The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat., August 19, 1932, Image 2

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Madison County Democrat
—Published Hy—
Th« 1‘reMM Gmiu putty
Member of the National Editorial As
sociation, the Buckeye Press Associa
tion. and the Ohio Newspaper Associa
tion.
Raymoftd Howard, General Manager
Chester E. Bryan ............................... Editor
Established in 1857 by M. L. Bryan
Democrat Office, Bell Phone 82
One year in United States .12.00
Six months in United States ...$!.oil
One year in Canada ............... $3.04
Six months in Canada ... 4‘.'. ..,.. .$1.52
Entered at the postoffice at Rondon.
Ohio, as second matter.
“UNCLEclass
STEVE"’
PHILLIPS WINS
(Continued From, Fage One)
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race at Hamilton, but illness had re
strained him to an occasional practice
run—until today.
The old man sighed as he patted his
horse in the stall.
"I’m pretty tuckered/’ he admitted,
though the sparkle of happiness in his
eyes belied his words. His gaze wan
dered out a door toward the track and
the chattering crowds gathered ’round.
"Out there’s where I sort of got start
ed gosh-awful many years ago. ’And
out there,” he added haltingly, “1
guess I drove for the last time to
day .”
“Uncle Steve” drove the first heat
in 2:12, the second in the same time
and the third in 2:13. Benham drove
Marion Toddle. Barney Google, driv
en by E. Smith, formerly of London
finished third in the final heat. Barney
Google finished first in the first heat,
while San Guy, driven by Gault, won
the second.
Frederick McKinney is in the stable
of Doc McMillen, London, who has
trained “Uncle Steve’s’’ horse for the
past three years.
DEMOCRATS
LAUNCH DRIVE
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sociation baseball park, where ar
rangements are being made to seat ap
proximately 22,000 persons. A much
larger number, however, is expected
to hear the address, which begins at
4 p. m., and will be broadcast over na
tional radio networks. Two hundred
naval militiamen and national guards
men have been, employed by the
Democratic state committee to pre
serve order at the baseball park and
to handle the expected throng. Ad
mission will be by tickets.
The state executive committee was
expected to meet about 2:30 p. m. to
day to select a successor to Lieut.
Gov. William G. Pickrell, of Dayton,
who resigned as the candidate for lieu
tenant governor because of press of
personal business.
United States Senator Robert J.
Bulkley will deliver the convention
keynote speech soon after the con
vention is convened in the Columbus
auditorium at 7 p. m. tonight. Gov.
George White and other state candi
dates are expected to speak also. Ap
pointment of convention committees
wili be the principal work of the eve
ning session. The platform committee
will start work immediately after the
session adjourns tonight in hope of
having it ready for submission at Sat
urday morning’s session.
The platform is expected to be
short. It will carry- an endorsement
of the national platform and many de
mand repeal of .state prohobition in
conformity with the national plat
form’s demand for repeal of national
prohibition. A strong endorsement of
Gov. George White’s administration,
especially his economy program is cer
tain.
Former Gov. James M. Cox, Day
ton, Who was the presidential candi
date 12 years ago when Roosevelt was
his running mate for vice president,
will introduce Gov. Roosevelt to the
audience at the baseball stadium. Sen
ator Bulkley will preside at the Roose
velt meeting.
FiNR-RACES
FOR THE FAIR
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The complete race program is given
as follows:
Tuesday, August 23 2:24 trot,
purse $300 2:11 pace, purse $300.
Wednesday, August 24— 2:24 pace,
purse $300 2:16 trot, purse $300 2:15
pace, purse $300.
Thursday, August 25 2-year-old
trot, purse $150 2:20 pace, purse
$300 2:12 trot, purse $300 three
year-old pace, purse $300.
Friday, August 26—2-year-old pace,
purse $150 2:20 trot, purse $300
1 ree-for-all pace, purse $300 three
ye^r-oid trot, purse $300.
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Need Letterheads, Statements, gin
velopes? Let us print them. TH 8
MADISON PRESS CO.
OFFICERS IN
CHARGE OF FAIR
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M. H. WATKINS
Vice President
held at the fair grounds in London,
August 23, 24, 25 and 2$.
