The Cedarville Herald, Volume 52, Numbers 27-52

THE C EDARV I L L E HERALD KARLH BULL L EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Entered at the Post Office, Cedarville, Ohio, October 31 ,1887 , *» second class matter, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1920 SENATOR THEODORE BURTON PASSES ON In the death of Senator Theodore E. Burton, Ohio has lost one o f her greatest political leaders and statesman. For forty years he has served the public in Washington, first as con­ gressman, then as Senator, again as congressman and last year was again elected to the senate. No other man in public life in this country ever enjoyed such distinction- The Senator was a leader of men. He had a scholarly mind and with a fine personal character stood head and should­ ers above the average member o f congress. His long record in public life has never had a blemish and while a Republican, never hesitated to disagree with party leaders if he did not think the issue at stake was right and proper, . He enjoyed the closest,friendship with President Hoover and was among the first to give him support in the presidential contest last year. What is said to have been Burton’s outstand­ ing act that won the favor of a nation was his reply on the floor of congress td Cong. Charles Brand, this district, who had uttered as black a tirade against Hoover as had ever been known in public life. Burton’s reprimand of Brand was only such as would be expected of a scholar, but it reduced Brand’s influence and standing .in Congress to that of a porter. The Senator was a prominent leader for world peace and devoted much time to this cause at home and abroad.- He has given o f-his best efforts and passed on to his reward. XENIA TOWNSHIP SCHOOL MUDDLE Xenia Township has a school situation that is far from a credit to the county and oife that should not exist among the kind of people to be found there. Of course there has been negligence in the past on the part of the patrons or the condi­ tions surrounding the board would not be as they are. Co­ operation on the part of the patrons for the best interest of the schools will eliminate an undersirable board in any community. Xenia -Township has probably the worst schools in the . county. The day of the old fashioned cross-roads school is past, and as Governor Copper stated in an address some weeks ago, must go intp the discard for the new order that our chil­ dren can have the latest advantages in educational facilities. Xenia township schools^re said(to be operated on a haphazard antiquated'plan. There is no tie-up with the educational sys­ tem in the county. There is no excuse for this other than the patrons have been slow to analyze the situation. ■ Fortunately there is an element in the township that seeks to have the schools placed on a higher lever and the children given the advantages such as are being enjoyed in every other section of the county. At the election next week there will be three names on the ballot in that district, Frank A. Wolf, Edna Cooley Bull and Della Tonkinson Harner. Mr. W.olf is a prominent progressive, farmer while the two ladies were born in Cedarville township and are well known here. All three will make splendid members and should have the solid support of the school patrons in Xenia Township. What has been needed in Xenia Township for some time has been a school survey by the State Educational Department. Ignoring the school law t© suit the whims of a fanatical element will not be tolorated. The same power-that brought about a higher standard for the (X S. & S. O. Home schools and Wilber- force can be applied in iXenia Township. When the time domes that schools of high standard have closed the doors to students from Xenia township schools, then will the patrons have realized that present conditions are the result of an obstinate board that cares nothing fob the; school laws or the standing of the schools as required in this day and age. Changing control of the Xenia Township board next Tues­ day will be announcing to the other schools of the county that you wish to join the county system and be a part of it, and have the opportunity to progress, that other districts have; l’oven without' application, 'and are 1getting along fine, It seems as though Mr. Anderson had added a hew word to his vocabu­ lary as ho used it several times dur­ ing his speech. The word was “energy,” He used this word in refer­ ence to one of the above mentioned teachers, who was fired, referring to a time when he was called out to look a t a stove, in this school house, which