The Cedarville Herald, Volume 25, Numbers 1-26

Uliil gompart WH& any ei!*r fir#. » When this item u marked by #» lode*, i t denote# t«*,. jim r auBserip tion is overdue and * prompt payment it desired. twenty - f ifth YEAR. n o . 4- CEDARVILLE. OHIO. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1902. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR, For That Cold - •» m Try a suit or overcoat of our own make, heavy . weight, all wool, trimmed and made to wear, 0m or ■ , . • A suit of underwear, the warm kind, ' or A heavy weight winter cap, ; . . ■ ■ -or"' ",' *■ ■ A pair of wool or kid fleece lined gloves, v or vJ, . . A Muffler, the right kind, or A pair of oxford, navy blue or black Wool Sox C, DAVIS. TAILOR HATTER j s j & j y FURNISHER Of the U. P, Church of Cedarville, Ohio. th e f i r s t p a s t o r . The New Church and Belt was a n . In* novation-to the Town.-*- First , Yearly Salary $300. • The congregation, so g r e a t l y strengthened by this accession and so . well ministered unto by Mr. Buchan­ an, took steps to. have a settled pastor among them. On December 23d, 1845, at a’congregational meeting the ballot for a choice of pasto rwas taken and was as follows; Rev. James Bu- chnuau 17, Bev, B. D. Harper 1, Rev. Harvey Buchanan, 1; total 19. The choice for Rev. James Buchanan 'was made unanimous. Presbytery granted them the , moderation of a ca ll,, and Bev. C. T. McCanghan moderated the call in June, 1846. In the coll the congregation usked for the whole time of the pastor and agreed to pay ' him a salary of 8300 foi the first year, $350 for the second year, $400 for the third year, with a further promise of increase. Tke con grega tion either expected a , rapid in crease in the membership or else that the pastorate would not he long con tinu.ed. - - - ■" 1 -Mr. Buchanan accepted the call of the congregation and Be was ordained aad installed as paBtor on Ju ly 23, 1846,. by the Presbytery. The exer^ efeea were held in the Covenanter church, Which stood within what is now known as the Tarbox cetheter’y about two miles from the village.' The communion services were held on the next Sabbath, Ju ly 27, in the same church, and the pastor was assisted by the Bev. R. B . Harper (who had been installed pastor of the' First Xenia congregation on the same day with Mr. Buchanan). In con­ nection -with the other business at this time there was .an accession of forty-two new members to the con­ gregation. O f these twenty-seven were certificates issued by the Presby­ tery to members of the "F ree Associ­ ate” church, a lte r that, church had been disbanded, nine ^were certifi­ cates front other Associate Reformed churches,and six were on profession of faith, Among those connecting on profession of faith a t this lime, we no­ tice the name o f Ruth Jackson. She afterward was married to Samuel Tarbox and is still living in her home west of the village on the Xenia pike. "Aunt Ruth,” as she is familiarly called, is now the oldest member of the congregation, having had a con­ tinuous connection for Over, fifty-five ' years. . The congregation now numbered seventy seven .members and had made a gain Of fifty eight in less than two years, -The new church Waff hurried along as rapidly as possible and was completed some time in. January, 1847, The congregation entered it, as ebon as it was ready, with rejoicing. With a new church, a t that time the finest in the town, With an excellent and much beloved pastor and with m enthusiastic congregation they cer­ tainly had bright prospects. The new. cbuf&h had a belfry, (al­ most an innovation a t that time) and a large hell was purchased which, be­ ing the first bell on any building in the towu, its tones ringing out over the village and heard for miles aroufid created quite * sensation, and ©unsid- erabie gossip. The old belt,etill swings io the tower and does service for 'the congregation, Could its iron tongue l>e gifted with articulate speech, hov many memories it might xwakenl There would be heard again the voices once enchanting o f those for whom