The Cedarville Herald, Volume 52, Numbers 1-26

these) h te te MR welt r small is full t fotf a ' ' lies ion Ohio it tid , O h io tefc i. Pm. * jk I u«, Jld j f c d m t M y r » e i i t e o t „ ___ ____ w h e r e ^ u h a t f a n f y B d ^ He who a^vertises-re^^tees. OTTy-TOCONI) YEAR No. 22. c u m on TOSUPPORTNEW TAXMEAStflE SCHOOLNEWS COLUMBUS, 0 ,—~Representatives of twenty»#ev*B state-wide organiz* tion* met a t the Neil Hog*®, Colura bn#, Thursday fo r the purpose of per­ fecting a new organisation to carry on a campaign in behalf of the constitu­ tional amendment op taxation, which Will he voted upon by the electorate oi Ohio next November, Ohio has now had a general prop­ erty tax for over one hundred years - and has operated under a strict uni­ form rule fo r more than seventy-dive yews. This uniform rule whichV an incorporated in the Constitution of 1851 to secure equity and justice has been administered so strictly that pro­ gress and industrial development have been unquestionably hampered under conditions Which have changed great ly from those surrounding the days of is adoption. ' Many of the foremost tax author - ties in the state have contributed to the proposed plan, which'provides that real estate and improvements thereon shall be taxed according to-value, which means that they will be taxed - according to uniform rule. The rafe of taxation on any property taxed ac­ cording to value shall not, exceed i5 mills except when a t least ,a majority of the voters in any election district shall vote for a tax levy or for bonds. ‘ which would increase, th a t levy, Jh other words, ifj-tiie voters approve they can vote any levy which they see fit. All tax levies which have already been voted or bonds which have beer, . already authorized by a vote of 'the people are continued in effect to their maturity, ’City charter provisions ’ which call for the levying- of certain , definite levies, as well as levies of con­ servancy or sanitary districts, a te alsc recognised and validated by the pro­ posed constitutional amendment. All tax exemptions, such as school a, ‘ church property, buryih'g grounds -.'etc, which are provided for in th* present’ constitution,, are ^t obe con­ tinued under the proposed taxation amendment. ' I f the taxation amendment is ap­ proved by a vote-of the people nexi November, the amendment will not gc • would mean, of course, that the 89tt General Assembly will then be in posi­ tion to enact its tax laws Under thk amendment. The legislature will be given much- more liberalized power., under the proposed amendment than it now has, but real estate and im . -provementa thereon are guarantees the s' feguards which are indicated above. The following organizations were represented: - ‘ „ Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Ohio State Grange, Ohio Tax Association, Ohio S^ate Bar Association, Obit ’ Federation of Labor, Ohio State Coun­ cil of Retail. Merchants, Ohio Manu- • facturers Association, Mortgage As* > sociation of Ohio, Ohio Bankers As­ sociation, Ohio-State Automobile As­ sociation, Ohio Hotels: Association, Ohio Association of Real *Estate Boards, Motion Picture Theatre Own- * era of Ohio, The Ohio State Medical Association, Ohio Association of Life Underwriters, Ohio Building Associa­ tion League, Akron Chamber of Com­ merce, Cahton Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce,' Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Co lumbus Chamber of Commerce, Day- ton Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Toledo Cham­ ber of Commerce, Youngstown Cham­ ber of Commerce, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Bishop Jones Is Looser In Suit On Proposed Road A decision of the Greene CoUhty Court of Appeals rendered Thursday says iha Xenia Twp, board of trustees may not be permanently enjoined from making a new approach through the farm o f Bishop Joshua H, Jones of Wilterforce University, to a burial ground known as Stevenson Cemetery, The injunction suit Was filed by Bis­ hop Jonas but Upon a tearing, the trial court dissolved the temporary re­ straining order which had been issued and dismissed the amended petition. Bishop Jones Is and has been since January, 1905, owner of 200 acres of land in, Xenia Twp., through which there is an entrance .and roadway to a