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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 124
HEAVY STORM PASSES OVER NORTH GEORGIA
Jesse W. Smith, Ohio Politician Shoots Himself
DECORATION DAY IS OBSERVED BY NATION
HARDING-PRINCIPAL
HHLSHMBH
ARLINGTOH TODAY
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Chief Executive of Nation Pays
\Glowing Tribute to Martial
Heroes of Country (
LEGION MENTAKE PART |
Ceremonies Held in Arlington
Amphitheater and Attended
by Many Organizations
WASHINGTON, May 30. As
principal speaker at Memorial day
exercises in the Arlington National
cemetery, President Harding led
the nation today in paying tribute
to the dead heroes of its wars.
The ceremonies were in the Arl
ington amphitheatre with nation
al officers of the Grand Army of
the Republic and the American Le.
gion participating and other pa
triotic organizations representeu
formed the principal feature of the
capital’s observance of the day.
A parade of members of several’
organizations was reviewed from
the White House, preceding the
ampihtheatre exercises.
WTO STM
IT DARLINGTON SOON
Commeftcement Season at Rome
School Began Sunday With
Sermon by Dr. Leyburn
ROME, May 30—Darlington’s
commencement got’Y’inder way last
night when Dr. E. R. Leyburn
preached the commencement ser
mon at the First Presbyterian
church. Dr. Leyburn’s subject was
be ‘‘God’s Search for a Man.”
Senior class exercises ) will be
held on the Darlington Campus on
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Dr.
W. D. Furry, of Shorter college,
will be the commencement speaker.
The subject of his address will be
“The Marks of an Educated Man.”
The program follows :
Invocation; Salutatory adress;
Class History; Class Prophecj',
Class Poem; Valedictory; Com
mencement address, Dr.. W. D.
Flurry; Awarding of Diplomas, C.
R. Wilcox, president; Presentation
of Medals and Awards, E. L.
Wright, headmaster; Alma Mater.
The following seniors expect to
f receive their diplomas: Ellis Hale,
Leroy Hancock, Lester Harbin,
Weldon Brannon, Tom Moss, Ans
ley Nolan, Fred Shamblin, Richard
Smith, Kenneth Elliott, James
Glover, Marshall Vandiver, W.
P. M'cWilliams.
Martin D’Arcy will receive a
certificate of work completed.
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RAILROAD REVENUE
LOADINGS ON INCREASE
NEW YORK, May 30—Loading
of revenue freight for the week
ended May 12 totaled 974,521 cars,
according to reports filed with the
. American Railway association.
This was. the greatest loading
for any one week since November
4, 1922, and approximately within
4 per cent of the greatest loading
’of any one week in history.
-Compared with the correspond
ing week last year, the total for
the week of May 12 was an in
crease of 207,437 cars, and an in
crease of 223,345 cars over th*e cor
responding weeks in 1921. It also
showed a substantial increase over
the corresponding weeks in 1913,
1919-1920. This was also an in
• crease of 13,502 cars over the pre
ceding week this year.
ROY CADWELL TO CARRY
ON PEANUT ASSOCIATION
CORDELE, May 30—The .work
that is yet to be done in Crisp
county will be left in the hands
of j Roy Cadwell, one of the force
engaged in the signing of the quo
ta in the Georgia Co-operative
Peanut Growers Association. He
came here today to take the place
of J. Kelly Simmons who has made
a very creditable showing irf the
week just closing.
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JAILED FOR STEALING
ROME, May .30—John Copeland
Wtrs arrested on a warrant sworn
out by W. P. Hunt of Cedartown,
and lodged in the county jail. Mr.
Hunt claims that Copeland stole his
truck, which was found standing
by the roadside near the Copeland
home, on the Cedartown road,
CLARA PHILUPS TO
GO DIRECT TO 1
OUINTIN P R ISON
“Hammer Murderess” Loses Ap
peal While Being Returned
Here From Honduras
OFFICERS FEAR TROUBLE
Net to Inform Woman All Hope
of New Tgial For Her Has
Already Passed
NEW ORLEANS, May 30.
