The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 1-26

<# ■>Hi* i We**!* luahJtyof*»IMi of V r i « ^ p r % # m « w l i fen* fa r fi^N *e jjffi*. kffia- Opr watas-poef ateek w t i p fcN«|t . W M W V W W V W N ^ ^ FORT IETH Y E A R NO* 0. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917 Tip tip s to stop sdrortioiaris wb*» you aro ready to step deiaf VprtpMa. You’ll aotiee tkri tip pregreartv* merchant is ** advertirer, V ^ / W , i V V V V W A W A W . PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR National Bank Charter Granted MOKE LIQUOR CASES IN MAYOR’S COURT Mere than six months has lapsed ' sine# a movement was started here lo r a national bank to ho k own as “The Farmers' National Bank” The cap ital $36,000 was subscribed by eltisen s to the number of fifty or more, Sneh matters have to under­ go investigation by the XT. S. treasury department in Washing* .ton*. . ■ ■ -1 • . Th is was done by a man named 'Thomas who came here for that purpose. Granting national bank charters ie also a perquisite of a Congressman and those Interested solicited Congressman Fees, A delegation waited upon him at his home where they w ere cordially re­ ceived . H e told theta tha t hi# recommendation would n o t neces­ sarily lusuve the granting of the charter, b u t tha t he had informed th e department that h e w as fam iliar w ith the town and Its people, That th is was a very wealthy community w it h * large number o f well-to-do farmers and tha t the field was a n o tio n s fpr a national bank* During a ll these months stock subscribers watte'’ w ith patience When on excuse w as received that election time made i t impossible to g e t matters through' the depart­ ment* • Rome - of the Subscribers . feeling that probably the depart­ m en t would not .gran t a- charter ' favored starting a state bank. I t is said tb a t matters were jnst shaping ■th em selves in tha t direction when th e necessary papers arrived a day or so ago. J usi w h a t action w ill be­ tak en now those interested are not ■ready to report. The requirements p f th e sta te are not as great as for a national bank. Rome o f thqse interested in pro- motti r the new national are R -C , W a tt, fm . Conley, W- H . Barber, M. W . Collins, N* L. Ramsey, John Stormont, J, C. Townsfey, Harry Townsley, T, B . ’ Meohllng and a Score o fo th ere. Fofcr more cases brought against alleged booMeggers by state liquor license detectives were up for hearing in Mayor McLean’s court Tuesday and the session lasted until ten Ahat night, Some of these cases have been pending for Several months, due to the absence, o f the state’s witnesses as Well as some of the defendants. lik e the former cases the state's witnesses could not be relied upon. Some o f them flatly refused to stand by what information they had given the detectives several months ago, Tiiere is no question bufthat perjury was committed in several instances, BLUR SKY LAWS UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT The United States Supreme Court on Monday gave a decision on the Geiger-Jones .case where in the con­ stitutionality of the Ohio “Blue Sky" taw was upneld as were similar laws Of other states tliat had been attack­ ed by dealers in questionable securi­ ties. The Ohio law was passed to pro­ tect investors in, all kinds of stocks. For years the state had been a fer­ tile held for get-rich-quick schemes and thousands had invested in stocks that were fraudulent. Coal shortage at ^Mt. Veihon flaz become more acute. ' Upper Sandusky Biks will give a midwinter minstrel show, Akron union worlqnen will petition council for a municipal coal yard, Louts Vamoe was (fiot and killed at the home of Stephen: Zan. at Lorain, State Sunday school conven+’on will be held at Marten June 20 to 23. A community chorus of several hundred voices will he organized at The statu department during Cox’s first term discovered that the Geiger- Jones Company had made false ren- yet the oScials ghmdd’imye tekra the' resentations in company reports to Marlon, character of such witnesses into con--secure a license necessary to do busi- Miss Alice .Parker^ forty-two, Belle* ■“--------- --------- ■D,- J ness in the sifte. The investigation ‘fontaine, died while ^sitting in a chair mdebation when the cases were filed. The first case was that of Harrison RMngledeckep, the, prosecuting wit­ ness being Harrison Jeffries. There was nb direct evidence a s Charged and and the defendant was dismissed. was .continued and the finding made during