The Cedarville Herald, Volume 44, Numbers 1-26

/ The Herald 14 read by the pro ­ gressive farmers o f this sec­ tion of the county, those who have the money to buy, She MU* sum. H ie advertisment that tells is the ad that doesn’t try to tell too much. yO ETY -FOURTH Y EA R NO. 7. CEDARV ILLE , OHIO, JR ID A Y , FE B R U A R Y 11; 1921 PR ICE , *1 .60 A Y EA R FARMERS COMMEND AUDITOR FOR , OPPOSING VALUATION. FORMER CITIZEN DIES IN XEN IA LAST FRIDAY. Andrew S tuart F razer a owl * Farmers in general are commend- former Cedarvillian hu t' * M ug -County Auditor Wea'd fo r his years a citizen. r>f ***£ ? opposition to the plan fo r re-valua- tion of re a l estate in this county. , y> home in tha t city last lMd*y7 follow­ ing a long illness. The deceased was bom in Brown Mr. Wead’s statement, a s given* the public last week, was timely and expressed hte . sentiments of ninety ' * " Tty hQlderB in this PAVING TEE ONLY TfiGfiNG. COLLEGE *W Sprinfield proposes to pave a num­ ber of streets this spring, among which will ha South Limestone street to the cprporation! line, a t I effel’s lane. The estimate per front foot is $55.75 fo r a street much wider than our streets. This is considered a very follows: Negt Mo: -pod pride for that kind of work. ■ Opera house ,Feh, Practically all last semester some new ones * Big dates thiij « students of returned and atered, > 1848 and located in Cedarville. The father was engaged' in business here for about forty fe a r s , part of which time under the firm name of Frazer The elder Frazer died in 1890 being engaged in business in the room now occupied by C. M.Ridg- way. *U 1859 the yotinger Frazer with' the la te John \J7, Gibney as a partner, operating a tailoring shop and cloth­ ing what was known as the Mitchell huijdmg on the comer of Xenia avenue "and Main street where M* C. Nagley’s grocery stands.' This building was a frame and ' was the center of business in the town at that time." ! ■ The deceased attended the Grove Acadamy and later taught school in the township. During thB Civil. War he enlisted and rose to the rank of captain. B e enlisted in Co. F 34 0 . V. I. and was wounded in 1862 by receiv­ ing a bullet in his hip that always af­ terwards1kept .him-lame and gave him considerable. In 1864 he was nominated for - county auditor and for more than 16 years served in that capacity. In 1885 he became connected with the Xenia National Bank and in ‘1866 was made cashier holding that position for 25 years. L a te r se served as vice presi­ dent and president and also as a dir­ ector. He nas served as a member of the O. S; & S. 0 . Home Board and al­ so of the County Childrens’ Borne and •a trustee of Xenia Theological Sem­ inary. - Mr. F raze r was twice married. ' His first wife was'Miss Jennie Mitch­ ell o f this place who, died in .1870, leaning him with -two children, C, S. F razer of Xenia, shoe" merchant, and Mrs- Katie Cork, wife of William A. CoTk of Toronto, Canada.. In 1887- Mr. F ra z e r married Miss Ruby Sex­ ton of Rushville, Ind., who survives- with the ‘above named children, A half brother, William F razer of Springfie’d and a half sister, -Mrs. Lee Nasn-<>f Xenia, also survive, The funeral was held Monday agtemoon - from -theFirst U, P . church in Xenia. the Herald has the recent state RETURNS FALLING OFF. . A cced ing tp press dispatches the income returns this .year will be much less on the average than last y ea r Judging from those already on _____ _ _______ r file. -Manufacturers have ( not done to put their name to^what was !enia is" planning to improve addi­ tional streets, ' ■ made reference 'l i wif ? eR school tax revy ox 1.8 mills in that ™nseSn ^ £ p « iw vhl™ ahnntf this school district was being taxed 1 v, nf ^«PnnH° onnnJii and then received a very small P»r- £ *?, tion of the money when it came t o , m5ent j.1 redistribution, which had to be done > ®*Je cheapest m the long run. on the basis of enrollment, number J Hundreds; of dollars were spent of teachers and attendance. |yearly on Main street on the .business Mr, Wead has made some investi-; « w ° n ou t we ..never had a> decent cation through his office that is in-1 street m bad weather. Then came the teresting