The Cedarville Herald, Volume 40, Numbers 27-52

ffk e Herald. nr w nn rjrm * mr*r»nrrrn n m m n in The time to stop advertislar is wMa you sro re*dy ts stop dais# fey# j » s , you’ll notice jthat tlw j^egrosolv* merchant is an advartisar. FORTIETH YEAR NO. 44. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917 PRICE, *1.00 A YEAR RAT ROW BURNS PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION MEETS Enrlv Morning Fire Threatens Large' The Parent-Teachers association * 1mot Friday afternoon, October 12, for j their regular monthly meeting. A t ; the meeting in September, Mrs, Ray | McKee was elected president, Profess- I or L, D. Parker, vice president, Miss Ethel Edwards, secretary and Mrs. I, C. Davis, treasurer. Mrs. McKee offered her resignation a t the October | meeting, which was accepted and Mrs, j T, iff, Tarbox was then chosen presi- ; dent. The regular business was at- _____ - (tended to, committees reported. The Sclock committee which was appointed Residents were called out a t 2:45 in ’September, reported that a clock Thursday morning to fight an ugly for the Hall' veijald cost $2ft. The fire driven by a high, south wtind t h a t ! clock will bo purchased and placed in threatened a large pa rt of the section the Hall down stairs- of town between the railroad and th e ; A penant was offered to the room creek east of Main street.* ‘having the greatest number of moth- Section of Town Along With Tar­ box Lumber Co. Plant—Fire Originated in Edward Can­ ady’s Rooms and Was Un­ der Headway When Discovered, The fire originated in what has for' years been known sjt “Rat Row” a section largely populated by colored people. Three double houses owned by the Tarbox Lumber Co. and one by W. P, Townsley were either burned to the ground or damaged almost beyond , repair. The next residence, tha t of Mrs. Minnie Hamilton was a fire sev­ eral times from burning embers, but was saved. The numerous other build­ ings of the lumber company were only saved by the alertness of men oh the roofs who used buckets of water or other means of protection,' , The fire is said to have been dis­ covered by Sallie Baker,- colored, who resided in the Townsley property next to the rooms occupied by Canady. The - aged colored %nan was found ■asleep ■ on his bed and it was by the hardest effort that his life was saved -as his bed- was on fire a t the time. ‘James Venerable, "who lived on the other side, escaped without saving any of his effects. Bob Armontroute who lived in the next house saved his family and most . of h is , household goods. The high wind made the fire, one, of the most dangerous ones we have Haji in-years but as luck would have it, it stayed in one place long enough for the men to corffine their efforts on ad­ joining property and let the others bum. No water was thrown on the Townsley house or the two double houses until after they had fallen. It took the entire strength of the depart­ ment to save the other property. The old hand .engine was taken out and placed a t the hotel cistern but was not used. The water a t the Bird cis­ tern. gave out and the engine moved to the cistern a t the opera house. . The Tarbox Lumber Company pur­ chased the Rat Row property just .last spring more as a protection to the company property across the street- The houses. have been the scene.' of many a fire of small extent but the - one Thursday morning will likely; be the last chapter of a history of crime frorft petty thievery to murder that has been harbored in th a t property, Mr. W. J. Tarbox, the president of the*ctriiipa»iy*fe in Texas. aud the ex­ tent of the loss is not known although those in position to know,.say there is some insurance. The burning of the buildings will make a number of families homeless as pfoperty tha t is open to them is not easily found. WAR CAMP NOTES. A reward of $50 is offered by the government that delivers any desert­ er to the nearest army camp. Two bad accidents occured ^ttt the Fairfield camp * Monday. Frank Amiss while several thousand feet in the air attempted a tailspin and lost his equilibrium the machine landing nose first. Amiss had every bone in his limbs broken as well as internal injuries which resulted in his death. Lieutenant Sanford who was "in the machine with Amiss escaped with but slight injury. Another machine fell later in the day and when it struck took