The Cedarville Herald, Volume 52, Numbers 1-26

p , •%- mfffm Advertising s^ ls three articles where you had only sold one before— He who advertises—realizes. ■ FIFTY-SECOND YEAR No. 26. C (M L WIL TRY ROMTAB - INSTEADOFHL The village council, met Monday evening .and transacted considerable business other than the payment of the usual monthly bills. A representative of a Springfield company was present as he had been the lowest bidder for street oil. Other towns are dropping the street oil and using'road ta r or tanria With atone chips. While the cost is somewhat greater at the time it provide a better protection .and a fter the second yea*' does not need to be used only a t in­ tervals, except for patching where necessary, By adopting' this plan it will not be necessary' to oil streets each year and thus eliminate the ’messy appearance of our streets. Tarvia seta quicker than road qll„and will not track as badly. The streets are not in bad. condition at-th is time but would not likely stand the sum- ,mer. 'A letter was read fromTSIr. Collins Wright, Dayton, engineer who is drawing Specifications and making estimates fo r the waterworks,,made a proposition to council for drawing plans fo r sewerage and making the. two together. His fee was $325, in addition to the fee for .waterworks. The cost of sewerage is beyond the -• village a t this time and council tabled the proposition. The county road outfit was used to improve Elm street and is also im­ proving part of the Wilmington road in connection with the road improve­ ment. . ' A resolution was passed providing for a clean-up day and Mayor McFar­ land set Wednesday, June 12. Notice is served on all property holders that - ashes and garbage must he moved and placed in boxes or barrels a t the curb and will be carted away by the village but in no case^will the village enter '■private property to load garbage Where i t is not moved to the curb in barrels or boxes the property owner is responsible and -same, must be moved to the village dump, west of "‘‘town. If nedeasary the village can move trash and garbage as an act of necessity and Charge the cost up to ' th e property owner as taxes. . There - about town th a t must be cleaned up, The property owner is responsible and - not the-tenan t,-..... - - - ' ----- In as much as the traffic lights have been giving trouble and the Columbus firm ignoring calls for better service council will order new' lights from some other concern. Nothing has been paid on the present lights as they Were pu t up under a 60-day trial and ' are not in use now due to the fact that Some mechanical device is defective and the company refuses to send a representative after Repeated calls. COURT NEWS PLEADS GUILTY Pleading guilty to an intoxication charge, Charles Sipe was fined $25 and costs by Probate Judge S. C. Wright, Tuesday. ’ Judge; Wright also imposed a fine of $15 and costs upon Dave .Crabhill, who pleaded guilty to a reckless driv­ ing charge, and ordered the $15“ap­ pearance bond furnished by C. L. Sbanholteer forfeited for failure to appear in court to answer to similar charge. CARRYING FIRE ARMS Andrew Slagle, 70, a one-armed man, living on the Ludlow Hoad in Beavercreek Twp., is being held in the County Jail awaiting arraignment in Probate Court, Monday on charges of intoxication and carrying conceal­ ed weapons. He was arrested Sunday night by Sheriff Ohmer Tate, who said Slagle was carrying a .32 caliber revolver. One cartridge had been discharged; According to the petition, the plain­ tiff .owns two lots on the street and lives on one'of them, and there is also another, house pn ihe street in addition to a sidewalk in front of her own house. I t is asserted th a t the railroad has never made a complaint about the building of houses" along the street, which is twenty feet wide. Attorney F. L, Johnson represents the plaintiff; PARTNERS SUED Suit for $477.65, .less a credit of ?310, alleged due for electrical in­ stallation services, has been filed in Common Pleas Court by J . L. Beal against George DeWine and Howard. Hanna, doing, business as “DeWine and Hanna." Miller and Finney are attorneys for 'the plaintiff. SALE APPROVED Sale-of real estate to'Joseph and Lena Holly, has been confirmed and distribution of proceeds ordered in the case of Bradford Lott against Joseph 3. Donovan and