had a bursted fire bowl, that was be­ coming dangerous. He said that fie rode 10 miles on a cold winter morn­ ing (which, as the poor fellows mem­ ory is getting bad, happened to-sPe evening) to look a t this stove, and after lifting a few clinkers off of the grates, which the teacher didn't have energy enough to do, _he found the trouble (which was a lie), In. another case (referring to an­ other one of the above mentioned teachers) where some one had shot through the school house window and shot a Btring off of the piano, he said that the teacher didn’t have energy enough to take care of the piano after the'community had had it tuned. He also referred to this same teacher when he said that it took a strong man to upset the out-houses, stating that the three nearest neighbors (all of whom he named) did not have energy enough to do it, , Altho the audience had become dis­ gusted with his slanderous remarks, he couldn’t stop without slurring other respectable citizens in the Xenia Township. He mentioned another man in _a certain District, south east of Xenia, who as he said had sold some timber off of the school ground and had kept the money until he came out for office two or three years later, “a t which time,” Mr. Anderson said, “he came in and paid the money.” . .. He mentioned another man in the Collins District who as he stated, “Had complained against every teach­ er that had ever taught there." He also mentioned another man and had the nerve to name him out before the. audieifce. This man was Sam’l Andrew, who has caused the Board quite a little trouble by trying to col­ lect tuition or _ transportation money, after'sending his children to the Xenia Schools, which Mr. Anderson clairns that the law would not allow them to pay, but -according' to the records in court something over $200.00 has been, paid. At this time he seemed to he get­ ting closer to the point for which he came for and that was to introduce his candidates for election to the Board of Education. After naming two of his men he next brought up the name of Mr. James B, Hamer, who had formerly belonged to Beaver­ creek Township, but who had left Beavercreek Township, as Mr. Ander­ son said, on account of the characters of the teachers that Beavercreek Township employs. Three of these' teachers were present at this meet­ ing, the characters of whom this community defies any one to question. He then made the statement that he wasn't half through, but as it was getting late he would bring his talk to a closer He thanked the audience and sat down, after which the meeting adjourned. During his talk the whole audience became so thoroughly disgusted two. of whom became so enraged .at the Way he talked about, the characters of these young ladies of their com- miinity, that they faced Mr. Anderson, and made their speech to him, before the same audience, a t which time he tried to deny, the statements that the audience heard him make just a few minutes before. I f you Want to know what "they said to him, ask Mr, Ander­ son himself. , One Who "Was There. INTERESTINGLETTERSTOTHEEDITOR October 28, 1929 Mr. Karlh Bull, Editor, The Cedarville Herald,. Cedarville, Ohio. Dear Sir: . . # I would like to ask for the oppor­ tunity to bring the following informa­ tion on the Tax Limit Amendment to the readers of your paper. It is endorsed by: The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, The Ohio Building Association Lea­ gue, The Ohio State Grange, The Ohio Association of Real E sta te . Boards, The Ohio Life. Underwriters’ Asso­ ciation, The Ohio Bankers’ Associa­ tion, The Mortgage Association of Ohio, The Ohio Newspaper Associa­ tion, The Ohio Manufacturers’ Asso­ ciation, The Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Ohio, The Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants, The Ohio Hotels Association, The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, and The Ohio Tax Association. Any State Legislation that can get such intelligent support must have merit. Such leadership is safe. The average voter realizes and admits his lack of time to accumulate informa­ tion sufficiently adequate to enable him to judge fairly the claims of tax matters. In other measures fa r less intricate, he feels it wise to be guided by expert opinion based On research and intensive study, Because of the nature of tax legislation it is imper­ ative that he does SO to a still larger degree. > The above list of organizations can well be trusted to act in all things for the common good. Therefore, we urge the voters of this community to go to