The Cedarville Herald, Volume 42, Numbers 27-52

M gw town should coise to Exist how would it effect the vmhw of hxm huvd and aH oth­ e r p rope rty / m XerM A COMMUNITY CAM PROSPER OtfLY BY THE su p po r t o f m m m s FORTY -SECONp Y E A R N O ^ f t 3 < J CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FR IDAY , JULY 25, 1919 PRIOR, $ 1-60 AfYEAR PRAISE FOR CHAUTAUQUA. G, H. Hartman has received A letter from Rev. J , S, E. McMiehael who had the privilege of hearing pa rt of the CoR-Alber chautauqua program a t Mihroy’frid. This is the same organi­ sation that comes here next week end Key. McMjchael'* endorsement will introduce the people of this communi­ ty to the program that has been pre­ pared for US' Rev., McMichaql writes as follows: ‘"The Chautauqua closed "Monday , evening. We only got to attend twe days, the second and th irdC am e ron MaLean, the Scotch singer is a dandj and the American Girls Sextette is a grs^t organization—both'companies pu t on a program th a t you can boost pretty strong, 'Bums of the Moon- tains is the head-liner of the.- whole week, tfMilroy is a town of $00 or 700 people and it was decided to purchase a cqurisq of. the CoitrAlber people fo r next year and throw the doors open, the.ro being no admission charge. As public subscriptions were called for $1,200 was raised in 30 minutes, the highest being $25 and the lowest $2, fund has since reached $1,300 and they expect it to reach $1,500. The people are doing this as a means of advertising their town. This year thjire were 104 names on the guaran­ tee and it cost each 80 cents to make up the contract amount. Threshing kept many from .attending this year. LOCAL GIRL -WEEDED. - MiSs Zelpha Dobbins, daughter of . Mrs, Flora Dobbins, was united in, marriage to Frof. Sherman Liming of Hamersville, O,, Saturday noon, the ceremony being performed by by Rev. Charles P. Proufifit* pastor of the 2nd U. P. church on Xenia, the'ceremony taking place ia t' the parsonage. ‘The ■only attendents were the bride's mo­ ther, Mrs, Flora Dobbins and her bro­ ther, O. A. Dobbins 'and wife.” .The double ring service was used. The newly wedded couple will make their home in-Hamersyilfo.’ Roth are very popular young people, the..P ro f, be­ ing a. graduate of Cedarvifle College while th e bridc is a graudnte of the local high school. Mrs. O. A, Dobbins 1gave a shower last Thursday when a number of young‘ladies were enter . tained in a very^harming manner. DEATH OF S , J. M'CAUGHAN* We are in receipt of a notice of the death of Samuel John McCaughan, former resident of this place, a t his home-on Charlotte street, Bailymoney County Antrim, Ireland,- on Monday, June 30 a t the age of 83 years. Burial took place in the Reformed Presbyter ian burying ground on July 2, a t five o’clock. The deceased for many years resided with his sister, Catherine, in the Ervin property across from the paper mill and both will be remember'd by older citizens. They returned ;o Ireland, to. live a number of years rgo and their many friends here will -’egret to hear of Mr. McCaughan’e ieafo. All these years Mr. McCaughan ha? been a subscriber to the Herald and kept in touch with Cedarville people in that way. In remitting for renewals he always displayed - great Interest in local people and frequently commended us in our efforts. CAMERON McLEAN, SCOTCH HUMORIST A Baritone of Great Ability Sings Humorous Scotch Song*. SIX BUSHEL WHEAT. Those who were speculating on the enormous output of wheat this year have, another guess coming fo r judg­ ing from reports Ohio will fall short as will other central states. In some of the western states, notably Kansas fire yield is'low in the, face of good prospects from the amount of straw, George Little in returning from Calif­ ornia inpubred a t a Kaftans town Where his train was delayed some time, and found that the yield in that section was around six bushels to the acre. ' < Cameron McLean, Ilka many Scotch­ men, will not take any prize* at a beauty contest but he has taken prizes and won medals' a t singing contests and you will vote him among the best, it not the very heat, when he appears on .our Chautauqtea program this sum­ mer. Everybody like* Harry Lauder songs; McLean will sing some of them appearing In the regulation Scotch cos­ tume. He'll also tell some stories that will,;create an uproar. And then he'll surprise you by singing some of the best songs in about the best way you ever heard them sung