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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27
Produce Bill Of Particulars

Last weeks Herald ran true to propaganda being put
by the Republican national committee They and about
the present relief expense the
thing find fault cre and condemn but when they fail
to definite program their words have
weight AS Attorney General Cummings said address last
have done with generaite IT, when leaders of the
opposition indulge TRADES against the government let them tell
country they propose the passed under the
present administration stand do with them The voters OF
this country entitled know what the Republicans propose
do about the Of bank Deposits Farm Credit admna
Home Owners Loan corporations regulation of public u
stock exchange act shop and child labor and the social
security program.
lief? If let say Would go back the condition
der Herbert Hoover when families the point OF starvation
them Morgan county living So month"; If
much money being spent this relief let him be
believes being administered should
let him the parties. Will he say that relief in Morgan
county has been administered unfairly and that is being done for
foregoing substance but he has will he
since he knows that the WPA and relief up in this coun
has been largely made OF Republicans Let him be
the country over are vastly better than under Hoover and that IN
cude Morgan county also: Will he admit that business of
ing practically double the price for his wool and other prod
did last Republican administration? On the
ness He also told Of the snendd financial condition Of MORGAN
county ioray that Republicans had plenty
OF money with which for their headquarters Do
such statements bear his editorial that the country
is going the dogs?
What true country The edi
page the partisan Republican papers and their financial
do exactly coincide They that the New Deal
running business Let's look OF the things the New Deal
doing business How about going financial pages one
OF the independent papers country the New York
Times; In picked the following headlines at
random:
Savings Banks Top Ten Million Mark Deposits within $40
100000 OF record July Accounts peak number Assets
highest point Reach S493355S2 with surplus aso
largest in history.
Financing Concern Shows Record Net Commercial
the half S316 share Business
also peak Total assets une 80 at s4o95859l compared
with S297 on December 81
General Motors Increases Income s881OS372 for quarter
OF June 30 highest for period 1929 Half
Twelve months profits $224o692l8 Bringing earnings
to S5Ol share"
New York Utility Votes Dividend Directors of the Con
odated Edison Company New York recently
declared dividend OF SOC share stock against
share paid in the five preceding quarters"
Youngstown Steel Rate so Tuy from
al operating standpoint since 1929"
Sterling Securities Gains Net $50 at
of first half OF the year.
SO it should be plain to the duest that
running the and sending its people back
and despair such before the
welt administration
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

ternoon Professor Haskins filled a
speaking engagement for Hon. Ken
| meth c. Ray, who was unable to ap-
pear They also went over the dam
, at Senecaville on the way back.
Early school reunionists made
their annual trek back to their alma
mater Saturday and participated in
the social program of the day. 1t is
planned to hold the next gathering
in the Ross Marshall grove some
distance north of the school house.
Last Sunday, Millers grove at
Blue Rock, furnished an ideal recre-
alton spot for party of picnickers
who motored there from this Sec
ton. The group was made up of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cain, son Har-
ry and daughter Margaret; Mr.. and
| Mrs. A. B. Dovenbarger and chill
dren Pearl, Robert and Junior; Mr..
and Mrs. A. R. Stewart of Olive
| Green, and Pleasant and Frank
Drake. Dinner was served at noon,
and the afternoon was given over to
games, including the Tipping of
horse-shoes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Phillis
report quite an enjoyable motor trip
to Barnesville, Belmont county, Sun
day, the 18th, with a supplemental
junket to Wheeling, w. Va. The
features of this trip to Wheeling
were the novel first-outside-O Ohio ad-
venture of Mrs Phillis at the age
of 72, and their observation of the
precipice where Maj. Samuel Nc
Cullough jumped his horse 800 feet,
in his classical escape from the
scaIping Indians. Charles thinks he
would want the saddle-girth pretty
tight if he were to duplicate the act
of the gallant major.
Mrs. Sarah Ralph of Neelyville is
visiting Mrs. Emma Tannehill of
the village.
Joe Gill of Steubenville is guest
of the DR.. H. L. Fiscus home.
Home From 4 1,214 Mile Trip
Mrs. Hazel Gilliland returned
home Wednesday, the 10Th, from a
redoubled motor trip that rolled up
1,214 miles of dust to settle back on
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois landscape,
to say nothing about the enormous
number of grasshoppers that were
run down or showed to one side or
the other as their car plowed it's
way westward and eastward. De-
parting Sunday, the 18th, in COM
pany with her brother, Dean Rex,
the two continued westward to AL
edo, Mercer county, Illinois, the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Miller.
AS guests of the Millers, the two
sauntered a wheel along the banks
of the Mississippi river and saw
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

