The Cedarville Herald, Volume 42, Numbers 1-26

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George Myers, army sergeant, husband of Miss Blanch Turnbull, last week jumped from the society columns of the hews papers to the , first page and being atfarmy deserter, biganiiat, and alleged .-violator pf the white-slave act and' watned for robbery, stands a fair chance of getting into the police column ' ■ Myers, who seems to have all the earmarks of a genuine crook, has pushed Nat Goodwin o ff the hoards for getting wives and certainly can become a successor o f the late .BrigmamYoung, For looks he Was far-from a Douglass Fairbanks, but as a love maker and winning he is on par With James K .Hackett., I f Jack London were living he C0Uld find the ground Work here for a true western thriller with love, adventure and the hold-up-roan. A fortune,for a screen melodrama as taken from real life, George Myers"first came to the attention o f Cedarville society last - • {September, Labor Day, when he and. a company, of unknown soldiers from Wilberforce were invited to the home o f Mrs. Charles G. Turn- hull. The hostess had a number of prominent girls to assist in enter­ taining Uncle Sam's boys and it was here that George met, wooed and Wop the heart of her daughter, -Blanch, after a courtship of 11 days. George was not superstitious as to marrying Friday, the 13th , The ceremony was performed on Friday, September.13 at the hpme o f Dr. Joseph Kyle in Xenia. After a short wedding trip the couple . returned andwere received nt the home o f the parents. Later a rec­ eption in their honorswas given at which a large number of friends and neighbors attended".. The bride is a member of the high school faculty and has continued her teaching-while the Sergeant was stationd at Wilberforce and at Fort Benjamip Harrison. ’• GeorgewantCdtodo it so the widow let him marry her for$60Q LoVe nevdff shown brighter thah during thB brief marrige life of the- two from all outward appearances but it seems that George overplay­ ed his game and took On another wife at .Louisville, Ky«, on Monday, February 3; when he maned a yoUng widow whom be met at Ft. Ben - where she w tiss Red Cross nurse,, * In the Kentucky city George marries Mra. Beasley at 8 o’clock in the morning, the ceremony being performed by. Rev, 0 , L,.Curl, o f the First M. E, church. He left his bride at a hpiebdor a moment but not until he had secured heruffiOO, all th, esavjing^w Jhad f or herself 'gnd mO a n o ^ ^ ^m ln Xenia late that night whScebis local w?fe,mefc him at a late train. .He had previously telegraphed that he would arrive in civilian clothes, although, he was married in his uniform. He' o f Course seiit joy into the heart o f his wife when he told her that he had been mustered out of the service. * Wednesday moming Myers left for Louisville and St. Louis to meet hit former employer to start on new territory as a salesman and in­ formed his local bride that he would return in about sixty days and then take her west with him. He was accompanied by his wife to the Station where the fOnd and affectionate farewell took place. Ip the meantime Louisville papers were deceived here by Mrs. Min­ nie Wooten r who. was the guest of her sister, Mrs, Charles Turner. The Tuesday Louisville papers told o f the marriage o f a George Myers to Mrs. Beaafcy and abacouhding with $GQQ o f her money. * Herald let a.good story slip by for our last issue The Herald was given the tap but thinking that there was a poaibil- ity of more than one. George Myers in the country, awaitedmote def­ inite, information.- Just as our"issue was off the press We were shown another Louisville paper which had the picture o f Myers, and it was a perfect likeness, one that could not be denied. This picture came from pne o f his woman'victims. - -» ' ■ • . -' ■ *»•* - • „ This news began to circulate about the village and friends broke the information to his wife at the home*' of Mr. M. W. Collins. The wife identified the picture as that o f her husband but hoped for the best that some mistake had been made. It was not long before the wires were hot seeking information relative to the case and before Saturday passed all were convinced that an act of bigamy had been committed, Wife