ojthers .inCommon Pleas Court. No Business Is Too B ig to Use Ad­ vertising and None Too Poor to A f­ ford using it. Farmers To Attend District Meeting In Wilmington In the neighborhood.of 500 farmers from th is county are- expected to a t­ tend the booster meeting a t Wilming­ ton June 13-14, The meeting is one of four district gatherings being held over the state in connection with the observance of Farm Bureau Week. Leading the party from this county will be President 0 , "A, Dobbins and other officers of the Greene County PRICE, $1.50 A TEAR thirty - t S COMMENCEMENT OFCOLLEGE The opening exercises for the thirty-third annual commencement CedarvilJe. College was the annual baccalaureate sermon to the member* ____„ of the graduating'class in the First Farm Bureau with the laalance oTthe ] Presbyterian church, Sabbath evening, party being made up of members and church was filled to over-flowing their friends. hy friends to hear the sermon by T te meetings, this year are the firstJpresidei!t W' R* McGhesney. Local of their kind held in the state. ministW! consisting of Rev. H, C. Through them officials of the organ* Bev. W- P. JTayriman, an4 izntion hope to secure a better under- Rev‘ R< A. Jamieson, <■ with Rev. standing among farmers and other ’■Thome* B. Turner, Quincy, Mas*., had resident* of the state, regarding the a ia.the service, farm bureau program, aims’; and I Th? «*»»« for the occasion was activities. The speaking program will under the direction of Mi** Lydia be given over in large part to ■ the Berkley, head of the Department of problems and heeds of farmers and Music wh-° directed the. College Glee how organized agriculture is meeting Plah. Yery appreciative vocal nUm- JAMESP. BAR NAMED. ADMINISTRATRIX Bertha SUtton *has been appointed administratrix of the estate • of Amariah Sutton, late of Jefferson twp., with, hond o f $7,500 in Probate Court. Porter Jasper, Bert Fendry. Francis E. Tobias Called By Death ...... - • Franejs Edgar Tobiah, 56, died .at "his home north of town, Sunday morn­ ing a t il:3 0 o'clock. He had been In ill health for some time, parcimona being the cause of death. Mr. Tobias was bom near Bellbrook, December 10, 1872 but had lived in Clifton neighborhood for a number of year*, He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church a t Clif­ ton. • Surviving is his wife, who was be­ fore marriage Miss Mary Bradfute, and the following children: John and Christine, both a t home. The follow­ ing sisters and brothers also survive: Mrs. Clara Lynn, Selma; Mrs. John Evans, Cleveland; Mrs, Earl Beal, Osborn, and John Tobias, of Fairfield, His mother, Mrs. M. L. Tobias near Osborn, also survive*. Funerel services were held Tuesday afternoon a t the U. P. Church in Clif­ ton with Burial in Mt> £ioh cemetery. One Of the most unusual accident*, in relation to the automobile happen­ ed last Thursday morning to Mr. •Tames P. Barr, 73, while seated on a chair in the yard a t the "home of his son, Clyde Barr, 709 Wilmington road, Dayton. - ■' -• Mr. Barr, who had beep feeble in health for several months, Was seated in the yard. An automobile approach,-; ed and as it neared him the axle broke and permitted a wheel to go spinning, „ , FIX HEARING Hearing*-have^ -been jfixed .by the" ourt on applications filed in ‘Probate Court to probate three wills. The will^of A. C. Sellars, late of Xenia city, is to be given a hearing at 2 P, M., June 4; Maria Jane Stevens, deceased, 1 P. M., June 10, and Theodore Replinger, deceased, at i P, M„ June 5. ' Laura Kinsley has,tobtained a tem­ porary injunction in Common Pleas Court, preventing The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co", from closbjg Charles St., which connects Bellbrook Ave. and Second St. apd has been in public u s e 'fo r more than, thirty-five years. ■■ - 1 . . The plaintiff filed an injunction suit claiming the railroad tracks parallel the street and that thp, company,.hav­ ing leased the land to Orin Ledbetter, Xenia, intends to close the Btreet. U. P, Seminaries WillBeMerged The' United Presbyterian Genera! Assembly in S##$Jon has approved the proposal to merge the Xenia Seminary in St. Louis with the Pittsburgh Theo­ logical Seminary. The former is con­ trolled by Western Synod and the lat­ te r by the Eastern Synod, and Synod action cannot be had until October. Xenia