The Cedarville Herald, Volume 26, Numbers 1-26

TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO. CEDARV 1 LIE. OHIO. FRIDAY. JANUARY- 2 . 1903 . PRICE $ 1.00 A YEAR. Cedarville, 0 ,t Jan . % 1903. This is to certify that I have received today from %, C. Davis, the rubber tire buggy, made by the Xenia Buggy Co„ as advertised to be given away to a patron, for the surrender of ticket No. 777, Signed, JVelson Corbin. IHE P R IC E S of our merchandise are a secondary con, sideration after you see the qualities that we carry in stock. Nothing is cheap unless it is good. . Qur Motto:“ liNot How Cheap but, How Good.” Ira C. Davis, $ /. Clothing, Hats and Gent’s Furnishings, « * « * * Cedarville, - - Ohio. « . P. CHURCH HISTORY B U E V . F. 0. ROSS' . Of the living members of the con­ gregation, there is only, one who has teen-a member oyer 5$ years, Mrs. Ruth Jaekson Tarbox who united with the church on July 25, 1846. 1 She also has tl j distinction of hold­ ing the longest continuous member- . ship'of anyone in the history o f the congregation. The membership next to hers in length was held by Mrs. - Rachel N. Tarbox, who became a member at the organization, and at her death had been a member for 56 years and 5 months.' On Christmas day of this year (1902} Mrs. Ruth . Tarbox completed a membership of 56 years and 5 months. Those who have been members less than 55 and more than 50 years^sre Martin Barber who united 5j#y 15. 1848, Mrs. Hadassab Townsley'Jami­ son who united i on Oct, 2, 1848, Mrs. Esther Barber Townsley who united on Oct. 27, 1849 and Mrs. Mary Jackson Barber who united on March 29,1852, or four iuail. ■ Of those who have been members less than 50 and more than 45 years there are five, viz; S. K. Turnbull who joined on August 8,1853, Mrs. Sarah Townaley Barber and Mrs. Nancy Winter who united on the same date. March 3t, 1856, Mrs A. B Holmes who united on April 5, 1856 and Mrs. Catherine Turnbull , who united on Sept. 7,1857. Of those who have been members less than 45 and more than 40 years there are but two, Alexander Tnxn- buil who united on Jab. 9,1858 and ■Mrs. Mary M. Barber who united in the early spring of 1862, The exact date is not known. Of those who have been members less than 40 and more than 35 years there are five aa follows: Mrs. Mary Johnson who joiued On July 15.1863, Mrs. M* A. Boyd who united June 10,-1865, Miss Nannie B. Nisbet who *united on Sept. 8, 1865, Eben Archer who united on May' 19, 1866, and Mrs, Emazetta Barber Bull who i u tiled May 33 ,1867. Of those who have been members Jej3 than 35 and more than 30 years, we find the names of nine persons as follow Mrs. Cornelia Bradfute ' who *united art JaO. 11, 1868, J. M. Tar­ box, Lucy Tarlmx Barber, dWe Bar­ ber Crouse and Ora E. Bradfute who all joined on April 23, 1870, Maria Tarbox who joined on Oct. 29, 1870, It d .raJaiksoq Kerr and WilliamMir Campbell who each united with the church on April 29, 1873 and W. H. Barber who joined on Jan. 10, 1873. And those bolding their member­ ship less than 30 and" more than 25 ‘years number eight and their names are John McOarapbcH, J. W. Pollock and Sirs, Nettie Anderson Pollock who all united oa Sept. 24, 1875, Btella Barber Moore who united on Jit'i, 15 1876, Sarah E, Mitchell who .united Jan, 3, 1877 and Hugh A. Turnbull who united April, 12, 1878. Without extending the list further, we discover that there are 13 whose membership fits between 20 and 25 years; 25 whose membership is be­ tween 15 and 20 years; 56 whose membership is between 30 and 15 ' years, and 79 whose membership is between 5 add 10 years, Of those Who have been received So the last five years there are 62 names on the roll. White the average length of membership would be difficult to cal* cedate, yet we find that the greater number date.their connection in the ; later years. Only six per cent o f th congregation hold a membership over 35 years; 0 per cent over 30 years; 13 per cent over 25 years; 18 per cent over 20 years; 27 per cent over 15 years; 47 per cent over 10 years; while 77 per cent hold membership over 5 yearn, in other words; 23 per cent have Insert members lees than five years, W ' per cent loss thaw ten years, 73 per cent less than •15 years and 82 per cent leas than 20 years, ami the nearest approximate average of membership is between 