The Cedarville Herald, Volume 24, Numbers 1-26

r ^ f . s * V ., , ■■•■«. ■ ■ .*■',.. ■ i t H iM M ddyu Igbggp' ( iW 1 p lN k i^iimupfim S88SS89S^8@^S88||B5 H - ~^r~ Rtr*^-^ . r w E H T r - F o o r r a y * i . _ n o . i s C EDAKV IIL E . O H IO , A T O L 6 . 1001. WPP , „ %/ \ u S _ .... _,. - .-jEiimgtmi Wksa ibis Him k m m M I f «*< lotl^ac; It 4^*N^0«tlN»tlMKt JMX wlli llrffij turn a*overdo* stud a U deviled, . ■ PRICE $ 1.00 A YEAR, <?-- Our Line of >■ ■ *, •*.■., . . , . , .v *: . : ;J l l i l i i lit* Jy new colors and effects, to­ gether with $ complete assortment of staple styles in black and colors. Price: $i.oo?$1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3*00. Come In a|id let us FJt You Out for Spring. P, S.— Don’t forget that Spring Suit; § Davis. ' T f i i l o r , ' ' i1 rX3Ctn>tt€*T’i i . : ;i: - $1 1 ‘t & Few Paragraphs Not In­ tended to Pisplease. result of. m l service, getting from 18 to #12 per month; white there are othera^drawing from #12 to $30 from the government) who never was in a baRfo, and furthermore, are able bodied men, capable of doing a full day’s work. - K In the case, ol the 26,000 volunteers on their way home from the Philip­ pines,4he men are not simply brought to this covntry and permitted |o re­ turn home, Before they are released they a,re each carefully -examined by surgeons of long experience, so they absolutely know,their physical condi­ tion; The next thing is toi pay them off,laud then comes transportation to There ’is a farmer living .near] then?.;homes. Physical condition is Xenia, who said in the pSSmce of iakwHn-iwdtt to know whether tba young fellowsaid,“give me 6 th street," We were forced to behave that these persons were quite wealthy, if they owned bo much.* BOTH GRAVE AND GAY 7 her Are Not fiction But Products from thoughtful Cogitation aal Everyday - Events in local life the writer last week, that he had six boy)? and five horses, but he Wished to God they had all been horses, -..Which shows the . difference between - some people,.- .> ‘r.,1' !'* . ‘^ t>* '« |i' * Water ie^ considered, a Very cheap commodity, but to judge ’from the .hands, and »faces' and' necks' we see) from our office window, its very scarce or else a dangerous element to to hnndle. - , *r .< J_v J W- 0 »W > * t ^ - ( • * \ ^-*"4 , *^ , The writer was conversing with one of our Cedarville Township farmers add found him very antagonistic..to ;.Ward agricultural papers, he aatd: \ ,?Thcy areal! a dod rotted humbugs X tried one for severs! years, ,I t was run by one of them dod gasted tele­ phone farmers who tries to raise’elec* trio light plants from seed and who thought it was a good plaa to dehorn battering rams. He didn't know the diffefcenoe between ragweeds and rag* - ampffins., Onespringhis dangsdold paper said, ‘hold your wheat, hold your wheat.’ And 1 held on for dear li#?. I was offered 95 cents a bushel, . for it, but I held on because the fool paper told me to, I held op three • years and then sold It for 65 cents, since then, if a man stalesme to take a farm paper I ’aio the dog on him," Do you blame him? Dp among the “BlackHills’*there is * man, a white man, mind you, who cannot rest unless he takes offhi* boots and sits around in his bare feet. As . an argument to make him quit,- hie wifb often asks him how he would like to have her take off her shoes and tat. around in her bare feet/ Hut he is invulnerable and simply tella her to take them off if she wants to, If the government lutd taken the same precaution a t the close of the Civil War at it is now doing in the case of the Philippine rofuntsers, there would be no frauds and unfair distribution of pensions Of the Utter there are no better examples than In Cedarville, We have old soldiers here who have Suffered for thirty-five years from wounds and disease as a Sturt and Rain : EMBHEItMS Our line of umbrellas comprise theGOOD awr&e SERVICEA­ BLE grades, ,a# well as the Mgher priced ottos for those who Me ««§f the heat* ** m «***« m ** Atpriest Hil mil pUite yed, Grit and «*# iS i» before f m k ty ytstr mam$f ifesA. service has affected. the health, end has a bearing on any application lorn pension that might be made in the fu­ ture, I f the Same plan had ' been taken in 1865,onr national bebt would be less by bait, *pV< -o— ■ M xm . - e