The Cedarville Herald, Volume 26, Numbers 1-26

— S0- £> mm '.ent. 1 $uar*n- l . W nmatch- r e S u c h ! to a<j-> 3 Qimt lerwear, ) g u a r- ’ .$ 1 .1 9 LA: straw l i s t , man can shape he >e in style, here never ed braids raids—'the and Shan* l whether, re here to m y * 5 • * V ege tab les Cool — ------------------------ r - ~ ~ — ,-----------*— n : F*>r R\vi lb n. »> Ont' Jt»h j W o rk w ill I'umpari 1 w ith ; j that of f.nv oUior firm, , „, 1 i Tin* item when marked with an | \ Index, denotes that your sabstrip- l j Is past due and a prompt settle' I j mentis earnestly d e s i r e d , j TWENTY-SIXTH YEAH. NO. 23. CEDARVILLE. OHIO. ERIDAY, MAY 29. 1903. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR. mm*** COUNCIL DIVIDED On Hitching Rack Question and Refer it to the Stre t Coih- mittee. 1 A recess, mooting of emuysij was hold Monday evening, and a good l»ng meeting i t was, lasting until the electric lights were out. The-mem­ ber# of dins body had their first taste of some o f the trials and vexa tious of a cotiueilman, and from the appear­ ance# Ht present the meeting Monday evening is only a sample of what is to follow. The ball was started rolling when a petition was read, signed by the firm of Kerr <& Hastings Bros,, asking that they be given a hearing on the question o f the abolishment of a hitching rack in front 6 1 their property. The .-rack having beep ordered moved a t the last meeting of council a t the request of Mr. T , . B. Andrew, he setting' forth that ‘the place was a ntisance, • - A t the Monday evening meeting it developed th a t the motion to take ' down the rack was not worth the paper it was written on .from the fact that thp yeas and nays ;weve po t called, "this being necessary Where there was expenditure o f public money. - . . r ■ - •The request that the above named firm be heard'was granted. Messrs. K. F . Kerr and J . JE. Hastings being present Jand stated their side of the case. ‘ They advocate that the rack is no t only essential for’ farmers who stop a t their place but for parties wl o pome to tbo express office, or to meet friends from a train, In fact it is the only rack in that p a rt of the town. The" firm claims t h a t , the rack has been in - use a t this .point for over twenty years and that it -was estab- [ fished a t the request o f a former firm Of which Mr. T . B. Andrew was a partner at that time. The question brought ou t considerable comment and discussion among the members of council. To 'an outsider the' Whole question f(om start to finish has' all the ear marks of what is known* as a “ back yard fight” ' among neighbors, in which “ spite work” predominates from a jealous nature. I t is not right that public property be drawn JuiQ thosq “ spats” in order th a t the corporation stand the expense in set­ tling sueh affairs. A motion by J . H . Audrew that money be appropri­ ated ou t of the street fund for tbo re­ moval of the rack did not meet with a second as there is no money in this fond ' The street committee' will in­ vestigate and report latter. ., A bond siguqd'' by Messrs. John McLean and C, W, Crouse was read and accepted for street commis­ sion, Robert Ford. . R W. Kennon was reappointed as night watchman for another year. - • A committee was appointed to go oyer the village ordinances and re ­ port as to AyhaJ; ordinances conflict with the new code, . 1 The levy committee reported the following amounts for the different fluids next year. Interest and Sink­ ing fund 6900; fire $>'450; street $350; police. $000; ■geuernl $700, total, $3000. There was no levy for . the light fund ns there is sufficient on hand fo r light fund next year. The clerk was instructed to adver­ tise the Bale of four bonds of $200 each- bearing 5 per c en t' interest. They will be sold to the highest bidder. , Thd ordinance for a watchman ,’nt the Main, street crossing woe amended so that there mu9t be,a man on duty from eight o’clock in ,tbe morning un­ til eleven o’clock at night. I t will be forwarded to the railroad company for its approval. A signal will be pu t up at the Miller street crossing to be operated by the ‘ watchman a t Main streets ’ , . EXCURSION RATES. Excursion tickets will be .sold via, Pennsylvania Lines for Decoration Day trips. They may be obtained May 29 and 30 a t any ticket station on the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg to any station on those