The Cedarville Herald, Volume 53, Numbers 1-26

The new things are advertised by merchants first, Advertisements keep you abreast o f the times. Read them! Advertising is news, as much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to you, FIFTY-THIRD YEAR No. LEGISLATIONIS STARTEDONPLAN FDRSEWERAGE Council took -first steps Monday night in passing legislation to pro­ vide fo r municipal sewerage. Engi­ neer Collins Wight and Solicitor Harry Smith, were present. Indications now point towards en- 4 » larging the sewerage territory by ex­ tending the improvement in two and probably three districts. Council at first only planned to provide sewer­ age for the district from the bridge to the railroad on Main street and Xenia avenue from Main to the Hagar Straw Board & Paper Company. As a petition is now in circulation among north Main street residents asking council to include that terri­ tory and residents south o f the rail­ road requesting similar action, it may be that two additional districts will be. taken in. It is said the North Main street petition now has more than a majority o f frontage. There is some advantage in having this work all done at once as the water, mains will be laid under the side­ walks. Council does Hot intend to dis­ turb the street paving and residents feel that not’ only money can be saved but-the sidewalks will be torn up but once. Engineer Wight expressed tha opinion that if property owners wanted sewerage now was the time tc ask for it as one excavation would do fo r both where there is paved' streets, ..Council turned down the Harriott bill, Plain City, damages being sought on an automobile that went over an embankment in “ Pittsburgh” severa’ months ago. *The local authorities have reason to believe the driver alone was responsible for his damage. The first finances have been provid­ ed fo r the waterworks through notes taken over by the Exchange Bank for $7,500. The1 Pittsbutgh-DesMoines Company will take,notes on1the esti­ mates and the notes paid upon compe­ tition o f the work from revenue se­ cured by a bond issue. In-this way. the bonds will net he issued until the final amountradetermined on eomple- -There was some discussion on en­ larging the Boundry lim its'of the cor­ poration and taking in improved prop­ erty. Many o f these residents want the advantage o f municipal water and some action along this line will likely be taken at the next meeting. T . 1. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRlj K Y , DECEMBER VS, 1929 I -------------- -------- — COURT NEWS j Q Hard to U K Started D 1 SCHOOLNEWS PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR SUBS ON ACCOUNT ; j Alleging $010.17 is due on an ac-, 'count. The Greene County Lumber Co., through Attorney Marcus Me- i Callister, has filed suit against C lif-' ford Dice for recovery o f this amount. WINS DIVORCE • j Julia Randolph has been awarded j a divorce from William Randolph in Common Pleas Court on grounds of * extreme cruelty. They were married'. in Xenia March L7, 1924'nnd have no j living children. • I FORECLOSURE ORDERED An order of foreclosure of mort­ gaged property has been issued in Common Pleas Court in the case of j the Williamson Heater Co. against A.i J, Wyatt and others, the plaintiff: having previously recovered a judg- j ment for $121.92. I : f ^ H* mm t i f f y ' DIVORCE CASES DISMISSED j The following six divorce actions; have been ordered dismissed at the re-j quest o f the plaintiff in Common Pleas Court: Starlie vs. Starlig; Hilling vs. Hilling; Hunter vs. Hunter; Richard­ son vs. Richardson; Kenneth Ringer vs. Grace* Ringer; Anna Hanes vs. C. A. Hanes. % It? TO DESTROY BOOZE Liquor confiscated by county au­ thorities as evidence hhs been ordered destroyed by the court in the follow­ ing cases: state of Ohio vs. Arthur (Copyright, W.N.U.) John Collins Is Webb, Mrs. Edward Matthews, Wil- F d N U B u i 'C t l l l P r G S l ( l 6 1 1 t hard Poole, .Sam Stewart, Florence Stewart, Edward Huff, Harry Spen­ cer and John Mickle. FORECLOSURE ASKED F ore closu re . o f mortgaged prop­ erty is requested in two suits filed in Common Pleas Court by The Mc­ Dowell and Torrence Lumber Go., through Attorneys W. L. Miller and J. A, Finney. . One action alleges $288.78 is d -e from Roy and Eva M. Bailiff for ma terials furnished in the construction of a residence, while the second suit claims $209.94 is due from Nash and Louise Walker on a similar account. The Peoples Building and Savings Company,, named co-defendant in each fendants. Owens damans, 45, found guilty o f petit larceny, was fined $25 and costs in Common Pleas' Court. The charge was theft of five chickens. jM iiim iitiim iiiiiitiitiiiim iH tiim itiiiiiH im iH im H iiiiiin tifm iim D iiiiiiu iim