The Cedarville Herald, Volume 31, Numbers 27-52

For Excellence Out f Work will compare with that o f any other firm. . , , She %eda THIHTV-FIHST YEAR NO. U. CEDARVILLE, 0, pflsstyiwsy. Politicians'over the county have been more or less excited over the organization o f the newly elected central committee last Saturday afternoon. Heretofore the committee -has been under the control o r “ Boss’* H. E, Schmidt in Xenia. But by the advent of <gome ntfw blood an organization was atlected that brings beiore the public new names and new faces in tho field of politics I t seems that every effort was made by the *“ gang’1 members to stay their- political execution but such could not be done. ‘Phe- pld com­ mittee was largely under the For- aker influence but the majority of the new committee will support rthe ltoosevelt-Taft ideas of government. The Xenia Gazette gives the fol­ lowing’account of the meeting: A, split occurred in the ranks o f therRepublican* Central Committee Saturday afternoon, which threw tho old leaders out of power entirely About twenty members of the com mittee consisting of a number xif the pld members and several of snewly elected ones held a private session ill the Florence Hotel Satur­ day afternoon before the hour set lo r the regular meeting o f the .com­ mittee and formed a new “ slate” Which completely eliminated the old .committee “ bosses.” The com­ mittee meeting was called to cau^ vasS the votes cast at -the recent ■primary election. When the old organization got onto the fact, that plans had been quietly made to oust them they endeavored in every way to defer the effecting of the new or­ ganization until a later date. The -^usurpers o f'the balance of po\ver "thought otherwise. They said they were there to effect an organization and that was what they intended to do. ‘ Bering -the canvass of the vote the committeemen gathered in bunches about'tlie assembly room in the court house; \vhpre the meet­ ing was held, and' excitedly-whis­ pered their plans. -After frequent interruptions caused by more or less warm argument*,- the canvass finally reached a much delayed-.jewt- cluslon. As Soon as the nominees were determined their names were read by Judge Marcus Shoup and on motion they wore officially rati­ fied by the committee. Immediate ly after this, one of the old commit­ tee leaders made a motion that the Committee adjourn and the old or­ ganization supporters at once marched cut of the room. Their departure was a signal to the new members in the majority to proceed with the organization. -John -Baughn,—of-James tovm-cor­ poration, and D- O. Jones,, of Bea­ vercreek township, were made tem­ porary president ^and secretary, respectively, and on motion tiie "organization was made permanent. Ed Foust, of Xenia township, South Precinct, was elected Treasurer. .Oh the question o f selecting an execu­ tive committee the committeemen differed somewhat, dome thought it advisable to defer the selection of this committee until a later meet­ ing, while others were anxious to rush -the complete organization through at once, A compromise was finally reached' by ax>pointlng a committee of three to select the executive committee, under tho re­ stricting motion that the selection o f tho members of tho executive committee be deferred until tho next meeting. Tho committee ot three was appointed by tho chair and composed of the following com- Amittepmen: Ed Foust, J. J. Bren­ nan and Archie Gordon. 0 There wore twenty members of tho committee in the meeting that effected th&._uE<pjLnwaHon and as only sixteen wtifia-siecded to make a majority, it appeal's that tho old organization in up against i t aim about tho only tiling left for its supporters to do Is to get in line as gracefully ns they can under the circumstances. “It Pays io Trade SPRINGFIELD ," In 0 <***nFf» About half our original stock o f Straws at half price. With more than half of summer before you, this is an uncommon attraction. Young ’s and Townsend Grace $3.00 Straws $1.50 The When Special $1.08 Straws 09c. The Baltimore 98c Straws 49c. ■" 49c Straws, all styles, 2Se. — T H E W B M — Arcade * ** * Springfield, O. J l f f u t a n ' U «i6 hm iB A m oc ia U oo . The organization of the central committee last Saturday sort of ruffled the feathers of the Smith crowd mnd an effort was made bit Monday to name an executive com­ mittee along the tines ot the past toy years. The anti-Smith follow­ ers were wise to .fell©scheme and by the aid of the. telephone rounded up their crowd. There were a number of .confer­ ences about Xenia between the two factions, each wanting a