The Cedarville Herald, Volume 25, Numbers 1-26

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C l o t h i n g a d f u r n i s h i n g s f l g l a n c e a t o n r S p r i n g s u i t s W ilt immediately satisfy you that there i? something ...distinctively better about them than ordinary ready-to-wear. _ The styles and fabrics are the jiew - est and most ,fashionable that w ill be seen this season. So Hot are the People in Th is /Community in Pesuit of the “ Imaginary Leader” and his crowd w V CITIZENS SCH O O L BOARD TICKET Strongest That his Been put out in Years, says ,an Old Resident—Ridgway Crowd Will Promise Anything From Free BooKs to a Mansion—George , Hiff andWm, F(oss Pass as aTool for the "Gang.” At a recent caucus held in the "fink” it -was decided that one ot the Ridgway candidates for school board war not strong enough to win, conse- . queutlv they eel about to find 'a new .Inal). George Riff, one of Mr. Ridg- way’a faithful workers,- was sent to Mr- A. Z, Smith- to try and induce Ridgway ticket favoring free school him to,leave the Citizens -ticket and) books. .come over to theirs and they would drop their weakest candidate for him.' He used for his argument the ■ state­ ment that “ their crowd’1was to con • . troi some money,to be sent here elec­ tion day for the purpose of electing men to county offices, and if he woTild coma over they would guuranttee his election on that grounds, Mr. Smith, not being a man ot that caliber, re­ fused to allow his name to be trims- ‘.ferred, and informed Mr. Ridgwny’s agent that if he couldn't be1elected Without the use of •mbjiey he didn't - aspire to the office.' , 'v hooks he would provide them himself. He further stated that as his daughter graduated-next year the books would be new and she wouldn’t have to take books that were likely used by the lower classes.' This is only one of the many thin arguments put put by the After the school hook fight last fall, in which Messrs. Ridgway and Jack- ton took such u» active part, the lat­ ter, to try and smooth matters with the public, begnu to argue for free school batiks. This spring (ho fichsi*. hoard issue ha's caused these gentle­ men to again resuViect their itiroo- worn argument anil they are now crying “ Free school books!” thinking possibly the ’-argument ’would take with the lower classes. But from all appearances tluse gentlemen will need more still stronger arguments to prove to the public- that their school board ticket should he elected. The cry. of "free books” for the sole purpose ovf electing Mr. Kidgway’s ticket does not seem to meet with general favor among citizens. 1 Wednesday evening Mr, Ridgway sent two of his representatives, George Hiffand William Ilos3, to a candidate on the Citizens ticket for.school board, Wanting to know of him if he wouldn’t support free books Sad if he wouldn’t, cross the fence and allow his name'to be used with the Ridgway crowd. The representatives:stated the ease., thus?, “Mr, Ridgway has had Some handbills printed,with Jackson,Bnfith, Keyes and Kerr as candidates for school board favoring free books. But as the bills were printed before Mr. Kerr withdrew his name they will be useless and more will have to liegotten out.” There Is oae feature shoot the case and that Is there was more work for the printer, so some Mole between now and Monday, you will poasjbly see handbills from the . Kidgway press, advocating free books * for the purpose of electing Ids ticket, it can be stated tlmt the Citizens can­ didate had enough presence of mind to show Mr, Ridgway's agents What fools they wore making of themselves, * ■a - - •■hi Two gentlemen recently lmd no argument in regard- to free books. OneWas a candidate for school board, Ike other is serving at present* The Candidate presented ‘what he thought We strong arguments Iff fnv.»r o f free books, while the present member dal equally ns well in .opposition. Tlie present mehibcr asked his oppo sent bow he would like to have his daughter CarryTwoks that bad been ,«*<) the term previous by a certain clast of citizens, The oandi lute im* The Citizens ticket has no county money behind if to elect, the candi­ dates and if you wish to see honorable, business men, elected to this trust worthy board.it is .your duty ns ft loyal citizen to make-the, X before the following names: A. Z. Bmith, J, H. Wolford, W. H. -Owens and James H. McMillan; '..Stuffing the ballot;.box is not the worst crime committed ou election days." The coercion of some helpless situated individual, cither by' threat or act is much more shameful and crim­ inal. .Hands offi-everybody! Let the people vote their own sentiments and tlo result will he satisfactory to the majority. ' , -# f Just why “Bill” Buckles Of One of Ed Schmidt’s faithful hench­ men, lutfl made so many trips