fire burning the hands and faces of the men in charge. Thes.e are the sidering the number of machines that been very few. The soldiers over a t Camp .Sher­ man claim that it was the draft that put the “chill” in ChiUicoth'e. OHIO NEWS COT TOTHE QUICK I Tuesdays will be beetles* in MD ; Cleveland hotels. j Death called Timothy Fahey, Mtr j rlon’s oldest banker. Ho was 9L. | Harry Qrwig, Gy, traveling salesman :of Mansfield, dropped dead in the [Lima station. was iTiltonvllle, Jet­ ers out to the meeting. Room No. 4, taught by Miss Hoover, received the ; The war department has decided to a library a t Camp Sherman that S J i n w e i will be 40 X 120- It will be under the largo number of the mothers interest- direction - of the . American Library Mrs. Tarbox has named the follow­ ing committees: - Program Committee. • Mrs. O. Li Smith, chairman * • Mrs, J, H. Fortney Mrs, J. C. Davis Mrs. J. E. Mitchell Finance Committee, q, Mrs.-Ervin Kyle, chairman Mrs. E. C. Oglesbee , Mrs. Stewart Townsley , Mrs. W. C. Iliff Mrs. Gordon Collins Mrs. William Marshall Social Committee. Mrs. Elizabeth Sterrit, chairman - Mrs, G, H. Smith Mrs. J. S. E. McMichael Mrs. Arthur Townsley • Mrs, Flora McLean Mrs. Aden Barlow • Line of Work Committee. Mrs, Alva Ford, chairman Mrs, Jay Aujd Mrs. William McCoy Mrs, W. W. Creswell Miss Elizabeth Blair Press Committee. Mrs. S- C. Wright, chairman The November meeting will be held the” second Friday, November 9. All the parents who are interested in the welfare of; their children should attend these meetings and help the officers and committees by their suggestions and- encourage them by their presence: SEVEN FARMS SOLD. CAMPAIGN FOR DRYS OPENS if t OPERA HOUSE The opening of the county campaign for the drys took place in the opera house Wednesday evening. It had been announced that Fred Bale, would be the speaker of the evening but by a confliction in dates it was necessary to send George A. Henry, who heads the industrial work in,.connection with the anti-saloon league. Mr. Henry is a good speaker and, his message was confined to the effect of booze to industry, especially the miner#1and steel workers. Prices of materials are largely effected by the failure of men to perform their task after having been under the influence of liquor. His experience in Illinois with the miners made an interesting story. The S. of V. band furnished the music for the crowd. Mr.- S. C, Wright of the local committee was chairman of the meeting. LOCAL FISHING EXCURSION. Messrs. George Little, Charles Mar­ shall! William Hopping, Dr. Leo An­ derson and Ralph Wolford journeyed to the reservoir Saturday where the party enjoyed several days fishing. W. L. Clemans, the reaj estatelman, reports the sale of seven farms with­ in the past few days. John Collins. Privates David Brad- fute, Clarence Sparrow, Oscar Bailey, The, Lewis H, Smith farm of 8f) acres near Selma to W. P. Nagiev of South Charleston fo r $100 aif acre. - The John-Tutne* farm-ojr road" of 105 acres to John Dodds and W. E. Bishop, of^Jamestown. The Rax Little farm of 143 acres known as the Thomas Stretcher farm to John Lemmons of near Jamestown for $115, « The John Lemmons farm, on the Jamestown and Selma pike, 120 acres to Val Heironimus of Jeffersonville for $165, The Brydon Smith farm weft of Jamestown, 80 acres,,to Gus Gustee- fenson, of Bloomington, Illinois, $170 an acre. Mrs. Wallace Moore farm 80 acres near Xenia, to William N. Gordon of Painterville for $135 an acre.1 The D. H. Paullin farm on Spencer road, 143 acres, to Frank Pitstick, of Mt. Clemans fo r $117 an acre. Association. In speaking of Liberty bond, sub­ scriptions we must not overlook Henry Ford’s subscription of five mill­ ion for himself and another *five mill­ ion for his company. Selects a t Camp Sherman to the -number of more than 8000 hav.e al­ ready subscribed for more than half a million of the Liberty bonds. I t is expected that the subscriptions be- •T — ..... 