The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 1-26

W# w a k e * *JM*l«lty o f *11 kind* of •riatu ig , The swumm la here fo r pub­ lic «*I« Mlts. Our water-proof stock la the best. ' VWM^WWVVUV^iWA(VWWVVV% f f k e V e d a * f e * *M ■FORTIETH YEAR NO. 10. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, F. CLOSING LECTURE COURSE NUMBER, The last number on the lecture course, the L. A. C.‘ orchestra drew a large audience Tuesday- evening. I t was the best number on the course and fully worth the price of the sea­ son ticket. The company consists of eight young ladies each of which is an-artist. The program was varied with operatic as well as the lighter music. MI bb Truitt was a very pleas­ ing reader, Miss Thorpe a most ex­ cellent soprano soloist while as much could be said of the other members of the company, ■h > Prof, Allen of the committee read the report fo r the year which shows there will be a balance of about $11, which added to that of last year makes about $56 in the treasury a ft­ e r all bills are paid. TO THE WORKS. Mayor McLean sent three citi­ zens to the works Tuesday as the re­ sult of disorderly conduct on Satur­ day night. All three had. old fines standing against them. John Jones, $244. liquor fine; Mose. Jones, fines amounting to $8.1.60; Prank Jeffreys, better known as “Peg Leg", $33.30. Johpny Jones was released by Judge Kyle on' a wririof habeas cor­ pus, Attorney P. L. Johnson repre­ senting the defendant. Jones was tried under the Rose county local op tion law which hUs been repealed. J0fe had paid $71 on his fine of $300 and costs, and it is stated that a de­ mand will be made for a return of this money. THIS WEEK'S BILL AT B. F. KEITH’S THEATRE, DAYTON, O. A bill of novelty and variety is on a t Keith’s this week with Harry Green- and players in a novelty skit entitled “The Cherry Tree,” by Aaron Huffman. This is a moral disguised as comedy and Mr. Gre^n has the role a s “George Washington Cohen." Its story would he better told in the line from “The Darling of the Gods,” “It is better to lie a little than be un­ happy much." The comedy is brisk - and amusing. Grace Leigh and Dave Jones have . a satire with music which is called "Gamblers All," written by Junie Mc- Cree, which is along the lines usual­ ly adopted by the author for vaude­ ville audiences: th a t is, filled with clever scenes and lines. The De Pace septette, the only one* -offering- operaticalecMons-with man­ dolin accompaniment, features Mile. Dossena o f Italy whose voice has won recognition in her own country. The program presented is well worth while. • The Seven Bracks billed as an “ath­ letic machine gun" supply some un; usual risky work, which is above the average and the routine of-feats they present is very rapid which gives them th e right to their assumed title. Johnny Eckert and Killy Parker in a comedy skit, “The Golf Players” will create a greater interest in this "king of sport” and in addition make the offering likable because of the many laughs, the humor occasions. Charles and Adelaide Wilkins, in comedy eccentricities, are dancers a la Fred Stone; Mr. Wilkins following Mr. Stone as the scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz.” His partner is clever as a singer as well as dancer and the two do excellent pantomine work. The Helen Leach Wallin troup of “iron jaw” exponents, supply thi3 form of strength as well as wire-walk- One holding the wire while the hers walk or swing thereon, Helen Leach has a record for this sort of thing. Seabury and Price will present a new novelty entitled “Song Painters," which will be interesting. „ The Pathe News film will be shown during the week. A MODEL TOWN “Cedaryille A Model Town” seems to be the slogan of the day among many citizens in our community. How to remove vice and prevent crime has been the keynote of resolutions from, various organizations a topic for discussion in public meetings and a' nucleus for articles in the press. Many good sugestions have been set forth, nearly all of which might help bring about desired results. In the matter of disease, a wise physician diagnosis his case the cause being first sought out, then removed and proper treatment applied. Two causes, already strongly emphasized-— drink and lawlessness—without doubt have been largely responsible for the vice and crime which have brought our community into disrepute. Our citizens have but to review the various cases of public scandal and disgrace