The Cedarville Herald, Volume 50, Numbers 1-26

I f Every Woman Knew What' Every Widow I-earns, Every Husband ’ Would Be Insured With Our Accident Poi licy. No Business Is Too Bigrto Use Ad­ vertising and None Too Boor toA f - • ford using i t ! FIFTIETH TEAK NO. 19. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, SR1DAY, APRIL 22,1927. PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR . ANKENEY WRITESABOUT FRIENDSHIPDOLLS preciously. That dolls was certai warm response < ren to the sugg the hearty welo messengers 1>y 1 over here. The program the American I? o’clock on the # at the Meiji Sei completed. The Minister a eign Minister, ‘ 3 idea o f -sending these nly inspired and the if the American child- estion is equalled by orae given the doll the Japanese children i for the Reception to ’ riendship Dolls at .2 j fternoon o f March 2 I Nen Kan has been! HARVEYFIELDS MEETSDEATH WEDNESDAY ie American Ambas-' sador and Ame t ican Consul General,, | the Governor o f Tokyo-fu, the Mayor! o f Tokyo City, 1 l to Governor o f Kana*. gawa-ken, the' 3 VTayor of Yokohama, J and many other t lotables will be pres­ ent. About. 100 Americans will, be present. About J 1000 Japanese child' ren are invited; t hese include Kinder­ garten children, primary school pu­ pils, and students from girls' schools. A band will furnia *h music. The program fed lows; * 1. Opening Ad^ Iress of Chairman, Marquis Komura. ( 2. Songs: a. KI b aigayo, b The Star Spangled Banner, 3. Speeches b y 1 iwo children: ’ a. By an An terican child, Miss Betty Ballantine. b. By a Jaw uncse child. 4. Presentation \oi the L«.ls by American Children. 5. Chorus, “ The & eng o f the Dolls." 6. Address by discount Shihu- 3awa. .... :i' . 7. Address 'by t l .e American Am- tassf/Jor, represem ting the Diplo­ matic Corps. •8. Congratulatory* Address by ?rince Tokugawa jxnd others. 9, Closing Address by the Chair- nan. ' , , The,princess whof ate now at the Peeress School andl in th e .kindergai*- ,en will be present. Students from he Nihon Joshi Do.i Gakko and the Tokyo Joshi Dai Cjakka will serve a - , j-eception committee. The hall will e appropriately decorated fo r the ecasion, The do'fi s will be displayed ,n the platform, ,. dandies are to be ;ivcn to ail child-fern, who attend. Pho- » ^graphs and m oving pictures will be , a^en.during the ptiogram. Oft the* same day , hut in the fore­ men. at the Tokiw amntsu Girls’ High School; there wilt l e a farewell party or the ten Japanese'dolls that are be­ ns sent by the Jtmior Red Cross So- ■iety o f Japan t o the Junior Red Dr. and Mrs, M. I. Marsh have re, ceived an interesting letter from Mrs. Margaret Scljneder, Sendai, Japan, relative to - thp “ Friendship Dolls” in which this county had a part under the direction o f Mrs, J. P. White, Xenia, Mrs, Ankeney was at one time a member o f the College faculty and will he ‘remembered by many. Dear Folks in Cedarville:- A couple o f weeks ago while on a trip tn Tokyo, we went into .one o f iTokyo's large and beautiful depart­ ment stores. W o had with us friends from China who' had. known Japan quite a number o f years ago and to whom We wanted to. show the amaz­ ing changes that had taken place since “ the old days’*. This pai-ticulai store is modeled after the Wanamak- er Store in. Philadelphia, and we plan­ ned to take qur friends by elevatorto the top floor and then walk down thus getting from the staircase a col­ orful and changing spectacle. The dis play o f Japanese silks and other ma terials makes a delightful riot o f col­ or that seems to light up the whole interior. According to plans therefore we shot up to the top floor, and walked out, into one o f the most fascinating displays Japanese stores are able to produce, that o f the ‘Doll's Festival or O Hina Matsuri. Here, to the eyes o f the little Japanese girl, what a be yrildering variety o f temptations! If she buys a certain- dolj, or piece of doll furniture, she is sure to see, a few steps further on, another lavish­ ing Creation that' she is certain, would have been nicer! Dolls big and dolls little, dressed in gorgeous brocades oi waiting undressed fo r clothing madt b y nimble little