Gov. Willis' term. It waft discovered that a,.number of the companies were not earning div­ idends as all but that money for this purpose was advanced by the under- Frank Williams was foupd not gu il-. writing company. It was also found, ty, the state expecting to prove such ] that some of the companies were pay- by the, Dunn brothers. . ‘ ........................... ’ Dick Jones was up on information , given the officers by the Dunn broth­ ers and A. C. Russell, a colored bar­ ber, who figured in former cases- as prosecuting witness for the state. Bussell admitted that h e had been on. a drunk for some time and that he; was mistaken when _ he said that ; Jones furnished him liquor. He ‘nainqd Tom Seward in .place, of Jones. Thus' the.Jones case collapsed and was dismissed. COMMISSIONERS NAME * GEORGE SHEETS CLERK county ccmcusaiotiers on Sate ■ f i S S I i t i * aU f c ri- ste wbh elected last November for _____foffice, hut would not assume same until next August had i t hot been for . 'Mr. Marshall's resignation. His dep- " u ty will be Mr. Thomas C. Low?, the •well known insurance man o f Xenia. Mr. Marshall will "succeed Judge Hjoward as probate judge and Wilt have as his deputy hid present depu­ ty , Mr. J. O.-Finney. Mr. Marshall nerved as deputy Clerk for four years and threo and one-half years a s clerk. PEACE LEAGUE ORGANIZED. John Jones, race horse driver, who. has at various til ifis figured in liquor1 cases, was up again. Three differ­ ent counts were charged in the affi­ davit. It Was necessary for the state jo elect which one the defendant was -jo be tried upon. The third count was diosen and the court held Jones guil­ ty On.-.the third, that Ollie Williams oad purchased liquor. Motion for sew trial will be filed. If overruled, counsel stated the case would be ap­ pealed. It appears that the state was at­ tempting to convict under the Beal local option law but offered no evi­ dence to show that such law was in operation. A certificate from r the olerk of, court showed the.county to oe dry under the Rose law hut Attor­ ney Johnson held this law had been ^operative since the Home Rule amendment and that Cedarville was dry tinder the Beal law* . 1ing dividends out of the sale of stock. In other only Stockholders that, had money and influence were receiving dividends, this being done to keep these stockholders from dragging things to the courts. It seems to nave made no difference about the little fellows that were not able finan-. dally to protect their own interests. To keep the state from en­ forcing the law the Geiger-Jones Company brought suit in the United States . District Court in Cincinnati' enjoining Ohio officials from revoking their license that was permitting them to do business. The constitu­ tionality o f the law was questioned tliat the state had no right to protect its citizens with such drastic legisla­ tion and the Circuit Court held the law unconstitutional, The appeal to the United States Supreme Court re­ versing the lower court is final and the law stands and Some protection is afforded Investors. I t Jhas ]been evident from the start :hat the state was lame on evidence- I t was also lame-mi legal talent. The cases not having any merit, should nave been dropped. The trebbte with M h>n rti;,# l* r tiQ ^ t “ It will be remembered what a con­ fusion these suite brought among the stockholders. The company agents were -instructed to tell people that the action of< the state authorities was the result o f political manipula­ tion. This story would not down and then came .another that Columbus newspapers were, at the bottom of it. Again it was necessary to. report that the banks and competitors were re-, sponsible. A lt such reports were to blind the Investors to enable the company to get its affairs in shape. Reports of the investigators a s published brought cabstic comment-on the part o f the company, agents. Threats to - superior officers that they are on the job. In one in­ stance the defendant,‘as well a s the to keep damaging inforniation from Iated in this county by the company Suhh tatteta^make ^ brougSf'agkinst1 th e% e r- while on the stand. Such trials make aid. The story was a cunning lie to cover misrepresentations that bad been ■made to investors in this (sec­ tion. :;v -,'v- '■ talking to relatives, Burgaris entered \ the Sommers drug store at Nwm-Baltimore, pried open the safe and took $150. George H, Gray, fLfty-flve, Fostoria,, fell three stories dpwn an ejeyator almft and. was seriously Injured. Fearing