The Cedarville Herald, Volume 41, Numbers 27-52

lie s Ssasfei • • 777 -'-"'.' 1 . . ipaai ® * F*9* CSasWswim shopping early. It i* better fa r you l»«e«u»«« you «*& **** year and than it* over. You have, no right to to the Wpr Work, fund and allow your neighbor to be a stacker. FOBTT-riHST YEAR NO. 49. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, pure FUL ****** ct°P Price* fall in 191&? — is. * •question claiming a ^reat deal o f intereat among farmers. As tour »* the war kept up they Smew them was no likelihood o f fall- in « prims o f farm pfoduce, But now W llJ^a prkeS o f farm produce fall sharjflyT Hardly! Most o f Europe , not had a square meal fo r a long lame tt&d it will he more than a year before they g e t hack to anything like normal production fo r themselves.’ Imagine .thegolden welcome which the first ship that ties up a t Ham- Sweden Austria and Holland npd the rest o f them, are all wafto !n g fo r the day when they can again btty good thmes to eat. Ones the shipping Tapes to Europe .areopened wide, there will he a de­ mand fo r food products such as this country has never seen. I t will not •last fotever h u t th e r e is. no danger fo r the next y e a r,' GETS HONORED TRIE, WAY BE CHAIRMAN. Mrs, R. C. W att has received a let­ ter from her nephew, Alfred Mar­ shall, son o f Mr, and Mrs. W- L. Mar­ shall o f ' Columbus, stating that he would get to make the trip to Europe -an the battleship Pennsylvania which accompanied President Wilson on the George ,Washington. Alfred has been-a member o f the erew on the! Pennsylvania fo r more than two yea rs! and just a few days ago asked to he transferred to the New Mexico when it was announced that this boat was to make the trip. A change in the arrangements dropped the New Mexico ico and the Pennsylvania was ordered ■ to make the trip. Seeing that he was i to be defeated fo r a trip Arthur asked | to be sent back to ’ the Pennsylvania and his superior -officers granted his • request and he sailed with the Presi­ dential party Wednesday on the most important mission ever known in the history o f the. world. The Pennsyl­ vania is the flagship- o f the Atlantic fleet and one o f the greatest fighting vessel sflaoat. . Sails With* Our Preside] a M >AY, DECEMBER fl, 1918 to Peace Congress * -,, ‘i - ' y ' ‘ vSV 3L . r L I \ r£ , k J k ^ & . ,at**»+**m i • *♦' ?«*►-***■ CONGREGATIONAL MEETING, Reprensetative W . B. Bryson o f this county is in-line for.the chairman­ ship o f the agricultural committee in the coming general assembly, Hg is favarable to a joint committee from ' house and senate to work out a new tax law# opposes, .the classification o f property fo r taxation as ’adopted by the Voters at the last election under the referendum; approves the' Shinn amendment f o r exemption o f mort­ gages from taxation;- will introduce ■the bill to prohibit the use o f the bar­ bary bush which is said to Cause rust on wheat; will introduce a bill 'fo r financial relief o f cities and schools. He jbas not made known his position on the one per cent tax law as to lim­ itation, o f rate or a repeal o f the Cox bounty superintendent school law that is costing ,this county $ 12,000 a year and producing no results^ COUNTY FARM BUREAU The meeting o f the Greene County Farm Bureau in Xenia last Saturday was well atended. The co-operation among farmers f o r better organiza­ tion and the increase o f fo o d products were emphasized. County A gen t F. ,S. Prince and Prof. Wallace Hayes o f - the ’ 0 ; $. Uiiwere the :speakers, a - drive is being, m qde fo r new 'members .-and a t fh e meeidhg mote than 400 new FARMERS IN MAJORITY. The U. p . congregation held ,a meeting Monday afternoon to dis- the salary question and other matters partaining to the .welfare o f the con­ gregation. The salary o f the pastor was not fixed but a minimum o f $1,600 was agreed upon. Some months ago the salary increase was voted down b y the congregation.. A committee was chosen to hear ministers and in­ vite them as candidates. This com­ mittee is Composed o f W. J. Tarbox, F. P. Hastings, Prof. Leroy Allen, R. C. Watt and Mrs, J. E. Ryle. Another matter o f importance that created considerable interest was the plan o f fixing the terms o f elders at five years instead o f fo r life as at present. No action was taken on this question but there seems to be a strong sentiment’ in favor o f this change. ", Here Is a ship that is carrying our victorious w a r : peace delegates, to Europe for the most