Howard Correll, of South Solon,
Stokes township, is president of the
fair association M. H. Watkins, of
Deercreek township, is vice president
John .Turvy, of Paint township, is
treasurer, and Lamar P. Wilson, of
near London, is secretary.
Secretary W’ilson has served as full
time secretary for many years and
also is a former officer of the state
association.
Directors
The board of directors of the fair
association is made, up of one repre
sentative from each township in the
county and from London corporation,
as follows:
Canaan township, Stanley Carpen
ter Darby, Burnham Cary Deercreek,
M. H. Watkins Fairfield, E. O. Fitz
gerald Jefferson, George Buswell
Range, J. V. Tenny Stokes, Howard
Correll Somerford, T. C. Gaynard
Union, L. R. Bostwick London, E. W.
Nelson Monroe, John Taylor Paint,
John D. Turvy Pike, Fred Guy Pleas
ant, R. H. Graham Oak Run, August
Heise.
Fair Management
The various departments of the fair
are managed by the following super
intendents
Speed ring, Graham, Taylor, Cor
rell, with Graham as superintendent
4-H club work, *Fitzgerald class
horses, Watkins, Bostwick, with J.
Scott Chenoweth as superintendent
cattle, Guy, Heise sheep, Tenny,
Cary swine, Cary, Tenny poultry,
Carpenter farm products, fruits, flow
ers, Gaynard, Buswell fine arts, etc.,
Nelson manufacturers, Correll, Wil
son merchants, Correll, Wilson priv
ileges, Graham, Watkins, Taylor, Fitz
gerald executive and finance, Correll,
Watkins, Taylor, Fitzgerald auditing
committee, Nelson, Fitzgerald, Tenny.
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DIES THURSDAY
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Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges
of London, and was widely known
throughout this entire section.
He is survived by one brother,
Howard McDonald, residing east of
London on the West Jefferson pike,
and one sister, Mrs. Olive Melvin, of
Columbus.
A Masonic funeral service will be
held on Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the W. E. Lukens funeral
home here in charge of Chandler
Lodge No. 138, F. & A. M., headed by
Worshipful Master R. L. Chaney, and
Rev. D. L. Browning, pastor of' the
Methodist church. Burial will be
made in the Lafayette cemetery in
charge of Undertake* Lukens.
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Stationery—Printed cr Plain. JPn
Madison Press Co.
Madison County Fair To Open Tuesday
With Prospects of a Record Week
(Continued From Page. One)
of the city and county are getting their
exhibits in order for placement the
first day and race horses will begin
arriving Friday night for the speed
events, which each year attract rein®
men from all parts of the country.
1 Opens Tuesday
The fair will open on ‘Tuesday
morning, August 23, and continue for
four days and two nights.
One of the unique features of the
four-day program will be the agri
cultural pageant to be presented on
Wednesday and Thursday nights in
front of the grandstand by a cast of
between 500 and 600 residents of the
county, under the auspices of the Mad
ison County Farm Bureau.
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Pageant a Feature
This pageant is regarded as one of
the outstanding productions of the
kind offered anywhere in the United
States today and is expected to attract
visitors .from all sections of Central
Ohio.
The industrial and auto exhibits
have been arranged and many new
types of farm machinery and some of
the latest models of autos Will be on
display.
Other Features
A spelling contest, baby show, stock
judging contest, team pulling contest
and many other unusual features have
been provided for th’8 year’s fair by
the officials of the-ffair association,
promising one of the most complete
expositions of the kind in the country.
And the folks at home are waiting
with considerable interest foiwihe
opening of the fair this year to see
the many new things always on dis
play and to mdet and greet old friends
who always come to the Madison
County fair.
Children Free Tuesday
Tuesday is the big day for the chil
dren of the county as all youngsters
under 15 years of age will be admitted
free.
Admission charges have been low
ered this year to 25c for day admission
and 25c for the grandstand seats for
the night pageant.
Music for the fair will be provided
by Prof. Collins and his orchestra, of
London, and Golumbus musicians.and
by the London Creamery band.
Dining service for the entire period
of the fair will be provided by the la
dies of the Congregational-Christian
church of South Solon, with a chicken
dinner for Sunday, August 21, prior
to the opening ofthe fair on Tuesday,
August 23.
