The Cedarville Herald, Volume 38, Numbers 1-26

IlM* Aekfrlto If? For ExceUcuw* 0*e J&k W o rkwM i m m p m m m U k Mrf any o th ir 0xm..... H e d o i Xerald, THu item wkni narked with att i#. dex, denote®liiat * year'* cuberop­ tion it past dw and a prompt *tt~ dement it ttriiMtly eb«ir*cl, , , . TBX&TY-MGHTH Y M , HO. 8. JL M CEOARTOLE, OHIO, fetDAY , FEBRUARY 19, 1915 FRICB, $1.00 A YEAR mjpm FAfWAttJW INSTITUTE Draw Good Attendance-Many Inter; ••ting Topiot Dtocaeeed. <?METON U. P. CHURGH CHIMES. T te toman®’ to*Ut»te n»m*d Mon­ day and afoeed with tit* Tuesday aft­ ernoon weeton. Th© opeatog .eesitm resulted in * -Hv*ly dtoeaseten oi tbs ......... .................... .. school gawfctatt fotlewitvg an address. eighteen times no many by County Superintendent F, M. Rey­ nold.. Bupt, Reynolds cava some in­ teracting: information along me fine o£ the present taw and why there toad been to much legislation a t one time. The constitution having been amend­ e d it became the duty of the first leg­ islator® following to make adequate ■provision by law for its administration. This was done foliowing «. school snr- i ma vey,.which ittendations. ■HPattto never worries. —Do not worry and do not wobble. —A hearty welcome awaits eallera at the personage. * -Brace-. Anderson will .lead- the Ctorietlan Union. Sabbath, evening —The man who will not save as he goes keeps his nose to the grindstone. •Who's who records that about ministers' sons turn out well and Teach distinc­ tion as children of the normal propor­ tion. A good start in religious, things- does not necessarily ruin a boy. —Patronize the question and sug­ gestion boa. The pastor is anxious to hear from. you. —Rev, Mr. Piper, , of the R,,fP. church, formerly Of Oakdale, Illinois, and" Ian old friend of the pastor, preached an able sermon last Friday do the necessary reootn- _ . The main feature of the 'in our preparatory service, new law being compulsory normal training and supervision. The super­ intendent reed a paper which. Is pub­ lished In full in this issue, the same shaving been read, some weeks ago before the Joint meeting'of the var­ ious boards of education in,the county. The discussion, which* followed Showed that people are greatly divid­ ed on school matters. Many faVor centralization and probably as many oppose It. The discussion brought out that the condition of the schools was not the result of th e ' laws as much as It was tack of interest on the part of the patrons. The afternoon session was devoted to the ladies, Dr. Mary Abderson spoke , bn “Home Sanitation” and “Household Efficiency.” .Miss Alberta ‘Ctesweil .had charge of the question box. There -was a piano solo by Miss­ es- Zelpha Dobbins and Ruth- Finney; a reading -by Miss 'Edith Hammond; two' vocal- solos b y little Hilda 'Schooley and a reading by Mis® rlazel Gardiner. The literary feature-of the program delighted ithe audience, Miss ’Hattie Dobbins presided, . J. A, Hutomon addressed the even­ ing sessdoh on “What We 'Owe to Our ’Community,” Dr.- J. L. Chesnut de­ lighted the audience In one of his characteristic addressee on , '“The Farm's BCgf Crop.” There was a vein of humor through the address' . that: pleased- the audience*. yet' serv­ ed to emphasize the main points. The best'Investment in th a t which' makes for the advancement of the boy® dud giHs. Their succeed’ wdlt he -dub, to the famdly-discipKne, amusement fur­ nished, education provided and relig­ ious 'training. The best rate of inter­ est Is their ultimate success, ' There Was a piano'duet by Misfles Anna •C»l- lins and; Helen Oglesbee, a vocal duet by Misses Mildred- and Frances Corry; a reading by JHaa Ruth tfonktoson, Art* a vocal solo by Mr, -Cameron Ross. • ' Tuesday morning the’ session' was the, growing of ai'falfa and te. The discussions follow­ ing each of these topics was interest­ ing. Mr. M. C. Thomas,' of the Miami County experimental farm, ■gave an Interesting-talk on tbis new departure of farm work. He la an Interesting speaker and instructive awwell, Mr, Herbert Patton opened the- aft­ ernoon session with a piano solo, fol­ lowing which was a reading by 'Miss Myrtle St. John, Mr. .Hummou spoke on*“The Wife’s- Share,” a topic of in­ terest, Mr. Thomas in his -taut of the "Live Stock Farmer,” gave his exper­ ience in the feeding .of stock on the county farm. How he Totatedf crops .. to the best advantage for -hog feeding and the way he secured the greatest gains and the actual' cost. According to his figures there, canbe little profit lit feeding a t this time with.corn at the present price. Mr. T. L. Calvert led -the ddsouesion and advised farm­ ers to stay by whatever: breed they started with and not mix. 