tiiiim im iiiH iiH iiiiiiiiim iM iiiH H H iiiiiiH iii' r<a 1 NATUREMONTKBYMONTH-DEC, i 2 ” t S . L I By Prof. A llen C. Conger, of the Department of Zoology, J | Ohio .Wesleyan University f DECEMBER—the ,last leaf in our Calendar of Nature, As it hangs there deserted and alone, it reminds us o f O. Henry’s story, for the falling o f this leaf will mark the passing of the year. Yet the new year cannot come without the passing o f the old . mid Spring will follow the unkind chill o f Winter, so we will all bid farewell to December without too much sorrow. The sun has withdrawn to its farthest reaches. Days are now shortest and the long evenings may lure us to pur­ sue our nature study vicariously, in an are, to whom Dame Nature seems not to have whispered the secret that Mother Earth offers a haven o f re­ fuge from ice and snow. During the most severe weather, they may re­ main quiet and hidden for a few days at most, but the urge o f hunger drives them soon into the open to seek a living in a world of cruel weather and lurking foes. * Where shall we look for the birds o f the month? Surely not in the wind-swept, snow-drifte ddpen fields. There is too much exposure and too little food in such situations. We John Gollins will succeed O. A. Dob­ bins as president of the Cedarville township farm bureau as a result of the election ,he!cl at the annual meet­ ing in the Cedarville high school audi­ torium Friday “night. Other officers named are Roy Waddle, vice presi­ dent; Mrs. David C. Bradfute, secre­ tary, and Roger Collins was named di­ rector of the county ' live •stock ship­ ping association. The meeting was the first o f the series o f annual meetings o f j town­ ship bureaus to be held prior to the meeting o f the Greene county farm bureau January 3. By that time the township bureaus are expected to have completed their organizations. Talks were made by the- 'ye county agent; A . A . Conklin, manager o f the Greene'County Live Stock Ship­ ping association, and Mrs. E. E. Fin­ ney. Achievement certificates were presented to 50 4-H club members who completed last year’s work, and club pins were given to the following members Who have finished the four years o f club work: Julia McCallister, Marion Ferryman, Lois Kennon, Isa- d o re . Owens, Dorbthy Anderson and William Beatty. A club program was given by. Doris Ramsey Julia McCal- lister, Ruth Kimble, Dorothy Ander­ son and William’ Beatty. The high school orchestra rendered music. One hundred persons were present and en­ joyed a covered dish supper under the direction o f Mrs; Merle Stormont. JEWS IT FROM SERA Columbus, O system o f local dis| mobile license plat; greatest in the license plates are no 528 distributors, butors, who are tary of State Clar$ under the direction; R. Wilson, Cornu Vehicles, and they ■ mately 1,900,090 IR ATE M T S foder the Ohio butipn o f nuto- which is tlie pd States, 1930 sale through se local distri- |nted by Seere- J. Brown, are Col. Chalmers o f Motor gtgndle approxi- plates for easy chair by a cheerful crackling- fire i must turn our steps to the woodlands and a shaded lamp. Here we can and to sheltered thickets, although select our weather and seasons at will and enjoy an infinite variety o f quiet rural pleasures in the company of delightful friends. We may choose as our companions and guides such kindly souls as Thoreau and W. H. Hudson. Even better, in our humble -Opinion, are Dallas Lore Sharp and John Burroughs. I f days are blustery, the majority of us are likely to be quite content with such a plan, but should Decem­ ber treat us kindly in the matter of weather, we may he enticed into the open to leam whatever o f secrets we may discover in a world o f frozen earth and drifted snow. Garbed in warm hiking-clothes, discarded many months ago, we may start out on a clear crisp morning to read the story o f the feathered and- furred folk who are still abroad in this wintry world, Not all o f Nature’s children have re­ treated to southern latitudes or under­ ground dens, for the snow does not lie long undisturbed and unbroken. Each night finds it marked with a maze of trails. The number of these furtive creatures which steal forth under cover o f darkness is all unsuspected untli a mantle o f snow betrays their nocturnal wanderings. That the life o f these tiny wayfarers is beset by dangers and marked by tragedies is revealed by the frequency with which we find crimson stains upon the snow, claw among larger animals is no more relentless than that o f their more in­ significant relatives. Some o f the smaller gnawing ani- ials are sleeping in cosy dens safely sheltered from the reach o f King neglected fields .where last summer’s weeds flourished are by no means despised by our feathered visitors