lines, within a radius of 150 miles. Return coupon will be' good until June 1, inclusive. For ‘ particulars about rates, and time of trains, apply to Pennsylvania liUes Passenger and Ticket Agents., • . *■"nl >" J~1 f iGet a good’ buggy, phaeton, rood wagon or carriage o f Kerr & Hastings Bros. A POINTED QUESTION. The question of bitching racks that have been before council for several meetings promises to give this body plenty of study as to the ■best coime topersue, The start; to remove one rack is going to call for the. removal o f several other hitching places about town. Ho one can deny-but that these bitching places are a nuisance during the summer months when the atmosphere is hot and moist, hut then they are a convenience that the public must have, particularly the farming ciass, • I t is absolutely necessary that public hitching places' he provided for the good of the town- I f we . are not to have racks on our principle streets then council must, for the peop'e wifi demand it, have a.public liitehiug lot. This lot must either he purchased or rented, then it will have to be grad­ ed, racks constructed, lights pu t up, and provisions made for a keeper or watchman during the night time, This will necessitate and expenditure of Ularge amount of money, and as the condition of the town4s. finance’s are a t present, this could not be done without issuing bonds, which is noth­ ing more than a mortgage on Hhe cor­ poration. The corporation has dur­ ing the past few years spent several hundred dollars towards the improve­ ment about the public racks and no one class appreciates this work more our Farmers. The argument has been advanced that where racks are taken off of Main street they be pu t on East Xenia avenue/but here comes in the property owners on this Btreet with a protest that such a thing is a nuisance for-tbera and council is up against it all, around. -Council must either leave all racks where they are or take down ali racks and provide a hitching lot. The village body should proceed in a manner that should he just and fuir to our business men- and to carefully keep in mind that fully ’ sev­ enty-five per eent o f the town’s husi-, ness is derived from the farming class, consequently they should, be granted every possible favor and conveniences a t the hands of council. . WEKLYPHOTOGRAPH Probate Judge Shoup appointed Michael O’Connell, Wednesday, as ad­ ministrator of the estate of John Tierney who was killed by the train last Friday morning. , Hot Weather Apparel at Expansion Sale PrieesT ■ Mataitjyftadta. N.V. ■wMe summer -approaches your thoughts turn towards hot weather comfort, and what can you imagine more comfortable than a. tropical weight Flannel, Serge, Homespun or Crash’ Outing Suit with a negligee shirt and little ar­ ticles that go to make up a perfect “Outfit of Comfort?” Our. stock is complete with 'every style, fabric, shape and. size, of fW fow Suit that can be wanted by the well ** ^ dressed man of this vicinity and our prices are $4.69, $7.69, $9.69, $12.69, $i4-69, each of which means a saving of $2.00 to $6.00 for you. Swell Sack Suits Made from light weight Cheviots, Cassifneres, Worsteds, Etc., for business and general a l l - . round summer use, at the following/prices: $4.69, $7.6g, $9.69, $12.69 and $14.69-! Our Boy’s Dep’t ^ Overflowing i w ith r i c h n o v e lt ie s , ^ h e im f ie t y w i l l ©liable e v e r y p a ren t to s e le c t just w h i t i s p rop e r for ____ _________________th em . W e h a v e p ic k e d from o u r s to c k som e rare values this week at 98c, $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 and $4.98, l i rY o u Should Not Fail to See the Splendid Summer Neckwear we have at 23c to 45c. l ^ f ’Don’t delay in selecting your Straw Hat. Some of the new shhpes will be sold out early. P r ices ranging from 230 to $10.00, . Store Open DecorationDay and Evening, { Rtialkr* ; of the ! World’* f Bert f Oothiti* Cdt t ed Dm* for Mirt, and Boy* "S TRIAL In Mayor Thomas’ Court Results in Conviction and Heavy Fine-'The Testimony. of prophets in He next went barge which was Richmond and ' - J p o to by Downing, Rev. F , O, R im the subject of this'sketch,was Wak near Kenton,O., where be wfis broufflit up on a .farm, and where lie received his- elementary education. His rdjjjgious instruction was received under ib e pastoral direc­ tion o f Rev.' ■ Bjfcjaman Waddle, D. D. f - During