occuring within our bor­ ders -during the past few years to note tha t in nearly every instance, one or both parties connected with same were victims or patrons of the liquor traffic. So long as liquor can be so easily secured in neighboring towns, boot-legging allowed to continue in our community and our lawB “winkdd a t” by professed violaters of same, we can rightly expect that crime and vice will prevail in our midst. Drink is undeniably responsible for fully four-fifths of the crime prevail­ ing in our land today. The citizen who is really desirous of making our community a Model Town will openly make his influence count in every pos­ sible way for the complete annihila­ tion of the liquor traffic in our state and nation, which would, mean a clean­ e r and safer Ced&rville. . A few of our townsmen seem to have solved the problem to their own gratification by extending a few ^‘persona thrusts” and laying the re­ sponsibility a t the door of two or three citizens. To drive from our community a few so termed “undesir­ able” citizens might a t first thought seem to maqy the. easiest and. best solution of the problem. * Perhaps there is no community the size of ours which inwardly prides itself more^upon its “religious atmos­ phere” ana “conservative Christian Citizenship” than, does Cedarville.- Would it he becoming .to our religious profession for the .Christian citizens' to endeavor to “clean! -up” Cedarville by sending to Xenia or Jamestown or Columbus or Cincinnati citizens in whom we, have taken very little in­ terest and, for whom we have excer- cised an exceedingly small amount of Christian charity and real concern rel­ ative to their spiritual welfare ? Did the Master try tef purge Sam aria by ordering the woman a t the well to go over into Galilee or Judea? Nay,, did he hot. rather., concerning her. sin and offer her th a t1 “living water” which'is just as free a n d .a s satisfying today as i t was 2000 years ago? In. our earnest endeavors to remove the causes, the citizens should not fail to apply the spiritual treatment which ip perhaps the one thing that has been sadly- neglected more, than any other. A City, Mission has wrought miracles elsewhere and we believe that such a “Church Home” in Cedarville would b rin g .blessings to many and meet a long-felt peed Such a movement deserves the hearty support of every professed Christian in bur community. Let us show to the world that our interest in home missions equals our interest in foreign missions. Let us help an­ sw e r our prayers" offered during the recent revival services, and obey the words of the Master “Begin first at Jerusalem.” Concerned, NOTICE. In pursuance of an order of the Probate Court of Greene County, Ohio, I will offer fo r sale a t public auction on • SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917, a t 2:30 o’clock p. m., on the premises, located on West Chillicothe Street, in the Village of Cedarville, Ohio, the following described real estate: Situate in the County, of Greene, State of Ohio and Village of Cedar­ ville, towit: Beginning a t the South­ westerly corner of the lot of Minnie P. Smith and W. J. Smith a t the northerly side of Chillicothe Street; along said street as the compass now reads S. 76 deg. 50 min. W. 56 feet to a corner post; thence N. 13 deg. 15 min. W. 160 feet to the N. W. comer of this lot in the south lino of North Street; along same N. 76 deg. 60 min. E. 56 feet to the N. West comer of Smith lot S. 13 deg. 15 win. E, 160 feet with the line of said Smith to the place of beginning. _ Said real estate has been apprais­ ed for, $860.00. And must sell for pot less than two-thirds of the ap­ praised value. Terms of Sale: One-third cash, one- third in one and two years after date of sale, deferred payments to be se­ cured by mortgage on the said real estate and bear interest from the day of sale, purchaser to have option of paying all cash if he so desires. The above sale is had an pursuance of an order of the Probate Court an the case of W. W. Creswell, Adminis­ trator, vs. Nellie Buckles ei al. W. W. CRESWELL, Administrator of the Estate of Rose McMilta, m .V 8.15 in'* *le*p for nerrmurtttb* m ' WH* OHIONEWSCOT TOTHEQUICK 'flic 'time to otop advertising Is whin you are ready to stop doing businew. lots'll notice that the progressive merchant is an advertiser. V / / W / W W A W / W J V A W . , FEBRUARY 23, 1917 PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR 1* low, r’Wtre closed