Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-04-10


has been nine deaths by suicide,
and that the tragic death of Grove
| is the second in that house. The
April /, 1917.
Times Have Changed
c. NJ Bone had his arm broken
Thursday of last week, when his
tractor kicked him, which calls to
our mind that in our experience in
plowing we have had to watch the
back end of the kickers; now they
get kicked from the front end.
Luther Allen was brought to the
home of his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Nc
Connell, Monday of last week, where
he is being cared for. He seems to
be critically i'll. g
The specialist found Mrs. John
Broedel doing nicely. 1t will be re-
membered that Mrs. Broedel has
been ill with diabetes for some
time.
The funeral of Grove Gilbert was
held at the Miller funeral parlors
Saturday at 2 p. m. Interment was
made in Greenwood cemetery.
GAINESVILLE, beside his father and
mother.
In spite of local prognosticators
progging dry weather we had a nice
rainfall Saturday.
Flowing and fence building are
claiming the attention of farmers at
present
We are surprised at our Spurrier
Ridge correspondents remark
about conditions over there Out
side of a few ladies who neglected
to take unto themselves partner
back some years hence in re-
lating their age, we find conditions
| as to truth and so on, seems to be
on the up grade. We will admit age
has had a hand in some reforms.
The death of w. R. Scott came As
a surprise to relatives and friends
here at his boyhood home, no one
| knowing of his serious illness We
recall the night the gun burst and
caused him to lose his hand and
part of his arm 1t was at the SER
enade of Clark Pedicord and bride
at the home of the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. Pedicord. See
sketch
We clerked the sale of household
goods of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ken
nard, Saturday. AS we stated, the
furniture was of the best quality.
Many of the articles brought to our
mind the many happy hours we had
spent in the Newton home.
Ralph Broedel was home from
Athens college, over the week end
w. d. Hancher who has been in
disposed for some time was better
when we called to see him, Sunday.
A petition is being circulated ask
ing the county commissioners to
close the road which leads from
the Center to the Murray road,
Meigsville township. The change in
the mode of travel and transporta-
tion brought the road to the point
of abandon. Back in the time when
! the McCormicks, Lighthizers and
Whites lived on the road it was
much travelled. Now only one house,
the Mccormick, is occupied. AS we
stated some time ago, the Light
| hizer house was moved to Penns-
vile. The White home is now used
| by Delmar Glenn as a drying house
for hybrid corn. All the argument
needed to influence the commits
sioners in it's closing would be fol
them to go over it. I'VE sugges
that they walk, as we do not wan,
them mad at us.
A bill is before the Ohio law
makers to compel all who wish tC
participate in our elections to reg
| lister. This would clarity the ques-
| tion as to who had a right to vote
| in each precinct.
| Somehow il seems that boys of to-
day do not have the experiences 0i
boys back in the SOS and 90's. To-
day we find them better dressed
''Barefooted boys at play are as
much a novelty as q horse and bug
gy. Stubbed toes seem out of style.
We leave it to folks like Joe Down
ing, John Wilson, Jack James, Ben
Wells and the rest of the boys in
that class to finish the story.
Intensive Search
Our friend Forest Tomson tells us
that a friend of his in Florida is
still hunting for a goose egg AS we
go past the home of our childhood
VIE, in memory, see the big sand
rock under which the geese for
many years nested-but the improv-
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the rock-and mattresses took the
place of feather beds-and geese
here are mostly a memory
We have often heard and read
prominent farmer" Back some
years ago we knew what the term
meant. When conditions changed
we were at loss to know when to
use it. Until we heard a couple of
friends who are holders of large
acreage and who maintain offices
(not on the farm) with furniture
no "dirty farmer" would even get
close to, discuss farming, and now
while we hope that there will be
nothing serious happen to them so
that we might have to use the term,
we are glad we learned the new
version.
We are wondering what some
folks who are opposed to the U. S.
entering the war would do if some
one would fire cannon cracker on
their door step in the still hours Of
the night.
We were glad to find Mrs Frank
McCarty improving nicely, when we
called to see her.
Ray McKibben has rented the
John Whitney, Murray farm, and
will move with his family in the
next few days. AS yet the Ray fam
lily haven't found a location. The
McKibbens come from the Stockport
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