'i ......1 jt Geauga county W. jp, T. U. conven­ tion was held at Cbfrdon. Edward T, McCormick, 45, was kill ed at Niles by falling .from a wagon. - Canton women will, canvass their- city in tbe interest ofitlie liberty loan. Despondent over III*health, John W. Wood, 68, farmer neat’ Marysville, cut his throat, - i Body of Harry Jackson, 40, found in the river aA ferson county, | Auto bandits stole $300 worth or merchandise from E. E. Lawrence's store at Fairport. Oscar A. Stevens, 72, was found dead in a field near his home in Agos- ta, Marlon county. George Whiteman,. farmer near Athens, was bound to Ms bed by two men and robbed of $75; James Nelson, 31, Salem, may die of fractured skull, received when he fell down a flight o£ stars. Elyria board of education soon wi’l open night schools In response to re­ quest of many foreigners.. Two hundred delegates are expect­ ed at the state meeting of the D. A, It. at Daytom Oct.-30 and Nov. 1-2. , J. W. Brown, 45, tile worker, enlists in Company H a t New -Lexington ; ft>re. the end of the week will total a.'order that he may be with his two We hear that our local boys Bon8 v y million. in camp have all made liberal sub­ scriptions. I t is a patriotic move for the boys enlisted in the nation's de­ fense to lend their own money to the Sergeant Cameron Ross is laid up a t Camp Sherman with a bruised knee received last week while in the prac­ tice of foot ball. A pair of crutches were sent to him to enable him to get about. Among the local boys home Sabbath were Corporals A. B. Creswell and Frank Schroades and Robert Allen- I t is said that the selects are being rounded in good shape and old army officers have been" surprised as to the quickness in which the Camp Sher­ man men have acquired military train­ ing. In drill, on the hike or dress parade the men have taken hold of the work with a -will tha t has brought praise from the officers. No such praise could be given without.Cedar-, ville having a share in it and Com­ pany F, of the 330th, in which most of our boys belong, is said to stand first with any other company of con­ scripts a t the big camp. Mr. W. D. Sterrett, who is teaching school a t Greenville, Ohio, and was drafted, has been exempted. THE NEW: WAR WORD. SOUTH CHARLESTON VOTES FOR NEW CHARTER Voters in South Charleston at an election Tuesday voted to endorse the new charter^ by a majority of 114. This is the first village in the state to adopt a new charter under the home rule amendment. Three commission­ ers will be chosen a t a non-partisan election. The recall is provided and the terms will be for four years be­ ginning next January. 0 FOR SALE—Farm of 43 acres, black land, 6 room house, orchard, good barn, well located in good com­ munity. G. II. Smith. Red Cross market a t the Gas Office Saturday, October 27, WhenWintryWindsWhistle.. How enjoyable to lis- ten to the song of a ‘‘Master ’,— on a Victrola in your home. Then, too, you are always ready to entertain your friends With the bestjnusie. $,11 the latest records are always hpe. U g h ! Y e s MlladI reaches for warm Blankets, heavier Underwear, Cosy Coat*, and good Gloves-— everything of etyle and comfort to change with the eeaaon— and her*’* iUit what aha wants, tee ? DAYTON'S SHOPPING CENTER Many times recently people have seen a new word in use and were not able to find it in the dictionary. The new war word is “camouflage" and is a French word coined just recently. I t means the art of painting land­ scape or whatever .might -be necessary to deceive the enemy. It is said the French have caused the Germans to waste great quantities of amunition where camouflage was used. The Germans were made to believe that great guns were hidden behind this woods or shrubbery when in reality there was nothing 1 there a t all. In general use the word in the country is used where deception is desired. FIRST LECTURE COURSE NUMBER DECIDED SUCCESS The first Tiumber of the* lecture course, the Parish Players, were greeted by a good sized audience which was not disappointed. The a t­ traction was something new to local audiences, something that gave the three members of the company an opportunity to show their talent as dramatists. The Story was a very clever one and was well staged. The evening entertainment was well worth ■while. GOES TO FAIRFIELD. \ Mr. Paul Creswell was home over Sabbath from Columbus where he is a member of the aviation squadron a t the O. S. U, He expects to complete his theoretical training there this week and go into active training at the Fairfield training camp. Four­ teen'members of the 0 . S. U. squadron go direct to Italy where thejf will be­ gin training in the greatest aviation School iff the world. The Italians are said to be foremost in war plane fighting and Uncle