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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
Ordinance No. 292

An ordinance to regulate the trim
ming and the removal of trees in the
public streets, avenues. highways ana
public places in the village Of McCon-
nelsville, Ohio.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council
Of the Village of McConnelsville.
State of Ohio: :,
Sec. l. No person or persons shall
cut break trim, prune or remove or
procure the cutting, breaking, trim
ming, pruning or removing of any
trees in a public street, avenue, high
way or public place in the Village of
McConnelsville, Ohio, without per-
nit from the Mayor
Sec 2. The Mayor may issue per-
nit to the property owner or prop
erty owners to trim, prune or remove
tree or trees when it is deemed
necessary to preserve the tree or trees
or to protect the safety of the public.
No such permit shall be granted until
written application is made to the
Mayor. In case of trees located in
the public streets avenues or nigh,
ways the application shall be signed
by the abutting property owner or
owners and the application form shall
contain a provision indemnifying the
Village against all losses and claims
for damage caused by the trimming
or removal of the tree or trees and
shall state who is to perform the ac-
tual work.
Sec 8. No person or persons shall
, perform any of the actual work of
trimming or pruning any trees in the
public streets, avenues, highways or
public places in the Village of Nc
Connelsville. Ohio, without a license
from the Mayor The Mayor shall
grant no such license until a written
application has been made to him.
stating the applicants experience and
qualifications in tree surgery. Upon
the filing of any such application
the Mayor shall call an examining
board to be composed of four persons
appointed by the Mayor, who shall
satisfy themselves that the applicant
is qualified to do tree surgery. There
shall be no charge for any such appli-
granted shall be for any period of
time decided upon by the Mayor and
shall be revoked if in the opinion of
the Mayor the licensee is performing
unsatisfactory work.
Sec. 4. Any person or persons vio-
lating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in the sum of
more than Three Hundred Dollars
t$300.0O) and pay the costs of prose-
cution.
Sec. 5. All ordinances or parts Of
ordinances inconsistent with the pro-
visions Of this ordinance be and the
same are hereby repealed and this or
dinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after the earliest Pc
riod allowed by law.
Passed: In Council this 5th day of
April, 1888.
DIR. c. s. DYE. President.
Attest:
Alice Moody, Clerk.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
Wesley Chapel

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Daley ani
daughter Eloise moved Wednesday
from the Dennis Daley farm to the
AIDA Patterson farm, near McKen
dree.
son Darrell moved Thursday from
the Jesse Spencer farm, to property
in McConnelsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Gibeaut will
move this week to the Jesse Spencer
| farm.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Sullivan and
Wayne Huffman were business Wis
| itors in GAINESVILLE, last week.
Mrs. Lizzie Gibeaut spent cou-
| pie of days last week at the home
| of her brother George Ritchey, and
wife, of Bristol.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Barkhursi
attended birthday dinner at Lew
is Greer's Sunday, in honor of their
grandson. Charles Galen Greer's
seventh birthday.
Mrs. Ed Ashton is not improving
as fast as her many friends wish
She still suffers with severe pains
in her head at times. Miss Pearl
Ray of Meigs is now caring for
Mrs. Ashton.
Mrs. Barbara Derwacter visited
with Mrs. Anna Henderson of Nc
Connelsville, last week, and found
her improving nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Roberts and
daughters Maxine and Frieda spent
Sunday at Ed Ashton's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Huffman
and children Hazel and Eugene
spent Sunday at the Mrs. Barbara
Derwacter home.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
The Morgan County Democrat Thursday April

for publication leave it at our home
during the week, and we will rec
ord the same on Saturday night
when we arrive home.
Miss Beulah Foster who has been
staying with Mrs. Millie Harris on
the farm near McConnelsville, ar
rived home Saturday for an indei-
mite time.
Kay Barnes of the Whitney farm
near Bristol, sold rs young hogs one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Stegner and
Mr.. and Mrs. Vearl Newton have
moved to their new home, the Jack
son Sleeth farm, which they recent
ly purchased.
Both branches of Meigs creek
were out of their banks Saturday
overfcwing the roads, stopping
traffic in many places.
Many from this section expect tf
attend the big time in the twir
cities Wednesday.
Jas. Mitchell, Harold Fairall ane
Miss Joy Barnes Of GAINESVILLE spen
Sunday at the 1. r. Barnes home.
! Oscar Hutchins of the LELAND
farm, and r. H. Ray motored to Co
shocton, Sunday, to attend dlstrlc
meeting of the Order of Eagles.
A number from here attended thu
program at the Neelyville grangs
hall, last Friday night, and repor
a fine time.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14

