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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
BOYS AT FORT KNOX, KY,
RELATE EXPERIENCE

In letter received at this office
from George Ross and Clarence
Vaughn who are at Fort Knox, KY,
they tell of their five days mimic
war maneuvers, but because Of the
lateness, which the letters were re-
cived, we can publish them only in
part. Ross writes:
Co. L left camp Aug at 5 a. m.
for their five days war maneuver.
Supply Sgt VIM. Baldwin and Pvt
Geo. Ross were left in charge Of
equipment. Events of the day:
Started raining-raining very hard
and windy-tents are blown down.
All is scene of desolation as the
pictures taken will show. Reports
from inhabitants of Fort Knox say
this is the first rain since March IS,
1886. Troops moving toward Fort
Knox. Tanks were caught in heavy
cannon fire and were considered cas-
ualty. Heavy cannon and machine
gun fire fought back the cavalry, is
today's report of the mimic war ma
neuvers. Observation planes flying
over Bowman airport, preparing for
a mimic air raid tonight An SOO,-
100000 candle power search light
will be used to spot planes. 1t has
beam range of seven miles These
war maneuvers are held every five
years at Fort Knox, and have every
thing used in wartime, with the ex-
ception blank shells are used. The
only real casualty was an infantry
man who slipped in the mud and
broke his leg. Lime water is used
instead of gas which is spread by
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
Newton Ridge

Miss Bernice Trotter and Dwight
Savage of Roseville were visitors at
the G.. w. Thompson home, Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Daugherty attended the Harris reun-
ion at Embree park, Sunday Mrs.
Gladys Link and son Billy of Malta
spent Monday with Mrs. Nan Sher-
wood and daughter Harriett.- Miss
Bernice Newsom is spending a few
days with her mother, Mrs. Mabel
Newsom. Miss Hilda Henery has
returned home, after spending a
week with relatives at New Lexing-
ton.--Several from this neighbor-
hood attended the Embree picnic
last Thursday. i. R., Albert and j.
Harry Henery spent day last week
in GAINESVILLE. Randall Fordham Of
Marietta spent Monday night and
Tuesday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. S. Fordham.-- Harry Spen-
Ger and Oscar McGee of ST. Louis,
Mo-, spent Saturday afternoon with
the formers father, J. w. Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Henery and
{ Miss Edna Henery spent Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Henerys brother
iiJas. Shrivers, of Reinersville, and
Mae Louise Henery, who mad spent
a week with her uncle's family, re-
turned home with them. II. w.
Spencer and Mrs. Mabel Newsom and
children Bernard, Bernice, Floyd
and Wilbur and Miss Loretta Powell
attended the Spencer reunion at
Waterworks park, GAINESVILLE, Sum
day Mrs. Nettie Sherwood and
daughter Ada spent the week end at
the J. Harry Henery home.--Betty
Harkins of GAINESVILLE spent from
Thursday until Sunday at the Wen
dell Tompkins home.--Mrs. Paula
Parsons is visiting in Cleyeland.--
Mr. and Mrs J. Harry Henery visit
ed with A r. Hambleton and daugh-
ter Leila Tuesday. Earl Phillips and
family spent Sunday afternoon at
Wendell Tompkins' Floyd Rev
enaugh and family spent the week
end at the Geo. Bishop home.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
Tabor

George Bowman, near Bartlett
was taken to Memorial hospital at
Marietta, because of appendicitis
Glen Yarnell and Carl Morris left
Monday for Wills creek, where they
have employment.--Mr and Mrs
Herbert Wymer and George Wymer
visited Sunday at Robert Wymer's-
Miss Marguerite Yarnell spent a.
few days last week with Ed Var
nell's. Mrs. Jane Russell spent Sun
day evening at Mart Harris The
well drilled in several days ago on
the Ellen Rardin farm, was very
light. Floyd Holbert is building a
new house on the farm he purchas~
ed near Tabor church, Mrs. Melvin
White and two children spent last
week visiting relatives in Columbus"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
KEZIAH ANNA MARLEY
DIES IN KANSAS

