The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 27-52

She Steroid, V A V V W / ^ / A W M V / A V W W The time to stop advertising k wkm sou are irmly to stop doing smbsmi. You’ll notice that the pregrMsiy# merchant ie an advertiser. FORTIETH YEARNO. 42. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY,. OCTOBER 5, X 9 X 7 THIRD QUOTA FROM TfclS COUNTY LEFT WEDNESDAY FOR CAMP SHERMAN Greene county’s third, quota left 'Wednesday morning; for Camp Sher­ man *nd the farewell given tire boys was just as much a display o f loyal­ l y as on either o f the former occlus­ ions. - The boys assembled at the court house where they lined up for roll call. Headed by Mayor Dodds, Chief Canaday, the two batalions frofn the _ 0 , S. and S.jO.JHpme and. the Cedar- nyilTe S. and V. Band, the boys marched to the B. &. 0, depot. The Boy Scouts also"took part in the parade. The local band volunteered its services and played at the station where a. large crowd had gathered to hid the boys farewell. * The.following is the list of the quota with the alternates: Raymond Alex T. Day Oscar Lawrence Glemmer . Charles Clay Grove John Lawrence Manor Lueion Earl Richards Joseph Jasper Greer Floyd Ary - Beverly Mite Wiget Orie F. Clemmer . John Berryhill William Emmet Burba * ■Ernest Homer Huston .. .. George Joseph Koch w - 4 Floyd Matthews William Wisecup Joseph Finlaw George Moudy, Barnett Harry T. McCormick ■ John McHatton Anderson Charles Newton Jenkins Wilbur Hardy Charles Kenneth Devoe Harley Mann Holton Oro Littler . Loche Turner John O’Conner, Jr. Ed, Rice Edward 0. Feirstine Grover Edingfield Ralph C. Ault , Carl Emsfey Smith. James Natale Ferro William Dwight Engle • • John Henry Meyers Ralph Leroy Mitnian Joe Raymond Hamer Frank Elmer Garham George C. Fackler George Dewine V Arthur Sears Paul Edwin Ferguson Lloyd H-, Douglas Lewis Drake ' . Harold DirSh Humphrey Verge Mitchner Claude Cecil Glass George "McClellan William Perry Hamer Harry W. Lampert Alonzo Jeffry Alternates. Oscar Ralph' McKee - Harold H. Weeks' Julius Shakefsky , . Charles E. Riley Fred M. Towjnsley Herman John Quirk . CEDARVILLE LECTURE COURSE. 1917.1918. ENTERS GOVERNMENT SERVICE. It is said that-the government.de­ partments in Washington have had so much leaded Upon them through the different war channels, the coal, grain and . other materials falling under government control, that good accountants and men o f ability to, in­ vestigate these conditions are at a premium. As a resuit the government has asked the various states to loan some of their experienced men to assist in this work. As a result Henry tJ. Farrell of this county has been drafted to assist in one of the big departments. Mn Farrell has been connected with the blue sky de­ partment of this'state and has given up this work to do his bit for Uncle Sam. COMFORT KITS PROVIDED FOR THE SOLDIER BOYS. October 15—The Parish Players. A company o f high class professional drantatic players. One of the best companies in the United States. They rank with the Ben Greets and Co­ bums November 29—Gay Zenola Mac- Laren, A genius in initiative recitals of famous plays. Has appeared-to enthusiastic audience! in practically every Irge city o f our country. January 7—Ng. Poon Chew. "The Uhinese- Mark-Twain.11- He-represents China’s best in- culture, force, humor and wit. February 27—Strickland Gillilan. “America’s Greatest Humorist.” He carries the honors of the American platform. ’ March 14—Fairchild Sisters Quar­ tet. Instrumental ,and vocal. Read­ ings and whistling! Everything to please the musical ear, trained for American audiences by master musi­ cians. These five numbers represent the best, most cultured, most scholarly and most entertaining talent which has ever been offered to Cedarvilh audiences. They, have cost you: Committee the most, but the commi. • tee feels £hat you deserve the b e :; and ask your hearty and full