The People's Defender, 1922-10-05

Among the many pleasures exper experienced - ienced experienced at the Adams County Fair was the meeting of so many friends, the wining and dining with Cousin C. C. Greenlee, the visit and reminis reminiscent - cent reminiscent talk with John K. Dunbar, the trip overland with Carey Kepperling and underland with Jim Reid, and last but not least my meeting with Boliver Blythe and Alec Lane. In conversation with Hamp Hook he told me he was going to visit the Serpent Mound on his return. In the good, old days Hamp and I could see the serpent almost any day via the spirit frumenti route without going through Peebles Station. Since arriving at home I have changed by boarding house from Main street to Gay street where I an leading a gayer life - nit. White down home I arranged to invest my surplus money in reliable securities - Kentucky oil stock and Geiger-Jones. Selah. My name has been Mud since i left the ringside, due to the clouds of dust that rolled over the assembled I crowd like an eruption of Mt. Vesu Vesuvius. - vius. Vesuvius. I trust before my visit next year this condition will be remedied, otherwise I will be compelled to bring along a supply of borax for my thorax. Among the wonders -'as a trout I (Charley) that could live out )f wa water, - ter, water, also the collection of curios ex exhibited - hibited exhibited by Zach Grooms who demon demonstrated - strated demonstrated that a broom of his handi handiwork - work handiwork swept clean. Some of Zach's relics seemed to have belonged to an age when the morning stars sang together. The face of Colonel T. W. Ellison, the genial sccetary for many years, looked good as did Marshal Henry Shuster, President McManis, James Short and others. I could not help but think of the genial Dr. W. K. Coleman, the first president, W. T. Hughes, Henry Scott, H. W. Dickin Dickinson, - son, Dickinson, J. M. Thoroman, John Clark i and other stand bys in other years, long since deceased. John Lawler, at the stock gate, has been there since the first fair, October 10, 11 and 12, 1888, and we hope, like Tennyson's brook, he may go on forever. An Another - other Another face, long since missing, was ! that of Lou Lupton, Russellville j horseman and Civil war veteran, whose proudest moment was when driving Bob Allen to victory in the (Continued on Page Four) AL JENNINGS M MOVIE SCENES Noted Wild West Charac Character - ter Character Once Lived At Manchester. Manchester, Ohio. - Speciai Cor Correspondence. - A1 - respondence. - A1 Correspondence. - A1 Jennings, who some 45 years ago resided in Manchester and then went to the wild west where he figured as a bandit and became i notorious and was caught and sent to prison and was pardoned and after afterward - ward afterward posed as an evangelist and made a failure in that line, then engaged in the circus business. Later he went into the movie busi business - ness business and made pictures of his past life, which was shown at the Pas Pastime - time Pastime theater in Maysville, Ky. The last pictures were shown in that theater last Friday afternoon and evening. Several persons here re remember - member remember A! quite well. His father once ran a river show and his wife died while he was so engaged and after that Mr. Jennings for a time resided here and gave some enter entertainments - tainments entertainments before he finally left Man Manchester. - chester. Manchester.

THE SEAMAN FAR FESHVAL BEHER THAN EVER BEFORE Big Annual Two Day Event Had Fine Exhibition, Good Weather and Large Crowds. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS * At the Street Fair Were Numerous With Splen Splendid - did Splendid Displays In AH Departments. Seaman, Ohio. - Special Corre Correspondence. - spondence. Correspondence. - The eighth annual Farmers' Faii Festivai which was held here on Wednesday and Thurs Thursday - day Thursday of last week will go down in history as the best one ever held here. While the exhibits of farm products were not as large as last, year, there were more rings of horses shown on the street than at any former festival. The show pro programs - grams programs begun at one o'clock each aft afternoon - ernoon afternoon and continued until four fourthirty, - thirty, fourthirty, and each contained a num number - ber number of entries for the different pre premiums. - miums. premiums. The show of horses was above the average and from the ap appearance - pearance appearance of hundreds of people who lined each side of Main street for two squares while the show was go going - ing going on. one would be safe in saying that they were enjoying it. in this class there were 91 entries. Only one accident happened during the horse show, and it might have been serious, yet there was no injury ex except - cept except a hard fall in the street for Taylor Patton, who was thrown ^ from his buggy. There were seven entries in the hog show, live for the premiums on sheep and'fen on cattle. The display of poultry was not quite as large as last year as there were only thirty-four entries. The poultry was judged by Mir. Fry, teacher of agriculture in the Pee Peebles - bles Peebles schools. The K. of P. hall was used for the display of fancy work, bread, cakes, fruits, etc. It was tastefully dec decorated - orated decorated and arranged by Mesdames John Young and I. N. Wickerham, and while the display was not as large as last year, yet the display was beautiful. These ladies and the Superintendent E. S. Young, de deserve - serve deserve credit for their untiring efforts in making this part of the festival worth while. Much credit is also due the judges, Mesdames C. G. Hayes, of OreenHeld, O., Dick Rey Reynolds, - nolds, Reynolds, of Peebles, and Orval Pownall, of Winchester, for their work in awarding the premiums. In the hall there were 146 entries. The display of farm products as usual was arranged on racks along the sidewalks, and while the season has been unfavorable for a line show, yet there were 197 entries. The corn and tobacco exhibits were exceptionally large. The special premium of one years subscription to the Defender, which was kindly donated by the publish publishers, - ers, publishers, for the largest apple, was awarded G. A. Taylor. The apple won the premium was a Wolf River, which measured fifteen inches in circumference and weighed 21 ounces. The auto tire rolling contest for boys under 10 years of age, which (Continued on Page Eight)