and bears out our position IP^an to P»ve with brick and while that the law is unjust. toere was no opposition of a senou: Thi 3 county has received $42,148.40 t nato*e there is not one-property own- from the state, tot be ‘distributed to the various school districts, The county was taxed $49,350 and this money sent to Columbus, there being a difference in favor .of the state of more than $7,000, or nearly $15,000 for the year. In. this county on the redistribu­ tion plan, Xenia benefits largely un­ der the law. Cedarville -school dis­ trict with a heavy duplicate and a compartive enrollment, is the looser. Under the old law each board 'could levy a ta x up to .5 mills. Uuder the er that would exchange his* invest­ ment fo r the-old muddy; street. In ad­ dition the-street has been a paying investment to the taxpayers on other streets: I t has increased the value of property and saved council many dol­ lars in various ways. Witl\ toe advent of ■ lower prices council and property owners . should take some action towards improving Main .street from one end to the other this year and then some other street next year. • ca Kasper Lawson concert; Tuesijay athletic conference R. P, church, Main Grand Chorus cone partment under the Royal, 40 trained v house; The Girls’ test, March 11 in Cedar Day, May 204 Ttiii© 10. ■* * The Day of Pra; vill be next Frida; 4.. M. in the R. P. Ci Rev. W. P. Harrini sermon, Messages friends and gradua will be rendered, financial standing most interesting kit Everybody is invite" this a big day for open letter elsewhe jester are as evening a t the* Mrs, Frances- .an operatic irng Feb. H , , 1 luncheon a t Street; Feb. 25 » of Vocal De­ fection of Miss «*, a t the opera tolamatory con- e H, P, church; [Commencement, for Colleges NEW TAX PLAN IN MAKING * FOR THE 8TATEQF OHIO, The Ohio Farm Bureau and other organizations have ‘been Working out ft plan for. a new-tax system in this state. Gov, Davis is also .lending his efforts to a change that will go be­ fore the legislature. The present uniform rule is to be abolished. In its plaee wilLbe a form of classification and state income tax. Such a change cannot be made only by substituting. an amendment to the constitution and this would have to be approved by the people next November. - . Taxes, on real estate would be lim­ ited to 1 1-2 per cent, unless by a direct majority vote of the people. All property shall ‘be taxed by rules and methods as may be provided by law. . . ■ ____Classification of property fo r taxa- Feh» 18, at 10 fton was defeated a few years ago rob, Main street largely by the .rural vote but with J Will preach the ' toe tax limit fixed it has the endorSe- P be read from ™enl of the farm organizations, O. Special music Bradfute, president of the Ohio itement of th e ! Farm Bureau Federation, has been ie college of a !.motive n r seeking a change of the will be read. Ohio tax system. fCome and.make sur college. See " in this issue. - , - . ,, ... -. A concrete strees or asphaltic con- present law on ly three mills can be crete probably could be laid cheaper tovied, and the. 1.8 mills levy. ; than brick and would be just as dur- . The present law should be repealea. able for the residence sections. . in justice to all. The way it is the Such streets as we have a t present district is taxed and the money used are h disgrace, to the town, Its only somewhere ,else, This would not be _so money thrown away ,to improve other bad if the board could provide the than in a permanent way. necessary funds for-the operation of , ., the schools. A great handicap exists ‘ " 1 ir opened Tues- ’tk an address Scott, D. d ,; E., church in ebest addresses file.. I t was ap- Lwi & a t present. The law compels the board to pay certain salaries, provide certain kind of building and its up­ keep; transport children; and a score of other requirements, yet the law does not provide sufficient money to do all these things. UNSIGNED COMMUNICATIONS As a rule newspapers pay no atten­ tion t o f unsigned communications. The only reason --we mention this .one i s . the writer thought (he or she) was disguising . the handwriting' by using a typewriter. This office having more than