majority of tbjpnemhers .o f the executive comm|j|tee. The hew faction offered the Smith people;flv© members of the twelve but this ofler was turned down. The Bmit.fi crowd wanter. seven or none-at all and without de­ lay was given the icy lnit in the list of executive members. Jesse Taylor, candidate for d ig re s s , is said to have been pres- and demanded that fie be al­ lowed to name the executive com­ mittee. He is said to have made some strong demands and those in charge politely informed the would- be-congressman where to head in. The faction in control are Taft fol­ lowers while Tayior is m the For- a-ker camp. Then to allow Taylor to have^named the committee would be the same as having Ed Schmidt- in the saddle; Judge Marcus Shoup and B . O. Jones each made stinging speeches and the air fairly sizzled for a time. The - Taft people .proceeded to name an executive c&mmittee of fifteen' and there is a great howl going..ont from, the -Schmidt -camp, It has been stated among soma of the defeated candidates that Jesse Taylor had a hand in the recent pri­ mary and was Interested in a finan­ cial way When it came to the' elec­ tion of central committee that would be under Boas Sob-mldt’* eo&tred, be watched with interest with a now central and executive Commit* tae,ih control and the old organiza­ tion relegated to the rear. o r a of MRS, M’ ELROY. Mrs. Erminnle McElroy, wife of John R. McElroy, pf Baytob, died at 1:30 o’ clock Wednesday morning at the home of her cousin, Mr. and Mrs, S .I ). Kiidow, in Cedarville. Sho had been in failing health for the past year suffering-from uremic poisoning and Bright’s disease and three jyenks ago came to Cedarville hoping that the change would bene­ fit her. Mrs. McElroy was born in Cedarville, April 12,1863, and lived here until twelve years ago, when she wont to Bayton to live. She was for many years a clerk in the postofflco, while Itor father, Hiram Cline Was postmaster, and she is known to many people in the coun­ ty.' She leaves her husband, one son, Kenneth, aged 15 years, and her sister, Miss Carrie Chnc, ma­ tron of the O. S. & S. O. Home, who is tho only remaining member of the immediate family, Mrs. Mc­ Elroy was a mefnbor o f tho Metho­ dist church during a ll her life. The funeral services will bo hold in hero Friday afternoon at two o,clock, and the burial will be made at tho cemetery north o f town. CLARK COUNTY FAIR. Past racing over, one of tho best half-mile tracks in the state, will he a big feature of the Clark County Fair at Bpringflold, Aug 18,, ID, £0 and 21. Interest centers in the three stake -events for which $1,600 in purses are offered., No entrance foe Will be charged runners and a largo field will undoubtedly face tho starter. The running races are placed on the speed program for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The aggregate of the purses for tho races is $1,000. NOTICE! Anyone knowing themSelves to bo indebted to the undersigned will confer a favor by calling and mak­ ing immediate sstfJeminfc. Wo de­ sire to cloze- accounts that aro of long standing. . O, M. Townsloy. Mis. If. J. Rankin of fcjprlngfiola-js being entertained by hof sister, Mrs. O. M, Tbwnzley, HISTORY OF GEOARVIL E. The following sketch was written for the Home-Coming Committee and will he of interest locally'; Bear Sir:—Replying to your cor- dial invitation to attend tho Home- Coming it goes without Saying that I, like the rest o f the former Greene county residents look forward with pleasure to such a reunion of old friends. T6 awakens detlgUtful. memories. The associations ot earlier years are revivified, espec­ ially in recalling the leading men and women, whose influence helped tomake Greene county, what it is to-day. They deserve the gratitude of the present generation. Of these, Cedarville, my boyhood home, fur­ nished its quota of excellent citizens OVen at an early day, Jn 1836, Miss Priscilla McFarland, the daughter ofr Joseph -McFarland, an early settler in Cedarville town­ ship, had the honor of founding the .first fiabhath school in Greene county. I t was held m the Baptist church which was then located near the cemetery on tfie John White farm, about a mile and a half south­ east of Cedarville then called Mil­ ford. She was assisted by her sisters, “ Patsy.” and TblrZa, aB, I was recently informed by "the Tate Joseph White of the Soldiers' Home a son of John White. Mrs. Br. J. M, Stewart, a life long resident of Ce­ darville, had previously informed me of the fact, and she stated that her uncle, Rev Hugh -McMillan, once pastor of the Reformed Pres­ byterian church west of CedArville, held his Sabliath school on Satur­ day afternooirbeonnse many church people fchouffiF it wrong to have school on -Sunday. How that has all been 'changed i Mrs. Stewart 30 years ago was a leading spirit of the temperance cru­ sade. Her father, John Orr, was influential in the community at- a' very early date, and was always afterward, called “ Governor” Orr* byway of compliment, much the same, way- as wo now speak of Col. Nisbet, “ Gov.’ -. Orr built quite a number ot residences, and ‘ was otherwise helpful to the growing Xerald. H IDAY , AUGUST 14, 1908. | Tijla Ucn v*hca stfiSj, n&j ; lodes, denotes that your so&soip I is pact due and n prompt ceffit. 1mem la earnestly desired. PR ICE §1.09 A YEAR . schools about fifty and las reft brought up one « f gout families that town aud county, nlfled, scholarly elected Clerk of G re-elected several my S. S> teacher, knew, w oo can encefor good! C Prosecuting At county, another it tho Cleveland another is the X J. F. Orr. Their tse Mrs. Henrietta Orr, learn, Is still living .By some church 6ft years ago,, it v improper to talk against (lram-drihki Buchanan, a man dared to do so, an placed by another belmyed his zeal caused the change." now, and tho minjst in the temperancem ton g before tho, Oi and published a disquisition on “ Th# Book of Revelations,” and wrote a history o f Cedarville before 1818 for the CeuArvfilO Enterprise (Or Herald). H e gave me a copy o f the “ Freemans J o u rn a l,d a t e d 1768, probably the first Cincinnati newspaper published. Tfc became the Cincinnati Gazette, the leading Republican organ during and after the-Civil War, then merged into tho Commercial Gazette, and now the Cincinnati Tribune most nearly rep- reisfits R. J still have that old copy iii myjpdsseszion, “ Gov.” Orr was religions. His brother-in-law Rev. Hugh McMillan, kept .the first classical school in Cedarville, in. rooms over “ Gov.” Orr’ s store and there prepared tho lad J. Whitelaw Reid, for college when he was about fifteen years old. Whitelaw was even then dignified in bearing. Ho wore Ms tong, ti’&rk hair _reaching his coat collar, and held himself per­ pendicular as he walkod from. Rev. McMillan’ s school to his father’ s farm, a mile and a half from Cedar- ville. Then some of tho had boys of Ihe town called him “ swell bead” One of his schoolmates was the now Rev. Parks Jackson, of Olena, III. A name highly to be honored is that of James Turnbull, who found­ ed Cedarville Grove school about the year 18IQ, when tho railroad first reachedCedatvIllo.' His father John Turnbull, was a very early settlor m the township. The school attracted pupils from Xonia and othcrelfjes, and also from the states. The late Br. I». McClungwas a pupil of tho Grove school, as was also the lady who became MS wife- A. B. Frazer the banker, a diligent pupil; Wirt. Hi Lawrence, writer add poet, deceased; Rev. Joshna Kyle of Now York state; tho lato Prof. J . P. Pat­ terson, an educator of national rep­ utation and others o f forceful char­ acter attended Grove school. It was very successful, a school of groat promise, When the Grim Reaper, bora James Turnbull to the toinb. Ills was the largest funoral proces­ sion of loving, sorrowing friends that had ever boon Seen In that part of Greene county. Grove school continued to flourish under able instructors—Andrew Amyx, A. J, Nelson, a fine mathe­ matician, Smith, Stetson, McCrack­ en and other excellent teachers and in a few years became the free pub­ lic school of Cedarville. The pres­ ent school building is on tli© old Grova^lot, Alex Tufhbull, the noted‘dealer In fine sheep, resides on tho Old farm, l i e aiul his broth ' er, tho ifcte I)r. J. Turnbull of Bell- brook, Attended their brother’s school. Both were afterward good soldiers and Democrats. prof* John Orr, Jr,, formerly pres­ ident-of a (Southern colloge was a nephew of “ Gov,” Orr, and had charge of tins CodatvlUo public iooiuity.ami i«. l i e was luesfc X ever it* nw iriffu- his sons is o f Greene influencein *, and .yef fpoitihastor, p ie mother* mn glad to , who lived egarded as j.the pulpit Eev»James esteemed, soon re- er, Many temperance is different i r * ;leaders shit War many Democrats and Whlgsfidd not favor slavery. I t was very, spopular to to advocate its AbolitH and it Whs dangerous In some loo; itiesin Ohio to do so. 'Rev.' J. Petj Pfin aud Br, Williams of Ceclafvil were out­ spoken abolitionists, ; K. Mitchell was pronounced In hts ppositlon’ to slavery and very acfivfag&insfc the saloon. Also J .