The Cedarville Herald, Volume 35, Numbers 1-26

For Excellence Our Job Work will compare with that of any other linr*..... t vT^yvv'Vvvv^ v- i^kwvyV-^' Ti'.iS HPxtt when marked with an in *5 drx, dor...u-s that a year's eubscrip- 1 mm is past due and a prompt j*d- ; iFniest is earnestly desired, , , * ; TXIIRTY-FIFTII YEAR, NO. 37. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 20 1912. PRICE, .$1.00 A YEAR ETHE After a bitter contest the bribery trial of County Auditor, Walter L» Dean, ended'Tuesday, when a ver­ dict of acquifcal was returned by the jury. As has beeu stated before the lines between the two factions nr , Republican party have been tightly drawn, and the contest has proved an eye-opener to the public in that all the good has not been m one fac­ tion and ail the bad in the other. The greater mass of ptople are to be congarfculated that- they are not identified with either and th a t they have beeu independent and will re­ main so, ’ . Two previous grand juries endeav­ ored to indict members of each fac-, tion but nothing more than minority reports j were returned. Governor Harmon was Interested in the situa­ tion, as was Attorney General Hog- ah, arid plains were laid for another grand jury investigation under the direction of the state and.two indict­ ments were returned, one against Auditor Dean and the other against Phillip Matthews, colored, Fourth Ward, election official. While Dean was charged with giv­ ing Anderson Garrq'tfc, colored, $75 as a bribe to rpark ballots for the Citizens League candidate for may­ or. yet little or no testimony was of­ fered to support this oLher than from tne negro himself and his wife. Bht the evidence did show conclusively th a t the Citizens League has been used .by various candidates as d means of working themselves into office arid extending the faction’s power in county affairs, There are many good men inter­ ested in better government th a t nev­ er bava'suspected until this trialbut what they were lending their influ­ ence and giving their money for a good cause. To-day they And that they have been wantonly betrayed and tha t the organization had de­ generated into a common political machine, the funds subscribed being used "legitimately*’among the ward- liealere, if ever such a thing has been possible. That one faction stands for little more- than’the other is proven by the testimony th a t the Y. M. <8. A. In Xenia was used, as a station for dis­ tributing thff election boodle. That .th is noble institution has been a temple of poltics is a proven fac t and it is a shame and disgrace, th a t men ■fighting under a reform banner, have used this home for political pur­ poses. That the Citizens League would go so far as to drag down .the name of the Y. M. C. A. Is all the proof th a t is necessary to class both factions on equal basis. The mere fact th a t the league was unable to account for the difference between $ll 3 , the amount sworn to for cam­ paign expenses, and the $$00 contri­ buted, leads one to honestly believe th a t political virture was not tbe only assetof this organization. Attorney General Hogan has sta t­ ed th a t representatives of each fac­ tion had endeavored to keep him out of the investigation and this does not speak well for thereformers.. What we want to know and what we think Mr. Hogan should do, is to give the public a list of these men. I t has been one gang, against the other and when the crucial day came for public exposure, we And one of the foremost attorneys in the old gang defending a member of the re­ form gang Does the public have to be beaten into insensibility before i t can see that there must bo some truth in the reports current the past Week tha t the two factions w h o standing together to defeat efforts of the representatives of th e 'S ta te of Ohio? No one wants to see an in­ nocent man convicted but to have convicted the defendant in this case w’ould have led to high officers in the churches and pro teasburnt men of high standing, for they all not only see, but realize now th a t the Citizens League was to be the mo- tivepower to place a lot of crafty politicians in public office. When it comes to usitig money among ward-bealefs, reformer can­ not justify themselves in the act other than on the theory th a t