The Cedarville Herald, Volume 27, Numbers 1-26

t . ) • \ z wmm i pay the follow- ish Price to be" Ted at Depot, Wile, Ohio, 3 N. ^bxTiHrtmmrcomTtot" b. 15 iiiciven's soft* " - - 10c - - .10c to r s ■ - 1 5 c rlo expense when' one; just as well. Boon* i.ng it is The duty of f^e )>ss this bill. Like quea* eut tbkre are two sides he local elections when ed party emblems are »>» ., ... . _ te and vote for the ■rome ejections, toome state elections couie ions Voters will fail to m the former, voting ' ticket, With this in quire both parties to ‘best men” in order to >ort o f . the iut Hipest flic balance of powtr. Hildebrand has signifi- of asking for a third the sixth district, from Wilmington will investigate a little that this “ foxy” little is fences fixJkl before 1 to the voters^Ins de- erm. Then again he self into favor by urg- d mail carriers be ah itr and this is meating ?en from all the pat- • f «e the' service kept ietie county we have amn in a good many f,hs like it would be wo do though it is »ft-i.|.i'Xpr,gs.d, If in a Springfield pa- • ■P is true, Greece h’dged to support through tbo Xenia hi.n Horace L rimilli pressman landed bis the government job. Smith m l of the must now come 3<: present congress- term, I f ft WHS tnm and Judge ids support to the >en the Judge is a mio. Horace L , artk tin? voters of ft on office lor soy out his county Or party ranks over is due the county political recognf would rather «to fourth or fifth ather than have a rrcsoiit the grand 1 lh m important t t the Judge k* ,»lf is «nly true, FORDGOUTY, Thomas Mitchell Must Settle for Violation of Beal taw - ,«■ I ON NINE COUNTS Cute i$Heard Be fore Mayor McFarland on Tuwjtoy- Sentence Will be Parsed thli Evening. Thomas Mitchell who was arrester* scree weeks ago oneievfen counts a t tb ■ instigation of the Committee of On Hundred for violating the liquor law before Mayor McFarland Tuesday The ensr? had been continued once ow ing to the fact that the principal wit- cflSSS, Charles Easley could no th , found.' The defence then promise*, thata deposition would be .taken if li, could not be. secured by day of trial jyijta ,oas not done so i t Can be seer* that the continuance was for delay only. The defendant has been out on bon ) signed by J , H. Andrew, the a- niutint Wing S2200., The first witness called was J . G McOorkell . corporation clerks Hi- ' testimony was in regards to the Boat jaw election the vote of the people *ud the action of counsel on the ques tjon. Part of bis testimony was askhd to he,excluded by the defence. Re­ cord of council proceedings offered however. George Iliff was the. n e x t witness who held the chair most of the fore noon. He stated that Mitchell ha«! hired him to stay in his place. Thanks giving Roy. 2 6 , 19Q3. He stated that hesold,what was supposed to be hop tea or malt extract. Says; th'at Mitchell and he talked the previous evening about him tending bar, .next day, owing to Etisley being " sick, Remembered selling to George Fifer WmSheers, Tom Andrew, W n.Phil- lips, George Reid, Win. C reswell, Elmer Robinson, Lee Shroades, Wm. Jeffries, The defence took exception to this part of. the testimony bu t it wasover ruled. Iliff stated that he had drank of the hop ten quite/ ire- ijuently. Upon;crow, qxamiinatinn witneBastated that he only reft red to Mitchells place as the property, and not the saloon. Stated th it Mitchell ,,..¥.«ulf ab i)U t.onud iJli^ gone to Xenia. Said that three kegs .......... ■urna. t.iirrndfl. -nwar irt'' Mkr t hol l Tf t r i attorneys for defense having been well pocted&ried to Bhow that a scheme oi blackmail was apparent in that the Committee! of One'Hundred was forc­ ing Ilifi to prosecute Mitchell to save himself. This ha denied other than he was to tell the tru th . De fen»e tried to show that'w itness had told Charles Ridgway that committee W hs farcing him to prosecute Mitchell wd that witness had told Ridgway that he was working tor Etisley and not Mitchell. Witness denied that he had an agreement with the com­ mittee of One Hundred to pros­ ecute any one nor did committee a/tee to pay him. anything. Said he talked to Mitchell about his pay bu t that he had not getten it yet. Charles Weakley stited th a t be had Hone to Springfield night before Thanksgiving end brought down a load of hop tea. Says it was unloaded in tack room; vrss promised $3 for the trip by Mitchell but has opt gotten it yet, Charles