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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
5
Rev. tra J. Houston delivered a Sunday night sermon to the high school graduates encouraging self reliance and independent thinking. The address emphasized personal responsibility and urged listeners to pursue their own paths.
Rev Ira J Houston delivered the annual baccalaureate sermon to the Mt Vernon high school graduating class of 1911 at Congregational church on Sunday evening. The 4 30 service filled the church to capacity with many unable to stay for the entire program. The church was decorated in purple and white with the class seated near the front.
The sermon by Rev. Houston on the truth setting one free stressed self reliance and independent thinking. He urged students to avoid inherited narrow views and to broaden their education, noting bondage can be mental and tied to old ideas. He illustrated with a tale of slaves in the East who blamed ancestors for their lack of progress.
A school assembly addressed the class of 191 ahead of their future. Rev. Hotston urged independent thought, truth guided study, and seeing beyond earthly concerns, while Ms Baker led a special mu issued and Rev. Blick gave the benediction at Mulberry Street M P church.
Sickness and accidents bring trouble and money is needed. Save before the rainy day and let your funds earn five percent interest from The Buckeye State Building and Loan Company at Rankin Building Columbus Ohio. Assets total 4,700,000.
Prosecuting Attorney Cromley said the trials of David Mackey and Alfred Wolfe, jointly indicted with Michael T. Lee, will be moved to the next court term in November. Mackey may remain jailed over the summer while Wolfe is on a $5,000 bond. The delay stems from a petit jury being excused by Judge Wickham. indictments may be revisited as the men reportedly turned state's evidence.
Enumeration of Clinton Township school youths filed by Clerk Rawlinson shows totals by district with 622 in grand total and a gender split of 260 males and 262 females. Ages 6 to 16 accounted for 410 individuals, reflecting 52 percent of the total.
A house owned by Mr and Mrs Morris in Academia was consumed by fire about 8 20 Sunday morning. The blaze began from an oil bottle on the kitchen stove after Mrs Morris left to attend her mother. The mother and Mrs Morris escaped unharmed though the entire home burned rapidly. Insurance partially covered the loss.
Messrs Curtis Meltzer and Ray Scarbrough of this city escaped serious injury when a horse hitched to their buggy ran away on West High Street near Adams. The frightened animal struck a post near the water works power house, cutting one hind leg of the horse as bystanders narrowly avoided the vehicle. No one was hurt.
Unclaimed letters listed for the Mt. Vernon post office with instructions to address mail to street and number or general delivery. Advertised June 12, 1911. Postmaster James Sheridan Dowds signs off.
Attorneys for Michael T. Lee filed a motion for a new trial after his manslaughter verdict. The motion lists thirteen alleged errors, with Judge Wickham set to hear Monday morning. The case includes questions over indictment counts, admissibility of evidence, jury instructions, and whether verdicts should be not guilty. Additionally, a juvenile case in Warsaw led to sentencing to a reform school with suspension, and a guardianship petition was filed in probate court for John Magill Fifth and Final.
The section records various local items including probate actions, marriages, licenses, property transfers, and a Boxwell commencement at Graham School in Pleasant Township near Mt Pleasant. It notes graduates, church events, and residents traveling or visiting, with several names and places such as Vernon, Mt Pleasant Presbyterian Church, and Canterbury mentioned in connection to recent activities.
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