The Cedarville Herald, Volume 52, Numbers 1-26

M w i i s i a a r ere you hade *s3ir ttosa artideB wh only sold one before^ He who advertises—realizes. No Basteess Is Too Big?to Use A&* vertising and None Too Poor to A f­ ford using it FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 24. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 24,1929 PRICE, ?1.0O A YEAR LQUBNOISEIS NOWMADEOVER ROADDASTAX From Champaign county, the home o f gravel roads and Congressman Brand, come lend protests and com­ plaints on the part o f Urbana city officials as well as Champaign county officials, over the share o f the gasoline tax fo r the county. The recent law was passed on the plea that improvement was necessary fo r the side roads in the townships. The road machinery companies through their lobby held a tight grip on the legislature and forced through the extra one cent tax. The state takes.85 per cent o f the new tax, the municipalities 6 per cent and the townships 10 per Cent. According to reports from Cham­ paign county the state will have $ 60 ,- 000 available for this year and $70,- 000 far 1930,, making a total o f $180,- 000 for the two years. The officials have calculated from present .gas reports that automobile owners in Champaign county are pay­ ing a total tax o f $440,000 annually, to the state. This does not include the cost of automobile, license plates. The officials have found out that, in the present distribution o f gasoline and license funds the connty is getting $40,000 from the former and $13,000 from the latter. The estimate from the recent one cent gas tax increase is $15,000 fo r the township. The city o f Urbana will get $18,000 in gas tax and license money making a~total re­ turn to the county includihg the ori­ ginal $$0,000 o f about $145,000. Thus Champaign county is paying a gasoline tax o f $440,000 and receiv­ ing in return onlyabout $145,000. The experience o f Champaign county is true in most o f the other rural coun­ ties, especially in this section of Ohio, More l a x is being paid in Greene county than is. returned to this coun­ t y for-road improvement, proving that each additional .cent ta x only adds to the state highway fund and not fo r the benefit o f township roads as was the contention when the last law was passed. When the legislature tbok off the road assessment on farm land the cost o f road improvement was only added in another form on the rural motorist. The rural counties in most cases ate paying more,‘tax than returned which is proof that the city .drivers- add big transportation companies ate not re lieving the cost o f road upkeep in the rural sections. Eighty-five per cent of the recent one cent increase goes to the state highway fo r the upkeep o f the main highways fo r the benefit of ■the city traffic. Religious Council In Xenia Sunday The annual conference o f the Greene County Council o f Religious education Will be held at the First Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon, May 2$ a t 2 o’elook. The program is as follows: 2;Q0—Opening exercises and devo­ tions, 2:15—Duet: Mrs. Guy Hutslar, Mrs. Richard McClelland. 2:80—Remarks by connty officer*. 2:45—Departmental Discussions: Adult ______ _— ..Rey. E. 1». Portia Young People „ . - R e v . Carey Young, State Y, P. Directors. Junior _____^_^»Mrs, Charles fifpwdy Primary and Beginners ____________ F. M. Chenoweth 3;05-~Busines3. 3:15—Address: A. T. Arnold, Co* lumbus. •• 4:00—Announcements: Gen. Sec. of the Ohio Council. The evening sessions will be held at the First United Presbyterian Church at 7:30. Program is as follows: 7:30—Music. 