The Cedarville Herald, Volume 47, Numbers 27-52

X v f c r t o f t M i a r b l t y b e t t * » • tk l» you ft*d inflict* * penalty upon ti*» pars* wjuiyniunt to th* e**h **v- injr tb* U#« o f the aruck wouk pro­ duce. f f k e Y k d a t f i{ <> Jterald. A NEWBPAI’JtfB, DSVO 'flD 7C LOCAL AND GENERAL NEW# AN D THE INTERESTS OF CXDAR- VJLLB AND VICINITY. . FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR NO. 51. GEDARVILLE -H LIDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1924 PRICE, $1,50 A YEAR VENERABLEEDITOR DIEDSATURDAY INXENIA Doc. 11, 1902, who survive* with the one son and throe grand children. The funeral was held from the late home Tuesday afternoon. Rev, W. P. * Harriman had charge o f the services,1 The deceased had been, a lire - longJ member o f the M. E. Church in New! Jasper and never changed her mem- * borship. Burial took place at Wood­ land cemetery. TIMEWHEN OFFICERSTAKE THEIRPLACES James Parker Chew, 92, probably I the oldest editor in Ohio, died last, DR. Saturday afternoon ,at his home on East Market street, Xenia. For three weeks previous he had suffered with1 neuralgia and had .been left so weak­ ened that by the infirmaries o f old age he was unable to longer continue the battle, Mr. Chew was founder o f the Ga­ zette and for seventy years was en­ gaged in newspaper, work. He had his first experience at Madison, Ind, at Lawrenceburg, Ind., and in 1877 pur­ chased the Gazette, then a weekly, lit 1881 it wasChanged to h. daily, paper, -old .idea that insanity was hereditary In 1888 the Torchlight was purchas- and incurable was ridiculed. There ed and consolidated with' the ,^Gazette* will always he a percentage o f incur- In 191fi tlie Xenia Republican was al sc- acquired. For twenty-five years he was treasurer* of the Ohio Associated Da-lies. . / Mr. Chew was twice married. His first wife was Miss Harriet Louisa Brown of Lawrencebarh, Ind., and to them were-born three children. Mrs, ;»t has teanhprd to convince legislators W. E. Hopton, Syracuse, N. Y...' and. that the socalled insane were at ail Mrs. J. O. McCormick, Xenia. A son curable. There are pver 1300 patients W B. Chew, died in 1923. Mr. Chew *n .the institution and the average con- married Mrs. Sarah McGervey Meyers j fmc.nent stands about nine years. It who survives him. He was the grand- *s the contention of the Dr. that with father of J: A. Chew, president c f the, newer methods of handling this cases Chew Publishing Co. ! hundreds could be restored to society The deceased was a member o f , ^ the cases were taken early and the Trinity MVE. church, Xenia, and dur--stale saved a large cost o f upkeep ing-his lung life was active in" all r e -' Per capita. ligious work. - | Dr, McClellan pleaded for support The funeral was hold Tuesday after- ^ ' *aws changed so that the men.- The county officers elected last II. M’QLELLAN HOST,TO 'month will take their places at dif- NEWSPAPER PEOPLE ferent times. However most o f them will enter upon their duties the first Monday, in January. They are as fol­ low*: County Commissioners, J, H, Lack­ ey and Bert* Beam, , 1 Surveyor, W. J. Davis. .Recorder, B. J. Thomas. Prosecutor, J. C. Marshall- Sheriff, Morris Sharp. • Coroner, R. L, Haines. Treasurer, F, A. Jackson, Septem- her, 1925. tCJerk Of Court, Harvey Elnnl, Aug­ ust, 1925. Probate Judge,' S. C, Wright, Feb­ ruary 9. - ~ ■. ’ ■ It will be necessary for Judge J, C, Marshall to resign fua office before bis time expires in February in order to become prosecutor in January. In this event Governor Donahey will get to make an appointment for the va­ cancy that only has about a, month to run. Following custoin it is expected that Governor Donahey w!,l name Mr. Wrightfor this vacancy. Dr. H. H. McClellan, superintendent if. the Dayton ..State Hospital, enter- ained a number of newspaper people and their wiveB at the institution last I Friday evening at dinner. Previous to dinner Dr. McClellan gave a history o f the treatment of insanity from the earliest ages to date showing that a patient mentally ill should be treated as a patient