the polls and vote “yes” on the Tax Limit Amendment. By so doing, they line up behind their legislators, their industrial and trade and busi­ ness organizations, whose judgment is sound and will forward their own Interests by moving Ohio into position to meet present day situations in tax matters with up to date methods, Very truly yours, WILSON W. GALLOWAY Hayesville, Ohio October 28, 1929 To the Editor, Cedarville Herald: The State Association of Township Trustees and Clerks is opposed to the taxation amendment to be submitted November 6'. We believe that we rep­ resent the sentiment of a t least 89 per cent of rural voters in the stand we have taken. It has been very difficult to bring the -arguments against the amend­ ment before the people, for the rea­ son that the city press is generally in favor of the amendment, and will give practically no space to any argu­ ments against it. Very truly yours, J. R. THOMAS, President State Association of Town- ' .-hip Trustees and Clerks. cannot bo improved upon as it con sists of outlines and rules made up by himself, his assistant and a committee of their favorite teachers). These two or three people who would not be dominated over by this committee of tcaclusrs and who did not follow these outlines to the letter, altho their Work was said to be very satisfactory by the large majority of the patrons, were classed as no good for teaching by the Xcma- Township Board mem­ bers and of course were fired. These same teachers, however, have later gone mto other neighboring townships, some of whom were elected ‘KONJOLA-THAT'S MYADVICETDALL WHOSUFFER' Happy Lady Tells How New Medicine Pub a Quick End To Liver Trouble and Rheumatism. XENIA TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS Mr. Editor:-— This is a great age and some very great things are being done, some are trying to do great things in a very small way, for instance, I will tell lyouw hat happened in Xenia Town- [ship, a t a Community Club meeting jwhich was being held at Hill Top !School, Friday evening. After a very nice program had been 'rendered by the children of the school land a very interesting talk, about her .trip to Germany, had been given by Miss Kate Schweibold, who had been [invited to the Club by the program committee, and was so much enjoyed, by all, the president of the Xenia Township Board of Education (who possibly invited himself) was called .upon to make a talk, which he did or itrie d to do (if you could call it that) j but instead he seemingly made a- great blunder. j After he had gone over the same [familiar speech that he has been using ■ for the last five or six years (which ■ he has all written out on 10 large isheets of tablet .paper, more or less, or as some say, not a few sheets of ,tablet paper, put a whole bolt of wall paper) ip which he always'states how ■ the Xenia Township Board stays with- |in the.law, along with a hundred and one other good points about their work and also about the economy of the Board, etc., he began throwing his slurs, which is a familiar trait of his. I As usual ho begins with the County Board of Education and also County Superintendent II, C. Aultman, re­ ferring to a ease whore Mr. Aultman made one visit, during the year, which cost the magnificent sum of $700.00 and this trip was made to an empty school house. Some other slurs (which were all lies) were thrown a t two or three, people who had previously taught in Xenia Township under its wonderful ystem (which the President thinks Editor Herald;-—, First I want to thank you for the space given myself to present the ease of the unorganized farm and home owners in Ohio in opposing the tax amendment, that if adopted is but the first step for single or land tax in Ohio. Those favoring, the amendment can call it what .they please but no high sounding or unfamiliar name can change the real purpose in forcing this issue. We have all^the argument on our side but we do hot have a half million dollar campaign found or an organ­ ized army of highly paid speakers traveling the state trying to convince men and women that their property should be listed for taxation a t higher rate for tax than the rich who own stocks and bonds or' the finance companies that loan us our money Farmers and home owners should give this one statement consideration and I am sure your decision will be against the amendment. Judging from statements of those favoring, one is impressed with the idea that no one else could make a de­ cision without their help. If there is anyone who should know the cireum stances in connection with the