This valley was covered with 2
very heavy growth of timber, OF
hard woods mostly, and the first
things the settler had to do was to
erect a cabin or shelter of some
kiad, then clear enough land TO
plant the first crop and later he
could extend his clearing and finish
The one implement necessary tC
the settler was the axe and that
and his gun were things he could
The usual method of getting the
ground ready to produce crop
was to girdle the trees SO they
would die and then he would plant
his first crop, which was nearly al
ways corn, in the ground around
would have time to cut down the
trees and then would have more
ground for the crop, later he would
remove the stumpS, usually by
burning them If the trees were of
the proper size to make logs for
his house they were cut off two or
three feet above the ground and
thus he would kill two birds with
one stone.
After he gathered his first corn
he would grind it in a rude mill at
:
handy he could mash it up at homo
into a sort of corn meal in an In
dian mill This was natural hole
in some hard stone, caused by the
action Of water whirling another
stone around and around in a
natural crevise until some depth
was acquired. The large majority
Of these were formed during the
last glacial period. Out near Ring
nv
gathering data for his book on the
glacial period, we found the finest
one of these | have ever seen, and
so far as | know it is there to this
day. The Indian would find rath-
er smooth long stone and use it as
a pestle to grind the corn in his
natural mortar
| will say just here that 1t was
in this same neighborhood that the
in Morgan county was shot. II
was given to me by the man who
killed it. and l had it mounted and
it may be seen today, in the Cit
liens National bank. 1t is not a
very noble specimen Of our national
bird, but it was an amateur job OF
mounting 1 have forgotten who
killed it and gave it to me, and II
the person who did so reads this
VIII Inauk ulIu W ItI Ilic hAO "
about it so we may have 1T for rec
ord.
When there were mills to grind
the corn, it was usually the boy OF
the family who put the corn in q
sack. tied it in the middle and used
it as a saddle to ride to mill tC
have it ground. My grandfather
told me the first mill was establish
ed near Waterford, the stones came
from near Brownsville and were :
conglomerate, that is composed o1
small fine stones packed together
with a natural cement. They wert
not suitable to grind flour from
wheat, though they would mash III
rye so it could be used. This mil
would grind a bushel Of corn IL
about five minutes, but it was mo-
bolted, you got bran and all.
I Later other mills were built alons
any creek where there was suffi
cient fall to turn the wheels, which
were usually of the overshot OF
bucket types.
Wheat was planted later on, the
first seed being brought from New
England by one of the immigrants
to Marietta. Game was plentiful
and a good fat bear furnished the
lard for the family. With corr
bread baked in the Goals of the
hearth, with slice of venisor
broiled at the fireplace, and wit
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14