Manchester, Ohio. - About nine o'clock Wednesday night a iarge bam on the David Stevenson farm on Brush Creek was totaiiy destroy destroyed - ed destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Wiiiiam Sheiton, who has the farm rented estimates his ioss to be about $500 in hay, grain and farm farming - ing farming implements. It is said that Mr. Sheiton's re refusai - fusai refusai to rent his barn for the hang hanging - ing hanging of tobacco ied him to beiieve that the fire was of incendiary ori origin. - gin. origin. The Manchester biood hounds were caiied to the scene in an at attempt - tempt attempt to trace the vandais. LARGE FUNERAL AT JACKTOWN The Body of Ray McCarty Arrived From Caiifornia Saturday. The body of Ray McCarty, who died at Taimage, Ca!., on Monday, September 25, accompanied by his widow, Mrs. Lesta McCarty, and his mother, Mrs. J. A. McCarty, arrived at Peebles Saturday morning and taken to the home of his parents, a few miles south of Peebles. Ray was a nobie boy and the an announcement - nouncement announcement of his untimely death was a shock to friends and kindred. Funeral services were heid Sunday afternoon from the Jacktown church by Rev. Geo. Hazlewood and was one of the iargest funerais ever heid in that neighborhood. Buriai was made in Jacktown cemetery. JURY ACQUITS EARL HANNAH On the Charge of Burgiary - Vogier-Shivener Dam Damage - age Damage Suit Starts. In the common pieas court Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday night, the jury in the case of the State vs. Ear! Hannah, tried under an indictment for burgiary, brought in a verdict of acquittai. The jury took the case at five o'clock and reported at ten. The case was tried before Judge Bender Jones, of Jackson county, who is presiding in the absence of Judge Wiii P. Stephenson who is holding court in Cieveiand. Hannah was charged with being implicated in the burgiary of the Wiiiiamson store at Harshasviiie, for which crime Aibert Haines was convicted and sentenced to the Re Reformatory. - formatory. Reformatory. Young Haines was a boarder at the Hannah home and Hannah claimed the goods were stolen by Haines and secreted about his premises without his knowledge. The trial of Ear) Hannah occupied two days, starting Tuesday morning. The accused was defended by At Attorney - torney Attorney C. E. Robuck, white Pros Prosecutor - ecutor Prosecutor Holderness and F. A. Shive Shiveley - ley Shiveley prosecuted the case. The $15,000 damage suit of Mabei Vogier against John H. Shivener for alleged siander, was called for trial this, Thursday, morning. The case atready has had two trials before Judge Stephenson, the second time being remanded back, on reversal of the lower court by the court of appeals. Attorney C. E. Robuck is representing the plaintiff and Attorneys F. A. Shive Shiveley, - ley, Shiveley, of West Union, and A. Z. Blair, ! of Portsmouth, the defendant.