discovers that George graduated form pen; not university Saturday night Mrs. Myers,' accompanied by Miss Ann& Collins, le ft for Evansville to satisfy herself and investigate some of her hus­ band’s relatives that were supposed to reside in that city. It is said . the ladies tfm d all that was necessary to prove that the man had no standing and was even a jail bird having served, two terms in the pen­ itentiary. The Herald has gained some information from various newspaper sources in Indianopolis, Evansville and Louisville that tends to prove that Myers has quite a reputation and has been mixed in a number fo just such cases, having been married a number o f times, reports in­ dicating that he may have been married a half dozen times before he took the last venture in Louisville. He seemed to have a mania for marrying women fo r their money. Myers has had no business connection as he reported neither was he graduated from various colleges. ,Hia tailor trade was Acquired while serving prison terms. He lmd promised Mrs. Beasley that after their marriage they Would go fo Omaha where he wOuld open a fine tailor -establishment As late as last December Myers endeavored to force his attentions on a prominent Evansville lady hhd called at her home, but through the efforts of her brother his intentions were frustrated. He had of course khowii of this1 family and written to this lady seeking ?rres- pondefiCe for a lonely soldier from New Yoyk City. The family had no idea that Myers came from the slums of their own city, White in mother city Myers made the acquaintance Of a lady and after securing her $150 diamond Ting disappeared through a restaur­ ant and the authorities haye not been able to apprehend him. Last Tuesday Myers parade? the streets here dressed in swell suit o f clothes, seal-skin collar on overcoat, silk valours hat, fancy shoes o f white tops. He viiifed a number o f places and wherever he went was quite talkative, never overlooking ‘the opportunity o f passing a goqd word for his wife, always speaking o f her in the most affection­ ate terms. We also learn that George had a supply of liquor about his person which may account for his friendliness. * Myers never created much impression about town until the day pre­ vious to hi4 departure , His appearance o f dress caused some com­ ment but most men quickly passed judgment from the time he Was in-' traduced into society. He could not look men squarely in the face dur­ ing conservation, no doubt reserving his talent in this respect fo r his feminine friends and numerous wives. So fa r as we can learn but few women- here have ever fallen a victim of George’s winsome ways al­ though he made the beet o f every opportunity; At, a recent high school gathering Myers exercised' considerable liberty by way o f indaeorete acts before the students, Five Start in Speakers] £ I 3&FES& m n t-tr • Speculation ts rife as to who will be the next sp#*lte of representative* of edngress. It |s a certainty that Republican as that party now rules the lower house, son la expected home from Europe the third week h r will call a. special session o f congress early in March - to get important war legislation through. Champ Clarf the present speaker, will be the Democratic candid#* Illinois; Longworfh and Fess. o f Ohio, and Gillett, o f „ are Republican candidates. Mann and Longworth are^ chance. Fess and Glllett are leading but a possibles may show up at the last moment to grab offthe plum*’ LARK ithe house will be a itdent Wil- aaty. He he attempt’ f Missouri, Mann. At schusettx,. JedUttle horse” # ' * -; "George appears saintly at thcchurch alter; imprcssedfjateister Having done society Myers topped his career here wmte hef joined the United Presbytrian church about two months ago, hijslwxfe stand- * ing before the alter with him in the presence o f the Iftpgtegation while the rites were-performed by Rev, J. H. Henderson JfBetlbroolc, who was occupying the pulpit that day. [It is statd that?m R e y . Hen­ derson was so greatly impressed with the appearance l l b f c e young army officer and his sinesacnees that the subjeet was djgfMgj&wlth prominent church leaders following the services,' It is stated that his father-in-law, Mr. C. G. Turnbull*MB never im­ pressed with the Blue-beard and at times family affairs sinned alwbsfc at the breaking point. It is said that Myers was in need ramohey hut Mr. TurnbplLcould not be influenced to h a v e a fin«ocl8 ffo tereat in him, nor could he he influenced to.sell^his farm to entum^parituer- ship business in some city. ' V - ’ ' '* Wife says that George was honest In money mattereffipth her * From'surface indications the young wifh financed tew jk as far as she could go and had the support o f the mpthari who proud , o f her. army son-in-law. The Herald has b e e a ^ fora >, back money she gave him. Myers cut a wide swath about Xenia in the Turnbull touring car. He had many joy rides with army officers and at times was seen in com- * papy with other .women according to reports, , He introduced himself to a prominent Jewish- family in XeniU and 11 was entertained as-is the custom ofthese people, Yet from all we can* learn he Was no more o f a Jew than an Arab, Mr. Turnbull left Saturday night for Indianapolis apd other Indiana points seeking some trace of the mqn that had brought disgrace on his daughter, t '■« ' • Previous to the6marriage of Miss Turnbull if is stated that she in­ vestigated her intended husband through persons unknown to her and now believed to be palls o f Myers. % The Turnbull auto has of late been kept in a garage in Xenia where . Myere had access to it, It is generally supposed that*, he came back ’■this time to get the car and probably dispose of it for he had informed ’ his Lousivilie wife, that he had a six cylinder car in Indianapolis, It so happened that the car was out o f commission and had not been re- paired on schedule time, • . * . HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT TRACTORS ’ Tractor School to Help AII Who are Interested in Power Farming. A tractor school is to be held in the County Court House at Xenia, Feb. 37 and 20. The Greene County Hard­ ware Co. is furnishing a tractor and other equipment to be used at this school. This is a rare opportunity for trac­ tor’ owners and all who are interested in farm power. You will get some val­ uable first-hand information on trac­ tors. A tractor is not a complicated machine hut "there are % great many more things to know about a tractor than some ordinary farm machines. If the owner is to keep the tractor running properly he should under­ stand it thoroughly. It is very import ant that alt tractors are kept in good condition, especially it that true this year, . I f the operator understands his trac­ tor, he will be able to prevent many troubles. He will also be able to get more power from his fuel and to keep the tractor running the maximum number of hours. It is to the advan­ tage of the tractor Owner to attend the tractor School and learn about the underlying principles of tractor con­ struction and all the little tricks in tractor operation and care. The tractor school to he held by the International Harvester Company will be thoroughly practical in every way. The instructors are men who have been handling tractors for a number o f years and not only know tractors from the standpoint o f theory but have operated them and can give you the benefit of their practical exper­ ience. Come prepared to ask questions. YoU are invited to put your problems tupto the instructors and we aaure you they HIGH SPOTS IN THE LIFE OF GEORGE * MYERS. ALONZO JEFFRIE WRITES LETTS RFROM GERMANY. Served 2 terms in the penitentiary,, Come from a family o f the levy dis- . trict In Evansville, Ind Never had business connections in Vew York City and Chicago. Learned tailor trade in penitentiary. Deserted from the army and is now ranted by Federal officers. Has had seven wives o f which Miss Ilanch Turnbull was said to be No, 0. -Has divorced wife and ren in East St. Louis. Triedrto force his Tomincet Evansville ist December, Saturday, Jan, 4th, 1910* Dear Mother:- I am taking great pleasure in writing you this letter to let you know I am well and still alive- I shopld have written more often but while the war was going on I was very careless in that respect. Since I left home I have sure seen a part e f the world and none o f it looks as good as the U. S. I have been in three chit-! France while the fighting lasted and j from there I went