The Cedarville Herald, Volume 30, Numbers 27-52

«w m (ft* •~\ »W ) - '*i^>A^..i» '^53BPW For Excellence Our J o b Work w ill compare w ith that o f any other f i rm ., . . ‘^$5* tA”$*yw $ This item when marked -with-ssi Indos, denotes that your eubscjri;. is past due and a prompt settle* ment is earnestly desired, T H I R T I E T H Y E A R N O . 3 4 . C E D A R Y I L R E , OH IO , F R ID A Y , A U G U S T 2 3 ,1 9 0 7 . PR IC E $1,00 A Y E A R . r TAFTDECLARES HISPRINCIPLES War Secretary Discusses Na­ tional Issues Under Aus- ‘pices of the Buckeye Republican Club. RAILROADS, TRUSTS, TARIFP V l \ Ohio President!;*! Candidate Mftke* , Clear His Position Or. These Clues* lions—Stands With Roosevelt—Pays HI* Respects to Bryan—Favors. a Revision of the Tariff After the. Election of moe. ^ Columbus, C., Aug. 20,—Hon. Wil-‘ limn H, Tnft, secretary of war, and one of the’’ most prominently mentioned candidates for tlio Republican presi­ dential nomination, “in a speech de­ livered last might under the auspices of the Buckeye Republican club of Co-, lumbus, gave t<Tthe country what may ha regarded as the platform on which lie goes before the people. f . Secretary Taft was invited to dis­ cuss the national Issues by the club, which desired to tender him a farewell . recept. jn before his departure for the Philippines.' He-responded with a full and frank presentation of his views relative to the great questions of ah-' •' sorbing national importance. He made' clear his position relative to the rail­ road?, the trusts, and the tariff, and' In addition gave a masterly exposition of what has been accomplished under President Roosevelt’s administration. In beginning his speech Secretary Taft pointed out that there has been a quickening of the public conscience in die midst of the general prosperity of the country that demands a remedy . ’for many' abuses in ihdustrlal and po­ litical affairs. He then took up the railroad question, describing the •ahuses.of rate discriminations ahd the. failure of tpe old interstate commerce^ •' law ,to afford adequate retqedy for these abuses.- This mkde necessary the new rate bill,, he said, and he pro- Ithdu feTtellwhat fh4 #ew rate tmst, engaged in giving or receiving secret rebates, would have a greater deterrent effect for the future than millions in a fine. “ In' the rate -bill, congress amended the XSUhlnB bill and restored imprison­ ment as part of the punishment for secret rebates. Had the rebating and dishonest practices of tlio railroad companies and the trusts been as dearly known to congress and' the public when the Elkins bill was con­ sidered as they were when the rate bill was passed, the Elkins bill would not have parsed so smoothly; “I do not wish to decry the merits of the Elkins bill because, aside from its elimination -of Imprisonment as punishment, •it is a most useful measure, but. Its scope is so narrow in respect of the regulation of railways that it cannot be compared in import­ ance of operation and effect to the rate bill. The increase by the rate bill In the powers Of the commission in'super­ vision, investigation, rateflxing and ef­ fective order-mal^ng to preyont dis­ crimination is great. Elaborate ma­ chinery for making it difficult to vio­ late the law without discovery and for .discovering violations when they exist, and for affording affirmative and man­ datory relief In Requiring railroads to furnish equal facilities to all, is found in the provisions of the new rate bill. Criminal prosecutions will continue to be under the Elkins law, but as amend­ ed by .the new rate bill. This Is be­ cause the Elkins law, as amended, con­ tains the part of the interstate com­ merce legislation which proscribes the punishment for yiolaflons of the law and so, In ordinary practice, comes into operation after the violations have been discovered under the other, pro­ visions of the" rate bill. W h y. Such Railroad Opposition? “If the rate bill was likely to he a failure and to accomplish nothing in the regulation of their business, the query naturally- arises why did the railroads spend so much money and so great effort to defeat It? ’Why was it. If It had no effect, that in the interval between tlie time of its passage and its going into effect, there were filed with the interstate commerce commis­ sion, more notices of reduced rates by the railroads than ever had been filed Irn the previous twenty years of the life of the interstate commerce law? v. • ■■ . - ■ Attitude of Country Toward Rate Bill. '“The passage of the bill was taken, the