The Cedarville Herald, Volume 46, Numbers 27-52

I i TN tetvertiateg «# today, not only produce* result* «( its «wn» feat it tench** *nd bring* to final culmination the advertising of the yooterday*. ffke Kedtuvilk ^ ? y r g s g g = FORTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 33. CEDARVILLE, OHIO> FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923 A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED 90 LQ£AL AND $fC#S*A& N I P * AND TJfiC lSTJU tKSW fl^ CID i VILLS AND VICINITY. PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR V Will Vote On Taft Law Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of State caling fo r a refer­ endum this fall on the Taft tax meas­ ure enacted a t the last session of the legislature. The bill as passed was to help out certain cities that need great­ er revenue and to get through and escape the opposition of the rural members the rate was lowered as the maximum fo r rural districts while all municipalities were permitted to in­ crease their tax rates. The Albaugh bill providing for the npointment of assessors will also be voted upon a t the fall election. We have had a trial of appointed assessors under the old Wnrnes law put through by then Gov­ ernor Cox. There waSHno question as to the success of the law and the operation of it was more than we have ever had. But the law was unpopular with the majority of the people, ft Was repealed later arid the present taw of permitting each property owner to 'make his own return, passed. . The Ohio Real Estate Boards have sponsored a campaign to defeat the Taft and Albaugh laws in, the interest of*the small property owner. There is no question but that some of the cities, need additional revenue and the tax payer must foot the bill in the end. People not only in cities but town­ ships and rural municipalities are de­ manding more than ever before and when once the public mind is made up that a certain thing is wanted, right then and then only is the tame to get it. Small towns could Use more money for various improvements but they 'are more content to live within their incomes than are city people. I t must be said to the credit of our village council that a t no time in re­ cent years has the town been plunged into debt. We have some indebtedness but nothing but what can be- cared for a t the proper time and no expense is permitted on the part of >.%any official until the money is provided for. This has notibeen true of cities and many towns. They are now headlong i,n debt and the officials willing to in­ cur a greater debt without trying to convince-the public that the improve­ ment could not be afforded a t that particular time* Way back in the SQ's CedarviHe was New Kid at the Swimming Hole swept the heart o f town- and ruined a public building th a t had to be rebuilt Leaders in civic affairs saw that .we needed a fire engine and a steamer, a , good one,- one of the 'best on the mark­ et was purchased. I t was a big debt fo r a village in those days to under­ take but property had to be protected other than by the old hand engine that did service for years before. This debt in years was paid all the time the village taking care not to exceed its income. A few years ago a more modern fire fighting apparatus was needed following a bad break to the steamer, This debt was incurred by council and approved by the public and is being paid off. This was one of the best iwestments the town ever made. I t meant a saving of $60 a month for an engineer and gas bill to keep the engine steamed each day, The problem of street improvement began to loom up, The auto and the truck was more than the’ old type of village street would stand. Council tool: inventory of the situation and found that a more modern method must be adopted. The members of council were oenvinced but the old pol­ icy adopted years before of being able to pay your bills still was in the mind of the legislative body. When the vil­ lage's finances permitted th e ‘'South Main street improvement was. started. That street was completed in August 3916, seven years ago. This improve­ ment has not cost the tax payers a single dollars for up keep since the work was*put down other than a small amount each year for cleaning, The demand today for street im prevement ahd the cost of same is even greater tlian seven years ago. Council not being able to keep up North Main it was deemed beat to Wm, H. AnderMn, Supf, of the *r#w Stark AhtMWooft Lea*ue, who tael# Grand Jury Indictments ch»rg* e g forgery, extortion awd ferand