16 and 11 years. In the families of the congre­ gation there are 77 baptised dpidren, who have hot yet been received, into} communion, and the congregation contains 106 families. Of the pres- eat membership, we find that just 60 per ceut were received on profession of faith and 40 per cent by certificate. Another noticeable Feature -of the history is the increase rnd decrease in the roll of members. Starling in 1844 with 19 members it rapidly increased to 147 in 1849, then had a decrease and rosa. and fell slightly for some years, bat did not surpass the former record untill 1859 when the number reached 153. Then it gradually'de­ creased again until 1864 when the roll efiowed 108, After that the growth waa steadily maintained and the trend uas upward until 1871 when it reached 158, then there was a de­ crease until 1875 when the roll drop­ ped to 90. After that the growth be­ gan to be regular, steady and, without exception, increased each year until 1897 when the roll reached 260. Then a rapid decline for two years,; dropping-to 210, when another period of increase began, which has been steady and encouraging. In the account of those who hauled the lumber for th'o old church, an error was made in stating that there were two still living: Gen. Robert Jackson who was in that company died April 10, 1877, He was an uncle to Robert M, Jackson who lives west of Cedarville. Mr. S. IC- Turnbullis the only survivor of that company and recalls quite vividly the enjoyable and amusing features of the trip. Gen. Jackson was the chief teamster, or as he would have been called on the great plains ■“ the boss freighter'’ of the party, and contri­ buted fiia share of fun for the-com­ pany*. C O R B IN ,,TH E LUCKY MAN. As announced, Mr. I. C. Davis held his drawing contest last Wednes­ day for the giving away of a rubber tire buggy to one of his. patrons. A crowd assembled in the store during the afternoon and se! „cted' a commit­ tee to proceed as directed. This is how it was done.. Messrs. Will Speucer and Albert Bridgman were to Select a man-oufside of town, and telephone to him that he was lo send three numbers back by telegram, the first to be tbe lucky number, the sec­ ond only good providing the first did not show ily, and so with the third, Messrs. D, Bradfute, James' Towns- ley and George Smith were selected to accompany these twp men to see their instructions were followed _dit­ to the letter. Win. Neeld of Xenia, was selected and he telegraphed back the following numbers; seven hun­ dred and seventy-seven; seven thou­ sand six hundred and fifty; sis thousand three hundred and eighteen. .It was not until evening when the winning number was presented, it be­ ing held by Nelson Corbin who lives on the Hngar Straw-Board property west of town, and is foreman in one of the department of that concern., Mr. Corbin is well pleased with his New Year's gift and extends hi$ thanks to all, who helped pay for it. The contest came ofl very orderly, uot one word of complaint have \ye heard and Mr.. Davis is complement­ ed on the method used in-giving away the prize. D EATH O F DR. McMICHAEL. Word was received here Thursday morning announcing the death Of Dr. J„ B, McMichael, pastor of the U« P» church at Bellbiook. The hews was received somewhat as a shock to his many friends in .this place for liis death came very sudden and under peculiar circumstances.- The Dr. had gone to his church on Wednesday evening to attend prayer meeting and after taking off his coat sat down, anjJ in doing so slipped from the chair. He was assisted by a member of the congregation who found that he' was close to death, but before a physician could he summoned the spirit had taken its course. Heart trouble was the cause of his death. The Dr’s, wife and son Jamie were the only members of the family aUhorae, Dr. McMichael was born in Jamestown, Pa., and was in his sixty-ninth year. He was president of Monmouth col­ lege from 1878 to 1898. From 1873 to 1878 was professor of church his­ tory and government in Xenia Semi­ nary. A wife and four'sons remain to mourn the loss, O LD P LA N T A T IO N DAYS. ' Old Plantation Days was given by Brockway Jublibee Singers. As the. curtain rolled up it showed the com­ pany in dresses and suits which well have been been worn amid the cotton fields and corn. Thej sang old mel­ odies and hymns which even to-day may be beard in the South, and sung them with such pathos that the au­ dience recalled the singers again and again. She whom they call the “ Orig­ inal Black Patti!