The Cedarville Herald, Volume 41, Numbers 27-52

i to&TWSlRST YEAR NO. 40 ., Hf8"*" : n--IIMIUIHIIII I C B D A R V IL L E , OH IO , M R D A Y , O C TO B E R 4 , 191H P R IC E , $1 .50 A Y E A R Power To His Arm! B on& vW e. in s ta n ce , Aug. 34* 1918. J>ftar-. f* 9 lke: * I eicpect yep tbmk.I ji&ya forgotten y m #tdrely|, but I have been sodmsy * thfct writing was out’ of* the question, -Our battalion' just fhiitHeci a 90-kilo- iaater*lrfke and- then n o sooner-did we get settled in .our new billet .than l I wail aunt ^tp the A rm y " Infantry Specialists school, I am, there now, and am surely erijoying my work. We hftve a very interesting coursbv 1 am studying. Automatic1Rifles and iheir connection in trench and open war- f * re- Th© officers Of this school iare fine fellows £nd Wfc are treated fine, « On .July 1st 1 was.promoted to the rank (Of corporal and I think that by -^hard work, and strict attention to duty I. w ill'receive further promotion. . 1 hope -that Irene will like her school , Work this winter. I t certainly is nice that ShS and Helen Oglesbee can l>e ‘ together at the same school. ■1 -I received two bundles o f Xenia Pa- « 5about two weeks ago. '.They were of, news, and I was SUrely glad 'to -jthpm# l have received quite a . number o f .letters recently and it will be porno Job fto dhswear a ll o f them, you probably remember mewriting‘ of Charley James and Alexander .ShorL Both enlisted at the same time I did and were with mefin the old '70th Co. James lost his right eye and Short was, wounded and w ill be in the hospi­ tal fo r six o r seven months,, so you see11 Was -vei-y lucky. Many times 1 would not have given a iwo-pence for m y chances. I went thru three ga& attacks and suffered no ill effects .af­ terwards, altho some o f the men were badly -gassed. By reading the papers 1 from the States-you see the “ Marines” have been doing some fighting; But every' American'- regiment over here that I have had-anything to. do with surely,shows-.that, the men o f th e tr. S. A . are fighters and don't know what it is to retreat. Tell Harry to join the Marines and* maybe I will1ge t-to see •him “ over tygp,” ’From a llth e letters % have received, I judge CedarvilledF rather quiet. I can hardly think fof any o f the- boys' who are-not in some way connected with this great1wan I sea where Warren Barber registered 1H e will probably be called before long. I hear “Ted” Townsley’ has goxla.tr Akron to work* So it is w ith most ab o f them, if not actually engaged ic fighting they are w ork ing ;a f sdnde- i”'vi g essential in winning the; War M "* 4 a i i B o a f L oam put with-the help o f Almighty le d we will whip them. Just at this point ! Would like to. say something about the. French people. .They are surely to be praised fox* their undying courage and confidence.. They are a great nation and it -makes a fellow feel good to b e ’ able to put in a few licks fo r them. They all think the Americans are fine people and they don't refrain from showing their grati­ tude. to Us. Well, I must close, as it is about “ chow” time and there is not h soldier who would miss that i f he can help it. Don't forge t to write o ften afld tell all my friends to write me. 1 - 1 . ’ • - Somewhere in France, Aug: •25,101$. Dear Sister:— 1 am at school now and ,am having a good time along with m y work. We have a fine place to stay, and it is duite a change from what I have hat* .lately. I have been over the top. twice, * o fa n and I am still as alive as ever. I have seen some awful sights. Wax is a horrible, thing* but we shall win and maybe .put an end to all wars. W e are getting good “ eats” here anu I am getting as fa t as I was when 1 was out West, weigh about 1x0 lbs. now, and when 1 joined the. Marines I weighed only 136 lbs., So you see this out door life agrees with me. Somewhere in France, Sept. 8, 1918. Dear Mother:—1 Keceived your letter o f July 3rd and one from Dad o f the same date, 1 received seven letters last