'Also that It wasfnot policy nor was it profit­ able -to change crops.and plant be­ cause prices, at that time were high, Mias Dorothy McClellan gave two short -readings and the program Was closed by a piano duet by Misses Anna fjollins anti Helen- Oglesbee. The -chairman of •the nomination committee, Mr. "Wm. Donley> present- , ed the nomination* as follows; tPresj Went, Hugh Turnbull; secretary, Oliver Jobe; executive committee: K. il. Corry, W, J. Cherry, Charles Stor­ mont, Mrs. A. G, Collins and Alberta Crssweli. The institute was very instructive throughout and the increased atteUd- aieoe over last year shows -that peo­ ple are taking more Interest in to­ ed tote work. The officiate and* execu­ tive committee are to be commended for dbe excellent program provided. —Mr. O. E, Bradfute was- our dele­ gate to Presbytery at the called meet ing at XeMa toftt Monday. —Robert Harris, son of Mr. -•and Mrs. James Harris, has' enlisted lit the Navy,- He'Is a t Present a t N oth folk, from‘'•which place he -wri-tee that he. Wkes it very well. —The reason why there are. so few young men devoting themselves to the ministry kr because ther# are so few parents .who dedicate their son® to God and -who attend them all their days with, their wSgilanee and prayers. —A -clergyman Said to President Lincoln: “Let ua have faith, tha t the LorWl 1 $ on oUr side in this great struggle.” Lincoln replied: “I am not at all -concerned' about tha t for the Lord- is always on -the side of the right; but' it i 3 my constant prayer and anxiety, that 1 and this hatloh may be on th e Lord's side,'’ —Rev. and Mrs, Leroy Allen took dinner'at the parsonage last Satur- day.and Rev, Mr. Allen preached- most acceptably to the congregation in the afternoon. —The Clifton young people were well represented a t the State Oratori­ cal Contest held at Springfield last Friday evening. - , ' —Mr. J. B. Rife speht the Tatter part of test week In Columbus os b. representative of the County School Board. . —•'Wg. are glad to -welcome back to church Mr.- David Turner and Mies Maggie Finney,'both of whom have suf­ ficiently recovered to walk without a crutch. . . —Things to take to church: 1; Your Bible; 2.-. A notebook and .-pen­ cil; and be on- time, 3/ A quiet; pray­ erful, reverential spirit! 4," A long1- ing for n personal blessing. 3. A -de­ sire‘to be & Messing as well as to re­ ceive one,, 6 , -The love -that "seek- eth hot her own.” % The conscious; ne»« that you are going ,to worship God .Aft the n&mfe of Christ, and the pOWer of the Holy spirit, and- mot SOME STATISTICS CONCERNING THE SCHOOLS OF GREENE COUNTY, The following paper was read by County Superintendent F. M- holds before the Farmers’ institute, Monday, • i t te a comprehensive re­ view of the new School law and the situation created by it and regardless of personal view® Is well worth read­ ing and study. Last year there were 14 so-called Rupta. in the village and rural schools of Greene county. Their combine sal­ aries amounted to $13545. Three of these Supts. gave their full- time to supervision- and each received a year­ ly-salary of $1000 or more. The other 11 gave, from no definite portion of their school- time to 1-2 of their school time at supervision, the remainder of their time was spent a t teaching. There were two townships (Miami ■and Sllvercreek) and the village of Fairfield- and the Beaver Special dis­ trict, hot supervised at all,- (Mr, Rey­ nolds! remarked here, th a t If there Was any person. In*the- room, who doubted the authenticity of these statements that they might find them on. record 1 in the County Auditor's of­ fices.) * ’ ‘ Th-ls year under the much misrep­ resented- New School Code, we have: one County and 12 District- Superin­ tendents.. The combined salaries of these 13 superintendents amount® to $15,324.47, of -which'the' elate pays $3421.88. This leaves $12,702.59 to he paid by the,tax payer® of the county^ This i s the actual and total cost of the supervision- of the Village and rural school? of Green® -county this year. If you will* subtract this -amount from the amount paid the $4 superinendentd- last year you will have a balance of $842.41 in. favor of the tax payers of the county. Of the 12- District Superintendents in our comity this year, four are giv­ ing- their full time to supervision, one 3-4 time and the other 7 are giving 7-2 time to supervision andf the other half of their time to teaching. "We have the same superintendents in Greene county this year that we hqd last,year with three exceptions, nam- ly; Mr. Miller left Bath township and Mr. EParsans left Beavercreek town­ ship, and Mr. Lynn came to the county and took charge of both of these town- ahitfs'for supervisory purposes; Mr. Fortney came to the county to fill the vacancy a t pectervllte, caused by m^. resignation, The village of Spring Valley, .