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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

Chapter 80
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Chapter 80
The white light at the end OF
the long tunnel became blind
ingly bright as he moved closer
to it. Jigger fixed his gaze into
careful focus and saw white VII
sion with golden hair bending
over him. He closed and opened
his eyes rapidly, then looked
straight into her face. She smiled
comfortingly, took the long thin
glass out of his mouth, then went
to a square enameled table and
wrote on pad
She came back, helped him tie
his head forward, and put glass
to his lips. Jigger set his elbows
down as props and slipped obedi-
emily, letting his eyes roam. Soon
the design grew and elaborated
in mind. He was in bed under
crisp sheets; tightly bedded in
with his arms imprisoned, with a
nurse before him. He looked to
the window. 1t was daytime,
bright and clear. He could see q
balcony shaped in an 'el against
the back of a gray-brick build
ing. On it We're people wearing
robes over pajamas. Patients. 1t
was a hospital.
Jigger put fingers to his nose.
cheeks, forehead. His fingers re-
traced the area slowly. Bandages;
he was wearing a skull cap of
bandages and tape. His eyes
flashed alarm.
Just nasty cuts" the nurse
said comfortingly.
How long have / been here ?"
You've been unconscious
through the night"
The opening door sent a draught
of air over him. A man in the
doorway motioned, and the nurse
left the room. The man entered
and came up to the bed.
1t was Captain Prescott.
Prescott regarded him coldly.
Are you able to talk 2" he asked.
Jigger smiled weakly. How
much did Prescott know, he won
dered.
Prescott said, You can get it
all off your chest. There's little
you can tell me that / don't al
ready know He took a folded
newspaper out of his pocket and
held it before Jigger.
A headline and a sub-hed sur
mounted a short, bulletinized
story: MERLE LEIGHTON AR
RESTED IN TRUNK MURDER"
and-'RADIO PERSONALITY,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK
1e41-TEN YEARS AGo-1941

1o41-TEN YEARS AGO-1941
30Rev his final after eight year
Methodist Church. Goes to GAINESVILLE
31Pyme Poultry 6Roland Psnel London takes
Ohio State
One of 10 certified hacheries in state.
Sept Lit William Sparkling London completes refresher course
il Medical Corps, II. S. Grant Ills.
Bell honored Grace Baeager gets
pin for 40 Marguerite CORY for %
Sept 2-Iondon schools with enrolment of 98S
Sept 2r H NJ CLANCY London starts four term county
jefferson will pack largest
OF history Pack to reach 10000
Sept 4--Coee 3 h. round pound
supper,
1926-TWENTY-FI FIVE YEARS AGO-1926
Aug. 30--Adadson County crowd expected
Aug 3lM teacher London schools promoted
TO supervisor of primary grades s4l pe
Clothing Frank Sahl in
closed.
Sept 2-Madison County Teachers Institute session
3-Dr VI Christopher located
r Cordray residence High Streets
display county
Sept Stapleton eightmontfsod of
Martin StapetoE Lilly Chapel dies of cerebral meningitis
6-ondon High School
Gerald William Dewey Bohye goes
to Marion
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

all the gossip he overheard. An
other remarked that he coneen-
trated on describing the interest
ing passengers he met going and
coming on the bus. A third OBJ
served that he never got to tell
his wife much, because she wasn't
the kind of person he dared to
interrupt. He said he just men,
toned the weather and she went
on from there.
i tell mine that the boss pick
ed on me again" said a fourth,
and, boy, does she get mad.
She just hates the idea of an
outsider having the nerve to tell
me where to get off"
All agreed, however, it was a
difficult problem-trying to
bridge in words, to a wife's sat
isfactioa, the differing worlds of
office and home.
Il just don't know what to say, /"
confessed one.
A hoary old veteran of the mar
ital wars bent his gray moustache
TO the water sprout, then raised
his head an sniekered.
You boys all show a pitiful
imagination and a complete lack
Of understanding of women" he
announced.
A rebellious chorus of "Oh,
Yea" broke from the other meek
philosophers at the fountain.
Yes, indeed said the old
timer calmly. Wives have always
been insulated from the outside
world They have had to learn
where they could.
The refrigerator and the tele-
phone robbed them Of the down.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
How Much Should You
Tell Your Wife,? af

soon or late-puts q man on the
spot. How much should a fellow
tell his wife?
An informal spot poll, taken
at a standstill rather than a gall
lop, shows that this problem is
being met BY American husbands
in many interesting males ways.
The survey point was an office
watering trough.
L tell my wife nothing import
ant happened" lamented a newly
wed. But she doesn't believe me.
She thinks I'm hiding something
from her. She bursts out crying
and says I must be in love with
someone at the office. or I'd tell
her more"
An older co-worker heard him
with small sympathy.
Wait until you been married
ten years and got five kids like
/ have he growled. "All my
wife wants to know every night
is whether 1 can keep going un-
til the next payday"
The other men at the trough,
all 100 per cent loyal American
husbands. were shocked at this
and muttered, unfair, unfair.
Shame on you"
One fellow said he told his wife
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