country over, and properly taken,- an a most important step toward, the suppression pf abuses which had up: in a period of tolerant pros- to j}«tan.ettee- & : nFtlfeTafessnre con- ' tinud, $0 denounce it, hut now instead of- pointing out its disastrous effect, they sfty it is a failure and that in the year since its passage, It bps.not help­ ed a single shipper, They insist that the only effective and an all-sufficient law to regulate*railways is the Elkius act, passed in 1903, and that this is shown by the fact that all the prose­ cutions in which convictions have been httd ogainst railway Companies ' and , favored shippers In the last two years, have been under the Elkins act, and pot under the-rate bill. Let us look into the facta iu regard to this allega­ tion. The chief prosecutions which have been instituted have been Crimin­ al, indictments against the sugar trust and the Standard Oil company, and Certain railways and their agents and officera for taking and giving secret money rebates.. They could not have been brought under the rate bill, be­ cause tlio acts prosecuted were com­ mitted before the passage of the rate bill. • “It Is true that these prosecutions were instituted under the Elkins act, bht it is aWjOftrue that had the Elkins bill never been passed, the same acts Could and doubtless would have been prosecuted as giving and receiving Utijust discriminations against the per­ sons committing them under the amendment to the interstate com­ merce act of 1889 which the Elkins law supplanted. The Elkins lawwas really : an amendment to the interstate com­ merce act, enlarging and making more effective the procedure for prosecuting violations of the prohibitions of that law and describing them in more com­ prehensive form. It gave greater lati­ tude in respect of the district where the offense would bo prosecuted and it made the Compahy necessarily re­ sponsible iff a find for the act of its agents, without other proof of direct complicity than the agency, tinder the 4889 amendment, however, the Indi­ viduals convicted could have been sent to the penitentiary whereas nnder tho Elkins act, the punishment by im­ prisonment was taken away while the fine was Increased, Tho chief effect the Elkins law had on fliehe particular prosecutions which have been glv’en so much prominence, was to make it easier to convict the eorporatloh and to increase its fine, but to save the guilty individual perpetrators from im­ prisonment, Railroads Favored Elkins BUI. “It is well understood that the Elkius lilt was passed without opposition by, and with the full consent of, the rail­ roads and that the 'chief reason for this was tho elimination of the peni­ tentiary penalty for Unjust discrimina­ tions. The^abolition of imprisonment, as « possible penalty, was unfortunate. Experience has shown that a mere fine is generally not enough to deter a cor­ poration from violation of the law hft* oswsS It then becomes a matter of mare business speculation, The htt* prlaonmtnt of two or three prominent offi'csrs of a railway company, or A —Golden Ruler Flour has all the flavor that’ s In the wheat, ami makes the biggest ami sweetest Jo*f ,uye with you. 4 i any on the market, i osSijaL W Hb0«(r7»lVlt stands « r a monument to tho principle which ho has incessant­ ly maintained in speech and action, that the laws must be- so made that they can be ohforced as well against tho sins of the wealthy and the power­ ful as against those of the, poor. . - j . Error of Mr. Bryan, “Mr. Bryan contends that the law was greatly weakened id authorizing! or recognizing judicial intervention to restrain,the*orders of the commission. The criticism has not the slightest foundation. There can ho no judicial appeal in the nature of a complete re- view on the merits from the commis­ sion to the supreme court or to the circuit court of the United States, for the commission Is not a court of first Instance; but only a mure administra­ tive tribunal. Amendments to Rate Bill Needed. “The rate lawdoesnot go far enough*' The practice under It has already dis­ closed the necessity for*new amend­ ments and- will doubtless suggest more. Such Is the true method—the empirical and tentative method—of securing proper remedies for a new evil. The classification of merchan­ dise for transportation is a -most im­ portant matter In rate fixing, for by a transfer from one class to another, the rate is changed and may work in­ justice. "With the power of rate fixing, it would seem, should go the power In ,the commission to classify and to pre­ scribe rules for uniform classification by all railroads, "Recent revelations have emphasized the pernicious effect of the so-called over-capita’ (ration of railroads Which aids unscrupulous stock manipulators la disposing of railway securities at unreasonably high prices to Innocent buyers. This evil would not of itself justify federal restraint or control, be­ cause such stock and bonds are usual­ ly Issued under Btate charters. The practice, however, has a tendency to divert- the- money paid by the public for the stocks and bonds which ought to be expended In improving the road­ bed, track and equipment of railways Into the pockets of the dishonest manipulators, and thus to pile Such an unprofitable debt upon a railway as to make bankruptcy and a receiver­ ship probable In the first business stringency. This result Jn an Inter­ state railway necessarily interferes with, and burdens, interstate com­ merce, and justifies the exercise of the regulative power of congress to stop the practice. A railroad company ' engaged In interstate commerce should ntit he permlited, therefore, to issuo stock or bonds abd put1them on sale in,the market except after a Cer­ tificate by Interstate, commerce com­ mission that the Securities are issued with the approval of the commission for a legitimate railroad purpose. The railroads that ate honestly conducted would accept the certificate of :tW commission as a valuable one in the markets of the world, and only mil- way stock manipulators who look to the floating of watered securities ha ~AV# have an experienced gas fitter In our employee, Bet us fig- fierce and Northttp. tliejr best source of profit would have reason to complain. “A much used means of eliminating competition among Interstate lines serving tho same territory is the ac­ quisition by one company of the stock |n another and the election of direc­ tors to represent that stock. This pro­ cess is facilitated by tho uncontrolled power to issue securities beyond the "needs of the company for Its’ legiti­ mate business and would he curbed bj the. restriction proposed. The evil ought further to be directly restrained by making It unlawful for an inter, state railway to acquire stock In a competing line. This Is a simpler remedy of meeting the evil than by recourse to the anti-trust law nnder the Northern Securities case. In ad­ dition to this, competing lines should be prohibited from" having common directors or pflicers. f- Proposed Amendments Constitutional. “These suggestions of additional leg­ islation in, respect to the supervision and control of interstate, railways have been made by the interstate com­ merce commission and I heartily con­ cur in them. They are plainly within the federal jurisdiction under the. in­ terstate commerce clause. I do not think that in order to accomplish a good which the federal government with Its greater resources and wider geographical roach can bring' about more quickly and efficiently, the con­ stitutional limits upon federal action should he blurred out or an undoubted federal power should be expanded by doubtful construction into a field “which really belongs to the state. But the right'of congress to Take any ac­ tion, not confiscatory, in the most rigid control of Interstate commerce can not be .denied. Objections to government Ownership. “I amopposed to government owner­ ship-^ “First, because, existing government railways are not-managefi with either the efficiency or economy of privately managed roads and the rates charged are not as low and therefore not as beneficial to the public; "Second, because itwould Involve an expenditure of certainly twelve biHIon of dollars to .acquire the—Interstate railways and the creation of an enoiv. mous national debt. " “Third, because It would place Inthe hands of a reckless executive a power Of control over "business and politics that the Imagination can hardly con- 'Ceive, and would expose our popular Institutions to danger/*, Secretary Taft declared that this program of railway- regulation la not Inconsistent with individu&iiBmand he M60jadd .that h» would favor railway -H. .rtf .*:'•* -j.1 .v,v and tmikd * the phyximti property of afi the railroads, Mr, Taft said that the commission already had .sufficient power ip do that- “ I do not object, to valuation,1', he said, “it thought relevant to any issue, but I merely reprecate the, assumption that it is to be the chief means of a great reform.