Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-06-11
RenrOck

MumpS and measles are still lurk-
! ing around, the former having no
respect for age,-as Mrs. Carrie
Reed is affhcted.--W We are thankful
! that it is no worse; the Egyptians,
according to the Biblical account,
suffered ten plaques before they
would allow the Hebrew slaves to
go free. So far we have had only
one,-a plague of dust,-(but no
lice in it, and it is a man-made
plague Our improved highway,
made Of crushed stone, is a good
thing, but much abused Motorists
! and speeddemons keep pail of
dust in the valley which is carried
into our homes and it not only
causes us to think and say ugly
| things, but endangers health-A
daylight thievery, by which our To-
cal merchant lost some money, was
committed here quite recently. We
are omitting names, as the ones not
[ directly connected with the affair do
not like to be mixed up in such de-
grading acts. Three well known
men and another, stranger to
these parts, stopped at the store to
get a cake of ice, cigarettes, etc.
One of the three men gave the mer-
chant a five dollar bill in payment
for the ice, which the store keeper
placed in his drawer, stating that
the man would get the change COM
ing to him as soon as they got the
ice out and weighed it. They all
| went into the ice house, which is
joined to the store, and when the
ice was procured and weighed and
the merchant went to the drawer to
make the change, the five dollar bill
was missing. The stranger being
the only one who absented himself
during this brief interval, naturally
distrust rested on him, and straight
ly he was accused of the theft The
stranger protested his innocence,
and words passed in rapid fire style,
but that was all it amounted to, and
the quartet left with the store man
short five dollars and perhaps some
more. The putting together OF SUB
sequent movements, which the store
| keeper was hot aware of, but oD-
served by others, showed that the
stranger may have not been above
suspicion. 1t became apparent that
more careful investigation should
have followed. Lastly, we can
scarcely be too careful about the
"class we trot in" as doubtless
three of these men would like to
have been in Madagascar while this
embarrassing episode was being en-
acted. 1.-The Noble county annual
grange picnic is to be held Satur-
day, June IS, at the Caldwell fair
ground. The program is quite var
led and ought to please the most
fastidious. s.--Judging by the assem-
blage at the hall last Saturday to
witness the play which the Y. P. 5.
E. put on, and all that followed, it
evidently proved worth while for the
young peoples society. Much OF the
credit goes to Mrs. Carlos Rex, an
experienced school teacher, VINO
coached the rehearsals. There was
one good thing, previous to the CIV
ing of this entertainment, that we
consider very commendable for the
community. No one asked us what
the society was going TO do with the
money taken in. Personally we do
not know. The participants in the
play earned all they got out of It,
and we don't care III
they stuff it all in sock, or take
| it and go on an outing to Hailfax.
It's theirs. We notice that conser-
walton commissioner, Wooddeli, has
decreed a closed season for Mr.
Grounding. If these rodents are
doing the damage in other parts or
| the state that they are around mere,
we think the farmers in general Will
| consider it one of the most fool rul-
| ings we have. Now what next?--
According to news reports, certain
congressman, Zioncheck by name'
needs to be checked up" on, even
his name indicates that, which or
course he cannot help,-but we are
Judging him by the pace he has been
going of late. And perhaps while
in the business, and before the re-
yolving pension plan is put across,
some others may need checking
M" Methodists unite? Yes in
deed, We're in favor of the Metho-
dist Protestants going back to the
mother church Why not? Accord
ing to the Pathfinder, there is in
Birmingham, Ala, an old tree with
a scythe grown into it. 1t was plac-
ed there by lad who went to the
Civil war, and never to return. A
similar tree stands on the CALDWELL
Sharon road near culvert at the