important p i farewell to autocracy. The European port o f landing! wa « ¥ 7 e * Iready gone to welcome the American p* an official visit in England before returning. This ship North German Lloyd Steamship Co. line. sWeat. Woodrow Wilson, and the United States, •e conference the world has ever known, the jtsald to* he Brest, France, where French dlplo-. r“ President Wilson and party will likely pay to S. S. George Washington, formerly of the; FIRST TIME VACANT, COUNCIL Council met in regul* day evening, all, memb The room just vacated by R, M. Me Kee, has been used for hardware pur­ poses about 40 years. The building ‘'present. The monthly 1 was erected by the late W . M, Barber •to $3,334.94 were/-ofd and the fir s t tenants were Wiliam this was the bill forth ) Cooper and Edward Armstrong who 'gine amounting to $ 2 ,£ operated a drugstore. The first hard- 1 nance was passed crea tl ware firm was Mr. BarbCr and his son- , department and repeals in-law, C. M. Crouse and L. G. Bull j that' governed the i olj which partnership existed fo r 17 j that has gone but o f years. Mr, Crouse took over the bus- i bond of James Bailey iness and operated it fo r 18 years *signed by C. M. Rid* selling out to McFarland & McKee, Bates fo r $500, was* and Mr, McKee succeeded this firm and > operated the business nearly f o u r ; years. Thus the building has been in j ING. V session Mon-: being pre- r amounting id paid. In lew fire en- - An ordi- a new fire legislation department fiance. The marshal my and H, wed, A HOME ILLUSTRATION. „ An illustration o f the endeavor *to have a public Sale without local ad­ vertising, even a hand bill, has been demonstrated. The ardevtising o f the sale o f a hardware stock jn a neigh­ boring town failed to attract the out­ side bidders and even did hot draw locally. The highest grade farm tools and machinery were offered to the crowd that numbered 33 including the UsUa Itown loafers, that had gathered, New com cultivators sold around $35 mC cpSt- $50} mowers had to he with- rnwn as $20 was all that .was bid. continuous use fo r hardware purposes fo r 40 years. Mr. McKee was forced to dispose o f his business to locate in Denver owing to his health. PURCHASES ERVIN HOME. A . Z. Smith purchased the Martha Ervin home on West Xenia avenue on Saturday whefa it was'sold under order o f court. The first time the property was offered there was ngt a bidder. A t the second sale there was but one bidder, Mr. Smith who offered the two-thirds appraisement, $1,600, The house has ten rooms and the lot is 66 X-300 and is one o f the cheapest prop* FOUR SCORE A » TEN. Lester Arnold o f X$a his SQth birthday Tue years he was a leading and merchant in 3 ?ah$ time was county treasUt the first $ 1,000 donstie curing the establiskrtfenif ; & .S O: Home in Xenis . the county champioh player for many yea A ! celebrated For many rain- dealer and at one He gave towards se­ if the Q, S. jfe has held ( is a checker* CENSORED NEWS ITEMS, Home Looks Best— Stacy B. Rankin, South Charleston banker wrote his son in France to •stay in Europe and go on around the world and see something^.' The son wrote back that there was but one place he wished to see, and that Was South Charleston. Just Like the Women—■ With the change o f county offices in Kansas the first o f the year there will be more women' holding office in the state than men. The. women have have been candidates fo r every office in the counties except commissioner. 200 Quite'Businesb—. * More than 200 saloons in- Cincinna­ ti quite business on, Saturday fo r the' reason they did not want to pay* the Aiken tax o f $500 to do business until May 26th when the state goes dry, McAdoo’s Various Increases— J. F. Russell writing in the Ohio ORDER NOW. m .. Get your order i i f i spring fertilizer, w brated “F. successful sale unless Vott have the a residence. ’ x u y u , crowd and it takes the right* kind o f o f advertising in thp right place to draw that. HOME GROWN FOR SEED. The Ohio legislature will be control­ led by farmers, the first time in sev­ eral years, that is there Will he more farmers than lawyers as is usually the case. In the* Sena ? there will be 10 lawyers, 3 farmers, 2 merchants, 3 retired men, 2 manufacturers, 3 work­ ers. and two editors, In the House 32 farmers, 30 lawyers, 6 insurance men, one editor with several other scatter­ ing professions, represented* SELLS OUT GROCERY STOCK* WHAT ABOUT WHEAT? The government -1 guaranteed price o f $2.20 fo r the 1919 wheat crop is