The Cedarville Herald, Volume 35, Numbers 1-26

I Id- Ire PRICE weight ( J k e e p ) ble 'table Ohio. over. I with nefits ft rest*. t x o— mach f man show -you |i— for tfcured Inula- yith a 1 < )f can erage i- ) 5 , Ex-President’s Address Before . the Ohio Constitutional Convention. POWEROF PEOPLESUPREME ' . ■■ / - IN EFFECT HE ADVOCATE8 MODI. FI ED FORM OF “ BE- • Imperative to Exercize Proper Control and Supervision. Over Big at Well aa Small Business—Interests of ' Wage-Worker : Must Be Looked After—For Genuine Equality of •Opportunity—Rights of Man of More Importance Than the Rights of Property—"Direct Nominations by the People Advocated. Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 21.—In his address before the Ohio constitutional convention, in session hero, ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt spoke substantially as follows: . Mr. President, and M embers o f the Ohio Constitutional Convention: I am profoundly sensible of the honor- you have done me In asking me to address you. You are engaged ■in the fundamental work: of self-gov­ ernment; you are engaged In framing a constitution under- and in accord- ; ance with, which the people are to get and to- do justice and absolutely to rule themselves. No representative bpdy can have a higher task. To carry It through successfully there is need to’ combine practical common sense of most hard-headed kind with a rvsplrit of lofty Idealism. - Without idealism your work will be but a sor­ did makeshift; and without the liard- headed common sense .the Idealism will be either wasted or worse than wasted. X shall not try to speak to you of matters of detail. I cannot touclu Jujura them all; the subject Is too vast '"and the time too limited; If any one pf you dares to know my views' of these matters which i do not.today •discuss, ( 1 will gladly send him a p«py of "the speech* j# t h?ade in 3910, which I think cover most of the ground. I believe in pure democracy. With Lincoln, I hold that “this country, .with. Ita institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit It. Whenever they shall grow weary of . the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending It,” We progressives believe' that the peo­ ple have the right, the power, and the duty to protect themselves and their own welfare: that human rights are supreme over nil other rights; that wealth should be the servant, not the master, of the people. We believe, that unless representative govern­ ment does absolutely represent lthe people It is not representative govern* ment at all. We test the worth of all men and dll measures by asking how -they contribute to the welfare of the men, women and children of whom this nation is composed. We Sre engaged in one of the great bat­ tles of the age-long contest waged against privilege on behalf of the common welfare, We hold it a prime duty of the people to freo our gov­ ernment from the control of money in politics. For this purpose we ad­ vocate, not as ends In themselves, but as;weapons in the hands of the peo­ ple, all governmental devices which will make the representatives of the people more easily and certainly re­ sponsible to the people's will. . . . Constitution and the People, I am emphatically a believer In constitutionalism, and because of this fact I no less emphatically protest against any theory that would make . of the Constitution a means of thwart­ ing instead of securing the absolute .right of the people to rule themselves and to provide for their own social and Industrial well-being. All consti­ tutions; those of the states no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be Interpreted and admin­ istered, so as to fit human rights, Lincoln so interpreted and adminis­ tered the national Constitution. Bu­ chanan attempted to reverse, attempt­ ed to lit human rights to, and limit them by, the Constitution. It was Buchanan who treated the courts as a fetish, who protested against and con­ demned all criticism of the Judges tot unjust and unrighteous decisions, and upheld the Constitution ns an in­ strument for the protection of priv­ ilege and of vested wrong, It was Lincoln who appealed to tho people ■against the judges When tho judges went wrong, who advocated and se­ cured wlmt was practically the recall of the Dred Scott decision, .and who treated the Constitution as a living force, for righteousness. Wo stand for applying the Constitution to the issues