and not a prisoner. The able? just as from other forms of di­ sease. - The Dr> has adopted many new ideas that are giving results. The fact that Ohio does not provide funds for much c f this work,, makes it impos­ sible to go into it to any great axtenfc. noon and /burial, renceburg,’ Ind. took place at Law- HENRY BROWN DIED MONDAY; ILL SEVERAL MONTHS Henry Brown, aged 65, died Mon­ day evening about seven o’clock after an illness,of 16 months due to a ma­ lignant growth on the,, tongue. ’ The deceased ^yas bern in Preble jaunty near Eatob, but has lived in Cedar- ville for many years. He waa married to Miss Josephine Shull and; to them were born three daughters?; Mrs, Bernard Potter of Springfield, Mrs. WilliamTrwin, Day- ton and Mrs* George Barlow, where the deceased has made his home for several months. The wife died .about 12 years ago. The .deceased was a member of the Methodist church and for 28 years has been sexton of the Massies Creek cemetery. The funeral - -was held from, the home Wednesday afternpon with Rev. B. E. Stevenson charge, assisted by Rey. C. C. Kyle. . Two selection were sung by MrjjusStevens.. Burial took place at MaSsi.es Creek cemetery. Mr. Brown-had'been connected with Massies Creak cemetery for about 23 years during which time he has buried over 500 persons in that one cemetery. For a time lie.,was also the sexton o'f the North Cemetery, having the two. He had also ivprked in Richmond, Ind. before coming hpte and buried several hundred people in his time. MRS. EARLANDREWS DIED ; SABBATH MORNING Mrs. EateHa; Andrews, wife of Mr. J. Earl Andrews, died suddenly last Sabbath night/ following an attack of heart trouble,. fr6m which she suffered the past few years, The deceased was born October 21, 1877 rnd wa* the daughter of John and Barbara Credit, being born on the Kyle farm h<Ar here. She w as, first married to Edward H. Burba, December 1(5, 1897 and to this union were born two children, V. W. Burba and Charles S, Burba, the latter dying in infancy. Her second marriage w*A to J. Earl, Andrews on Oldest Senator »J .*• &;.ator Francis B. Warren ,o: 82 year* old, i* now thi • . lawmaker in the upper 1, o f Congress, He ha» util as the next Seflstt "infe the death of Senile; it ncr tally sick were not required to be handled through the probate court as prisoners and the hospital beable to receive them as other hospitals do for surgical work or , ordinary treat­ ment.' A plea is made for these patients that when once returned home that they be received in society and recog­ nized* as the -return of rmyother pa­ tient. ' ’ - Dr. McClellan gave up a lucrative practice to accept the superintendency >f the Dayton State Hospital. He first became interested in tins work during the war. His heart is in it and he Is making a personal sacrifice to do what he can for the patients. Heretofore the superintendent that could feed his patients at the least cost per meal was regarded the best 'superintendent. The superintendent need not be a practioneer, but an economist. Think o f Ohio providing one regular physician and one pro- fes. ional nurse for more than 1300 people. What the legislature should I q is to provide funds that these un­ fortunate patients can 'be restored to health and be released as wards of 'die state and sent home. The first of a. series of articles by Dr. McClellan appeared in this paper last week. The second appears this week. GREENE COTS The Grene Ce iatipn will meeM sentbly room o f ' 0:30. Invocation, Propdfit. Arit Shupp, Clifton; * Suprt, H. E, Zut furnished by Jar The Bible in Revt L, L, Gray, Afternoon Oxlpy, Cedsrville; Reeder, Prof. B Objectives in mar, Dr. W- S. Gu sity; V(Ocal Duet: CL Klohtz, o f Rosa Dr. Guiler’s sf campaign in GreeiioJ effective teaching. Grammar. * GOLDEN RULE SI LCHRR’g ' LTURDAY her1* Asspc- in the As- house at Charles P. S. E. n, led by Music to orchestra. Schools by CONDENSED OHIO NEWS News items Picked at Random and Boiled Down for the Busy Reader m itation, Lois trio, Brooks Thuma. and Gram- m i Univer- akle, Billie schools, 31 open the ity foy