OVER IN INDIA TT is A SIN TO KILL A cow
The cows destroy crops and do much damage. BY
the simple means of remaining of the cows,
they have been changed" to horses Indians
not afraid to kill horse and many of the new
horses are being decimated. Slightly silly but
convenient
LADIES! WEAR YOUR PEARLS! (if you have
any II you have string OF pearls wear them
when you take > bath. II is the best thing In the
world for them. gives them iuster and makes
them last longer.
SGT, JOHN r. RICE, a Sioux Indian was dem
led burial in private cemetery out in Iowa Rice
was Korean veteran. So what happens Rice s
now buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This
IS the same kind of justice which the Indians got
when the government gave them lot of Oklahoma
and the Indians promptly struck oil!
KIT: Don't you think Gertrude has magnetic
personality" Kat: Sure do . everything she
has on is chargedm
THE REVEREND SAT BESIDE NOSE WHO
WAS SERIOUSLY ILL The preacher asked Nose
II ne had made peace with God and denounced
the devil. Said old Nose .'Yassuh, Reverend ah
sho has made peace with God but, Reverend In
NAH condition ah amt in position to antagonize
nobody!"
LAST WORD ."In God We Trust' is inserlb-
ed on pennies because many people use then,
instead of fuses!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
billiards Firm
Opens New Seed
Handling Plant

The Russell Grain Company,
billiards, has announced the COM
pletion of a new seed processing
plant. This plant 136 40 feet. is
constructed of concrete blocks
went into operation for this years
wheat harvest July 5. The building
houses a $50 bushel grain dump,
five storage bins, Clipper Cleaner,
Caulkins Slurry Treater, Richard
son Automatic Scales, Minneapolis
Sewing Machines, Hart Carter
Disc September and room for 25,-
600 two bushel bags of seed.
Russell's constructed the build
ing for the sole purpose of seed
processing. All growers Certified
Seed Wheat is processed in this
new plant Regular seed wheat
and other field seeds are also pro-
cessed after the wheat for certi-
fication is completed.
The grain dump will take care
of several loads of wheat. The five
storage bins are for the five yarie'
tieSaof Certified Seed Wheat. nam
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

in Prescott's tone. Seeing you
stand up under it, with enough
left to jump Rumely, was seeing
q miracle
Knockout drops! Jigger WINGED
1t was trick wearing Father
Times beard. He'd gone for
gag-Leighton had really tied a
horse collar on him. Leighton had
suggested scotch, but had poured
from the rye decanter for him
self. N Bk
Jigger said disgustedly, Mir
acle is the word all right It's
miracle I'm alive, playing village
idiot for Leighton the way did
But Prescott wasn't rejoicing
over the miracle. His expression
was austere, and his eyes hostile.
Jigger stared at the police cap
tain for a solemn moment,
r. You said seeing me stand up
under it?"A'Jigger asked sudden
ly-"Seeing me jump Rumely r.
i was following close behind
In a squad car"
Jigger's eyes narrowed. Sud
denly from nowhere 2"
From the suite adjoining
Leighton's We had his rooms
wired. We heard everything that
went on all the time you were
with Leighton. The switchboard
girl signalled me when Runely
phoned up from downstairs and
Leighton gave him the okay to go
ahead and do his stuff. When
Rumely picked you off the side
walk | was right behind in a
squad car"
Jigger said, Front seat at a
show, huh" His thoughts were
bearing down on an idea that
were sending shivers through
him.
Prescott said nothing.
Jigger said, you picked me
out of the cellar?"
I called an ambulance.
The cold waves kept running
through him; it took everything
he had keeping his tones even.
Jigger said, Disappointing Act
Three curtain to the show for
you, huh"
Prescott looked steadily at him,
but didn't reply.
Jigger said, You didn't have
to wait for the final curtain, Pres
colt. You could have closed the
Show in the second act"
Prescott said, 1T wasn't that
bad show"
Ito Be continued)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
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! HERE ARE SOME STATISTICS WHICH WILL
INTEREST YOU. =. in January 1941 hogs brought
$3.50 per ewt. and now bring an average of $20.90-
an increase Of 28O96 Cattle brought $500 in al
and now bring $3.50 Corn brought 53 cents
bushel in 1871 and it brings S164 The last
two have increased in price by 244aa and 2098c
respectively
KIDS IN CHURCH LOOK JUST LIKE ANGELS
That is they LOOK like angels OF course, there
is no harm in busting their wings now and then
and the same goes for Strengthening their halos
once in a while
OVERHEARD IN A BUSINESS OFFICE
Boss to snappy steno. Congratulations, Miss
Brisket this is the earliest you have ever been
latei"
OLD HEYWOOD SNUGG, the womans home
companion and champion hog-caller of Burnt Cork
County, says that If he had his life to live over
he would make the same mistakes but more of lem
and would start a lot sooner!
HERE IS THE STANDARD FOR SAUCES
which, the experts say, must be used with certain
meats and fish Roast Beef-horseradish; Pork-ap-
pie sauce; Veal-mushroom or tomato sauce; Lamb
Mint sauce or jelly; Turkey-cranberries; Oysters
chill sauce; Fish-Tartar sauce; Chop Suey-soy
sauce or grasshopper juice Lobster-lemon and
butter and Tor goose the same sauce that
you used for the gander
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
By JOHN RoEBURr