faaDbfttn, One was from Charley James, who iz In the hospital. He lost his right.eye in the last fight we had with the Huns. 1 alftcr received fc l$t+^r from Fred Kenyon, but it was intended lo i a John S. Wright who was in our com­ pany but was wounded, I have one more week here at school. These last two weeks I have been studying grenades. Itis anint©resting course. I finished my course irt Auto­ matic Rifle. I made »3 per cent on the tactical exam, and 99 per cent on the mechanical exam.. Thto© were cpn- «tid&r6d very Rood grRd&8* W© h&V© had some rain here in the last three days. 1 You asked me in your letter to tell *ome o f m y experiences. That is a very J S d S in g t o d o , as the Censors are very strict and really there is so much M l * that I Would hardly know where wlJ n . go I think I will have to let it all wait until Xcome home, which Ih o flp won't ho very long. The loca­ tion mf this school is at an old fort, built many years ago. I t ns^mynear tv alt Under ground, and a person does 3§"S*J&SS£ buildings are. *** all the folks a t home ? 1 “ S ' im W » 8 w » tW t with X top& jt my *«t <■«** Jour tfbl-e once mors. Well. I haven’t much ^ t at thhTtlme. I am In g o o d .h jg jf S e n S S g life a* much as possible. to hear from yea seen. Tell my Mends to write. ( GpT, John Gs Wright, h" y V , £ m V jOHIOGLEAjUNGS! HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY. VISITS OLD HOME TOWN. The first meeting of the High School Literary Society will be held Friday evening* October ,11,- at. 7:30. These meetings are held ifi the evening sp that.the patrons o f the Schools can attend. ,The meetings are open to all" and the scholars should he encouraged in this “work by a liberal attendance o f the patrons. 1 - *■ , '■ H arry Hamman is president and will deliver the inaugural address. The following is the program? ; Recitation-—-Lllcile 'Johnson. * Recitation—-Lena Hastings. 1 * Debate— Resolved that. .^Interna1? tional Peace Is Best Promoted by More Extensive W ar1Preparations.” -Af­ firmative: Russel’ Huston, and Euoise Javis: negative: L o J b ‘ Northup and Earl Cotttns. Parody—Florence Smith, Reading—Mary Flanagan. * ; Autobiography—W ilfred Finney. 1Original Story—Blanch SpraddenV; Magazine, Article—Harold Myers. Story—Fi-ances McKibberi. * Reading—Mabel Allen,' Biography o f pershing—Erb Luse. War Prophecy—Elmer Jurkatl ; Accordion Solo—Carletori .Cpm* Essay—Frank Evans, Diary—Avanellq Brigner. Book Review— Lloyd McCampbell, Reading—Ernest Johnson. Duet^-Marie and, Bessie Mills. Sketch—Marguerite Spracklcn and Ruth MOote. ■, Recitation—Alien Cultice. Paper—Donna Johnson. Current' Events—Dana Bryant, _ A male quartet and a pantomime ,vill also be included in the program* jther music will also be furnished. '— —'< B uy Ll3bft>Y~B0N ds > —— FARM AND FIELD NOTES. hr ‘ . ■’.* ' The samples o f new com at the bank ndicatesthat wo will have a crop o f :om in this section that will equal any o f recent years. While there is some com that probably will not ma­ ture as it should, the crop from the home grown seed as well as some of thePetmsylvania seed promises to be jewd. Much o f this com ■'could be misked now and ready fo r the crib in ten days. Two b ig sales "In the near future are the Homer Jobe estate and Pauli and Turner. A s Mr. Turner has pur­ chased a farm, It became necessary to'Sell the stock, grain and feed, held m partnership. r, The Federal land bahks have loaned J1121,877,000 to 55,325 farmers fo r the purchase o f land* Ordinarily the hog market should oe going up, but there has been a de­ cline fo r several days. In Chicago last week 1323 loads o f hogs werp received, the week before 1708, and three weeks ago 1500. “Dick” Fitzgerald, a » he was known a number o f years ago, dropped into town several days ago, stopping fo r a short time, pnroute to Ms home in Chicago, from NeW, York City. The trip was made by auto and Mri Fitz­ gerald was accompanied by members o f his family. Mr. Fitzgerald has amassed