The Cedarville Herald, Volume 41, Numbers 1-26

Double Your BondSub^er! tbnl -PRICE!, $1.00 AJYEA& The buyer^ ta k in g advantage of a rifting market sold several lots of cattle a t different time# among themselves. In the mid most of .the shipment* we*e taken over by a pack­ ing house agent. While th e 'fa rm e rs received th e ir contract price the buyers reaped a great harvest due .to the higher mar­ k e t I t is said that when a bunch of cattle woiild.be placed On the scales in would be eaajf to pjjck out all the buyers tha t were interested for they wanted the weight- so th a t their com­ mission could be computed. • In home cases- as many as four and five buy­ ers would have a share in the cattle on thfe scale showing how many times they had been sold between the f a r ­ mer hnd the packing house agent. Various figures are afloat as to the profits of the.buyers, but it is safe to say t h a t ' all were Batisied judg­ ing from outward appearances. The farmers have no complaint to make, fo r they received .the contract price. The rising market favored the buyer, so would the weaker market,' had it gone that way. men will ba taken from Camp Sher­ man fo r overseas duty aa urged by General Pershing, who is in command. Men a re needed a t once and as these boys have had six months training they are ready for service in the trenches. In the list of regiments we find the 330th, which includes all the Greene county boys that are in the infantry, most of them being in Co. F. This regiment will be filled from the, last selects, which means that some of the boys -without much, training wilL get to go with the firs t selects tha t went to the .camp, Three machine gun bat­ talions are also included. I have often inquired of myself ■what great principle or idea i t was 'th a t kept this great confederacy to­ gether, I t was something in _ the Declaration of Independence giving liberty, not only to the people of this country, but hope to the world for all future time. I t was that which gave promise that in due time the weight should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that All should have an equal chance. But, if fMs country cannot be saved upon that principle, I was about; to say, I would rather be assassinated upon the spot.—Abraham Tfincoln." H ouston T enants give crops i (HONOR DEAREST. FRIEND— MOTHER, s# , .. 1 HOMER JOBE ANSWERS SUM­ MONS TUESDAY MORNING. ' Homer Jobe, one of Greene .coun­ ty's foremost citizens, a well respect­ ed fanner residing on the Jamestown pike, died about Your o'clock Tuesday morning, following an illness that dates back' many months. Some weeks bgo ' h e ,underwent an opera­ tion following which he improved, but not sufficiently to overcome his troubles. • The deceased was the son of John and Nancy1 Collins, ■Jobe, was born on the farm op. which he resided, on" September 28, 1873, and was 44 years' of age. He was married" to Mi&s Elsie Pettigrew an May 9, 1900, who survives, with one soii. Mr. C, ' L. Jobe, o f Jobe Bros. Co., Xenia, an? Mr.' G. E, Jobe, of this place, are sur- yiving brothers. "The deceased was recognized- as one o f-the leading farmers "an .the county. He was also county' agent fo r the .Belco ligh ting .Co,, Dayton* and won signal honors f o t this /con* cerii a s a salesman, having, been l a special IPPdtd-ift&w* FROM ONE ACRE. Last Friday night, the forty-five tenants and their wives on the Hous­ ton farms h f Madison and Clark coun­ ties gathered a t the club house on the Honstonia farm, 140 being present. Supper was served and there-was an address by George F,'Burba, editor of the Columbus Dispatch. - One feature of the evening was the pledge of each tenant to give the crop.,of one acre to support the Red Cross. There is ,no organization that is doing more for its employees than' the Houston G°- What an example is set to. other farm owners as tp giving the mep the best of opportunity,, good farm'houses and everything kept in. the best o f.Condi­ tion. - I t is profitable to tenant and the company, which is proof th a t it pays to tre a t ‘the men under the teachings of the Golden Rule. Toft frequently men that own hundreds of acres of land are'inclined to let the improvements go down or -not have any a t all,-which is a detriment to til® community, ‘MURDOCH, THEATRE NOTES. Next Monday night a ten-reel .Wil­ liam Fpx production, known a s a win­ ner in a hundred cities has been book­ ed. "The Honor System," with Gla­ dys Bockwelli .George Walsh, Miriam, Cooper in the leading, foies' means' th a t we will have a great night. Re­ member the date is Mpfiday, May 6/ and the admission in 10c to 'children and "20c to adults. , . - - Thursday evening, May. 3, ■ is the ’ ’natgd Vitegritpb _production. ?J*,« film th a t set The funeral was held, from the. home Thursday afternoon, burial tak ­ ing place in Wopdlawn cemetery*-. ( ‘ T . . W^ tfa , ' ... ..