-having voted itself out upon the township, a t the beginning of this school' year Prof. BamCS succeeded ProL.Randall and took control of thp Valley village sebbote for su­ pervisory purpose^ It is true that th e superintendents’ aatariM h aw bee® fomeosed a “ unexcueabiy or they am trying of mterepre Monday orgnteg, .. ing before e l e c t s . published- or In the Xenia Deity l icie portraying be of Green® oousety Rey. ilngs and condition#,, this- county under Code. He then Wd : common shield article is full of and untenable Among various New School Code: ty Board o f BJdUO duties of thl» ■; ty superintendent, ation this county any person who te.i fill the office of 1 ehiohld hay? a : preaching the county officiate; never -questioned ed.on, because the tabllshed by oust -county supatinfe $2000 a y ea r,! Ok I? paid by the atate •is. paid by the ta* ' ty, Besides hie the county supe and- tfbfe cleric of School Examine*#,-.; no'pay. He alp Board of Educmtlc Heretofore fib# . School. Examlndrii $250 t-o $300 a ye. treasury -for ?orvte The number of'< reduced, by the pn^j School Code from.J a year. Th is.Will­ ing to the tax pay from $450 to $5001 examiners’.salarie penses of holding; Commencement, which pearly all erly paid, are no county superint draw? no-extra board of educatiobrj had a- treasurer, cent, on'the dtetob moneys. Aceordi tics on record- ,4| tors Oflico th em , year, in the varlc' school®of our couj C 641.88 to t dchool 'J cent. "6f this Another small ltd tax payers of the New1.School Code-1 useless need of a r ordered R aab itl A study p£ tt the New School! ; vince. any fafr-n " we vriifi com? w® wAU of energy expeiwpoi tbi# subject i# vast amount about tt. On -the even- ay-*>some one be published, jrbKcwn, an art- the peo-pl# Cost, work- :the school* of Mew Sokool ' behind the ted,” This presentations value, or, are there four bars walls Und you and L oa law abiding citizens with w equipment® or .decorations of any kind? A® would be expected; 1 have seen all kind® of teflching—goed, bad and indifferent. I hare been in school room* where, the work was systew- stioally and effectively carried on, by teacher* who knew Just what they were trying to do, and Were using the best mean* and teaching processes to get .it dope. Their school room was systematically arranged.and kept. The pupJIa were properly seated fthd the work went along smoothly and agree- Iter thing*, the abjy, 3 have been in others that show- t Iee_for a Coun- ed the Jack of system and proper r*bd one of the management on the part of the teach- select s coun*. er. Tim teacher was merely hearing due deRber.; classes and- keeping school. The •decided; (hat Children, were leading the. way, A lack guslifled to pf previous planning of -the-daily work superintendent and a sufficient preparation of the temewhat ap* lemons On the part of the teacher-—* of the other happy-go-lucky method of procedure, salaries are , There are 158, regular teachers- em- even comment- ployed1 -in the village and rural schools re become es»' of the county. This does not include .They fixed- the the mUrical supervisors. Of this 158 saJary. a t .teachers 33 are employed in th e vil- M th is salary iage sphools and 125 are employed1in *be «Hher half ifho rural schools , of the county, o t th e eoun- There, are 32 m®n teacher? and 126 other duties, itfay teachers In the school® of the one of county, There a re 33 teacher® tSach- , *°iy* Rbfitd of .ing their first school this year, Thqseif uch.he draws 23 are not teaching ail- the poorly | fcs the County taught schools' -in- the ’.county, a ***''1 mut- pay. - - c.of the County' drawn from 3m thej eouhty ms tendered,' ions -ha? been j®of the- New year to eight another, sav-i > the county of :4n the way o | and the .ex- jnty.BoxweU: services ter i» was form- ieyed-. by the for Which he isafiop. , Each ^he county has .drew one per it of sit school the statls County audi ‘expended last se and rural , sum of $143,* ises, One-pel ‘Is $1,436.42; saving to the £y, because the ehowni' us the treasurer and m ia phase of [%iil soon corn that if irements the- loss ukelass FOR RENT—-House and eleven