tuberculoids,. Milton Wal­ ker shot and killed himself a t bis. mother's-bedside at, Madisonvflle. ' Mansfield’s first *4fo show will he held FOb. 24 to Martk 2, under direc­ tion of the chamber o f commerce. Oliver H- Hughes ffl Hillsboro suc­ ceeds L, M. Bay M CliUUcoOie an member of, state utwraes commission. Two men held up, Manuel Siskind ln/ Biskind Brothers'™jewelry store at Cleveland and escaped with $1,500 in Jewels. : At Roxabelle the eleven-year>otd son of Mrs, Sadie Bird Was' burned to death when an overheated stove set fire to the Bird home. Dr. Angus UacIyOr, with the hos­ pital corps of the FaurtU Ohio Infan­ try bn the border, has been promoted from captain to major. Frank I. 'William8' twenty-seven, freight brakeman, was. killed at Sa­ lem when he stepped off his train ,lu front of a posaengoi1train. As the result of » shooting affray at Akron John Nicholas Is dead, A. T. Miller wounded and*Henry Staggs un­ der arrest. Labor dispute. Church attendance in Warren has been increased slake the opening of the advertising campaign by the War­ ren. Ministerial association. - . TJrhana wet leaders plan to- circu­ late petitions for an election March. 1, the end of the two year period for Which the city is tfov dry, Special asseaenrente have been levied upon every Union man In Tiffin to go toward the gtmert of the. 200 machinists on stilfcgTbjsre, Citizens’ Savlia^ffBad^Trast com.*; Death Of Robert Hood, The venerable Robert Hood, who passed bis 88th birthday on January. ?, died Wednesday afternoon fo l­ lowing a few days illness with pneumonia and complications due to old age. Mr* Hood was born in Livingston, N, Y, and came from a large fam ily of brothers and sisters. H e gradu­ ated from Union Collage and was admitted to the practice of law and also became a c iv il engineer. H is ability ftong the lines of the. latter was eviden t from the many important positions be held and the publlo work that was bitilt under bis direction. In 1855 Mr. Hood surveyed'an air line between New York and Cincinnati but the 'road was never built. H e a t one time was head of the engineering depart­ ment of the O. H . &D . and D . and M: also the Erie, A section of the Erie canal across- New York state was built by Mr. Hood, th is probab­ ly being h is greatest achievement, The deceased waB married to Miss Nannie Jackson op January 8, 1855, whose death occurred two years ago last Saturday, There was no tnmily And the deceased is survived by three sisters living in New York and a number of relatives among whom are Mr, Andrew Jackson^ his brother-in-law and Mrs. J. C, Barber, a niece. , Mr. and Mrs. Hood returned to this place in 1895 and have since then- receded there. The funeral w ill be held from the home on Saturday, a t 10 a. in* The services w ill be conducted by Dr. Chesnut and burial takes place in Xenia. T H E It DIMES NIKLES AND GENTS A branch o f the league to _enforce peace has been organized in tius county. The officers are,Hon. George Little, president; vice presidents, Chas. Dodds, C. H, Little, Dr. W. H. Finlev, Marcus Shoup, G. A. Wallett, Rev. Joseph. Kyle, Harry D. Smith, C, L. Jobe, Mayor Wm, Dodds, Dr. Wj. A. Galloway, Father Qumn, Rev. Loucks, Rev. Jewett, C. L. Maxwell, Dr. 1 *. R. Hawkins; secretary, C. W. Adair; executive committee, H. L, Sayre, A. E. Faulkner, W. H. John­ son, Prof, Weston* AGRICULTURAL a *-* a s . OBSERVED. Clark's Run school observed “Agri­ cultural Day" last- Friday, the pupils ttttkiiti* samples o f milk and. com to the school for test. There were about twenty entries in the com test, The Judges Were O. E. Bradfute, John Kav and R. E. Bull. Edgar Chandler took first; Paul Stewart, second; Dan­ iel Levy, third. ■ ■" Patxcps expressed themselves as against centralization o f schools fol­ lowing a paper by John Ray on that subject, w riter Ferguson read a pa­ per on “Better Roads" riwl gravel roads were favored. O* E . Bradfute gave an illustrated talk on the various types o f cattle* Mrs, Mary E. Ray road a paper on “Pin Money m the Horoe;" Poutry RriNng," by Miss Maude Burrell, and “Birds and Ibeir Fretootaon," by Miss May Stewart. law and jUstice a mockery and have a bad influence on an element of society towards disregard for law. SWINE BREEDERS' INSTITUTE* --- ----- ------ The annual meeting o f the Swine Breeders' Institute was- held Tuesday at the Phillips* House in Dayton. Mr. R* C. Watt o f this place gave an ad­ dress On “Whose Business, the Judge/ Exhibitors or Fri* Management, to. Raise Objections to Animal Showing