pass age in the legislature of the bill mak­ ing possible this vote next Tuesday, it should be a member of the Taxa­ tion Committee, who is none other than S, K. Mardis, Athens, and he is out with a letter .every farmer should read and study.. It is an open frank statement with explanation and ad­ vice by a member of the legislature that has not been influenced to change his mind. I quote as follows: “The propaganda that has been made, the promises given and the self- praise taken by the proponents of the present iniquitous t amendment on limitation is surprising beyond mea­ sure. “The 15 Mill limitation was enacted by the legislature in 1927 as House Bill 80 and is section 5625-2. There is nof reason in the world why it should be in the constitution. “Check up. “This proposed amendment is a wilderness of words to mislead voters and hide sleepers. The amendment has 256 words and the wonderfull made Schedule has 875 words, In a 631 words. “Such Fraud deserves defeat. Vote No and bo safe. “In the saml> sentence in which the Uv ll limitation is given, provisions arc stated by which it may be reached and rendered of non-effect by the voters of any taxing unit. But worse than this in the first jpart of the deceptive Schedule the levies for interest, sink­ ing fund and retirement of bonds for all state and local debts are placed outside of the limitation, and on the Tangible property without a vote of the people. ' #“But even worse yet than this, pro­ visions are made in the latter part of this hiding place for sleepers, for levies outside of the limitations with­ out the vote of the people to make up any deficiencies in the amount of taxes because of any reduction in rates of taxes caused, by the low rate anticipated on intangible property or for any reduction in tax duplicate caused by omissiohs of intangible property from taxation. B “Think of this. Vote No. ’ home more deceptions. Sections f ® Article XII are repealed which removes all constitutional re­ quirements for taxing personal prop- ELECTION NOTICE Cedarville Township Rural School District, Greene County, Ohio. To the electors of Cedarville Town­ ship Rural School District: You are hereby notified that at the General Election to be held on Tues­ day a t 5th day of November, 1929, there will be elected by the electors of Cedarville Township Rural School District, Greene County, Ohio, three (3) members a t large of the Board of Education of said school district for the term of Four (4) years each, be­ ginning the first Monday in January 1930. Said election will be held at the us­ ual voting places of the School Dis­ trict, between the hours of 5:30 A. M. and 5:30 P. M, W. J. TARBOX, Clerk of the Board of Education of Cedarville Township Rural School District, Greene County, Ohio. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Estate of A. G. Collins, deceased. Mary R. Collins, John Wallace Collins, William Rife Collins and Andrew Roger Collins have been appointed and qualified as Executors of the estate of A. G. Collins, late of Greene County, Ohio, deceased. Dated this 244h day of October, A. D. 1929. S. C. WRIGHT, Probate Judge of said County. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Estate of W. W. Creswell, deceased. A. Ward Creswell and J, H. Irwin mve been appointed and qualified a s , Administrators De Bonis Non of the ' estate of W. W, Creswell, late of Greene County, Ohio, deceased. Dated this 12th day of October, A. D. 1929. * S. C. WRIGHT, Probate Judge of said County, FOR RENT—Garage. H. D. Frust, —Radio Service and Supplies. Phone 13-101. <Bt> CRD,' We have a special price on linseed oil meal at McCampbell’s Exchange, j Lay in your supply while it is cheap, ‘ FOR SALE—One McCormick-Dee{■- ing 6-roll husker, complete with I shredder head and cutter head. ’This husker is the same as new. Priced to sell, Greene County Hdwe. Co. ----- --- | FOR SALE — One Steel F ou r! Rosenthal husker, complete with floor 1 and bagger, Same as new. Priced right. Greene Co. Hdwe. Co. GORDON BROTHERS AUTO PARTS AND GARAGE « ’ Replacement Parts l’or all Makes of Cars ; Day and N ight Service 30-32 E. 2nd St., Xenia, Ohio Tele, 761 j “If It Is a Part We Have It” j -ADAIR’S—.....Mlllllll.. . JUST ONE OF THE MANY VALUES TO BE FOUND AT ADAIR’S I S J, MRS. R. DUNBAR “I marvel a t the powers of this new Konjola," said Mrs. R. Dunbar, Route No. 2, Canton, Ohio. “I find it diffi­ cult to believe that two years o f, suffering from rheumatism has been so quickly and completely ended. For two years I had rheumatic pains all over me, and a t times was scarcely able