at this season. Even the most casual observer notes the lack o f bright color among our winter birds. Dull grays and browns are quite the mode this month, The Chickadees, Titmice, Nuthatches, Kinglets, the Winter and the Carolina Wren, the Song and the Tree Sparrow and the Junco— these .ire regulars upon which we may de­ pend for the bulk of our list. The note of color is supplied by the flash­ ing blue o f the Jay and the red of the Cardinal. Either of these well-known friends makes a most.striking pictare against a back-ground o f snow, and; now, we can almost forgive the Blue Jay for its numerous sins o f last spring and summer. Only 8 shopping days until time for the Christmas bird census. On’ that day, in all parts o f the United States Greene County Fair Reported Success The 1929 Greene county fair show­ ed a profit of $3,789.90, according to the annual report of B. U. Bell, treas­ urer of the Greene County Agricul­ tural society,. Total fair receipts, including a balance of $38,89 from 1928, amount­ ed to $18,523.07,, against which there were expenditures of $14,694.38, leav­ ing a balance of $3,928.69, from which the board paid off $3,500 of the prin­ cip a l o f the fairgrounds purchase and grandstand debt. ►, Total debt remaining on the grounds and grandstand is $7,000, $1,500 re­ maining unpaid on the stand and $3,- 500 on the grounds, the report shows. In three years the grandstand debt has been reduced by $12,000. Gate receipts o f the 1929 fair were $5,875.45, exceeding the 1928 receipt- by nearly $1,400. Premiums awuuh-J totaled $8,715. ba permitted to use them on and after December 21st; midnight December 31, 1929, will be the absolute deadline fo r the use of this year’s plates and there will be no extension granted or permitted. In addition to the various agents throughout the state, there will be approximately 30,000 sets o f plates, issued from the Bureau. o f Motor Vehicle offices located at 50 South Third street, Columbus, Individuals who have held low numbers are per­ mitted to retain' such numbers from 'year to year, provided their reserva­ tions reach the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles before* December 1st. Ohio in cooperation with other states exchanges regulations with such states and O.hio motorists ,in other- states will be governed by the regula­ tions in effect in Ohio, as will resi­ dents of other states operating in Ohio be governed by- the regulations of their home states. * ■? * jGilbert Cooper Gets New Hearing’ The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of Gilbert Cooper, 49, -Cedarville, convicted of first de­ gree murder nearly a year ago in con­ nection with the slaying of Caleb Hitchcock, following an argument over some traps; and the appeal will prob­ ably be heard next January, according to -Attorney' F. L. Johnson, defense counsel. The jury which convicted Cooper recommended mercy and the slayer was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary* The Court o f Ap­ peals sustained the lower court in refusing a new* trial. Convict Olemans Indicted by the grand jury for burglary ahd larceny; Owen Clemans, 45, near Paintersville, was found not guilty o f this charge but was convict­ ed o f petit, larceny by a jury in Com- non Pleas Court Friday afternoon fol- ■’ owing a trial that lasted a day and a half. The jury deliberated about two hours. . • Clemans was charged with the theft of live chickens valued at $5 from Diner Sturgeon, a neighbor, last June 22 . . Yellow Springs Hi To Play Cedarville Hi One of the most important athletic contests of the season will take place when the Yellow Springs Boys and Girls meet the local High School teams on the home floor. This game Will be played on Thurs- Don. H. Ebright, cashier in the office December 19. ™ s ‘will be our of Treasurer o f State H. Rose Ake. d h" 'd Bom« andl n.° *onh* one o f .the, is spending a week in Ne,w York niak-, ing a study of the department o f ; audit and control, a comptroller being ’ (Continued to page 8) fastest and most interesting game of the season. Don't fail to be there on hand at the Alford Gym, Thursday, December 19, 1929. Dramatic Club Program Remember Monday December 16, at 7:30 the “ Dramatic Club” will giVe its program a t . the High School audi­ torium. Admission 15 cents. This program consists of readings, one act plays and stunts. The High School and ..Orchestra will also assist in this by playing several selec­ tions. We welcome everybody to this, our first program o f the year. Mrs. Tarpey will be present selling apples, but look- out for the policeman, Mrs. Shaffer will show you how to manage an automobile. Yes, Romeo and Juliet will also perform. Our dear Mrs. Shaw will show her sweet self as a type o f the