Out o f Class/’ Mr. I. T. Cummins leads in the'discussion. The annual meeting of the National Poland-Chipa Record Association, was held Wednes­ day at the same-hotel. BOARD ONLY SELLS ONE SCHOOL HOUSE MONDAY Monday W3N* the day of the sale of the school properties in the township that will be closed upon the opening of . the new .building. The law re­ quires that the building be offered at public sale, but the board has a right to reject the bids. There being no bids satisfactory the property must be put up a second time. Should the bids be'below What ,the property is worth then it can be "sold at private sale. The “Hazel DelL" in District No, 4, only drew a bid of $330 by Louis Dunn but it was refused. ^ ‘ The “Cross Roads" in District No. 5 brought $800 on the first bid and it Was sold to Mr. G. H, Creswel). The Kyle building in District No. < 6 found only one bidder, $110, Mr. H. H. Stormont, but it was refused* The two properties not sold Will be offered again* ‘ The Geiger-Jones Company was such a virtuous Outfit that' a law for control o f securities was for their Competitors only, for that reason it was unjust to expect them tor be bound by any law. It always appear­ ed strange t i r e , that doing a straight and honest business should attempt ter break down a law to keep a state officer from informing the public as to the company’s, financial standing lethods o f or their m doing business. A sample o f the chances this firm takes is proven by the attempt of the Geiger-Jones Company to “high- finaoce" the Metropolitan Raving Brick Company, a concern with a cap­ ital o f two million that lias been a paying investment to holders of tock. ie st An attempt on the part of H. M. INCREDIBLE RESULTS STARTLE CEDARVILLE* NOTICE* Th* annual holders of The Cedwville Buikling A ;Tw 0 applications with iSm AttodatiOrt* will be hold at the 'lieved kite. A lady hi X e o fth e association Township Cterik/* office) for the election of Di- rectoftftttdsuchother business as may 1 oowte before the ^ S r o m ^ t o 8:30 p.m, ‘Andrew ducMlncreffible results, jactakm* Secretary. There has never been anything here with the INCREDIBLE results Of simple lavoptik eye wash. One man's eyes were so badly strained he could not read ffro minutes without pain, *"■" " ...“ th lavoptik ri« . ___ . had tried'three different glasses for weak, inflamed eyes, ONE lavoptik wash surprised her* We guarantee a small bottle to benefit EVERY CASE weak, strained poiis or inflamed eyes. ONE WASH pro­ es i credi l s lts, A . E. Rich­ ards, druggist. (Nod!) Geiger and others to - increase this stock tot seven and one-half million on January 8 failed, due to the fail­ ure of the present holders to sanc­ tion such. Another attempt is to’ be made on February 8 and the proxies sent out all carry H. M. Geiger as one to hold control, Part o f the new issue proposed is a two and one-half million preferred stock which no doubt is being issued for no other pur­ pose than to create more business for the Geiger-Jones Company and pro­ vide a meri>S o f over-capitalizing the company, a common practice with all the concerns under their control. Any stockholder signing a proxy* to in ‘crease this stock is but signing his willingness .to stand for h is shine of the preferred issue which is but a mortgage against the property and secured to the amount of common Stock each holds. Two of the companies have ; no dividends of recent date* ' Ralston Car Company has paid no dividend since the state started the investigation. I t is also noticed that the company has sold no more stock which may have something to do with the former. The Khlght Tire Com­ pany o f Akron hah not paid a divi­ dend in three three years and at pres­ ent a plan is on to further capitalize the company at the expense o f stock­ holders that have not received one cent in return and'could not today realize on their holdings, SELLS FINE HORSE FOR NEARLY THOUSAND W . I * . C L E .M A N S R e a l E s ta te Ota kt louod « ° o c * **ch U u t? '‘1 ^ “ CMnMffwn . .f^y residence each evening* PHONES Residence 1*12) c aD A K V IL L B , OHIO* Office 8 $ Mr. Harry Townsley sold hie Perch- eron Stallion, “Grimesmore," on Mon­ day to Mr, Lewis Funderburg of near Fairfield. The animal was coming three years old and was one Mr. Townsley had raised. He had placed a vaue of $1000 on the animal and when the deal was closed the check called for so n ew that amount it |could be said that Was almost the actual amount. The animal was an extra good one and had been