more .English and ?AY, 3MBER 7th, WINTER PREDICTIONS ARE - TRUE AS PREDICTED COLUMBUS JUDGE GIVES GAS COMPANIES A NEW PROBLEM Over in. Columbus they have been having trouble settling what the price of natural gas should be. The City authorities could not reach an agree­ ment with the gas company. The com­ pany said that unless it secured its price there would be no gas on a cer­ tain date. Just before that date the city secured an injunction and the whole question was then threshed out in court. The judge ruled that as the same money controlled the three gas companies interested there was a vio­ lation of the Valentine anti-trust law. The court also fixed a rate until the companies dissolve and the. money collected to be Impounded. This has been a wonderful victory for gas con­ sumers who are willing to pay a fair price for the fuel but not three profits' to three companies for the same gas. CHURCH NOTICES O. A. United Presbyterian-- .. Sabbath School at 9:30. Mr, Dobbins, superintendent. Regular services at 10:30, Dr, J. F. White, pastor. A t the closd of the morning service'* will be held the ordination and install­ ation of elders. Mr. R, C. Watt Will be installed, Mr. J, Auld and Mr, Roy Waddell, will be ordained and install­ ed. . Wednesday evening, Dec, 10 at 8 P, the Young Peoples' Society will pre­ sent the Moving Picture of Egypt at the opera house, This is a great Op­ portunity for the community to see life as it is today In Egypt and to learn of the great ’ work being done through the American Mission there. • * * a Methodist Church— Sunday School at 9:15. Music by orchestra,-P, M. Gilllian, superintend­ ent, Classes for all ages. Morning worship at 10:30. Sermon by pastor. Subject: “ How Jacob Changed His Name and Character/’ Junior League at 2 P. M. Miss Lcis McFarland, leader, Epworth League at 6 P. M, Union aanrtee at R, P, church, Winter arrived with December and if the first three days of the month ire to rule the winter, we are-in for a genuine winter. We had zero, snow, .rain,, sleet which, almost makes a full program for the three days. . We were interested in a weather prediction by H. J. Brown who made a prediction last August, published n The Scientific American that the summer and fall of 1924 would ce marked by drouths in the region cant af the Mississippi and north, of the Jhio and Potomac rivers and in cen­ tral California; that there would. he excessive jjiinfall in the southeastern ;nd extreme northwestern part Of the country; that the winter o f ’24-25 would.be early and severe and that the entire year o f 1925 would be be- ow normal in both temperature and precipitation. WILBERFORCE WANTS $869,236 OF NEXT LEGISLATURE Wilberforce Normal School is ask­ ing an increase o f $494,965, or 132 per cent o f the next legislature. The departments have cost the state about $374,271 during the last two ‘years. Among the items asked for is $60,000 for a swimming pool. The ■building program calls for $392,820. A sewer­ age disposal plant costing $35,000 is another item and it is needed badly. It might be said that much of the com­ plaint against a local company about stream pollution is due . to the fact that Wilberforce has no sewerage dis­ posal. plant and has been emptying raw sewerage in an open ditch that leads to the creek, I ■ FORDS ARE NOW CHEAPER; , TOURING COSTS 19 c A LB. Fords are now- cheaper, the prices having been sliced somewhat that the Christmas trade- would be stimu­ lated. All models have been reduced in price. It la said that a Ford tour­ ing car no wsells for less per pound than good beefsteak or butter: I f you do not think this is so offer the local agent about 19 cents per pound for a touring car and see if he does not take you up on your proposition, It is said that Ford cars sell for much less per pound than any manufactured article that requires the use o f steel and other high grade materials. MINISTERS ENTER PROTEST The Xenia Ministerial Association, has gone on record by resolution en­ tering a protest to the press for the use o f “Rev,” before the names of so called