township cemetery* the Stevenson grave yard. The trustees propose to make a new roadway or approach in a different location through the farm of the plain- tiff. This Bishop .Jones insists, they have no legal righ t to do, because there is a dwelling.within 200 yards of the newly proposed road. A recital will be given by students of tte College Music Department Thursday, May 16, at 1:80 P. M. in the Library, AH friends of the College ate eordiaUy invited to be ptosent. Monday morning our “Hgh Scheo Annual’*made it* debut, in fact it has been “debuting** all week. Whether itinerating . to the East, West, North or South, some pupil with this beautiful red book and pen greets you and a«k*, “WH1 You'Please Give Me Your Autograph?" We feel very proud of this our fir . attempt, and we are sure th a t our pupils will treasure thB annual, fifty years hence, even more thaw a t the present time. So congratulations to our “Cedar, scope Staff” and most noble Seniors for their untiring efforts and apparent success. Senior News Remember the .plat opens May IS, SO buy your tickets now from any Senior for their play “The Hoodoo” a t the Opera House May 21, The Senior group pictures have ar­ rived andnthey are wellpleased with them. The one that is to hang in the auditorium will be put up some time this week. The Senior class presented the school with an Ohio flag* la s t Friday night (Go-To-School-Nite) in Civics Class. “Go-To-School-Nite” The faculty and students wish to ex­ press their sincere appreciation for the excellent manner in which the parents of the community helped us to make this affair a success. We feel, however, tha t whether or not, our “Go- To-School-Nite” Was a success should be judged by those who .were guests and not by us. Announcement of Commencement Events ■ Commencement, week will begin on May 19 and end May 24. The events' for this week will come as follows: Sunday eyening, May 19—Bac­ calaureate. Tuesday evening, May "21—Senior O iss Play, “’The Hoodoo**. .Wednesday evening, •May 22 —. Eighth Grade Commencement.. Thursday evening, May 23—High School Commencement. Friday morning, May . 24—Senior farewell chapel. ^ .Friday evening, May 24— Alumni banquet. More detailed announcements will be made next week. Registration Day - Next Wednesday a t 9;00 A, M. High School Registration will take place fo r ■jjghqi ‘axp-Krt, arvijle High School next-year. This may seem somewhat early fo r regis­ tration. but it is deemed advisable to know how many students, wq shall lave in each class for next year: Aim it is well, for, students to know what Courses are going to be1offered. I t is the plan of administrated to have this I Work completed in every detail before the opening of school next fall. There should be no reason why regular class work cannot begin on opening day. In this way the loss, of time from registration and making schedules wilt he eliminated. . Examinations Final examinations will he given on Tuesday and Wednesday of the last week of school (May 21 and 22)'. The Seniors, however, will be granted the privilege of taking their examinations Thursday and Friday of the preceding week. No Busiaoos h TooBig:to UseAd­ vertisingrandNone Too Poor to Af~ 0 ford using it PRICE, $1,50 A YEAR Miss Rosa Stormont i Retires From The Teaching Profession Cedarviile, Ohio ------- . --------- May 6,1329 To the Board of Education of the Cedarviile Twp, Schools, Gentlemen: In retiring as teacher from the Ce- darville schools, I desire to express my appreciation to you as members of the Board. I ’am grateful to the Board of Edu cation for the loyal support, many kindnesses and courtesies shown me throughout my years of service in the schools, — To the Superintendent for his courtesy, consideration, and efficient supervision which has been so helpful and has made the past year’s work very pleasant, I also wish to express my appreciation. I have one wish for the children of our community that they may always have the best of schools, with better and larger opportunities as the years came and go. •Sincerely yours, - . Rosa Stormont. WATERWORKS QUESTIONMM BEFOREPUBLIC ■ : .1 ssm COLUMBUS, . 