once received matter from this-same machine we can by certain letters identify .the owner of the ma­ chine. One would ordinarly think that a person who directed the removal of property and stock in the middle of the-night that had bedh appraised and ordered sold by the sheriff and that this property had been substituted by old aelapidated property to de­ fraud a creditor, would have, nerve CLARK COUNTY GETS TEN PER CENT CUT. The.mass meeting of farmers last Saturday , in Springfield to discuss the recent tax valuation- in Clark county resulted in a committee con­ sisting of W; S. Thomas, W, N. Scarff, Howard Smith, Frank E . Snypp and Charles J ; Bowlus being appointed to take tip the matter with tne county commissioners. A t the Monday _meeting”of the commission­ ers a reduction of ten per cent was ordered to be. effective n ex t; Deceit*. ber. • The second' senii day morning; Feb; . by theRev. Mr. G.; oastor - of the Firs' Xenia. It was on .ever given in Cedi. ..____ _______ r propriate, to the p ht, helpful, and reolete with exper free. Dr. Scott will always be.Wei jme a t the col- Ifeg.. m *- m ■, * Kif Arrange to be p Ssent a t the R. P. church on the 6 J of Prayer fo r colleges, Feb. 18, fou will, hear something good. Sei ice a t 10 A, M. OSBORN Ay#N SUIT. GORDON LOST FORTUNE; THEN WON AGAIN. R. B. Gordon, aged 64, well known stock buyer, died Saturday a t his home in Springfield. He was known aS'-“Dick” Gprddn and has purchased stock in this section of the state for. many years.. The funeral was held Tuesday, . , “Dick” ipherited a small farm from his father but in his trading lost it. Later he wasable to borrow money fenough to purchase am eleva- top in South Solon. By close applica­ tion he was'soon on his feet aiid back a t the trading game. This, time he made good and when he died he own­ ed more than 1000 acres of land in Clark and Madison counties besides land in Texas. STATE SPEAKERS FOR FARM BUREAU MEET! the business this year they did last, written. But it seems such is not the a . ilie same is tru e .o f merchants that case. Our-advice to this anonimous *, tt , will-discuss ^tiWwA' l«w« **♦>w.:shnwtnAA -nnn fna - ■-<£ ii-■ _ ^ A i Several interesting speakers are scheduled for the annual meeting of the Greene County Farm Bureau in Xenia, Saturday, February 12. » G. W . Scott of Hillsboro will roe'alc oh, “The Farm Bureau” ; H. C, Ram- sourj- extension director of the O. S. , - . , „ , ------- — . (.u., ill- iscuss “Relation Between have, had to-sell, a t a sacnfice.and the writer is not ask us to do something p arm Bureau and Extension Director* farmer who had to sell at' about one they are not doing- themselves, half the .price of la st year. .A n^w , — ......... " , ....... “The Fayette Live Stock - Shipping Station”, L . H. Giddard, the niemberS bearing the names of The village,, o f Function suit nrougi] enjoin the removal < 'age. As Osborn is cation owing to the tric t a site was field. That village born to' move into* extending the bor over territory Fairfield endeavors occupying the nev Hartley held missioners had no tion. It is proposed 1 dwelling tothe (i and one half miles work will be* cor The conservancy ? buildings but has s very low price to > I t is not ex the brick buili business. irn won the in- ,by Fairfield to the former, vil- ieking a new lo- ;onservaricy dis- seted near F air- [pd to force Os- corporation by o f th e .village ‘ by Osborn, enjoin^Osborn ite hut Judge le County com- ' iff wieir ac- love pome 250 utd about one ray and that the ted in a year, , ict owns all the reed, to sell a t a loval company. ■ move any of 'i© new 4 Par Cenfc Intereat paid from die fir*t of Febru­ ary on all savings deposited before the tenth. LET IT RAIN! Why should the man whose house is leak-proof worry about the rain? It can*t wet HIM. I t s the same with a man who owns a savings ac­ count. He doesn’t worry about a rainy day-— financial difficulties can’t touch him. He has made- his pocket leak-proof— he <has money in the bank. , Why not stop the leaks in your spending by ‘ opening an account a t this Bank. You can s ta r t. <with as low as a dollar and we’ll Help you keep saving with our Systematic Savings