Mrs. Margaret Thomas McNeitan, widow of the iate John McNeitan, died at the home of her son, Grover McNeitan, north of town earty tast Saturday morning. The deceased had been faiting since she received a fail white visiting their cemetery tot on Decoration Day severat years ago and fractured her hip. Since that time she has onty been able to get around by the aid of crutches and about three weeks ago she was taken seriousty itt which resulted in her death, at the age of 84 years. Her husband preceded her in death about fifteen years ago and the fol following - lowing following children survive; four sons, Stephen, George, William and Grover and four daughters, Mrs. Anna Mc McGinnis, - Ginnis, McGinnis, Mrs. Eliza Green, Mrs. Ella Murphy and Mrs. Minnie Jeffries. She also leaves a number of grand grandchildren - children grandchildren and other relatives. She was the tast sm w ving member of her immediate -f*sRb. her brother, George Thomas, of Peebles, preced preceding - ing preceding her last March. The funeral was held tast Monday conducted by Rev. A. E Sager and buriat in the 1. O. O. F. cemetery at i West Union. MARVELOUSGAME AT R!PLEY SUNDAY Ripiey Redskins Make Six Runs and Biank Fast Cincinnati Ciub. Riptey, Ohio. - There was a mar marvelous - velous marvelous game of base ball played at Riptey Sunday, October 1st, between the Riptey Redskins and Original i Ibolds, a fast K. 1. 0. team from Cincinnati. The Ripley batteries were Britting Brittingham - ham Brittingham pitcher and Ktinker catcher; j the Ibold batteries, Gaines pitcher } and Brestin catcher. Brittingham did not allow a hit or run - the finat score being Ripley 6, Ibold 0. Brittingham had his opponents comptetely at his mercy, he had them literatly eating out of his hand. There were just two bails hit out of the ! infietd - both flies which were caught. Onty two runners reached first base - one on an error, the other by being hit by a pitched ball. We doubt whether there ever has been a similar game pitched any anywhere - where anywhere in this vicinity. Toward the finish of the game, as it dawned on the Ibold players that they were being set back regularly without a hit, they tried every way imaginable to hit the bail fair, but coutd not do so. Their efforts ac actuary - tuary actuary appeared ridicutous - they were so hetpless with the bat against Brittlngham's deceptive delivery. MANCHESTER RACES Fine Program Arranged for One Day Fair Octo October - ber October 14. The race program for the Man Manchester - chester Manchester races to be held on October 14. Includes trotting, pacing and running entries, farmers' trot, muie race and novelty race- The Man Manchester - chester Manchester School Band rnd the West Union School Band will furnish music for the occasion. See ad advertisement - vertisement advertisement in another column for the race program in detail.

COUNTY AY!ATOR SERIOUSLY HURT WHEN PLANE FELL C. O. Garrett Took Tumble From the Air Just As He Was Leaving Williamsburg. PASSENGER NOT HURT Injured Aviator Rushed To Portsmouth Hospital Where He Is Reported Doing Niceiy. C. O. Garrett, the well known aviator of Seaman, suffered a broken leg and sustained probabiy interna! injuries Tuesday afternoon when his airplane fed about 150 feet at Wil Williamsburg, - liamsburg, Williamsburg, just as he was taking the airtoHytoMt. Oreb. A Hooded carburetor and a broken control apparatus are said to have been responsible for the accident. Garrett and another man were in the plane. Garrett was driving. The passenger escaped uninjured^ kave from shock. propping about 150 feet, the plane ^^Hmost a total wreck. It was a ^^mss machine, and had been owned by Garrett for over a year. He was in WiHiamsburg arrang arranging - ing arranging for the conveyance of passen passengers - gers passengers to the Georgetown Fair and had started to Mt. Oreb on a similar mission when the accident occurred. The injured man was put on an N. & W. train and taken to Ports Portsmouth - mouth Portsmouth Tuesday night, where he was taken to Hempstead hospital. The Portsmouth Morning Sun Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday says that Garrett was rest resting - ing resting very weli that morning at the hospital. His left leg was broken be below - low below the knee. His nose was badly tom, his tongue cut and the elbow of his right arm badly bruised. He complained of considerable pain in his right side near the abdomen, and it is possible that he may be injured internally. An X-ray was to be tak taken - en taken Wednesday to determine the ex exact - act exact extent of the injuries. In a 'phone call from the Defender oftice to Portsmouth this, Thursday, morning, we learned that the X-ray examination taken Wednesday dis discovered - covered discovered that Mr. Garrett had had not sustained any serious internal in injuries, - juries, injuries, and that he v as getting along nicely, with nothing more serious than his broken leg.

