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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-22
SUMMONS
No. So, /, 2, 8

TO: John Leflore, whose place of
residence and whereabouts are
unknown.
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court, of
Holmes county, Mississippi, at a term
to be held on the End Monday of
September 1910, at the court house
in the City of Lexington, Miss, on
the first day of said term, to answer
the suit of Maree Leflore, in cause
No. 6158, wherein you r defendant.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the Court this 9th day of August
1910.
PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Chancery Clerk.
No. SO, /, g, 3
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-22
Cord of Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their many expressions
of sympathy in our recent sorrow.
May Gods richest blessings rest
upon each Of you.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Order and
daughters,
C. N. Culley,
Mrs. Beatrice Boyet.,
Frank L. Culley.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-22

1880 model Ford A Truck which,
if purchased by the successful
bidder on the new truck, said
purchase price may be applied
on the purchase price of the new
truck.
Ordered this August 5, 1910.
No. So, J., 2, 3
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-22

LOST Monday a Double Eagle
Masonic pin, 80 degree. Finder
please return to R. w. Rhyme and
receive reward
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statesmen

MAN WANTED for Rawleigh Route.
Permanent if you are a hustler. Dea-
Ter ". P. Waldrop averaged nearly
$50 Sales per week. Write at once.
Rawleigh's, Dept. MSG-6-210, Mem
phis, Tenn. 40, so, 1, 2
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-22

Miss Sue Vandiver of Grenada
spent several days last week with
Miss Estelle Turner.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-22

BE WISE : RE-ELECE
SENATOR
THEO. G. BIlBOe
TO The
II. 9. SENATE
HE DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE He
MADE GOOD Be APPRECIAT|VE BECAUSE
l. BiIbo helped to put over the Federal Gront Of
aid for Duronts new school building.
2. Bibo was the outhor of the bill! that created
four large scientific chemurgic laboratories for
the purpose of finding new uses for form pro-
ducts-This will save you Mr.. Former.
3. BiIbo was Instrumental in securing the passage
of the Big Black drainage appropriation which
helped hundreds secure employment in Holmes
County for months.
a. BiIbo was IoreIy Instrumental in securing bene-
fits fer our farmers in cotton and S m q r
benefits.
AND DON'T FORGET:
5. BiIbo fiIiburstered by speaking 60 hours) the
dumnobie ontiIynching bill which attempted
TO sudd;e ruce and negro troubles upon the
South.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT:
6. BiIbo originated and put into existence our
tuberculosis Sunitorium at Mogee this hos
soved untold human suffering and thousands
of Iives).
7. BiIbo put into existence Mississippi's home for
delinquent boys at Columbia.
BiIbo Has Done Great Things For The People
OF Mississippi During His Pubic Career.
DontBe Fooled Be Wise : Be Appretiative
REMEMBER! Experienced Men Are Needed
During These Critical Times Bi|bo Has The
Brains And Experience.
He Deserves a second Term in the us. Senate
HOLMES COUNTY BILBO CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE.
(Read and approved by A. jacobson, Campaign, Mgr
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
HANCOCK COUNTY
Flood Survey Is
Started

A federal engineer has been in
the Findlay district all week conduct
ing Investigations on various angles
of flood hazards in the Blanchard
River, evidence that the United
States War Department is interested
in the problem of floods in Findlay.
J. c. Lespisa, United States Army
engineer from the branch office in
Toledo, has been conducting what
was referred to as a reconnaissance
survey, gathering basic facts from
which it is assumed the department
will determine whether or not a gen.
eral survey of the drainage basin is
warranted.
Agitation for some concerted ac-
ton to prevent periodic flooding of
the Blanchard River and it's tribu-
taries was started following the in
undation last March when a three
inch rainfall in northern Hardin
County caused Eagle Greek to leave
it's banks and flood a large area of
the residential section in the south
part of the city.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
ALLEN COUNTY
German Visitor Revels
In Food

