The Cedarville Herald, Volume 32, Numbers 27-52

Wm 3te#dl]**e« 0«r J«|i \ Work will compw# with ffeat of nay other firm .. », Heda Merald. rVWX Ttj» its* winm m rM with „ Jadeae, 4*s^tt* tiu t ys*r i s t o a i e ] :» p m due a j»r«amt setfft>j meat is earjiflitlyAMirssi, y, SEPTEMBER 10 , 1909 “OBTIMSOF MVPRISM Lift "1 (BY BAMFEL W. IRV INE .) E d ito r of the Herald, l . Dear Blr -Tho following' graphio account of southern prison Ufa -was w ritten some years a fte r the Civil W a r by Samuel W. Irv ine a Cedar­ ville Union Volunteer, who served from 1861 to 1865, I t should have been published then perhaps. The m anuscrip t was laid away for years and came in to my possession. In my opinion I t is highly worthy of perusal, and well w ritten in clear, concise and oxpreeslve style. I t touches the hea rt ap'd arouses tho sympathy of ovory one who reads i t if ho honors the man who suffer­ er! for the F lag of our Couni ry. I t is a straight- forward, unadorned, rea listic account of his own exper­ ience, ye t giving a flue description, of the prisons and scenes he w it­ nessed, The language is h is own. I have corrected the spelling of sotti ■mis-spelled words bub o ther­ wise the account is practically and lite ra lly in his own words. I have the old faded m anusc rip t which he wrote. You a re a t lib e rty to use it. Yours truly, .1. J. Osborn. I was captured a t Glrayd Mountain, W est Virginia, four miles from the V irginia and Tennessee Railroad, while m ak ing a ra id under General Crook, on the 9th ot May, 1861. We m arched very rap id ly from F ay ­ etteville, W, Va., sta rting on the 8d of May, Brig. Gen. Crook, com­ m and ing the Kanawha Division, composed of three brigades, the first commanded by Col, R , B. H ayes of the 23d O. V. I. The sec­ ond .brigade, to which wa belonged was composed of tho 12th O. V. I., 91st O. V. I . and otller regiments commanded by Col. C. B. W h ite of the 12th O. V* I. ' We m at the enemy a t CloydMoun­ ta in in possession of a strong posi­ tion, commanded by Gen, Jackson, We b a d a ha rd fight for an hour or two, which resulted iu a complete rou t of th e lebs. We cap tu red two pieces of a rtille ry and a num ber of prisoners- We bad 8& men killed, the rebels 89 and abou t the same number wounded. The rebels were drrrifh from th * field,’ I was stopped by Brigade Bur­ geon. Major G raham , while help ing to Carry a wounded, man of ou r bri­ g a d e ’to th e place where the wound­ ed were laid (which wap Gloyd s house). The rebel ra id e r John Mor­ gan had suddenly reappeared to re- entorce Gen. Jackson , and as our m ain arm y pursued the' fleeing en­ emy, we, a few of us, who were Caring for tho weitnded were cap­ tu red , I t was near Salt POud m oun tain , . A t th a t time they, our Mends, wore too fa r away to a ssist us, and our Sargean t in Chargo, G, A. G raham , surrendered, w ithou t -re­ sisting , th a t being a ll be could do. A s soon as tho rebels go t us in their possession, they commenced send­ ing all those th a t were no t wounded to Saltvillc, 60 miles west on the Va. & Torn* R. R. and the wounded to Emory and Henry Hospital Which was an academy before tho war. About half tho wounded and a ll the well, b u t th irteen , wore sen t off, up to the i5th of May, I being one of th e th irteen th a t remained. On the 10th, wo were ordered to get ready to go to Dublin depot on tho Vft. & Tenn. R. R., four milos d istant. We arrived thore about 3 p. in. Wo were guarded to tin i po in t by tho Dublin Proyost Guard and wore placed in a log house, guarded by the P rovost Guards. They treated us as well as they could. The Bargeaut of tho Guard supplied us w ith tobacco, which he paid for himself. They called John Morgan's men robbers and horse thieves. In fact, they were, for th ey robbed used a ll we had of any account, even to pu r pocke t combs. They took good b lankets from our wounded and le ft their old b lankets to lie on, and nothing to cover with. The n ex t day (tho 16th) wo sta rted strongly guarded to a town called Ghristiausburg on tho Va. & Tenn, it, it. Hero we were put- aboard a tra in a t 1Uo'clock a. m., ami sta rt- ad fur Lynchburg