The Cedarville Herald, Volume 25, Numbers 27-52

- J . - . .... : / r i B $7 M>* •A- ■a ta .•© 55 'te, . t i l i$ is. i . fe je [S & gxctflflice tom 3$&Worlr p i $m pm witft my o tfttr ¥ \ m . When this Item h ' irsifei'l by an In to * it denotes Unit jnn r tubi/tip- ticn. fsoveerpijo and a prsmptpayment I 3 desired, ^ TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR, HO, 55-, CEDARVILLE. OHIO. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. 1902. . PRICE $1.00 A YEAR. «C~^» 1 ! Wl^» ’ASTS*/-?*'-: to leave your order for a Fall Suit Overcoat or Trousers, Our piece goods have been carefully selected -from the products of the most reliable mills of the country, the requsite being durability, then design, finish and general appearance. Wo devote our pergonal attention to the smallest details in the manufacture o f our custom work, thereby supplying our customers with clothing that looks right and i s right; at reasonable prices.- , „ ’J ■ . A Look at Our Stock for pall and Winter will be of Benefit to You. 1 . C. DAVIS, CLOTHING, HATS -AND FURNISHINGS. fllSIOM Of U. P. Church Contin­ ued by Rev. Ross, . TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS For-Church Amount to $90,690.—Con- , gregation Entertains the General • Committee of Home Mis* ■ sions Four Times, During the existence of the congre­ gation, 518 members have been re­ ceived on certificate,and 461 on profes sion o ftbeir faith, or 977in all.. The records are defective in Botce instan- - ecs, especially during the time when the pulpit was vacant,.and it is very evident that this does not include all the membership, for in one or two cases, and that too, o f some o f the oldest ’lenders, there is no record*of their admission to the church, To offset this accession, the records show, that 658 have been dismissed by certificate and 80 have been removed by death. The baptisms ofl record aggregate.268 infants and 63 adults. The contributions o f the congrega’ turn, so far as the records show, from the date meutioned until April 1, 4902, are as follows: Pastors’ salary from 1844-.... $39672 Cong’s expenses since 1869..... $25443 Gen. Contributions since 1847, $6258 Foreign Missions since 1847......$7171 ■Home Missions since 1 8 4 7 ...8 5 7 4 2 Church Extension since 1863....82649 ICducatiod since 1864........ .......$2029 Freedmen’s.Missions since 1865, $1852 Ministerial Relief since 1865....**$444 Gen. Assembly's fund since 1863..8248 Publication since 1865............... .$182 available, have been $3122. The congregation, of Cedarvijle has had the honor ,bf entertaining the General Committee of Hoine Missions more frequently than any oSier con­ gregation in the church.1"" The meet­ ing has been‘held ' four times as fol­ lows; In 1867, May 20-26, when <18 delegates were present. Rev.- W, O. Jackson -was chairman. At this meet­ ing applications were made for $42000 and $50000 were appropriated. Again on May 19 25, 1872 when Rev. H . H , HervOy was chairman, there were 53 delegates present, the applications were for $47625 and the appropriations were $35031). On May 16, 1880, it met again a t Cedarville, with I>r. D: A . Wallace as chairman. A t this meeting there were-54 delegates pres­ ent and the applications were ior $52482 and $47250 were nppropri ated. And. on-May 20,.1896, when Dr. J . D . Irons was chairman, A t this meeting 62 delegates were piCsent and applications were made for $87821 and 879964 were granted, * The subsequent articles will deal, with the choir, the Ladies Missionary Society,'the Junior’s Missionary So­ ciety, the Christian Union, the Sons and Daughters of /the congregation, and incidents of a miscellaneous char­ acter. / Total., ' $90690 I f to this wo should add. the cost of the first church, which was about $2000 exclusive of labor, and the ap­ proximate congregational expenses for the 22 years preceding 1869, which in those years when no building was done or repairs were made, averaged $205, we w.ould have $1610 more, or a grand total of $97, 300. Of the original members none are in connection with the congrega­ tion today, and only three are living, Mr, and Mrs, J . F . Stewart, who are now members of the CHftou congrega tion, and Mrs. Martha E. Gordqn MacDill, wife of the Rev. Dr. David .MacDill, o f Xenia, Ohio, who is a member o f F irst Xenia U , P , church, The session has had 34 members in alf since its first organization, besides the pastors who have been the modera­ tors. Of these members 22 have been ordained la.-th is congregation, the others having held the office pre­ vious to their installation here. 20 kve removed from the bounds of the congregation, and 9 have been called m y by death, leaving 5 members !n the present session. The longest terra o f membership in the session was held by John Turn* hall, which was 32 years and maths. The next longest terra was WH by Ebon Archer, which was *25 twrs and 7 months, and the third in fcgth is held by J , W . -Pollock, who toll complete 22 years o f Service on Ort. 22,1902.