The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 1-26

W« M l i i « ipedahy of *11 kiwi* of Ki»T^ « W forpuh. is Uuf beSS"* °“r w‘ ter*pioot stock V r t V W M V A W W l i Y A V A V iV i FORTIETH YEAR N d 7,” V W M W W M W ^ V M W i t t Ti;e time to slop i i when you are ready to etop doing bunlnew, You'll notice that the prOgrartive merchant is an advertiser. V V A ’ / W W A V / W W A W . New School Building Dedicated Friday Appropriate Exercises for the Occasion—President Smith of 0. a. U., Delivered Splendid Address— Building Complete Exceeds $80,000. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, lp!7 PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR Cedarville’s New$8%000 School Building, One of the most important days in DEDICATED TO THE the history of Cedarvillo was'the dedication o f the new 580,000 school building last Friday. The building is one o f the finest and most complete1 in tliis section o f tlxe state, being fire- i proof and having every accommoda- i NEW SCHOOL HOUSE (By Rev. II. Parks Jackson.) The subject assigned me is a very tion known for modern school 'build- oId one> but ■ery important and in- 1teresting. Schools are of ancient ori­ gin. There have been schools in all .ages o f the world, We read of the “ Schools o f the Prophets" In the days, o f Elijah and Elisha. They were! what we call in our days Jiieo- j logical seminaries. But we m ay , go _ still farther bask and recall! to your minds Moses, who- w a s■ mg. . • A splendid program had been pre­ pared* musical selections being ren­ dered by the school under the direc­ tion o f Prof. Siegler, Invocation was rendered by Rev. J. S. E. McMichael. The history o f the old school was written by Rev. H. P. Jackson and read by Mr. George Smith of the col­ lege. It can be found elsewhere in this issue. President A. G. Collins, presented ■the building in, a few well chosen . words. His review of the union of tlie two districts, how the joint hoard was selected representing a tax du­ plicate qf nearly four million dollars. The .speaker stated that, it was not then nor is it now the intention of the hoard to have complete centraliza­ tion o f the schools, in the districts. Investigation of buildings found that nothing short o f 575,000 would he re­ quired here and when the bond issue was placed before the people it was approved. A building has been pro­ vided that should meet the demands o f the three next generations. We had the best architect and best con­ tractors in the state and by letting the contract when we did ten or fif­ teen thousand dollars was saved over present prices, A fitting tribute was paid a former member, Mr. J. H. Stormont, who served on the hoard fo r nearly 20 years and who gave of his strength, time and means for the new- building. WHAT THE BUILDING GOST "learned in Ec all the wisdom of the* The first teacher in this third iicliooi-hou'se was Mis^ Nancy McCoy, a daughter of Captain James McCoy. As. time went on, a small child when ;oing home from school, had to cross gyptians,’’ and still farther hack to ‘ the creek opposite the spring that the /very beginning, when the Creator- j gushes out of a hole in the solid rock, made the human race. He set them ' and slipfc off. tlie footboard across the in families, and ordained that the jstream and was drowned. This sad father and mother should be the teach- ievent led to an agitation to locate ers of their - chiluren. Here is the-j the school-house in a less dangerous command that He gave to parents jplace. Two school-houses were built: (found in Deut. 6:7): “ Thou shalt j.a frame on (Kyle’s) two miles south teach them'diligently” ; and He sp ed -;o f the village; and a stone one, two fies in particular how it shall be done, miles west (Whit'elaw Reid’s). The T ho one family was the school and second school-house had at an early . 1. . *ii ' j - i ••I m • i i ' day been built, two miles southeast also the district. Tins plan has never ‘ of/ ths the Cross-roads- been changed. Parents, are still in a Cresswell’s. Some years afterwards sense the teachers o f, their children and are responsible for their educa­ tion. Some parents employ a teacher to come into their home and teach their children, paying the teacher Wages. These teachers are called tu­ tors. The church or congregation sometimes has a school, and these are called “ parochial.” They axe pri­ vate schools. Then a number o f families would combine and employ a teacher, and these were, culled “subscription nr « t , t . j , . . , schools." lx,e..parents would pay tu- Mr. O. E. BradfUte gave the^speech. jfcj0n for each one of their children o f acceptance. “ This is a led letter day in the history o f the schools o f this township. The building- . has been presented and jit is my pleasure and honor to represent the people in accepting it. iWe cannot B$y enough, to show our appreciation o f the ef­ forts o f t,*e board for they have had a large task'Which hafe required labor, and thought both.