fingers. Dolls in'an cient cpstume, emperor and empress dolls* (they sit in state at the top of the red covered stand) court musician dolls, and ,a . vast variety op 'others. Then there is the furniture all in black and gold lacquer; dainty little , aoraens. tables with people use. in real life. ‘ , A fter walking up •one aisle- and down another, delightfully examining all these treasures, we turned a cor­ ner, acid there, suddenly, were the Friendship Dolls! What a wonderftf , surprise! We hadn’t known they were to be displayed in the depart­ ment stores, but each store, it seems, had a share to be put on exhibition fo r several days, aftd tve found our . selves confronting a contingent o f young visitors from Ohio ana renn sylvn.iia. There they sat on red cov­ ered steps in a long high, glass case, each with her own passport, letter and extra wardrobe. They didn’t look a bit homesick or frightened, but gazed out with friendly eyes at the crowds o f Japanese women and girls that surged by on the other side of the glass, There, were all sorts oi -cunning dresses and accessories; Some had little traveling bags with clothes, blanket and pillow peeping out, others had brushes and combs and various toilet articles and still others were generously provided with extra shoes and tiny gloves. Although these were folks from the states most familiar to me, I could unfor­ tunately find no special names that 1 knew. But what a good, warm feel­ ing it was, to see all these messen­ gers o f good will and to kiioW that they were from one’s own country. As we moved On and turned another corner, the best sight o f all was af­ forded os, fob there were two rooms fixed up exactly as those typical in a Jatnanese home. In one was set up the regulation red stand (a series o f perhaps five steps), fo r the Dolls Fes­ tival, and on it was arranged a most exquisite display o f dolls and furrti tare. In the center o f the room were posed three life site children dolls, gorgeously dressed j’m ancient cos­ tume, and going through a certain ceremonial wine serving connected With the festival. In the other room, seated calmly ^on flat cushions were ten o f the Friendship dolls, all very •beautiful. On the mats before each one wa* a tiny, low table in gold and ' T R a f U jdack lacquer, and on it all the dishes ^ 0 U n l j 0 W e r S 1511111 f o r a feast. Life sized Japanese children dolls were placed about in the various attitudes o f entertaining and waiting on their guests. It was a moat adorabe picture; 1 only Wish Harvey Fields, a well known far- f B u t t o n , f . , - 1 t t , day about 4:30 p. m. when he Was . j thrown from a load o f straw in front *Iof his home on the Clark’s Run road. Mr. Fields with his son, Allen, 17, were hauling straw and the load Slid from the wagon freightening the hor­ ses so that they started to*run. The son was driving but could not get the team under control until he drove it into a hedge ferCe. The young man was thrown from his seat and pinned between the wagon and the fence. Fields fell to the ground and sus tained a broken neck and crushed chest. The son was unaware o f what had happened to his father until short time later. " Mrs.. Fields was neap the front of the house, and saw the accident, Horace Sanford, a hand was plowing in a fie ld near, he to be­ ing a witness. David Bradfute, who is a neighbor was also notified, Dr, Harris o f Clifton, was summoned and declare;! death was instantaneous, A report o f accidental death was the report o f Coroner F, M. Chambliss. Mr.Fields was born December 29, 1872, and he was married tb MiSS Laura Anderson, June 11 1890. The family reside on the A. M. Fattersbh farm. . / The deceased leaves his widow# one ;on, Allen; a daughter, Mrs. O. C.