The Cedarville Herald, Volume 47, Numbers 1-26

Tim ’Gmhan&f H«rtW t jfcw '„!i "li'i'H .tgiii 4 m, ■ . .................. _ XAAiJ l $ 0L L * - JEDfTO® > #Nw i * t tb« Poat-OsB®*, Cedar- 0«» Oetgber u , 1117, m Mepad thun matter, j -..FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1924 j .. ^ ■ . _ _ ; ..... ' ............... . f A REVIEW ON. TAX MATTERS Previtmo to 1910 xe#i estate was appreked every ten years. The «on- ektutiofi wm changed and re-valua­ tions wore possible after that date every four years. Under the constitution another appraisement was due in 1914, The world war was on. Conditions were unsettled. There was no re-valuation . ordered. About this time when Judson Har­ mon was governor we had the Smith - law passed limiting tax rates to one per cent on a basis of the 1910 val­ uation, which was considered to ho about 80 per cent cash value. This law only stood a year or two for the tan spenders had to have more money. In a few instances tax .spenders allowed interest on bond j to go unpaid on a plea of no funds, Then suits followed and courts held certain levies must he made outside of the tax ra te to care for paying bonded ddht and interest. Later the legisla­ tu re punctured the Smith law and a new opening was made for a higher tax rate. And this has continued ever since until the passage of the Taft tax law by the last legislature and,its ' rejection -by the voters last fall in a referendum vote. In 1918 1another quadrennial ap­ praisement was due. Np re-valuation was called, then because values were held to be abnormal. T&o tax commis­ sion was thuh operating under the same Jaw as today but the commis­ sioners disregarded the request and made it impossible by not appropriat­ ing funds for the work. " In fact each year since 1914 the tax commission could order a re-val­ uation in th a t the first quadrennial appraisement in this coUnty has not been held. In those years each Jan­ uary the auditor has made his recom- • znendation to the commissioners just as was done tyis year, other than he did' not recommend a re-valuatjon. The commissioners each time refused to raise the money and check orders of the State Tax Commiss'on. This year1 the recommendation, is for a re-valuation. The commisioners have se t Monday for the.hearing a t the courthouse atTO A. M. A re-yal- . uation is called for. The commission­ ers act as a jury to hear protests, and those favorable as well, Ufiless' the property owners heed the notice and are present to protest, i t is likely a re-valuation will be ordered. The- State Tax Commission has gone as f a r as i t can in taking action through the auditor. The commission- ’ eta have finalssay and they have ask­ ed fq r your opinion,. If this body-de­ cides against it there <is no power granted the tax commission to force at for the commissioners must provide the funds. > , Once this matter is opened up the county commissioners are through With it. The State Tax Commission through the County Auditor takes charge. The auditor appoints the ap­ praisers. Rules for appraisement are laid down by the State Tax Commis­ sion. When the tabulation is complete • a county board of equalization takes over the work, adds here and there to the appraisers returns and deducts i f in their judgment such is warrant- " ed. Judging from the past i t has been mostly addition and this is what the ■State Tax Commission ’ wants just now in answer to demands from bank rap t cities. When the county board of equali­ zation completes its work the returns then go to the State Board." By this time you are a stranger in a strange land, no one knowing you or no one having any interest in your ■cause. The State Tax Commission then aits as a board of review. We imag­ ine We can see the verdict now. With Clark county, a neighboring county, down now. for $121.60 a s an average for farm land, and Greene county, a 'much more productive farm county and only a t an average of say $90, iit justice to d a r k county farmers we feel duty bound to increase Greene county farm lands to a more' equitable