The Cedarville Herald, Volume 50, Numbers 27-52

TH 6 CEDARV l i LE HERALD “?r KAJtLH BULL EDITOR AND PUBLISHER EmtwcM *t tfe®Poet Office* Oedarville, Ohio, October 31,1887, its MKrond diwa matter, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927. J a i v s t o r y . Martha Martin WHAT WILL PQNAHEY PO AT WILBERFORCE? The examiner*# report as to financial and business condi­ tion# a t Wiiberforce State Normal and Industrial School, cer­ tainly warrant# some action by Governor Donahey, who now is in control’of th a t governing board. The Governor has Always talked loud and often about decent as ' well as e ffic ien t state government. A new situation confronts the Executive, He is now faced with cleaning house with a hoard under his own con­ trol. . , ■* • , , The Governor is also a member, or directly represented on the Board of Control, Which has charge of the finances of the institution. So fa r the board has refused to turn over funds ap­ propriated fo r use .a t the Wiiberforce Institution, Conditions certainly warrant holding up public funds. One has only to read the examiner's report and be. convinced th a t certain employees were'fired because they told the tru th of how the state's money was being wasted. President Johnson of the Board of Trustees admits making a statement th a t all who testified would be dis­ charged, but th a t such statement was only in fun. Reading the repo rt in th e office of Attorney General Turner last Saturday, is certain proof of much funny business oh .the part of someone in control of thq institution, board and officers. ■ Governor Donahey is credited with covering up disorders in his own political household. As the Attorney General, and State Auditor are Republicans, and the House and Senate Chair men of the-finance committees, are Republicans, we fail to see how the Governor can top-dress this rotten mess unless the four Republican members of the Control Board give in. Much has been said what the Control Board-can and will do. From the other side, Harry C. Smith, Cleveland, a member of the Dona­ hey board in charge of the school, in- an open letter to this pa­ per flaunts action of the Board of Control and also puts state­ ments of Representative R. D. Williamson up for a test as to truthfullness. From a political angle Governor Donahey evidently has ja. strong hold a t Wiiberforce judging from past election .returns. The precinct is supposedly Strongly Republican. It has been in all Presidential campaigns. The fac t tha t the Governor receiv­ ed such a heavy vote, a t Wilbei-force might indicate tha t he is extremely popular there, or th a t more funny work might have taken place a t the election polling place. The Herald has leads along th a t line th a t cannot be gone into a t this time. The Board of Control is now the center of attention due to the present stand i t has taken. If the public could read the re­ port of'the examiner in full there would be no question of-whsd the public would say. Will the Board of Control permit Gov­ ernor Donahey to keep this rotten mess smothered? . Member Harry G. Smith has-also issued a challenge. The Board of Con­ trol to save its honor and self respect must-stand pat. Anyother course would be bowing to the Governor to proceed to smother wfong doing a t the Wiiberforce Institution. YOUR OPINION-—WHAT DOES IT AMOUNT TO? • Inasmuch as legislative bodies are constantly considering the tax question, the classic discussion of taxation which Wil­ liam Bennett Munro, the Harvard political scientist, gives in .his book on Municipal Government is of interest. Mr, Munro says r ' ^Economists define taxation as the levying of certain com pulspry contributions upon individuals and corporations in or­ der to provide public revenue. The assumed purpose of taxa­ tion Is to provide public reyenue; its"justification isjbhe commoi benefit whichcomesfroirf the expenditure of this revenue. Thai is taxation as the -economist sees it. But tax laws are not. enact­ ed by economist^; they are the handiwork of politicians. And the politician has a very simple philosophy of taxation. To him, taxation is a . system of levying compulsory contributions in whatever way will produce the least outcry. 