of today as Lincoln applied It to the issues of his day. , , . Duty of public Servants. ’ “I hold it to bo tho duty of every public Servant, and of every man who in public or in private life holds a position of leadership in thought or action, to endeavor honestly and fear­ lessly to guide Ida fellow-country­ men to right decisions; but 1 emphat­ ically dissent from the view that It is r* ’ cv TV tti Sl.V tO (’ ■ vise methods v.Sjich under tthe Const! totion will autioUifally prevent the people front deciding for themtelvt s jvhht government*! action tley deem lust ana proper. . , /. itonatRto -ilca-makcra should make it clear be­ yond shadow of doubt that tho people In their legislative capacity have tho pownr to enact into law any measure they deem necessary for tho better­ ment of social and industrial condi­ tions, The wisdom of framing any particular law of this kind la a proper subject of debate; but the power of the people to enact the .law should not bo subject to debate. To hold ’tho contrary view Is to be falsa to the I causa of the people, to the cause of I American democracy. Aim of Good Government. I » * * The ends of good govern- 1 ment in our democracy are to secure by genuine popular rule a high aver- nge of moral and material well-being ^Rmoug our citizens. It has been Well said that in tho past we have, paid attention only tq the accumulation of prosperity, and. that from henceforth wo must pay equal attention to the proper distribution of prosperity. This Is true, The only prosperity worth having is that which affects the mass of the people. I hold it to be our duty to see that the wage-worker, the small producer,' the ordinary consum­ er, Shall get* their fair share of the benefit of business prosperity. But It either is or oug^t to bo evident to every one that business has to pros­ per before anybody can get any bend- fit from ft. Therefore I hold that he la the real .progressive, that, he is the genuine champion of the people, who endeavors to shape the policy alike of the nation, and of the several states so as to encourage legitimate and honest business at the same time that he wars against all .crookedness and Injustice and unfairness and tyranny in the business world {for of course we can only get business put on a basis of permanent prosperity when the element, of Injustice Is taken out of it.) ThlB is the reason why I have for so many years insisted, as regards •our national government, that it Is both futile and mischievous to en­ deavor to correct the evils of big bus­ iness by an attempt to res. re busk: ness conditions as they, were in the middle of the last centuryj before rail­ ways and telegraphs had rendered larger business organizations both in­ evitable.and desirable. What 1 b needed is, first, the recog­ nition that modern business conditions have come to stay, in so far at least as these conditions mean that business must be dqne.in larger units, and thep the cool-headed aha resolute deter­ mination- to introduce an effective method of regulating big corporations so as to help legitimate business as an incident to thoroughly and completely safeguarding the interests of the peo­ ple as- a whole. We are a business people, The tflleto of the soil, the whge-werkers, , the. business, men-?- these are the three big and vitally im­ portant divisions of our population. The welfare of each division is vitally necessary to the welfare of the peoplo aa a whole. The great mass of busi­ ness is either small or of moderate size, The middle-sized business men form an element of strength which Is of literally incalculable value to the nation. Taken as a class, they are among our best citizens. They have not beep seekers after enormous for­ tunes; they have been moderately mid Justly prosperous, byReason of dealing fairly with their customers, competi­ tors, and employes. The average bus­ iness man of this typo is, as a rule, a leading citizen of his community, fore­ most in everything that tells for its betterment, a man whomhis neighbors look up to and respect; he Is in no sense dangerous to his community, just because lie Is an integral part of his community, bone of Its bone and flesh of Its flesh, His life fibers are Intertwined with the life fibero of his fellow citizens. Yet nowadays many men of this kind, when they come to make necessary, trade agreements with one another, find’ themselves in danger of becoming unwitting trans­ gressors