brarian Paul Az r. Noon. More than.
1900 applications for the travelling
library service have been filed by
schools, granges,a women's clubs
parent-teacher association groups,
hospitals, state institutions and
civilian conservation corps camps
asking for collections ranging from
100 to 500 books. AS result of the
unprecedented demand the library
has been forced to set limit of 100
volumes for any single request. Cir
culation figures show circulating
library increase annually from 67,-
7S5 volumes in 1893 to 240,249 vol
umes in 1885, The 1886 circulation.
will be much greater than that Of
last year, Mr.. Noon predicted.
All roads lead to Columbus for
the week starting August 81, when
the S6th annual Ohio State fair is in
progress in an improved setting at
the State fair grounds. All advance
indications point to the biggest and.
best fair ever held in Ohio Director
Earl H. Hanefeld of the state de-
partment of agriculture said. Hun
dreds of workers have been busy for
weeks recOnditioning fair grounds
and buildings and new structures
have been added for the convenience
of visitors and exhibitors Premiums
have been increased several thou
sand dollars. The "Junior Fair,'
which gives the youth of Ohio
through such organizations as the
schools, All clubs, Future Farmers
nf ma nr1 inv la
Scouts, Girl Scouts and other SINH
lar groups an opportunity to demon
strate it's skill, promises to be more
complete than at past State fairs,
according to Director Hanefeld.
Following a study made by Ohio
Works Progress Administration en-
gineers, DR.. Carl Watson, Ohio WPA
administrator, recommended that
the United States Bureau of Mines
take charge Of proposed WPA
project which will attempt to wall
off and eventually stop the 52-year-
old mine fire which has destroyed
$4O,OO0,00O worth of coal in Hook
ing and Perry counties. The State
Bureau Of Mines, under the direction
of James Berry, will cooperate in
the project, which will require an
expenditure of approximately $780,
600 in Perry county, and about
$128,000 in Hooking county, and
will provide employment for more
than 800 workers. Unless the un-
derground inferno is halted it will
continue to spread and will destroy
/ many additional mines, according to-
experts. Private and public groups
have failed in several previous at
tempts to smother out the fire,
which sometimes flares into the open
through underground 'chimneys"
and has caused the death of several
persons and large amount of live
stock. The fire started in 1884 dur
ing a strike and it's origin is dis
puted, according to Mr. Berry who
said mining company guards charg-
ed it was set by the strikers, while
the strikers claimed that it was.
started by the guards who wanted
to continue their jobs.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

and aquaplanes have thrilled vast
audiences from the Great Lakes to
the Gulf and from ocean to ocean,
as well as in many foreign countries.
Just a few of the death-defying
stunts that will be interspersed with
the regular races are: Bob Eastman
on his educated skis; Elton Holland,
worlds champion aquaplane rider, in
an exhibition Of super-skidding and
high speed turns; aquaplane riding
on stills; riding headstand on an
aquaplane; trapeZe bar act going at
high speed; "The Suicide Boat" the
most exciting and dangerous stunt
ever attempted in an outboard motor,
and many other stunts too numerous
to mention. Suffice to say there will
not be dull moment from first gun
to last in the 1886 Mid-East Regatta.
Prizes - be given in addition TO
the Dawes award will attract the ace
drivers of the country. Approx
mately 100000 in cash prizes for
professionals and a multitude of
othher valuable trophies and prizes
will furnish sufficient incentive to
start the creme de la creme Of out
board racers, both professional and
amateur, in q unanimous trek toward
Ohio's pioneer city late IN August.
Each afternoon OF the regatta will
feature fast five-mile races together
with the usual three-heat events for
A, B, G and r rated motors and one
grand free-for-all. All stock motors
and divisional drivers win be eligible
to compete In the Dawes Cup event
which viii be run on tn three heats
over q fouT-mfle course, tho last
named race being feature Of the
second ana ftnal day of tho regatta.
An OF which covers tho essential
information directly concefnin1 the
Nid-East Regatta needed BY the
Thousands of fans who win rec this
great event, but ft n only q part Of
Whist yisitoss will - when they 60
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27
Morgan County Thursday

