The Cedarville Herald, Volume 50, Numbers 27-52

-»-*^v»• '\irt^^vr• /k * * . ** ' ^ If Every Woman Knew What Every Widow lea rn s , Every Husband Would Be Insured With Our Accident Policy. No Business Is Too Big to Use Ad­ vertising and None Too Poor to Ai- § ford using it. FIFTIETH YEAR NO. 39. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1927. PRICE, $1,60 A YEAR COUNCIL ORDERS CHURCHSTREET IMPROVEMENT Council mot Monday evening a t which time th e resignation of Mr, H. G, Fung&tt was presented. In his place Mr. L. F. Tindall was chogen Jo fill the unexpired term, which ends In December, Council ordered the fire committee to place the Ford motor truck in good condition a$ the motor was giving a h it .of trouble, A new one will be in­ stalled. The semi annual budget was read as prepared by the clerk and approv- ed. In as much as the College was im­ proving the gym property by con­ structing a ne\y cement Walk and .curb on Church street, council voted to improve the street with crushed ed rock. During the basket ball sea­ son parking space is a t a premium in that section o f town and the improv­ ed. street will be greatly appreciated. •Pess Must Be Shown About Utility Gift According to Senator Fess as In­ dicated in press dispatches, he will be compelled to vote against, seating U, S. Senator Smith frqm Illinois, whose seat is being contested. Smith Is the. Anti Saloon Deague candidate from Illinois and accepted a campaign con-, tribution from Samuel Insull, multi­ millionaire utility owner who financed both the wet and dry candidates. In T ub statement Senator Fess says that he will vote to refuse Smith a seat in the Senate unless Smith can give a reasonable excuse why he accepted an enormous contribution from Insull who yet has never shown any out­ ward sympathy for prohibition. The Senate investigation could be started in Ohio and the same things ered, .. TRAINHITAUTO ANDWOMAN IS BADLY INJURED uncov. Company F. Holds Annual Reunion Members of Company F, 330 In­ fantry, A. E. F, held their annual re- - union last Saturday ,a t the 0. S. & S. O. Home, this being the tenth anni­ versary, Jh e auxiliary of the Joseph P, Foody- Post, American Legion, served two meals in .the basement of court house. Dr. W. P. Edmunds, now athletic director of Washington University, St. Louis, th e first cap­ tain, w a3 present and enjoyed the day with the boys. Walter Lunn, Xenia, was elected president of the association and John Collins, Cedarviile, was made secre­ tary-treasurer. It was decided to hold, the next reunion the Friday before Lahor Day. I t will be held a t th e O. S. S, 0. Home. Company F was made up largely of men from Greene, Clinton, Fayette counties. - Church Picnic A t The members of St. Augustine church, Jamestown, enjoyed a picnic in the Thomas Andrew grove Wednes­ day afternoon and evening. The event is an annuaFaffair- and a pleasant and profitable time was enjoyed. Rev, Ed­ ward McGinty. has been- ordered to Cincinnati to become chaplain a t the Godd Samaritan hospital Father Me Ginty tvould have celebrated his six­ th anniversary a t the Jamestown church in November. His successor has not been named. DR. BAUMGARDNER DIED SATURDAY Dr. C, H. Baumgardner, GO, formerly a practicing physician a t Selma, died Saturday night a t his home jn Spring field. His death was rather sudden and unexpected though his health had not been good for some time back Death Was due to heart trouble. He had only recently returned from the Mayo clinic a t Rochester, Minn. The deceased was bom in Clark' county and graduated from 0 . S. U. in 1903, opening his first office a t Selma. He is survived by a Hyjfe and son, Grade Crossing May : Be Eliminated Following the accident a t the rajl- rroad crossing east of'Xenia on the Jamestown pike, a movement has been started for grade crossing elim­ ination. The action m ust come ip the' form of a request of the Greene County Commissioners to the high­ way department. The crossing is a bad one and has been listed for the new improvement by the sta te depart ment. The railroad company would be assessed for fifty per cent of the cost; the county 25 per cent and the state 25 per cent. WHYNOTDEBATE ONJUSTICEBILL? .Why not a public debate between Senator George Bender and Sen. ( ?) L. T. Marshall on the merits and the demerits of the proposed justice of paace salary grafting bill? , Greene county would be a logical plade for such a debate open to. the public. Senator Bender is leading the fight for' the referendum and is a fluent speaker. His story of happen­ ings about the legislature yv°rild be interesting. He has been a foe to the utility control of the state, Marshall has been a utility supporter. If not j ftwiupwn <« the'other? Senator Bender1could pledge him­ self not to mention the almost daily luncheon and conference between D. Pemberton, former liquor lobbyist, now a rail road lobbyist, and Marshall in the Neil House grill room during the legislative sessions. Senator Bender should also not be permitted . to refer to the famous booze party a t the- Deshler' given in honor of Marshall and other members of the Senate that voted to keep Poor on the Utility Comimasion to make rates for gas and telephone companies jn Ohio. These questions should be 'debated, between someone other than Marshall and Bender and a representative of the Anti Saloon League. Another reason Senator Bender should not mention the booze party, is, that it might embarass H. E. Schmidt, who attended Marshall's reception as given by the lobby ele­ ment. PUBLIC SALE R. C.' Watt & Spn, Thursday, 27,-Duroc Hog Sale. Oct. Songs of Plain Folks The coni crib"* empty—sister’s playing house. .. She's dhtertaining—Hear that grown-up tone? Let’s pay a call. (Knock, knock!) The little mouse , la quiet now. Thought she was all alone. Why How-da-do! Dear Mrs. Thingumbob, We walked right in, we couldn’t find the knob! -Do meet Miss Whatchacallit She’a my guest And this is Mr. Barker. Shep! Get down! ,<tte has peculiar ways.) Oh yes, we’ll rest This Chair is fine. Why,'what a lovely gown! . You have the nicest things! This china, too. Cracked? Oh, that’s stylish—let’s the sunbeams through! Tea? Thanks! I’ll take one little tiny Cup. One lump—here Mr, Barker, can’t you wait? For goodness’ sake, don’t sniff just Uke a pup! We must be going. My, these cakes are great! Dear Hostess, you’re as pretty as a dream. Mud pies? I love them! GiVe me lemon er< M«. Ethel R. Ringer, wife of Mar­ vin F. Ringer, Xenia, sustained poa sible internal injuries when the sedan in which she was taking her two small children to School, was struck by the second section of eastbound Pennsylvania train No, 6 a t the Cin­ cinnati avenue crossing a t 12:50 Wed­ nesday afternoon, The tw o children escaped injury. The car was hurled about thirty feet against a fence on the railroad righ t of way. Recently the Pennsylvania officials did away with the watchman and in1 stalled- electric flash signals. Storied told by witnesses and neighbors say the signals were not working and gave no warning. Railroad officals say they were working prpperly. . The injured wbman js in the Espy hospital. , • , The new signal system recently in­ stalled in Xenia has been, the subject of much comment. People residing on the west side of the city say they have little or no protection. That the new signal is o f no value to school children. Some months ago a representative of the railroad company appeared be­ fore the local council for permission to ihstail the electric signals a t the Main 'street crossing and a t Miller street, and do > away with the watch­ man. Council’ gave .the representa­ tive no encouragement and protested a change a t the Main street crossing where buildings hide., th e view of approaching trains from either direc­ tion. , \ The electric flash' ligh t system is a mechanical contrivance that is sub­ ject to failure and beyond the control of any human power unless there, is a person experienced- in constant con­ trol of the system.. In view of the. Xenia accident the local council acted wisely in not rush­ ing into a change as did tHe city com­ mission in Xenia. Breach Of Contract T s A J f e i e d J n J ) suit in Common Plea* Cottrt by F. W. Sanger, against William W. CrOs- welL Plaintiff claims h e had. an agree ment with Mr. Creswell August 13, 1927 by which the two were to ex­ change real estate. Under the terms claimed the Creswell farm of 204 acres was to bO traded on a lot in the city o f Paytog Plaintiff seeks court aid iii obtaining a deed or to se t the damage by reason of failure to com­ plete the transaction according to the term s claimed, FIRE DESTROYS FARM RESIDENCE The farm residence of Claude A. Jacks, on, the Stone road, six miles south east of’Xenia, was destroyed by fir$ a t Noon* Wednesday. The fire is thought to have started in the' attic from a defective flue, The Xenia fire department was called hut could not say* the building. The loss is placed a t $2,000. Neighbors carried out what household articles could be reached on the first floor. OFFICIALS TAKE OATH OF OFFICE MONDAY Miss Helen Dodds began her first two-year term as County Treasurer, Tuesd. „ and was sworn in by Deputy County Auditor Paul Creswell as a notary public. Miss Dodds was the recipient of many beautiful floral of­ fering* from friends and large bask­ ets graced the office. Recorder B. F. Thomas began a new term the same day, a feature tha t was not