Sam’s boys are to be given the best. POSTAL INCREASE NOVEMBER 2, Postmaster Turnbull has been no­ tified by the department of the nejv postal rates that go into effect on No­ vember 2. AH first class mail will be three cents for each ounce or frac­ tion, making letters three cents, postal cards, picture cards etc., two cents. All mail not having the proper amount of postage will be held up un­ der the direction of the department. People should keep this in mind. The »nci,ease is necessary under the war tax bill passed some weelts^ago. ! LEGAL NOTICE. Rose L. Brown, whoso place of resi­ dence is unknown, is hereby notified that Arthur Brown has filed his pe­ tition against her^for divorce on tho ground of wilful absence for three years, being case No. 14574 of the t ommon Pleas Court, Greene County, Ohio, and that said case will be for hearing on or aft<* December 1,11)17, Frank L. Johnson, attorney. sons. Arthur Stolle, 45J#Lima railroad sec­ tion hand,.was instantly killed by a passenger train north ot Worthington,’ Franklin county. Lorain board of commerce appealed! to the. city to take steps to abolish; the Nickel Plate railroad grade cross­ ings In that city, .j . Mrs, Paxton Reph, 73, Fostoria, who traveled to Marionto attend the fun­ eral of Enoch Hoeb, died at the Hoch home of heart disease. Women students at Oberlin college, to relieve a labor shortage, are help; ing harvest a crop of potatoes on Oberlin faculty's fatal, At Cleveland thieves foiled William Jones’ safe .info the Icebox of his meat shop and cracked It in broad daylight! They secured only $20; ■ James Harry, West Liberty fanner, was stricken with paralysis while hauling logs. He fell from his wagon and was dead r/hen’ picked up. Engagement .of Humphrey E. Rpd- fleld, son of Secretary of Comnicrce Redfieldj and.Miss Amy Louise Cow­ ing of Cincinnati was announced. Horace Phillips. 4§;. colored, was killed when a brick front the top of a chimff furnace a t Columbn Professor. C. O, Looe, a member of the faculty of Steele high school, Day- ton, for 42 years, and for 14 years prin­ cipal of the school, succumbed to. heart trouble, Frederick W. Boiler, 50, Blooming- vale, and Sarah A. Jobe, 47, both blind, were married at Sandusky. They were schoolmates 25 years ago at S-ltate school' for blind a t Columbus. Mrs. Sarah- Case, 36, wife of fc driver for a milk company, was mur­ dered in her home at Akron by a strange man, who committed suicide, Mrs. Case formerly lived in Canton. Conductor Raymond Thompson went to the Pennsylvania tower at Dennison to report robbery of whisky from a car. While he was gone rob­ bers broke Into & car. loaded, with cranberries. Charles Mllewski, 27, rather than face compulsory -service In the mo­ tional army, leaped from the third tier of cells In the county jail at Cleveland In an attempt at suicide. He. was seri ously injured. Rev. W. F. Dickons Lewis, a de­ scendant of Charles Dickens, resigned as pastor of the First Presbyterian church a t Findlay to accept the pas­ torate of Cleveland Heights Presby­ terian church, A $50 liberty bond will be given to j every eighth grade student In the pub­ lic and parochial schools of Chilli- cothe who successfully completes the school year. Colonel Richard Endor- lln, mine operator, makes the offer. Final estimates o# Ohio’s crops by the federal department Of agriculture: Corn 158,631,000 bushels, last year 115,762,000; potatoes 16,803,000 bush­ els, last -year 6,300,000 bushels; oats j 80,080,000>bushels, last year 48,076,000 bushels. ^ . ■ Judge George W, Carey granted tho j Erie railroad an injunction forbidding , the city of Youngstown from seizing j coal in process of transportation j through there. Judge Carew held that the city does not have confiscatory powers, One hundred cars of coal, consigned to lake ports for shipment to the northwest, were ordered seized Jn S Akron by Mayor W- J, Laub, Tlie ears contained about 5,000 tons of coa l; and will be distributed in ton lots to citizens. j Ciiauncey M. Waterman, Jr., 21, of ’ Toledo, State, university senior h I u - \ dent, committed suicide toy hanging ! himself in his cell a t the county-Jail at Uolumbua, where he was held for robbing A, H. Smythe In the latter’s bookstore, Lutheran churches of Lorain county plan celebration a t Lorain, Oct 28, of the anniversary of the Reformation, which occurred 460 years