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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27

ernment ought not add to the dam
ger of imitation. But l see little
chance that the Administration
will reverse its deficit spending
policy or that a Democratic Con-
gress will reverse its policy for it.
So by next November, at the lat
est, we are likely to face demand
for higher taxes.
1t seems to me obvious that any
war like the Korean war should
be paid for by current taxation.
There can be no justification for
adding to the public debt. Further
more, the deficit spending already
has tended to produce higher
prices. If we add the Korean de-
mands to the present huge domes-
tic requirements for steel and
products of all kinds, without
economy or new taxation, we are
likely to produce serious infia-
ton.
II WOULD far rather check infia-
ton by economy or increased
taxes than by controls. Controls
might be necessary in some very
limited fields, but ] see no reason
why the addition of several billion
dollars to our military expenses
should justify any overall police
state controls when it is only an
addition of one or two per cent to
our current production of goods.
If we are forced into a substantial
increase in taxes, it probably
ought to be spread over all fields
corporation, individual and excise.
But it is still too early to judge
the whole situation.
Should we become involved in
the tragedy of third world war,
many persons feel that we should
finance that also out of current
taxes rather than add hundreds of
billions of dollars to our present
huge debt. Certainly that posi-
bility should be explored, al
though no nation has ever been
alge to do it. 1t would almost re-
quire rationing of individual in
come, the difficulties of which
procedure are almost inconceiva-
BILE.
One thing seems certain. War
today, even war with few
Korean Communists, is infinite
ly expensive. We cannot have
both guns and butter. If we en-
gage in~war, either we have to
abandon a lot of the nice things
we would like to have and cut
expenditures, or our people are
going to have to pay lot more
taxes.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27
B REFS OF TEN
.YE RS CO

Patsy Lanier Mckee and hus-
band, Gather, niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lanier, south of
Caldwell, were drowned early
Sunday morning at GAINESVILLE,
when their car failed to make a
sharp curve and plunged into the
Licking river. Miss Maxine
Spaid, 81, was the third person
who lost her life.
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One set of twin colts in every
10000 live, according to experts
and Gilbert Estadt, of South
Olive route l, is mighty proud
of set of twin colts born May
13.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Shafer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Shafer left
Sunday for Canada where they
will enjoy a two weeks fishing
trip. During their absence, Rich
ard Ball is serving as manager
of the Caldwell Kroger store.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Benson Day, of
Columbus, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Harper, of Beverly,
will leave this week for Okla
homa, where they will visit at
the home of their sister.
Edgar House, English instruct
or in Columbus West high school
for the past three years, has
been named principal at Startling
junior high, also in Columbus.
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Having increased their MEM
bership to approximately so
young men, officers of the 136th
field artillery, headquarters bat
terry and combat train, third bat
TALON, Ohio National Guard, of
Caldwell, are preparing the men
for the biggest peace-time move
ment. They will take part in the
maneuvers to be held at Camp
Sparta, Wise, Aug. IL to 81.
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Marriages - Lewis Creel Ma
haney, Marietta, and Virginia M.
Spencer, Caldwell; George w.
Wickham, Caldwell, and Velma
L. Moore, Caldwell route; Rob-
ert F. Smith, Cambridge, and
Leona Patterson, Caldwell; Fred
H. Patton, Caldwell, and Violet
E. Archer, CALDWELL; Carl E.
Short, Deavertown, and Ina M.
Burley, Belle Valley; William ].
Clark, Pleasant City, and Louise
Trenner, Ava route l; Elizabeth
M Stack and Leslie E. Hesson,
Middleburg; Doris Miller and
Gilbert Rick, Cleveland; Ethel
Shaw and Frederick Nicola,
Belpre; Esther Reed and Gordon
Secrest, Caldwell.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27
WASHINGTON
r EPO RT
BY SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT

HE Administration decided last week that further consid
Grafton of the BILL passed by the House of Representa-
tve and which hearings have been held by the Senate
committee should be deferred until have before the
full financial situation created by the Korean The bill
contains considerable reduction in excise taxes and
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27

Births = A son to Mr. and
Mrs. Ancil Roe, Batesville; a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cheney, Massillon; son to Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Keeton, Canton;
a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Smith
of GAINESVILLE; daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Clark, Sarahs-
Vile route.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27

undoubtedly true that many OF
these excise taxes are exceedingly
arbitrary, burdensome and dis
criminatory. On the other hand,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27

