The Cedarville Herald, Volume 24, Numbers 27-52

■ ft our JoSWort WUl go»wrt «wft any otw fir*. Wbeq this item w marked by m Index, i t denote* tb«. your pahsorip- turn 13 overdue and 8 prompt payment is desired, IiiiuinH’l ;. u. ..r. 1 ...«ni . ikimi iw.<pt..wrwwjwiw« TWENTY-FOURTH year , no . so . GEDARV1UE. OHIO. FRffiAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1901. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR. monarch Sfflrn (be Standard of excellence White, long or short bosom, at $ 1 . 00 , Fancy, correct in style, qual­ ity and: fitj Light, o r dark patterns, one pair, detached cuffs, at $1.00 and $1.S0. * • f*. - «. Boys’ Kid and Wool G loves, Fleece lined, at. 25 and 50 c. Boys’ n^Hgoi andStiffBosomSbirts ; Collars, Cuffs, Underwear, Hats, etc*, j Men’s Wool Sox, %__ J I , ’ * Light, f^edium and heavy weights, in black; navy blu^and oxford at 28 c. I . C . D A . V TAILOR HATTER FURNISHES c History of the I). P. Church of Cedarvile, Ohio. » B y JRep.Jt1. O. jRgss, j J When the i work of Joshua was | Dobbin qiune to America and, with about completed, h<?gathered all Israel '-Rev,- Mr, CuthVertson, organized the nt Shechein, a n d , delivered his fare. \ Reformed Presbyterian Presbytery of well address Among other things h e 1America on March 10.1774. This said: “Behold,; this day I urn■going Presbytery continued until ,1782, ♦he way of all the earth; and ye know when it united with another branch in all your hearts and in all you r ot the church. .Of this branch and^ •seals, that not one thing hath failed the union effected we will speak in of all the good things whicji th e Lord your God spake concerning you; a)i are come to pass unto you, and not 'one tbjng hath failed thereof.” - • These words can very easily he uc the next article. f J sotk — -It is tho purpose of the writef to puhliBh tjiiahistory in a series df articles in the Herald(and to Woke it entirely reliable. If the demand shall warrant, it will be pub fished later as a booklet, together with rem-. close analogy, b u t because o f the profitable lessons, suggested, .Like Israel of old the generation who lived and labored and ga vj th e ir ‘attention to ihis congregation in its infancy .have nearly all been-' gathered unto their fathers. Like th$m our past history liajj its critical hours, and .like them we-have beep-ushered into inore -prosperous times.. , Like ..them the leaders raised' tip tor important work and those to’whom this congregation looked for guidance have been ’culled away, soTUe to other duties on fearfh, but the greater number to their cter .nal-crown. - But ihost o f alK we are dike' them in the need which we Wye to recall’the blessings and promises of the. Lord our God which have not Tailed thrOugh-aJh thesp years. The. United Presbyterian congrega. lion of Gedarville has ju st passed the 57th anniversary of itshi8tory, bu t it was.not' organized under the name which it now bears To many of the readers of this history tlie mention ot the „Cedarville Associate, -Reformed Presbyterian congregation will arouse curiosity ,and wonder as to what ever became of such an organization. But’ that was the name ot the congrega­ tion and of the denomination nt that time. Doubtless some facetious spec­ ulator will ascribe the ‘death to the name. Bu t it was not death hu t mar­ riage which changed the name. *Of the happy union When the long and; tortuous name wits lost we will Bpeak later. Wliy'wfis ’Such.a name ever given to a denomination? . 