The Cedarville Herald, Volume 42, Numbers 27-52

IP. *• K the town should c u u to E ^ t bow would It affect the w h it o f burnt land and all oA* «r property? J i A COMMUNITY c a n PROSPER OTJLY B Y THE SUPPORT O F ITS PEOPLE ■suuewr FORTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 37. CEDARVILDE, lY, AUGUST 22.1919 PRK® . I l i f l A fYEAR *vNf PLANS BEING PERFECTED . FOR BIG HOME COMING ON LABOR PAY. The various committee* fop the County Home Coming for the return­ ed soldiers on Labor Day in Xenia have put in a busy week making final arrangements for the big 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 soldier* and their friends that will gather in their honor on that day. Solicitors have also been among the, housewives seeking promise* o f well filled baskets for the“ big feed” that is to be spread that day about the court house square. The local com- tttftte is Mrs. Milbum, Mrs. R, F. Kerr Mrs. E. C. Oglesbee, Mrs. S, Ti Bamr, Mjsa Lula Henderson, Mrs. "Whs, Con­ ley and Mrs. Florence Jackson. SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST TWO YOUNG BOYS. COUNTY BOARD 0P HEALTH ORGAINZED FRIDAY NIGHT The County Board o f Health was organized last Friday night when the presidents o f the . township trustees and the mayors of the towns met in Xenia to orgahize under the Hunt' law5parsed by the legislature which does away with local boards who ser­ ved for nothing and substitutes a plan fox high salaried officers. ' The Board of Health appointed will be composed o f Dr. W. H. Finley of Xenia for the five year term; Dr. Trehame for the four year term; At­ torney Charles Bogle o f Yellow Springs for the three year term; S. S. Early of Caesarcreek township for the" two year term and S. M. ’McKay of ' Xenia for the one year term. This hoard will meet soon to elect a health- commissioner who must be a, docter and who will be selected from a certified list of applicants presented by the State Civil Service Commission. A selection must be ffiade from the three applicants hav­ ing the highest grades and i f a Xenia man' ip on the list he will be given the preference-' The state will pay half o f the commissioner's salary up to $2,00(1 and the rest paid by the dif­ ferent townships fo r 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 m& City' Manager Riddle o f . Xenia ‘ '.was miidefcdliairlh‘ia?end C. 'L. lackey o f Jamestown as secretary. Dr, Henry E, Hock ■o f Cincinnati, district supervisor was present and explained the law., The advisory council will meet twice a year, once to approve the budget for.the coming year and one to elect g member of the health board, the term of 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 for the Xenians backing the new plan to take full charge. It has been tipped that Xenia will unload their present health officer on the county qnl let^the taxpayers foot the bill. The organization already indi cates that the plans are being carried out ^to the letter, tinder 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 caTe of the county ' Seat, Xenia, which is broke in every sense o f the word. Water and elec­ tric 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 era 'can step, np next December and help save*'our stricken neighbor who is to get all the salary jobs while the free work in the townships must be gratis fo r tbe law makes no provision for paying fo r this work. Charges o f a serious nature were Sled against two young boys this week. Qua 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 apd they agreed to go to Kentucky and get married or he 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 waB gone having skipped during the night. As soon as he can be found he will be turned over to the courtB. 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 tlm girl's present condition.' XENIA’ S POOR POLICY, Xenia is.getting some rather unev- iable publicity by reason o f her rough Speed law enforcement policy. Spring- field motorists have felt it, and com­ plained to the Xenia city officials with ou|bresult. 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 hear Xenia. . The Cincinnati club had received several complaints relative to the Xenia "speed traps” . When, finally, secured direct evidence o f high-hand- procedure, club officers laid the mat­ ter before the officials o f the city. The Cincinnati papers report that City Manager Biddle 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 of motoring. He will find, if he investigates, that to a large extent th e ’rich*, got tired of touring years ago; and that it is the fellow with the low-priced car who keeps the country roads dusty these fine afternoons. Enforcement o f sane regulations to prevent senseless speeding is a fin* shiag, ..No,motorist«i * and few violate them, 1 But traps” are an abomination, and Xenia is n<^t improving her standing by maintaining one. — Springfield Bun 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 o f 214 acres, About twenty year* ago Howard Corry purchased this farm for $65 an acre and sojd 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 Q. H. Smith and W. L, Clemens to Harry Townsley. The farm has 140 acres and brought $225 ait acre. Pos­ session is to be, given between now and spring. The Moore farm ovyhed 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,, yhe Anna Miller- Townsley farm east o f town of about 70 acres has been sold to Mr. Stryker. 