Plan. Start today—Make this Bank, Your Bank. • U , S. Liberty Bonds Bought and Sold. \ CEDARVILLE, OHIO. Resources Over $500,000.00 ;id|h£fc nest of department. Hundreds of single men • Who drew big wages the past year, many as high as three thousand dol- lsirs a year, are now out of a job and tomorrow, have sounght new locations..Mi them have spe'nt their wages come1t ^ ^ T h e t gover1nmentaynow6 has that should cause reflection on the Bureau office or bring them to the; mmions of uncollected income. life of this g reat statesman. • annual meeting, People should' pause long enough candidates-for offices in ( the bureau. Saturday to remember After selecting their, choice for pres- depots,. Big Four^ Erie and Ohio E lectrjc, waterworks and electric light and power from Dayton. ‘--Contractor Frank- Hamm, who is building the new Exchange Bank building is rushing this work in or- to be ready fo r the rebuilding of his home town. ‘ Cedarville College, Cedarville, -Ohio. .February lly 1921 President's Office Dear Friend: -• . ■ - „ ■■ „ ■ ‘ Fhiday, February 18th, is the Day of Prayer for Colleges. Cedarville College will.observe this day.' The services will begin at. 10 o'clock in the -morning. They will be held in the Reformed Presby- terian ohurch, Main Street. The pastor of that church, the Reverend W. p. Harriman will preaoh the sermon. This day will be observed generally throughout the United States. All Christian colleges and thelogical seminaries will participate in the services of the day. Their friends are accustomed to remember these institutions on that'day in special ways. Some of the ways in which they do so are as-follows: 1st. In prayer. 2nd. In sending short encouraging messages to be read at the services. 1 « 3 r d . I n b .e ing p r e s e n t a t t h e s e r v i c e s . * . - 4th. In giving of money, bonds, property, etc., for the support of the institutions. Cedarville College craves your prayers, will be encouraged by your cheerful message, will be glad of your presence at the services, and needs and will be most grateful, for your gifts on that day. There is none so poor but who can do all these four things^ for Cedarville College, whioh the friends of other colleges are doing for their Institutions. As a friend of Cedarville College, you are surely willing to do these things. If you have never done these things before for the college, will you begin now? though you may thimjc your gift small, given it means much to the college. * I am appealing to you to begin now in pray.gr for the college and on the Day of Prayer, February 18th, join with us in our-prayers. I am asking you to remember, if you are not present, or live too far away to be present, at the services', please .to send us a good cheerful message, even if it be but a few lines on a post card. I am cordially inviting all in this community to attend the services and give one hour of your encouragement to an institution which has toiletf. in your midst for nearly thirty years and has trained many young people of this community for life's ser/ice. I am soliciting your gifts either to be sent beforehand or to b*e presented on that day for the carrying on of our work. ' We feel no hesitancy in thus appealing to the friends and lovers of Cedarville College. In closing, I most earnestly entreat the ^ alumni, alumnae and former students, as well as our many other friends, to whom this message may come, to .unite m making February 18th, 1921 the beginning of the greatest era in Cedarville College. I most ■ sincerely hope none of you will fail or disappoint m e , and I have faith •enough in you to trust that you will not. We are thankful to say that Cedarville College i.s enjoying the largest attendance In its history, and a splendid spirit prevails, v Yours since rely,, , , GRASS BUT NO WEEDS. The whole world will welcome this new fertilizer if it does what the experiment station in .Rhode Island Claims for it, After a research of 20 years it has been found that by the use of ammonium sulphate instead, of nitrate of soda, in the same quantity tfiat the soil for lawns will produce better grass and so weaken the weedsf that they will be crowded out. By the continued<Use