The Cedarville Herald, Volume 50, Numbers 1-26

* - . <5? I f ^veiy Woman Knew What Every Widow I<earn's, Every Husband Would Be Insured With Our Accident Policy. - 4 No Business Is Too Big to Use Ad* vertising and None Too Poor to A f ­ ford using it. / FIFTIETH YEAR NO. 14. OBDARYILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 18,1927; PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR M E SUSTAINS JUDGEGOWDYIN • LYtlE case The famous Elizabeth Lytle estate, la again before the public. For nearly seven years this case has been in the process o f settlement. Judge R. L. Gowdy ha* been executor and the. case is yet in edurtr. the heirs trying to get some insight on the^ business affair* o f the estate. To date more has been learned through court action than could bargained through the ex­ ecutor. who wanted •*the interested . parties to settle by singing in fu jl and accepting $73. h T1 us was refused and the matter was taken to court when it was learned that Judge Gowdy had received'dividend payments from the Pure Gil Co. on. stock in the name of the Lytle estate, regardless o f the •, fact that he filed what was supposed to have been a Anal settlement and account in Probate Court Nov. 10, '1923, when he drew his leg^l fee as- ' executor fob $591 and also paid him- ’ self $406 as attorney fee fo r legal advice to himshlf.. ■ “ A t the Probate Court hearing Iasi fall it developed that Judge Gowdy refused to have his estate brink book • balanced and the Court ordered same. When records from .the Xenia Nation- Bapk were produced it was found, that the bank balance was $475. The bank records also>showed the deposit o f a $500 Liberty bond'and a certifi­ cate o f deposit from the Citizens Na­ t io n a l hank had been deposited for $3,500. Judge Gowdy on ‘the witnesi stand disputed the bank records. Joh; A . Nisbet, the. cas.iier testified as It ' the deposits. A t that hearing Judge . Gowdy testified that he at no time ever deposited personal accounts in the Xenia -National Bank hut kept hn personal funds in the Citizen's. Na tiojial Bank. The Probate Court denied the ap­ plication to open the estate again and the case was appealed to the Court o f Common Pleas. Judge E . P. ■Middle- to n o f Urhana hear the appeal some •<“ '.Weeks. ago- when new testimony was _ ' taken as well as .the record o f the Probate Court admitted/ » • A t the hearing -before Judge Mid ’ V .. -.m M and his son and daughter, the latter the , benificiaries. under the Lytle will, sought to connect np the transfer o f $3,500 from the Citizens .National Bank to the Xenia National Bank. It developed that Judge Gowdy had borrowed $3,500 from the Citi- tons National to - make distribution In that bonds o f the estate were not dUe. Marshal Wolf, cashier o f the > Citizen!* National bank testified thal Judge Gowdy borrowed $3,500. It al- so developed from the testimony 0-. Mr. Wolf that the note given then had not been paid, bu t had been re* hewed nihe times, The day before-the hearing in Common Pleas Court Mr! GOWdy made a payment o f $500 on the note,' tho firat payment made, - Judge Middleton in his decision Up­ holds Judge Gowdy as follows: “ It .seam*, that at the time o f filing thjr final account the executor did not have .actual cash to turn over to the distributees. The executor had the impfwufcm certain bonds tb it were to fc* cashed in Order to make the dis- Itribwttetehad not matured, so he bor- . #*w#d $$,600. on his personal note from the CiUnesa National Bank and ^ ttefwsiteddt .to bi».credit in-the Xenia National Bank to; cover checks to be given up on distribution.” » Judge Middleton ruled that “ all that/was required o f the executor in the administration, of the trust was to have the money or means o f mak fog"the distribution o f the estate to /persons entitled to he money when it became his duty to do so.” Whether he had the cash or whetb er he found -it necessary to borrow on M# awn personal obligations to pro v|de the cash, the court is o f the opin­ ion, this Is not a matter thart concerns the rights Of the distributees, “ They were, and are. interested only in the necessary amount due and not irt tile source from which the money name to pay them their re­ spective amounts” the coiirt held. It is taken that the $475 in the C# tote hunk account goes to*, someone