quite.a fortune since he lo; gated in Chicago a number o f years ago as ah operator. H e is now head o f the Chicago stockyards, and alSb' o f the belt railroad. , * L——OBuVllfiERTYBonos > — m u s t D e f e r b u i l d in g . . e duration o f the war ...... the total expense will be- over $2,500, unless you g e t a special permit. This will be given only where i t can be shown that such building has to do with the production o f war materials, Already manufacturers o f certain lines cafriiot sell thejr goods except by the merchant agreeing to retail un­ der certain-conditions. . Six persona wore i ously, when a thrse-w lug in Race street, lapsed and was wr gas explosion In the Pious for the bigi lug campaign over; war work, except Jibi were completed at lumbus of represent* Gentiles, Protestants under the name of Work campaign, If raise $10,650,OiJO in week beginning Nov, in this country and Major Robert E, Va.,. attopding the N*| poelatlon matches at 1 shot and probably by a stray bullet-,w front.of his tent. Maj in the chest, the through his body. Henry county lai Sept, 17-20. . At Springfield Mrs. son, 77, committed shooting W, A. Bay ed, one serf- brick build- cinuati, col- following a meat, money-rats. In. Ohio for loan drives, sting at Co- e. Ohio Jews, nd Catholics, United War planned to to during the for war work erseas.- of Danville, onal Rifle as- imn perry, was ally wounded standing ln: Lea was shot ullet passing: at Napoleon lartha A. Wll. suicide, after to. her son-ia- GOING ROME * ! ? ■ . , .. - < r t ' * ■ h , ; ^ o ' * ■ - . « m r IE EIGHT — *-<^BuvL iberty B onds > — — RESPONDED FOR BELGIANS. The people o f this township re­ sponded in a noble manner following the call fo r old clothing fo r the desti­ tute men, women and children o f de­ vastated Belgium. Several hundred pounds o f clothing was turned over to the committee that will mean much to the unfortunates. The county will have several tons o f such clothing as asked for. , B uy liBEftTYB onds T>- NEW FOOT GEAR. J£ has been published that there will he but four styles o f shoes made soon. Two will he" made fo r men and the same for women, and all on the army order, A great many wearers, and sellers o f shoes are pleased with this order. Among other things done away with will be the extreme high heel. , BuyL ibewv B onds > — GLEE CLUB ORGANIZED. PUBLIC SALE Mr*. Thomas Field, Friday, Oct. II. Turner & Panil, Thursday* Otu 31. Mrs. Elsie Jobe, udmr., Homer Jobe, Oct. 18 , Harry Townsley, Oct. 17. 18 horses, 10 cattle, 200 hogs, <BUYUBtoT^0HOr>----- „ , HERE IS A NEW ONE. The West Alexandria Echo refers to a youhg farmer who had been ex­ empted on agricultural claims, but S ated in driving his automobie on ath after the gasoline saving or­ der* were in force. His case was re­ ported and, according to the news re­ port, the young farmer is now in camp, This might be a good hint tq All between the ages o f 18 unci 45. i**MHWke m **<*<wr in*. A number o f men met Tuesday evening at the opera house to organ­ ize a glee club to assist in the various campaigns fo r War purposes. The old time patriotic pieces will he featured mostly. It may be possible that the club will provide fo r a “ community sing,” which has been quite impulse* irt the cities lately. LIBERTY DAY, Saturday, October 12 is the four hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary o f the discovery o f America, Presi­ dent Wilson has proclaimed it Liberty Day and requests the citizens o f every community in the United States—city, town and countryside—to celebrate the day, . — —CsGsdaHafaii'Angy..