governed by the Lever act passed, by congress. It has been discovered that ju st as soon as the peace terms are signed this lebislation is dead fo r it was only fo r the duration o f the war. Congress will have to enact new leg­ islation to make good a1! -promises. J. E. Post, who has operated a gro­ cery on Main street has sold his stock o C, E. Master o f Norwood,, O., who will take charge about the 10 th o f the month. Mr. Masters is a groceryman o f experience and comes well recom­ mended having lived beside Dr. O. P. Elias, while he was a resident of Norwood; F or the present he and his wife will reside in the, McGiven prop- ferty with Or, Elias. CHEAPER FEED FOR PORK Pennsylvania farm bureaus, work­ ing with a number o f hog raisers,have used feeding experiments conducted by the Pennsylvania State College to demonstrate that at least one-half o f the grain food bill in hog raising caii be saved by providing green feed trrough-out the growing season. R e s ig n s a s t e a c h e r . Mrs,-W. D. Sterrett has resigned her position as teacher in the public schools and has joined her husband who is teaching at Mansfield. Mrs; Sterrett will teach in the schools in that city. Miss Mildred Trumbo was changed by the board from the Carry school ngd is teaching in the third grade. Miss Millie Parker' has been chosen fo r teacher in the Corry school *THE NEXT LOAN. SELLS HIS FARM. !■ amrnmm* Charles Johnson, who purchased the 100 acre farm o f W . H. Barber and Was to g e t possession next March, will not move there having sold to a Mr. Weigle o f £b Liverpool. The price was $1£0 an acre, leaving Mr. Johnson a profit o f $10 an acre. NOTICE TO HUNTERS. The nxet or Fifth Liberty loan will be five billion dollars and will be sold early in April. The government is al­ so laying plans to stop the sale and trading o f liberty bonds fo r stocks o f uncertain value through speculators. Hundreds o f persons have been de­ frauded. in this way. j HH m * Jg Was* A pmm Our President* No hunting with dog o r gun will be permitted on my farm. Hunters are also forbidden to keep o f f the place a t night and no trapping is permitted. George Powers. NO HUNTING OR TRAPPING A ll hunters and trappers are here­ by warned to remain o f f my farm or be prosecuted fo r trespassing. John Taylor. FEED ! FBBD11 scraps fo r Vovlirj, HWea Gram Dairy Feed# W ist** Wheat Middlings, Oil Mail and tankage at E . A . Allen’s Elevator. Meat r in SAVE YOUR RADIATORS. Do not let your when yon can get denatured alcohol at a x . Rldgway’* m m * ■ Tne'sailing ot President Wilson for the peace conference in France creates a situation in govern­ mental affair* which has Stirred tip considerable comment. It is pointed out by some legal minds that Vice president Marshall must o f necessity he at the helm of state affairs, due to the ranking of*his office. This is the first time in history that a president has •ailed to Foreign Porte during his term o f effiee. The Ohio Experimental station is urging farmers and gardners to keep home grown potatoes for seed next year. The seed potato crop fo r seed is short and the price next spring is going to be high. Potatoes that are shipped in now are not good fo r Beed as most o f them have been killed by the frost. The advice is to eat the shipped, potatoes and save the home grown for* seed next spring. LOOMS FIRST WOMAN AMBASSADORETTE WILL ENLARGE $TORE. - A . E. Richards will enlarge" his drugstore by making interior changes and also take over the romm adjoining where the Herald was located fo r many years. An opening will be cut between the two rooms and the front o f the room adjacent his present room will be modernized. W. L. Clemans owns both rooms. ^ M — ..vr V>-v - THE FOUR LOANS. The first Liberty loan quota fo r this township was $15,000 and it was sub­ scribed; the second was $53,000; the the third was $63,000 and the fourth, $125,000, making a total of$225,000 which the people o f this township have invested in government bonds. The in­ terest due each year on these bonds will reach nearly $11,009. The first woman ambassador looms in the immediate future. She is Rosika Schwimmer and has been nominated by the new Hun­ garian government for a post in Switzerland, where she now re­ sides. Madame Schwimmer is said to be the Ford peace ship or­ iginator and was a member of that futile mission. i State Journal credits McAdobas fo l­ lows: “ William G.