Eusley wrote the order. Cross examination shows that Mitchell approached Weakly <»a the street in regard to going to Springfield a»d that he wanted him to go that night. Again the defence Tike cold easily? T h ro a t leader? -Lungs weak? AftV - * - ' j ? relatives hjive consumption! Then a cough means a great Cherry Pectoral deal to you, follow your aoctor’s advice and, take Ayer's Cherry'Pectoral. It otiltj strengthens, prevents* fen* - s»«* * m . I*, a. iwAixew, mis », tridew. torJMM _Weak Lungs tried to show that the committee had tampered with the witness and that representatives had visited hi? home Witness stated he did meet the ■com­ mittee in mayors office/me night bu t they only asked him to tell the truth Says that Mitchell gave him $18 for the purchase of liquor. Bays that Mitchell has yet failed to pay him Gourt was opened after an adjourn­ ment for dinner and a number of wit­ nesses were examined, being those mentioned in . the affidavit, George Iliff was recalled and questioned as to el)ing different persons that Ensl^V nad hired him, This he denied Charles Weakley was recalled as to what Mayor McFarland had to do with the case during the time he was Kifore the committee. George Fifer Wm. Jeffries,' Wm, Phillips, Wni. ■Sheers, Lee Shroada, Isaac Marshall, Hllraer Rohinsqn, M obo Jones,were all xamiued as td who was running the place and whether they made pnrehas- • s or pot. They all admit of purchas­ es. I t was about this time .that the ittorneys for the defense disagreed on admitting the state chemists anyalsfc u the liquor taken by the officers while Iliff was in charge of* the place, kr'mstrong and Snodgrass bad agreed to admit this as testimony bu t Dukin ihjected, consequently it was omitted. £he analysis is said to show that the "Oods Iliff was selling was intoxicating Officer1Keuuon was called and stated ■is to the raid on the place and that ie had drank a little of the liquor which tasted like. beer. Marshall Grindle was also called and told the lame story. The state finished the examination if the witnesses and a motion was ill ed.byi.tho defence to name which count the accused was to be tried on. Over- ruled, 1 A motion was next made by defense to dismiss the Case as the state did not have sufficient evidence to con­ tinue same. Overuled. The defense then proceeded to examine their wit­ nesses. . Ed., Spenser stated that .George Iliff had told him thnfcEnsley had hir­ ed him and that Mitchell had.nothing to do with lt.1 "J The defendant, Thos, Mitchell was next pu t on the stand. He stated that he had lived here 39 years. That he Only had his property^ rented to Charles Ensley Tor 815 a month. Stated that the Dow tax and' govern­ ment license - was in Ensley’s name. Said that Eusly oeked him to see Iliff about working Nov. 26. • The .only ii n terest-4 ie—took~was—to—get-h ia rent as Enslev owed him back rout. ............ w e10 hatl^ ' ^W^ch ly^bou fc«iga*ftg Springfield after a land of hop tea,? Slated that he only loaned /Bnoly the #18 to buy liquor in Springfield, Denied th a t T,|ff had turned over the day# receipts to him. The Oommitte o f One Hundred was.the next topic for discussion by the attorney# for the defense. Mitchell stated about' meet­ ing with the committe a few nights ago. Said that George Smith was with him when he met the committee. Said they waited to compromise, him sell hi# property and leave town. Said he had a paper from Mr. Snod­ grass tha t Elmer Keyes read to him. A t this point Dakin offered the paper and read the following— Cedarville, O., 2-1-04. Mr. Milo Snodgrass, „ Dear Sir; „ , A t a meeting of the committe it was decided to submit the following proposition to Thos. Mitch­ ell: 1st That Mitchell plead guilty to o f all the eleven counts as specified J n the affidavit now1 on file* 2nd That Thoms# Mitchell turn over his proper­ ty by deed to a trustee to be named by tha Executive Committee a t time o f signing this agreement, to be^ ap­ praised by three competent appraisers approved by the committee, to be sold within 30 days U not sold within 10 days a t appraised value, then to be advertised and sold a t public auction a t not less than l of the appraised val­ ue, also the usual liquor clause, for preventing the property to be used for trafiicing in intoxicating liquors to be inserted in the d£ed. 3«V From the proceeds of the sale of the property, the trustee is to P*f to the corporation