— . CALL FOR 9000 MEN. Ohio will send 0000 men on or be­ fore October 16 to camp, 8,000 fo r Camp Sherman and 1,000 fo r Camp* McClellan. Ohio has already 225,000 men in camp or “ over there.” WHOLE FAMILY TEACHING. Over near Potsdam* Darke county, a father, mother and daughter in one family are teaching school. A son who was teaching is now in the army. The father is Rev, John Calvin Bright, a Brethren minister. The scarcity o f school teachers wade this necessary ta tfrtt tottittroity,.. j ■ | law, who died shortly! afterwards. Prohibition party Headers ,admit! that they have cott! succeeded in getting enough signatures to" get their state ticket oh the b#|fot this year. Cart D. Hyre„ ntiUlfe clock lu the Barton city finance department, who disappeared' about a ;%eek ago with 51,70Q, police charge, tthich had been given him to distribut| as a part of a welfare doparlulhnt pVg1roll, returned and surrendered .himself to the Day- ton, police, O, L. Lake, <» .^q^rmnent repre tentative/ arrived l| Marion to make a survey o f fraction live facilities pre Il:ninary: to the jto’tlrmnent taking over certain Ohio ir.t»hrban railways to relieve congestlG&sbl steam lines this fail and winter, f t Is planned tq run package cars p om Cleveland through. Columbus tofpincinnati. George Rind, 30, slhretary of the miners’ union at Brwjiley1, Jefferson county* mid Alex F«|ten, Austrian miner of that place,' w ire arrested on presidential warrants.^' ft Is alleged that, they tiled I to Jpersuade Hun­ garians from tokjtng start in a flag raising - pnd. tried to.ttowent trquble among, "the miners. It - Ground was brokeri^at Camp Sher­ man for a 610,000 Mies’ community house, it will have 7f«8eeping rooms L. -A, J. Rrqnar, o r Cleveland was re-elected' president1dtiftoB Ohio State Association of Engineers. Every dealer in Sd&tejr* a towh. of * s p been appealed to;. Roundhpuse and repair shop of the .Toledo,- Terminal Railroad company at Toledo was destroyed by fire. Loss 590.000. . At Cleveland,. M rs, Ethel Hupp asked dismissal of the' divorce suit filed by Her husband, Elmer Hupp* who was exonerated by a Jury sev Oral months ago of the murder of: Charles Joyce. Governor Cox has'called Samuel J, Brandenburg, librarian of Miami uni verSIty, to Columbus to become spe­ cial representative of the Ohio branch o f the national council of defense in charge o f county organization. A t Dayton, H. Lifford, engineer, .and James Hall, Rreman, were both injured when the locomotive they occupied was derailed and over­ turned, Baron JfCapltrn Nierde Barry, S3 years of age, 30 inches in height and weighing 32 pounds, registered with the county draft board at Spring- field. He Is a native of Austria-Hun­ gary. •Twelve men arrested' in a slacker raid at.E lyria were turned over tp federal authorities. Key. J. B. Resmtsa, former Presby­ terian minister at Findlay, has been commissioned first lieutenant and chaplain in the army. The birth rate in Ohio for the first six months of this year was more than 10 per cent higher than last year, according to figures given out by .Dr. J. E, Monger, state registrar of. vital statistics. Ohio’s birth rate irt 1916 was 21.9 births per 1,000 pop­ ulation; in 1917, 23.4 per 1,000, and the first six months of 1918, 24.1 per 1.000. After having been mourned as dead as -a result of a railroad acci­ dent in the west for several years, "Henry V. Chambers* 28, of Larue, Marion county, was killed in action In France July 28, 1918^ Condition o f,th » com crop in Ohio has decreased*! per cent, or a total estimated decrease in production of about 10,000,000 bushels, since Aug. 1* , according to the crop report fo f the ! state just Issued by the United States bureau of crop estimates. Ohio’s summer's crops, harvested on time, are now Safely in mill and barn. Not a grain was lost through . lack o f labor, the Ohio food admlnis- 1tration reported. Fresh reserves, consisting o f farm, women and help supplied by the federal employment service,, aided the farmers In saving the crops. j Colonel Thomas Duncan* command­ ant at Wilbur Wright armorers’ 1school at Dayton, has been ordered to Washington and may. leave soon ; for overseas duty. ’ Terming the liquor traffic -an ally o f the kaiser, the Ohio Anti-Saloon league, in its argument filed -with Secretary o f State Fulton for the state prohibition amendment, hplds Ohio owes it