the nutufftgf of 1885 lie en­ tered”Monmouth C&ego and gradu­ ated from that iiisAtutiotv in June, 1890. - In tiie fall o | that year he en­ tered the Xenia s jo inu ry , graduat­ ing from that schotif the spring of 18s>8.' direct to his fifst the United fields, o. Grecly, Kansas. He was licensed by Sidney Presbytery, in April, 1892, and was ordained and installed pastor by Garnett Presbytery iu June, 1893.. In this field hq, remained just five years. While there bis pastorate was quite'success,' the roll o f membership was doubled,‘ the p&cO. of worship was remodeled •and |*»larged and a very elegant pa rsons# was erected. In the spring *198 be was called to Cedarv;ile.-;“cie took bp the work on Ju ly 1 of that year 'an d closed his pastorate Just Sabbath. While' here his pastorate has been marked by nothing special or phae- nominal, bu t by a steady growth in members and missionary enthusiasm. During the pastorate ju st closed ninety members have been received, fifty-five,by certificate and. thirty-five.' by profession of faith; Another creditable fact is that the congrega­ tion has raised about $15000 in the past four years and eleven months. Extensive repairs on both tbo clnuch and parsonage, have been made a t a cost of. $2500 aud over $5000 have been contributed to missions. Rev, Ross is probably Us ibrciable a speaker as the people o f Cedarville ever listened to, and his sermons were always timely and practicable. Hot only from the pulpit lias he been a strong factor towards lifting the mor­ al standard of this community bnt from bis work on different committees appointed to bring about a local op­ tion e ljm jfc feH is work in this di­ rection lias aRwPps show great earnest­ ness. His determination to carry out whatever he undertook has made him leader. During the local option fight afad the prosecution of. violators no one man holds the record for fearless speech as docs Rev. Ross. On Thursday Rev. and Mrs, Ross left for Washington, Iowa, where ho has accepted the pastorate of the F irst U . P* church o f that place, and the best wishes of a large circle of friends goes with them. , Arcade, Springfield, Ohio . NOTICE OE APPOINTMENT. , Hotice is hereby given that Michael O’Gonncit bao been appointed and duly qualified as administrator of .the estate of John Tierney, deceased. foAitetJfl S houp , May 28, *03 Probate 'Judge. . 25d . . Word was received here Thursday morning of the death of Mr, OHio Trfimbo, sou-ln-law of Mr. and Mrs, David Shroades. The deceased had been a sufferer from consumption for some time. The funeral wilt bo held Sunday from the family residence near Oriwrri, After two delays the liquor ease against Charles Ridgway, a local drug­ gist. for violating the Beal law, was heard before Mayor Thomas, of James­ town, last Friday afternoon, The ease was, tbo most important of this class that has come before the public, from the fact that the defendent was strongly in favor of local option. A Herald representative was present, but the testimony was not of the. or­ der we expected to hear. In fact it is not worth our while taking several columns to'relate what was said, al­ though we will endeavor to give the important facts from both aides. I t ’ might he Said that the testimony from one of the witnessesJfor the defence was more damaging than some the stgte had to offer. _ , After hearing a motion from the defence, that the petition ' for a local option.election did not contain forty per cent, of the voters and that coun­ cil had not taken proper action,' Mav- Thomas overr-ruled it, and the mill was started to grinding with Joseph Littler ns the first witness, for the state. He was given one dollar by Mr. E, W. Hagar to go and purchase some liquor, and accompanied by W. A. Henderson, they- went to Ridg- wuy’e drug store and secured a half pint.from Mr. Ridgway himself. .I t was then taken to Mr. Hagar’s office sealed and signed by these -three men and left iu Mr, Hagar’s care. The cross-examination endeavored in every possible way to show that the defence’s arrest was done to injure him politi­ cally. When the witness was asked why the case was withdrawn from the Mayor’s court at Cedarville, lie stated that the mayor had said that he could not give a decision that would suit both sides, so i t was withdrawn, Littler and . Henderson .made their purchase on January 1st and were afterwards in the store on the 3d