The Cedarville Herald, Volume 41, Numbers 27-52

% 'G e d a m % e r d d , FO R TY -F IR ST Y E A lt NO , 42 . CEDARV ILLE , OHIO , )AY , OCTOBER 18, 1918 PR ICE , $1 .60 A YEAR -rstfCs BURKSSELF WHILEIHTOXUTED t Policy Ch*ractar Again Causes Of­ ficer* Trouble- and Is Put To Sleep By Use of Headache Stick. Prank Jeffries, better known about town as'Peg Heg, filled up on. bad liquor last Saturday and started out to clean up the town. As a result he was landed in Jail after having beep felled hy Fred Kenndn, who was * a Special officer on duty since Mar­ shal McLean resigned. Peg Leg was up only a few weeks ago and faced a fine in mayor's court, . He has a long police .record here and a t the workhouse where he Was re­ garded as a .bad man, When intoxi­ cated he becomes crazy and puts Up a bad fight. Having this reputation the' officers- when ■ they attempt to take him usually are compelled. to handle him rough. More than •onto ~ his .dome has felt the downward pressure of the headache stick, Jeffries started his trouble on Ce- dar'street near the home of the Edit- . «V against whom-he had a griev­ ance following ,a report of his last arrest. There being no one a t borne a t the time the fellow vent his spleen on the neighborhood and rather than put up with his vile language an officer was called, * Peed Kennon had been deputised by Mayor McFarland fo r such cases, and with .the assistance of Dave Tay­ lor, the Selfstyled had man was taken to the jail. Bather than be put in Jeffries resisted* and struck Kennon a blow on. the jaw. Under the se- ducing influence, of the officer's club Jeffries and his' bad whiskey was landed in the cell to await, the t e r ­ mination of what h e might term a . “perfect day.** Dr. J. Q. Stewart, Who -was called, to dress the prisoner's scalp wound caused by the'club, found it necessary to give medicine to produce sleep to -get him- quiet. • , - - ' Jeffries was le ft alone in his cell - and-had lighted a cigarette. This with ' the whiskey, the effect of the officer's' club and the medicine sent him over' into “rio man's land,” • About I I o'clock Mayor McFar­ land, J. W. Johnson and J , "W. Boss Went to the mayor's office bn" a bftsi- ■nes*,mission not thinking of the pm -, <£h£r. 'When they entered the'build­ ing they detected smoke and upon investigation went to the jail room. ..H ere they found the smoke so dense they coufd not enter. ' -They discov­ ered tha t the bedding ip Jeffrie's 'cell was afire. A call was sent for Kennon and the burning bed clothing Was carried out. No investigation , ‘was made of the prisoner who was placed on another bed. He had not come from under his heavy sleep 'and knew nothing of the fife a t the 'time. The room is not well lighted and the men.,did not discover that 'Jeffries had been, burned. Early Sabbath morning neighbors Were aroused by his cries and Lloyd Uonfarr and M. C, Nagley investigat­ ed. They found he had been’badly burned and Dr. SteWart was called. I t Was foiind that hie left hand Was terribly burned, so much so that the fingers were all drawn and the flesh from two burned to the bone, The tigh t arm from the elbow up was burned u n til,the blood Was seeping out. The lower part of the right arm 'and hand had swollen until it was Useless. The fellow- suffered intense pain when, he began to sober and on Monday was taken to the St, Eliza­ beth hospital in Dayton, ——Buy MORE Bonds -*— * WILL SELL RESTAURANT. Mr, and Mrs, G. H. Smith, who have conducted th e Cedar Inn will retire from business on Saturday, Oct. 26 a t which time they will sell their restaurant fixtures and a large amount of household goods, STOLEN AUTO TIRES CAUSE AN INVESTIGATION iJTHOF 0 , E. Bradfute had a new auto tire stolen from his Ford car last Thurs­ day evening, J. V, Tarr had a sim­ ilar experience while his machine had been left a t the Murdock garage. A search warrant was Issued be­ fore Justice Jackson and John Boss deputized to search John Jones house. This was done but nothing could be found. . " I t was learned that John. Spencer had' endeavored to sell a new tire a t pa te home a t 1:30 Saturday afternoon, the . Murdock garage la'st 'Saturday. Friends may yiew the remains from John upon being questioned geve*out 10 to 12, Saturday morning. •little information until >a. warrant j ________ ' ’ was issued for his a rre s t John claimed th a t he found a new tire on North Main street and sold it to John Jones. This was denied by Jones, The Bradfute tire is still mis- j Resources of Ohio state and private