The Cedarville Herald, Volume 31, Numbers 27-52

Greene Cbunfcy Home Coming an Epoch in History Thousands return for Celebration — Great Credit is Due Xenia Merchants and Citizens. (M f iA n n u r i v ii mfiinui u i Li With gay decorations, red.. whit* and bine in evidence everywhere thousands of electric inenndeseents with their sparkling light, music from a h a lf dozen bands, greetings from thousands o f friends, gaiety with t-hb Young America, oratory on the subject of olden times, fcbous' amis of visitors and residents thronging the streets* enthusiasm from, all sources—such |s a con­ densed story of the first Greene County Home-Coming held m Xenia this past week. ’ • - Greiner’s Reception. , The h it of the Home-Coming pro' gram was the reception given Mr. BuSBell Greiner last F riday even- ‘ ing when-he arrived in "a speciaLcar with a party of former Greene coiln- ' fclatts th a t are now residents of Han sas City. It"w ill bo romeinhered th a t Greiner is responsible for the Home-Coming. movement by his little hook, "Seeing Xenia.” As - Greiner stepped from the train he was nabbed by two. policemen and marched through the crowd to a mule-drawn cab one of the oldest tha t could be found. The band struck up ‘Home Sweet Home.” Although every one seemed' in ' the happiest paced the strains of th a t ■ soul-stirring' melody brought an under current of sentiment 'about the whole affair. The crowd th a t greeted Gteiner th a t evening was placed a t several thousand. Sahbath Day. < '»■'£%< *" , ‘ - (l ■, i "X* The different churches'in th e city had special services in honor of the day. F o r the F irst Sf. E . Church, , i t w*s a double celebration for they were calibrating their i-thd tonnf a fo rm e rpaa to r the toeai M.X,'church,., Hi* mether Still resides ip Xenia. In the after­ noon a large open a ir meeting was ‘ held in the ten t on tha.Hlgh -School grounds. The address was. deliver­ edby Rev. John Frugh of Pittsburg. Reception Day. Monday Was .reception day and the ten t was filled to overflowing, An address of Welcome to the State was delivered by Gan. Thomas H. Heath-of'GtacixmWir'ytogpon se'by" Rev. Chaa. W. Dree* of BuCnos Ayre 3 . . Judge Kyle 'gave The wel­ come address h n behalf of Greene county. He was responded to by Kev. T. H . MoMichael, I>. J)., of Monmonth College. For the city of Xenia, MayorW. F. Brennan wel­ comed the visitors. Hen. Charles Orr of Cleveland responded. In the evening there was a hand concert and reception by the different lodges, churches, schools add other organizations, / W, C.T, U Program. Th* W. C. T. Th held an 'in te re s t­ ing meeting Tuesday morning. Mrs. Carrie F latter presided. Mrs. M. E . B. Dodds read a paper on the “Early Workers and W bat They Did,” She told of the first temper­ ance lecture in the city and reviewed the Work today. Mrs. Fannie Custis spoke of “ Present Wbrkers and WhatTbey Ate Doing,,r Rev. Sarah Meredith, S tate Secretary of the W. 0 . T, U. gave ah excellent ad- dress. Military Day. Thousands thronged the streets on Tuesday to witness the Military pnrido. The lino of inarch was c h a n g e d somewhat from the origi­ nal program owing to the h ea t of the day. The comrades were una­ ble to hear the intense heat as In former years, Captain L, H. White- men w*» grand Marshal of the pa­ rade. The eight of the COO orphans Of the O. AH. O. Home was an inspifittgspeotacie. A bou t300 vet­ erans registered during thn day and most all of thorn took pa rt in the ■parade, Tuesday evening the “ camp Are’” was held in the tent, Among the speakers was Geo. W. Ebright, Major W» F. Martin of the H, h . Army* who told of soldier life in Cuba* J . W , Pollock, “Anderson- vllle pnsob.*f The speaker was one | pure white trap, elaborately twm- t,t the fifteen then who wore cap- mod with bundles of silver grapes lured ;»hd he was the only one to;w ith foliage, drawn by a tandem live to be exchanged fourteen *team of white horses, harness months later. Cob I , T. Cummins'pur# white and a jcoaohmau in related several humorous stories of jwhite livery. I t was one of the the W*f. imost tasteful in the parade. Fra- v*. „ !