and 5th, . ' J . G. McCorkell was next called to read the minutes pf council in refer­ ence to action after the local option election. He was then excused. W. A. Henderson told practically the same story as L ittle »7 except that his testimony in regard to how much money Mr. Hagar bnd given. Littler was n little confused, but was valu­ able when Attorney Snodgrass used it in bis pleading ’ to answer the de­ fence’s attorneys in that the case was cut and dried. \Vlien questioned by the defence’s attorneys Henderson said that lie did not know tha t Ridg­ way’s place was the headquarters for a fiiclioii-of politicians -or th a t Ridg- wny was a supporter of McFarland at the last election* . The next witness for the defence was E . W. Hagar who delivered the goods to the Court, ns it had been in his possession since Jan . 1st. Mr. Hagar corroborated the statements made by Henderson and Littler. The defence’s attorneys again tried to show that the witness brought about Ridg­ way’s arrest for political purposes. The Committees of OugJHqndred of both Xenia and Cedarville, Hagar being a member of the former, were the subjects for several attacks throughout the trial from the.defence’s attorneys. During Mr. Hagar’s ex­ amination it could be seen that the de­ fence had schooled his attorneys thor­ oughly on the political situation here, and to an outsider it looked like the defence forgot the issue and turned to politics. • H . M. Barber was called as to whether lie hud seen Ridgway Jan , l v between the hours of 12 and l o’clock. He could not say that he had. The first witness for the defence was W. I*. Townstey, who stated that he had heard L ittler make a threat one Bnturd ay morning in Weinier’s meat store, that Ridgway would not sell „him a drink atid th a t he Would have to treat all alike. M r, Weimer was called and verified the above state­ ment, L ittler was re called atid re­ membered such a conversation, but that it was not in the pattire of A threat. H e stated th a t he had fre­ quently made purchases there through the summer. ’ Thomas Mitchell, colored, Was next called and so positive were his state­ ments that no little commotion was caused among the bystanders, Mitch­ ell stated that Littler came to, him one morning last fall after a local o|» You Don’t Need ~ . . To be an e x p e t t woolen judge to get . . value Tor your mon-' ey in Clothing here. We tell the truth about our Clothing, and have the Cloth­ ing that we can tell the. t r u t h , about. *■ And then our Cloth­ ing shows for itself, ’ to the ordinary ob, sender, just what it is/ Take a look at • o u r goods , before buying . . / ............ ira C. Davis, Clothing - Bats • Furnishings.-* I A tion meeting in the opera house the night previous, and said that as he (Mitchell) rented property for saloon purposes he should look after the drug store trade. H e further stated that Littler had told him he would indict Ridgway for twenty-five dol­ lars. In L ittle r’s testimony he denied Over having a conversation, with Mitchell on this subject. * . The, .next witness called Was A1 Cline who stated that be spent about twenty-five days out of the , month a t Ridgway’s place during, January. The witness 1 stated tbnt Henderson and L ittler’ were in Ridgway’s one day,, and asked for Whiskey but were refused. Mr. Cline recited a very Heat little story bu t when cross-exam­ ined became quite nervous and con­ tradicted himself in several state­ ments, • - - ThaJast-witneSa- was C. M, Ridg­ way, the defendant. His testimony shows that Henderson and L ittler were in his store on that day bu t that he did not sell whiskey beoause they did not have a prescription. Upon being questioned, as to the kind" of weather on this day. Mr, Ridgway most beautifully pictured the lovli- ness of the winter morning.' His dramatic climaxes and jestures brought down the hoqse. Upon being ques­ tioned as to keeping an open house on Sunday, it wits admitted by the defen­ dant and that on a Sunday he ordered Littler out of the store because he wanted to go behind the prescription cnee where there were a lot of pol­ iticians talking over things? He said that he did not want L itltle r to hear and tha t these men were n o t drinking beer or whiskey during the caucus. Mr. Ridgway stated that Cline was present when these men, Henderson and L ittler, came in, and on another occasion when they came in he marked a