-lit rate!:.” ‘Continuing, Secretary Taft pointed out that the frightful loss of life and limb among railway employes called for stringent regulations and he ex­ pressed his approval of tho how em­ ployers’-liability law. The Trusts. Taking up the question of the'trusts, Secretary Taft explained the present anti-trust law, and gave his views re­ garding unlawful monopoly. Tie de­ clared that the mere aggregation of all plants In a given line of industry iii one ownership dorcs not necessarily suppress competition, but he pointed out the illegal devices employed by some great corporations, and said! “I am Inclined to the opinionthat the time Is near at hand for an amendment i of the anti-trust law defining In more detail the evils "against which it Is aimed, making clearer the distinction between lawful agreements reasonably restraining trade and those which are pernicious in their effect, and particu­ larly denouncing the various devices for monopolizing trade which prosecu­ tions-and investigations have-shown to he used in actual practice. The de­ cisions Of the courts and'the experi­ ence of executive and prosecuting of­ ficers make the framing of such a statute possible, It will have the good effect of making much clearer to those business men who woutd obey the laws the methods to he avoided. “Another and perhaps the mo3t ef­ fective method In the past, for an un­ lawful trust to maintain Itself has been to secure secret rebates or other Unlawful advantage In transportation, by threat of withholding business from the carrier. This is undoubtedly what has enabled the Standard Oil company and the sugar trust and other great combinations, to reap an Illegal har­ vest, and to drive all competitors from the nejd. If by asserting complete federal control over the interstate rail­ ways of the country, we can suppress BecrCt rebates and discriminations of other kinds, we shall have gone ft long way In the suppression of the un­ lawful trusts. Answer to Mr, Bryan's Question, '“Mr. Bryan asks mo what I would do with the trusts. I answer that I would restrain unlawful trusts with all the efficiency of injunctive- process and would punish with all-the severity 6t criminal prosecution every attempt on the part Of aggregated capital through the Illegal means I have described to suppress competition. "Mr, Bryan says; 'Ho would extir­ pate trusts, root and branch/ if Mr, Bryan's language is more -than mere rhetoric and ho means to seize the. property, to divide it up and sell it fa pieces,mid disassemble the parts, then 1 am not Jfn favor of his mothmi of dealing with trusts, because t belieta (Continued on page 4) - Garden plows at $2,23 Kerr A Bastings Bros, DEATHOF Jl James Townsley, one of Cedar- vilie’ s older cttixofca died Sabbath morning after about four years of patient suffer! bg. Be was a sufferer from Bright’s diMMe*nd with his advanced age was almost helpless the latter month* wf his sickness. During the four yfearahewas with­ out his sight whhs(h added to his affliction greatly* A few days, be­ fore hie death para^ygi* set jn. and his life slowly ebhetf away,. . The deceasedWash! years of age on June 19th last, Jawing lived all Els life in tpis township, i t is claimed thattie tho first male ri&ahe location ber child Born jn tow ing where his da: both OWehs resid time. During, e&xt to the country He owned a large where, his you- lives at present- years bought a was known the nineteenyears Cedarville to liV- He was fflarri wife, who died' Miss Clarissa H; Elijah Harper- who survives hi HageMiss Heat- Besides his lo vivod ]by seven John Townsley, Mrs, Elizabeth; vflle; hfrs.‘ J&oqj Jamestowu ) near/Jlayton ; 3Vf Xenia; Robert Cedarvilfe, am who occupies There are also four great grant His death o w i f e , t h e cured in the j - these yeSrs. The- funeral' from the J*t&\ afternoon, eqn^i Milligan, .ft, MKfdj#0tn> »r, Mrs, EJiza- ?ht ,tiia present r-Ufa ho moved Ills' parents. rm;easfc oftown Jjst son, zEranlc Townsley tor Isold stock and pfry over; About >0 returned to fetiredjife.