The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 27-52

% ♦ FORTIETH YEAR NO. 52. * c TERRIFIC DECEMBER STORM SWEEPS THIS SECTION WITH ZERO WEATHER From the oldest inhabitant down to the present generation we can find no one that has experienced a worse storm than the one that swept th is section Saturday and Sabbath followed by a severe cold tha t sent the mercury to as low as 18 below in some places.. None ever knew of such a storm 'so early, in the season the snow measuring about eight inch­ es texcept in drifts that in places are said to he three feet deep. All railroad .traffic was demoraliz-. ed and for several days it was noth­ ing to find trains five hours late. Traction .and city car lines suffered and the storm Sabbath eve sent all the Henry. Fords to cover. I t is said two were abandoned sometime Sat­ urday night on the Jamestown pike after getting into a drift. ■The R. P, church had no services during the day and but few ventured out to either of the others. School opened Monday but with a light at­ tendance, the country roads being al­ most impassable. While ^he season is here for un­ expected storms yet many were caught unprepared, especially farm­ ers who, have Ibeen handicapped this fall by the shortage of labor in get­ ting the com husked. The cold and blizzard has been hard on stock and feeders have had a hard task in caring for all-kinds of farm stock. The coal situation was helped out Saturday when a car was secured by Herr & Hastings' Bros.' Each was al­ lowed a half ton to help as many as possible. So far we have plenty of gas and the service has been up to standard/ • $ Jterdd, The time to %top advertMag la who* you are ready to atop dabtg MtefauMW. You’ll notice that the foofroaatvo merchant is aa advertisor. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRID M , DECEMBER 14, 1917 PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR THE TAKING OF JERUSALEM. GIVE THEIR SERVICES TO "UNCLE SAM” Mr, John Wright left Dayton Mon­ day for Cincinnati in company w>th eleven other young men that had en­ listed as marines. Mr. Wright was no t in _the draft but is going to do his "bit” by giving his services to his country. Messrs. Fred Townsjey and Hugh Turnbull were in Columbus, Wednes­ day where they enlisted in a heavy artillery company being organized in that city. Mr. Townsley was in the draft but had •been exempted until this month. Mr. Turnbull’s number had not yet been called. The questionnaires in which all drafted men not yet in service must fill out for classification will he sent put the 15th and must be returned in seven days. Whether you. have been excepted- and not called o r are on temporary exemption dr have been discharged, each must fill out the blank and return it'in Beyen days. COLD IN MISSOURI. We .are in receipt of a card from Mr. Fred Weimer who is with his wife and daughter a t Kirksville, Mo., where Mrs. Weimer has had the lit­ tle daughter for same weeks taking treatment a t an osteopathy hospit­ al. An operation'was performed last week tha t is believed to have been successful and the little one is now able to take some nourishment. Mr. Weimer writes that it was 16 below in Kirksville Saturday. * TOBACCO. Not. many years ago a few persons publicly defended the use of tobacco, Even most of its users admitted that it was a had habit, hut one that was not easily overcome after having been acquired. Like alcohol, in former years its nature and effects were not undertsood, until science took hold of the subject; and after a thoro investi­ gation declared it to he altogether injurious to the human system. Tests .were made of its effects on the young by dividing the users and the non­ users into separate groups and com­ paring their grades, when it was found that the non-users always outranked the other class. Careful intelligent business men always choose the boy the foul one. No cxeprienced em- with the pure breath in .preference to ployer will deliberately choose a ciga- ret fiend, The facts concerning these narcotics have found their way into the-text-books of every state Of the Union, so that everyone who has hast thru the public schools within the last twenty years hals had an opportunity of learning the truth about the effects of tobacco. Notwithstanding this, tobacco and even the eigaret ,has never had so many public phampions as today, In­ deed to proclaim and practice the truth on the question is considered almost unpatriotic, But whether pop­ ular or unpopular now, narcotics are bound to follow in the wake of alco­ holics and it will be just, as disgrace­ ful to see a man puffing a cigar on the street, as it would now be to see a woman so employed. CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS. We have the finest line of Christ­ mas offerings in ties, hosiery, sus­ penders, gloves umbrellas etc. Kel- ble 17-16 W. Main, Xenia. "If you are an American/ ’ you should see "Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation/' a t the Murdock theater, Dec- 14-15. This play is being brought here a t an unusual expense aud only by an unusual arrangement with the booking exchange for towns as large as Xenia have not yet had th is picture. The admission to all wilj be 25c. J ERUSALEM; the City of David, the Holy City, has been surrendered to j the British. For the first time in 730 years Jerusalem, the city in which Christianity had its beginning, comes again into Christian hands. This is one of the most dramatic, if it is not one of the most momentous, episodes of the world war. Coming just a t the Christmas season, the capture of Jerusalem has a sentimental significance that adds much to the importance of the event. Ther .