amount, and taking all things into consideration with government re­ ports backing up improved Conditions on the farm, we feel that $120 is a very reasonable and just valuation fo r Greene County{farm land. The returns reach the county audi­ to r and the new valuation is placed against yon for taxation. Yon hear of this and protest and kick and cuss the auditor and commissioners. F in is-ds written across your pa­ pers and your valuation stands— unless through your political friends you can reach the ear of some higher up official and have your valuation reduced, . . . Mr. B. K, Williamson in his inter­ view last week stated more than a very large number of people probably grasped—“-Promises amount to noth­ ing." Mr, WilliitrriBofl has passed thru Jamre re-valuation campaigns than any other farmer in the county. Let the work of re-valuaiiofl be ordered, and whan if is time to take stock on the m u lt—see how fa r hfe was wrong this time, w*sa#wwwweW<il|i iwpjlttwtwpw i What th# r*« 4 ft|« Gat, ; That Which i* railed “what the pern p e want" la often merely something m kkb they take because they cannot $ e t aayth&g batterc-Aibaai’ JontiMi MOREVIEWSAS TORE-VALUATION (Continued from page 1.) un i aii thry ask o f farmers is to be fair, City folks did not ask for a re- '.ablation whoa farm land was worth more than it is today. At that ■ ime building conditions were differ­ ent, cost much lower and that would have been the time; for the city and villages to take unfair advantage of .he farmers. To appraise residence m i business property now is unfair for city and village folks. I will sug­ gest to Xenians that a hurried organi mtion be formed to protest a re-val­ uation before’the commissioners and us for myself will be there to oppose It. 1 would like to see* such organiza­ tions in Jamestown, Yellow Springs, Cedarville and the other towns as well I am no longer a member Df the Farm Bureau and approve of your stand. PPWlMlw FRANKLIN COUNTY MIXED • ON RE-VALUATION Franklin county and Columbus arc in a mix over the proposal to revalue farm and city property, Columbus officials want a re-valuation to raise more money, The county commission­ ers have the say whether it will be or not,One hearing has been held but no decision reached and another will be called. John McCrehen, representing the Columbus Real Estate Board, declar­ ed that it would be unwise to have a rer-appraisement a t tins time, Caleb McKee declared that it would be dis- asterous. ■ ’• Attorney M, E, Thrailkill declared that if a Te-appraisement Was net made that he would file suit for,a re­ duction of farm lands,. COMPARES TAX RECEIPTS A farmer came into the office yes­ terday with his tax receipts. Ho has been like others under the impression that we have not had a revaluation since 1910, He has one tract' of land without any improvement. The tax rocepit for 1910 shows a value of $1110 and tax of $14.27. The 1923 tax receipt shows a (Val­ ue of $3320 and a tax of $81.04 ! He says he has all the increase he is looking for. D. M. STEWART DIES SUDDENLY . AT HOME IN DAYTON Daniel McMillan Stewart, 88, well known Xenia banker and land owner, died suddenly Tuesday evening a t the home of -his son -in-law and daughter, Mr*. and Mrs. Charles M. Kelso, Dayton, as a result of apo­ plexy. He resided in Xenia many years but located in Dayton, only a- bout two years ago. The deceased was born on what is known as the Hardy farm and he was .educated in the Ce­ darville Schools, He served in Co. F ; "164 O, V, I, and upon discharge locat­ ed in Xenia. He for many years was member of the Xenia Seminary board Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Har iett Bonner on January 1, 1877 and hor death took place April 1908. One daughter and a granddaughter sur­ vive. A t one time he was a member of the Covenante rchurch and later became a member of the first TJ. P. church in Xenia. For 20 years he was a director of the Xenia National Bank. The funeral was held ' Thurs­ day,, with burial in Woodland ceme­ tery. CEDARVILLE POOL TEAM DEFEATS JAMESTOWN TEAM The