Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1943-01-14


Arthur Carnes, will appear as IA
miliar. He is at Detroit, Michigan
and now has son in the army al
Whibbey Island. Oak Harbor, Wash
ington. The latter's picture ap
peared In the Caldwell Journal.
Olive Green Store Sold
It is reliably reported that
Dwight James, present merchant al
Olive Green, and a former merchant
at Woodgrove, in this county and
township. has disposed Of his Olive
Green store, to Irwin Nichols, son ol
Ernest Nichols, who achieved last
ing fame in capturing the escaped
portion of the wrecked dirigible
Shenandoah. in September. 1925.
February LIST is the date set for q
consummation of the change in pro-
prietorship.
Noble county will NOW most, as
Noble gets one more new mower
than Morgan county. 1t has always
moved wider swath in politics but
its political cutter-bar has nothing
to do with it's allotment of mowers
in these times.
Mrs. Catherine Powers, rs, OF
whose illness mention was made
last week, does not improve. Rath
er, at the first Of week her condition
was regarded as on the decline. She
is at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
I. Murphy.
Harry Welch, of Wayne. Mich.
and employed at the Willow Run de-
fense plant, arrived at home Of par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. o. Welch, last
Friday, and returned Sunday.
Pvt. Curtis Cannon, who has
been at Ft. Mcclellan, Alabama,
since the middle of November, has
recently been transferred to some
point in the Carolinas. The nick.
name of native Albanaman is
Lizard"
The ends at hand. Quoting
daily: "The Ohio trapping season IL
about over. The mink, muskrat
opossum and skunk seasons will
close Jan. 18th (tomorrow), With
the exception that mink and musk
rat may be taken in the Lake Erie
trapping district until March 18th.
The raccoon season will close Jan.
15, and the red fox season in that
portion of Ohio, where they are
protected, will close Feb. 1st.
Accepting horse in exchange.
Merchant George Hall recently dis.
posed of span of horses to Cooley
of Hackney.
Harry Grandstaff, state highway
employe, has acquired a used Ply
mouth car of Oval Hancher, of
Bristol township.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Hutchins, son
Merlin, and Mr.. and Mrs. Van Boyd |
PARKS were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Dewey Parks and family, Sunday |
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Boyd Of |
Sharon were guests of the Walters |
nome in the village Sunday after ,
noon. The three children of the
Boyds did not accompany them,
,hough well toward recovery of
cough.
Last weeks Morgan County DEM
,crat editorial captioned as "Ra-
.ioning," touched upon complaints.
We, especially the males of our
specie, like to ape that other we'll
Known animal - that historically !
.artooned "old mule, Maud" Mans /
kicking" may not be quite so ef-
'ectual as his sister "Maud's," but
le gets rid of a lot of accumulated |
The temporary results to
lis mind are comparable to the self
slation which maud" felt when
with a we'll directed hind-foot she I
sent Isl" or an innocent looking !,
friend fluttering in midair. When
We do this the confident expression |
IN our faces is not unlike the coun-
enance Of Maud-we have kicked"
Ind chow" But the fate Of the
kicker" is not such a happy con-
A kicker I knew, was
Hiram Ruckett, and when he died
ne clicked the bucket" Another
kicker I knew, was Joshua Stout,
ne was kicking about oil when "his |
amp went out" Hezekiah Loud /
vas still kicking about gas-when |
ne came ''to earthly roads end and
had to pass" Cy Binks. another
kicker with gas and sugar tricks,
ost all sweetness and power, as he |
crossed the River Styx." Jere- !
miah Gump, was a kicker I knew |
TOO, he kicked on the gas and fairly