you must fight the devil with Ills own weapons, or one wrong rights an­ other, and the later evidently has been the motto of the Citizens League. What hope have wo for permanent improvement Sngovor- merttAi affairs if these movements are to bo based upon such hypocrisy? t h i r t e e n years In the newspaper business should give one an Insight into the fruits of politics find we base the following conclusion upon our experience and observation by frankly saying th a t there is absolute­ ly no niiterenee in the methods used by two factions 111 tlieir endeavor to capture or maintain party control, Tim best proof we can offer is to cite each voter to the men roformem and gangsters biro abmtt. tljo elec­ tion polls. Does anyone conscienti­ ously believe that When a common bqodior and black-leg is out in the interest bf a reform, candidate th a t bo wants hotter conditions? Isn’t it true tha t he Is only there to dis­ trib u te the boodle, being without •influence to eyen control his own vote? When a member of the reform faction sent a reform candidate a few woeks ago Into this town to see a well-known boodjer us to perfect­ ing bis organization, was it the church vote, this boodler was to look after or*was it the Heating vote? What more will a member of the other gang dp? To cure some of these ills we sug­ gest tha t the list of workers for the various candidates be published. Nothing would give as good insight' into the workings of the reform fac­ tion as a knowing who was to do tlieir work a t the polls election day. Independence of either faction will sound the death knell of both", for as long as one exists so will the other, There Is nothing th a t .either dislikb as much as' the people doing there own thinking and ignoring their advice. / DEATHOF . T 01 SLEY, R Jr W. C. T. U. AND L, 'T. L, MEETING. A joint Literary and Social meet­ ing- of the Woman’s Christian Union and Senior Loyal Temperance Legion will be held in Carnegie Hall next Tuesday . evening, be­ ginning a t 7:30 o’clock. •All members of both organiza­ tions are urged to be present and bring a friend with you. An interesting equal suffrage dia­ logue entitled “A Oounfry.Mnn Con­ verted” will'be rendered by L. T. L. talent. A report of Ohio's most enthusi­ astic State Prohibition Convention which was held recently in Dela­ ware will be given by Prof, W. R. MeObesney who was a delegate to it from Greene ci unfcy. Music will be furnished by Oeciarville orchestra.1 ; After tho • Literary" program a social hour will also be an enjoyable feature of the evening. Don*t fail to be present “WhenGreek Meets Greek.’* Presented by the SENIOR CLASS of the Cedarville High School/ / If you'miss, tins' play, you, will miss the best event of the season. * Everybody’s going. Ju s t follow the crowd to the. Opera House about 8 p. m>, May is. Admission 25cts, Reserved seats a t Johnson’s, P la t opens Tuesday, April SOthi at 1 p, m. The result of the wet and dry contest in Clark county Thursday was hot only a surprise to the friends of local option but a disappointment as well. For ■three years a de­ termined fight has been waged in Springfield, the largest dry city in the state, to enforce the law. Borh sides in the campaign had many noted speakers and thousand of inches of newspaper advertising space was used to state the respec­ tive arguments. .The dryB were no doubt better organized y.han three years ago when the county went dry by 130 yet the wets this time left nothingundone to accomplish vic­ tory. From the first when the wets secured hearly '9,000 names m tlvo days to tlieir petitions i t showed they had the advantage imt the drys thought they had overcome this and changed public sentiment. SpriiqjHield gave the wets 3081 ma­ jority, while tho county will go into the'wet colutflh with a wet majority of 2014. POSTS Sassa fras Posts 15c each. No. 2 Locust Posts 18c each. Chestnut Posts 2 0 c each.' No. 1 Locust Posts 2 5 c each. S e le c t Locust Posts 2 7 c each . Kerr & Hastings Bros. ft ■« i c are fully pre­ pared to meet the hot weath- c er demand It is Talcum T* A for talcum pow- I i m e der. Have all the good brands the market affords and sell them at lowest prices. If you want ^something particularly fine try Our Majestic Lilac Talcum It is extremely fine, pure