other than the son and daughter of ■Mr. Witt, There is Still ohe ShaVe o f stock in the name o f Elizabeth M. Lytle on the books o f the Pure Gil Company which Judge Gowdy has never offered the distributees, and which the court de ciriott does not mention, Who gets Ik a t is » mooted question Us the case Attorney Charles L. Darlington an mnmoes that the case will be taken to the Court o f Appeals/ \ Jn the matter o f selling bonds the thoee intetMted in the estate hate nut y*t teamed whether Judge Gowdy koid the Libery bonds at par at * premium. Miss Sandoe New County Librarian «,<'■’ rnmm Every voter in the County Libra­ ry District and every child o f reading age will be interested in the coming o f the County District librarian. The position ia to bo filled by Miss Mildred W, Sandoe, a graduate o f Simmons College and subsequently a library school graduate. rMi& Sandoe will enter upon her work in this county a- bout April first. A fter that date the purchase arid, cataloguing o f the. new supplies » o f .books necessary; tfor county district distribution will begin. In addition to her college and libra­ ry school training Miss . S&do# has had five years o f valuable experience First, Us general assistant in .the. New Public Library in New York City. She became acquainted with method* o f library administration and.'leamed ex tension service that included hogpita and mill.work., Later,, as children’s librarian in SaVannah. she had the re­ sponsibility both o f branch work* it the city and o f rural work. To .come to us she Is giving bp a position: .as ibrarian o f Grandview Heights .Pub- .ic Library, Columbus, O, There she (he has attracted attention in library ■ircles for successful, welt organized dub, branch: and school work l.j- ad- Ution to her work as executive o f the .'ontral library. * * Each position that Miss Sandoe; has iejd has meant a distinct advance; in epponsibility and in administrative :copo. She is deeply interested in $he wpes ' and plans' fo r the Greene lounty Library District and looks up- m this opportunity as a chance to do 'splendid constructive work.’* . - Miss Sandoe was the only applicant o the State Board o f Library Exam* ners for the position that had met he complete requirements set by the xamining board. Ife Ralph Hill and daughter e f Pittsburgh. spent th* week-end her# It is the desire of. most humans, to ,<5ok their best How this, may.be done by careful study o f lineB and. texture if material will be demonstrated; by Jrs. Clao Hurtey Earharfc, .Oostam# idvieor o f the Rike-Kumler Company rt‘ Daytdn, at„the Alford G, it 8. o’clock .’The demonstration w ill e r o d e d the auspices o f the Womens' Advisory Board oij Cedarville College. Mrs.' Earhart will have. tenr or 4velve living models -to demonstrate .■orreefc lines and to display gown* for i'omen in her home and in business; Iso gowns fp r sport, street, after- ;oon and evening wear* Men wifi al­ io have a share in this demonstra- ion as at least two models wilt be ised to show the.correct and incorrect V men’s wear, Mrd. Earhrivt recently gave a aim- !ar demonstration before the 6hio 'ederatioii o f Women's Clubs a t .pringfield, O, ^ Music for the occasion will be fur- lisheil by pupils o f tht Department >f .Music o f Cedarville College, under he direction Of Dr, Talcott. The soloists are: * ■Baratone, Donald Calvert, Selma, Celloist: Anna Canv Antioch Acad- »my, Yellow. Springs, Violinist: Helen P. filing, South Jharloston.Mi** %ing was first prize vihner last year representing South Charleston'High Sehool in the Clark bounty Musical neoteats |held Springfield * Pianist, Leah M. Glass, Jamestown, The proceeds o f the entertainment vill be used f o f equipment for the ■,‘ ltsheq, and dining room o f the new gymnasium The ladies anticipate a Adi house a t this the first entertain­ ment o f the kind in the new gymna slum, . TO New Time Starts Sunday April 3 The new time b^omes effective on April 3rd under a ruling o f the; Inter­ state Commerce Commission, The legislature has passed a law adopting Eastern time the year-round, fp r ■all .Of the state but this taw. will not be­ come operative until June. Th# rail roads change on April 3rd, * This means a Change fo r most for file >time o f all meetings. I t is going te.be impossible to have two ot} more kinds o f