acres; good water, buildings, etc,; one Wile east of ’Cedarville* on the Barber road. Also slaughter house With fix­ tures fdf butchering. Inquire of Mrs. Ellen WAimer, Mr. 0 . T, Wolford lost his new Haynes touring car Just Thursday night when it was destroyed by fixe. Mr, Wolford was driving the machine and wa® within a short distance of hbttre When; -flames shot from uridier the hood. Before he could remove a number of packages -from the rear seat the whole machine waa envelop­ ed ha flames. There was insurance but not enough te cover the loss, The maoMne As a total loss, Rev, ana Mrs. E. B, McClellan, who have been located in Moundsville, W. V*, have-moved to Bell Center, 0„ where Rev. McClellan has accepted a ball to the tf. J?. church. Mrs. Mc­ Clellan stopped off here several days on s visit with her parents* Mr, and Mrs. J. R, O jw . - WANTED—One of the large maga­ zine publishing house* desires to em­ ploy an active man or woman in this cctitfRtafiity to h&ttdlo ft jMfttt which ha* proven unusually profitable, Go*i for Tight wriy- drei* with two references, Publisher, Box 18*, Times iq . 0ta„ New York CHy. jpy, mum *Anti-kata *#* *«? rbemaattw sum is, in iSio man -who ha®something laid by for a rainy day. „ - —-Just 20 cent® a day saved each day for thirty year® an® you hate $7,000.00.' Cannot-any man do-that if he will? Everyone should provide for old age and a rainy day. —One of our members v recently threw away Ms tobacco. ‘Speaking about It 'since, he remarked; "It was hurting me and there was nothing in It anyway,”. Of course there is noth­ ing- in using tobacco, hut catering to the Just? of the flesh.' The manly thing to do is, throw it away. , -—Mr®. Sarah E. Dickson, one of our older members, and 'her husband, aye removing to a farm Immediately went of Cedarville, We -are sorry to have any of our'members remove from the hounds of, the congregation. ^ —Mr. arid Mm. John Stantorth and family took six o’clock dinner with the pastor andf 1 -his family TUCsddy evening. * —We hope that members of our con­ gregation can wofshlp with Dr. Fos­ ter and his people during the -week in the special meetings they are to begin Sabbath, February 21. —Bring all the tithes Into the storehouse, pet every one at least pay one-tenth of their Income, which is commanded to the Lord's work and then as much more as possible. ,The church- year closes March 31. —Charles G. Finney nsed to say-and truly: "The -connection between the right use of mean* for a revival and a revival Is as philosophically sure as between the right use of means to raise grain and- a crop of wheat.” —The Christian Union members wilt commit verse? In answer to tbe first two objections under Worker’? Guide In the memorizing leaflet for Sabbath evening. —Every wise man makes soul-win­ ning the business of his life. Bee Proverbs ll:3o„ —MissBlanoh McLean is quite rick and Is but slightly improved at this writing. . , —"There staryte the poor drunkard; on the brink of hell, reeling over into the abyss; and-' there, next to him, stands the man who sold Mm the drink; and next, the man who signed the license; abff next, the legislator who made the license Jaw; and; fieXt, the governor Whose signature gave it validity; and next, the Christian citizen who voted' that it all should be, Now, if yofi. can take that aggre­ gation and rift and sort,'it out, so that, when part of it tumbles shriek­ ing down- -to hell, the other part will soar, singing, up to heaven, you can do more than !t can, and 1 fear you can do more than God Almighty can.” NOTICE TO USERS OF PUBLIC ROADS. The Cedarville ToWttehlp Trustee* are determined to enforce the law a* to hauling over the roads while they ate soft* To be on the lookout for violators And enforce the law the trustees have appointed J , I). Silvey, who is empowered to proto* cute all offender*, j 0 . Townslty, #res. B. S, Townsley H , A. tfurntonU .tfittit#*! 