Iowa where her tall corn comes
down to meet the rough-hewn river
bluffs and leaves in the mind of the
tourist most contradictory impress
sion of the general surface of the
Hawkeye state. They visited the
fish-town of New Boston, ILL.,, which
cherishes the historic claim that it
was originally surveyed by no less a
notable engineer than Abraham Lin
coin. At Aledo, social and busi-
ness call was paid Mrs. Mary Walls,
widow of James Walls, of Ohio,
whose name.and knowledge OF him
is almost exclusively sealed with a
deceased generation. Mrs. Gilliland
emphasizes the effect of the drought
and the grasshopper blight to Illi-
nois with the statement of 40 per-
cent corn crop, which applies almost
equally to Indiana.
A birthday dinner was given at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Nc
Kibben, Fourth street, McConnels-
vile, Aug. 20, in honor of their one
year old daughter, Barbara McKib-
ben. Those present were Mrs. Jessie
Nelson, Mrs. Paul Miller and son
Bobby, Mrs. James Nelson and chill
dren Mary, Eleanor and Ramon, all
of Woodgrove Those of immediate
residence present were Mrs. Don
Matson and daughter Patty and Mrs.
Jane Lindimore.
Changes In Manchester Township
The older people cannot help but
notice the change wrought in the
last ten years upon the industrial
face of Manchester township. For
years it was rather secluded spot
where people lived gently in villages
and upon farms with a somewhat
narrow perspective of the world.
The advent of good roads, changed
school facilities, which taken with a
| natural working of the laws Of ma
ture, have, during the past decade
thrust this section forward at pace
somewhat bewildering and no less
| disconcerting at times to elder
folks This industrial change which
proceeded from a natural depletion
| of the soil in many localities and
from a very definite failure of the
| farm to provide a livelihood under
pressure of the mechanical times,
altered the farmers attitude toward
the farm and he was easily persuad-
ed into other fields of more readily
| remunerative endeavors. Today in
| a genuine sense there is scarcely
more than a handful of what might
be termed true-dirt farmers in the
| township, and among these there
are those with sons who have life
preseryer" jobs on the state or coun-
| ty highways and in the schools, and,
the true-farmer, himself too may be
| occupied with a more gainful aux
| iliary pursuit. There never was any
we'll founded reason for city people
associating the odor of new mown
hay with every fellow who hailed
from the sticks, and hailing him
with 'well, how's crops?" Even
back there, the struggle for exist
ence to many was bound up little
with the success or failure of crops
l-he was just laborer and he rails
ed his family and never got beyond
a laborer. Today, Manchester town
ship has an industry that is coming
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

of the greatest girl tumblers and
athletes.
THE TIERNEY TROUPE -
Juggling clubs at machine-gun
speed.
THE HUSTREI T TRO U P E.
High wire bicycle balancing sensa-
tion.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Three well-known buffoons pre-
senting their famous acrobatic and
comedy boxing act.
MILTON TROUP E.
"World's Champion Barrel Jump
ers."
AERIAL BAUERS- Perform.
ing at height of 80 feet.
GRAHAM'S WESTERN RID
ERS-By popular acclaim, Ora.
HAMS Western Riders are playing
a return engagement at the Ohio
State Fair, introducing the famous
Juvenile Family of Graham's West
ern Riders.
BILLY count" DE ARMO-
Count De Armo will amuse every.
one with his comedy antics.
NEELD'S CONCERT BAND
A group of excellent musicians.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