be. scarlet fever, company, cap- locate at San- team won Intercollegiate | l miners will bold In Wheeling ell was drilled on itSaiTO, north of Now A COMMUNICATION. To the Negroes of Cedarville J pear Friends—It is you who are responsible for the dirty, low, dis­ graceful crime of P. C. Bruce. I t is you who must share the responsibility of the character and reputation of the A. M. E. church being destroyed. Where are the prayers of the old saints of the A. M, E. church and Baptist churches. Is it true the ne­ groes of Cedarville who once were loyal to the race morally and spiritu­ ally have forgotten God, making Sod­ omites of themselves and Gomorrah out of the town? You negro citizens are not doing your duty. Get right and stay right with God, constantly keeping your hand in His. Pay more attention to your own family and not so much to the other fellow’s. Think of it, a place to serve God, where they go to sing praise to His name and honor and glorify Him has been turned into a house of vice. I t is time for the negroes to wake up and take God a t His word, if you do this you will treat your brother and sister right and by doing this, you will live on the promises of God. If you do this both churches will prosper and there will be no more P. C. Bruce's or Mrs. Paschal’s. We will then have a face. J. S. HAGGARD, 345 E. MoiMd St., Columbus, Ohio Pity the Poor Editor. Mlngtfs (speaking of one wlio lias just pnssed)—“Ho certainly . has a Squelched appearance.” Slllbent— “No wonder. His wife won’t let him express his mind at home, and his boss won’t let him express it at the office." Mingus—“What’s his business?” Sill- bent—“He’s a newspaper editor.”— Life, Especially the Girls. A woman of Melrosp, Mass., main­ tains that her particular longevity'is due to eating candy, whence it is pos­ sible to deduce that the rising genera­ tion will be almost Immortal,—Mil­ waukee Journal, Mr. Walter Ballanger and wife of aringfleld apent the week end with r, apd Mr*, L, H, Sull*nb*rger, ■Warren’* tugai Schools at Bo: cause of an epld Collier Motor italized at $150, dusky* Muskingum’* over Otterbein debate Eastern Ohio annual conven March 18. A 200 barrel of the Alfred Gordo Lexington, At Kenton W. Snyder sola thirty cars of onions foi $00,000, Tha onions wero grown.by £ cyder, John Anon, eig teen, was killed at Youngstown whs: : bis. bobsjed waa struck by % moti raycle. Largest,flonr m a at,Toledo, with a capacity of 4,000 : sflrels dally, ceased grinding for lack »f coal. Ml^dleport Mas ins bought the old Walnut Street hoj d and will erect an $18,000 temple on .the site: The Big Pour r Jlway has acquired ex­ tensive .new yards! for Gallon. A Cleveland. ■’ 'ater main • burst, flooding four squ iye miles of terri­ tory. Property' flj mage. $20,000. Rev. Arthur Pal aer of Steubenville attacked bootleggi rs in a sermon and his life is threatened in letters. Organization ofmn Ohio federation of -gleaners was-larged at a state NEW TAX LAW, , „ ----- fu gleaners’ convention at Napoleogg^, Marion Lodge ofiElks will'celebrate its thirty-second apniverSary March 3 by initiating thirty-two candidates. A Cleveland jurir acquitted George W, King, .secretatalof the Truck Driv­ ers’ union, of*a charge of blackmail. ' All anti-liquor IhfCrests .in Clermont county have unites in a new body known as the Clermont Dry federa­ tion'. ■ ■ ■ ~'5 ^ Body of Mike Kutidel, .t\venty-elglit, Caldwell, missing' since Jan. 8, waa found in an Ice gorge along Duck creek.’ 'K Onion men of Scioto marsh.- Hardin county, the world’s largest onion field, are making plans,,for big crops for next year. ■' John H. Goodwin of Columbus Grove has been nbinipated by ,Repre­ sentative Mathews for a cadetship at West Point. Edward C, Enoch, who slew, Earl P. Mitchell at Youngstown for “treat­ ing” his wife, waa- indicted for first degree murder. ' ' Charles W, Rigby, sikty-niae, was 'at: the found dead in a h his Bpn, Lee 'High; had swallowed po At ’Marysville eighty-one, civil dead’ while pro: 't home of Fostorla- He Norris, Marion’s fire losses during 1916 amounted to about $ 11 , 000 . Fire in the Hart furniture store, To­ ledo, caused $30,000 damage, N. L. Lydle, fifty, was found frozen to death in a shack west of Alliance. Ottawa county peach growers say 1917 crop was damaged $1,000,000 by cold weather/ Club house of the Boland Country club,, south of Youngstown, waa ’ de­ stroyed by fire. Petitions for a commission-manager form of government may be ordered