Silver Cup
T« Be Awarded Best M’H Club Swine
Judge at Fair—List of Donors
Given
A silvei’ loving cup has been donat
ed by business firms and others of the
county to be awarded to the Madison
County 4-H club member who makes
the best score in the swine judging
contest to be held oft" Thursday of
next week, August 25, as a part of the
annual Madison county fair.
The cup is on exhibition at The
Jewel Shoppe and those who con
tributed to the purchase of the trophy
are as follows:
M. H. Watkins, member of the fair
board, who solicited the cup, The Jewel
Shoppe by C. O. Snow, Brock & Beath
ard, E. B. Rowlen, Anderson & Hume
Company, M. M. Creath & Sons, P.
Speasmaker’s Sons, John C. Winches
ter, Hume & Mabe, M. W. Levering,
P. A. Lanigan, L. S. Farquhar, Freid
Clothing company, C. B. Fossett, Mad
ison County Oil company, T. J. Dwyer,
W. E. Lukens, George H. Hartman, F.
B. Robinson & Son, London James
Neff, Chester Baughn, Clyde Kuhn,
and Alva Evans, of Paint township.
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BABY SHOW AT FAIR
One of the new and unique features
of the annual Madison county fair
here next week will be the baby show
to be staged on Wednesday, August 24
and Friday, August 26.
The show will be held, in front of the
grandstand at 2 p. m.
The show for boys, one year and un
der, will be held on Wednesday, and
the show for girls on Friday.
Prizes will be awarded, $5 each for
the winning boy and girl, and a sec
ond prize of $2.50 each for the second]
prize buy and girl.
SPELLING CONTEST
AT FAIR TUESDAY
A mammoth spelling contest fdr all
pupils in the schools of«^Madison
county will be .held at the Madison
county fair grounds on next Tuesday,
August 23, the iht*t day of the annual
fair here.
Four free trips to the Ohio State
fair are being offered as prizes in the
contest and all children under 15
years of age will be admitted free to
the fair on Tuesday.
One of the trips tortile state fAIr is
being offered by The Madison Press
company and another by L. R. Bost
wick of London.
ADMISSION PRICES
-FOR COUNTY FAIR
Single Ticket...................... 25e
Children under 12 years of
age .............
Single Horse 10c
Double Team
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20c
Automobile ................... i 25c
.Night Ticket—Grandstand
Onlyw.^u.,........................ 25c
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Jeachers Asked To
Aid With Spelling
^Contest At Fair
All teachers of the county are in
vited and urged to help in any way
possible with th# spelling contest
which is to be held at the county fair
next Tuesday.
Any pupil in the county la eligible
to compete in the contest.
County Folks
Urged to Support Art and Poultry
Departments of County Fair
Next Week
All residents of the county are be
ing urged to enter exhibits and dis
plays in the art hall and the poultry
department at the fair next week.
The two departments are open
ONLY to residents of the county.
Health Tent
To Be Maintained at County Fair Next
Week by .Board of Health
hr. R. H. Trimble?bf Mt. Sterling,
Madison county health commissioner,
has announced that the county board
of health will have an emergency rest
tent at the fair here next week, with
ambulance service.
Dr. Trimble and Miss Pauline Baker,
county health nurse, will be in charge
of the .tent.
firITdestroys
TWO BUILDINGS
(Contt$uei From Fag# One)
trol by the 'fire crews of the London
prison farm and West Jefferson.
Escapes With Life
The fire was discovered by MrS.
Warren Tarpening, who lives in the
property adjoining the Howard resi
dence, and Newton Howard, truck
driver and brother, of Cecil, who was
asleep in the house, barely escaped
with his life, the entire structure be
ing ablaze before he was aroused by
neighbors.
Zack Dillon who lives with the Tar
pening family, aroused Howard who
was alone in the house at the time.
Cecil Howard and his family were in
the southern part of the state on a
visit and were told of the blaze by
telephone by the brother.
The fire had gained such headway
When discovered that it threatened to
spread to adjoining residences and
properties. Calls for help were.sent
to the prison farm and West Jefferson
and both trucks reached the scene as
soon as possible.
