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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
1927 Acres Sold
Mere For S161,15i
Crowd Is A Record

A partition sale of six tracts of
land located in three townships
in Madison county and one in
Franklin, totaling 1,02133 acres
at the court house Saturday, at-
tracted one of the largest crowds
ever assembled here for a similar
sale, according to Deputy Sheriff
Kenneth Fl. johnson.
The sale was also one of the
largest land deals in many years
in Madison county. The entire
acreage was sold by Auctioreer
Lee Kilgore to three individuals
for a total of S169, 1880.
The land involved, located in
Oak Run, Deercreek, Fairfield and
Jefferson townships in Madison
county and Pleasant township,
Franklin county, was originally
owned by the late Thomas ]. Slut
son, lifelong resident of Madison
county and a former president of
the Central National bank of Lon
don, who died in 1912. The lard
was left to his granddaughter,
Miss Mabel f. Cowling, who died
June 80, 1850 in Columbus.
According to the terms of the
viii, if Miss Cowling had no heirs
at the time of her death, the
testator's real estate should re-
vert to children of his brothers
and sisters.
The suit for partition was filed
in Madison County Common Pleas
Court by Matthew E. Roberts Of
West Jefferson, son of the late
Clara Stutson Roberts, a sister
of T. j. Stutson.
The first parcel OF 3Sb.25 acres
in Oak Run township, about six
miles southeast of London be-
tween the Big Plain and Mt. Ster-
ling pixies, was appraised at 800
per acre. Tt was sold to John Dun
lap, Jr., Of Williamsport for S132
per acre, bringing $50, ,985.00.
The 28406 acres in Jefferson
township, at the junction of the
Gregg Road and the West JEFF
Personality Chapel Pixies, was
appraised at $3.50 per acre. It
sold to Leslie II. Aebersold, of
Xenia, formerly of London, for
$225 per acre bringing a total of
$63,913.50.
The third tract of 35002 acres,
of which 346.62 acres are in Pleas
ant Township, Franklin County
and $40 acres in Fairfield town.
ship, Madison County; is situated
on State Route 665, about II miles
east of London. 1t was appraised
at $110 per acre, ard sold to Will
liam and Robert Mace of Wash
ington C. H. for $155 per acre,
bringing total of S54, ,253.10.
The total derived from the sale
will be divided between "a de-
seendants of Mr.. Stutson ranging
from 1I16 to 19/384ths.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
Detectives Here
Tuesday TO Take
Prisoners South

Two Birmingham, Ala, detec-
tives arrived in London Tuesday
evening to receive custody of two
hold up suspects held ait the Mad
ison County Jail.
Edward w. Banks, %, and
Kinch Raby, 19, the suspects
wanted in Birmingham for ques-
tioning in connection with the
hold up robbery of the Federal
Investment Company of that city,
were taken to Columbus by The
detectives and tarned over to Co
lurnbus police until Wednesday
afternoon when the officers and
their prisoners boarded a train FOR
Birmingham.
Sheriff Harold Bidwell, who
held the two men in the Madison
County Jail for Police Chief Rus
sell H. Shirk, of South Charleston,
said that one of the men had al
ready been identified in the
Birmingham robbery.
Raby. he further stated, was a
fugitive from the Alabama State
Penitentiary and that he had also
served time in the Ohio pen from
which he had been paroled and
turned over to the Alabama
authorities.
Highway Patrolmen arrested the
two men last Friday night after
the auto in which they had been
riding was involved in an accident
near South Charleston. They were
Police Chief Shfrk and State
first taken to the Clark County
jail and later removed to the
county Jail at London.
Sheriff Bidwell said two guns
were found on the ground under
their wrecked car when the men
were arrested. One telephoned TO
Birmingham after their auto ac-
cident and police of that city
learned of the phone call and no.
titled the Ohio officers to hold
them as suspects in the robbery
of the investment company
The theft, it was reported here,
involved $500 in cash and $50 in
checks. The men were enroute 10
Cleveland when the South Char
lesion auto mishap resulted in
their arrest.
One of the Birmingham detec-
tives reported that Banks had
been convicted of assault with
intent to murder and Raby of
grand larceny and burglary.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
Two indicted in
Alleged Robbery
Of London Men

