Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-04-13
Morgan County McConneve Ohio Thursday


We are sure glad to know so many
OF our readers are interested-and
Mrs. Lizzie Mcdowell has moved
i'll with her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs Everett Greer.
II one sieving is correct, Delmer
Hill and family, who have been re-
siding on the S. d. Gilliland farm
will move to the Mcdowell house
Mr.. Hill is a WPA foreman.
DO You Know?
Morgan county was named from
General Daniel Morgan of the Revo-
luton; was organized March |,
1878; area 400 square miles. IN
1887, the acres cultivated were ST.
SOC; in pasture 120,966; wood
land 1921. Lying waste, 1928;
produced in wheat, 150.256 bush
els; rye, 972; buckwheat, 240; oats,
74,190; barley, los; corn, 4S2,299;
broom corn, 800 lbs. brush; mea-
dow hay, 26,212 tons; clover hay,
els; tobacco, p1S3,oSo pounds; but
ter, 51S,583 pounds; cheese, 450
pounds sorghum, 1883 gallons;
maple syrup, 1908 gallons; honey
1882 pounds; eggs, 571, ,534 dozen;
grapes, 23,040 pounds; wine, 233
gallons; sweet potatoes, 2,126 bush
els; apples, 4,181 bushels; peaches,
1,348 busehls; pears, 1,005 bushels;
wool, 592,039 ounds; milch cows
owned, 1876; school census, 1883,
C,066; teachers, 225.
A preacher of Morgan county
James Henderson, was born Aug 6.
1917, in Ohio county, West Vir
ginia, moved with his fathers fam
iiy to Morgan county, Ohio, when
quite young-lived near McConnels-
vile, west of Wesley Chapel He
vas educated at Marietta college,
and taught for a number Of years.
lie was licensed to preach in 1885;
Joined Pittsburgh conference in
1912. He was the first P f. oe
the McConnelsville district. He died
at the Kirk house, GAINESVILLE, O.,
Sert. IA, 1871, after a few hours
illness. The following is by one OF
his companions: ''He was a true
warm hearted, sweet spirited, un-
selfish noble Christian minister. For
valuable service to the church. His
record is OH high-sudden death
was sudden glory. We shall see his
face no more, but long will his mem
ory be green among us. He was a
member of the general conference
of 1S56-1864. This man as we re-
member, was a Bloom township res
ident, and related to the Hender-
sons Of that township, and Hervey
OF Meigsville"
Sunday, before we felt men of our
age should rise and eat eggs, we
heard the rumbling of automobiles
By the time we could get our eyes
focused on the road something red
went by-firet the fire department,
flashed through our head, after we
had built the family fires, we called
g woman and found it was the HiY
boys going to the Copperas Rocks to
something. We haven't seen our
friend Dick Roberts Zone of the
boys) who will likely tell you what
happened
Hamer Wilson, who has been try
ing to put Tallytown back on the
map, whose illness we have noted
is improving and will soon be back
on the job as teacher in Bristol CEN
tralized school
To tell of who has had-and is
having flu would be much harder
than to tell who are we'll
With eggs at lac, we couldn't feel
as religious as we think we could at
zoe. Our friend Jackson James in.
formed US eff it rains on Easter, it
Will rain seven Sundays" In the
past we have found him truthful
We sort Of hoped it would rain to-
day, so we could see if he? this
t1me-and it did-if it only rains
four or six we will blame it on the
New Deal.
Some folks couldn't go to church
Sunday because they hadn't new
clothes-Some went wearing old
clothes-paid for-and were made
fun of-oh yes, this is the day Christ
arose.
Mrs. Amy Wilson, who is nearing
the seth milestone in her pilgrim
age, is in quite poor health. She is
being cared for at the home of son.
w. E., and family, on the old home
farm, which her son bought follow
ing his fathers death
Only yesterday we looked in the
faces Of a majority of the young men
of our neighborhood, when we
thought, it is these who will be call
ed if there is war. it made us shud
der. May we say millions for de-
fense-that not a young man may
have to give LID his life