rcMiy, tjirtu recently, the h-ague onerously subscribed to by if* • T CONDENSED OHIO NEWS . ' .............. News Items Picked a t Random and Nailed Doww fae tka Busy B cm U nt IfbwsMxnrt; f r r i i i H W f f o B e g e nave that section and the work is now under way. With our principal streets, that have heavy automobile and truck traffic, paved with hard surface material there should be no cost to the general public for many years to come. These improvements have come slow but we are proud to say that the village is not loaded with debt and we are living on a pay as you go policy, something cities have(rnot at­ tempted to do. For this reason the cities are demanding the Taft bill while the villages that have gone a bit slower and been more economical have not much to gain by this bill. The city tax payer does riot get more than fifty per cent dollar val­ ue while the village is near 100 per cent. Every city is overloaded with g t t tW t f t t t f lM N a would be better off with the village form of government. LOCKING THE STABLE AFTER THE HORSE IS GONE Attorney General Grabbe is making pinch fuss a t present over the smash ef the E. L. Dollings Company. The Attorney General of course can get ome political advertising about the criminal action he intends to bring m t this does not help the unlucky Viwner of worthless stocks. What Mr. Grabbe should have done as an offi­ cial was to have gone into this mat­ ter before the crash came and prob­ ably a few hundred stockholder's that bought late would have stayed out. r The Herald has repeatedly spoken of the risk that people were taking when they bought stock in investment companies. The tendency of the pub­ lic to gamble, and that is all you can call it, is very evident. The lure of the promise of high rates of interest is the bait, and you are caught for a sucker almost every time. Three.companies have walked out of this county with a cool million dol­ lars in the past five years. All three are on the scrap heap, investors try­ ing to consol themselves that some­ thing will be returned to them. The mental anguish suffered by these people cannot be paid in gold. Even the return of the full amount to some would not restore them to health, The cases we hear of just now over the breaking of the Dollings company are most pitiful. The damage done to this county in a financial way is enormous and lias much to do with the; prosperity of our people. The old story of failing to consult your hanker before buying such stock is being brought hom eto hundreds in this county, Seventy-five million dol­ lars from 80,000 stockholders scat­ tered over the United States means that other communities must suffer as will Greene county What to do with your money so that it iri safe is the first question every citizen should decide, After a safe place is found then make the in­ vestment—but ever keep in mind that the salesman that is peddling indus­ trial stocks is on a commission or oti a salary. His word should be the last to be accepted. Listen to his story and then consult your banker, Let not the rate of interest influence you for tile more that is promised the mote risk you are taking in loosing your money Do you know that few four nev cent investments ever fail? Scores of local communities could have been helped had local people in­ vested money a t 'home among men, met daily. This money would mean the develop­ ment of local enterprises. Your in­ vestment would be as safe as in some (Continued on page 3 ) News Notes Over County o , \ i ' Fred Weimer of Jamestown . won third money at the Hillsboro Fair. Fred’s .horse has started .seven times and has been in the money each time. He is entered a t the Xenia Fair this week. * • * , ■"* Things are humming about new Osborn whore.each week finds a num- hOr of homes relocated. Residents ,of tha t plucky little town are leaving nothing undone to have one of the the best and most modern towns of the size in the state. It will not be m rhy 'months until nil the houses I lima caff Be turned over to the Miami Conservancy District, Heavy loss was sustained early Wednesday morning when the barn on the Forrest Sutton fartri, near New- Jasjjer, was burned with implements, grain, hay, oats, etc. The only live stock lest was a calf. It is said that the loss was nearly all covered by insurance. « • * .. Port William experienced a $80,000 fire in that village Wednesday morn­ ing that came neat wiping out the business section. The fire started in a restaurant and burned several stores and the post office, ■*. * • Dr, Henry