Copyright, 1850. Uniled sta.es Brewers Foundation
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Benson Day, of
Columbus, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Harper, of Beverly,
will leave this week for Okla
homa, where they will visit at
the home of their sister.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27

Edgar House, English instruct
or in Columbus West high school
for the past three years, has
been named principal at Startling
Junior high, also in Columbus.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-07-27

One set of twin colts in every
10000 live, according to experts
and Gilbert Estadt, of South
Olive route 1, is mighty proud
of set of twin colts born May
13.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
TAXES AND INCOME

More and in the United States the thoughtful people
beginning to realize The gravity Of tax situation Chet
Justice Marshall said that the power the power
TO destroy Our taxes have reached Is per cent of
national income Great Britain has gone above the mark and
what happening there The people in doubt
about the future shown by the results Of the elections
and there little doubt that the old stable apparently
unconquerebe British Empire passing There ndica-
fIons that following the route
According to survey prepared by The National industrial
Conference Board in 94s aggregated 563 billion
6s in local taxes This is fraction than rs per cent of
national income which indicates that at the
brink and apparently about to take the plunge that made
by Great Britain.
But This is not all The bad rise
greater that the the national short
al income has increased ten fold since 1902 while
have increased four times fast income To little
further Federal taxes in 948 the last year surveyed
times great 1899 and local and during
the same years more than doubled.
and Representatives national Congress calling atten
fon to the situation and the disposition check further
increases Whether the tendency will continue after the Nov
ember election to be But increasing the
state TO go unheeded Many people ued into a
false Of security by The belief that Uncle Sam helping
fhcm. What they fail take consideration is that the
money which Uncle Sam pays back to the and them
comes from them in the first place.
President r. D. Roosevelt who became an advocate Of lavish
sPendng said while he running for his first that the
taxes from the sweat Of the working
he doesn't pay the money through the collectors
The worker often doesn't realize how he being
though rising living costs Until he gets hep himself lower
ing taxes is going TO be slow and difficult Job.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
CATAWBA
EDNA NEER DAWSON

GIL CATAWBA
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Clark and
son, Buddy, of South Charleston
were the dinner guests Sunday of
Mrs. Clark's sister and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Milburn Neer.
The Philea club was entertain
ed Tuesday evening at the home
of Mrs. Howard Locke. In enter
tainment arranged by Mrs. Ralph
Neer, Mrs. Leo Caplinger, Mrs.
Lawrence Jones, Mrs. Briggs
Neer, Mrs. Robert Tullis, and Mrs.
Robert Wells were successful. The
names of Secret Sisters" were re-
vealed. A two course luncheon
was served at small tables to
Mrs. Robert Wells, Mrs. Lawrence
Jones, guests, Mrs. John Goodfel
low, Mrs. Robert Bumgardner,
Mrs. Robert Tullis, Mrs. Roger
Sharp, Mrs. Briggs Neer, Mrs.
Ralph Neer, Mrs. Carlton Run
yam, Mrs. Leo Caplinger, mem
bers.
Miss Helen Wood of Marysville
was the weekend guest of Mrs.
Mary B. Tavenner.
Group 2 Woman's Society of
Christian Service of the Catawba
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
CedarviIIe
Youths Head
For Alaska

Travelling in pickup truck,
three Cedarville, Ohio youths
left last week on a trip TO the
Southwest and will go from there
to Alaska where they will be en-
ployed this summer.
Members of the group are
David Spencer, George Stevens
and Bruce Connor. They will tour
California in a truck which is
equipped for sleeping and in which
they are carrying food supplies.
From California they will 80
to Montana where in three weeks
they will be joined by three more
Cedarville youths and continue on
to Fairbanks, Alaska. Members
of the second group which will
leave Cedarville soon in a jee2,
to which house trailer will be
attached, are Charles Boase, Karl
Wilburn, and Herbert Literal.
Two of the younths, Bruce Con-
ner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Conner, and Charles Boase, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Boase,
made a similar trip last summer.
They travelled up the Alcan High
way and were employed by a gold
mining company in Alaska three
months.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
Former Resident
Here Succumbs