The tire from the Tarr machine, banks were only $7,OO0jKK) short of We regret to report the death of our esteemed citizen, Mr. John M, Tarbox which took place last evening. The deceased was in Ms eighty-ninth year and lingered several weeks following a paralytic stroke. The funeral will he private .and will be held from his e-awe* • • • • • • • • • • « * mw • • a ;OHIOGLEANINGS; • • » • • • • * • • • * • # * * • • • • » • a ** 4 . FARM AND F I Ohio has 5,000 operation, against *1; 2,000 a year age, ■ state secretary of expects to have Mai make a survey to e t number. NOTES. tractors in , ’ more than jN, E . Shaw, ilture, He top reporters in the exact A farm sale of Cxgaordinary im­ portance is that of T im e r and Pauli, on Thursday, October**!. This is a closing out sale of partnership. stock, as Mr, Turner has paarhased a farm and the business mp>t-be closed. Horses, fa t Cattle a n # hogs, as well as a great quantitylof grain and some farm implements will be sold. CEDARVILLE WINS T K \ was purchased from the Murdock, garage and could be traced by "the number on it. Investigation showed that Jones had the tite. He gave several excuses as to how he secured the, tire, even, claiming that i t was on old one he .had had come time. the ft.OGOjOOO.ftOO. mark Aug, .31, the highest they have ever been, .accords tag ' to ".State Bank Superintendent Berg. The exact iigute.Was $&93t,« 003,119, ^ tacrease o l more than $20,000,OOP since June 29. , • Securities Commissioner P. A. Tuesday morning .Jones and Spen-| Berry reports that ,the operation of cer were taken before Justice Jack- son when a. settlement was made, I t it said Jones settled with Mr. Brad- fute’ for his tire and also made prev­ ious settlement with the Murdock garage which had reimbursed Mr. Tarr for his loss. Jones also paid the costs in the case. V •" ■ K Buy l I berty O onds ^ ----- OSCAR SATTERFIELD SAYS. —HE HAS NO POLICE ASPIRATIONS Published reports of a recent ar­ rest of a bad character here, which required the assistance of an extra official,' Credited Oscar Satterfield as the second man who-had p a rt in the heavy work. Oscar has now risen to a point of order and says th a t .the duties of a 'policeman are ' f a r from his thoughts and that if a man by his name -took part in the' arrest, i t was no t him but his “double” if there be on?. Oscar's' greatest concern Is tha t the draft board may learn of his reputation, as “pojjpeman” and he yet be subject to the draft. Fearing that' Ms age might no t keep him out he wants no credit- that might prove*Ms Physical ability to fight the Kaiser, Nevertheless i f he -has to ^3*e*r will do his part, hu t h e says he" has two bosom companions, George Shrpades and- Hugh Stormont, will also have to. don the uniform, and that they cannot longer fake on theix* ages. ------Buy MORE B o n d s ------- GASLESS SUNDAY'S, YES-NO. One day you read th a t we have lad our last gasless Sunday, the next that the ban will never be lifted this fall. Nothing authentic has yet been given the public by Washington au­ thorities* The original order was for twelve Sundays, which' would run in­ to bad- weather. - Thosffwho seem to know something of the gasoline sit­ uation say the ban will not be lifted before that time. The automobile clubs have been endeavoring to urge the department, to adopt the card system for each auto owner but “Of­ ficial Washington” is hard to move. ■—~< B uy L iberty 66 hds ~>—— OYSTERS WILL BE SCARCE. W® a re to have few oysters this winter, if reports from the East are true. I t is said that most of the great oyster beds are located near cities that have ship building yards and tha t men who have fo r years gathered the oysters have taken up this work and gone to the companies building government ships. The Wages of the sMp builders is from $10 to $12 a day, which is more than the oyster companies can pay. {{VoR maybe tod * young or too old to go to war, but your dollars are not. Enlist them now-in the Fourth L i b e r t y Loan and let them fight for you.” —Frank B. fall!