* The Sabbath School has had 13 ttferintendeots, only one o f Whom **s a pastor, Rev. J . H , Ruchanati* k m of these with Mr. Buchanait members of the session. Fou r *1them removed from the bounds o f ** congregation, 5 have died and 4, kdading the present superintendent, memtiers here. The school *tse time 1ms bad less than 10 offi* J** *nd teachers. The present num- "Woftenihcfs and the present total; wwllnicnt is the largest in its history* enrollment o f scholars hal, k v exceptions, always exceeded; M fJ th e congregation, The total **»fibulion? of the school nlhcti winch h as far as tk« record It; COLORED VOTERS CONVENTION. A call has been issued by several- prominent colored citizens^ of this county for a convention which is to, be held in this place next, Tuesday. The object of the meeting'is to discuss and act upon ^11 subjects "which-' con* Corns the condition and welfare o f the colored citizens. The circular states that- the State of, Ohio js doing its part handsomely, but “ the ring” of Greene Comity must be forced to do justice. The following is the call: “ A convention of colored voters of Greene County will be held rit Cedar* Ville, Tuesday, August 26th, 1902, in the A, M. E . church. F irst Session, 10 a. ra, to 12 in; Second Session, 1 p. m. until adjournment. - . The purpose of this convention' is to.discuss the condition of the colored voters and tax payers of the county; to suggest the proper means for bet­ tering the same; to find ways and means to have the colored voters properly represented in county offices; to discuss and act upon all subjects which concern the condition and wel­ fare of the colored citizens of Greene County* The census of 1900 shows Greene County to have 1234 colored voters. The election of 1900 gave the Repub­ licans 5078 aud the democrats 2713 votes. Subtract the colored votes from the republican votes and then add the colored voter to the demo cratic votes aud it shows very clearly that the colored vote is the balance o f power. And yet, in our beautiful new Court House a t Xenia, we have not a single representative. I t is o u r fault. Let ns get together, learn our power and force proper recognition. You are invited -to be present at the convention. You are requested to invite and bring your friends. Every one-will be expected to make a short speecu giving his observations and his plan for future action. The State of Ohio does its p a rt handsome­ ly; bu t “ the ring” of Greene County must be forced to do justice. ' Don’t fail to came and bring your friends. A large attendance is as­ sured. Tuesday, August 26, Cedar* ville, Ohio, A. M, E . church a t 10 o'clock a, m. Rain or shine. Respectfully called by - Henry Y* Arnett, Rev. D . H . V . Purnell, William Rogers, Thomas Kennedy,. Jphn Horttady, Charles Alexander, Rev* J* Patterton. L i f t Ol* L iT te ftfi* Hist o f letters remaining uncalled; in the CedarVille postoffiee for the month ending Aug,- 22,1902, L is t Ho. 34, McKinley, dames. , T. H, T akbox , lK M» ONE th ing needed . While the attention of officers,stale and municipal, politicians, and the common people is at present drawn to the new form of government which is about to be passed by the extra ses sion of legislature, we wish to call at­ tention to one thing that is over­ looked in the code gotten up by Gov. George K , Nash and bis assistants, and that is the need of a law govern­ ing primary elections. Without a doubt a .new primary election law should be made a part of the municipal code. I t should be a clean, clear cut primary law, for it is of as great an importance to the tax payers and common people as the question whether cities should be gov­ erned by federal or the appointive board system. - Under the present hodge-podge sys­ tem the primaries are under the con­ trol of the “ ring” politicians.' and only a small percent of jthe voters of the two leading parties have a voice in the selection of candidates Citi­ zens of all parties have pleaded for and are demanding a primary election law under which all voters will have an "opportunity to participate in choos­ ing candidates. ’ This cry has gone up for- several years but there has been no change. All kinds of-sebemes are devised by the “ gang,r politician to befuddle the voters! Any man or a half dozen men have been known to control the polls at certain precincts in this coun­ ty and the ordinary citizen whose time was so occupied that lie -could not investigate, was forced to cast his bailot, take his chances on its being counted and then told tbnfc he must; abide by the result. These tricky politicians should be tricked and this can be most effectually done under a modern, qp;to-date and fair primary law. The conduct.of the affairs of a county, city or vlllngo is a great busi­ ness undertaking, and for 'the work, the best men should he . secured. Hearly all persons are desirous of honest county and municipal govern-; ment, oven though some of them may not be liouc&t themselves. Provide the opportunity for giving the voters irfair chance to nominate good men and it will be done. How that a new code is to be pro­ vided, this is the accepted time to .in­ ject primary reform. Its importance is as great as the code itself. I t is the foundation upon which honest government