plenty of whisky to wash it down,
they had royal feasts.
They had no 80 hour weeks in
those days. They were up as soon
as they could see and worked as
long as there was light. Candles
were scarce and to be used only on
state occasions. Other times the
light came from "fat" pine knots
thrown in the fireplace. This fire
width of the house If they were
really high toned they had a hole
cut in one side Of the house large
enough to admit the pulling in OF
; log three or four feet in diameter,
and on the opposite side smaller
hole through which chain might
be pulled Then the log was
!rolled up to the side of the
Yoke be of ' oxen. or cattle" as they
were usually called, hitched on and
the log drawn in the house in front
of the fireplace and then rolled back
! in the opening and used as "back
! log" which would burn for several
days, as they selected good oak
log not too dry for this purpose:
When l was youngster, | recall
that in the house next to the Rain
bow restaurant, then known as the
Judge Hanna house, but owned by
my grandfather Alderman, there
was such an arrangement, also next
to the door there was a bOot-Jack
/ fixed on a spring to keep 1t against
the wall, and when you came n
you could pull IL down, draw Off
your boots and then it would spring
back against the wall out OF the
way. l thought it very ingenious
arrangement and it was the only
one l ever saw. l took it off to keep
it, but it was lost in the 1913 food,
when the warehouse of the mill
went down the river. | lost lot
Of things l had stored there, many
of them l had collected for the pur.
pose of putting in museum, should
we ever get one here. Among oth.
er things l lost then was a beautiful
Pinkerton. who died in 1852. ! be-
lieve. I had all his old machinery
and old lumber that had aged more
than so years The library OF
Judge Gaylord, which l had pur.
chased was also stored there ana
was lost, as was a large part OF the
library of William Peter Sprague
which l had bought.
The young folks of today Nigh,
early day had much fun, but when
ever a young couple got married
they had to build cabin and al
the people for miles around came
to the '.log rollin" and they dance.
to the tune of cold Dan Tucker
and money Musk" as DR.. Naylo'
has so we'll related in two of hi'
poems.
In the fall they had "corr
shuckin's'' and the girl who founf
red ear was, for the time, yer,
popular
The older folks had their 'as
sembiies' or stylish balls anf
danced the stately minuet and Wen
through the intricate figures OF th'
square dance"
Food was always plentiful, though
perhaps we would think it a little
plain. and whisky was as free al
water
All the people were on the same
financial plane and there was nj
competition between the ladies Al
to who had the latest style dress
They were all one style.
Later, as the settlements grew II
number, schools were established
and though the teachers were no
college graduates, they succeeded II
intoxicating in the pupils some
knowledge of the three "R'S" which
was all that was necessary at tina
day
II Circuit riders came along now
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
MUSKINGUM WATERSHED
CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

Assessment No. 1-B.
To All Persons and Public Corpor-
ations Interested:
Public Notice is Hereby Given:
l. That on the 9th day of March,
1888, the Board of Directors of Mus
kingum Watershed COnservancy Dis
real property and on all public cor
porations in said District upon which
benefits have been appraised but as to
which no appeals We're then pending.
and which real property and public
corporation were not heretofore as
993 90. and has caused the same to be
recorded upon the Assessment Record
of said District, and that said As
sessment Record is now on file in the
office of the District at New Phila-
delphia, Ohio.
2. That the assessment against
any parcel Of land or any public cor
poration may be paid to the Treasurer
ancy District at any time on or prior
to the 22nd day of April. 1888, without
costs and without interest, and IL so
paid discount Of ten per cent of the
assessment will be allowed according
to law.
g.. That as soon after the 22nd day
of April. 1898, as conveniently may be,
the Board Of Directors of said Dis
trict will divide the uncollected as
provide for the collection Of interest
on the unpaid installments. and will
issue bonds bearing interest not ex-
ceeding six per cent per annum in an
ticipation Of the collection Of the sew
pursuant to the Conservancy Act of
Ohio.
w. O. LITTICK, President.
BRYCE G. BROWNING.
Secretary OF Nuskingum Water
shed Conservancy District.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
ment in West Virginia, is at his

ment in West Virginia, is at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Sohren~
son visited relatives in Fultonham,
Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Lindimore
spent Saturday evening and Sunday
with the formers parents, of this
place.
Mrs. Name Mcintyre is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Fanny Hayes OF
Chicago.
The local ball team opens the
baseball season Sunday, April "a
The first game of the season vii
be with Columbus White Sox. Il
will be played on the home field.
| Herbert Brown and George Lamb
members of York township schoo
board, attended the county boarc
meeting at McConnelsville, Satur.
day.
WPA project was started las
week on the Dry run road. A par
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
SIDE LIGHTS
LOCAL HISTORY
By
Sfanbery Alderman