circulated at Warren. Findlay city officials confiscated six cars of coal to relieve needs. • Coal dealers have sold out Andrew Burneson. retired farmer. Mansfield, died suddenly on his elgh- " ‘“ “ S a“ ,aT ’ tieth birthday anniversary. the only tract needed for Gas fumes killed John .Bawsky and wife a t Cleveland* They wore mar­ ried loss than a month ago. ' Safe blowers got $319 in cash and $601 in checks at the People’s Out-» fitting company, Springfield, Mrs, Blanche Hues! is of Mt. Vernon was burned - to death at Columbus,. Ga., where she was visiting, J, M. Boggs, Morning Sun, Preble county, teacher,- died in the Union sta­ tion at Dayton while awaltlng-a train. Bethlehem church, Clalbourne town­ ship, Union county, was badly dam aged by fire originating in a defective- flue. At Martins Ferry Mrs. Mary Brand celebrated her 100th birthday .anni­ versary by scrubbing the steps lead­ ing to her home Liquor traffic taxes ■ for ’he year ending June 30 next amount to $6,- 101,876, according to a report of State Auditor Donahey. At Warren Mrs. I. N. Rita was blown across the room, but escaped injury, when a hot water tank explod ed in her home. ’ -Walter Roesch of Martel, Marion county, .lost his right hand when hi? shotgUn was discharged accidentally while he was hunting, L. R. Bu.ert, twenty-seven, Lima, hunted-a gas leak With a match. Ho and Miss Garnet Deardourff are in a hospital seriously burned, Hubert L. Mason, seventy-two, said to be the oldest member1, of. the Knights of Maccabees in Ohio, died at ids home near Ashland. At Middletown, Elmer Patton was exonerated, of the killing of Michael O’Toole, who was shot as he attempt- More than 200 delegates trOm Evan gellqal Lutheran churches in seven neighboring states attended the Luth­ eran’convention a t Youngstown. Citizens of Bluffton, Alien county, will vote Mprch 6 on a $35,000 bond issue to, improve waterworks and electric light and power system. A frozen onion Is held responsible for the death of Mrs. George Laugh- man of Rushsylvania, Logan county who died of ptomaine poisoning, Mrs. Lydia C. Whitson of Massillon was awarded $10,000 from the Balti­ more and Ohio railroad by a Jury for the accidental death of-her husband Mrs, Lillian Vcrelly, twenty-two, pretty Italian, was arrested by fed­ eral officers in Wellsvllle on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act. Percy Walling, former postmaster at •Circlevllle, wad arraigned at Co­ lumbus on a charge of embezzlement, and bound over to the grand jury of next June for $2,000. G. M, Fultz, Big Four railroad de­ tective, who shot and killed Cornelius Hagerty while the latter was robbing a car In the Columbus yards, was ex­ onerated by the coroner. Several hundred pupils at Allison street school, Norwood, Hamilton county, marched quietly from ‘the building when fire was discovered The building was destroyed. Superintendent W. .B. Bliss of Pros­ pect says Prospect school children have saved nearly $1,000 in pennies since the saving bank system was established less than a year ago. First steps toward consolidating the Fremont Home Telephone company and the Central Union Telephone company were taken at a conference of representatives of both companies John Steward, fifty-four, president of the Stewart Slate company, stood before a mirror at his home in Co Iambus and shot himself in the right temple. He died soon afterward. Ill health. G. W. MeMurchy, former cashier of the Old First National bank of N^c Richmond, who was under indictment by a federal grand jury, "charged with violating-the national (banking laws (s tle^d. Playing near his home in Columbus. Walter Montoney. eight, sustained in­ juries that terminated in his death. He was coasting on an automobile driveway and was struck by a tw«. ton truck. W, F„ Hess, Arrested at Crostilrc on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, informed the chief of police that, he was implicated in the murder of M. J, Mills at Lebanon, Pn. In Deccmbdr, 1914. While (alilng coal from.a car in the Columbus yards Mary Holmes, lif ' (een, slipped and fell in the path of ft passertrer train cn an adjoinin'; iraclc. Roth her logs wero severed between ankles an*l kneps. Charles Baker of Hamilton, Social­ ist editor, was acquitted by ft federal Jury at Cincinnati. II was charged that he had printed lnnvun&e that, re fleeted oil the officers and members or the Third regiment, Ohio natlonft' guard. The Supreme:, court having upset all the