must rest. Give the voters an honest primary election law and honest and capable men will be named for office by both parties, nud the professional politician, "gangster” or “ ring leader” will no longer bd able to manipulate municipal affairs; Place the primary elections linder the state law with the election board in control and wo will predict the re ­ sult will be different from hereto fore. i 1 , Will the Governor nud legislature rise to the occasion? SEWGODE For Village as W ill be Fre- . seated at Extra SESSION LEGISLATURE, DEATH OF I. T. CONFARR. Mr, I. T. Oonfairr, of Clifton, one of the prominent citizens of that place,, was seized with neuralgia of the heart Thursday morning. Mr. anti Mrs. Confnrr had gone on a trip up the river on a fishing tour and when Mr. Oonfarr waded in the water he Was seized with neuralgia of the heart. .He got into his buggy and, with his wife, started home, but lie became unconscious aftd died in ■her arms. Arriving nfc Clifton a physician Was summoned but found him past ell aid* Mjr, Oonfarr was fifty-six years of age, l i e was postmaster for eight years, being appointed by Pre.ident Cleveland. The funeral exercises will take .place frohi his late residence, Sabbath a t ten o’clock, The contract for the erection of the pew Presbyterian church a t South Charleston has been let to « Jefferson* ville contractor, Riff Pros, Will do the atone work. Line of Demarcation Fixed at $10,000- . All Corporations Are Classed as' . Cities and Villager—Xenia Steps Back. . The proposed new code, as drawn up by Governor NaSh, classes as vil­ lages such towns as have less than 10,000 population. The new, or dis­ tinctive, provisions afe as follows: “The council shall be composed of not less than six members, who are to be elected at large. When a town has 5,000 population two additional members shall be chosen from two Wards, into which the town shall be divided, and for every 2500 inliabit- ants,abo.ve 5000, one additional mem­ ber shall be chosen from a third ward, Thus a village can have but three wards and three ward members of council, and altogether po t exceeding nine members. The council shall fix the compensation of all" officials and employes, but its own members shall serve without compensation. “The village executive shall con­ sist of. n mayor, clferk, treasurer, mar­ shal, street commissioner and solicitor, and all shall he elected except the solicitor and street commissioner, wlra shall, be appointed by the, inayor,- The marshal may be the.chief of po­ lice. “ In villages owning or maintaining water or lighting, plants, libraries, work houses or'other institutions three trustees of public affairs shall be elected for a term of three years to manage same. They shall have power to make* contracts for any. suni not exceeding §250; in excess of that amount the contract shall be made only by direction of council.” Under the new code Xenia falls to the rear and is placed in the same class as Cedarville, Jamestown,'Clif­ ton a n d . Yellow Springs for the di­ vision is placed at 10,000 population and this she does not have. I t will be the cause of cutting the number of council from fourteen to seven. I t Is said that the Outlook for Xenia in a financial manner is very gloomy for she is heavily in debt and under the present system of government this debt is bound to increase. One coun­ cilman, while on a visit to this place the first of the week, thinks that by classing Xenia'as a village will cause her officials considerable trouble to keep her above water.' He says that it will require the levy allowed for li village to pay the interest on the present bonds, Xonia seems to be getting close to that feeling of finan cial embarrassment. I t certainly looks bad. when the police hoard is consid­ ering the sale of the patrol wagon and team. Xenia certainly heeded a $200,000 court house, One can evi dcntly see the cause for the sewer commission attempting to hold Up the court house commission ior a large sum for sower privileges. FIVE SHOTS FIRED. John Ross reports that burglars entered his bouse Monday night about half past ten o’clock. The appearance of one man was seen in the room and Mr,. Ross inquired as to what ho wanted. The fellow made a hasty retreat, with Mr. Row in close pur­ suit, Five revolver shots, were fired At the fellow but it is not known that any one took effect. Mr, Row se­ cured Ahorse and buggy and went to Xenia, thinking he might be able to land the man. lie fays he has a good idea as to who it was. Fancy dried fruits of all kind* at Gray $ Co’l* NEW HOSE ARRIVED. The new fire hose which council purchased from the Chicago Fire, Hose Company has arrived and wa& measured by. the chief engineer, Wylie Kennon. The contract calls for 600.feet nnd the engineer report! that there is the required amount. The hose will bo tested shortly and is guaranteed to stand a water pressure' of 400 pounds.' The guarantee for the life of the hose is four years. With the new addition the depart­ ment is now prepared for most any lire that is likely to happen in this size place.,■; • - As for the hose that was purchased ovei* four years