of tho law, and are at a loss to know what the law forbids and what it permits. This is all wrong, There should be a fixed governmental policy, a policy which shall clearly de­ fine and punish wrong-doing, and shall give in advance full Information to any man as to just what he can and just what he. cannot legally and properly do. Control of “ Big Business.” So much for the small business man: and the middle-sized business man. Now for big business. It Is. Impera­ tive to exercise over big business a control and supervision which Is un­ necessary as regards small business. All business must be conducted*under the law, and all business men, big or Jittlo, must act Justly. But a wicked big Interest is necessarily more dan­ gerous to the community than a wicked llttlo interest. “Big business” In the past has been responsible fof much of the special privilege which must bo unsparingly cut out of out national life, I do not believe In mak­ ing mere size <of and by Itself crimin­ al, The mere fact of size, however, does unquestionably carry the po­ tentiality of such gravo wrong-doing that there should’ be by law provision made for the strict supervision and regulation of these great industrial concerns doing an Inter-state business, much as we now regulate the trans­ portation agencies which are engaged in Inter-state business. The anti-trust law does good In so far aa it can be Invoked against combinations which really are monopolies or which restrict production or which artificially raise prices. But In so far aa Its workings are uncertain, or as it threatens cor­ porations which have been guilty of antisocial conduct, It does harm; Moreover, it cannot by itself accom­ plish more than n trifling part of the governmental regulation of big busi­ ness which is needed, The nation and tho states must cooperate ht fills mat­ ter. Atium the smtis that « ive on- tihou'.d be. K6»v Tin’ tin ini t .r.rci, *'y- Which tlitOft cuds *»'« to achieve*: i and hero again pricstufter i cn.j Tikctd. in outline anil do not for a mo­ tored this field Wisconsin has taken U leaning place. Following Senator La Fojletto, a number of practical work­ ers and thinkers in Wisconsin have turnod ilj&t state Into an experiment­ al laboratory of wise governmental ac­ tion in aid of social and industrial Jus­ tice.- They have initiated the kind of progressive government which means not merely the preservation pi true democracy, but the extension of tho principle of true democracy into in­ dustrialism as well as Into . politics. One prime reason why the state has been so successful in-this policy lies in the fact that It has done justice to corporations precisely as it has ex> teted Justice from them, , , . Not only as a matter of justice, but In our own Interest, we should scrupulously respect the rights of honest and de­ cent business and should encourage It where ltp activities make, as they often do make, for the common good. It is for the advantage. of all of us when business prospers. Our demand is that big business give-the. people a Bquare deal and that the people give a square deal to any man engaged in big business -who. honestly endeavors to do what Is right and proper. On the other hand, any corporation, big or little, which, lias gained its po­ sition by unfair methods and by in­ terference with, the rights of . others, which has raised prices or limited output in improper fashion and. been ' guilty of demoralizing and corrupt practices, should h3t only be-broken up, but it' should Jbo made the busi­ ness of some competent governmental body by constant supervision to. see that it does not come together again, save under such strict control as,.tc insure the community against ail dan­ ger of a repetition of the bad conduct', The chief trouble with ■big business has arisen from the fact that big business has so often refused to abide by the principle of the square deal; the ■opposition, which I personally. have encountered from big business has in every case arisen not because I did not give a square deal but be­ cause I did. Proper Governmental Control. All business into which the element of mono oly m a y way or degree en­ ters, and where it proves in' practice impossible totally to eliminate this ele­ ment of monopoly, should be carefully supervised, regulated and controlled by governmental authority* and such control should be exercised- by admin­ istrative, rather than by judicial, offi­ cers, No effort should be made to de­ stroy a big corporation merely be­ cause it Ja big, merely because -it has shown Itself a •peculiarly .efficient business instrument. But we should hot fear, if necessary, to bring the- regulation of big corporations to the point of controlling conditions so that th# -wage-wiorkw shall, have,& Wags more than sufficient to cover the barb cost of living, and hours of labor not So excessive as, to wreck his strength by the, strain of unending toll and leave him unfit to do his duty as a good citizen of the community. Whore regulation by competition (which 1 b , of cqurse,. preferable) proves insuffi­ cient, we should not shrink from bringing governmental regulation to tho point of control of monopoly prices if it should ever become necessary to do sq , just, as In exceptional cases railway rates arc now regulated, . , , We grudge no man a fortune which represents his own power and sagacity exercised with entire regard to the welfare of his fellows. We have only praise for the business man whoso business success comes ns an Inci­ dent to doing good work for ills fel­ lows, But we should so shape condi­ tions that a fortune shall be obtained only in honorable fashion, iu BUch fashion that its gaining represents benefit to the community. - In a word, then, our fundamental purpose must ho to secure genuine equality of opportunity. No man should receive a dollar unless that dol­ lar has been fairly earned, Every dol­ lar received should represent a dol­ lar's worth of service rendered. No watering of stocks should be permit­ ted; and It can be prevented only, by close governmental supervision of all stock issues, so as to prevent over­ capitalization. .. We stand for the rights of property, but we stand even more for the rights of man. We will protect the rights of the wealthy man, but we maintain that he holds his wealth subject to the general right of the community to regulate its business Use as tbe public welfare requires. Wo also maintain that tho nation and tho several states have the right to regulate the terms and conditions of labor, which is the chief element Of wealth, directly in the interest.of the common good. You, framers of this constitution, he careful so to frame it that under it the people shall leave themselves free to do whatever Is necessary In order to help the fanners of the state to get for themselves and their wives and children not only the benefits of better farming but also those of. better business methods and better conditions of life on tbe farm. Moreover, shape your constitutional action so that the people will he able through their legislative bodies, or, falling that, by direct popular vote, to provide workmen’s compensation acts, to regulate the hours of labor for chil­ dren and for Women, to provide for their safety whilo at work, and to pre­ vent overwork or work under hygienic or unsafe conditions. To Secure Best Results. So much for the ends of govern­ ment; and I have, of course, merely sketched in outline what the ends (Continued on last page,) POLITICALANNOUNCEMEHT. Mr. John McVay, member of the Oouhty infirmary Board which was legist (Ml out of ('xMovtce by f!,« last togtidaluro, siimmiiimi himsi i; as a cnudUlato before tho m xt lie- publican jmmiiiy for tho nomination of county treasurer, J jCollege Ball jConstruction Will POLITICIANS' Teams Win.! Start Soon, Tho first petition for tho May pri­ mary that ire know o f has been taken out by*Charles M. Austin, as I a candidate tor county commission- ] or. Mr. Austin made a good race two years a#* hut in tho long list of candidates M l *0 fourth place when It was necesi^ry to be no lower than third to be entitled to the honor of being a nomi|ee. It is svlraosl: certain from reports that there, \H)1 be one .newspaper man as a candidate for Congress in this district, ifc. A, Haynes, of the Hillsboro Dispatch, one of the strongest Republican papers in the district. Mr,* Haynes has not an­ nounced fauiself . but his many newspaper friends, as well as his Highland bounty friends, are anxious fop Jilin to make the race, knowing that he Is a clean cut Re­ publican outride of the factional tight of recent years. While the proposed candidate Is nob so well known iu Grebne county- he is said to be strong enough to carry High­ land, Clermont and Brown and draw a good vote in-Clinton and Warren, When people oyer the county are casting about lor a first class