altogether new to “Benny”. FRIENDS WANT PAROLE FOR “TACKS” “Tacks” Lattimer, serving a life sentence in the penitentiary for the murder of Charles Mackrodt, fellow railroad employee, three years ago, is seeking a pardon through friends. His case must go before the state board of clemency. Lattimer shot Mackrodt in the public square fol­ lowing an argument. A marriage license has been is­ sued to LeSter Ward Champ, auto mechanic, and Hazel Kiger, Cedar- viile. Rev. W. P. Harrimanl Miss Bertha Creswell, who has been visiting he r sister, Mrs. Russell Wells returned to Steubenville Monday to resume her school work. Mrs, James Murry returned home yesterday from Dayton, where she was called by the illnege of Mr. J. P. Barr, who is reported much better. The Clifton Presbyterian ladies Will give a 60 cent chicken supper, Friday evening, Sept- pth in the Cliften hall* AU am :i»yRed'/ ' ' " ;• ' ’ Frank Currie Dead Following Stroke ’ George Frank Currie,' 58, Spring- field, known to many here, died at the city hospital last Wednesday flight In. company %ith his wife and daughter he was coining from the Ohio State Fair when he suffered a stroke. His wife noticed that he was sagging in his seat beside her. He was rushed to the hospital but never regained consciousness, Mr. Currie wds bom in Greene co, November 16, 1869 and had been in the grocery business fo r the past 25 years. He leaves, his wife, Ida Corry Cur­ rie, a daughter, FauHne, ajud one son, Leroy, Two brothers. Arch C. .of Springfield and W, Rv of Santa Anna, Calif. The funeral-3&BB held last Sat­ urday from the residence with burial in Ferncliff. Cedarviile College opened Wednes­ day with many, new students and the prospects of a great year are ahead. The State Normal Department has a much larger enrollment than that in the normal'department last*year. The entire enrollment is expected to pass 200 for all departments. College was opened with approp­ riate exercises and, &splendid address by the Dr. Hugh Evarfe, pastor of the Westminister Presbyterian church in Dayton. » Preparations have been made for one of the best years hi the history of the school and all promises ■will be fulfilled from present indications. ' The public" schools Opened Monday with an.address by Rev. S. ,M. Ing- mire giving an instructive talk. The enrollment so f a r is « 5 with 127 in the high school. Thd*F irst, Fourth and Fifth grades,have^the largest en­ rollment. . tj- Bud” frwm k-W.-Sg j d FSunday of, the died a t his home i^fXenia, Sunday. He was born, in Canada arid has followed th e !gas'business all his life. F o r the past 20 years he has resided in Xenia. He- js survived by his wife and two* childrren, Rupert and Elizabeth. His mother and a brother, George reside in Petorsboro, Canada, and a sister Miss Idona Irwin, Rochester, N. Y. The funeral Was held Tuesday with burial in Xenia,. BEIDERWOLF COMES * TO XENIA SOON The Xenia Ministerial Association has secured Dr, W, E, Beidepwolfe a prominent evangelist, for a three- weeks’ series of meeting* to begin Sept. 18. The Evangelist has conduct­ ed such meetings in Xenia before and w ith much success. The meetings will be held in the Fjrst M, E. church. BOARDS CUTS REPAIR BUILDING PROGRAM ’ Because the appropriation of $73,- 000 by the legislature for remodeling 20 cottages a t the 0. S, & S. 0, Home is not sufficient for the entire work, the program has been cut to only 17 cottages. The Neff Company, Neff, 0.; has been awarded thq contract for the work. SCHOOLS GIVEN MEDICAL INSPECTION Dr*. Grube, Marsh and Stewart made a medical inspection a t the public schools yesterday as a precaution in the state-wide campaign against in­ fantile paralysis. ADEN BARLOW NOW IS s u p e r in t e n d e n t Mr, Aden Barlow has been named superintendent of The Hagar Straw Board & Paper Co- in place of Mr. H, G. Fuiisett, Who recently resigned to" accept the managership of the Ball Bros', paper mill a t Nohelsvjlle, Ind. PATROLMAN BARR RESIGNS POSITION Kenneth C* Barr, Greene County road patrolman,, resigned his position Saturday to Sheriff Tate. Barr \#is appointed last February. His succes­ sor ha* not been named. Mr*. L. 0. Stover gave a shower a t her home on the Yellow Spring* pike fin* Hi** Ruth Chaney, whose marriage to the hostess’ son, "Louis Stover, will he an event of the near future. Mr. and Mr*. N, I.. Ramsey returrn ed home Saturday from Harrison, 0., where they visited their- son-in-law and daughter,' Mf, and. Mr*. Cbarje* Bttck. *' CANDIDATES FILE FORELECTION Today is the dead line for filing of petitions fq r placing names- on the ballot at the November election. Thus far the position of township trustee appeals to more than enough to fill the three places. Petions on