of nitrate of soda an acid, condition exists that; is not good for grass and tends- to' grow weeds, where the seed exists. The dandelion is the worot foe of a well kept lawn and peoplewill re­ joice a t any discovery that will tend to eliminate the pest. SEEK NEW MEMBERS. Eighteen members of the ;Greene County Automobile club have been ■*» campaign fo r new mem- -fiMisj&af ^ xefSftjheaaa .................. ~iemi are as follows: H, L . Sayre,' F . A. Jackson, C. S. Johnson, H. L . Hinder, o f Xenia; W . L. Clemens, Cedatville; Harry Sutton, Yellow Springs; Dr. R. L. Haines, Paintervillej;‘ Arch Cop- sey, Spring Valley; R. G. George, Jamestown) Wayne Smith, Now Bur- hngton; Morris D, Rice, Ofaborn; Dr. Trehame, Zimmerman; Ed. Ferguson R. F . D. 8, Xenia; Dewitt Morris, Bellbroojk Robert* Bryson and Brant Bell, Xenia. WE’RE ON THE AIR LINE ; We have been notified by the war department that Cedarville lieft with­ in the area traversed by the- first American Airway which will he put in operation between Washington,D. C. pnd Dayton within' the next few months, The army air service cannot expend money for purchase of land or other materials but will co-oper­ ate with towns and cities as to land­ ing stations. Here is our chance- for a station of the air service. The con-i ditions of the roads just a t present makes us believe the a ir service might do some business if it was in operation a t present. ROSS LECTURE COURSE. Jean S. MacDonald, impersonator and reader, and Eleanor Crowder, harpist, are to entertain on the ROss township lyceum course, Monday, Feb. 14. It is seldom that a combi­ nation of two such interesting per­ sonalities is offered on any program. Miss Macdonald is particular' good in dialect stories of Scotland, Ireland and the southland. He|r child imper­ sonations are especially popular. Miss Crowder, niece o f .General Crowder, is a thoroly grounded musician. On the harp she entertains with- many of the old-time favorites as well as with compositions Of the piasters, INCOME TAX DATES. , G. G, Merker of the Internal Rev­ enue Service, was in town Wednes­ day and Thursday assisting those who wanted information asto frisking out the blanks. He will be in South Charleston, Feb. 11 and 12. James­ town on Feb. 28 and March l e t; and in Xenia from the 7 to the 15 of March. We have blanks a t .this office for those who care fo r them. NEW JUDGE TAKES SEAT. Judge Hartley, who was appointed some tiine ago to fill the vacancy oft the Common Pleas bench by the res­ ignation of Judge C. H. Kyle, gave way Wednesday to R. L; Gowdy, who was elected last November* EGCRTARE DROPPING. So fa r eggs have, dropped 21 cents a dozen since the first of February. The big markets have broken and eggs continue on the decline. The present price is lower than for the past two or three years. BIG TRACTOR SHOW. The sixth ahnftal tractor show at the Ohio State fair grounds this week has attracted thousands of people. Most every make of tractor was oft exhibit and thousandsof farmers at­ tended the meet. There Were a large number,of .farmers from this section prosent during the week. T h e C r ite r io n ’s --on—. Men’s and. Young Men’s buits and Overcoats Sf&ff '**«£*$£*;: I**;; ■»**,-i i^ •» lA. ** ‘a. 4- $35, *40 arid $45 Suits d»OEf A A and Overcoats, n o w ........ $50, $&> and $60 Suits and A f i Overcoats, now................. ..... $65, $70 aiid $75 Suits and A g A A - Overcoats, now, . . . ; . . . . . t p ^ i v v Everything Included Nothing Reserved / uA J ic u fa 2 k K la M lt k % c f2 22 South Detroit St., Xenia, Ohio W . L . C L EM A N S R e a l E s t a t e Can be faun - at niy office each Saturday or reached by phene at my tmSSmcm each evening. - OSce 3 $ PffKKSfES Residence 2-122 C E D A R V IL L E , O H IO ■tjleitj E%d ALL STANDAHD BRECOS. , Plaee Veer Order New ter Serine Delivery DAYTON HATCHERY 1620 TACOMA ST. DAYTON, OHIO Bell k . la v e Iteme aaea EAGLE^KADO”. h lli^ IM W i PencilNo.174 A JC — .w - . M IK A C G Per Sale at your Dealer MeJe in Hvegtaiee ASK FORTHE YELLOW PENCILWITHTHE RSD RAW) 1 eagle mikado . EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, NEW YORK !$S awass T R Y OUR tOB PRINTING Curtains repaired at Wolfords,