and delicately perfumed, WISTERMAN’S 4 Pharmacy. . Mi’s. Hester Townsley, widow of j the late Jame. Townsley, died eu<i- jdenly Sabbath morning of heart j trouble. The deceased wus past 83 ; years of age,-and although not hav­ ing been in the best of health for several months, was feeling better than usual the day previous, having devoted much of. the |Jnfe to her work about the home. t • , , . About 0:30 Sabbath morning, not, feeling well, slie arose and went to thp hall and called Miss Sarah Wol­ ford, who resides in the house. When Miss Wolford had readied the room a few minutes latter,, she found tha t Mrs. Townsley was in a dying condition,, having reacbod her bed on her return from the haU. Neighbors and a physician were summoned but death had called be­ fore theyarrived. ■ ' The deceased was the last mem­ ber of a family of-eleven children, jthe late W< M. Barber having died m ^September 19.10, She was born October 0, 1828. In ,11:69 the deceased was united in marriage to1 James Townsley, being his second wife. She' never laid any children of her own but, was always a devoted stepmother to her husband's seven children; Previous to her mar­ riage she had beeu a mother to her brother,'Martin’s children: . . Mrs. Townsley was a lifelong; member of the United Presbyterian church. She -is survived by seven step children: Mrs. O. A. Spahr, Xenia, Mrs. J. O. Spahr. Jamestown, Mrs. Newton Harper, of - Dayton, Mrs. Elizabeth Ownes, John, Robert, and Frank Townsley of this place. The funeral look place from the, home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by'Rev. J.’S. E. MeMiciiael, assisted by Rev. W. R. McChesney, 1), D. Burial took pkice north of town. The pall bearers Were: W. A- Turn- bull, J . C. Barber, W, H . Barber, Roy Spahr, James Harper anti J. O. Townsley. Among the out of town, relatives and friends here to attend the fun­ eral wore tho following; I. O. Davis and family, Dayton; Mrs. Paul Stiles, Springfield; Nora Baldrige, Mrs, Elizabeth Andrew ancl Mrs. Earl Jamison, Dayton; W-. L. Mar­ shall and wife'" Mrs. Charles Ervin. Deputy Recorder, Leon, Spahr, Xonia; Mr. Frank Endsley and wife Dayton, Mrs. J. O. McMillan of Col-. umbu&und Mrs. Ida Feurio of Xenia., i Editor of The Dispatch, Hillsboro; Addresses Repub- lican Voters of District In Behalf of His Candidacy for Republican Nomination for Congress^ NOTICE. Patrons wishing to book mares to the Imported Stallions, Prince Al­ bert and Aloteur can <to so by calling phone No, 28 a t ply realdonco. i' Andrew. Wintur. ICE! ICE! We are nowready to deliver for home use. Let us look after your refrigerator by having a standing order for ice, C. H. Crouse. NOTICE. The best varieties of cabbage and tomato plants th a t grows. 2t For sale by It. W. Kennon. Th 080 who are expecting to pul their teams on to haul stone for trie now road to be built on the Colum- buHpilce will kindly call a t tho of­ fice of the Wilson Engineering & Contracting Co., Room 18, Allen Bldg., Xenia by Monday noon. Wfi have an excellent barn paint for $1.00 per gal. Tarbox Lumber Co. “MOTHERS’ DAY” In an article in the May Woman’s Hofhe Companion entitled “To Cele­ brate Mother’s Day,” Margaret E. Sangster states the facts of the cele­ bration as follows: "The second Sunday in May has in recent years had the distinction of- being “Mothers’ Day.” Services in honor of the mother, and in recogni­ tion of her faithfulness, gentleness, and devotion to the home, are held in many of the churches and in most of the Sunday-schools. The white car­ nation has been selected as the flower to bo worn on -the corsage, belt, or coat lapel on Mothers’ Day. No flow­ er of the. garden or leld could be a happier choice than this to bo Worn a U Mother’s own flower. Pure as the drifted snow, spicy and fragrant, and possessing a lasting quality beyond that of lily or rose, the white carna­ tion stands for all that Mother* is to the famify and the race.” • For a couple of years it has been common talk that the Xenia Y. M. C. A. had degenerated into a common political organization that was being used by one of the factions' of the Republican party as a “life raft.” We have heard of merchants about the city speaking lightly of this institu­ tion in n political way but evidently the public never dreamed