calendar and remurked to Bev An­ drew that he could not understand why they came in his store. When ques­ tioned as to The sale of beer Mr. Ridg way stated that he had sold, hu t was not a t present. - Although his state­ ment did not set any time, as he has paid the Dow tax. Between the warm atmosphere and the hot questions on cross-examination Mr. Ridgway went through a good sweating process. The pleading was nex t taken up; Messrs. Howard and Snodgrass for the state, Armstrong and Fitzgerald, the latter from Dayton, tor the <le fence. Mayor Thomas called the defendant forward and placed a fine o f $200 and costs against him, Hotico of ap­ peal was given. Among the witnesses present that were not called upon were Messrs J , D , Williamson, j i H , Wolford, John Johnson, Will Turnbull and Rev, F , O. Ross*. . ’ CORONER 'S VERDICT. : The horrible accident a t the Miller street ‘ crossing last Friday mornihg - when the life o f John Tierney, and that pf two valuable horses was taken by train Ho, 21, still hovers over the people of this vicinity, ' While Tier­ ney might have been somewhat' hard - of hearing. and being warned , by Mr, aud Mrs. Charles Harris, yet there, is no protection for others who have to cross this- crossing' almost, daily. . , , , ■. > I t is said that- there is quite a mys­ tery connected with the accident as to how the solid wheel from the wagon did not work its •way under the en­ gine.- H ad th ish app en ed .it is h a rd 1 to tell what the result would have been. ■ - . The coroner’s verdict was as fol- loWSf “ H e met his death by being struck over the heart by some portion pf a farm wagon which, was struck by fast train Ho. 21, of the Pennsylvania lines, I find that the proper warn­ ings botu engineer and fireman had been given before approaching the ’ crossing.” He also states that in view of the many accidents that have occurred a t Cedarville crossings, th e , Cedarville council and the officials'of the Pennsylvania lino get together and devise means for the proper pro­ tection of life at said crossing. : Messrs, D. Bradrute, John .Fields and Ed Turnbull were appointed ap­ praisers of Mr. James Cresswell’s loss. Two horses 1325, wagon $30, harness *15, total $370. A Farmer Straightened Out, “ A man Irving on a farm near fieri* came in a short time ago completely doubled up -- with rheumatism* I handed him it bottle Of Chamberkin’s Pain Balm and told him to Use i t free­ ly aud if not satisfied after using It he need not pay a cent for it,” says C . P . Rnydor, of Pattens Mills, H* Y . '“A few days later he walked into the store as atraightasa string and handed me a dollar saying, ‘give me another bottle of Ohamberfaiu’a Pain Balm, I want it iu the house all the time for it cured me.” For sale by C, M, Ridgway* , ■ , , MAY DOUBLE TRACK . The new time card for the Penn­ sylvania road went into efiect last Sunday. Under the new schedule o f trains there will be nineteen pa seen- gcr trains each day pass through here between Xenia and Columbus, The. reason tor the ohauge is that the company expects to make this division the through line for the St. Louis ex­ position traffic. Five trains that have been going over the PiqUa di­ vision will now go through here. About two weeks ago surveyors passed- through here staking ou t fi grade for a second track, to be con­ structed between Ibis place and Bpring Valley. Tbo blue prints have already been submitted and it is thought tha t the work will commence before long, Between hero and Xenia there is one forty-five foot fill while most of the glades will have to be cut dowm The double track- irig from Columbus west to Alton has been completed. .. * ' Under the new time card we will have one additional train to what we have had* This train comes from Columbus and is due here about 8:45 p. m. * AStartlingTest To save a life, D r. T . (I. Merrit, of Ho. MehoOpany, Pa*, made a s tiilin g test resulting in a womdarfal cure. H e write*, “ a p iffin t w*ft attacked with violent hemorrhages, caotad by ulceration o f the stomach. I had of­ ten found Electric Bitters excellent for acuta qtomaelt and liver troahlea so I prescribed them. The patient gained from the first, and baa n e t h id an attack in 14month*” KketrioBit- tern are positively gnarauitiid fin*Dya- pepria, Ind lg istto i, (kawtlpatiott and 1 Kidney troub le . T ry them. Only * 6Ctoat B* O , Rldgwayb 1 + a SSL frlteA. i