ago. Speak­ ers from Fort Wayne, Cleveland, Akron and Peru, Ind, will appear on Hie program. Petition for tho nomination of Alvin C Jones for mayor of Toledo to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George A, Murphy were rejected on the ground that the city charter does ndt provide for nonpartisan elections 1o till vacancies. Gat CHmaian* in Oetlarville l*g, MUM' tASWUw nTafetatf MMk M m -*-aMbittt Burgeon creamery at Fremont clos­ ed because formers are sending cream to larger cities, o Ohio Retail Grocers’ ' association elected George J, Schaefer, Cleveland, president. Meets next year in Youngs­ town, Tired of army life, Charles Loonoy of Springfield ended his life at Camp Sherman, Chillicolhe, by cutting his throat, . # Port Clinton citizens raised nearly $1,060 to purchase playground equip­ ment to be Installed in local schorl grounds, , George Cummins, former president of-IIopedale college, Harrison count* was killed in an au to ' accilent- at Sioux City, la. ' , Ohio Federation of Labor, in ses­ sion at Cincinnati, adopted a resolu­ tion against prohibition with only one dissenting vote. • Women may be employed by the Cleveland Street! Railway company to replace nearly 400 men selected for military service. The school a t Gypsum has been closed on account of diphtheria, a Quarantine h av in g . been ’established for two cases, Julius Kish’, 20, is accused at Cleve- VjiLlertid ’of the murder of F. G. Bartels. ***’to, florist, at Rocky River. Motive for killing was robbery, Former State Insurance Commie sioner Frank Taggart was appointed general counsel for the. Ohio Farm-' erst Insurance company. Willis C. Kohler, former postmas­ ter at Kenton, was appointed Hardin county manager for food pledge week campaign, Oct. 21 to 28. Saving of 7,000,000 pounds of sugar annually will be effected t Cleveland candy manufacturers through laying off night shifts after Oct..* 15. Vernon Bales. 50, of Barberton, was -killed and his Son, Clifford, 22, injured ^vhen an, auto jn which they were rid­ ing crashed into" a train at East Union - John Mawfly was arrested at Sar- dusky on a charge of manslaughter Rfter Joseph. Trommel died of injuries. received when struck by Mawby's auto. Steve Vigovitch was found dead in a cell in the Marion jail, where he was taken after becoming delirious, and creating a panic in’ the city, hos­ pital. - - Pearl Fry,- Now Washington, Craw­ ford county, filed suit against William Hines for $5,000 damages. Fry'claiins Hines assaulted him and broke his no* qte arrested seven yonng ft scries or car robberies, wbcri tHe oot ran high into, tho thousands of dollar's. . . Grand commandery, Knights Terr- America's Most Beautiful Car • The Grant Six Valve In Horen Motor The speediets, most powerful, classiest 6 passenger car on the m a rke t under $1,060,00. o * Remember the G rant was the first 6 cylinder authmobil* ’ ever m anu fac tu red 'to sell under $1,000.00 , We carry all models in stock- Come in and drive one bom# ■ ’ or call over e ithe r phone and we will demonstrate jr Sulton Auto Sales Agency W . C. Suttonc plar of <5hio, picked Akron as the next convention city, and elected William B. Baldwin, Medina, grand com­ mander. Joseph Jirosick was killed and Steve Bolo was Injured, perhaps fa­ tally, at Cleveland, in a boarding house fire. A score of roomers had narrow escapes. Draft board examined and certified Frederick Lehman, Wauseon fanner, an hour after the Fulton county olll- cl/Us fixed Dec; 3 as tho date of his trial for jv.ffe murder. The New Thing in Fall Shoes for Women 8 Inch Lace Boots with rather low heels and narrow • toe. We are, showing them in Gun: Metal with cloth top at $4 .00 . Tan a If withreloth top at $5.0ft. ; All Tan Calf $ 7 .0 0 Gun Metal Calf with Gray Buck top a t . ! ................................. Gun Mental Calf With dull black top $7.50 $5.00 We Specialize in Fitting Children’s Shoes s XENIA, OHIO This month’s Butterick Patterns 10c and ISc—none higher* «wr hanSsaftn JOr kHw i 1 i i d - H l i V ju » SPECIAL SALE ©F - Men’s Sweaters We are placing on sale ten dozen Men's- Fine Wool Sweaters in two styles« Shawl Collar and V Neck in Maroon, Oxford and Navy, Sweaters we purs chased in January far below the present market price. $ 6.50 values for • $ 4.95 Sale S.tarts Wednesday, Oet. 18. Ends Saturday, 0ct. 20. Xenia, |rlon w m I s Ohio!