to Luxemberg and Married Miss Turnbull on Friday, opt. 13, after a courtship o f 11 days. Sergeant in the army. Stationed at ort Benjamin HarriBon and Wilbsr- irce University. Marries Mrar Beasley, Red Cros$ urse on Monday, Feb, 3. .Leaves her t hotel .and departs with $600 in cash. Telegraphy wife No. 6 to meet him j Xeniar Monday night, Feb. 3 that e would arive in citizens clothes, " Leaves Cedarville, Wednesday, Feb, for Louisville and St, Louis on ytip- osed business trip. Entertained in’ prominent Jewish amily in Xenia recently as a Jew. - Used TurnbifU automobile to joy ■Idearmy- officers and lady friends. Robbed a lady friend in western city •f $130 diamond ring, disappearing hrough a restaurant. Joined local U. P. church about two nonths ago. Endeavored to get ^father-in-law to tell his farm to engage in business . vjth him. \ , Paraded streets here Tuesday, Feb. .1 dressed in City fashion with bottle i f liquor in, pocket. Believed to have secured money from wife •and mother-in-law before leaving.- ’ , t Represented that he was graduate of Chicago Polytechnic School and al> 50 »£~Iiftfiana University, Furnished, bride own recommenda­ tions previous to marriage as to his standing. 1 > attentions on a ; Stayed there two weeks and then we girl as late a s started for Germany’where I am at ** the present time. MAYOR COREY OF CLIFTON : .DIED FRIDAY MORNING. Edward C.*Corey, prominent, retir­ ed farmer, mayor of Clifton,' died, at hly home last 'Friday .morning- He suffered a hemorrhage o f the' kidneys. The deceased was 69 years o f age and Was horn'In New Hampshire,’coming ! wax tied to Miss Cosmelia .Bailors o f Rei­ ms in lfi74, and~ she survives with three' children. Frauk of Selma, Mrs. Clark Crabill o f Springfield and Miss Mae at home., The deceased was a member o f the Clifton U, P, church and a man well respected in his com­ munity.' The funeral services were held from the late home at 1:30 Mon­ day afternoon; Rev. McKibben and Rev. McKinney, pastors respectfully o f th e U, F. and Presbyterian churches in Clifton. Burial took place in the Clifton cemetery. . ' will be in a‘ position to be o f help. It might be a good plan for you to make a list of the things you want to know about your tractor and have them ready at the tractor school* Time may not permit answering all the questions but they will be answered by corres­ pondence o f the information will be "given you in the form Of a book. Ev* erypossible effort will be made to give the tractor owners the information {that will help them, i The Company has prepared a book \ covering the principles of conatrqc- ' tion, care and operation o f tractors, ' and all who attend the chCool will re­ ceive copy o f this book free o f charge. It deals With the points-of discussion that will be brought up at the school and will be' o f special advantage to the men $ho attend because they cab Study it after they have .gone back home. AvthOritieS say that this book is the best on on tractors now in print The tr:.ctor school Will be absolute­ ly free to all who care to atend. There will be ho fees or charges for any o f the instruction. All material will be furnished rfee. There Will be nothing offered for sale apd there will be no telling talks. The school is conducted purely for the benefit 6t those interes* ted in power farming. If you cannot attend, be sure and hve the man or boy attend who operates your tractor. Every owner of a tractor or engine is invited to atend this school. Make your plans now so that you cab spar# the time to be at the school. It will be worth your while. , Don't forget the date! Flan to come and learn more about tractors and em gines. The school Opens promptly at 8 A. M. (Adv) NOTICE. Inspectors from the U. S. Internal Revenue Department are calling on all banks, for the purpose o f inspect­ ing all notes *to see if proper revenue stamps are placed thereon. The mak­ er o f any note found with . insufficient stamps on it, will be fined five dollars. Citizens would be doing themselves and their bank a real service to look over their notes before the inspector arrives. WHAT HE COULD DO. “Anything I can do for you?” ask­ ed a surgeon as he passed the bed of a smiling but badly wounded soldier. “ YeS, doctor; perhaps you