local pool team met James­ town a t the latter place Monday and won by a lead of 30 balls. The local boys say that Jamestown slipped in a “shark” from Bowersville, At one time in the game Jamestown was 80 points ahead. Following the game Pressley Townsley took the “shark” on for a private game and ran. 60 balls while his opponent received 17. Cedarville now has won nine out of tett games played in the county. Wednesday the local-team went to Xenia where Xenia was defeated by a score of 888 to 899. Harper and Townsley won the high scores. This leaves the local boys undisputed as champions in the county. ■Mtf WSASSs* WIJFKE TUii RAINBOW TOUCHES THE GROUND T HE fatal! who in. eat ill, A The fam<:r ■ 1 1 £<„■ra t, in di m ^ 3 The grave d -.rn c r d a ; .•fut-.meo which p rated tu ba n a i i This fanner bad bean hauling iiiar ot<3ao a long ilk.mix'» for hi 3 alfalfa fields. In eonf. roavo with his county o.T'nt.’ho drcovi. r: d ■ that marl wr,;M take the place cl li:na JHc o r n i n '! the tiekPty of hi i soil. This cspi-rh-iiee b (1 i'i:u to t*:o «: e of marl that er-h;, d un Ms own farm ami saved h,..i much time and considerable exp. use in hauling. Similar opportunities have ex­ isted apt! still exist.' IJany farmers in the middle wc.: v;i,i recall what a pest sw o t clover used .to lie. Now this post Is being tired profit­ ably m hay and pasture for live- stock and as a crop to he plowed under for increasing the fertility of the soil. Kanuna is called the "Sunflower State" and those who have lived there will ivr.ll renumber how they have fought this v,\ ed. Today sun­ flowers are being grravn as a crop, as feed for chickens and it is also being utilised with nr without corn as a suitable -aop for the silo. It is surprising to discover how many things which war,, frowned upon in days gone by are now serving a useful purpose. These changes have been brought about by observation anil study. Brains vonnt on the farm as elsewhere. Th« man who thinks while he is performing. physical work is/no t only opening, up the way for larger profits but he is removing tlib word drudgery from his vocabulary ‘and is transforming what used to be a drudgery into a profitable pleasure. —The Bavhcr-Fc-mer. BANKERS HELP THE KIDS Northern Michigan Bankers are out to give the youngsters in their .part of the country ajllft on the road to better dairying. A group' of bankers met With some of the agricultural men In their section and pledged their sup­ port in backing up calf club work. t t r i m t i H M i m t i u m SundaySehool *Lesson' (By REV, V. B, y ITUWATER, D.I>„ Bean of th# £ve.ui.s{ 4 b-t"3. Moody Bfi'lo In: ttt'ite of mm, V.:<-;>trn r tTtfon.) LESSEN FOR FEBRUARY 3 . f ^ f n H i t n i ^ T r r w n r r 11 inwiiwirrO T y iimit 3 *rTj#»r*tesrsj#- W HAT ISRAEL LEARNED SINAI A T Her Very QwtV Pig— A Boys and Girts (v. 8), LESSON TEXT—-Ile.it. 4:32-40, GOLDEN TEXT—Thou Umlt love the Lord thy God with ail f-ano Mart, and; with an thy soul, ana With ail thy mljsht,—Dout, C;5. INTERMEDIATE AND fcEXTOR TOP­ IC—Knowing and OtoMm: God's 1-a.w, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP- IO—Tho X’ouadtttlar. of luracl's Life. Deuteronomy, the imol; from which our lesson Is taken, means “second law.” It is a second law in the sense that it la u remoumont and Interpre­ tation of the law given at Sinai, for a new generation in n new country. This new generation needed a troy concep­ tion of God and also an apprehension of the wonderful grace which hart selected them and made them a chan­ nel through which God’s grace would flow to the world, * - 1. God's Unparalleled Goodness, to Israel (Dent. 4:32-84). This was shown: I. By Speaking Audibly Out of the Midst of the Fire (vv, 32, 33), This, honor conferred upon them was unique. I t was unequalled, (1) In past history—“the ‘days that are past since the day that God created man upon the earth.” (2) Anywhere— “from one side of heaven unto the other.” (3) In character—“there hath been no such great thing ,ns this great thing is.” (4) In story or rumor— “or hath been heard like