«»w> f- f* » * PLACE TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE JN STATE SEED CORN.1 Too much confidence is being placed in the viability, of the federal Stocks of seed corn introduced in Ohio; ac­ cording tb the representatives of the Ohio State university who supervised the p u r c h a s e and distribution. While two composite testa have.been made Of this corn- and these showed a germination of over 80 per cent .in ■-.every case, none of It has been ea r tested. To ge t the best stand possible, it is recommended by W» E. Han­ ger o f the Ohio State university in general charge of the buying Of this com, that i t be ear-tested, The Com crop is too important to permit any gueSs work a t any point. CEMETERY* BOARD ORGANIZES* tion is, and who their Stars are. Id this picture William Duncan presents Catol Holloway, in a WblfvHIe story - .1% n mnn- lUclii MAlaki'iin^A/I •OinM'.. and "^-Saturday, May 4th, Clara Kimball Young will he with its in a production from the studio of Selznick.^ "The Price She Paid,” is written by9David, Grabam Phillips, a man Well known; to library readers. The story of the play has a true moral th a t Impresses itself in every community. Better see it. The admission is HPand 18 cents,.,' ■ As has been our custom for the past several years, Mother's Day will b.e observed throughout -the Unjt- !ed States this yeah' on May 12th. IMotherife Day wag instituted several ■years ago by Miss Anna Jarvis of Pittsburg, Pa., in whose mind- the idea originated. * - The white carnation is the emblem ! to wear in case mother is not living, and a. Colored one j f she is living, Let every one wear a carnation on , that , day in honor of th;e dearest friend on earth—Mother. CHARLES LOWRY WRITES OFEXPERIENCE IN FRANCE Mrs, E . G. Lowry is in receipt" of a le tte r from her son, Charles, who is With Motor Trtach Company .No. 2, Q. M,.O.t 82 Division in France. Like most of the letters from '-‘over there’’ little can be told of what takes place bu t Charles writes that he is feeling fine a t the time of writing which was April*Btb.__ ■We are now receiving mall and have h ad fourteen letters besides tho papers, which come irregular. The o ther day while hau ling baggage Xcame across John W right ^who is stationed ju s t a few mile*- frbm where we are camping. He ie looking fine and it certain ly d«es a fellow good to sec seme' one from boms’, I guess ho had a few experi­ ences coming over th e same a s we had bu t -we cannot tell any th ing hbon titn aw - jo h n e a y g h e 'le f t XL it* some tirpe in March. for e a rs to run. Xhave been pulled o a t twice a lready ; The roads are fiuebtu1 very harrow1and hard to pas» anybody. . i Wilt have to close for X am called out tonlghto I took a trip the other day and rati across the Xenia hoys who came over with me, including Lester McCoy* Your Son, , ■■ Chas. E , Lowry There am a m a t ; like to tell you, bat wait .until I get old U. S, A, . _ Tell all my Cedarv0»| to, for me. ’ Battery] / _^A., E. F., in W ith but one m o re ’ lege work before the i a r o ' exerting a ll t i s make a strong finteh. * to th e ir chins in wor numerous recitations - sufficient texts to anfi< Mmpracticing for G« tttinmenfc and curtain ties. Curtain"wee*, U of. June, is th e time wj a c t play o f the college^ to a happy, ending clamor from the bras mg brass and tinkiii Cedar Day and wonderfully overflovvteijj stun t and Y, W- O. A. A. show, also ed ib les’ the poor first yea r yoj tbewaUersatdlimer.or selective draft,system,.. up ybungsW s, the are glad in heart, bocal1 hot be sad in fcljb feet fct The juniors have tin duty of givingtbeSonl Which will be a tb it breakfast th is Eaturd] I t is g re a t to JiavC, class, so jMigehiious Think of a>bat,quet think of one Senior w | to stay up a lt night to Saturday morning. ’ The'seniors a rc pi* the other c lam s to Friday bn the annual also, we are to have program TueRday ever in th e Orange add B | Club hall. The ‘8w entertainment In 1 ought’ to be tho best. Blue meeting «• far. vited t o . come, mystery ,about what 3 the g raduating ones to he good. I f yoii filj your h a rd luw* v ile , everyone I n . ■every one outside The Orange attU'Bto one else; JfonSstf' Wags I'd B nave to the good, PARIS, 160 F. A., ri*. N. Y. OHIO NEWS CUT TO THE QUICK o f col­ ts, they power to y are up There are nepareaud besides •y biiter- k h ila ri- rst week the two r oomeft •much