true Christmas spirit. And these are not nearly all, either ! “ So if a body meet a body cornin’ ” to the entertainment, come along with him and you shall be welcome. ■- * ■ ■+ * .Chapel ' Last Monday, in chapel exercises, Eleanor Bull, accompanied by Mrs. Foster, played a pleasing violin solo. This number was well received and more special music has been promised for. the future. State Tests On last Tuesday, the students of the upper six classes were .required to take state tests in several different subjects. These tests, given by the Ohio State Department of Education, are similar to the scholarship tests*to be given in the spring. Come to the High School auditorium Monday evening and see the program to' be presented by , the “ Dramatic Club.” Cedarville Hi Victorious Over Pitchin Cedarville Hi opened her basketball season when she triumphed over the brilliant Pitchin teams. The local teams scored a double victory when our girls defeated the Pitchin ^sextet, 32-27, and the boys sent Pitchin home with the small end of a 39-34 count. The boy’s game was fairly interest­ ing with Pitchin trailing at the half 24-13. . During the last half Coach Baker made *several substitutions, Coulter going in fo r De Hass and Finney for Harriman,. Sttov.Teamll.Keeptib upU >f * ‘ * * Springfield Again we play Springfield! ;■ Tonight the boys journey to Spring- field to. engage the ■ representatives of Springfield Hi. It is .well to remem­ ber that last year Springfield won with a score o f only 10-1. With good prospects for another winning team this year, therefore we consider this contest anybody’s game until the final gun. Let’s have a good following to the Springfleld-Cedarville game. » * * Yellow Springs vs. Cedarville Thursday, December 19—7:30—Al­ ford Gym—Be there!! Help, our teams win!! CHARLEY’S NIGHTMARE Harry S. Kissell, Springfield, in a statement to the Sun yesterday, says: “ Senator Fess is doing all that can be done, and he is doing all that is being done,” in reference to the pro­ posed postoffice building in that city. All o f which is a -nightmare for Congressman Brand. CEDARVILLE HIGH WINS GREENE COUNTY TITLE Dayton Minister Is Discharged James A* Hill, former pastor o f the Central Presbyterian Church, Dayton, was discharged from the ministry and excommunicated from the church at a mooting of Dayton Presbytery of the enthusiastic bird atudonts will again j Presbyterian Church in Dayton Wed- sally forth to make the annual check:neaday. o f our winter bird population. Aga in , The action was taken after the Mr. Average Citizen Will be astonish­ ed at the number of variety of birds Presbytery conducted a hearing on charges filed against the minister in enumerated. A ll o f winch only proves Ids suspension from the ministry last that we have not been entirely for- summer. The unfrocked minister has. gotten nor forsaken by our feathered friends, but if we would find them we since organized a congregation known as the Bethany Community Church in must seek them out in the well-chosen j Dayton. retreats in which they are now wek -j The Rev. R. M. Fox, pastor of the ing shelter from the rigors of our jClifton Presbyterian Church is moder winter season. jator of Dayton Presbytery. Before we tear December’s leaf] Judge S. C. Wright presided at the from the' Calendar' the sun has turned | church court that hoard the charges back from the south and nfl the old Iand made the finding, year dies, we find a New Year and Front row, (left to right) Abel, Bates, Grube, Waiters, Ferguson, Harris, De Hass, Capt. Finney. Second row-*-Coach J. O. Baker, Coulter, Flatter, Bueknci, W. Beatty, Engle, Evans, Peterson.- Third row—West, Fox. Harriman, Huff, I,. Ferguson, Tindall, Fitzwater. Top row—Smith, Richards, Ferryman, E. Beatty, Talbert. another Pageant o f tlio Months is be* Winter’s icy fingers and from their fore us, staged and directed by Moth- blood*thirsty enemies. Other# there j or Nature in person, "Just as character is outwardly shown, so outward things react upon the character.’’-- Lord Dunsany, Handicapped during the first o f the their last game, they moved into the season by injuries, and the loss of title rank for the fourth consecutive their hardest game to Springfield, th is.y0a1' , „ , , , . , „ , Lending i ns,leam through the sea- flashy Cedarville dgb squad rose from ^ ^ <>Wtl,ifyh5{r fo)T, W1S th{! the dust into which Springfield hud versatile senior quarterback, Abel, crushed them to sweep through the who by his speed ntul open field run- senson for the championship of Greene, ning ability, carried the ball for great comity. By scoring on the . 