to its soldiers to banish this ally from the state* In contrast" with thf argument, filed by the wets,} that f, would uhfalr to vote the1 state dry while the m’ dieM are away - and unable to vote on the subject,1 J The best price for your eggs will be paid at Nagley’s, .'v?C. I V-V o’*-* Home. It's the word that xnpans most to all mortals. The appeal o f home is the strongest human tie. Man will face any foe ’ for home. Here is ah example o f the 'human yearning for home. It is a new picture from the battle-scarred western front In France. French peas­ ant Women are returning to their homes— under the very nose of Ger­ man guns* where the hateful Hun has been driven back by the allies’ big drives. W ith it all this, humble act is a lesson for America; in patience, humility and confidence. Eugene4V. Debs; charged with vio­ lation of the -espionage act, was sen­ tenced ’at Cleveland to 10 years- lu the MDuttdsville, W, Ya., penitentiary On each o f three .counts of the in­ dictment, by Federal Judge WOsten- haver. The sentences will r&n Con­ currently. a w r ifo t error to United BEREADY FOR SOLICITORS WITH YOURSUBSCRIPTION FOR LIBERTY BONDS Mrs. Myron T« Herrick, wife of "the former ambassador t< France,died at- Bar Harbor, Me., after a lingering Illness, the result o f overwork in Paris during the days o f the first, German invasion. Mrs." Herrlclt was' 80 yeays Oldr Buriat at Cleveland, a Mtonayy- i S,: forinpr seer Ho was a rest-; vhenoiected A meeting Was held in ' the ^ . ... , . mayor’s-office Wednesday evening to tl* prisoner. ", organize the township for the Fourth ■ . ^ Liberty Loan canvass, Solicitors will he appointed fox1 each school district and the corporation will be divided by streets. .These solicitors are giving, their time so when calllff upon bp ready with y ou r ' subscription ahd'Sofite^them'waitlng1 A card index system will be used, that every citizen • in the .county . dh::totmdmt hayingboughtor not. There is no why of escaping the solicitor or pUtting him off with out it , being known when you are checked up, .'v;-" ; : BuyL ibertv B onds >— — ■ ' AKhrtlie, Pickaway •County, contin­ ued wet when the village defeated jpeijd prqhibiUon by a vote of 126 to llftrin a Beal law election. William ji..* Conrad resigned as treasure r ,. o f Union county. Deputy TrOfiSuifer Frank GIlclirist “ was se­ lected to fill out the unexplred ‘term. Mr. Gonrad will, enter the banking business, : At; Newark* Otto Steinmeier and Fkank .Wagner wete" aeriously hurt when their auto turned over a 20 foot embankment, , Gfnclnnati policemen went on strike When their demand for in­ creased pay was ignored. They de- •mand an increase from 61,260 a year to 61.500. < Yeggmen. blow the, safe in the Gkl- lipolis1theater, securing about |40 in cash and several pieces o f jewelry. Bucyrus Ministerial -association elected Rev. C, L. BuerklO president and Rev, W. H. Miller secretary- treasurer for the ensuing year, L. 0. Gibson, 15* and his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Gowe* 46* Were" foUnd murdered ah their home at Norwalk. Their throats bad been cut, apparent­ ly with a razor, which was found on the floor covered with blood. Police' learned a stranger had been given hoard and lodging at the Gibson home earlier in the week, Four members o f the family o f ^J, M, Bowers o f Tiffin are critically ill as a result o f eating toadstools, mis* taken tor mushroom*. Food conservation in public eating places ia Ohio resulted in a total saving o f 8*226,224 pounds o f meat, 1,586,637* pounds o f sugar and 2,990*- 677 pounds of flour, according to a report submitted by Ben H. Harmon, state hotel representative on the staff of the Ohio food administrator, B, F. Bourne of Cleveland Will as­ sume the duties o f manager o f the lake division, Red Gross. lie is prom* leant in the iron and steel industry; ■ttisput# river tow ir of Bibri.' The exact location -of the original tower o f Babel has never been deter- mined—-the question