0 . — Secretary of State ClarenteiJ, Brown has forward­ ed -certificates of. appointment- of deputy State Supervisor of Elections those who .were recommended by the' various Republican and Demo­ cratic county executive committees, with the exception of seven Counties n which no appointments were made, due to • the fac t that the term,sT'of office of supervisors and -inspectors are appointed fo r a terny of four years, they being .Butler, Cuyahoga, Frankr pa in ting bocal High School * Senior Class Play Last year when the Junior Class presented “Sunshine,** by Walter Ben Hare, we hoard several people *ay that it yvas one of the best plays ever staged in Cedarviile, This year th# Same class will present “The Hoodoo,*' by the same author, as their Senior Flay. “The Hoodoo" id a farce in three acts and the plot centers about the misfortunes of the various characters whenever they are in possession of a sacred Egyptian scarab. There is plenty o f action, and several good comedy parts help to make the play a success. Remember the date*—Tuesday, May 21, 8:15 P. M., a t the Opera House. Get y iu r ticket* now for 36c frum any Settlor So that you can reserve your seats When the plat opens Saturday, May 18, a t 3 P, M. GASOLINE PRICE TAKES CENT JUMP MONDAY The distributors of gasoline found it necessary Monday to put up the twenty cent per gallon card, increase of one cent. About ten day* ago an extra ren t was added for the new state tax on gasoline. When the one cent tax was being discussed in the last legislature it was held that gasoline could be produced much cheaper now and with greater profit than a few years back. For that reason the extra tax could be had without any additional cost te the automobile owner. The m u l t was the raver*#, ■■■• . - . ...... I t is contended tha t gasoline has been handled on a closer margin than ever and if the public dould continue to pay increased gasoline tax a higher price could be paid to insure a surer profit to th* producers and distri­ butors. Stark. Due to 'contest* per appoint ment o f Republican members of the ;Hoard fcwtea .made.In Lawrence and Meigs'counties. # * ' * A state bar examination wilt be held m Memorial Hall ou Tuesday and Wednesday, June 25 jmd 26 by the State Bar Examining Commission, at whieh time i t is predicted that be­ tween 650 and TOO applicants will en­ deavor to pass .successfully so that they may ljpve the right to “hang out their shingle” and engage in the prac­ tice of law. Former Lieutenant Gov­ ernor William. G. Pickrel of Dayton and ;Harry F. Bell of Mansfield have >eon named'as new members of the BffrTlxamining Commission. ■ * . . . . . * ■ ■ The late Eighty-eighth General As- embly adopted a measure relating to motor Vehicles, which permitted this state to enter into reciprocal agree­ ments with any other state. Col. Chalmers R. Wilson Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and Judge John G. Belknap Assistant Secretary of State, representing Secretary of State Clar­ ence J , Brown, met with the Road Commissioners of West Virginia at Charleston and perfected an agree* ment between the two states. By its terms it will not be necessary for any l ifaio operator of motor vehicles to, purchase tags in the state of West Virginia, except‘those doing an intra­ state business, The agreement be- ;ween the two states should be of m-, terest to all Ohio motorist*, * * * The Capital City will be crowded With visitors next week when ten different conventions will be in session and as a consequence hotel accommo­ dations will be a t a premium. How­ ever it is predicted that all visitors Will be well taken care of as the hotel facilities in the State Capital equal those of a city twice its size. Last year 311 national and state organiza­ tions met here and registered 160,000 guests; based on the average three- day convention, these guests left ap­ proximately $4,000,000 with the resi­ dents of Columbus. Due to the provisions of the new Election Code, which will become oper­ ative January 1,1930, terms of board of election members for the future will bo for four years, The new code provides that Democratic and Jtepuh- ican members shall bo appointed on te first day of May in-even year#. As result of this provision the members appointed this year will hold their office until May first,. 