The Cedarville Herald, Volume 43, Numbers 1-26

{ - *3? FORTY-THIRD Y M R NO. 14. FRIDAY, APRIL 2,1920 LargestFirmFiresIn Historyof theCounty M*njf persons have -read of - farm ably.no one will ever know, Not fif- ***** -where nearly all the improve- teen’ minutes before the discovery moot* in the way of buildings were Ralph was in the mow throwing destroyed at one time by fire but the down feed for the animals and at it? * ^Qrdejl in this county jthat time there was no sign of fire, was tpe fire on the Prank Townsley The fire started in the new bam one farm, east of town, gabbath night, - about 6:30, when two barns, ,a resi­ dence implement shed, silo„ garage, smoke house and wood house were all destroyed by fire that originated in the ham and was banned by the high wind until every .vestage of flamable material was destroyed. . The. fire Was discovered by Ralph Townsley, a son of Frank; who resides on.the farin, While he was,milking. Be immediately gave the*alarm to neigh­ bors by ringing the dinner bell and Bet to work liberating the stock. In this he was only partially successful as six head of fine draft horses were * burned along with several head of calves. The milk cows were lea sed and saved. One- cplt'that escaped had its'hack Ringed hut not serious. A number of ^calves were "alsorparty burned but they cannot likely" meow, - Sr. , t V ; The rapidity with which."-"the fire spread cannot hardly be described by the neighbors who rendered' all .the assistance, possible. 'Every effort was made to save the residence which W'as . in the path of the wind hut to ho avail Much of the household goods on the first.’floor was saved and carried to places of safety but for clothing only a small part could be reached. The greatest danger in saving'the person- . , al .effects was after, they were- taken front, the house for the burning em.- , bers ignited everything burnable. For this reason the goods had to be taken far from the house. The situation was spectacular and at the same time destressing in that the hundreds that soqn gathered . could be o f no.assistance,.The great­ est fire department could, not have done ,more than the willing handB * .that had to stand and’ see the efforts of almpst the 4Iife time o f two gener­ ations go Up in- smoke'. Probably no country fire in this ’ Section ever drew so many people. , The. heavens were lighted for miles add people were attracted from Sei-; ma, South,Charleston, Xenia, James- . towp,, mhd Springfield. We neyeb, be­ fore saw so many automobiles park- country roadside up- people wore ‘ attracted to the scene.. . J ' " ‘i { / Burning embers were carried for a half mile to the north and .threat­ ened another bam almost directly' in (the path , that was. qwnegjL,byfMr, Townsley It required the heroic ef­ forts of Frank Powers, the tenant, to protect his property , , , i ; Jus.t how the’ fire started" Pri>b- o f the finest in the county, being e rected several years’ ago at a cost of $5000. It was said to be the most complete bam in this section. \ The residence was a brick of ten rooms and was built by. the late lames Townsley a number of years ago. Some four or five years ago Mr. Townsley modernized the house mak- is; one of .the -most attractive count­ ry homes in the township. As to the contents,.of the ham all the farm machinery with the excep­ tion of . two breaking plows and a Wagon, that Were in the field, were lost along with all kinds of feed. Ralph’s automobile happened, to be standing near the house and was ■moved to a place of safety. The only buildings remaining am the chicken house and an old- crib that housed abjmt 1000 bushels of com* It was by the hardest work that the crib was saved. In the shed was, a new Moljne tractor belonging to George -Hammon but this was moved. 1 Walter Iliff happened to be visit­ ing at R. R. Townsley’s, a neighbor, when the fire was,discovered. Be drove to the scene and left' his ma­ chine near, the house ’ unnmindful of the, fate o f the auto. It was not long until the top Wqs afire but it was not extinguished until the top was ruined;- The loss is coveted- by insurance. Mr. Townsley’s loss is placed near $40,000 with only about $7,500 insur­ ance. on the house .and hams. The loss will be keenly felt hot only from a financial standpoint but- the incon­ venience at this season of the year without teams, machinery or feed. Ihe condition of .the markets for ma­ chinery or building material makes ip hard to' get,deliveries regardless of price. 