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Madison County Democrat
Member of the National Editorial As-
fields, the hail damaged many 'acres
of corn and melons.
A fair-sized tree at the corner of
the club house of the. London Coun
try club was broken in two by -the
wind, the tree missing the club
house by inches in its path to the
ground. A giant oak tree near the
club house was leveled, breaking
down a wire fence in its fall.’
Several trees on ihe, Lee Kilgore
farm and on the Daily farm, were
blown down and a portion of high
Wooden fencing on the Daley f^rm
was ruined.
Three trees, two of them giant
elms, were blown over in the yard
at the Howard McDonald farm on the
London-Jefferson pike .-and several
trees on the Street land on the
Glade road also were uprooted.
Little property damage was report-,
ed although many small sheds were
damaged and several living cars were
knocked from their foundations by
the force of the wind.
Thousands of dead and dying limbs
were, blown from trees in the path
of the cyclone and fences in several
places were damaged.
Between London and Plumwood,
the wind was so high and the rain
so heavy that motorists wrere forced
to turn their machines against
storm until it had passed over
territory.
The clouds that covered the east
ern. part of Madison county were
blackest and most dangerous appear
ing that, many inhabitants here can
recall.
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The territory in and about London
escaped with only a slight sprinkle
of rain and but little wind, the storm
however, giving the fesidents a brief
spell of cooler weathetr.
SLAYER KAY
(Continued From Page One)
ftWiiewdermilk” because hi was out
of Work and without TujmHto
Prosecutor Emmitt.Cnto who has
already sent Loudermilk, Lacey -Ad-,
anas and Walker Brown to the elec
tric chair, ridiculed tlyj.' request
mercy. toto
Weaver urged that~|Mttetodpath
sentence be commuted Ft? li&v.iiupris-L
onment, admitting that “Arthur Lit
tle is guilty of murder there’s no
dispute about that.”
Mercy Question
“It’s just a question/’, sal®-Weaver^
“of whether this mait-debfeives met?
cy.” /_
“I think the board should see lhat
he does. Little was led Into-4he
crime. A week beforo the killing life
was approached by Loudermilk Whom
he never knew before unri -asked, if
he would go on a jfweefl
$70,000 and $80,000 couFW^Upned
without hurting anyboayto ..
“At first Little HMn’fr aw®ven
He was broke. He considered it ftft
a few days then he consented.
“He had no knowle«lgd of, aiy
weapons around the car when the
bandits started to the Krdn*y home.
That is backed up in the/testimony
in the case. When be learned there
was a gun in the car wftf-r the trip
w©s *begun asked, “What is that
for?’’
“Oh, just for bluff," Loudermilk
answered.
Attorney Weaver Also told the
story, of Little’s past in an attempt
to win the board’s consent to grant
ing leniency. ML I
“He was a southern boy, an or
phan from the time he was two yoars
old, and we can not find any recoril
of any wrong dying
til this crime.”
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CROP DAMAGE
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The storm fol lowed, the most
tense heat recorded in*this section-in
years, the thermometer hitting the
101 mark at noon on Thursday.
Prosecutor Crist demanding that/
the board mate no change in the sen-1
tence declared that “th® only thing
you can say for this Arthur. Little is{
that he was industrious, a good man'
at his trade. Remember, however,i
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that he skipped out after the crime' c,un^*'
and was arrested in Mt?GHead, N. C. a The Speasmak»r family reunion will
Grain* Corporation to Quit Cost Tax
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severe wind and rain storm
the fwhich
swept the eastern section of the
county, but no heavy damage was
caused in that vicinity.
Rev. Weaver spoke particularly ol
the significance of the George Wash
ington Bi-centennial celebration j.na
outlined some of the lessons to be
drawn from the life of the first
presidents
The speaker gave a short but inter
esting discussion of current news and
views, paying particular attention to
the trend of the times in financial,
civil and religious changes. He spotce
of the need for more attention to
things of religion and urged his
hearer^ to. get back to the old-time
worship of.^God in order to bring
back normal conditions in the Un tod
States apd in the world.
In* lin© with the Washington ob
servance, patriotic readings were
given by Kathleen Bidwell and Alice
Taylor.
Tho_ announced program honoring
thrf historians of the club, present
and past, was postponed until a later
meeting.
Music for the entire program vas
provided by the Lafayette Circuit
orchestra and the general public en
joyed the afternoon meeting.
Gov. White Coming
The next meeting of the club will
be held on Thursday, August 18, at
the Neff-Anderson Spring park near
Alt. Sterling, and Gov. George White
will be the honor guest and principal
speaker.