* at Cincinnati on tha Open* tag day of tha Liberty 'Loan' drlvo. the blue sky law has been very .suc­ cessful during the past year; satisfy­ ing promoters of legitimate enter­ prises and putting a Btop to promo­ tion of millions of dollars, of swin­ dling schemes,* George 1*. Corbett, S3,. New Phila­ delphia, died from injuries received in a wreck. '• National dairy show lias been opened at Columbus with a large number of exhibits- „ Because further investigation of their crime hy the state board .of clemency is desirable, Governor Cox reprieved -until Dec. 6 George ■W.v Baker and Paolino P&nattoni. Ports­ mouth murderers, sentenced to die a t the penitentiary. Large oil derrick on, the New York Coal company land near Shawnee burned to the ground, together with the power house and several other small buildings, - Riley Shue of Dayton, right guard on Miami university .football team, died of pneumonia; War work in four Columbus plants' is being delayed by a strike of ma­ chinists for an eight-hour day, Rev. O. T, Swigert of Morral was elected" president and Rev- Mr. Bagby of Delaware, secretary-treasurer of the Marion. Baptist ministerial con­ ference a t Prospect. ■ Ohio -Communities' unable to cope Jk» 4njln)ta^,;#pC#i«»le furnished emergency, medical and. nursing relief - through the United. States public health service. Gov­ ernor Cox and state health officials Issued statements to the public, in which they urge'd vigilance, but not hysteria, in coping with the epidemic. Rev; R, Lohn leaves the Methodist Episcopal church a t Lakeside for 'a pastorate a t Warsaw. Rtv. H. B. Allen of Warsaw goes to Port Clin­ ton. Rejected when he tried to enlist at Youngstown, J. Howard Lloyd Joined the Canadian forces and was killed in action. ' Thirty doctors . and nurses were sent from Canton, to fight influenza a t Camp Taylor, Ky,_ Robert David, 8, Xenia, was acci­ dentally shot in the head by-a play­ mate and may die. • Three children,’ two hoys, 6 and 5 years old. and a girl, 7, the children of Joseph Brozd, are dead a t Wind­ sor; Ashtabula county, as the result of eating toadstools. Three other younger children and their mother were made seriously ill, Chlllicothe board of health ordered all schools, churches,’ lodges, clubs and movies closed following reports of 100 cases of what, physicians diag­ nosed as influehza In that city. Strike of 60 plumbera and steam fitters -d the government nitrates plant a t Toledo threatens to tie up all work a t the institution. The men demand a wage increase. In State Auditor Donahey's family of 12, Mrs, Dottahey is the only one not suffering with Influenza, It is said. With the program completed, the state convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance association, scheduled-for Oct. 15-18 at Cincinnati, has been postponed on account of the influenza epidemic. Twenty-five houses will be built by the Bucyrus Builders company, backed by Bucyrus Manufacturers’ association, for the Ohio Steel Foun­ dry and Machine company. Miss Lilali Miller resigned as head of the Sandusky Girl Scout troop, With only a few deaths out of 3;000 cases of influenza in Fayette oounty, the epidemic is on'the wane. Mrs, Henry S. Willard, Jr., 35, wife of one of the owners of the Milton iron furnaces a t Wellston, died of influenza. ' Private Ambres Sandrbwsko has been found guilty at Camp Sherman of willfully disobeying orders ahd sentenced to five years in the United States disciplinary barracks a t Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Private Hiram C, Mayne was found guilty of deser­ tion and sentenced to eight years in Fort Leavenworth. Because of the spread of influenza In Ohio, four llberty loan meetings at which Governor Cox was to speak this week have been called off. The dates a t Hillsboro, Greenfield, Colum­ bus Grove and Kenton ‘will not be filled,. Foreclosure of a mortgage of the New York Trust company of New York *hd sale of the property of the Cincinnati, Findlay and Fort Wayne Railway company was ordered by Federal Judge Hollister a t Cincin­ nati. The snto is to bo held on the premises of the cbmpany a t Findlay, on or about Nov-15. We notice of late ers in having public advertise whether . been immuned or note have heard of a f t purchase .a hog b< immuned. If ia the against ill health, and ’pulsory. . 'r many farm* are free to hogs have |We never, yet ■refusing to i t had been st insurance muld be com- Thct estimated rye in this state is', ejs per acre. Sp ring^ , was 2L.5; oats 44. h\mv while winter .wheat fR,] bushels per acre. ge yield of i a t 17 bush- heat average els' per acre, I placed a t 19 £ Farmers just a t: tins time are watching the hog mh&et which has declined for several %ys back. An interesting story ia to tf us by a large buyer o f dressed snoot, relative to this decline- For, seVjsral weeks the Chicago packing hou^q crowd forced the market to a ti6W record price, knowing th a t their contracts with the government would., expire soon- It would then be an easy -m atter to force the price up on the government which was the largest buyer, owing to ,the shipments abroad for the sol­ diers, But the government refused to buy on the high market and in- }formed the packers that ithey alone were responsible far" the inflated price and th a t unless,'contracts were renewed on the old basis the plants would be taken oven The packers were also told not,do force the mar­ ket lower than fiftjl eents a t any one time until the' eta $15.50 level was reached upon which the old con­ tract whs based. Today we see hogs 'near thfe price and t& claim is that it will hot be any higher, fo r the packer* realize there2fe.no. chance of changing the govertamtat price. Cat­ tle prices will lifca^sfey up as the government will j o t , .take anything nnder.600 ' * about as muciT team, sis the heavier beef. I t is said that the finest grade of beef is being dressed for the army : and navy, and nothing else wilt pass inspection. For this reason the sec­ ond grade is found In the retell mar­ kets. ' \ ■ , . , k- Clemans, who recently bought the McMillan farm of 140 acres on the Columbus pike and sold it to Urbana parties again sold the farai this week to Mr. James A. Mc­ Millan. . They had ' purchased the property owned by Miss Anna Brad­ fute on Cedar street and had ex­ pected to move to town this fall but Will remain on the farm. ------Buy MORE Bonds------- ——- Buy MORE Btirtds------ , O R D IN A N C E N O . »7. An ordinance to Issue .certificates of indebtedness of the Village of Cedarville, Ohio, In the Sum of Twenty-Eight Hun­ dred and Twenty-Five ($2(25), In antici­ pation of the General Revenue Fund, for the purpose of meeting-a deficiency la th e Public Safety Fund, said deficiency being due to the necessary purchase of certain fire lighting equipment, BE IT ORDAINED BV THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF CEDARVILLE, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That It be and; hereby la- determined by the said Council of the said Village of Cedarville, Ohio, to borrow money and isshe certificates of indebted­ ness therefor, In anticipation of the Gen­ eral Revenue Fund of-.sald village, in the sum of Twenty-Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars .($28*6.00), and for the purpose of meeting a. deficiency In the Public Safety Fund of said Village, said deficiency being -due to the necessary purehaso of certain fire fighting equip­ ment heretofore purchased by said Vil­ lage, in order to prevent if possible fur­ ther disastrous fires in said Village, said purchase having been determined by Council to be necessary for the- Public Safety of said Village. . ; Section 2. Said certificates of Indebted­ ness shall be Five (5) in number, num­ bers One (1) to Four (4) inclusive, being In the sum of Five Hundred Dollar* ($500.00) each, Ahd. number Five (S) being In the sum of Eight Hundred and Twta- ty-Flve Dollars ($825.00). Said certifi­ cates of indebtedness shall be dated, shall hear internet a t the rata of .six ■($) per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be payable a t the office of the Clerk of the said Village of Cedarvllle, Ohio, and shall be.due in Six (6) Months after their date. , u . , „ , . . . . . . Section 9. The Mayor and Village Clerk are, hereby authorized and directed to )s- miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiHiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiHimimiimimimiiiBiimr I LOOK! I * A m * S ' £= [C a s h a n d C a r r y | .Cedarville townaMp has the honor of being the first in the county to teach its quota o£ the Fourth' Liberty Bond issue. Last Friday Chairman O, L, Smith announced that we had reached- $100,000 wihle our quote was hu t $97’S0p. ,Yhe count; and Jud{ to repoi the campaign Saturday - night. The quota fo r tee county is $850,000. Mflk, dozen can s . . ........................................... .. .60c DelmonteLemon Cling Peaches per doz, cans..,$4.00 Crisco per lb , .............. ........................ ^. . * . . . .30c Teco Pan Cake Flour 3 P k g s,... ......................29c A New Supply of Mother’s Aluminum Oats A -5 i m 500 GREENE COUNTY BOYS NOW IN FRANCE :The' Greene County Draft Board h is given out information that this county .now has 50.0 ,boys in. France in the service of their country. -The b6ys abroad will get many remem­ brances for Christmas this, year and the govern, aent. is urging prepara­ tion now. Transportation and dis­ tribution to two million. soldiers is quite a task and for ibis xteson tee lim it for any soldier is three ,pounds. ----- Buy MORE Bonds*— WINNING THE GOAL. fW. W.TroaleGroceryCo.j C ed a r v ille , O h io j§ iiiimiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiimT trive one o r more ,(to this fund and* thereby advance the'cause of your College and the Kingdom of Christ ah well as -that of your country? Give your ’contribution payable to Cedarville" College to the under­ signed. ) Yours sincerely, W. B. McChesney. :f----- -Buy MORE Bonds------ B u Y liB E m v P o n d s > —- - - . AWAY FROM SICK. niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiilHiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiititiifti [Liberty Piitiip Shop! (■ ..ThishSmet, Impsoutrain kaepsoutdir"' A few 'weeks ago I asked the friends of the College through the 'Herald for 40 scholarships o f $40 each fo r Cedarville College for the cbming year* A t this date I have received 25 scholarships, mpre than hjalf of the number needed. There, are just 151mote to be raised. Will ,ybu give one of these? 1 , Remember, too, that every Liberty Bond given the College or W ar Sav­ ings Stamps goes into ten fund fo r opr Bible chair. . Four persons Rave contributed $750 in Liberty Bonds. rt- - - • ’ "* T”—•*“ Bond tela _ . „ . 0 ff Call be used on any old tower. Also agents for . milt ^ !?«!**' >.BV lyers E pumps. . Unless it is absolutely necessary ekeryone is urged to stay away from those who .have the influenza. Much of this disease is spread in ‘this way ahd as proof that it is contagious notice the number of cases contracted by those who have waited upon the sick. Unless you have a strong con­ stitution you owe i t - t o yourself to guard against such exposure. ——*Buy MORE Bonds —— DEPUTY CLERK DEAD. Charles A. Davis, deputy clerk of court, died Sabbath and was buried item the home of Mr, and Mrs. J. P. Chew in Xenia, Tuesday after­ noon. Mr. Davis has been suffering with a complication of diseases for several months. He served for sev­ eral years as deputy Probate ^udge Under Judge Marcus Shoup and later under Judge Charles Howard. Mr. Davis was an efficient county official find had a host of friends, ' W.J. DAILEY I NW'-. I • ' . ' .J g ■ TiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitimniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiminiifF No Needles to Change Flays Any Record _ Be 8ure>to see aadjhear the|machiQe be­ fore miking a ‘purchase. Machine glad- ly neat on Approval. Galloway & Cherry II E . Main S t . , Xan ia , O . T Y R OU R JOB PR INT ING porate seal of the said Village of COfisr- vllle, Ohio, Section i. That the fund* derived from the Issuance ahd sale of wild certificate* of indebtedness; shall bn placed by the Village Clerk to the credit of the Public safety Fund of said village, and shall be used for the purpose of meeting said de­ ficiency in Said fund as aforesaid. Section 5, This, ordinance shall take effect and be in force from after the ear­ liest period allowed by law. , ' Passed this 7th day of October, 1918. d . h . M c F a r la n d , Mayor of the Village of Cedarville, Ohio, ■ (SEAL) . _ u Attest: J W. JOHNSON. Clerk of the Village Of Cedarville, Ohld. NO T IC E . To the Elector* of the Village of CMar- vllle, Ohio: , ^ .>■ The electors of the Village of Cedarville, Ohio, are hereby notified that a t the Gen­ eral Election, to, be held Tuesday, Novem-. her 5, 1919, i t the usual voting piAoe in said village, or suon other pt&c* as may be hereafter designated according,to law, for the holding of «aid General Election, and during the hours on said day th a t said election polls shall ba Open aa re­ quired by law, there will be submitted to said electors the question of an additional Annual tax levy of two (2) min*, for a period of fiv* (*) year*, beginning Jan­ uary 1, 1919, for the purpose of creating a fund, from whtch to pny the expense Of light In* hy electricity,' the streets of the csnlrt Village of Cedarville, Chin, >T. W . JOHNSON, Clerk of th* Village of CedarvURr, Ohio. A Message of Special Importance to Every Man and Boy T Y / U C M you buy clothe* «te that they’re good—worth the price. Rcmemher W O JC L iN clothe* can be priced high »nd yet not good enough quality for the price, ' These are times when a store** popularity for squareness is the safest place to trade guess none standi higher in Dayton then this store. Whet do -you think about it? THESURPRISESTORE E . C . H I L B . Store Clo... 6 P. M. S*turd*y,. D A Y TO N , O H IO 20-30 E . T M r d lk W tfah ri $ , Ik f), OteoH SfcMftpS M