1 ANOTHER BIG FIRE. As a result of burning com stocks fire' spread to a straw stapk and then to the farm -buildings which result­ ed in a $24,600 fire on the Perry phr- dine farm four miles - mirth of Tre- binhs, just before noon, Wednesday. TWo dwellings, a bam and con- •bther The household goods.were saved,-** well as the automobile. Two residen­ ces;; one a new one and the other, an old unoccupied house, were in the path of the,wind. - The buildings on the Ralph Kendig farm just across the road were afire several times from burning embers but were saved by the mptor appara­ tus that had been, called from Xenia; CHAIRMEN ARE NAMED ,FIRE DESTROYS RESIDENCE I OF FRANK FISHER. :- Pittsburg, Pa. j Chairmen and cam'. . i,paig« director* who will be fit charge Fire destroyed the home o f Frank ’ o f the New World Movement cam- Fisher, colored, Monday morning a- paign for $16;000,000 from April 25 , bout three o’clock., The high wind at to May 2 have been appointed.for the the time made it1an impossible task six presbyteries of the- Second Synod of the West of the United Presbyter­ ian church. The campaign will' be directed in the syned by Rey. D. D. Dodds of Xenia, as chairman; Rev. A. W. Jamieson/of Xenia, as secretary and "Rev/ D. L, McBride of^Dayton as director. Chairmen *nd canvas* directors for the various presbyteries as announ­ ced here'at the national headquarter* of the' New World Movement are: Indiana presbytery—Rev. J, L. Kelso o f Bloomington, Ind., chair&an and Rev. . JS. E. McMichael of >Greens- burg, Ind., director; Indiana North­ ern—Rev. Willis Crafts of Frankfort, Ind., chairman, and Wm. Gray of Tjp- ton, Ind., director; Ohio 1st— Rev. D. L. McBride, Dayton, director and Rev S. R, Jamieson of Oxford, director; "Sidney presbytery— Rev. E, B. Me Clellan of Belle Center, chairman and J, A. McCall of Findlay, director; Tennessee presbytery—No committee appointed yet; Xenia presbytery* Iter. J. A. Henderson, Dayton* chair­ man and Rev. Charles P. Proudfit of Xenia, director. Miss Lula Henderson has*been cal­ led hotne from Zanesville, owing to the illnees of her father, James H. Hsudetson. NEW,SECRETARY OF STATE TAKES OFFICE tor the department to save .the prop­ erty. When the discovery was.made :he entire rear side of the, house was in flames. The family escaped with only their night clothes and neighbors .vere unable to save any o f the house­ hold effects. For a time adjoining property was in danger but the de­ partment whs able to save it. The Reamer was brought into use as well .is the mpter apparatus. Mr. Fisher only had. $500 insurance which would not near replace his home. MAX DROP ROAD WORK. A dispatch Tuesday states that the. Rate highway department has called a .conference, o f department heads to consider * policy for the summer road building. To date more than 50 per cent of .the contracts advertised ror sale have been unsold due to the absence of bidders. Contractors have oeen slow to take on this work owing to>the scarcity of material and labor. Many bids are aWay oyer the esti­ mates and the department is at sea to know wha.t to do. Some bidders ask $40,000 * mite for the work and tlld, department considers this price excessive. REALTY TRANSACTIONS. Mrs. G. H. Smith has purchased the two business rooms on Main street occupied by .the telephone company and the room fromeriy us­ ed for .a millinery store. The tele­ phone company has a ten year lease on the, second floor. The property was owned by O. E. Bradfute. ' '***£!■>*•)* • « G. H. Smith reports the sale of the N. P. Ewbank property to C. C, Beam, 'who is mvoing his stone crushing plant liere from Yellow Springs. Mr. Beam gets possession by the fifteenth: of April. Mr. Ewbank moved to hi* farm: some weeks ago , and was desirous of selling hi* town (residence which he purchased from •D. S. Ervin a couple of years ago. PRICE, S1A0 A Y X A * OHIONEWS IN BRIEF ■imuvwe.HftW Friends fo Cedorville College will be pleased? to cent gifts for'the Janie* F. Morton Bible Chair’for Ced» Prof. F. A. Jurkafc informs us that the fund now *r $6,000 while $25,000 .is necessary to endow the Bible lowing ore the.recent subscriptions: James Adams, Ne $1000;Miss Matilda McCollum, Xenia, $500 and John B. ville, Ind., IfiOO.