Keziah Anna Marley, daughter of
VIM. Humphrey Mousley and Isabel
Mckee Mousley, was born in Will
mington, Del, Dec. 10, 1S43, and
died at her home in Manhattan,
Kan, July s, 1886. She was the
last surviving member of a family
of eight children. When small
child she moved with her parents to
Morgan county, 0. Their home was
near Meigs, on Bear run. AS a girl
she attended church and Sunday
school at Mt. Zion and Mt Carmel
She became a member of the church
at Mt. Carmel After the Civil war
she went to Philadelphia, Pa, to
make her home with her aunt. She
was married Sept. 4, 1872, to Will
liam Buckingham Marley. After the
death of Mr. Marley, she moved to
brother Charles Wesley Mousley
and sister, Sarah Elizabeth Reece,
lived. In August, 1928, she moved
to Manhattan, Kan. She leaves two
daughters, Mrs. Lena NJ Blood, Man
haitian, Kan, and Miss Vivian Anna
Marley, teacher in the Manhattan
senior high school.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday, July s, at four O'Clock, in
st. Paul's Episcopal church, with
the Rev. Amison Jonnard in charge.
Interment was in Sunset cemetery.
Mrs. Marley was kind, sympa-
thetic woman, always ready to help
a friend or neighbor in sickness, or
trouble. She will be greatly missed
in her home. She enjoyed talking
of the days of her girlhood in Ohio,
and also enjoyed reading the Nor
gan County Democrat. She remem-
bered many of the older people who
are passing away. She had the pa
per read to her and talked of the
people only few hours before she
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
Officials To Be Congratulated

We believe the to be congratulated
having the home hosptaized It going fill long
felt need Heretofore when INDECENT able to
be cared for their home private place, hospital
they taken the home made wards the
There they received good and attention could be
al hand Now under the
the aged needing be taken the hospital
be the county and still be the
of practical and in
Comfortable be found in modern hospital
The patients entirely apart the regular
Of the home
The refreshing thing the that instead of
being added the will be
and another fine thing that there will lose his
here
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13

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served during the social hour, which
followed. Edward and Elizabeth
jenkins of the north river road Wis
tied Sunday with their niece, Mrs.
Frank Porter. and family. --Perley
Anguish is visiting his son Guy and
family, in Bucyrus.--Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Crooks recently entertained
Mrs. William Ogden of Cumberland,
Henry Phillips, Mrs. Matte Wood
and Clarence Schofield Of Chester
hill Mrs. Eva Niceswanger of NAL
ta spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. O. G.. Glass, and attended camp
meeting services at Triadelphia.
Five places on Poplar ridge have
changed hands this summer If any
one else wants to buy home here,
they soon must begin to divide the
farms
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13

airplanes and anti-aircraft guns.
Anything or anyone with limewater
on them is considered casualty
and must retreat from action.
Vaughn who was out on the mimic
war maneuvers first tells of making
camp; of the sound of banjos, gui-
tars, rafting of bones ETC., which
sounded like "Hoosier Hot Shots. )"
He speaks of blistered feet; of the
march to the rifle range, a place he
says lousy with stubble and dried
briars-and having to fall in them
was about same as in bunch of
needles. He speaks of six mile
hike which seemed like 25, with a
pack and rifle, and had to go to
three outposts to learn what they
were for, one of which was held by
a squad of men, long range can
non, three riflemen and two auto
matte rifemen. He says: Aug. s.,
made an eight mile hike to our base
camp. Put up our tents and got
ready for our advance. Aug. g.,
marched about 10 miles up in the
mountains. On the advance had not
yet met the enemy, but airplanes
were thick. On the 7th, made an
other nine mile march, and ran into
five tanks and a heavy battle was
fought and they were captured. Was
fired upon all day by airplanes and
machine guns. Aug. s, was the day
the deciding battles were fought.
We were high in the mountains and
were ordered to retreat, which we
did in record time. We were to go
to the last outpost for their rein
forcements, and when we got there
they had the situation we'll in hand,
so all we could do was to sit back
and rest and wait. In about an hour
we got word the armistice had been
signed, and we were ordered back
to Camp Knox.
1t was a long hard battle on
the officers and soldiers alike. /
think everybody in the company
thinks Major Smith a real fellow,
for he stopped at every farm house
on the way to see if he could get
water for the boys. The only hard
ship we had was the lack Of water,
and if you have ever been on a
march like this one, up hill and
down, you will know that a canteen
of water will not last very long.
One day we started at 3 O'Clock in
the morning and marched all day
with only two sandwiches to eat, un-
til we had supper that night. 1t
was a very smart thing to have the
ambulances following us to get all
our comrades as they fell by the
wayside for the lack of water and
sore feet. There wasn't a single pal
in Co. l. who fell out, although there
was talk of it about an hour before
the war was over. The only reason
they didn't was that if one Of them
did the rest thought he was either a
sissy or else he lacked CUTS enough
to carry on 1t took CUTS to carry
on, and every man in the outfit had
them. l think everybody was limp
ing when the war was over. Even
our lieutenant, Cary Parsons. Lieut.
Miner carried on in tip-top shape,
for he has had a stretch in the reg
ulars. but nevertheless he was a lit
tie bit disappointed in the way
things went, but now that it is over,
everybody is happy once more Com
ing back to Camp Knox everybody
dragged along until we were met by
the 166th Infantry band. AS soon
as the band started to play every
body snapped in step and they kept
it that way until we got to our COM
pany street.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13