Two Springfield men were in
dicted by the Clark County Grand
Jury on charges of armed robbery
Of two London men. The indict-
ments were among those return
ed by the grand jury when it COM
pleted its January session We'd
nesday afternoon.
Isaiah Linson, 26, of 118 N.
Water St, Springfield was in
dicted on a charge of armed rob-
berry of Walter Cooper, "a, of Lon
don, October 10.
Jesse Linson, %, of 537 E. North
St, Springfield, was indicted on
a charge of armed robbery of
Walter T. Johnson of London,
also on October 10.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
Farm Loan Group
Meeting March |

The Farmers National Farm
Loan Association will hold its an
nual meeting of members at the
Farm Coop Building in Washing
ton c. H., Ohio on Thursday
March /, r. E. Whiteside, sec
retary-treasurer of the organiza-
ton, has announced.
Plans for the meeting are being
made by the board of directors,
the secretary-treasurer and the
assistant secretary-treasurer.
The board of directors are John
l.. Craig, Clinton County, Ben w.
Terrell, Clinton County, Herbert
L. Peterson, Clinton County, Paul
B. Holway, Madison County, F. z.
Caldwell, Madison County, w. G.
Hidy, Fayette County and Mrs.
Verne Wilson, Fayette County.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
INTENTION PLEASE

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Thank
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
FAIR OFFICIALS THREATEN TO DROP
HARNESSRACING FROM SCHEDULES

The county and independent fair
officials contend that the rule
adopted last month by the State
Racing Commission makes oper-
aing costs too high. They will ask
the commission to rescind the
rule by which every fair that does
not average $4,000 or more in
daily wagering must pay for the
track veterinarian to take the
saliva tests of the winners.
Last season the Grand Circuit
meeting at Delaware was the
only one where betting exceeded
$4,000 a day.
A similar resolution was passed
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
Husband Former
County Resident
browns In Pacific

Word has been received at S.
Solon of the death of David An
drew McGregor, 81, husband of
Evelyn McGregor, former South
Solon resident and daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley French of
near that Madison County Village.
Mr.. McGregor and five others
were drowned in fishing boat
mishap off California in Decem-
Der. Only the wreckage of the
boat was found.
Mrs. McGregor will go to South
Solon from her Los Angeles, Calf.
home to spend some time with her
parents at their farm.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12

at the same time by a group of
fair presidents and vice presidents,
also meeting in the Deshler Wal
lick Hotel.
Both resolutions are slams di-
rected at the u. S. Trotting Asso-
citation by management personnel
of Ohios 97 annual fairs. Fair
managers claim increased purses
and added heats make racing costs
excessive.
Both resolutions were to come
before the entire group-more
than 1900 members at 3 p. m.
Thursday for adoption or re-
lection.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
Clues Lacking In Former
Residents $ Disappearance


Clues are still lacking in the
mysterious disappearance of Mrs.
Minerva Braddock, pretty Wash
ington G. H., divorcee, a former
London resident and high school
student, who has been missing
since Dec. II.
Admitting authorities were with
out additional information con-
corning whereabouts of Mrs. Brad
dock, the Fayette County Sheriff
Orland Hayes reported Tuesday
that he was convinced that the
Washington G. Fl. woman was
dead.
He was reported saying he be-
lieVed she was killed by a man
who forced his way into the car
as she backed out the driveway of
her home near Washington c. II.
The sheriff is seeking a court
order to examine Mrs. Braddock's
post office box for possible clue.
Searches House
One of the latest moves of the
Fayette County sheriff in his i'm
vestigation of Mrs. Braddock's
disappearance was the futile IN
spection of Mrs. Braddock's IL
acre property near Washington
c. II. on State Route 3. The form
er London woman lived alone in
Spanish type bungalow.
Clarence Painter, of near Nc
Arthur, Ohio, father of the miss
ing woman, has been reported as
also believing Mrs. Braddock was
slain
A Fayette County farmer, Will
liam Allen, a longtime friend has
reported that he was the last, or
one of the last, to see Mrs. Brad
dock.
He had taken her home from \
party and had placed her suitcase
in her car. He explained that she
was leaving when he drove away.
She was believed to have been en-
route to Columbus.
The Fayette County sheriff
spent almost two hours in an ex-
tensive search of the land at the
Braddock place. Most of it is creek
bottom land.
Mrs. Braddock was born on a
farm south of London. She at
tended grade school at Newport
and high school at London and
Sedalia. She is said to have taken
part in many school plays at the
latter high school because of dra-
matte ambitions.
After high school she attend
ed a beauty school and worked in
the cosmetology field. At Ports
mouth, Ohio, she met and married
a man named Joe Lane, and was
later divorced.
She is also said to have worked
in a millinery shop in Cincinnati
before meeting Mr. Braddock,
whom she married in 1912
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
O'DonneII Estate
Valued $l32. 845

