The Cedarville Herald, Volume 42, Numbers 27-52

If the town should o w e to Exist how would it effect the y*Iue o f farm Und aad ail oth- M eraLL A COMMUNITY CAN PROSPER ONLY BY THE SUPPORT OF ITS PEOPLE FORTY -SECOND Y E A R N O .J fc J Y CED ARV ILLE , OH IO , F R ID A Y , AUGUST 23 ,1919 PRICE, *1.50 AfYEAH PLANS BEING PERFECTED FOB BIG HOME COMING ON LABOR DAY, The various . committees for the County Home Coming for the return­ ed soldiers on Labor Day in Xenia have put ip a busy week making final arrangements for the biff day. The county is being canvased for funds to defray expenses for the hun­ dreds o f things' planned for the enjoy Went and comfort of the soldiers and their friends that will gather in their honor on that day. Solicitors have also been, among the housewives 'seeking promises of well filled baskets for the“ big feed" that is to be spread that day about the court house ,square. The local com­ mute is Mrs. Milburn, Mrs. R. E. Kerr Mrs. E. C. Oglesbee, Mrs. S, T, Baker, Miss Lula Henderson, Mrs. Wra, Con­ ley and Mrs. Florence Jackson. SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST TWO YOUNG BOYS. COUNTY BOARD OP HEALTH ORGAINZED FRIDAY NIGHT The County Board o f Health was organized last Friday night when the presidents of the township trustees and the mayors o f the towns met in Xenia to organize under the Hunt law passed by the legislature which does away with local boards who ser­ ved for nothing and substitutes a plan for high salaried officers. The Beard of Health appointed will be composed of Dr.' W. H. ,Finley of Xenia for the five year term; Dr. Treharne for the four year term; A t­ torney Charles Bogle of Yellow Springs for the three year term; S. S, Early o f Caesarcreek township for the two year term and S. M. McKay of Xenia for the one year term. . This board will meet soon to elect a health commissioner who must be a doctor and who will be selected from a certified list o f applicants presented by the State Civil Service Commission. A selection must be wade from the three'applicants hav­ ing the highest grades and if a Xenia man is on the list he will he given the preference. The state will pay half o f the commissioner’s salary up to $2,000. and tihe rest paid by the dif­ ferent townships for which they are appropriated., The hiring o f a clerk and’public health nurse will also come before this board. An advisory council will be named and City Manager Riddle o f Xenia was. nwde,chairmau.kand.C^L.JLackey o f Jamestown as secretary. Dr. Henry E. Kock o f Cincinnati, district supervisor was present and .explained the law. The advisory council will meet twice a year, once to approve the budget fo r the coming year and one to elect a member o f the health board, the term o f one member expiring every year. ■ There was a very small represen­ tation o f the township and village of­ ficials at the meeting and it was no . trouble fo r the XenianS backing the new plan to'take full charge. It has been tipped tbat Xenia will unload their present health officer on the county anl let the taxpayers foot the bill. The organization already indi­ cates that the plans are being carried out to the letter. ‘ Under the old law there was little or no expense as the members served without pay. There is no. limit the board can' go to ex­ pense. We suppose it is alright for the county to take care of the county seat, Xenia, which is broke in every sense of the word. Water and elec trie, light bills- have been unpaid .for months and the bonded indebtedness runs into the hundreds of thousands. We are glad to know that the tax pay ers can step up next December and help save our stricken neighbor who is to get all the salary jobs while the free woik in the townships must be gratis for the law makes no provision for paying for this work. Charges o f a serious nature were filed against two young boys this week. One was a boy named Krug from Ross, township on statements made by the fourteen year old daugh­ ter o f George Hix on the George Lit­ tle farm. Squire Jackson brought the couple together and they agreed to go to Kentucky hnd get married or be turned over to court an each have to go to a state institution. The parents agreed and so did the young people and they were to go to Kentucky Wednesday. When the fa ­ ther of the boy went to his room ear­ ly that morning he found the boy was gone having skipped during the night. As soon as he can be found he will be turned over* to the courts. Charges were filed Wednesday by Hix against Dewey Jones who had promised to marry another older dau­ ghter last Saturday to right a wrong. Jones has left the community but will be located by the Sheriff.Jones is charged with being the author of the girl’s present condition. XENIA’S POOR POLICY. Xenia is getting some rather unev- iable. publicity by reason of