The Cedarville Herald, Volume 42, Numbers 1-26

8* *fe*rrtU for year dally papar and ymur magazine* through tM« alb* . No •* 4 m m «** f e f o n d ®I«where. FORTY-SECOND YEARNO, 13 . yterald. Adv«rti*e your public $*U with our water-proof #ale bill# that withstand the weather. P . D. Dixon Is President We are in receipt of * copy of the Fort Worth, Texas, record, -which contains a five column announcement of The Dixon Oil Co., a company cap­ italized a t $95,000. The company has 900 acres of oil land under lease. The shares are $10 each but $70,00 will be offered, the balance, $25,000, to be treasury stock , The announcement states th a t the president of the company, P. D. Dixon while a young operator in oil property has made phenominal success in ac­ quiring a thorough knowledge of the Okalhoma and Texas oil Helds, He holds the record for the sale of oil insurance having sold more than any other insurance man in the state.. Mr, Dixon is vice president of the Triangle Pet. & Gasoline Company, Tulsa, and an officer in the Triangle Sales Co, o f that city. In 1.917 he se­ cured a lease upon- which he and his associates made a profit of $30,000 in thirty-ofle days and in October and .November last year secured leases which profited them $52,000. The announcement states further .“These two deals are sufficient evi­ dence of his ability to handle oil prop­ erties. He is a man of sterling integ7 . rity, strict honor and absolutely loy­ al to any trust placed in him. He has .hundreds of friends and no enemies among the people with whom he has transacted business during the past ten years.” Mr. Dixon is a son of Dr. J, W. Dix­ on, who sonie months ago moved from this place to Tulsa, Okla., and evi­ dently has made good in the business world. He il a graduate of Cedar- ville College. OEDARY ILLE , OH M , FR IDAY , MARCH 28, X919 PRICE, *1.50 AJYEAR • I ■■ i , ii |" ii -. ih wi "r LIBRARY NOTES. W. One hundred and twenty-five books were given to the college library by Miss Julia Kendall and are now Teady fo r charging at' the ilbrary, James ' McMillan donated twenty books for the juvenile department. The following are new. books fo r the children: Abott—A Boy on the Farm."' Baker—The Action Primer. ’*Bakewell—True Fairy Stories, *. Raker—Children’s F irst Book ,of Poetry, , Baldwin— Fairy Stories tmd Fab- ■les, People, Robinson Crusoe,' ■An' Ameri­ can Hook of Golden Deeds, Abraham Lincoln,.Fifty Famous Rides and Rid­ ers* Brown and Bailey— The Jingle Primer. * Burton—Four American Patriots. Carpentar—Around the World with the Children, How the World is Hous­ ed, South America, North America, Hurope. • Coe—Founders o f Our Country, Dorrance—-The Story of the For­ rest. ’ * Farmer—Nature Myths: • Guerber—Story of the 13 Colonies* Lucia—Peter and,Polly ip Spring, Peter and Polly in Summer, Peter and Polly in Autumn, Peter a&d' Polly in Winter. McBrien—America's First. Pyle—Stories of Humble Friends. Powers—Stories the Iroquois tell Their Children. • P ra tt—Legends of fhe Red Child­ ren. Richman andvWallach—Good Citi­ zenship. > Swinton—Reading in Nature. Skinner—Merry Tales. Skinner—Happy Tales for Story Time. Stanley—Animal Folks Tales. Varney—Story Plays Books I, II, and III: Wilson—Indian Herd Tales. CONCERNED OVER DEMOCRATS. 1 When the Cable bill Was up for dis­ cussion in the House last week Rep­ resentative Bryson of this county op­ posed the measure that if a law would require the election of members of the county board of education by a direct vote of the people, Mr. Bryson's ar­ gument was that in this county under the present autocratic law that wan patterned after a German law, the , membership politically now stood two Democrats and three Republicans but under the Cable plan all the members would be Republicans, The bill was passed by the House and goes to the Senate: | The plan is to require members of this board to be elected by the people at-large on a non-partisian ticket. This would permit women as well as men to vote, Mr. Bryson would not ‘ give the franchise-to either. j We agree with the Representative* that it will not be safe to ' let the* Mrs. Elizabeth Showalttr, Miss Mary JBrya&t and Luther Bryant, be­ lieved to be the oldest living triplets In Ohio and possibly In the United States, cole’ rated their sixty-ninth birthday anniversary at Dayton, Jury in the trial of Samuel Haas, tiocused of arson