Mayor C. M. Neff, of Mt. Sterling,
owner of the park, reported that
Gov. White had accepted his invita
tion to be present at the meeting,
which will be a county-wide affair.
In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Bus
well, the hosts and hostesses for
Thursday included Mr. and Mrs.
GeorgjBtoToQps, Mr. and Mrs. John
Taylor, Mr., and Mrs. George Myers,
■Mr and Mrs. Raymond Sanford, Mr.
.and Mrs. Howard Bradley, Mr. and
Ms. Thurman Bidwell, Rev. and
Mrs. A. H. Beckett, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert^
Kell, Mrs. Laura Kramer and sonr
Joseph, AL©. .Isaac McSavaney Mrs.
Della Uinsoh and Edward McCoy.
K. Shaw, president of the club,
had-charge of the program for the
day. .j.'
in HE arena of
payers $250,000,000 Politics
Keep Farm Board Alive
Washington—The Grain Stabiliza
tion Corporation which is an auxil
iary of Mr. Hoover’s Federal Farm
Board is soon to go out of business,
according to a. recent announcement
in-the press. This is the corporation'
which has undertaken to stabilize
prices of mdjor agricultural products,
such as wheat and cotton^, In the
processes of stabilization it pur
chased 329,000,000 bushels of wheat
with public funds at prices about
twice those now prevailing and also
purchased about: 1,300,000 bales of
cotton at prices nearly three times
those mow quoted.
The Grain Stabilization Corpora
tion, according to latest reports, now
has less than 30,000,v. bushels of
wheat on hand. Some of this has
been liquidated at the rate of 5,000,
000 bushels a month through com
mercial channels, through donations
of wheat to the Red Cross, through
sales of 15,000,000 bushels to China,
and swapping 25,000,000 bushels for
1,050,000 bags of coffee W’ith Brazil.
Of the cotton, 500,000 bales have
been donated by Congress to the Red
Cross, and 650,000 bales will be
placed on thr market within the year
beginning August 1.
Commenting on these facts, the
New York Times editorially says:
“With so little left of the stocks
originally accumulated, it would be
logical to disband the board, to give
the Department of Agriculture power
to dispose of the remnants of its
holdings and to restore to the treas-
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she go before the board with a
for mercy for the man.
Miss Kidney refused to. take
action. She was attacked at
time her brother was murdered
was strack over the head to
her from making an alarm.
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RUNIONS
The Plyrncll family retmlon will be
i held on Sunday, July 31, at the home
of C. A. Gregg, Kingscreek, Ch a in­
Miss Sarah Kidney, iff" the h0,t Sunday, July 31, at tty
murdered man, reported to Circleville Neff-Anderson Spring park near ML
authorities that she had IwYrtoap6 *&i»rixng.r A
proached twice with the request that I sjar,og sA spy psipssB[3'
THE SEMI-WELKL
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ury whatever funds are realized by
liquidation. Unfortunately, this is
considered bad politics in a presiden
tial year. To scrap the board is
confess failure of “stabilization.”
“At least until the campaign
over, the administration believes
must continue to affirm that the
board accomplished noble Work in
“cushioning” the fall of prices,
though the “cushion” was provided
by the public purse, and though
farm prices have fallen by a larger
percentage in the United States dur
ing the last two years than in Eng
land, France or Germany.
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it
The Times places the loss to the
American taxpayer in the neighbor
hood of $250,000,000 at best—“a large
price to pay for evidence that the
law of supply and demand is still
operation.”
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Mills Silent on Prohibition
The really outstanding feature
Mr. Mills’ speech was his utter fail
ure to mention the prohibition issue.
At the Republican convention in Chi
cago, the secretary was the leading
fighter for the vague and pussyfoot
ing prohibition plank which the con
vention adopted. He is regarded as
having spoken then /it the direct re
quest of President Hoover. When
he charged Governor Roosevelt with
vagueness last night, he was well
aware that Governor Roosevelt in his
acceptance speech had come out whole
heartedly for repail of the Eighteenth
Amendment. Yet Mr. Mills, while
calling for courage in facing national
problems, quit cold on the issue last
night.—Providence, R. L, News-Trib
une.
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TO CIRCULATE
PETITIONS
(Continued From Page One)
Akron, and Hugh Addison, of Colum
bus.
“When I return from Columbus, I
will immediately call a meeting of my
committee to explain the provisions of
the bill to them in detail, and describe
the plans to be followed by London
Eagles in securing signatures on the
petitions.