her rough speed law enforcement policy. Spring- field motorists have felt it, and com­ plained to the Xenia city officials with out result. Now the, Cincinnati Auto­ mobile club has issued a special bul­ letin to it’s large membership, warn­ ing all Cincinnati autoists to detour and not stop in or near Xenia. The Cincinnati dub had received several complaints relative to the Xenia “ speed, traps” . When, finally,' secured direct evidence of high-hand- procedure, club officers laid the mat­ ter before the officials of the city. The Cincinnati papers report that City Manager Riddle replied that “ the rich couldn’t ignore Xenia’s ordinan- ces.” Mr. Riddle, evidently, isn’t very familiar with the automobile situa­ tion. It isn’t altogether the “rich’’, nowadoys, who get their'recreation out o f motoring. He will find, if he investigates, that to a large extent the ‘ rich* got tired o f touring years ago, and that it is the fellow with the low-priced car who keeps, the country roads dusty these fine afternoons. Enforcement of sane regulations to prevent senseless speeding is a fine thing. No motorist objects to them, and few1violate them. But “ speed traps” are an abomination, and Xenia is not improving her standing by maintaining one. — Springfield Sun, SEVERAL FARMS SOLD DURING THE PAST WEEK. The Bumgarner farm on the Col­ umbus pike formerly known as the Smith farm was sold by Striker and Pagett to Mrs. Lou Cross of South Vienna for $215 an acre. . The farm consists of 214 acres. About twenty years ago .Howard Corry purchased this farm for $65 an acre and sold it for $75 and people thot that a good price for a well improved farm. Com­ pare that with the recent selling price The James A. McMillan farm on the Columbus pike was sold this week by G. H. Smith and W, L. Clemans to Harry Townsley, The farm has 140 acres and brought $225 an acre. Pos­ session is to be given between now and spring. The Mpore farm owned by Arnold Bros., 240 acres, was sold last week to Clinton county parties for $150 an acre and the-cost of a new bam that is now yet completed. ' The Anna Miller Townsley farm east of town of about 70 acres has been-sold to Mr. Stryker. fOHIO 6 UEAWINCSI WHERE. WILL HOGS STOP WHILE ON THE DECLINE? The effect o f the various investi­ gations on the food situation is hav­ ing a telling effect on the price of hogs. A dispatch from . Cleveland on Monday stated that yorkers were only $21, the lowest in months. One es­ pecially well-informed stock man pre­ dicted that by November 1st, when the big M- ntei; run starts, hogs will be sel ling around $1? while some go so far . as to predict a price as low as $14by ' the middle, of November. NEW PASTOR INSTALLED. Seven prisoner# Sscaped from the Dayton , workhouse by sawing bars from a second-Btory window, jumping to the ground, then, scaling a 12-foot wall. Five of the men who escaped are declared to !hav#f had bad records. Government seised at Canton .103,- OQOpounds of sugfc&found at the'Can- ton. Storage and transfer company and served notlce bn j . R. Heltsol, president of the company, to appear before Federal Judge Westenhaver at Cleveland Sept. 13. . In a second attenfot within a month to kill herself, H f . Isadora Fried­ man, 34, wife© of g Xenia merchant, took a quarter of A pound of parts green mixed with, water and is dead, She brought suit for divorce recently. Rev. Jooseph Waddell Clokey, 80, retired Presbyterian minister, died suddenly of apoplexy at Oxford. He was active in chp) 50 years, having h< huniber of Ohio as Mayor Henry Cli wood Place, near his home from pnei Perry Griswold,^ was instantly kill from one automobi another. Fire destroyed Victory at Put-In-R|y Island. It con­ tained 500 rooms # id cost $500,000. More than 2,004 * union painters ceased work at C heinnati. An in­ crease in their ,wag is to 75 cents an hour was refused by the master painters’ associatioi Grand jury at jayton indicted a number of Ice des firs,, alleging vio­ lations of the Valeri Ine anti-trust act. James McClupg, ; 17, Who died at Hamilton, left llOfileacendants, In­ cluding 10 chlldrenjtl grandch: fch work for over id pastorates in a |jf Indiana cities. ising, 52, of Elm- sjlncinnatl, died at aonia, ’ 20, Blanohester, iWhen he stepped into the path of famous Hotel Rev, T. R. Turner, D, D, of Quincy, Mass, read the Scripture lesson. Rev. R. C. Galbreath of Union, N. Y., de- burg (W. Va.) par! for their annual Sunday school outii f, when the elec­ tric car in which th jpwere riding was livered the sermon on the theme “Our1struck by a switch jsngine near Pari Consception of God”. Elder W. H. jkorsburg. Eight pi sons were killed CresweU read the edict. Dr. W. R .