that the headquarters of so noble an* institu­ tion was to be used1ns a pay station for a division of election hoodie. It then isn’t any wonder Hint men of means about Xenia have refused to lend financial support for the exten­ sion of this work, ’['he recent bribery trial leaves the Y. M. <5. A, in rather dose quarters and some fumigation may bo ncct'isary to elevate this in­ stitution in the minds of the, people. To tiie Republican* Voters' ol the Sixth Congressional District:— As a candidate for the Republican nomination for-Congress in this Dis­ trict, I wish publicly to thank those who signed my .petitions, and .who have In so many other ways given assurances of their: support of my candidacy. I am -sulking a strenuous effort to cover all fit the territory in the District, including the counties of Highland, Brown, 'Clermont, Warren, Clinton and Greene''in* the short time .before the primaries, and meet the voters personally; ..but with such an extensive scope of territory to covor In a tew weeks, if;is very probable that I will not be able to talk to every­ body personally.. Therefore the news­ papers of.the District afford the next best medium for conference with the voters. ,* ' After having, met and talked with hundreds of the voters of the District, I - am very strongly5, impressed with the fact that Republicans are -confi­ dently expecting-toS elect a,Repub­ lican Congressman this fall, Past dif­ ferences are, effaced 'aiijL serious con­ sideration is bein^'given'to the matter of tbe selection cit a-candidate. In this regard,^, shall'tbn ■ glad, to, have the voters make tho fullest‘in­ quiry. 1 have never been a candidate for aiiy office and am not a .politician. An a newspaper aland have always fought for Republican principles, able party candiafes and then party suc­ cess, ■ ’ *No man before the people in tills re­ lationship can truthfully boast of hav­ ing a greater interest in the agricul­ tural, civic, commercial and industrial welfare of our people than myself. Highland county Is a rural county, and ■our business conditions - depend upon the status of the farmer. My progenitors for generations back have been farmers, 1 have spent the great­ er part of my life on a farm and sup­ pose I've done as many days work of all the varieties known to the farm as any of my opponents. Practically all of our family are at the present time farmers, and from a selfish motive, if from no other, I am. vitally Interested in whatever Is for the best interest of the farmer and the business man. If I am nominated I shall do all |p my.power In a clean, honorable, Indus­ trious way to bring victory to the Re­ publican standard in tbe Sixth Dis­ trict. If another man receives more votes in May than I do, no one will work' harder for his election than I, In short, I am far more anxious foi party success than I am for the satis­ faction of any personal ambition. J am free from all alignments and have no. promises make anybody, except an earnest application to duties' of the office, if elected, and -pn this basis 1 believe the party as a unit will sup­ port; me if nominated, . •: Thanking you again for your sup port, and assuring you of a deep rap prc.ciation for whatever you may dc in my behalf, I beg to remain, Very cordially,' ■ R. A-. HAYNES.- ' Prominent Republicans of the Dis­ trict are very free to say that' the 3 believe the' chief desideratum in the selection of a candidate for Congress is / ‘availability.” They agree thal the candidate must he a man ac­ ceptable to the party as a whole; a man free from all participation iu all past factional■ troubles; a-man oi Unquestioned ability; a man ■with £ clean record and no political past Whether Mr- Haynes is to be the nominee' or not, he firmly believes. Ih’ese are essential, attributes for s successful candidate at thiB •critical period.. Using as a standard for measure ment of availability, the attributes above enumerated, many of the lead­ ing men of the District are pointing .out Rfe fact thaf of the Rvp candi dates before''the people, Mr. Haynef would best h® able to gain the solid support of the party In all of the coun­ ties, as the nominee. .Mr. Haynes has no word of dispar ngement for any of hfs opponents, foi he recognizes them to be men of abil­ ity and much merit; but