“We are initiating the bill by peti
tion to get it before the legislature at
its next session. If it should fail to
receive favorable action, then we pro
pose to get additional signatures on
supplemental petitions and submit the
proposed law to a vote of the people
at the 1933 general election?*
“The provisions of the proposed bill
as finally approved arc briefly as fol
lows:
“The age qualification for a pension
is 65 years.
“Recipients must have been resi
dents of the United States for at least
J5 years, and of the state of Ohio for
the same period. They must have
been residents of the county in which
they make their application at least
one year prior to making such appli
cation.
“Applicants are limited to those who
have no one who legally could provide
them with aid,’who'’are unable to sup
port themselves and have an annual
income of less than $300. Inmates of.
penal institutions are barred from
provisions of the act.
“Pensions are not to exceed $25.00
a month. Provision is also made for
paying burial expenses of not more
than $100.00 in the cases of indigents,
which is about the same as the
ent law in such cases.
“Residents of fraternal and
itable homes and hospitals in
who are eligible under terms of the
law are permitted to make applica
tions for pensions.
“The law provides that funds shall
be raised for the pensions by the Gen
eral Assembly, and that the statute
shall be administered by a division of
aged in the State Department of Pub
lic Welfare, supplemented by boards
in each county, the county boards to
serve without pay. The state depart
will supervise granting of all pen
sions.”
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MADISON COUNTY DEMOCRAT, LONDON, OHIO
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BUSINESS MEN. WOMEN, OF MT.
STERLING. DERBY, HARRIS
BURG, SIGN PETITION
FOR BETTER SERVICE
i’ A PERS SENT U. S. POSTOFFICE
DEPARTMENT THRU CONG.
BRAND BY MAYOR NEFF
OF MI. STERLING
Mayor 'C. M. Neff, widely known
chief executive of Mt. Sterling, has
forwarded to the U. S. Post Office
Department at Washington, D. C., a
petition, signed by nearly 100 mer
chant© of MU Sterling, Harrisburg
and Derby, demanding an immediate
and satisfactory adjustment of the
mail delivery situation in the three
villages.
The three towns are now receiving
first class mail by freight over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad which re
cently was granted the right to re
move the morning passenger train
that had served the villages for many
years.
Mail for the three places now
reaches the merchants from two to
five hours ’ater than when the pass
enger service was maintained and the
business men and women are up in
arms over the delay, claiming that
the delayed service is costing them
thousands of dollars and that they are
facing financial ruin unless the mail
service is improved.
The petition and a personal letter
were sent by Mayor Neff to Congress
man Charles Brand, of the Seventh
Ohio district, for the post office
partnient, the mayor outlining’ in
tail, the poor service afforded
protesting villages.
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Charlie Plays Golft
By S. S. Dunlap V
In The Columbus Dispatch
c.
C. Crabbe, prominent Columbus
attorney and famous author of Ohio
dry law, was caught by the camera
recently as he finished his second
round of golf at Bridgeview, east side
course on Agler road at Sunbury pike.
Mr. Crabbe in his own words describes
the action, “Boys, I just finished the
best score I ever made, a 43 the last
round and a 47 for the first nine.”
Mr. Crabbe, although not a veteran
of the links, having taken up golf sevr
oral years ago, finds it marvelous re
creation and recently played 39 holes
in one day.
“No one hears more of the troubles
of others these trying times than a
lawyer,” said Mr. Crabbe. “After a
Sunday spent partially playing golf I
find myself better fitted mentally and
physically Monday morning at my
desk to go on with another week’s
business.”
A score of 90 for 18. holes is a
mighty good score on any man’s 'golf
course and Mr. Crabbe is an excellent'
example of an old adage that “man is
as young as he feels.” Slightly past
50, Mr. Crabbe shows remarkable
physical edurance. The present writer
has played with him over the hills and
valleys of this course and on numer
ous occasions found himself rather
fatigued while the somewhat older
opponent appeared as rested as at the
first green.
One of the finest examples of phys
ical fortitude was displayed on the
Fourth of July by Air. Crabbe. The
course in question was to open a new
nine holes on that holiday, but due to
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It is stated that the mail on
freight seldom reaches Alt. Sterling
before noon and that the rural carriers
are not able to leave for their routes
for an hour later.
Mt. Sterling is a thriving village in
the corner of Madison county and
within sight of Franklin, Pickaway
and Fayette county residents. Har
risburg is in FrankliB count# and
Derby is in Pickaway county. $
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MAJESTIC TONIGHT AND SAT
Jack Holt and Constance Cummings in
“BEHIND THE MASK”
It tells a mystery story of horror
about a man, whb”h$d a soul of a
fiend a veritable human monster.