'o n g j gains in every game and. proved a and aggressive Osborn team, 7-0, in Imenace to all opposing teams, LEGISLATIVE GOMMIT EMEETS FORORGANIZATION Members of the Ohio Legislative Committee considering a site for the William Maxwell memorial met in Xenia last Saturday at which time organization was affected by Senator G. M. Kumler, Lewisburg, Preble County, being' made chairman and Rep. II. E. C. Rowe, Holmes County, field manager of the Ohio Newspaper Association, secretary. The other members of the committee present were Representative R. D. Williamson and Senator Robert L. Rohe, Tiffin, Ohio. Representative Charles Jones of Jackson county was unable to be pre­ sent and Senator C. C. Chappelear, Circleville, recently resigned as a member of the legislature, which re­ duced the committee to five members. Those present at the meeting be* side the committee members were Dr. W. A. Galloway, representing the Greene County Historical Society; C. B. Galbreath, cesretary o f the Ohio' State Archaeological and Historical Society, and Harry R. McPherson, business agent o f the organization; Hon. Horace Atikeney, Beavercreek township, and Karlh Bull, president of the Ohio Newspaper Association, / The movement for a suitable mem­ orial fo r William Maxwell started two years ago at the suggestion of Dr. Galbreath in an address at a banquet of newspapermen, The. move­ ment has been sponsored by the Ohio Newspaper Association, which will be given aid by the National Editorial Association. Representative Rowe at the last session o f the legislature offered a re­ solution providing $1000 for expenses o f the committee- and providing for a ' suitable site. During the session this was reduced to •$500 by amendment but the committee upon making a personal visit Saturday is convinced that a larger sum is necessary. It has been, proposed that the state pro­ vide the site and the newspaper or­ ganizations the marker. Care Would fall to the State Archaeological and Historical Society fo r upkeep o f the memorial. .. The committee was in conference with Judge R. L. Gowd’y fo r a time Saturday ,to gain information as to • his knowledge o f the exact location of the William Maxwell grave. There, is some question since no suitable marker was ever erected at the grave and his death took place in 1809, His­ torical facts give it that he as well as his wife were buried, on the Max­ well land which is now owned by J. D. Steel; , About twenty years ago Mr. Gal­ breath and Mr. Ankeney made an effort to locate the grave. At that time it was thought their efforts were - successful but since excavation has been made and no evidence o f a grave can be found. The legislative committee, as well as representatives o f the Ohio-News-, paper Association, expressed them­ selves Saturday after making a care­ ful survey, that the memorial should be placed somewhere near State Route 11 and on land owned by Maxwell, which was a grant from the govern­ ment, he having several thousand acres in Beavercreek township. Maxwell brought the first printing press into the Northwest Territory from New York and established the first newspaper in Cincinnati. It was known as “ The Centinel of the North­ west Territory," which paper has since' continued and for years has been known as The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Maxwell also is credited with printing the first book in this territory which was bound by his wife. He was the first postmaster in Cin­ cinnati and was a member o f the first house of representatives which met in Chillicothe in March, 1803. In 1799 Mr. Maxwell moved to Greene Cotinty after receiving a grant for land in. what is now Beavercreek township. He also served in a judicial capacity and at one time was sheriff for the county. The legislative committee was very much Impressed with the idea a3 ad­ vanced by the newspaper interests that a suitable monument should be erected to the memory of the first publisher in the Northwest Territory. Greene countians naturally want to see honor credited where it is due a former pioneer citizen and the news­ paper interests in states that now comprise what was the North-west Territory will endeavor to provide the memorial once the state secures the location, • „ SHERIFF FINDS SEVERAL SLOT MACHINES Their season’s record: Cedarville, 0 ; Springfield, 44, Cedarville, 0; Lanier, 8, Cedarville, 12; College Freshmen, 6. Cedaryille, 44; West Alexandria, 0. Cedarville, 0; Greenfield, 0. Cedarville, 13; North Lewisburg, 0, Cedarville, 16; O. S. & S. O. Home, i Cedarville, 7j Osborn, Bath, 0, 0. ShCriiT Tate •made a tour o f the county Wednesday in search o f slot machines and found five. Person# call­ ed hi Probate Court were: Mrs, Nora Duellman, Rest llaveti Park; Hugh Marshall, filling station, Beavercreek towp.; C. L. Morgnett, Woodlavm Inn. The sheriff's deputies took the ma­ chines in charge. t