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 o f 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 hour -was big winter .run starts, hogs will be sel painters’ association, ling around $17 while .some go so far { ’Grand jury at as to'predict a price as low as $14 by •number of Tee dei OHIOGU Seven prisoners Dayton workhouse from a sebond-stm'j to the ground, thenj will. Five of the. are declared to b*Ys] Government sel 000 pounds of sugar] ton Storage and and seryeid notice president of the co| before Federal Jud* Cleveland Sept IS. In a second attar tp kill herself, Mr man, 24, wife* of aj took a quarter of green mixed with She brought suit for] Rey. Jooseph. Wa retired Presbyter! suddenly of apople was active in churci 50 years, having ftelf number of Ohio agd| Mayor Henry Clauj wood Plate, near Cl 'iig homo from pne.it Perry Griswold, was Instantly killed from one automobile] another. » Fire destroyed -thc| Victory at Put-In-Bay tained 500 rooms .More* than 2,000 ceased work at' Ci: crease in their wage] refused the middle o f November. NEW PASTOR INSTALLED. lations of the Valentis James McCiung, g? Hamilton, left 119 eluding 10 children, 3] Rev. W* P. Harriman was installed pastor of the First Reformed Presby- j Forty terian chjirch Sabbath morning, Aug - 10f gduitg from * ust 17, at l i o’clock. Icounty, were en rot Rev, T, R. Turner, D. D. of Quincy, j burg (W. Va.) parkj Mass, read the Scripture lesson. Rev. j Sunday school outin| R. C. Galbreath of Union, N. Y., de- \ trie car in which they livered the sermon on the theme “Our struck by a switch er Consception o f God” Elder W. H. i kersburg. Eight pet Creswell read the edict. Dr. W. R. {»*»* *■ 8C0«? .injured, McChesney offered the - installation ®“ **dren,. prayer, installed the pastor, put the! questions to the congregation nhd the; of PoUc^ RiMet on}1 pastor, and gave the charge to the aegiect of duty, in«fl WHAT WILL FORD DO WITH ALL HIS DAMAGE MONEY? Henry Ford won his damage suit against the Chicago Tribune and the ;iury allowed him six cents damages. The trial .lasted* fourteen weeks and the costa in the case amounted to m - >out $30(1,000. Of epurse Henry feels good over the ‘victory while the Trib­ une gets consulatioii in the fact that the judgment allowed showed that he was not damaged to any extent for ie sued for a cool million. pastor. Rev- F. A. Jurkat, LL.D,, gave the charge tu the congregation. >r the services,, the congregation and extended their greet* to Rev, and lira, Harriman. The services were impressive and the congregation and pastor . start ip their work together with bright pros.-: pects. [from the jg bars s* jumping Sir 12-fOOt escaped records, on 103,- the Can- ^pompany Heltsel, appear raver at . a month Fried- ^merchant, o f parts is dead, recently, okey, ter, died ford. He for over fates in a- cities. .; of Elra- died at kUchester, te stepped* ite path of; ins -Hotel) It con-: [$500,000, . painters . An in­ dents an »e master idicted a leging vio­ l-trust act died at* adants, in- adchildren, 14 great-; a number Washington (a Parker^ aeir annual i.tfte elec*' 1 riding was- near Pari rere killed ceding many itpn *u| ided Chief rge of ad to* vihte THE DAYTON FAIR. Secretary Holder-man of the Dayton fair board says that this year’s fair will be the biggest and best ever held :n Montgomery county. Record break­ ing crowds are expecte4 every day. The race program has attracted the >est trotters .and runners in the country. During the spring the as­ sociation completed the teloamnig of the race track making it the fastest lalf mile coursein the Btate, Records are expected to be broken during the coming race meet, the special purses offered attracting some o f the fastest aimals in this section Of the country. The grand jury investigating for evidence against illegal combinations in this county that might he control­ ling prices- of food products reports to Judge C. H. Kyle that nothing of the kind 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. ' BET5TERTAKE OUR TIP. KYLE FAMILY. REUNION. The annual reunion o f the Kyle families was held Wednesday at the rheme o f J1; 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 o f Amsterdam,. N. Y,, Charles Cooley, John Kyle, Miss Agnus Kyle o f Springfield, Judge C. H. Kyle o f Xenia, Roland Kyle, who recently was discharged from the army after set vice in France. During the remarks it was men tioned that the Kyle fantily had been represented in each of the great wars First by the late Judge Kyle, and his son, John, Alex. Kyle, Ormond Kyie and Roland Kyle. Dr, Foster Kyle and family and Mis Agnus Kyle o f Springfield; Judge C. H. Kyi* and family, Dr. Joseph Kyla'S family, J. D. Kyle and family o f Xenia and Rev. Joshua Kyle o:1 Amsterdam, N. Y. were those present from out of town. Rev. Henry