- Shirk, New Jasper; and two sisters, Miss Edna Fields, Dayton and Mrs, Emma Simons, Xenia. • : The funeral tokes place today from the residence at 11 o’clock with bur­ ial at Jamestown. The services will be in charge o f Rev. S. M. fngmire o f . the M. E. church. SADDEATHOF MISSSTORMONT Miss Agnus Stormont, daughter o f Mr, and Mrs. E, L. Stormont, died at Germany, It»ly^-Spain,1' Switzerland ,vnd the United (States. .In return fo r these dolle, a dolL will be.sent from •ach o f these "countries, dressed* in national costume# to be placed in the Museum of the Japan Red Cross So­ ciety. ‘ * The girls o f the Tokiwamatsu High School dressed the tcm'dolls that are Icing sent from Japan. ‘ Besides the 400 students o f the 'school, a number o f visitors will ho present at the farewell party, includ­ ing the principals o f the girls' high schools in Tokyo and Kanagawa* A three days’ exhibition o f the Doll Messengers o f Friendship is now going on in 6 great department stores o f Tokyo. ' These stores are Mitsuko- shi, Shirokys, Takashimaya, Matsu- ya, Ginza -Matsuzakays, and Uyeno Matsuzakaya. The exhibition began on Friday and will cqntinue through­ out today and Sunday. The public are invited* Donahey Ready To Veto Tax Increase Word from Columbus Thursday noon was thht Gov. Donahey waa to kill the Dodd bne-half mill tax meas­ ure passed by the legislature. This measure would have raised each tax­ payers tax rate in Ohio one half mill and was retroactive, beginning this coming June. The legislature passed the bill in violation o f a party pledge against a state tax levy. Moreover the request o f Governor Donahey was fo r $43 000,000 for state operation fo r the next eighteen months beginning July this year. The legislative appropria­ tion bill passed by* the senate calls for $63,000,000, or ten million more than the state needs fo r Operation. Thq appropriation bill Was passed without any great Investigation as to its contents. In contrast the law mak­ ers argued for four solid hours over a dog bill, and a half day to get jus­ tices o f the peace in Ohio $250 a month salary out o f fees. School Tax Rate The Court o f Common Fleas has or­ dered a reduction in the tax rate for Bath township schqpl district. Suit that all those children who contribut- had been brought against County Au* 4 d could have had a glimpse. , ditor R. O. Wead and Treasurer to There has been a great deal in Oil enjoin, the collection of taxes in that the Japanese papers about these district in that more money was to Holla; a really magnificent affair has be raised than necessary, been made o f it as you will notice school board certified Florida Is A Quiet Place These Days Mr. Cal Ewry and son, Fred, are home from Deiand, Florida, where they have been locat d fo r more than a year. Mr. Ewry states that things in Florida are dead so fa r as new new buildings are concerned. Both were employed by one o f the largest contractors in that state and improv- ments ate now at a standstill. He Says that thousands o f houses in the storm district have never been touched, in fact many owners have abandoned the property* Most all o f it is covered, inote ore less by mortgage and the owners have turned It back. The sale price o f lots and improved property has dropped until there are some Wonderful bargains for the person that cared to invest and wait a few years fo r a chance to double his in­ vestment. Values in the flood terri­ tory may never come back according to the opinion o f those acquainted with Florida conditions, Most o f the ij^rthem cities are holding their own. A fter the their tax levy in to the auditor an increased rate Was approved by the electors in the The Township Trustees are consid­ ering a plan to have the opera house redecorated some time in the near future. The house is not very pte- i t m the Clipping from the Japan Time* that I am enclosing. Vfo under* __ ______ ___ _____ _____ _ , atdnd that “ Miss America" is to re- district,- This rate in addition to th e1gentable at present as it has been a side in state in the Tokyo Imperial Museum *WJe each primary school to tbs country is to receive one o f the dells. They will be kept very rate certified to the auditor on the in­ creased valuation was more than ac­ tually needed. The rate was reduced from 13.65 mills to 11.65 mills. Bifort A Daw Governor veto axe measures turn this One bill would hav salaries for^ ers ‘n Ohio,, The other crease the ,of the penit question wh justified In jumbled wo as drawn by ■ Marshall/ r the Governq The Senat Ohio law go ary Was mol could. permi| white, the salary