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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-08-26
MEISTER REUNION HELD AT
JOHN II. ADAMS HOME

The Meister reunion was held
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John r. Adams of Kennebec ridge,
with 25 present. A picnic supper
was enjoyed. The guests present
were the five sisters and families.
Mrs. VIM. Huffman and daughter
Gladys of Colorado Springs, Col,
Mrs. VIM. Becker and family and
Mrs. Emma Wellman and family OF
Marietta; Mrs. Carrie Ludwig and
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-08-26

family, st. Clairsville, and Mrs.
Louis Meister, mother of Mrs. Ad-
ans, and family, Of Marietta.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

During those 10 years the At. woods were to receive $250 month ly. Another Atwood, brother of the two involved in the litigation, als was given one-eighth of Fl Sauz ranch and was to receive $500 monthly.
 Heirs Charge Maladminlstration
 The Atwood suit sought a re- ceivership and an accounting of the $40,000,000 ranch properties. It charged that the trusteeship had clouded the title of the Atwood properties; that the trusteeship failed to dissolve in 1885 as pro- vided in the will, but kept right on operating; that the Atwood prop erty of the empire, consisting of barren brushland over which 'stocker" steers roam, the land supporting one COW to about 10 acres, an almost unbelievably low ratio.
 The trustees are Robert J. Kle- berg, Jr., ranch manager, and Rep. resentative Richard Kleberg, both King grandchildren; Caesar Kle- berg, cousin of Robert; John D. Finnegan, Samuel c. Ragland, and Richard King, Jr.
 Huge Mortgage Made
 They contend that the suit wac the result of an old enmity between the late Mrs. Henrietta King and the Atwood family, and that the trusteeship continues in effect be- cause 1t is the most efficient way of handling the ranch's far-fiung af. fairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
HOW ABOUT YoUsEp
I love to travel, go places, don't youse? And best of all a luxury liner cruise.

Signs of the times A South Main street emporium offers this in one wndow-120 days to Xmas. In the other-Worms Y. . . And little farther along one may pause and read-Ic on Pare Francas Otherwise the familiar old street much the 1t many years back when such firms as Harders held forth, not to mention Dodges Shoe store Hotchkiss & Templeton, Brown the Halter Bohs Meat Market Jacobs Pawn Shop, Captain Shows Fish Market Trumbulls Dry Goods store and host of others And there were such we-known and such fney-conducted cafes, symbolic of the high type of who conducted them as Thom- mic Guests, Gallaghers, Watts Schlitzs and others that escape the memory now They are all gone, but as you wander down the old thoroughfare you might imagine them back once in place of the modern emporums and their modern store fronts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

Also brought out was e mort gage of $3,000000 to pay inheri- tance taxes. and to provide working capital. This, the trustees say, does not cloud the Atwood title in case they should wish to sell. This is an arrangement with the Humble oil O., which loaned the money and accepted oil and gas leases for 20 years interest. By paying $4 an acre to the estate as @ whole, any section or part of the ranch properties may be cleared of the mortgage. The two Atwoods, with their two-eighths of the lower ranch, inherited so,94s acres. Pre- sumably by paying something over $323, 3,000 the Atwoods could clear their inheritance.
 Accounting Demanded
 Their request that the King ranch be thrown into receivership being denied, the Atwoods still have a suit for an accounting of the trus- tee management for the period from 1925 to 1885. The trustees answer VAiAo ASduC0t " ouyAAS SAASy bdVS HAA accounting in 1895.
 Then, they say, the Atwoods did not answer requests for advice on the division of the property, so the will was followed. The Atwoods could sell to the King trustees, and probably will, observers believe.
 Tn the meantime, the trusteeship continues to administer the affairs of the mesquite-studded two- eighths in remote Fl Sauz ranch, where @ few Mexicans watch ami- ably and sleepily over c few scat tered head of none- too-good cattle; where towns are 40 miles and more apart and where perhaps not one resident in 20 speaks English; where water is scarcer and often moro valuable than gasoline and where the ground bakes under an over- zealous sun; where deer and wild turkey and jackrabbits are the chief crop and the greatest attractions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