Two Boys Who Saw Acci Accident - dent Accident Say Two Machines Were Passing In Oppo Opposite - site Opposite Directions. Manchester, Ohio. - Speciai Cor Correspondence. - Manchester - respondence. - Manchester Correspondence. - Manchester scored its first fata! automobile accident last Friday evening about 7 o'clock. The victim being Thornton J. Davis. Mr. Davis, who is in his 86th year and very feeble, had been at his sis sister's - ter's sister's house, Mrs. F. R. Owens, for supper and on his way back to his own residence next door to the Naza Nazarene - rene Nazarene church he was run down by an automobile and instantly killed. His skull was fractured on the right side, collar bone broken and other injuries. Two boys were sitting on the school house steps at the Pike street en entrance - trance entrance and saw two machines pass in opposite directions and the boys a few moments afterwards started down the hill and a few feet above the crossing at 6th and Pike streets one of them saw a cane and went out on the road to get it when they saw the body of Mr. Davis and gave the alarm. The men who were driving the machines kept on their way as if nothing had happened, so it is not known who the men were that were in the machines. It is generally supposed from the manner in which Mr. Davis was thrown being hurled in the direction of the church that the descending auto was the one that struck him. The deceased was a widower, his wife died in July 1921. Mr. Davis was a quiet, inoffensive citizen and has been a resident of Manchester and vicinity for many years. He is survived by one son, Henry Davis, who resides in Illinois, one sister, Mrs. F. R. Owens, and Dr. Davis, of , Mason county, Ky., who is a brother, i Funeral services were held Sunday j afternoon from the Owens residence with burial on the family lot in the Odd Fellows cemetery. SPREADING GOOD CHEER

Last Tuesday, twenty-seven pupils of the Page school, with their teach teacher, - er, teacher, took a noon "hike" and spent a pleasant hour with Mrs. Thos. Hill, who has been confined to her room for nearly three years with a broken limb. She enjoyed the presence of the children, and hearing them sing several patriotic and spiritual songs. She was remembered with a box of cakes and fruit. After prayer the visitors departed for school with many warm invitations to come back again. CHANGE AT WINCHESTER Dr. R. E. Gopperton, veterinary surgeon, has moved from Mowrys Mowrystown - town Mowrystown to Winchester where he has taken the place of Dr. G. W. Osborn, who has located at German Germantown, - town, Germantown, Ohio. Dr. Gopperton, a num number - ber number of year ago, was located in West Union. DEATH FOLLOWED SHORT tLLNESS Mrs. Nancy Garrett Passed Away At Manchester Thursday. Manchester, Ohio. - Special Cor Correspondence. - Mrs. - respondence. - Mrs. Correspondence. - Mrs. Nancy J. Garrett, widow of the late John G. Garrett, passed away Thursday night of last week after an illness of one week. The deceased was In her 78th year and was bom and reared near Man Manchester - chester Manchester and shortly after the Civil war she was united in marriage to John G. Garrett, who was a veteran of Co., B, 33rd regiment O. V. 1. The deceased was the mother of 10 cl i'dren, six of whom are living lamely, William H., Harvey, Oliver, Elmer. Mrs. Florence Coolly, and Mrs Edna Cooper. One son and three daughters passed away many years ago. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon from her late residence on East 2nd street, Rev. O. P. Hudnal! officiating, with burial on the family lot in the Odd Fellow's cemetery.

KEARNS !N TOWN FRIDAY tepubtican Candidate for Congress Meets Local Leaders. Hon. Charles C. Kearns, of Cler Clernont - nont Clernont county, Republican candidate or re-election to Congress from the Mxth District, spent the greater rart of the day in West Union last Friday and was the central Hgure tt a meeting of the members of the Hepubiican central and executive :ommittees of Adams county. The ueeting. which was held in the party headquarters rooms in the Florentine Hotel buiiding, was for )rganization purposes. BUYS CAS* REGISTER - H. C. Sparks has had a handsome new cash register installed in his grocery store on Main street, which ; gives his nifty looking place a more business like appearance and en enables - ables enables him to make a correct record in duplicate of all transactions. TWO MEN ARE REPORTED DEAD ! As Result of Sawmill Ex Explosion - plosion Explosion fn Brown County. When a boiler in a saw miii ex exploded - ploded exploded last Thursday morning, near Carlisle, Brown county, Willard Adams, 20 years old, was so badly injured that he died Thursday night at the Good Samaritan Hos Hospital - pital Hospital in Cincinnati, the victim being j rushed to that institution immediate immediately - ly immediately following the explosion. Phy Physicians - sicians Physicians operated on him in an ef effort - fort effort to save his life. Ai Rhoades, another empioyee at the miii, received severe injuries from which it is reported that he died Wednesday. Ai Rickey, residing near Win Winchester, - chester, Winchester, owner of the miii was siightly injured. BARN BUILDING AND TOBACCO CROP Destroyed by Fire of Un Unknown - known Unknown Origin On J. F. Young Farm.