to apply ou tho ffhe and #300 to be paid the Executive Committe to apply 00 expense account the balance of the proceeds to go to Thomas Mitchell and Thomas Mitch-, ail is to leave Cedarville, the Mayor to suspend sentence on the balance 0 fine and in haw Thomas Mitchell re­ tu r n <0 Cedarville then the sentence to become operative. T h i s p ^ n o n to be accepted m or before February 1 , 1304. _ , _ _ $ , Key***, * Frisi. Com* MISSIES CREEL (Written bySenex for the Herald.) Named for a General who surveyed Its woodlands, dale and hill, AH ’round about where nestles now ji The town of Cedarville, When “might was right” with roan and beast, The strong subdued the. weak While, roaming wild upon the banks Of this ancient Massiea Creek. ' The Constant song of this little Stream, That flows through the village fair, Might tell a tale of hidden things, • That happened on its banks down there, When busy bear and evening wolf Wrought many a cunning freak. To catch their unsuspecting, pn-y, On the banks oi Mussice Creek, POLITICS AND POLITICIANS, How old? bow old? this little stream, Thai flows through the village small, Which slowly in the rock and cliff, Cut a channel for its fall? .Back, far back to ages, past, . To years and many a weok, Then water pure began to flow In the husks of Masses Creek, For ages past this babbling brook . Carved a narrow, rocky bed, And .flowed along with murmuring noise, To where^the wild deer fed; Its shores were lined with evergreen, Through fall aud winter bleak, • . And song birds thrilled their vesper hymns, On-the banks of MaBsies Creak, The mighty dole of the whipperwill ■ Wailed o’er this rollicking stream, And,minstrel,birds, that wanton roam, Were henrd in the morning gleam; jVhile the waters gray.rusb^d Swiftly on O’er rocks worn smooth and sleek, Before the white man’s voice was heard, Ou the banks of Massies Creek, . A tribe that built the ancient mounds. ' . The Red mnn too so mild, Ouce dwelt upon this little stream, Through snow and summer mild, And raised a fort for self-deleuce, A mound io bury the sheik, Here many a battle fierce was fought, On the banks of. Masries Creek. Here warriors great, and bravo, and true, 'DefeudiDg home and right, ' Poured out tbeir blood, without a moan,. .In the midst of the cruel fight, The light of life in many ,a foe, Went out'like a flickering wick, And- Ins bones were loft for beasts of prey, On the banks Of Massles Creek. A t length this long and wild wierd spell O f the white man’s axe, kept busy. A clearing off the ground; Then the bear, the wolf, and aqtler, Fcrsook their gleq and peak, And never since have roamed nt will, On the banks oi Massies Greek, Today wo wander down the cliffs, And see. the vacant dens, ■ , And .wonder what may lmveoccured Within these rooky pons, . Where the wild-cat, bear, and panther Their quiet rest would seek, TVas home for them and for their young, Ou the banks of Massies' Creek. How wonderful the change ?ioce then, From prehistoric date, Along this stream, so old and worn, Whose waters ne’er abntcl Bu t flow still o’er their rocky bed, All day and every week, t To quench the thirst of man and beast. On the banks o f Massies Creek! The forests dense then everywhere, The giant oaks so great, Are cleaned from every hill and dale, They met a common fate! The ancient tribe and Indian too, With beafets both wild and meek, Have disappeared from off the banks,' Of this ancient Massies Creek. Once woodlands spread both far and wide, Now, fields of waving grain;. Once the Indian with a tomahawk, Now, the white man with a plane; Once, all were thrilled by song birds notes By screams from the eagle’s beak, NoWall is changed! Completely changed! On the banka of Massies Creek. How dear 10 one whose morn of life Was spent upon this stream! The niem’fy of its swimming holes, Warned by the sun’s bright gleam, The cliffs that rise on either side, 1 The sunlights tumbling streak, All made for him romance indeed, On the fejnkfl of Massies Creek, We’ve wandered far from those.boyhood scenes, From the1village on the brook, ( But we love again in mind to come And o’er then take » look; And when on earth our days are done. For a resting-place we’ll seek A qmei apot, oft the gentle slopes, OI dear old Manic#Creek. Just what will be doing here political­ ly this coming ' spring is more than can be told a t the present time- The only copteet of importance in 'the