at Cleveland, re­ turned a verdict of guilty on all six counts in the Indictment. Attorneys for Haas filed a motion for a new trial. After binding the watchman and engineer and working four hours on the job, yeggmen blew the safe in the office of the’Rrenneman Baking company at Columbus and escaped with $4,100, " , Huron county and federal officials are searching for $40,000 worth of liberty bonds consigned to hanks »at Willard, which disappeared, from a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train. Cleveland police were asked to help search for Madaline Francis, 17, Cortland, O., missing from home. Mrs. fkahk Henderson, 28, took her three children, aged 4 and 2 years and 2 months, in her arms and jumped into a pond near their homo at North Springfield, Ashtabula coun­ ty. \ Neighbors who heard the chil­ dren’s screams arrived In time to save the mother, but all of the chil­ dren were drowned. liberty bonds, value not announced, were taken by, auto bandits from 35 safety deposit boxes-in the Ridgevllle Corners bank, near Napoleon. ■ First baseball fatality of the sea­ son resulted in the death of William Lewis, 14, an eighth grade pupil of. the St. Clalrsville schools. The boy was h it on the knee two weeks ago by a batted ball. Charging discrimination against union employes and wage, cutting, 360 men went on strike a t the Bock Bear­ ing company plant a t Toledo. All the strikers are machinists. . Thomas P. Watkins, former banker and widely known importer of French ,horsbs, died-from hardening of the arteries a t his home in Prospect. ' A Jury In common pleas -court at -Warren gave -t» verdict -of- $2,000 -to Mary Campbell against Mojik Kalich. (She was bitten by a dog belonging to iKalich. ' Ohio house passed the Crabbe pro­ hibition enforcement bill by a vote of 100 to 16. The emergency clause, seeking to forestall a referendum on the me&suiOi was defeated, 69 for to 48 against, it requiring 83 affirmative votes to enact: The! Crabbe bill now goes to the senate.. which $3,800 Was raised. This is $350 -more than necessary to pay off all indebtedness. Ashland Rapid Transit company plan* to. discharge all conductors and operate- cars on the "one man crew" system. They expect to save $1,000, a month. . v Dover council, by adopting a fran­ chise to the East Ohio Gas company, obtains 46 to 60 gas rate for -private consumers for-five years. City-light plant granted 20-cont rate for a year. *Body of Mrs. Rae Foltz Luman of Mansfield was found on a small island along -Clear Fork river by a fanner. At Cincinnati, Lieutenant Tyler, chief flying officer of Fairfield flying school, Was Injured seriously when ,fa!s airplane turned over and Ignited while attempting to leave the ground. - Clarence Hunt, reported dead in •France, has returned to his home at iUhrlchsviUe, fully recoved from his .wounds. ■ Two men and two women have ’.been arrested at St. Louis In connec­ tio n with the robbery of a Cleveland 'bank, where five armed bandits got 1$15,600. ' - j Thousands of fish were washed aehore between Avon Beach and Lo­ rain. In some places the fish were piled In heaps several inches high Strike of nearly 4,000 garment workers at Cleveland, who quit WOTk demanding wage increase, ended when employers granted them 30 per cent increase and 44-hour work week \ basts, Mourned as dead for weeks follow­ ing announcement that he had died of wounds in France, William Mor row, soldier, surprised his parents by walking Into their home at Sabina, At Bellefontalne, David McAlexan •der, 60, was killed ,by a Big Four train which struck his buggy. . Albert Kowack of Lorain, was In­ stantly killed at Ridgevllle by an au­ tomobile driven by Bert Miller of Elyria. „ Mrs. Sarah A. McNeal, 79, Tiffin, a descendant of John Hancock of revo­ lutionary days, Is dead Three watches, clothing and $60 were stolen by burglars who entered seven Dover homes and five reel dences in Uhrlchsvllle. Lumber dealers, from Marion, Del aware, Union, Crawford, Hardin, Lo­ gan and Morrow counties, In session a t Marion, predicted lumber price! woud go still higher. Robbers backed a tmek up to the rear of the Harry Friedman clothing store at Lorain and stole the entire stock of spring goods, valued at $10,000, When art automobile In which they 4U ST PA Y ON PROFITS OF ALL LAND SALES Government revenue men are now at work 1 k ing up land owners that ;old