“will be rejoicing in many lands over this deliverance of the City of Jesus from the hands of the infidel. V Historically .Jerusalem easily, stands first among all the cities o f the world. Its beginnings are shrouded in the mysteries of the past. Jerusa­ lem was an important city centuries before the first hut had been built upon the site of Rome, which is called the Eternal City. Before Athens had become a center of culture, Jerusalem had been fought for by innumerable chieftains and kings. It has been»re-named al­ most as often as it has been taken and retaken. To the Assyrians it was -known as Ur-sa-li-im-im, meaning the City of Salim, and from that doubt­ less was derived Yurushalem, the name which the J cwb gave to the city, and from which we get the present Jerusalem. The Greeks called it Kapi tolias; Hadrain renamed it Elia Capitolina, and later the Arabs called it Beit-el-Makdis. Ten centuries before Christ Jeru: alem was captured by David, who took the city from the Jebusites and naned it Ir-Dawid, meaning the City of David. It was there that he erected a splendid temple in which he placed the Ark of the Covenant. After him cameSolomon, who made Jerusalem a city of royal splendor, dwarfing in magnificence any other’ capital the world had ever known. Some of the ancient chroniclers, among them Josephus, esti­ mated the population of Jerusalem when it was a t the height of its glory at 1,000,000- Its population today is probably in the neighborhood of 60,000. In the days of Christ Jerusalem was under Roman domination. In 66 A. D. the people threw off the”Roman yoke, but a few years later Titus, son of Vespasian, the Roman emperor, re-took the. city, after a terrific siege. The temples were razed, the walls were torii down and Jerusalem was prac­ tically destroyed; . ' For more than half a century the city remained a ?uin; ,then it was r- built a t the command of the Emperor Hadrian and another series of battles for its possession followed. When the Roman empire turned to Christianity Jerusalem became a shrine and so remained until it .was captured, in 614, by the Persians. Later it was taken^ by the Moslems, under the Caliph Omar, after which followed more sieges and stormings for its possession. Then came the crusades, and in 1009 Jerusalem was taken by Godfrey of Bouillon. The city remained the capital of a Christian monarchy until 1187, when Saladin the Great re-took it for the Moslems. After that until it was surrendered to the British, Jerusalem remained under the control of the infi­ del, : ‘ . In the capture of Jerusalem a t this time, devout Christians will see a sigp o f the fulfillment of the written word. Well may the followers of the Man of Galilee look hopefully upon the- taking of the HoljtJCity as an omen of the early coming of peace on earth. MRS. M. L. BRATTON CALLED TO HER REWARD1 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN FOR RED CROSS MONDAY Death called a a estSnable vreman of this community early last Friday morning when Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bratton departed this life. The .de­ ceased was in her 86th year and fo r some months had been suffering with heart trouble and infirmities of old age, Mrs. Bratton was bom near- Morn­ ing .Sun, Ohio, and was the fifth daughter of Rev. Gavin McMillan, Who was a prominent minister in the Reformed Presbyterian denomination. But one member of that family re­ mains, Miss Tirza McMillan, who has made her home with her sister. Following the marriage of the de­ ceased and her huBband, Robert Brat­ ton they located in College Springs, Iowa, where the latter died in 1865. The widow with her family removed to this place in 1869 and has lived here ever since, Three daughters and one son were born to Mr, and Mrs. Bratton, the three daughters surviving: Mrs. R. B. Barber, of this place; Miss Mai^r Bratton, of Chicago and Miss Jennie, a t home; * The funeral services were conduct­ ed by Dr. W. R. McChesney from the residence Saturday afternoon. Owing to the severe weather burial did not take place until Tuesday afternoon. The deceased a t the time of her death was the eldest,member of the R. P. congregation where she wa3 a devoted worshiper. - The Red Criua membership cam­ paign opens Monday and closes in one. 