‘ McAdoo undoubt­ edly has been the greatest secretary and accomplished the most, within the Ieast pomble length o f time, o f any that ever Adorned the chair, durifig the past year he and then'running the railroad admin­ istration into debt more than $ 200 ,- 000,000 during the first nine months o f the year 1918, and then resigned. “Hurrah fo r McAdoo!” Should Have Known Better—.. The wit of a street car motorman was shown the other day when a Ford car collided with the street car at a cross street. The front o f the. Ford was caught in the rear trucks o f the street car causing the car to leave the track. The motorman seeing his car had left the track looked to leanvthe cause and in true w it told the driver o f the Ford that he should have known better than to try and drive under the street car with his top up. N o Exemptions In Germany—, A recruiting officer in Germany de­ termined that no prospective soldier should elude him. One man said he was too old, but the officer replied: “ Von Hindenburg is 72 and he's in. Get a gun.” v Another man with one arm came up to claim exemption and the officer said: “ The Kaiser’s in. Get a gun.” Finally a woman brought her half­ witted son for whom she wanted to claim exemption on the grounds o f in­ sanity, but the officer said: “ No mat­ ter; the crown prince 4s in. Get a gun” . RESTAURANTS CHANGE HANDS. HOOVER MAKES AN APPEAL. The Cedar Inn under the manage­ ment o f Pearl Huffman only lasted a short time and was sold Monday to Mrs.,Charles* Paine, who conducted it previously. J. E. Post moved this week to the Mtirdock building where Andrew Hinton conducted a restaur­ ant, Mr. Post will not be ready fo r several days yet, All the churches made an appeal on Sabbath to save food as requested by Herbert Hoover, the national food ad­ ministrator. The change o f the for­ eign situation makes it more jiecessary to save food than ever before. The appeal was read' from the pulpits by the pastors, KODAKS AT RlDGWAV’S. ROAD CONFERENCE .NEESSARY While the Peace conference is in session the Cedafville township and the trustes of-Miami township shduld hold a conference and plan some joint action towards the repair o f the Clifton pike which is in had condition and promises to go to pieces before spring. What better Christmas g ift for the boy or girl than an Eastman Kodak, We have all the popular sizes and can supply you r wants. The gift ideal, RidgWay’s Pharmacy. PIANO TUNING. BRIDGMAN FARM SOLD, The A . O. Bridgman farm o f 47.85 acres at the edge o f town formerly the Alex. Townsley farm* has been sold by N, L, Ramsey, executor, to John Me Farknd o f Kyle, O., fo r $10,000. Suit had been brought to sell the place, —You can get the old fashioned Vienna bread without any substitute now at the Home Bakery, Knox F. Hutchison, o f Dayton, who has been with the Baldwin Piano Co., for a number o f years as a tuner and salesman has moved here expecting to make this his home. If your piano needs attention his services can be secured by calling 2 on 160, * Expert work in tuning, regulating and voic­ ing. > FERTILIZER FOR SPRING. —Hog oil, $ 6.00 pet barrel o f 60 gallon, plus freight. A club order Will cut the freight one-half. See Howard C. Creswell. No better time to order your spring fertilizer than right now. Place your order fo r the well-known “ F. S. & R. ’ brand. It is guaranteed to give satis­ faction, „ E. A, ALLEN. Alik for Ballard’s Pancake and htw&wfcMl flout at Nagley'a. HURRAH FOR CLIFTON! A t last Clifton has improved the part o f the street connecting the Clifton and Springfield pike. For 8 years the street has been almost im­ passable in the winter time. It has been graveled from one end to the other. LEGAL NOTICE. Court o f Comon Pleas, Greene Co, 0 . May Donaldson, vs. Harvey Donaudson, •Hrvey Donaldson whose place o f residence is unknown is hereby noti­ fied that May Donaldson has>filed her petition against him fo r diyorce in case Number 14,884 o f the Common Fleas Court o f Greene County, Ohio and that said cause will be for hearing on and after December 14th 1918, F. L. Johnson, Attorney for Plaintiff. LEGAL NOTICE. iOHIOGLEAHINGSI Robbers were unable to blow open the top part of the Raymond (Union county) bank safe after they had prisd loose the lower part and se­ cured about $50. Hla neck broken In a football game between the teams Of West and East high schools, at Columbus, Charles Allen Miller, aged 18, died o f tho Injury. Arthur Sargent was killed, hfs wife probably fatally injured and three children badly hurt when their auto was struck by a train at Rushsylva- nla, east