cor- poration will bo for election of three members for council. In the township' a clerk and trustee will be chosen, these being the most important offices, As it w a little early to pre­ dict any contest the men who are keeping these different offices in mind are saying nothing but. waiting .for somebody else to open the campaign With, the present legislature at work on a bill to change the time of holding elections and the figure the; Committee of One Hundred has cat in the liquor' business i n . Cedarvillt the local politicians who have depend­ ed oh the liquor influence are .entirely at sea. This time .last year th* “ bosses” with their henchmen were in the fight iu earnest, but with fhes» contentions they are *not making much of a stir. Then the chances are that the legislature will pass. » bill controlling party primaries, as tu corruption and the use, of money. This is another thing the average poii tician must consider. Without money in the primaries there would be little politics. , ' 1 * . , . ’ 1 > .. ■ There is one candidate we know ol that desires that there be a law passed to control the primaries. H e has been “ through the mill” politically speaking and'says such a law. is need­ ed in this county. This, candidate in speaking of the different precincts says that Cedarville is the worst he knows of. As a rule candidates leave Cedarville until .the last for the ma­ jority think that the town has to be bought anyhow. When approach­ ing a politician as to securing his ser­ vices for election day he says that they all say they should be well paid as they have to loose a day's work.. What then do you think your ser­ vices are worth, is the next question put by the candidate. 'Well I should have not less than1$10 for the ‘ dayjs work,, any how that’s what so and'so is paying. This is the > sticking point lor two thirds of the men hired, for this,work never drew more than $2 for a days work'unless it was for primary! purposes. Candidates are* getting wise in-regard to Cedarville politics and the Sooner a Jaw is p issed to control the primaries the sooner it will be that the right kind of men will nek for public .offices and take a hand in will be no one knows but outsiders are giving ns the ha! ha! over the Hildebraitfc and Smith mix up. F arm , field and garden , The dogs have again made J raid .-.op sheep belonging to farmers north w.est of town. Mr, John Finney ado Charles Turnbull both report heavy Josses. . ^ One. cannot help form the opinion that this ib a great stock section if yon are about the express or. freight office. On Monday Mr. R. C, W att shipped two Duroc Jerseys, on Tuesday four more.” 'This same day Mr. 0 .“ O, pubbips received three Chester white mgs. ' At the Dayton”Hustler Combina­ tion sale of Duroe Jersey hogs, Thurs lay, Greene county held first place, rhe,States of Illinois, Indiana,Wiscon- son, Minnesota and Ohio being repre­ sented by th e . best breeders of the country, Messrs Watt and Foust had the bopq&Qf having the highest priced 'ills irqri® sale. Both selling for $85 and jffispectiyely. Their consign' m e u f ° rp ir ^ n te d 10 head which broug^trofagerage of $46 the highest nverpgft^/any consignment. There was'86 b&idj n the sale/ On Jan. 26, a t the S, E . Martin & Go. sale a gilt bred by' Messrs Watt and Foust sold for.$l-75, the highest price o f the year. poliricar rnmm mum !# are hav mm and cities mg all kinds of tun ittrefgettirgtmntyrerpeHByffrtH rpTP Sent time over the congressional. Bit uation iu this district, Congressman O Q. Hildebrant ia the only avowed Candidate, though D Q. Morrow of Hillsboro and H, L. Smith of Xenia have aspirations for the place, Hon Horace Ankeuey has been mentioned but has declined Owing to.his presen position, State Dairy and Food Commissioner. ■Dr. J . G. Carson the present Senator from this district has been spoken of but declined. Then Hon. Charles Howard, the present prosecution of this county has been favorably spoken of to represent •this county as it is “ our turn .” Mr. Howard stands well in the county and in the district is a man well qual­ ified for the place. What the result From Official Circles in the Coun­ ty Capital. NEW SUITS FILED Ridgway Case Argued pu t Monday, . Spencer and Bradford Occupy Af- ' tention of Court NO CONTEST. A t a meeting of the contest, com­ mittee a t the college this morning. it was decided to drop^he usual contest that takes