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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1932
Page
2
Pomeroy and Middleport will pay January teachers this week with state aid. Pomeroy receives 4100 dollars and can borrow against county taxes to cover one month. Middleport gets 5500 dollars. Meigs County schools receive nothing this period and rely on county taxes until the next allotment.
News from Hobson shops reports some former employees returning to work daily. One man resumed duties yesterday after a year laid off. About 100 workers have gone back to the Dunbar shops along the Kanawha River.
Judge J. B. White in Gallipolis holds Leota King of Salisbury Township vs Earl Roush of Graham Station West Virginia under advisement after a Meigs County Common Pleas hearing. The paternity charge stems from King's fifteen year old removal to Roush's home and her return after reaching eighteen. Defense claims service and venue were improper and moved to block Ohio court trial.
An advertisement extols Pinex as a home cough remedy mixing pine extract with sugar syrup or honey in a pint bottle. It claims rapid relief for bronchial coughs chest colds and throat inflammation and promises purity and no spoilage with a money back guarantee.
A Mes senger staff correspondence column invites readers to submit society and local news items. Readers may contact John Sauvage at phone 453-L for circulation and classified advertising information.
Three marriage licenses were issued in Meigs County on Saturday night from mid afternoon to midnight. Albert Danforth, 26, Parkersburg carpenter, and Mary Taylor, 18, Long Bottom. Homer Pullins, 26, Reedsville farmer, and Eunice Founds, 22, Reedsville. and W. F. Tracy, 22, Meigs County deputy sheriff, and Louise Burford, 21, Columbus Dispatch agent at Middleport, were the couples.
William Phillips held on first degree murder charge viewed the body of Sam Selby at John Selby's farm before the funeral. Mrs Selby and son Robert, both material witnesses, attended. Funeral conducted by Rev Wilson. burial at Carleton Cemetery. Sheriff filed murder affidavit. Phillips to plead soon.
Meigs County tobacco growers selling at Gallipolis and Huntington warehouses of Huntington Tobacco Co see record season. Sales totaled 12,336,155 pounds from Dec 10 to Feb 24, bringing $1,180,240.86 at an average price of $9.34 per hundred, down from $16.60 last year due to overproduction and weak demand.
The September report notes warm weather reduced tobacco quality with farmers crowding tobacco in barns. Kentucky delivered 1,821,530 pounds earning $158,004.51, far surpassing last year. Ohio rose but lagged Kentucky. About 75 workers stayed on since market start, with a third kept for weeks. 7,500 checks were written to pay farmers $1,180,240.86.
J C Halla m assistant superintendent of Syracuse M E Sunday School marks his fifty fifth year as a church member at Asbury Methodist Church. Rev Harry Dye evangelistic services at Bethel Methodist Church Silver Run. Local notices include society meetings and visits.
A group of Mid dleport teachers attended Green Pastures in Columbus then heard Rabbi Farish at Bryden Road Church. Residents and visitors, including the Trimble and Poindexter families, and several from Huntington and Clarksburg visited local homes. Bucyrus workers called back to Bucyrus shops.
Lawrence Reuter wife and baby return to Pontiac Michigan where Mr Reuter is employed after visiting relatives in Pomeroy. The notice notes funeral for Abraham Weaver at United Brethren Church New Haven and burial in Union Cemetery. Manchester Quillen sues Frank McClintock for 250 dollar note dated April 15 1914.
Captain John E. Lyons of Middleport, receiver for the Gold orchard interests, announces pruning and spraying crews are at work across Clifton Mason City Hartford City New Haven and Graham Station orchards and the Mason packing house. He aims to restore profitability with crop hopes for Rome Beauty and Delicious apples while replacing decayed cherry trees. Heavy creditors include Capt. Charles Jilden Racine Bank New Haven Bank and Wood County Bank Ravenswood. The Gold brothers plan to move back to Gold Ridge in Meigs County.
Meigs County hosts a striking though overlooked rock formation called Indian Head Rock on the Laurel Cliff Road behind Pomeroy. The feature overlooks a ravine along Thomas Fork with the best view from Rock Springs Fairground Road, attracting hundreds of travelers who rarely notice it.