8 : 00 —Illustrated Lecture. Every church in the county is ex. pected to be represented at the com ference. Father And Son Again Are Convicted •r• *nim ■ ..M, Jw ■ Martin Nooks, 60, and son, Robert, Xenia, were convicted In Common Pleas Court last Saturday fo r the theft o f a hog from Fred .Williamson, The jury was out ten minutes.' This was the second trial on, the same charge owing to the fact that no evidence had been offered by the state in the first trial showing the hog had a value, o f $25 as charged in the in­ dictment. Martin Fhoks and another son, Kenneth, are awaiting sentence for theft o f wool from Frank Pitstick and charges are yet to be heard for assaulting Marshal McLean, who had placed the two under arrest. Martin Nooks and son, Kenneth have been sentenced to the peniten­ tiary on the wool theft charge fo r a term ,of three to.fifteen years each. On the theft o f the Williamson h og Martin was fined $100 and thirty days in the Cincinnati works and Robert, a son* $50 and thirty days in the same institution. NEWSLETTER FROMSTATE DEPARTMENTS William B.,Clark Claimed By-Death William B. Clark, 75, died at his home in Clifton at 8 o’clock Wednes­ day night, as the result o f heart trouble. He was bom in Henry Coun­ ty^ moving with his parents to Clifton when a child and had Spent the rest of his life there. Mr. Clark leaves besides his widow, Mrs. Louise C. Clark, two sons, Clyde A , Clark o f Dayton and Nelson H. Clark o f Pittsburgh, Pa., and one sister, Mrs. Alice E. Swadener, Cov­ ington, Ky. He also leaves three grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the residence Saturday afternoon a t 2*1 o ’clock with burial in Clfiton. McChesney Addresses BlanchesterRotary *‘ ir President McChefeney has received invitations to attend a series' o f lec­ tures a t Case Institute.and the com­ mencement exercises o f Ohio Northern University, Ashland College, and the dedication o f Cambridge * Hall . at Muskingum College, and tbe F ifty- fifth Annual State Convention o f the Y. W, a A . o f Ohio, and to be the guest o fthe, Wilbert W* White School fo r ten days a t Colurabiona-on-Lake George, Silver Bay, N. Y . , These oc­ casions occur during the latter part o f May, the second week' o f June, and in July and August. This week President addresses the graduating classes, o f Miamisburg, Blancheater, and Center­ ville, and was the guest o f the Rotary Club at Blancheater. Memorial Day Comes On Publication Day In as much as Memorial Day falls on Thursday this year, our day o f pub­ lication, all advertisers are askeu to have copy a day sooner as forms Will close Wednesday noon. This will be necessary as the Herald office will be closed on Thursday. Church notices i as well as all correspondence-must “reach us Wednesday morning. Farmers Plead Not Guilty In Charge Wayne Smith and Hayden Davis, Green* county farmer*, who were re­ cently indicted fo r operating trucks f o r hire without obtaining a certificate from the State Utilities Commission, have entered pleas o f not guilty. Farmers owning trucks are taking chances in neighboring fo r each other, A recent law wae passed making the former law more stringent. Gov, Cooper was appealed to veto the law hut refused, B a l e a p p r o v e d FLYERKILLED WHENPLANEIS PURGEDDOWN CQURt NEWS VKilmer-HKJIUCKD A . verdict, o f $17$ damages awarded by a jury in Common Pleas Court in favor o f M. J, Hdnsell against Clar­ ence Mangan has jpeWi considered' ex­ cessive by the court and has been re­ duced $75 to $100,|Rtiling on a motion to set aside the Verdict and grant a new trial, the eouct .announced a re­ trial o f the, case vwuld be granted un less the plaintiff, remitted $75 from the verdict. I t ■ima deducted with Hansell’a consent '1 ind he was author­ ized to recoyer $1! 0* The motion for a new-trial was d shied. COLUMBUS, O.—Primaries fo r the" nomination o f officers o f cities, vil­ lages, townships and school district will be held this year on August 13‘, Declaration o f candidacy.must be filed by. June 14; the general election will be held on Tuesday, November 5. Nomination by petition must be filed by September 6 : Any amendment t o , the constitution proposed by initiative ] Henry Fetz »dph petition, signed by ton per cent o f the [Brothers, has.been Brown, 3Q days before election, * ------ -— which would be Wednesday, August 7 , ! CASE SETTLED ' Having been settled and the cost GIVEN JfDGMENT business as Feta FOURARRESTED ATW. JEFERSON DOGRAGEMEET The dog raring season opened at West Jefferson last Saturday night and as , a result two officials, H, M.' Foster add O. P. Van Schoicli, and two employees, Ned Speasmaker and Les Kinnaird, were placed under arrest and later* released under bond, No 1 time has been set fo r the trials and the raring has been continuing, night­ ly. The