Mrs. Emma Seckbach, 10, who ar
rived in New York from Germany
less than two weeks ago, is reveling
in the kitchen of her new home, still
marveling at the luxury of cooking
with all the butter and sugar and
eggs she wants.
She stopped in Lima for a brief
visit with her son, Martin, en- route
to her new home with another son,
Alfred, in Sturgis, Michigan.
The wonders of the vast nation
to which she has come dims some
what for Mrs. Seckbach the troubles
of the land which she has left.
Uppermost in her mind is the
food rationing system, which allowed
her one egg month, a quarter
pound of butter a week, 200 grams
of sugar and 800 grams of ground
horse meat. Beef and pork and
fresh vegetables are unknown on the
average Germans table, she said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Southern Freeze Boosts
Marsh Prices

Onion and potato raisers on the
Scioto marsh are enjoying one of
the best seasons in recent years with
the price of both commodities rock
citing due to extensive freezeouts in
the southern states.
The extreme cold which struck in
the south as well as some parts of
the north, practically wiped out the
huge onion crop in Texas as well as
extensive potato holdings in Florida.
Both the onion and potato crops
on the Scioto marsh were good this
year and the shortage caused by the
southern loss has pushed prices to a
higher level, operators in Hardin
county report.
This year the onion crop in
Hardin county has been somewhat
increased over what it was several
years ago after labor trouble struck
there, and the increased production
coupled with the failure of the
southern crops and the resulting
high prices, place local operators in
a position in which to have an ex-
cellent year.
Before the holidays, onions were
quoted at 80 to 100 cents per hun
dred pounds in the bulk. They have
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
HOldup Man Draws
Sentence

Raymond Rola, %, of near Lima,
whose companion in. crime, Harry
O'Leary, "a, also of near Lima, was
fatally wounded by rookie police
man while robbing a st. Marys gro
Gerry store Thanksgiving morning,
pleaded guilty to a burglary charge
and was sentenced from one to Is
years in the Mansfield reformatory
when arraigned before Judge w. L.
Copeland in Alglaize county common
pleas court.
O'Leary was shot by Patrolman
Harry Critten when the pair was
surprised in the act of robbing the
st. Marys grocery store. The two
previously had broken into and stol-
en- several musical instruments from
a Lima music store, according to the
confession made by Rola to Sheriff
William Meter. Critten was serv-
ing as relief patrolman at the
time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Highway Superintend-
ent Fights Custer

Testimony was completed last
week in the civil service appeal of
Harry E. Frost, ousted Hancock
county state highway maintenance
superintendent, which consumed the
entire day in common pleas court.
Hearing the case was Miss Ger
trude Jones, of Findlay, chairman
of the State Civil Service Commits
sion, and Carl w. Smith, OF Kenton,
other member.
Frost, at the time of his dismis-
sal by State Highway Director Rob-
ert Beightler, Sept. n, 1899, was
charged with permitting a hole four
feet deep in the Jenera road to re-
main unrepaired, failing to cut
weeds along highways, and with
political activities.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Drivers Warned To
Equip Cars

Charging that it is the duty of
every motorist to see that his car is
fit to be driven, Justice J. C. Dunn,
of Findlay, last week meted out
heavy fines to two motorists and is
sued a warning to prospective Of
tenders.
Justice Dunn promised Jail SEN
tences to all offenders who are un-
able to pay fines in the future. He
said that in most cases, rather than
spend a few cents for a light bulb,
drivers will take chance on not
being apprehended and then try to
alibi their way out of fines.
"a bulb costs 35 to 40 cents" JUS
tice Dunn said, 'but purchased after
arrest, it will cost $10.10 including
the fine and COSTS"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
News Correspondent
Discusses Chinese

Fates Mcdaniel, Associated Press
Correspondent in China, is in Amer
lea for the first time in IL years,
but he can't forget China.
"How could I, with everyone
quoting Confucius?" he asked in
Lima last week.
Mcdaniel paused here for brief
visit with P. A. Kahle en- route to
New York, after landing on the
west coast. He said Chinese morale
remains high, and that he sees no
reason why guerilla warfare cam
not be waged for many months.
He explained that life is valued
less highly in China than in the
western world, and that Chinaman
is relatively happy SO long as he has
enough to eat.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Westinghouse An
nOunceS Bonus

Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring Co., announced Wednesday
wages and salaries of all employees
would be adjusted upward 10 per
cent from base rates this month un-
der its plan of establishing the
amount of compensation each month
in proportion to the average earn
ings of the company in the preced-
ing three months.
Net earnings for the. last three
months were $4,379.450, of which
81, ,822.117 was earned in November,
81, ,598.595 in December and $58,738
in January. Last month the ad-
justed compensation to all employees
was IL per cent above base rates.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Cattle Testing Pro-
gram Opens

The fifth triennial test of Han
cock county cattle for bovine tuber-
culosis eradication, will be launched
next week it was announced follow
ing conference here between DR..
]. W. Reeder, veterinarian of the
bureau of animal industry, u. S.
department of agriculture, Column
bus; DR.. D. c. Morgan, of McComb,
veterinarian of the state department
of agriculture, and County Agent
Forest G. Hall.
The veterinarians said they had
enlisted the services of DR.. Roy
Schoonover and DR.. E. J. Hall, of
Findlay, and DR.. j. J. Solt, of Ar
lington, to conduct the test, probab-
ly with the help of other veterin-
arions.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
EisteddfOd In Lima
Thursday

Final plans are being mapped for
the annual invitational eisteddfod to
be held in Lima on Thursday, Feb
ruary %, under the sponsorship of
the Lima Choral society. Prize
awards in the competition will total
100000.
Sessions will be conducted all day
at the Memorial hall. The morning
session will be devoted to completi-
ton from the fourth, fifth and sixth
grades of the Lima and Allen coun-
ty schools. The afternoon competi-
ton will begin at 2 o'clock and the
evening session will get underway
at 7:30.
Conductor for the day is Earl
Rohn, of Columbus and formerly of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Personal Tax Blanks
Mailed

Blanks for the listing of personal
property, tangible and intangible,
were mailed to 5000 Hancock county
tax payers by County Auditor, Frank
Fl. Huffman, last week. The office
of the county auditor is ready for
the immediate filing of these returns.
Tax payers who have not received
blanks, but who are the owners of
taxable property, are required vol
UNFAIRLY to list it.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Findlay Man Unhurt
In Crash Fatal To Two

Two persons were dead as the
result of a collision between a load
ed auto transport tractor-trailer and
a private automobile just over the
Lake county line, east of Cleveland.
The dead were Leo ]. Collins, go,
veteran New York Central railroad
employe, driver of the private car,
and Mrs. Dorothy Wapperer, 80, a
family friend who was riding with
him. George w. Carney, %, of
Findlay, driver of the transport, re-
ceived minor injuries.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Banner Day For Taxes

Opening of personal and classified
tax collections Thursday turned out
TO be a banner day for Allen county
treasurer's office.
Treasurer Byron H. Dershem, re-
ported that in addition to $489.
in classified and $224.37 in personal
taxes collected, his deputies also re-
ceived $53,798.31 in first-half 1889
real estate assessments.
The realty tax collection Thurs
day reacher a higher figure in one
day than for any entire week pre-
vious, Dershem said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Loans Taken On 43,156
Bushels Of Corn

Loans have been made to Hancock
county farmers on a total of 43,156
bushels of corn in the last three
years, according to Lester Elsea,
vice chairman of the AAA commit
tee.
Of this amount 1927 bushels
have been taken over by the Com
modify Credit corporation and are
under seal in metal corn bins in
various parts of the county.
Nine thousand, eight hundred and
eighteen bushels of corn of the 1887
and 1888 crops are under seal on
farms. Corn owned by the Commod-
ity credit also is of the 1887 and
1888 crops.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
City Employees Under
Civil Service

Strengthening its stand to keep
city jobs out of politics, city council
Thursday night approved additional
civil service sections for the pro-
posed new city charter to be present
ed to Lima voters in November.
Following up their action of last
week when they voted to include
some 100 municipal workers in the
classified service along with city fire.
men and police, the legislators
placed their o. K. on provision to
place on the monthly payroll all
hourly employees who have completed
one years continuous service in the
same or similar employment.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
County Asked To
Change Streams
Course