For the benefit of the younger
readers and to enable older persons
to recall to mind "The Good Old
Days. l shall very briefly, sketch
the home and equipment OF the pio-
neer
Many things will be strange and
hard to define with sufficient ac-
curacy to make clear picture IN
the minds of those who have never
seen anything similar | would sug'
gest trip to Marietta and there go
in the museum and ask the curator
to point out the items mentioned
and ask an explanation of their
a collection of nearly everything
that was then used and this should
be done soon, as with the passing of
the years, they disappear, one by
one, or are scattered In my own
home may be found a great number
of the articles used and it is my re-
gret that | have no place to dis
play them.
While the early settlers labored
under what we would today con-
slider a great disadvantage, they had
been raised to use the thing at
hand to the best advantage and did
not worry about having to defr0st
the ice cabinet.
Several generations Of coping
'
life had endued them with strength
and health, and they were sustained
by the thought of a great day com
ing.
The real settlers were certainly
men of noble character and then
memory should be perpetuated. But
the women who came with them
into the new country and labored
by their side in erecting the great
est nation the world has ever seen
should be honored above all others
but rarely do we find the womer
given the credit due them for the
part they played in the founding Of
this nation.
Few of us, who have lived sc
years, and are descended from pio
neer stock, but what have heard
some of our older grandparents tel
stories of pioneer life.
When | was youngster | woulc
sit by the hour and listen to tales
t Id me, not alone by my own peo
p'e but as ! was at the old Elk Eye
mill. when not in school, of life as
j. was lived by those who first set.
ted .in- this valley.
fifty years ago some of the men
tt N considered old, were lament
ing the passing Of the Good Ole
Lays"
What would they think could
they be here today and see the ad
vances made in our so-called civili
.zation?
q l can recall men who came tt
mill and had to stay over night tC
get their grists ground, and sittine
around the stove in the mill office
they spun yarns, that should hav5
been preserved for posterity. DR.
James Ball Naylor, in his Current
Coins has caught some of the
spirit of the times and has, in 6
few of his poems, preserved loca
traditions.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14

of this project will be the elimina-
tion of two dangerous railroad
crossings over which more than 800
cars pass daily, when mine SO Is In
operation.
The above project and similar
one in Perry county is taking care
of the 600 miners who were left un-
employed as result of the shut
down OF mine 81.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Mary j. Fleming, de-
ceased:
is Crooksville, Ohio, r. D. 2, has
been appointed and qualified as adj
ministrator, with the will annexed,
of the estate of Mary j. Fleming,
deceased, late of Morgan county,
Ohio.
Dated this oath day of March, A.
D., 1888.
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge of Said County.
Emmett Abel, Attorney. 31m3
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of James L. Fleming, de-
ceased:
Barbara Fleming, whose address
is Crooksville, Ohio, R. D. 2, has
been appointed and qualified as ad-
ministrator, with the will annexed,
of the estate of James L. Fleming,
deceased, late of Morgan county,
Ohio.
Dated this oath day of March, A.
D., 1898.
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge Of Said County.
Emmett Abel, Attorney. 31m3
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-04-14
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of John M. Greer, deceas-
ed
Notice is hereby given that L. q.
Greer. of Newark, Ohio, has been
duly appointed administrator of the
estate of John M. Greer, deceased,
late of Morgan county, Ohio.
Dated this 31st day of March,
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge of Said County:
Edward Kibler, Attorney. 7a5
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ring more often with people asking
for information about kitchen venti-
lators. So We knew summer really
had come
The first place summer IS unwel-
come Is in the kitchen. No wonder
the makers of varied line Of
kitchen fans say these ventilators
are "a kitchen necessity in every
home!" A fan that draws the hot
air out of the room which Is likely
to be Steamer than any other is
truly boon to the family cook. It
is q convenience any season of the
year. but especially delightful in sum-
mer.
We have heard of a new line Of
kitchen ventilators this year, which
sell for $20.25 to $22.50, and are
easily installed in any kind Of wall.
There is one that weighs only 8 pounds
and can be mounted on such material
as wall board, where q heavier fan
would be impractical Another Ats
into any window from q to 81 inches
wide. You turn it on by pulling .
cord, which sets the fan in operation
and at the same time opens automatic
aluminium shutters which, when the
fan Is turned OF, provide protection
for the fan opening.
If your kitchen Is the hottest room
in the house why not start air-con-
ditioning with . ventilator for that
room?
\ 4 Il Il
TT TAKES initiative to plan and
build an inexpensive house which
is both good looking and durable, mod
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SUMMER BEST Time
TO IMPROVE HEATING
New Finance Plan Offered Home
Owners Installing or
Improving Plants.