Chung, Korean minister to the United States will be among the speakers at the eighth annual Xenia Bible Conference which will he held a t the First M, E. church Aug. 5th to 12th in that city. Mrs. J. P. White will have charge of the Chil­ dren’s hour and mission study which will be held from 2 to Sdaily. Other speakers will be Dr. George L. Rob­ inson of McCormick Theological Sem­ inary, Chicago; “Kid” McCoy, expug- list, Dr, J. M. Blackburn of Pittsburg and many others of note. • • * William Terrell and Orville Green, aged 19 and 20, Xenia, admit of the theft of C. H, Ervin's Chandler tour­ ing car Monday night. The machine was found a t Blanchestcr where a fa r­ mer had notified the village marshal that two lads were under suspicion with a blue car a t the edge of town. The marshall caused their arrest and notified the Xenia police. Chief Gra­ ham ijnd Fred Ervin, went after the car and brought the beys back where they are held in jail. • * , «. ■ Xenia is said to have witnessed the most unusual, religious service last Sunday night that was ever known in that city Rev. E. W. Middleton, who recently resigned as minister of the Reformed church, as a result of his activity with the Ku KIux Klari, de­ livered his final sermon a t the union service a t the F irst M. E. church. The building has the largest seating ca­ pacity of any in the city nnd reports say i t was jammed with ail over flow of four or five hundred outside. Fol­ lowing his sermon the overflow crowd was invited to the court house lawn where Rev. Middleton delivered an­ other sermon that held the crowd Un­ til ten thirty. The minister delivered four sermons that day. His last for the Reformed church in the morning; a sermon in the afternoon to more than a thousand people a t Keiter’s Grove and the two sermons in the evening. WHOLE NATION WATCHING REPORTS ABOUT HARDING The whole' natron has watched the daily reports of the condition of Pres­ ident Harding, who was stricken at San Francisco with a general break­ down artd light attack of pneumonia. His western tour and trip to Alaska probably overtaxed his strength. AH late reports indicate his steady im­ provement. He will be returned to Washington ju st ftft soon as he is able to make the trip; All his speaking dates have been canceled. There is one fault of the American people and tha t is we expect too much of our chief executives. If he does not go about the roun tmW say he is affraid to -meet th^peoaBL If he docs not entertain 4®' in social. “hack horned I f he inaugurates a policy tha t he believes, to be right and wilt, be beneficial to the country, we hear some special interest is to bone-, fit or he has been bought off. The heed of the g reatest, nation on the globe dares to be democratic in his Ways, whether at, the Whitchouse or entour among his people; SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS NEW GRADE TEACHER At a recent meeting of the Board of Education Miss Rose Albright of Germantown has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Kathleen Blair. Miss Dorothy Tarr goes to District No. 1 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Elsie Sbroades. Mrs,. R. H. Dines will continue to serve this school year Tn the Domestic Science Department. This completes the school faculty for the year. / Mr. and Mrs. George Reynolds of Mt. Washington, Cincinnati, motored home from Oxford with Miss Elsie Sbroades and was her guest over Sab­ bath. MURRAY LAND APPRAISED Messrs Bob Elder, Charles Gilbert and H. O. Core appraised the real es­ tate of J. M. Murray, deceased, on last Monday. Tie home place located in town was appraised a t $8,000. The farm known a t the Harper farm on the Clemons and Rankin road contain­ ing 250' acres was appraised a t $90 per acre and the farm near Waynes- ville of 383 acres was appraised a t $50 per acre. —South Charleston Sen­ tinel. 