Clara Phillips will not be informed
that she must go direct to Sah
Quentin penitentiary to begin her
sentence for the murder of Alberta
Meadows, it was announced by of
ficials here, who said should she
learn of the action of the Califor
nia court yesterday in denying hep
appeal, they would probably have
trouble with her on the western
journey.
With hopes abandoned, officers
fear that the woman may make an
attempt to escape before reaching
California. Railroad tickets were
purchased this morning direct to
San Francisco from where she wi
be taken to the penitentiary.
“HAMMER” MURDERESS
STARTS ON LAST LAP
NEW ORLEANS, May 30.
Clara Phillips started on the last
lap of her journey from Honduras
to California jit noon today leav
ing here bound for San Quentin
penitentiary to serve an indeter
minate sentence of from ten years
to life imprisonment for the murder
at Los Angeles last year of Mrs.
Alberta Meadows.
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DECORATION EXERCISE
Only About • % hundred White
Pecule Gather at Anderson
ville, Due to Bad Roads
About one hundred w r hite people,
including representatives of the*
Grand Army of the Republic post
at Fitzgerald, gathered today at An
dersonville for the observance of
National Decoration, Day.
The thirteen thousand graves
there were all decorated, a tiny flag
being placed at headstone of each,
and the day was the quietest sfmi
lar observance there in many years.
The size of the crowd, it was stated,
whs greatly reduced by inability to
get a special train from Fitzgerald ,
to bring Union veterans to Ander
sonville, and the terrible condition
of county roads almost everywhere.
There were about six hundred ne
groes present in addition to the
»white veterans who conducted the
ceremonies, all of these behaving
properly and no disturbance having
marred the day’s observance. .
The chief address was made by
(Ae. Whitman, of Fitzgerald. ‘ Lin
coln’s Gettysburg Address’ was
read bv J^ r 9- L - v - Bainer in the
absence of Mrs. H. L. Beauchamp,
who was unable to attend, and oth
ers having parts on the program
were H. Brimmer, Patrick Ryan and
Rev. J. H. Elder. The committee on
arrangement's for the day was com
posed of G. E. Whitman, C. J. Hitch
and J. M. Mosher, all members of
Fitzgerald Camp Grand Army of
Republic.
MANAGER KINCEY WILL
ASSIST IN PRESENTATION
Herbert Kincey, manager of the
Rylander theater, will assist in the
presentation of the senior play at
the Americus High school auditori
um Friday evening at 8:30 o’clock
by lending some of the stage scen
ery and lighting effects in order to
I promote the perfect stagin j of
■ Heads or Tails.” .
Although Mr. Kincey has been
| here only a short time, he has
I shown a co-operative spirit with
i the schools, and has already become
j personally known to a great num
ber of the students, having express
ed a desire to help wherever need
ed.
WILL MOVE THREE
HOUSES OVER SOUND
BRUNSWICK, May 30.—W. N.
Gramling is back from Cumberland
Island where he purchased three
8-room hodses and is having the®e
removed to St. Simon where they
will be placed between the light- i
i house and the pier. Capt. C. J.
Anderson has been given the con
tract. to transport the houses across
the sound. . 1
TH COMES-RECORDER
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COHISffll IS ASKED I
T 9 SUSPEND TARIFF J
ON SWEET MT9TS'
Public Service Body Acts in Be- i
half of Georgia Shippers to
Interstate Points
IS EFFECTIVE JUNE 15TH
Claimed That Rates Contain Ad- <
vances, Especially Covering
Trans-Ohio Points
ATLANTA, May 30.—A petition
requesting the Interstate Com- 2
merco commission to suspend the '
tariff on sweiy. potatoes shipped J
from Georgia points to interstate
points was filed today by the Pub- |
lie Service commission.
The tariff becomes effective x
June 15, it is stated, and the com
mission contends in most instances '
that the rates are advances over .
the present rates Ito, interstate
point and particularly from the
principal points of origin to Ohio
river crossings.
BOYSCOWOETROOP
W«IW
Lions to Assist in Putting “Fin-
ishing Todches” op Hut at |
McMath’s Mill I <
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Boy Scouts* member of Troop 2.