- •- 10ff. Tim first rears ago* Was daughter" of 1« second wife Before, mar- ribet. cvrlfe he is sjur- -en, as follows: Cedarvlfie; ms,of Cedar- ipahr, of near la Harper, of A. Spain-, of dey* of near ik Townsley, Id. homestead, xdehildren and mbjV.y of his first that- lias oc- family In all WereJieltl aca Tuesday 'Her, O, H- h . e .i ‘ jeri'ith# Tb» pfUl Bj»ar«s|i,. were grand- childramBl(m.trbsBTBwnsfey, James HatpefYEeroy f i <0* Towns; ley-, Harry T«Wn*Jey><and Robert Towiisloy, , Among those from put of town, who attended the fdueral were: Mrs* Mary Barber and daughter, Mrs. Styles of fif^rlngfleld; John Toiynsley of Washington C. H.; Miss Ellen Baldwin, Selma; Jafncs Harper aftd Mr. Ernnk Endsley and wife of Dayton; W* L. Marshalland wife. Mrs. Charles Ervin and Mr's. F» T, Tarbox of Xenia; Mr. Thomas Moore and wif* of Jamestown. YOU WILL N E E D , A new fall suit. Own quote you lowest. price* for highest; quality. Still have a few shirts, 873£C* II. W, tTSTlOK, H»berdaSher THE SUMMER INSTITUTE. Tho first summer institute and pic­ nic vast held last .Friday Ih tho 0 . D, Dobbins grove. During tho fore­ noon tho weather w** threatening and many did not goon this account. However later n good crowd congre­ gated wbleh made the institutemore of a success. In Prof, W, It. MeOtuwmeyV ad­ dress four issues were discussed. Tim race question hi which the ne­ gro should lmve equal rights with tho whites; tlm liquor problem which seems On the verge o f being overthrown at present; Motmanism, which can only Be checked By tho influence of the church; and politi­ cal corruption, to be checked by vigilance at the imles on the pari of the voters, Another topic o f general interest was that as used By Mr, 0« E, Brad- fute. The speaker presented the different phases of the tax question which at the present time Is tubing studied by officials in Order that a more efficient Jaw can we passed. There Is no question of a* great in­ terest to the farmer os that of taxa­ tion. Yearly tim rat* increases On land while the moneyed classes are exempt to a certain extent. Bonds have Become iiou-Uxabie and thousands of dollars go on the free list while the land and property owner, largo and small, must meet governmntal cstponow whether in the form of stahh county, sphool or Municipal taxes, MlSses Alberta Orwwell and Louise Barber each gave readings that greatly pleased the audience, Mr. Dobbins lias one of tile best farms in this section and has It slocked with fine sheep. The crop of soy beans was a ndvetty to many farmers, who were unacquainted with tiffs product as a food of great fulue. . i Monday, Septembers,—8:15 to 9:03 opening exercises; 9:03, to 9:35 F. B, Pearson, “ Tlio Little Red iSchool House” 10:30 to 11:20,; Jessie S j , Nowlin, “ Literary Interpretation and its Relation to, the Reading Lesson” ; 1:15 to 2:00, F. ii. Pearson, “ Opportunities and Responsibilities of the Teacher” ; 2;30 to 3:15, Jessie L..Newlin, “ Some Fundamentals of Reading.” Tuesday, September 4—8:46 to 9:05 opening exercises; 9:05 to 9:36, Jes­ sie L. Newiin, “ Standards of Criti­ cism” ; Time" 10:30 toll;20, F. B, Pearson, “ Geography—Europe as a Type” ; j:16 to 2:00, Jessie L. New­ iin,. “ Standards of Criticism; Pitch” 2:15 to 2:30, Hon. E. A. Joues;- 2;80: to3;I5, F. B. Pearson* “ Macbeth.” ; Wednesday, September 5.—8:45 to 9:05, opening exercises; 9:05 to 9:55, F. B, Pearson, “ The Home and, the School” ; 10:30 to 11:20, Jessie t*. Newlin, “ Standards of Criticism; Force and Quality1-’ ; 1:15 to 2:00 F. B. Peanson, “ Robert Burns and His Poetry” ; 2:30 to Jf-loi Jessie L. Newlin, “ClassRoom Aids m Teach­ ing.” Thursday, September, 6.—8:46 to 9:05, opening exercises; 9:05"to 9;55, Jessie .L. Newlin, “ Illustrative Lessons in Reading” ; 10:30 to 11:20, F. B. Pearson, “ Practical Educa-. lion” ; 1:15 to 2:00, Jessie L. Newlin, “ Discussion of Method "Used in the Classs” ; 2:30 to 3:15, F. B, Pearson, “ King Lear.” Friday, September 7.—8:45 to 9:05, opening exorcises; 9:05 to 9:55,-F. B.- Pearson, “ The Mission of Poetry” id: 10, to 10:30, Jessie L. Nbvvlffl, “ Round Table” ; 10:80 to 11:20, F. B. B^arsor»7“ Peda"gogy” ; 1:1S to 2:00,- Jessie L. Newlin, “ The Reading Lesson as-Culture” ; 2:30 to 3:15, Dr, R, H. Grnbp, “ Scientific Tem- pwanoer2-1 . ‘ , S u p e rv iso rs o f ,M u s ic. M essrs. J. F. EeRer and George Seigfer. TONS OFPEACHES m u s ic a l COMPANY, .The Jtodwl i The following was taken from tlio Fresno, Cal., Herald, where Mr. J. S. Brown Is located and tells of. tbd wonderful crop of peaches that liak henn raised m that vicinity: Tons of poaches are dropping on the ground fcTrwant of pickers, can­ neries are running to their full ca­ pacity and manycarloads of peaofteB are being sent out of the valley to bay canneries. This is the fruit sit­ uation to-day. “ The. reason for the congestion is that the fruit is ripen­ ing all at once” said a fruit packer this morning. “ One man in Fowler estimates that fifty tons of fruit have gone to^vaste because he can’t secure fruit piokers, Many other growers m the same county are also sustaining heavy losses on this ac­ count.” Tho scarcity,of help at this time is due to the