ago froln' the Boston Belting Company, through the Queen City Bupply company and .their local representative, Mr. Edward Hagar, there seems to be a difference of opinion between members of council and the fire department as to what course, to pursue. A s shortage was HORSES KILLED INSTANTLY, the manufacturers have agreed to re place this in hose, or the equivalent iii cash, blit the members- of. council have not yet decided. Now comes forth the imormation .that this h,ose leaks and does not stand the ordinary amount of. pressure for filling the cistern^, and the members of council and fire department think they should go back; to the manufacturers to make good this ' loss. The guarantee was for a period of four years, which time h a s. expired. . The local representa­ tive for this house who gave his word that the hose was all “ O K” a t the tiino it was purchased now comes for­ ward with the statement, so -wo. are informed, that he will make good the loss in order to fulfill the contract wliich was only verbal. Mr. .Hagar .does this to .'show that he was in good, faith at the time he persuaded tho town council to invest i-tr this coih- pauy’s hose. //, In the opinion of many it looks un­ reasonable for council to expect Mr, Hagar to do such a thing. Thccompariy cannot be held, for their contract lias expired, so why should council ac­ cept Mr. Hagar’s generous proposi- tion?-; To allow this matter to run for nearly five years aud then expect some one to rectify the mistake does not look reasonable, The whole trouble lias been in that the. members of council and fire de« p&rtraent have been negligent in look­ ing after these affairs and then upon discovery at this late day bring them to light. -As for the shortage in tho number of feet of hose, it would have been an easy matter to have measured it the day the shipment nrrived. The entire matter has been a case t f pure negligence on the part of the proper officials. Therefore, we do not deem i t wise In accepting Mr. Hagar’s ofler, which he has to stand personal­ ly, but would advise the acceptance of the compauy’a offer iii ‘ making good the shortage. Let this be an example to officials from now on. Why take advantage of ft taxpaying citizen’s liberal generosity under such circumstances? A t the Miller street crossing Tues­ day noon was a most remarkable ac­ cident if that there was not a loss of human life. This crossing is consid­ ered one of the most dangerou| in this section, and it certainly must be i f the loss of life, animals anil property are taken into consideration, Thomas^Gooper, yvko resides a t South Solon,was the victim of a slight accident and lucky was he that be escaped with his life. His wagon was loaded with baled straw which, he was bringing to* the' paper mill, . The team was directly on the track before he was aware that the train was upon h ibyas he was of the Opinion that there was no train ai Ibis time of day. Had this train, the New York special to Cincinnati, been on time, the acci­ dent would have.not happened, but It was not so/the train was over thirty miputes late aud was coming down the grade a t lightning speed. The discovered' in the hose this Bpring*, -locomotive struck the horses and they were cu t clear and clean from -the wagon, which stood in the exact spot where it was when the team ' was struck. Mr.C'ooperwas drawn from his seat,' which wa3 in front o f . the load, ■this beiug customary for teamsters, aud was burled to the ground, sue tabling injuries that may require sev­ eral days’ time, before it will ’ be ex­ actly known to what extent he was injured.. Mr. Cooper was a man of well up in yeafs. his age being close to sixty-five. ' Both horses were struck ■by the locomotive and killed instantly. Other than the broken tongue there was no damage to the wagon. Mr* Cooper contends that the electric bells at this crossing AVere not ringing nor ueither did the engineer signal for this crossing, . This can hot be relied npori for one of this age has not the best of hearing. - Of late there have been times wben the bells did not ring, and such might have been the case Tuesday. 'V*.,- ■ This accident recalls several others that .have taken place a t 'this eatne spot, and the public must look, to this place and be warned. So frequently have these accidents heehj the feeling we find is for better protection against danger at this crossing. After the accident the sentiment was that the company should erect gates a t both crossiugs of council pass an ordinance and compel fhn trains to be slowed' down to so many miles an hour. Ouc citizen expressed himself th a t he would ask council to take some steps. VOICES OUR SENTIMENT. . A movement is on foot in Cedar ville to organize a Business Men’s Protective Association, That place lias its Bharo of persona whoso trade is remunerative ,to the purchaser but not to the merchant. The same names which have been on the books ef the hardware and dry goods mer­ chants are also i on those of grocers and butchers, in other words, some o f the citizens in that village act up­ on a highly systematic scheme of Avoiding payment for at least half the