- day and night. There has been criticism just and un­ just o f you labor but you. have labor­ ed. conscientiously. We wish to ex­ tend our gratitude and vote o f thanks for, what you have done1and the way you ha j done it. It is now up to the teachers and public to make the best use o f it and may this new .structure be an honor and glory not only to the community, but the honor and glory o f God.” Dr. Albert Edwin Smith, president o f Ohio Northern University, deliv­ ered the dedicatory address which dwelt along the lines of education, About the first thing you. hear in a new; school building is what it cost, the very thing that should n o t. be mentioned, the thing that should never be considered. Nothing has made Ohio the leader more than her schools, nothing lias made a college possible at almost every hack door more than the public schools. . What a divirt and -infinite pleasure it must be to those whey build things worth while. Man was not made for idle­ ness. Commerce does not stop for the expenditure of money if there is to be a return, so why should man consider cost when men and women o f future generations are to come front the foundation to today. Education is the greatest wonder of the .age. We could well afford to doi without most everything else. This building has been dedicated to the masses that boys and girls could be educated in good citizenship, this community but doing its share o f advancing one-fifth of the population o f ■ the- country. There is no' fear'in America with a defense built on properly educated boys and giri3, Battleships amount to nothing unless we have clean citi­ zenship and patriots who know the responsibility o f honor and with this America will be the inspiration of the world. Mere universities and loss battleships to turn out men and wom­ en of character to provide this nation with clean, sober, honest, God-fearing men and women. Remarks were made by Dr. McChes- ney, Representative W. B. Bryson, C. A. DfeVoe of Jamestown, County Su­ perintendent F. M. Reynolds, Super­ intendent Patterson of Xenia schools, find Dr. Chesnut. Presented Flag, Mr. Edwin Bradfute on behalf of the High School, presented a largo flag for the .use o f the schools. The presentation npceeh was well receiv­ ed and was responded to by Presi­ dent Collins. Paintings of Former Teachers Presented, Rev H. P. Jackson on behalf of the late S. K. Turnbull presented to the school two lafge oil paintings of James Turnbull and Andrew Amyx, the first teachers >n the local spools* A fine likeness of Mr. W, Nwbet was also presented to the school. , ----. THE CANTATA, Thw cantata given by1 the- High assisted by the Seventh and Eighth grades in the auditorium last Friday night (lrey a large crowd. It had been planned to have tile can­ tata "Noel” for the, holidays but ow- All these plans have been, revolution- :"ed and system has been adopted in which the land is laid off into 'dis­ tricts, and a school-house is built near the center, and tax is levied Upon the land, and. the money thus raised. Is used/ to build school-houses ,aqd to support the schools. In this way schools are. free to all the children in the district, rich and poor. Tho there he 20 children in the family, no tui­ tion is demanded, Whosoever owns the land, pays the expenses of the school. These are called Public or Free Schools. Who originated this sys­ tem? Some say that it .was Hon. Horace Mann o f Massachusetts, - Ohio has 41 colleges and universi­ ties. The largest are Oberlin College at Oberlin, and Ohio State University at Columbus. Besides these, we have common schools. To support all these it takes $46,445,734. Let us look at Greene County, and we find a large force o f male and fe­ male teachers; viz., 127 elementary teachers; 8 music teachers, giving their full time to music; 34' high school teachers: 4 district superin­ tendents of school work; 2 superin­ tendents, giving part time to teach­ ing and part time to supervising; and one county superintendent: total, 176. According to the old plan,, the town­ ships have been laid off into districts, in each of which a school-house has been built to accommodate the chil­ dren. In Cedarville Township there were 7 districts and 7 teafchers, This does not include the village school, which has been employing 7 teach­ ers. By referendum election, the Ce­ darville Village School District dis­ organized itself and cast itself back into the Cedarville Township School District. Recently a new $75,000 school-house has been erected in the village by . the township, and _it is expected that the districts will be abandoned, and that all the children o f the township will attend school in the village. Four districts have al­ ready been