0*d»rt»m« en-t'a salary th a t‘Was Jes® than $1000 test year, had to he increased to $1000 this year. These, -requirements of -the oNew- School Code caus­ ed . , four‘ such' satertb® to be increased. Two were Increased' from $900 to $1000 and-two were in­ creased from $800 to $1000. An in- crease of $600 actually caused by the NeWSchool; Code, Now let it be under­ stood that any salary that was $ 1000 , Or mbre, and. was increased tbldScaiy Wah increased for better service® tend­ ered or some other cause, and- ttot on account o f the requirements ‘of the Now School Code. ■The transfer of several of these su­ perintendents' from Jess than one half time supervision' to one-half time supervision, ha® caused- some high schools to need another teacher in the high school. This, apparently, wad caufied by the New School, Code, but'hot BO; The New School Code does not require ehy high school to he of .any certain rank or grade. That is a . matter of the lo­ cal- pride and; . local inter­ est, that the people of a community take in their school®. The community that is ' not providing the best School­ ing it can afford for'its children, Is not very conducive to good citizen­ ship, and A®not contributing its full share to the welfare of the state. On account of the Smith one per cent, law of 1910, there ha® been little or no progress in -the schools of our county for the last four years. Many Board®of Education have bee* cramp­ ed for finance. Schools have thus been deprived of the equipments and appliancoe which are necessary for ef­ fective teaching, Sclool libraries have g 6 tfe neglected, leboratories insuffl- ‘ciently equipped, ( upplementary read­ ers and reference work® unfurnished-. All teacher® that could- a t all be dis­ pensed with, were eliminated, Salaries have been a t a standstill. Many board® have felt the need of In­ creasing .the salary, both of their teachers and superintendent, and wished to do bo , but owing to the lack of, finance, could not do it Until this year. The last legislature, having lifted the 1910 limitation® of the Smith one per tent, tew, so ter as It -applies te the amount that board® of education may levy for school pur­ poses, fund Will soon begin; to flow In a little more freely, and with this In View and owing to the fact that -the state now pay® a part of the County and District Superintendents* salaries many board® have increased the sal­ ary, both of their teacher® and super- lhtehUent®, this year. This should not he charged up te the. New School Code law,however, for there isn't -ft teacher in the county IVhoee salary has- been increased on account of the new law. Several first grade high school® Itt this county have been on probation for several years. They had promis­ ed to comply with the requirement® of the ■’Superintendent of FubliC Instruc­ tion's office, both a® to teaching fotee and library and laboratory equipments but the hard time® struck them and the state authorities have shown their leniency and let them stand on their promise until' this year. The state authorities are now asking them to mike good their promise and put An the necessary teaching force and the library and' physical equipment® that are neceesary for a first grad® high school. Them has been muck said about the cost of running the achoete under the new ragtei®, fikms# p#oplt Are either Some on® may a»k, d§pk this mon­ ey that is drawn from the state to help •pey the superintendent®'salaries come Off the people? Not one cent of this comes from taxation, R, comes from corporation taxes, excite taxes' and obher Indirect,tax®a. This is money that ie paid’ Into the -state treasury without, any designation a® to whCn, where or' how At shall he expended. We the -people of the village and rural school'districts, should, congrat­ ulate ourselves that this new law has gotten ue in on -the ground floor, whore ,we nroperly belong, hut where we have -hot beefa, and enabled u® to secure some of this money for the use and betterment of our schools. As te the relative condition of the schools, many Were.not visited a t all last year by a superintendent. Many other? were only visited once o r twice during -the whole year. Alb the sup­ ervision such school® got was through teachers* meetings and private confer­ ence with the teachers, not id the school, room where the work was act- qally being done. It certainly doce not'require much’ intelligence to de­ termine that such supervision is not effective and will not bring much glory te the school® Of OUr county, This year, each and every school in the county is visited from OHOte four tlmee each month by a superintend­ ent whose duty it 1 ®to direct the work of the school, te help solve the diffi­ culties that may arise and to guide and direct, the teacher® in the use of the beet method* and devices in teach­ ing. -With the large per cent, of inex­ perienced' teachers In our county who' are perhaps doing their best but who don’t know just what and how to do, does any iqtelKgent person suppose that this present system of supervis­ ion will not put our school® in better condition, end; bring a vast amount of good te the educational standing of our county? Since the opening of the school® in' September I hive visited and Inspect-* e l the condition* and the work In each and every school room in the cotmty. Together with other data and Information- which I have collected, J have aimed to note particularly the work of the three following persons or organizations: 1 , The work of the District St perintendent—the effects of hi®work on the teacher, on the school and on the community in general. How much- good has he done and As he doing that wcbool and that com­ munity? 