minister* that go wrong, The ministers also opposed dancing and card playing at school festivities', The ministers this coming Sunday will preach on “ Questionable Amuse­ ment*.” COUNTY AUDITORS WANT * GASOLINE TAX PASSED County Auditors in session at Col­ umbus this week voted in favor Of. a gasolipe tax and urged the legislature to pass such a bill this winter. This promise* to be one of the most inter­ esting questions to come before the legislature. BIG CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR ’ SALE ON AT KELBLSS ' a ; • Big clearance sale o f clothing arid footwear previous to the Holidays at Kefel*’* Big Store, Xenia, Sale began December 8 and ends December 13 A glance at the big ad on the last page gives you an idea o f the Wonder bargains being offered. The people are as&d to observe Gqlden Rule Sunday* The object is .to partake o f the molt inexpensive .neals possible, during n e day. On the following day take thi difference in cost of the usual Sum iy meals and what you had apd sent it to the Ohio headquarters of Nei : East Relief, 1909 Euclid Building, ieveland. The Young People's societies of Ohio have the privileg I o f selecting one of their nunfiber tojyisit the Holy Lands next summer wi$r all expenses paid. The tour is a p ip e offered by Near East Relief to Community serv­ ing the greatest number Of Golden Rule dinners in proportion td(|opula- tion. Chester Alexander, of Chester S. SC., made the trip last year, having won the prize. XENIA MINISTER DENIES TAKING YOUNG GIRL FROM THE STATE * Charles Payne, who styles him­ self a minister, eloped some months ego with a 16 year -old girl, Anna -Ratlin, a high school girl in Xenia, Tim girl returned home and reported that she and Payne had been as.fay as?North Carolina and this may mean a federal charge agsdnit Payne. Pro batten Officer Watlhiaiif&nd Payne at m ............... arid ha* him now in the county jail. Fqjyne has a wife and three children Mrs. Charles Fagan, 29, actress, and Miss Pearl Att of Lima, were killed when two automobiles carrying members of g troupe collided with a train at Eaton, Preble coftnty, .Five others were injured seriously. Mayor C. W, King of New Lexing­ ton announced that the affidavit filed by Marshal John F. Adams against Common Pleas Judge T. D, Price, charging him with intoxication, bad been dismissed at the request of th® prosecuting witness. A, reward of $ 5,000 is offered for the apprehension of II tjq robbers, who seized $17,000 In cash at the Cleve­ land Trust company’s branch bauk at Lakewood. < Adam Lehr. 81, .prominent in Cleveland art circles top his portraits and other paintings, died following an operation for stomfeeb trouble. Mayor Carrel of Cincinnati accept­ ed the resignation of City Solicitor l£ul .Zielonka, which has been Jn bis hands since Nov. 10. Zielohka re­ signed to, resume private practice of law, Daputy sheriffs who attended a meeting of Herrick lodge, United Mi! b Workers, at Steubenville, ar- restsd Hobart Arnold, 25, apd Thomas Re: no, 21 , on charges of inciting a riot. \ "•.-■■ ■. V \laual education by- means of mo­ tion pictures will be urged in Athens ppnn^/rgral';:echoS3g,.i-'.. . t hades Edington, 59, former police chief and coal operator, Snipped dead at his home in Nelsonvillo. V : C-randjuryat New Pliiladelpliia in- dicietl Georgo McKane of Denison, on a charge of placing a bomb on the premises of Harry Fetter of Denison. An explosion occurred there Sept, 27. Payton board of education, ap­ proved ISBimnco of $300,000 iii bonds to iiuance needs in the building pro.