Anyone, who interfetes with his dev
ilish plans is destroyed. He is the
leader of a notorious dope ring, but
no one, not even his loyal co-workers
know his identity. Not until the last
few minutes of the-film, when the
mask is torn from his satanic features
is he revealed as he actually is. But
that is after a serie? of adventures in
which this demoniacal person performs
many fiendish brutalities.
Leading roles are played by Jack
Holt, hero of a score of successes in
cluding “Dirigible,” “Flight” apd “The
Last Parade,” Boris Karloff, horrible
monster of “Frap^enstein” and Con
stance Cummings, "who performed so
stance Cummings, "who performed
ably in “The Criminal Code.”
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MAJESTIC—SI N. AND MON.
Warren William and Bette Davis
“THE DARK HORSE”
in
Courtenay Terrett, former ace Now
York reporter and now writing for
Warner Bros, made a hurried trip to
Washington, D. C. to study certain as
pects of national politics before adapt
ing with Joe Jackson, “The Dark
Horse,” First National’s first political
comedy of the' presidential election
year, with Warren William, Bette Da
vis, Guy Kibbee and Vivienne Osborne
playing the leading roles.
“The Dark Horse” deals ostensibly
with state politics, but is modelled,
nevertheless, along the lines of na
tional political campaigns. There are
characters, written into “The Dark
Horse” by Terrett, that movie fans
will recognize as great- national po
litical figures.
The specially selected cast includes
Frank McHugh, Sam Hardy, Robert
Warwick, Harry Holman, Charles
Sellon, Robert Emmett O’Conner and
Burton Churchill, all of whom are seen
in political party roles.
APOLU) I). Ml IPHY, CONVICTED
’klDNAPER^* WHO WALKED
AWAY FROM PRISON FARM
IN 1920, CAUGHT
According, to word from Washing
ton, D. C., a former United Stati®
marine, w ho is alleged to have walked
away from the London prison farm 12
years ago, has been arrested in that’
city.
The man, Apollo D. Murphy, 48,
confessed, Washington police said,
that he escaped in 1920 after serving
14 months of a one to 20 years sen
tence on charges of kidnaping 12-year
old Paul Hopping, son of a Batavia,.
Ohio, farmer.
Murphy’s record was discovered
when he applied at the navy depart
ment for a duplicate discharge certifi
cate, needed in order to borrow on his
holms certificate.
According to records at the prison
farm, Murphy was admitted to the
Ohio penitentiary April 15, 1920, to
serve a sentence of from one to 20
years for kidnaping, in Fairfield coun
ty. Eleven days later he was trans
ferred to the London prison farm, and
he walked away from the farm June,
12, 1921.
It is expected that Murphy will be
returned to the prison farm to com-,
plete his sentence.
dry weather and the condition of the
greens it was not deemed advisable to
open it up until*the fall.
However, Mr. Crabbe, Dean Antrim^
of Dayton, Nelson Grube and the
writer inaugurated the new nine holes
by playing over it in its unfinished
condition.
It required the utmost of accuracy
and physical exertion, in its condition’
at the time, but the nine holes were
played in the sweltering sun. Mr.
Crabbe stayed until the end after’one
player had dropned out. Mr. Crabbe
had just previously played 18 holes
on the old nine, or twice around..
REG’LAR FELLERS But That Isn’t The Way To Use By Gene Bymm
GOLD.COM1NG
(Continued^ From Page One)
"e——
ating in the- Golden Harvest Day sab*
by furnishing these stores with spe
cial streamers^ which will be displayed
in the windows.
Some stores are offering special
merchandise 'rushed in for the sale.
Don’t miss the bargains!
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From Page One).
plaintjffs’ ^uto and that he did not
have. l,iis machine under control at the
time of the crash.
Mr?. Robe stages that as a result of
the negligence of the defendafit, Jeff
rey, she was injured, so severely that
her h^by son, born October 27, 1931,
died four hours after birth, that she
^suffered serious illness at the time re
sulting from, crash injuries and
that later, she suffered a nervous
breakdown» «nd was confined to her
bed for two months, resulting from
the injuries received in the accident.
Mrs. Rohe charges that because of
the negligence of the defendant, her
health has been permanently injured
and tsks Ramages totalling $23,900,
plus $350 for medical attention.
The case.vyas filed in the court here
by Attorneys Paul R, Ginger and Mc
Grew and Laybourne, of Springfield.
Mrs. Robe’s husband was also,ser
iously injured in the crash, being in a
critical condition for many days foi-
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THE MASK
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