Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-11-30


Rev B. S. Brown concluded his
series of revival meetings at the
Mt. Carmel charge. At present we
know not the results. Really some
times they are not available. One
thing we do know They miss one
man from that community, G. w.
Smith. His financial help and his
well meant spiritual admonitions
will be missed. His place will neith-
er be taken nor filled
BY the time the 4Sth edition of
the Democrat for this year is spread
out on your table, and Editor Dur
bin has tucked himself away in that
little ante room, combing his hair
with his fingers and ransacking his
brain for the next issue, the Rem
rock farmers institute will be start
ing,-Dec. l and 2, five sessions
State speakers, C.. w. Cookson, and
Carrie A. Wilson, nice phonetic
jingle. Prize money for corn, pota
toes, apples, pies, bread, house
plants, and a nut collection for the
youth under Is. Some wifi only at
tend the night session. Heard a
farmer say, "Can's tell me any
thin bout farmin, an raisin'
things" Perhaps not. We have at
tended two of those institutes SO
far this season where they had one
OF the best, if not the best speaker
In the state, supplemented by very
able lady speaker, yet many of the
farmers in the vicinity deemed it
best to forego the day sessions as
they were busy cribbing corn That
ought not be a hindering cause for
this Renrock institute. Instru-
mental music by the Belle Valley
high school orchestra How's that
for high? In days long gone by we
didn't have to go away from home
to have an orchestra,-w had one
of our own, not only the orchestra
but brass band Prof. Russell Os-
borne, we'll qualified instructor
labored faithfully for II nights here
last summer to start an orchestra.
but seemingly all in vain. One of
our bright young ladies asked us,
Whats the matter with the COM
munity anyway?" Is there not a
Moses to lead us out?
We were over to McConnelsville
a few weeks ago and having to kill
little time through period of
waiting, we walked up on the porch
of the hall of justice and took our
place on that seat so plainly letter.
ed Liars Seat" TO be sure we
felt very much at home there. But
it is only about six feet long. We
wondered. And while sitting there.
we made little mental calculation.
commendable it was for a town of
that size. If there We're as many
liars to the square foot in McCon-
nelsville is there are in a town of
the same size in southern California
boosting the climate. and all that.
it would require a seat reaching
from the court house to the fair
grounds and they would be SO un-
comfortably crowded that they
couldn't get their fingers in one an
others pockets, and then we hap
pened to think that David said
somewhat hastily "All men are
liars" and we presume that means
women too, so in that case they
couldn't be seated at all,-so we'll
just have to stand
Don't kill the BIRDS That was
one of the nice little stories we
read at school out of one of the
McGuffey's elementary readers, and
the lesson made a deep impression
on our childlike mind. But often
some of those winged creatures do
not discriminate, and have to be
disturbed, especially when they
start to build a nest in your hair.
# we were a good shot we would in
flict the extreme penalty on one
perhaps two, (for maybe where
there is one there are tWo). We
mean those big. ''yellow hammers, .
that pick holes in the weather
boarding of frame houses, partic-
ularly the church building. Seem
ingly they get in their best and
noisiest licks while services are in
progress. Someone says, "Why don't
YOU nail tin over the holes?" We
did, and the dirty things, they just
gracefully step to one side and with
the utmost impunity start another
hole. Just two things, cover the
entire building with metal, or send
those big yellow wood -peckers