'From the politi­ cian's point of view, ,the measure of taxation is not ability to pay, but inability to RESIST, His favoi? leans to the element than can produce the votes, He tempers the wind, not to the shorn lamb, but to the ram with horns. ■ Public sentiment, he says, demands a high tax on some . things and a low tax on others. What he means, of course, is tha t one element of organised selfishness is more audible rthan another. That is why the most desirable tax, in the eyes of the political representative, is a tax on the estates of deceas­ ed persons, for-“dead men have np votes.'* The foregoing is rough;but simple and it uncovers the nak­ ed truth. If the politicians doubt this, they should check over . the emphatic manner in which the people have protested the new tax-raising schemes and office-creating laws. A politician is never in favor of permitting tax questions being submitted to '‘h e voters—particularily in Ohio. 4v THE CHILDREN NOT YET READY FOR LEGALIZED GRAFT The response the public has given in signing the referen­ dum petitions calling for a vote in November on the grafting justice of peace bill, indicates the public cannot be fooled in Tutting over such a monstrous political machine measure with­ out a protest. Our so-called-reform poliUdans are seeking a power in the state th a t we -would not delegate to the forces of evil and vice. Why hot the public retain diia power rather than delegate it to self-styled reformers that are milking the public a t every turn to gain a living without much effort. To delegate such judicial powers to a set of men, many of whom are half- breed foreigners, libertines, find pirates, would be a step back- ard, and we are certainly pleased a t the favorable reception given these petitions. The Automobile Clubs of Ohio are sponsoring and aiding in bringing to defeat this piece of legislation that ff permitted to become operative Would lead lo wholesale debauchery and legalised graft over the state. The people would not dare drive over certain roads not many miles from Gedarville without fear of being hauled into one of the Commercial coui^s and soaked so th a t a half-brekd foreigner and an cxconvicf. constable could get fees. There is no principle of law enforcement involved in this referendum. Law enforcement that the whole people a unit can support and approve is the only kind th a t will in the end add to the upbuilding, and upholding of our government, state or national. The sham cry tha t the grafting justice of* peace bill tha t provides fo r salaries on par with upper courts, is a law enforce­ ment measure is base deception, and we care pot who makes the statement tha t it otherwise. As a rule no one Is making any claim other than the ones now profiting from su/h g--aft. CHAUTAUQUA LOST IN CONTEST FOR CONTROL Xenia has not yet signed up for a >chauiauona next year. Thereby hangs a tale and surface indications point to the fact some of the feminine politicians undertook to take over an edu­ cational non-partisan organization. Not succeeding the good ladies let loose a few tear bombs and so fa r the list of guaran­ tors is so small tha t another Chautauqua is hardly possible for the coming year. There is a wide difference of opinion a t this time over some of the Chautauqua officials. The Rev, Tilford migh oil the turbulent wafers by putting one of two of the fem­ me disturbers on the salary list. The organization they hrfirc been dominating in the past is on the profit sharing basis. The Chautauqua field must look good, hence the fight to get control of it. Meantime Xeaians a re not rallying to the suoport of an­ other Chautauqua. The lady politicians that make a Si.lug tell­ ing everybody how to. live might investigate and see if any of the reform politician* in the county seat had had coal d fiiW ed a t the ir h m m pile, at,,State M Indui* • trial at ^ i l b e r f ^ tw , ted, in*wm rm ;'/ : •" ’> t *, * ,, V i '» U f yM 'KLK , cai-hlo/' wild yium;; Mis* V j Ill'll, l't fool .sorry for chiidran w I k ' h they I hvmu * o cmain ;s;o," "Why w»?’