Governor! veto me_slia| was amend!: tion o f the had beep ago andrth a salary o f ‘ The Gove critical andj a Greefte c law. Opr "onions” and would mem thteeJ • The Colu ing an acc sage descrlB guage. “ Th<| jeetionable to being that it i re-enacting nte> The fatal another far this count G, Jdjarsha section: of;. pay fo r a phased were is lisved totH it fievelo Taft* adj statewic^ a dead' botidis InH tre"* mont, who,has been teaching in the Youngstown schools, took -ill a few weeks ago and underwent an opera­ tion^in a hospital in, that city. When her condition improved she* was re­ turned home but at no time had the family great hopes o f her .being re­ stored to usual health. Her death was more or less expected and yet was a shock to both family and friends.' Mis* Stormont was born and rear­ ed in this township. She attended the public schools and was a graduate of the high school and from Cedarvjlle College in the class o f 1903. SHe had fitted herself fo r teaching and made It hqr life work. She taught in Cedar­ ville, Selma, Xenia schools. Later she entered the East Chicago Schools at Indiana Harbor, where she re­ mained ten years before going to the Youngstown schools, being on her fifth year ip that city. Miss Stormont had a wide circle o f friends and ac­ quaintances that -will deeply mourn her departure. She was in*her forty- fifth year o f her age and is survived by her parents, and one brother, Charles. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon from the home at 2 p. m. The services will be in charge o f her pastor, Rev, W, P. Harriman o f the First Presbyterian church, Interment in Massies Crack Cemetery. were wdhtMeSK . A fresh section was substituted fo r the dead one and other bonds printed. Some one should send to the famous Chicago mail order house fo r a new catalogue. It may have something on Ohio law in refer­ ence to chaplin’s salaries. They are free for the asking and arc beautifully illustrated. A course under Lobbyist Pemberton with the Chicago catalogue as a text book should result in a suitable -bill that would meet the approval o f “ Veto” Vic. Jurors Drawn For May Court Term The following Jurors have been drawn f o r the May term o f court. The grjtmd jurors will report May 2 and the petit jurors; May 3rd, The grand jury-—Effie Stevenson, Miami twp.; Clarence Anderson, Mia­ mi twp; M, -J, Bebb, Xenia; Stella Zimmerman, Silvercreek; Ruth Clouse Xenia; Ernest Flock, Miami; 901» Ginn, Xenia twp,; Ida Adams, Spring Valley tWp.; Orpha Sayers, Beaver­ creek ; Ralph Chambliss, Xenia; Win­ ifred Armstrong, Xenia; William -Stev enson, Miami; Charles S Smith, Xenia twp.; Harry Wilson, Bath twp.; J. B. Conklin, Xenia twp.; J. B. Hess, Su- garcreek twp.; F. P. Hastings, Xenia A ma Bridgman, Cedarville; Edna Stryker, Silvercreek twp, Petit jorors— Clinton Flatter, Bath; Wilbur Street Xenia; Robert C, -Haerr, Bath; Arthur Geary, Silvercreek twp.; Mary Oxley Jefferson twp.; Frank Bishop, Xenia; Aletha Foust, Xenia twp.; H. G, Fun- sett, Cedarville; Ella Douglass, Xenia C. P. Yowier, Xenia; Amy St. John, Xenia; Frank Weaver, Xenia twp.; Ed Hartsock, Spring Valley twp.; Clara Winters, Sugarcreek twp.; Lo- rena D. PaulliU, Xen ia / ' ,t mi -.rQM.iy.iV ; v ,-tnffii.i,- r fo .ii . SEEKS $24,300 DAMAGES Suit has been filed by Penrose F. Gasho, 40, Goes Station, against Geo. L. Hauck, doing business as Hauck Bros., Springfield, Gasho alleges that he sustained injuries When his auto, containing himself and three children was struck by a truck owned by the Springfield hardware firm. Gasho in his petition States that he drove from his driveway before he saw the truck approaching from the south. numbsr o f years since the Interior was decorated. The proposed im­ provement is nob only needed but will be sanctioned by the community. EIGHT FEDERAL PRISONERS Sheriff Tate took on eight new boarders this week, seven men and one woman, all from, tl e Unibed States district court in Cincinnati. Ail To Amend it Was Dead iey gent his th salary increase by the legisla- went to slaughter ided increased iby commission- the bill to iu- o f the chaplin ary, It was not a er the chaplin was increase but the ig o