i t had ^tested the solemn foil Thfcre would 1>« the fresh perfume o f flowers and glitter of bridal jewels upon those for whom It rang out if* merry Vred- ding chimes, and1 there would be the sweet fragrance o f incense breathing prayer and praise o f those who list­ ened to its Sabbath summons in days o f yore, but who are now mingling their voices with the angel chorus. Its tones have measured M h ^ e m tire scale of-earthly semimen t ( T t has spoken in times of national victory and in seasons of highest earfitly joy. I t has solemnly tolled in days o f na­ tional disaster and in seasons of deepest grief, and with each its -notes were in fullest' sympathy.' Ring on, old bell! Would that all men could serve their generation, us faithfully, as unselfishly and as sympathetically as thou hast. .The pastor preached only pnp Sab­ bath in the new .church, when', alas! the congregation and community were startled by the sad intelligence that their first and dearly beloved, year a l­ most idolized pastor was attacked with, hemorrhage of' the lungs,-which con­ tinued at short intervals until April I I , lfi47, when i f terminated hip short and useful life; He never was able to'conduct 'services after hisTfirst'at- taefe. The funeral services were con; ducted by ;Rev. B. D . H a rpe r and Were ,waited upon ; by -a large con­ course o f citizens, and a sorrow atrick; en congregation, Whose hopes were so soon blasted; for the young man, who by his amiable disposition, his superior talents and eloquence, had won the hearts of both* young and old, was’ now at rest in the cemetery north of town. ' ' Rev. James Buchanan was. horn March 21, 1822,.. near’ Lancaster, Fairfield Co,, Ohio; was graduated a t Jefferson College a t Cauonsburg, Pennsylvania,in 1841,-studied theology a t Allegheny .Seminary (A, R .), and graduated in 1844; was licensed April 30) 1844, by the Second Presbytery of Ohio; was dismissed tq conuect with Springfield Presbytery in April, 1845; was. ordained and installed Ju ly 23, 1846, and died April 11,1847.. He was mfeVer married, his widowed mother, Phoaba1 Buchanan, making her home with him,1 'After his death she retained her membership i n . the congregation, and died here J u u e l,- 1853, aged seventy1years. . . (Continued next week.) HOWROBERT TURNBULLWAS SHOT. The Monmouth Daily Review o f January 2, gives the following account of the death o f Robert Turnbull; Robert, the'eldest son of Sheriff and Mrs David Turnbull, was accidently shot by H a rry Eilenberger while hunting near Eleanor yesterday,1 From the, effects vof the wound he died a t 10:10 o'clock last night. The most heartfelt sympathy is e x ­ tended to the bereaved parents. » 'R obe rt and .Max Turnbull and Harry Eilenberger made a party pf three who drove to John Paine's near Eleanor, yesterday morning, to hunt rabbits. Robert and Eilenber­ ger had shotguns, and the three had hunted through several.fields without success. They were about, a quarter of a mile o f Mr Paine's home ai 12:30 o'clock, Robert wdb walking slightly ahead of the others, Eilenberger who was next, saw a rabbit a little to one side, H e started to throw his gun up to his shoulder when the hammer caught in his overcoat. I t pulled back far enough to 'explode"the cartridge when released and , the load was dis­ charged. I t took efiect in Hubert Turnbull’s back, and as be was only ten or twelve feet away it made a ter­ rible wound, - , With a cry tha t he was shot, Rob­ e rt fell to the, ground. The boys tried to help him, but, quickly realizing that the injury was serious, help was Summoned from the Paine home, and the lad Was carried in on a Cot. Phy­ sician* were called irom Little Hock and Monmonth and the parents went! to the Scene o f the accident. From tbs first examination fho surgeons h*d no hope of recovery, iuid it Was do* elded to bring the boy to his home in this city, lie-stood the trip in the ambulance very well, and was con­ scious TOT two hotics or more after reaching home, H e gradually grew weaker, however, and the end catne at 10:10 o’clock