‘ iii'iuiioil U»*d T iijs tin* rooster, "pray toll mo why so, yomi;; Miss Hen. CoeU-U-ihtndle-do, it would he Interesting to know why you fop sorry for children.” “When they become a certain age/ said young Miss Hen, •’Well, then, when they become a- t&rtulu age," Ited Top repeated. "I’d like to know why you feel sorry for them at such n time or why you have felt sorry for them, or why you will feel sorry for them—if you /m» going' to keep oti feeling sorry for them. ‘•And then, too, I’d lie iiuerenu-d In hearing wlmt,age children must reach In order to have you feel soi;ry for them. '•Do you suppose -they are thankful and pleased that you feel sorry for “I Win Answer All Your Questions,” Said Youna Miss Hen. them nl that hg«7 Are they,in need ot sympathy then?” ■ • . ■ ‘‘Well,’*said youngMiss, lien, “I will answer all/ your nueslloms- First of all I feet sorry for children when they ranch a certain age because -.1 under stand them. In other word's I have a fellow feeling for them.” ‘rl don't see,” said Red Top, "how a young lien can have «. fellow feeling for a lot ot children,” ”1 mean/' said young Miss Hen. “that -1 understand how (hey feel lie- cause t, too. have had the same.-feel­ ings. "Uttle children arc always so much admired. ‘Tliey'arc thought so cunning and If they'r© naughty they seem t,o be very quickly forgiven end they're smiled at almost at #U times. **Tliey’fe hugged and loved and made grout pets of and everyone thinks they're so sweet and pn tty ;p;d dear and lov­ able. i “Then they become a little older. If they're bad they're Scolded good and luml, They're not thought nearly so euiiuhig, iuid they’re not thought near, ly so sweet, nor so lovable, nor so dear, nor are they smiled at alipust at all times, "Sometimes It Is said 6 they have reached the awkward age. I do not "know wbal age 11 Is or Ju»t when It comes but It Is the age between be­ ing a little child and a big boy or girl, • “It comes at ditVoreni times, or at. different ages, not always at lliq same time with everyone. 1 do not know whether' children are .thankful and pleased that i have s<>much sympathy for them at such times or not, but 1 have at any rate. And the reason for It is this. Yes, this is the reason why 1 so thoroughly understand, and I know how they feel when they’re not admired as they have been and 1 know how it makes them feel only more awkward. You see when 1 was a little chick I was a dear, plump, fuzzy, eunuliig little Udng. “I had soft yellow down and I was really quite sweet. 1 realize It now tlmL It has gone from me. Then I be­ came older, l couldn’t help It?- U was not ftiy fault. And I grew. My shape was awkward and, l moved awkwardly.-. If I bumped into anything or run In a silly way l wa& culled silly, but 'If I lmd done the suuie thing as a little chick I would have been thought a poor, dear, frightened tittle chicken. "And as I became older I became tame and more awkward and more -uhd more I realized thui people thought of me as'being a pretty unat­ tractive hen. "Then l beard some people talking about some children who hud grown man babyhood into boyhood add girl­ hood, They said these children had been so cunning when they hud been little hut that now they were at the awkward uge, "And I’ve seen so much of It siuce —uhiippreciateds^cfdldren because they're not little arid cunning, ami It's Has same way with a liens! The very same way. A h .ifjs a great shame I "Heps are awkward, too, before they become older, settled hens. They un- ders-fond how., children feel. Ah yes, young hens are- sympathetic. They know what It Is like to lose their dear little chick ways and looks mid to be thought so much less attractive and not loved lit the same Indulgent, af­ fectionate way.” "Now l .understand,” subl Red Top, "and l don't, wonder you have a ‘fel­ low feeling/ as you call It, tor chil­ dren.” {CopyrlsrhtA asaa Your Fair Be Theire £8 Baby Beef Calves, A Fair mrkes the crowd, but a crowd makes the Fair . The G rea t Greene * County Fair August 2, 3, 4, 5, 1927 New Grand Stand that will accomodate 1600. Three races each day. $3300.00 in purses. Two Auto Polo Contests each aftertioon. 0 Automobile Show. ' • Machinery Display 400 enrolled in Boy's and Girl's Club work. 26 Dairy Calves . Grange Competitive Exhibits. New^Band Each Day. Parade Friday Noon Quoit Tournament Each Day. .. The Methodist Protestant Ladies of Port William will., have charge of the dining-hall. Speed entyjes close Thursday July 28 a t 11 P. M. All - other entries close Saturday July 30 at 9 F. M. C. M. Austin* Pres. , r r B. U. Bell, Treas. J*Rotaort Brysori* Sac. • vk< m m m m * ' n 1 t* \ >7 », , ‘r ' M V t. A J * '' ^ ^ ' < »v i' 1^ / t —t k n ' 6 , ; v ,;'' An Invitation to Visit Our Shde Store Fair Week THE BACKS ARE LOADED WITH BARGAINS FOR, THE EN­ TIRE FAMILY AND YOU SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE- OF THIS SALE. NEW SHOES IN THE LATEST’STYLES BEING ADDED EACH WEEK. COME IN DURING THE FAIR. . 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