The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 1-26

t mamma m * m> wmbh | LOCAL AN® « 5 I^ONAL •*»!>>"«»*>..ciMu-jj, LJ BMBw* Neff wfll h M a public M^l m Wedateday, ?$kem*zj fi. ip* “HOMJt for F|*nf or Sale. R ob t. B ird . Mr, J. & TurnhoU sold fourteen id of fins f s t cattle to Ed. Hugh**, Yriiow Springs, Wednesday , I H ie condition o f H ist Rose Cham bars, who is suffering with a paralyt jic stroke *t the home of Mr. J , G. McCorkell, is not much improved. , M*k ¥ *** y®*w^hy rncmi his r n m i n jmm S * j u t SU S a . South Charleston villaee commiB' . The eait «C ML C. Narley against* ...................... the S wum r estate has been sot fo ri use u msy he required, JBehraery I t. ♦ t*MT "1?* aervlea a# a wunh«r «f the coijeg* twwt, Ywmg Calvert ia a eon of Mr. and Mrs, Thoms# Calvert, of Selma. -•ffOE SALS r—A sleigh and bell* ebeap. G. F . TURNER Mr. Kenneth Ritchie of near P itts­ burg has bowi the guest of friend? n&cth *■■, ■■. . Word has been received here ef the of Mr, Herman Corny, of Alberta, _Canada, to a Ipdy unknown n? wer^ Mr*P “ »y is a sou ^of Mr. W. H, Corry of Jamestown. H ie township .trustee* and farmers in general have been active this,week in opening the roads. ’ Under orders from the postal department i t is UP to the officers and farmers to keop tho roads open if the ft. P. D. men are expected to deliver m a il. COMFORTS and BLANKETS R. Bird &Son» Oo. No need to make arrangements for the spring for good old summer Wme just yet. You might have to change .following the arrival of Mr, Q Hog, on February 2. A neighborhood prayer meeting was hold Sabbath morning a t the homo of HrodF. ILMcChesney in the absence of church services fo r the day, ■■ . .. ., , Xenia still continues to fight the — ___ _ smallpox epidemic. Reports record dated afternoon the disease a t the home of „t>r, Jesse Johnson, of the Xenia Seminary, and Ex-Sheriff W. B. McCallister. A The afternoon daily paper-? .cannot get wire .service after three o’clock tha t day. The Ohio State Journal gives you aU the world events by As* ?sociated Press up until one o’clock {that night. You got the latest news l within the few hours a fter i t hap­ pens. This cannot be So wiUi the pre­ paper, which must be from ten to twelve hours behind. number pf other prominent families are sajd 'to be under quarantine. , The Herald dub offer in thiB issue presents some g rea t bargains, I t is just as easy to order today a s to­ morrow. NOTICE TO ■ All monthly gas bills from this date will be payable at the J. W. Johnson Jewelry Store be­ tween the first and fifth of each month, our former office being closed. Installation of meteors or changes can be reported to Mr. Johnson' or Mr. John Steel. . . Jan. 16,1918.. W; R. IRWIN, Manager, Xenia* District. Vila F U R N I T U R E A N D H C y ^ Lg F U R N I S H I N G S Offers remarkable values in very desirable pieces of furniture th a t will be ap­ preciated by those who are looking fo r "REAL‘BAR­ GAINS." Every* store accumulates in the course of a season many odd pieces, and i t is the policy of this house to close them out a t cost— and often below cost. Many odd pieces from suites, such as China Cabinets* Sewing Tables, Buffets, Odd Tables, Dressers, Chiffoniers, Chiffo- robes, Odd Chairs, and Brass, Iron and Wood Beds. , • ' - J! Many Individual Living Room -Pieces, .Tables, Chairs; Lamps, Davenports, and some charming novelties in Sewing Tables, Tea Wagons and Desks, which we bought for Christmas gift pur­ poses but didn*tquite dispose of. Come and Select Them—They’re Marked So Low They Won’t Last Long—Always Try Cappell’s First l DAYTON, OHIO Mrs. Churls* Cooley J» company with Miss- Ida Hardy of Columbus, bay* gone to Jacksonville, Florida, for tbs winter. j The women of England have finally won their rights and have been grant­ ed suffrage by the House of Lords, The fight that ha* been conducted in that country for equal rights has a t­ tracted the whole world a t time*. It is venuu^lcable tha t the House of Rep­ resentatives in this country has ap­ proved a bill for equal suffrage, but there are indications that the senate will let the measure die or probably defeat i t on roll call. BUTTER we will pay you 45 c per pound In trgdo for ohoiew butter. Bring us your surplus. R. Bird A Son* Qo. K iss Ada Wallace, ot Se*mon, Q .f baa been the guest of M iss Bu lb H arris. ■■' '* . * . K iss Grace Morton has been elected p rinc ipal of the Osborn high st hooL and will en te r upon dmr work nex t week. Miss Morton has been tak ing post graduate work In Cedarvilla College, H r. A. E , J&ioliardB add family are,.moving from the Tronte property to rooms over th e d rug sto re. - The advantage of receiving a daily paper th e day It ia^p rln ied is proven in th e .news of the drastic order of Garfield closing down factories for five days and closing a ll business on Mondays fo r tqn weeks. T h e Ohio S tate jo u rn a l was the only daily in th is section th a t carried • tbe fu ljL tex t of the order. Those receiving predated afternoon papers would read about I t '24 hours lato. The Herald .combi­ nation will give you a dally the. day i t (sprinted.