The estate of John O'Donnell.
late of London, is valued at S132,-
845 80 in the inventory filed in
Madison County probate court
January 10. Personal property was
valued at SOS, ,301.63 and real es-
tate $37, 7,543.75. G. N. McAliister.
Gwynne Burr and Robert c. Rea
were appraisers.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
Townsley Funeral
At Mt Sterling

Funeral services at Mt. Ster-
ling Saturday at / p. m. for Anna
Townsley, II. She leaves one
adopted son, William H. McCrory
and grandchildren.
Friends may call at Snyder
Funeral Home. Interment West
Jefferson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12

County fair secretaries and Of
ficials meeting in Columbus We'd
nesday threatened to drop harness
racing from the schedules of 81
county ard independent fairs for
the coming season after a stormy
protest session over the rising
costs of harness racing at Ohio
fairs.
The proposal, however. was
voted down as a resolution at The
opening of the 26th annual Ohio
Fair Managers Association cor
vention.
Another resolution to call off
saliva tests at pari-mutuel tracks
was passed.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
OWU Professor
To Be Speaker

DR.. Stuart Postle of West JEFF
ferson, professor of dramatics at
Ohio Wesleyan University, Della
ware, will be guest-Speaker at the
Guest Night program of the
Woman's club at the London Club
House at 8:15 Monday night, jan
uarV Is
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
Car Sales %
In December

Madison County dealers sold al
most 100 new motor vehicles III
December The total was 80. Ar.
cording to reports at the Clerk AZ
Courts office they included IS
passenger cars. II trucks. one
school bus, one trailer and a mo-
torcyele.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
ANNOUNCE BIRTH

Mr.. and Mrs. William Gallagher
Jr., sos Hawthorne Avenue, an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Teena Ann, in White Cross Hos
pital Wednesday night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
REruRNs TO HOSPITAL

Mrs. w. S. Tope, East High
street, who recently underwent
major surgery, returned to Grant
Hospital Wednesday to remain for
several days further treatment.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
e OUR
fl TOWN

speaker and Paul Brown was
the topic at Mondays get-to-
gether at the London Country
Club. Russ Needhan is a nice
guy. He made quite an inn
preston on the boys although
some were inclined to dis
agree with his views. For the
most part, Russ told some
things we didn't know before.
Like the fact that Paul Brown
isn't crazy about dough. We
had always thought that
Brown liked the chips and
wouldn't accept the low-pay-
ing headache as coach at Ohio
State. Needham says that
Brown doesn't care about big
money. We were surprised to
hear this and it changed our
opinion of Brown consider
ably. Another thing which
made an impression was Russ
statement that Brown won't
consider coachinge football at
any college except Ohio State
g. we were more than a
little surprised at this one.
At any rate, Needham says
that Fesler is gone and that
now O.S.U. needs and wants
the best football coach in the
nation of course, accord
ing to Needham, that man is
no other than P A UL
BROWN! Well, could be and
maybe if it happens land
soon) we won't have to listen
to SO much hullaballoo
at least until Brown loses to
Michigan!
CORN
Corniest and catchiest slo-
gan of the week is this one
from the Los Angeles Health
Dept. Keep Clean" pro-
gram - CRIME DOESN'T
PAY!
SIGN
Sign in beauty parlor
Don't whistle at any of the
girls leaving here-one may
be your grandmother.
MoTHEATEN
Part time scientist and a
guy who thinks fission re-
quires a hook and line, Prof.
Haywood Snugg, says that he
has invented a new kind of
moth-ball. It's big and hol-
low. All you have to do is put
your sweater inside!
PRAYER
Suggested prayer for
preachers before they start
to preach Lord, fill my
mouth with worthwhile stuff
and nudge me when I've said
enough!"
One of our readers sent
this little gem in to us. It
goes like this Beware
that passing fancies don't be-
come living realities. Uhuh,
the more you thing about it
the better it gets.
IT'S NEW
Out in Hollywood someone
has put new brush on the
market. It's shaped like the
figure, "3'. 1t is designed
solely for sweater girls!
LAST WORD
Il can't be oVerdrawn. I
still have some checks left"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12

