The Cedarville Herald, Volume 41, Numbers 27-52

LOCALA i i PERSONAL v w w w v w v ^ ^ S & ^N B & a-isd Dean and Mf«* Mary Krvbi atiwadad the rally and coarvea. tion of the W. C. T. U. a t Lakeaide, Uwtweek. R bv . W. J . Swieryoii, formerly pas­ tor of tbaTt. I3, dulrch, Xenia avenue, . will ewndnet communion services Sab- ' bath for the congregation. Deputy Probate Judge S. C. Wright ha» been talcing a week’s vacation, CORN! CORN! Two grades of Com for sale, J . C. BARBER, D. S, Inghtle, of Selma, has opened the Townstoy blacksmith shop on South Main street. . W, J. Dailey, o f Yellow Springs, has rented the room vacated by the Ohio Fuel <fe Supply. Co., and will open- & first class plumbing estab­ lishment about the first o f Septem­ ber. Wm. Finney and Miss Eva Sanders of this, place were married last Sat­ urday by Rev, R. H , Hume, in Spring- field. The bride and groom have re­ turned to the home of the groom's parents, Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Finney, Jr. Mr, G, E. Jobe is erecting a new tenant house on his farm. , Mr. R. C. Watt has also staked ont a ten­ ant house on his farin ’on the James­ town pike. Mr. Walter Sterrett and family, of Pittsburg, a re here on a visit with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W, R, Sterrett, • Mr* A. Willerton and 'wife,- and Misses Veda Barrett and Marie Gor­ don, of St, Clairsville,- 0., stopped here for several days, the last of the week, visiting among, the ‘ Tarbox families. The party went from here to- Dayton. Miss Helen Oglesbee visited in Co­ lumbus •with Miss Mary Marshall from Thursday until Monday. Miss, Marjorie McClellan, of Day- ton, is the guest of Miss Doietha, Oglesbee during Chautauqua week.' Mr. Alfred Marshall, of the battle­ ship Pennsylvania, which is in port at this time, stopped here this week on a visit with relatives, he' being out on a twelve day furlough. He also visited in Xenia with his mother, Mrs. W. L. Marshall, -of Columbus, who is sick a t the: home, of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Tarbox. Mr. F . B, Bull, of the Indianapolis Star, iajiome on.his summer vacation, The Kaiser, “The Beast of Berlin,” will be shown in pictures a t the Jamestown Opera house on Thursday evening, August. 1st. This is the play that will smash esponage, sedi­ tion, foul “kultur.” Don’t miss it. ■Mr. W. h. demand and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Find Clemans left Wed­ nesday for a trip to. fhe reservoir to be gone several days ’enjoying the pleasures of that summer resort. LYINGGAS METERSONTRiAL BEFORETHESTATE'SEXPERT SsMc Dalermtnalionofhi EfoolofGhaogaInPrssora OntkoAmountForWhichthe(herMostPay. Rev* Jero Kyle, and family are guests.at the home' of Mr. John Kyle, Mr.'Mason Hanna, of Ruthven, la. is here on a visit with h is' brother- in-law, Mr. M. W, Collins and wife.. M ra.B. F . Cranston and daughter. . Helen, of Columbus, sp en t. Sunday with Mrs* E lla Weimer. H elen Bybee, the little French g irl who has been v isiting 'Mrs. Aaron Shepard retu rned to Chicago Monday morning with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Bybee are going to malte Chicago th e ir home. Mrs* Kettle Strong and Margaret Besuter, of Anderson, Itid ., are visiting Mrs, Aaron Shepard’, Mr, Oscar Satterfield spent a few days the first of the we k in Ind ian ­ apolis, • The L ibrary w ill be closed during the month of August. Mr, and Mrs. W* P . Andersen have received word of the "birth of a grandson, Wallhoe Qdinley, a t the home'of his parents, Mr* and Mrs* Collide Anderson, of O latha, Colo,, who now have th ree daughters and one non*, Mr. and Mrs, LeoRbroades spent Sabbath a t Camp Sherman with their eon, Roy* Mrs* I* F . Pafler, of Springfield, tpent Thursday a t the home of Mr. HE, A , MttLean. T h tfty -th ree colored men have men sailed from th is county On August *. Those from h e re .a re : Iberman Jones, George W yatt, george Dunn, H erm an Ranke, H lvet w illiam s, H a ro ld H a rris md f r a n k Williams. rANTRD—t o Solicit oils, greaiee, a M h h S S m i, H i A U t f*f a r yeor « |§ t n H Columbus, July I ^ M r , Charles V. Critchfield, the gas expert o f the Rub­ ik Utilities Commission, who has be«i making scientific investigation to the state's laboratory of the value of gas delivered a t varying pres- *V»xes, now reports, After -describing the technical ap­ pliances used h,e exposes to public view the mystery of the gas. meter to vindicate its veracity. .. Mr,. Critchfield takes up the com­ mon diaphragm type, paying: “Within the tin body or case are two compartments, a large lower and and an upper and smaller compart­ ment. The lower contains two leather diaphragms, the upper the valves, gears, and the ‘clock’ or registering device. Each meter has two outside openings, otherwise i t is gas tight. One' of these openings admits gas from the street main into the meter, the other opening js the outlet through which gas passes from the meter