Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-02-25

the small craft in and out as they
brought over the refugees and took
back kerosene or whatever was
needed at the city hall or some
where else. A sergeant of lovely
personality, who did traffic duty,
supervised hospital and / know
not what else, wanted some of the
nice people he was meeting to come
down to the armory after it was all
over and see him. It was impress
i've to see police from various states,
New York, Pennsylvania, and many
others, from Boston to Phoenix, on
service. Here is squad car from
Maryland; here is a generator out
fit set up in front of WHAS, (Out
in the county, from Charlotte, N.
C. Fishermen and deep sea sail
ors from New York and Norfolk
manned motor boats or padded
canoes where ordinarily people walk
or drive their autos. 1t is reported
that the fishermen, seeing a carload
of boats somewhere in the water,
stripped, swan in, and unloaded
them for service. 1t would actually
take volumes to tell the story Of
the rising tide and the heroic hui
man effort to take care of it. We
greatly regret the drowning of two
men, one from out of town, when
military car descending steep HILL
crossed the next street, mounted the
curb, went it's length across the mud
and plunged into deep water in a
yard.
1t would also require volumes to
describe the city after the food.
Our sunken and followed streets,
dirt and oil-stained buildings,
broken windows, plundered shelves.
cracked walls, darkened stores and
streets present a sorry spectacle.
At the new postoffice, much pump
ing did not exhaust the water and
we understand they are simply
maintaining an eight foot stage for
the time being, while big boiler
has been set up in the rear to make
stagger at heating the place, and
temporary generators supply lights
through emergency lines. There
was not as much damage from de-
stroyed buildings as might have
been expected and fortunately the
river did not cut the new channel
which some feared it was making,
for even on Broadway there was A
strong current. But there is i'm
mense loss in ruined and damaged
buildings. streets, sewers, water
mains. automobiles which were sub
merged for days, and mountains OF
household goods, especially furni-
ture and mattresses. Some left
their homes with what they could
carry in their hands; some put
: their furniture up. but not up
ried the drawers up stairs and set
them on the floor which later was
under six inches of water. Floors
buckle. paint peels off. paper is
ruined, furnaces damaged. and fur
niture simply went to pieces and
was pitched out like the frewood
1--WE used to cut for the kitchen stove.
We are deeply appreciative of the
Inquiries and interest shown by kin
and brethren in Christ None of the
church lost life; many have lost
heavily in goods, wages. etc. Lovely
indeed has been the spirit which
prompted the numerous checks and
loads of food and clothes and bed
ding which have been sent for relief.
While no appeal is made by the
church, brethren are thankful III
deed for the aid received; and are
conscientiously applying it. The eX-
tent of the needs has not yet been
ascertained, but one of the finest
stories yet heard is that of poor
sister who showed up after being
missing and unreported for long.
The preacher said, "'You will have to
have some help" But she insisted
on telling her story, and this is it in
brief: 1--WE have been laying aside a
tenth and wish to put this into your
hands to relieve the needy" 1t
counted out $50.
The comparatively low mortality
reported by the authorities is re-
markable. Also we are thankful
that no epidemic has yet broken out.
We are full of gratitude for all the
splendid spirit of fraternity, fellow
ship and general helpfulness that |
has been manifested in and out of |
the city by both "saint and sinner"
It is apt to remark just here for the |
benefit of Christians who have not |
yet discovered in their New Testa-
ments the clear obligation to preach |
the gospel to the heather, that the
ssheathen at home is a vastly differ
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ent character from the sure-enough-
heather abroad, for over there with
out even the secondary influences OF
the gospel it is unheard of that men
should build roads and bridges for
others. that anybody would serious
|y discommode himself merely to
save a life: where sick people are
put out of the house to die, and the
innocent infant is buried alive with
he mothers corpse. Some fine SER
rice was done by profane men who
likely did not know they were un-
Ter the influence of the Man of Cal
lee.
Finally, have you pondered on the
lumber, variety and magnitude of
disasters which have plagued the
world since the opening of the
World war-the greatest war OF
history, the greatest pestilence OF
history, the great drouths, the equal
Y great floods, the dust storms when
he west is picked up and dropped
nto the Atlantic, whilst the sky is
,ellow with it's fog for thousands OF
niles; the earthquakes Of such mag
litude as to receive the title, "when
he mountains walked" the attitude
f youth, the enormous increase OF
immortality and crime, the unrest
nd tension of the world, the indus
rial and political disputes, the fall
f kings, the rise of dictators, the
reat apostasy in some sections and
he almost universal decline in relig-
DIS interest, with the multiplica-