time. Where the new time does not suit, change the home in ac- cerdance With the new time and there will be less confusion. Eastern time is to be the legal time and all ^public meetings slfould be announced in ac cordance with it and there* eftmbe no confusion. .Xenia experienced some excitement last Friday when the - Dayton Labor Review was being sold on the street by a.,newsboy,. The paper carried an article that was anything bat com­ mendatory'regarding the. manner ..in which the guardianship o f William Harris, Was being handled, along with the attitude o f Judge Wright, who had named hf* probation officer, Joe Watts,, guardian o f Harris. The Xenia police attempted.to stop thq sale o f the paper and the .news boy was ordered o ff the street.' Word was sent to Dayton and the manage­ ment immediately dispatched profes­ sional pews hawkers to Xenia, with, a large, number o f papers, All efforts o f fhe authorities to stop thesale o f the Review failed, and this created an jnUsual.demand for the paper* - William.Harris is a,brother o f the late Charlefe R a n is and o f Mrs. T. 'W. St John o f this place', He former­ ly resided on a farm on the James­ town and fielma pike. He is a veteran of the Civil War and a life tong resi­ dent o f the county* ' A few years ago. he Was committed to the Dayton State Hospital by J, C. Marshall,- who was then Frobae Judge After a time he Was discharged from he institution. Harris returned to Xenia,.where he purcha.sed property n Djvton hill -and there he resided with his wife until a few months ago. As a result o f chickens destroying his garden trouble developed in the neighborhood, and a* Harris was pos­ sessed With U quick temper residents complained to the Xenia authorities. City Manager- S* O Hale laid com­ plaint to Judge Wright, who order Harris to Dayton. The management o f ,the State Hospital did not regard ois case serious and turned him over :o the Soldfets’ Home. He has been out o f that institution fo r some time. £<nd fo r a short period was with his laughter in Springfield , Harris and h is , wife haye drifted fi-ont place to place defining that they were ordered out o f Xenia. They wer%. located fo D*jg$on several gqys S ty . Timy ping at the Ghio Hotel. Their atten- ion attracted, representatives o f the Dayton-paper. 'The old folks told? a pitiful story o f how they had. been denied use o f their Xenia home. 'Mr, Harris was badly in need o f shoes dnd clothing. H o recited his experience and. treatment o f his guai dian. This gave rise to a flaming story that, set things afire when the issue o f the Review, reached Xepia. Civil War ve­ terans became enraged and American Legion followers took up the issue.. The aged couple were much, dis­ turbed when it was- learned that the guardian was preparing to sell their home which hdd'befeh purchased with their lifetime earnings. Harris ,is 82 and his wife around*30, Both want to spend their .declining years togeth­ er but-they fear M u g separated; by Greene county authorities, Judge Wright stated Monday that so long as Harris was under, the di­ rection o f.h b court he would see that ie and the wife had all the comforts in life that was'possible to give them. A t that time he bad ordered the pro­ prietor o f ithe. Ohio. Hotel in Dayton to care fo r the couple- Harris has about $7,000 in money invested in j^nds and the property in Xenia, He has been very close all his life in his dealings and has saved considerable tjioney. When he le ft the farm he had about, $15.000, c;Harris ..receives a pension o f $72 a month. Mr T. W . St John stated Saturday that his brother-in-law had 7 been !tard worker all his life and had what Was regarded as a bad temper when things did not go his way, Mr. St. John was vexed to think it was im­ possible fo r his sister-in-law to re turn to Xenia to live in the home she had helped pay for, He felt that the money Harris had accumulated was as much hers m the husbands and for that reason; she should have control o f i i He expressed it as an outrage that the property was to b e / sold which would make it impossible fob the wife to. return to her own home even to reside With whom she might choose, He sa^s that when the broth- erin-law moVed tOXenia he had about $16,006 ahd that he paid $8,600 for the property off' Dayton Hill, Xenia, Mr. and Mrs