Seminary was moved from Xehia eight year* ago, i t was the first educational institution of the kind founded west o f the Alleghany Moun­ tain* and in the seeond oldest; In the country. Revenue and lack of stu­ dents brought about the proposed merger, BIG DROP IN MERCURY COURT DISMISSES CASE Art affidavit charging Frank Bauer, 40,’ Of the Shakertown Road, near Alpha, With possessing liquor, wris dis­ missed by. Probate Judge S. C. Wright Tuesday morning following a hearing pnd introduction of testimony. Bauer had pleaded not guilty. He was arrested by two stale dry agents who said that they dug up nine half pints and four pints of liquor on his farm. PAY SHEEP CLAIMS County Commissioners - have ap­ proved and ordered paid twenty sheep and animal claims amounting t o $1,- 067.07, based on the destruction of live stock by dogs. The claims cover a.period of the Mat three months and are now allowed quarterly instead of annually. A jury, in Ma convict II. M. F< of the- Wesfr chafged "'with of plant. The trhjj it is said the occjuftab ’ .The’ case over the state Cooper had dbg rhees ah' agei s of the tion" system never yet-bee in some state* broken and his chest crushed .and the x , , . . . chair wrecked. He was! taken to the . I! dpg rac! failed to manager" eftnel Club a gambling day*' and 8 to 4 fo r attention Isis Governor! jfed against _tThe man^ “Contribu-" has nbling and i*ed.‘ ,Waft n no stand Cambridge itotfa—. a *?,»t a / jm a’A.** . Jraeknear Cleveland, I t was intimated M.auu_Vs»ey hospital where he died ^ t h e GovenmrW*s foo ting face horse gambling in preference to th a t a t 5vA. M. Monday. The deceased was born in Ccdarville on dog races, However, "during the and resided here until he moved to j tria; Cooper did declare against run- Dayton about thirty years ago. H e 1Jinff horse gambling but the county Was for many years engaged in the) oiriciftts Sn Geauga county have given undertaking business, being a sop of the late James Barr, one of our pio­ neer citizens. He was also an expert carpenter and finisher-and for many year*,worked a t that trade in Dayton. He is survived by liis widow, and two sons, Charles and Clyde, both of Dayton. A sister, Mrs. Sarah Mitchell of this place is the only surviving member of her family. The funeral services were held from the’ home Tuesday morning with an afternoon service here at the McMillan Funeral Home. Burial took place in Massios Creek Cemetery: with, three day* last wsek, Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday standing above 8ff, we had the three best grow­ ing days of the summer. But Satur­ day night found a sudden drop a«4 by Monday morning we hear the mer­ cury had dropped to <8 and 80 with frost reported in the low land*. No damaged* reported, FREE ON BONO Harry Spencer, Xenia, will be tried in Probate Court June 8 on a charge of selling liquor. In court on charge* of selling and possessing liquor," he pleaded not guilty to ’ the former charge and entered a guilty plea to possessing tWo half pints of liquor found by county authorities in a raid on his hpme. He is a t liberty under $600 appearance bond, ESTATE VALUED Gross value of the estate of Louis F. Hoog, deceased, is placed a t $6,- 810 in an estimate on file in Probate Court, Debts and cost of administra­ tion amount to $2,663, leaving a net value of $4,167. HEARING FIXED Application seeking, to admit to pro hate the last will of Thomas Finn, lata of Miami Twp., ha* been assigned for a hearing in Probate Court at 8:80 P. M., June 4. Memorial Service At Stevenson Cemetery For the first time in many years Memorial service was held Decoration Day a t the Stevenson cemetery. The program was in charge .of the Cedar Cliff Chapter of the Daughters of the D. A. R. The meeting was presided over by Mrs; Charles H, Ervin, Xenia, as regent. The address of the day was de­ livered by M r. W. W. Galloway com­ mander of the Wallace Anderson Post of the American Legion, Other speakers were Chaplain Laclede Markle, U. £>, N., who gave Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Edwin Galloway, Xenia, an 1T. V. Iliff of this place also gave short talks, After the salute and taps the graves of 52 soldiers Were decorated.. New markers were furnished by the Foody Post, Xenia. Government markers were placed a t the graves of two Revolutionary sol­ diers, Andrew Jackson and John Townsley. -> A committee composed of John Ray, Edwin Galloway, Mrs. Charles H, Ervin, Frank Bird artd'T. D. Ryle, met With the trustees to discuss plans for improving the cemetery, A new en­ trance is to he provided by Xehia Township Trustee*, In this cemetery are many revolutionary soldiers buried and it is planned to have the yard kept in proper form after being more or less neglected for many years, the Governor the laugh and refused to interfere. Both the followers of the dog raceB as.weU.as the runners are awaiting the opening of the Cincinnati track soon that is owned by Cincin­ nati .politicians and' one, or two state officials. This track has been rebuilt for, harness racing and the para mutuel betting machine* are to be used. The West Jefferson plant opened Monday and has been , in operation each night without molestation. A dis­ patch from Columbus indicates that the Governor is through and will rtot continue his campaign to check race gambling. With demands for closing Sunday picture shows in the Cities and the close position he finds himself on the harness horse gambling proposi­ tion it is not surprising that the cam­ paign has come to an end. It is said high-up Republican politicians have been bringing pressure to bear on the governor that the racing and Sunday picture issues are dangerous to one Who might desire a second term. CEDARVILLETO BEATFRONTON CHURCUISSUE As a recognized leader of the ultra conservatives Dr. J. Gresham Machen of Princeton ,Theological Seminary has long been in the eye of the public. At the recent Presbyterian General As­ sembly in St, Paul, Dr. Machen’s nominee for moderator was. defeated by the head of a rival institution, of the more' liberal school, Dr. Cleveland B. McAffee of the McCormick Theo­ logical Geminary, Chipago. And; now comes the news that the Princeton leader is to meet, anoth them. President 'Sam Thompson of the American Farm Bureau Federation heads the list of those who will speak a t the four meetings. In addition to Mr, Thompson, farmers and others a t­ tending will have the opportunity of meeting Ohio Farm Bureau leaders in­ cluding President L. B. Palmer, Tfiqn- ager M. D. Lincoln of the Ohio Farm Bureau Corporation, Legislative Agent C. A ,’Dyer, H, S. Ballard and others. All four of the district meetings will be open to city aB well as rural people who care to attend. C^arviffe College Bible be held in the southern Ohio town of th a t name, June 12lh to 16th, Div Donald McKenzie, .who joecupies •the chair of Systematic Theology in the Western Seminary, Pittsburgh, is being announced as a speaker a t this conference arid it will be of interest to hear what two such outstanding leaders of religious though may have to say. ‘ Though announced to speak on a problem of secular and religious edu­ cation, it is natural to expect that, coming so soon ^pfter, the, to ■him, momentous events pf. the Assembly, Dr. Machen.may also give a part of his time to a discussion of the Assem blies action and to the fundamentalist, modernist question in general. The local College gymnasium jte be ing transformed into a comfortably equipped auditorium. A platform is being arranged to seaftt great chorus choir to be led by the well known evangelistic chorister, . Mr. Peter Quartel of Dayton, Ohio. , In view of the fact that such names as those of Dr. Loander Keyser, Dr, A. Gordon MacLennan, Dr. Melvin G, Kyle and many others appear on the program it is expected that the small town will be taxed to capacity. A thirty foot banner has been stretched across the main street and Cedarville is all set for the big event. MINOR ARRESTED Marshal H, A. McLean placed John Minor under Arrest the first of the Courthouse Hoof Will Be Scene Of Impressive Rites WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE, Ohio—An impressive funeral cere­ mony will be held on the roof o f the Fayette county courthouse when last rites gre administered to Billy Peele Willet, 71-year-old philanthropist, who died Sunday in Florence, Ala, Arrangements foi the' funeral have not yet been completed, but one re ­ quest which the former resident of this city made just before he was overtaken by death will he observed. Billy, during his last moments, asked that his ashes be tossed to the winds. He specified the roof of the Fayette county