for he is a real'artist with a beautiful, voice, well trained by the masters. He has s'utag pretty much all over the woHd, start­ ing in Scotland aa a mere lad, where he was bom near the banks of the Clyde. ■ His assisting artists. Miss Donia Eva case, coloratura Boprano and pianist, and Miss Elsie Apathy, Amer- ican-Bohemian Cellist,jviU please you, CAMERON too. An all-star company. ?S?ST 30TCH HU- National Prohibition Lcgish NEW PROPERTY DEAL. G. -H, Smith,, who recently bought the G. W. Harper homestead and 11 acres of ground from the M. E. -con­ gregation,*Which inherited the prop­ erty under the w ill'of Mrs. Harper, has sold the same to Ralph Murdcok who .will in a short time, sta rt .to im­ prove the building. It is expected that in the near future Mr, Murdock's father, S. M. Murdock and family will move to ’town. In the deal Mr. Smith gets the W. M. Barber prop­ erty on Xenia Avenue now occupied by H. A. McLean as a restaurant. WANT SIX HOUR DAV. Publishers and printers are begin- ■acoKe ip, .the northern part of . this Country end in Canada among pftner milt workers who • are striking fo r a Si.v hour day. I t is said that more tliau sixty mills of the International,paper Co have. been closed fo r several weeks. The supply of newspaper is causing concern among publishers as i t is impossible to place future orders on guaranteed delivery. The scarcer the product the higher the price which gradually increases Week by week. HAS DIFFERENT VIEW. '3. B. Orr .had asked us to'state font it was sn injustice fot^ George Littlij of the Hagar Straw Board and Paper Co, to pay a fine of $250 fo r pollui ing the creek with the mill waste wat er. Mi*. Orr states that he is certain tha t the oil from the streets had fhoi>; tb do with killing the fish than any­ thing else and that his view is based On experience gained when, oil was placed on his pond a few years ago to kill mosquitos. He says' , that every fish in the pond was killed in the same manner the fish were found dead in the river. CAMP MEETING NOTICE. The Church of God campmeeting begin* August 1 and lasts until tho 10th, Everyone cordially invited Come bring your friends. There will be showers of blessings if you are saved. Come, if your not saved and attend these meetings. There will be eatables on the ground as Well as beds for camping, _Take the Dayton trac­ tion out of Springfield and get off at Aberfeldn arid you Will be instructed as to how to reach the grounds. Mrs, Maggie Mann,- Springfield, O A PROBLEM SURE ENOUGH, .THE BiG COUNTY FAIR . The 80th annui1 Greene County fair will be held. August 5-8. The various departments a te well filled with entries a t this time’which means a good display of exhibits. Good pur-: 5 W I M & F W ening day. In the stock department good premiums are offered. The fair promises to.be a,greater success than in former years. I t is a good place to meet your friends and renew old. ac­ quaintances.' * - The prohibiton enforcement bill as it has passed the. very drastic provisions that means the country is dry on. condition foe Seante approves and the president do After January 26,1920: Every person permitted wider the law to have liquOr ion shall report the quantity and nature tp the Comitii temal Revenue. This applies to chemist^ physicians*^ After February 1,1920: The possession of liquor, other than as authorized b; be prima facie evidence that it is being kept for sale O' violation of the law. * I t will not be required, however, to report, and it to have in one's possession, liquor. liquor in privat* d , same is occupied and used by the possessor as hia priva: the liquor is used for personal consumption bjf the o or his guests. The possessor.of such liquors, however, hears the that the liquor was acquired and is possessed lawfull, Intoxicating liquor is defined as-a beverage cental one half per cent of alcohol; Any house, boat,Vehicle or other place where liqu tired, used or sold, is declared to be a nuisance. No person, shall manufacturer sell, barter, give import, export, deliver, furnish or receive intoxicai Liquor for honbevarage purposes and win* for bo Sold under specified regulations. Denatured alcohol, medical preparations (includin unfit fo r bevarage purposes, toilet articles, flaw ^-.