POLICE CHIEF, AND ARTIST
FIGURE IN SURPRISE ARRES-
is"
1t was evidently a spot news
flash; the detailed story would ap-
pear in a later edition.
Prescott snapped the newspa-
per away. THE case is practical
ly wrapped up. We got Leighton,
Arents, and Rumely. Matthew
Hunter was taken into custody
at home in Lewiston one hour
ago. We got statements from
Leighton and Arents. Well get
one from Rumely when he re-
covers enough to be able to talk
Matthew Hunters probably
sweating out a statement right
now in County JAIL Prescott
stopped, his eyes holding Jigger
expectantly.
Jigger stared speechiessly,
seeking his wits. 1t was sone-
thing to grapple with He'd been
asleep for a lifetime, while his
tory finished and filed story in
to the archives. He was Rip Van
Wrinkle, suddenly awake and liy-
ing in yesterday.
Jigger nibbled at the new real
ity one bite at a time. When
Rumely recovers. you said 2"
Prescott said tersely, "Frac-
tured skull. Rumely got the worst
of it when you wrestled him into
that fall down the cellar. He
landed on top of you but his head
cracked against a wall.
Now the dream of riding an
Easter egg was fitted into his real
experience. Rumely-Rumely had
been walking him into the night,
to his murder. But the flame?
Jigger said, "Rumely shot at
me i remember now"
And missed by a mile. The
bullet knocked flower pot off a
tenement window ledge. Rumely
was too off-balance when he
fired" Prescott pulled up chair
and sat down. You were marked
for murder, Jigger. Leighton sent
you out to Rumely half-dead- =
But Run1ely muffed his half of
the job"
digger waited until the night
before fully reorganized itself in
his memory. After while he
asked, What did Leighton dose
me with ?"
Knockout drops. Enough to
floor an elephant" Now there
was just a touch of wonderment
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
Law Clarified On
Recorders S Fee y

County recorders sheuld collect
only 20 cents additional for can
collation. of mortgages on which
30 cents already had been paid
for filing, Attorney General C..
William O'Neill ruled Thursday.
A new law, effective today, re-
qnires payment of so cents for
filing and cancellation Of mort
cages. O'Neill said mortgages
filed under. the old law cost 80
cents and their cancellation now
viii require only an additional 20
cent fee.
In another opinion. O'Neill held
that . referees in the Bureau of
Unemployment Compensation are
entitled to salary increases grant
ed state employees under the
aanendeaazl@ss9and salary reclassi-
taeation law July L .oaAsou ia Il.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

to-earth information formerly
supplied by the iceman and the
vegetable huckster. Today they
get the facts of life from the
soap operas. But they are plagu-
ed by doubt as to whether they
are getting a true picture. That
is why they ask you SO many
questions.
But what can you do about" :"
one listener started to say.
The answer is simply to create
your own office soap opera, -
continued the old-timer. Il have
invented a character called Jones.
/ have taken Jones through two
marriages and three serious i'll
nesses. Four times my wife has
given me money to help him out
naturally he can never pay it
back-and she gave me S5 last
week to buy his daughter a we'd
ding present.
No matter how bad our own
troubles are my wife says, Gee,
honey, life is still better for us
than it is for that poor old MIR.
Jones at your office"
But what if she insists on
your bringing him home to din
ner?" interjected skeptic.
In that case" said the old
timer. Jones will suddenly die
and be buried in distant city.
And my dear wife will fork out
$50 to me to send flowers"
A murmur of awe burst from
the other husbands as he gravely
bent his moustache, watered it
again, and plodded Sedately back
to his desk. They had seen true
greatness in their time.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
MADISON COUNTY COURTS II