it!” (5) In dignity and majesty—“did ever people hoar the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire.” %.. By His Marvelous ‘Deliverance of Israel From the Egyptian Bondage (v. 34). Here, too, His grace is unique* (1) In liberation—“take him a natjon from the midst of another nation.” (2) In the method employed, (a) By temptations—testings, that is, plagues, (b) By signs ami wonders—crossing Red sea, pillar of .cloud, (c) By war (See Exod. 14:4; 15:3-10). (d). By out­ stretched arm—Divitte Interposition, such as opening the Red sea-for Israel and closing Ifupun the Egyptians, (e) By great terrors—the death of the first born, l II. The Reason Why the Lord So Dealt With Israel-(Dent.'4:35-38). 1. That They Might Know That the Lord Is Unique in the Midst of a World of Idolaters, GOd’s aim was to establish a nation who would know Him as the only God and make this essential and blessed truth known to other nations. 2. That They Might Know His Love for Them (vv. .37,88). He loved them fotr their fathers' sake and through them would make real His oovcnuttjt purpose. ' , ' A ill. The Obligation of Israel (Dent, 4:39, 40)1 They were to consider and receive Jn their heart the thought that the Lord .was the alone God. What we think about God is revealed iq bur lives. The law to which obedience was to be rendered was thut set forth In thg Ten. Commandments, as record­ ed in Exodus 2:1-17. 1. The first emphasises the unity of God and enjoins the obligation' of single-hearted worship and service Club Member 2, The second Is directed against te worship of the .true God under Part of Time. When we consider ourselves as merely n part of time, we don’t v.orry so much over the loss or wastage of it, Ths Remedy That Has Pased The Test It has been before the public for mere then fifty years-* It it a scientifically eonipoutftk.l prescription It has hcoied thous­ ands— 14 is of special value in disease* of catarrhal natur#—; dtfarrh i t Infl&fflirA- tica of the mucous tncribmuc*. I t tr.ir.i feats itself itt the hose, t?;e throat, the stoutaeh, the bowel* a:i;i other part* of liio holy. Virginia, Minnesota, Bankcra have faith in "kids.” Meeting with a com* { mlttee from the Virginia Chamber of. j . „ , ■ . . . . Commerce they formulated plans for j tulk Gods name in vain; that is, tlie establishment of Calf Clubs and j a ' a J n*’’ ffi’veptlve, unreal way, “Pure Bred Bull'Associations;” Bunks j all'over St. Louis county have pledge^ j tltelr support to this work, !i ^ . . . ■ . An Arkansas hank loaned a young- f parents stand to their children in ster 570, in 1920. Tho boy bought a ! Pluc0 ot God-therefore enjoins purebred Poland China gift from a ! ^?.ee t ? ® breeder In a neighboring state. Being i The sixth shows the sanctity- of the first purebred gilt brought into the j human life^and that the one who nvur- county for boys and girls club work, j ^ers sinned against God, for man she has furnished more stock than any >■V/IIS created in the likeness and Image other sow in tho section. With the \ ®0<^- start that the bank gave the youngster « ^* seventh is the bulwark he has been able to refuto the claim * thrown around the home, that hog raising in his county was n o t . profitable, for at the present time lie , has more than $1000 to bis credit as u : result of the original bank loan and \ , Investment. false forms.. 3. The third is directed against the 4, The fourth enjoins work on six days and forbids work on the seventh, 5. The fifth rests upon the fact REMARKABLE SAVINGS FIGURES PE-RU-NA will prove iiCi.fel wherever anti wbAi. tvw the** is <a!jrri'j,i1 iafl3i.:tu*tion. SfcMLtwry;.'-.':* >T#Mrt#r* U^U Remarkable progress in the savings habit in the United States is shown in figures presented to the recent con­ vention of the American Bankers An- 1 soclation by Samuel II. Beach, presi- | dent of its Savings Bank Division. In 1921, Mr. Beach showed, twenty-1 six million people had savings ac- i counts aggregating 510,018,395,000. In 1922, there wan an increase of over four per cent, bringing the aggregate up to 317,300,000,000. 