to walk across a room. Then, too, my liver was sluggish and J had frequent dizzy spells. My system was full of impurities, “A friend suggested that I try Konjola and put it to the test, How this wonderful medicine went to the very source of my troubles was sim­ ply astounding. My improvement was immediate, and day by day I became better and stronger. Today, the rheumatic pains and dizzy spells have vanished, and I can walk around the house all day without even feeling tired. Konjola—that’s my advice to all who suffer, because I know it is a wonderful medicine.”:- Konjola is .sold in Cedarville at Provvant & Brown drug store, and by all the best druggists in all towns throughout this entire section. erty both tangible and intangible; but section 2 of amendment says; ’“Land .and Improvements' thereon shall be taxed.” “This is straight single tax on Real Estate. “Don’t be fooled by the phrase “by uniform rule and according to value.” This may simply connect real estate up with’ the fourfold meaning in the' first sentence of amendment. "Vote No. “It is interesting how these mani­ pulators have left out of the amend­ ment the provisions by which one hun­ dred dollars is exempted from taxa­ tion to help the poor, and while tell­ ing us the. amendment would prevent double taxes haye left out the provi­ sions in the constitution whereby it may be prevented and have included ns exemption the soldier bonus al­ ready exempted in the constitution Article VII, Section 2-a, expecting to deceive the world war soldiers and their friends to vote for this thing. “Vote No.” ' S. K. MARDIS, Member of Committee on Taxation, ' State Legislature The above is from a member of the legislature and cannot be questioned. Highly paid Fartn Bureau officials try to tell us a different story but the writer of the above has no reason to give out such only in the interest of all .the people and not the financial interests. Take his advice and vote “NO.” Independent Farmer. m i ]W m $k i p p«r-&. S i r 5382 $ 99.00 This Dining RoomSuite In 8 pieces . . . . . . . , We. cannot possibly offer you better furniture at this low price than this Dining Room Suite. The construction of every, piece is sturdy and solid. Drawers are dust proof and of solid oak construction. The suite is made of striped walnut veneers. and gumwood with gumwood heading and carving. ADAIR’S X en ia , Ohio Ohio Has No Better Friends Than These O u tstand ing C itizen s Who WU 1 Vote ‘‘YES” - 1 . on the.: . Tax Limit Amendment on November 5th : 1 YES YES Dr. William Oxley Thompson, President Emeritus of Ohio State University— I am voting for the tax limit amendment because > I believe it will work out for the best interests of all the people. Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War—The repeal of the uniform rule through the adoption of the amendment at the coming election is Ohio’s hope for comparative equality in taxation. - 9 Senator Simeson D. Fess—The present tax burden is absorbing too great a proportion of the farmer’s income. The only alter­ native is to find a way where other property can be made to pay a more equitable share. I believe 1hat the amendment will •operate to that end and I gi^e it my support. Senator Theodore E. Burton—The present tax system is archaic and I am cordially in favor of the tax limit amendment, Ex-Congressman James T. Begg— I hope that the more than quarter million people in Ohio who expressed confidence in me last year will vote “yes” on the adoption of the amendment. They will make a real contribution to Ohio’s prosperity and development, *' <' YES Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleveland-—The present method of taxation which obtains in the state of Ohio is without ques­ tion an antiquated one, and lends itself both to deception and to civic dishonesty. The Tax Classification Amendment would seem to commend itself to the voters of the stale of Ohio, and ought to receive their support. Hon. Robert A. Taft-—Ohio and its citizens are handcuffed by an antiquated, unjust and unreasonable method of taxation which only the people of Ohio can change. Ex-Senator Atlee Pomerene— It is time to change and to keep step with our sister states. Let us vole to loose the hands o f ’the General Assembly. ■ ■ Hon. Nicholas Longworth—Glad to have you use my name as favoring tax limit amendment. I will certainly vote yes at the November election. And Many Thousands More, All Progressive Citizens and Friends of Ohio? L. B. PALMER, Pres., The All Ohio Tax League, Southern Hotel, Columbus 1 SEE THEHERALDFORCOMMERCIALJORPRINTING a