pari-mutual gambling machine ded * cognovit is being used according to reports. amounting to $56,84 paid, the suit, o f Construction work Ut the Ohio Pent- Frank T." Robinson against Kenneth tentiary is being pushed With rapidity j Conklin has been ordered dismissed and tfia result is new cell blocks are ‘ in Common Pleas Court fast replacing the old brick block, with its dark crowded cells, which lacked proper plumbing and sanitation. The new blocks will have four-men cells with good lighting, plumbing and Ven­ tilation, All construction work within the. big enclosure is done by inmates and. they have proven to be expert workmen. Another building project under way is a new factory structure that will house the woolen mill, mak­ ing way fo r other buildings o f like nature. . SALE CONFIRMED Sale o f property to. the plaintiff for $11,976.39 has been confirmed by the court and distribution o f the proceeds ordered in the case of The People’s Building and Savings Co. against Asa Strickland and others in Common Pleas Court,-’ The army air ground maneuver* has been marked by a second fatality in^j the instant death o f L ieu t,Shade whose home is in Hays, Kansas. The accident happened about five o’clock Monday evening and the plane was not flying over 125 feet from the ground when it dropped into a plowed field on the E , S. Kelly farm near Yel­ low Springs, Air officials from Wright Field were called and the body Was taken to the Field hospital following an. investiga* tion by Coroner Frank Chambliss It is said Shade had had trouble with the motor earlier in the day. Shade re­ ceived his training at Kelly Field, i ’exas, and had been assigned to Selfridge Field. He was attached to the Red army that was assigned to. defend Columbus during the mythical warfare, Fifth Corps Area Air-Ground Man­ euvers are being conducted from May 21 to 26, Ohio being represented by. eighteen officers and twelve enlisted men at Army Headquarters at Fair- field, Corps headquarters at London and Division headquarters at Rosaca. Major General Benson W.* Hough, Commander o f the 37th Division, is in charge o f Second Corps Headquaricrs fa t London, Brigadier General Frank D. Henderson, Commander of the 7 ith Infantry Brigade, will be in charge of the 37th Division with headquarters at Resaca and Brigadier General Arthur W. Reynolds, Adjutant Gen­ eral o f Ohio, will be Chief o f Staff o f tho 37th Division. " * - * • ANTIOCH WON GAME Sal* o f real estate to Walter Squires has been confirmed end dis­ tribution o f the proceeds ordered in the cues o f M. W . Mtttdenhal), W. H. Meaddnhail, Jennie & Peterson and Amoe Mendenhall against Orville J. Mendenhall and others in Common Pleas Court. A six-run rally in the first inning enabled, Antioch College’s baseball team to defeat CedarviUa College for the second time this season, 7 to 5, in a C. A , W. W, League game on the Yellow Springs diamond Thursday af­ ternoon. ■’ CedarviUe ha* dropped six straight league encounters while Antioch's rec­ ord in the league show* three victories and two defeats. ’ Mt, and Mrs. John Hhhdrie o f Hay' ton were the week-end guests o f Mr. and Mrs. David Mttohsll. Dress parade o f the University Cadets was reviewed by Commander in Chief Myers Y. Cooper several days ago, the latter being accompanied by a number o f military and state of­ ficials. A fter maneuvers the Univer­ sity band played "Ruffles.and Flour­ ishes’.' as a compliment to the Cover- nor, Capy, Hayes, Commander o f Scabbard and Blade, waa>.& guest of Governor Cooper as was Colonel Christy and Adjutant General A. W. Reynolds, Seventeen Salutes Were fired. Passing*in review were 14§0 infantryment” . 