-, *. Rev. Robert Hutchisqh of tbe B. ■P. sem inary w ill preach Sabbath morning for the R. P, congregation. Mr. S . W. Irw in of Xenia,, man­ ager of the Ohio Fuel Supply Co., wss in town Tuesday closing up the local office. Mr. rJ. W. Johnson will collect a lt gas b ills a t bis store. An arrangemen t has been niada where­ by Mr. John Steal, who resigned as local manager, w ill continue to look a fte r th e regulators abou t tewh. Mr. Steel has ren ted the rooip occu­ pied by th e gas company and will open a plumbing establishment. ‘ , f* < . » , -*t- «jj ,, , Miss K atherine Gibson, formerly of th is place,, t died Wednesday afternoon a t th e Espy hospital in Xenia o f uraem ic poisoning and rheum atism bu t recen tly has jbten living ip Xenia, Cffie was nearing her 74th b irthd ay Sind a ll h e r life nad been a memb|r« of . the M. 32. church, 8bei: I# by. one siste r,M rs. John W ade.o f Spring- field and one brother, Mr./ Thomas Gibson o f Marysville, d . ; Tbe funeral service* * 'Will b e ' held F riday , . , * AX ES W e f ia v e ih e tti. " ' ' V • \ R . B ird & S o n s C o . Albert Creech, wife ahd 12-month- old daughter were injured when a passenger train struck. them at a street crossing in Hamilton.. Orders were received by Postmas­ ter Clore a t Cincinnati for the estab- lishment p f a motor mall route be­ tween Cincinnati and Bprlt&field. At NOWLexington’the Jwry Id the .case of John Cheb0|txr charged with the murder of ArthurtKealeyof' Sau- toy, returned a verdict,of^guilty. Closing of Clsveland's Ifgamifiai* schools for a month, becauee»cd Ikck of fuel; ia'sferkmslT consridtred hr offi- .dais. Five schools already are closed. Whooping cough and pdeuthonla caused the deaths .Of two. children lp John Hoffman’s family at Bryan. Family was. found to be without fuel., Wanda Urbayils. her brother Jo­ seph and four others were indicted at Toledo, charged with complicity is the $27,000 Huabner brewing bom- patty, - , .• A panic Wat Created cm an Ohio Valley Traction car near Ironton by twd men who attacked the conductor and .started firing revolvers. They .escaped. Relatives of-Pennls Neff,- Crooks* ville, In the United States naval, ser­ vice, have been notified that Kb was fatally Injured In an accident at Choi le i, Mss*. ’ t Christian, WSrthnar, assistant man­ ager Of tbe National Wheel company. Peprysbutg, was Shot and wounded severely by James Morelia, #„ dis­ charged employs. Failure or the state to provide f.*v the main selective draft toard ot Cuy­ ahoga county, the only os* of ft* kind In the tinted States, will cause that ,body to end Its ictlvlUes. Twenty-four hours .after the death .of Mrs. Edward Starkey a t Canton a letter was received from her son, announcing his safe arrival with the Rainbow division in F rance/ ' F. B, Pearson, state superintendent of public Instruction, was appointed Umember of a national committee of educator* to promote the war sav­ ings campaign in the school*. At Toledo Tom**s* Agastlno was sentenced to life Imprisonment for the murder of James Farcy, fruit dealer, last Oct. 10. The murdwr was the result of a Black Hand plot. Lima oonnciimen placed Six charges of disloyalty against Oounollmaa-at- Largs Cart Griebling, Ha Is charged with making treasonable utterance# and not bring a naturalised ritisen. Miners' organisation of Hocking district, through Secretary-Treasurer Conrad Whin, hewed a denial that a labor shortage was responsible for the coal Shortage in southeastern Ohio. Ohio fitate grange, a t its closing session in Dayton, Oho## Canton as the 1212 meeting place and elected D ID. Snider executive oommltteemsu to kuooeed T. C. imyMn, Norfolk, re- ndttMiA ■ Offering exceptional buying opportunities— ' Prices that cannot be duplicated by this or any other store for months and maybe many years to come. * ' „ y THE REASONS FOR THIS SALE ■ I. , i-.- ■: Lv . . i ".*■--.v; •r-. 1■ .* . >n' - :■.-\v.■ \> ■/-w■ ■'■ 'p ! r-\ .. h . ...- / -- ^ ' • , - .