a s t *, • r tr *A first class little gymnasium, will be the, next establishment added to our wideawake little town/' eaida prom-, inent business man to the writer. the otlior day, - “ We haven lot <dhyoung' men here of-the better class, who have signified their willihgnes to become ac­ tive members'. ,.We have every assur­ ance that two or three professors will add their names to the list and X am glad to'see that- many •of the -middle aged and 1 older of the business men have the go«l sense to appreciate the value to life and health of regular phy­ sical culture. There needhe no hind, ranee on account. of lack of proper instruction. J0r* Tom Tarbox, who it jpsl fresh, from- the teaching of the foremostphyeical teulturiat of Amer* ica, Bernarr,A , Maqfaddep* can in­ struct those in, the proper course ac­ cording to the deficiency or ailment. Boxing and wrestling (the refined ole,* menis of the arts) can be taught with­ out extra expense, and some of our soldier boys ,can introduce the ^calis­ thenics as taught in the army; perhaps Harry Biffwould undertake to teach those exercises" Continuing hesaid: “ We would want a. business-like or­ ganisation with a president. and other officers, with rtgttlarly appointed teachers, all of which can be done and had Without expense. I t is natural that young men, and bldones,for that matter, to want to congregate for amusement and pastime and instead of in Undemrable places as many do a t present, could have the opportunity to up-build their physiques and health and a t the same time get more enjoys meat than they now have. 1 tell you I t la a good thing and I for One will help push It along to a successful climax, Mrs, Carrie Batkm seems to have had enough of platform life aa she claims she has made Only #36 since she bommenoed ieoturing. She thinks God has. not blessed the lecture bu­ reau, or she would have been better offfinandalty, She declares that .'he will never again listen to any induce* ments of a lecture bureau. Carrie will he O K. when she gets on the road WithWalter D. Main’s circus this coming summer. ■ Y- i : ’ A joke was being told to a prrson in cur presence a few My* ago in whtob reforanoe to terrible fires which have visited several of our cities. The stoyy as was told related a terri­ ble experience with a fire in a shoe factory in which “ two thousand' soles” perished. The fellow answered to the joke as followsr “ I t must have been m foimeUse.plant to employ, so many people. ; ConveriStlOns / on "street caw are #bent«»varied as Haroh wMh»r and A.penoh 'Its ifo# ©ppoffoaity of hear funny Which batgo W»i cmmidsralle I t o i - f o i lm i i t d t e . A Airdays *g» ,—0— Physical culture fever aeCms to be Spreading tor every day we here of some new patient that takes a two or three .mile walk at about five in the morning, also fasting part of the day. A peculiar instance wan related to us a few days ago by a citizen who'hnd the privilege of .viewing thB tsame. He atated that-men,', women and chil­ dren could be seen going up the. pike, some walking, some''running--and skipping. Hespoke of un instance as rather an odd right, to fjee -onb of our business men elippJ>lg ofF,a walk- up and down the -pike, in bis shirt sleeves, a t this time in the morning, * frv j ..if;-r /-1 ’ 4 <+ * / Horse Stolen. Last Monday evening atqhe one stole the fine mare belonging' to Fred Anderson., The animal was in the stable and ’Was -thkeu-put some­ time affor iwidnigbt. Telephone mes­ sages were Sent to ,all the surrounding cities, and the police instructed to keep a look' out, „ All day Tuesday the search was cbminued cud i«p till Wednesday morning when word was received that an' animal was held at W e r e A n k e n e y , D o d d s a n d • S m i t h jbfi t h e BATTLE OF BALLOTS. -SmithWent in With a, W%1 and Anheney Easily SnoWed Snider Under.— ThirdTerm Aspirations 'Sets % ' . a Death BfW, The- election reached a high tern- peratiire here Monday, the day being an ideal April day,- Tfae qontest started off rather brisk’but*soon cooled Ordinance Accepted. . On Thursday, Mayor Wolford re­ ceived the acceptance to the ordinance recently granted the Dayton, Spring- field & tJrbana Electric Railway Co. According to a clause in .the ordi­ nance the company w,is to have thirty days to accept same, the time will be up April 14. ■ •' The necessary bond accompanied the -acceptance, the bond being for $2000 and was'signed by the .Dayton, Springfield & IJrbanft Electric Rail­ way Company withJ, S. Harshman as president and John S, Harahman individually as security; The,. Mayor accepted the bond and filed samd.with Corporation Clerk) ! - .G- McCorkle, and we ariThow one stop "nearer in in the railway .situation than’wo have ever been before. A s'for the indi­ vidual security on the bond we doubt whether a better signature could have beep placed on same, as Mr, Harsh down about noimi hut later in the man is fated at ovei* one million dol- day things ■began to, wax warm, and 1 ®***, remained so until the- closing of the"' poles.' Itr the township and corpora First Sunday Excursion of the Season. Round .trip tickets to Columbus t,6n offices t h e r e /w no opposition wi» be "sold .Sunday, April 14, at and consequently for Trustee; gi.oovja Pennsylvania Lines, good Owens, Treasurer; Stormont, Assessor; on 8pee,‘al train IeaviDg Cedarville at Crirwford, Justice of Peace* Crouse, q qq a. m. central time. Returning McLean and Xortbop for conned, gpeojjd train will leave Columbus Wofit in with a whirl- School board, Huiott Station 8;0Qp. in, central tithe Lucy Batberund/Cnas.,Crouse, Sr, that date,' „ *v,.'r. , ,. 4 ,, a .N.! y ’ j ' -n W THE PEOPLE’S REPEESENTATIYE, . Jolm W.Sinitli, who was nominated on Monday last, ...for County Commissioner, earned 'the county -by an over wheli^jig^majority. The fight.was; a hitter one during the day hu t at the, count that night i t was evi­ dent that his opponent-was not H phe mve." Smith’s majority was 7118., Inthe ilorriinee the citizens of Greene , county have a candidate that is patrolled hy no polit- ,■ ical faction or set of men. ’ He Tvill he uhcldf no.dhliga- tion to any clique, and consequentlywill^^be the peopled representative. Yellow Springs, the description an­ swering to that of the Andereonjmfeu- Fred left for Yellow Springs and found his horse there, apparently none the worse of the ware* The sup­ position is that the horse was taken only to ride to Yellow Springs as a number from that town attended A dance here Monday evening* A reward of $25 was offered for the return of the mare and the capture of the thief. W IpiA-ft-htdf aty, *%# :n t{ ml fowmlaitttiktftfn A PersoMt faterest* As Cedarville is soon to be treated to* production of “ Ben Hur” it might interesting to the readers, o f the Her­ ald to know that J t , like everything else 6 f any importance, has'had at least something to do with Cedarville. General Lew Wallace, the author, though: often Urged, never until within the last two yearn, Would con­ sent to having “BenHuri’dramatised, but finally on condition that the last week of the life of Christ be omitted, he consented and Mr. Wtn. Young was chosen by him to prepare it for the stage, and it is in Mr. Young that Cedarville' is interested, as he .has a number of relatives-in this viciuiiy and his Wifewas formerly Mi« Joann* the youngest daughter of Col* Walter Parry « resident of Cedarville at one time, perhaps in ’56 or ’ 66 , “Ben Hue” was prepared for ahd placed upon the stage in Broadway Theatre, Hew York in 1899, with the positive assertion that i t would close on May 18,1900, but.lt was continued until in August With a crowded house every night. The chariot race as Well as the gallery scene actually occur on the stage, and. It required the trying of a large number of, horses before eight could he found that would fill the place, and we feel justified in an- tfolpaHag something more than ordi­ nary at the neat eafeftaioment. -Tail- (hfflm m i fJ ftf’s The-'greatest of the fight was a t the county primary ih- which .Dodds for Auditor, Smith for Commissioner and Abkeney for Representative fairly scooped .down on McPherson andKyle for Auditor, Fudge for Commissioner and Snyder tor Representative. For weeks back the H erald has been arguing that the people of this county would ‘ no longer stand the ‘’third term song,’’ and from the ap- perance of the vote o f Smith over Fudge it looks as though the latter had gone through the mill.' Aukeney and Snyder cuter for the second time, but it was nearly all Ankeney except few- precincts in Xenia city which are directly under the influence of the machine, . The vote for Cedarvilfe corpotation and townshipHs aa follows: Auditor, McPherson, Hi 130—8 , 94; Dodds, ft. 82—S 110; Kyle, f t. 37 -S .45 ; Representative, Ankeney, f t. 187— S.1179; Snyder, ft. 102 — 8 , 68 ; Com­ missioner, Smith* ft, 183-sS, 174; Fudge, ft. 7 1 -8 . 76. Central Com­ mitteeman, S. Andrew 166, Watt 76. Little for Treasurer, McKay for Sur­ veyor, Thrall for Infirmary Director, Johnson for Ooroner were nominated Without opposition. The vote for the county forAuditor, Dodds 214i, Me* Pheraon 1818, Kyle 552; Commis­ sioner, Smith 2620, Fudge 1827; Representative, Ankeney 2423, Sny­ der 1909. • , HOIKS. Did you say Ankeney’s challenge was accepted? I t only went for what it was worth. Thai man Smith for Commissioner w«*a* steady aa a chalk, j&lm time in the ptfc# wai the opponent con lildwsd. Smith earn* in uudsf the 0 m «»' easy winner -tew e teg every man on the ticket, MeWAf.—ftever put* 3 fioreeJn a class where you hive f tl# Mriss. ' 4 .Aikeney is nm f fopweentarivi*. - Pass <o Bills. ■* 'While Stanley and Arthur Taylor were passing bills in Cedarville, Mon­ day, the Mnyor gave them to under­ stand thnt^ they must desist or :take out a $5 license for that purpose, Cedarville is after revenue, and when it can’t get it in the regular avenues of trade, outsiders are compelled to contribute.—Jamestown Journal, Right,'Bro. Galvin, Cedarville has a printing office and an influential newspaper, via which advertisers can reach the people much better than by way of hand bills arid if they try play the cheap act they run up against a revenue officer. Millinery Openings. - Tomorrow being Easter the time set foirvfew Spring hats and bonnets, the local millinery firms’ have been Strictly “ in it.”1* The windows of the respective stores,. Stewart & Ifetiek and Condon & Murdock present a gorgeous appearance, ?acb being trimmed in ftri artistic manner. A fine line of - tririimed hats. and also pattern styles on exhibition, yes-' terday and today, being thp Opening days. ■With these firms can be found the very latest in the millinery line and at prices that can’t be duplicated Jby city establishments* , ' 1 . Xenia Presbytery. , The twenty third annual meeting of the Woman’s 'Missionery ■ society, of Xenia Presbytery began at the First' II, P . Church a t Columbus, Thursday. Mrs, H, 0 , Dean, of-Jamestown,, was on the program for a paper, Mrs. W. B. Bryson, Mrs, George Moore, Mrs. .J. L. Houser, Mrs. Wm. (Btu-r ber and Miss-Lula Barber represented this county at the meeting. •. AT THE HUB T h e Weekly Output of the • 'IVtill of Justice # \ REAL ESTATE DEALS WithDowio, Mrs. Judith King, of Bowersville took the train this morning for Chica­ go, where-she will remain for six months or & year, -working in the in­ terest o f the Christian Catholic church of which Dowie is the head. Bhe is a devout believer in the tenets of that church, and will probably devote the remainder of her days in extending its faith.—Jamfestown Journal. ACitizens Meeting. ‘ An effort is being made to start .*gymnasium in this place, and those interested will please be at the May* oris office at 7:30 Thursday evening, in order to formulate plans, This movement is brought out by our bus­ iness men and prominent citizens who have signified their willingness to give their Support to starting'such a worthy institution. for Sate. A quartered oak refrigerator, called the Iceharg, used only one sea­ son. Has a water tank and will hold about 40 lbs of ice. Inquire at this office. fttrnox;—I take this method to in form sty patron* that owing to ~l ■> An HourlyService. ■ 1 Ticket Agent; 8 am..Dodds, of the Little Miami, recoived word yesterday to the effect that the .officials of the rdad will put on drir hourly .service from Springfield to Xenia, May 5th, when the Pan-American schedule goes into effect.'. The announceriierit of the the fact that an hourly service will be put into effect between Springfield and’Xcnia,, is the, outcome of the Of fort *of the .Pennsylvania -officials to meet competition'' from electric lines and will be watched hy railroad men all over the country.—Press Republic,' T rf^ >*, „ * * *- *fA Coioiedlteai -Mrs, McGee,‘y f io h a s ’beeu so sick at -her Glifteri? home;1was brought here to mer daughter’s, vMrs. D .‘L. WjlliomsNhpping the change would prove boueficiaU / - • Cbne, Gaines and his good disposi­ tion gladdened the hearts ot his friends by a visit, of a few days the past week. Charlie hfts ■ a good position now'in this Capital City and is doing well, Mrs. F, ,L. Alexander was called to Louisville, Ky„ this week on ac­ count of the death of her brother. The family. of .ftelsoa Corbin are much improved after a long siege of scarlet fever, J , D. Sfivey, our efficient guard at the O, P. came down last week and staid over Monday to express his citizenship, Appropriate Easter exercises will be observed .'at Jail our churches to­ morrow. * i The personal property of the colored race.in the United States is valued at about $170,000,000, Or a per capita wealth of $75 for every man, woman and child. Hot so' bad for a race o f only 35 years freedom. ■ MAKINGAMSN. Hurry the baby as fast as you can; finny Mm, worry him. make him s man; ; p . 0 Offwith his baby clothes, got him in,; pants; Feed him on brain food and make him advance; , Hustle him, soon as he’s able to Walk, ; Into a grammer school;cram him with talk. Fill his poor head full of-figurr-s and . facts, < . Keep ,on a jamming them in till it cracks; . Once boys grew up at a rational rate, Now we develop a man while yotf wait, Rush hmi through college, compel: him to. grab Of every kriowft subject a dip and a dan*' Licea&es andDivorces.—hamage Suits for- - Real or FanciedWrongs,—New ’ , ■ '. .Suits.' / ; ; - r* ' , r (, ’ J > M ^i j A divorce was granted on Monday nr the case of EffieB, Stevens against' AnsOn Stevens,' the Charge being gross - neglect. Th& case will not be legal until the costs are paid, • t t t 1 ■ +' .MA-IfiBJA&D TAOENSES.' Woi, Stiggers and Dicy. Sledge; / Edmond Harrison and Della Pasy; Wm. DUnatin and. Martha Stratton; Ward 1 JR, Bfrnecutter and Minnie Dunlap; Hariey A, .Crigsey and Alva R. Devoe, . , ' ' -BEAT, ES'rX'i’E TKAXeFEKS. ;Raymond H . SwadnerJ' admr, ’of Bartholomew Longstreefc •to' Samuel Lorigstrcet, 19,17 acres in Bath tp,» $40o..u>--,- ; - ■ ■ ■ Geo. Moore; guardian, et al. to J , F , PntCrhaugh, iot in Xenia, $L - Augusta and August Pohlman tb Rom D.’Shaffer, lots in Xenia, $1, . ' Rosa D, Shaffer'to J . F , Puter- bitugh, lot in-Xenia* $1, . ‘. ; - . 4TheHome Missions of the Preshy- , terian church in the U. S. to Patrick j Fogarty, ■I88i28-acrea/in Sftgarcreek ' J|uy^66i8l4;^ . j- <, ^ >*;«, - iVy ; .F., p ; Cunningham” arid wife to Patrick*Fogarty,Tand in Sugarcreek tp., 8 i0 ,700. • * ' ■ Judith T / Kitig to W, F . Lewis and Loufernmia Lewis, 84.34 acres in Scfferson tp,, $5,903. i Blanche •Alexander to .Jennie S, Alexander and children;144 a, Xenia,, 6980.10. . ’ ' Wm, G. Taylor to BlancheAlexan­ der; 90 a, Sugarcreek, $4413.92. Albert Drake to Cyrus E. Drake;. 85 a, Miami, $3. . - B.‘ F . Shigley to Louie .0. ,MohIer; lot, Yellow Springs, $1 etc. Chester C. Williamson to Bessie Y* Walsh; lot, Yellow Springs, $1 etc. John G, Clemans toA. W. MoKin., ey; lot, Jamestowu, $100. James Brown to iZachariah I#ett; lot, Xenia, $358, Wm. J^Sharabaugh to Volcah E. Weaver; 12 a, Spring Valley, $643. Jennie Xelrey to David E, Hpabr, lot, Clifton, $20. H Jas. E. Andrew to E. B. Keifor; 67 a, Beavercreek, $4600. t t i JtEw' eiuts, Sarah Middleton ct al* vs Adriina Middleton et at. Partition arid as­ signment of Dower, W* F, Orr, at­ torney. City of Xenia Vs W.m, J . Clark* Set asidejudgment, W, F, Orr. Henry Turner vs Jacob ’Klein. Ap­ peal to J , P., J , A. Cowk* 1 Anna F . McFarland vs Prank fi* Harper. Bastardy, < Katie Casey vs Wm. Lauren*. Bastardy, John II. McPherson va Tha Repub­ lican Central Committee of O m n i Co. Injumdiou.' , Geo, R. McFarland n Riwk H, Harper. Damage# $800, Ch«* Kiunk admfowtrator HMlfo M. Kiunk, deceased, vs the Da/teti A Xenia Traction (Jo. Vardfof; for plaintiff in sum of$ 2 ff 00 , ifi&dleyClark m Jshu M, S i f t 4 "v.. *»* hesMOujinm»V*any Iljvw t/ntii ha wii»--riArrnn?-pmadratlfflOjMotffoa$Dftq?;r* is this Bpring. Mrs. Hmfrfott Par-ftw. j - ahd death. ]hfo priMmA f o r ^ k -M • <t’v' ! Get him in business and after the rash* All by the time he ran grow a mous­ tache j Let him forget he Was ever* buy, \ Make gold his grid audit# jingle hisjjudgmwst for pkhrtsNf aa l aal| 'J°,U , , tptwnhwsordewd,. ' ' - ' J *- 0 Mi *b;j. ',tW i- . M l