mart to represent this county in the next legislature fft«jr should not overlook Um fact that vOedarvilljB township has a number » f qualified men for this position. , The most available one that comes to oar mind at this time is Mr, _G; E- Jobe, one of the best read* scientific, farmers ln$he county, Mr. Jobe is -a thorough business man, ’ stands high ip the county as a man of integrity; always exercising the purest of motives. His sound judgment, coupled with the Ownership o f one of the finest stocked farms In tiiis section of the stato, makes hhn an ideal candidate to representGirtena county* known far and-wide one of the first ag­ ricultural ‘and stock producing counties jn theftate. Whether Mr, Jobewopld consent to become a can­ didate, for this Sorter la nut-known, but the Hef^ld has no apol­ ogy to make ‘ -in mentioning his name i » ttuf Hon, Jesse Thylor has been land­ ing telling solar plexus blows on Senator Burton of late tor his oppo­ sition to the "Good Roads Move­ ment.” The Senator has always advocated millions of dollars for harbors and Editor Taylor of the Good Roads Magazine has frequent­ ly used the phrase, ‘ ‘Millions for Harbors but not one cent for good roads” and it fa said that the Sena­ tor has become peaved at the good roads movement and refuses to have a good word for the cause, regard* less,of the fact that the rest of the Ohio delegation in Washington Is much iu favor of bettor reads. Xt is stated that Editor Taylor some time ugo made tho statement that the government has Spent thousands of of dollars to build a road that was used only by President Taft when ho went to phi# golf. This more than irritated the Senior Senator and a few days ago Jesse received a public rebuke for making fiilse. statements. Senator Burton never was an editor* while Jesse has been a politician and Is now wearing the editorial robe and bo no doubt dis­ covers that no one but editors tell lies. That's what the politicians think anyway. The. next issue of “ Goo.d Roads" may carry an ans­ wer that will make the Senator’s ears burn, "Whose your candidate for presi­ dent?" was the query put to the writer several days ago by one of five well known farmers who have always been regarded as staunch Republicans. In the discussion of tho presidential nominee we discov­ ered that there were decidedly dif­ ferent views oil this matter. Two favored Roosevelt as their candidate on their belief that the patty could not win with Taft for his stand op tho reciprocity question; two favor­ ed the president for his fight against the trusts, While the fifth would support whoever was nominated. One bf the men in the crowd having obtained where each stood on presi­ dential matters poked the question an to congressional candidates and four out of the five expressed them­ selves nt favor of Congressman Denver regardless of whom tho Re­ publicans nominated* The fifth had no choice but would support tho Republican nominee. The wri­ ter stated that Congressman Denver did not Want to be tho Democratic nominee again but all four of his supporters felt that pressure would i,o brought to hear that would cause him to accept another term. One stated that Denver was more ublo in represent tho district than any one else and that kind of a man should be selected, notone that runs after tho job. W-svt'iin; I'l.iiu arid fancy sew­ ing. l’ hone hi n:i hi-. Jo a T, Bimlli. On Thursday, February 15th, the ICedarville boys' and girls’ teams j motored to Wilmington in Nagley Bros’ , automobiles, to play the fast “ Quaker College’’ teams of that city. The day was season of the year trouble to mar the pleasure, the teams arrived in Wilmington feel­ ing fine and determined to win in evening’s contest. The giris’ game was very fast and much college spirit was manifested -but the "Orange and BJue’’.