support. The price of the season ticket is only $1.QQ. Single numbers- 35 cents. Tne tickets are now on sale at Johnson’s Jewelry store and by the committee. Remember the first number to!ap­ pear is the big. play by the Parish Players, October 15. The plat for this number will open Friday, October 12, at 2 p, m. at Johnson’s. Buy your tickets now. Members o f the committee will call on you personally to sell you tickets, Friday and Saturday of this week! PICTURESHOWLOCALS PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR OHIO ne W s cot TOTHElQUIGK I, COUNTY MEDICAL . SOCIETY MEETS. The Green County Medical Society met ©Thursday, Drs. Goodhue: and Braulin of Dayton reading papers on Important Laboratory Aides in Diag­ nosis and Treatment, and Examina­ tions of Spinal Fluids. s FROM A READER.. Rev- W. J. Smiley-of Sparta, Illi­ nois, in remitting for the Herald, sends these few fines; “According:. as the days have been Wherein we grief have had; And years wherein we ill have seen So do thou make us glad.” JAMESTOWN AFTER AUTOISTS. Jamestown Ras started a, cmajmgfi against the auto Speed craze. Since the new street has been opened auto- ists have taken the town, many ma­ chines being frdm a d‘ tance going to or. from Camp -Sherinan. The' first' day’s effort brought 25 within the clutches of the officers and the fines have been placed at ?25 and costs. It is said that army officers have been making a race course o f the roads and streets. , DEPUTY RECORDER MARRIES. Deputy Coqnty Recorder F. Leon Spahr and Mrs. Alma Fetz Alexander were married Friday evening at their new home on North Detroit street in Xenia. The couple were. unattended and but immediate members 6 f "the families were present. Following the ceremony the couple drove to Cincinnati where they spent a few days. Mr. Spahr has been deputy re­ corder for the past seven years and is one of the county’s most popular officials. The ladies of the county have re­ sponded nobly to the call for comfort kits for the Greene county boys. The outfits are really a necessity in a sol­ dier’s equipment which he must furn­ ish as the government makes no pro­ vision for them. The draft board MAKES TRIP TO COLUMBUS IN AIRPLANE TUESDAY. Charles C. Kettering, Dayton manu­ facturer and colonel in the U, S. Sig­ nal Corps reserves, member o f the O. S. U. Board, flew from Dayton to Co- has kept a record o f all sent and has; lumbuS Tuesday to attend a meeting made an effort to see that no ohe has of the latter board. The trip of 70 been slighted,-vLast Sabbath a Collec' tion was taken in the local congre­ gations to be used by the young ladies . in. purcliasing the things required for these outfits. No one thing should be spared that makes for the good o f our boys at the front. The Red. Cross market at the gas oifl la Saturday, Ont. 18, will hhve mvuythlrtgt you w ill ha Interested i a. ' miles was made in just one hour, latldin" on the university' campus. As O, E. Bradfute of this place is, a Saturday, Oct. 6, A good old Sat­ urday night show with Virginia Pearsons In tha title role. The name' of the play should fill the house “ Daro Devil Kate'*.. Only those that coma early will get seats ,as wo expect -this Fox film which has had such a run in the cities to fill this theatre to the doors, dee if Hate la hot true to her name. Ad­ mission 15 cents. Wednesday, Got. 10, patrons of the Murdock Theatre will see Violet Mersereau in “ Little Miss Nobody'* a pretty story well staged 1 b this Him, Two other prominent actors that stand high in the film world are W ill Sidney Mason and James O’ Neill, both of whom have promi nant places in this story. A d ­ mission 10c. The Thursday night program is “ Aladdin from Broadway’ ’ an “ Arabian Nights” story that has startled the picture patrons in hundreds of cities. Such well known stars as Edith Storey, An ­ tonia Mareno and William Duncan are in the cast. You should