'week and the quota is fixed a t 6000. Attorney] Kenneth Williamson of Xen­ ia is chairman of the committee for the county while the county will be organized by townships with the hope of having 10,000.members in the coun- ty. >,. The old memberships expire January first and if is expected that all the 'present members will renew their membership. The goal set for the country is fifteen million. If we are to judge from the early campaigns of the Red Cross, the Liberty Bonds and Y. M. C. A. we should have no trouble in sending Greene county over with at least 10,000. Every map, woman and child is eligible and the fee is^lv- For $2 you have the membership and the Red Cross magazine. A life membership is $50. The local J>d Cross gets 50 cents, from each $1 membership and 75 cents out of each $2 membership. Red Cross service flags will be giv­ en members to be displayed ih homes and Christmas eve every home in this country is expected to have a service flag showing the number of the fam­ ily that are members with a lighted candle. A YEAR OF CHEER. FOR SALE—White Wyandott cockrele. Mrs. G. E . Jobe. . A lot of good fortune In store for those families who are on The Youth's Companion subscription list fo r 1918—a year of cheer. There will he 12 glorious serial or( group stories, ranging from a girl's war story by Grace S. Richmond and Indian adventures by James Willard Schultz, to the unrivaled tales of former days by C, A. Stephens. The charm of Companion stories lies in the fact that whether they are especially written for boys or for girls, everyone enjoys them to the full, Then there are special pages for the Family, Boys, Girls, and even for little Children—while the Edi­ torial Page, Current Events and a Doctor's Comer supply all the re­ quirements of the family for good reading. And this particular feast can come from no other source. The Companion alohe is $2, hut by special arrangement new subscribers for The Companion can also, by add­ ing only 25 cents, have McCall's Magazine for 1918, both publications for only $2.25. This two-at-onc-price offer includes; 1. The Youth’s Companion—52 is­ sues in 1918. . 2. All remaining 1917 issues of The Companion free. 3. The Companion Home Calendar for 1918. '-v 4. McCall’A M agarine^l2 fashion numbers in 1918. All for only $2.25. # THE YOUTH’S COMPANION, Commonwealth Avo., Boston, Mass SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE. If a soldier or sailor is killed, and he has a wife and children, the Gov­ ernment will provide compensation for the Wife, so long as she 'remains un­ married, and support for the children until they become 18 years of age. These payments range from. $25 for a widow alone to $57.50 for a widow and-four childrenMf the man is total­ ly disabled the Government will make a fixed monthly payment to him rang­ ing from $30 a month, if he is mar­ ried, to $76 a month, is he has a wife and three or more children. Should he be so,helpless as to require a nurse o r attendant he will be given up to $20 additional. Should he lose both feet, both hands, o r both eyes, or be permantly bedridden, he will ho paid $100 a month, whether he is a boChelor or married. TAX NOTICE. J. H. McVay, Deputy County Treas­ urer will be at the F ;changC Bank in Cedarvillc, for the collection of De­ cember taxes on Monday, December 17th. J. E. SUTTON, County Treasurer, OVERCOAT SPECIAL. J For a good serviceable warm over­ coat look up the.special sale being offered by Kelble, the West Main street, Xenia, clothing merchant. For under wehr and heavy winter clothing \ he has just what you want. FOR SALE—-Surrey; in good condi­ tion; cheap: can ho found at Wolford’s * * * * * *“ ■ a councilman, Jr city dirac- Ijrton ia-close 4 „ p ter took up |(XK) surgical ’ort Clinton, was struck re organized chamber of ibers. rice director. Fred W. Zeltz, m Lima state hospital, Youngstown police celved a $15 monthly ary, •‘Pie” Rogers, Tol _ was arrested on the charge of run ning a blind tiger, According to the m tory, the population o t ' to the 200,000 mark. Lorain Red Cross Cl the task ot making j dressings in a week. Edward Ribsen, 23,, was killed when h is *«.. by an intenirban car, Kenton merchants a credit rating bureau commerce with 100 p» Harry Weaver, ex-e was elected president the Fairfield County Lincoln Republican club, John Harvey of 'Toleab waB arrest* ed at Port Clinton chajjledf with fur­ nishing liquor to soldiers In uniform. Toledo Railways aea& Light ( com­ pany refused to grant w-cent-ah-hour wage Increase demand# by carmen. Beaten and chopped # ith a hatchet, the body of George Gentry was found in his two-room cabiujfnear Young3 town. .George Back, 40, hanged himself from bed In a Springfield- necktie^ * Charles Alexander, or, was killed at Bell county, when a hen upon him, National Farmers* e ledo was formally dju Sandies of Ottawa, close Dec. 15. Probate Judge Dllle: the recent wet and dr; in Niles, In which the! victory, was legal. Ohio State Telep! filed with the state eion schedules for in< Akron and Zanesville. Residents of New flop, in Stark county court to have the nam,&of the village changed to North Canton. Two thousand members of the