R. P. Ewing scoutmaster have! been .
busy the past week “roughing in”
their scout shack at McMath’s Mill <
and the structure is ready now to
receive the roof and floor. All of
the logs were cut and hauled in by
the boys themselves, and they will
be assisted in finishing the hut by
members of the Lions Club, which
organization sponsored the troop.
On Thursday afternoon a number
of Lions, with the scouts as their
guests, will visit the mill site and
complete the hut, after which an
enjoyable program will be staged.
The ’patrol leaders of Tro,op 2 are
George Player, Lucius Harvey, Jr.,
Fred Statham and Rupert Swain
with John E. Sheppard as treasurer
and scribe. •
JOHNCOUNCIL IS NAMED
COTTON ASSN. DIRECTOR
ATLANTA, May 30. —Appoint-
ment of J. M. Council, of Ameri
cus, as a director of the Georgia
Co-operative association from thp !
state-at-large to succeed A. M.
Wilkins, of Comer, was announc
ed Tuesday by J. .L.>JJrown, com
missioner of agriculture. Mr. Wil
kins served as a director from the
state-at-large until he was recently i
elected a district director. i
Under the rules of the associa- i
tion the State Department of Agri
culture, the State College of Ag
riculture and the State Bureau of
I Markets are allowed to name one
I state director each on the board.
BETHEL BAPTIST ASSN.
TO ENCAMP JULY 9-13
‘ CUTHBERT, May 30. —At
Bluffton, the heart of the Bethel
Baptist Association, the associa
tion leaders have planned to hold
July 9th-13th, a great Summer
Encampment. Arrangements are
being perfected to entertain, with
out cost, all who come represent
ing churches, Sunday schools, B.
Y. P. U., W. M. U. S., or other
auxiliaries.
FIRE AT GAS PLANT
DOES SSO DAMAGE ’
Jim Walker, a negro employed
at the gas plant of the South Geor
gia Public Utilities here, was bad-, ,
ly burned here this afternoon, when (
he pulled out a plug in a meter ,
there, permitting the confined gas (
to explode. He was burned princi- i
pally about the hands and face, and (
will recover. Manager Ewing esti- (
mated the damage to the plant at ,
approximately SSO, covered by in- f
surance. The fire deaprtment re- (
sponde dto an alarm from Box 14 ,
and assisted in extinguishing the
fire.
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GRAMLING IS AWARDED
ISLAND MAP CONTRACT
BRUNSWICK, May 30.—W. N. r
Gramling, who retires from the 1
office of city manager on une 1, r
has been awarded the conti act for t
making a new and comprehensive x
map of St. Simon Island by the v
Glynn county conimissioners and he r
will begin wor kduring the next'd
few days. I
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 30, 1923
MAJOR' PINGER ASKS
mil! mm
TO Effi BANDITRY
American Army Officer in
Orient Favors Harsh Means
to Punish Outlaws
WRITES PRESS LETTER
One of Fourteen Foreigners
Held in Mountains of Shan
tung Province
TIENTSIN, May 30.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —An armed jn- ■
tervention by foreign powers to put
down banditry in China is favored
by Major Roland Pinger, U. S. A.,
ane one of the fourteen foreigners
held by the outlaws on the Pat
zuko mountains, f thi
opinion in a letter to <ne Associated
(Press today.
LiGHTffiOm
HILLER COUNTY
AH Children of Thomas Lewis;
Fourth Child Seriously Burn
ed; Parents Absent
ALBANY, May 30.—Three small
children of Thomas Lewis were
struck by lightning and instantly
killed near their home in Miller
county yesterday, according to re
ports reaching here.
A fourth child was seriously
shocked, brtt will recover.
The parents of the children were
away from home at the time, hav
ing left them in the care of a
neighbor.
iERSIBEO
BYTRAIN AT RICHLAND
W. M. Easterlin Ground to
Death Under Wheels Near
Coal Chute There .