about 60 m iles fu rth e r E a s t, and ICO miles from Richmond. Wo lauded a t the place, a black am i smoky elty a t g o'clock p, itu We wore marched from tho train to th e Provost M arshal's office, and from tboro one m ile ou t of tho city, (o a camp called Camp Nicholas. This e»tnp was* kept for collecting prisoners, and guarded by m ilitia. The ground th a t tho prisoners had to occupy was a hollow, surrounded on a ll soles by h ills and a very low m arshy place, with a sm all stream ruuu iug through it. Oa our arrival, wo found only a few wounded and a few a ttendan ts. The wounded wews too bad to bo moved, and had to be k i t from tit* tra in load th a t bad stavff d for Georgia on tho 1-lfh o f May. We had drawn one fourth pS ft pound of pork and one pound of coni meal to the man. This wo had to livoGtt un til the 17th abou t 4 p. in., when wo go t two small crackers .and one fourth of a pound j of s a lt beef to the man. On the 17th j every tra in b rough t a squad of pris- oners. On the 29th there was one thousand of us in th is miserable hole. Our ratiens ware, as I sta ted b t- toro, for 21 hours, one-fourth of a pound of boef and two moldy crack­ ers. On the £9 of May 1864, we were pu t on some fllthy hog cars and s ta rte d for Andor0onville, Ga., guarded by m ilitia, probably too g re a t cowards to go tp the front, and th ey showed i t in guarding the the car, th e doors barred, The next day wo wore a t Danville, Va. Wo were taken up in to the town, to tho old prison buildings, and here were confined m building Kb. 2. I t bad been renovated and was to ler­ ably clean, commanded by Major Profflt. Hero we draw a pound of corn bread and a half pound of cooked pork, which tasted very good a fte r subsisting en sa lt beef and m usty crackers. I took a good n igh t's sleep for I bad not sleptsince I loft Oioyd Mountain of any conse­ quences. I had no b lanket b u t slep t comfortable w ithou t any , Soma one of J ohn Morgan’s band was en- joymgm ine a t th a t time. We a r­ rived hero (a t Danville) abou t la o’clock on the2lsfc of May. On the 22d we wero loaded on tho cars again crowding 100in a.car. There were wero a g reat many wounded in tho squad. I t was im ­ possible to lie, or even to s it down. Tho doors wore aga in barred, and the train moved off, bound io r An- dorsonvillo onoe more, 800 miles from Danville. Before leaving Danville we drew to la s t three days l a t e mine up in one day and did without the other two. By the time th a t rations were issued I was very hungry, for there was no one to get a bite from, like it was when I was with our' own regi- aent, for they, the other prisoners, were like myself, without anything to eat. Time passed very slowly. Wo did not get to see much of the country, for the doors were, no t a l­ lowed to be opon. We counted i t very tedious for we were no t a l­ lowed to travel more than a hun ­ dred m iles p e r day, making eight days trave l from Danville to Ao- darsonvilie. I remember of the ta ilin g flying ou t from under the on the camp. Thi* was to prevent a break’from those inside while wo were en tering the gates. The infan­ try stood in lino w ith cocked mus­ kets, and the a rtillery was charged with grape and canister. About 4 o’clock Jun e 1, 1861, I find myself ontering the gate of AndersonvilL* prison. How comes a scone th a t can not bo described. Crowded around the gate wero a ll tho inmates. Their object was to see if any one was in the squad th a t they knew. As wo pushed our way through, the cry was, “Have you any h a rd tack?'* or, “H ave you any tobacco?” Wo made our way to abou t the center of the stockade, tho rest of the ground being occupied, (Continued nex t week) PR IC E *1.00 A YEAR. Th# first joint under the n#w la- day and proved judging from The day pasfi w ithout any parf In the corporation the regu la r nu H*TRIAL. rim a ry election was held l ’ues- ry quiet affair, m*r primaries, if very quietly excitement, vote fell-short while the little Tie Vote Is Unsettled. township only traned out a over one-third thejasuai ro te. The main contMjpraa over trustee ship, there beiujkflve candidates w ith three to seledk J . 