Mary E. Jenkins, waitress West
Center Street, London. z
SUE FOR s557 ggrA
Howard G. Berry, Ft. Recovery
and the American Farmers Nut
ual Insurance Company, 40 South
Third Street, Columbus, are ask
ing judgment of $557.23 in Madi-
son County Common Pleas court
from Carlton Scheiderer, Plain
City. r. r. No. 3
The petition cites that a sheep
owned by Scheiderer, had been
allowed to roam on the highway
and caused Berry to lose control
of his car, crash into a ditch and
turned over, when the automo-
bile struck the sheep on State
Route 161 about one mile east
of Plain City.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Lurman Lewis VS. Ann Lewis.
Frances Black VS. Osa Black.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Abe S. Allen to Audist L. Nc
Clary and Gladys Marie McClary
Scioto Farm Project No. 33, Sc
acres.
L. c. Heller and Katherin Heller
to Grover Baker and Eimira Ba-
ker, lot 81 in William Watson's
addition to village Of London.
Paul NJ. Yauger to Thomas j.
Selby, Jr. and Ann 7. Selby,
tract on Park Avenue.
Evelyn Parker ct al to Freder-
ick v. Trimble and Martha r.
Trimble, II Of in-lot 36 on north
east corner of High and Column
bus Streets, village of Mt. Ster-
ling.
Thomas L. Reid to William Ed
win Arbogast and Kathryn Ruth
ArhOgast, 0.57 of acre in village
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

ely Butler. Vigo, Thorne, Trumbuli
and Seneca.
For the bins the wheat is first
run over the Clipper Cleaner
which removes all foreign mater
ial from the seed.
The wheat is elevated to the
Hart Carter Disc Separator which
removes all corn cookie, small and
imperfect grains of wheat. This
machine was the fifth to be i'm
stalled in Ohio.
The seed from these two opera
tions Is treated for smut with a
Caulkins Slurry Treatcr with Du-
Points ceresan VI solution. From
the treater the wheat is ready for
bagging. This is done through The
Richardson Automatic bagging
scale, which can be set from As Id.
to 120 Id bags which one man op-
crates at the rate of five bags per
minute. All bags are sewed and
conveyers carry the bags to the
plller who piles them in their
respective piles.
Several trucks can be loaded at
the same time. However in the
case of rain trucks can be loaded
inside the building in the drive
ways. Not only trucks to be loaded
were taken into consideration, but
railroad cars as we'll. On the op-
poslte side Of the building a new
railroad siding was built to accom-
modate several boxcars. Here bulk
grain for seed can be unloaded In
to the grain dump and progressed
IN the same manner.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
WILLS PRoBATED


Anna Gillivan, late of West
Jefferson, left her entire estate
to her three children, two sons,
Ralph and Allen %. Gillivan and
daughter, Mrs. Lucille Ewart The
three named executors of the es-
tate to serve without bond, accor-
ding to provision of the will.
Mary Estelle Anderson, late of
Mt. Sterling, left her entire es-
tate TO her husband, William S.
Anderson, who was named execu-
tor to serve without bond accord
ing to provision of the will.
Fannie r. Hopkins, late of near
London, formerly of Washington
d. G.. left her entire estate to
her niece, Pansy Blue Laird.
Henry Gilligan, District of Col
umbia, named executor of the
will to serve without bond.
Pearl A. Cartmille, late of Fair
fled Township, left entire estate
TO wife, Laura =. Cartmille, who
was named executrix to serve
without bond.
INVENTORY APPROVED
An estate of S5,299.73, all per-
sonal property, was left by
George w. Withrow. late of Lon
don. Nell F. Withrow is named
aarsfnicfrafriy Ernest Wall r NJ
McAllister and NJ. B. Cannon, ap-
praiserS.
ACCOUNT APPROVED
The second and final account
Of Effie ]. Garrett, adninistrat-
ri1 of the estate of Jennie Red
man. has been allowed and con-
firTned in probate court.
LICENSE REQUESTED
Robert j. Cave, truck driver,
Springfield. r. r. No. 2 and
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
The World Today
PEACE OFFENSIVE
BY James NARROW