‘ and a score injure^ Including many children. Mayor i c ildrep, 14 great- Rev. W. P. Hamman was installed ' gJeat^rafdcMIdreffi! pastor of the First Reformed Presby-|B Forty ^ a u chtwlen and a number terian church Sabbath morning, Aug-. of adults £rom 'jSpno, Washington ust 17, at 11 o’clock. tcounty, were en to le to a Parkers- McChesney offered the installation prayer, installed, the pastor, put the questions to the congregation and the sof'^P'oTlco^Pfciblet^ pastor, and gave the charge to the l negieot o£ duty, i: Boorman$ nounced that he WHAT WILL FORD DO, WITH ALL HIS DAMAGE MONEY? Henry Ford won his damage suit against the, Chicago Tribune and the ury allowed him six cents damages. The trial lasted fourteen weeks and the costs in the case amounted to a- bout $300,000. Of course Henry feels good over the victory while the. Trib­ une gets consulation in the fact that the judgment allowed showed that he was not damaged to any extent for ne sued fo r a cool million. THE DAYTON FAIR. Secretary Holderman of the Dayton fair board says that this year’s fair will be the biggest and best ever held in Montgomery county. Record break­ ing crowds are expects* every day. The race program has attracted the best trotters and runners in the country. During the spring the as­ sociation completed the reloamnig of ;he race track making it the fastest half mile coursein the state, Records are expected to.be broken during the coming race meet, the special purses offered attracting some of the fastest aimals in this section of the country. The grand jury investigating for,, evidence against illegal combinations in this county that might be control- ing prices of food products reports to Judge G. H. Kyle that nothing of the kiqd was found that would tend to increase prices in the county. Six days was required to examine the forty witnesses covering all the food, fruit, clothing, canners and ship­ pers as well as wholesale dealers, The Jury recommended that Xenia, city officials establish a market place where farmers can obtain regular or temporary space for distribution of fruits and vegetables. BETTERTAKE OUR TIP* KYLE FAMILY REUNION. The annual reunion o f the Kyle families was held Wednesday at the home o f J. E. Kyle, north o f town. About 75 were present to,enjoy the day. * Following dinner came a number o f interesting speeches by Rev. Joshua Kyle of Amsterdam, N. Y,» Charles Cooley, John Kyle, Miss Agnus Kyle o f Springfield, Judge C, H. Kyle of Xenia, Roland Kyle, who recently was discharged from] the army after ser vice In France, During the remarks it was men­ tioned that the Kyle family had been represented irt each of the greet wars First by the late Judge Kyle, and his son, John, Alex, Kyle, Ormand Kyle and Koland Kyle* Dr. Foster Kyle and family and Mis Agnus Kyie of Springfield; Judge C. H, Kyle and family, Dr. Joseph Kyle'S family* J. D. Kyle and family o f Xenia and Rev. Joshua Kyle of Amsterdam, N.Y* were those present from out o f town, Rev, Henty Foster and wife of Bell Center, 0 „ who came for the re union were catted home the first of the week owing to the death o f the latter* mother. The following committee was selec ted fo r next year? David Kyle, Mrs. A. H, Cresw#tt, M « - H. H. Cherry John Kyi* and Hugh Turnbull, rf i r . Cailky I k m ItfmMmmtM* I f you want eggs for winter use let us give you a tip that you had bet ter pack a few dozen in salt or some other good old fashioned way. The recent investigations will force the present storage eggs on the market before winter. Unless some one can guarantee that hens will lay this win­ ter there will be no eggs so it won’t matter what the price is. Last win ter packed eggs sold for 65 cents in the cities. WORTH IT’S WEIGHT IN GOLD, Ira Jackson of. Tippecanoe City, O. who last winter sold more than one hundred thousand dollars worth of hogs at two different sales, now has the honor of having sold the highest priced hog ever known, regardless of breed* What is said to be the finest speciman of Duroc sires brought $32,- 000 and was purchased by J. H. White Of Mississippi, W. M. S. OF THE U. P, CHURCH. The Women’s Missionary Society of the U. P. church will meet Monady, August 25th at the home of Mrs. W. B, Stevenson. Roil call to be answer­ ed with temperance items, Hostesses Mr*. W. B. -Stevenson, A, T, Finney, Mrs, M, 1. Marsh and Mrs. Charles Cooley, All the ladies of the con­ gregation are invited to be present, For Bale:- Gee range, four burner and ovee hi good eewditRm. FleydFeriA / competency,.in .fat liquor laws and Governor Co* pastor. Rev. F. A. Jurkat, LL.D., gave the charge to the congregation. After the services, the congregation and visiting friend# came ^orWard#^Atte<»«y JG.efieral. and extended their greets to Rev. and Mrs. Harriman. ;• The services were impressive and the congregation and pastor start in their work together with bright pros­ pects, NO COMBINATION FOUND TWO ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY. o f Canton an- BUBpended