of Beliefontalne, Nineteen breweries ■in Cincinnati and across Che river cities closed down their brew houses and discon PRIOR, $1-50 A. YEAH FASTimp TO IB YORK William Jackson, whose place o f residence is Unknown, is hereby noti­ fied that Lucretia Jackson has filed her petition for divorce against him being case number 14,904 inthe Com­ mon Pleas Court o f Green* County, Ohio, and that said cause will be for hearing on and after January 18th 1919. Frank L. Johnson, Attorney for laPlhtifr, —You know you will need heavy clothing this winter. Why wait when you can go to C. Kelble’s, W. Main, Xenia and get your’needs supplied! at the lowest prieeB, 1 accordance with the government o r der. About 1,200 men are thrown out of employment, Lieutenant Alton H. Kimball, aged 22 , of Springfield, was killed In an airplane accident overseas. Reports ,of the recurrence of influ­ enza in five or six Sections of Clin­ ton County have been made,to the health authorities. Schools in New Burlington, Port' William and Ndr«: -risvllje are closed for the second time, Wittenberg synod of the Lutheran church chose Mansfield for next year’s meeting. , At the meeting of the Ohio' Masonic grand lodge an amendment was writ­ ten into the. bylaws that will provide for the Masonic home at Springfield an exclusive building and equipment fund ot from $00,000 to $70,000 annu­ ally. The fund will be provided by per capita tax. John Sullivan, 15, was accidentally Shot and killed at Columbus while scuffling with Tony Granantonio,' 16, for possession of a shotgun. George Stone, 70, was found burned to death, in his home at Prospect. It is believed he tried to start a, fire with oil, Governor Cox granted the Thanks­ giving pardon to William Murray of Summit county, convicted of second degree-murder in 1912 as the result of^a drunken brawl. C. H. Fawcett was elected presi­ dent of the farm loan board organ­ ized in Logan county. DoW Aikin 1s the secretary-treasurer. E. J. Tlnah, 87, traveling sales-, man, died at his home in Brookfield, Trumbull epunty. Fortner Senator ' Charles Dick of Akron submitted to Secretary of State Fulton-papers- for th* incorporation o t ^thsj^gtrtftiaKY,,.Republican league. ..V_.. „... „ _ '"H t o make GenemrFer* .publican nominee for-president. WaldO, Marion county, reports 200 cases o f influenza. Medical and nursing aid ha*, been asked of th* stats. At Fostorla twjo men and two women were arrested for repeating fake rumors of th* killing o f Fostorla soldiers in France. , ' James Neltzelt, 14, St. Clairsville, spent ■ the night hunting with hi* fa­ ther and brother near Glencoe and sat down- on the end of a tie to await their return from inspecting traps. It is believed he fell asleep, for his crushed body was found soon after a train passed the spot. Wittenberg synod of. the Lutheran church, in sesaloir at-Beliefontalne, elected these officers: President, Paul Roller, Mansfield; secretary, J. Frank­ lin Marlatte, Belleville; treasurer, John F. Kramer, Mansfield,’ At Cleveland two Findlay men were Indicted by the-federal grand Jury, Samuel Grant, lumber man, for the alleged posing as a government representative and threatening own­ ers of timber property, and Rudolph Mueller, formerly ordnance inspector at the Grant munitions plant, fo r the alleged padding o f pay vouchers for government work. Mrs, Albert Mengerink, 31, died from burns received when a can of kerosene exploded while she was starting a fire at her .home in Napo­ leon. She leaves a husband and seven children. \ Twenty-one of the 25 “mlllion-dol- lar war savings kiddlas” who won prizes in the vacation thrift contest conducted by the Ohio war savings committee received from Governor Cox the trophy certificates. T. M. Patterson, 92, oldest living member ot the Western Paper Box Manufacturers’ association, died sud­ denly at his home In Portsmouth. Funeral of former State Senator W. L. Atwell, who died at Carding- ton, where he had been superintend­ ent of schools, was held In Columbus .1 Physicians’ offices at Warren have been ordered closed during the influ­ enza epidemic.’ Consultation can be had only by appointment, Thirty-four men of the Rainbow division, wounded in service in France, arrived at Camp Sherman and will remain at the cantonment until they can he discharged as well, Joslah A, Welsh, $3, wealthy retired farmer and former president of the Oxford National hank, is dead at OX- Discharged soldier* who haven’t work to go to will b* given A chance to get in touch with a Job before they leave Camp Sherman for home. As far as possible these job* will he in their home towns, Ohio employers of labor are urged to co-operate. Answering an appeal of a bride of but three ' days, Patrolman George Cook and Private William 3. Kllnet fetter engaged In a gun duel at Lima i n ,which the soldier was killed, The wife had reported to the police that her husband threatened to kill her, Klinefelter was from Continen­ tal, Putnam county. The story o f the flight hetween Day- (ton and New York City reads like # rfaiyy story »ever-the-le#* i* true and show* the poslbilities o f the airplane and whah can he expected in the future, ■ . ■ ,f Charles F . Kittoring, president o f The Dayton Engineering - Co,# also vice president o f the Dayton-Wright Airplane co.# had # busbies* mission in New York City but cowld not make connections by rail that would put him there ip time. _______ ____ ______ _ _____ He secured the services o f Howard tinued the manufacture of beer, in )Rinehart, the greatest American pilot, and the two prepared fo r a. trip to New York City through the air, Each' packed a suit case and donned the po­ lar warb and,were ready to leave by :: quickly as i f they wefe to leave by auto. .V; ,V:.■ . a /' - s - v The trip was made jn~a 400 .horse- \ power D e H a v i l a n d :■ army plane#:/" equipped with a 12 cylinder motor of the Liberty .type,’ This is the same .type o f machine ' American airmen the past few mortths o f the war. The day the trip was made Mr. Kit -’ 1 tering called- New York City by long distance phone at ten o’clock and made arrangemenst fo r evening dinner and the theatre that evening, 'also notify- his business associates o f his intended trip. - ' The trip Was made in four hours and ten minutes a t a speed' o f 132 miles an'hour Without a stop# The distance was 550 miles and they land- , ed at Mineola aviation field. ■The next day they flew to Washington a dis­ tance a£ 224 miles .in two hours and"’ five minutes and. left the machine at BolUng field, Washington where it was ” turned over to the government. They helot to an altitude o f about - 5000 feet on each trip and at no.time did they get more than five miles off the air line. Rinehart started with Wright Brothers nine years, ago and, since the Liberty motor has been, developed he has flown 1000 hours at an average speed n f 125 miles an hour- or, a total distance equal to five time* the circumference o f the earth. -—We tan now give you the genuine Vienna breed made from all wheat flour. The Home Bakery* AVIATOR IS KILLED. Lieut, J, U, Brumback, o f Wright Field# was instantly killed Monday af­ ternoon when he fell about 4,000 feet landing in a field near Springfield. Lieut. E, G. Sohrn, who was in the rear seat was unhurt except fo r a few scratches. The machine was a total wreck having caught in a. tree in the fall, Brumback is supposed to have lost control o f the machine. The best price for your egg* will be paid at Nagley’s, n o w w a n t T a r t • IN SPORT FIELD &f*<05 “ Let BUI do It” promise* to be an all-American phrase, if the ac­ tivities ot dormer President Wil­ liam Howard Taft continue. A movement ha* now been started to make Mr. Taft boss supreme and the last’ court ot appeal* in running American major league baseball. One news item telle how Taft may be a possible mem -4 ber ot the United State* peace delegation--another iefta o f him jumping to sport fields—-truly William l« a yetfflktfl* chap. 1 i »S CHURCH SERVICES; R. P, Church #1 Main streets Teachers meeting Saturday evenfpg a t 7 p« m. . . ’ ’ Preparatory sermon Sabbath at A A Sabbarij-s^ool i Congregational prayer-meetmg paratory to communion, Wednesday at 7 p. m'. U. P- CHURCH Sabbath school a t.9:30 a. m. . Morning service at 10:30 a. pi- by Prof. Leroy Allen .1 Christian Union' meeting at 6 *p. m. —Union service in the M. E. church at i p. m. ■ j Prayer. meeting, Wednesday, ,a t 1:30 p. m. An unusual Christmas entertain­ ment will be given by the Sabbath school on Monday ' evening, Dec. 23.' The performance is entitled “ The Birthday Story” I t consists 1 o f read­ ings, puntomihe drills and music. The music in the program will consist,of old familiar Christmas hymns and car­ ols. A large group o f committees, un­ der the chairmanship o f Mr*. J. E. Kyle is working to make the enter­ tainment one o f the best ever given at the Christmas season. Dr. J. M. Coleman o f Blooming­ ton, Ind., will preach Sabbath at the R. P, church ou Xenia evenue. , i