faetthat the raisin piokers are not yet clue to arrive but no scarcity is anticipated for the raisin season, Another thing that is both­ ering the growers is the scarcity o f boxes. When the fruit is shipped out of town the railroads are unable to return tho boxes on time. In spile of these drawbacks or- chardists are reaping; a golden har­ vest. Prices arel higher than they ever were before and the crop is large and of the finest quality. Be­ sides’ the enormous tonnage put up by local, canneries it is estimated that about founeen carloads of iruit are beingshipped dailyto baytowns from Fresno, Hanford and Visalia. The canneries are unable to begin to handle the crop as it matures. •Borne of the returns received by vmyafdists'areso great as to cause Incredulity." G,he Fowler grower uetted exactly $701.50 from au acre of dried apricots this season-. Anoth­ er Fowler orehardist sold his peach crop for an average of $400 an acre, more than ordinary improved land is valued at. “ Vmyardists wifi begin to pick grapes tor drying purposes about the 26th. in»t,, but picking wifi not -be general untfi September X»W Monday and TW»d*y August 20 and 57. Tho company consists Ufa high class aggregation of cpiorpd performers, Prof, Alonzo Moofom the black' Hermann, who can grow ft stage full of flowers lu two minul es. Mat Turner, the king ofj3omedians. Miss Cassia. Burch, the phenomlnal lady baritone. The greatest coort song singer of the age* Admission 15and 25 cents. Three prizes given to the successful ticket buyers each night. HELP WANTED. Young men and girls ftt the Peters Cartridge Company, King’s Mills. Work fight ahd clean. Good Wages and comfortable hotel accommoda­ tions-close to tho factory, Address Assistant Manager, King’s Mills, O SCHOOL NOTICE. The Cedarville Village Schools will open September Dfcbv Let every pupil be present at the opening and continue In full dally attendance thereafter. ------- - Pupils starting In late—After all classes have been organized and a considerable amount of Work passed over Will not be permitted to go on with tho grade. Tho first lesson is tho most Important. Be there to get it and then contihue to he there, Patents-Help the teachers to get your children interested in their scimoi work. Do this at tho very opening of school and continue to do it throughout tho year. To bring about the desired results, we must have your hearty co-operation. A t the close of each month y:oii will re? ceive a report showing the teachers estimate of the pupil, Look to this closely and if there are any deficien­ cies, help remedy thetn. We are maintaining a “ 1st Grade” High School, It is the desire of the superintendent aiul teachers to make this Second to none. To do this, certain high standards* must be mot and in order to meet these a considerable amount of home study is necessary lit the Grammar and High Reboot grades. F. M. Reynolds, Supt. TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETS* The township board of education met this week and elected H, A. Halt* i graduate of Antioch College for the school in District No, l. The board •also employed Prof. F. M. Reynolds as superintendent of the township schools at a ’salary Of $25 per month. The Prof, still holds his position In the local Bohools and Wifi moot with fend ad­ vise the township teachers, is a largefcrop in stgififc, ‘ Ih fruit circles just nowbuying is practically at a stand still. Raisins are quoted at fr cehtB a pound and the price is firm but no buyers are in the fiejd and few. contracts are beingmade. The dried peach in­ dustry is stagnant, . Peaches are quoted at 9 and 10 cents but the packers have quit buying. The sul­ phur agitation has put an end to activity. Inquiry among tho pack­ ing houses to-day revealed the fact that Several firms are rejoctingsome of the sulphtired fruits but there ap­ pears to be other reasons behind tiilr besides the-sulphur problem, The statement la’ made in some quarters that a few otthe packers are using the suphur argument ns a sorb of hood to get out of a few urn desirable contracts. Raisin grapes are early this year. The estimate has- been made that the crop is from seven to ten days ahead of last year.