The Cedarville Herald, Volume 50, Numbers 1-26

. * My' 2* „**' Woman Knew What Every Widow lea rn s , Every Husband Would Be. Insured With Our Accident Policy. 1"~i - ~ i i .1 . - FIFTIETH YEAR NO. 17. No Business Is Too Big to Use Ad­ vertising and None Too Poor to Af- § ford using it. !Sg S 3 Gg CEDARVILLE, OfflO, SftIDAY, APRIL 8,1927 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR COUNCILORDERS STREETREPAIRS Council met Monday evening for the usual monthly meeting when the bills pf the month were ordered paid Knd reports of committees received, new lease was authorized for a public dump on the Ervin land west of town. The. dump will not be open to the public hut under the care of one person selected by council. The question of repairs for Xenia avenue brought up some, discussion The street is in bad condition.- It was decided to make temporary repairs this season and then prepare for a penaanent street improvement' next year. Mr. Funsetfc reported that the County Road Roller would' be avail­ able at the right time, according to County Engineer Davis. Council took action for street oil and authorized the cleric to advertise fo r bids. It was determined to use if better grade of oil this year, this being the advice of Engineer Davis. The ta r oil has a tendency to rot the stone and an asphaltum oil will be used, the same grade ao the state put on the Columbus pike section lr.gt fall. There will bo some difference in the cost _of the oil selected but it 'will bo worth more In preserving the'street, The Civics class in ‘ company with their instructor, Mrs,. Anno O. Wilson, of the High school, attended council ■ meeting to get some idea of village government and the -part that, council " had in it. : / Sans Chairman, Radio Board Meets New Federal Commission ^htAnew'lfhr ; ^ T !ra' M. BeUard, U.S.N,, retired, chairman of newly creates Uadio Comnnsra'^n under the Department of Com- i «Srr,^tChlfu ’ h.e. caPed first meeting of .the new board by State Legion Head Honored In Osborn John Unger Found Dead In Field John ■Unger, 48, highly respected citizen residing near Osborn, was found dead in the far corner of a pas­ ture field on his farm, Wednesday af­ ternoon by a searching party. lie had shot Himself with a rifle, the bullet passing through his head. Unger had been missing since he walked put - of Squire Longnecker’s court, Osborn, Tuesday morning, af-‘ te r appearing there, to prosecute an , assault and battery charge against his son-in-law, Fred Deeger, a neigh­ boring, farmer. The two fatj ^ last Herbert R. Mooney, departmer commander of the. Ohio America;. Legibn was.the guest of the George E. Dignam Post Ho. 526, Faiifkdt’ and Osborn, Tuesday evening, Then ■,vas a banquet t the Dublic school building a t 6:30 p. m. with music by the Osborn High school orchestra. Commander Mooney delivered an ad dress that was of intterest to the pub­ ic as well as to the members of the cgion an{l ex-service men. During the day the Commander and his party were taken through the ce­ ment plants and made a ’tour of in­ spection. through the Wilbur Wright field depot being constructed -by the government, XENIAmsiCiAN M I N E TAX! BOOSTEDSALARY ien Unger could.not.belocated a searching party was organized with - the above result, J , Prize Dairy Cow r ; Wins Milk Test ” : ■ v *■' We notice by the Springfield Sur. th a t Clarence ,B. Schmidt's Florence i Golden Lady, won the- 31 day test for Clerk county dairy herds for milk • and butter fat. The test as conducted by the association showed. 1395 pound of milk- and 117.2 pounds butter fat. The milk tes t ..was 8.4. According to the report this may be a new state record, Mr,, Schmidt is a former ci­ tizen of Xenia, being & son of H. E. -Schmidt. He operates a .large dairy -* farm in Clark county. Thomas Moore Dies In Jamestown Thomas Moore, Jamestown resident died-Monday morning a t the home of his cousin, Mrs. R. C. Turnbull in that place. Death Was due to inter­ nal hemOrroge. The deceased was bom near- Lexington, Va., August 1849 and he came to Ohio when about 18 years of age. The deceased married Miss Stella Barber of this place and her death took place several years ago. The funeral was held from, the Turnbull home Wednecsday afternoon with burial in the Jamestown ceme­ tery. f Asks One, Million N ational Dr. W. H, Finleyy 70, - prominent Xenia physician and Surgeon, died at .’