f the measure own Senator (7 ) it necessary for “axe-it,” o ’a knowledge o f the g chaplin’s sal- an Gov. Donahoy; go in black and measure increased $1,500 to $2500. nqhey says in his that our Senator aii obsolete see- A section thqt some years lift, was getting and not $1,500, should not be so ose the ability o f $y :exponent o f the ttonc knows his school boys say it 'w orry about a ed dollars. |a Dispatch in giv- o f the veto mes- t in technical lan- has too many o b / res, In addition facto a nullit iyn amend, without ynon-eXjstent stat- j/tin s bill recalls -legal opinion in Prosecutor J, leavored to find- a |-t0 issue bonds to ’ the cqnnty pur- itl>s ago. Bonds ier what was. bo- jen the law but iat the famous on defeated in a jndum and was Purchasers o f the authority • rfl issued and ' DR.HARIMAN ISHONORED BYCHURCHMEN Rev. W. P. Harriman, D, D., pastor o f the First Presbyterian church, had the distinct honor o f being chosen as moderator of Dayton Presbytery at the spring meetirig held here Monday and Tuesday. Rev,. Carl White o f Yel­ low Springs is the retiring modera­ tor. The outstanding speech o f the ses­ sion was that o f Rev. Joseph A. Vance D, D, LLD., president o f the Board of National Missions and Pastor, First Presbyterian church, Detroit,. Dr, Vance spoke on “ What Is Christian­ ity ?” at the open meeting at Alford ‘Memorial, Monday evening. Forty-four churches o f the Pres­ bytery were represented with about JO delegates, A fellowship supper was served in the Gym at 6 p. m. with covers for 200 guests. Elder J. M- Switzer, Day- ton, presided. Dr, W. R. McChesney extended greeting to the delegates and friends assembled.. Rev. Emil Bauman, Dayton spoke on “ Growth, o f the Presbyterian Church Visualized” , Elder E. S, Lorenz, Dayton, spoke on the “ The Need o f a Revival, in the Dayton Presbytery. Music was fur­ nished by the College Choir and the Presbyterian' Womens’ Quartette. Dr. Charles Leslie Plymate, execu­ tive secretary, Dayton Presbytery, was the speaker Tuesday morning and he used for his subject “Looking Forward” . Dr. McChesney led the deVQti'onals. Delegates were chosen to the synod meeting in Wooster in June. Dr. R. Ames Montgomery, presi­ dent o f Lane' Seminary, Cincinnati, talked at the noon luncheon hour Tues day,when.ho explained the new co­ operative education plan the seminary will put in ‘force next September. Unr- der the plan, there will be four ten Week terms. The student body will be in two divisions, one. at study while the other is out' engaged in active ministerial work. Students will be pared aftd no student admitted only dn the co-operative basis. Dr, Charles Ryan Adams, Bpring- tp the general'assembly in San Fran­ cisco were chosen. , , - . Nelson Thome, -former- student of Cedarville College, a 'graduate .o f Lanfe Seminary, pastor o f the Seven- Mile church, near Hamilton, was ex­ amined for ordination. Arrangements were made fo r the installation o f the Rev. James Hills, in Central Presby­ terian church, Dayton, • this church being the outgrowth o f the union of the Fourth and Park Presbyterian churches. The local congregation was given a vote p f thanks for the generous hos­ pitality extended during the meeting. The next meeting will be in Dayton in June. At the close of the meeting Dr. Harriman assumed the office of moderator and* will serve until the September meeting. *. Mrs. L. M. Frazer Died Last Saturday Mr*. L. M. Frazer, 32, wife o f Prof, Frazer o f Cedarville College, died at her residence Saturday morning- at 5:50 o’clock following a stroke o f paralysis some time ago, The deceas ed was 32 years o f age apd suffered t nervous breakdown Pome months ago from which she never recovered. She is survived by her husband, two children, a /son, five years old and a daughter, three years; her father, Mr. Barr and a stepmother, Two sisters also survive and reside in Dayton. The deceased was a member o f the Luthem church, Springfield, but at­ tended the locpl M, E; church where she taught a class in the Sunday school. She was also n member o f the Research Club. The funeral services were held in the M. E, church Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock, Interment