* « ’■ Store had a sljpper of White F i r e w o f k s D i s p l a y * , 'flowers. At the corners were seated The fireworks display Tuesday n lrS o ls ^ *ftern**ft and n igh t rivaled riiiy-^ Whit* who earrjedwhite parasols. th iugo f th® kihd before attempted ,in the county, The dlaplaybroughl forthjfpund* of cheer and applause ’as the differenfcflgiires were present­ ed, I t is estimated tha t fifteen thousand people gathered m the Robert’s field Tuesday evening. A feature of the fire works was the fire outlined picture of General Nathaniel Greene,- Revolutionary hero, in Whose honor the county Was named. The crowd th a t thronged the Streets Tuesday even­ ing was a happy ope. Nothing but the spirit of fun prevailed and the confetti throwers deluged everyone with the tiny bits of bright colored paper. Xenia.College Reunion. The reunion of fprmer students of the old Xenia College was held Tuesday afternoon on the campus made dear to them by the memo­ ries of by-gone days. Greeting was given by Mrs. Sarah McGervey Chew and response by Mr, Warren Dustin. Among, them who .gave reminiscences -were Hon. Charles Howard, Mrs, Mary Allen Kinney and Dr. Clark GallOway, Civic Parade. A gorgeous civic parade on Wed­ nesday attracted a crowd estimated a t 80,000 people. Never in ’ Xenia’s history has she seen so many .peo­ ple on her streets. Every train and traction ‘car catering . the city brought capacity loads of people to seetliis much--heralded event. I t was only with the parade tha t peo~, pie -began to realize th a t the Hbme-Coming celebration waft aixm tio come to an end. Cheers gesfted participants of .the great " . IN aa f aasgsow*• 9 m * ' * ... ' * or arjfltt ” farraWM^^anuide during th* parade* Andrew Jack­ son was Grand Marshal and Dr. W. A, Galloway* Chief of Staff, With-a dozen- aides. I t required nearly an hour for the pageant to pass. Company I of the Third Regiment O. N. G. under the command of Capt. H a rry Armstrong headed the parade. Closely following >was Greiner ‘ and h is “ Seeing Xenia” outfit tha t appeared onFnday even­ ings -Several hnndrw l^lmbem '.'of the I. O. O. F, came next. With them was a float of children from; the I. O. O, F. Home in Springfield. I t bore the Inscription, “Our Fam­ ily,” The members of the Xenia council, Junior Order of Americas Mechanics were dressed m white, The Red Men had an excellent float representing a wigwam. The Knights of Pythias over the county represented about a full member­ ship. ■ , The automohile*division number­ ed about twenty-five machines. Among them, the ears owned and driven by J . M. Carper of James­ town and Charles Weaver of Xetoia appeared the most b rillian t The latter in Japanese and the former- in floral ^decorations. CedarviUe was represented by J . C. Barber, C. M, Crouse, T, B, Andrew and O.M. EidgWay, Jamestown was represented by six floats; The Commercial Club heading the list, trio Old Reliable Adams Store, Adams and Thuma, and the R, G. George Flouring Mills wore the most conspicuous, Wilberforeo was represented in a float, “ Xenia ftB an Underground Railway Station in 1810.” Xenia merchants are to he com­ mended for their efforts in having so many artistic displays, .Tobe Bros, and Co, wore represented in a handsome green and white float with hundreds oi white chrysanthe­ mums over the arches. The firm of Halier, Haines AHiggins, clothiers, in a workman’s square with the motto, “A square Deal” was very attractive. White and 'yellow chrysanthemums were used for decorations. Miss Oaterly, milli­ nery,-had a strikingfloaibreptesent-; ing millinery direct from Paris and New York. The decorations were all of greenwith a huge hat trimmed in green plumes ahd pink roses. B, S. Kingsbury, clothier, had