.is home Tuesday afternoon follow­ ing d stroke of apoplexy which came on him a t 9:30 th a t morning while at his office. So fa r a3 known Dr. Finley was in his usual health until“he fell to the floor in his office. He failed to regain consciousness. He was one of the leading physi­ cians in the county and had a wide stc- pjuintar.ee. Ho \va3 bom on a farm in Sugarcreck township. He received his schooling in this county and first stu­ died medicine under Dr, Turnbull of RjIH.rcok. lie later entered medical college and opened his office on grad­ uation in Spring Valley. Later he was associated with Drs, H, R, and B. R. McClellan in Xenia. In 1917 he with his son-, "Dr. Kent Findley, practiced together for several years and the son later located in Dayton. Dr. Finley belonged to the various medical organizations and v/as prom­ inent in 'the medical world. He was married to.Miss Ida Kent of Bell brook Sept. 22, 1882 and she survives with four children: Miss Irma, who is with the Y. W. C. A. at Constant! nople; Mrs. Lawrence Landaker, of Xenia; Mrs. H. C. Howard, Ashtabula and Dr. Kent Finley, I^ayton. One brother, John Finley resides in Bell- brook, Dr. Finley was a member of the Fh-at M. E. church in Xenia. Normal School Will Give Musical Rehearsals for the Greene County Normal opera are going on under the direction Of Mrs, Walter Corry. They will present Cadro&n’s dramatic op- ora “Lol&wala” on Wednesday, April 13. Ticko ts are now on sale. The soloists for the opera are .Tames Stor­ mont, bass; Wendall Graham, bass; Ward Creswell, tenor; Kathcrene Hughes, contralto of Cedarville; El­ sie Hawke, soprano, Waynesville; Gladys McCoy, fjoprana, Xenia; Frank Rothwell, bass, Roscdale; Lawrence McLean, tenor, Dayton, Above Is Aaron Sapiro, origina­ to r of the Farmers’ Co-operative Marketing Flan, plaintiff against HenrY Ford in a $1,000,990 libel suit, for a statement iti the Dear­ born Independent which charged that He wa* in "a conspiracy of bankers who seek to control the feed markets of th*. world." Colored Quartet To Sing Monday Eve, Tim colored qhartet from the Ohio j penitentiary will give a concert in the . opr-m house Monday night under the 1auspices of the Zion Baptist church. The (jitarjet has made quite a record as a ringing organization and has ooaicd over much of the state, They .vere in Jamestown recently and gave a splendid entertainment, Chaplin Reed accompanies the singers and al­ so gives a short lecture of prison life and what is accomplished* Admission l!5c, U. P. Church Elects Officers Wednesday The annual meeting of' the U* P, Congregation was held Wednesday evening a t the church. Following a dinner the congregation heard the re­ ports of the various treasurers read and the work of the church reviewed for the past year. The finances, of the church are in excellent condition and a neat balance was reported, for the general treasury In the election of officers the fol­ lowing \,trc chosen: Chairnian, Lloyd Confarr. Secretary, Delmer Jobe. Treasurer, H. G. Funsett. Trustee, J, O, Towiisley. , The congregation voted to instruct the trustees to have the interior of the edifice redecorated. LOCALRBI CLUB HELD RGSHOOT The Cedarville Stun Club held a ,-ery successful si pt Wednesday at the club grounds. , large crowd wit­ nessed the affair, there being many »xpert gunmen pi sent. There were lelegations from pringfield, Dayton, ■hondon, Washing! n C. H., Xenia fellow Springs, olumbus, Newark 3&rdington, Jams town, West Lib­ erty and other Q1 > towns. The meet vas under assoris ion rules. More than 780Q1 ped and 46 shoot scoring, which ■ state association, Martin Weimer-1 irvine with 90 i 3D topped the ie argots were trap- tock part in the recorded by the w ith ' 95, Vivian [ Daniel O'Connel, delegation. Roy McGregor y>f Springfield was high man with 9&f There were tfjree professionals oresent; John R. Taylor, Newark, .0., B. R. Willsey, Cpftnwbus and Charles Young, Springfield, . The Club will hold another shoot next month, - j The local club has good facilities tor their meets on the land owned >by .he Hagar Straw Board & Paper Co. west of town. ^ Vivian? Irvine hr president of the dub and R. C, Ritehour, secretary. The Ohio House has passed the ex- ; tva one cent gasoline tax bill to pro- : vide funds for road building where *communities will' not build improved roads, The bill now goes to the Sen- ; ate. To get within the requirements of the constitution the bill provides a million, a year for grade crossing elimination. The Senate