Foster and wife of Bell Center, O., who came for the te- , union were called home the first of the week owing to the death o f the letters mother. . The following committee waa selec­ ted for next year; David Kyle. Mrs. A. H, Creswell, Mrs. H. H. Cherry, John Kyle end H«$h Turnbull* If 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 egg* 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 o f TippeCande 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 Cvet known, regardless of breed. What is said to be the finest specimen of Duroc Sires brought $32,' 000 Slid Was purchased by J. H, White o f Mississippi. W. M. 8, OF THE U. P. CHURCH. The Women’s Missionary Society o f the tL P. church wilt meet Monady, August 26th at the home o f Mrs. W. B, Stevenson, Roll call to ha answer ed With temperance items. Hostesses Mrs. W. B, Stevenson, A, T, Finney, Mrs. M. L Marsh and Mrs. Charles Cooley. All the ladies of the con gregation ate invited to be present. NO COMBINATION f o u n d TWO ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY. Will Rife fell about fifteen feet on Wednesday while engaged in roofing a house. He was unconscious for about an hour but 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 away after being freightened when the mower ran into an old tin bucket in the weeds. The driver was thrown, Lake Milton, near Youngstown, off the machine injuring his arm hip. Dr. M. I, Marsh was called to ren­ der medical aid in ead, of the above accidents, competency, la* liquor laws fund’ Governs ton urging that 2.43#,000 pound* of meat add poultry saw to b# illegally stored in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo, be seized by federal authori­ ties. Warrant* were issued in sev­ eral Ohio cities tot the arrest ,of 40 agents, managers and heads of firms handling or atoring foodstuffs, viola-' lions of the cold storage law being alleged. Strike of 600 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 OrizzeR ,of Columbus,' tried for the murderMay 29 of Miiton G. Donavan, Columbus taxicab driver, near London, was acquitted by the Jury sitting In the case,. At the primaries Columbtis voters. defeated sin ordinance increasing streetcar fares and approved * school bond issue and extra levy. At Cin­ cinnati 31 bond Issues carried. They are for street and sewer improve­ ments totaling $3,788,090. Five of seven large bond issue* were ap­ proved by Akron voters. Mias Ruth MyerS, 17, of Massillon, * member of a camping party, was drowned in the Tuscarawas river near Zoar, while bathing, Construction on fronton'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 ion with whom he was swimming at How- The RECEPTION F o r NEW p a s t o r 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 Mr*. Baker, Rev. and Mrs, Hariman, Rev. T, R. Turner and wife o f Quincy, Mass., and the ex­ soldiers present. The program opened with a vocal trio composed’ of Mrs. Turner and Misses Irene Wright and Eul* Cres­ well. ' Mr. Baker gave the addresd o f 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, .Creswell, Serg. Roscpe McOor- kell and. Herman Stormont. Lieut, Cameron Ross was on .program for two solos. During the. evening refreshments Were served. A visitor of note was the Rev. A. B. Henry and wife o f Phila­ delphia, a former pastor o f the local congregation.. The honor roll, of the congregation is as follow*: Robert Andrew, Walter Boase, Charlie Bratton, Joseph Brat­ ton, Frank "Creswell, Paul Creihvell, Clarence Deck, Harrison Deck, No’ali Devault, RoScoe McCorkele, Cameron Ross, Herman Stormont, Harry Wright and John Wright. KROGER BLAMES FARMERS AND THE HOUSEWIVES. B, H. Kroger, head of a company owning more than S00 groceries; in an interview say* that farmers and house wives are to blame for ■present high prices of food. He says that farmers are enabled to fix prices of much o f their product through exemption under the Clayton act. The rice growers association has fixed j|&Cents fo r this years price as compared .with 2 1-2 cents in 1915, This yeara crop is estimated to be the largest ever known. The California Prune Association has fixed the price at 121-2’ cents' when in lQj^.only four cents was deiced., The Pc Association aSked four cei Growers in 1915 price is the kitchen sinks every da^t than is used per capita in, any country in the world.” Kroger also criticised people for “ living out o f tin cans” Instead of using home cooking. The above statementswere made at a hearing beofre a Committee o f the Cincinnati City council that is prepar­ ing ordinances to regulate the food sit uation in that city. . MISS HULL RESIGNS. President J. W. Johnson of the school board received a telegram from Miss Hull, o f Mt. Vernon, asking that the school board accept at once her resig­ nation, Miss Hull was ap applicant for the position and formerly accepted after the board’s election and her res­ ignation coming at this late date leaves the b.oard in a close position due to the bpfening of school on Sept. 8th and most of the teachers in domes tic science already employed. It Will not be many years until there will he egislation