2, The work of the teach­ er. What is ehe doing and how is she doing it? - I® site directing the work and teaching classes or A®she keep­ ing school and hearing classes-? Doe® that school room show that there I* a head te It who Is guiding the educa­ tional affair® of that community? Does It show the proper arrangement or the school furniture? The proper seating of the pupils and a sufficient degree of orderly conduct On the part of the pupil®? 8 , The work of the hqard of education, What has it done to help the teacher teach- a better school? Ha® it equipped that school' with the appliance® that will enable the teacher to do her best teaching? 1 ®that school room prop­ erty heated' and properly light­ ed? r» that school room pro­ vided With maps, «- chart, * gtebb, some reference works, some supplementary reader® amt * few library hooks suitable to the age of the children? Has'the board pro­ vided that school room with ft tew piotete* of hhrtorioftl 1 IwtwlwVlv of the -Commonwealth of Ohio, are un­ der obligation* and duty bound to lira up to this law and help enforce it, a* long as It remain* on the statute books of our state. There may fee soma phases of the law that you ion’t like, but the general feature*, of the law haa come to stay, -and it iw our duty to get In line and get the Ipost good out of it, - . I suggest this te the patron® apd hoard members present, a t your ear­ liest convenience, go visit the schools under your Jurisdiction. Go while the school la in session, ■Go in and stay a while and, hear the teacher teach, and while there look around a little aird- see what you have there and also note whatis heeded'there, and then de­ termine whether thp' conditions there are Just What you would Hke to have for your children and your neighbors’ children, ami then recall that, that school room -I®the partial home of you? children and your neighbors’ Children, and if you -expect your child­ ren and your neighbors’dhlldypn to go to school and t e like te go*to schoo-1, you mue-t make the school a t least par­ tially attractive’'for-them, and: when this is done, wo may not have, to de­ vise ways- and. means to keep the children An schohl. , ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED FOR CHARITY BENEFIT TUESDAYNIGHT. obituary ; ............................... , .............. Some f .............. .......... ........... of these went direct frgm high school 1 . ■ into'teaching, with little o r no pre- ‘ James Kelley Frayer, son of John. F, paration for-the work. They are, per- Fra- er, was ;born '-in Decatur, .Drown hfps, doing their beat, hut don't know county, Ghlo, September 26,- 1842, just what and how to do, ‘ They are,, When five years old his' mother died, willing, and,want-to know just how t and In i'848 hie father moved te Ge- to proceed. Herein is where the Dis-^farville, Ohio,- and opened- a .dry tt'ict Superintendent® ought to-make;good® store,* The next year he mar- their instruction® more -specific and 3 ried Miss Anna . ElAzah McColloch, definite.' ' 1 " 4and'- gathered hi® children - together - Generally speaking,. the schools’,of (i with the prospect of-a happy future tile county are poorly equipped. Many IBut, alas, death .came In six months, have nothing that Is usable, in the way Iand left -the home desolate. The -chil- of teaching aids., There is a vastldren were -scattered among -relatives, amount of junk stored away in the 1James sojourned- with- -an uncle in “chad room® of the county. This has Brown county, Ohio. Again the father no 'educative value and should be de- married JMiss Eliza V. Dille, and gath- stroyed. Many schools hava no map®, ered his children together. All* went no charts, no globe, no supplementary well -for -ten years, when, death, again readers, and the so-called, school'Jib-{cam® and robbed'this happy -home rary, where such exist®, i® composed of the mother, and- while toe house- largely, of.cast-a-way hooks that some- ' hold was kept together, yet the fatli- body,-wanted-to get rid of' and gave jer -and children mourned the great loss them to the school. Many