SIGN
Sign in beauty parlor q.
Don't whistle at any of the
girls leaving here-one may
be your grandmother!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-01-12
CORN

OUHN
Corniest and catchiest slo-
gan of the week is this one
from the Los Angeles Health
Dept. Keep Clean" pro-
gram - CRIME DOESN'T
PAY!
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-12-01

dill B. G. and Vice President Gen
eral Baptist State Convention Of
Mississippi;
Rev. L. S. Sorrell, President
Jackson District Sunday School and
b. 7. U. Congress, and Pastor
Fearly Grove B. c.;
Mr.. ]. c. McClenden, President
Of the National Laymen Movement,
N. B. Convention;
Mrs. B. C. Whitfield, President
of the Women's Jackson District
Association and State Pianist of
the Women's Convention of Missis-
sippi;
Rev. L. c. Wilcher, Dean Of the
Jackson District Sunday School
md B. I. U. Congress;
Rev. H. L. Davis, Pastor New
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and AS
istant Secretary of the General
Missionary Baptist State Conven-
ton.
Rev. L. C. Pickens, President.
Rev. R. H. T. Tyler, Secretary.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-12-01

white people do but what the courts
let Negroes do to each other"
Regardless of the motive of the
killing, rarely does a Mississippi
judge give the Negro killer of an
other Negro a life sentence or the
electric chair.
"If the killer is a good worker
and especially if he is liked by
white people, the chances are that
he will come clear of his crimes"
Dr.. Howard warned that changes
will not come overnight. .'But /
can see the pattern gradually
changing" he said.
During the course of his speech
DR.. Howard gave three chief
reasons for the dissatisfaction of
Negroes in the state which were
as follows:
/. Inadequate school and educa-
tional facilities;
2. Poor living conditions and lack
VI cCOllOlulC security,
3. Lack of democracy and inse-
curity of life.
Calling upon Negroes to work
towards finding a greater degree
of satisfaction which is possible
in Mississippi life, and to work for
greater opportunity for themselves
he called upon them to adopt the
following program:
/. Support of all agencies seek
ing to make the race strong finan-
cially;
2. An about fight for unrestrict-
ed voting rights;
3. A continued fight for better
educational opportunities and long
Ell school terms.
Following his speech DR.. How
ard stated that a meeting would be
headed at Mound Bayou, during the
Christmas Holidays for a Delta
Council of Negro leaders.
Delegates who attended the
Fourth Annual convention of the
United order of Friendship which
was held Nov. 1928 at Mound
Bayou called it the greatest meet
ing in the organizations history.
The United Order of Friendship,
a fraternal organization for mutual
help to it's members already main
tains a clinic at Mound Bayou,
which is to be soon replaced by the
first class hospital.
DR.. Howard who is chairman of
the board of the organization is
also IT'S Surgeon-in-Chief and Di-
rector of the Mound Bayou Clinic
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-12-01
Six-Year-OId Tot
4 thankful To
Walk Again

CHICAGO-A six-year-old Chi
cago girl who fought back cheer
fully against the gripping effects
of burns that covered rs per cent
Of her body gave thanks yesterday
because she can walk again.
The Thanksgiving holiday for
little Ruth Ann Langhart, veteran
of more than a dozen skin grant
operations and countless hours of
physical therapy sessions, was
marked by a brief visit home
her first after nearly Is months
in Provident hospital.
First, however, hospital officials
provided special turkey dinner
with all the trimmings.
Last night, Ruth Ann returned
to her hospital bed to prepare for
another series of operations on the
burns she suffered when sparks
from an incinerator set fire to her
clothing in 1850.
The little girl-bed- and
in pain last Christmas-as for
an inexpensive magic slate as her
only gift.
Newspapers and radio stations
carried the story and the hospital
was flooded with gifts-dolls, toys
and more than 800 slates-which
Ruth Ann distributed to other chill
dren.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-12-01
Local Baptist -.
Continued from Page Onel