W. M. Easterlin, of Americus, a
Seaboard Air Line trainman, was
instantly killed at Richland at 10
o’clock this morning, when he fell
beneath moving cars at the coal
chute, near the Richland depot.
Both his legs and one arm were
severed, and in addition his head
was badly crushed. The train of
which Mr. Easterlin formed one of
the crew, left Americus this morn
ing, and was working local between
Americus and Montgomery. Con
ductor L. P. Griffith was in charge,
and Easterlin was flagman in
charge of switching operations. He
wgs about 50 years of age and had
been in the employ of the Seaboard
lore dun n; the past thirty yeais,
being one of the oldest men, in
point of service, employed on this
division. Recently there has been
a number of serious accidents near
the spot where Mr. Easterlin was
killed, three other trainmen having
been either killed or seriously hurt
there.
Trainmen who went to the as
sistance of Mr. Easterlin after he
fell between the scars, found him
dead, and the body was carried to
the establishment of Coffin &
Wood, Richland undertakers, who
prepared the corpse for burial,
shipping the remains to Americus
on the noon train today.
WAYCROSS POLICE FINES
TOTAL MORE THAN SI,OOO
WAYCROSS, May 30.—Follow
ing a week which kept the police
department very active and a week
end which kept the full force on
duty, what is believed to have
been the biggest session of recor
der’s court in years was held Tues
day at the City Hall, Recorder
Jerome Crawley tried, sentenced
fined a number of defendants, the
total fines and forfeited bonds
amounting to $1,095.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OFFICIALS MEETING
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WAYCROSS, May 30. The
members Council of Waycross and
Ware County Chamber of Com-*
merce met today at one o’clock at
the Central Case. This meeting
was to have been last week, but
was postponed so as to allow the
members to help entertain the
delegates to . the , Georgia-Florida
Pecan Growers Association.
GRAND JURY TO BO
AFTER UK OF
STATE LICENSE
List of All Motorists Operating
Cars Without Tags Said to
Be Before Body
RE-ASSEMBLE ON FRIDAY
Indictments to Be Returned
Against Many in County,
It Is Said
The grand jnrv is in recess today
and Thursday, with a resumption of
their investigations scheduled for
Friday mornine’. it was stated at the
courthouse this morning. James A.
Davenport, foreman, has been ex
cused from duty Friday, and Alton
Cogdell, foreman pro tern, will pre
side over the deliberations of the
body when the jtirv again assem
bles.
According to information said
to have leaked out from the jury
room, the grand jury is now en
gaged in the investigation of al
leged disregard of the Georgia au
tomobile license tag law, with, a
large number of bills having been
drawn by Solicitor General Jule
Felton, and ready to tie presented. I
It is said that a list of all automo-1
bile owners who have been operat
ing their cars without license tags
has been prepared by local author
ities. and that this list is now in the
hands of the grand jury, though |
this information could not be con
firmed officially this morning. In
cluded among the alleged violators
of the motor vehicle law, it is said,
are at leasl two operators of heavy
trucks who resid.e in one of the im
portant towns of the county outside
of Americus. It was also said that
the grand jury took recess in order
to give delinquents a chance to
come in and pay the required li
cense fees to Sheriff Harvey and
thus avoid indictment and the added
cost incidental to such a proceed
ing.
EIEMWEW TO
COT IN NEW CURRENT
First Tests of Hydro-Electric
Energy to Be Made Sunday
at Americus Plant
Final preparations have been
made at the plant of the lighting
company here for using hydro-elec
tric current, and Sunday, first test
of the current will be made. As a
result, it is expected there will be
a number of interruptions in service
that day, these all being of brief
duration. Before the high voltage
current can be used commercially
here it is expected a unmber of deli
cate adjustments of transformers
will be necessary and the making of
these is all that now remains before
the current can be used continu
ously through the commercial lines.
COUNTY TAX ASSESSORS
BUSY REVISING RETURNS
The board of county atx assessors
continue their sessions at the court
house, having been assigned a room
in the newly renovated basement
in which the grand jury conducts
its investigations. The board, com.
posed of Frank A. Wilson, E. B.