school of the mother. James grew to ma- room® have no picture® or decorations Iturity and assisted:-hi® father ift the of any kind, except' what to teacher 1store, When the -Civil-war began in herself may. have furnished-.' When ‘1861, James volunteered-in the 10th we recall the large per cent, of Wake-}Ohio Battery, attd* served three years, fnl -hours, spent amid such surround- j He re-enllsted in the 185-th O, V. I„ Ing®at the time in the life of the child ' and teak -part in some of toe blood- 'when the sensational and aesthetic Itest*. battles- of -the war. After the faculties are most-active, Gris seem®'a war- closed, tie was employed l-n.'rall low incentive to develop®to the minds of.the children- an, appreciation Jfor the' patriotic and- the' beautiful,' One, Of the greatest need® op. the to r t of tjietetohittgfcroe.ls -amore def­ inite planningof toe daily work, School work fchould be definitely planned and ,t toe-avenlng b e t e ^ aad no er best teaching wlmcut^ttv Teach-: efs ought «I ho , to ' make themselves more familiar with toe best -device® and methods' of teaching, and" then thrbw their energy and effort into the work, arid toe teacher, that’isn’t. will“ Ing to do this should change occupa­ tion aa. soon a® possible, for very lit­ tle good will come to the schools'with' out it. ’ We are under a partially" approved new system—defective, no doubt, and will 'nee® amendment—yet generally approved by the leading school men of the state, regardless of political view®, Let- u® hope that toe coming legislature®.,Will remedy toe defects of the-system and make it Vrhat-it is in­ tended to he. In the meantime, let Us not be misled by the statements of any malcontents. Some people would have you believethat the management of our school® has been .transferred from the hands of the local boards, te the-hlgher officials in the state- house at Columbus, or elsewhere. They would also hdve you believe -that our whole educational system is up to toe air, an® that our entire gov­ ernment is on a toboggan slide for the eternal bow-wows, but not so, there never was a time in- the history of our Commonwealth when toe government was more completely within toe hands of -the people than it now is. You may recall tha t we now nominate and elect XT. S. Sena­ tors by the direct vote of the peo­ ple, whereas they were formerly elect­ ed by the State Legislatures,, which were always controlled- by a few pol­ itical bosses, You Will also recall that we nominate and elect all state offi­ cials by the direct vote of the people, whereas they were formerly nominat­ ed In convention and conventions were always controlled by a few lead­ ers, You will further recall that the" Initiative and refer­ endum 1 ® now in vogue in our state, and if, perchance, the leg­ islature baa thrust a.ba’Ji law upon us, as has been alleged, in toe case of the New School Code, and the majority of the people think so, all they have to do Is referendum it and thus get rid of it. It is a -fact that supervision in this county -is costing more than the law Intends it te cost. The law intends each District Supervisor to have 46 teachers to supervise, and tile state will pay 1*2 of the district superin*. tenant's salary on the basis of 40 teachers, -up to a salary of $1500 a year. On such a basis our county would have four Supervisory Dis­ tricts, whereas it now has twelve, two of which have eix teacher® each, and two others of which have eight teachers each. There Is only one of the twelve district’s tha$ had more than 2.1 teachers and the average of the 12 districts is 13 teachers to the district. This make® the cost of sup* ’rvirien a little high, but the' -local cards difl -It, and theyare paying the lillu, and there Shouldn’t be anybody complaining, unless R is those who are paying the bills, • Bach of toe 12 dis­ tricts In the county were made by the local boards of the county. The Coun­ ty Board had nothing to do but rec* ogiiite the district* that were made by the Local Boards, What we need in connection with this new system, friends, Is less knocking, and less wilful mlsrepro- sentatkm about it and a more civic awakening to each school- district in the county. This law 1* on the stat­ ute book*, and fern* ft part of toe grist fundamental tow* of our state, roadtog for-many yegrs In Ghlo, In­ diana and Illinois, Felt a-time he Was to the employ of the -Cordage ’Com­ pany,' Xenia, Ghlo. Then to recent year®, as ft veteran of the Civil war, he spent much, of Ms time lh the Soldiers* homes So&diueky and Day- lop, Ohio. A year