4 Similar statis­ tics for 1912 showed ‘thut the aggre­ gate was only about half as much as In 1922 or only 38,433,000,000. Mr. Beach’s report on school savings banking .bowed that practically two million pupils aro now participating in school hanking systems.'an increase of 84 per cent s compared with last year and 53 per cent as compared with 1921, while tho total of the actual amount deposited last year was 59,613.000, as compared with $5,775,000 m 1921 and $2,300.01)0 iti 1920, an in crease of nearly 340 per cent in three years. 1 • This com­ mandment may be broken by unclean thoughts and affections as well as by outward acts. 8. The eighth strikes at the sin of theft. 0. The ninth strikes at the sin of lying. . 10. The tenth strikes at the desire for that which is unlawful to own. Building for Eternity. If we-work upon marble, It will per­ ish; If we work upon brass, time will efface It; If we rear temples, they will crumble Info dust; but If we work upon Immortal souls. If we imbue them with principles, with the. just fear of God and love of fellownien, we engrave on these tablets some­ thing which brightens all eternity,— Daniel Webster. Keep Climbing, The vine that has no trellis loses Its beauty In the dust,, and dies because It cannot climb, i t is even so with the spirit of uiflii. *I£ it cannot climb, It dies,—Herald of Gospel Liberty. Learning to Walk. v One must be willing to fall down J r order to be able to get up and tfalk.— Baptist World. Shipping Snubs by Airpittrm. - fio great Is the demand for .stuffed snails, a popular dainty jn London, that consignments are shipped daily from France by ont of the ftirnlatm lines. They can't prove It, There has -been considerable mean talk about mo; but I thunk lift- Lord I have made, It difficult for my enemies lo prove the worst of iffi lM Howe’s Monthly. An Open Gate; Idleness Is ths gats of til harm.—* The Gideon. G L 1 5N W IO IK K R T l Auctioneer 1505 East High Street Rhone No, Main 21S7-W Springfield, Ohio. To close out Favorite Oak Heaters wo are making special prices. Rsrvios fiiwiwwth Oe, MONEY IS PLENTIFUL! I ' In a recent financial report it was stated that there is pow more than enough gold on hand in the Federal Reserve Banks to retire their currency. ‘ That means money is plentiful with the probability of lower interest rates. If you have idle funds they should be invested now while interest | rates are still high. We will guarantee 6% INTEREST on all deposits made.with us now under SPECIAL CERTIFICATE PLAN but cannot say how long this offer will be good. Put your money to work now while it can still draw "big interest and be safe. “ALL DEPOSITS MADE ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 6TH WILL DRAW INTEREST FROM FEBRUARY 1ST. ' TheSpringfieldBull Association 40 East Main S tree t, Loan Springfield, Ohio s V..:»%. • - THE U N I V E R S A L CAR UoTec^ztlx&r* & ■ S m « a r S m f r 3 I D c a t a a s m c l * 7 ^ 0 /C'*] more Ford cars and trucks were pro­ duced last year than the previous yeur, an increase of over 50 per cent. In fipiie of this tremendous increase in production, it was impotable to meet d.'livery requirements during the spring and fu.rfia.r rr.ranhs when orders lor 350,000 Ford Cars and Trucks rev id not be filled. This yc. r \vi iter buying for immediate delivery has been more active than ever before—‘and in addition 200,000 ord r.-; h ave ; !rc. d> b. cn booked through th - Ford Weekly Furcii.se I lan lor spring cblivery.' • The-c lie; cieady indicate that the demand during this spring ; „u sur—Bcr • i-I be f..r greater than ever, and that orders should be pl.iced immediately with Ford Dealers as a means 1 1 probation sgain-.-t delay in securing your Ford Car or tru ck or Ioidson Tractor. s~—^ Detroit* Michigan ^ F«44 A si.wll dcpwlt df-'vn, with casv pnymento oi tb? li.-ib-v.- ammftti, cr your tnreilnicr.i ur.dcr tlu Ford Weekly Purchase Plan, will put your order on the prcietred list lor spring delivery. S e e itla e N e a r e s t jr^sssfCkTr 4 r»jwsaiiiAi * « TRY OUR JOB PRINTING v « %