0 . Townsley led th >lis t w ith % W. S t. John , Second. W. II. B # b s r , A. H. Gres- well a n d G, II, Btnfth were tied for th ird place with 18/votes each. The Board of Elections had under consideration the tie vote of tb e three ttuStee candidates, Barber, Creswelland Smith. This board could djspose'of the tie by having lots cast wero i t no t for two contest­ ed ballots. Secretary of S tate Thompson no­ tified the board th a t the envelope containing tbe ballots m u st no t be opened only in court. An opinion is expected of A ttorney General Denman today. I t may be th a t the Central Committee will be called in the contest also. METHODIST BROTHERHOD. The first regu la r meeting fo rlh is fall will he held a tth e raom^ Thurs­ day evening, Sejit. 16, a t 8’ oolook. Every memb.or be sure to be present. Delicious refreshments served. President.; Enrollment Of Public School, T R U S T E E S ,® ! select) The pub lic.■ school* opened Mon­ day under very favorable oircum- BrRi ..©or. Tot. W, H . Barber....... 2 28 J87 A*. H, Oresweli..'.,..^ I* ? 74 187 T. W. Bt. John .... J 100 154 G. H r Sm ith____ J H | 187 J . C. Townsley,—J§ m J08 twelve o r "Risen badly wounded. I found ou t a fte rw a rd s th a t th is was a common occurrence before I. go t th rough traveling in tbe South, I had th# good fo rtune though never to g e t an injury. I have seen many a poor follow mashed to pieces by tra in s runn ing off tho track . I nev­ er was aboard of a tra in in tbe south, bu t tbero was a break up of some kind. On the 1st day of Juno, abou t 11 ocloek a, m. (1804), the- tra in whistled fo r a stop. On in ­ qu iry , I found wo had arrived a t Amleisonville station , twelve miles north of Americus, and in sigh t of Camp Sumpter, where % was to b# confined fo r e igh t mouths. Ander- sonviUe is a railroad sta tion in the m idst of a pine forest. I t is on an elevation bu t surrounded by swamps I suppose tho South had been searched over and this high laud in the swamps, the so-called chivalry, tho au tho rities had selected tin. proper place for to rtu ring union prisoners; and to rtu re us they did. Ordors were given to open the car doors and march tho prisoners to headquarters, some distance from the station. I t was a very warm day. We wero marched to headquarters, a two sto ry log building, ju st outsino the stockade, "We were ordered to come to a fron t in four ranks. ^1 was almost perishing w ith th irst, but not perm it ed to move from tin- place I was in. A guard came pass- iug by with a canteen full of water, I asked him if he would give me a swallow of i t and the answer I got was “ Go to h—1.” In this position we had to remain for 8 hours, then we wero counted off in squads of ninety and a sergeant to each squad A fter th is I saw a ta ll hump­ backed species of a human step from tho door of tho log house, with a revolver in hand, and a sword hanging a t his side, and gave corn-, maud in broken English, ‘ At- tensheon” Me then gave orders for each sergean t to take the names of company and regiment of every man in ins ninety, A robol srgenn t was sen t along tho liue supplying eac.fi sergeant of a squad with a sheet of foolscap pa­ per. A fter th is was completed this s p e c ie of a m an stepped nea r the cantor of tho lino and spoke In Ins own gibberish, th a t we would he divided in to Detachments, th a t each .Detachm en t would bo com­ posed of three flO’B, m ak ing £70men iu each. Each Detachment was theft numbered. I was in the 39th detachmen t, the la s t ftfc th is time. We wore thou ready for en trance in to th# stockade. Before moving off they placed several lines of m i­ litia around wa and on the side of tho stockade, aimed. A batferyun - limbered and every m a n a t his post, ju st iu tb s rear, tho pieces to bear of repair# abou t the building were made, Th# following i* th e e n ro ll­ ment! H igh School Department G ramm ar “ In term ed iate “ . P rim ary “ Total - 279 CHANCEOFALIFETIME. The Lad ies Aid Society of the M. E . church will conduct a “Tour around the W orld” sta rting from How York, v isiting ' six countrys, lauding a t San Francisco. Tickets including transpo rtation and re­ freshments fo r tho entire tour all for 25c. 2t. 03 TREASMRBft J . R . Cooper.... ........... 