resident of the Center Bend locality,
is quite i'll with kidney and bladder
trouble. His brother, R. N. Molly
neuX of Ashland, Kan, who came be-
cause of the death of their brother
Thomas Molyneux, which occurred
Aug. /, is still at the Molyneux
home.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
Good Times Republican Headquarters

Money be object with the Republicans here in Nor
Judging by the expensive they have esab
sd here the old office 1hs perhaps the most
costly location they could have found 1t that the Re-
pubcans full Of the Roosevelt
in fact be no object with them.
In this should add that the comic strip the
the of that talented Democratic artist Mr. H. w
Tobert valued employees the Morgan County Demo
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13

George Abel, jr., of Malta, who
was operated upon Tuesday of last
week for appendicitis, at Bethesda
hospital, is now doing satisfactorily
Up until last Sunday, he had not
been doing SO well. He will likely
be at the hospital for another week.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13

passed away. She could tell many
things that happened during the
Civil war.
Friends and relatives from out of
town who attended the funeral were
many, some being from Missouri,
California, Oklahoma, and various
places in Kansas, among them being
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Dingey, Bonner
Springs. Kan, who were friends of
her girlhood days in Morgan county.
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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13
Some Time

You will be in need ,oi
printing of some kind.
Whether it be letter.
heads, statements we'd
ding invitations o,
public sale bills, re-
member we can turn
out the work at the
lowest cost consistent
with good woEk.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13

The best circus at this place for
long time, was the Haag show
Tuesday. 1t was very we'll attended.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-13

See Hitch Hike Lady," Saturday
night, at the Twin City Opera House
even if you have to hitch hike to
town.
Evening star., 1936-10-06

duty during the Civil War Of carrying
huge sums northwsrd from Washing
ton to the paymasters Of various
Union Army encampments.
He wasn't a man who did much
talking" Miss Alice recalled, 'but
once he told his family that on occa-
sions he had with him as much as
IS ,000, 900 and $4,000, 900 at once. And
he was not given to exaggeration. He
rather understated things as rule"
Father Came Here in 1862.
Colt came here In 1862 and on the
advice Of Salmon P. Chase. President
Lincoln's Secretary Of the Treasury,
went to work for Jay Cooke, the finan-
cial giant of the times. He had left
their employ, however, by the time Of
the panic of 1873 and the subsequent
difficulties Of the Cooke house.
In Charles, their servant, the sisters
yesterday found their chief prop. Tears
ran down his face at the completion
of the auction. Since his mistresses
lost their wealth he has worked during
the day for others to return in the
evening to provide the Misses Colts
with the elegance of service to which
they were long accustomed.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
PROBE OF SHOOTING
IN FIGHT CONTINUED

Donald z. Mersch, 80, shot twice
in an argument over money Sunday
night, was still In q critical condi.
ton in Emergency Hospital today,
while police continued their investi-
CATION Of three men arrested In Q
car shortly after the shooting took
place on Eleventh street, near E street
southwest. Mersch was shot in the
chest and left shoulder.
One Of the men being held with
out charge, Frank H. Acton, IS, was
reported by police to have said he
shot Mersch IN self-defense. The
others under investigation are Jesse
E. Jones, 18, driver Of the car, and
Bella A. Stramer, 23, who was with
Acton In the rumble seat when they
were arrested on description given
by witnesses. Both Mersch and Acton
are said to have police records, Ac-
toms dating back to 1917.
A revolver with four empty shells
was found In the car by police.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
PEACE CONVENTION
OPENS TOMORROW