a , ■ L. H SunbENBEndnxi.. - A t a meeting of the Village Board of Education la s t’Friday evening, Mr. L. H, SuUenberger was chosen to fill the vacancy on lh a t bhafd caused b y ,th e resignation of Mr. jSaimivd McCollum, - ’ - For several months attempts were made to Settle op a member for this place hbt the hoard seemed divided te'o and two. Messrs. Hastings and Ogleshea proposed Mr. Snllenber- ger;s name a t one of the first meet; ings i?ut they could not secure the third vote until the Friday evening meeting, Mr. SuiJenberger is one of out prominent citizens, possesses excel­ lent-business'qualifications and will devote his energy to the best inter­ est of the schools. Cedarvillft honored by the her foremost Mi for county repf Yellow Spring*:! Bra'fifato the'fol tary notice; “ Trie manager tion takes great j tug its intention dtdapy of Ones Representaf/vki tore front Greer Tliese eOUhhns ^ the cause of Kept action does not * gan will desert ■ tirely but only i£ l other instances. progresses and time to' time f b : Oscar- E, Bradij for represent*^ County in then man of nation v and w id e 'h am man, and a mad ment. Ho is training,, a thoros Ship has been lotion of one oi is as a candidate itatlva and the r* pays Mr, O. E, ring coinplimen- fcof this publics- ure in announc support the cam Braofute for e nex t legisla- unty. orally espouse nanism and this th a t this or- t standard en- is and perhaps the campaign r reasons from ven, , the candidate from Greene legislature is 1 a reputation. Far wn as a" stock- nusual attam- an of college student, and a called by the few yeajro ftgo Governor of Chio- as Trustee Of Ohio’s great ‘Gitiversity, a t Col­ umbus, whieli position he now holds. Broadminded, 4 rong in cfaai'dc- Cedarville There. The excellent weather throughout the week, enabled a large-number Of persons to a ttend .th e .Home- Coming each -day. While there was ram in near by places none fell in Greene county, A ’shower would have been appreciated by fhose who had to drive -owing- to th e dusty roads, Owing to ex tra train ac­ commodations there’ was little trouble in going back and . forth ofcbar than th* crowd- Over 600 W-lte sqid fe>Xenia the first hundred* tha t drove from tills sec­ tion. GedarvllXe corporation and township were loyal to the cans® and liberally attended the different sessions. . - 1 Decoration?. The decorations about the city both for residences and business houses were of a high order. The firms about the center of the city imported professional decorators. 'Jofae-Drosrdry-’goniT'gtbfe^Hutch­ ison &Gibney, Elks Hall, Koch’s Sample Shoe Store, Haller, Haines AHiggins, I. O. O, F . hall, R. S- Kingsbury, Frazer’s Shoe Stor*, Steele building were among' the finest decorated buildings in tho city, ■ ■ ■ The streets had been lighted with hundreds of incandescent globes hung in arches which made a very striking appearance. As a whole the city was gayly decorated in honor of tho hundreds of favorite sons th a t entered her gates. Home-Coming Book. The Committee in charge issued a very handsome hound book as a souvenir ot tho celebration. Th* hook is illustrated with drawings and views representing scobes in the different townships in the county. A short historical sketch of each also appears. Csdarvllle is well represented through the Whitelaw Reid farm and home­ stead, “Greene, the champion Dive Stock County” by Mr. O. E , Braii- fdte and A poem by Mr, W. D< NOsbiton “Massles* Creek,” . The different educational institutions of tho county are plotnrcd and de­ scribed In elaborate form, ter, a devout ct whose idoac* of li Worthy of entulatil Mr. B r a d f u te r i’ his farm only a fkd Fellow Springs a t pursuit. -H a fit known for hi#, Cattle” - business,! some of the fiisi the'world. - AH over th* n*t fufce is known M a! stitnte speaker. W ith us arid with m m the gentleman Ipa nothing left; declare for, consider oi highest