Frank Hughes Francis. "a, of
657 Kerr st. Columbus, formerly
of West Jefferson, died at White
Cross Hospital, Monday, 2:45 pm.
March 27, following a short i'll
ness. A driver for the Radio Cab
Co. seven years, he was we'll re-
membered here as a former Co
lumbus Dispatch rural carrier for
many years in this vicinity.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Minnie Mae Francis four daugh-
ters, Miss Bonnie Clair Francis al
home; Mrs. Eloise Love and Mrs
Bette Lou Monford of Columbus
and Mrs. Clara Skeen of Harris
burg; six sons, Farrell, Mariner
Charles, Richard, Edwin and
Daniel Francis of Columbus; Il
grandchildren, six step children
seven step-grandchildren; foul
brothers, Carl, Marcus, Jack and
Buster Francis and a sister, Mrs
Zelma Going, all of Columbus
Services were held at the Jerr y
Spears funeral home at l p. r.,
Thursday, the Rev. George Cham.
bers officiating. Burial was at the
Green Lawn Cemetery.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
CANAAN
MRS. ELTON M. RoBY

The Young Married Couples
class of Big Darby will meet SUM-
day evening, April 2, with Mr..
and Mrs Austin Harbage. There
will be election of officers. Plans
for the Easter breakfast will be
completed and the travelling bas-
ket will be started
Hugh Roby was honored with a
birthday dinner Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Hennis and family. Other guests
were Mrs. Roby, Haila, Johnny,
and Janice, Mr.. Charles Roby
and Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Sherwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Harkless,
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Sherwood and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lombard
attended the opening of the new
floral shop of Mr.. and Mrs. Arm
old Calabrest Eileen Renner)
in Columbus Saturday evening
and spent the remainder Of the
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Renner.
Canaan Township Red Cross
chairman, Mrs. Edward Hennls,
reports that we have more than
secured our quota. All the re-
ports are not turned in so an
exact report cannot be given.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
Farmer Beaten And Robbed
Is Rescued By Neighbors

Three men, one armed, left him
bound and gagged after beating
him and ransacking his house,
an elderly Cedarville Township
farmer told sheriff's deputies
Tuesday after he had been rescued
by neighbors.
The farmer, James Thompson,
in his 70's who lives alone, was
without food and water for nearly
"a hours before he was found by
a neighbor who noticed his hogs
were running loose.
Weak from hunger and thirst,
Thompson was questioned briefly
by deputies. He said he was feed
ing chickens in the yard at his
farm, six miles southeast Of Ce-
darville, when three men ap-
preached him with a gun and Or
dered him into the house.
The robbers apparently knocked
him down and struck him several
more times, deputies said, before
they tied him hand and foot. His
hands were a sickly blue from
lack of circulation, which was cut
off by the tight cords.
1t was indicated only about SIS
in cash was stolen, but the house
had been ransacked thoroughly.
Clothes and papers were scatter
ed around the rooms, drawers
pulled from a desk and most Of
the furniture upset or pushed
around. Nothing else, however was
stolen.
Ray May, Cedarville, Rt. 2, a
neighbor called the sheriff's office
after another neighbor, Lee Little,
discovered Thompson's plight
Tuesday. He said Little had no.
ticed hogs running at large on the
Thompson farm. Investigating, he
saw the bread delivered to the
farm Monday was still on the
porch. He went in and found
Thompson.
Deputies sent for Thompson $
son in Greenville to care for him
until he regains strength.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
IT'S LATER Than YOU THINK
1926 YEARS AGO-1e25

1925-25 YEARS AGO-1925
March 3Earl Prugh Athletic
charge Basketball Champ
onSfp games Columbus
March A-Emer c. Overt Pike Township farmer reports early
garden truck coming
March 25James Yearian London student
Scarlet Mask and Sroes Mask and Soes Dramatic societies.
Stroller His
March Bess Plain City
$50 the history recently
paper.
March 2London Council and of West
High Streets take action with
East and West High Streets.
March 28-London
outside
March 29Bond Jefferson
Most bitterly fought election held in village.
1940-10 YEARS AGO-1940
March 24-Seyices churches mark Easter
March 3 Rev Friedrich Fischer former Rector of the Trinity
Episcopal Church dies his home London.
March 26J VIII Hume London dies White
Hospital Columbus.
March 2Marcs Conwe London chosen director of Mt Sterling
Fish and Game Protective Association,
March 28ton radio license
March -Revva of crfew in the village of West jefferson order
ed by Mayor IL
March 30Guy Elevator killed
Scion crossing Pennsylvania train Charleston
March 3F F. A. Chapter West jefferson High School gives
banquet for parents.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
kroger To Award
IS Scholarships