- gram of the Dayton schools. James G.' Robertson was elected president of the: Akron chamber of commerce 'aA its board of directors. . Mrs. Robert Mann bf Cincinnati, waa kiiled almost.instantly when a train Struck aii automobile and hurled it about 100 feet from the crossing at St. Bernard, near Cincinnati. Mrs. Jessie Bartlett, '56, was injured so seriously that hospitdl physicians ex­ pressed doubt whether she would re­ cover.' Ker husband, Walter M. Bart­ lett, 56, was bruised and cut. «—*W<yd* - *-42, Gonneaut, was Seriously burned when an engine on Which ho was:' working, sprung ■' a teak in one of the valves and sprayed him with live steam and scaldlng water. William M. Lorenz, SO, was instant­ ly killed at Coshocton when the auto he was driving went over an embank­ ment. : One hundred motorists were ar­ rested at Cuyahoga Falls, charged with violating a new/i“‘stop" Ordi­ nance, -• ' - Overcome while working In his gar­ age, Paul C. Kaerchor, 52, innuranco man, died at Youngstown from the ef­ fects of carbon monoxide poisoning. Edwin Duty, 13, Marietta, sustained Internal injuries at Gallipolis when he fell through a skylight in First Baptist church, and struck the floor; 25 feet below. WilIJain 0. Hall, 64, died at Marys­ ville as the result of injuries received when he whs struck by an automobile as he crossed a Street * in Zancsfietd. Plans have been completed at Ak­ ron tor the erection of a new Keith theater at a cost of $1,200,000. Mag, L, Kleeman and R; G. Bancroft were appointed receivers Of the Kauffman department store at Spring- field on petition of Mickler Brothers, owners. , The property is tor sale. Liabilities Were listed at $240,000; as­ sets, <$400,000. Ferfou Troxol of Dayton was' elect­ ed president of the young people's department of the Ohio Council of Churches. Miss Louise Sheets of Zanesville ttnd Freeman Schuck of Mansfield were painfully injured In an auto ac* cident. Their machine struck a horse i and buggy near Kirkersville, Licking couniy. Vnssie Combs, 22, shot and killed himself while pinned under an auto­ mobile which crushed the life out of Louis Simpson, 22, a companion, near Hamilton, The hub of the auto from which he was hurled rested upon his chest and several ribs were broken- Two others were injured. Dr. D. a , Logan, 36, negro physi­ cian, was found strangled to death in his office in Cleveland. ■ Nick Coisem, 33, died at a hospital In Canton from Injurils received when struck hy an automobile. His skull was fractured, Mrs. Anna, Sossolodd, 52, was in­ stantly killed, her husband. John Sos* Eoioiid, was fatally injured and her two children were seriously hurt when llielr auto plunged ovor a 25* toot embankment near Steubenville. Charles Lange, 65, was a victim of gas fuums from a fiueless store at Cleveland. Lange, who Ifved alone, was found dead in his bathroom. Air ordinance providing tor the em­ ploying of secret service officers tor |iOl,:hifitit! enforcement, who will be paid on the bonus scale for all liquor JaW convictions, lias *been adopted George Teller, t*n years old, of P f" « a hf. 11,0 Bliawi,«a {Potty Farmitigton, Mich,, who won the county) council, national championship With hi* Pneumonia cauc.-d the death at steer at the St. Paul Junior Live - YmcavlUe or Rev. I„ F. Kearney, pas- Stock Show. He received 80 cents i - t el St, Thomas' Catholic church, a pound on the hoot for the animal. : Cleveland's community chest, out The pavchaser then returned the »‘0- which the city's 112 charitable and! ■ toor to him, George will preseht . .(tens' uro i.mmccd. v;nj ,;|3 W’ -mi 1*1 s o'<*rsubscribed tor the sixth consocu- l l i » l S i - . u -» > y . « • >“ « « .» » .!• » »** O. S, U. ALUMNI DAY Alumni Day for the O. S.,U. oyer the United States is Friday^ Decem­ ber 5th When all ox-students are to gather .together. In this county the alumni will gather at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Jones in Xenia where they will celebrate with music, addresses and radio. President Thomp son will deliver an address for radio from KDKA, Pittsburg, BIG BARN BURNS The Charles Slagle barn 2 miles east of West Jefferson burned about midnight last Saturday night. The light was visible here. Besides the large barn which contained 25 tons of baled hay, were two automobiles, a Buick and a Ford, Seven brood sows farm implements and. tools. The loss is placed at $7,500 with partial -in­ surance. The fire is of Unknown orb gin, TAKES OVER NEW PAPER James A. Chew, head of the Chew Publishing Company has purchased a controlling interest in the MiddletoWn Journal. The Journal is