^The late James F. Morton, D.„D,, was of the college-. -' * 1 ‘ ' R .C .WATT HEADS NEW COMPANY. Grain Co. held a ineeting in the opera house Saturday afternoon at which, time the organization was perfected for the new eompany which was re­ cently incorporated for $50,000to take over the two elevators and general business of Yoder Bros. C. L. Latchaw, secretary o f (the ’state association of co-operative grain dealers was present to assist in the wqrk and get the company started. Possession is not to be given by Yoder Bros, until May 1. *. Under the rules the president is elected each year from the floor of the. stockholders and no£ from the di­ rectorate as in many corporate 'com­ panies. A number of names were, pre­ sented’ for president and the ballot­ ing resulted in *R. Q. Watt being chosen for this responsible position. The election of directors came next and a long list of nominations were made from which sis; were to be se­ lected, two for three years, two for two years and two for one year. „ .The result of this election was Ar­ thur Cummins and W. H. Smith'for three years; Wm, Conley and, H. S. Bailey for two years and A. H. Cres- well and J. C. Townsley for one year. The farmers seem to be very much interested in the new company and have subscribed liberally for"”1 the Stock. It is conceeded that the respon­ sibility of the company is in safe hands as the president and directors are men of souildBusiness judgment and stand high in. the estimation of tho people of this community. , The .vice president, secretary and treasuerer Were chosen from the di­ rectors at-a meeting held after the Stockholder’s meeting. Wm. Cc/fley was chosen Vice president; HerveyJ3. Bailey, secretary and A. If. Crcswell, Treasurer. Tho new company ex­ pects to hqVe everything ready to a’ssnm charge of the business on the first of May. A general manager is yet to be chosen by the directors. INSURANCE SHOULD BE . GREATLY INCREASED. t,Mr.' ceiVi M i l That city auffq tho. tornado in the Congreg* time .the great t< building killing* of 10 persons. I over but owing The eXeprience of the two recent fires should cause every property holder to investigate and see if he has enough to anyway near cover his loss should there be one. At no time in the history of the country has all kinds of building material been as high in price as at the present time. Labor is also at top notch and Unless your insurance is heavy enough to cover more than fifty per cent you would be a heavy looser in' case of fire. Every property holder who car* tys insurance should satisfy himself that he is protected in case of loss. GRAND JURY REPORTS, The grand jury tailed for last Sat-' i urday reported at noon, Indictments 'Were returned against two persons. ■George Sheets, former clerk of court •for shortage in his accounts as found iby the State Bureau of Accounting ahd also against Andrew Winter for ”wt#*alt and battery, Ah* alleged act having beta ebaunitted on hi* MUM ,*MieiMtfbetl* Winter an February 84, THE BIRD IS OUTCLASSED, The bird has lost all records which have gone to the bird-man for speed, Monday an airplane made a new rec­ ord for speed when it flow from Day- ton to Columbus, a distance of 7(1 miles in 20 minutes. , RIGHT WRIST BROKEN. Norman Poser suffered a broken right wrist Wednesday when crank­ ing the Huey automobile, Orfly one bon* wall broken but the armwas put in splint*. heavy loss by* Mr. Bird was church at, the he<3into the, >d Injuring 8 service* were storm few left the building. Fred Was on the opposite Of .the builditig from*where the tower fell crashing thru ike roof. Re assist­ ed in clearing the wreekage to relieve the inured, and removS the dead. A path 1600 felt Wige through the city was devastated. The storm enter­ ed from the south-west part o f the city and traveled to the north east. One department store Was a com­ plete wreck and the owner,. Mr. Feck, had-ho tornado insurance, Telephone, telegraph and electric lines were down over' the cityand there were no nights. "Thecity is desolate and none of the factories using city power can run for several day*. The'watch com­ pany generates it* own