kee|> in mind the Thursday night program. Admission I0o« W illiam Farnum, the matinee idol m every city in America is coining to Cedarville Saturday, Oct. 18, in “ Battle of Hearts*’ , a romantic dratna of the sea. This is a Fox film production which should be a sufficient guarantee of. a fine eyenings entertainment. Farnum .,, . . , ... ,. is one o f the greatest actors on t h e j* 15’^ 0 damages, aheging breach of i promise to marry: John Herman, 6, QrrvUle, was killed by a motor car. Ashvllle schools {dosed, because of an epidemic of diphtheria. Miltonburg, Monroe county, remains dry by majority of 3; votes. John McConnell, 32, Cuyahoga Fall?, was killed In an auto- wreck. Grasshoppers and crickets are rav­ aging orchards near Port Clinton. Jacob Blue, 60, member of Union county board of agriculture, is dead. I,. J, Taber, Ohio state grange mas­ ter, Is 111 at ids home in Barnesvillo. Rev. Charles J. .Ryder, trustee of ObBrlln college, died at Stamford, Conn. Lee Charles, 32i •Mansfield, killed when his auto skidded and crashed into a bridge. Public library at Middlefleld, Geau­ ga county, will close Oct, 1 bedauae of, lack of funds. ■/. Infant daughter Of Ray Brown, New Holland, was drowned in a posthole filled with water. Rural Letter Carriers’ association of Sandusky county elected Ed Bradley, Helena, president. Man killed by a train at Conneaut was identified by bis widow' as Mat­ thew Bowden, 34, of Ashtabula. Charles Sprigging; 39, Mansfield, died of injuries received In a collision between a streetcar and an auto. Jacob Beioiso, 42, wis killed In a' fight at Akron. Frank Klave, 41, was arrested on a charge of having caused Bedose’s death. •; Mrs. Mary Oliyer Foster filed suit at Findlay against Isaac N. Elsea for American stage and you will not be disappointed in seeing him Batui- day, October 13. Admission 16c. LOCALBOYSRECEIVE THEIR ARMY PROMOTIONS The dispatches Thursday lqorii- ing gave the lis t o f army promotions at 'damp Sherman, several from Cedarville being in the list, h o s t Henderson Behgon, 42, choir leader in United Brethren church, Newark, fell dead while passing hymnals to members of the choir. More women Are enrolled in the graduate school of theology at Ober- Un this year, than at any time In his­ tory of the institution,. Miss Annie Leonard ■of Hemlock, Perry county, received- a fractured skull when the automobile in which she was riding turned over.. Mayor Orr of East Liverpool graq^ ed Trddes->and Labor council permls of the local boys are in Co,, F. 380 Eton to use site in heart o£ the busl regiment. Cameron Ross is now a ness district for a war market. T sergeant, John W. Colima and A . 1 State Fire Marshal Fleming report- B. Creswell, corporals. Paul Turn-, ed to the state defense council his be- ball has been top sergeant of the ^*a^ Gorman agents are burning company for some time. Thqse p ro -; t ■* V K . ^ C o » McNe" 1“' c o m w for the better places as the army is aliy 6llot formed and the above anuounce- prepar}ng to l«t¥ many friends here. WILL MOVE TO XENIA. Mr, G. Y. Winter has rented a house in Xenia and expects to move some­ time next week,, He has taken a- position with the H. E. Schmidt com- j. pany, grocers, and entered upon his work last week Mr* Winter has been , associated with the grocery business for a number of years and will prove a valuable employee. WE ARE ON THE ROUTE. It is said that a route has been laid out between the Wright aviation field in. this county and Camp Sher­ man, and' that regular trips will be made between the two places. As we are on almost a direct line people in this vicinity will no doubt sec the airplanes each day. Cedarville has the opportunity of furnishing a land­ ing place for the students. A good blue grass sod field close to ;try,;waBacddqnt Cieveiandwhilc ___ iinery, At-MtertiintguMtm'^PPVteftrher, was ducked in a watering trough because. It is alleged he made