Thrasher, Jr., and P. B. Williford,
has already finished revising white
returns in the 15th, Old 16th, New
16th and 17th district, and today
is engaged in returns| from the
Old 26th district. No negro re
turns have as yet been touched,
and it was indicated that few rais
es had been made in valuations as
returned by the owners.
FOSTER TO CONDUCT
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE
Rev. Richard F. Simpson, pastor
of the Presbyterian church, an
nounce that prayer service at his
church this evening at 7:45 will
be conducted by C. S. Foster, mis
sionary to Africa who is at home <
on furlow. A cordial welcome is |
extended to all who may attend.
LEE STREET WOMEN TO
CONDUCT PRAYER SERVICE
On account of the absence from
the city of Rev. Luther A. Har
rell, pastor of the Lee Street Meth
odist church, the misisonary women
of the church will have'charge of
the prayer service this evening at
7:45 o’clock. The ladies have ar
ranged an interesting musical
program for the occasion,
. OHIO REHJBLICAN
LBOEB COMMITS
SUICIDE IN HOTEL
Lifelong Friend of Attorney
General Daugherty Shoots
Himself in Apartment
WAS ON HARDING TRIP
Friends Unable to Assign Any
Cause for Rash Act—Was
in Good Health
WASHINGTON, May 30.—Jesse
W. Smith, of Washington court
house, Ohio, prominent in Repub
lican party affairs in Ohio, shot
himself to death in his apartment
at a hotel today.
Smith was a life-long friend of
Attorney General Daugherty. He
was a member of the party which
accompanied President Harding to
Florida.
Smith had been living in an
apartment of Daugherty’s here, the
latter being a guest at the White
House.
Friends • are /unable to assign
any reason for the act, declaring
he had been in apparent good
health and spirits.
SUMEBLIN IS BMLT
HURT AT PLANT HERE
Lineman for So. Georgia Public
Utilities Co., Sustains Bro
ken Ribs, Punctured Lung
James Summerlin, a lineman em
ployed by the South’ Georgia Pub
lic Utdities.Gm, here, was seriously
J as “ at the plant of the
Amer.tus. Lighting Co.,* where he
was engaged in making repairs. He
was standing near the base of a pole
upon which «andthqr workman was
working, Superintenlfent Ewing
stated today, and - was struck by
a piece of electrical apparatus
which fell fiom the top of the pole.
The heavy weight struck Sum
merlin almost squarely in the back,
breaking two of his ribs and pen
etrating into the abdominal cavity,
one of his lungs being punctured.
The injured man was carried imme
diately to the Americus and Sum
ter County hospital, where his con
dition was pronounced serious, due
to the danger of pneumonia devel
oping.
Summerlin, whose home is in
Pineville, Marion county, had been
employed in a construction gang
upon the transmission line between
Americus and Albany, and at the
time of the accident was engaged
in work connected with, the tieing
in of the hydro-electric current at
the plant here. He is unmarried.
DR. RUFUS W. WEAVER
IN SERMON AT LESLIE
LESLIE, May 30—On Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. Dr. Rufus W.
Weaver, president of Mercer Uni
versity, delivered the commence
ment sermon for the graduating
class of Union High at the school
auditorium to a congregation of un
usual size.
Dr. Weaver’s message was espe
cially fitting for the members of
the outgoing class, for in the Spring
of their lives, he urged them as
the lad in the Scriptures, to offer
their five loaves and three fishes
to humanity in the form of a Chris
tian life, ornamented" by Christian
education, which would eventually
result in Christian service.
FIRST AMERICUS ZONE’
PEACHES ARE SHIPPED
The first peach shipments to be
made from the Americus territory
passed through here last night being
en route from Putnam to Macon
and Atlanta. The shipment compris
ed six crates and came in over the
Columbus branch of the .Central,
bein » transferred here to the main
line. It is expected now that express
shipments will develop rapidly in
this territory, with the first carload
shipment made within the next ten
days. '
CORDELF. HIGH ALUMNI
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
CORDELE, May 30— At tht* an
nual meeting of the alumi associa
tion' of Cordele High school at the
school aiiditoriuih Miss Audrey
Dekje was made president of that
body and Howard Comer, secre
tary. The Alumni banquet at the
Suwanee dining room! last night
was attended by some hundred
guests including the members of
the graduating class.