Summer Is the best time to put
In 4 new heating plant or to modern.
ise the existing equipment, the Plumb
ing and Heating Industries Bureau ad-
vises.
In order to induce home owners to
undertake necessary repairs and i'm
provements during the summer, a spe-
clal summer finance plan under the
Federal Housing Act, Title I, has been
put INTO effect by the heating in
dustry and is offered by leading heat
Ing contractors.
Under the terms of the plan, a
home owner can have a new heating
plant installed or an existing plant
put IN order Immediately, but will not
be called upon for payments until
the heating season starts in the fall
Modernizing the heating plant by
the installation of a new fuel-saving
automatically fired boiler is not an
expense. says the bureau, but an in
vestment which will pay for itself in
= few years.
Other Improvements which will tend
to reduce fuel costs are the installa-
ton OF new adjustable air valves on
steam-heating plants and the addi-
ton Of balancing elbows or mechani-
cal circulation to a hot-water plant.
Replacement of old-fashioned radi-
ators with modern concealed or re-
cessed types, the addition Of deli
cately adjusted thermostats to pro-
vide positive control nf ten,rera t,,rs
and the installation of winter con-
ditioning equipment are other points
In heating modernization program.
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and buy almost any paint prime coat
that Is brought to your attention. Did
you ever stop to think that the prime
coat may play every bit as important
a part in the longevity Of the paint
job as the exterior surfacing?
With this theory in mind, q prime
coat can now be obtained which will
not only act Is rough undercoating
for the better final paint material.
but will also do an efficient job Of
filling cracks and creating . surface
for the final application which will
stand up well and long. In fact, the
makers Of this prime coat claim that
when 1t is applied it will make two
ordinary coats Of paint have the value
Of three. And because Of the hard.
pore-fllling quality of the material
your paint job will last from two to
six seasons longer.
The major difference between this
potent primer and the ordinary kind
Of fiat coating seems to be its ability
to fill the pores of the wood so that
1t will stop any weather rot which may
have started, and make the wood inn
pervious to the ravages Of the weather.
Together with this major advantage
the material also seems to do away
with the faking-off, or peeling which
causes so many nice-looking houses
to look shabby in a very short time.
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TT TAKES initiative to plan and
build an inexpensive house which
is both good looking and durable, mod
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. stick. After 1t has been put on
In this eGsy manner 1t takes only
about half m hour to dry so that the
household won't be disturbed too much
when you do this worthwhile task
The finish Is waterproof, and when
1t is necessary to clean 1t you may
do 30 by going over the area with a
mop and mild soap solution. Be-
cause of its ruggedness you don't have
to remove and reapply the finish when
the floors are cleaned, but If you
should want to take 1t of for some
reason you can easily do so with naph-
tina or other solvents.
If YOU are contemplating the re-
painting Of your home you will be
faced again with that BRAIN -whirling
task Of selecting the proper paints,
color combinations and all that, but
you will more than likely dash out
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ern In appearance and in variability.
For 20 many materials which 60 into
houses which must keep within . low
budget are fairly new. and our neigh.
bors and friends may have no houses
which utilize them. Yet substitutes
for or refinements Of wood, stone and
concrete have been used in this coun-
try long enough to have built up repu-
tations for reliability.
An asbestos cement board which
comes in large sheets, fire-resisting.
rustproof, vermin-proof, and that will
not rot, Is an example Of just this
sort OF material. It Is made, Of course.
Of asbestos and cement, the same sort
OF material We have mentioned In
these columns before in shingle form,
only larger and smooth-surfaced. It
doesn't require painting, and the light
bun shade Is pleasing, but you can
paint 1t with cement paint or size it
and use regular house paint II you
want another color.
These asbestos cement sheets are
good for exterior walls, fire-stop par.
titions and for lining for ceilings and
interior walls. 1t Is usually applied
BY carpenters. for 1t can be drilled,
punched, fastened with nails or screws
and sawed. It is used excelleptly on
an Enslnh-type house, with timberins,