power and of course the factory is in operation without the Iosif of time, Two churches Were in the path of the storm, the Congregational and Baptist. The storm broke over the city about 12:80. - STRIKES EVERYWHERE, The coal strike seems to he pushed back for a time at least. However the price of coal is to"be greatly advanced as a result of the new wage scale for miners. Strike* are brewing with the ’Stock handlers at the packing houses, carpenters, renters and mo3t every class of organized labor. We will nev­ er purchase cheaper food products or clothing with labor on a rampage. It seems to be a casd of the survival of the fittest. TAKING A POLL. The Springfield Sun is taking a poll among factory workers and .the office buildings iff that City to get public sentiment, on the presidential race and also for governor. In the canvas* General Wood has the lead for the Republican nomination with Senator Harding a close? second while Gov. Cox has the lead for the Democratic nomination. ,FOi? governor N, H. Fair-, banks has a big lead over all the other candidates for the Republican nomi­ nation while State Auditor Donahey leads for the Democratic nomination. rent profiteers . W* are reading much these day* a- bout the high rents in the cities. Rent strikes are common in Now York City Cleveland,' Chicago and other cities. Most of this trouble is with’ the labor classes. There i* no other alternative for the landlord than higher rents with taxes, insurance and risk for the investment. The laborer seems to for­ get that it is the ten and twelve dol­ lar wages that is bringing about this condition. Some clothing taken from the Townsley home Sabbath night during tho fire was placed in Various auto­ mobiles. Much 6f this has not been turned over to the owner. Will those who know anything about clothing placed in automoMlo* please report to Ralph Towtwky. Constable Harry William*, 24, *n ex-soWUpr, w*a shot and probably fa­ tally wounded in East Youngstown, by Albert Jackson, a negro, when the of­ ficer attempted- to arrest the negro on a larceny charge. » Jacob H, Stauffer, <50, of Cas ton, suffering from me *al depresitop, thought to have beei; "augecl by a re* cent fllriesB, commit ed suicide by ban.ing, ■ Ft llpwir?' protests f om many Ohio city cfflcM'j, Governor Cox said that if the cities under home rule pro­ visions ■of the ccn'-f*‘ -,ti<m did not ;have power to regulate rents, and if ^ 'he found the state did not have, he would call the lewis',at*;e Into special .session at once.. To make Oh!o’'j ” pt,cnal guard di- .vision the first in t!:n country to be ‘brought to full ,’f’‘ehgth, an Intensive ecruiting campaign '<■i’ >e conducted (April l to ?.o nil'over the state. Re­ cruits will -*c cu'rht turning ex-serv- i‘ice Men and men not old enough'to nrl t duri% the war. • * 'William F, Holmes; 84, andhiswife; 78,' of Hope-ale, roar Cadiz, died three days apart. Physicians declare their food was poisoned ■by mice which walked dur raris green scat­ tered on 'a shelf, and carried the poison on their feet to cooking uten­ sils and food uesd by the aged couple - Miss Nora Hall, 50, was killed In­ stantly near Zanesville when she leaped from a,moving automobile to recover her hatvwhich, had blown off. Her neck was broken. ■ Thieves carried away, a safe con­ taining several hundred dollars from a, Toledo picture show, but left.it un­ opened in aii alley. , Tiffin Methodists will erect a $20,- 00fi building adjoining the church. Automobile struck Miss TJla Mc- Fadden, crushing her skull, at Lorapi Blie may die. , ■District 0, UnitedMine Workers, in convention at Ganjbridge, has gone on record against military training. Shoe cutters of Cincinnati want in­ crease In wages from $1,300 to $2,300 yearly. * Tobias Horine, '6?, Greenville, was kilted by a train. With the. end near in sight in the recount on national prohibition, wets, still hdld.a lead 'of*236 votes.-. The original wet majority - in Ohio was 479. . j - StenhCnvUle has a population of 38.608, the, census bureau announced. This is a gain of 27,3 per cent over WW. ■ . • / Members of a gang of freight oar thieves, who in six months have' ob- within th* CRrtolsnd district, art be- • Ing rounded up in various cities be­ tween Ashtabula and Detroit^.accord­ ing to police. Three men are under arrest at Cleveland and one man is being held in Detroit.