41 116 187 W. H , Owens................ 51 68 116 CONSTABLE W. Kennott................... 60 100 160 John Ron#............ ...... 67 19* 199 ASSESSOR Amo# Tonkingon.... 7# APPRA ISER J . IL Stormont 89 Day of Prayer For Schools, Prof. K. 23. R anda ll was nom inat­ ed mayor fo r mayor in Spring Val­ ley Tuesday, on tho Republican ticket w ithout oppositien. He will have opposition th is fa ll m tho Domociatic nominee, W. V. Luce. The many friont s of Prof. Randall hero w ill b# in terested in his being successful nex t November. Tho second Sabbath in September, the 12th 1ms been designated as a day of p raye r forcchootaaud all de­ nom inations have been asked to observe th e day. The N a tiona l Reform Association has tak en up th is work and asked th a t the day he given OTtr to spec­ ial and un ited p raye r in behalf of our public and private schools. The movement was started In 1902. Mr. John (Milangh has added two large sta lk s of corn to our exhibi­ tion. They aro abou t the same siso of the Bt. John samples and only gives an idea of tho size of the corn over thiB sectiou of flic county. Annual Meeting W. C. T. U. T h o u s a n d s o f D o lla rs a re s p e n t a n n u a ll y Tor th e r e lie f RHEUMATISM Yot few people really obtain any benefit. The large profits which the m anufacturers m ake are d i­ rec tly responsible for many of tho worthless products exploited. As a ,r e s u lt btffc few people re ­ ceive any benefit. W ith A. D. 5. Rhumatic Remedy however, i t Is. different. The b rains and intelligence of 10,(ICO druggists aro responsible for A, I). S. Rheum atic Remedy. From their years of experience tlioy lmvo selected and adopted .this formula as the best and most ef­ fective for Rheumatism and its k indred niliments, such us Lum ­ bago, Sciatica and Gout. I t is hot a p a ten t medicine bu t a non- secret formula fo r Rheumatism only. For sale by Isaac Wisterman. CEDARVILLE , OHIO A6 the annual meeting of tbe County W. O. T. V . in Xenia la s t F riday , Mrs. Carrie L . F la tte r was re-elected president, having already served four terms, filmwas also elected a# a delegate to the World's Convention in Bcotland nex t June a n d to the National Con­ vention in Omaha in October. Each 1,000 members of the union is en­ titled to a delegate to th* World's Convention. Greene county haft over 1,000 and was en titled to ft del­ egate. Mis# Mary Murdock de­ clined the recording secretaryship again. Tim gold medal oratorical and musical contest# were held a t the F irs t M. E. church th a t evening. Miss F a ith B traley of Jamestown Won the former and H iss Elisabeth Geflaugh of Harshn tan won the la tte r. Miss H a r d Tonkinson of th is place was on* of th# speakers. Jam es P. Townsley. a member of on* of the oldsst families in this county died suddenly In th# bath room a t his hums In Xenia, Babbath morning Th* body wa* found with duly tho n igh t slo th ing on, Heart, Rouble and acute indigestion ate assigned a# th* nans* of his death , the deceased Is survived by only one member oi the fam ily, George 'townsley. The funeral was held Tuesdayafternoea. Mayor— J , G. McCorkell............ ........ ...... 08 .T, H , Andrew............... . Clerk— II, R, Hitcftonck,-....... Marshal-.- W . R. Kennon............ ..............-92. H . A. McLean.............. Council (6 to select). ...... .'.— n o L . G. Bull..:.......... ........ .............. .76 J . F, Caldwell.... .............m Wm. Cotterel}.,,..^__ T, V. I liff .. ............. ..78 George Irvine.,...,L..... B , E . M c F a r la n d ^ ..... ... ..........134 J . R. Qrr,...*....... ,L ...... ........... ,...88 J . W. Po llo ck ,.....^ ..... . G. A. Shroade#..;^}*.... ............ .107 Dr. J . O. BtewarfcsA—- ... .......... 110 C. Q. W ebber................ Treasurer— ■ | ........ .......82 J . C. Barber.................. ............. t n Assessor—- ; Xt |P« PUflBF*!