Onioi tax laws makes it man­ datory for the legislature to pass a new measure. A relief bill has al­ ready been offered in the Senate that will provide for taxation purposes this year only. Another measure will be passed under the guidance of the courts decision. The new bill places all authority in the county auditor who will revalue real estate as needed and have all personal property listed. His assist­ ants are to be appointed with the con­ sent of the commissioners. Taxpayers will make their return by mail and not be compelled to re­ turn to the elective assessor unless the returns are properly made out. Those who refuse to send by mail will not be exempt of the $100 limi- !tation.' Those who do not make com­ plete returns of property will be Sub­ ject to a fifty per cent penalty. The ;bi!l also provides for prosecution. | Assessors already elected, will in­ spect the returns and receive $4 a day :for their services. They will also be 'empowered to alter returns made by property owners. | The County board of revision will consist of the president of the county i Icommissioners, the treasurer and the 1 auditor, who will be secretary of the hoard. - Never in Vain. They tell us that not a sound has ever ceased to vibrate through space; that not a ripple has ever been lost upon the ocean. Much more Is it true that not a true thought, not a pure resolve, not a loving net, has ever gone forth in vain.—F. W. Robertson. GUN, FUNSTON DEAD. All -Right, After Ail. “When I was married,” remarked the entertaining guest, “I had but half a shirt to my back,” and while the guests were still gasping he said, “the other half of it being In front,”— Browning’s Magazine. Think First. When you talk let It be “safety first.” -That means that you will think before you talk rather than do as some do—speak first and then think after­ ward. •ftw- nm<Mkn Dr. Mttwr Antl-rnlR Ptth The death of Gen. Frederick Funs- ton, major of the U. S. army, comes home to many .people in this section in that he was a cousin of the Turn- bull’s as well as the family of Dora Luce of near Clifton. The "Major was bom in Clark county, New Carlisle, in 1805. lie was one of the men of the army that won position by merit alone, not being a graduate of Wept Point. His work: in Cuba and the Pliillipines enabled him to climb the ladder of fame in army circles. Death took place sud­ denly in a hotel in San Antonio, Texas, just after dinner, Monday, That Would Surely Fix It, pa—“At last I’ve found a way to make that young scamp of ours stop winking his eyes.” Ma—“Really?” Pa —“Yes, I’ll show him the articles in this science magazine where it- says that every time we wink we give the eye a bath.1’—Buffalo Express. THE COUNTRY WEEKLIES. Policemen Robert West and Georgq Glander pf Dayton were injured when an auto, in which they were riding, skidded and- turned over, John A. Ulmer, grocer, accused;of conspiracy with other members of the Toledo Retail Grocers’ association to fix the price of butter, was acquitted. With C. E* Walker, forty-eight, In’a serious condition with stab wounds, Columbus police are holding Le Roy Walker, sixteen, his son, for the (at­ tack. • •Mr. and Mrs, William Mathews cel­ ebrated their golden wedding anniver­ sary at Marion by having Rev. J. W. Wynn perform, the ceremony over again, Twelve members of the Sandusky fire department threatened to strike when five of their number were or­ dered to clean out a waterworks boiler. Four auto bandits robbed a grocery In the village of Bettes Comer, near Akron, and escaped after firing on every citizen who appeared in the street John James Platt, eighty-two, au­ thor and poet whose literary workq twenty years ago gained him natlona’ fame, died at his winter home in Cin cinnati. George H. Schrotb, thirty-five, a member of the firm of the Schrotb Packing company, Cincinnati, com mitted suicide by shooting. Hod been ill. Harold Dlstelzwelg, twenty-four, bookkeeper for a Columbus packimr company, confessed, the police say, to having embezzled about $5,000 from his employers. Robert E. McKay, salesman of Bowling Green, and Friend Duke, chauffeur, were instantly killed when their motor car was struck by a train at Butler, Ind, Mayor G. H, Lowrey of •Mansfield has asked the Ohio public utilities commission to probe the service giv­ en by tha. Mansfield Railway, Light and Power company, A bill granting presidential suffrage to women was passed by both branch es of the Ohio legislature. A measure