can tell ine something t’d very much like to know. “ Well, doctor, when one doctor doc­ tors another doctor, does ' the doctor doing the doctoring doctor the other dpetor like the doctor wants to be doc­ tored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor the other doctor like the doctor doing the doctoring wants to doctor him?" , 1 ALLEN ELEVATOR SOLD. .Your gift of cigars reached me and l enjoyed them very well. All these countries in Europe are very old “ashioned. We have not even go. .treat lights at night like we have in -he U. S, The houses, are all made oi stone and all the water used bytht people has to be carried fqr all pur-’ poses from a pump which sets in the middle of the square. It is not very :old jiere hut we have lot# o f rain, We .lave pretty comfortable places to sleep now. Much better than we had a,t the. front. The name of the town We are stayr ing in is Clotten on the bank of the Mosel river. It is about 50 miles from the Gity.of Coblentz'which is on the Rhine. We are not doing muc1 now only guard duty and 1 hope will not be long until we start back for the U. S. A. I can not say fo r sure just how soon Iwilhget home however as or­ ders may change very suddenly. A great many grapes ate grown over here, and wine is plentiful like it is in France. Well those who have a great desire for drinking might just as weU satisfy ,their ’ appetite ‘for drinking now'as I understand the U.S; is going dry and that will disappoint, lots o f men who are' over here now. The Ger­ man people don’t seem to be eatihg very much and-1 believe that if the war ha4 lasted this winter they would have faced starvation, I am certain that they are all gkd over here'that it is over dnd I am ,’uyself. Hoping that I will „ oort follow this letter home, I_will close, as ever, Your loying. spnv, Alonzo Jeffries;'* Co.R 4th Ammunition Train A. E. F. WHAJ THE FTLESSAY. Fred McMillan o f this place, who has returned to his it&tfes in ' Mon­ mouth College this year.6 A number o f "Miss Ethel’, Field's friends surprised herJThursday even­ ing at the home o f Mrs. Bratton. The litt]e folks passed an elegant evening; Issue September 12,1891. * We find quite a lengthy, communi­ cation from the pen o f Mr. Henry. Kyle who hohte that the ’ W. C. T. U. is hot the hand-maid o f the’ church, regardless of the good work it is do­ ing. The W. G. T. U. dnd Other sim­ ilar organizations are but pigmies as compared to the church. The county board o f elections has divided Cedarville township into two voting districts usihg-the’- ColUmbur pike as the dividing line, Dave Tarbox is now busy at his cider press. ' Rev. G- L. Tufts has been returned here by conference for the third time. Issiie September 19,1891. . Dr. J. F. Morion answers Henry Kyle in a communication relative to the W. C. T. U. The big event o f the week has been the reunion o f the Raney family at the home o f Mr. Samuel Rahey, the first in almost half a century, The Xenia Herald is the name of th# new paper published in Xenia in the interest o f the Democrats, W. R. Torrence reports that 300 tickets were sold this week to Col­ umbus for the, state fair, Issue September 26, 1891, Emerson Nisbet; son o f Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Niabet, has been, very low With typhoid fever. The stock o f drugs formerly owned by Charles Ridgway o f Yellow Spring# has been moved into the Crain building at this place. Community Club Banquet and Election The following officers were elected at the nnul bnquet o f the Cjsdarvtlte Community Club held in the R. P, •hurch parlors Wednesday evening; 'President—O, E. Bradfute , Vice President—Leo Anderson, Secretary—Rev. J, ,W Patton Treasurer—-L. F. Tindall Trustee—Wm, Copley, CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE F„ P. Hastings,. Rev, J, W. Patton. * The attendancevat the banquet was nuch larger than ' usual, more than (50 attending. The ladies had;a splen- lld .evening dinner which was enjoyed hy all. The speaker of the evening was Dft Xarence E. Gardner, pastor pf the 1st iiUthern church in Springfield. This -vas the third time Cedarville audl- snc#S have heard the Dr. and: we are ?ure he i# a welcome guest again. The Dr. gave a splendid patriotic iiitering, He paid an'eioqu.