file for trustee are from Collin Wil­ liamson) Wilbur Conley and James E, Mitchell, the three present officials. The two others who have filed are R. S. Townsley and M, W. Collins, For school board J. W. Johnson is the only person out todate yet it is expected that Clayton McMillan will be in the list for another term. Mr. W. C, lliff will not be a candidate and his term expires with; December, , For Township Clerk, Andrew Jack- son has filed. For Constable—H. A. McLean. In the village th e following have filed: Mayor—-D. H. McFarland, Clerrk—J- G.,McCorkell. Treasurer—Karlh Bull. Marshall—H. A. McLean and Har­ vey Myers. Council—J. W, Ross, Ralph Wol­ ford, B. E. McFarland, L. F. Tindall; Leo Anderson, J. A. Stormont. ’ TT- William Nagley Is Football Captain Sopt. Aultman Held Prisoner In Own Office Under Threat Attempt Made Monday to Force School Official to Sign Teacher’s Certificate Fails — Coats . Pulled for Action — Denied Use of Phone or to Leave Room. WILLIAM NAGLEY' Athletics will have a prominent place this year in the life of the stu­ dents of Cedarviile College. Coach Borst has worked most of the sum­ mer with a crew of men to get the athletic grounds in perfect condition. In addition Cedarviile' College wM have one of the finest tennis courts in this section of the state. It is located cast of the gym and is a dandy. . Football will be one of the first sports on the program for tbe year. William Nagley, one of the most pop­ ular foot and basket ball players, is to captain the football team. Last fall he played backfield, his first venture in intercollegiate football. His pluck and g rit won for himself the honor of capnRn for this year, I t will not be long until Borst and Nagley will have the recruits on the field ready for training. FOURKILLED AT RAILCROSSING The fast Pennsylvania train due in Xenia a t 9:30 hit the auto of F. J. Snider, Dayton, Sunday and killed the driver and Mrs. Anna Newton, Miss Margaret Snider, and Mrs. Mar­ garet Holler, all of that city* The ac­ cident happened a t the Jamestown pike crossing, Adolph Holler, another passenger, is in Espey hospital and is expected to recover. The party had been to Jamestown and were on their way to Xenia. A passing freight is thought to have shielded their view as the fa s t train approached. ■ — r ~ — ■ OHIO WAS MISSING WORD Xenia, Ohio, or Xenia, Alabama? Events t,hat happened in Xenia on Monday would make you think we had lost the county seat to Alabama, where the sheet and pillow case form of government controls.’ Monday .about 25 people,.men and. Women from the Hyslop. school dis­ trict'’in Xenia township, the hot bed of Klu Kluxisnv marched into the of­ fice of County Superintendent H. C, Aultman in the court house, and made threats to force him to sign a certi­ ficate of Joseph Kinzer, as teacher in the district. The crowd, most of whom, if not all wear- the mask and parade a t night as a symbol of 100 per cent Ameri­ can ' citizens, virtually held Aultman prisoner in his office for two hours Tuesday morning. Superintendent Aultman says he refused to sign Kinzerr’s certificate because the state department of edu­ cation had instructed both. him and A. Roush, superintendent in Ross twp. and a member of the county board of School examinees, not to do so, The whole trouble arose over the alleged unethical conduct on the part of the teacher, who is said to have distributed among his eighth grade pupils last June, the state Boxwell ex­ amination .questions obtained .from Highland county, whore the examina­ tion, had been held a few days pre­ vious. The pupils that took the examina­ tion and cdached by Kinzer the day bsftacD: the a&«inina’ g . hundred per - ce grades. The examination was diffi­ cult and all the- other pupils from other counties, had trouble making passing grades. The trouble all came to the sur­ face when the scheme \las un­ folded among members of the Hooded order. Parent* of Klan families in a nearby district being 100 per cen­ ters naturally had a . right to have, their children in the 100 - per cent grade list. But they had no previous coaching and their grades were on par with the children of districts in parts of the county looked upon by the night riding crowd as uncivilized. In the party were Horace Anderson, Bert Conkln and Frank Weaver, all members of the Xenia township board of education,. Kinzer made the first demanfi that Mr. Aultman sign the certificate, or a temporary oy emer­ gency certificate, which he ■refused to do. .I t is said that threats were made by several in the party and the feeling became so intense three men' in the crowd removed their coats and started toward him. The superintendent was alone when the party arrived, and he says