to ,Ce- darville iu the last ten days is not fully known but it is presumed that -he came with instructions as to how: Charley Ii. should control the polls at the primary Monday. Bill Buckles is of the Xenia third ward fame, the ward that for the Inst primary election iu Xenia, had more votes by 29 than-iill parties concerned lust fall. BUI and Ed bad better look alter the sewer trouble in wlfcli they are im­ plicated andJctop their fingers out of Cedarville polities. • Mr. Ridgway's boast ns to his standing with the women Of Cedar- Ville is one of the most absurd state-' meats heard yet during the campaign. He contends that a Jqfge per cent, of’ the woman vote will support his .ticket for school, board. I t would certainly be ri pleasure to hear Mr. Itidgway’s agent, George lliff, before the ladies’ organizations of the differ­ ent churches, appealing for their sup­ port iu the fight, He certainly would have an opportunity to . display his oratorical powers iu defence of a ticket pjut out by a liquor organiza­ tion,' We cannot speak for Messrs. Jackson, Bmith and Keyes, but for ourselves, if placed hi such a position, would feel like thirty cents, The Man of Mars —Who is this Mr Ridgway of whomI hear so much? The Man of Barth,—An imaginary Header” who has used corrupt means fo get posaessbn ofour public schools. The M, of M,—Then the people who haVe allowed this foolish man a hold oti public affairs aw bad and tool ish ore they tmt? The M. of B.—Thev undoubtedly are, ’ The M. of MU-And who allowed this foolish maff a hold on public ah This M .of B —Tim people » f O drtrville. ‘1 The M. of M,—Then the people of C\dsrv!lte wise have allowed this had wdiately replied in n loud tune that ftn“j fbolbh man to get central of pith Wore hi* daughter ih&uld turn such j He affairs, are themwlVCa The M. ofE.—Hold on there! - The people arc good and wise, --and their voice is the voice of Reason , Thk ,.JVT. of M j (winging his way into 8pace)~HoIy-smoke!I'm thbifl:- ful that there is one spot -in the uni­ verse where the voice of Reason’is not heard. . f • . . The habit of using ardent spirits by men m office has occasioned more in­ jury td the public, and more trouble to me than , all other causes,, and were I to commence*my administration again the first question I would ask respect­ ing a candidate for office Would be, 'Hoes he use ardent spirits?’’’ THOMAS .TEE’FJERSOX. A, very thoughtful- question to ask yourself as you go "to mark your bal­ lot Mo.iday, „ • . -m - It might have been stated before but it will do just as well at present that during the recent temperance crusade in Xenia, the detectives worked not only in the city but qui­ etly slipped to Cedurville and James- town, where they looked up a little business- On a Sabbath idternoon and evening n detective visited the Main street dive and bought iiud drank liquor, and even secured the name of every man that \inis in the house at the time, Furthermore be called up the drinks,and it is surpris­ ing to find the names of some of our citizens1 on the list that indulged in fhe -intoxicating heverage. There were men that hold state”and govern mCirt positions, men who pose ns de­ cent citizens mid on the Snbbath mornings can be found in the front pews of the different ch’Urdhes, while the afternoon and eveniug is spent with. the proprietor uf the “sink.” These charges that have been placed wifi be held pending' some de­ cisions and then we will give the list to the ‘public for,' should' nothing prevent, these same men inothe gov­ ernment and state positions, ns Well iis the rest of the crowd, will have an opportunity to testily for -or against the keeper of the dive. How, Char­ ley, you and Andy have been doing some loud talking, smoke that in your pipe. ' . . The “Xenia Pn-ss Republic.- in speuking ot the corruption in our pri­ maries, had the following to say on the. issue of March 30; “Kor is Xenia the only spot in Greene county which is smirched by the gang. Boss Schmidt controls the county as well as the city, and the villagers and country people are send­ ing up a dry that is' too -loud to ignore. A t the CeiHrvilie primary a large portion of the Reform ballots were thrown out because they were mutilated. The mutilation consisted in an indistinct pencil mhrk placed next the name of a machine candidate in such a way that the voter Could Out make'it out iu the dim light. I t ftas sufficient to counterbalance the voter's mark, however, and wheii the counting wasdoiieali the “suspicious” tickets were rejected. The fraud was perpetrated in this way: The judge held a pencil stub between the first and Second fingers of his right hand. Under the pretext of Straightening out the ballot, he would make a mark before the name of a machine candidate whenever a man of well known reform