'As is generally believed this denom­ ination is o f Scotch and Scotch'Irish origin. Among the early emigrants to this country from Scotlaud were Cnmeronians or Covenanters, or as they styled themselves Reformed pres bytefians (old school). Tins emigra­ tion began with a ship load banished from their fatherland for religious views and brought hither to he sold as slaves by George Scot, Laird of Pit- lochie. The Laird died on tho voyage and the ship was driven ashore neat'. Perth Amboy* New Jersey, about the middle o f December* 1685. Suit was afterward brought by the son in-law of George Boot for their passage. The case was tried* and because they .had not of their -own act-Ord taken pas­ sage were declared assoiled. Prow that time on for fifty years small col­ onies came voluntarily and settled i t different parts of the country* but they liarper-Bickett Nuptials; ' A very pretty wedding was solem­ nized TuCsday evening a t the home1of Mrs. S iie J .'H a rp e r when her daugh­ ter,-Margaret Lirveni-t was united in marriage to'Albert Bickett. -Rev. W, A. Robb’ of Jamestown, an uncle of theb riee, .performed . the ceremony, and was assisted' by Rev J , W* Pick­ ett, of Greenfield,’ a brother o f the groom. The ceremony was witnessed by about forty friends and relatives. A wedding supper was served after which followed Congratulations, /,’The liewly ■married couple, drove to, their home near Old Town Run where the groom owns a farm. They - have' the the good wishes of a large circle of friends j n their flew life.’ .'V-. TheyWill Prosecute. A number of comphunts have been la id 'in regard-' to the loafing about the depot on Sabbath evening a t the late train, Several names have been forwurded to the chief o f detecti ves for the company, and it is probable that prosecution will follow for loiter­ ing. The cases will be tried to make tin example so'that there will be bet­ ter order in the future. A detective was here the first of the week-looking up evidence, and i t is very likely there; will be a n umber ofsubpconias served the Coining week,, so those Who are in the habit o f carrousiug about the de­ pot had better make themselves scarce* for this coming Week a t least. Agent Keyes has already served notices on B&vCral, they being a t first notified ac­ cording to law, then prosecutions will "follow. All have been warned in some, way* and unless (bey ‘make them selves scarce there w' ,1 be no one to blame but them selves. Several days ago, while looking .over some old papers in a pigeonhole j divorce Iu ouydesk, we found .one bearing a the court title “ — ;- Challenge Accepted,” a campaign article that had been mailed to hundreds of Greene county voters during the last primary cnmpaigu, PoBsibly mimy_rec.-dl tlm sentences “ I was depicted as a monster of iniquity in cobtirast with a,dazzling white par­ agon1of wisdom *and virtue, I do not forget how, on a former occasion, I was viliified, and how they persuaded the Christian people of fids county to vote against me in the alleged interest of morality. Oh, ‘Moralityl’ Whit tricks tlion art made to cover. As to temperance legislation, the little I was able to accomplish iu (hut line is a t least more than mere promises, however , loudly uttered.” What seemed so amusing to us-was to read .the nrticle referred to -and theu, from an,, exchange, learn that this same writer (and defeated candidate) was* establishing agencies and buying corn for the Colonial Distilling Company near Trebeilis. ‘’Doc," "By your works ye shall bo known, ”, . » * ✓ 1 > ' ' 'ft-; 1 / - ■ir-fi-'-* „ , ‘Western Kansas . editors- have u unique way ot prodding up delin­ quent subscribers, as this will.indi­ cate: “ If you have frequent head­ aches, dizziness, fainting spells accom­ panied by chi. cramps, corns, bun­ ions, chilblains, epilepsy midjaundice, it' 13.a sign that you are uot well, but are JmRTe“'ib''d{4.' ajiymllmte, ■“Fay" your subscription a year hi advance and thus make