Water Available
By using the water from the pipe
line in the village which is being used
to supply water for the concrete pav
ing job now under way on the Na
tional pike through Lafayette, the
crews of the two fire trucks were able
to hold the flames in check and to put
out blazes that started on the roofs of
other structures in the village.
The water supply was secured from
Deer Creek, 1500 feet west of the vil
lage, and was pumped into the pipe
line by the pumping outfit used in the
paving operations.. The distance to
the creek made it impossible for the
trucks to use the creek as a water sup
ply.
■Only the supply of watefy made
available from the paving equipment
saved the fire from sweeping across
the pike to several residences, the Red
Brick. Tavern, the Coffee Pot shop and
other structures,! in of «the
.flames.
i Nothing was saved from the fire in
the Howard residence, but residents of
the village and highway workers who
are living in Lafayette at this time
saved nearly all of the property of the
Ryans from the hotel and restaurant.
Village Threatened
Properties threatened by the blaze
included the gasoline station and res
idence of D. M. Norris,, located twenty
feet west of the hotel, and residence.*
of Warren Tarpening, Raymond Dil
lion, Sam Dillion, Dan Peters and oth
ers. The Red Brick and Coffee shop
also were in the path of the fire, the
roof of the Coffee shopr. owned by
Mrs. Mary W.. Keifer,. being on fire
i twice during the conflagration.
The bam of Sam Dillion, north of
the pike, also, was afire twice during
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MADISON COUNTY DEMOCRAT, LONDON, OHIO FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 193?
MAJESTIC—TONIGHT AND SAT.
Warren William and Sidney Fox in
“TjrtE MOUTHPIECE”
Frank J. Collins, writer of the play
from which “The Mouthpiece,” a War
ner Bros, picture, was adapted, bjised
his story on actual incidents occurring
in the lift of a notorious lawyer, now
dead.
The late legal practitioner acquired
fame because of his dramatic defenses
of doubtful characters and his impas
sioned eloquence which so frequently
influenced juries to find verdicts as he
wished them to. He was famed for
his brilliant legaFmind, which enabled
him to find innumerable loopholes in
the law, thus permitting his clients to
operate within the law,
Such lawyers, existing under similar
conditions, have come to be called
“mouthpieces,” acting as the voices of
the people whose exploits take them
across the border of legality.
YOUTH WINS
i SECOND TITLE
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Russell took second place in the
tournament with 13 wins and two de
feats. He has been the county cham
pion for the. past four years.
The complete results of the county
wide tournament are given as follows
by officers of the London Horseshoe
club, in charge of the event:
Davey, won 14, lost one Russell,
Won 13,' lost 2 Angel, won 12, lost 3
Miller, won 12, lost 3 H. Wentz, won
11, lost 4 Hastings, won 10, lost 5
Roofing won 10, lost 5 M. Wentz, won
9, lost 6 Call, won 8, lost 7 Bynner,
Won 7,. lost 8 Wilson, won 4. lost 11
Holler, won 4, lost 11 Decker, won 4,
lost 11 Pearce, won 3, lost 12 Love
less, won :3,: lost 12 Barrett, won 1,
lost 14.
Davey, who is a well known high
school athlete of South Vienna, won
the $5 in gold offered the first prize
winner.
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Youthful Aviator
Harry Britton, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Britton, of near Springfield,
who has been flying his plane over this
county during the past days during a
visit at the home of Grover Foulk and
family, north of London, is believed
to be one of the youngest airplane
pilots in Ohio, being only 19 years of
age.
Mr. Britton graduated from the
Plattsburg high school in 1931 and has
been flying for some time. He plan^
to attend the air races at Cleveland,
and his-cousin, Elden Foulk, of near
London, may make the trip with him.
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the progress of the fire.
One Man Hurt
Thomas Williams, colored, employ*
fed on the highway work, lives in a
small house just in the rear of the two
properties that burned and he suffer
ed a severely injured right hand and
wrist in helping to remove equipment
from the hotel. The injury was dress
ed by Dr. H. P. Snarling-.. Another
man by the name of Melvin, who lives
in the house with Williams,also aided
in fighting the fire and removing
property from the burning buildings.