*! Calvin Ew ry ....... Real E s ta te Appral«i*r— John Pierce,,........V«.... O...t.,,4 144 CEDARV ILLE fQW NBH IP A Great Sheep Country. Mr. John B, Pqelle, of Clinton county in w riting to “ Tim National Stockman and F a rm e r” h a s the following to say concerning Messrs, R. I>. and J . C. W illiamson as sheep breeders: Until recen t year* v isitors a t the Ohio State Fail* who sp en t any time a t a ll in th e sheep barn were sure to see seated in a chair a t tbe side of the judging ring an old ger>ti#man of burly frame and massive atures and keen eye who saw all the hap­ penings of the ring . I n the morn­ ing he was m his place and the even­ ing was a repetition of the morning, and so i t was till the ribbons were all placed aud the contests were a ll over. Others m igh t run h ith e r and yon, hu t to him the in te rest of the S tate F a ir was in the show ring of tho sheep barn, and thus he fu lly exemplified the national trait*, of persistency and determ ination of hie “ canny Sco t” ancestors. H isfrlends and they numbered a ll the sheep-; men there, referred to him as J ,. D. Williamson of Greene county. The first time the w rite r heard of him was from a friend who v isited him many years ago in Feb ruary , and found him in the barn shearing his show sheep and getting them ready for the la irs in tho folloWingautum* When hlB sens were as ta li as the sheep they were taugli t to hold them In the ring a t the neighboring fairs. W ith such tra in ing , is It any won­ der th a t a t the p resen t time where ever Oxfords a re grown th ey know tho name of John C. and every on# who is “ onto the w rink les” of the Merino, is fam ilia r with the name o fR . D. W illiamson In tho show ring they have demonstrated their staying qualities in h a rd fought battles from S t, Louis Mo., to Rich mond, Va. Our v isftto th e ir farms in ' the la s t of Ju ly was opportune, fo r we found them busy fitting the sheep fol* the fairs t h a t were soon to begin. In theg rov# ’nearby the baler was run ­ ning preparlftfrtho good a lfa lfa for convenient, transpo rtation around the circuit, and i n th is neighbor. li6ofi wh#r«ke*plngpnre-bredfiooks and showing sheep ##em« to b» a alfalfa to feed his show sheep. Dur­ ing th e afternoon several ef fb* neighbors were in w ith sm all loads to he haled in sm all leose hales for. convenient hand ling . In the ba rn of John C. A Bon we found a fin# lo t of l u s t ; , g row thy lambs, chewing the chd of reflection a fte r a morn­ ing dose of gasoline fo r fear th a t there m igh t he a s tra y “ StroHgyius Gontortua” th a t m igh t m ake trou­ ble la te r on. There waft no sign of trouble a t present, b u t the sheep­ man, especially the showman, Is “ canny” and takes no chances, be­ lieving th a t prevention is better th an euro. I t is the opinion of the younger member of th e firm th a t gasoline. Js no t a soverign remedy in a ll cases, for a few years ago they had a sheep on which i t seemed to have little effect whatever, b u ta f tor a dose or two of a 25 per cen t solu­ tion of sheep dip it began to p ick up a t onco. He also suggests t h a t a littie dip In their d rink ing water is of value. Feeding for the shows had been inp rog ressfo r a few weeks b u t the trimm ing aud clipping had ju st begun. Borne of the older “ show sheep” th a t have been “ fitted ” yea r a fte r year carry a large amount of flesh and splendid form evon On scan t pastu re , in fac t i t would take a course of sta rv ing to make them th in . Tho firranosuof th e ir flesh is remarkable, i t being alm ost impos­ sible to find a piece of flabbiness anywhere. To tho m an who is ac­ customed to a mutton sheep tho Ox­ fords look as if tlioy w ere abou t ‘It’ hu t a t tlie barn of R< 1). wo read a different story. Tho basement of his largo h am seemed to be fu ll of Merinos of different grade# and types, and scattered through tho different divisions and stretched along tho cool basement w all, away from tho flies aud h ea t. Many of them arc class A an d to th d unifi: - ta ted they look like a mass of wrinkles from nose to tall, I in ­ quired why they grow so many w rinkles and Was told th a t I t waft impossible to get th* Intonse growth of wool and fine po in ts demanded by the Merino men w ithou t them. If I wero not a fra id R. D. would see th is I would confess th a t a t