down through the years
AS Ministers Of all denomina-
tions, working together with the
business men and women, we would
be able to invite worthwhile groups
to jackson that would be an asset
rather than an economic liability.
The various organizations of
America, which we are members
If, and have influence with, would
contribute to the educational, re-
iigious and financial interest as
well by spending thousands Of dol
lars in Jackson.
Note. 1t was suggested that the
Negro Committee in a long run
would call Coullet-Lea to attract
top programs. We feel that the
Negro Committee should have com
plete control, working under the
direction Of the City Commission
ers, of all entertainments to be
carried on in the Negro City Au-
ditorium.
Your Committee,
Rev. j. H. Taylor, Moderator and
Pastor of Baptist Churches for
more than 40 years;
DR.. c. A. Greer, Vice President,
General Missionary Baptist State
Conventions of Mississippi, men,
Ser Of the North Baptist Seminary
Board, Nashville, Tenn, Pastor
Parish Street Baptist Church,
Jackson, Miss.
State and National Supporters
Rev. L. G.. Pickens, President
I the Ministers Unicn and Pastor
VI the New Hope Baptist Church,
Jackson, Miss;
Rev. W. P. Whitfield, Pastor Mt.
Calvary Baptist Church, Moderator
Of the j. NJ B. District Associa-
ton, LIST Assistant Secretary. N.
:. G., Z. S. A., Inc.;
State and City Representatives
Dr.. H. H. Humes, Greenville,
Miss, President, General M. B.
State Convention, and Vice Presi-
tent y. B. c., U. S. A.. Inc;
Rev. ] W. Gayden, Greenwood,
Miss, President State Sunday
Schoo! and B. T. U. Congress, Pres
ident National B. T. u. Board;
Rev. P. f. Lott, Pastor College
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-12-01
Negro Leaders .
CONTINUED from Page One)

vote, said in reference to DR.. How
ards speech, THANK God, we now
have another Negro in the state
who has stood-up and told the
white people the truth, instead of
telling them what they want" to
hear
In Vicksburg a prominent Negro
professional men whose leadership
and opinion is highly respected
among Negro citizens of the state
called the Howard speech a timely
and needed tonic for responsible
leaders of both races in the state.
A widely known and influential
Baptist Minister in Jackson ex-
pressed the hope that the context
of the Howard speech will become
the theme of the Baptist Ministry
of Mississippi, rather than that
which we have been hearing from
highly responsible sources of the
Baptist ministry in the past years.
In Jackson, Percy Greene, Editor
and publisher of the Jackson Advo-
cate and a nationally known leader
for the right of Negroes to vote in
Mississippi said that he was one
hundred percent in favor of the
sentiments expressed in DR.. How
ards speech.
In his Keynote address to the
Fourth Annual Convention of the
United order of Friendship, Dr.
Howard called for equal partner
ship for Negroes in solving the
racial problems of the state and
proposed a council of Negro lead
ers to represent the race in such
work.
Blaming lack of opportunity for
the fact that the state lost some
100000 of it's Negro population
during the past ten years, as re-
vealed in the recently widely pub
lished U. S. Census report, he
said:
"The white man is definitely not
responsible for all the work within
the Negro race" the 43-year-old
Kentucky born su rgeon said. "But
it takes more than having a black
nanny or being raised with Ne
groes. to understand the Negro.
"You have got to be a black
man in Mississippi at least "a
hours to understand what it means
to be a Negro in Mississippi"
He criticized the denial of the
right to vote to Negro citizens of
the state and said:
BLACK soldiers from Mississippi
are fighting and dying for a
democracy they don't know one
single thing about back home on
the plantations of the Mississippi
Delta"
The Negro, he said, is denied the
right to cast an unrestricted bal
lot or to be a recognized member
of the Democratic or Republican
sparties in the state.
Continuing he said, the Negro
citizen wants the fright of repre-
sentation on the Mississippi Eco
| nomic Council in all matters per-
| tanning to the future of the Negro
in Mississippi, the right of repre-
sentation at the council table of the
Mississippi Farm Bureau and the
right of local, state and federal
government representation"
Blaming the state courts for
many of the evils affecting Negro
life in the state Dr.. Howard said:
1.-The greatest danger to Negro
life in Mississippi is not what
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-12-01
CAR FREEZE

The Government has imposed a
virtual freeze" effective Febru-
airy /, on the introduction of new
models by the automobile industry
and manufacturers of other ma
Jor consumer durable goods. The
action came in the form of orders
reserving machine tools almost
completely for military and de-
1ense-support production, which
would bar retooling by civilian
manufacturers of cars, washing
machines, refrigerators and SINH
lar appliances.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-12-01

bird was still alive and was killed
by tenants who set upon it with
axes. The bird was mutilated.
Though he demonstrated with his
tenants about the useless slaughter
of the bird, Mr.. Hough said they
told him they were afraid it might
swoop down and carry off child.