into the house lines. The prin­ ciple on which the meter operates- is somewhat similar to that of another familiar device, vis., the blacksmith’s bellows. As the blacksmith opens the bellows air is drawn in, and as ho closes this huge leather bag the air within is forced out into the forge. In Meter’s Lungs,' * 80 ’ in. the meter, theee two leather diaphragms take the .place of two miniature bellows which alternately fill with gas from the main and, in turn, dose, forcing the gas onward into the house pipes. The black­ smith’s arm is the power operating the bellows a t the forge, the pressure of the gas is the force operating the diaphragms. Certain arms and rods attached to these’leather diaphragms project upwards into the upper com­ partment and connect to the valves and registering mechanism. As there are two diaphragms the flow of gas through the meter is Continuous. As one of them fills, the other discharges and, through this cycle of expanding and contracting, the hands on the dials a r t prop'elled so that each .time, pne, of these little leather bellows empties its content of gas,' the dial hand is moved a small degree. “Since the creation of the Ohio Utilities Commission, six: years agoj i t bas been a p a rt of jn y duties to inspect and test many domestic me­ ters and, taking into consideration the conditions under which meters oper­ ate, as they axe exposed to the action of. the gas within and heat, cold and moisture without, I can safely say the gas> meter is the most reliable meas­ uring apparatus made. The -fact that large quantities of gas may bd compressed into small volumes permits its . transportation over large distances and makes it possible for cities hundreds' of miles removed from the source to he sup, plied with apparent ease. This con­ traction of volume by compressing ean be controlled a t the will of the Utility, But when the Utility releases in its distributing system this com­ pressed gas, it loses control, and the other phenomenon, of expansibility takes -place, limited in its action only by .the joint use of the Utility’s pa­ trons. Ill other words, the response of the gas confined in the mains to expand itself to a volume that will meet the simultaneous requirements of every consumer served, results in dissipating the pressure to such a de­ gree as to impair the service to 'all, “Gas plays.no favorites but goes wherever wide-open valves welcome its expansive character. “Low Pressure," Say AH. “The public verdict for poor results and high cost is, low pressure. “The loss in heat units when the pressure was reduced from 4 ounces to 1 ounce was so slight that i t was covered up by the ordinary trivial er­ rors made in the observations. .“Three demonstrations "prove con­ clusively that the amount of expan­ sion following a lowering of pressure from -4 ounces to 1 ounce is -or;,' slight, and, since domestic meters measure volumes irrespective of pres­ sure, the increased amount of gas passing- through and registered, by meters at times when pressures are extremely low, (a fraction of one per ceiit.) “Our experiments relating to gas values a t varying pressures would in­ dicate that the-unsatiafactory results of subnormal pressures are due, in the main, to appliances so inflexible that they operate efficiently, as well as eco­ nomically, only a t some predetermined .pressure. PRESIDENTWILSONANDSECRETARY M’ADOOASKRELIEFFORPURLICUTILITIES TheyMaintain.That nice CorporationsMost. Bo 6ivenAdequate Rates: Because Thai Are Essential totheWar.' Washington, JUly 2?.—One thousand; and seven (1,007) corporations fur­ nishing the public with light, heat or traction, whose rates had been fixed on peace-time costs fo r a term of years, were given advances by city councils or state commissions during the first five months of this year. There acts, prompted by patriotism, doubtless, because efficient public utilities are necessary to the winning of the war, showed moral 'heroism, 'for the positions of councilmcn and com­ missioners are , political, and*'when they are fid? with “Big Business,” they instantly are assailed by the demagogues who have played for popularity by attacking the aggre­ gations of capital which make public service possible; by the Socialists who demand the abolition of capital and rights in property and by the envious and greedy class, who hate everyone who has saved money so as to be able to buy stock in a public utility—the classes who charge coun- cilmen with "selling out to the inter­ ests” if they allow a public utility a living rate. Who Ate the Public? The public is you and me and the other fellow* The public is always fair, even liberal, when it knows all of tbs facts. I t is always suspicious, and properly so, when asked to ap­ prove transactions concerning which i t lacks facts necessary to the forma­ tion of an intelligent opinion. That tile national government has officially taken cognisance of the situ­ ation, which if not relieved, soon