• i. To buy and sell merchandise at a profit does not necessarily mean success,. There are .many Other thing* that enter into tfic success of a store like this; one is the- service, it owes the public. * v . * *. v : j r r ,, ■ + • '* ” ' We are all aware of the increased cost of mercha. disc. Today we are selling many liner of goods - for less than we will he Compelled to pay for them during the next few months. Wc are giving you the advantageof o,ur foresight during the past year. , ' i‘ *<,•*•’*. „ ‘ r "»- * r ^ j ' * . , ' , * * t1 For we know and appreciate the duty we otoe our patrons, who looking upon • store of this size as almost* public utility, depend upon our1experience and buying ability to furnish them with' merchandise at as low a twice as possible, at well as of the best quality and cornet style. ' /•V . J - W ^ 1. v»y < r „ Sc * a,* ' -s V ^ i ’ J ^ i1 Therefore ihstead of holding ev^r stocks bought on a low market as many stores throughout -the country are doing,, so as to make an increased profit on the coming advance in prices, we are going to give to our patrons the advantage of the lowprices which we bought , , To do this, we will devote the next 7 days to a big $50,000 STOCK REDUCING SALE. We are going to sell $50,000 worth of dependable merchandise of the highest quality out of bur stories at ~ pricetwhich cannot he duplicated by tins or any other store for many months and maybe many years to come.. ^ ^ ^^ T . ' V ^ We do not pretend that we ale doing this through any phiiambropic ideas, but *s a sound' busineu principle; one that has made this store the success that it is—^beinghonest with our patron* at bit -times,^-giving them every advantage that cornea to us through bur knywledge, experience and ° ability. , •‘ * * V'* . - ‘ ’ <_ , _ ' - ^ i . / ',1Z ’’ , ' Therefore We say to ypu in all honesty and sincerity; it is to your .advantage to buy now. Buy not only for present but for the future as well; for with the almost proh hitive prices that will be in effect on some lines, with the scarcity in other lines and the delays that will be encountered in < • the transportation of all lines, you will be both richer and and wiser for taking advantage of this advice and opportunity. In the months to come, you will appreciate the full value of The Edw. Wren Co’s service to you. , / v, ' . , * „ -. * *4 v ' R • .y H -v ; ...•• ’".v.:•• •v,- ■ ■. .* V-v.-r*'-- • .'• t • .■• . s-- »■ -. We are going to make this the greatest 7 days in the history of this big store—days when one will 'be able to .save against the future through this big * $ 50,000 Pre Inventory Sale Richard N. Glrich, 19, of Orinialnt*, member of the United State*’ma­ rines, on board the U. R. B. Onjrjuna, ,1s reported to have been killed in an 'accident - • Thelma Martin, 14, died a t the fam­ ily home near Dale, Morgan county, the result of hums suffered when sho used coal oil to sta rt a fire In * kitoli *n stove. A sister, Neva, 17, Was also seriously burned, Mrs, Lydia Roush, 92, olderf moth­ er of a Civil War soldier la OMo, dledij1 a t the home of her daughtw a t Can­ ton, Her son, Uavid Roush of Mas­ sillon, served in the One Htttqfred and Seventh Chid volunteer infantry. . Near .Neleonville th e hem*, of Mrs. Jacob Carey, a widow with five- rikll- drett, vrae destroyed by fire. Two boys, aged 11 add 12, were burned to deotb,. Mrs. Car&y and two 'younger chlidrtm were probably fatally burned. - Theodore Cotel was found guilty of {murder in tne first degree at Dayton. The jury recommended mercy. Cabral killed Lula Noll becauee he was se­ lected -for military service and he wanted no other man to have h«r, he 'cltUmcd. Governor Cox announced the fol­ lowing appointments; Byron M. deadening, Cincinnati, utilities com­ missioner; J. t>. Clark, Dayton, indus­ trial commissioner; J. F, Nolan, Rteu- benville, liquor. limmSe commissioner, -All are Democrat*. Firs* Which hqve occurred a t Su­ perior ooiiieriea mine,, near Weile- ton, and One at the Delmore mine st Leetonia, Colitubiana county, gutted both their power plants, practically stopping the work of the miners for an indefinite period, Branking of an ice gorge in the. Ohio river a t Cincinnati swept away 2d ooal barge# and w number of them containing more than i.odo ton* of coal were trunk. Doors* of launrite*, skiffs, house boats and shanty head* also wsre ewspt down streami, Best Pricesfor Butter, Eggs and Poultry # v Barmer* call uh by g it our pricfctTon produce, and arrange to have your groiefiei deliterid. .• X fWft- x r Nagley’s Grocery - - £Ce&urtiU«, Ohio Phout 40. JL^ This month’s Butterick Pmtt*nvt 10c tuttl ISc1'"mm IdgfStr.