Delphos has a thorofare with no
street entrance, it was revealed
Tuesday night when city council
again struggled with the problem of
the proposed changing of the course
of Flat Fork creek along a portion
of S. Washington street, which runs
parallel with the waterway. Only
nearby alley can be used owing to
the street having been washed away
by the creek.
A resolution was adopted by the
legislators asking that Allen county
commissioners change the course of
the stream from the west to the east
side of the Nickel Plate railroad.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Woman Is Named Will
Jamestown Postmaster

Mrs. Wanda Brown has the en-
dorsement of the Hancock county
Democratic executive committee for
appointment as postmaster at Will
Jamestown, a post she has filled since
her mother, who held the appoint
ment, left the village several months
ago.
At the same time, the committee
endorsed Don Stringfellow of Vanlue
for appointment as taker of drain
ing census of the county. He will
list information concerning all open
and tile bitches in the county, of
which there are said to be 1851.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Lecturer Hurt In Fall

Mrs. M. C. Rosselot, Farmers In
stitute speaker from Buford, High
land county, was in the Findlay
hospital last week expected to re-
cover from injuries suffered Tuesday
night when she fell in front of the
Arlington school where she had lee
tured. She was unconscious for a
time. No bones were broken, it was
reported.
Mrs. Rosselot was one of the lee
turers at Buttons Institute.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Swapping Flourishes
In DelphOs

If it's moveable, it's tradeable. If
it has trade value, then L. E. Foley,
the barter baron of Delphos, has it
listed. In his "Swapper's Guide" a
unique one-man newspaper, are
countless items dear to the possess
i've but tickle hearts of the "what-
a-got-to-exchange" fraternity.
Started as hobby, this swapper's
house organ published in the spare
time of Outdoorsman Foley now lists
an average of 800 swappers a
month.
Letters pour into this Delphos
trade promoter from all parts of the
globe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Paroles For Allen
Inmates

Among the 157 Mansfield reforma-
tory inmates granted paroles by the
Ohio pardon and parole commission,
by counties, were as follows:
Allen-Wallace Vansky, assault to
rob, April l, 1941; Willie Williams,
attempted burglary, May 1, to go to
Georgia; Donald Emerson, breaking
and entering, Sept. /.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

and Judge Neal Lora granted 30
day continuance when attorneys a
greed to argue a $4,000 insurance
suit on points of law rather than
of fact,
Trustees of the Congregational
Church of Conner seek to collect that
amount from the Ohio State Grange
Mutual Insurance Association for
damage sustained when their church
building was struck by lightning and
destroyed by fire in 1898. The in
surance company contends the policy
was invalid because premiums had
been defaulted.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Too Many Carl Smiths
At Hearing

Carl Smith, a member of the civil
service commission, Friday heard
two other Carl Smiths testify in
hearing being conducted in the court
house last week.
It wasn't so bad when Former
County Commissioner Carl G.
Smith, of near Rawson, was called
to the stand. That caused just a
ripple of mirth.
But when the very next witness
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
War Pushed On
Diphtheria

When 125 persons were immunized
at the Forest school early this week,
a total of 271 persons had been inn
munized over Hardin county against
diphtheria, County Health Commits
sioner j. f. Holtzmuller said.
Of the 125 at Forest, 121 were
school pupils, three were teachers
and one was pre-school child. Miss
Lois Eddy, county health nurse, as
sisted with the work.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Reckless Driving
Charge Follows
Crash

Raymond j. Morrin, 81, San Jose,
Calf, his wife, Elizabeth, 81, and
John Bigelow, So, are in Findlay
Hospital with chest injuries suffered
in an automobile collision a mile
west of Findlay in Route 25. They
will recover.
Charles E. Meek, 81, Findlay,
driver of the car in which Mr.. Bige-
low was riding, is in Jail in default
of $50 fine assessed on a reck-
less driving charge.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
$4,000 Lost Through
Absences

Of the 1880 pupils enrolled in the
Lima public schools, an average of
892 have been absent each day dur
ing the last six weeks, Supt. j.
Mclean Reed reported last week.
Absences have cut about $4,000
from state revenues for the schools
since last September, the superin-
tendent estimated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
State Hospital Has
Good Cattle