last nigh t,. The unfortuuate Occurrence,is con­ sidered purely an accident and no in­ quest was hold, -Harry Eileuberger, who is a son o f Wjiliam Eilenberger, Inhere,visiting. from Springfield, and feels terribly over the sorrow he - has used. , - The short range a t ”which the shot gnn was discharged, made the lead hold together, and resulted in Oh aw­ ful wound- I t struck Robert'in the small of the back, and to the left, - I t went toward the spine nbd the "exami­ nation showed a fracture of the Verte-: bra.. Some, of the loose shot pierced the kidney* and intesttnee and the wound was necessarily a fatal 'one. Bits of. the boy’s clothing were also carried into the wounds, adding to their severity. Robert.Turnbull,was born in Mon­ mouth June 10,1886, and bad always lived here. He-was in the eighth grade a t school. A brother, Max, and sister, Lois, are left with the pa­ rents to mount his death. The funeral will beheld at the First tJnited Presbyterian' church at two o'clock,-Saturday afternoon, , A $25,000 ALIMONY. The suit for divorce brought by Squire James Anderson against his young wife, was compromised in the Springfield courts Monday afternoon; Judge Mower granting a decree of divorce' to the plaintiff, James Ander­ son, on the grounds of gross neglect, By the terms of settlement the de­ fendant gets property op High street, valued a t $20,000, and $5,000 in money. In the compromise- the fact wan established that there was in existence ah ante nuptial agreement, properly drawn' and signed by ,the parties, by" which, in the event'of her 'surviving Mr, Anderson, she was to have his entire estate in fee simple, However, by the terms ‘of compromise, this is canceled. When Mr, Anderson whb married, eleyen years ago, he Was seventy five years old while his wjfe was in . her sixteenth year. Theyihave lived sep­ arate for more than three years. NEWBOOKS AT LIBRARY. 'Several new books have been added to the Public Library, this wfeek. They are among th e . most popular books o f the season. The total num­ ber of books is now, 1030. The follow­ ing are the new books: ■'•The Man From Glengairy” by Ralph Conner. "DTU and I ” by Irving Bacheller. "The ffelm/st of Navarre” by Ber­ tha Runkle. "The Crisis” by Winston Chur chill. "Henry Bonrland” by A. E. Han­ cock. "Arrows o f the Almighty” by Owen Johnson. * "T h e L a timers” by Henry C. Mc­ Cook. " In the Aliraq” by Opie Read. "Crucial Instances” by Edith Whar ton, "The Potter and the Clay” by Maude Howard Peterson. "Jtftetty” by Lucy O. McElroy, "Driven Back to Eden” by E , P> Ebe. i \ * "House in Btepmburg” by Miss Oliphant. "A Fair Barbarian” , by Frances Etogden Burnett "The Heart of Toil” by Octave Tbanet. "Elsie’s Wo'nwnbood” by Martha Finley. .■■■». "Etsie’s Motherhood” ' by Martha Finley. "Elsie’s Children” by Martha Fin ley* ■ " I am uofc muchTof a mathemati cisn,’’Mid the cigarette, "bu t X caff add to a man’s nervous troubles, I can subtract jfrom’his physical energy, 1 can multiply his ache* and pains, l Can divide bis- mental powers, I can take interest from his Work and dit* '■count Ids chance* for incceai.-—Ex . Great Character-lstudy Nov­ el,"Warwick of Hie Knobs” -W DISTINCTLY AMERICAN TheSecond of the Strjnjgtown Serie?. of Novels, Dealing With/a Section of Country Which is Particularly Lloyd’$'Fi|d, One-of-the most notable novels of the year', anil the most distinctly American one, is "'VVArvvtek of the Knobs’Miy John Uri Lloyd, the sec­ ond in the series of Striugtown nuvels. The scenes are laid among the Knobs, that picturesque section of, northern Kentucky near the Ohio river, u few miles below Covington in Boone (Striugtown) county—a section made famous by the author in big novel, "Striugtown on the Pike.” •- In this second, novel the characters are selected from among that religious denomination, which is fast dwindling to extinction, familiarly .known, -as J o n s IJn i L loyd . Hard-Shell Baptists, Primitive Bap lists, ForCordina tion nnd Predcstiun- rian Baptists, who expounded a re­ ligion that was simply terrifyiug—One