proclivities applied for a ticket. Such methods as these have, made the defeat of the Sclimidt- Liukhart gang a comparatively easy matter-—at least, that,is What the.po­ litical soothsayers aver. The machine is preparing to make a last desperate struggle for life. The liquor men have'been drawn on heavily* and Ir­ is Said that the time worn barrel was never heavier,** -O ' ’ •• • •- . Ml■ «v t ' • . t Our third martyred president was a victim of the enemies of government ~ anarchists; When “ Ul«cll!fte,' men contrive to rob the public of a just vote of a primary, are they not cite Are These Men on The Citizens’ Ticket FOR SCHOOL BOARD. A Ticket not Supportedby CountyMoney, UrgeYour Wifeandatl her lady ; Friends to come out’for Purity intheSchools Realizing ilie fact that mi effort was being nnde by a .set of corrupt poli ticians to gain possession of the, pub lie schools purely for the ‘purpose of selfish-gain^-a-most-exeellent-dtizens' ticket has been gotten- out.' These men are-men of Honor “and integrity, men that are. engaged J a ‘ business in our town, aud men that have the welfare of the grandest institution in this country at heart—the Public Schools. These men will run strictly on their merits and will have no county candidate's money behind them - por will they have a bribed judge at the polls to mark the ballots'of the illit­ erate. These men have pledged them selves that should they be elected to the .'office of school beard they will transact the business -to the best of •their ability, regardless of any polit­ ical faction.'' The, following are the candidates- representing the people and. not a set of. pot house politicians; A. Z, SMITH, 1 J. fl. WOl>FORi), AV..H OvVEKS, ‘ - ja m e s h , M c M i l l a n . Who are these men? i Mr.'A, Z, Smith. is .the superin­ tendent of the Hagai' Straw Board' and Paper Coiiipuny”and lias lived in' our town for some five or six years.. Daring his residence here ho jiSB at­ tended strictly to bis business aud is not in any way connected with a po liticnl faction, Mr, Smith is a> free- and independent man, honest and 6ober, and is idolized by his fellow employees. Since Air. Smith con­ sented to allow his name lor the Citi zens ticket he has been the victim of some harsh remarks which are thrust at him by the opposing hide. Air. Smith was born and. raised in the Methodist church and his belief has always been with this .denomination:, regardless of Whut campaign lies inny be afloat. Air. Smith will be pre­ sented by a handsome vote1on A1on- day. J . H. Wolford, the second .name on the Citizens ticket, has for some -twenty years conducted n blacksmith shop oil Xenia »venue! He owns property and consequently would not vote a cent of tax on tax payers that he would not Consider just for him­ self, Mr* Wolford has served numer­ ous terms on this board and is spoken of in the highest praise by those who have served with him. As for his ability in solving public questions we refer to his administration osr. Alayor of the village. While there will be two men on the Citizens ticket that are in opposition to each other in- business it is of ft friendly rivalry but this ceases when these men are placed on a board to serve the people,. W. H* Owens, n: blacksmith, ib the third name on the Gitjzeus ticket, Mr. Owens’ long; business experience in our town has proven his qualities to the people of Cedarville. Ho has served before on the school board and his record while serving in that capacity speaks for itself. Mr, Owcps treats public ques­ tions the sanie a# he wdtild ft business proposition. He will support only such propositions that will he iq)‘ the advancement of public interests, He is a tax payer fti-4 property holder «nd represents, the large portion of our Citizens,. Mr. Owen* is om of the prominent fnen m church affairs, being an official In the Af, E, church The last name on the Citizens ticket is James II. AleMillan, the furniture dealer, I t was only at the hist mo; meat that Air, AIcAlillnu consented to allow his name to be used, forit will" be the first public office lie lias ever held, Should . jie be-Chosen by (he voters of Cedarville school district. He is a mnu against whose, character or ability not, one sentence can be said. He is inexperienced/in politics,, "and, as we baye politics in tlri^ coun­ ty, we should say that, this is one of his Strongest "recommendatfons. It was only by the hardest kind of work that AJr. McMillan’s name was.se­ cured; he being induced to come out from'the fact it took just such men for this important board. Should the voters- see fit to select tins man wo can safely predict that all questi ms pertaining to the welfare of the public schools.will be carefully considered lrefhre~-he-^~»t»et)lic-es—-his—decision,-. Air,' McMillan’s standing iu the busi­ ness world and iu the R /P , church, of Which organization he ,has held trusted positions,' speaks -.for itself. His many friends wish him success,. * With such a list of men ior school board as’lve frnve told of can y o u con­ sistently vote any other ticket? -If you dq_ you are voting for a man’s ticket.'that, has been gotten up to ad • vance bis’ own business interests re­ gardless of what moral principles will be sacrificed. a , Citizens who Fail to go to The Polls Fail in a Moral and Legal Obligation ‘ ' ," ’ IS SOC IETY TO BE CONTAMINATED By a $ct of Drug Store Politicians who Operate bn the Same Principle as* Does The Tammany of NeWYork City—Description of the Defacing of Ballots at The Last Local Primary. CHANGES. iTS VIEWS. mieft to In# fttid good gfivcwimont? H h iwftdkwz for V* ^ ftpbftk further j What Is anarchy? ‘ Hft behftih The Xeniii- edition of ilia Press- Republic has undergone a transforma­ tion, ‘ It has freed itself from- the gaug and liquor element in the city aud is now fighting fo°r law and outer. The managing editor wu$ iu .Xenia last Friday and so hot. was the criti­ cism against his paper he was forced to investigate. He also'found in his' Benrch that there was a -wonderful slump in business during the 'past few mouths', which it is contended was duo to its stand oh the temperance question aud the advocating princi­ ples that were being strongly opposed by moral ..citizens. He also found that his paper was the, official organ tor the city and county .“machine” or “gang.” In speaking to a citizen ho says tliut the paper was fighting the very principles upon which it was founded. Air. Kelley, the millionaire, ventured in the newspaper business only for the purpose of breaking up' the “ring” in Clark corfnty, Mr, Kelly, being an excessive tax payor, felt the effect of ring rule. Saturday morning last appeared nu editorial in opposition to the Sohtnidt, Buckles and Liukhnrt' crowd -and it is staled that these men, when they read it, eaiue within one of fainting. The article has dflnc more to stir Xenia than anything since the Herald ex­ posed the attempted 'sewer .swindle oh the county. Daily the Press has fonghfc these people and they will con-: tidue the good, work. I t will be re­ called that the Herald and Press cn-i gaged iu a.controvcrsy over the sewer trouble and so warm did things get ior them they,retreated at. the request of the Sewer crowd. Then there was the $500 reward that was claimed the (,'ommittec of 100 offered to bring out a colored candidate for -Mayor, and the court house furniture question.; All these were movements started by the Press to blind the people, , This paper is only one of the many that have been forced to change their views from the fact that the people will not, support ,vpaper published iu the in­ terests of a “ gang” that disregmila all moral principles. A meeting of the CoUrfc house com mission was held Tuesday, and but little business was transacted other than the payment ol some bills, ^An­ other ‘meeting will be held today; when tlys commission meets the Sew­ erage commission of Xenia city for the purpose of making connections with the Market siren sewer. Owing •to the mixup in regard to sewer mat ter# it Is hard to tell what will lie the outcome of the meeting. An important election will be held Alonday. All ctectiojas are important. Voting is a privilege and a duty too little, appreciated. ’ Tim citizen, who' does not go to the polls and have his say in the transactions of public bush’ neskJails in a legal aud. moral obliga­ tion. Whether certain or not your man-will be cleeted 'or nominated, it is your, duty to go to the- polls and putin a ballot. ■ vTheu there is .the future tn-bb thought of. Some polit­ ical battles are only 2 >relimiaafy to those-which lire to; come' afterward. It is well to keen in line and maintain organization and discipline' but not the kind of organization mostly re­ ferred to in. speaking of political fac­ tious. Those who may be the winners lit tlic election ought to he taught that there is a watchful minority. The county campaign this year promises to terminate ns it has' iii foriiier years where- the “machine” controls. the polls, As for the local'situation we think the people understand. the.situ- aj,iou and will cast their ballots ac­ cordingly. Unless wo have a change soon in the county central'committee organization there will bo a tremen­ dous political revolution, such as.Xew York,. Hiiladelphia and Cincinnati have. experienced in order- to free themselves from the oppressive rqling of “machine bosses,” The same peo­ ple Unit are endeavoring to control the county again are tbq onesiwho have sunk the city of Xenia- for sev­ eral thousand in sower swindl.ng. Aro the people willing to continue such a gang iu power at1'such enor