first sigh t those big oily follow*# looked nasty , bu t when ho drove around ten ram s th a t are sold to H ay (Took, Ore.", immed iately a fte r tho Btate F a ir, f o r a thousand “plunks” they began to look better righ t away. And wlmn he showed me a m ate ho sold to Houth African pa r­ ties la s t yea r for $330 th ey looked roatly good, auo when I saw three th a t aggregated 100pounds of wool th is yea r I began to wish t h a t some body would tu rn a few loose on my farm some n igh t. J u s t a few o f (horn would look Ukoau automobile aud a trip to Europe to me, I n fitting for the fair# Mr. W il­ liamson keeps them in the barn a ll the time, as he find# a little grass In terferes w ith their regu lar feed of eats, bran, oilmeal and corn, Tho sheep aro never blanketed un til th# morning they s ta r t on tho fair cir­ cuit. Declining an urgent Invita­ tion to remain a ll n igh t and help hold a kind of social farmers' in s ti­ tu te, I drove away aa tho sun was sinking in the west in a glory of gold, resolving to comeback as soon as possible to th is neighborhood where every farm er Is a grower of pure bred stock; where every popu­ la r breed of shsep in America is to j he found; where there are seme of j tho most successful hog raisers in Jthe country; where there are some )th s best horse# to be found any where; to see, to find out, and tell tlie reader# of The N ational Stock- man and Farmer all abou t it. Light Company Gets Franchise. The Cedarville L igh t &Power Co,, was gran ted a franchise Wednesday evening by the Clifton village coum oil. The company fo r tome time has had th is movement under way a t the request of citizens who want­ ed electric light# in their hemes. I t is expected th a t the company will furnish the village incandescent lights for the streets in the near fu ­ ture. . ; T-;r—r..rm-T -UM l. 1,- •*.. 4 Mrs. Viola D, Romans of Cam­ bridge, O., will deliver an address in the R. P. ohurch on Mam street, on Sabbath evening a t 7 o’cleok. Mrs. Romans i#-corresponding sec­ ro tary fer the sta te W . Q. T. UM is a woman of wide experience and is a pleasing speaker. Everybody in ­ vited. A collection will be taken. Mr. Fu lton Ferguson^ b ro ther ot Mrs, C. G, Turnbull, has been a guest a t the Turnbull home for sev­ eral days. Mr. Ferguson w ill teasb this yea r in Williams College, hav ­ ing the branch of ancien ' history. - M r.R . D. W illiamson shipped a car load -of ram s Monday to H ay Creek, Oregon. The shipment con­ sisted of 44 head and of th is num­ ber Mr, Williamson raised 90 head and received $ 2 ,.000 for hi# Mr. Williamson accompanied the sheep and will go on t* the Exposi­ tion a t Beattie, Rev. W. E. Putt Is Returned. The Cincinnati M. E . conference closed a t neon Monday a fte r , weeks session a t Greenfield. Rev. W. F.. P u tt was returned to Cedar- ville; E , H . Cherrington, F irst Church, O. P. Hoffman, Trinity, Xnma; J. W. Gaddis, Bouth Chales- ton; W. M, Coffman Jamestown; W. M. Patton, Yellow Springs; O. J . Mooro, Osborn. , PUBLIC SALE! Wo w ill sell a t public sale on the Dr. Raddisli farm , 1 mile west of Clifton on the Clifton and Yellow Bprlngs pike, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1909, Beginning at 10 a. in,, th e following personal property: 4 HEAD OF HORSES 4 Fou r geod work horses. 34 HEAD OF CATTLE 34 Consisting of 2 pure-bred A t ;us cows; 1 Pure-bred Ang s Bn ; 0 good grade Angus Shorthorn milch cows, giving a good flow of m ilk ; 6 coming 2-year old Angus steers; 4 coming 2-year old he ife rs; 4 year­ ling Angus steers; 2 yearling Angus heifers; 6 Angus sp ring calves. 23 HEAD OF HOGS 23 Twenty good feeding sh ea ts aud three brood sows, (bred) FARMING IMPLEMENTS. On# Btudebaker farm wagon; 1 Oliver steel gangp low /goodasnew ; 1 3-horse Oliver break ing plow; 1 “ Hoosler” Fertilizer g rain d r ill; 1 Bradley Cora p lan te r and check rower 5148-tooth smoothing harrow ; 1 F ogs sweep power feed mill, good a s new; 1 Thoma# disc harrow; 1 set of hay ladders; 2 rid ing cu ltivato rs; 2 walking cu ltivato rs; 1 Fanning m ill; Harness and m any other things not mentioned. 1000 SHOCKS CORN 1000 6 Tons Good Timothy Hay. TERMS:* Nihe months time on •uni# over $ltUK). 