* sang “ Away Dowu Upon the Suwance River*’ and when she tried to leave the stage such an encore was given her ihat, stage man* ager or no stage manager, she wap forced to come out anil sing “ Annie Laurie.” Ami the stage manager once defied, the role “ No Encore*' was broken, and that was why the line oi carriages before the Auditor­ ium stood half an hour later than they Were ordered, -—Chicago Inter Ocean Mr. and Mrs. James Townaley gave their New Year's dinner to (heir chil­ dren and grand children. About forty Were present, A L FO RD MEMORIAL, An important purchase have been announced, one that will be of inter­ est to all friends of the college and that ‘ is the purchase of the R. P. church property by Mr.W. J, Alford, o f New York City. This purchase is a gift to Cedarville college as a mem­ orial to the parents of the purchaser, Rev. and Mrs. John Alford of Beaver Fulls,Pa. The property will be deeded the college some time this month and will be known as the Alford Memor­ ial. The building will be used ns a gymnasium and for athletic sports. Two basket ball teams will be organ­ ized as soon as possible. This is a very popular indoor game during the winter season aud there is no reason why two teams could not be organ­ ized. The game was tried here sev­ eral winters and proved popular v itb onr people. This gift"will be greatly appreciated by the college for it was just what was needed. WINTER RACING. The racing on the snow this year has not caused the usual excitement from the fact that there has been little chance for a close race, Chas, Weitn- er’s Advisor had little trouble in lead­ ing the procession. M. W, Collins’ Maple Bell Jr., showed considerable speed but he has had little training, and the driver could not hold him down, There were several other horses out but they were in a class to themselves. As a rule Cedarville al­ ways 1ms interesting races on thesnow and the winter sport is thoroughly en­ joyed. On .Thursday nfternoon W. H, OwepB* Rex was paced against Ad­ visor. SLEIGH CAPSIZED . Only one accident has been reported so far in the sleighing line and that Was last Monday night, when Mr, David Cherry anil Miss Saydie IHffe were thrown from their sleigh in the viciuity nf II. O, Watt’s residence. It seems as though Mr. Cherry had some trouble in keeping his horse from go ing info Mr. Watt’s aud when he used more stringent means to conquer the animal, it rebelled an! began to free itself by kicking. Neither of the occupants were injured to any extent.' Miss Hide sustained a sligt bruise on the side of hei head, It is said the sleigh was badly demolished. POLITICIANS AND POLITICAL NEWS. The following is from a little paper publishetl up in DeGraff, O,, and has considerable bearing upon politics in the neighboring Sixth District in gen­ eral and in Greene County m partic­ ular;'' Down in the Sixth Congressional District the Smith-Shoup ring of Greene County politicians are expect­ ing to.wake up Christmas morning and find that Congressman Hilde- braudt has dropped the Xenia post- office plum into their stocking. All the while they are whetting a great big knife to stick into the Hon. C. Q,’s third term ambition, which they will present to him as'a New Year’s gift. One o f the most touching examples pi faitli in politicians’ promises is on exhibition there, Congressman Hilde- brant is allowing the Smith Shoup gang to coutrole the patronage of Greene county \vh le they are nil the time using that patrouago to “ throw the hooka*' into Hildehrandt’s third term ambition. Every' bit of opposi­ tion to the Congressman's second nom­ ination was instignated by •Shoup, Dines and others, and acquised in by Judge Smith. The booming of'Judge Smith by the Spring Valley Blade was to thesuggestion of Marcus Shoup chairman ot the executive committee of the county, ‘and Smith, like Barkis, tile “ wilii\” Amt all the time Ililde- brant is letting them laugh at him as an “ easy mark” by giving them con­ trol? of the Greene County patron­ age." The editor of the DeGrsff paper is. J. L. Lusk, and at the time referred to he was editor of the Spring Valley Blade, a Greene. County publication. Shortly before the last0Congressional convention before which Mr. Hilde- brandt was to stand for a second nom­ ination, this smnll paper began a se­ ries of tirades against the Congress man, aud the confession which Lusk printsiin-his liew paper is to the effect that lie was induced to do this through Judge H'. L.