&GBsAG1 RGtt0W
WASHINGTON, -tP,- Presi.
dent Truman practically opend 6
peace offensive of his own in
San Francisco and at the same
time tried to put the Russians
on the spot if they tried any
shenanigans there.
Whether his emphasis on peace
brings peace any nearer-such as
a settlement in Korea-remains
to be seen. But it's doubtful any
thing he said would make the
Russians bat an eye or change
their plans.
He told a Democratic party
rally he. had gone to California
in the interests of world peace.
And Tuesday night he showed
what he meant in 3,000-word
speech at the Japanese peace
treaty's opening session.
In the speech he used the word
peace" 4S times-in practically
every other paragraph of his talk.
1t was obvious from the repeti-
ton he was trying to hammer
home the idea.
He reminded the delegations
from the various nations that
this treaty was to be signed
against the backdrop of the still
unsettled war with communism
in Korea.
II But even if somehow the
shooting in Korea is stopped, it
will mean peace in only that one
place. The unshooting war with
Russia will certainly continue.
The west will keep on build
ing its defenses. drawing an ar
Inored ring around the communist
world, and the Russians will not
abandon their world crusade be-
cause of any speech.
# The State Department voice
of America" of course, will re-
lay the Presidents talk of the
American desire for peace to all
corners of the earth.
& So at least San Francisco pro-
Vided him with the opportunity
of presenting to the world the
picture of America as a peace
seeker and of Communism as
the enemy of peace.
What he had to say about the
Japanese Peace Treaty itself
wasn't new. 1t had all been
thoroughly explained and hashed
over before.)
He saved his direct shot at the
Russians without naming them
for almost the very end of his
speech.
Of all the delegations at San
Francisco the large Russian group
IS the only one expected to de-
nounce the tready, try to block
it or use the occasion for anti
American propaganda, and prob
ably, as usual, call this country
q warmonger.
WITHOUT using tine world war
rnonger" himself against the Rus
slams, the President in effect beat
them to use of the word by warm
ing they'd be warmakers if they
tried to block the treaty. He said:
The treaty now before us of
fers more than talk of peace; it
offers action for peace. This con-
ference will show, therefore, who
seeks to make peace, and who
seeks to prevent it; who wishes
to put an end to war; and who
wishes to continue ii"
The Russians travelled half way
around the world to San Francis
GO to do whatever it was they
came there to do. They came
with instructions. It's unlikely
anything Mr.. Truman said could
change their intentions, which
won't be known till they start to
talk.
But at Least Mr.. Truman got
the jump on them and put them
in the position of sour grapes
from this point on at San Fran
cisco. In the long war with Rus
sia this is hardly more than
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

What happens
to him then, this
lamb love she
welded? I? In the
ten hours or SO
she isn't at hand
to tell him, in
hale, dear now
exhale de ar, =
well, what really
goes on7 She
must know.
So, when he
returns from his
daily bread-win-
Y4srv rss1agxac cha
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
By Hal Bowie

NEW YORK. -uPl-The aver
age American husbands life out
side his home is like his bank
boels. There isn't enough there 10
merit much interest.
But Il cannot help attracting
the curiosity of his wife. After
all, in those hurried moments be-
fore he leaves for work. she does
help him comb his hat and put
his breakfast on straight.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

Richard G. Johnston, former
assistant director of the Column
bus Boy Choir and Minister of
Music at the Broad Street Pres
byterian Church, will join the
teaching staff of the Capital I'm
iversity Conservatory Of Music be-
ginning with the opening of the
Fall term.
Mr.. Johnston graduated from
Capital University in 1945 and
,geceiXeq gtaia Master of Music, der,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

This newspaper is dedicated 70 public service and public
weure and hos duy and responsibility of providing
curcte ufocon end guidance which esseno 70 sound
udcmen in distinguishing truth from which sul 70
a heolfhy and vigorous democracy
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

grccts him with a cheerful or
accusing. and what did you do
today2P
1his-as every husband knows,
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

gree from the Oberlin Conserva-
tory of Music in 1947. He has
taught music at Mt. Gilead, Ohio
and at Buena Vista College,
Storm Lake, Iowa.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07
NOW HEAR THIS

NOW HEAR TTIISt
There is only thing for a man to do who married
to who enjoys spending money and that is enjoy
earning it,
Edgar w Howe
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-09-07

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