Harris have a daugh­ ter in Springfield- and a son in the West. Mrs Hattis has a brother re­ siding in Dayton, Doesn’t Sanction Our Senator N. J. DunlaplKingston, 0 „ which is In the Fifth-Sixth State Senatorial district brings opr State Senator ( ? ) L. T; Marshall, to the front in a let­ ter to the Colufobus Dispatch. Mr, Dunlap does npfe take kindly ' to the bill introduced m the Senate by the Fifth-Sixth Senator that would per­ mit only attorneys to;serve as pro­ bate judges in Ghio, * The writer asks what the legisla- SCHOOLPOLITICS MOTIVEINSUIT AGAINSTBOARD IS ENTERS ANOTHER TERM County Auditor R. O. Woad enter id upon his new term o f offloa Mon­ day. Announcement Was made that, the name efficient staff o f asstetent* would be continued. The Fortnightly Club foot with Mitt* <Annabel!* Murdock Tuesday evening’ for the regular nseefifog, the -2 per cent he is trying to }make believe have all ^he wisdom that found in the district?” “ Our able sengtor should introduce another bill to gfye the 98 per cent o f his constituents 4 little bit 6f a show, viz., that no attorney should be al­ lowed to fill anyfoffieo except jusb of the courts and prosecuting attorney, which would be .qn par with the one just passed.' ( Some 60 years;ago we* thought we Were fighting forte government o f the people, fo r the pfepple, by the people, but we did not eke 60 years ahekd when we would have an enlightened legislator to mate our laws read: ‘A government o f t ie lawyers, for the lawyers, by the'lawyers.’ “ We do not profess to be posted bn laws or the Constitution, but i f they can limit any office to A certain class twhai are we coming t o ? ” That'branch o f county politics thpt mixes in school matters, or has in the past attempted to get a hold, showed itself last Saturday when a mandp tore has done fo three months other! mus action was filed against t^e than pass laws to raise salaries and |County Board o f Education in an en- curtail the liberties o f the people a ll! deayor to force the board to We*r they dare to. Jcharge* concerning Supt, H, C, Au\t- “ Does the senator represent the 981rn^ 1, per cent o f his-constituents or just Congressman James T. Begg, in an address .a the Republican Executive committee banquet fo Xenia last FrN day evening stated: “ The worst thing I can think o f to­ day is the absolute indifference of American men apd women to affairs o f government. ' O f all countries granting citizens;right o f sufferage, A frica has the' lowest per cefib o f iia eligible4voters gpltfg to' the polls*” “ Bortegal Is'ijlSteiMffiife&tMSlq- For several months rumors haye been in circulation that certain lead­ ers in particularly Xenia township were after not only the scalp o f the county superintendent but board mejn bers as well., The so-called citizens committee in which name the mandamus action whs brought, is composed o f Horace Ap derson, Lela E. Bartlett, Mrs. Bell Mansfield, George Queary, Ora Casey and Walter Hess. ^ The petition alleged the board bps refused and neglected to hear charges alleged in a statement signed by Oya Casey, a representative o f the com­ mittee. ! Attorneys Frank L. Johnson and George H. Thorne represent the pe­ titioners. *The county board states that it hhs faith in Supterintendeht Aultman and believes the accusations and rb- mora are absolutely false ;and furth­ er states the matter will be handled according to legal procedure after having, been officially notified. i Supt- Aultman has been cenerfed upon for attack before since he hhs held tl^p superintendency.' The conest. 1 for his position.figured in the last election for board members an which control of the ■board whs sought that D. H. Barnes might be made county ^ superintendent. The electors defeated the Barnes slate tof candidates which was supported ’ jjy Horace Anderson ope- o f the-petition­ ers for the above action. . > It. is intimated that certain persons have been approached to sign papers' that would lend to some action on tjhe part o f the board but that solicitors w n - t o ‘ Con. Brand Sees . disaster Ahead “ Unless the Republican party o f the United' States gives some consid­ eration to the problems o f agriculture in the next few years, disaster is sure to overcome our party nationally,” declared Congressman Charles Brand in a speech Saturday night before