-Smith, himself a Congressional aspirant, It is said that a previous agreement between Hildebraut and Smith had allowed the latter the coutrole of Greene County patronage, an agree­ ment which, if all that is.said is true, has been distasteful to Mr. Hildebrant, particularly in the matter of appoint­ ment of a postmaster at Xenia. There has been a keen fight waged over the postoffic' there, aud Smith’s man is his brother-in-law, J. F. Orr, The present postmaster’s term ex­ pired last June, -and four aspirants hove made things warm in the nld town since llmt time. The confession of Lnsk has created great Interest among Republican politicians all over the Sixth District, and it is predicted that it will be the cause of Hilde- (Jchrant repudiating the alleged agree­ ment which has kept httu from mak­ ing the appointment he desires, —Springfield Press Republic. The above only coincides with an article publUied in the Herald, Fri­ day, February 21, 1902,. under the. caption .“ Victim of Misplaced Confi­ dence,” At that time the Herald charged Judge H. L. Smith with just what Editor Lusk has confessed which proves conclusively that we knew what we were talking about. Here is wbat the Honorable H. L, had published in the Spring Valley Blade as refered to the above coufes sion. neither, broad business man and he is ’no more fitted for congress than Hades for a powder house,” To show a contrast with the above article we give what was published in the interest of Judge Smith, “ Mr, Smith is a man of large culture, an able' attorney,* good speaker, a man o f unblemished pri­ vate life, n man of state reputation, honest and fearless in maintaining his conviction, esteemed at hotho find —Use Golden Rids Flour,, “ Hon. Chas. Hildebrant is a statesman, orator nor espected and honored abroad, in fact, a man large enough to grasp the pro gresstve spirit of., the twentieth ecu* tury, and take a high place among the best statesmen of the country, in every way fitted for a-promiuent seat in our national legislature. In hon­ oring Judge Smith with a seat in con­ gress the Sixth District would at once become noted for having a mem- der with brains instead of the medi­ ocre timber we have been sending down to Washington the past few year.". When Hon. Marcus Hanna spoke in Xenia last fall duriug the campaign there was one assertion that was not fully understood by the entire .aud­ ience but the politicians received the intended meaning, but never uttered a word against it. During the sena­ tors speech ha made reference to Hon. C. Q. Hildebrant. who was on the stage at the time by |this remark; “ And I hope Charley will represent this district in Washington, as long as I am there.” It is said that this was" received like an electric shock by some of our politicians, for he infered that the present incumbrent would be more acceptable than the timber that had already showu its self in this county. , From all appearances it looks like the Judge’s ambition for congress would not stand the sizzling effect of the fierce lime light of pub­ licity., ■ ' It will be but a short time now un­ til the newly elected Dairy and Food Commissioner will take his office in Columbus and announce his appoint­ ees,' Mr. Ankeney hasbeen the most important man in state politics for some months, for the reason ..that be has. control o f about all the patron­ age that is worth fighting for, inrOUio this winter. His several appointees will draw greater salaries than the Commissioner himself. The salary attached to this office is ssld to be in adequate for the services o f an honest man, and the honesty,of Mr. Ankeney has never been called to question, even by his enemies. He is not a man who will levy tribute on prospec­ tive law-braking corporations. OPEN ING O F T H E C O L L EG E . Cedarvilie College will open JauU. ary 6th at 9:30 a. m. Several new students are expected to enrole. Two new departments have been added. Prof. Fox of Columbus will have charge