1 GRAND JURY CALLED Judge Gowdy has called the grand jury for Monday to consider the case of Frank Stunich, charged with the kidnapping of Ghief of Police Michael Graham, Xenia, last Saturday night. Other cases to be investigated are that of Roy Brown of this place .Who forged several checks on M. W. Col­ lins. Mrs. Emma Johnson, Spring Valle, passing a bad check, And one or two others. HOW ABOUT CUTTING WEEDS? From reports nt hand there ate a good many lots about town that have weeds growing to a good size and are now ready to*go to seed, As a matter of civic pride and in justice to your neighbor the weeds should be cut. MIL!, CLOSES FOR FAIR The plant of the Hagar Straw Board & Paper Co, closes for the , Greene County Fair that all employees may attend that care to. The mill will re main down until Monday morning.,' NOTICE Property owners are now warned about cleaning up their property in compliance with health regulations, the dump is now available and under control of council and the health offi­ cer, Harvey Myers. Catherine, $.year-oid daughter of J. Warren Miller, Gallipoli*, Q.. was totwiiui] while bathing in Obit) river. Fire loss $924,099 fitst six mouths' of 1923 in Cincinnati; more than double same period in .1922. ! New gas well on Fred Pugh farm, near Jackson, Q„ tested 8,000,000 feet, Cleveland, O',, has 120,000 automo­ biles, one to 8% persons, and 164,930 telephones, one to six persons. 1 Governor Dunahey has gone to Ko- bukunk, Ontario, for a two-weeks’ va­ cation in the Canadian woods, ac­ companied by his sons. The state road r.<.ar Cardpigton i* being widened three feet on each side, When completed will be'one of the iinst highways In the state. Randolph Coleman of Hydeviffe, Vt„ wealthy attorney and business man, was made defendant In a si|it for divorce tiled at Springfield by fils wife, Nellie J..,Coleman, She charges wilful absence. ? i ‘ Mrs. Baby Parks, making a para­ chute leap at Sucyrus, landed in; a tree-top, where she was suspended for two hours until rescued. ■■*■■■ CharleB Farmer, 26, was shot and fatally wounded by Deputy Sheriff Edwin Schttffner a t Lancaster wb[en he resisted arrest. He was wanted on a charge tit shooting to kill Wil­ liam Wolfe two years ago. A large farm near New Concord has been purchased by Muskingum, college and will he used for demon­ stration purposes in. connection With the teaching of agriculture. ■ Officials raided the home of Michael Pope, in Putnam,- Muskingum county, arid found illicit liquors burled in .the.; coal pile in -the cellar, Pope claims that he was “framed” „by certain neighbors. . ; J An unidentified man was kilted when a .freight train became, derailed near New Concord. The man Was buried in the soft mud of a corn field and was suffocated. , J Mrs. Orval Riffle, 33, who gave birth to a 21-ptiunff daughter, died in a hos­ pital at Tiffin. A caesarian operation was performed upon MrB. Riffle, -The child died shortly after birth. * : Fire destroyed the farm home of A W, Brown, near New Lexington, with loss estimated a t $7,000, iridlud- ing $1,500 which was iff a trunk. J Anbury Irwin, 81, despondent over *' ' * '*• ............ arm m county. Arthur Hemke, 28, broke bin neck when he dived into‘two feet tif ihgi- ltiw water from, a breakwater $t. a . city beach In Cleveland, x „» ! Frank Montgomery, .is in a serious condition as the result of falling 30 feet inside the dock tower oti the courthouse at Sandusky. Willie Ritchie, 26, wan stabbed to death following an'argumenj. in a'pool room near Barbertown, Pete Young, 28, is held on a charge of muMeh Mrs. Myrtle Patterson dfjfima risks $20,090 damsges from-the Detroit,1To-. leifo and fronton railroad fqr injuries alleged to have been received virhea a train hit her auto. • Mrs. Ida Nelson, 35, colored, was stabbed to .death, in bed a t her homo at Springfield. Police are holding John Nelson, the husband, charged with doing the killing. , 1 Mrs. Mary Seeger, 38, of Canton, Wag shot through the loft: shoulder by a deputy 'sheriff, who fired ajt an automobile In w^ich she, was rjding near Akron. Her husband,, who twas driving the car, was arrested 6a a charge of driving ah auto "while in­ toxicated. Se&ger had Tailed to stop when signaled >to *do rso, The officer said. - 1 ■ i The $2,000,909 government lock and Dam 27 in the Ohio river, 28 miles below Gallipolls, Were 1*180*0 in bpsr- atlon for the first tlmiv, ^ Grape growers? ia'Lake county re­ port the outlook good, for the biggest crop of grapes in several jrears. Farm­ ers also report the quantity of Other fruit will be above normal.* Emtadt Pettit, 5o, single, of Alli­ ance, was drowned in Brady lake, near Ravenna, when. 