-F . Ifrazer, the father of *A. B* Frazer,corcihly ex­ pressed his anti-slaVer* views, (say­ ing, “ Stneo the negro I s a human being brought to lie Ireated as a man and nofa brute.” .Btawas,held in esteem for bis inter*t and, infiu euce'iii all pregressiv^movements in the community. Mfpasaflueut, graceful -speaker. IBbateS were held before the war in »ho<?l-hoks06 and halls, and jfn.thess he was al­ ways listened to wish pleasure. Frank Reid and E3amiM§Nisbet, ex- county treasurer, an^lrome others were instructive'debaars.,1 B. O- Bill’ s hlstotj of Greene county states that Newport laid off the village Of ;«darvillo in 1816, the plat conaistlhf of 2i -lots.' He had built-the firstapr-mfii there in 18H, And the hatr®;, was first Oallod Newport BridSMCEhanged to Milford anti then fflGftfarvIlle, FrCdem Beamar-lbo^s. tte mill in 1826. It finally poh lady* on** an. ssMiip^faaehajt, was 8ftyears ago a halpipr iji th« omaaile against the saloena, Mr. Barber has been influential in Czdarviile affairs, especially favoring the cause of temperance. He is the son of a very earlypioneer* John Barbel who settled in this township, and is the brother of the late A. G, Barber to whose daughter Xenia is indebt­ ed for the fountain in front of the court house, acreditto him, was John Paris a Whig, "Under the Win. H. Hamson administration. He kept the office in hl» shoe shop, opposite the site of tho present TJ. P. church, and south o f it. Ho whs n strong advocate of temperance at that early date. His father, Tlios. Paris, a Virginian, had In I80& pur­ chased 50ft. acres o f land along Massle’ s creek, and built a cabin on it, one of the flr*t In Cedarville- Other Virginian* Thus, Colvin John and Henry Owens, black­ smiths, came, and A , W. Osborn, Another Virginian, began the tail­ oring business In lfMS. Two of the earliest merchants of tho village Espy Mitchell and J. C. Nisbet, went annually to Philadel­ phia to buy dry goods, traveling mostlyby stage coach. On tiioir journey they met with an Ohio Con­ gressman, And being Detnecrats, they suggested A. \V. Osborn a« their choice for postmaster at 'Ce­ darville, Ohio, Instead of the Whig incumbent, John Paris. James K, Polk had been elected prezideiifcand in 1816, my father, A, W. Osborn, to his great surprise, received Ms commission as postmaster. Ho had not been consulted and knew noth­ ing of any such movement until his commission came* Different meth­ ods prevail now. He served as post­ master many years, under the ad- mlnlstrationi of Polk, Pierce, Bin- coin arid others. He held various offices, and was the Justice of tlm Peace former* than to years. He built a number of dwelling and bus­ iness houses and Was Influential in tho growing village. An opponent of slavery, he voted for the first Republican presidential candidate, John 0 . Fremont, and for all the Republican president* until his death, which oceumtUn 18v«. Mrs. A. W. Osborn in her Doth year, re­ sides in the old heme, well, and pos­ sessed o f a remarkable memory of past event*. Bhe took part in the women’ s temperance crusade 86 year* ago* J. O, Nisbet, who made Cedarville Ms home in 18*4, was the grand father of the gifted poet and popu­ lar writer, W. T>. Hbibet, who was educated In the Cedarvifla schools in which his mother had been a teacher, before her marriage to j . Harvey Nisbet. John Gibney, The lather ot tho well-known Detroit street, Xema, merchant, of the same name, was postmaster of Cedarville in Buchan- aii’s adminlalration. The Gcdar- graoed the j vilie brass band, ot which he was a { asant, dig--member, was famous then, an, lio was} came the Regimental.Band W- _ _ .. - >«§r I SCENES ON OHIO STATE FAIR GROUNDS % •14th O. V. I .r arid ho was a Union I soldier, Lieut. A. 8. Frazer, Oapt. [ J. R. Crain, J* H. Milburn, the three j Coirei'r brothers ana ' olborF Were members of that band and becamo soldiers. Mrs. John'Gibrioy, ad­ vanced in years, resides with her dutiful son in Xenia. 81m is a lady of fine character, and of a cheerful disposition, The enthusiastic Cedarville Fire Co, of I860, under its spirited cap­ tain, J, 8. Bogle, won the prize, a silver trumpet* at Zanesville, O., tournament with Its third class hand engine ocean, making a throw of more than 210 feet. Critics called tho small engine the “ coffee pot,’ Robert McFarland , a strong man, one of the members of that com­ pany, was the father of B. McFat -land, ex-rtiayorand prominent cit­ izen of Cedarville, Edward Van- Horn, the tallest man iff town, was another efficient member of that fire company, a respected citizen, Cedarville township was settled by men of substantial character, who favored tho moral, religious, educational and 'material advance­ ment of the peojile, The wives and mothers, bravely enduring the hard­ ships and dangers of pioneer life, •wore real heroines. The .pioneer family Were generally large—truly Ruosevelfcian.