dbi whatever; elect wsoh tian gentleman >and -living are byall; 'armor; Ryes on miles' Booth of is active in this obabiy bettor i a t h e tlBiack having raised individuaia in O, E« Brad— ioturer and im it, facts'before , 5gh‘ regard for way therein fdo but boldly «St we would relief? to bur to Ienfi pow erte , WISBOB ». NESUXT. . , Tghe following poem-written by a former Cedarviilian, Mr'. W. D. Nesbit, Is taken from the Home-Coming Souvenir Book. Owing to the press of business engagements; Mr. Nisbwt y a s unable to be present as tiad been expected. . ’ I ’ve ju s t been wondering, Bill; if you remember MasBie’s crick— Or “creek” they call it nowadays—-with sumac growing th ick Along the bank** and willows tha t bent down to make a shade * Above trie dreaming shallows where we hoys ope time would wade,- Remember bow it used to loaf sedately through th e town ’ r And out into trie pasture lands, and then would hurry down Between the cliffs, and how it sang a song to you and me 1 That told us of the outer world, the rivers and the sea? * * ’ ' ‘ - • , I ’ve just been wondering, Bill, tha t's all—if you still hear it sing, I f you- could shu t your eyes and see the spray th a t it would fling Above"the rooks, until i t sparkled on the overhanging fern's That nodded from the mossy cliffs m hidden nooks and turns; Remember how we used to throw our bare solves down, and lie A-lookmg through the checkerWork of good green leaves and sky, -And-countthefclobdshipa sailing through the sea of limpid blue— Ah, then we did notkuow how much tha t meant tor me and you! . tv' , , , * "i * , -* _‘ ' * ^ ‘v;',-.-: 'The sunshine shuttled through the leaves and jeweled all trie Stream As laugh ter sometimes bubbles through the mazes of a dream’; Arid we knew not th a t roundabout the big world ^waited then To rob us of pur boyish ways when'we should, grow to men. ’ ‘ I ’ve ju st been wonderirig, Bill, if you can hear old Massie’s crick Call *offcly through the eummer days? Arid does your h ea rt beat , , quick t , „ *•>. "" / , _ *■ I b answer? . Does your iriind leap back into trie long ago ' And laugh and aing andrdream again the day* we used to know? ’ DESPONDENTGIRL COMITS SUICIDE. Worry ingover aontJnueiUll health; and despondent because «h« had. derived no benefit from treatment received a t a sanitarium in Indiana from which *he had returned only the day previous, Miss Mary Wild- man, 80, daughter of tbejate Marion Wildman, for years a prominent and well-to-do farmer, hanged her­ self from the rafters in the barn aft the home of her brother, Arthur Wildman, a mKe and a half from Selma, Friday evening. The body, still warm, was found.by the broth­ er a t ? o’clock, when he went to the barn on business. Although mem­ bers of the family knew th a t Miss Wildman was greatly worried over her state of health, they had never heard her even h in t a t suicide, That she had planned tho ac t for sometime, however, was shown by the fac t tha t a vial of carbolic acid, un touched, was found. In. tho barn beneath the body where, it evidently^ had •been tossed by the young Woman, when 'she decided she would change tho contemplated, modeof ending her li f e .. BhO'.hafi taken a hay rope which was dang­ ling from the loft, fastened i t about her throat, and stepped from th.e ladder leading from the loft, to iier death. Miss Wildman Jived with her brother, -Arthur, and two sister*. The family is prominent and very, well known in the eastern p a rt of this county. The -funebal Service* of th e unfor- ■ tunafe girl'were held a t th® Friends ’ church in Bfelma,' Sunday afternoon. DAYTON PRESBYTERY REYNOtDS APPOINTED, RICHPOTATOES, Prizes* J , M« Carper of Jamestown re­ ceived tho prize for best decorated ante, Charles Weaver, second, R. S. Kingsbury* first on best dec­ orated vehicle. Commercial float, Jamestown Commercial Club first; second, Hal­ ler, Haines & Higgins; third, Ri G. George, F irst