1932. The regular meeting of the D .A .R, Will be held Tuesday, May 14, a t 2:00 P. M, a t the home of Mrs. Burton {Turner, ftftb. W. W. Galloway, Chair­ man of Patriotic Education, requests that each member bring handkerchiefs :!br on* of th* Mountain schools, { V** . f ecovating the' floor corridor room. This and all Mural Ivied and • SHERIF TATE LANDSTHRE SATURDAYRIGHT Sheriff, Ohmer Tate, Deputy George Sugden, Road patrolman Davis. and Peter Shagen o f the Xenia police force, made one of the beat “ run-ins” Saturday night in many year*. For weeks the sheriff's office . has been busy patroling the various roads in the county in the hope of landing borne of the chicken thieves. _Satur­ day night a trio was trailed from about 8:30 until 10:30 covering many miles over the lower, and part of the eastern section of the county. Regardless of the fact that the night was rainy it wa# necessary to drive a t a good speed without lights to keep in checking distance of the thieves, . ' The Sheriff's' force drove into the Harry* Heifmer place on the Federal pike east of town without the knowl­ edge of three men who are said to have lifted the latch and were busy engaged in lifting chickens. Two were' captured and one escaped but was caught a t his home an hour later. The three arrested war* Jesse Allenfi 32, a brother, Ralph, 21, and Roy Swain, 24, alt of Crape Grove, LETTER FROM W. W. GALLOWAY May 8, 1929 Knrlh Bull, Treasurer, Cedarviile Village* Dear Sir: Information ha# just come to mo that the council has employed Mr. Collins Wight of Dayton to mike a purvey of the .village with reference to the installation of a public water works system. I am very pleased to say that no te tte r .man could have been secured according to Information and experience we hav* had regard­ ing him. His, education, experience, ability, success and integrity are of the best. A# te coumfil, you can go before the citizens of the community with the utmost oonfitenee that you are giving them access to the best thought obtainable, Furthermore, the basis on which t e will work la beyond any question and I like th* idea of em­ ploying an engineer for engineering work, who la free from any connection with the financial view. The village is. capable of doing ite own financing if it has the proper engineering basis for guidance. Yours veiy truly, ' Wlftten W, GaRoway, General Manager and Treasurer, llagar Straw Board A Paper Co, F i l l AND SONINDICTED IT GRANDJURY Nine indictments were returned by the May grand-jury in Common Pleas Court Monday, Three joint indictments were re­ turned against Martin Nooks, 60, and his son, John Kenneth, 30, colored, for assault' and battery, resisting an of­ ficer and burglary and larceny, 1 They are" accused _of attacking Hayes A. McLean, marshal of Gedar- villa, after he had arrested them May t , and. of stealing twenty fleeces of wool valued-at $55,26 After breaking Pitstick April 30. Roy Swajn, Jess Allen and bis brother, Ralph Allen, Grape Grove, were ‘jointly indicted on a charge of breaking into a chicken house bn the farm of Harry Heifner, Federal Pike, May 4. Two indictments for burglary and larceny were returned against Clifford Tipton, Washington C. H., accused of the theft of seventeen chickens valued a t $26.52 from a chicken house on the fa rm , of Curry McElroy and seven chickkons worth $11.70 from from Glenn Cline last March 15, James Blair, Xenia,, was indicted for third offense of liquor law viola­ tion. An indictment against Oliver War­ wick charges him with receiving stolen property January 22. He is accused of receiving and concealing iorly-fivo white Wyandot chickens valued at $67,50, belonging to Guy Dawson. Calvin Null was indicted for remov­ ing mortgaged property from the county with intent to defraud. Author­ ities claim he?. mortgaged an auto' valued a t $175 to. Fred Johnston to secure a claim of $140, due Johnston and that in August, 1928, he removed the car froth the county. The jury recommended tha t prison­ ers whitewash the interior walls of the county jail a t least one# fo r each term of court and that locks be pro­ vided for each cell. School Teachers Elected Monday At a meeting of the Cedarviile Township Board of Education Monday evening the following teachers were; elected for the high school: ’v/ Carrie M. Rife, Hazel Edwards, l Anna Wilson, Katherine RoutzOng, Mary W. Lane, Ora Hanna and Mil­ dred Foster. For the elementary grades the fol­ lowing: • . Eloisie Farquhar, Vesta Falstead, Mildred Trumbo, Katheryn Hughe* und Hazel Barber. There are yet four vacancies!