has been disputed In almost as many tongues w resulted from that first unlucky attempt to build a skyscraper. Near the ancient city o f Babylon are two ruins, for each one ■o f Which l l Claimed {he honor. Gne is a crumbling pile o f stones and bricks on the banks o f the Ruphratoa, and the other the ruined tower known as Birs Mmnd* a few mile* south of the d t y ,. Birs Nimrud seewsto haveth# honors in the contest at th« prasont rime, the. majority o f IMbltol having thrown the weight o f their opinion in its favor," * ry o: home in Columbus flen t.of Scioto county OS secretary pf state Nov. 3,(1896. Monkeys and giraffes a t' the Cin­ cinnati zoo must do without sugar, unless the federal food administration overrules State Administrator Crox- ton, who holds here is hardly enough for human consumption, Tracy Thompson, Delaware lumber man, and bis three sons, Ralph, Law­ rence and George, registered for mili­ tary service, Sergeant Wilbur Boyd o f Marlon, wounded severely; was with General Pershing’s first division of regulars to be lauded on French soil. Ohio authorities have issued a call for volunteers to save the apple crop of the state. It Is announced that 300 apple pickers are needed at once. it the move is to succeed. Four men were killed ana several badly hurt when a freight struck, a railway motor car near Portsmouth. Twenty men were on the motor car. and many escaped by jumping. Those killed were: Mack Hibbs, Harden; Samuel Curtis, Harden; Dorris Weav­ er, Harden; Oscar Moore, Youngs­ town. Many fields of new clover seeding in Ohio are reported dead. The un­ usually dry season has been a con­ tributing cause* tbe Obio college o f agriculture reports. Governor Cox appealed to all em­ ployers to make claims for deferred, classifications for employes they re­ gard essential to their Industry or business, or see to it that the men themselves do so. He asked, further­ more, that registrants remain in oc­ cupations they now are in, whether war work or not, giving aSsuranco that every bona fide industrial or oc­ cupational claim* including agricul­ ture, will be given careful considera­ tion by district boards. Mrs. Lewis Newland, mother of five small children, was' shot and. instant­ ly killed at Washington C. H. by her son Dwight, aged 8. The woman just stepped into her home when the boy pointed the gun at her and snapped the trigger. He did not know the gun was loaded. William Wright, negro, slayer of Officer William J. ORourke at Co-, lumbus, will be electrocuted Sept. 20 unless Governor Cox intervefiOs, The supreme Court denied Wright’s appeal for a r'evibw. Taunted by ills companions because o f an Impediment in his speech, Earl K. Shoemaker, 13, Newark, killed himself with a shotgun. Arrival In England o f a special committee headed by Dr, W. O. Thompson,, president of Ohio State university, to study food production there and In Frafice And Italy* was announced by the department of agri­ culture. Authorities dosed more than a Score of wlnetOoms at Columbus. Director General McAdoo inspected railroad terminals and dock# atClsvS- land. Charles H. Baker, 46, machinist, was shot to death and his Companion robbed by two negroes at Columbus, The slayers escaped,. Colonel Benson W. Hough ha* heart wounded in the left elbow, -He la ift command o f the 186th regiment* for­ merly the old Fourth Ohio* now in Fratee, "When are the Presidents o f the Boards o f Education o f Greene Coun­ t y to be called together to eleqt a xnetmbdr. on the Greene County Board o f Education? This ques­ tion is uppermost in the minds o f many citizens o f Greene County just now. Possibly the time’ is inoppor­ tune? This important election is- called by the County Superintendent o f Schools and has always been called each year long ere this- What is wrong? Possibly the Kaiseristic wires are not properly pulled, to put . the thing across in accordance with the County Superintendent's, wishes therefore the delay. Draw a straigh line across the cen­ ter o f Greene County from Osborn to Bowersyille, and you will, find .every memb,er o f the Greene County Board o f Education to the north of" Hits line. Representative government* isn't it? Should it not be especially lit School affairs? Then what about the people to the south o f this, line,. oyer one- ■ half the county ? Have they no inter­ est in the schools o f the coufety? They have never had a single reprff- . tentative on the County Board of Education, Should not .at least two representative citizens south o f th is. ‘ so-called “Mason and Dixon's Line” - be given places on the:1County Board? Wouldn't that’ b e ' fa ir? Wouldn’t that be just? -Wouldn't that he the true American spirit? • When we are bending our . every nerve to make democracy safe.fqr the . world, let us get busy at home-and make it safe fo r Greene County. Let pll fair-minded citizens1 get busy righ now in assisting the good people o f south o f this line to" gain represen- - tation on this board at the coming election, or shall we stand id ly by and allow one man to saw through his .henchmen who shall be oh the ' board? Then-let1us hear once in a- - while, through th e , county newspa- ' pers what this board- is doing1 for the sjchools o f-th e county and how much" o f the taxpayers' money th ey " are spending on the so-callea^'SYS-1’ TEM.” We will then be able to judge Intelligently whether the “ System” is a paying proposition. ! - , I f we. a re required to .support the System* then let us get a big*, broad­ minded school man a t the head-of .it.. One who is broad along the lines p f . education, one who has a broad edu-. .cation and who is widening it b y attending courses in the foremost un­ iversities q f the land*, .and who .will firing » " t r "Iff! c d M t r r tW ' ad­ vance thought in the school world,. But first let us play fair" in this election which is to come* and give the Citizens o f the southern part o f our county a member.on the County Bortrd o f Education. " The meeting, is now Open. May We hear from News. you ?—‘Yellow Springs ■——< B uy L iberty B onds > L— . WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW Here is Sonic information that is helpful in reading the. war noWSs . An arihy corpse is 185,000 men. An infantry division is. 27*152 inerr, A brigade is 8,442 men. A regiment o f infantry is 3*755 men. ■ : ... , ,,-v. 1 A battalion is 1,026, men. A company is 256 men, A platoon is 60, men. A corporal's squad is 8 men. A field battery is 195 men. A firing squad is 20 men* A machine gun battalion has 768 men. ^ An engineers regiment has1 1,666 men. An ambulance comqany has 91 men A field hospital has 65 men. ' A medical detachment has 56 men A major general heads the field army and also each army corps, A brigadier general heads each in­ fantry brigade. A colonel heads each regiment, A lieutenant colonel is next in rank below a colonel. A major.heads a battalion, A captain heads a company. A lieutenant heads a platoon. . A sergeant is next below a lieuten­ ant. A corporal is a squad officer. •—>-< 6 uy L ibertv B onds — WILL ENTERTAIN THE BANKERS &rath Charlesterf is always noted fo r its hospitality, Probably it was fo r this reason tout the Group Five o f the Ohio Bankers' Association de­ cided to hold their meeting in our neighboring town, With Foster Hous­ ton and the Rankin Brothers to head the reception committee the banker# are going to have a grand time when they meet* October 17* -<^uvUBiaTvfeOTbs"V- ^ NOTICE > 1 have a complete criam station builFon truckand will be at the B« H, Little grocery on Tuesday of eachweek* where I will take care of your cream, test it and pay for it hi -money(not cheeks), Highest •market price paid for tom** Honesty and courtesy ourMotto, J* A. LONG GO. Per H, P. Botbart UftfcwitCity, tiwL P» S. Butter fat this week66c, ».London Ohio Home Hoar at Nag- toy'#.* . . Among other good eeffiee we hat* # frtohablpawnt of RadBfcfti «* Nif- l e r i . ' ■ •;V,iriWi-toW^b'HUitXAiiiafe-i* ♦ \