- ' ■ Four men were arrested and three' rillls confiscated during a raid on a bouse at West "Park, a suburb of Olevelaiid. Ten gallons of raisin jack and 100 pounds of mash were seized. Body of Elmer W. Burt, 58, of Byes- ville, Was found in a creek at Mag­ netic Springs by searchers. ‘ Burt dis­ appeared iO dav4 ago after arriving at the springs to receive treatment for a nervous disorder. Court of fppeals upheld the lower court in refusing damages to the‘ad­ ministrator of Gertrude Perrill, killed when her auto was struck*by a trac­ tion car north of CirclevlUo, Forty-ccnt gasoline by August is predicted by John V. Edwards, gen­ eral manager of the■Moore Oil com­ pany at Cleveland. Judge Thomas M.tSloane, 66, former chancellor’ of the Ohio diocese of the Episcopal church, died at SindUsky. No bids were received by Youngs­ town for i 354,370 in bonds for water main extension, street viaduct and parks and playgrounds. Summit county will erect 3,000 metal sign posts along county road* this summer. There are 10,600 personp engaged directly or Indirectly in the manufac­ ture, of liquor in Akron, according to Judge L. S. Pardee of the criminal court. Northwestern Ohio Railway and Power company will establish a new summer Tesort at Bay Point,, near Lakeside and Marblehead. Offices of the Indian-Refining com­ pany at Hamilton were rifled by bur­ glars, who obtained $200 and an auto­ matic revolver after blowing open the safe. • • At Cleveland, Common Fleas Judge Henderson ordered that Mrs. Lillian Jane Wllson-Jerge turn overher home in Cleveland Within 10 days to the city of Warreri as compensation for ; part of the $50,000 stolen from the’ City by Charles B. Klstler, defaulting; former city treasurer, * Miss Kat^e King, 50, Bucyrus, school teacher, committed suicide by drink-, ing parls green. She fell from a hay­ mow a week ago and It ih believed in- juries sustained then unbalanced her [ mind, | Cardiiigton Independent’, edited for ] 50 years by W. H. Holla, has suspend- j ed publication. 111 health of the ed*( itor and increased publishing *osts1 forced the aetjon, Hoffa announced, * Ohio Automdbile’ association Voted* to carry |he fiew license feb law to the United States' supreme court, .John Nesblt was probably fatally hurt by a bandit who robbed him at Dennison, r Extensive search through north- western Ohio failed to locate Vivian Seedacre, 18-year-old Defiance girl, missing for a week, Ctnsn bureau announced the popn- ! latum of Dayton in 1920 as 163,830, an IttCrtas* 6f 97,263. Or 81.1 per cent over 191$. Warren has a population of W,o$$, *« taertto* «f MU B f » * i, Are You Spending It? I F you are spending everything you earn, how can you hope to get anywhere? Do you think tho present high level of wages will last forever? Do you think our present prosperity will continue in­ definitely, * It Isn’ t how much you save—it’s the practice of the saving hatyit, This habit is the basis of nearly every big fortune. Can’ t you set aside $5 to open an account here this week? D o i t now! 4% Paid on Savings and ' Time Deposits x , Cedarville, Ohio U. S. |Jberty Bonds bought and sold; Resouces O ver $500 ,000 .00 . 1 rTT",’"" The Northup Poultry Farm and Hatchery We sell you baby chicks of standard varieties. We hatch your eggs for you. We sell you the famous Buckeye Inc&bal&if l ■IWODT|H IJliMlgllWfSl>MfllI ' CET YOUR ORDERS IN EARLY, C L . NORTHUP Belt Phone * R. F.D .No. 1 Clifton Exchange! Yellow Springs, Ohio ‘f' !i A’ Easter Clothes that set ) ’ the pace All that you want in clothes, is here in these. Finely. woven fabrics,, cleverly, dis­ tinctive designing, bench tail­ oring; extra good’ linings; All that a custom tailor could give you. Instead of this label in the clothes you’ll find this one - \ Prat Clothes FORYOUNG MEN V \ It’s a mark of good clothes too; a saving of money for you. Here for example arc these splendid clothes selling for . v $40, $45, $50 and $55 0 < In models that all young men ate wearing; trim, smart­ ly set up double breasted in one, two or three button styles. Single breasted*, sport norfolks too. Extra fine style, they’ll excel in service giving also; M e DORMAN - QUALITY STORE Eventually. Will Clothe You I »M JamestoWn, O h io ..-awe.