abondoned, and the oth­ er three will in time he merged in the village school, so that there will be hut one school in the township, and 15 teachers and a superintendent employed. The High School wilt be .n) part of it, and wilt have a principal and two teachers. According to the new arrangement we will have a town­ ship superintendent, a county super­ intendent* and a state superintend­ ent. We think that the new plan will have many advantages over the old plan o f so many districts. In the first settlement of this town­ ship, the schools were all subscrip­ tion schools; and the first school-house was built in 1806 on the farm or Thomas Townsley, one and a half miles north o f Gedarville—a round log cabin, with clapboard roof hut no floor, James Townsley, son of John Townsley, was tho first teacher in the township. The second sclioobhouse was built at Cross-roads, and as new settlers rapidly moved in, the loca­ tion o f the school-house had to lie changed. So a new log school-house war, built in 1810 a half mile west of the village on the bluff overlooking Massie’s Creek and the papermill res­ ervoir—a romantic place indeed for a school-house! This third house wan a better house than the first. Jt had a puncheon, floor. The front­ iersmen were short of'funds. There was but little money among them. Hence they had to be very economical in every respect. Their homes were built of the cheapest materials—so too were their .school-houses. Neces­ sity is the mother of invention. Round a’ school-house was erected three miles oast of the village, called “Hazel Dell;” and another three miles north­ east—McMillan’s. These school-hous­ es have served the demands of schools up to the present. Let us now speak o f the schools in the village. The first school-house in the village was a hewn-log build­ ing, built and owned by a widow lady, Mrs. Gamble, and.where she taught the first school inside the village, in 1823. A stone school-house was built about a quarter o f a mile noith of the village in 1828, and the children o f the village attended school there. The- stone school-house near White- law Reid’s was taken down in 1852, and a frame building was ejected in its place. The only scholar now living' who attended school in that stone school-house is Rev. H, Paries Jack- soq, who . resides 'iu,,CedaxvUl** .: SCI yeS s 0 6 . : Rev, George M. Hail taught a se­ lect subscription school in 1847, in an upstairs room on the* comer o f .Main and Chillicothe streets, owned - b y ; John Ony Sr, ‘ -i 7 The Second school-house in the vil- hge was built by James A. Turnbull, son ,-Oif John Turnbull, who lived two miles east o f Cedarville. James was only 24 years old when, he bought a lot from Judge Samuel Kyle in the south part o f town. There was a grove o f ’sugar trees on the lot. In 1858 he built a frame school-house with a wide vestibule in front, and a belfry, and hung the hell that lias been calling the children to school for 67 years. He called the school “ Grove School." We hope that the Board will give the dear old bell a home on the new school-house. And long may it ring td the happy and young That gather there, Where long, long ago we studied and sung *. With the young and fair. Here in September, 1850, Mr. Turnbull began teaching a subscrip­ tion school. He was a very popular teacher and drew many children. Ho Seated the vestibule and employed Miss ICate Kendall to teach. In 1851 he built a room on the west, adjoin­ ing the first room, and employed a young man named Andrew Amyx to assist him. The scholars multiplied, and in 1852 he built another room on the east and employed Miss Davis of Kentucky to teach in this room. The scholars increased in number till there were 200. Six states were repre­ sented. But alas! in the summer of 1853, Mr. Turnbull wat seized with a violent attack of- Uphold fever and died July 20, 1858, greatly lamented. He was only 27 years old, His fun­ eral was perhaps the largest ever hold in Cedarvillo. He is buried in the cemetery north of town. Andrew Amyx took charge of the school and employed J. A. Nelson to assist. Amyx resigned, and Nelson became principal, with W. S. Bratton as as­ sistant.. In January, 1854, two young men, Stetson and Smith, graduates of IJowdoin College, Maine, took charge o f the school. They were fine schol­ ars, and they taught until January, 1856. Afterwards they ,both studied jaw and settled in Boston. Stetson served as Clerk of the Supreme Court for forty years. John Orr, Jr., a graduate of Miami University (1845) moved here from the south and taught school, first in the McMillan district for a short time} and then in Grove school" till June, 1867. Then Henry McCracken, a graduate o f Mi­ ami University, only 17 years old, taught one year in Grove school. He is now Ex-Chancellor emeritus of New York University. In 1868 the District purchased tho Grove School property, and made it a free public school. Harvey Irvine was the first superintendent, and- Joseph Osborn assistant for one year. Then John Orr, Jr., became superintendent and continued till 1864, when ho was elected Clerk o f Courts and moved his; family to Xenia. Joseph Osborn be­ came superintendent for a short time, and was succeeded In 1868-1869 seven-room, brick ed on the school Grove School bui frame building, wl for 18 years, w. away. The new 539,000. It has A. G. Wilson was tendent in the brie brick building hi (1916) in tho nortl Main Street at a The old brick buik and the new one January 20, 1917.’ Before the High ed, there were ot1 teaching the higher! nejv two-story, ilding was erect- in front o f the ing; and the old h had been used sold and moved ck building cost used 48 years, e first superin- j building. A new' been erected part of town on ■t Of $75,000. ng will bo sold ill be dedicated- 1 was start-' Schools for, ranches. They. There were avered with a adergrowth of spring of the with white hillside look Hense the rood Acade- .this pchool ulsters in the demy (about e road lead- Cemetery. to on pike, and jght by Rev. ilding that led logo were built up. No nails or glass Morgan, Ellis, and were called aoade; at least four in the township, all told. One was near East* Point school- house, across the G^tumbtfs pike, on the side o f the Kill/ At that time, 1825, the hill "was dense forest, with a! dogwood trees. In year they were co' bloom, which made like a military, school was called * my.” Some that at became prominent church. The second’ 1850), was located ing from Massie’s the Wilberforce and near this pike. It J* P. Smart in the in j leal .... ........................... .......... Tanyard, Academy." ( Neither o f these academies had* classical names, - The tliird academy, 1858-1860, was taught in the village by Rev. Hugh McMillan, D. D,, in an upper room at the comer of Main and Chillicothe streets. Here J. C. Hutchison and- Whitelaw Reid prepared for the Sophomore class in Miami Universi­ ty. The fourth academy, 18C5-7, was taught by Prof. Fleming one year in a room above John Cooper’s grocery, corner of Main Street. and' Xenia Avenue. The second year he taught in the colored Baptist church on the hanks of Massiep Creek above Main Street. He’ had. ® good school, for he was a born teacher. Rev. Joseph Kyle, D. D., LL. D„ was one of Fleni- ing3’s students,, and speaks of him in complimentary termS; Robert M. Jack- son taught vocal music, and hud a splendid chorus of singers. The school was called the Fleming Acad­ emy. Prof. FJiuning, on account of poor health/ went to Lawrence, Kan­ sas, and died of tuberculosis. In 185G a two-story brick building was erected on West .Cedar street, with a school-room below and one above; and Andrew Amyx and wife taught here; also Mrs. Martin Barber, (then Miss Meade). Afterwards the Fichthom sisters and tho Parry sis­ ters and others taught in this build­ ing up to 1864. It was sold, and is now a dwelling-house. We have not attempted to trace the names of all the men and women who taught in the village schools, because tiiere were so many of them, and the registei’3 are lost. The first year that I taught and superintended the school Joseph Kyle, I). D., LL. D., was my assistant superintendent. The sec­ ond year,, Prof, Greenwood of Yellow Springs, Ohio, assisted; also Rev, J. F. Morton, BD., on account of the number of scholars in the high school, (over 60), was employed"during the three winter months to teach the Latin and Greek classes at $80 per- month. Diplomas were not given to the graduates until April 16. 1877. Vocal music lias been taught in the schools of the township by different pnes. Prof. .George Siegler is the efficient music teacher at present. Hi addition to our grade and high school, our village and. community have a college (established in 1894) that has proved a great blessing not only locally but almost world-wide; for its graduates have gone out, not only in our tovn land but as far away as China; and have not only proved themselves worthy but have been an honor to the college, their alma, ma­ ter. It is under the control o f the Reformed Presbyterian Church (New School). Rev. David McKinney, D. D., LL. IX, was its first president and served 21 ..years. Rev. W. R. Mc- Chcsncy, D, D., Ph, IX* is now the efficient president, ably assisted by Profs. Jui’kafc and Allen and others. Located here also and connected wit! the college is the Theological Semin­ ary of the Same church. This college and seminary is the most noted school of tho township. It is a first grade college, and its students can enter any college or university in the land. So note this: a boy can begirt school in Teachers and scholars, we congrat­ ulate you on , entering this lovely school-house, aha may you rise to the ■by tta t e iw a f c a n d w m l h m t t i e K m i « ‘f » “ * Md* » • » Sturgis. Each ‘school and college and theological mm- * ] The pioneers had not the luxuries of the present day. In the pioneer days there was more of a community interest and social equality among the people than at the present time. •Among the men, there.were log-roll­ ings, wood-choppings, house and barn- ' raisings, cprn-husldngs, and harvest- i ing; and among the women, quiltings, ’ wool-pickings, spinning-bees, etc., that brought the neighbors together, and they-had an enjoyable time. These gatherings have all past away with’ that generation’. Now the grown peo­ ple are not on’ an equality as then, But in the schools the children are on a level—rich and poor are all alike. The teacher, if just, cannot be partial*. The public school does not encourage caste or an aristocracy., The children in pioneer' days en­ joyed their long journeys thru the woods, and many things greeted their eyes and cars "not now enjoyed by our children. In the forests, then/al-' most unbroken, in pristine luxuriance, lieneath their sylvan shades, the timid deer lay down to rest; among the, brandies the playful squirrel sported’ in freedom; the songs, of. birds made the forests redolent-with music. The. paths of the schools children, presented a scene of natural beauty and. harmo­ ny that was delightful and enchant­ ing- Our forefathers hewed vout a restiiig-place for themselves, and planned for us the beautiful farms and ieomfortable homes, and school no Mr, Andrew Jackson, clerk of tlie Board of Education, has tab­ ulated the following which will give our readers some knowl­ edge as to the cost of the. school building and equipment. Real estate ......4,350 General contract, building, plumbing ........... 55,950 Aichitect plans and super­ vision ............. Heating and ventilating. Electrical work ......... ... F e l’ .......................... . Sevwge Disposal Plant. Drainage for building... Cement Walks . Gravel ............................ Curtains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electric Fixtures........... . Furniture, Desks, Chairs, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,330 Domestic Science Furni­ ture .......................... .... 165 ‘ HARPER INHERITANCE TAX PLACED AT $6,708 3,384 6,015 1,140 250 5,150 700 ’753 51 250 400 Total .........................$80,868 <!>- -Si) CHARLES .DAVIS WILL BE DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT good community that we have today. . In order that the names o f the superintendents may be collected, we will give them in the order in which they taught in our school. James A. Turnbull, Andrew Amyx, J, A. Nelson, Stetson, Smith, Mc- Crackfen. ‘In 1858 the. school tvas made a free graded public school. The first superintendent was Harvey Irvine, then John Orr, Jr., Joseph Osborn, Morgan, Ellis, Sturgis, Gam­ ble, A. ,G. Wilson (the first superin­ tendent in tho’ brick building), James M. Foster, H. Parks Jackson, Graham, McMillan, Van Fossan, Brown, Stew­ art, Brooks, Shannon, Sayrs, Brown, Randall, Reynolds, and Fortney; 28 .in sill. As we trace up the history of the schools in our township, we see the progress that has been made both in buildings and in teaching. Set one of the pioneer round-log school- houses down beside this new $75,000 school-house, and the progress is mar­ velous! The buildings o f the (jrst roftlers were of logs; log dwellings, 'og bares, log meeting-houses, all ex­ ceedingly plain and homely. They merely gave shelter from, the storm. There was nothing artistic about them, as we find in this beautiful school-building that we dedicate to­ day. Tlie children of the grades and those of the High School enter’ to­ day one of the most beautiful school- houses in the State of Ohio. Staff of teachers, 1916-1917 are: Superintendent—James II. Fortney. Principal—Calvin C. Morton. Assistant High School Teachers— Helen Patton and Hazel liowry. Eighth Grade—Ethel Edwards. Seventh Grade—Bertha Creswell. Sixth Grade*—*Kathleen Blair. Fifth Grade—Esther Townsley. Fourth Grade—Ruth Harris. Third Grade—Edna Shrodes. Second Grade—Rosa Stormont. First Grade—Elizabeth Blair. Music Teacher—George F. Siegler. Students, what advantages you en­ joy over those of the log-cabin days! And yet you will have to hustle if you excel them in character and useful­ ness. For they became school-teach­ ers, lawyers, doctors, editors, and preachers many; they were legisla­ tors, governors, congressmen, and presidents. We need not go out of our own township jo verify this as­ sertion. For Cedarvillo Township has raised up many school-teachers and preachers and judges o f the courts, who excelled in their work and filled all the ofiiccs of the township, county, legislature ’ and Congress. One, James H. Kyle, was a United States Senator. Another, Whitelaw Reid, became editor of a great news­ paper in New York City, was nomi­ nated for Vice-President o f the United States by the great Republi­ can Party, and was afterwards sent as ambassador to France and later to England, I wonder who of the schol- n;to now in school here today will climb as. high on the ladder1of fame as those educated in the log school* houses! were used. Wooden pins and greased served a short time, covering twajinary and fieenaed to preach the ,„n„VK ..... wapei* were employed. (Any one years. In I860, James Gamble be-- Ge.'qwk andaft«*afew years’ ffiWiee - .. '“ .