Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-11-21

Unless you could break three yards
you wasn't a first class breaker.
This was done first by breaking the
large ones with sledge, then with
a little round hammer, which
weighed one pound. When broken
they were in a ridge. While break
ing the hammer wielder was seated
on a sack filled with straw. At
that time no one ever dreamed that
machinery would take the place of
the little hammer and that quarries
would be opened and stone would be
crushed instead of broken. While
it would be hard to get fair test
at this time, first because of the
difference in kind and number of
vehicles travelling our highways,
and the old way would be too slow
but we believe the stone broken
lasted longer than crushed ones.
While Joe was interested in hav
ing our roads improved and while
he lived to see many of roads i'm
proved, yet we believe that could
he come back and start out most
any way from the county seat, he
would be lost. Even the streets of
the village would be at least a sur
prise to him. While the officials Of
that day were worried by folks
wanting roads, now the call for new
roads has decreased. Another wor-
ry is ON keeping the hundreds Of
miles of roads which have been i'm
proved in repair. While there has
been great changes along all lines,
but to us the saddest-the one that
overshadows all, is the great num-
ber whose names have occupied a
place in the Morgan County Demo-
crat death toll. While this sadness
has come to SO many of our homes
the thought comes to us of many
times we have heard of someone
who the neighbors wondered how
we would get along when they
were gone-but there has always
been someone to step in and carry
on. When the bell rings calling us
out of the race, the same bell will
call another in, 1.-the of limb, clear
of brain, who will surpass our most
earnest effort. Looking from 1909
81 years ahead seemed a long
time. Looking from 1910 back it
seems but yesterday.
Why we have been spared and
while taken, has always been "A
mystery. In that period the Wright
brothers did something wonderful
at least it seemed wonderful then
today their achievement was only
the beginning of wonderful inven-
tions along that line, as there have
been improvements in all lines. SO
We feel no hesitancy in turning out
and letting another take our place.
There is still much corn to be
husked.
We find by our record that there
have been IL deaths in Bristol town
ship SO far in 1910, the oldest, 79,
the youngest, 40.
Relatives here received word last
week of the serious illness of Mrs.
Matte Lesco of Columbus, former
resident of Caldwell, and for time
of Meigs. Her sister, Mrs. Pearl
Radcliff, left Sunday to be with her.
She was taken to University hos
pital, Monday.
Who notices on heating stove
still in service Cochran and Boz
man, McConnelsville, Ohio" Who
can tell where this factory was To-
Gated, and when, why it was dis
continued.
In conversation with our school
mate in our first term of school
and friend from then on ST. Clair
Harper, of Neelyville, We find we
are his senior by one day, yet we
stand corrected on the place where
our friend Frank Colgan died. 1t
was in house on the o. G. Ham,
mond farm, over in the field from
where we thought they lived when
we were schoolmates. Mr.. Harper
was pallbearer at the funeral of
our little friend. We are always
glad to be corrected.
AS we read the amounts stated
in expense accounts sworn to and
filed by candidates-clubs and or
ganizations, we couldn't help think
ing that-if all the money spent in
the last campaign could have been
paid on the national debt, it would
have sure cut a hole in it.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Swallow, son
Garnet and the formers mother,
Mrs. E. G.. Swallow, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Everett