has passed a hill to in­ crease the.salaries of law makers by fifty per cent. Supreme Court, Cqurt of Appeals, judges and common pleas judges are also to have increased salaries under a bill now partially a law. i Two years ago the legislature pfts- <Sed a law making revaluation of real estate compulsory every six years. Within the past week the legisla­ ture has atttfhorized anincrease in all. taxe. rates in Ohio by a half mill beginning next June.,* Now we are on the way for more gasoline tax being pushed by the rood machinery lobby a t Columbus. The present legislature is in a re­ ceptive mood for higher salaries and the public is to pay the biil.' Two years hence the lawmakers will meet again. More taxes and high­ er salaries can be expected. Gov. Bonahey is expected to veto part-of-this salary grab. Republican leaders cannot understand why. Re­ publican' voters continue to vote for '‘Veto Vic”. Tim public seems to un­ derstand the Equation election days. Jamestown Store Is Looted At Night The Reeves & Bryan Clothing Co, Jamestown, wm* robbed about 2 a. m. Tuesday morning during a thunder storm. Merchandise valued a t $700 was taken. - The discovery WAS made by Dr. R, h. Haines, who wan returning from a call. He noticed a large touring car in front of the sto re and three men were patrolling the street. After driving a- round the block tw ee to observe the actions of the men, he was ordered by one man to drive on. The guard was armed with a rifle. All sorts of mer­ chandise was hauled away before the officers could be summoned. I t is said the men drove nw p i towards Spring- field. No clue Jik* been found a t this rime but' MaiatE B l^ eine. and Sheriff " " i S r a o t Back Sapiro Plan The millumTdollar suit in a Federal court a t ,Detroit by Aaron Sapiro a- gainst Henry Ford and the. Dearborn Independent, has brought the name of Mr. O. E. Bradfuto, as president of the Farm Bureau, in the case* Sen. Reed, counsel for Ford read a lettter from .Walton Pcctet, cb-operative marketing head of the bureau, where Sapiro was recommended. From the letter Mr. Bradfute did not take to Peetet’s view* The Ford attorneys have been bring ing to tight the enormous sums Sa­ piro has been, paid by the' various farm organizations for organization work. According to the attorneys Sapiro and his firm has drnwn more than a million dollars. Found Guilty On Ser&as Charge Gus Clements, Lima, was found guilty of conspiring in the abduction of a 17 year old girl from the 0 , S. & S. 0. Home last November, by a jury in common pleas court Tuesday. A woman, who is noW serving time in the woman's reformatory a t Marys ville was also implicated and will face charges on her release Dr. W. R. McChesftey assisted with communion services a t Coulterville, III., over Sabbath. Rev. Paul Duncan is the pastor of the Coulterville R. P. church. Record For Twin Lambs In Madison Blonde fPins. Again Beauty The ewes on the sheep farm of James Milllkin, Madison county, have established what is believed to be a record for lambs. Of 27 ewes who bore lambs this spring, 22 bore twins, and all but three of the lambs lived. So many sets of twins from one flock is not only unusual but a record. Cedarville B. & L, Invites Group Meeting The Cedarville Building & Loan has invited the district group to meet here for the spring session,'early in May, Mr. Andrew Jackson, secretary of the local association, is president of the district group. The group meetings have been held in Various towns and cities for several years. Judge Marcus Shoup, Xenia, was able -to return home Tuesday even­ ing from Cleveland where he under­ went art operation for goitre. The Judgeis reported as much improved And able to be about his home. Dr. C. L. Kimmel Sells ,To Dr. Hamilton Dr. J. N, Hamilton, Cincinnati, has purchared the dental office of Dr- C. L. Kimmel, andposession was given this week. Dr, Hamilton is a gradu­ ate of the University of Cincinnati, Dental College class of *26, He has rince been employed os school dentist by the Cincinnati public schools. He 3 a member ojf, Anthony Lodge No. ;G0, F. and A, M., Springfield, Dr. lamilton and wife are both member:; -t Northside M, E. church, Cincinnati ■In:. Hamilton was before marriage -ucy Garringer of Springfield, which vas also the home of Dr. Hamilton. For the present Dr. Hamilton and .vife will occupy rooms with Mr. and Mrs. Homey until they can got a house, - , Dr. Kimmel, who took over the