agricultural float, J , W» B af, Xenia, Best decorated building, Koch’s Sample StoreVscftond, Elks Hall, Decorated residence, Judge Mar* cua Slump; second, J , R. Jobe. Desiring to correct, the impression th a t I have abandoned my specialty for the general practice of medicine, I take this means of informing my friends and patrons th a t I am still a t my old location i.i the Allen Building,engaged in the treatment of tiie Eye, Eat, Hose and Throat diseases. Very respectfully, * V. R. Madden, M, D, frite’e o»lfb.r#-^Mifi ^ a fn* no of wrong doing fefeskeky be&g perpetrated upon the peopla, for hi* keen, power of aorutmy w ill easily separate g&bd fckmbad and he will not be’hampered by alloglance to a boss or any set of mem W ith his election, Greine County will have a man In the legislature who will, be a leader in t h o u g h t -and. aotioiti and ari honor arid service to hls'icortatlt- uency.” , ROSEu m INTO EfFECT. Tuesday was the day when the, •Bose oounty local option law went into effect, and according to ad­ vices received a t the headquarters Of the Anti-saloon League, S3 coun­ ties In tiie state began hurrying the circulation of petitions In accord­ ance with the a c t for elections te ascertain whether the ir respective bailiwicks will remain web or be­ come d ry spots in Ohio, so far as the liquor traffic is oonoemed. I t was decided th a t because of tho fact th a t the law did not take effect until September 1, fio petition would bo legal if circulated before that time. The Aritl-Baloen League and its supporters have been very care­ ful concerning the distribution of pstitions, aud admonished all Of them th a t under no circumstance should they begin action before the time mentioned, LIBRARY OPENS. The lib rary opens to the public S a tu rd ay .»The library hoard has equipped the building with substan­ tial furniture aud everything pre­ sents a striking appearance. The hoard has purchased the Historian’s H istory Of the World, The la test newspapers, periodicals, magazine* and works of fiction will be found. A set of rules has been adopted and the hoard will have them enforced to the letter. USUAL TINE. David Havener, colored; Wilber- force, was arrested la st week and had his trial before flquire Brad­ ford on the charge of having in lde possession a seine., In the trial Havener adm itted th a t he had on one or two ocoaeioae had. use for the article. The Justice g a te him and costs, i - *- F 6 r htelsehe 3Df- Kites* AfttriPem pah, tendant of the local schools has bean appointed a member of the board of school examiners to succeed Prof.' D, H, Barnes. The appointment was mads by probath. J udge Shoup. prof, Barnes ha* had two terms, Prof, Reynold* has In addition to an eight year certificate in both the elementary and the High school branches, both the common arid the High School State life certificate*. The annual meeting of th e Dayton . Presbytery will be held September V and 8 at. the Clifton Bresbytetian - ‘ church. The Presbytery consists of 46 churches In Greene, Clark, Miami, Darke, Preble;- Montgomery, Butler • and Warren counties. The program for the two day* is a* follow*: Monday. September 7 j -3 p. m.o—‘ ‘ Opening *e**ion, roll call and. «l«c- Hon ot moderator; general businefes j*nd report of ooriiwdtt^*. fjtaMfi for eh»dfng two and'brii'-bal# busheWdOf potatoes. Mayor Brim- nan placed the value on* the .tubers a t the above- stated amount with 86 day* in the work* besides ; 7 Rich stood trial before a jury and plead hi* own case*, thus skying the ex­ pense of a lawyer; He ■will make brdoma in payment of the fine. l If* CL05ED DOWN li*** PRESIDENTIAL SPIDER. -man by th e Rev, John Montgomery ’ of Piqua, and adminisfcrallon of the Lord’s Supper." / Tuesday, September 8.-6 ;00 a. m. Devotional service. > 8:80 a. m.—Business session. , 10 to 10:80—Conference on evangel­ ism. 11:80 p. m.—Recess for dinner. 1:80 p, m".