took place at Frapklin, Ohio. , . Mayor Given Notice On Train Hearing Official notice 'has been served on the village through Mayor McFarland that the petition o f the Pennsylvania 1 Railroad Company .Will be up for hear ing before the Ohio Utility Commis­ sion on Tuesday, April 26. The com­ pany is asking to take off trains that serve commuters between Cincinnati and Mqrrow as well as trains that are scheduled and have provided service between Cincinnati and Columbus. The local trains that concern local people are Nos: 204 and 205. Both are morning trains and have had little patronage o f late due to the automo­ bile and the commercial bus. DEATHCALLS AUTOVICTIM INHOSPITAL GASOLINE PRICE DROPS Gasoline took a drop o f two cents at Standard stations Wednesday. The gasoline situation over the state is unusual. For years the Standard was charged with keeping the‘Price- down and forcing competitors out o f busi­ ness. . Now most competitors are low­ er than the Standard. In some o f the nearby -cities gasoline is retailing as low as 10 cents at independent ' sta­ tions.' , ' George Straley, 60, mayor and p rom -' inent citizen o f South Charleston, died Wednesday morning at the Mercy bos pital in Columbus as a result o f in­ juries received when ian- automqbile driven by G. Gould, Lower River road, crashed into him and Charles Davis, Saturday evening, April 9th. Davis died shortly after the accident and Straley was taken to the hospital for treatment. The two men were stand­ ing along the road talking business. Mr, Straley suffered a relapse just a few hours before his death. He was born and reared in Jeffer­ sonville-and moved to South Charles­ ton five years ago. He was a member of the M. E. church in his city. Besides his wife he is survived by his mother; eight brothers, Gene E d -' wal'd, Lynn, Elder, Warner, o f Jeffer­ sonville, Ozro, Paulding county, and Herman D.f near ^Cedarville and El­ mer of California; and two sisters* Mrs. Lulu Crist o f Detroit and Mrs- Esther Williams o f Cedarville, 'The funeral will be held froip the M. E. church in South Charleston at 2 p. m,; Sunday. Night Thieves Take McE|roy Hogs Currey McElroy seems to be the base of supply fo r stolen hogs; Last week Mr. McElroy lost two shoats from his herd. Each would weigh a- bout 125 pounds. This is the third visit to the McElroy farm fo r .hogs hi the night time. Duff Andrew o f the Columbus ,pike - reported the theft o f a double 'set o f work harness recently. Some weekB ago thieves killed a 200 pound hog in a lot .near the house but evidently bad - been freightened away fo r the bog' was found dead the next morping. It had been hit in the head with an axe. SCHOLCLOW NOTFARAWAY County Superintendent o f Schools has announced the following dates for commencements in the county schools. Jefferson township, Bowersville, on April} 26. F. B. Pearson is to be the Speaker. Sugarcreek township, Bellbrook, on April 28, Supt. L. C. Dick o f Madison county is the speaker. Ross township, May 6. Dr. MeChes- ney, speaker. Caesarcreek township, May 5, speak­ er, Dean Schwan o f Dunkard college, Indiana. ' Cedarville, May 19, speaker W. B, Bliss, o f the state department o f edu­ cation, . Jamestown, May 24, speaker, Rev. C. L. GoWdy, Urbaftfl. Bath township, May 2?, speaker Dean Sclmlzqr, Wittenberg College. Yellow Springs, May 26,speaker Supt, L, C. Dick* London. ’ Spring Valley, -May 26, No speaker announced, The Greene county eighth grade commencement will be held in Xenia* May 27 at the opera house, Vernon M, Riegal, state superintendent o f public instruction will be the speaker. The admission will be 10 and 15 cents, • The annual Junior-Senior banuet of the county schools will be held on May 6 at 1 P. M., the place to be an­ nounced later, , The committe having the banquet in charge is composed o f Miss Carrie Rife, MlsS Whittington, Mrs. Olive Nybladh,Miss Ruth Chitty, W, W. White. The address o f welcome will, be de­ livered by a member of the Cedarville Junior class with responses by seniors from Jamestown and from the teach* ^iiiiiiiiiimii,ifttiiiiiiiiiiiii,iiimiii'ii<iiii|imii|iiii,i<iiinii<m'iniliiiitiiUi'iiiiMI'ii»iiiiHiiiiM>l>'>><li'<'i''<>>i'|i'MI''iii<,ll**, '•f. are