- held the large part of the score of both halves, and won 10-8, Wilmington girls suc­ ceeding after hard playing, in making one field goal while the Cedarville forwards* Turnbull and Gardiner were "death" on those field goals, getting 4. ’ The boys game followed anti was, as antici­ pated,very rough and dirty. Cedar­ ville received foul treatment -from the hands of thC|Wilmington official at every point of game, but in spite of this Cedarville won out 12-11 first half. Wilmington returned in 2nd half bent upon victory if they had to "knock down artd drag out" and rlfis. they did, laying one Cedar­ ville men' outilat for few minutes it is almost needless to add. They won 82-20. And if victory is measured in that way Cedarville is glad to lose. This is the first game in history o f college athletics in .which any official admitted after game that be "handed Cedarville a raw deal." ‘ .The .teams returning left Wilmington about i a. m. and after attending college all' day Fri­ day lined up that evening against their good rivals, Muskingum, This game was fast, clean and open and the hoys played remarkablyw e ll; with one fresh man in game, winning out over the XJnite.d Pres, boys 3t to 2i. McClure of O. S. U. officiated. To-night in the Alford at 8:16 sharp, Cedarville will line up against thti Medway Collegians, this team, has an enviable " record of 11 victories out of 13 games pl’ayed, Wittenberg, Antioch and Xenia “Criierlons", nuffiberiogaroong those who have fallen victims to them this season. Only a few games^remain on thehome floor schedule, so every­ body out toad.■'-rowand ettjo? ittff evening of fast, clean and' open basket ball* Game called prompt­ ly at 8:15. A, I), Pascal, representative of Mayo Bros,, contractors for the Frey traction line, was in Spring- field, Monday, according to the Springfield- Sun, looking after tho ideal for this ] detail' work In starting the grading, and with n o )Mr, Pascal states that work will be started, about March 15 at James­ town artd two gangs will be put on, one headed toward Springfield and the other toward Wilmington, Liftle trouble Is expected in grad­ ing owing to the level country. By fayorable weather it is expected tlutfc the road will be completed to Jamestown and Wilmington. It Is probable that entrance to Spring- field will be over the Springfield and Washington line. Patent For Auto Wheel. Advice has come from the patent office at Washington to Engineer R, Hood, that patent rights .will be issued for his newly invented auto wheel, dispensing with pneumatic rubber tires. All former devices heretofore superceeded in sim­ plicity, safety, durability and economy. Rev. J. J. Wilson Signally Honored. Rev. J. J. Wilson, graduate of the college, and for a year or two paBtor of a Presbyterian congregation at Vlrginiahas been honored by be­ ing retained as pastor of a new congregation in that city as the re-' suit of a union of two former con­ gregations. The new congregation is one of the strongest in Central Ilmois, out Ride of the larger cities. Kev. Wilson’s salary is $1500*an in­ crease of fifty per cent over, his formerBalary. Justreeently twenty new members were received into the The following may be of some in­ terest in that the' items were taken from tbp files of the Herald as pub­ lished August I, 1891. , What came near proving a sad ac­ cident oceured in front of the V, P, church, Sabbath, when a carriage belonging to Mr. Roland KyJe was upset by the horse's starring to run. The occupants were thrown out but no one was injured but Miss Agnes, who was fastened under the car­ riage, was severely injured. She was unconscious for a time and was taken into the obiirch where medi­ cal aid was summoned*. . A communication from Clifton to Xenia Gazette ^peaks of an im- portantanterprise no less than tho building of an electric lino from Wilmington to Clifton. > The enterprise originated with G. W. Harper, Dr. Lowry, andD,S. Em u , It is proposed to use water power at Clifton to generate electricity, Quite a curiosiiy is on exhibition at Gray’s- grocery where a dueler oi the Gregg blackberries are shown as grown by A. 0- Bridgman. The stems are fiat and at least ,a half inch wjde, August. 8, lfe‘,11. A mad dog scare took place last Saturday pear John Taylor's resi- . deuce when Amanda .Stout was at­ tacked, by a dog, which was later'' killed. A serious accident .would have,, happened Satiirday night had it not been foy Charles Weimer, who hap­ pened along the home of Mose Jones, where he saw a room in the house ablaze, .Weimer broke iu the door and rescued two small child­ ren that had been left in the house while the parents were up town. By the assistance of neighbors tbe flames were extinguished. A lamp had exploded. The Logan club bas been re­ organized with Andrew Jackson, president; Will Marshall v ice .pres- . ident; "Will Torrence, recording see - retary;H .M . Stormoiit, secretary; J. H. Wolford, treasurer; R,' *f\ Kerr* D. 8, Dixon, Dr* ^ WiU Seek Court Ruling. Prosecutor Frank L. Johnson an­ nounced that hu will seek a ruling of the Supreme Court in the Frank Bakenfirst degree murder case, on Judge Kyle instructing the jury to return a verdict aoq fitting the de­ fendant. A transcript is being made to file in the Supreme Court. Monday, Judge John ,0.