Wandering and meanderng The old Waterbury Club before that the Dr. Alfred North residence is fast returning to the dust whence it sprang We mean the building not the organzaton) Wreckers are busily engaged in ripping its old tmbers and patchwork apart Piles of lumber lie in deected fashion on the banks that era of Waterbury history that is overlooked the mod ern generations Wonder what is happening to the lovely paneng that graced the rathskeller of the club still to in recent years when decay had set in?
 In 1894 the Waterbury Club took over Dr. North's spacious residence set in the midst of weknown phy- scians' homes-Drs. Rodman and Barber, Sr., to the south Dr. Graves to the north . |. It was always the exposure of eyes in those days dgnfed manuactur CTS entered it's portals departed usually in horse drawn equipage later in the newfanged automobile The long walk up to the front steps from North Main was favore spot for kids with wagons or on skates, until the steward would chase them away or the pa them up North Main Street and into its many alleys and crannies in and around the foot of Cooke Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

keVen one brush covered county.
 Nations fall, the budget is unbal- anced, and crises shake the four corners of the world, but this pri- vate empire which spills its acres over parts of all of eight counties goes right on its own-some say automatic way.
 Receivership is Denied A federal courts denial to Edwin and Ethel Atwood of an application to place the ranch in receivership was just one more sign to cinch the fact that the empire raises 8 solid front against any dissolution. The Atwoods, who live in Chicago, are grandchildren of the late Richard King and Mrs. Henrietta King, whose will they are attacking. Their suit for $4o,000,000 accounting is still pending.
 The will provided that the At- woods should receive one-eighth each of the combined 323, ,790-acre Novias East and Fl Sauz ranches, a sub-division, so to speak, of the entire King empire.
 This division, however, and other family bequests, was to be preceded by 10-year trusteeship during which the entire King holdings were to be administered by a board of trustees. Mrs. King died in 1925. The trusteeship was to end in March, 1885,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
LOVES VIGIL

The street has poplar trees like watchmen tall, And pansy beds of rainbow hue And best of all 1t guides my feet in peace
 To the house of Joy and you never knock and walt for eager hands
 To touch the door of paradise, For you have heard the closing of the gate And wait to look into my eyes. Only the iarkspur by the mantle clock
 can know enchantments chastened glow, Our silent vigil by the hearthstone's light The story of the long ago.
 - --0EoROE L. LEE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

A voice from the past It was like old times to pick up the phone yesterday and be greeted with fam
 iar voice - that of Irving Hinkleman who left fair city some years back to seek his fame and fortune in the big city of New York Irving will be well recalled ill tennis and musical circles in this town for he shone in both He good tennis player and still is, for two years ago took love set from Manuel Aonzo the former Spanish Davis Cup star, in Brooklyn, N. Y. tourney Irving used to hit the ball from the portsde and probably the best lefhanded player developed our local courts for he just that product of the park and old Elks Club courts He was also fine piano player and could rattle the keys like nobodys bus In this respect he and Francis Pyne who tangled in many matches on the courts, alike Irving's first request for tennis match We hope he secured one before passing on through town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

Purely personal |. . Brendan Biff Flaherty, may or of the East End and of the best divers de- veloped at Crosby High has hand from accept ing congratulations His wife presented him with six pound boy at St. Mary's hospital last week. The newcomer will be christened Brendan Maurice when his mother, Nora Spellman, is released from the Franklin Street institution early next week Rosa. lind Russell Waterbury's cinemaland gift, just re- ceived unique electric fan from European admirer. The instrument is about the size of fountain pen, operates flashlight battery and has two small, folding blades which provide surprising flaming pow CT. The novelty fits comfortably in handbag Ann Bowie, Mary Gadney, Muriel Harrington, Mae Laly and Mary Shugrue postcard from Walnut Beach where they are enjoying the water.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
Tall Tower
 Topics
Good Evening.
IMPERFECT ENDING
BY THE MAN IN THE TowEE

When you come to the end of perfect day After travelling many many miles; You pull up at inn that looks pretty nice, And sally into the lobby all smiles. The family in the car wait eagerly, They're keen to sit down and sup; What blow when the desk clerk says Sorry sr we're all filled up" When you come to the end of perfect day And have finished perfect golf game; As homeward you drive along the wooded road, Your thoughts on dinner and the little dame. With a song in your heart you cover the miles, You have visions of a steak and berry pie; The awakening Sad the wifes out with friends, It's then that fellow wants to cry. When you to the end of perfect day, Happiness and pep truly blending; That's when the rude awakening comes To more less imperfect ending
 FEM. Ed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
BY GORDON TURRENTINE NEA Service Special Correspondent