the Buckeye Republican club in Columbus “I f we don’t come to some conclus­ ion on the farm issue our party will he divided into two parts represented by the East and the West” , he said. t “ Conditions**are such today that the (Republicans and Democrats agree in principle on what were once the ma­ jor issues o f a campaign! There is no particular fight on the tariff ques­ tion. We are . agreed on the subject o f tax reduction. The wet> and dry issue Is no longer paramount, and both, parties are strong fo r economy, “ The faymer has the right to ‘de­ mand the same fair treatment from the government 'that it has accorded other lines o f industry, and.the time 1s not far remote when the great po­ litical ‘parties o f this country will have to deal with this question and settle it to the satisfaction o f'th e farmer.” v CON.J, T.BEG TALKSBEFORE SCHOOLMEETING Home Is Saddened / By Son’s Death The home o f ‘Mr. and Mrs. Alexan­ der McCampbell was sadened. last Friday night when their eldest sop, John, Henry McCampbell, six. years of age, died o f a complication o f diseas-: es after a brief illness o f twenty-four hours. Besides the parents, twin., sisters, Mary and Ruth, survive.- The, child was inhis first grade in school ana with his parents. attended .services at the United.1 JPresbyteriap" church last Thursday evening. Ihe funeral was held from the home Monday afternoon, Rev. R. A, Jamie­ son being in charge o f the services, interment took p laee. in Woodland Cemetery, Xepia.. . Congressman James T. .Begg, San­ dusky, representing the* Thirteenth District, was the speaker before the joint meetings o f county boards o f education in the opera house, Xenia, last Saturday, Con. Begg critized the attitude of Senator Borah in relation to foreign matters. “ I have no sympathy, only criticism for the attitude o f Sen. Borah in the Nicaraguan situation,” said the Con­ gressman, “ Even though the presi- dient might be wrong in his policy, it is dangerous ,Jor a private citizen to meddle in international affairs. We don’t carp who is president o f Nicara- ' gua,'providing he is elected by consti­ tutional methods. With such choas in foreign affairs, do not let us rest our ' oars and say things are'secure with America. While other countries are being put aflame, let Us be a united people, with respect1and confidence in our president and our government. President McChestiey . introduced the speaker and in a short talk took, occasion to pay a high tribute to Supt H. C. Aultman o f the- Greene County schools; Mrs. C. M. Valentine o f Columbus, an official o f the Ohio Association'', o f Parents and Teachers, was the speak­ er at the morning session J, L. Ficther, lecturer fo r the 'Ohio Grange also gave a short talk urging co-operation between the,school au­ thorities and other organizations, A chorus .of 200 pupils of'the county schools and a school orchestra repre­ senting the nine high schols under the direction of Prof. W. R» Sayres,‘mus­ ic chairman o f the county- County Superintendent H. C.* Aultman pre­ sided, at the meeting.' MAY OPERATE ON SROUP Judge Marcus Shoup,. Xenia, is in Dr. Cryle’s Clintic hospital, irt Cleve­ land fo r treatment and observation. eneiv^tp’ a^swulfiMati'ov^ this is because the foapifes .(relieve m the divjnity o f the soul o f their dead emperor, O f course a government will be be stable when it is its reli­ gion. ' • “ With countries to the south o f us Unable to recover their equilibriutp and Canada the only peaceful one on* the north, with .that' environment a- round us, I wonder what the people o f this country cap stand idly by and per permit things to go on here that should not b e toloruted fo r a minute. “ It is my position that, as long as I-.afo in congress, there will be no can cellation o f the French debt to*Amer­ ica if I can help it, France must ac­ knowledge her debt, if only to im- impress on Europe she must pay her bills when she starts u war. This, I suspect, would pospone the next next World war longer than anything the League o f Nations chn do! I want my country’s foreign policy to be stable, strong, kind, and just, not weak mid spineless. Dr, W. R. McChesney,.president of Cedarville College, in presenting the speaker,..mentioned the_congressmnn_.. for considration as the next guberna­ torial candidate in 1928. County