- it w o - x, o Lincoln, in. whose memorV the tin­ ier was given, anlplgo to ' the many jther notable statesmen that served ;heir country. In brief the Dr. said: - That'we did not enter the'war soon enough.': " ^ ' All hopor to’ Woodrow Wilson In going to Europe,- breaking all’ prece­ dents, for a Christian statesman has his influence over the deliberations at • i;he most important gathering in the " history o f the world. (continued on Page 2) LUMBER MILL IN OPERATION. The Tarbox Lumber, Co. has the newmill in operation and-is how saw­ ing hardwood lqmber. The plant is modem in every respect.* • GORDON PROPERTY SOLD. ■M.I.IUIW , v T ‘'V > -The Gush.Gordon property on the. -otembUxpike-aorth-of'towTt-hasrbeiHi^ sold tp, T, B . fo ld in g who. recently moved to Denver. .- Mr, Mectding w ill. return-getting possesion-of the prop­ erty on March first. ’ ■ * ’ HERE IS OUR KIND OF AIRSHIP; FANCY CHAIRS * The Dayton-Wright Airplane Col has completed what is termed “ the last thing in airplanes”—*A sedan for two pasengers anddriver, It is richly - upholstered and has three seats and table for passengers to eat lunch or engage, in a game of cards; The pilot house and inclosnre for passengers ’ will be connected by telephone ser­ vice and the"sedan heated by electric-" ity from the motor.. ' . ' « NEW RATES FOR TELEPHONES _ BEGINNING NEXT MARCH* «» The new telephone rental rates a# approved by the Ohio Public Utilities- Commission for the local company are as follows: Business, Individual Phones $2.75 extension for same $1.25 per month. Residence Phones private line $1.75 per month. Party lines, two or four in town, $1.50 monthly. Farmer party lines $1.75 per month Twenty-five cents discount i f paid on or before the 10th o f each month. F. B. Turnbull, Secretary-Manager. ARTIST PICKSHER AS MOST BEAUTIFUL^ SUFFRAGE DEFEATED, Women suffrage was defeated in the U. S. Senate by on# vbte on Mon­ day. Ohio senators divided, Pomer- ene against and Harding favoring, It is expected now that the Chip leg­ islature will report out a suffrage bill for a .constitutional amendment this tell. Suffrage was defeated the last time in this state by 250,000. W, L. Clemens reports the sale of the E. A. Allen1 fetevator to Milton Yo­ der of West Liberty. Mr Allen will retire from business yet will continue a resident of this place as he expect# tocengage in farming again. Mr. Yo­ der is a brother-indaw of John and Bert Turner and is’ known to a number of people here.'For a number of years he has been manager of one o f the many large lumber yards owned by The Peter Kuntz Lumber Co., of Day- ton, this company having ' yards all over the country* Possession o f the elevators will be given Match 20, •In the meantime. Mr, Allen is reducing the stock as will be noticed by hi# page advertisement, .Farmer# can save money by taking advantage of the reduced prices. Th# contideration of the real estate in the deal is given at $20,000 while the stock will be in voiced. -— hj - - . ..... ICE MAN COMING. I have the agency for Shawnee ice next summer and will be ready to sup ply you when the season opens, C* a C.Wiiffier. ANTIOCH COLLEGE TAKEN OVER BY THE Y. M. C. A. Antioch College, has been taken over by the Y, M. C.-A. to be operated as a national nonsectarian University along lines which the association has been planning for more than a year, and it will be endowed for $1,000,000. Formal action turning the college over to the Y, M. C. A, whs' made at a meeting Of “ Y” representatives and the college trustees la#t Friday. The institution Was founded by Horace Mann in|1862. Dr. Grant Perkins of Columbus has been elected president o f the institution. h e r e o n a VISIT. Mr. William Haley of New Orleans has been the guest o f his sisters for several days. Mr, Haley owns a large plantation near his city and has made quite a fortune sine# h# went south. He does not Speak very favorable Of business conditions in the south at this time but hopes for arf improve­ ment when oongreee goes under Rep- uMioan centre! next March. Olive Thomas, movie star, Use a right to be a very pleaeW*0im* lady She has been ttile# "the Meet beautiful girl in America” Mr Harrison Fisher, faawte#AMCri \ lean artist and create# « l eeaatital type* e f g itikeet * % *'