id (soundv ymbale.) t will be ith dance, Y. M .C. You know gnters are; bar Day— The grown pbomores, they Will year, vilegt* and banquet-, ■n course mormng. , a jun io r original, fast. We w ill have np in time ig -fb take tyton n e x t lior picnic enjoyable » May 7, L iterary have the p , SO i t grange, and n t a te ip - is some mad, hu t jib in g SlfcVill be Sfilbra Iri^ nil* and ?ed»ryijle. to every- i v * ■The North Cemetery Beard was or- f anized fo r tbs year a t a meeting eld Monday evening. „Mr. J . C. Townslay was ire-blecfted president, and Mr, J. W. Johnson secretary and treasurer. The directors are J. C. fTcrWndley, Frank Townsley, Gt A, Shroades, W. H. Barber, J. C. Barber, J . W. Johnson, T. V. Iliif was elect* sexton fo r the year. roax T n o t ic e : All persons are warned to remain off the pikes th a t are being repaired. The law provides a fine where this Order is violated, power being given county and township officials to close a room during construction or repair work. I t will be necessary to en­ force this notice. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES* : PLACED IN CLASS' ONE. A .young farmer in tho select list was given fourth class by the drqft board on support and. agricultural grounds. Since then he has left his wife and child to live with -another. Woman, The d raft board took up the Case and has placed the young man in class one and he will leave with the selects oh May 9, when .the next contingent goes. The action of the draft board merits the praise of the community, It' also stands as a les­ son not only to ’registrants, but to others as well. CLEAN-UP NOTICE. You are hereby notified that all ashes, rubbish and trash must be cleaned from your property between this date and May 20. Property own­ ers will be held responsible whetc the tenant refuses to comply with this order. By order of the Board of iHealth, , H. A. M c LEAN, Health Officer. LIBERTY LOAN MEETING. ------ L— ASH TIMBER WANTED. Wo aro always in the market for ash timber to be used in construction of airptones. We will pay $50 per thousand on board car loading point. O r we will pay the highest wah price on the stump. Farmers wil find it to their .interest to call Bell phone Main 2589 or Citizen’s 13049, Dayton or write the undesigned. The Dayton D Handle Go., Home Avenue and B. & O* Ry., Dayton, Ohio, The Liberty Loan meeting in Xenia on Tuesday was attended by, several thousand people, the attraction being part of Sousa's Naval Training school hand. A platform in front of the court house was erected and the band seated thereon. Mr. James Stewart, of Cincinnati, a prominent attorney, gave one Of the best addresses 'on this subject that we have heard. I t was endorsed by the great crowd by rounds of applause. The hand proved to be a great musical organization and the hundreds th a t braved the cold wind were well repaid. I t is thought that the meeting will add much to in­ creasing the sale of Liberty Bonds in this county* * < Mrs. W. M» Barber,has bean con­ fined to her bed for several days w ith a ssvefe a ttack of lumbago. Emil Faria, who is with 150th F. A. (Rainbow Division) in France, in writing to his cousin, Ina Paris, gives a few interesting details of what the Americans a te doing: 'T am sitting in my little pup tent, as we have”moved back a little from the front. But I do not know- how tong we will stay here. "We sure handed those Buns some more, while \vft were up in front, and -they gave us a few too Ml tell you about it the best 1 can. “We went into another position from the one I told you about in my last letter, and they say we did some very good work there. In one day we blow up two of the large Hun bat­ teries, and oil the next day. we fired 60 more rounds a t them. But they located our position and threw a few on tis. One evening they fired for 15 minutes a t the rate of 35 to a minute', which totals 525 rounds.* We were in the dug-out a t the time. Later the same evening, we were getting ready to leave, and had one of the guns out of the pit and started on the other. The Huns began on us again, and you should have seen us scatter. I was down in the pit.and dodged under the gun for a minute, then made for a small dug-out near there. When we started back they began again. We scattered along the road and behind trees, where sometimes \ve were piled .on'top of each other. ‘ - "But We all came out safe—no one was hurt. The gun stayed there three days before we ventured, back to get it. During that time we stayed in a small town near by. We had left our packs and they were blown t6 pieces Tho place looked like a cyclone had h it it “I want you to notice