Auditor R, O* Weod, chair­ man o f the executive committee, pre­ sided, Attorney Frank H. Dean, chair­ man o f the central committee, gave the invocation. Newton.H. Fairbanks o f Springfield’ also gave a short talk. s ore the .Messrs.. Hastings, Rife.,and Fisher were' the anti-Barnes- candidates re­ elected last, The fight is-not so much against Aultman as the Banies ele­ ment is after the board members. : . NEW COLLEGE PAPER )Tint student bed? of Cedarville Col- isgs wfil sponsor a new1publication to to known as “Cedar Needles”, Law- ranee MeLean, will be editor with a iteff ef .assistant)* and David Adair, will be busin*** manager, The first dsaue will appear lu. about two. weeks. Bids Are Opened For Grandstand i Bids have been opened for the new grandstand on the Greene County fairgrounds by the committee in charge o f the project. The Greene County Lumber Co. was awarded the contract fo r the lumber to be used. The carpentry and cement contracts will be awarded separately. The new am'e and it’ is said that*he is suffer-.]-, ing with goitre and *heart trouble. HALTERSETFOR W.U.TRUSTEES The trustee's o f Wilberforce Uni­ versity, were told Monday by Chair­ man It. D. Williamson, o f the House finance committee, that the. approp­ riation to be granted by the legisla­ ture this year fo r the normal and industrial department o f that school, would be made subject to the action o f the state board of control and that all expenditures must be checked and approved by the executive clerk o f the institution after-their authoriza­ tion by the board o f trustees and the superintendent. Bishop J. H. Jones, chairman o f the board o f trustees; ~ Gilbert H r Jones, president o f the university, Dr. Joseph L. Johnson, a member o f the board and R. C. Bundy, superintend­ ent o f the normal and industrial de­ partment, were present at the finance committee hearing and protested the edict o f Chairman Williamson. The trustees objected to Ihe ar­ rangement claiming that the board of control was overriding the sovereign fights of the trustees o f Wilberforce. "The law provides that the superin­ tendent o f the school be the fiscal of­ ficer and that he be named by the board o f trustees” , said President Jones I protest that this is not right and object to*the imputation o f the board o f Control that our'trustees are not capable o f taking^care o f their ,own business. I. don’t think it is fatir grandstand will cost about $14,000. treatment. You would have it appear It will seat 1,600 people and will be ■located about 30 feet from, the track leaving standing room between the stand and the fence around the track ofr about 800 persons. Work is to start April 1st and the stand will be completed in time for the fair in August. that we were n bufteh o f babies* tm* able to look after ourselves,” Some weeks ago charges o f misman agement were made about the instita tion, An examination was made anc a “ clean bill o f lading” was given the institution, $<i<dt a plan as Chairman William­ son suggests might aid conditions at the 0 , S. & S. O. Home. It n igh t give Xenia furniture dealers a chance a t business from the home that is going to Washington G. H. Amounts Rass Little, 67, well known resident1over $500 are being ’ Spent for^ mer- ©f Ross township, died at noon Mon-1 chandisc where the law requires day o f acute indige&fhm, after ft few bids. It is rather out o f place to single hours Illness. He was stricken Suh- *out Wilberforce and let the O. 0. & day night, Surviving him are his wid- 0. 0 . Home business be conducted as ow, Mrs. Anna Ritenour Little, and it has been’. three children, Mrs. McKinley Long, ■ — --» and Mrs. Paul Manheart o f Spring-' . , «. „ field, and Miss Fern Little at home. ‘ hound th° The funeral Was held from the late housf *fter home Thursday morning at 10 o’clock 6veft‘ttg, Bass Little Died Suddenly Monday opera Tuesday FISHERMEN HAVE LUCK m R. C. Ritenour* and' Wm. Marshall journeyed to the1 reservoir -Monday- and returned with- a fine catch; ^>f croppies, bass .and catfish. One string weighed about forty' pounds. ■Thp ^weather, was,fine and'the -fish 'uhuld Style Show, A lford Gym, Match 24. This is the sixteenth of. a series o f (its. physically sidk patients all.out o f Iproportion to the amount o f .good that articles that1 will appear each week