Kingsyille, Tex. Aug. 26-The great King Ranch, which has withstood armed assault by riders from the border has also just whstood legal assault on the unity of the fence-walled kingdom
 There little surprise Texas at the fure Of the first ITS move in Richard King people here would be amazed two than the King Ranch dropped
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26

SIas Whffletree of Fluteville says it's surprising the number of tralers that head north through the alley. They're common on the road, he says, as trucks. Just the other night, he told one camped near his farm and in the few hours they there they did days work including big wash, house. cleaning, baking and whatnot Sas allows he'd rath- CT travel around in his Ford and take his comfort in hotels or tourist houses. "Im farmer" said Slas, "but no gypsy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
King Empire" WithStands All Attempts
 Of Heirs And State To Divide Its Acres
Texas Ranch Is Successful In Court Battle to Keep
 Original Lands Intact

This is the last adventure vast King Ranch of Texas most absorbing modern mystery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01

Francis G. Addison. jr., presi.
dent Of the Security Savings and
Commercial Bank. and representa-
tive Of the Board Of Trade on the
committee, was high in his praise
Of the opportunity offered the
three boys. He said:
II was very much impressed
with the caliber and character
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01

of whom we had to make the
selection, and with their grasp
of the opportunity that Mr..
Hearst's offer meant to them
educatiOnally.
TT was a pleasure 20 have
served with the judges In the
selection of these fine young
representatives of America, and
it was indeed a difficult task
to select the winners from so
fine a group of boys. / am sure
that they will greatly benefit
from their trip"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01

ORESSMAKER STYLES! MAILLOT TYPES
NEW CONSERVATIVE SKIRTED MODELS
We've had lots Of Bathing Suit Sales in our Bus
ment but none of them have brought you volu
like this one! Stunning Models-desiqned
enhance your figure and give you the ultimo
in swimming comfort! Bro-lift Types! Holt
Necklines! and 2-pc. effects! Black. Brow
Red. Green. Royal, Pastel Colors, White
Solid .Colors contrasting combinations
Colorful Prints. Sizes from "a to "A.
BASENIENT-BEACH SHOP
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
COAT DEPT.
Housewares

500 SAMPLE CURTAIN SQUARES. Fine
quality curtain marquisettes, RA
nets and rayons ........... ca. Ely
SIS CURTAIN STRIPS ~ pairs OF cur
tains that sold from 81 to $l.59 pair.
Each Each strip about I6 yds. long. 1QR
Some are damaged. ....... ca. log
$50 PRS. SAMPLE CURTAINS 1880 to
S9c values). Priscillas, Tailored Ok
and Cottage Sets .....pr. OeDE
So PRS. FORMERLY $1.29 DRAPES
(Homespun, printed sateen RML
and crash) .,,.,.,p mr.. DOG
150 FORMERLY $1.59 GLAZED
CHINTZ BEDSPREADS. mn
(Floral patterns) ........ OJC
10 FORMERLY S1.99 CRIB SIZE CAN.
DLEWICK SPREADS. on OM
Bunny pattern) ....ea, - $50
IS PRS. FORMERLY Sl.79 and Sl.9S
DOTTED BEDROOM PRIS-
ella CURTAINS. pastel @T OR
colOrS). Pair ...,.,, SLSSS
G E9SMIH sFp ssss sAaPLE $I.5S
PAINTED STRIPE PORCH @U NJ
AWNINGS. Greatly reduced. Loo
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
Judges Call
Carriers Far
.AbOUeAUerOUe

Europe will get almost much of the COM
ling trip offered by William Randolph Hearst representa-
tive carrier boys for The Washington Times Hearst
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-01
5 & SUPER EVENTS 4
|ANDLSE! NO MAIL OR PHONE ORDERS ON THESEy

& sIhD salsd ("' s9oss5 :; Size. sn' SOC
" BANDEAUX Originally 59c). OOk
Broken sizes. Each .......... soy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
20 Patronize Hamilton Industries gs
End of "Red Squad" Sought