A four-year-old Holstein cow
owned by The Lima State Hospital
gave TIA pounds of butterfat dur
ing January and large herd of
Holsteins owned by the institution
gave an average of 1872 pounds of
fat each, it was announced Satur-
day by the Defiance-H Henry-Pauld
Dairy Herd Improvement association
following completion of the monthly
report. The herd consisted of 20 or
more cows.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Pioneer Banker Is
Dead

James H. Allen, Sr., 81, who came
to Kenton in 1886 to help organize
the Kenton National Bank of which
his son, ]. H. Allen, Jr., now is
executive vice president, died last
week He was 32nd degree Mason
and one of the first presidents of the
Kenton Chamber of Commerce and
the Kenton Automobile club.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Acreage Appeals Being
Heard

J. o. Sherrick, chairman of the
Hardin county agricultural conserva-
ton committee, announced last week
that Feb. "a has been set as the
closing date for receiving appeals
on acreage quotas.
The appeals board, according to
Sherrick, will sit daily between now
and that date to receive appeals sub
mitted either in person or in writ
ing. No appeals on 1910 wheat al
lotments can be consideret, the
chairman said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Spray Letters Mailed
By Agent

Forest G. Hall, county agricultur-
al agent has mailed the first "spray
service letter" for 1910. The letter
covers the subject of dormant spray
and will be sent to any farmer ask
ing for this service at the county
agents office. There will be six or
eight timely letters during the year
relating to insect and disease con-
troll on fruit. The dormant spray
on apples is to prevent injury from
red mite, San Jose scale, peach leaf
curl and rosy aphis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22

Lima The board of adjudication is
composed of G. A. dad" Lehman,
of Rochester, N. Y, and formerly
of Bluffton; William E. Morgan, of
Pittsburgh; and Thelbert Evans, of
Lakewood. Preliminaries are in
charge of Fred Calvert, of Lima.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Is Dozen Rabbits
Released

Fifteen dozen rabbits, imported
from Oreville, No., were planted"
in various parts of Hardin county
by Game Protector (Pete) Range
and John Melick, members of the
More Game and Bird association.
The Dummies are described as be-
ing smaller than the Ohio cottontail.
They were distributed in equal num-
bers throughout the 10 townships of
Hardin county.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Partridges To Be
Released

One thousand pairs of Hungarian
partridges for distribution on propa-
cation areas in northwestern Ohio,
costing $3.50 a pair, were to arrive
in New York this week from what
formerly was Czechoslovakia, Don
Waters, state conservation commits
sioner announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Doctor Loses Toe

DR.. J. II. Holcomb of Hepburn,
practicing physician and former
Hardin county health commissioner,
last week underwent an operation
for removal of toe, necessitated by
an infection. He is in Antonio hos
pital, Kenton.
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PAGE THREE

now raised to the neighborhood of
s1.40 per hundred after the Texas
crop failure.
However, there is little selling
and vast quantities of onions are
being held in storage by Hardin
county operators, hoping for a great
er rise in the price.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Births Exceed Deaths
In January

Births during January exceeded
deaths in Hardin county, the month
ly report from the county health
department revealed. There were
21 deaths and 2 births reported dur
ing the first month of 1940
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Each Township To
Get S400

State Auditor Joseph I. Ferguson
announced Saturday that the Febru-
airy distribution of gasoline excise
tax funds to local governments would
total S2,S38,261, of which Lima
would receive $13,327; Allen county
$4,000 and each township S400.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22

pets-two wild ducks, who make
their home in small creek on his
farm. 1t is believed that they were
stranded and took up their winter
quarters in a small springfield pool
in the creek. Every day Tapp has
fed his pets which at first were
quite shy but now fly toward him
when he approaches.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-02-22
Sale Sets County
Record

One of the largest farm sales
ever held in Hancock county took
place on the old Jameson farm lying
along route 224 in Blanchard town.
ship last week. 1t is estimated con-
servatively that crowd of 1000
people were on the premises during
the day. The total proceeds of the
sale reached the high figure of ap-
proximately $4,000. The farm en-
brases 200 acres and was once part
of the Dukes estate.