COLUMBUS (Special)-Visitors
to the Seth Ohio State Fair at Co.
lumbus, August 81 through Sep.
tember 4, will witness some of the
worlds most sensational outdoor
acts in connection with Modern
Arabian Nights" the hippodrome
attraction given nightly in front of
the grandstand.
The entertainment will be eli.
NAKED by a spectacular fireworks
display. The complete program of
acts follows:
JAMIE GRAVES "Daredevil
lady aerialist." Performing at a
height Of 115 feet, doing sensation
al perch and aerial ladder gymnas-
tics, and completing her act with a
$50 foot slide for life suspended
by her teeth. No nets or safety
devices.
COOKS COMEDY FORD
Cook and his troupe will create
gales of laughter with the comedy
Ford.
FIVE WONDER GIRLS-Euro-
pean importation, presenting five
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

i Unless all signs fail the ninth an
nual Mid-East Regatta, scheduled for
August 1920 on the famous Muskin<
gum River course at Marietta, Ohio,
should be q natural. Keen rivalries
that developed during the 1885 re-
gatta will be injected into this year 8
speed-orgy and that always assures
plenty of fun, thrills and excitement
for the spectators.
Chief among these will be the ex-
pected personal tilt between w. w.
Everett, Tulsa, Oklahoma, two-time
winner Of the Charles G. Dawes
Gold Cup Trophy, and Lew Carlisle,
East Islip, New York, who won the
cup in 1885 and kept Everett from
gaining permanent possession OF the
much coveted prize. Everett is ex-
pected back with blood in his eye for
another try at taking the trophy for
keeps. OF course there will be others
with equally serious intentions for
Ray Pregenzer, George Martin, Hub
Myers and Dick Neal each have q
one time win to their credit and If
they are In the lineup at starting
time anything is liable to happen
and probably will. On the other hand
q new winner may develop changing
the entire picture.
However, Carlisle is the present
possessor of the cup and he Is ex-
pected to put up the toughest opposi-
ton to Everett's hopes. In any
event the set-up should provide the
fans with plenty Of what It takes to
make a regatta a genuine and sure
fire thrill attraction.
sAnother unusual feature OF this
years regatta win be the Inter-
national Nautical Stunt Team. The
reputation Of this team is tnterna-
tional. They have appeared In over
$50 news reels, innumerable sports
Aims and before thousands Of spec
tators. Their amazing Jumps through
tho air IN motor boats and on skis
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27
Heated Contest for Charles C. Dawes
y Gold Cup Trophy Will Mark Ninth 7
Running of Mid-East Regatta
Ouboard Speed Classic at Marietta Ohio August 1920
Will Bring Noted Rivals Together for Another Try
At Possession of Famous Regatta Award
international Nautical Stunt Team Will Provide Thrills
Galore Program of Sensational and Death Defyng Stunts

to Marietta. They will sec Marietta
at her best in late Summer nesting
in the magnificent Muskingum Valley
at the confluence of the Ohio and
Muskingum rivers.
They will see city with less than
one percent of foreign-born popula-
ton, with beautiful homes, fine
churches and schools and q college
that numbers among its alumni men
prominent In many national fields OF
endeavor. They will see a city tden.i
titled with the nations earliest his
tory. They will see city In which
the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anni-
versary Of the Adoption of the Ordi-
nance Of 1787, the Settlement OF
Marietta, and the Establishment OF
Government In the Northwest Terri
tory will be celebrated during 1887
and 1888.
They will see many spots Of his
torical interest such as Campus Mar
thus Museum, Prehistoric Indian
Mounds and the original Ohio COM
pany Land Office Building, that at
tract tens of thousands Of Avisitorsp
every year from every part Of this.
country and Canada.
80, Wulte Lne 0IO-EaSC EteSatIa Will
be the headline attraction, there Will
be many things Of interest to cause
visitors to want to unger on q while,
In this grand old city Of the North
west.
During tho regatta ample seating.
facilities win be provided In beauti-
fully shaded parks on both banks o.
the Nuskingun. e - an ideal set4
up for thrilling, interesting. sxctt&l
ing ana altogether entertaining sxA
hibition Of slilL speed ana endure
ance on the one hand, and . sloriouA
opportunity to steep oneself In H.
hallowed traditions cf N age-0ld'
community on tho o&hees Il Wou1e
be = rtaz = mi1 sithses Lii 4 . j
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27
Legal Notice
ate of Ohio. Morgan County

State of Ohio, Morgan County
Probate Court
To the fiduciary. the legatees, dew
isees and heirs at law and next of
kin, and all creditors and the attor-
neys. if any, for such persons, of the
following estates:
Eva Shilling, Schedule of Debts.
Kate Hook, Schedule of Debts.
William Johnson. Schedule of Debts.
Agnes A. McVeigh. Schedule of
Debts.
You are hereby notified that pro-
ceeding as noted above has been filed
in said estate and the same will be
for hearing before this Court on the
10th day of September, 1886, at 10000
o'clock a. m.
Any person desiring to except to
said proceedings as hled, must
file exceptions thereto at least five
days prior to day set for hearing, or
be forever barred
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge.
Probate Court. Morgan County. Ohio.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27
HOW FAR DO SNAKES STRIKE?