# be filled. A meeting of the Boarid Will be held Monday night to complete the list. " May 6, 1929 • The Board of Education of Cedar- ville Township Schools desires to ex­ press their regret that Miss Rosa Stormont is retiring’from 'the faculty of-our schools a t the closing of this icliool year. We realize that not many schools have the good fortune to have so many years -of efficient; unselfish- and con­ secrated service as we have had in the life work of Miss Stormont, Eternity will only reveal .the good influence her life and work has had in th e molding of the characters ‘of the hundreds of children o f the com­ munity that have been under her -care and supervision. Therefore we as a Board and also as individuals wisK to extend to her our sincere gratitude for the valuable work she has done in our schools and wish for her many more years of hap­ piness and comfort, R. C.-Ritenpur, Pres.- W, J. Tarbox, Clerk' G. H. Creswell W. A. FergUsOn .. . J. 3. West ■*- ’ v We believe that we are voicing the * ;nur ?.Pat i ' mont, we are truly sorry to learn that you havo^ seen fit to retire from your most noble and honorable profession and position. You, indeed have served these forty-one years fathfully and well. Your Christian influence, extending in every direction and touching the hearts of so many people, has been of the highest type, No one can esti­ mate the “good” you have done. Many Will be the stars in your crown. We will surely miss you, Miss-Stor­ mont, from oUr Faculty and fronrOur School-room, and we regret to have you leave us. But as you depart from us, remember, always, that you have our deep*and sincere good wishes and we trust that you will have many more years-of joy and happness. Truly we can say, “She hath done what she could.” The School. CEDARVILLE COLLEGE - SUMMER CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY SUED G. A, Steward, a# executor of the estate of T, B. Steward, deceased, has filed two suit# for $100 and for $360, alleged duo on promissory notes, against Wilberforce University ittr Common Pleas Court. Harry D. Smith is attorney for the plaintiff in both actions, vi & erifytrtfj&kzitSam The L&lie* of the M, E. Church will hold a Market a t th* Co-operative Cream Station, Saturday May 11th a t 2 o'clock. (St) Cedarviile College, formerly Coven­ anter and now interdenominational, has called together a strong faculty of teachers and leaders to conduct a Conference for Christian Workers, June 12 to 16 inclusive, The program provides for all forms of religious work. Dr. John Mc- Naugher, President Of the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Dr. J. H, Spencer of Wooster in­ structor in Bible teaching. Mr, Frank A, Shulls, of the Ohio Council of Religious Education, discusses Sab­ bath School methods. State Secretary of C. E. Mr. H. A. Klahr, instructs in young peoples work, Dr. Clarence Houk lectures on the church and mis­ sions. Dr. Parley E« Zartman, secre­ tary of Presbyterian General Assem­ bly, Com. on Evangelism, speaks on the Church and, Evangelism. . Among those Who Will give special addresses during the conference are: Frof, J. H, Dickason and Dr. W. R, McChesney of Cedarviile College; Dr. A. Gordon MacLeittian, formerly of the “John Wanaroaker” Church, Phil­ adelphia; Dr. Fred N. McMillan, Cin­ cinnati, Dr. J. Gresham Machen, Princeton Theological Seminary and Prof. I/feander Keyaer. I t is also expected tha t Gov. Myers Y. Cooper, who Is Churchman as w*Jl as politician, will address the confer­ ence on the closing day. Mr, Peter 'Quartel evangelistic chorister of Day- ton, Ohio, will direct a large chorus choir. It Is stated in the program ju st is­ sued, that the central purposes of this conference are information and- In­ spiration. I t would #**m from th* name* presented that much Witt t e accomplished towards both these ob­ jectives, We strongly commend Ce- darvill* College upon this well round­ ed program, The question of waterworks has teen discussed in an informal way be. fore council and about town for the past two or three years but the first step to get it before the citizens In a formal way was.taken » i a meeting of council Monday night, Mr, Collins Wright, Dayton, a