‘ j ntfctnon- wishing a minute description of the .came superintendent for three years, the faculty and Beard ean give him IX ing to quarantine ^ , L . pioneer school-houses is referred to It, Two brothers', Joseph and John, as- I). and LL. IX Th<* w#«k of making a ed until the w e e * d e r a t i o n , j nc .y History of Greene County, sisted. The superintendent taught full-fledged man can ah be done in ’ proceeds are^tojbe^ueed m securing jjMvJ v ,thft h ,vw brenchon in th« v^Hhut*. rvu**;«,in*. £ £ £ % th* Kfcool*. |t e igher ra c es i t e estibule^Cedarville. Very few pieces of property in town or township are in the delinquent tax sale this year, which indicates that people are not so negligent of pub­ lic duties. Mr. George Sheets, who becomes clerk o f court on February 9.tli, has named for his deputy Mr. Gharies A. Davis, who. retires as deputy probate judge at tlie expiration of Judge Howard's term. The appointment of Mr. Davis to this responsible, position is. on rec­ ognition of merit. Mr. Davis was first appointed deputy probate judge under Judge Shoup and he has con- ‘inued to serve’in that position-ever since. Mr.’ Davis' will be a valuable aid to Mr. Sheets, due to his long experience in court clerical work. Miss Charlie Santmyer will be given the second deputyship. Judge Howard o f the Probate Court “has placed the inheritance tax on the Vinna Harper estate at $6,708,08, one. of the largest estates ever adminis­ tered an the county. The Jaw gives , fifty per cent o f the tax to the statu and fifty to the town or township where tlie decedent resided. The total value of the estate was placed at $209.-343.37, The part sub­ ject to tax outside o f legal exemp­ tion was $139,750.82. The personal property located here was valued at $162,020.12, the real estate $5,700; Ross township, $15,031,25; Warren county, $4,040; Columbus, $8,350; Madison county, $2,576; Wyandotte co;anty, $2,100. The principal legatees are Mrs. Anna Warner, Yellow Springs; John Muway, South Charleston and George Murray of Colorado who, will receive $19,964.41 each. The inheritance tax of each is $958.29. Mrs. Harper left three pieces of property on South Mian street to the M, E. church which has been turned over by the executors. - On the basis’ of Judge Howard’s finding Ccdarville’s share of the inher­ itance tax! will be $3,354,04, a neat sum for the village. CEMETERY BOARD MEETING. HIGH WON EASILY. The fiirst basketball played by the High School team in the new gym­ nasium resulted in a victory for the home team which defeated the Bath township team by a score of 48 to 21. The team also’ defeated the Spring Valley team Saturday night. All lot owners in Massies Creek Cemetery are requested to.attend the annual meeting o f’ the association in the mayor’s office on (Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 1:30 p.; m. At / this time three trustees will be chosen for three years and lot owners should be interested enough; to attend this meeting and ’ lend help in selecting members of the board. There is business of impor­ tance to all lot owners and you should make it a point to be present. JAMES' A. McMILLAN, President. Citizens of Wilberforce have pro­ tested against Senator Pomerene rec­ ommending Charles Weber of Xenia, as postmaster at Wilberforce to sue** ceed the late Samuel Ford. The fa c t , that few Democrats can he found in Wilberforce will not cause the Sena­ tor any particular alarm. B T W . L. CL 1 LMANS Rea l festate Can be found at my office each Saturday or reached by phone at my residence |ach evening. Office 36 - PHONES Residence 2-122 CEDARVILLE, OHIO, ' ONLY A few more DAYS to enroll in our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB Don’ t procrastinate any longer. Don’ t put it off until it is too late. Take your first opportunity to make the first deposit, which, without any further ex­ pense or trouble, makes you a member. If you cannot come personally ask a friend to make the deposit for you., you will be glad next Christmas that you were a, member. Your will not* miss the small weekly deposits, and you will receive a check for all you have paid in, plus intereat just when the money will insure you A Merry Christmas ENROLL AT ONfcE The Exchange Bank GtdurviUe, Ohio % 4