- The quality wifi be much above the average. , OFFICERS ELECTED. •At the ahnual meeting of tho Greend County Mutual Insurance Association, held August 17th, the following officers wero re-elected: H. N. Coe, president; J. H. ■Stor­ mont, secretary and treasurer. The following wfero elected for three years as directors; S. C. Anderson, J .W . Pollock and J. C. Williamson. We find from the secretary’s re­ port that there is $254,905 insurance In force. New insurance written during the year amounted to $2?,180. Renewals $10,405. To ineet the losses for tlio year anti the usual expenses an assess*- mentof75 cents on $1000 of Insur­ ance was ordered,., NO BELL PHONES. The Bell Telephone Company Isno longer making any eifort to serve patrons direct. Monday all phones were taken out With tho exception of the one lu Mr. J. D. Williamson’s residepco. , From now on all long distance messages must go through tho Ced- arvllle Telephone Company ex­ change. The Bell exchango In Xenia is connected direct will! the local exchange. By the payment of fetoll foe Cedarville patrons can talk (o any subscriber on the Bell lines. The Bell company 1ms had little business here since the local compa­ ny started and to hold long distance messages they leave the field to, the local company. Bring us your eggs and buttef Nfegley Bros, OF REAL ESTATE. Lucretin Gowdy and James Jf Gowdy to-Jennie L, Hustmyer, loi Xenia, $700, James Brown to Charles W, Crouse and Charles H. Crouse, 29,85 acres in Cedarville tp., $258^7.25. John M, Kyle and Charles HV Kyle o David H. Ervin, 89.84 acres in Cedarville tp., $5500, 1Daniel M. Dean to W, Edwin Dean, loo 3-10 of an acre in Cedar- vn.le.lpM$X. Elmira Watfc and Samuel Watt to Minnie E. Wilkins, lot in Xenia, $1225. Grafton Johnson to Ernest Corry; lotm Xenia, $159. Sheriff to Thomas Finn, 4 acres in Yellow Springs, $399. Grafton Johnson to Phillip Jordan, lot in Xenia, $100. E. R. Bagler, adm,r to W. J, Bootes, 99.88 acres in Jasper tp., $5493.40. - Charles H. Russel and Mnhala Russell to John T. Barnett, .Iff of an acre in Xenia, $75, Johanna Minnihan and others to Anna and'Eliza Miiinihan, 22 acres rn Ross tp., $1. John C. Conwell to William L. Miller, 27.39 acres in New Jasper tp., $1,600., . ’* Prince A. Lewis and Lizzie Lewis to William Love, lot In Jamestown,, $260. CLIFTON. Last Saturday afternoon the Young Ladies Missionary society of the Presbyterian-- church Of Clifton, had a market in Mr. Pres­ ton’s yard. The‘ affair proved a : great success both financially and in interest, for the cow d of eager, purchasers could'hardly’ wait for the contents of tlie different baskets! which WOl’Obrought in to be. placed t*n sale. Many -cakes mid pies were engaged', before the basket* wor# amount raised wak afetfot $15, Tbs people of Clifton will look eagerly forward; for the next “ market.” William Estlo of, Springfield, Was seen on the streets of Clifton this Week, ■, William Rhodes of Xenia, was visiting his parents over Sunday. The opqnAir meetings are growing: more and more interesting each time. Dr. Middleton pastor of the M. E. church will address the meet­ ing next Sunday evening and every­ body is invited to bo present, Ethel and Efithor Lelst are visit- nig their attnt, Mary RoSonfield, of SpriugflokljthiB week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Preston made a business trip to Dayton, Wednes­ day. Mrs. Preston’ s mother is here at present. TO WHOM IT CONCERNS. The state bureau of accounting has been after various village, city and township officials As well as members ot school boards for the illegal expenditure ot public money. In Ashtabula the board of education is personally held for $10,836.45 which has been drawn contrary to law In the past throe years* The Ashtabula case Is only one of many thatwillbo brought to light before another year, Tho money was paid for supplies to concerns in which the members were interested, di­ rectly or Indirectly. The board also hired unlicensed teachers con­ trary to law, The members of the boards of ed­ ucation, cqunciltaeu and officials are held responsible for moneys paid illegally. Politicians In the future may ftot be so anxious to go officials bond when the law is en­ forced. ’ RULINGS ON POST CARDS. As there lifts been a good deal of understanding with ' reference iu the mailing of tinsel cards. Our Postmaster has received tho follow­ ing Instructions; AU tinsel cards must be enclosed In an envelope, whether sealed or unsealed if ihere Is writing on the card, It costs 2 cents.' I f no Writ­ ing except address It costs ! cent for each two ounces, In all crs « ; the postage stamps should bo at­ tached to the envelope. I f attached to tho enclosures they cannot ba recognized in payment o f postage. ^ t _ rf)<. (- ■ -V —Have your dwelling piped for gas by a local firm. Hfttlsfaction guaranteed and fell work to fetiusd tlio company’s test. See Pierce ft Norlhbp.