derogatory re­ marks concerning members of the guard. . . Coroner Mahfa held that Lewis A1-. mendinger, Prospect township (War­ ren county) farmer, found dead Sept. 9, met death at the hands of, unknown party or parties. . Two armed tnen entered the cloth­ ing’ store of William Teplansky at Canton, robbed the owner, two clerks and an express . messenger and es caped with $100. Alfred Botsford, 65, farmer, died soon after being found at Fremont with wounds In his abdomen. Coroner is seeking to determine if he wob a victim of foul play. Ed A. -Lord? Mineral City, Tuscara­ was county, assigned to First depot regiment as a white man, committed suicide at CampSherman when it was discovered he was a negro. William Wilson, 75, farmer, single, living near Worthington, was found dead on the farm of William Samuel Wilson near the Franklin county line. He had been gored and trampled to death by cattle. Three auto loads of policemen res- u, c town, , , , , , „ , where .there are few wires is all that -««ed two patrolmen and a. city detft- the aviation authorities ask. Rev. E. G. McKibbon, of Fairfield, Iowa, who .accepted a call to tho Clifton U. P, church, with bis family, are now located in the parsonag., Ih . h o u „h o .d g o o d . ; ^ “ “ rai r . » d u ™ X ‘ tive from, a crowd of militiamen at Toledo after the patrolmen hod at­ tempted to nrre31 the soldiers for cre­ ating a disturbance. Collections of direct taxds by Ohio this year amounted to $3,403,596, ac­ cording to State Auditor Donahey, who ha& just made final settlement V* XJlttULUU; VI XMIO iULC AO Ur f l i . f p l , ^ member of the board, we can exp ect sftrrivinf Tuesday. Tha cong ro-, jast December and June. to hear of Mr. Kittering stopping at Meadowbrook farm, and sharing a seat’ with Mr. Bradfute on a trip to Colnmbusi Tho hunting season ls on .‘ Post your farm. Get youc sign's at this office. gatlon has made seme repairs and j Former President Taft, Secretary of ! Improvements on the property and ’ War Baker, Senators Pomerene and had everything ready for occupancy, Harding, Governor Cox and Joe Mit- Upon the arrival of the pastor's chellChapple of Boston are annoilnc- goods. The congregation has been [ speakers at the dedication oi without a pastor for -some months the McK*nle* memorial at Niles on following the resignation of Bar. Ritchie. Particular Shoes for Men and Woman Smart Fall Styles that are Different 'Tis true that some people”are perfectly contented to wear the same model stnea season after season, but the man or woman who insists* on keeping up With fch) tun'M is con tented with nothing else but Ihe latest. T i l t ’ s why they always come to theB& 8 for Footwear. The S & 8 is ih> r* io|nid*i headiuarters for fashionable and serviceable footwear because the mfgrs* we buy from are specialists in quality who realises that not only this, but aleo our representation is behind every pair we sell. Our prices in Ladies Shoes range from $ 2.00 to $9,00 Our Men’s Shoes range in price from $2.50 to $8,80 i A Little More For Your Money s & S SHOE, STORE. ISfjtt ci 3 reeitCounty Hardware Co, 31 E. Main St», Xenia) O, OCL.2, Attorney General McGhee, in a com­ munication to Fuel Administrator Gar field, urged prompt action in the Ohio coal situation. He told Garfield that schools, colleges, public utilities and domestic consumers are demanding coal for the winter. I Fifth' Ohio Infantry, commanded by Colonel A. W. Davis and made up of eight line comp&nfea And the machine gun, headquarters and supply compa­ nies-of the regiment, approximately 1,400 Imen, has arrived at Camp 'Slier : id&n, Montgomery, Ala. As a result of the collapse of tho north wall and roof of the Columbia theater at Springfield, W, A. Willis, a plasterer Of Columbus, and Allen Boy* , ington, a carpenter of Sincoe, Out., ' were crushed to death, and 15 wor* men injured. The theater is being remodeled. Reports reaching the Ohio defense council say that Ohio's plan: to give tJhcle Sam 60,000,000 bushels of war Iwheat next year is threatened by did.