-yfnafar pra exaemotedw ; <- some ilme on Ito it. Ssess- 5 >f In- Shall Ise in legal foe md »mily 30f WW iW tre$5fig-WabWd«Xed WTmUtt pi-PBCnpCfiSJEs finder strict regulations for the use of liquor in cases where it may bo con-> sidered to be necessary as a medicine. Liquor advertisements of all kinds a re prohibited. . Sale, manufacture* or distribution of compounds, intended for qsc" ill foe unlawful manufacturer is prohibited, together with foe sale or publication of receipts for home manufacturer, > WHAT KILLED THESE FISH? DRUGGISTS ALL DECLINE Straw haulers for foe Hagar Straw Boqrd &• Paper .Co. report th a t dead fish-Were found, last week ’along the west of,Jamestown and there is no chance for any paper mill refuse, to get into, the stream. The querry with foe men is what killed the fish ?Their answer is the oil from: Jamestown streets that had *been washed down with the recent rains. CEDARVILLIAN MARRIED. . Word has-been received here of the marriage of Miss Carmen Selestia Meadows to Harry Barber on July 10 a t Ranger, Texas. Mr. Barber is a son of Mrs. Jeanette Eskridge and was for a number of years an em­ ploy on foe Herald. He located some years ago in the South West and is now conn cted with the Gulf Pipe Line Co. The Herald extends con­ gratulations. It is said that the druggists of tho county who in years past have bedn required to have a government licence lo sell liquor even on prescription have refused to take out foe license under foe prohibition status so foul- even prescriptions from physicians calling for liquor • cannot be filled Such being foe cose there is no need of asking your physician to prescribe in the hope of one more swallow of the fire-water. PAID THE LIMIT. George Little, president of the Ha gar Straw Board & Paper Co., paM a fine of $250 and costs in Justice Jones Court in Xenia, Saturdey, for pollu­ tion of the creek. The ctiargb was fil­ ed by a deputy game warden and foe fine is the limit nnder foe law. Tne company has kept a watchman a t foe reservoir during the day but will also have a night man from now on. THE SQUIRREL SEASON. The Departmetn of Agriculture ie sues the following statement: With meat prices to the consumer so high th s t he is denying himself and with the prices for live stock, especi­ ally beef and lambs, bo ’low ,t6 tye producer foat he is actually losing moaey, the natioii is confronted With a grave problem which requires solu­ tion if we are not to suffer a decline In the live stock industry, PUBLIC SALE. Being compelled to move to a small­ e r residence I will sell surplus house­ hold furniture a t the U. P. parsonage on Saturday, July 26, 1919 Commencing at ls30 P. M. fo i follow­ ing goods; Sideboard, Couch, Divan, Bedsteads Book ease, Rockers, Bugs, Lace cur­ tains, Porch Swing and many other household articles* TERMS OF SALE:- CASH, W, C. ItlFjF* lljwwy i M | Auot The open season for squirrels un­ der the new law will be Augiiat 20 to Sept. 20. Pu t the new taw does not go into effect until Sept. 3 So that for ibis joa r foe open season wiii be from Sept. 2 to Sept; 20. Huntais should keep this in mi.nl THE DAYTON F5 u r . Purses totalling $6,500, an:increase over former years, are offered this year in the speed department of the Montgomery county fair which opens Labor Day, A new feature will be the pacing aftd trotting for three year olds on Tuesday and Friday. THE COST OF MILK. The cost of keeping a cow last year was $266, according to official nd* \ anted registry records of 772 cows on a number of vepresentative dairies in Ohio, according to Prof. Cscar E rf of foe O. S. U. The cost of pro- A GOOD COMPANY. In this issue will be found the ,an­ nouncement of The Milford Pink- White Granite Co., Xenia, a company under the control of foe Dodds Bro3 and a number of other local people. The concerns were recently merg.vl and preferred stock can be purchased for a short time. A number of local people ave been stockholders in these companies. . THE EIGHT HOUR DAY. ♦ It is said that farmers oppose the eight hour day but it appears to us that there is no class that is using this system more than the farmet. Dm ing the harvest time is looks, like eight hours in the morning and eight hours in foe afternoon, If you have not secured your season tickets you can get them of J. W* Johnson, G. H. Hartman, Bird's Store Dr. M. I, Marsh, The Exchange Bank Or any of foe chautauqUa solicitors. Miss Louise Bryson of the Spring- field pike north of Xenia entertained a number of young ladies Tuesday a t which time foe coming marriage of Miss Janet McClellan and Mr. John Collins was announced for the last of August. Mrs. Fred Weimer and little dau­ ghter, and son, Gale, returned to St. Louis Wednesday morning where the daughter will again be placed under foe care of ,a specialist. The little girl since taking treatment ,in St. Louis has been able to walk by the aid of crutches and has Improved wonderfully since first going to St. Louis in the spring. Mrs. Weimer had intended going Tuesday morn­ ing and arrangements had been made to have train No, 21 stop but it seems foat foe dispatcher in Columbus ov­ erlooked giving the train crew orders. during milk per hundred was $4.06. The G r e ^ o t t n t y> a i r vrilI be held ckiay<Sfl W1' August 5 to 8. | l the next day. . Strike of, more than 100 telephone: operators, In progress at Youngstown > lor eigtit days, was settled when the . operators accepted tlje company’s , proposal of a $3 a week increase in pay, with no discrimination against; union members, . Daniel Kaber, 45, wealthy publisher living in Lakewood, near Cleveland, died following a mysterious attack in his home, Kaber, who has been bed­ ridden for several months, was sef upon--while asleep and stabbed 16 times. The assailant escaped, Measles is Ohio's most prevalent- communicable disease at present, ac­ cording to the reports to foe state department qf health. With a total of 2,512 cases recorded to date,, it was considered that delayed reports would bring* the June figures elfish to the* total of 2 , 02 t>reached in May. Steel mill schedules for the Ma­ honing valley show a big Increase in the industry’s activity, with opera­ tions between 90 and 100 per cent. Railroad administration was urged to reduce freight rates on gravel and sand 10 cents per to n .by foe Ohio Sand and Gravel Producers' associa­ tion. Mrs. Janies Paris and her mother, MrB, William McGinnis, were killed, and Mrs. Paris’ 4-year-old son was in­ jured at Ridgeway, Logan county, when a passenger train struck a bhggy in which they were riding. Mayor John Galvin of Cincinnati applied tb th e .clearing house for a- loan of $60,000 a month for 17 months, or until .the end of<1920, in order to finance increases in / wages for police, firemen and all minor city' employes. J.,Herman Dlerkes, insurance man and former treasurer of the Demo­ cratic campaign, committee at Cincin­ nati, was sentenced to five years in Atlanta penitentiary. IJe was. con victed of malting seditious remarks. Dierkes will appeal. Dr.‘William Hunt, 68, founder of the first Y. M. C. A, west of the Alle-1 gheny mountains and pastor of foe Coshocton Presbyterian church for 45 . years, is dead it his home in Cpshoc- ton. , Action of soldier police In shooting and killing two persona during foe re­ cent rioting near the Overland plant a t Toledo was held Unjustifiable in a report matp£ by Corotter Hartung- He reoommendk foat a grand jury Inves­ tigate the affair,' CapUdtt August Thai* of the Mas. . i- 1 WHAT THE FILES SAY Issue July 1,1893, Work has commenced on the Cedar- ville-and Jamestown pike. An electric road has been proposed between Springfield and Xenigi by way of Clifton and Xellow Springs.. The village bonds are slow sale, on- lyly two being taken so far. I t is hard times when bonds can find no market. Lew Whiteman, of the Xenia Herald, has a w a rn Spot in his heart for Ced­ arville and each week devotes a col­ umn of his paper tci foe prosperity of this village. He regards Cedarville the best town in the county. Issue July 8, 1893. Charley Galbreath is very ill with typhoid fever. Those in Chicago this week are Dr. E. C, Oglesbee and wife, J. H. Andrew and wife, Miss Lula Barber, W. R. Torrence and wife. Will Clemans will move to town in a few days. Mrs. Leary atid daughter left Tues­ day morning for San Francisco. Cal., carrying with them the well wishes of their many fronds in this locality. Issue July 15, 1893, Cedarville will soofi have a Demo­ cratic postmaster, James A. McMil­ lan having qualified for the office, New hay is selling in this vicinity a t ten dollars a, ton. A serious acident was narrowly av­ erted Stiday. Dr. Cunningham and family were out riding when his team got beyond his control. George -Pow­ ers, wife and child, were riding in a buggy a head and were overtaken by the runaway team* They were thrown out but escaped unhurt while the bug gy was a wreck* » After much debate in council aftd out foe prohibition ordinance has been repealed and saloons can open for business, issue July 2,1893. ■ A proposition is Up with the C. H. & D. about extending foe. line from