'th¥ bo$t in which he was rdwitig with; two Wom­ en, who were rescued, capsized, Samuel Ehobdln, TO,. . Cincinnati, musical instrument dealer wrote a note to “dearest and people,” then fired a bullet Into bis right temple and was dead when fountain his itore, Disappointment In a love affair Is be­ lieved to have been'the cause of the suicide. '* Chief GOorge Wallace, 76-year-old veteran head Of the Cleveland-firs de­ partment, was cut severely about thS wrist by glass while fighting a fire. On petition of W. B. Bay, stockhold­ er and creditor of the Ohio Secufitlee company, - a receiver was appointed for the company by Judge Charles Moore at Nswac*. None of the!com­ pany’s subsidiaries are affected,: County farm bureku president* ana secretaries from over, the state voted unanimously in their session a t Co­ lumbus to favor co-dperative markst­ ing associations throughout Ohio. Near Weliston, a vein of No. 4 coal has been found 800 feet beneath the aurface, which will prove very val­ uable. For the first time in the history of the’ school, Shepardson college tor girls at Denison university is filled to overflowing. Scioto Valley, Traction company filed with .the Franklin county record­ er ^mortgage on all its property, in­ cluding the Columbue station, to the Huntington National bank, as trustee, tor hOnd holders to support a bond is­ sue of duo iff 3ft years* with j t per cent iatoreat. t-cerm service xsen are lu.f.sUgHt- ing the origin of a flood of counter­ feit half dollars iff New Lexington. Eleven rneu.of Delaware couty haye gone to Camp Knox for citizens* mili­ tary training, the largest quota AVer to go from that county, , D. H. Sellers, Loggn county super­ intendent a t schpols, resigned to ac­ cept superintendency of Miami coun­ ty schools a t increased salary, Robert Gardner, Perry county farm agent, resigned to become farm agent of Wyandpt county, Emmett Spencer, 18, eon of Nelson Spencer- of Crookstille, fell from a hay mow at Tippecanoe City and broke his neck. City council of Jackson pasled an ordinance raising salaries of all city employes $$ to $10 a ’month, Zariosville city council will Submit to a public meeting an ."annexation program that " is' expected to add $5,000,000 to the' city's t a i duplicate and will Increase the' population tot the city 1O.0OO. ' " v- A memorial to perpetuate the me­ mory of the late James W. Faulkner has been planned by. tpe Legislative Correspondents" association. „ajL state­ wide organization nas ‘b.een perfected by congressional districts to collect funds. The memorial will be a fund to bef invested, the' proceeda 'tti be used annually in helping promising young men and women-complete-their education, particularly those whoxe invmtions are to follow newspaper tvork. ’ • ’ - Following complaints filed by citi­ zens of Youngstown, Governor -Don- ahpy •removed from office. William G. Reese, mayor of that city since July 5, -1922, when, as president of council, he succeeded George- Oles as chler excutlve. ..He is charged With failure to enforce the prohibition laws and will be given a hearing Aug. 22. Miss Catherine Randles, 15, daugh­ ter of A. P. Sandies, prominent Demo­ cratic politician, died-her* as the re­ sult of injuries received when the automobile riir which she'was riding turned over near Ottawa. "Mrs. Grace 'Tannehill. 53, of near Clifton, was killed, and Mias Alice Finney and Miss::' Ada Tannehlll, daughter of the dead woman, were injured seriousiy.whpn their auto was struck by a passenger train a t « were fouqd buried In the cellar of a residence at Dayton by ft contractor. One theory advanced is. that they were victims of the 1913 flood. Coal to run the .state of Ohio for one year is sought a t present market prices by State Purchasing Agent J. P. Brennan, who asked tor bids from approximately 100 coal dealers ~oa 190,000'tons; or about 4,000 carloads Qf fuel. Cornerstone , of the new $125,000 high school building a t Newcomsrs- town, will be laid-Augj, 22. Mrs. BesSie B. Bulb, 38, was dis­ missed for the killing'of her husband, William Edward 'Bush, when ar­ raigned on a charge of murder in mu­ nicipal court in Cincinnati. She pleaded self-defense. Wheat yields in Fayette county have been reported all the way from 1G to 40 bushels to the acre. Belletontalne city.treasury is emp­ ty and officials are Serving without Salary. Thousands of dollars’ worth of cbickene have been'stolen in northern Fayette county, with no arrests, At Cincinnati Adam Fisher, 65, was trampled to death by horses hitched, to a city ash wagon.of which he was the driver. Henry Ford, it Is reported, contem­ plates building a new road from Greenfield through Highland ana Adams'counties into Kentucky. Mrs. Lee Wings, 29. committed sui­ cide by hanging herself in her home in Walnut township, Pickaway county. Lima business men are urging a union passenger terminal to cost $ 2 , 000 , 000 . Blood poisoning which developed from a cut caused by a .flying piece of wood, which hit her on the chin, re­ sulted in the death of Jeanette 3. Bender, 48, of <Ft. Seneca, near Tiffin. Cherry Cheer company, Inc., a con­ cern manufacturing oabdy and bev­ erages at Sidney, filed ft petition ia bankruptcy, listing liabilities a t $150,- 000 *nd assets a t $75,000, Nine Mile bouse, pn the Harrison pike, *ib& Ciricijuati, was robbed by a bandit gang, which earned away an iron safe said to have contained $16,090.