more dominating in the exclusion of joys apd pleasures of life than in the Puritan and old Covenanter creeds, The characters are drawn with such consummate skill, so deep and true and penetrating that one would call the insight almost psychic. This ap­ plies to the scenes, the dramatic nnd tragic settings .as well as the three principal- characters; Preacher War wick of the Knobs, that powerful, learned, fearless, dominating man of Hod, who believes that whatever hap­ pens was so ordained by the A l­ mighty, and knowing his Bible as a child knows its primer, cites passages for every calamity, declaring it an ailwise dispensation of the Omnipo­ tent. He becomes the center of trou­ bles and soultrying tragedies enough td drive most men to infidelity, but his faith is steadfast: dearer and deeper than life ifeelf, praying and singing hymns when his son lay dead before him and When his qiily remaining son quits the house forever. There is Mary, the sweet, lovable daughter of the house of Warwick, just budding into womanhood, with all the emotions and unconscious passions of a virgin Eve, hound to her environments by the trap hand- of her father’s faith; and Joshua, the overgrown, unsophis­ ticated and wise lad, firm in the faith of the family teaching. A student frOm iheNorth in pursuit of his geological studies, is received in the home of the Warwicks, Joshua dubs him the rock-hunter and con­ templates him with Suspicion, sus­ pecting him a spy for the North. Though the epoch is during our Civit War, actual war is in the background. Only a few factors of it play a part in the tragic events of the story, one in particular, Hen, John Morgan after his escape from prison a t Columbus, The rock hunter prolongs Ida stay and the simple heart of Mary falls n victim to the wiles of the worldly young man nnd during the absence o f father ami brother she elopes with him to Oincinnatvseenre in the faith of a young girl’s first love; Here is* where Joshua begins to show his strength of character. His father, directly on returning from a meeting of his church association, hears of bis second son’s tragic death. Grief stricken, he asks for his daugh: ter to comfort him, . "Pap ,” said Joshua, and he moved over and took both his father’s hands, "Pap, I mus’ be your comfort now. Sister’s gone away forever.” Later, -in conversation with his father, the son displays his good com­ mon sense. '•‘Father,” said Joshua, "Chet rock- hunter came to us a stranger. You saved his life from the flood in' the creek;, you gave him a bod in our house; you trusted him.” “I trusted the Lord, my son.” "And what has the Lord done for you, father? While you prayed to the Lord; the rook-hunter was saying soft things to sister. You sang praises and psalms, nnd the rock hunter sang love songs. You trusted the Lord nnd went to the ’sociation to preach the Lord’s Word, and sister trusted the rock-hunter,” ■. Months later sweet, trustiug Mary Warwick wanders back to her old home, wretched in shame and humil­ iation, and it is the n rm so f Joshua that received her. She tells her mis­ erable story and, after much pleading on the part of Joshua, is taken to her father’s heart, but the brother, realiz­ ing the necessity for kind -and con­ siderate treatment for the broken­ hearted girl, ditr^s to tell his father wbat to preach. In part lie says:. 1 1"Now, et 'pears to me tlict sister lies bed trouble’noUgh for. hoi- share /if the devilment, and thet ef you aint careful, you and God, too; maybe Will ■bp blamin’ her fer your part of et. I Bays, pup, she's suffered her share and thet the thing to do now es to show her Unit you know she libs. Thet Bib'e of yourn. is full of good tilings; hunt ’em up, prcuch ’em, pray ’em,- sing ’em; make sister smile fer she needs to smile.” "Joshua, this is blasphemy.”' " I don’t mean no blasphemy. I feel awful bad and Hint thinking much of wbat I say. Pap, sister’s heart es pure es enny trusting girl’s. She trusted you ami the Lord; she trusted the man you and the Lord brought to her, bu t the cuss deceived her. Thet ain't- her fault, Now I ’m coming to the p’itit. I know thet nex’ Sunday she’ll bev to go to meetin’ down iu the old stone church on Gunpowder Creek, and I'm afeard you will take some sech text es ‘The Way of the transgressor is hard.’ I ’m afeard of thet text , pap, Warwick turns id wtath upon his son. "Joshua, no man ever before dared to say such things as you. have said to me. That book is sacred, everv line, every word. From that book I preach the Word, as ttie- Lord directs. To the Lord only do I took for guidance. Say no more;-if the Lord directs i t th* -text must’ be ‘The Way of the transgressor is hard.’ ” "Pap, I know you 'can’t help but preach what you are gain* to preach, but I knows to thet ef you don’t open the book to the page thet carries thet text, the Lord won’t pu t et where et don’t belong, Thei’s good sense, pap. Now, I axes as a favor thet you'll oped the Bible to the page thet’a got this text which 1’ti give ns near as I kin remember* ‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.’ Preach thet text and leave the workin’ of the transgressor to me. I’ll fit the text Whar et'belongs and I’ll make et hard ’nongh fee the rock-hunter,” After months o f ajwetioc Joshua re­ turns and confesses himself a cowfcrd, " It's a monstrous hard and bitter life I've led, pap, and it’s tough to be damned ferever and ferever .after it’s gone, but I ’ve got to stand et.” Then folding his sister in his arms, he said, "We’ll weet ag’in sister, yon and me, in thet awful place God’s sending , us to.” •: The no.vel is not a religious work, ueitber is it a tirade against religion, but essentially a true life character- study drama, advocating ehristian charity in adverse to creed fanaticism. The theme, is new and the treat ment refreshingly original. ' From start to finish there"is ever apparent the touch of genius—in -rugged gran­ deur of the lines and-environments, vivid portrayal of tragedy, exquisite beauty in sentiment and ffature pic tures and touches of a .delicate, pa­ thetic humor, not' disturbing but Of ‘the kind that makes a smile rise up behind a tear, [Dodd,Mead&Co.,N. Y „$ l 50.] .. • —W ill it. H undley . ' -p.-----—p— TOOK THREE PRIZES, - The Dayton, Fanciers Olub and Mi­ ami Valley Belgian Hare ^Association Show' held in the Armory Building, Dayton, December 31 to January 4 was largely attended. ’ .Those from this place 'were J . G. McCorkell and wife, Rev, F , O. Ross, F rank and Ed, Hastings and Stewart Townsley, Mr. McCorkell made three entries, nil of which took prices; 1st prize on Dee and litter;2ud on Immature Buck; 3rd on Mature Buck. ‘The competi­ tion was strong This ‘speaks well for the Belgian H a re industry of.this town nnd we congratulate Mr. Mc­ Corkell on his success. BOARD GOiESTO NEWYORK. The members of the court', house building commission will leave Mon­ day evening for Pittsburg,' Philadel­ phia, Baltimore, Washington and New York City, where they will in­ spect metal furnishings for the new building. The trip is a t the expense of the company, as they find it cheap­ er to show their furnishings in com­ pleted buildings than jn sample pieces. The board Will l>e absent some ten days. I t is not known whether. G6o. Little will be able' to accompany the board or not, as his mother, Mrp, John Little Is in a very critical condition at this time. One new word and its definition learned each day, in a year will add to one’s learnlug more than 365 word^ In looking op words you necessarily gain the use of many others. This course pursued for a few years, would give a command of language possessed by few. * Excursions tickets to Columbus for the inauguration of Governor 'N a sh will be sold via Pennsylvania Lines, January 12 and 13th, good returning Until January 14th inclusive. For particulars about fares and trains, ap ply to Ticket Agents of Pennsylvania 'Lines, - Since the announcement of the prospective retirement of Secretary Gage, Illinois has been making vigor­ ous efforts to secure a seat in tbe Cab­ inet for one of bet citizens’. X. C. J . & lit. WfU be the