Jamestown to Springfield via Cedar­ ville and Cjlifton. There has been talk of this change lor sottte time.” There was an interesting meeting of council Wednesday evening. About eleven years ago council’in endeavor­ ing to open foe street just south of the opera house, agreed with Mr. D. S, Ervin that if he would give them the right of way through his land to East street they would deed him the East end of the alley running between his lot and the one owned by Bev. Andrew He gave the rightof way but has With1 held the deed until they made a deed for the Alley. Andraw and GeOrgO Boyd protested against closing the alley. Presbyterian, church collapsed during a fire. Granting of a vrage^ Increase avert­ ed a Strike of 7,000 garment workers at Cleveland. Pottery workers atiEast Liverpool decided to domaud a 25 per cent wage increase, eighfoour day and half holt- ’ day on Saturdays. 1 Voters of Degraff approved a bond Issue of $120,000 to erect a new school . building. - } Charles Pojing, residing near Falls Mill, Logon county, died from a frac­ tured akull received when he jumped from a runaway automobile. Bichwood will hold a home-coming celebration Aug. 14. Following the discovery of alleged discrepancies in hia accounts, ‘City Treasurer JoSiah F. Jones of Lima/ has been* recommended for removal* from office by State Examiner Frank B. Thomas. State industrial commission em­ ployes’ organization, Which is threat­ ening to etrike unless salaries are in­ creased, will expand until it -includes ‘‘every state employe,” leaders pre­ dicted. Professor J. J. Phillips of Gallon de­ clined the proffered superintendency of Bucyrus schools a t an annual sal­ ary of $3,000, Charles Lebeau, 21, and another t member of the crew of the barge Dun- { dura were drowned when the vessel i foundered and sank off Ashtabula! during a heavy storm. ’ j American Rolling Mill* company will erect a new sheet mill at Middle- town to cost $5,500,000. *' W. E. Dorsey, Findlay, was awarded foe contract for constructing six miles of brick roadway between Find­ lay and Fostoria a t ft cost of $237,- 419.77. Daniel Morris, 9, driving n pony cart, was killed by an electric car a t Lakevlew, Logan county. Five buildings, Including a large bam, were burned on the George Vogil farm at Colfax, Fairfield coun­ ty, when sparks from a threshing ma­ chine got in foe Straw stack. The machine also burned* Paul Rivers, convicted of man­ slaughter for* the kilting of George W. Bonner, Clqfeland restaurant cashier, and two other prisoners, Walter Wright of Columbiana county and James Bu*e, escaped from Mans­ field reformatory. J. J, Armstrong, superintendent of _ the Stark county public schools, has ] been charged with "inefficiency, neg­ lect of duty and improper conduct," j County school board .will conduct n j hearing,- 4 j Rajj Tompkins, electric lineman, i Elyria, la living despite the fact that 22,000 volts of electricity* passed through his body when he touched ft live wire, ’*• Beaten, (stabbed and with revolver wounds in hia chest and forehead, Patrick Pancollo, 80, was found dead in bad at his home in Youngstown. Paul Perce, 16, Kinsman, near War­ ren* was killed when his buggy Was struck by a train. If You Had $1,000 in“ReadyCash”? No doub t you have paid to yourself many times. fiI£ I only had a thousand dollars, I coulcf do so-and- so ” Are you any nearer th a t goal to-day th an you wereyesfcerday? Why no t begin now to accumulate th a t thousand dollars by s ta rting a savings account a t The Exchange Bank 4% Paid on Savings We solicit Checking Accounts- of Firms.and Individuals.! Travelers Checks Issued CEDARVILLE, OH IO SALE .9 , 1919 A T 2 ; ; ! *'• - ^ Suitable for two fia ts. , * * * ; / 1 < . - , f , To be sold by order of P roba te Court. M . I . M A R S H , Executor Sarah M. McMillan, deceased. HARRY WILSON, Auct. is1? • 1 . 1 "* •’ Central Garage We have installed an acetylene p lan t for burning carbon ou t of motors, service and satisfaction gua ran ­ teed as the best. Carbon Removed While You Wait 75c a Cylinder Oils a$id Gasoline Repairing of All Kinds Auto Wash Satisfaction Guaranteed J. G. DUGAN <at. Located koyd’s Livery Stand Cedarville, * - .<« - ■. * ' > Ohio W. L. CLEMANS R e a l E s t a t e Gan b* found a t my offlo* tofth Saturday o r ranched by jtaoiM a t my residence each «inanin&. ^Office $6 PHONES Residence 2-132 GEMRV1U&, OHIO. Fox* Sale:- Goad corn. 3, C. Finney,! PfcOMlX-li*. I TRY OUR JOB PRINTING*