* , culty of farmers getting corn fields , cleared for sowing owing to scarcity of labor, end many bushels of pota toes this year arc rotting In the ground for want of men to dig them Get OUmalen* in UstlarvlUe Pawpaw crop In eastern Ohio ts Ut* best in 10 years. Belmont county grand jury baa six murders to investigate. Charles Anderson, 54, Springfield, was killed by a traction car. Realty dealers plan to relieve short­ age of houses at Martins Ferry, y Sixth and Eighth Ohio regiments Peached Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala, Robert W. Miller, lumber buyer for a Findlay factory, was killed in a mo­ tor car accident- Mail and baggage truckmen at the Toledo Union station struck for an in­ crease of wages. Worry over theTlraft Is gaid tqjhavo caused Robert J. Weller, 25; Dayton, to commit suicide. At V§n Wert Oscar Clear, 11, shot and killed his brother, Carl, while 4 playing -with a shotgun, , Wooster academy, conducted by Wooster college since 1873', has been abolished-by the trustees. Rev. A. S, Siiarpe of Norwich wad elected moderator of the Ohio Bynod of the United Presbyterian church. Merwln Browh; 32, Nickel Plate switchman, was found stabbed to death along a country road near Conneaut Stryker, Williams county, was voted dry at a local option ejection by a vote of 165 to 128, Two saloons voted nut, At Fostoria John Resslor, 62, .farm­ er, was killed when his horse stum­ bled and threw him In front of a trac­ tion car. . f Policeman William Brown, shot in the leg in a revolver duel at Clevc-V land with Joseph Wylie, died after an ; operation. ■ . | .Secretary of State Fulton certified .j to.county boards of election the refer- i endnm on the Reynolds presidential , suffrage act. | Don Reed, son of Harry Reed Hub-; bard, residing near Niles, was killed ‘ In am explosion at sea on board, a ! Cunard linep. j When his bicycle swerved as he looked bade.at a coming automobile, { George Bates, 13, Fostoria, was run ) down and killed, Mrs. A, Bertbelet, Toledo; is trying to find her sister, from whom she was separated in 1902 in the Children1)! home at Findlay. John Hart, 27, was indicted in con­ nection with the death of his brother- in-law, Frank W. Lease, principal of Salem high school. Logan Natural Gas company will in­ crease rates on gas to domestic con­ sumers a( Bucynis from '28 'cents to 35 cents a1thousand. . Application has been made at Can­ ton for a receiver to handle the estate of State Senator Adam W. Oberlin, missing since Sept. 4. Company C, Ninth battalian, col­ ored troops, encamped at Dayton since June, hare received no: pay not cloth ing from the-government-, Zanesville Cbal company's Mine No. 6 produced 990 tons of coal in one day, setting a new record for the mines of the Crooksville field,, Italians at Akron expect to raike $10,000 for the relief o f Italian war widows and orphans at the celebra­ tion of Columbus day, Oct, 12. Major General Glenn announced that all alien enemies, at the Chilli- cothe cantonment who have, not taken out first papers will be discharged. When the automobile in which they were riding struck a telephone pole' at Young3to\vn, Clement Conway. 28. and Miss Madeline Cassius were killed. While playing in a barn in Middle Branch, hear Canton, Lowell Welty, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Welty, was burned to death when the-barn caught fire. ' Mrs. Margaret Stuclcort of Bucyrus celebrated her olghty-flfth birthday anniversary by entertaining 45 of her children, grandchildren and great { grandchildren., ' j Judge Jewell sooted members o f! Delaware county grand jury when ! they reported no indictment against a j Delaware movie proprietor for operal- J ing his theater -on Sunday. 