—Afternoon session. ■ - AU theaeasions of tha Presbytery Will be open to the public. I t is truly remarkable the promi­ nence th a t Insects are taking in politics these days. Before the big eanvention it waB the presidential bee, and now someone has discover­ ed tho presidential spider. Really there is every indication th a t the Bugville Bugle” is destined to be­ come a power greater than the “Commoner.” From Jamestown conies the tale, of the presidential spider. There i t is told th a t one peculiar happening incidental to a presidential campaign is to be sesn on E ast Adams street, where a large spider has spun a web in which in large letters, appears very plainly the name “William.” The nariieis not yet complete and wheth­ er the completion will be Taft or Bryan i* awaited with much cur­ iosity by the adherents of both par­ ties. The Hagar Straw Board & Paper Co,, closed down the p lan t la st Friday, evening owing to the scarci­ ty of coal. I t had intendrd to close down the following week pending some needed repairs. A new iteam condenser will be installed. GOES.TO SEATTLE. —Carpets, mattings a t McMillan's. and linoleums Figures on School Supplies will make you give up all thote of economizing. I t isn’t neces­ sary when yeu can get every­ thing the children need for about one quarter what it cost your father, Our stock consist* of all school Book*, Writing Tablets, Pencil*, Sponge*, Pens, Ink, Drawing Materials, Etc! Don't expect the children to do good work in school: unless they have all the hfetpa to work -with, We keep a complete supply for; every scholar. ISAAC WISTERMAN. $100 Rewards $ 100 . Tlio readers of this psper vrlll be pleased toTeam that there is at least one dreaded dlsdaso that science has been able to Cure in all dts Stages and that is Catarrh. Hall's Oatirrh. Cure la the only positive cure now known to the. medical fraternity. Catarrh beifiR a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment, Hall's Catarrh Cam is taken internally, acting directly up­ on the blood and mucous surracee of system thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving th* parent strength by building up the constitution end resisting nature in doing ite work, The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer oua HundredDollars for any cab * that it fails to cure. Send for list o testimonials, Address. i \ J, CHFNEY A Co, Toled* 0. Sold by Druggist, ?*c; Hall’s Family Pills are the best. cedarv I lecollece o . Fifteenth yeat opens Sept, 18. , Teacher* Should examine out Teachers’ course, Strident* for th* tnihisfcry, law, medicine .arid pro­ fessional teaching should study our Classical. ahd Philosophical courses. Those who wish studies preparatory to agricultural, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineer­ ing can find them in CedarviUe College, Our Course* in Music and Oratory ate exceptional. All who wane a thorough education ban’ get i t right a t home in CedarviUe Col­ lege a t a trifling expense. Yeung people, com* to college. Every pur­ su it is calling for college graduate*. Catalogue free. DAVID McKlNNEY, Pm lM , Mf. lame* A, McMillan left Tues­ day morning te^ Seattle and C{Se­ ville, Wa*hM*where he will spend a month or six weeks. In the la tte r place Mr. McMillan has two broth­ ers, Robert and Collins, and he will make them an extended visit. Mr, McMillan says th a t he will retu rn in time to assist In electing Bryan, though therem igh t be such a thing the ex-postmaster stopping off in Nebraska long enough to shake hands with the “ Peerless One.” Fresh car of Portland Cement. D. S, Ervin Co, “I t Pays to Trade SPRINGFIELD.*’ In There are ;delicate quali­ ties of the rich grape and in the fine wines, made thtiaof which’tis hard to describe. It’s better to be shown,. The satne holds good with the splendid fall auits and overcoats that are ready here now , * I — T D O B m B S R ~ Aroade * « - Springfield, O. M*mb*r*’ Merchant* A**0ciatma« >