PORTLAND, Ore. (ILNS).-Scor-
ing Portland's police "red squad for
running wild" in its intimidation OF
liberals and liberal organizations, the
Oregon committee of the Civil Liber-
ties Union is pushing a drive to abol-
ish the squad. In cooperation with
the local Lawyers Guild, the commit
tee is conducting an investigation into
the squads activities, following con-
demnation of police methods by the
Methodist Minister'S Association. In
a recent statement, the Rev. Richard
M Steiner, chairman of the Oregon
committee of the A.C.L.U. called for
the disbandment of the red squad on
the ground that under the guise of
fighting communism, which may or
may not be a police function, the
squad has abridged and violated the
rights of thousands of citizens of this
community"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

Used ever since, especially Of late
To stop all discussion Of anything
newspapers do
A Free Press
Has been made to include
Child labor for circulation mana
gers
Unlimited hours and starvation
wages for editors and ''leg-men"
Scab printers in the printing depart
ment
Controlled editorials, kowtowing to
advertisers
Advertisements, masquerading as
news items
Lying headlines, unsupported by
news stories
Manufactured news, garbled news,
distorted news
Assumption of police powers inter-
ference with police
Publicity persecution, with or with
out blackmail--
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
BILL TO PROMOTE
RESIDENTIAL BLDG.
Passed by House and is Sped
Toward Early Enactment
Washington, D. G. (ILNS).


The emergency housing bill, de-
signed to promote residential building
by liberalizing financing provisions OF
the National Housing Act OF 1884
was passed by the House and prompt
" laid before the Senate with the ap-
proval of the Banking and Currency
Committee. The bill was amended in
some respects by the committee, put
it was expected to be reconclled with
the House version in conference and
pressed toward final enactment
The bill was sharply attacked in the
House. but only small vote was cast
against it. Charles L. Clifford OF
Massachusetts, who identified himself
as a real estate man for the last 4O
wears, said "this bill is merely
gesture" James P. Wolcott, of Mich
igan. said similar things and said
them longer.
Hamilton Fish Of New York, who
really knows how to "cuss OUT
thing when he tries, said:
From the point of view of the
present depression, it (the bill) is
false alarm; it is a fraud; it is
hoax gigantic hoax"
But he prefaced this denunciation
by saying: Il propose to support this
bill;;" and when the fireworks We're
over, the bill passed by vote of 324
i to %.
Henry B. Steagall Of Alabama, in
opening the discussion, directed at
tention to the housing shortage.
| "The volume of residential con
struction," he said, dropped from an
average Of $3,504, 100000 from 1925
to 1880 to 81, ,206, 900, 900 in 1886, and
an estimated $1,250, ,ooo,oo in 1887.
Thus while industrial production
as whole is over 80 per cent Of the
1925 to 1880 average, residential con-
struction is only 81 per cent of that
/ W tItiS ItPOit.
The report on which Steagall re-
/ lied was made by Robert L. Davidson,
director Of housing research for the
John B. Pierce Foundation, and Peter
A. Stone, Chief Of Construction Sta
tistics for the WPA.
Steagall went on to say that the
/ bill looks to an increase in employ
ment, not only in the building trades
but in the industries supplying build
ing materials, and went on:
"To me, the most important of
all is the purpose to increase the
construction Of homes. Nothing
can mean more to the stability of
! our institutions and to wholesome
social conditions in this nation
Than to enlarge independent home
ownership for the families of the
| land"
This appears to have been the gen
eral feeling; and even those who, like
Fish, declared that it would not work
at this time, admitted that it had to
be tried.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

To hound honest public officials
To railroad innocent men to Jail
In the Name of Free Press
il 4
Freedome of the Press
Has been interpreted by the Courts
TO mean: freedom to print anything
But take the consquendes if it
damaged anybody wrongfully
Where they have press censorship
1t is used to protect privileged per-
sons
To guard military secrets
To control the thinking of a nation
under relationships
Then, there is some news which is
not "fit to print"
so use thine own, as not to harm
another
Ii the old rule Of property rights"
When the American Press keeps
within that rule
We shall have a Free Press
Meanwhile, it is often used as a
smoke screen
Or dirty rag to smear" a critic
Of special privilege.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
HE DESERVES A BONUS
(From Business Week.