of- lce,,from Dr. C, J. Fairo, has made nany friends since he came among us md his departure is to bo regretted. *Ve understand th a t Dr. Kimmel ex­ pects to take a position a t Longview •ospital, Cincinnati. He also has jeen considering taking a law course, but his plans along that- line are not ret definitely formulated. ■ Mrs. 0 . L. Brown Dies In Defiance Friends here of Mr. H. II. Brown, local druggist were grieved to learn )f his mother's death some days ago ;t a hospital in Defiance. The Oakwood News has the follow-, ing to say concerning Mrs. Brown’s loath: » “Mrs. O. L. Brown, who was taken ill a Week ago last Saturday with ilood poison caused from a crack in one of her fingers of her right hand, lied at the hospital'in Defiance Wed­ nesday morning surrounded by her taniily and a few friends. “It was. thought, after , the hand .vas lanced and t^bes in se rt^ in the .gm to draw out the poison, that she was, getting along picely until Tues- lay1night when she took , suddenly worse and. the absent members of the family were sent Tor. “Mrs. Brown was a faithful worker in the church, president of the Wo­ men’s Home Missionary Society, ‘a member of the Ladies’Aid, the W. C. T. D.t and' a t&achar of a^riaiw of glt-b iy missed not only by heffrawi- in sadl -b ily but by the community as well. With her passing Oakwood loses one of Its best citizens.” ATTORNEYSMITH TOHEARCLAIMS Judge S. G. Wright has appointted Attorney George Smith as commis­ sioner of insolvents for this county and the ntttorney has qualified. He will hear applications from those who want to.take this means of clearing tlieii* standing in the county— and also to escape prison sentence The commissioner will 'receive nb salary but be paid fees for each case. Under the decision of the Supreme Court prisoners cannot be held in jail more than 60 days for failure to pay i f fine. Most of the cases will he that of liquor violators who are now in the county jail. The court has held a fine is a debt and that 60 days is the limit for a jail sentence where the fine cannot be paid. ' Attorney Frank L. Johnson has ap­ plications for the hearing for Earl Cline, serving out two fines of $1,000 and coats, each . Fred Harris and Ben Lewis, each in for $1,500 fines, anrl Agnew White. Charles Smith of this place, col­ ored, a ditcher, has been in jail for many months but cannot come under this plan to get liberty as b e is the owner of property. There are other cases pending in the upper courts that will take ad­ vantage of the insolvency route to escape payment of the fine if the de­ cisions are against tthem. Xenia Mechanic Sues Henry Ford Jacob Baldner, Xmiia, is suing the Ford Motor Company for an infringe n:cnt of a brake patent which Was granted back in 1901. Baldner claims the Ford company has been using his idea of the brake application and the reverse gear. No royalties have ever been paid. Baldner brought suit a number of years ago but amended his petition in 1919 and the case is jtist now ready for trial. W. L. Miller of Xenia is representing Mr. Baldner. Cedarville College Is Bequeathed Sum of $25,000 Mrs. Christine Arbuckle, Wealthy Pittsburgh Woman Remembers College In Her Will—A Large List of Bequests to Organizations In Which She Was Interested— Also Remem­ bers Her Pastor, Dr. J. Alvin Orr. St, Paul, Mirtn., seems partial to Miss Pearl Cramer, twice within a year electing her the city’s 1“most beautiful,” this time to rep­ resent her town in Galveston, Tex., spring beauty contest, She’s ft blonde. Clark County Lets Large Ditch Contract Ouo of the largest ditch contracts ,-ver let ift Clark coutrty v;cn ’ to the Madison Tile Co,, London, a t its bid of $8,110.3d. The eontract was let .by the Clark County Commissioners, and the improvement is for the Bice ditch. . * .!