The Cedarville Herald, Volume 32, Numbers 1-26

s s \ Will continue until/every dollar’s worth is sold, regardless of cost. An extraordinary opportunity to purchase strictly up- to-date, first-class, men and boys’ Clothing, Suits, Trousers, Overcoats, Hats, Furnishings and all kinds of Boots, Shoes, Ox­ fords and Slippers for Ladies 1 Misses’Men and Boys. Most merchandise at half price and some less than half price. Thousands of dollars worth has been sold in 40 days since this sale started. But most goods sold has been heavy and medium weight goods on account of the backward spring weather. Now as spring weather has opened up nice and warm we have placed in stock all of our late spring and summer merchandise, Suits Trousers, Soft, Stiff and Straw Hats, Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers, Summer Underwear, Hosiery, Shirts, Neckwear, etc. These summer goods are included in our selling put sale at half and less than half price. Every dollar’s worth must be sold regardless ofcost in the next 9o days. W e must turn this $ 35 , 000.00 stock into cash very quick, So come early and get choice of all bargains. Don’t miss the place. See large signs marked, “This is No’s 45“49 W est Main St.’ Be careful, some merchants will try to lure you in through fictitious signs. Be sure you find the place. \ i 45-49 W est Main [Street, C. KELBLE, Agent, XE.NIA, OHIO. EXPERTS FOOLED BY MASTER. A rt Not Always Able to Judge thenticlty of Pictures. Ati*' ia e hearB so much about false "old Blasters" and fake art-treasures that it ‘ is interesting to recall the following anecdote, which Is vouched ,for by M. Jean Bernard, so welt Informed on all that concerns art and artists. The story concerns a Rembrandt, which formerly figured at the Antwerp mu> ac'Utn, under the description of the "Jeune homnfle a la cuirasse," during the exhibition of Rembrandt’s works. To-day the canvas belongs to the Ger- ■man emperor. Twenty years ago the owner of the picture went to a col­ lector, M, seidemeyor, and showed him the Rembrandt, offering to sell it to him- for $1,000. M. Seldemeyer la turn showed thn picture to Ms usual oxperfe, who declared it to be an imi­ tation, and the next day it was. re­ turned to the owner, with the remark fla t he could „not get a couple of guineas for It in Paris. The possessor Of the "Jeune hojpme a la cuirasse" -said nothing, but tqok the picture to M, Antonin Proust, who at once recog­ nized it to be one of the best examples of the great Dutch painter. The Ger­ man painter Knauss, purchaser for the Imperial museums,- happened to be in Paris at the time, and when the Rem­ brandt was shown to him he immedi­ ately offered to buy it, and the deal wa* concluded for $1,00tf. The trans­ action was one which the' German em P>.iror has never had any reason to r’e~ j g:etr for if he wished to sell the pic­ ture to-day he could easily obtain $100,000. VIRGINIA ALWAYS GREAT STATE. Her History interwoven with That of tb s Country, German proverb. The same fire purifies gold and con. ■tunes straw. By the census of 179G Virginia con­ tained a population approximating 750,000, or more than, one-fifth of all’ the people then In the United States, about pne-thlrd of this number being negroes, of whom 12;000 were free. Comparing the returns wlu. the pres­ ent population of the commonwealth (2,100,000), the hasty conclusion is drawn that the increase has been ex­ ceptionally slow; but this view loses sight of the fact that in 1790 the fig­ ures embraced all the persons living in the territory now covered by West Virginia and Kentucky; and it should be taken into account that the Old Dominion contributed largely to tie settlement of Illinois and Missouri, and Alabama, Tennessee and Florida as well. Even among the pioneers of Iowa, California and Minnesota many names can he found whose bearers were first Americanised in the settle­ ments on the banks of the James and Potomac rivers, Had Virginia retained her original geographical proportions she would rank easily as first in the family of states. Generously prolific of offshoots from the parent stem, there still remains a goodly crop of sons and daughters under the ancient roof tree, amid the diminished aores of her mdgihal domain.. 