- Maiiton' of the Court of Common Pleas in Toledo, who was hearing the em» bezzeln)ent case o f Judgo Michael Donnelly, directed that a verdict be returned for the defendent, under a motion filed by dofendonts at­ torneys, m^that the ovldence was insufficient to warrant conviction. Judge Donnelly lmd been Indicted for otnhozzeling $975 of the funds belonging to the Ohio German Fire Insurance company. ■ The ruling of Judge Kyle and Muuton were Identically the same and a test case in the Supremo Court will setfto whether the court can exercise this power. CAR OF POTATOES. ways intoriwrtea ■ fit her sons and daughtera abroad. Good Roads Work Explained. Representatives oi the State High' way Commissioners Department met with tb.e various county and townshipofficials in connection with road building, . Tuesday', at a meeting in the Assembly room in the courthouse. D. W. Seitz, as­ sistant engineer and A, H. Hinkle, of the state department gave Inter­ esting talks. The latter talked on gravel roads, the importance of grading and tbe construction good foundations for roads, executive committee - 'August 15,1891. A runaway, liorse belonging to D. 8. Enrin and driven by' Sanuml McCaugha, Thursday, resulted in the driver being thrown out and rendered unconscious, His cellar bone was broken. Mrs. Conley, who . was also an. occupant .was thrown out and received a broken aem but was not hurt otherwise* The horse frightened at the r&iBing' of an umbrella. . . Subscribe for the Herald* of FORFREE DELIVERY. Will arrive between Marcti 10 and 18. Fancy soetl and eating stock. I have this car bought and can guar­ antee prices. Place your order eariy aB the market will be higher. Win; Marshall. SENIOR L. T, L. Various towns in the state are sending petitions to the tTmted States Senators from Ohio asking them to vote for tho Greist bill in Congress, providing for expermental free delivery of mail in towns of not] less that 1000population. The bill provides that carriers I may bo appointed in such towns at| 9000 per year and after one year’s I service may be promoted to $700,1 but no carrier shall receive more than $900 unless tjie gross postal| revenue of the affice exceeds $0000* If each a law Is passed Cedarville, Yellow Springs ami Jamestown Would ho entitled to village de-| livery. The Senior Loyal Temperance Legion will meet Tuesday evening, February 27, in the Carnegie Library. As this will be tho last Chance to get points on the State contest, “We earnestly desire that every old member and every new one be present. Come abd bring a "friend*’ Willi you. A special literary program will be rendered and tho new Legioner song books will bo used. "A Mock Election” will also be a feature of the meeting. Please ho there promptly at 7’SO p. m., as we expect to begirt on time and close promptly at 9:00, Yellow Springs is m need of ad­ ditional fire protection and council Is considering the purchase of an anto fire engine or having the present hand engine converted into a more modem apiuimtits with* Mayor Doddi, ot Xenia, bound Joe Curl over to the grand jury without) bond for tho murder of his brother- in-law, Charles YVataon on Feb. 10. After being arrested Curl feigned insanity and he was sent to the slate hospital at Dayton but was re­ turned as perfectly sane. Profitable. Spraying ’ It's time right now to de­ cide whether you'll raise insects or fruit this year. The latter crop will cer­ tainly be more profitable Spraying fruit trees, vine and bushes always pays a profit if right materials are used. We can fur­ nish the right kind of Spraying Materials — Have a complete stock and guarantee the quality Csn tell you what is best to use for all purposes if you desire information, Let vis quote you pricos. Wisterman’s Pharmacy ! gasoline ‘ water, power tor pumping tho’ Your monay^-is it earning 5 per dent I f deposited with us it will begin to bear interest from date, payable semi-annually, assuring a profitable and convenient Investment, with "Security that Is ab­ solute*" Write for Booklet. Gem City Building & Loan Association Dayton, Ohio. ORGANIZED 1SS7 ASSISTS $35,500,000.00 SCMPI,tfl $105,000.00 6 North Main, Opposite Old Court Houco .m il "A'**- t: