The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 1-26

We Make a specially of all kiluk of pristuijr. The u n m i# i« re for g ok. «e sale HH«, Our water-proof stork . is the beat. W W W W W W A V W FORTIETH YEAR NO, 13- c o u n c il HAS MANY SUB- i INTER HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST JRCTS FOR CONSIDERATION; PROVES INTERESTING EVENT T5u» Tills#* council wet •Monday The first inter-high school contest evening a t a.recess to hear a report {between Jamestown and CedarviUe r c®n*i*tiag of Messrs, j proved to he one of the most import- Mitctufil and Lowry on the selection of .ant and interesting events of the win- a solicitor. As all "the.propositions' ter. snbmifcted were practically the same, I council voted to select W. L. Miller of The contest is one of several to be Xenia a s solicitor for the balance of held over the countj soon, the win- llie year. — t } iic-rs to meet at eome place and time, ; „„ „ j to be selected for tlie final. Mayor McLean reported that he i - had been in conference with an attar- i Jamestown sent over quite .a large ney of the Anti-Saloon league rela-' delegation and the school auditorium tive to the refunding-of the fine a s -,‘was crowded. According to points, sensed some months ago against John1CedarviUe won the contest and the lo- Jonea, Attorney Farnbart rccom- talent was given a great ovation, mended that the fine be returned by council. At a previous meeting May WELL KNOWN FARMER MEETS SUDDEN DEATH LAST SATURDAY ,One of the interesting treats of the t ”10 f hbo1 yf s and of the Leavim l*ad infrrnnwl :,in songs. The Jamestown pupils were tiw fo e would not Imve^o hP ^fam r' ^ ad« l by Theodore Connor and the 3 ? The two cwfiictinn renork from 1lo$?1 achdo1 bY Wibuv Conley. . The two.conflmtmg report, ftm n , o ^ e 8J « v ^ n o « d n g on the high comes to school yells. ___, - ., • •■- - jt - t Superintendent Fortney the return ot the money as thti safest i opened the meeting and introduced way out of ina situation. Tire Mayor JCojmty Supermtendent F. M. Rev- had copied an old affidavit rising die? nolds,, who presided. The judges Rose law aoim without taking into j were Rev. Kestte and Rev. McOaulci* c5nf-1i ei ? l I0ni i1bat1'tlV.s la^ ; of Xenia and Superintendent Kayos abolished by the adoption of the Home ?of Selma. Rule amendment;. Council voted to r • . refund the money. There Is nothing} On oration Caroline. Cavender of to prevent tlie mayor from drawing ■'Jamestown won over Willard Kyle, up papers under the .Beal law ag a in st' Harry Ilamman won the boys' vocal Jones. The liquor taken in the ra id !solo over Max Moon of Jamestown, a t that time has been destroyed, and Josephine Randall -won essay over ■this may have some bearing should;. Ltictie Lorimer of Jamestown, jiln- there be a. decisiomreached-to ti^y-tlie -Idred Crouse-t3ie-giri'&-solo-over—Mar--- case again. i ion- George of Jamestown. Esther , - • Kilgore of Jamestown won the read- The question of curb.and gutters on ing over Edwin Bradfute. • Cleo Zei- sevoral streets wiis cuscu t*od and i t ; ner of Jamestown, the piano solo Over was agreed by the- members that it LUcile Johnson, was useless to improve street c until 1. this work,was first done, , The debate, "Resolved: That the , . . „ Commission Form , of Government Other matters that will be - v for should he adopted in all-American rit- consideratipn will be' the. oiling of the .-ies having a population of 5000 or streets, street repair, purchase of fire J over,” was won by the local team hose and the building of a new 'fire , composed of Doretha McClellan and cistern for the northwest pa rt o f ; Mildred Trumbo. Jamestown was Mr. R. J . .Fowler, one of the best known farmers and substantial citi­ zens of the township, met a sudden death Saturday morning while a t work in*a field on his farm, In com­ pany with his son, Clarence, the two were loading some straw and had started fo r the bam when the father was pitched headlong from the wagon to the ground. The son turned just in time to see }his father fall and upon picking up ! the body found that life was almost {extinct. The straw was thrown from i the wagon and the body taken to the house where Dr. J.. 0. Stewart was called, who found that death was either clue to heart trouble or suffered instant death by the fall as there was dislocation of the Vertebrae of tlie neck. The deceased was a native of South Carolina and would have been 75 years of age Tuesday. He has resid­ ed on the farm where he died for 44 years and wds a citizen whom all re-; spoctcd, his sudden death being a se­ vere’ shock to family and friends, For many years Mr. Fowler was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church (0. S.). tojvn. These questions will be decid­ ed probably a t the next meeting. represented by Dolvan Hilton and 'Ar­ thur Lackey who. had the negative side of the question. . One of the most pleasing numbers of the program was the quartet, con­ test. CedarviUe was represented by A meeting of tbe CedarviUe Pro­ tective Associ ation will :be held on Saturday, Marpb 24, a t 2:30 a t which . time there w ill be im election o f i X ^ d p 7 u^ M \ TJ ?hnso? ' 3 ' a ... w T\ . TO ___ : larbox and Zelpha Dobbins. James- officers. M. W. COLLINS, P res, town by Marshall Lyle, Russel Hite, Ralph Ferguson and Max Moore. OHIO NE TOTH Hie time tostop t* wkfJt you are ready to stop doing kwrfn&u. You'll notice that the pr#greafi$$ merchant is an advertiser. •UWUVWWVVWVViftVWWWWi CEDARVILLB, OHIO, FR»AY , MARCH 16,^917 PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR tpr Butler,.six- in, expend $125,000 Several cases of covered at Ashtab At Youngstown, ty, was kilted by a Fayette county wWyx e: on good roads duri 1S17. William Weavef fifty, Findlay, committed suicide ? hanging, George Bush. ty-flve, Salem, watchman, was ki I by a freight train, Thomas C. Lehm , nineteen, Day- ton, was crushed fi Jeath in an. ele­ vator. At Cincinnati Pat ik Rowan, sixty- seven, fell from a ; wtfold and was kilted. ,• i Lorain County- 1 ictrlo company will start a- million. liar power plant a t Lorain.- ■ _ j- Professor G. R. [ells of depart­ ment of psychology^! Oberlin college has resigned. , Mrs. John Path Bellcfontaltts, fell was drowned, * jjon, ’thirty-nine, a cistern hud. Besides the , Rev, W. N. HabdB superintendent -of Osterien Orpba®! home, Spring wife, eight children • field, has resigned., survive: Mary,' who teaches in Selma, Ala,; Robert of Buffalo, N. Y.; Ethel o f Sti Charles,~Mo.; Laura, Anna, Clarence, Helen and Edna a t home. The funeral was held from the late home Tuesday, burial taking place at Massies; Creek. JOHN 11, COOPER FOUND DEAD EARLY MONDAY -Corn fodder for sale by J . O. Barber. Or. Miles’ Antl-I-aln mils for o” The atmosphere of Spring pervades every nook and comer of our large store—-a'brightness that is cheering and so beautiful. ~MilHnery, is “dimply” charming. —Suits and Coats and Dresses— they are -too varied to attempt' : description, but you'll like them, —The Shoesr-They are wonderful. Why, of course you will want to view, that's “new" at— Dayton’s Shopping Center Mr. John R. Cooper, well known business man, who has been in poof health for,the past two or three years, was found dead when the family arose early Monday morning. The position the body was found .ndicated that he had evidently taken a sick spell during tlie after part of the night and had fallen to the floor. Suffering with heart, trouble it'nvas with difficulty that he could lie down and he usually rested a t night in his chaii*. When his daughter, Miss Mary Cooper, arose she found the body ly­ ing oh the floor. D r..M. I. Marsh was called and found that death had taken place several hours before, due to apoplexy. The deceased was bom on a 'fa rm south.of town November 1, 1857, big t ' arents being William K, and Hanna familton Cooper. On February .18, 1880, he was married to Miss Agnes Stormont, For several years they resided on theTarm hut la te r moved to town where Mr, Cooper hag ever since been engaged m the grocery business. H e ' is .survived by the wife, who has been an invalid for several years due to paralysis. .Two children-also survive, Mrs. D. L. Crawford-and Miss Mary at. home. The mother, Mrs. Hanna Cooper, and a sister, Mrs. Wrm. Frazier; reside in Springfield, The funeral was private.and held from the late residence Wednesday afternoon, the service being conduct­ ed by his pastor, Dr. J. L. Chesnut, Burial took place at;Massie Creek cemetery. * Spring Demands Farm Machinery We Handle New Idea and Nisco Spreaders Gale Corn Planters Gale Breaking Plows Disc and Spike Topth Harrows Cement Lind Rollers, National Corn Cultivators McKee Hardware Store Gedarville. Ohio RAH, RAH FOR GRANDPA. The high school students pulled a surprise for supt, F. M* Reynolds last Friday night a t the contest that was not on the program. Just as the Professor Was ready to come to the , 'ont of the stage the cheer leaders arose and gave F. M. the "Rah Rah” in honor of his becoming a "grandpa” that day. A little son arrived a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tiffin Walker in Jamestown. THREE GREATHORSES Coleshill Diamond King, Prince Albert and Longjnmaaii, repre­ sentatives of three g reat breeds of d ra ft horses, the Shire, Belgium and Purcheron. The g reatest col­ lection of high class stallions ever offered for service in on* barn in the history of the comity. The fees will be $20 for King and $17.00 for Prince and Longjumeau. These horses will bo conveniently located a t my |farm near Oodarvllle on the Wilmington road. In care of a com­ peten t and careful groom. HARRY TOWNSLEY Tne Mildred Morrison Co., musi­ cal entertainerSj-'the best thing of the season will bo presented by the Ccdarville Community Club in the opera house, Satu rday night, March 17. Admission 25c. Seats on sale Thursday. A ll new plays for tho Shannon Stock Comp&nv^ which Manager Jackson has secured for tho opera houso th ree nights next week. Th* opening will be Paradise Regained followed by the Shop Lifters and In Old Virginia. E x tra good vaude­ ville between acts. Prices adults, 20 and 30c, children110 cents. The CedarviUe Community Olub has booked the Mildfsd Morrison Co., musical en tertainers, for Satur­ day, March 17, in the opera house. You will not/ lie disappointed m hearing till* orgam*/ation.' Tlie proceeds go to the club fcom fuud th a t will be opened in the near future, Admission 25c and the p la t opens Thursday. The $75,000 Thqmas Hen- derson between Blfflaa and .Oherlin was de3troi'€d by Young Men’s H«Hjaw association, ’organized a t FindJaMwlll raise fund3 for relief of Jaws ^Koad Military services Sparked the fun­ eral a t Fostoria of Jfcrreant Basil- M, Cramer, who died, JgE i Paso Mrs. Caroline "wtiters, seventy, died suddenly wjfgB attending a 'church service at « Washington,, Dayton state hosBtal swapped Its surplus of cabbageJ > r potatoes, bal­ ancing a Shortage a f its potato crop. .Winfield Weeiwespr, sixty-flve, of Broken Sword, s w Rucyrus, was found dead by neiKlaors In hid home. Cuyahoga county Stamlesioners. an­ nounced salary inci*ses aggregating $7,000' a year for a lw inn ty employes. . Saurin Alsdorf wB elected prest* dent of FirBt Nat-ioS bank, Mt. Ver­ non, succeeding th e® te H. H. Greer, National Stove cqEnany’s empiqyes at Lorain went on®, second strike, demanding 10 per c S wage increase. New First N a tie S hapk, Colum­ bus. was awarded.AdOO Gallon high school builfling b o r® for A premium] of $1,500; __ Twenty lodgers M I three minutes before V; TrifOnoffiKdging house a t Toledo collapsed .tdfl^ell into an ex eavatlom Fostoria FangjgiH^xchttngo an ;SKMU grain because of'lnab; ping cars.1 ' . - .Tames Kenneth,' prominent in poUt- ical circles a t Lima for ycirs, was kiltedl instantly when cfossing a rail­ road track. . President McMaster of Mt, Union college, Alliance, announced $65,000; of tlie $250,000 for college buildings has been plodged. * Geauga county farmers have pros­ pects of biggest maple syrup season in yeats and a t the same time face a labor shortage: Perry Shoemaker, seventeen, son Of William Shoemaker, Union township, Union county, was killed when sttuok by a falling tree. , Three denial and physicians’ offices at Fostoria were entered and robbed of internal revenue order forms for opiates, Crazed with fever, Walter. J. May­ nard, thirty-three, leaped from tho fourth story window of a Toledo hos­ pital and was killed. Albert Peterman, three, Findlay, trie-1 to Toll a cigaret and smoke it like a man. His curls are burned and he wilf carry a life sear on his face. Plans will be made to demand a wage Incrcaso at tlie annual conven­ tion of 10,000 miners in the Hocking valley district a t Glouster, Mdrch 2i. Through agreement between oper­ ators and officials, the strike of Ohio State Telephone company linemen and operators at Toledo has been set­ tled. Harry C. Whitney says he acted in seiMefenre when ho struck Barnet Tucker, eighty-five, farmer, near Mt Vernon, during a quarrel. Tucker Is said to bo seriously hurt. Lawrence Southall, fourteen, Chi­ cago orphan who kiiled Charles H. James, a railroad detective, was sen­ tenced to an Indeterminate term in the Lancaster Industrial school. Governor Cox, iri his proclamation fixing Friday, April 13, as Arbor day, urges' that schools give attention to tho protection of birds, as well as re­ forestation and the planting of shade trees. Mrs. Frances Welling, the only Ohioan killed in tho Mt. Union (Pa.) railroad wreck, was the/- six weoko* bride of A. Segur Delllng, office sec* retary of the West Bide Y. W. C. A., at Cleveland. William lirodbcck, keeper of a g a r ' age a t Lancaster, was killed, and Carl Pfeifer', carpenter, Lancaster, Was seriously injured when the auto* mobile In which they were riding crashed Into a freight train south of Columbus. Building of a governor’s mansion, instead of the purchase of one, is rec­ ommended by the commission of for­ mer governors appointed to lnvesll gate the project. The commission has an option on an Bast Broad street sit in Cdlumbus. Albert Orwig, who was recently found seriously wounded in the room Where the dead body of his alleged tweetheart, Lena Ahleri, was dlscov- ♦red at Cincinnati, according to po- Ice reports confessed he shot atul, tilled the -young woman. -*FOR SALE :—A quan tity of ootl trl ite rek f a c e pc it. Edw. Dean Caught on, the pilot of a locomotive, an auto driven by Charles Yoot, Mas­ sillon manufacturer, was carried thin ty feet, but Yost escaped unhurt. Dr. N. A. McQuestloh, Richland county's representative in the Ohio legislature, died a t Mansfield as the result of a, fall on the icy street. Public Health League of Alliance offers to donate $400 to equip an open air school if the board of education, will provide tha room and teacher, Laurie L. Blakely, sixty-seven, civil war veteran, and professor of Journal-’ ism of the St. Xavier college, Cincin­ nati, died of hemorrhage of the brain, Judge Robert Moore Dittey, sixty- three, attorney and taxation expert, died of complications a t his home In Columbus. He had been ill several months. | Professor A. C. HoyIt has resigned • as superintendent of the schools' a t I Byhalia, Union county, to accept a. i position as teacher in a college a t j Cincinnati. . * ' • r Near Cleveland Edward Bowkeif/ Conneaut, was killed and several per­ sons Injured when Nickel Plate pas­ senger train No. 3 went through an open switch. When Mr, and Mrs. John .Wheeland, Arcadia,, celebrated their golden wed­ ding anniversary, they fed 3,00 guests roast beef, roast pig, turkey, chickens, geese and ducks. Mark McConaha, twenty-two, min, er,*kiiled in a fall of slate at Athens, was buried in the clothes which he was te ifeve worn, a t bts wedding to ; Miss Clara Smith. ' ; Dry forces organized at Columbus by electing J. W. Deffenbaugh, attoiv ney of Lancaster, president of the campaign committee, and J. A. White’i Campaign manager. J E.’A. Deeds and Charles F. Ketter­ ing, manufacturers, offered the cits5' of Payton a vast stretch of land to be used as a Wright aviation'and mu­ nicipal athletic field. Roy D. Mitchell, acting president since Robert A. Koegle was removed two weeks ago, was elected president of. the Sandusky city commission. The | •presidency carries with it the mayor- { ally. Governor Cox issued a proclamation t asking .Ohioans to observe Saturday. February 3, ns thrift day, by discuss­ ing means to reduce waste and con­ serve individual and community ra- ■sources..". ■ Returning unexpectedly - 'tohejrhome nt Salem* which she bad left last Oc tober after a separation, Mrs. Dr. J. M. McGeorge .entered the kitchen, drained a bottle of poison and, 'dded\ twenty minutes later. Federal grind, jury investigating, al­ leged frauds in Hamilton county a t ..the last, prealdeptial election, return nine persons, including two members of Cincinnati city council. William Clarke,, forty, was arrest­ ed near Newark on the -charge ' of horse stealing. He is said to have hired, a horse and buggy from Carew Brothers of Mansfield and traded the animal ..to A. Slmson of. Mt. -Vernon for another horse. , A collision on the Cleveland, Co­ lumbus & Southwestern traction line near Cleveland resulted In the death of four men sad the injury pf eighteen persons. The dead: Orr Dawson and Frank Keraery of Seville, C. F. Mur- .ock of Cleveland and an unidentified man. LIKES ARMY SERVICE. We are in receipt of a letter from Jake Pemberton, a local boy that has beqp doing service ton the Mexican , border ana will return home soon I with the Third Regiment, A good de­ scription of the country and the camp conditions is given. Within six weeks after their arrival the writer states his regiment was able to drill' against the regulars. No complaint could be made of the grub, everything being substantial and plain. There has been no sickness in the company oth­ er than a few1cases of mumps among whom was Hi Gordon. The boys will be glad to get back to old Ohid, PUBLIC SALE DATES. Fred Clematis March,22. n .... ■■■,: , . . . ... BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT, The basket ball tournament of the county takes place Saturday a t Kelly Hall, Antioch, a t which time the high school teams will ' contest for county honors. Two ailver loving cups wilt be given the first and second teams, 'The following teams will contest: Alpha, Bath, Caesar Creek, Clifton, CedarviUe, Jamestown, Osborn, Xenia, Rellbrook, Yellow Springs, Ross and Spring Valley. A large delegation from here will attend and. root for the local high school team which has aa long a string of- victories this winter as any in the county. yw ti— i < m ! wi »r. I c H mr ’ Aati-FAJa WU I W. L. CLEMANS R e a l E s t a t e Can be found a t my office*each Saturday or reached by phone a t . - my residence each evening. * Office 36 '* PHONES Residence 2-122 GEDARVILLE, OHIO. - a 13 BLACK LICK TILE Drain Your Farm With the Everlasting “BUCK LICK" SHALE TILE They are the best on the market. Because they centain no lime to slack when they be­ come wet. Lime will often crack and al­ ways weaken your tile. They are burned hard and will stand, freezing. Are very smooth therefore carry more water. Are left in good round shape this increases capacity. When better tile are made"we will sell them. Kerr&HastingsBros. 3 2 0 , 8 1 1 Have been built and actually delivered to retail buyers since August 1, |9(6. These figures—320,817—represent the actual number of cars manufactured by us since August 1st, 1916, and delivered by bur agents to retail buyers. This unusual fall and winter demand for Ford cars makes it necessary for us to confine tbe 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 sales. We are issuing this notice 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 beiow and don’t be disappointed later on. PRICES* Runabout $ 34 $, Taurine Car $ 36 S, Coupelet $ 5 S 5 Town Car $ 595 , Sstiau $ 645 ; f.o. b. O.trolc Ford Motor Company R. A. M urdock .1 CedarviUe, Ohio MM