1,000 filed officers and 70 members o f the Signal Corps. * ■ a, a The Buckeye Division o f the 37th A. E, F- Veterans is arranging fo r the Dedication Pilgrimage to Europe where boys will have a hand in the ceremonies attending the dedication of the 37th Division’s three battle mem­ orials in Belgium and France. The vets will sail from Montreal on Sep timber 14, The return trip will be mad* from Cherbourg to New York, sailing date being on October 11 Governor Myers Y, Cooper, Adjutant General A, W. Reynolds, Major Chest­ er W, Gobef, finance officer in the office o f the Adjutant General and a mm* h*t*of other state officials will accom­ pany the boys. Seaiiuttout ift Madi$$on« county Ss' re- College Conference Attracting Ministers While the director* o f the Cedar-; ville Bible Conference have not neg­ lected the matter o f inspiration they have given particular attention to the matter rdLinfpmation. The confer­ ence contains the names o f many His- tinguished scholars, and ministers of; this part o f the state are awakening to the fact an unusual opportunity is being offered them, The conference is being announced from nearly all Protestant churches in surrounding counties and notices are appearing in their weekly bulletins. While the full program will appear soon, a partial list o f names and themes that is attracting Bible stu­ dents and clergy men follows.: "The Problem o f the Pentateuch,” “ The Message Of the Monuments,” and “ The Origin and Antiquity o f Man,” by Dr. Melvin G. Kyle. “ The Menace of Secular Education,” by Dr. J. Gresham MaChen, Princeton. “ Science and the Bible,” by Dr. Leander S. Keyser, “ The Virgin Pir-th o f Our Lord” and “la the Bible True,” by Dr. J. H:. Spencer, Wooster, Laymen who can­ not take time fo r a longer course can spend a most profitable week end at this conference. Rooms are available for a dollar a day, and ample parking place has been arranged for, A great banner has been” hung across the street in the center of town announcing the conference. The con­ ference is now being discussed by all the leading religious magazines in the country. Junior Is Elected Student Body Head Robert Thompson, Alpha,* junior, was elected president o f the student body of Cedarville College for the 1929-30 school year by a popular vote of the students Thursday. Miss Lucille. Tanner, a junior, also of Alpha, was selected as secretary-treasurer, Thompson, one o f the most popular men on the .campus, has Won letters in football for the last three seasons and has also been active in.Y . M. -C. A. work. Miss Tanner has been the main­ stay o f the girls* basketball team o f the college and was captain o f the college sgxtet last season, She has been an active worker in the Y . W / C, ORDINATION ANNIVERSARY ISCELERATED R e v , R am s e y H m Seem S ix ty Y e a r # o f S e r v ic e u M i n is t e r . Rev, $, M. Ramsey, D. P „ formerly o f this place and at one time editor and publisher o f “ The Herald,” re­ cently celebrated his 60th ordination anniversary as told -in an account taken from the Sierra Madte News, California: Rev. Samuel M, Ramsey, D. D., cele­ brated the 60th anniversary o f his ordination into'the ministry at an. in­ formal reception given by his daugh­ ter, Miss Martha J, Ramsey, at the' Ramsey home on Brookside Lane, Sierra Madre Canyon Park/ Saturday afternoon from 2 until 4 o'clock. The reception, which was planned as a surprise to Rev. Ramsey, .who is now 85 years and 10 months o f age, was attended by more than forty guests, among whom were Dr. J. P. Widney, pastor o f Bethel’ Chapel in Los Angeles and a classmate o f Rev. Ramsey at Miami University/ Dr. E; McKitrick o f Pasadena, a graduate of the same university in 1870, and Rev, Louis Tinning, pastor o f the Hol­ lenbeck Presbyterian Church in :to s Angeles, who attended Rev. Ramsey’* church in Duanesburgh, N. Y., as boy. , . • Rev, Mr. Ramsey, pastor fo r thirty years o f the Reformed. Presbyterian* Church in Los Angeles, 430 East 21st Street, graduated from Miami Uni­ versity at Oxford, Ohio, in,,1864 and was ordained to the, ministry April 14, 1869. He first settled in Chicago and four years later in Duanesburgh, N; Y., •where he ' remained until 1887. Since then he has been in L ob Angeles ‘ most, o f his time and although not- . physically strong for some years/ he has,served faithfully and merits the- honor and respect o f all who know . him; A program including speeches b y . Dr. J. P. Widney o f Los.Angeles, Dr. E. S. McKitrick o f Pasadena, Rev. David Calderwood, -pastor o f the R e ­ formed Presbyterian Church at 23rd ESTATE VALUED Grbss value o f the estate o f J. Q, Stewart, deceased, is placed at $7,355 in an estimate filed in Probate Court, Debts'including the cost ,o f ' adminis­ tration, amount to $4,026. leaving a net value o f $3,329. NAMED EXECUTOR Frank Shigley has been appointed executor o f the estate o f Len Borden, late o f Silvercrcek Twp., and has filed bond o f $5,000 in Probate Gfturt. J. E. Lewis, C .D, Lackey and I. M. Edg- ington have been named appraisers. SALE ORDERED Appraisal of real estate has been approved and its sale ordered in the case o f W. R. Spitier, as administrator o f the estate o f Mary E, Spitier, de ceased, against B. M. Spitier and others in Probate Court. $200 DAMAGES ASKED B. H. Little has entered suit against Dr. O. P. Elias, local dentist for $200 damages as result o f death o f an Eng­ lish bull dog valued at $200 and Which Little alleges was poisoned by Elias. then as protesting the races. West Jefferson.receives a license fee o f $250 nightly from the races and Dr.- Kerr, president o f council, says the town must have the revenue to replace a large amount the village lost due to a bank failure. The money is to be used to pay fo r completion of a sewer pro­ ject. •!V'. ' Monday a delegation o f men inter­ ested in dog racing called on Governor Cooper to know his attitude oh race horse gambling in as much as he had taken a stand against dog racing gambling. The Governor refused to state his position on that question. He was asked what he expected to do about gambling at tbe Bainbridge track next week and when the Hew track is completed in his own (Hamil­ ton) county. The Republican gang politicians have taken over a ‘ track and are spending considerable money to provide horse racing with the pari- mutunl betting machines, Recently horse races were held at Revenna, Ohio, where the pari-mutual betting machine was used but Governor Coop­ er made no public protest. It is believed that both dog and horse racing are doomed in Ohio, as neither can exist without the financial profit from gambling. Horsemen have been going on current report* during the campaign last fall that horse rac­ ing would not be disturbed this year The track at Grove City in Franklin has been a favorite place fo r state officials fo r dog* and running horse races and gambling has never been, checked. During the legislature two years jugo the track was a favorite* gathering place fo r sporting members, o f Ohio’s legislature. Accepts Call To Clifton Church BOASK GETS VERDICT A jury in Common Pleas Court al­ lowed Wm. Boase $250 on a $300 claim as balance o f a $900 contract for labor and material, The trial was held in the absence o f Mrs. Mattjg J. Fowler, defendant, who has been ill. The case had been postponed two dif­ ferent times previously due to defend {.ml's health. Heary Leslie has been Warded a judgment fo r $35.40 against Huston Evans in Common Pie*# Court, Both parties waived the right fob a jury o f the case. DISMISS CHARGE An, affidavit charging Robert Hill Batts, colored, Cedarville, with reck less driving, w u dismissed by Probate Judge 3 , C. Wright at the conclusion o f a hearing Wednesday, The charge, filed b y Wallace Brrittttart, Antioch College student, was based on an auto collision on tho Bprintfiald-Cedarvlllc Pika May 5 In which BreUmati’s m* china was damaged. The Rev. Ralph , M. Fox, Dayton, former executive secretary o f the Presbyterian Homes, Sidney, Ohio, has accepted a call, to the pastorate of the Clifton Presbyterian Church, suc­ ceeding the Rev. William Wilson, who resigned several months ago to take a charge near West Union, Ohio. The new pastor will be installed at services to which the public is invited at 3 o ’clock Sunday. afternoon,,. May 26. A number o f visiting ministers are also expected to be present. The church manse is being reno­ vated and as soon as repairs are com­ pleted will be occupied by the Rev. and Mrs. Fox and their three children. Skyscrapper For First Presbyterians The First Presbyterian church, Cm cinnati, voted Monday to erect t twenty-two story combined church and business building at a cost o f $2,500,. ODD on a site on Fourth Street that has been owned by the congregation for many years and now has a value o f $1,009,000, It is expected that the ground floor will be devoted to busi­ ness purposes and that the auditorium will be on one o f the upper floors. Dr. David