The National Council for Proven.
ton of War will open its ninth annual
convention tomorrow at 10 am. at
the Lee House, with the initial ses-
sion scheduled as an open forum to
consider peace legislation to be
presented by the council before the
next Congress.
Representatives Of organized labor.
organized farmers, religious groups
and school organizations are expected
to be present.
Among the speakers listed for to-
morrow are Stephen Raushenbush,
chief investigator for the Senate Mu-
nitions Committee; Henry F. Grady,
former chief of the trade agreements
section of the State Department: Will
liam T. Stone of the Foreign Policy
Association; Mauritz Hallgren Of the
Washington staff of the Baltimore
Sun; DR.. Philip c. Jessup, professor
of international law at Columbia Uni
versity, and DR.. Belmont Farley Of
the National Education Association.
Delegates to the conference will be
divided Thursday according to the
field which they represent. The vari-
Gus groups will consider methods by
which they as individual units can
secure enactment Of the councils pro-
posed legislative program for world
peace.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
SAMUEL WILL OPEN
JEWISH FORUM NJ

1.-THE Changing Jewish Horizon"
will be the theme Of the 1867 sea-
son Of the National Jewish Forum,
which begins its eleventh year at the
Jewish Community Center october
rs and will continue through the
Winter. The program will present q
comprehensive picture Of the Jewish
situation at home and abroad and
embrace discussion Of q construc-
tive plan for contemporary American
Jewish living. Some Of the OUT
standing Jews in the country will
speak.
Maurice Samuel, author and lee
turer, will open the forum series with
. talk on "The Latest Word from
Palestine" his first report on the
Jewish-Arab conflict since his return
from that country last week.
Abram L. Sachar, director of the
National Hillel Foundations, will lee
ture November 1s on 1.-THE Jewish
Crisis in Europe" while DR.. Morris
Fishbein, editor Of the American Med
ical Association Journal, viii have the
floor December l6.
Others scheduled for appearance
this season include Ludwig Lewisohn,
author, January 10; DIR. Mordecai M.
Kaplan, February IS; Molly Picon,
Jewish comedienne, and Maurice
Schwartz, Jewish character actor.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
FEDERAL POLICING
COSTS TO DISTRICT
SHOWN IN REPORT
Data Will Be Revised Before
Submission to RooseveIt's
Fiscal Expert.
INFORMATION COVERS
MANY LINES OF DUTY
Motor Cycle Escorts for President
and Expense of Policing Bonus
Marchers Among Items.

Services provided the Federal Gov
partment thousands of dollars and, at
times, nearly utilized its entire force,
were pictured in report completed to-
day for the special group Of tax ex-
perts appointed by President Rooee-
welt to determine the fair contribution
by the United States toward District
expenses.
Details of the report were not made
public, but District officials who read
it declared IL would materially aid the
case they are building up to show the
injustice Of the present $5,000,00 con-
tribution.
Report to Be Revised.
The report will be revised somewhat
at the direction Of Maj. Daniel J.
Donovan, District auditor and bud
get ofhcer, before 1t is turned over
to ]. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency en-
gineer and tax authority. who is di-
recttng the Presidents fiscal relation
study.
Maj Donovan said the Police De-
partment's report, along with II
others In process of preparation by
municipal department heads. would
be ready to submit to Jacobs by the
end Of the week. Jacobs already has
received IS similar reports from de-
partment heads. all showing the ran1i-
fications and the cost to the District
Of services provided the Federal Gov
eminent over a period Of IL years.
Shows Various Services.
The Police Departments report COW
ers a varied character of services pro-
vided the Federal Government. 1t
shows, for instance. the cost of motor
cycle escorts for the President when
he travels in the District: the cost of
details at foreign embassies and lega-
tions as well as the detail assigned
to the Senate wing of the Capitol when
Congress is In session. In addition,
1t shows the cost Of providing police
protection for presidential inaugural
| ceremonies and an estimate Of the
cost Of policing the bonus march and
the so-called hunger marches" Of re-
cent years. These events are charged
up to the Federal Government on the
ground they would not have been held
in Washington if it was not the seat
Of the Government.
The cost Of policing the hunger
march" Of 1888 alone runs into thou
sands Of dollars, 1t was said, because
virtually the entire force was used at
that time while of duty firemen
patroled the streets.
Seeks Additional Data.
As soon as Jacobs receives all re-
ports from District department heads,
he wants organizations interested in
solution of the long troublesome fiscal
relation problems to submit data which
will aid him and his advisory COM
mittee. He requests that reports
from these organizations be filed not
later than October IL. Representa-
tives of the organizations will be given
a public hearing October % and "a.
A number of organizations already
have requested hearing. These in
clude the Citizens Joint Committee
on National Representation, the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations, the
Washington Board of Trade and
Washington Real Estate Board.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
r. OPERATION COSTS
OF D. c. SCHOOLS
INCREASE IN So
$10,416,885 Total, Gain Of
$611,058 Over 1884,
Is Reported.
$1,086,M8 IS SPENT
ON new BUILDINGS
Maximum Enrolment for 1885
Put at 100,s0s by DR..
= Ballou.