All Fight Fire
s. Everyone in the village and others
Who were attracted to the scene of the
fire assisted in every way possible iu
fighting and preventing its spread.
The hotel and restaurant have been
operated for a year by Mr. .Ryan.
Plana were being completed for open
ing a grocery store in the structure
within the next week, it was stated.
The building formerly was used as a
store.
Mr. Kaufman carried $1,000 in in
surance on the building but no insur
ance-was carried by Mr. Rydn or by
M. Howard, it-was stated. Mn Kauf
man purchased the property only re
cently.
Second Fire
This i# the second fire in’Lafayette
in the past several months, the resi
dence of Mrs.. Carrie Dillow being bad
ly damaged in a blaze some time ago.
r»The fire Wednesday morning occur
red just a few hours before the open
ing of the homecoming celebration
staged by the village and surrounding
community in honor of the completion
of the paving of the National pike be
tween Lafayette and Summerford.
Highway officials, however, stated
that the road will not be opened for
through traffic for at ieast three
weeks.
A. A. TH E ATR E
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shoe championship by taking all lt of
the games played.
In the two tournaments, Davey won
29 of 30 games played. In .the county
tourney, the champion,: In the 25
games played, tossed 201 ringers and
48 double ringers for a ringer aver
age of 53.5.
SUN.-&. MON.
NAME ..
$1.00
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Warren William portrays “The six shooters, Joe becomes involved
Mouthpiece”. The cast includes Sid- with a theatrical producer, falls hl
jiey .Fox^..Aline McMahon,.. Guy.vKibr4Jove,.buys a. show..which us,a. failure
ibee, Noel Francis, Ralph Ince, William ?miraculously and. unwittingly turn*
^Janney and M$e .Madison. ithe show into a howling .succes^
i, -Jgets mixed up with lawyers a%fl ladies,
...MAJESTIG—SUN..AND MON. ^eventually -overcoming' all-vbstacles,
ed as the current king oLx-omedians,
follows up his “Fireman^ Save My
Child” success with “The Tenderfoot,”
a First National picture.
In his latest, wide-mouthed Joe por
trays a Texas rancher who comes to
New York with the last of his money
which he intends to invest profitably
so he can lift the mortgage on his
ranch. Armed with his money and his
Jbe E. Brown and Ginger Rogers in lilting the mortgage and ginning the
“THE TENDERFOOT” ga1,
Jw* E. Brown, affectionately regard- ftf “The Tenderfoot/* Joe is sup-
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ported by an especially selected cast,
with Ginger Rogers in the feminine
lead. I^w Cody and Robert Greig ap
pear as theatrical producers, Vivian
Oakland is seen as. a. temperamental
star. Others in the exceptionally large
cast are Wilfred Lucas, Spencer Char
ters, Ralph Ince, Mae Madison, Mo
rion Byron, Harry Seymour,. ill Den
nett and Alan Lane.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
They vailed him “The
Mauthpieve” becmi*.’
W1-* he eould tnlk Juries
out of JtiHtiee anti
women out of lionur.
I/’ WARREN WILLIAM
.and SIDNEY FOX
JOE E. BROWN
As a Rang-Tang Tarantula from Texas,
who went
in “The .Tenderfoot”Broadway?onbusted
His guns pop, and so does the fun!
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VISIT OUR BOOTH
AT THE FAIR
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We will have a display of commer
cial, portrait and kodak finishing
at the Art Hall,..at’the.Madison
County Fair.
Visit our booth and learn the par
tictilars regarding the $1.00
Coupon below.
The coupon below is good for $1.00 when applied on the pttfehaw
of portrait and commercial photographs
$1.00 COUPON $1.00
No,.
Good for $1.00 on Purchase of
portrait or commercial photos
MASSIE STUDIO,London,.Ohio
MASSIE STUDIO
3V2 E. High St. London, O.
While Attending the Fair
visit our (display of
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R.C.A.-.Victor and U. S. Apex
^Radios
Goodyear Tires, Prest-o-Lite
Batteries
and small line of automobile^upplies
Jw.
$1.00
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.lour Goodyear.Dealer at London
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