courthouse as the scene for his last errand gesture—so from there hi»,ashes will be distributed over tbd countryside that he loved so well, Charged With Theft McDorman Automobile Manifred Ehrenfrled, Dayton, bus been bound of*f to the Glarfe Gounty Grand Jury under « $1,000 bond charged with the theft of the Louis week for the authorities in West jMcDorman automobile on May 20 Union, Ohio, where he is wanted on'while he was attending a circus in the alleged forgery of a check for $90, ’ Springfield, Ehrenfried had the car to Daily Armstrong. Minor's father is in hta possession when arrested by now serving a term for forgery in the Dayton police. He claimed the car Ohio pen. ‘was given to him by Howard Downey, Bank President Says He Was Guilty For misapplication of funds in vio­ lation of the national banking acts, E Quimby Smith, former president of the F irst Citizens National bank of Mt. Sterling, Ohio, was sentenced to serve a year and a day in Aalanta penitentiary when he pleaded guilty before Judge Robert R. Nevin in fed­ eral court In Dayton, Monday. Smith was indicted secretly, by the federal grand jury last month. He surrendered voluntarily after obtain ing counsel, and reported Monday af­ ternoon to federal officers for arraign ment. * Ross Twp; Giris Club Has Meeting The 0 . C, W. K. Club of Ross Twp., mot Wednesday afternoon a t Ross High School with Miss Beatrice Pyles, president, in charge, A short business meeting was held a t which time the name of the club was decided upon. The room arrangement and food clubs gave a short program after which lovely refreshments were ser­ ved. Miss Helen Fletcher, recreational leader, lead an hour of games and contests. * i The next meeting will im an all-day meeting Friday, June 14, Each one is asked to bring a covered dish or sandwiches. berk ■were rendered by Mrs;.Waiter ’ Corry and Miss Mary Ruth Wham.,; ! . The annual faculty reception!was held in Alford Gymasium Monday evening when member* of the Senior class were honor guests, A large number of students, members of the alumni and friends of the college gathered for this event. The Senior class play in the Oper§ House Tuesday eveningwas one’of the best in the history^ of the college. It was one of the famous inysterjr plays that, kept the audience guessing add furnished sensations - throughout the evening. “The Dead of the Nfgjit" was well staged and produced under the direction of Willard Barlow. ‘ “The cast included the following nine characters: Nedra Wilson as “Martha *i, T V , . ■ j . - {‘Baldwin;" James BeahraB “Joey,” her Attorney M. A. Broadstone, former cripp,ed son Eobert JacobSj as 4 n a n state senator and representatave, was Richards »• her nephew. 'BditH w%’al badly injured Friday when struck by as “Sarah Watkins", hired help; .Glenn Attorney Broadstone Hit By Automobile an automobile driven by Fred Flynn, as. the latter was entering the drive af his home. Mr. Broadstone suffered a broken collar bone. , HIGHWAY TRAFFIC WILL BE HEAVY BEFORE LONG I t is reported the National pike will soon be closed due to a $350,000 road widening program in Madison and d a rk counties by the state Highway Coy -a*- “Donald Hull/' Sarah’s -nep­ hew; France’s - Anderson as' ‘“Ruth Nash", Donald's fiancee?; Clair McNCal as “David 'Carruthers,” in love with Martha;- Irene Shannon as “Lela Chapman,” a mystery woman; and Carl Frazier as “Adam Giassett,'" the constable,. .'•-■ The musical recital pnder the* di­ rection of Miss Berkley of the De­ partment of Music was held in the F irst Preshyteriai^ church Wednesday wiu a u pe rout&i, over Nb. 42 through! ^ . o hw uu here for all western points dividing f rimdmd by that depart- at Dayton fo r Indianapolis and Chica- lment- The following was the pro- go and a t Xenia fon Cincinnati and graiw: u , ______ ' the south. - - , -- (Contihued on page 2.)* - ... ............ ........................ linn,......!!iiiiiiiitiiMiiiiin!iiiiiii|i!iiitpiiiiiiiiiiili„iii,, 1 NATUREMONTHBYMONTH-JUNE By Prof. Allen C. Conger, of the Department bf Zoology, ' Ohio Wesleyan University 1 ■ ....... .......................................... '■|iM>>iiiiiitniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiii,iimiiiii,iiiiiii„ll, 1 iimiiiliiiiMi„iiiii,,iii,i1fT J UNE—and the brown-backed fellow | bring them in large numbers and it who is thumping so persistently i may be of interest to make personal at the screen of my lighted window (observations checking the accuracy of must therefore be a June-bug, Scient- the prediction. ; ists, ever-insistent upon accuracy, call him the May beetle. It must be ad­ mitted that he is a beetle rather than a bug,. but"surely months mean but little when weather shows such vagaries as in the present season. As dusk falls the May beetles come up from the grass of lawns and fields, mostly to feed updn the foliage of trees, but many there are who are lured by lights to spend ah altogether fruitless evening, always bumping and falling, to lie with wildly groping legs What an existence—three long years of blind groping and then a few short weeks of light and air. y e t such ail exile seems short when com­ pared with the underground life of an insect which is more name than reality to many of us. ,We have all heard of the seventeen-year locusts and perhaps know by sight and sound thsir more common cousins, the com­ mon Cicadas, whose loud buzzing rasps our ears in late summer. In some way the life cycles have slipped until perchance they right themselves.;a cog here and there, so that we have His lack of skill stamps him a novice in the northern state* seventeen dis- at the aviation game, for surely no tinct broods, One appearing each year, insect is more awkward than this ^Some of these annual broods are in- common beetle. To tell the truth, he significant, while others are wide- should be more a t home underground, spread and abundant, Brood X, per- for he is a miner of sereval years ex- haps the largest, appeared last in perienee. < 1919 . T^iis was not the celebrated war This buzzing, blundering fellow a t brood, with the mysterious “W" on my window was hatched from an egg their wings, but unfortunately for the laid by the mother beetle in the late superstition, all the race bear this spring of 1926. After a few weeks of strange device and so another fine development in the soil, a tiny soft fanciful tale is ruined. white grub emerged to begin a life of tunneling and feeding1upon the roots of plants. All summer long i t fed and grew and with the approach of cold it burrowed deeper pnd became dormant. Spring of 1927 awakened it to activity arid a second season of feeding and growing followed. Again a winter of hibernation and the renewal of activity With the call of spring. Just a year ago a remarkable event took place. By June the Trig solt- bodled grub had reached its full deve­ lopment, Its body was white in color and its tan head was provided With powerful jaws. Nature had as yet given no eyes to this dweller in the soil. Now it became quiet and there followed that nature-miracle which we call metamorphosis. By July the pupa stage was ended and we find, -not a pale soft, blind, wingless grub, but a colored, hard-shelled beetle with eye* and wings, There was still a long term to serve under-ground, for not until this spring did .this beetle make its way to the surface, Now With his fellows, he waits the coming of dusk shd with the dark lie sails aloft on these riew-feund wings. The three-year cycle results in marked annual fluctuation in numbers of May beetles. This year should The adult Cicadas emerge from the ground in late spring and leave their molted skins on the trunks of trees. After mating, the females lay their eggs in the punctured bark of the twigs of ,shrubs and trees; especially oaks, hickories and apples, Nearly two months later, the youhg emerge from the eggs and drop to the ground, into which they burrow. They finally attach themselves by a sucking beak, to the roots of a tree and Settle down for a long stay, Those tiny young Cicadas who thus started life in 1010 have spent a teli-ye*r term in their under-ground dungeons, • Seven years more must be served and then on some early summer day in 1036 they will crawl up into the open air, shed their last nymphal akih and try their wing* in flight. Why Nature exacted so heavy a penalty from these Periodical Cicadas, no one can explain. They are in no way more highly developed than their common cousin* of late summer, whose life cycle stretches over only two years. I t is only another of those seeming inconsistencisa which make the wresting of secrets finwh Mother Nature such an inlrigulhg and oft- times baffling propoaitian. i