agojor less, be had -and-" -recovered -to some- extent; but. abput toe first of February he ha-dr ft -second -stroke, and died In the-soldiers’ -home at Day- ton, Wednesday afternoon, February 10, 1915, aged 72 years, 6 months-and 14 days,' He -was buried 1 Frfday after- noon with mllltary lhonors, -and sleep® with 35,000 of this- -comrades- In the beautiful cemetery- of the National Soldiers’ Home, Dayton, Ohio. He Is survived by one brother, Andrew Stuart Frar er, of Xenia, and One sis­ ter, Margaret J„ wife of Rev. Bark® Jackson, Cedarville, Ghlo. Several half brothers and sisters survive him: Mrs. Flora Utter, Crawfordsvllle, Ind,; Mrs, Nettle Nash, ‘Xenia; Wm. S. Frazier, Springfield, Ohio, and 'John Prayer Lamb, New Castle, Pa. Another treating of oitltopi was held Wednesday evening in tbe mayor’# office to complete arrange­ ments for tjio charity benefit in Aha opera house Tuesday evening when an ‘’old fiddler®’*” contest will b* held. Reports from ‘ the program com* mittee and tbe committee on prizes was heard. The program will’ b s a gopd eyening’s entertainment’ well* worth the price even though it were not for a worthy pause, The merchants responded liberty upon being solicited fob prizes and tbe citizens present were greatly pleased over the assured success of the entertainment. The expenses of the evening will hot. be great. The opera house, prizes, programs,, etc., hay® been donated. Every seat in the house .represent 25 .cent* in the'proceeds! I t Wfts de­ cided to make the entertainment an annual affair Mr. J . WV Tarbox ’ Was* selected , treasurer. What funds are not disbursed at this tune, will he held by the treasure? for use as the occassion demands. Tickets will go on sale a t John­ son’s Saturday afternoon a t one ' o’clock and the admission will he 25c,, The same plan for the selection of seat® for the lecture course num­ bers Will no used Saturday. Each person must draw a number a t one o’clock and get his place- in line, No mox-e than bix tickets to a per- " son.; Prospects' a t present indicate the -house will be sold out th a t afternoon. PUBLIC SALES. ' If you arc contemplating a sale soph set your date and have us announced it. There are prospects of many sales this spring. The following .dates-, are an­ nounced : Teb. 28 C. W. Cronse Feb. 25 Summers &Cultice March 3 J."C Tawnsley , CHURCH SERVICE. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN. Sabbath School n t 9:so. Preaching by the pastor a t 10:80. Subject, ”A Study in Tense*,” Y, Pi G,TJ.aVi5:ao. . Preaohing atfl:3o. Subject “Joseph the Dreamer.” Prayermeetiflg Wednesday a t 7. ■ Mm. Phoefria Gglesbee, -aged' ninety, passed avVay Sabbath night at her home, near Lumberton, having been in frail health for' some time. She waB born in Clinton county and spent th$ Whole of her fife to toe vicinity in which she died, She was married about 70 years ago to Manley Ogl-es- bee. .During her entire HfO she was a member of-toe Friehde church and was a woman noted for -her Christian deeds. Eight children survive: Dr, E. C. Ogletbee, of this place; -Freeman Oglesbee, Lutfiberton; Wilbur and Dennis Oglesbee; of Clinton County; Mrs, Lyl'ia Smith, Eleazar; Mrs, Me­ lissa Proba* 0 , Wilmington; Miss Su­ san, who made her home with her mother. Her husband died several yearn ago. The funeral was held Wednesday* burial taking place at Wilmington. FOR REhiT—-Room oh Mato street Inquire of PI, A, Turnbull, R. P. CHURCH (MAIN STREET). Teachers’ meeting Saturday evening a t 7 o’clock. Sabbath/Scliaol Sabbath morning at 9:30 o’clock. • Pireachmg by Dr. J . L. Ghesmitat 10:30. G. E. a t 6:30. Prayer meeting nekt Wednesday a t 7 p, m* Subject, “The .supreme ohoice of the Soul” . . Sam. 8:>4, You will bea cordially welcomed a t these services. M. E. CHURCH Sunday School a t 9:80 a. m. Preaching by Dr. John A. Story a t 10:30 a .m . ' Epworth League a t 6:80 p. m, Prayer-meeting Wednesday even­ ing a t 7 : 00 , Notice—O. Kelble’s fire inter* rupted hi* January clearance sale, The sale Will noW be con­ tinued starting Thursday morning,. Feb, 18, and will be continued Sat­ urday night, March 13, just 21 day*. Read his big ad in this paper, Dr. Miles' Anil-Pain Pills for all pala. with the least The James Oliver No. 11 Sulky will cfo more work and better work, with less exertion, than any other Sulky—be­ cause of many exclusive fe a tu re s found only on this particular plow, The plow that meet! the toil mot* than half .way* : Let u> tell you why—well he glad of the chance. KERR & HASTINGS BROS,, Cedarville, Ohio, «-1 _■/. ,*; 1 v „