The Cedarville Herald, Volume 37, Numbers 27-52

BIRD’S SPEC IA LS Bare* you money. Look thorn over. It pays to trade at Bird’s* ■* * f W d t a v e F r a p h S t i m w a w e ^ 1 A r P a r Q u a r t , O U v Crackers 3 1 -2 lbs. (best made). . . . . . . . i - 25c / ’■ nkjivi-inir Fresh and fine per quart Be | C — v i A t t u c n I " 2 qua1"s for.......... l O v PanCakeFlour packages for •■“ 25c (Saturday Nov, 14tb Only, BALLARD’S SELF RAISING FLOUR for Biscuits and Oakes, especially good, 3-1Oc packages ...25c (Saturday Only,Noy. 14th.) 4 Bread! Bread! B read! 1 ‘ • - . ■: ■ ?r l ' ■ •• . Cartzdafner Milk Bread Krugs Quality and Butter Krust Bread - * . '• Hi;'* W-t'Byc ptl that comes to town. 4c Per Loaf 7 LoAves for 25c . (Saturday Kov. 14th only.. Eggs We will pay you 30 Cents Per Bozen in trade for CLEAN, FRESH EGGS. .Bring us your surplus. If Y ou’re Building - A New House Talk Hardware With Us— When it comes to builder’s hardware, toe many concerns quote a low price and try* to economize on the quality of the goods they deliver. The houseowner suffers. We don’t do business that *way. Not that our prices are high* far .from it. Wo take a margin of profit that’s lower than you’d be* Herepossible. , _ But—we won’t buy and we won’t aril anything thatwon’t yield 100% satisfaction. ■ Come in.and let us quote you on a safe Wll of bttUderishardware. * The biggestprofit is youta —reliablegoods—mer­ chandise that you can bank on. Isn’t that worth coming in to find out about? OftenU.P. | Chnrcli Cbuu*.i Bird’s Mammoth Store Moral*' aro neither local nor OP' $ UotuC. , | —All drunkurda began by drinking j moderately, j —-Miss Grace {MAUI* is leader for - tba ChrliUan Union. Sabbath evening. < -—Mr. UavldTurner contributed aome ; fine fruit to the parsonage larder th e• other day. Thank* are hereby tend- S*£d. Our orchard la somewhat limit- f ed)in extent. , j /C-Moedamefi Geo. W, Rife and Boy j waddle are leader# for the W. M, B. on Wednesday, November 18/ at the church, » —The quarterly 'conference of offi­ cers and teachers of the Sunday iiJhool met Thursday evening In union with the monthly prayer meet­ ing. Rev. W. -S. Wallace, of Spring-: field P. S. S, addressed the meeting. —What do you think of the Wesley j Chhpel tithing report? Could we do something similar and experience like ; blessing*? —Be sure to attend the first number of the lecture course next Tuesday evening. * —Prom 500 B. C. to the present Eu­ ropean conflict the wars of the world have not killed as many-men per year as the saloons -of America do. —Mr, Clarence Finney placed the occupants of the parsonage under ob­ ligations to him for some very choice pears and pumpkins one day last week. / 1 —The most, stupendous folly that the world" ever wltnefisedrwlthrone exr- ceptlon is the European war; the ex­ ception being the .toleration of the li­ censed saloon in the United States. —Billy Sunday ©aye you might, as. well try. fb run a powder factory to hell as to try to regulate the liquor- traffic. —Rev.' 0. M. Ritchie visited his nephew, W. E, McClure, at Xenia Seminary on last Tuesday. —Nothing is ever settled until it is : settled right The day of National Prohibition is coming. The-vote No. vember 3 only postponed the day of filial victory, for this nation is going to put away the licensed; liquor-traffic as "it has put away four other nation­ al evils within the last fifty years, vis: Slavery, dueling, lotteries and Mormonism—these, all now. being un­ der tlie ban of the law. —The minister* Parson Downcoucl, was at dinner with the Chaffie fain-, ily. sjohnnle spoke up and said: “Can a ' church whistle?”. * "‘Why do you ask, Johnnie?” asked the clergyman; kindly. * . “Becaush pa Owes $12 back pew rent, and lie SayS he is going to let the church whistle for it.” After the clergyman had taken his departure there Was a- vocal solo by Johnnie, —Count your -blessings. Get ready for Thanksgiving. Something, de­ pends on a careful review of the year if we are going to obey the’President's proclamation November 26. .. The thinkfuL are the thankful, —We missed; the presence of-Mr, Henry l£yie, Mr. Joseph Waddle and Mr. Jeremiah Finney, three of odr aged members from the communion last Sabbath, week. We hope they may improve ' in strength and be spared yet for many years. —We are gratdfui to those Who have sent In. item# o f late. Pull the bell- rope frequently and make this column interesting.1 -rGettthg out of the “ruts is -pretty difficult for some people because they are perfectly satisfied to remain a# they arc. How about you and me? —‘Earl ‘Collins met with an accident the last of the week that kept ho and his father home from church. We are glad, however, he is getting all- right again* —Miss Reva Moore continues to Inw prove ,and will soon be out again we hope. —We hope to see* you nil at the Opening number of the lecture course next Tuesday evening to hear the Sprague's on “Skyland Farm.” Mptc tickets have been sold this year than ever before. / —Mr, Samuel Miller has added to the appearaiice of his property by building a fine granatoidl walk in front of and out to the street —Mr. Omer Sparrow’s parents have removed to the home formerly occu- pied by Mrs. Sarah Griffith, on Clin-- ton street —None too early to he thinking ol ‘Christmas and what you shall do—not %ii*t you kill Him, hilt wkar taS If* to dd for other#! ReM«mb«r( , that there ire utuny ways of pr-edme- j in* happiness, and hating bibPluess. j besides gift giving. You cm make \ up a list of folks sham you are go-1 ing to make it your happiness to find ' and cheerily greet with a “Marry Christmas” You can -think of at least a doxen persons who need you aad for whom you can perform some Wndly deed. You can make up with the feilow you quarreled with, and thenceforth be friend^ explaining to him that you do it because it is Christ­ mas. Christmas i# the greatest day in the year, and It will be here be­ fore you expect it. But on your thinking cap and determine what you will do with it. ' —The one thing to keep in mind about this war is that the people have had nothing to do with R, except the. men to march out and be shot mid the women to stay at home and- hunger. The men who are to do the dying in battle, who are to suffer from wounds, and who are to pay the bills afterward, ought to have the privilege of saying whether or not war shall be de* clrred. The woman, also, who War the brunt of the hardships Who must rear tfie orphaned children affit look after the neglected shop# and- crops, surely ought,to have their say, Tfl)SSELDfcR k jOHNfttON CftllfrAll? f .• , , *• » * »# * a »• v At l * r & h r b Smart “ lookers” O VERCOATS of deep, »haggy w6ol in basket weaves; tufted and knotted fabrics; rich, curly naps, all in striking patterns, Our Own Well Known Makes . » for fall and winter*. Luxurious, marm coats in ultra fashions. ' \ The young man pictured here is !- wearing a three button through, French, faced overcoat with full, - swinging lined, yoke lined, with verticle pockets open through, and velvet collar* a t ■ i This model and many other styles $10 to $30 C. A. WEAVER Main Street Opposite Court House, XENIA, - - - - - OHIO **Ni«l priu»*w Reap!* often ask the meaning of the legal expression “nisi prius," Literal­ ly interpreted it meatt# “unlessbefore,” a name given to the sittings of a court for the trial of civil causes. Judges on circuit, besides trying prisoners* .have the potfer to give decisions in causes of complaints between private parties and'when so acting'are called judges b f "nl9i pfias,”" Formerly when-the circuits ,were less frequent tba sheriff was commanded “by writ” to bring the jury and wltuflftfes from the conn ty where the action arose to Westmin ster, Gloucester or Winchester on a certain day, but when the assize* be­ came frequent a “nisi prius!' clause was.inserted in the writ containing these words: "Unless before that' day our justices shall come to your county and take the assizes there.” As it hap peued that the assizes always did take place-, before the date named In the writ the clause^wns practically useless and how.remains only ns h name for those civil causes to which until re cently It referred—Dundee Advertiser Blood and Thunder Drama'. One of the most successful ’ produc­ tions at the “Old Vic” was a play- written without Dickens'.permission- round “Oliver Twist” and banned 6y the 10rd’Chamberlain owing to the re allstic way in-which Bill Sikes mur dered Nancy, His lordship’s jurisdlc tlpn did not extend to what were then called the “ minor theaters” go the play was for many years a, standing dish at the “-Vie” and thrilled the gal, leryites with, fierce emotions, no mat­ ter' how mnny/tituqs they had seen ft. “Nancy was always dragged round the ^stage by her hair,” writes John Hid 'Hogshead, “and after this effort Sikes always looked up