■ According to the. United Presbyterian, published at Pitts­ burgh, Cedarville College will come into possession of $25,000 by the terms of the will of Mrs, Christine Arbuckle, of the wealthy family tha t made famous a brand of coffee bearing that name. « ■ DrVW. R. McChesriey, president of Cedarville College stat­ ed yesterday tha t he had no information about the bequest oth­ er than what was contained in the United Presbyterian. The bequests mentioned total more than a million dollars* A former Cedarvillian, .Dr, J. Alvin Orr, gets $10,000 and $3,000 additional annually for a period of five years. Mrs. Ar­ buckle was a life-long member of the First .church, North Side, of which Dr. Orr is pastor. She has always been.a liberal con­ tributor to church' and benevolent work and her Will makes many bequests for worthy organizations. She gave $1,000,000 to the New World Movement* some few years ago. She also erected"a Community House for the First church a t a cost, of $325,000. She once gave Muskingum College $250,000, . Bequests mentioned in the will are: First Church $200,000; $700,000 endowment for the Communitty House. Dr. Orr, as stated'above. v , Cedarville College, $25,000; Allegheny General Hospital, $20,000; women’s missionary society of First Church’, $10,000; ladies’ aid society, $10,000; Women’s Board, $10,000; Home for Incurables, $10,000; Home for Aged, $10,000; Orphan’s Home, $10,000; Columbia Hospital, $20,000; Pittsburgh Theo­ logical Seminary, $10,000; Y, M. C. A., $10,000; Y. W^. C. A., $10,000; and Pittsburgh Association for the Improvement of the Poor, $5,000. ■' The residue of the estate was left, to a nephew and two nieces. Mrs* Arbuckle wasb85.yeafrs old a t the time.of her death the late J7R,’O rr;nS e is 'also^f Trustees of Cedarville College. * The bequest is one of the largest ever made to Cedarville College. The late William Gibson, Cincinnati, left the sum of $25,000 for the founding “of Cedarville College but $20,000 was the College. He is also the President of the Board of Trustees of Cedarville College. Followed Wishes Of Their Constituency Messrs. Leybourn and Keifer, the two representatives from Dlarlc. county voted against the exrta one half mill tax on real estate in the legislature. The representatives first gave their electors an opportunity to express themselves on this meas­ ure as to how they should vote. The two gentlemen learned that the voters in Clark county did not favor the one half will levy and they each voted a- gainst it. To the average tax payer that represents “representation” and Clark county electors have a good word for their representatives. They did notj act on so important measure and then tell the public to like it whether they wanted it or not. The farmers are asking some important questions these days. Most of them want to know where the Ohio Farm Bureau and Grange strength was all the time the legislature was shooting a hole in the farmer’s pocketbook. Riegel Makes Attack On School Bill ] Attacking a bill presented by Son* Roy Gillen of Jackson county, to pro­ vide state aid to weak school dis­ tricts, as “the first step towardidoing away with- local school boards,” State Director of Education Vernon Riegel has pointed out He sai(l “There has boon a continuous effort on the part of certain radical, impractical thteo- j rists and school politicians during the {present session of the legislature to have enacted disrupting, vicious laws pertaining to school administration, which would not be enforced if en­ acted.” Scholarship For Boys At Wesleyan U. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Persinger of Washington C. H., who have given away several hundred acres of fine farm land in Fayette Co. to various schools, have established a scholar­ ship for male students from Jefferson township, Greehe county, in Ohio Wesleyan University in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Story, who many, years ago conducted a- private school in Bowersville, which Mrl presinger attended. \ Plenty Of Fruit Now Predicted Unless we have a freeze there is said to be prospects for a good fru it and berry Crop this year. Word from southern states indicates that more strawberries will be in market than in any previous year. The crop is well forward and basing the aver­ age for Weather the strawberries are out of danger from all the southern states. PRES. SMITH WILL PREACH Dr. Albert E. Gmitth, president of Ohio Northern University, Ada, will preach Sunday a t the M. E. church. Church Finds New Method For Funds The Methodist church in South Charleston holds the record for the most unusual sale in this section. A- bout 1200 articles, all donated were put up a t public sale and when the cash was counted the church treas­ urer had $1600 as profit from the sale. Champion At Three j Intelligence { ..... . . ----- ,i, 3, of Herahey, Neb., recites Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, rings popular songs, knows the alphabet, adds, sub­ tracts and docs many other un­ usual intelligence feats. The for­ mer known record for Unrein’* ftddtew was by a child *f five. w