Cleveland branch of the International Holders* union asked, for a wage In­ crease from $4,56 to <$6 a 'dpy. j^afiaiBa^iaefRobt. Bird & Sons* CoJMntmmmii Big Store is filled with a great stock and a wonderful assortment of Holiday Goods and Toys Cut Glass Dolls Choice"Pieces in new cuttings a t but slight advance in price. Don't overlook these in your buying. ‘ . China We have just received a last minuit ship­ ment and our line is full up with choice assort- r S l £ . hom:.,...10c to $3.50 f .Californian, t frame of his 3tel with his timber buy- ESsHter, Logan pllipg rolled gttlon a t To­ ed by A. P, sitlon wilt ■ decided that !election held gained a ban company gities comniis- sed rates ia din filed, peti- anion pleas. $8, living ally every knit many ■yfc of .’61. in Ohio 1 witf traded Mrs, Mary E, B near Foatorla, day for soldiers, f ‘tides for the Total expense of from early SUM**..'-! to Washington by Adjutant General Wood. Fear of being drafted into the mili­ tary service is believed to have, led John W. Scatter. 24. Cleveland, to his death. He committed suicide .by shooting. Employes ot tbe Buckeye Pipe Line company have been notified that be­ ginning Jan. 1 their wages will bo in­ creased IQ per cent, with ft $16 month­ ly bonus. Paul Bendt, 30, German sailor, was arrested at'Dayton charged with be­ ing an alien enemy. He will be sent to. internment camp at Fort Leaven­ worth, Kan, Mayor Davis of Cleveland has of. fered .to the war department city- owned land for use as a government convalescent hospital for soldiers re­ turning frpm the front. Ohio, Michigan and Indiana grain men-attended-market standard meet ing at Toledo conducted by C, J, Brand, chief ot bureau of markets, department of agriculture. . Cleveland Railway company an­ nounced that streetcar faro would be increased Dec. 15 to a ,4-cent cash rate, three tickets for a dime, and penny transfer with refund. Arrangements hav<j been made by Secretary of State Fulton for the dis­ tribution of 1918 auto tags from the large cities of the state. More than 300,000 sets have been ordered. » Arch Leedy; 19, Newark, was a ma­ chinist on the American destroyer Ja­ cob .Tones, sunk in the war zone by a German submarine. His name has not been announced among the sur­ vivors. - Harold Nichols, United States sail­ or, attempted to shoot. Deputy Sheriff Irving McRoberts and ' Constable David Brown at Urbana, When the two officers arrested him for violat­ ing Bhore leave. John D. Rockefeller was placed on the Cuyahoga county tax list for $5,000,060. If he kicks the amount will be made $400,000,000 and the case fought In thq courts, County Auditor Zangerle says. Armed guards will be placed at all the mines throughout the Sunday creek valley in anticipation ot an at­ tempt by Industrial Workers of the World to curtail the coal supply of the state by blowing up some of the mines, F, B. Pearson, state superintendent of public instruction, has sent letters to a ll' Ohio school superintendents, asking* what they think of the propo­ sition to conduct high schools six days a week, .beginning In January, so as to release pupils and teachers earlier for productive, work next spring. A hole in his head the size of a 25-cent piece, through which the jury men watched the pulsations of his brain, won $15,000 for Vincent Hro- vat, Jr., 4 years old, at.Cleveland, in a case, against the Stearns Motor tales company, A prospective cus tamer ran one of the company’s cars on the sidewalk and hit the child, it was testified. NO HUNTING—Hunters are here­ by notified that hunting with dog or gun, is forbidden on my farm, W. II. Lackey* >< China Dishes, Mayonase Sets, Condiment Sets, Bon Bon Dishes, Cups and Saucers in end. less styles at reasonable prices. Neckties A wonderful assortment at. 25 and 50c Cuff Links Spkndij’.lu.. beautiful 25 and 50c Toys \Vo°d Toys, Iron Toys, Tinker Toys, Erect­ ors, Electric Motors, Tteam Engines, Wagons, Sleds, Doll Buggies, Books, Games, Etc. Ingersoll Watches We have the full line to pick from. The K ! 8”8' $1. 25 to $3 .50 ! i I ,n f W e want your trade and invite you to make our store your stopping and shopping place. Remember it pays to trade at ; Robt. Bird & Sons Co. i Let In the Have a Bank , • * ' . Account . • 0 . • Let One and All—Young and Old . * ■ «\ _ - Enroll in Our Christmas | j Savings Club j 1 Get the Saving Habii---Keep It Up and You gj | m i l Always Have Money When h v Need It j E lc s ta r t s an account, t h a t pays $12.75 ==§ = ,2c s ta r t s an accoun t t h a t pays $25.50 j=§ i 5c s ta r t s an accoun t t h a t pays $63.75 |j§ E 25c s ta r t s an accoun t t h a t pays $12.50 - 1= | 50c s ta r t s an accoun t t h a t pays $25.00 E§ | $1.00 s ta r t s an accoun t t h a t pays $50.00 E§’ | STAR ! T0DAY-GE1 A BANK BOOK FREE | | Let the pennies, nickels and dimes tha t usually slip through your fingers for g§ s i trifles and unnecessary things keep up your deposits. « v | § S fgs 1 fcgr You Will Never Miss the Money You Pay In • a s H , * T h g R i r r h i i i n y i * I L, ' ’ %4 i