-Aix masked men backed em ployes against the wall, laM -a traok of'heavy timbers for tha safe and rolled it outside to ah auto truck, Chiaf Justice Marshall granted ft» alternative writ o f mandamus to atop gambling on the racis at Maple Heights tiaak, near Cleveland. Mrs. Fred Thompson, 30, formed ft noose out of bedclothes and ended her life by hanging herself to th f bedpost ih her home at Marion. Drily two Weeks ago she became a mother, A regular musical department may be established'at Ohio State univer­ sity, President Thompson announced. Emmett spencer, i i, wee killed in< etantiy when -he tell from a haymow ladder on the Oliver Johnson farm *t Vandalla, near Dayton. Every member of tbe June grad ating class of the college of medteiri a t Ohio State unlireraitr, including medical school graduates and one homeopathic graduate, successfully passed the Ohio state medical hoard examination lev Ikwwe to to t ;,e state, Prof, John A Talcott, whe# iif; an­ other month ia to take up his duties as Director of the Department o f Music and Physical Education in CedanvUIe College and the local achpols, hais re­ cently been in tow a attendtog Te items relating to W» work. ; Mr. Talcott’s headquarters will be ,h the college library building and preparation is being made in 'way of Additional equipment which wilL as­ sure studebt# taking eobrsse n t the cpllege of tee best- accomo­ dation. si Fifteen years previous to his. decis­ ion to come tO’Cridaryille, Mr, Toteott lias been the successful difecto^ of the Department of. Music, a t Bighop * College, Marshall, Texas, ona of| the largest arid ri-ost prominent colleges of the South, ahd he personally in­ structs in Pipe-Organ,. Piano;jand Voice Culture. ' Si - r, ii These branches ’will . be taught a t the college and in addition,' the rbgu- .ar courses in Theory, History of Music, Harmony etc, t> .i« Instruction in .Violin will- also’ he available if sufficient, demand war- i rants the obtaining of an .efficient in- -tructor. In. connection with teaching irid affording practice facilities for Pipe-organ it is the in te n tio n ^ ; Mr. Talcott to move his own peyso.nril in­ strument to Cedarville ah' soon as ionvenient arrangements can.be .made for it’s installation. It is a Mpjler or­ gan of the modern electrO-pneuriiatic type. " ■ / From the standpoint - of- Physical Education, Mr/ Talcott’s experience has been a very busy one and be has had charge of the Athletic teams of the Southwest at different, times and thifl last year his team tied ,for-firat^ honors sufferins- no defeats and tying the season’s 'final game with a score of 3-3. Hi3 team scored 277 points as aga in st'3 for their oppo­ nents. Mr. Talcott’s training, has- been in this country and abroad, (England) and indications point toward consist­ ent ■ advancement in this vicinity on recount of his, coming in te a above mentioned capacity- Mr. Talcott is -omparatively a young man rind en- ? r ih$ reputation of geif"* ....... yf the public school mttsl to be incorporated, this for early results and much Interest. At the college, Plano, Voice Culture and Violin lessons will be! tpught a t the former rate of $15.00 per semes­ ter and when out of town .students d e -. *ire the use of practive instruments at the college the same will.jbp charged for a t a rental of $1.00 pfer^month. Pipe-Organ instruction Will be $25 a semester and for practice! purposes ' a small charge will be mad| to cover the cost of electric current Used. This amount has not yet been, determined hut i t will ,he a minumum ^charge. - Mr. Talcott, leaves this [week for Cleveland and Rochester, H i Y. where he will spend the month of August Mid attend the convention of the American Association of Organists qf which association he is a member. FIRST PART OF STREET’ WORK NEARS COMPLETION From all indications The Loyd Com pnny will complete the excavating for the Main street improvement this week. Following this eoffltafe the lay­ ing of the drain tile and tee sewers. The bed will bo rolled with a steam roller before concrete is poured. ritetbto of ____ _______ ___ _....... JVMMV « Awl o . Chandler, Sr., miUtosate* Coca-Cola king. She wm « alenofirapher in the Chandler ftefti* » tt Atlanta, (to , and le m a te #