McKinney, former president of Cedarville Conoge, is now pastor emeritus o f the Cincinnati congrega tion, SUIT FOR DIVORCE Assorting the defendant* has been guilty o f gross neglect of duty for the last four years, Esther Bramlette has filed suite fo r divorce from Pan Bramlette in Common Pleas Court They were married in 3?enia December 24, 1919. The plaintiff asks to b* decreed custody of their minor child, <j«rotf,s. CHICKENTHIEF WASWOUNDED BYFARMER’SGUN Charles Kimble, who resides on the Columbus pike, three miles west of town, evidently wounded a chicken thief about 2 A. M., Monday morning. Mr, Kimble has his chicken house protected by alarm and when he heard the noise he arose atid went into the garden. He saw a man emerge from the chicken house and immediately fired his shot gun at a distance of about sixty feet front the figure. The fellow let out a fierce scream at the first shot but it is not known the sec­ ond took effect for he ran across the field. . Tracks in the plowed field showed that a second man was near but w£s not seen at any time. The thief drop ped a sack that had "four chickens in it. Neighbors were aroused and Bearch made but the men could not he located. Sheriff Ohmer Tate was informed and later made an investigation that may yet lead to locating the fellow that evidently was shot for there was considerable blood to be found near where the first shot was fired, Farm Owners Will Appeal Injunction Sui The farmers on the Xenia and Fair- field pike will Carry the injunction case on collection o f road Improve ment cost* to the Supreme Court. The Common Plea* Court sustained the injunction against the collection o f the io per cent cost while th* Court o f Appeals reversed the lower deci­ sion.. Th* validity o f the law is Ques­ tioned and will be tested In Ihe Sy* pretn* Court. Commodity Church in Hawthorne, and Reri Louis Tinning o f Los Angeles,' followed the reception, after which Rev. Mr. Ramsey responded, giving an outline o f his 60 years o f work and ^ experiences, declaring that the Lord had been good t o him throughout the years o f his ministry. A verse o f “ Blest Be the Tie That Binds” and. the Twenty-third Psalm were . sung by the guests. The program closed with a prayer and benediction by Rev. Mr. Tinning. Refreshments were served by the hostess, a feature o f which was a large cake bearing sixty candles. The candles were removed from the cake v and passed to the guests and lighted from a larger one.held by Rev. Ram­ sey, in representation o f his life giv­ ing out life during the year* o f his ministry. Rev. Ramsey was the re­ cipient o f a number o f gilts, among them the works o f Dr. Widney. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Crockett, Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Hedges, MtUes. Hettie Widney, Anna Hauptly and Lela Rustemeyer, the Missed Susan Mclvor, Mary Gray Caskey, Nanna. B. Caskey, Martha Alford, Bertha Tinning, Violet ackson, Violet Barnes/ Helen Smith, Dorothy Mulhollen; W. J, Whitney and J. Hildnig Norstrom o f Los Angeles; Mrs. E. S. McKitrick o f Pasadena, Mrs. Robert C. Lewis o f Hawthorne, Mrs. B. A . Long and son, Knox Lang, o f Alhambra; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bacon o f San Gabriel, Mr. and.Mrs. Frank E. Gibson and son Everett o f Marlborough Terrace; Mr, and Mrs, O, S, Johnston, Mr. mud Mrs, Gray John­ ston, Tommy Johnston, Mrs. George Ramsey and Miss Eva Ramsey o f Santa Ana. Community Club Fleets Officers Clifton Community Club held a meeting at the Opera House last Wed­ nesday evening at which the following new officers were elected: president, Ralph R ife; first vice president, Fred Estle; second'vice-president, Frances Stover; secretary, Mrs. Warren Prints; treasurer, Roger Collin*. Be­ fore the election the club Voted to spend some o f tbe money In the treas­ ury fo r new furnishing* fo r Clifton Opera House, Clifton School Board Elects Teachers Clifton school* close last weak. Prof. C, C..Eekma», principal; Misses Berth* Knott and Olive Coe, have been re-elected fo r another year, and Mies Annls Huff, o f Clifton, ha* been elected- to fill the place o f Mr*. Sidito Ffrguson Spmk lln , Cedarville .who wa* not a candidate.