Seventy-eight college scholar
ships of $500 each will be awarded
to outstanding high school gradu-
ates in Is midwestern and south
ern states for the 1950-195I
school year, Joseph B. Hall. presi-
dent of the Kroger Company has
announced
The scholarships will be divided
between students planning to
major in home economics and
those specializing in agriculture
at Is land grant colleges. Last
year Kroger awarded II scholar
ships, continuing a program start
ed II years ago.
Colleges participating in the
plan and the number of scholar
ships to be awarded at each are,
Ohio State University, II; Michi-
gan State College, 6: University
of Illinois, 6; Purdue University,
6; University of Missouri, 6; Pen
nsylvania State College, A; Uni
versity of Kentucky, 4 West Vir-
ginia University, a; University of
Arkansas, a; University of Geor-
gia, 4; University of Tennessee, 4
Mississippi State College, A; Kan
sas State College, 4; University of
Wisconsin, 4; Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, a; and West Virginia
State College, 2.
Winners will be selected by COL
lege scholarship committees on the
basis of high school scholastic
achievement, and evidence of lead
ership qualities demonstrated in
school, church, All clubs, Future
Farmers of America, Future
Homemakers of America or SINH
lar organizations, Mr.. Hall ex
planned.
Graduates of accredited high
schools in the Is states are eligi-
BILE. Applications for Kroger scho-
larships may be made and infor-
nation on the program may be
obtained from the deans of the
colleges of agriculture, or through
county agents, home demonstrate
ion agents, home economics teach
ers or vocational agriculture
/ teachers.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
MADISON COUNTY COURTS

johnson to Thurman Lyons and
Ruth Lyons, $500 so. fit. of land
in jefferson Township.
Eli E. Yutz and Ida Yutzy to
Sharon Mennonite Congregation,
20 acre in Canaan Township.
Alta II. Harper and John +.
Harper to Everett L. Henry and
Mary ]. Henry, 103.65 acres,
Pike Township
Clyde Gist to Donald Brake ct
al, tracts u acre each in Son.
erford Township.
Ruben o. Murphylet al to Aught
Cordle ct al, lot II in Lilly Chapel.
Clifford M. Hess and Armilda
M. Hess to Everett G. Roger and
Margery L. Roger, Lots 4 and 5
in Maple Court Addition.
Bertha Riggs to c. E. Penning-
ton, Corinne Pennington, so acres
in Pleasant Township.
B. c. Sidner and Bessie Sid
ner to Lester E. Braithwaite, Lot
25 in Peter j. Frey's Addition,
village of Jefferson. and 49.5
acres in Darby Township.
Edith M. Keye and Charles d.
Keye to Roger l.. Keye .459 acres
-
Robert G.. Bradford Jr. and
wife to Cletus A. and Phyllis }.
Hayman, Lot 124 Glade Hill Ad
dition, London.
Cyrus Fl. Young and Mildred {.
Young to Don w. Young and
Unus G.. Young Lot u and west
Il of Lot 26 Maplewood Addition
in village of Mt. Sterling.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
Only 8 Census
Inquiries Apply
70 An Persons

Only eight specific questions in
the 1850 Census of Population
will be asked of all individuals
when enumerators make their
calls at households during April.
The eight inquiries to be made
concerning every person will be
name, relationship to head Of
household, race, sex, age, marital
status, state or country of birth,
and citizenship status.
Two additional inquiries con-
cern all persons IA years old and
over These relate to employment
status and kind of job.
The remainder of the questions
will be asked only for a sample
of persons selected by chance ac.
cording to the order in which
their names fall on the Census
schedule.
For every fifth person, there
will be four questions as to
place of residence one year ago,
country of birth of father and
mother, whether attending school,
and highest grade attended. For
every fifth person Ia years old
and over there are four questions
on number of weeks worked in
1949, income in 1949, veteran sta
tus (males only,) and duration of
unemployment (if unemployedD
Three other inquiries will ap-
ply only to every thirtieth per-
son IA years old and over in GER
tain categories. One in 30 persons
neither working nor seeking work
neither working nor seeking work
during the week before the Cen
sus will be asked to report on
kind of job last held if employed
at any time in 1949. One in 80
persons reporting themselves as
ever having been married will be
asked if they have been married
more than once, and the number
of years in present marital status
One in 80 married women will be
asked how many children they
have borne.
Census information cannot be
used as a cross check on taxation
regulation or investigation as in
accordance of the Census act.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
INVENTORY FILED