- From Bill's History of Greene county I learn that in 1801, the first settlors,John and Thomas Townsley Kentuckians, purchased 10C0 acres of land along Mhssie’s creiis' and built homes-near-tbe present site of Cedarville. Greene county was then a.wilderness, with Xenia a small hamlet at that time. In 1802, Alex McCoy, with his nine children, came from Kentucky and settled on 600 acres of land Which he bought, nearwhat become the site of. Cedarville, when bears,' deer, wolvosand small gameroamed tile heavy woodlands. The same year 1802, other Kentuckians, Bavjd Mitchefi, Wm. McClelland and David LaUgheafi settled ' in this township. The first white boy born in Cedarville fowilship, in 1802 Was James Yowasiey, and the first white girl, BaJHd McCoy, daughter of .ex McCoy "F as born In 1808. of heir grand children is Mrs. Frank T. Tarbrix o f Xenia. . Dill’s history also states that .In 1803, came James Bull arid James Galloway, sr,, from Kentucky and Settled Jn OcdarvRle township. The latter was county treasurer from 1603 to 1846.’ His son, James was tho first Greene county surveyor, 1800-1812. Wm. McFarland in 1801 came from Kentucky. Then In 1805 came Janies Reid, Scoteli-Irish,, the grandfather of J. Whitelaw Held, Ambassador to England. The same year ElafiR romngem, a native of Prussia, James Small and his brother-in-law, Samuel Kyle, Ken­ tuckians, settled near the site of Cedarville. Samuel Kyle was an associate Jndgo of Grcouo county from 1810 to 1845, and the father of a family of 21 children. He Was the grand father of the present Judge H. 0. Kyle, Four of tne Kyles Word In the Union army, Jacob Miller and John White came in 1806 and settled east and south­ east of Cedarville. About the same time, or later came James Spencor, Wm. Wey­ mouth, Daniel Boyles. John Turn- bull, John Barber, James Ranoy, William Pollock, John and James Crawford, Thos. and Elijah Harper* tho ITarbisons Wrights, Coopors, Caldwells, JacksOns, McMillans arid othors, making a delightful commu­ nity of worthy people. Uriah and (Continued on page 45 There ’s a vast difference in insect powder; some w ill drive the insects and verm in away, and som e w ill not— OUR -S W I L L . W e jguarantee it to drive aw ay CocK Roaches, Red Bugs, Flies, Ver­ min ohBirds, Animals, Plants Etc ISAAC WlSTERMAN. g^L HIO’S_fifty-eighth annual State Fair and Industrial. Exposition will be .1 I held in Columbus, Aug. 31,-Sept, 1,2, 3, 4, next, and, that our readers \Jr may form some conception pf the stupendousness pf the Exposition, - above we reproduce a photographic view of one of the leading live. stock structures.' The buildings devoted to live stock exhibits are five in number, of similar, architectural design,sgifemed in the northern section the grounds.. They are Connected, by' covered walks of artistic ‘design*; en­ abling visitors to pass from one building to another without inconvenience . Oven -during the moat inclemeufc weather. . , While tho greatest interest annually Centers hi the displays of live stock, equally interesting features will bo found. In each of'the seventeen distinct departments of the Exposition* and especially is,this true of the diSB>i&y» labor saving shop and farm machinery, and the extensive' ex- ftofct jrgaee Of on* hand-red and sixty thousand square feet, are devoted to the first named class of exhibits, while for the heavier form* shown in actual operation twenty acres of platted lots in tho open arojequired. ' Store .Closes at 12 o’clocknoon Wednesdays during August* SPRINGFIELD, OHIO Store Closes at 12 o’ clock on Wednesdays during August. Ladies’ Sait Section Determination Sale Ourredoubledeffortsmake this the most exceptional money - saying Suit Sale ever, offered the Economic cal Suit Buyer. W e must have the room and w e w ill offer the greatest bargains in Ta ilored C loth Suits this sec­ tion has ever given. Th is is a strong statement to make, bRt when you see th e Suits w e are se lling at the prices w e ate selling them you w ill instantly realize that Suits o f equal value have never been offered at such low prices. F o r F a ll th ey a re just what you w ill want, and you m ay have them at less than cost o f material and Making. «A Word to the Wise Is SumcRm*.*’ $85.00 Suits—Betermination Hale Ihice - $15.00 $28.50 Suits --Befermmation Sale Price—$12.50 $12.50 Suits—Determination Sale Price- $ 4.98 ■ \ -*^A^*WllHt****1f W 1. i *