listed * » federal liquor offender* and will serve from 80 days to seven pra by a faculty member from Beaver months. . ! creels. ' Xenians are all stirred up over the City Commission granting-the Ohio Fuel Gas Company an increase in the. rate for natural gas in that city, ‘The commission is being . critized for granting the higher rate and there is agita*- ’ tion over a movement to return to the old form of govern- meht. . • The City Commission in Xenia could have refused to .: grant the company the rate asked for. The company in turn under Ohio law could ask the Ohio Utility Commit sion fora rate. It could be the fate asked in .Xenia or aion for a rate. It could be ‘ the rate asked in Xenia Or* best course, just what the village council should do herd when the company asks for a new rate, which will not be / far a.way. You know what the rate is when granted by a* local authority but you have no means of knowing what it might be if granted by one of our many state commis-j sions. * • % Xenia is one of the few towns in the county that should complain about a gas or telephone rate. The local authorities should not be criticised, nor should* the gas company. Both are acting within the law. The commis­ sion did the best it could for the city. The company "did the natural thing in asking for a higher rate if it could get it, and the company, like a ll’ companies, knows just what can be done and cannot be done under the law. Because the law is wrong in principle is no reason why local authorities or the gas company should be sub­ ject to condemnation. Xenia has for several years fol­ lowed a political leadership that has proven costly. The first duty of the leaders opposed to a new gas rate should be to have a conference with Sen. ( ? ) Marshall and his lobby friend and political backer, D. Pemberton. Both are connected with the legislature, the former with the upper house, the latter the "third house” , the lobby that never represents the public. « A t the present time the Ball bill is a half law but as we understand it, there is trouble in getting it up for a vote in the Senate, This measure if it should become a law would help cure some of the trouble Xenians com­ plain about. The Senator(?) should be given an oppor* tunity to tell his fellow citizens just what chance there is of this measure of becoming a law, and how he expects to vote. At thfit same gathering Lobbyist Pemberton should be invited to tell why it should not be passed. Columbus is now batteling with the gas company and rates. It is going to cost the- city $50,000 and the^ gas company five times that amount to see who is the vic­ tor. •Xenia cannot dig up money in such chunks to em­ ploy high powered attorneys to represent its citizens in , a half djpzen courts, The best Xenians can do is to nurse the burn and keep their complaints under cover. However there is nothing to hinder the leaders from investigating and try­ ing to find out who heated the branding iron which when applied has' brought out such signs'of suffering. As long as the city follows the political leadership it has in the past, listening to the appeals of a few "sob-sister” ward healers that direct house-to-house canvasses at election time with a tear in one eye and a clutch on a five dollar bill for their efforts in behalf of the shame "reform cause” , they can expect to pay well for everything they get* We are sorry we, cannot sympathize with our near neighbors in their present grief. The sorrow is that other towns in the county that have repudiated such political leadership must also pay. But you will hear no com­ plaints or loud lamentations of "come over and help us.” Neither will we curse the authority that prescribes the dose or the company that makes the medicine. Such com­ munities as this has been fighting and standing our ground against the political leadership that spreads such ,a disease. If Xenia will rebuke her quack political doc­ tors and join us* "we will do thee good.” inwttWiii«iiiiriiinmliiHVin'iiiimiiiniwiimwiH'nmh»HiHlii>(iimii.i)iwinimmniiiiiiriMiniiiirtiHHM»>niiiw»ini»<e m , ' . ,t« ■ ,