that he was blocked by several men when he tried to reach the telephone to call for police protection, When he went to the door for the purpose of calling witnesses he wag barred from leaving the room. During the excitemant one poor fellow wept—genuine Klu Klux tear*. Early in the American idea of the way to stage a contest, Mr. Aultman was told that he would never get out until he signed the certificate, He was able to out general the mob bent on a dirty mission aiid the crowd finally left with the purpose of re- tumingfeat 4:30 when the county ex­ amining board was present. This session was mild compared with the one in the morning, The county board had also been called but. had ^nothing to do with the deliberations, ., Reports following the escapade are that Supt." Aultman will place Kinzer and several members of the party un­ der .peace bonds. Kinzer says that the eighth grade questions were given out for review not knowing, that the Boxwell ques­ tions were among the lot.- The mann'er in which the crowd at-, tempted to handle Aultman soon spread about the court house bu t not until most of the crowd had left the Superintendent’s office. During the afternoon' session the ‘building was policed and there was no threats made. . Mr. Aultman says that he had’ ad­ vance information th a t a demand was to be. made upon him but expeced nothing of the nature of what took place or he might have j).sked for pro­ tection.' One or two members of the party that had a hand in the morning event have expressed themselves as seeing now that their act was a mistake, but they admit following the radical lead­ ers of the crowd. Probably the outstanding admission, of the wrong attitude being 'taken, comes from, the Rev. Furstenberger, who expressed r \ : r e t to Mr. Aultman **16. r U T 8 I f l nent worker in the Klan organization and has spoken on the street here and in the opera house in behalf of the or­ ganization. Supt, Apltman has been the object of ., attack on the part of the Klan for several months. Some months ago circular letters were passed out a t night over the county reflecting on Mr. Aultman’s character. Attempts were made to get court action by the mandamhs route but they failed. The Klan has made repeated, at­ tempts to get control of the county school system by electing members of the organization to the county board of education. The Klan has dominat­ ed the Xenia Township Board but it has failed to get control of the county board. Several nights ago a cross was burned in Painterville by- the Klan as a warning to Member Bales of the county board. Members Bales and J. B. Rife are up for re-election as members of the county board of education. The event that happened Monday-should—make- the issue d ea r why the Klan wants control of the county schools. The issue is plain and the duty of the men and women of the county who believe in law and orderly gov­ ernment should make the returns 100 per cent for Bales and Rife a t the November election. Cedarviile township can be depend­ ed upon to do that very thing. We only hope the night riders burn a few firey crosses in this section. A good demonstration may aid in making the 100 per cent vote possible, Mrs, William Graham of Lafayette, Ind., is the guegt o f relatives here* The Missing Word Contest proved much harder last week than formerly but a t that there were some correct answers.. This week we are.going to take a word from a sentence that should be easier. Read all the ads and you can find it. The missing w.ord last week was “Ohio”, from the Hill Top Garage ad. * Miss Ruth Collins entertained a t dinner Friday noon, honoring Misses Katherine Kyle and Lutjle Kelley, student nurses of Silver Cross hospi­ tal, Joliet, 111, 1 .....V.......- Mr. and Mrs. William Lackey, of the Clifton pike, had as their guegts Sunday, their daughter. Miss Alice, of Dayton} Mr* and Mrs. William Betts, Mr. arid Mrs. Harley Robbins, and daughter, Etta Marie, Troy; Mr. and Mrs. E, N. Betts, London; Mr. J , F. Betts Arid son, Carl, ahd sister, Mary.-Wrih of Urban*. EDUCATIONAL MISSING WORD CONTEST RETURN ANSWER BLANK The missing word for the first week ............... ............... (Date) % Was> found by ....‘....J........................... .............................. .......... (Full Name) e ................I ........ ‘(T ow n andC irD r ).......................... The word w a s .... .............................. . and should appear in the advertisement o f .... ........... :............ .......... between the words.... ...... .............................. and ................. .............. Fill out this blank with the answer. Gut out and return to the Herald not later than the following Tuesday at 5 p.m. MBS-’