Estate of Halle f. King, late
of Mt. Sterling, total $4,750.00;
S250.00 personal, $4,000 real es-
tate. r. G. Webber, w. A. Reay,
Homer Alkire, appraisers; E. j.
King, Administrator.
APPOINTMENTS
Estate of John E. Fitzgerald,
late of London, Edward F. Hac-
kett appointed Administrator
d bn, Bond 100000.
Estate of Juliet Phellis Lippen-
colt, late of Pike Township, Mar
ion E. Lippencott appointed ex-
ecutor; bond dispensed with by
order of will.
Estate of Troy Noble, late of
Range Township, Florence Noble
appointed administrator, bond
S2,5O0.00.
DIVORCES ASKED
Hayes Bailey VS. Opal Bailey.
Max M. Bennett VS. Charlotte
Elaine Bennett.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Orpha c. Woosley to Frank p.
Woosley, undivided II interest
north II of Lots 8 and 10, Lilly
Addition, London.
John Pancake to Josephine Pan
cake, ct al, undivided Us interest
in tract in Village of S. Charles
ton and parcel of rs acres in
Stokes Township.
Thomas f. Wood and Mary ID.
Wood to Myrtle Mae Beekman
and Arthur r. Beekman, l8
acres in Paint Township.
Ernest Z. Johnson and Ethel
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
ByGeoree

average farmer will answer less
than 100 inquiries, most of which
can be completed without re-
ference to any records.
About one-half of the inquiries
on the Agriculture QUESTIONABLE
apply to all farms in all sections
of the country. OF the inquiries
regarding approximately fiji t y
kinds of field crops, vegetables,
and fruits, the average farmer
will answer less than a dozen
since, generally, he will have pro-
duced only four or five different
crops.
he will be requested to fill and
and have ready for the Census
taker when he calls at the farm
in April during the Seventeenth
Decennial Census.
For crops harvested in 1949,
the farm operator will be asked
to report the acreage, yield and
value of the crops sold or to be
sold. Livestock inventories will be
reported as of April l, 1850 while
inquiries for the production of
livestock and livestock products
refer to the 1949 calendar year.
To further simplify the quest
ionnaire, a special form will be
used for nearly every State, list
ing only the crops principally
grown by the farmers in that
State.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
West Jefferson Firemen
Battle Tuo Local Fires

West Jefferson F'iremen were
summoned to the Eta Chenos
property, Friday afternoon March
"a at $3.50 p. m, the fire was
discovered by Bill Mcclure when
grease caught fire on an electric
hot plate. The tenant, Charley
Ogilvie, suffered severe burns
on his head and arms. The build
ing suffered severe damage, es-
timated at $500 and the con-
tents 5000.
They were a-so summoned to
the Frank Rothwell property,
where his mother lived alone, at
Plumwood, Monday afternoon,
March 27. The building was pra-
ctically gone before they got
there with an estimated loss of
$1,000 to the building and $500
contents. This fire was caused
when a bottle gas stove blew up.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
Farm Population
Declines Rapidly

During the past 10 years the
number of people living on farms
in Ohio and throughout the Ma
tion have declined rapidly, re-
ports A. r. Mangus, rural sociol-
ogist of the Ohio Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station.
Estimates made by the u. S.
Bureaus of the Census and of the
Agricultural Economics show
that the Nations farm population
numbered only 278 million in jan
uary 1949 compared with 30.5 mil
lion in 1910. This represents a
decline of 81 percent during the
9-year period.
No current estimates of farm
population have been published
for Ohio, continues Mangus, bit
federal estimates for the East
North Central States, including
Ohio, show trends similar to those
for the Nation as a whole.
Judging from national and re-
gional estimates, it may be as
sumed the farm population of Ohio
declined by about 10 percent dur
ing this same time. If this is the
case. says Mangus, Ohio's farm
residents now number consider
ably less than one million and
make up only about IL percent
of the total population estimated
at 10 million. In 1920, Ohio farm
population comprised nearly 20
percrat sA0f fIa total. ~
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-03-31
Farm Census
Forms To Be
Mailed Soon

The United States Bureau of the
Census is preparing for large
mailing job in connection with the
1850 Census of Agriculture for
more than six million farmers on
the mailing list. Every rural
route boxholder will receive an
Agriculture QUESTIONABLE which
The questionnaire.' to be used
in the 1850 Census of Agriculture
has been designed so as to be fill
ed out as easily az possible. The