mous,expense? Are the’peopte will­ ing to he held up by a gang of scoun­ drels and robbed of thousands of dol­ lars annually? Will the people ad­ minister to the gang at the polls, Monday, the rebuke it deserves? We have faith enough iu“the people of this township to believe that Cedar vilte will nequit herself nobly at the polls Alonday when every ring candi­ date will be lost in.the avalanche. Behind the smiling face of this small but fair village lies a hideous den of vice and maintained under the noses of the decent people. While thb question ol questions in ibis com­ ing election is political .to a certain extent, society •trill largely- become tainted unless the common people step forward, to protect it.;, I t is not a question of parties, not of leaders, nor of taxes, I t is a question whether or not the respectable people of Cedar ville can bo forced by an incompetent aud 'Corrupt set of drugstore politi­ cians to live under despotic; 'rule; whether the poor but honest can bo compelled to live under rulings tjiftt would bo unfit for a. Sodom or Go* mortal); whether onr, boys and girls arc to bo corrupted by contact with the drugstore system which, is .fthho rent and nbomiaabte and which-wt be deliberately “prdteeted” should tins crowd gain control of our public affairs, I f this Hass of men are to control our public affairs,, tpdr organ­ ization will only ' he strengthened. They will,..,have the village govern­ ment, the tmtncy, the contracts, the appointmolds, the favoritism, the in­ struments of bribery. It Wilt lm equal to Kew York's. Tammany with all her systems of blackmad and the imposition of ft burdensome tax upon the people. .Gur test primary would appear as a mere speck #« compared I* to what would tala place should these ; ' men win the victory. If is not* easy. ” to write of sncii tilings in ' terms of* • mbderatiou. One’s blood boils when' he reaches a full comprehension ’ of ' the appalling system, under- which pur recent primary ,was conducted. .The • ballots speak,, for themselves, • Qiie„ lias Only to investigate to leqrn the damnable truth; ■ ‘ , ' We have said to" our friends that v we were in the fight to win, and we are.still in it, and no matter who the man is, or what .position he already holds, if he is with the “keeper-of the dive” we are against him with all our might.1 We-are here to check '.the ", corruption in politics, and it can never JV be , accomplished. Until the people crush corrupt leaders and office seek* . era, We may fall down this tiute but that does not say tho fight will he stopped,. It would be just as. logical to say that the ministers should stop preaching because siu continues, to- - abound, 4We will support none other -• v than a fit man for any office,and will take the liberty to criticise any but that kind. We will be in opposition to “gang” or “organization” politics first, Inst andbilf the' time, .regardless ’ of the consequences. ■ AU sorts of reports have reached Us • as to what would bo done if we didn’t - lot up on the Ridgway crowd; Well, we didn’t expect them to fall, over one another in order to thank us tor the result, hut we do expect them to abide strictly by the law. These pen pie have threatened the town and they threaten tlio Herald, but “Shall we give away?” “Shall we be fright-" ened when a mad man stems?’* Shall the majority that has every argument of right, truth- and sobriety on its side, give .way to a minority that- has nothing hut depraved Appetite, greed for blood, public money and the arguments of the devil to foster it? "No! The Ridgway booze element continues to mutter and talk of sup* pressing the H erat ,!)* But ip the language of Garrison we reply: *‘-We aro in earnest,- We will not equivo­ cate. We Will dot excuse. Wo will not retreat ft single inch anil WE WILL BE HEARD.” The time has arrived for citizens to get together. The “Imaginary leader” and his whisky crowd are united and determined to get tlmir fangs on the Christian people of Cedarville, There is only one way to ftvoid this and that is to get out mid work against him, for there is only one Way 16figh; the Devil and that is with fire. We ap­ peal to every church, to every Chris* tiaft organization, to every individual, to put forth every effort to. make Ue- darvilte free from this cursed polhiuat ondsge. ■ The grasshopper has, according to Its size, 150 times the kicking power of dm average man, A man who could kick like « grasshopper could find employment in Cedarville juvt now. He would be In demand among those who are Condemning the Him* At.i> and cursing the management fee* cause we criticised the ncihm* of the , proprietor of the * sink.” Possibly such ft man would tea of service to these jWmpK fur nil they have said or done has had little efibot on us one .ypfty ter the tether.