Chief the charge of fficlenCy and tn- g to enforce the .auces. ’ a' telegram to; jaLWashtax^ Will Rife fell about fifteen feet on Wednesday while engaged in roofing a house. Jie was unconscious for about an hour l}ut fortunately no bones were broken and he sustained only slight bruises and cuts about the face. Frank Armstrong, a tenant on the W. R. Watt farm sustained slight in­ juries Wednesday when his team ran ton urging that 2.420,000 pound# of meat and poultry said to be illegally stored in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo, be seized by federal authori­ ties. Warrants were Issued In sev­ eral Ohio cities for the arrest of 40 agents, managers and heads ot firms handling or storing foodstuffs, viola­ tions of the cold storage law being alleged. Strike of 500 trainmen for a 10- cent per hour wage increase tied up the entire Ohio Electric railway sys­ tem, with the exception of two minor branches. The men refused to accept a 3-cent per hour raise offered by the company. Mrs. Leila Grlzzett of Columbus, tried for the murder May 29 6f Milton G. Donavan, Columbus taxicab driver, near London, was acquitted by , the jury sitting tin the Case. At' the primaries Columbus voters defeated an ordinance increasing streetcar fares and approved a school bond Issue and extra levy. At Cin­ cinnati 31 bond Issues carried. They are for street and sewer improve­ ments totaling $3,788,000. Five of seven large bond Issues were ap­ proved by Akron voters. Miss Ruth Myers, 17, of Massillon, a member ot a camping party, was drowned in the Tuscarawas river near Zosr, while bathing. Construction on Ironton’s $400,000 filtration plant is'about completed. Russell Bookman, 24, formerly of Lancaster, was killed in an accident at Hog Island shipyards. Attempting to save a girl compan- away after being freightened when the mower ran into an old tin bucket!ion with whom he was swimming at in the Weeds. The driver was thrown ! Lake. Milton, Hear Youngstown, How- off the machine injuring his arm and hip. Dr. M. I. Marsh was called to ren­ der medical aid in each of the above accidents. WE ARE ALL AGA1ST IT. We note by the dispatches that Congressman Fess is against the so- called Plumb plari for turning the railroads over to the labor unions. The sooner the government turns the railroad property over to the right­ ful owners, the stockholders, the soon­ er matters of public importance will settle down. There probably will be some trouble between the railroad employees and the companies over wages but it will have to be met some time, so the sooner the better. OHIO'S NEW PEN STARTED. The first dirt was thrown Tuesday for the new penitentiary on the prison farm near London. A large group of state officials were present when Gov, Cox lifted the first dirt with a spade made in the prison. Most all the work will be done by labor, and. will cost $6,000,000. There will be 40 acres in the watted enclosure, ‘ RECEPTION FOR NEW PASTOR AND SOLDIER MEMBERS. ,The R. P. congregation gave a rec­ eption Tuesday evening honoring new pastor, Rev, W, P. Harriman and wife and the returned soldiers" who were members of the congregation, More than 200 persons attended the reception which was held in the church parlors. In the receiving line were S, T, Baker, chairman of the con gregation, and Mrs, Baker, Rev. and Mrs. Hariman,iRev, T. R. Turner and wife of Quiijcy, Mass., and the’ ex- soldiers present. The program opened with- a vocal trio composed of Mrs. Turner and Misses Irene Wright and Enla Cres- well. Mr. Baker gave the address of wel­ come and Rev. Harriman responded. Prof. F. A, Jurkat gave the welcome address to the soldier' boys.present and short talks were made by Lieut. P. H» CresweU, Serg. Roscoe McCor- kell and Herman Stormont. Lieut. Cameron Ross was on program for two solos. .During the evening refreshments were served. A visitor o f note was the Rev, A. B. Henry and wife of Phtta-. delphia.m former pastor qf the local congregation. The honor roll of the congregation is as follows: Robert Andrew, Walter Boase, Charlie Bratton, Joseph Brat­ ton, Frank CresweU, Paul. CresweU, Clarence Deck, Harrison Deck, Noah Devault, Roscoe McGorkele, Cameron Ross, Herman Stormont, Harry Wright and John Wright. KRQGER BLAMES FARMERS AND THE HOUSEWIVES.; & H. Kroger, head of a company owning more than 800 groceries, in an interview says that farmers and house Wives are to blame for. present high prices of food. He says that farmers are enabled to fix prices of. muoh of their product through, exemption under the' Clayton act. The rice growers association has fixed .13. cents for this years price as compared with 2 1-2 cents in 1915, This years crop is estimated to be the largest ever known. The California Prune Association has fixed the price at 12 1-2 cents when in 1915 only four cents, was