the leading newspaper in the city. Middletown is one of few cities of 30,000 in Ohio that supports a Sunday paper that is on par with those in cities twice the size. P National Champ Kopdrat Gwozdenkow, 38, Russian mmc.T, was convicted In Belmont county common pleas court of mur­ dering Annie Kookoff, 7, at Dilles, last July 18. If the conviction is up- ; held Gwozdenkow will be sent to the electric chair. Less than an hour1after he was bound over to tho grand jury at Car- roll on a charge of issuing a .check with intent to defraud, G. C. Hunts­ man, a meat dealer living near Jew­ ett, hanged himself In the Carroll County jail. Neighbors, failing to notice any signs of life at the Ash residence at Ottawa, broke into the home and found that David Ash, 74, retired farmer o£ Lcipsie, had been suffo­ cated by fumes from a hard coal Btoye and his wife was in an uncon­ scious condition from the same cause. Five-year-old Lester Williams was fatally scalded when he stumbled and fell into a tub of hot water at his home in Cincinnati. He died at a hospital. ■ Jury in the trial of Michael Holt, charged with first degree murder of Policeman Michael Hajinel of Shaker Heights near Cleveland, reported a disgreement and was discharged, Judge Samuel Kramer set a new trial for Holt for Dec. 19. Mrs. A. R. Rose, 42, of Girard, wap killed 'four miles east' of Warren when the automobile in which she was rid­ ing skidded and overturned in a.ditch. Elmer Reed, 12, of Gordon, near Greenville, was shot and killed by a companion while hunting. Reed step- . ped in front of his companion's shot­ gun when he was shooting at a rabbit A A. Coulson’s general store at Mc- CotvnellsviUQ was burglarized of $3,000 worth of clothing and furnish Inga. Howard Ebcrly, 19, was killed and two companions were injured at Lima When the auto in which they were riding was wrecked by a freight train.’ Eva Klinger, 23, Cleveland, was made seriously ill from poison, which police- say she drank following a quarrel with her sweetheart. David Haynes, 63, farmer, was In­ stantly killed when an automobile; driven by Thomas Gordy, 16, of Day ton, struck Haynes’ wagon, which he was driving from a field onto a pike near Washington C, II. William Zurclier, a member pf the New Philadelphia high School football team, was killed near that city The automobile in which he was riding left the read and overturned. Nicholas Amedo was Filled and John- Sliplone was shot through the bip by a young gunman, who. accord­ ing to stories told to police, came to the door of the home of Dan Slmibne at Youngstown and began shootlug. At Canton a youth of. 20 entered the restaurant of A. Jessop and, after buying a bdttlo of milk; held up the owner at the point of a gun. He then bound and tied JessOp, relieved him of $150 hi cash and escaped. Injuries received In a traffic acci­ dent at Akron resulted in the death of Bedford Cox, 26. Cox died of iu tertfal injuries after being pinned be­ tween two autos. „ . Six hundred men returned to work In the Webb mine at. Bellairo. The mine is owned by the Cambra. Col lierles company of Toledo. The men voted to accept the company's terms in the wage squabble.. Centerville highway, the link con­ necting Gallipolis with Jackson, has been completed This makes a hard surface road from Gallipolis to Co­ lumbus Brocalsa Chemical company, with heavy holdings in oil and gas fields of eastern Meigs county, is reported to have been offered a quarter of a million dollars tor its property. Charles Pierce, aged 7, of Sedalia.' Madison county, was fatally burned about the bead and. body when ho fried to start a fire with coal oil. An explosion followed. Everett Vaughn, 15, was seriously injured at Belletontalne when tho auto of Elliott Henderson, in which ho was tiding, crashed Into a parked car. Joe PrymaS, found guilty by- a Jury ■In the murder of Patrolman Michael llahnel, was sentenced to die in the electric chair March 10 hy Judge Frank Phillips at Cleveland, Judge Henry Coulitap. 