tho hat I am wearing in the picture I'm sending you I t’s my steel helmet and .weighs between four and five pounds, but we do not notice the weight. They sure came in good place tho Other day.1 One of the fellows was h it three times on the’ head with shrap­ nel, and one almost came through. If he had not been wearing his hat, he would be a dead man. Our gun was the first in tjje bat­ tery to sta rt on the Hun. There are eight boys with each squad, count­ ing the gunner. At present I am number G, and play putting in the powder charge. We boys v.rote our names on the first nhell - and compli­ ment:; of Battery F to Bill Kaiser— t think he gel it alt right. We came over here in box ckrts and made our bed on the floor, Aa we came by stations Red Cross nurses would b« on hands with hot coffee, Bure tatted good* Saw three o r four women htakemen on the way ever. Remcniber tfie gospel meetings which ate, .field each Week on the Lord’s day a t 8 o’clock In, the Murdock theatre. This week there will be ft good speaker whom every­ one wilt enjoy hearing aUd music. Thereto no special form of service Junt a meeting to have a n enjoyable time hearing - the gospel in word spoken and sung. All the husky m eiun this section of the I). come and try to raize Ralph Mur­ dock’s roof* tVe'll be g lad aiid you'll! be glad If yon come. » Signed by college ljpys. FOR RENT :—House on North street. Apply to ' HOWARD HARDISON The trustees b a re the County road roller a t work oii tho Murdock road. Rev, William T . . McKinney, of Johnstown, O., preaches Sabbath for the Clifton BreabyterlflU congre­ gation* -*FOR RENT :—F a rt of the H a r­ per house to man and wife, cheap. 0 D. KNOTT- 1 have purchased the*White S tar Peart laundry agency and country patrons caii leave their laundry a t the Richards Drug Stoic instead of the JSuIIeiiberger grocery as in the past. Your patronage solicited. HAROLD MYERS. Jf sold before May 9th, will sell a t your own price the following: Iron hod, springs and m attress; side board and dining room chairs; secretary and hook ease; parlor cabinet; washing fiiaeliine; lo t of linoleum; drop leaf table. Call at the house, ’ L. H . SULLENBERGER M iss Edna Irene Fowler, aged 24 daughter of Mrs. It. J . Fowler, died of tuberculosis tit St. Charles, Mor, on Tuesday, The deceased had gone west la s t fall expecting to lo­ cate in Cftlorado for her ‘health but stopped in St. d ia r ie s where her sister was teaching school. H e r health failed rapidly bu t the um expected death a t this thiie was quite a shock to the family, She is survived by her mother, two broth­ ers. clarence a t home and Mack of Buffalo, N. Y m and live sisters, Laura and Helen a t home, Anna whft was eaHngfor her in Bt. Charles and E thel who teach;;* Ihero and Mary who teaches in Beliua, Ala. The father filed in March lig?. The fiino ra rw ill bo Jield- thte Friday afternoon from the hums with her pastor, Rev, Fulton of the Xfifia avenue R. F. ohnroh in charge of the services. Burial a t Massk* c re ek cemetery J'srry county g r a n g e r s U ih movement to emplgy a county agent Saluro ptihUc sch-joto cK-sed folk v ing Ttovelopwent of 50 case* oi At tever. .. ’ William Rharly, 42, manager .of a- packing plant at Xenia,' was killed oy an automobile, Harry Hums. 60, former poj-ry county infirmary director, died at tiU homo’ hi’Himwnee.' Justice of yeat't* William Lantz,.'»5i tell dead., of heart failure while at 1work to- Ms office at Ada, Eight foroignprs* were arrested *t Warren, charged with falling to reg­ ister for military service, , ' Central Rubber-’ company, -\Te>v York, will establish a factory at De­ fiance, employing i&o men. < " State board of agriculture directed the miroan of-markets to Investigate fish prices prevailing to Ohio. , Dt'tuatiding changed conditions, the entire staff of muses fit the City hos­ pital,,Alliance.- went, oh strike, ' While playing on the ice on Hock creek at qihto John Cqnr&a, 8, 'step* ped Into a hole In the ice and was drowned. At Orrvilio ,t. ,i. wrdfo, engineer, otut Nelson Mnrelund fireman. were scalded when the holler of a locuinn live exploded. - Rev, and .Mrs W. K. Martin anti three children- were injured wheit, a natural gad explosion wrecked their lHsfiie at Atgei. ' • ' Two Y-5-fOot spans of the. Raltimpre and Ghio railroad bridge-over the MI* atnt river at (Roves wero knocked down by lea floes, Mrs, J. O. Miller, wealthy farmer's wife, residing near Marlon, died troth ■burns received In a natuai gas ex­ plosion iff her home, > Mrs. a , y. Baumnfin, 48, past- Slate regent, of the Daughters pt uu2, .prominent tn. church,; dub and social affairs, is dead at