will wreck a large majority of the light, heat, traction and power compahies Is shown by instructions issued by the ‘president in February, The Secretary of the treasury wrote, in part, as follows: Dear Mr* President: - . * It-is obvious that every part of our industrial and economic life should be maintained a t its maxi­ mum strength in order, that each may contribute in ths fullest meas­ ure to the vigorous prosecution of *the war. The transportation of workers to and from «mr vital In­ dustries and th e health and com­ fo rt of our eitisena are dependent upon them, and the necessary power to drive many of our war indus­ tries and many., other industries essential to the war l i produced by them* ■* ' *■* - I hope you may feel justified in ex- .' pressing the Conviction that the vital- part which the public utilities companies represent m the life-and war-making energy of the nation ought to receive, fa ir and just rec­ ognition by state and local- author!* . ties* Cordially yours, (Signed) W. G. McADOO. After giving consideration to the facts .submitted by the secretary, the president replied: The White House, ' . February 19. Mrc Dear Mr* Secretary: 1 have examined, with care the memoranda and letter which you transm itt d to me with your letter of the fifteenth* I fully share the views yon ex- . press regarding the importance of the public service as a part of our national equipment, especially in war time* It is essential th a t these utilities should- be maintained at their maximum efficiency and that everything 'reasonably possible should b.e done with that end in view. - I hope that state and local au­ thorities, where they have not al­ ready done so, will, When the facts sure properly laid before them, re­ spond properly to the necessities of the situation. I shall be glad to have you>communicate with the local authorities whenever the in­ formation in your possession sug­ gests th a t such a course is desirable and in the national interests, (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. The' comptroller of the currency, John Skelton Williams, in his annual report, makes a strong plea, as do the President and Secretary McAdoo, fo r relief of the Utilities, Mr, Wil­ liams points ont that the maximum efficiency, which the president says is essential, is not possible “under existing conditions,” and that the utilities must have higher rates to make i t possible, Those companies that are going di­ rect to the people with their cases on the ground th a t they (will get a square deal from ah informed public, are cutting the ground from under the chronic kicker, agitator or self- seeking demagog* The situation Is crucial or the head of the' nation would not take .it up as he has done* The federal government evidently intends to support public authorities in advancing utility rates to a point which will make effective service pos­ sible In war time* W. J . DAILEY, Prop. . S*nU»ry Waist Well”Drilling Excluiiv. Agentofor Myers Pumps G m Fitting ' ■ ''h / I Located I d room formerly occupied by The Ohio Fuel Supply Co. If Music Can Lead An Army to Victory, You Should Have Music In Your Home! TERMS: $ 1*50 and $2.00 A Week and ... *i* tp? Up Great Cash Dis­ counts Great Savings Now When the great HEATON’S MUSIC STORE opened its dpors last week for (their midsummer salp of pianos and p layers we had no idea th a t this wonderful stock would be selling so rapidly a? i t notwithstanding the fact t u t what we realize tha t these would be very busy days in this great establishment, where you can find everything th a t is advertised and a t its price, People have remarked what a pleasure it is to come to a sale and actually see everything as it is in the piper.* To miss this sale in turns likS these, when thrift and economy are so important, or to come, in later on when the sale has closed, and again let us state th a t it will “only last bu t a very short time” , would be an uncalled for mistake and an unnecessary loss to you. We suggest tha t you come here immediately .and select your player orf piano while you can buy a t prices th a t are within reason, because they won’t last very long and it will be a long time, yes, a long time’ before this happens again. , Extraordinary Offerings in Used Pianos and Players , - At Heaton’s During This Sale Only; FACTS—A good well-known, substantially built used piano is fax superior to any so called highly polished, cheap piano*. You will find a t tfcs great sale some of the world’s*standard makes ip instruments th a t have been exchanged as p a rt pay- . ment on instruments purchased fronTHeaton's Music Store. , ' . . . . ; I ! SALE LASTS BUT A VERY SHORT TIME Closing Out Talking Machine Department—Great Values Railroad fares allowed within a radius Freight prepaid. -We ship instruments of 100 miles to purchasers /' f . anywhere. . ' MUSIC STORE 168 NORTH HIGH STREET COLUMBUS, OHIO. 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