Initials of the New Electric Line now B E I N G P R O M O T E D Articles of- incorporation Signed, Tues­ day, with Mayor Wolford as Local Representative. • President Roosevelt has written Baton Coubert that he will be unable to preside a t the Olympian games to be held in Chicago In 1904, but he has expressed himself as keenly inter­ ested in the event. . A NATURAL QUERY, Yellow dog, yeilow dog, patient and. .wise, . . ■. . Does nothing astonish you, nothing surprise? Friendly but friendless, you jog on your way, , Waiting, no doubt, for your long / promised day, Yellow dog, yellow dog, do you enjoy All of the antics o f yonder smalt boy? And is driven from the sight of his When on your tail he ties tin oairi father, and in this trying moment he j vrith care, reveals the depth in which this dog- Do you or don't you, wish you oould matte creed has been implanted in his i being. At the parting h» says; swear? "Jack Appleton in Observer. Despite the fact that so many ru- mors are afloat in regard' to .electric " lines that are ter touch this town we have another, this time from one of tbe pioneer electric line constructors in the State. Dr. Lowes, the eminent politician of Dayton. We were informed o( this project some ten days ago but for the sake of policy waited for further develop­ ments ' by request. The representa­ tives of Dr. Lowes have been here, ' inspected- the proposed route and seemed well .pleased with the surf- roundings. There is some talk that the company will gain control of the two lines operating, between Xenia and Dayton .and that one line wiH' i>e taken up a n d . extended this way. From here it is proposed to go to James­ town by the shortest route possible, thence to Bpwersvilie, Wilmington, and back to Dayton over the D. & X . from Spring Valley. , The articles of incorporatiou for the road were signed Tuesday, in Xenia. . The name of the company- will be the Xenia, - Cedarville, Jamestown and Wilmington Electric Railway Com­ pany. and will be incorporated with a capital stock of $1000, which is for the purpose of promotion only. The incorporators are Dr. J« E . Lowes and Dr. D, H. Manning, of Dayton; J . II. Wolford, Cedarville; O. F . Pettieord, Wilmington; R, R. Grieve and M. J . Hartley, X enia. While the capital stock is small, yet We mutt take a view of the list of incorpora­ tors in regard to wealth and knowl­ edge in the electrical railroad world, The Dayton men are immensely wealthy and have for years been asso­ ciated in this kind of work. They have controlling interest -in two o f the best roads entering tbe Gem City, the' Dayton & Western road and tbe Dayton & Northern. w The incorporators have -little to *ay# in. regard to their , plans, bu t it is known that the Dayton parties have as yet to -take up a line and fail to pu sh it to'completion, ■■.fi^i.i-m.ariiiiAriiyrriii-tf CAUSE IS THE SAME An exchange says: " In the islands o f New Britain a man must riot speak to his mother in-law. Not Only 1* speech forbidden to this relative, b u t she. must be avoided, and if by any chance the lady is met the aon-in-laW must bide himself or cover his face. Suicide of both parties is the outcome if the rule is broken.” In this country a number o f malt voluntarily observe the New Britain custom of not speaking to their moth­ ers-in-law, Speech is not forbidden, but she is avoided anyway. And in this country i t frequently occurs that the son-in-law will not take any chances on meeting the lady face to face, hut flees a few days in Advance when he knows she’s coming, * Homi­ cide is sometimes the outcome i f this rule is broken, DEATH OF WM. FOWLER. Wm, Fowierj th# aecoudson o f tyr, and Mrs E , J , Fowler, who live west of tUs place, neAr East -Point «ohoo| liouse, died Tuesday morning about 10:30 o'clock, tie had been Hi for; two weeks, suffering with pneumonia. Ho was S i years of age and was * student a t the Witberfbroe tffiivefo (rity. Besides * large difbks of friend# he leaves a father, mother, threw brothers and four sisters, The funeral was hsid today tbs raridmte#, , ' H