2a 18*9.large* ty more than one-half of ..the senators and representatives in congress veto of Virginia birth, or were the sons or, grandsons of men to her manor born. A DETECTIVE’S RUSE. Clever Method by Which He Secured S oit >"> Evidence. ‘ “I had to re. "fc to a queer ruse once to get an admission from, a Deaths Among New York Firemen. There are more firemen killed and injured In the performance of their duties In New York city than in any other city in the world. and R.ugs Carpets Our fine and varied assortment of Kugs, in all sizes, cannot be excelled. We are making special prices on Oriental Rugs. We have a number of short lengths of extra quality Carpet and Borders, some of which would make room size rugs; others would make good hall runners or stair carpet. The entire lot offered a t bargain prices. Van Ausdal 6 Co • t 23 South Main Street, Dayton, Ohio. J car H. N. GAGEX, Bee Supplies Seeds, Implements, Hardware. 218 E a s t T h ird S treet, D A Y T O N , .............................. - OHIO. THE HIGH GRADE L E H R PIANO m u*sf» a h d i n d o r s i d m TM ftrtMl CwtHWHety efMtttfe, CHy, Tin* PMMwrfcrtftta M Musk. Chime* Cwwmtonr A HtaitawS*t*#*l *f Oper*.CMtAge, Ik* N*M* CeummHwfyH M*ik, PwW*<C*l*. AM* 0THKR LKADIMO GONiKftVATORIX* A *nd powntfiil ton*, twqnMto jwrfk«l MlfM*nu>nt dntfthle wi>r)tmftnMNp •tom it 1» tk* mtik erutk bmt inirtrMfttontomwto to-iUy, n to lh# M«1 i H mv *A*r the hoi*-!*, wher*M« klntfalMly 'VrArirtilecohfllHwwwhirit tew** H. UHR * COMPANY, Mantlfi*, » Bmton, Pa. man I was after/* said a private de­ tective. “There had "been some trouble at a club between two young men. One threw a glass of wine into the other’s face. The other, did hot resent the insult as he should have done. . When his fa­ ther heard of ij; he threatened to disinherit his son unless he whipped the man who had thrown the wine in his face. The father was a mem­ ber of the game club, and ho made a wager of a wine supper that his son could and would whip the other fellow. Soon after this the son met the man who had insulted him and whipped him. The fight /occurred on a prominent street, allcl as two of the young man’s friends were with him at the time there was talk of an action against-them, and his father for conspiracy. Our agency war retained to get the evidence needed. , “I t was decided that i t would he necessary to get an admission from the father of the young man who fe$tct nfiule the a e s^ n lt.I was told to f efcit, I tried manyways and failed, fe did not know I was a detective. He had" known me for a number of years, but thought I was engaged in other work. I had another plan to get from him what I wanted. I told him a New York publication was having the affair written np and il­ lustrated. “I said I had seen the picture of the fight which had been prepared for it. He was pleased a t the pub­ licity that the fight was to get, for. the story of the affair a t the club had been printed, and he wanted -it known that his son had avenged the insult. I intimated that if he cared to see it I thought I could get him the picture that had been prepared for publication. He was eager to see it, “I had a friend, a newspaper art­ ist, who made me a picture. He made a faithful copy of the street scene where the fight occurred, and he made a fair likeness of the fig­ ures in it. The picture showed one man stealing up behind another and striking him from the rear. Behind him were two other men, who were supposed to have accompanied him to see fair play. The father was thought to have been in the neigh­ borhood, hut as he wasn’t seen he was left off the picture. He exam­ ined i t carefully. “ ‘Who are these two men?* he asked, pointing to the two onlook­ ers. “ ‘They are the two Blacks, who went, along with1your son to see thafhe got fair play/1 told him. “ ‘That’# nil right/ he said, ‘but who is th is? pointing a t the man who was striking at the other from behind. “ 'Why, that’s your son/ I told him. “ 'That’s a lie I* ho exclaimed. ‘My son stood right in front of him ( r~ The Greatest Values iji..... Furniture and Carpets Are not in the newspapers, but where you can see them with your own eyes. The way some stores juggle the truth nowadays, you must ACTUALLY BEE before you ’can believe. It costs nothing to and it ’s a blessing that such hi the case. “Looking” f or and NOT PURCHASING till