their farm last year and did not make return of the profit, less-taxes and. other expenditures th a t are to taken out. The department holds that all such profits are within the in­ come tax law and men are a t work investigating all sales. ANOTHER BIG HOG SALE. Ira Jackson of Tipp City must Hhold the world’s record for the sale of Dur- oc hogs in one year. A few months ago Jackson held a sale and sold one male hog for $10,500. The total .sales amounted to $65,000. Last week he held another when the sales amounted to $36,000. One young male hog was sold for $7,600 and came from Cedar Vale farm; having.been bred by R. C. Watt & Son. Mr. Jackson purchased the hog about a year ago for $50. While Watt & Son did net realize any big amount on the ‘pig yet the repu­ tation gained is worth considerable. They still have three head of the same‘litter, and no doubt kept the b e st./M r. -Jackson has sold over $100,000 worth o f hog* a t public sale nothing of private sales during the year. If you’’# , got this ■ TOAIXWHOMFTKAYCONCERN: The application blank )STATE*AI'MY,##T«Flwow«.*fI S , **V*«M, V “*■<“*w « , *■*««,(«**) Fill it out. l : z a w g r r ; -. (Ret application blank -1 W H A T THE i SAY. NEWS OF THE COURTS. The suit of Robert ,M. Oglesbee against H. E. Schmidt and the B. &(>. railroad for $5,000 resulted in the de­ fendants getting a verdict after the jury in the Common Pleas Court was out twenty minutes. Mr. Oglesbee originally sued M. Schmidt for injur­ ies, from one of his trucks and upon moton of defendant the railroad com­ pany was also made ' a defendant. Some months ago a B. &. O. train struck the Schmidt truck which was forced to the sidewalk striking Mr. Oglesbee, receiving injuries in that way. CAUGHT TWO WHITE RATS. Issue February The controversy S6|ween Henry Kyle, “Quia” ,,an&-.,pjffirim. Singer”-] winch has continueA^HKrevpral weeks | . over Psalmd or HymnBpehas Almost the climax in this i s a f tw o .columns going devoted to _g®un^n't by the writers. ^ Frank S. DavidsohSEP -his coemdy company in “Old F ^ p u ? ; Hopkins’” is coming. The ordinance fo rJB |* repair and improvement of theffiSgpvAlks, which gives the town cemeflwfalka appears in this issue. LutlaHKfftxVnsley is mayor and W. R. T<flHpce. Clerk. Issue February 1 The question of. dSp tepeal of the prohibition ordingajjlfe.was before' council Monday eveifffig but nothing done. It seems thQwbjin&hce does not prohibit and sefSineht favors a repeal. Out of 34 ^jtigmegsmen and prominent citizens i^^ riew ed ^hine- teen favored repeal, aK&thexs either opposing o r being. neja rammittat, John MfcElrdy, aqdHp* - L. Smith have purchased tfc^J^rawad factory a t Selma and WfeM rove i t to this Issue February W. A. Spencejjj formed a pert: 'bttWb**-; George Winters has purchased the grocery stock in the Orr building o f J. G, McCprk&Il. The Cedarville Lodge K, of P. was instituted in Xenia this week under Very favorable circumstances. L. F, Dorn of Kenton has* opened U harness shop in the Nisbet .room wihle the family will occupy property on Cedar street. ‘ The house on the WhitelaW'Reid farm occupned by David Stormont was burned Thursday everting. Only part of the household goods were sav­ ed. The dwelling was insured but the household goods were not. Mr. Stormont had papers in his pocket at the. time to fill out for.insurance. E, L. Smith has purchased the John Jamison farm, Mr. Jamison will move to town,’ S e n d it reg istered! nuffl] l f * « ! And get Uncle Sam’s check fiback for $60. Charles Graham on Monday caught two white rate a t his place t h a t were about half grown. Last week he kill­ ed a white ra t that proved to be the mother of these two. There were al­ so four gray rats in the nest. Both the white ones have pink eyes. NOOKS FOUND GUILTY. The jury in the Alva Nooks case for the theft of the Graham hogs some months ago made quick work of the case and was out but fifteen minutes. He was found guilty but a motion for a new trial has been filed. Garden seeds in bulk. Beans, Corn, Peas and other seeds. R. Bird &’ Sons Co. The regular meeting of the Parent Teachers* Association will be held Friday, April 4, 1919. This is a Pat­ riotic meeting and everybody is in vited. • TRUCK HAULING—I have pur­ chased an auto truck and am prepared to do all kinds of hauling anywhere Phone -165 or 193. Warren Barber, people have a direct voice in' county __ school affairs^-if the autocratic law] w6r« riding V m struck by a train a t is to be upheld. Mr. Bryson being a Mt. Vernon, Mrs, Roe Mclntlre and member of this board in the county. Edson Mclntire of West Virginia an* evidently has seen this hand w riting1 William Mclntlre of Mt. Vernott were Afi.l thus refuses to permit the voters Wiled and Mrs. James to*share the responsibility of select- ting the board. Its costing the tax­ payers $12,600 yearly in this county to support the present law. What right has a tax payer anyway to say Itow his money should be spent? Mclntlre and Miss Dorothy Gorsuch of Gambler were Injured* .. • » , Miss Caroline C. Chjtdwlck was elected score!ary of the Youngstown chamber of commerce. , Notes Instead of Calls. The note of sympathy for sick per­ sons has taken the place of the call. It Is proper and kind to send a note expressing rpgcet for n friend’s Illness and suggesting one would like to call when the Invalid Is convalescent. All messages written or sent to the sick should be brief and cheerful.—Biddy Bye, NOMINATIONS MADE FOR LECTURE COURSE COMMITTEE. The nominating committee for the Citizen’s Lecture Course for the com­ ing year have made the following nominations: J. O. Stewart M. I. Marsh E. L. Stormont W. R. MeChesiiey Glayton McMillan Robt. Bird George Cresweli Mrs. J. W. Johnson Mrs, S. T, Baker Miss Mary Ervin Miss Florence Sommers. The committee this year must con­ sist of four men and two ladies. The patrons will on the night of the en­ tertainment when the voting takes place vote for four of the men from the list and two ladies. —Trunks and suit cases R. BIRD & SONS CO, • s s a a DM4, ...Onion sets, red and white. R, Bird & Sons Co. ...Rugs*—Large stock. All sizes up to 12x15 feet. R. Bird & Son* Co.« •Your Eye* on the Goat, The runner who looks over hig shoulder to see whether his rival is gaining On him, Is pretty sure to. lose the race. Keep your eye on the gonl. The backward look means lost time, whatever sort of race ydu aro run­ ning. The things behind yon do not matter. All that concerns you is on ahead, , I Hoy. you honorably discharged soldier ° r sailor! Do you'want ,to know how to got the $60 neat egg which Uncle Sam has promised you? Here's how one Yank got his bonus—-as he. told it to the . camera, and it’s all so easy and simple. ■ Pictures .from No, 1 to No. 6 tell the story. There Is Just one other precaution. As a protection against tli’6 possIBle loss of your discharge papers in the mails, you may have them recorded at the county recorders office -before sending them to "Washington. .Get application blank . from yovtr postmaster or from the local Red Cross head­ quarters. The department, ad'< . dress is on .the blank. Spiritual Unity and Church Union By W. I. Wishart, D. D, from the Pittsburgh Post, Our Master and Loyd, in His great intercessory prayer, Lifted up • t this petition, “That they may all.be one; even ap Thou, Father, a rt in me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in. us; that the world may be- . lieye that Thou did’st send Me.” This is a petition that has always geatjy troubled the defenders of denominational division in the church Of Christ. It is ail easy eriougfa. to show th a t there may be a spiritual unity among Christians while the church may be split up .into many more or less antagonist bodies,. There are brethem-who delight to aperic about this beautiful unity or the spirit. . Bat the1 thing tha t trouble* is the la tte r part of ,thn petition. •Jesuk .Jesus as our Savior sent from God. I t is pretty hard to justify the divisions of our Protestantism in the ligh t of this prayer#1 A conference has just been held in the Second United Presbyterian Church, Northside, tp consider the question of union between the Pres­ byterian Church and the United .Presbyterian. Those ^ h o called,the conference felt that here are two religious bodies which can find no shadow of justification fo r hindering the realization of'the Master’s prayer. *These two churches have the same doctrines, the same policy, the same historical heritage, the game evangelistic and missionary zeal. They are working in the same territory. Would the world hot be much more deeply impressed with their witness for Christ if they were united in it? The tendency today is toward combination and concentration. There is no more excuse for waste and