providing perpetual proloctlqn for. quail also was passed. - Fird whipped by a high wind total­ ly destroyed the drop forge depart- ment of Cleveland Axle Manufactur­ ing compahy, a t Canton, with a loss ectimated at $150,000. Ralph W, Kolioy of Columbus and Joseph McCormick of New Albany were instantly killed and three other men wero injured in an automobile collision near Columbus. Arthur Plotz, twenty-two, tailor, Co­ lumbus, Is held to the grand jury at Marysville on charges of bigamy and nonsupport, filed by Mrs, Edna Plotz. whom ho married last November, Thomas H. Tipton of Williamsport was elected president of the Buckeye Press association a t the twenty-first annual midwinter meeting at Marion, Paul W. Cochran, Spencerville, was elected vice president; C, Calvin My­ ers, Rising Sun. corresponding secre- tary; tt, C. Parson, Chardon, record* ing secretary, and H. B, McConnell, Cadis, treasurer. Wire. H» M. Storinont entertained the Home Culture club Tuesday gftcr- WQlh . At a recent meeting of the Buck- feye Press Association, the country }weeklies were asked to increase the iprice of subscriptions—not that the [country editors might get rich “all of a sudden,” but to take care of the iincreased cost of everything that en- | ters into the making of a newspaper. !Sound cpmmon sense ought to prompt the country papers to follow the rec- Iommendation, for financial ruin stares imany of them in the. face unless they do increase their rates, t; The cheapest thing on earth today is the country weekly—the home town newspaper. Fifty-two times a year or oftener, it come into the home, with its message concerning local af­ fairs. Every week it is a visitor who sits a t the fireside and talks enter­ tainingly of the affairs of the com­ munity. Aid always it is serving the best interests of that, community— preaching optimism, defending the local institutions, standing for . the best citizenship, encouraging enter­ prise, helping that, which helps the community generally. The country weekly i8 a sort of defender of the faith, an armed' knight, a learned advocate of the institutions of the * “ " ‘ one is so fixed- not great wealth a t any time. But in the very nature of things he must be supported, if the paper is to be of value, so it is only iii Keeping with the tendency of the times that an in- i creased subscription will have to be demanded or many of the papers sus­ pend . But a t a couple of dollars a year there isn't anything else on earth as cheap as a country newspaper.— Dayton News. w . R e U C L E .M A N S 1 a l E s t a t e I 1 Can be found a t my office each Saturday or reached by phone a t I I my residence each evening, I | Office 36 PHONES Residence 2-122 ■ CEDARVILLE, OHIO. I ■, -- " ■' . ■ ft H i 1 V. “Cancer” In Plant*. Extensive researches by plant pathol­ ogists of the agricultural department on the development of crown galls upon plants show that th ese -p ile , which are caused by a' bacillus, 'have many points of resemblance to human cancer, with the least I f $ L , F No. 11 Sulky will do* more work and better work, with less exertion, than any other Sulky— be­ cause of many exclusive fea tures found only on this particular plow. The plow that meets the soil more, than half way. Let us tell you why—we’ll be glad of the chance. Kerr & Hastings Bros. 3 2 0 , 8 1 7 Have been built and actually delivered to retail buyers since-August 1,1916. These figures—320,817—represent the actual number of cars manufactured by us since August 1st, I9f6, and delivered by our agents to retail buyers. This unusual fall and winter demand for Ford cars makes it necessary for us to confine the distribution of cars only to- those agents who have orders for immediate delivery to retail customers, rather than to permit any agent to stock cars in anticipation of later spring tales. We are issuing th is notic* to intending buyirs th a t they may protect them­ selves against delay or disappointment in securing Ford cars. If, therefore, you are planning to purchase a Ford car, we advise you to place your order and take delivery now. Immediate orders will have prompt attention. Delay in buying a t this time may cause you to wait several months. Enter your order today for immediate delivery with our authorized Ford agent listed below and don’t be'disappointed later on, PRICES: Runabout $34$, Tourlnft Car $349, Counelet $595 Town Car $595, Sedan $645; r.o. b. Detroit Ford Motor Company R . A . M u r d o c k Cedarville, Ohio