enduring. The appointments Of the car
have new touch Of refinement. There
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24

will with quiet dignity which has
SO in the community.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-10-24
Why do we soy The New Ford va

Whot is neU obout il?
OF course. the newest engine in the
Iow-price cor field is still the V-e engine.
Since Ford mode it ovdiloble to oil cor
users (keeping it as economical as cars
with fewer cylinders) the Ford V-8 has
been the newest engine on the morket.
md rerruins the newest for 1886.
You may buy cor on minor "tullinq
point" some specially advertised ieo-
ture with the ccr thrown in''-but. otter
dll it is the engine you buy when you
buy q cor. Hence we put the engine first.
Other 7e.u points about the car
~,.1E, ~ Topr T:ex
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
EXAMPLE FOR BUSINESS

nROBABLY there are few Americans who
Il will deny that we need a system OF old
age pensions. There probably will be equal
agreement that such system must be oper-
ated by the Federal government. Nevertheless
1t is we'll to remember that there are some
far-sighted corporations which have been
quietly conducting pension plans OF their own
on a truly remarkable scale.
For instance, it was announced the other
day that the Pennsylvania railroad system Is
now paying out no less than 100000 month
in pensions 1t established its pension system
in 1900. Today it has 1000 pensioners on
its rolls.
The security that such a plan gives to
large body of workers is something beyond
price. If more corporations did the same
thing. the demand for a government pension
system would not be nearly so pressing today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
ISOLATION'S LIMIT

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S advice to his
" countrymen included the warning In
time of peace. prepare for war" The cur
rent idea at the capital seems to be TO re-
wise this to read, In time of peace, prepare
to stay out of war"
one of the most interesting things now
under consideration by the Administrator Is
a new kind of foreign policy designed 10 keep
this country clear of any scraps In winch
foreign nations may indulge.
State Department Senate Munitions Com
,oittee and the White House have been con-
siderinr the outlines of this policy with the
notion that a nation which plays its cards
carefully can't be forced into any conflict IN
which its own vital interests are not IN
volved
II is proposed. for instance, to empower
the President, in case of war among foreign
nations to halt the issuance of passports 10
Americans DESTROYS of travelling through the
war zone. unless their business Is SO urgent
that they are willing to go at their own risk
Another proposal is that the President be
empowered to withdraw United States pro-
lection from all American ships which enter
with warning nations if they wished but the
risk would be strictly their own if they did so.
These two proposals are long steps in the
direction of that national isolation which
seems to be growing so popular these days.
But the isolation they propose is isolation OF
an intelligent kind an isolation which quite
nroperlv would place the national desire for
,oaca ahove the desire of individuals to profit
by foreign conflict.
It is pretty clear that If We should repeat
our 1914 kind of neutrality in new Euro
mean war our chances Of staying out OF the
war would be little better than they were~the
last time.
We insisted that American ships and Amer
lean travellers had an inalienable right to go
through the war zones and to do business in
any market they could find: our inS.stence
on that right finally compelled us to uphold
1t by force of arms-and war which seemed
very remote when it started at last came to
our own doorstep.
Wouldn't it be a good deal smarter Of us
to waive that right? We might miss some
very profitable business to be sure. War or
ders meant big dividends to American in
vestors in 1915 and 1916.
But in the end that trade landed us in the
war-and, thereby, proved about the most ex-
pensve kind of business we ever had.
Plans now being matured at Washington
point in the right direction. If we are going
to follow policy of isolation in foreign af-
fairs. we might as we'll carry it to its logical
conclusion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
UNCLE SAM A REAL UNCLE

MANUEL L. QUEzON. president Of the
4VA Philippine Senate. tells the House insu-
lar committee that no country in the world
has ever treated subject colony more gen.
erously and kindly than the United States
has treated the Filipnos.
This tribute is all the more worthy of notice
in that it comes from an islander who has
been working for the independence OF his
people for more than 20 years; and it is
timely reminder that our government has. after
all, made pretty fair sort of record in its
dealings with its oriental colony.
There is something unique about this whole
Philippine situation, when you stop to think
about it: body Of people seeking their inde-
pendence without any anger CT bitterness, and
a parent government awarding 1t to them
without waiting for violence to jog its elbow
All in all, the record is one OF which the
American people can be rather proud.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-06
NEW DEAL POLICIES ARE
ROUTINE GOVERNMENT DUTY

By Robert Heating.
v. E. boldly takes up the torch for
Mr.. Blume and defends Mr.. Blume's
vaguenesS by being even more vague.
He fearleSsly answers question No l
to himself. Then he very bravely
explains questions 2, 3 and 4 by not
explaining them. v. E. thus spoke
his mind-all of it, I suppose.
1 meant that Mr.. Blume's ques-
tons in themselves do not involve
controversy. I maintain that both
New Dealers and Old Dealers can
give the same answers to those
questions. Who says that one group
of men is doing the thinking for
the individual business man ana
labor? Didn't some business men
and laborers recently indorse the
New Deal at the polls? Where they
not thinking when they did it? I
do not believe in one man or in one
group of men doing the thinking for
the entire nation. Neither do be-
lieve that any such thing is happen
ing under the present Administra-
ton.
AS to governmental interior
ence? Government should not be
thing apart like another man who
can go his own way while each one
of us goes our own way. tt should
be the natural outgrowth Of our
necessities, desires. thoughts, ac-
tons and circumstances. AS such.
its functions must be to administer
and regulate SO that every one en-,