Cost Of operation of Washington's
public school system last year totaled
Sl0,416,s85.46, an increase Of $6l1.-
o58.15 over the year ended June 80.
1895, according to the annual report OF
the Board Of Education submitted to
the District Commissioners today by
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent.
In addition, the Board Of Education
spent $l,0s6, ,o4s.s5 in capital outlay
for new buildings, land purchases and
, new equipment.
These two sums together amount to
Gil, ,502, ,9344l, which represents the
total cost of the school system for the
year.
Although the cost of operation in
! creased by $611, ,058.15, the capital in
vestment for the year was smaller by
$4l4,43919, making the net increase
for the year over 1885 only $ls2,6ls.s6.
Construction Costs.
The bulk OF last years capital In
vestment was In the construction OF
the Anacostia Junior-Senior High
School and the woodrow Wilson High
School, for which ss0O,2ls50 was
spent.
Land purchases in 1896 totaled only
13s.36l 40. Equipment for new build
ings cost $S1 1,944.66, and additional
equipment for buildings already IN the
system cost $65, 5,524.39.
DR.. Ballou's report also showed that
the maximum enrolment for 1896 was
l00,90a, as compared with 99,722 for
the preceding year. The enrolment
was divided as follows:
Teachers colleges, 1,101: senior high
schools, 1880; junior high schools,
l9,053; junior-senior high school, 457;
vocational schools, 2,034; elementary
schools. 61,373.
Nonresident pupils, at present ex-
eluded from all junior high schools in
the city because Of overcrowding, last
year totaled 1874, or 1.96 per cent Of
the total enrolment. In 1885 there
were 2,246, or 2.25 per cent Of the
total.
Gain In Personnel
= "A gam IN personnel OF Ill EN-
ployes was made last year. The teach
ing personnel increased from 2,906 to
1885; community center employees
jumped from 291 to 367, and custodial
employees increased from 674 to ITO.
Together they operated ITS schools
and 135 additional school units. The
additional units represent extra build
tngs under the supervision Of single
principal.
Dr.. Ballou also announced the dates
for coming holidays and the opening
of school next Fall. The Christmas
New Year holiday will extend from
December "A to January /, inclusive.
Inauguration day, January 20, will
be the first holiday Of the new year,
and the first semester will end nine
days later, January 20. The new term
will begin February l. Washington's
birthday anniversary. February %;
Easter, March 26 to April 2, inclusive,
and Memorial day, May 81, will COM
plete the list of holidays.
Schools will close June % to re-
convene next September 20.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
PEANUT VENDER, FINED,
GETS $50 ANONYMOUSLY

- Anonymous well-wishers have mailed
$63 to the family Of Felix Destrito
since the blind peanut vender was ar
rested Q week ago for selling his
wares In . park near the White House.
He was fined s..
. Destrito. his wife and seven de-
pendent children live ct IS Poplar
avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
Mrs. Destrito said they had never
asked for help or received 1t before
and would have returned the ccntrt-
buttons but they came anonymously.
"But the money was blessing,
She admitted. Felix made only s.
last week. The police chase him out
of the parks. I'm going to ask Mrs.
Roosevelt II she can help Felix to get
permission to sell his peanuts near
the White House."
Mrs. Roosevelt recently interceded
when police arrested Steve Vasilakos
1t the stand which he had occupied
for . quarter Of . century near the
White House gate ut Pennsylvania
and East Executive avenues.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
INQUEST IS ORDERED
AFTER FATAL FIGHT
Unidentified Middle-Aged Man
Dies Of Injuries to
Head,

An inquest was ordered for tomor-
row or Thursday in the death Of an
unidentified middle-aged man who was
fatally injured Sunday night during a
fist fight in the first block Of street.
Police were holding Carroll Henkels.
10, of 50 I street, for the inquest.
An autopsy disclosed yesterday that
the man died Of head injuries. He
was known as "McCrary" and police
have been able to learn little about
him.
Police say Henkels found McCrary
lying under bed in the formers
home and evicted him. There was an
argument on the sidewalk and Nc
Crary was said to have been knocked
down, his head striking the pave
ment.
McCrayy, about 40, was believed to
have come here from North Carolina.