1 Mrs. Mary GOrstich, who shot and s j killed her husband at Cincinnati, was ’ exonerated in municipal court. He'*! story of her suffering and abuse by her husband won her freedom. Miss Maude White, 24, had one leg cut off and Roy Hance, 27, was in­ jured, probably fatally, when the mo­ torcycle on which they were riding crashed into ad auto at Lima, While en route to his home in Cam­ bridge in -an automobile Rev. A. A .; Elliott, 55, pnstor of Second United; Presbyterian church of that city, died ; as a result of cerebral hemorrhage, f Mahoning county labor congresss named a “ homo guard” to report food \ prices at Youngstown to federal food Administrator and to see that soldiers arc supplied with union label tobacco. Karpersfield, fifth township in Ash- tahnia county to vote off local option since Ashtabula city went dry, voted dry, 118 to 17. Of five other townshipr,, Plymouth was the only one to vote wet. David TC. Watson, sixty-ciglit, for­ mer attorney general for the South­ ern district of Ohio, died at his home In Columbus, Hie illness dated from June 1 , when lie was stricken with paralysis. Miss Nellie Lalir, 18, was instantly killed and her sister, Miss Delia, 16, died within on hour, and their father, T. O. Lahr, Crawford countyjtarmef. testained a broken hip, when a pas­ senger train crashed into their auto­ mobile At Nevada cros. ng, near Bu* cyius. Blaine Snouffer, farmhand, under S sentence of death for the murder of Augusta Sickles, his 15-yeartoid sweet* ■ loart, at Worthington, Franklin coun­ ty, was granted a reprieve hy Gover 3 or Cox to enable him to carry ah ap- leal through the courts. Snouffer«' xtecution U postponed from Oct 4 to lot, 5, Trr Mites* Anti-mtu Pills far « l mm Special SaleofWallPaper Commencing Saturday, Oct. 6, 1917 I will place on sale 18 combinations in red o f 9 and 18 iuch border at 5c per roll white they last. ,35 Patterns o f various colors ifiinch border 6 to 12^0 per roll. 28 Patterns In wrown hangings Cto 18c per roll. . \ 100 Patterns independent side wall hangings' 6 to 2pc per roll. A few shades of plain 8QInch ingrain ah8c per roll. * Oat Meal Ingrain^and Duplex 80 Jnch paper at 12jlo per .poll, ‘ Imported fast colored HoJzmehl at 22/ijc per roll, Np restrictions as to quality tybile they last. Sale Ends Saturday, October 20,1917 Chas. S. Johnson 17 Green Street, Xenia,' Qhio Good News for Our Community THAT W ir-L INTEREST ' ’ The Sick and Suffering COMING BACK FOR OUR DAY ONLY Xtjina, Ohjo, Grand li'otel (Parior Suite) bn 17th day of October 1017, Wednesday, Hours 9 a. m. to,8 p. m. - Cleveland, DR. GEORGE W„ W. WALKER will, hold hi* dispensary clime for all his patients at)d others anxious to see lum. X)i% Walttet ie*too well'ituown in this Ideality t° peed an uvfcrod^Qttpn, - His hundreds o f patients cured will testify to his ahUity as an’expert physician and medicalauthority. No matter what,your ailment i($, if you are not in perfect health, do not fad to see him and hare him examine you* (jonsuitation aud exatninatioh on^this visit w ill he free. Homember the date of hts visit. For one day only* Why Take Chances ON V0UR— Fall and Winter Suit In buying a ready made Suit or .Overcoat wheia you an be assured of perfect satisfaction by letting us make your Suit or Overcoat to order? Exclusive­ ness is the keynote of our prices. There is certain Satisfaction in our service. KANY. The Tailor XENIA, OHIO. PacKage Cakes Silver Slice Y e l low Rasin Devils Food G o ld Cake Spanish Cake EXTR.\ SPECIAL:—S- 6 c Boxes o f Mutches. ,25c G j a i Value Steal Out Coffee Regular 30c Ooffee .20c t o p P r i c e s f o r C o u n t r y P r o d u c e o f ft.ll K in d s W . L. CLEMANS R e a l E s t a t e Gan ba found at my office each Saturday or reached by phone at my residence each evening. Office 36 PHONES' Residence 2-122 CEDARV ILLE , OH IO . W j pky th 3 Hl£h 33 t Prices for Cream for the West Jefferson Creamery Co, CASH GROCERY AND BAKERY J. E. Post, Prop.