place iu June. Tho action is the-result of the failure of the Phil- udejpbtau orator Edmond Steel not appearing this term, Another.thing was the.j;esignation.Qf the contestants for debate, I t is said that in dropp ing the contest a better feeling will ex­ ist between the students. ■ While riv­ alry runs high ,in the contest both with the students and public, In gen­ eral yet the value of the .literary train ing cannot be estimated. The drop­ ping of contest-will be a dissappoint- tuent as it was th e , most important event of the-year to the people ot this vicinity, ANewServiceWithout Parallel. • *> . ' >- There is ample justification for the claim made by The Chicago Record- Herald that its readeas enjoy every day in the week, Sundays included, a oews-serviee-tbaHa-Trithout^-paraHel A case of considerable I’rnportttiKie ■ came up before Judge Scroggyjn the Court of Common PJeas on Mopdny morning when the demurrer to the petition was argued as to the taxation pf about $70,000 endowment fund of the Xenia U , P , theological seminary, 'The money is uo1^ Iognedjmd draw­ ing interest and has been placed upon the tax duplicate. To prevent, the collection o f taxes upon this fund, amouting to about $2400, mjunetiod proceedings were begun by the Sem­ inary Board. I t is claimed that the money is used for purely charitable purposes and for this reason Js not 8Ubj@ctfor taxation. 1 Judge Scroggy has tnWfirihe case under consideration. The Seminary was represented by Mr. C, H . Kyle, and Prosecuting Attorney Howard appeared for the county. In the case of Asa Little, treasurer,' vb . Thomas Mitchell, the demurrer to the petition was overruled. ’ Defend­ ant wiis given leave to answer within ten days. /' . ’ Georgs' Cunningham ..vs the C. C, O, <&St L . railway. Demurrdr to petition was argued and same was sustained, Leave is >iven to file an amended petition. .- In the case of Dr. A, D, De Haven against the firm of Hennessy Bros- Efvans Co., for the firm which con­ structed the court house, a motion in the U. S, court for a new trial has been overruled. I t will be remember­ ed that H r, DeHaven brought suit for damage because of injuries sustained by him by being allowed to drop ’rom Kthe court house tower on the elevator and upon the case coming up for hearing, it was decided against him. C, Mi Ridgway case wa? argued before Judge Scroggy la s t. Monday. Attorney Dakin appears d'fo’r the do- \ k »PJDLe»34oeopet^JhPera1 tly lb gtr -pgpgr* TB* ceivCs the complete new service of the New York Herald and the Associrted PretB, and when it'is considered that its news columns pre supplement by all .the svecial feotftres so vpopular with its thousands of readers, it will be seen that The Record-Herald holds « unique place among thegreatnews- papers of the United States, tense while, AtiorHTey^Bhoda^sap^ !..r. i- iui!. ■ PUBLICSALES. Thomas W, Stretcher Estate* both farm land and. town property, Feb, 23. Extended notice elsewhere in this issue, . ; ' Horace Gillaugh Estate personal property, about Feb. 24. Watch for bills, Frank Turnbull, March 17, . Heldn Kelsey and A. Bradford came up before Judge Scroggy .Wednesday The case is' in reference to setting aside a deed to some real-estate. Mr, Spencer traded' some town property for a-number of lots in Tennessee and i got $500 besides. He says he cannot find the nice orchard^and the flowing spring and that the ground is worth­ less. R. Hood represents the plain­ tiff and R. L . Gowdy and O. A. Dub­ bins for the defendants, Judge T. E . Scroggy of the court of Common. Pleas on Tuesday took the oath of office for the second term of five years on the bench, Clerk S. D.Haie administered the oath of office Mr. J , H . Nesbit of this place who served as bailiff the first- 'term is to continue in the same position, Do You Need Shoes, Boots, or Rubbers, Remember T h a t Our » Great Clearance Sale is now going on* and th a t this means th a t we are selling m any of these a t cost, and some a t less than cost. W e give an absolute cut of 10 per cent on everything in 6uf store, and on “Douglas” $4.00, $4,56 and $5 Shoes for Men, and Baker & Bowman $4 and $5 Shdea for Ladies, a sacrifice cut of 30 per cent. There is no cheap, shoddy Shoes in th is stock, but the best up-to* date lasts and leathers. Gal! and see for yourself, for it m eans money saved to you. . ' b HORNER BROS. & CO Ho« 30 Sdttth Limestone Street, Sprfrigfield, Ohio.