6 per cent discount for cash, Ten dollars aud under, CABlt. ELIAS SPARROW A SON. R. E . LORRY, Auct. ft. J. C O R K Y , OJerk, REGULARMEETING OFCOUNCIL. Council m et in regu lar session Monday evening, a ll member# being present. Owing to the abserfee of Mayor Wolford, P residen t Randall presided. Reports o f different comm itters were re a d and approved, Bills to tha amount of $348.07 were ordered paidi The repo rt of the treasu re r shows th a t there was $2,781,13 in the vil­ lage treasu ry . Th is am oun t aston­ ished some of the members and Mr. Pollock called for the 'treasurer’s repo rt th e previous month. The amount was found to he correct, A motion w as passed proh ib iting the dumping of garbage in the Kil- dow quarry. Member 1rvine stated th a t all kinds of garbage was being dumped near his property . I t is % a ted th a t farmers are hau ling trash to town and throwing i t In t h i , place. There is a pena lty a t­ tached for such work. Fire Consumes Dixon Anto. The auto owned „by Dr. J . W. Dixon was horned on the Xenia and Jamestown pike th is side of the railroad crossing Wednesday even­ ing. The machine had no t been work­ ing properly and Ph il, Dixon, who ‘ was in charge, stopped to ascertain the cause. He had drawn some gasoline from the carburetor to prime the front cylinder. An ex tra charge of gasoline hadgone through the engine in to t,he muffler and when Ph il sta rted to crank the engine th is charge blew o«t and se t fire to the vapor. I n an in s ta n t the machine was in a blaze, the occu­ pan ts, Mr, and Mrs. Gharles Pur- dan; and son, escaping w ithou t in ­ jury . Fearing an explosion, the pa r­ ties d id not. ven ture close to (he machine even to get their wraps and ##«« ;' chance of your life to b ay one o f ' them road colt# a t Jim Qrr sale. Mrs. C. G, Turnbull and M iss C la ra Kyle le ft Monday evening for a v isit in Detroit. •—Sale bills, posters, le tte r and note heads, envelopes p rin ted in the la te s t type faces and on tbe b e st S to c k . We ca rry the largest va rie ty of stocks of any p rin tihop in the county. X en ia Is p repa ring to raise *funds to en te rta in th e D epartm en t of ph io of the G, A. R. and aux iliary organizations n ex t June. I t is claimed th a t Xenia business people will be benefltted to the e x te n t of abou t $25,000. I t will be necessary te raise abou t $4,000 for carry ing ou t tho en tertainmen t. M. A. Broadstone as county r e ­ corder and O. I). Kauffman a s coun­ ty trea su re r, turned over th e ir offlees Monday to th e ir successors. B. R. Thomas becomes recorder w ith LeonSpah r as deputy. R . R. Grieve is trea su re r and re ta in s tho p resen t deputy, Mr. Charles R. Mower. By the will of Lon II. Houston, South Charleston gets $10,(KK) for a public lib rary on the condition th a t h is brother, Edward, give the same amoun t for th e estab lish ing and m ain tain ing the same. Some ch a r­ itab le o r religious in stitu tion is to receive $15,000 the selection to bo made by Edw ard Houston, Two nephews receive $1,000 each and a Title# $5,000. Three fou rths of tlie residue of the estate is le ft to his b ro thers and eister or their heirs. Edw ard and Foster Houston a rc executors, AN OPPORTUNITY. The Michigan Nursery Company, of Monroe, Michigan, one of the oldest and most reliable nuirAries In the country, w an ts a rep resen ta­ tive in th is vicinity. Good wages can be made selling their high grade trees, p lan ts, etc. W rite them today. aed. Sr.vrs or Onto, V itt » Im roo, j _ ICOASfiOWS* 1*$ F sask J. C sskrt iKslMe ftsih that he is senior pwkesr of th# flrta ot T. J, t'm s t* i bCo., do’ag bNeisee* in the etWof’Mode. •onHty, *»tl st»*e ftfonttil. *n l that mut trtwn will Mf tbs sail!* OK* HI MDRKh l*)f,bA.8B*>r seoh systy east of tftturrh tbet esnnftt he emred by tbs lUu.'1< C ata * mi (tour. FRAKJC J, IHMTEY. SSxorh to bfcfere iue sad Subscribed te atv twnence, this Odi dey of December, A. li , A, W. flU: ' |«tAt j *» NcHty Public ttsli’SiWtiHMh Cur* is tflwi iafcrnMl.r Hid Ussefljr mi the Mood is d n e w t isaiMMMef tats sgsSesA, 4leoeiso* tetN$MS#M$. ■wk- /• .