77, of Mc­ Arthur, for 30 years on the common pleas bench in Vinton county, was struck and killed by a truck at Co* lumbus. Waller Carr and Frank Kinch, But* ler couniy commissioners, were in* dieted at Hamilton oh a charge of soliciting and receiving bribes. Body of Calvin Oates was discov­ ered by his wife and a neighbor in the bathroom of his home at. Chagrin Falls A razor was clutched iu his right hand. He had slashed bis throat, officers said Alfred iiahlermah, 43, and Ralph Veight, in. wfire killed near Middle- town when their automobile was de­ molished hy a train. Health Commissioner H. L. Rock wood issued ,a warning to Cleveland residents following the death of 49 persons this month from penuntonia, , Frank Carl, formerly of Zanesville, was killed at Vancouver, British Co­ lumbia. The body will bo brought to } Akron tor burial, | Georgo Bftriett, charged with the murder of William Fleming, Harmon i Junction gnf station proprietor, was ; indicted on a charge, of first degree ’ murder by the Stark county grand Jury, Paunditfs blew a safe in a Pure Oil eompaiiJvAlling station at Springfield and escaped with approximately $103 ia cash, NIGHTWATCHMAN SUGGESTEDFOR BUSINES SECTION One of the important things up for consideration at a recent meeting of council was that of a night watchman for the business section o f town, The recent attempts and burglary at the Hartman store has caused some dis­ cussion among the business men for such a watchman. The member's of council do not feel that the village finances will stand the cost qf a first class reliable man for the position and the co-operation of the business men is asked. That the matter might be investi­ gated and sentiment more fully ex-* pressed, council has set armeeting for next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the mayor’s office when all business men can be present. Mayor Funsett will preside at this meeting and it is hoped that a full attendance may be had. Other business was merely routine such as paying the monthly bills. SHRINERS HOLD CEREMONIAL IN SPRINGFIELD TONIGHTJ One hundred candidates will take a trip across the hot sands at. Memor­ ial Hall, Springfield, this Friday after noon and night. The work will be put on by Antioch Temple, D.ayton. The usual fall ceremonial for Antioch will take place next 'Friday evening at Memorial hall in Dayton,when two hundred candidates are expected. It is unusual that a city the size o f Springfield can furnish 100 candidates alone. LARGEST. FUNERAL HELD IN XENIA LAST SUNDAY It is said that 2,500 people attended the funeral of Charles Mackrodt at the Klan Temple in Xenia last Sun­ day morning. The service -Was in> charge of Rev, Middletown of German town; formerly secretary o f the Klan in this county. Mackrodt was shot last Wednesday by “ Tack” Lattimer, a railroad detective during , an argu­ ment. HOW TO PREPARE BRINE FOR CURING YOUR MEAT For 100 pounds o f meat pse seven pounds o f salt, 2 1-2 pounds o f sugar, 2 ounces pf saltpetre and 4 1-2 gal­ lons of. water. The ingredients should be mixed and boiled in the water, the scum taken off, and the brine cooled before pouring it over the meat. Meat should be overhauled on the 5th, 10th, md 18th days. Allow from three - to four days for each po.und in the piece, except lighter pieces. After taking from the cure, all meat should be soaked in water at about 95 degrees for 30 minutes. XENIA GETS PARK FROM P. H, FLYNN AS GIFT P, H. Flynn, president of the Xenia Shoe Manufacturing Co., has presents ed to, tho city recreational association a tract of ten acres adjoining the Dadds addition 'for a recreational’ pari:. The gift was made as a me­ morial to his wife. < NOTICE- TO LEGION Members of the Wallace C. Ander­ son Post of the American Legion are urged to attend a meeting o f the or­ ganization,, Tuesday evening, Dec. 9 in Community Hall. Business o f im­ portance. Notice-—Cinder !for sale at the plant o f The^Hagqr Straw Board & Paper Co. at the usual price. 1 Yery employee of the Cleveland. X Trust Company ha* both armed ;:J t.night to tht-i.t, in the effort to iscourngt any thought bandit* lay -hav* to hold up th»t ■-•***♦-■ lor.