WEATHER
For Georgia: Probably local
showers tonight and Thursday; tem
perature unchanged.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TOM fUODED AND
IN DARKNESS: «
STREAMSJN RAMPAGE
Roads in North Georgia Section
Made Impassable as Result
of Terrific Rain
VIVID ELECTRIC STORM
Telephone System Badly Crip
oled and Crops North of
Toccoa Badly Damgaed
TOCCOA,' May 30.—Roads in
this section are almost impassible
and streams are out of their banks
as a result of a terrific rain and
electrical storm late yesterday.
The town was in darkness last
night because of the flooding of
the city electric plant, while the
telephone system is badly crippled.
Crops north of Toccoa are said
to be badly damaged.
IWNICIfOOL
OPEN THIS WEEK
Hours Announced for Thursday
Friday and Saturday by
Playground Commission
Arrangements have ncen perfect
ed for re-opening the municipal
swimming pool at the Americus
Playground Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. The hours
will be from 3 to 7 Thursday and
Friday and on Saturday from 5 in
the morning until noon and from
2 to 7 in the afternoon.
The Playground pool commission
is composed of Sam R.Heys, J. _B.
Ansley and J. Ralston Cargill, and
these gentlemen are having the pool
open as often as a reasonable pat
ronage can be assured,it being their
purpose to have the pool open con
tinuously as soon as weather condi
tions warrant.
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ISRIGNWmDS
Ernestine Anthony, Atlanta Stu
dent, Wins First Honors and
Gets Gold Medal, Check
WASHINGTON, May 30.—Fif
teen Georgia pupils receive awards
as a result of the last national safe
ty campaign, it was announced to
day by ‘the Highway Education
Board. An essay by Ernestine An
thony, a pupil in Ashby street
school, Atlanta, won first honors
for her state and entitles her to
a gold medal and check for fifteen
dollars.
In the lesson competition, con
ducted simultaneously with the pu.
pils contest, a safety project by
Miss Mary Lizzie Benson, Marietta,
won the honor of repregenting her
state in the national competition.
Honorable mention was accorded
the lesson by Mrs. O. B. Trammell,
Columbus.
An essay by Elizabeth Woolfolk,
Fort Valley public schools, ranked
second to the first essay, and the
writer receives a check for ten dol
lars and a silver medal. Thirteen
other pupils each receive bronze
medals, emblematic of third state
honors, and checks so five dollars.
They are Jeanette Nichols, Fort
Valley; Lucy Houston, Hogans
ville; Frederic Solomon, Fort Val
ley; Gladys Mathews, Fort Valley;
Beatrice Caldwell, Columbus; Clif
ford Prator, Jr., Fert Valley; Lou
ise Clifford Clark, John Milledge
school, Augusta; Elizabeth Wil
liams, Hogansville; Thomas Pate,
Flint street sihool, Albany; Rosa
Jabaley, Waterman street school,
Marietta; Edna Carolyr.e Brown,
Ashby street school, Atlanta, and
Martha Hat-Mi, Crumps Park, Ma
con.
BUILDING PERMITS FOR
WEEK TOTAL $25,850
WAYCROSS, May 30. Thfe
building permits issued for last
week are:
Dr. Will Williams, recovering
house on Screven avenue, $500;
Miss Mary Letford, recovering
house on Williams street, $200; B.
Switzer, building six houses $6,-
000; J. S. Flkins, alterations and
repairs, $2,000; T. L. McCrary
building house on Jane street, $3,-
000; Atlantic Coast Line, construc
tion, $14,000; J. MT. Cox, iWilding
one garage, $150; total $35,850.
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GUNSTOCK ORDERED
BRUNSWICK, May 30—P. O.
Kessler, well known gunsmith, yes
terday received an order for a wal
nut gunstock from an Ohio city.
This is the third order received
from that section of the Buckeye
State, _