In their con­ sideration one .will naturally revert to. the question of their ability to unify the party on their candidacy, if nomi­ nated! It Is very generally conceded that a. Highland county candidate, lii go far as tho geographical feature goes, would best inept these conditions; Highland cojunty has-not had a candi­ date for Congress for over twenty years when Hon. J, J. Pugley was elected in this District. . TIIEIR MONUMENT Peasant ahd merchant and millionaire, • * Soldier and scholar and man of the sea. Mourned by the world, they are resting whe. No towering monument ever may be; But the waves that gd rolling above them there, Where the pitiless fogs hover over the tide, Shall never efface and shall never impair The glory they gained when they manfully died.. With only an hour in which to pray Where Death had found them and would not wait, They sent the young and the weak away, Intrusting them to the whims of Fate; Ilobbeu f hope, they had strength to stay While the helpless ones and the women went, And the dark sea, rolling till Judgment Day, Is their ever-enduring monument. Peasant and merchant and millionaire, Soldier and scholar and roustabout, lv By the torch's fitful and feeble flare They manfully swung the lifeboats out; Whispering hopes that they might not share, They claimed the. right of the strong and brave, And their fame shall jive till the Jast men bear The last of all heroes to his grave. Christian and Jew, and humble and high, ___ Master and servant, they stood, at last, Bound by a glorious, brotherly tie, When doubting was ended and hoping pastl They stayed to show how the brave could die, While their helpless ones and the women went,. And the sea that covers them where they lie Is their eVer-enduring monument. —S. E, Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. I THE TITANIC « ■ - (Sunk April 15th, 1912) Notv this was the work of the hand of man, the dream of a prideful brain That the wrath that sleeps in the rolling deeps might waken to strengthen vain, > We builded a ship that was one of might, we buildcd it stanch and strong; We’forged its keel to its ribs of feel, we fashioned it wide and long; We said there was naught that might humble .it, no power in sea or sky— And it broke as a crumb ’twixt finger and thumb when the ocean made reply. There were long, Jong decks where the gayfolk strolled; the wake was a white, white foam; .. • , . And the jewels gleamed and the people dreamed of the strength that bore them homo, There were billows high that the bow cleft fair and as scornfully tossed aside— For the ship was great and it hastened straight with no halting foi* wind or tide. ■ We said there was naught that might bid it pause, no power in wind or wave— Ihit itn echoing surge ig th6 only dirge that is murmured above its grave. Now the r-c’ct is deep and (ho sea is strange and is jealous of all men do; Ami it takes its toll as ita-billovs roll and it answers with wreck and rue; t l . 1 . I . V I K , . i . S t u n A i k n 1 . £ * . J 1 - a < * J . f d v k t f , 11. „ . , 1 ... * . . . . . . ll . - « 1 A . ? Then a swii't-eaught breath, and lhe call of death in a mocking and strident key- • Now this was the work of the, lmnd of man a mighty and wondrous thing, And wo told the sea it no more might he oVer man and his works the king. Wo made it as strong as a hundred ships that threaded the seas of yore-— And it lies today where tho long swells play through the wrecks on the ocean’s floor. , , Wo. said there war! naught that might humble it, no power in sea or sky— And it broke as a tiuimb ’twixt finger and thumb when the ocean made reply- , ^ Wilbur Nesbitt in Chicago post. T It may seem== a little early to plant corn. There may be still a chill in the air, but. it is none too early to resolve oneself into a Committee on W ays and Means, so that when Corn planting time does come, you w ill not only know what to do but the best way to do it. - . • Let us suggest that you purchase a B lacR H a w k -or— John D eere KER & HASTINGSBROS. MB. WORKING-MAN Come in and we will prove to you that our line of W o rk Clothes is second to none. * SWEET ORR OVERALLS Known the World oyer for Qualify* W e also h^ve other grades at lower prices. 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