yourself solid for a good obituary notice,” Refused to Appoint. There seems to be Consternation among some o f the politicians in re­ gard to President Roosevelt’s refusal to appoint Ox-Congressmau Walter L . Weaver, of Springfield, to succeed General Jones* the present pension agent o f Ohio.' I t is known that Weaver has the endorsement of Han­ na as well as many other Congress- bleu, bu t for ’some treason, it is said* the President refuses to make the rip pointmeui, f o ^Weaver made; many friends here In September after his were in Small groups and Vai* apart,) memorial address on the day of otir and were without « minister o f the **‘>^"1- n"rl who * 08 pel ofltheir faith. In 1751 Rev. John Cutbbertson came from Scot­ land a.nd Ministered to their spiritual wants. His parish extended from Vermont and New Hamririte on; the math to Virginia on the. South, He effected for them formal organization And they look their flame and place . in this country among the denomina-’ tiofis as Reformed Presbyterians. This man was the only minister of that church for over twenty years and gave to America flirty years o f a faithful ministry, ^During Ids life he preached, on 2*452 days, baptized 1*806 children* married 204 couples, and rode on horseback* the only mode o f long distance traveling in those times* over 70,000 mil#* or » e * rif three times around tbs'globe. He* like Paul* was in 4aboj)S abundant. In 1774, through the aolleitatbfl o t a eommissioner sent from this country* I M l i y |4 p 4 w tf late President's bprial, and those who know him, know him t« be the man to t the place, and would gladly sanc­ tion his appointment* , On the Other hand we admire the President’s Stand dfl making appoint­ ments and the Weaver incident showa that, as was generally supposed by those who knew Mr. RdoSevelt When he assumed the presidential office, he will be president ifldeed; and- candi­ dates for positions have first to be satisfactory'to him. Otherwise rec­ ommendations will have no influence, no matter from whom they come. The President seems to be determined to break Up the rule tha t one man has the power to say whom be shall appoint. s- > _ CorrfefTte«ks. The D. S, Ervin Go, wish to express their thanks b tho Cedarville tfiw Go. for, the kind assistance rendered ft* last Sabbath morn ing BY-THE-BY. COURT NEWS. A suit A janitor in Chicago hns been fined five'dollars for catling a woman “ rub­ berneck.” ■Ho has also been pu t uh- der.a three hundred dollar bond not to apply the epithet to her again. He might have avoided judicial proceed* iugs and yet -.vented his thoughts in words if he had told her that her cer­ vical isthmus was' composed of the inspissated sap of the euphorhiaceomf tree* Siphonu elastics. That would have beei), crushing but safe. ges and a suit for “ on the docket of on PJeas'last Sat­ urday, W,-C. \1‘ Randall is plaintiff and Elizabeth K. 'JDenormandie is the defendant in a siiit-fbr damages to the amount of- $l0,0j)0, , The plaintiff claims the-the defendant Nov. 20, 1001 m'aliciously| spoke concerning liim; charging- him 'with forgery, and .that his qame and repu­ tation have been damaged iu the sum Ot 610,000.’ ,S. W. Dakin of Ye low Springs, attorney,’ t | t ■ Laura Nicely h la brought suit for divorce againstj James Nicely .Frank H, Dean/ifttorney.' - . Messrs, Bradfute & Son and An­ drew Bros, shipped their cattle to.the fat stock show Wednesday. There were some thirty head altogether. The cattle”Were all. in the finest con­ dition, something very essential to compete in the show in which they aro entered, v Andrew Bros, had a steer two years old in their lot that weighed 1720 pounds. D, Bradfute & Son steer that weighed 925 pounds. Messrs. Philjips, Turnbuihand Coffey went with the Bradfute cattle, while Baker, Stewart and Emmet William­ son accompanied the. Andrew cattle., FdR THE LITTLE ONES. PHILOSOPHIC NOTES. Welt, well, well, here we are ngain. Another rousing meeting Monday evening. Every chair taken and good order observed, , - Music was a special feature of the evening, , : The town quartette again favored us with their presence and singing, His* Ethel Fields with the piano and Mr. Leroy Sterrett with his man dolin, accompanied by Miss Mary Sterrett* rendered as usual very ac­ ceptable music, \ -The literary program being pre­ pared in* reference to Thanksgiving, the most o f the productions were on this subject. ’ We wish to draw especial attention to the essay o f Mr, Bird and the de­ bate by Messrs. Barber and Bull. Mr, Barber gives promise of being another ilitfe with the exception of bis laugh and the color of his hair. A declamation Contest wilt be given In the hall a week from Monday even­ ing, Everybody come. Admission free, * '' ' ; It’s Beyond Us. i The paper mills a t Gedarville have been short of water nearly all summer and finally gaVe an eAstern company a contract to dig a well to furnish an everlasting supply, and after two months i t is finished, The tubular cavity is ten feet in diameter, ex­ tending for 447 feet toward hades* and now contains more than 800 feet of water. Excepting about six inches of sod a t the tup the hole is through solid rock ail the way, The work was done with dynamite and cost sev­ eral thousand doUars.—S. Charleston Betttinei. Mr, George Haines shipped a load of fat cattle to Chicago last Saturday. Miltoa Crab 11 hahau'ed John Bryan for $200 damages,, alleging that that amount of dtiinugo has been done his sheep by Mr, Bryiftfs dogs, The case will he heard next Tuesday before Squire -Hamilton and jury i n ' Yellow Springs, The plaintiff nvers tha t de- feudent’ftdogs' killed fiye of his sheep and wounded twenty others.’ . HI>Af, ESTATE TKAKSfERS. Laura B .‘Nicely- 10 ‘ Bedford Euix,, one lot in Xenia, $225 ' Heirs t>f John'Hornick to B, Krebs, 55.9 acres in Xenia Tp., $2828 50." Melvinn D. Gow.dy, Hattie 3 . Stew <yt and- Louisa J . Irwin to Riehaad Conrad, one lot in Xouiir, $12. Grant .G,i ,H 0 p |i 1 1 . ap j . wiia -:^ Fielding Duiibar,’’ acres id Mialni' Tp., $700. . ‘ Helen Boyd In Springfield and Xenia Tractio.h' Go., 1.10 acres in Xenia Tp., $500. / f f t ; - ' ' Arden E . Wheeler vs. Elizabeth J . Wheeler. Divorce granted. P . B. & S. Co. vs. W, M. Mitchell, Foreclosure for $5,185, Sarah Middleton, admr, vs. Adeline Middleton «?t al. Appraisement or­ dered. . . ■ . E. H . Munger ve.'Oscar Gnskilt et ul. Judgement lor -fl.lflQ and’ forclosure. ^ : 1 Denison University vs. . S. K, Mitchell. Sale to T. B. and ,L H. And rew confirmed, - Change in Time of Trains, tinder « new schedule in effect Nov. 24, 1901 passenger trains over the Pennsylvania Lines leave Cedarville gtatnn as*follows: For the East, No. 10,-. 7:35 a, -nut Nxm 32^4:41. p. m. For the West, No. 38, 10:17 p. m.j No. 19, 2:30; No, 3, 8:54 p, nt. For particular information on tho subject apply to E. S. Keyes, Ticket Agent, Gedarville, O, A Big Price. Charles M. Hays* who recently gave tip his place as president of tho Southern Pacific railroad* is said to have received a check fo r $165,000 ns payment in full for his services. His yearly salary was to he $65*000, •He served ten months* and upon his acquiescence in the wishes of the Harriman syndicate th a t he retire a fu ll year's salary and a bonus of $ 100,000 were paid him, according to current report. This is tho lar­ gest sum ever paid to a railroad man fo r a like term of service. Sauerkraut. There is an international interest t o ' th e reported increase in the American demand fo r sauerkraut, A Lebanon (Pa.) maker has just filled a contract -fo r a fifteen tott supply of the great German deli­ cacy. Germans have long main­ tained th a t lack Of appreciation of such food varieties as theirs was re ­ sponsib le'for American dyspepsia. I s the sauerkraut market to furnish the open door to our better educa­ tion * Not to‘Be Made Pun Of, Much fun is poked a t New. Jersey as the headquarters of, mosquitoes and malaria, bu t according to Fred­ erick h . Hoffman, an expert on th e comparative mortality of different countries, New Jersey has the low* esf death ra ts of Any civilized coun­ try, excepting Norway only.—NeW York World* • . , . Ella Gales, colored, of Xeniu; had, too much “ o-be-joyfuF ami was taken in Thursday afternoon for disorderly conduct She is thankfuL now for a tine of $15,costS'and twenty days, the days to*be omitted providing the fine is paid in ten days. This is‘ tho first charge of this kind in Mayor’s court for several months, Xenia’s, being a dry town-is possibly the cause for ttha above affair. • There will be a number o f our chi zens leave here Saturday and Monday for, the Chicago F a t Stock Sho.w: D” Bradfute, T. B. Andrew, 0 , ’E . Brad- fa tc, R. F . Kerr, Frank Towusley, Jtsse Townsley, WM Turnbull, H . M. Barber, Thosoas Arthur,,. J . W. Pollock anil possibly others interested in’cattle. An effort will bis made to get trajn No. 21 to stop Monday morning. . ' . * - r- ' 1 j t •There was n bastardy case iu Mayor Wolford’s court .Monday. '.The'charge was'sworn out-agaiust Timothy,Haley a railroad brakeman, by Myrtle Am drew, of Springfield. A preliminary hearing was given Monday behind closed doors and Haley was bound wln'qh secured his freedom* The Honorable Wallace Bruce gave a very interesting lecture hist Friday evening at the opera house ou the theme, “ Philosophy of Wit and Hu­ mor,” . Tho same trouble existed as has heretofore; the failure of the, nmnugemout to commence on fitno.pr failure of the audiefice to he in their scuts nt the proper time.- The .Pretty Playthings That Made Out of "Stickers." L ittle Mary is the happiest of a dodger, children usually, but pne day h e r ’ Auntie ,Joy found her looking al­ most doleful, . . . “I ’m jh ed of everything Pve got To play w ith /’ said Mary. *T wish I ; had spme new playthings-rsome playthings th a t nobody had ever thought, of before/'. . (<J don’t believe there are "any playthings like tha t,” said Auntie Joy smiling, “but ooiite with me and I ’ll show you how tp play with same playthings th a t used to make me very happy when I was a little -girlj hat I never kee any little chil- ' hack. I t was fed bn crows, «hot fo r 1 it. Whenever i t attempted to seize Mary a crow on its own account i t always failed, Jim being much top a rtfu l bu t t , dren playing with now.’’ By th e time Mary had found her hat Auntie Joy was ready- with two paper hags from the kitchen. They -went out to the empty'lot near the house and Auntie Joy told Mary to be careful. “We shall like the playthings we are after much better .in our bags, than clinging / to our skirts,” she said., laughing. So they filled The two bags with t h e '“stickers” .which Mary ljad al­ ways hated before and' went back to the veranda. And here Auntie Joy poured the “ stickers” ou t on a ■big-paper, and showed Mary how to. make Them into- doll’s fu rn iture. ” Mary enjoyed the play so much That it was supper time long before she expected it. ' “I haven’t had such a good time, this summer,” ,she told Auntie Joy as they went into tho house to­ gether. - And if any of Jane Jerome’s lit- WHS over to await action, of the Grand ___ , ____ _______________ __ ’jrm y r;':m r b e f i t ^ ^ urltinli oanllivnrt' tifa fVaaririrn, a -P hH HiMr Wamv W. J . Smith has been appointed Special traveling agent for the United Suites Life Insurance Company^ Mr. Smith has the entire state for his ter­ ritory. Fred MeMillitu, of Des Moines, Iowa, is Visiting his parents, .Mr* and Mrs. James McMillan. . - NOTICE Will the party who borrowed our twb-wheeled scraper more than a year ago please inform us as to its wherea­ bouts? The D. 8 . Ervin Co, turn put of “stickers” all they have to dp is to stick' the “stickers” to ­ gether in any^hape they want them. ‘And>the beys, who .don’t care about doll’s furniture, may make p retty baskets in the saino. way. • Pet, Eaglee. There are & few cases in which eagles have been made pets, so th a t we may suppose th a t i f tho birds were commoner they could he tamed ' a t least as ehsily as bears. Ain im­ perial eagle taken from the nest ac­ cepted caresses, answered ,to a call and did no t fly away when a t lib­ erty. At Alva there used tp he ah eagle kept on a chain, which shows* perhaps* that-it could not he trusted to roam about th e OchilS. A gold* en eagle, caught when fully grown, was successfully domesticated, hu t its wingB were cut when i t was first taken and so it had time to get ac- cuBtomed’to its new home and new life. Sometimes i t went off for two or three weeks, bu t always came Rhyme of the President*. First itsnds the Jolty Wuhtcstoe* Th»t noble, -gtent, Jromortsl one. The elder Adams next we *ee(j e_ Ant] Jefferson makes the munSerthree. Hen JIadlaon la fourth, yp« (mow* Tho fifth one on the Hat, Monroe. ‘ * The jtlxtb,.and,Adam* cornea ejeln, ' With' Jackson seventh in .the train. ■Van.Buren; eighth, fall* Into line, I And Harrison make* number nine, . Tho tenth ia T>ler in hie turn; - And Folk, eleventh, ae we leant. > ' The twelfth is Taylor in rotation, ’ Fillmore, thirteenth, in auccestfoa.. ; Fonrteenlb, fierce has been selected; Buchanan,- fifteenth, i* elected. As Sixteenth Uncoil) rule* the nation* , And Johnson,’seventeenth, alia hi* ctation, _ The eighteenth, then, 1* Grant, yon know, ' And, nineteenth, Hayes from Ohio* Then co(%ca another Buckeye son, , Garfield, the loved and martyred on**. Whose term was filled by Arthur through, S When Cleveland comes **twenty-two. Then Harrison as twenty-third, j When Cleveland once again ia heard. As twenty-fifth, SfcKlniey greet, , , Who, too, has shared the martyr** fat*, ' , „ And, though tho deepest grief I* felt, We liait the gallant Roosevelt, t , '" , ' „t '■ 1 ^ v i, Mamie and the Verte. , “Mamie,” said the father, “ runi out and play; there is something I wish to tell your mother.” “Well,-papa,” answered.Mias Ma­ mie^ “my verse a t school today said, ‘He th a t hath-ears, let him hear!’ , so I. think T ought to stay and h ea r what you are -^oing-to say.” • ' ' , / ■|¥"T,nrli Playing Barber Shop. * Tom lit* the scissors, and Ted'* hi * choir; \ Tommy ls'playing cut Ted'* cilrly hair. *'Wh*t «tyle, slrl” sty* Tommy, prepsring to lop; “Like papa’s," sty* Teddy—"* bolt at tba.ttpJ* —Harriot Brssfer Sterling in St. HldMu*. .LIST.OB LETTERS* L ist of letters remaining uncalled for in the Cedarville postoffice for th month ending Not* 30, 1,901. L ist No. 47. Calaway. Floyd ^ T N, T arbox , F . M. t Just Received from an Eastern Factory an Elegant Line of alt S t y lC S I ttr Tur$, * Sca rfs ,« Cellars, Collarettes. Just the thing every lady needs. O u r T^ fioe® W 1! ! ! p e i * c e n t s O l i e a j p u i r . t h a u o f * t h e l a r g e c i t i e s . pay you to examine our line before you purchase your furs* call your attention to the fact that we have the Best Line of Millinery in Central Ohio* Respectfully* M r s . A i i . T A M H S T b V m ,