you FIND the GREATEST POS- fLQ D E * BIBLE values, is surely the furniture and carpet buyer’s salvation. BEWARE o f the furniture and carpet store that marks its price tags in characters YOU can’t understand; BEWARE of the furniture and carpet store that * ba its” you with newspaper bargains, which in reality do not exist; BEWARE of its ready excuse for being “just out.” BEWARE of its substitutions. In the name o f common sense, WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT from stores that mark their goods in characters YOU CAN’T READ, so that you can he charged one, two, THREE prices, according to how "easy” or hew hard yoty axe to s e ll? . . . Come straight to the “M, &M.,” where everything is marked PLAINLY, where you find the newest and most up-to-date sdectiqn at reasonable PRICEB, and where SIXTY DAYS obtains the same prices as CASH. Our Regular $16 Range—a popular range for satisfactory aerviee. Made of heavy steel; all parts re­ movable ; worth $17.00. N S W A G T tO N jFummm C on sum ing G A S K A N G S , ■ J Massive Oak A 4 A C*f| Buffet,. . . . . . 0 1 9 i v v DAVENPORT Sofa Bed; chase leather covering, oak frame. This; is an unusual value and really worth $31.00. The. M. & M. A A A [ A P r i c e . # Mr' See our RelriaeVa- ore With a ffuafan* 15*1 from - S 7 . E 0 « THE M. & M. STORE m - lu east fitph stbeet SWKf 1 J DAYTON, OHIO, WRONG IMPRESSION CORRECTED— -Not Necessary to Spend $15 at One Store. and hit him squarely in the face, told him to do that and stand up in front of him all the time. I was right across the street, and tire two men who were with my eon were close enough to see all tha t happen­ ed. They will tell you that he did not hit him from behind. He faced him fairly and whipped him fairly. That was the way we made it up to do, If that’s printed I ’ll whip the man who made it l’ “It wasn’t printed, nor were there any court proceedings taken on ac­ count of file alleged conspiracy. The men eonrerned in it on both sides got together and settled it out of court/’- -Exchange, Secretary of Merchants’ Association of SpringfieldCalkAttention in die followingCommunication to Erro­ neous ReportCirculated inCedanrille. . < « Facsimile of Letter. Springfield, Ohio, May 19,1909. Mr. Karlh Bull, Publisher, Cedarville, Ohio. My Dear Siri I was informed today tha t some person in Cedarville is circulating a report to the effect th a t in order for shoppers to secure a refund of their round trip carfare to Springfield, i t is necessary for them to spend $15 a t one store. This is absolutely incorrect and i t appears to me tha t the party telling i t as a tru th evidently has an envious desire to stop off, if ppssible, the exodus of economic buyers to Springfisld. Under the plan of The Merchants’ Association all non-resident customers who buy $15 worth of merchandise a t any or all the Association stores combined, are entitled to their carfare. For example— $5 may be spent a t one store; $5 a t another; $3 a t another and $2 a t Some other Association store. A - total of $15 is necessary bu t the customer has the privilege of trading a t the various stores. The only restriction is tha t the shoppers must live within 40 miles of Springfield. Hoping tha t the above explanation will be satisfactory to any who may have become confused by the erroneous report, I am* Very truly yours, Wilbur M, Faulkner, Scc’y The Merchants’ Association. Springfield, Ohio. R S, I will be pleased to forward free of charge to any of your readers, full details of the plan and a Carfan Eebate Book upon request. CASTORIA For InfSatt *»&OMHwn. Th« M Y om Han Always f o r Work wj that of as -TiXIXiT- C L U Hi Cedar Ji l a th e c ity w b ioh a re g re a p la y e r, to p la y 2d a c t— Q K n ig s tp n befor on th p eve of f 3 rd a c t,— m d isc o v e re d a t e S a n d y m a k in g G re a te s t eVi date' a n d popu li m an c e . 3 J p e r r y Gordon....' Joe Fleetwood, Dick H a rt, a F| S a n d y S m i t h ....I J o s ia h K ro p , ln | P h illip K rop., B ill Short.. K e n n e th Summ i K itty Medrow, Olive Woodlton^ F rank Thurston] J . Booth MacRej Prof, Dryden, av Mable Summer, S u e ......... ......... •Reserve S' * ADfllSS ati SATURr Of Nation cuits. Sp< only, A1 We have ji Dainties, Cheese San REMN All rei hams* ial lev quieklj MEN’!