Fremont- Spare the hen nisUl May I. says State, Food 'Administrator Oroxton, who adds that fo kill a. height this time would mean the toss of 30 eggs Federal officials at Cleveland nr^ rested William Werner,* 31, former' sergeant In German army, fpr-Wintat jug the enemy alien registration' taw After1writing a note tethcowbner giving Instructions as to the disposi­ tion of fils property, Charles -C Br.i/R !)ey, 45; Toledo streetcar condiiclur. committed suicide. ■ ; , ’ James ShftUy, ctitovett; wan shot and Iflfafantly killed wheti he attempted to ligation. Small linkete. meCUuk at Toledo', lodged a protest with the ohm val ley mill administrator against in­ creasing firlwa of wheat substitutes, of which baiters must use sH per cent after r«b. 2 f, Two armed’ niofi entered the tellur, ing store of Isaddre Falk at Cleve­ land, held ,up Fntk, Bound hi# arms and stripped .hltn of his diamond stmt - and diamond ring, valued'at $1,8(10, his watch .and puree. Iterate schools have adopted; the platoon system of Instruction, The students reifinin in the school room only long enough to recite, then 're­ turn home for study. The plau Is aimed to relieve congestion. Mrs. Kathryn Sfsaon-Mcl*ean, deen of women of Ohio Wesleyan unlve.r- gity, will preside at the third annual. conference of deans of-wbment to be held at Atlantic City Feb. ,26-28. She; is president of the national associa­ tion. Salaries of Cleveland teachers have been increased ?171,000 the last half of tlifs school year by the board: of education, This action brought tho total of .such salary additions to $125 - 000 Ayr the nine month* that will end next June. Ohio Food Administrator Oroxton appealed to farmers And others who have maple trees to util'ze them to the stoniest extent this coming spring Atf the production of maple ryrup, as n>mean3 of stretching this short- sugar supply. Ohio Good Redds association adopt­ ed resolutions!, recommending that In­ terest rate on public improvement bonds be increased to 6 per cent and that motor truck lines over public i highways be established to supple- 'ment railway traffic. Colonel James Linn Hedgers o f Co­ lumbus, consul general at Havana, Cuba, lifts been transferred from that post to the post of consul general at Montreal. Canada. Colonel Rodgers will be succeeded, at JHaVana by H, W. Harris ot Alliance. Willis Pync, a negro, is said to have confessed to having set fire to the Adamant Porcelain company’s plant, which was'destroyed with a losft of $100,000, and to having killed David Mumaw, 60, watchman at the plant, located at East Liverpool, Four hundred miners were made Idle and a daily production of 1,600 tons of chat is cut off as a result of an ice gorge in the Tuscarawas river at Ctoshea, Clermont county, breaking, carrying With it the bridge on the railroad switch to the Walawright mines. Following a conference In the gov- ferncr’s office, at which facts were presented showing that on ati aver* age Only ,32 per cent of lfisl year r com was fit to plant, it was decided to enll together* In Columbus Tues­ day, all county rMhoul superintend­ ent* ana V.y l;eh re ito m the situa tlon that they may -a:;.dot farther* It getting good seed com and pravtit \Jbe planting ef brul <om, & ■*9 tfcfc* *m&*m**i*»'■ . VULCAN IZ ING We have Installed improved machinery and a re now ready to tak e o»r» of your tiro troubles, all work being done by expert workmen w ith factory experto&Ag. , QUICK SERVICE. We hay* arranged,w ith Owen* & Sons, a s our Cedarville reprtrsentatlves where you aan leave your w6rfc. We call fo r it and deliver gtviug you the fftTlokest possible service. GOODR ICH T IN T E D T I R E S Xenia. V u lcan is in g Co., 109 W, Mate St., * , . - > - XEN IA , OHIO Bell Rhone 104 K. S m W. Boring 1 ForGraduating Presents / . 1 Tour Patronage Will be . Appreciated 6 South Detroit Xenia, G. ; f 11 11 i A S ea son o f Charm ing DAYtOWS SHOPPING CENTER Beat grade Me canned cent, 2 oa»» for 25o, at Nagtoy's, TRY OUR TOB PRWfTNG r M Beautiful display of Springy S tyle Pufnps, Oxford* and High Shoea gt the S .& S . Shoe S to re E. Main St., Xenia, O* * u - Never haa Miladta Footwear beea more delightfully^ feminine than in this season—Long slim lines are the rule, and in the very simplicity of design and pattern lies that daintiness which adds so much to a dainty frock. Prices. $3 to $10.50 , Cate or forethought never were exercised Mofi thor­ oughly than, in gathering the assortments o t white ap­ parel—always so simple, pretty end cool looking la hot weather* ' And this sale offers exceptional opportunities for those practicing thrift With the national Spirit. *ftw« l l 'll'- - •>_