of the elocution department, He will give lessons in voice building, literary criticisms, composition, breath­ ing, drilling, public speaking, etc. Hia fee will he ninety cents a lesson, if .twelve lessons are taken. Prof, D. W. Stokes, will have charge of the art department. He will give’ lessons: in modelling, china painting, crayon, oil, water-colors, etc Prof. Fox will begin work Wednesday morningJan­ uary 14th at 9 o’clock. Prof, Stokes will be here:Jan. 6|h to organize his class. Prof, Beazelle will have sev­ eral new students in music. Her work will begin January 9th. Les­ sons for the term will cost sdven dol­ lars. The tuition and contingent fees in the college, for regular work, are eight aud one-haltdollars for the term payable on the openingday. Through the personal solicitation of Prof. Me- (Jhesney, Mr. \Y. J. Alford of New York City has donated the old R. P. church and its grounds to the college as a memorial for his father and mother. This is a most valuable gift and greatly appreciated by the friends of the college. The next terra will open with the brightest prospects for the college in its history. MACHINERY A TTACH ED .' G ENU IN E HOLIDAYS. The holidays for 1902 have certain­ ly been genuine, that is as far as win­ ter pleasures arc concerned. The six inches of snow, has made excellent sledding and coasting and the young folks have enjoyed themselves greatly. Thursday night the thermometer drop­ ped several degrees below the starting point so that,sleighera" had rather a' cold evening. In the social line there has been “ little doing." Those who have come home for the holidays for a vacation certainly have not been disappointed, as there haB been no great rush in the social whirl, Mon­ day evening a few couples were en­ tertained at the home of Miss Irene McClellan, Tuesday afternoon quite a number 'of college girls enjoyed themselves on a sled ride. That ev­ ening some seven or eight couples of the younger set spent the evening at the home ot MissNellie Turnbull, A GOOD PENNY PAPER. The Cincinnati Post has now been enlarged lo tea and twelve pages and is the beat penny paper published in Cincinnati. The now battery o f presses enables the management to compete with any metropolitan pa­ per published. It lias its #W» news service, in fact it was the founder of the Scripp .McRca news Synd.cate which controls thousands of corres* pondents and a hundred thousand miles of wire. The mfd-night edition arrives here in time for the rural routes so while you are making out « list of papers for the eomiug year the Post can be put down as one of the best and most reliable papers that goes into homes along the rural routes, . , The South Charleston Serttinal in the last issue gives th© following; “ A merry Christmas t;>all our subscrib­ ed, and may they live and prosper! And may some live long enough and ■prosper enough to "pay up* Some Four writs of attachment have been gotten out by Messrs. Chas. Spencer, J. O. Barber, I. fc. Davis and Milton Keyes against ,fae drilling machine properly at the paper mill] owned by Scott Bros., of Columbus. Checks of the following amounts were given by this firm and when returned to themarketExchange Bank of Columbus they were refused from the iact that the firm had insuf­ ficient fuuds on deposit to honor them. -J. C, Barber, 39.50; Davis, 85; Keys. 85; Spencer, 82.25. A telephone message from Columbus Btates that the firm will make good the amounts', ' - DYNAMITE CAP E X P L O D E D .. Mr. John H. Stine, an employee at the paper mill, was unfortunate last Sunday in loosing the first joint of both linger and thumb of hia left hand by the explosion of a dynamite cap. The cap had been brought to his house by Frank Gordon, who had found thirty-five in a load of coal which came from the paper mill, Mr. Stine, not knowing what the dy­ namite cap was, started to examine it with ahair pin, with the result stated above. The right band was slightly injured. It was necessary to ampu­ tate at the first joint of the injured members. D EATH O F PAU LINE HARBISON. Pauline, the seven yearolddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ilarbison, who reside about three miles from this plaCf, died Monday evening about five o’clock, after an illness o f Several weeks Suffering with that dread'di­ sease, typhoid