How far can. poisonous snakes
strike? About one-half to three
fourths their length, says the United
States bureau of biological survey.
/ The greater distance is rarely reach
ed even during times of extreme ex-
element, and thes longer strokes
have little accuracy. 1t is common
ly believed that they strike their full
length or greater distances.
In striking at an object snake
simply stralghtens out the S-shaped
curves in it's body with great speed,
When coiled it uncoils about half of
the front part of it's body and hurls
that part forward from a looped po-
sition. Snakes can strike short dis
tances from almost any position.
The western diamond back rattle
snake, when excited, frequently rails
es it's head 10 to Is inches above
the ground. From this position it
strikes sideways and downward
Poisonous snakes often misjudge
distance in striking at objects. Ven
ON flying from their fangs, when
they strike at objects beyond their
reach, accounts for stories of Ameri-
can snakes splitting poisons. An At
rican species really does this.
! Reports of persons bitten by ven
omous snakes indicate that in most
cases the victims were bitten on the
legs or feet. High topped boots or
heavy leggings therefore are an ef-
ficient safeguard against most at
tempts of snakes to bite.
! S,DaTu {, r U,vr,ru,u
! announcement that state civil ser.
vice examinations for nine classifica-
tions will be conducted Aug. 26 and
27 in four key cities, Columbus, To-
ledo, Cleveland and Cincinnati, was
made by Chairman w. B. Francis ol
! the state civil service commission
The tests will be held for account
ant, grade three; auditor, grade
three; bookkeeper, grade one; ac-
countant, grade two; auditor, grade
two; field agent for the Ohio school
for the deaf: planning officer, archi-
tect group at Ohio State University
steamfitter, Ohio State University
and supervisor of factory and build
ing inspection. Detailed informa-
be obtained by writing to the com
mission, Chairman Francis said.
The greatest demand in the his
tory Of the state library for travel
ing library collections is being ex-
perienced. according to State Ii
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

to the forefront and giving more
regular employment to a greater
number of employees than was re-
corded in the hey-day of it's agricul-
tural growth-and that is the coal
mining industry. There are six coal
banks in the southern part of the
township now giving employment to
more than Is people.
All men and boys living within
the Reinersville school district, who
are interested in recreation ball,
will meet one mile north of the
school building, this Thursday even
ing at o'clock, to scalp the dia-
mond.-M. L. Bunce.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

Procurement Division, Public Build
ings Branch, Washington, d. c., Aug
20. 1886. Sealed bids in duplicate will
be publicly opened in this office at 10
A. NJ, Sept. A, 1886, for seeding and
planting at the U. S. p. O. at Nc
Connelsv1lle, OhIo. Drawings ana
specifications, not exceeding one set,
may be obtained from the Custodian
of the building or at this office in the
discretion of the Assistant Director
of Procurement, Public Buildings
Branch. w. e. Reynolds, Assistant
Directnr
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

flying into action.
First they called the fire DEPART
ment, advising them to take pull
motor and oxygen tanks. Then they
summoned a physician.
When the hremen arrived. they
found Mrs. Walter w Grabbing un-
conscious, with a two-month- -old
baby and another of two and one
half years in the adjoining room.
She had been overcome by fumes
from cleaning furniture. When the
doctor arrived he said help had come
just in time
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

phOne operator.
Il think I'm
ov ercome by
gas, I'm alone
with two small
babies, pie Sc
h urry." u the
voice continued.
That was all.
ut it W as
enough to send
Mrs. Sabo and
her supervisor.
M iss B etty
Connau u ghtoi1,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27
PHONE Brings AID
To VICTIM OF GAS
CIeveIa nd Woman Makes
Call In Time to Summon
Assistance

Operator. do something for me-"
came a cry of distress over the lima
to Mrs. Mary Sabo, Cleveland tele-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-08-27

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