overlapping and'double overhead ex­ pense in church work than there is in the industries and business op­ eration. Why, then, do not these churches of the Presbyterian family get together? * The reasons as developed in this conference are various- No one attempted to gay that there is any serious doctrinal difference to just­ ify the maintenance of an extra complement of ecclesiastical machin­ ery- But love for the old church and dislike to gee it lose its identity was one of the reasons. Probably it bulks largest of all. Then there were those who thought that* a small and compact church could %e more efficient than a larger one, And these pointed with pride to, the larger benefactions per capita of the United Presbyterian Church, for­ getting that there is n law of proportion that ought to be considered when working out such estimates. Tho average per member given- to benevolences by tho United Presbyterian Church is a little larger than the average per.member of tho Presbyterian Church, but it is con­ siderably smaller than the averngo per member of the little Covenan­ tor Church. And then fear of doctrinal laxity in tho larger communion, was brougfc forward as a reason wliy •United Presbyterians should Jceep by theniselves and should cherish and cultivate their own orthodoxy, But while we quibble about these poor little selfish reasons of ours, the Master’s intercession remains unanswered so fa r as these two Communions are concerned. There may be a fine unity among the 'Christians of these bodies—we believe there is—but the world cannot discover it by any outward Bign, and the world is hot being led to ex­ alt Jesus by any manifested oneness of these churches- We are hopeful that this conference may start a movement that will result in the organic union of tho Presbyterian bodies. And than if the different members of tho Methodist family will get together, and th *various varieties of Baptists will become one and all the other Luthem bodies will follow the splendid lead of tho three that recently came together, We will begin to have the courage to talk about a United Protestantism. ERECTING COAL BIN. Battle Between Auto Lords The following article from the In­ dianapolis Star, of which Frank B, Bull is the automobile editor, shows how big automobile interests are en­ deavoring to hold down Henry Ford who proposes to put out a new car for $250, . Detroit, as well as the country'at large, is quite busy just now speculat­ ing on the future plans of Henry Ford in reference to his $250 automobile According to dispatches from Los AngeleS, Ford is quoted as saying he intends to withdraw from the Ford Motor Compahy and form an n8w com pany to manufacture and sell a much cheaper car. • Later dispatches associate the name of H, S- Firestone, the tire manufac­ turer with Ford, but this is denied. Elliot G, Stevenson, one o f the at­ torneys representing Dodge Bros., who are interested in the Ford .Com­ pany, declared that neither Henry Ford or his son, Edsel, would be /a l­ lowed to withdraw without a legal fight from the Ford Motor Co to man­ ufacture the cheaper car,-He-declares • the Dodges will- contest- such- with­ drawal to the limit of the law. “There would be no attempt to keep either Ford ,or his son in the firm if they desire to retire, but Henry Ford is under contract to the Ford Motor Company, and he will not be allowed to leave the firm and start a competi­ tive business” said Mr. Stevenson. “Both Ford's genius and his name are under contract, The Ford organi­ zation will not allow him to withdraw and the courts will certainly uphold the present company,*Mr. Ford' is un­ der contract to give all his inventions to the Ford Company” In an interview Edsel Ford, is quot­ ed as saying tha t the Fords would not dispose of their interests in th e ; pre­ sent company He said no attempt ' would be made to .force -"minority • stockholders* out of the company. He would.not say when he would resign from the presidency of the Ford Mo- ' tor Company, anddeciared he did not- think the new company would mater­ ially affpet the'business of the old one He said,the new company Would.be owned entirely within the Ford .fami­ ly, and thus > directed. Without inter- , ferenCe. He added that plaits fo r the m&w company*wihfoffi propose* to pro­ duce a $250 ckr, are undeveloped, but both his father and himself know in a general way