praised by importers o f that clans o f stock, FOR RALE; gaaor eeai* -Heating stove for w »&* ox »$ m a n s . ereian merge into a $5,000,000 union. . Charles SwartzV dOrk In the Paul F. Schneider grocery at Wapakoneta. is charged with hiving embezzled in- small amounts the sum of 8573, William F. Kennedy,* for seven years chief examiner of the state de-; partment of stationary engineers, le dead at his home In Cincinnati, Thomas J. Irwin of Martins Ferry has been re-elected to serve his thir­ tieth consecutive year as great chief of records for the Ohio Red Men. Emerson Allenlatr, seventeen, of Warsaw, ltd ., on. a visit to relatives at Bueyros, was placed under quar­ antine. He is said to have smallpox^ Commandant W. It. Burnett Of the state board of administration an* nounced that 182 Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors' home veterans died during 1916. Mrs. John Burkhart, seventy-three, St, Marys, is dead from, the effects of fumes from a coal stove. Her hus­ band, who was overcome, will re­ cover, Twenty-fivo Sandusky men have or­ ganized “The Good Fellows club” to provide for a poor widow and her sev­ en small children an income of $25 a month. Governor Cox appointed Dr. A, F. Shepherd of Dayton a member of the state board of administration, vice Dr. E. H. Rorlck of Fulton county, resigned. Rural telephone subscribers in Gal­ lon territory threaten to install a mu tual phone plant there following an­ nouncement of proposed rate increase by the exchange, Alvin Kolbe, twenty, who mysteri­ ously disappeared eighteen months ngo, returned to his home at Amherst just as- mysteriously. He had been given up as dead. Police throughout northern Ohio were asked to assist in finding nine- teen-year-old F-dllh Edwards, busi­ ness college student, who Is missing from her home in Eljrla. Notes and securities valued at heap ly $20,000 were found hidden in se­ cret pockets of the dress of Mrs. Mary Beall Hess, ased recluse, Who was found dead at her home in Mans- field, ' Public apologies being less objec­ tionable than ptl'-on terms, another alleged rioter at Limn, Augustus De­ camp, will accept the court’s offer, and a prison sentence will be sus­ pended, Robert A. Koegle’s seat on the San­ dusky city commission, of which h* was president, and bv virtue of hi* office mayor of Sandusky, was de dared vacant hy the other four corn ‘missloner*. , Despondent because he had not heard from his parents in Austria, Alex Ramotls, twenty-three, Cleve­ land, killed wmse’f bv plunging etvh tv-five feet from the Superior avenue viaduct to the pavement Charges of arson were filed against Thurman Norton, a former grocer of Sidney, by Deputy State Fire Marshal Chart** Miller. Alleged Norton start* «d fire in his store which o*u«*d •180,000 Mare last October. are new prepared to do ganaral repairing and cabinetwork. OWRN0ARON The sohool board at a meeting Saturday flight. let tbe contract for g - curtain bver the stage- of the auditorium to Galloway A. Cherry, Xenia. ' The cur tain w ill be green waloflrj with deep valance trimmed in braid and hbng from the la te s t mechanic, cal deyto# for operation. The, c that slip through your fingers for trifles and things .unnecessary will fceep up your deposits'in our XENIA FIRM GETS SCHOOL CURTAIN "CONTRACT Christmas „ i Savings Fund and will accumulate into amounts of $12.50, $25.50, $63.75 and Up which you will receive just in time to buy presents and meet other expenses Next Christmas The first .deposit makes,you a member* After that youwill become so enthusiastic it will be a pleasure to keep up the payments v Everybody•••Old and Young The Baby included Invited to become Members i i *uoces«tul 'bidder fpr the window] bllndazomb time ago. Cedarville, Ohio ■Wav 'PWW FO R D A N N O U N C E M E N T ! Hundreds of unfilled orders for Ford cars;are still held by our agents iri . the cotton growing districts of the south* Our northern assembly plants are working up to their capacity to fill the»e orders. Under normal con­ ditions we should have ioo Ford cars on hand for the spring rush, but naturally we are not permitted to stock cars while other dealers cannot fill their immediate orders. If you arc contemplating the purchase of a Ford car in the spring, anticipate the „ shortage that will prevail and BUY NOW. The factory will fill your orders for immediate delivery for a short time only, after which time we can make absolutely no promise on deliveries* Be Wise, Order Your Car To-day. n Ik.A.Murdock Cedarville, Ohio \