Announced subjects for seven consecutive evenings by the Rev W D Brock in Middleport begin Tuesday with Thinking of the Higher Things and continue Wednesday The Unrecognized Christ Thursday The Work of the Holy Spirit Friday A Back Door Knocker Saturday If a Man Die Shall He Live Again Sunday morning A Peculiar People and Sunday afternoon Can One Be Saved Outside of the Church The topics focus on Christian theology and salvation.
Pomeroy March 1 The Mountain Iron Supply Company filed suit against the Linkhouns Development Company on a running account for oil well supplies. Claimed balance stands at 447 dollars with purchases totaling 1 299 88 and credits 852 88.
The Dorcas Society of the First Baptist Church met Monday night with Mrs. Harry Houdeschelt hosting on Mill Street. President Mrs. Zora Guinther presided, a devotional preceded a musical program, and a social hour concluded the evening.
Mrs. Margaret Summers, a middle aged widow, was found guilty of murdering her nephew Thomas Meyer, 17, by poisoning with arsenic-soaked flypaper. A jury deliberated under four hours and sentenced her to 14 years in the penitentiary.
Lima March 1. Lima attorney J F Emans forms a leap year club to honor February 29 birthdays. The club has 22 members ranging from 72 year old L E Miller to a 4 year old Lima child. The group meets for dinner at Emans home as he marks his 13th birthday.
Three Nelsonville youths arrested for alleged shoplifting were arraigned before Mayor Hastings. John Shutts Austin Allen and George Paulik were fined 25 dollars and costs each and committed to the county jail in lieu of the fines.
Athens City Council agreed property owners along East State Street from Park Street to the city line will be assessed five percent of project costs. State to pay 65 percent, city 30 percent, owners remainder. Meeting drew a large turnout as council debated frontage shares and width disputes.
Washington notes describe Eddie Savoy, 76, a small bowlegged Negro personal messenger to Secretary Stimson, handling Chinese Japanese crisis visits outside the secretary’s office. He maintains order, seating diplomats by priority, keeping envoys apart, and keeping a friendly, unobtrusive watch over arrivals. He works beyond retirement age with Stimson continuing his pensionless post.
Two men were injured at West 28th Street and Detroit Avenue when a coupe crashed through a concrete abutment of a high level bridge and fell 26 feet to the car tracks below.
On March 1 in the Whangpoo River near the International Settlement two depth bombs exploded close to the Japanese fleet. The destroyer Ohi sustained slight damage. the Izumo reported no damage though the blast occurred about 100 yards away. Japanese search parties fanned the river seeking more devices. The blasts were claimed to have originated from Pootung opposite the settlement.
The American Boycott Association announced its organization to launch a nationwide consumer boycott of Japanese products and business in the United States. The effort aims to influence the Sino-Japanese crisis and preserve the open door, with pamphlets mailed nationwide and plans for local boycott societies.
In Dublin on March 1 the Irish Labor Party declared backing for Eamon De Valera and his program to abolish the oath of allegiance to King George and repeal the Public Safety Act. It said it would stay independent and not seek office, though it may back measures aligned with labor policy. It favored reopening Anglo Irish financial settlement for friendly talks with Great Britain.
A Minneapolis ad from Home Drug Co at 18 96 No. Fourth Street promotes literature on treating bladder trouble with a recognized specialist's prescription. It claims 28 years of gratifying results and offers a money back guarantee. Clip this out NOW.
The House shifts focus to a broad tax bill and a push to reopen Prohibition as the Wet Bloc fights to force a vote on resubmission of the Eighteenth Amendment. A Ways and Means subcommittee advances a manufacturer sales tax plan while Treasury proposes a draft with broad bases and limited exemptions. The tax bill aims for passage by mid March.
About 550 workers are to return to duties as Nickel Plate Railroad reopens shops in Conneaut Ohio Lima Indiana and Fort Wayne Indiana.
Mrs. Nettie Greenlees Milligan aged 81 lifelong Washington County resident died at her Vincent home Sunday night after a brief pneumonia illness. Born March 15 1850 in Palkner Township she lived in Barlow Township most of life and in Vincent recently. Husband John Milligan preceded her in death.
Musterole eases chest and throat pain almost instantly by combining oil of mustard menthol and camphor as a counter irritant. The preparation penetrates stimulates circulation and helps draw out infection and pain used by millions for 20 years and recommended by doctors and nurses. Children’s Musterole offered for babies and small children.
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