nsked. ‘ The Peach Growers Association asked four cents in 1915 and this year the standard price is 13 1-2 cents. js,nq 3 ce«teass gowing, dusm, the kitchen sinks every day' than is used per capita in any country in the worlds” Kroger also criticised people for “ living out of tin cans’* instead of using home cooking. The abiove statements were made at a hearing beofre a Committee of the Cincinnati City council that is prepar­ ing ordinances to regulate the food sit uation in that city. ard B. Jones, 24, was drowned. The girt was rescued by others, At Elyria, Charles Ackerman shot and wounded a burglar who was breaking into bis store. Police wbo followed the trail of blood to railroad tracks later found a man in a box ear unconscious from less of blood, Robert Enright, 20, yard clerk in a gravel pit near Mechanlcsburg, died <'terr his left leg was amputated fol­ lowing a fall between two railroad ears. " TTus Becker and John Declum were instantly killed at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company’s plant when a crane dropped a load of pipe on them. Kenneth Sherwood, 15, son of Pres­ ton Sherwood, was knocked down, run over and killed at Marysville by an automobile driven by L. F. Bald­ win of Dayton. Two prisoners from Cleveland, handcuffed, escaped hjr Jumping from a fast train at Gallon while en route to the Lancaster industrial school. The officer in charge of them occu­ pied a seat across the aisle. Mayor Jonathan Near of Meehan* lCsburg was arrested by Marshal Clancy Legge of the same place for violating a recently enacted traffic Ordinance, Mayor Near says he for­ got and fined himself $1 and costs, of Which Marshal Legge received $3.05, ^ . Marten Lee Price of Relief, Ky., was kitted by a train at a grade cnee- Ing In CirclevlUe, A REAL CHICKEN RAID. Thieves raided John Merchant's poultry house in Fayette county last week and took $1000,00 worth o f his ’ AuciiattMring—tem s reasonable— finest poultry. This was a tan! poult- Cell Uedervtile ■. 'm m * ____ MISS HULL RESIGNS. ' President J, W. Johnson of the school board received a telegram from Miss Hull, of Mt. Vernon, asking that the school board accept at once her resig­ nation. Miss Hull was an applicant for the position and formerly accepted after the board’s election and her res­ ignation coming at this late date leaves the board in a close position due to the opening of school on Sept. 8th and most of the teachers in domeB tic science already employed. It will not be many years until there will be legislation to stop Buch a practice that is more becoming labor unions than in the ranks of educators. Often such a course can be excised but not many at such a late date. Metal Oddities. Thl Importance of the remarkable surface actions that distinguished met­ als generally was noted In a .lecture by Sir William TLtden nt the British scientific products exhibition. The property of platinum of cansing the combination of oxygen gns with hydro­ gen and other combustible substances waa u ncovered by Davy one hundred yenrs ago, but other metals show still stranger powers, One of the most val nable is the power possessed by nickel of causing hydrogen to combine with heated oil, converting it into a fat tbat is solid when cold. A substance acting by Its mere presence In this way Is termed n catalyst, and catalys* tic actions are now turned to account on a large scale In making sulphuric and nitric adds and ammonia, In the surface combination of gaS, In obtain- Ing fats from whale oil, and in ,a Va­ riety of manufacturing processes, A great field is open tn the Study of catalyatlc effects. Converted Chsptla in London. Other London places of worship have been converted to secular uses besides the Bedford Congregational chapel, Somers town, where a co-operative laundry Is being organized. By far the most interesting of these from an an­ tiquarian point of view is the Moravian chapel in Chelsea, now an artist's stu­ dio, says London Tlt-Blts, The old chapel, with its walled and disused graveyard, forms a picturesque cor­ ner of the Chelsea loved by Artists. Its first tenant under the new condi­ tions discovered before moving in that the changes made for his benefit Were not the first the building had, under­ gone. It was an adaptation! of Sir Thomas More’s Stables, the Tudor hrtckWork and foundations being un­ mistakable. The adjacent hors* trough I* hlSOTtffMWWAHL ' Harvest Time For Savers Is AH The Time Start Saving Now And Reep the Benefit in Years to Come A SAVING ACCOUNT is infinitely more im­ portant now than it was ten years ago. In these days of the high cost of living, illness or reverses soon 'leaves one stranded. Wise men provide against such emergencies to the best of their ability. In every emergency a bank account is a true friend. 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