in this newspaper dealing* with Ohio's problem o f increasing insanity. These articles are spon­ sored. by the Ohio Association tot the Welfare o f the Mentally Sick, which has bftt one objective, namely, more scientific and more humane treatment o f mentally sick patients in state hospitals' and the rapid rehabilitation o f these unfortunates. After a case o f mental sickness has been discovered or suspected, tbe next logical step is to start appropriate ;reatment at once. Delky will greatly lahdicap the possibilities o f recovery, or. in suspected cases, the possibility o f preventing the onset o f the disease The probate court' procedure as practiced today in Ohio is a very great handicap to the starting-of the appropriate treatment because the average faftiiiy is not willing to treat the case as a criminal one, through filing the necessary application blank for committment. They object stren ously to the procedure o f the jail, the muBty court room, the cold critical ex amination b y strange doctors, etc., and likewise to the terminology o f the commitment blank that is punctuated With the term “ lunatic” so aften. THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE . The only other recourse left the family to provide the necessary treat ment outside o f the home Is the aver­ age private sanitarium or the self­ commitment to a state hospital. The private Sanitarium due to the small number o f cases that can be accomo­ dated and the relatively great over­ head expense o f maintenance, has to charge so large a fee that the average person cannot take advantage o f It. The self-commitment procedure per. mits only twenty-five cases in any one one state hospital a t the same time, and as there ate no facilities in the hospital to segregate*, these Cases from the committed cases, this 1s any thing but art inviting method. GENERAL HOSPITALS Owner can get same at Mr. BtyM Show, Alford Gym, Match 24. ^ t K r i Z i r « r a ^ “Grove cemetery" *»ckson'* ofrlte* ■ , ■■ -O..J ,■ t " V The average general hospital has as great a phobia for mental case as as th# average person has for a mu# of smallpox. The general hospital ar­ gues that Hie mental ease will disturb it could possibly do fo r the mental case; .This undoubtly is true when one sees the way in which the mental cases are treated in these general hopsitals. \ The Ohio Association for the Wel­ fare o f .the Mentally Sick knows, through studying the commitment pro ceCdures of other states such as Mas­ sachusetts, New York, etc., that . the Ohio law is out o f date and can be re­ written so as to overcome many o f its objectionable features. This associa­ tion’s ideal is to have in force such a law in Ohio, as will take primary cog nizance o f the-best welfare o f the. patient through providing that the case that is already sick he sent, im­ mediately to the appropriate hospital for a period o f observation before any commitment procedure is thought of. If the case at the end o f a specified length Of Observation should he pro­ tected by the law through mid by foeans of a committment procedure then such procedure will be held at the hospital at the^convenience o f the patient rather than in the musty * court room at the convenience o f the probate judge. Th^ hospital records, the family physician’s knowledge o f the case and an interested relative’s judgment will then furnish accurate ( data fo r the judge in reaching » de­ cision, with less danger o f making the mistakes that are being made to ­ day, M AN t MISTAKES MADE Between five and ten per ceht o f the cases probated today as “luna­ tics” are later found not to be men­ tally sick by the state hospital author {ties. I f the case, after'the period o f observation and necessary treatment, clears Up, then the patient is Saved the odium o f having his legal rights removed by the probate court pro­ cedure, and can be sent home to g o *- bout hi* usual duties rather than to languish fo the state hospital and be­ come demented through the unwhole­ some mental atmosphere, i t is within th*. province o t th# people o f Ohio to rewrite our com­ mitment laws. No other class o f people is more deserving o f thi# nec­ essary legislation than those who have been callefi most appropriately, “ GOD’S MOST NEGLECTED PEO- PLE—toe mentally rick,” 1 4 v i -’an hn # . . . A