purchases they make aud a “ black list” among the merchants might be a valuable institution, In a place as small as Cednrville, where the trade is limited Some concerted action against this class by the merchant# would seem to be almost imperative Edition, Frews Republic. The ex tra - session of legislature which was called by Gov. Hash* opens Monday, Aug. ,25. STOCKHOLDERS ANNUAL MEETING. An nil day session of the stockhold­ ers of tbo Greene County Mutual In ­ surance Association was held last Sat­ urday in the Mayor’s office I t was the annual meeting for finishing up the business for the year and the se­ lection of officers for ' tho ensuing y e a r Messrs. H . N. Coe, Clifton, Henry Kyle and J . (J. Stormont of this place were reelected on the board of directors, Mr. H , N. Coo was re; elected president any Mr, J , H , Stor­ mont was rceleefed secretary of the association. These officers have served to the satisfaction o f the stock­ holders and were remembered by an other term. In fact Mr, Stormont,as secretary, has held his position over Since the organization of the associa tion*. Reports show the Greene County Mutual lnsurftn«r^ssociaiion to lie ou a good basis and that it has made a splendid growth during the past year. A t present there are 1.10 stockholders in tho association. A t the cud o f the year the secretary re ports $202000 insurance iu force, with an increase of $51000 for the past year. ' , ; The losses for the past year are re­ markably low, only $110, amt the directors have caused an assessment o f fifty cento -per thousand dollars to meet this loss ami -other current ex* p o s e s - -This-certainly. makes* cml*; liable showing nnd the outlook for; the association is the very liest, Future GREAT" jLies Before People. Our A WONDERFUL CITY. The Development of Gas Fields Will be The Means of Makirig Cedarville the Only City In the County Boom the Town. > "tt- I t now nppeargxto the average citi­ zen that the Beaumont district In Texas is to have a strong rival in Cedarville. We have repeatedly read ot cities that have been built In a day and the outcome of a recent discovery ■ may give citizens here a chance to realize ju st such a thing. I t appears . that the making of a great city lies' ‘ jefore us. The people of Cedarville will throw open her gates and wel­ come. capital, labor and industries from all parts of the world. In place of the low two-Btory buildings a t t h e / square, will be found skyscrapers that will tower high above the surrounding country, .-In these buildings will bo found the so-called “ trusts.” Market and stock quotations will be wired in every direction, in fact Wall Street, will be a close second. So great will 30 the influx of people, street car fines • and elevated railroads will be the only solution for 'handling the mass o f '• humanity that will be struggling to /. pass the streets. The traction fine question will a t last be settled. In ­ stead of neighboring cities bidding for our trade it will be the .reverse. From all directions will enter fines bringing people to see the wonderful city. From all appearances there ia not to he a city ;in the county but when the “ boom” comes Cedarville will easily pass the lino, o f demarca­ tion and then would It look r^asonablo to have the county seat in a village? A two hundred thou.- and dollar court house would look like thirty cents beside buildings erected by the trtist companies that wouldn’t think of investing less than a million. Paved streets, electric fights, a central heat­ ing plant, w&ter works and a fire department that would make Kansas City blush will be some of our com­ modities when the “ boom” is on in fall, The city -will be One of the leading cities in tho world, .aud will be the only one having local option. I t would bo impossible to have such-ft city without politics. People will under the city administration have the privilege of going to the polls at either regular election or county pri­ mary, cast their ballot and walk away feeling that their Vote” isio .be count­ ed, There are to be no political leaders, “ bosses” or “ ward heelers,” Truly it will be a city o f the people, by the people and for the people. All this will be realized when our gas field is fully developed. The. story of finding gas is rather %, uuiquo one, ''Thursday while Messrs. Ed, Hagar and O. M« Grouse were in the bottom lands of the Hagar Straw Board and Paper Company where the reservoir is ‘situated, they noticed bubbles on a small streafn o f water. Upon an investigation they found that gas was coming from a small til* that is laid near by. By the applica­ tion of a lighted match it was found, that gas was there, .for a small puff or explosion took place when the light was Applied. Tjic gas was brought under control by placing an eighteen inch sewer tile over the Spot. On this Was placed a cover with a small one-half inch pipe insetted, T b t match was again applied atul the gat burned-in a ten inch blaze for about two boure; Again on Thursday th# gas-Was tried and it bufut ou differaat occassions throughout the day. The blaze is A blue and red color which to i -.maim i m m m