fever. She was the pride of the home and the heart-brok­ en parents will find it a great loss One younger child remains. The fu­ neral services were held at the resi­ dence, Thursday, anil were conducted by Dr, Morton, Burial at the Mas* sies creek cemetery* TW ENT IETH ANNIVERSARY. The twentieth anniversary of thfc marriage Of Mr. and Mrs. R, C. Watt took place at their home south of town last Friday. A handsome set of one hundred pieces of white chiiia was presented by near relatives and the dinner was served from them. This is a custom in the Watt family, that of celebrating the twentieth an adversary ot the marriage of the brothers and sisters as the ocoasekm falls due. Dr. John Watt and wife for Columbus was present, also the relatives 11vlng in this county* SECRETARY FRAZER ADDRESSES MEETING. I f the number o f persons that at­ tend the meetings at the mayor’s of­ fice in the interest of a young men’s organization is to be taken as an ex­ pression from the public, the project is a failure aud there is little use of spending any further time in .that direction. A third meeting was held Monday evening with about the same persons in attendance as at. the one the week, previous. The sentiment expressed by those that attend aud the interest taken shows that there are a few at least that will exert their influence and use all their power to complete a project that would be a great credit to our town. At this meeting a report from a committee on “ constitution for a young men’s league” was to be read but if we re­ member correctly only two members of this committee were .present, Usd - not even a report. Instead, the chairman announced that an' address of information on a Y . 51. G. A, would be,given, by Secretary Frazer , .of the Springfield Young Men’s As-- sociation. In the address those who were present heard some very good points given, why a Y. M. C, A. would, be of greater value than any other kind of an organization. The fraternal.idea struck a popular cord with the auditors as was expressed latter in the meeting by each one present. Mr. Frazer is considered one of the best secretaries in this state s and from his address .one. could' see that be was well informed on the sub­ ject Since the afidress on that eve­ ning it seems that the organization of a “ Young Men’s League” would he • the improper thing to:do, for at pres­ ent it is almost unanimous that.Wo have a Y. M. C. A. and the' consti­ tutional committee was instructed to bring in a report at the next meeting, which will be announced in due time, Unless more interest is taken in the cause it will be useless to expect any great amount of enthusiasm for the spring months will soon be at hand and those interested in the completion of this organization will find their task to be more difficult than if the work had been taken up in the early fall. COMING YOUR WAY. ' Frank A. Jackson, manager of the Cedarville opera house, lias secured “ Uncle Josh Spruceby,” for Jan. 22, 3903 The farmer band show. This is the original and only Uncle Josh Spruceby company on the road and will be the best attraction ever in our opera house. Baud aud orchestra, novel street parade and the exciting saw mill scene. This company car­ ries all its own specisNcenery. Every­ one should go and see this attraction as the manager of our opera house has worked hard to secure such ft company, Adults in gallery 35 cents, children 25 cents* and all lower floor SOcenta Remember the date, Jan. 22, 3903. SPECIAL ED ITION . The SpecialEdition o the S cien ­ tific . A mericas ' devoted to Trans­ portation on Land and Sea* cannot fail lo attract' widespread interest, both because of the very handsome . manner in which It is gotten up and on account of the voluminous amount of information that it contains, I t » safe to say that any one that reads it carefully through will 'find himself thoroughly posted both as to the mag­ nitude and high quality of our rcil* roads and shipping, The ScmSTirtti- A merican has its own characteristic way of presenting what some people might call dry statistical matter in an interesting form, and the present number is no exception to the rule. Both Artist and Editor h«v* oolkbe* tAted to certainly very good d&st, and we believe the number will meet everywhere with a hearty reception* Subscribe for The Herald*