Probably no bonus will be given to
the inspired printer who caused an
American Newspaper to say in Paris
dispatch that General Gouraud at
sunset rekindled the blame at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

Safe driving at a moderate speed
requires nothing but self-control and
strong rear bumper.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

Never believe the man who says
he is boss in his own home. He will
lie about other things too
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31
Truths Pondered While
Riding at
Anchor
Then gently scan
your brother man"
Ry MIR. MOdestus-.
BY Mr.. Modestus-

Congress shall make no law.
Abridging .. the freedom Of the
press i.
That is what the Constitution says
In the first one of the amendments
adopted
Which thereafter became one of the
Holy Words
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

irresponsible arrogance, character
istic Of absolute power
49,
The Associated Press was free
To SUPPRESS the name of Eugene VI
Debs for ten years
To pin the label of "Bolshevik" on
organized labor in America
Daily newspapers have been free for
decades
To deceive the public about strike
news
To take millions Of dollars for lying
advertisements
To make America "too hot" for
great aviator and his wife
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-12-31

TO print political canards and cam
paign lies
To print a supplement Of Cuban
propaganda in news form
Which was in fact paid advertise
ment-
To circulate lies and misleading
statements of fact
In order to confuse and betray the
members of labor unions
To play it's readers for suckers who
would believe anything
To charge advertisers for balloons Of
circulation
TO cover up crooked politics
The Washington times., 1937-11-29

THESE and other current fig.
= ures prove this decline has
been sleeper and of greater
intensity than any other. But
that very fact in itself now is
encouraging the general i'm
preston than the adjustment
stage should be reached earlier
than expected. Of course, the
economists can be wrong again.
Political developments and
even winter weather could be
offsetting factors in a situation
as delicate as this one. A hard
winter with floods, for instance,
would overturn government
spending and budget calcula-
tions, also buying power next
year. Political developments in
broad perspective, h o weyer,
seem to be on the encouraging
side.
Thus the guessing seems to
boil down to as good an answer
as there is available.
y 4 =
NOTEs-Commerce Secretary
IN Roper is still predicting
Christmas business will be bet.
ter than last year, but few econ.
omists privately agree with him
Many current figures are
being made to look much better
than they are. The favorite
trick is to use figures for the
first nine months of the year,
thus minimizing the situation of
the last quarter.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Voice of the People

comes q reality we must Of neces-
sity be forced to suffer much
jnequitable legislation. ...-
It may be Of incidental con-
cern to the Cabinet lady that
possibly this ordinance was
adopted to safeguard the lives
Of the market patrons in a Sec
tor that is bordered by narrow
streets and where much auto
mobile traffic plies to and from
the Government department
area and the downtown shop
ping centers.
To those Of US who feel that
drastic steps must be taken in
order that the high death toll
on our streets might be leSSened,
Captain Miller must be compli-
mented for the audacious stand
he has taken, and, if more police
effort were exerted in enforce
ment of existing ordinances, the
District Of Columbia then could
seriously direct its efforts for q
long-cherished ambition Of be-
coming the nations foremost
city Of safety. CWAR.
The Washington times., 1937-11-29
Marry-GO-
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND


IF the Christmas shopping list
l. is ready and its total exceeds
your weekly budget, be careful
what you serve your husband
before breakfast before you
hand him the bad news. For
upon a mans breakfast hangs
the Joy or misery Of a whole day
or q whole weekI
A man may daily with the
enemies Of his digestion at his
luncheon and escape all penalty.
Even at the dinner table he may
take issue with his doctors
orders and openly defy them
but his BREAKFAST is his
Waterlool
One soggy muffin, one tough
waffle, one overdone chop. can
evoke q tempest, beside which
the wreck Of the Hesperus was
nothing.
Why is q Frenchman so light
hearted and full Of gaiety? Be-
cause his breakfast consists Of
a hot drink and q roll that Is
lighter than new love and as
crisp as an autumn morning.
An Englishman, on the other
hand. is stodgy before lunch,
and a little duh until after din
ner-for his morning meal Of
porridge and mullins and bloat.
ers and sausages is heavier than
. London fog.
But the American is as it,
terry as q tap-dancer! For he
snatches his bacon and eggs
and gulps them down between
the shower-bath and the $50
train; he swallows his coffee be-
tween the latest murder story
and the stock market reports,
and that is why he Is so often
full Of completes.