defiantly at ,tbe gtd lery.' lip was always answered by one loud and fearful curse, yelled, by the whole mass like a Handel festival chorus. When Bikes seemed to clash Nancy’s brain*, put on the stage n thousand outraged voices, wbiob sound ed like ten thousand, filled the theater and deafened the audience below.” London Chronicle. First War Corro#pond*nt. The first war correspondent,; accord­ ing to n theory propounded by Suthcr lnnd Edwards, appears to Imre been Homer, who wa* sent by the editor of an Argos paper called the CbVoaos to describe the siege of Tt'oy. Hostilities lasted only about seven weeks, and when they came to an end the. Greek chiefs. Were In no hurry to return to their wives, tlpmer was a good Sort, atfd as he drew n large salary and-a handsome allowance for expense* from ithe Chronot* he readily accepted the scheme proiwtiuiied by the Wise Ulys­ ses—to keep the war going to the col ttmns of his paper «o long us hercould manage to write about It Ills letters were foo good not to publish, and meantime the Greek chiefs Uad so en joyahle time at Troy and elsewhere. Reissued in book form as “The Iliad” these early example*. Of war corre spondence have enjoyed a wider cir­ culation than was possible even In the columns of the Chrono*. —London Graphic. An Unknown Chw* Ganius. When Lasker, previous to the 1600 chess International tournament, visited Manchester be was opposed in a simul­ taneous performance Ky an unknown player, who had obtained permission from the cluh secretary to take a board against the champion. The player put up quite a fair game* but was finally mated., Then he inquired of Lasker to know wherein he had erred in the con duct of the play* “Well,” said Lasker, “your play has becd somewhat peculiar* l notice thnt you have - not once moved your knights.’1 “No,” replied the player, “ the fact is that t have not a* yet qifit# mastered the move fit the .knights, so I thought tt safer not to move them at all.” The stranger had unconsciously con ceded his famous adversary the odd* o f two kpights, not to mention the handicap of his cramped position. nA Y T oirs f R E N T E R (South Wmjti Cormr Main «m4 Fowik ■.. • m-u .■ A Great and Varied Stock of Dry Goods ----- andllome Furnishings Every ^department in this store is an exposition o f merchandise,, and we are always on the “qui vive” for the newest in every line. -■ Here you buy the be$t iA dress for men, women and children-—most becoming fashion at the lowest prices. * r\ , . „ ‘ Here you may choose,everything for the home—from kitchen utensils to the Pictures and Paper on your walls, or the pretty Brass Bed for peaceful sleep. Do your Xmas Shopping Early—-Choose Wisely! We Open Our Christmas Book SectionThis Week Quick Lunch Served at the SodaFountain\ Or a Goad Mealfor 2Sc en the 4th Floor Enfoya Famous Soloist or a Band Concert in Our Victrala Dept.—Third Floor it Arrange to meet your friends in our' comfortable ■Rest Room We Dress (Mtxstmlna Floor ) . 77 jc Baby — TheBoy or Girt— TheMan or Woman — From the skin out and from theshoes up T h e Elder & DAYTON , OHIO Not Vary Busy* “Recorder of Deeds.” read the sign' over the door of a handsome building on one of the more prominent of the golden Streets, A new arrival within the pearly gates entered. "The recording of deeds interests me,” he announced. ” 1 used to be a lawyer in the other world. But why (s It that ail the clerks are working except you?” he inquired of the only Idle member of the force. ”1 record the fcood deeds*” explained thnt member courteoualy.—LouIaville Courier-Journal, W Totally DHfsrsnt* ”1 heard that your engagement to Adela has been broken, and 1 presume thnt It was caused by your feeling or delicacy at hearing that she had In­ herited a large fortune,” “Not at all* It was canged by her indelicate feeling oh learning that i had no money.“^Exchange. J f —All kind* *f Fresh Fish Mft M had at Hinton's. Look Ahead for Holidays - Hutchison 6 Gibney - Fancy Baskets* Cut Glass Dishes, Vases-Etc. Silver Articles* Salt and Pepper, Cake Plates Bon Bon iBishes, Spoon Holders Etc. * Pictures, Clown Dolls China,Etc. VASES Something New in Neller Ware Fine for Ornaments Brass Ware AluminumWare ° Good for 16 Years. x # . Fancy Umbrellas, Table Throws, New Stock Lunch Cloth and Napkins* re jw r Bed Spreds, Suit Cases, Traveling. Bags, Coats, Suits,and Skirts. 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