what they are going1to do. He said the plant would be divided among many cities. Construction will s ta rt on the plants early ■ nex t year. The first three units will go up a t Troy, N. Y., Hamilton, O., .and Kan­ sas City. The first factories will be complete, but the later each one wfil be devoted to the manufacture o f in­ dividual parts. The present Ford ■ system of assembly will be followed by the new company. The Ford plan has created a great sensation in business and automotive circles, but i t is said th a t little infer- - motion is given out a t the Ford fac­ tory. - . Automobile manufacturers declare Ford is preparing to tackle his great­ est undertaking, bu t there are many. Who declare that both Heiiry Ford and his millions are not big enough to swing the deal. Mr. Ford's decision to withdraw from the Ford Motor Company, in which he is majority stockholder, is the direct result of „ an adverse de­ cision of the Michigan Supreme court which ordered him to distribute $19,- 000,000 in dividends among the stock­ holders. Ford proposed to use this money in furtherance of his profit- sharing plan and for other welfare work among his thousands of em­ ployes. * Tho Ilagar Straw Board & Paper Co., is erecting a large cement coalbin •that will hold twelve cars of coal, The Jbin is 60 feet long by 35 wide and 14 j high. A t one end will be a large lime j house with cement roof. A number of ; other improvements will be made jwhile the mill is closed down. The , ffiWCr floor of the school house*which tne company purchased some time ago ia ‘full of finished paper. WOULD LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE. A wag Was asked some time ago following the passage of the national prohibition amendment what he Would do for his morning “raiser” after next July. His answer wag that he Would drink a cup of grape juice, eat a cake of yeast and let nature take it's course. \ .Aluminum Ware at It. BIRD & s o n s CO. 'Alexander the Greed hoe Bh5S*TTh*t’i the r*Mod oago baMball leu* rsjoioo. Ale* i* the famoui pitcher thd the war deoartment has given .trim hie honorable discharge that he may start the season* with the OHM. Bo lt .the hardship* of war have Sot sappedtheCunUlngof too LONDON HAS GRfiAT RECORD. The Madison Press, London, pub­ lished a report of the live stock ship­ ments for that place for last year. A total of 49,066 head of hogs, cattle, sheep] horses and mules, an overage of more than 4,000 head a month. A total of 694 cars was requited. There were 4?5 cara of hogs or 40,494 head; ACCEPTS POSITION IN WASHINGTON . R. Cecil Burns, who lias been in Washington, D., C, for the past fouf weeks writes that ho lms accepted a position on the faculty of the Me Kin- Icy Technical Hieh School of that city a t a salary of $172 a month for the remainded of the school year, end­ ing the last of June, In conjunction with the regular work night high school is open Week for which Matter of Matnematio*. A woman whoSe hobby was the psychology and the esoteric influence of colors, was deeply gratified ono morning when her husband admitted that there might be something in her theory after all, “Dawson told mo something today, which seemed to go to prove’ It,” he said, “Dawson?” questioned Mrs. Madison, amazed, for Dawson Waft the manager of her hsu* band's stables, 'Y e s; he says live bays eat more than the igrays.” “Really 1 three evenings each ' Mow does he account, for it?” “Why, an additional com-, thcr<J *re lllore hays than grays.” pensution of from $20 to $30 is allow­ ed, making the complete salary total j near $200 a month. The McKinley' Technical school is one of the finest in the Eastern states and ranks high in educational achievements. On the faculty are men from Columbia, Yale, Pinccton and other big tiniWsUieit. Mr, Burns is a graduate of Ccdhrville Remarkable Armistice. One Of the most remarkable armis­ tices on modern record Was concluded between Spain and the Western repub­ lics of South America a t Washington tn 1871, It provided that there should be no renewal of hostilities between the contracting parties, except after tt thrc**yc#nf notice, which was to be 5,315 cattle in 229 car;!; 2 873 sheen If his selection for the posi- given through the United Status gov- 22 car;:; 8;M horses and mules in 18 1 *:0*1 ij a marked rfeeoffi- eminent. ■mendation for tha local school, j • * :' ^ cara. I’ i