con­ sulting engineer, was present and ex­ plained to council the different jneth- ods that could be taken to secure a waterworks system. He,has had much experience as former superintendent ; of the Dayton city waterworks plant and has just completed the plant a t Fairfield. He did part of the prelim­ inary work *pn the Yellow Springs plant an,d a t present is consulting engineer for plants being planned for Miamisburg and Granville, Ohio, Mr. Wright made it plain that he was connected with no contracting company and did not furnish equip­ ment, His part of the work is to , make the sutvejy,' draw - plans and makeup the estimates for bidders, He explained that three ways were possible to install a plants The first was by a direct vote of the people a t a regular November election when a bond issue could be submitted arid which must be carried, by a vote, of fifty-five percent of the electors vot­ ing, ■ • ' . *. \ : The second'plan was known1as the assessment plan and the one recom­ mended as the'most successful by the State Board of Health. Bonds under this plan could be issued by council to care for purchase of land for well site and to pay for street intersection's. - The third plan was that of assess­ ment fo r maiijis and letting the fran­ chise to some company to instel pump­ ing equipment and selling the water to consumers. Under this plan’.the cost of water to consumers wa# neces­ sarily higher than where the munici­ pality owned and. operated the plant. The direct benefits of a water sys­ tem was -first the protection against fire and a subsequent reduction of a t least a third in the cost of inaurhnee on business as well as residence prop­ erty. would be secured from a section whore there was no chance of contamination. Water provided Under pressure mean* the adoption of modern sanitary con­ veniences in the homes and eventually the elimination of unsanitary .places. One of the most important things in connection with such an undertak­ ing is naturally the cost. Such an esti­ mate could, not be safely made at-this time without a survey and the draw­ ing of plans for specifications al­ though Mr, Wright suggested on a rough guess about $1.50 a front foot, more or less. He did say that fifty foot lot in Fairfield cost about $75. The contention of rock, trees; paved street^ and .general lay of streets had much to do with the cost. In his remarks he stated that the proposal of waterworks was just like paved streets and other public im­ provements. After once installed and the benefits enjoyed there would. be no chance of ever taking, up.the plant. Few towns of the size of Cedarviile, other than in the coal mining sections, could be found imOhio th a t did not have water plant or were planning for the Same. I t was a proven fact that most any town in the state of 600 or more population could make a system self supporting. There were a few citizens present to hear the discussion and th*. impres­ sion gained was that council should at least order the survey and have plans and specifications drawn up for future consideration. By a unanimous yote council employed Mr. Wright to prepare plans that can later be pre­ sented to? council and the citizens for inspection and discussion. Cedarviile is listed in the ninth classification for insurance rates, means that we are near the bottom of th e list, Wc have some fire fight­ ing equipment but regardless of the value the town has on i t the Ohio Rat­ ing Bureau that make# all insurance rates does not give it any value. I t was only a few weeks after th* Yellow Springs water system had teen turned over to the town by the con­ tractors that the Ohio Inspection Bu­ reau Immediately reduced fire insur­ ance rates from twenty-five to fifty per cent. The saving on insurance over a period of-years Will more than pay for the coat o f the plant, vIn addi­ tion property owner# will enjoy the benefit of Water for sanitary and domestic purposes. Council is te t e commented on tak­ ing th* advance step in securing de­ finite plan# and estimate# on th* coif of such a plant. From this property owner# will te informed and titer* can te cooperation between the authorities and the people who will t e th* cum- iunwrs. Come to the Market a t tte Go-op«is ativ* Craam tte tk # , Esdurtey l£ * y ' 11th a t 2 o'otak, (*t)