to stop such a practice that b more becoming labor unions than in the ranks of educators. Often such a course can be excused but not many at such a late date. WE ARE ALL A&A1ST IT. We note by the dispatches that Congressman Fess is against the so- called Plumb plan for turning the railroads over to the labor unions, Hie 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 sohie trouble between the railroad and ard B. Jones, 24, was drowned, giri was rescued by others, At Elyria, Chari** Ackerman shot and wounded a burglar who Was breaking Into bis store. Police who followed the trail of blood; to railroad tracks later found * man in a box car unconscious from loss of blood, Robert Enright, 20,-yard clerk fit s gravel pit near Mechanicsburg, died after bis left leg was amputated fol­ lowing a fall between two railroad cars.. , TrUs Becker and John Declum were instantly killed at tbe Youngstown Sheet and Tube company’s plant when a crane dropped a load of pipe on them. Kenneth Sherwood, 16, son of Pres­ ton Sherwood, was knocked down, run over and killed at Marysville by Metal Oddities. * Tb l Importance of the remarkable surface actions that distinguished met­ als generally was noted in a lecture by Sir William Tllden at the British scientific products exhibition. The property of platinum of causing the combination of oxygen gas with hydro^ gen and other combustible substances was discovered, by Davy one hundred years ago, but other metals show stilt stranger powers. One of the most val­ uable Is the power possessed by nickel of causing hydrogen to combine with heated oil, converting it into a fat that it solid when cold, A substance acting by Its mere presence in tht* way 1* termed a catalyst, and catalya- Go actions are now turned to account on a large scale in making sulphuric and nitric acids and ammofila, in the surface combination o f gat, In obtain­ ing fats from whale oil, and in a va­ riety of manufacturing processes. A great field is open in the study Of catalyatic effects. ’a '-! y . U'. ~ : employees and the companies over _ ...__________ wages but it will have to be met some1an.*au'tomobfie"drlTan "by'L* F"Bald- time, *0 the sooner the bettor. OHIO’S NEW PEN STARTED. The first dirt Was thrown Tuesday for the new penitentiary on the prison farm near London, A large group o f state officials were present when Got* 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 walled enclosure. A REAL CHICKEN RAUl Thieves raided John Merchant's poultry house in Fayette county last week and took $1000,00 Worth Of his finest poultry. This Wtut a. real tg raid. win of Dayton. Two prisoners front Cleveland, handcuffed, escaped by jumping froth a fast train at Gallon while ea route to the Lancaster ihdustrlal school. Tbe officer lit charge of them occu­ pied a seat across the aisle. Mayor Jonathan Neer of Mech&n- iqsburg 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 $3.88, . Marion Lee Price of Relief, Ky,, was killed by a train at a grade ceews- ing in ClrclevlUe. SLKJ Auriienee^-4«ma ****** Fawltejitot dates. Harvest Time For Savers Is A ll The Time Start Saving Now e , 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 . day* of the high cost of living, illness or reverse* 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 friehd. One Dollar or More W ill Open an .Account 4% Paid on Sayings CBDARVILLE, OHIO Travelers Checks Issued . ' . . . . . .■. 'J Safe Deposit Boxes fo r Rent T» ' _[•- v,i* *j ’ .<{ . - •* .. s, , + ’ f f ' 1 ; , w W e have installed an acetylene p lant fo r burning carbon out o f m otors, service and satisfaction guaran­ teed as the bast. t i 1 • ... - . - , Carbon Removed While Y ou W ait < 75c a Cylinder , Hfs and Gasoline Repairing o f A ll K inds Auto Wash ' {Satisfaction Guaranteed j . G. DUGAN Located Boyd’ s LiverygStand Cedarville, Ohio i«:.: m W. L. CLEMANS R e a l E s t a t e Cfcmh* found at my offk« aoch Saturday or reached by phone at my residence each evening. Office U PHONES Residence 2-122 C E B A iim L E , OH IO . Converted Chapel* lit London. Other London places of worship have been converted to secular uses beside* the Bedford Congregational chapel, Somers town, where a co-operative laundry la being organized. By lav the most interesting of these from afi an­ tiquarian point o f view is the Moravian chapel in Chelsea, now an artist’s attt* die, says London Tit-Bits. ’ The old chapel, with its walled and disused graveyard, forms a picturesque cor­ ner o f 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 *n adaptation of Sit Thomas More’s stables, the Tudor brickwork and foundations being Un­ mistakable. The adjacent horee trough to at** Tudor* weriL ' tj Ani.-.w.' ■*** ■A- ■, Modern Farmer, Attention R« M. Owen, the builder of the famous Owen’ s Magnetic Auto—has a lighting plant FOR YOU. SOMETHING DIFF1RENT. Automatic System You don’ t HAVE to watch it, it completely handlM iiself, and NOTIFIES YOU IMMEDI­ ATELY if anything gaes wrong. Much greater light and power capacity. Same range of price as others, and much mere ■imple. 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