The Cedarville Herald, Volume 53, Numbers 1-26

5 I M I C*DA*YItUS HERALD, JANUARY 10, 1910 By ELMO SC^TT WATSON Drawing by Ray Walters. T SEEMS that the Amert- I can ’ people are becoming “ will-conscious," for It is a curious fact that more people than ever 'before, who have anything to leave after their deaths and any­ one to whom to leave, it, are making wills. ■’ just why- this is true is not easy to determine. It may be due to the psychological factor Involved in the statement that ’ “A will is the only permanent expres­ sion o f lilmself that the average man leaves to posterity.” Or it may be caused by the fact that the increasing number "of .cases o f litigation In our courts, resulting, from persons dying Intestate, has Impressed upon us the Value o f a will in guarding against sordid disputes which have wrecked the happiness o f families, although it roust be admitted that not even a will can always prevent that, tChen again It may he due to the fact that bank­ ers and lawyers are constantly urging their clients to “Make a will. Do it now. Don’t put it off, for ‘tomorrow’ may never come.” If, in Urging upon us the necessity for performing this important task before we lay' down our life’s task, the bankers and lawyers needed a good object lesson, what better could be found than that offered in the fol­ lowing news stories which appeared in the newspapers within recent months: Cedar Rapids, Iowa.—Three hours after he had driven to Luzerne to set­ tle his mother’s estate, and make his own Will, Patrick Farrell, fifty-nine, wealthy farmer of Blalrstown, was found dead. , He had been In, ill health for sev­ eral months and his friends are won­ dering' whether he had a premonition .of death which caused him to make his will so hurriedly. Harrison, Ark.—On the way home with a printed form for his Will, Wil­ liam Walden, seventy, was struck by a sar driven by Ralph Taylor, a neigh­ bor. He died a few hours later. Although a Will is usually regarded as one o f the symbols of death, it often reflects some o f the most Inter­ esting facts o f a man’s life. In no other document which he writes is there recorded so much which reveals his true character. It may show him at his best and at his worst. For the old saying that “ where there’s a will, there's a way” can by the addition of a few words, be extended to cover the whole range of human psychology. “ Where there’s a will, there’s a way —to show the nobler qualities o f man­ kind.” The mother o f George JI. Cohan, famous actor, who left' him the bulk o f her estate, wrote in her will: “In making this bequest to my son, i desire to state that whatever property my beloved husband and I have had, seised and possessed of, hag come from the unselfish generosity of my beloved son, who has earned and •Ployed our everlasting gratitude add Grateful toU. S. A story of gratitude, as shown in n will, is revealed la the following story: Lancaster, Ohio.—Mr. aha A!re. Dor- rah Snider of Oakthorpe, near bore, nro thankful to the United States congress for their little 40-acre farm. How the decision of disposing of this Fairfield county tract vraa placed in the hands of the government is an un­ usual story, going back several ye:: re. When Wesley .Iordan, the village Waoksmith of Oakthorpe died, he left , the most extraordinary will ever filed Wkat’il It Buy? They claim money isn't as valuable as It Was, but we notice the Informa­ tion Editor in oner o f hit helpful re* piles says a 50 cent piece dated 1814 find in first d tss condition is worth 80 cents.- lietrott News. Wfty M*Mm**r FaS* One rente* why matrimony sue* tfaedetf In the day* was because flw girl didn’t sigh and say: “Thank •oddatM; I MHHte't work aay more.” ■Mhwt CiBNiilgfft affection." Fifteen years before the death of Edward Lanchester, his friend, Richard O’Neill, fought with a hold-up man on top o f a speeding freight train to save the hard-earned money o f Manchester. When Man­ chester died he left his entire estate of $21,000 to O’Neiil and directed in his will that a five-year search be made for the beneficiary, whose where­ abouts were unknown. Not so long ago there died a merchant whose belief in the observance of the Golden Rule was revealed in the terms of his will. Twenty pages in length, It con­ tained legacies, some large and spine small, to every one who had ever been polite to ,him or showed kindness to .others in his presence. They included bequests to a' conductor who had paid an old iady’a fare; to a clerk who carried home a sick dog; to a policeman who helped a Mind man across the street Bellhops were re- m e -’ 'red for acts o f courtesy; stage ci »n$ for having made people in :. and editors and judges for hav­ in' - sponsored humanitariau * cam- pi'' ns; •' .Vhere there’s a will,'there’s a way —to reveal the depths- o f human meanness." Unfortunate, h is, but true, and wills reveal robi -ban one nnlov.ely example of carrying matri­ monial differences to the Other side of the grave. Some interesting exam­ ples' of these come from England where lawmakers are seeking to make vindictive will-malting illegal. Not long ago a wealthy commercial magnate, after deliberately leading Ms wife to believe herself his sole legatee, /left her one shilling, and be-, queathed $360,000 to others, Including a servant she disliked. Another mnn left all his money to his wife, but on condition that she should forfeit $1,000 every time she appeared in pub­ lic without a veil, while on remarriage she was to forfeit all. A Nottingham man who two years ago bequeathed a halfpenny to each of his family just missed the record in testamentary meanness, which be­ longs to the testator who left his wife a fa&hlng, with instructions that the coin should be forwarded to her in an unstamped envelope; Then there was \Yilliam Dailey of Herts, England, who never forgave his wife for having once taken some money from his trousers’ pocket. In Ms will he cut her off with a shilling . “fo r picking my pocket of GOguineas.” When diaries Parker o f England died, the principal bequest In his will Was “To Elizabeth Parker the sum of £30 whom, through my foolish fondness, I made My wife, without regard to fam­ ily, fame or fortune; and who, In re­ turn, lias not spared, most unjustly, to accuse me o f every crime regarding human nature save highway robbery.” But England is not the only place where post-mortem 'spite has been shown. There was the citizen o f Bos­ ton who left his wife penniless “un­ less she married again within five years,” because he "wanted somebody eise to nnd out how hard It was to live With her," Contrast with that the. meekness of the Englishman who left all his estate to his wife “trusting, yen, I may say, as I think assuring myself that she will marry no man, for fear to meet with so evil a hus­ band as I have been to her." Con­ trast also the consideration shown by Gouverneur Morris, the New York statesman, who left his wife a fortune and further provided that in case of her remarriage, the income should be doubled. Quite different was the at­ titude of John Conkling o f Southold, Long Island, toward his wife, Abagail, to whom he bequeathed “ the use of one-third my lands and meadow? and a sufficiency o f firewood and the lib­ erty of dwelling ip which of my houses she pleaseth to live during her widowhood and no longer.” That was Many years ago. I f John were living now he might not find it so easy to take out his spite on Abagail, for dur­ ing the last year the New York legis­ lature, . recognizing the evil which men may do th the wills they leave behind them, enacted further limita­ tions than those already existing upon a testator’s right to disinherit “Where there’s a will, there’s a way—to display many oddities of i temperament and reveal queer quirks In the human mind," When Edward K, Chapman, a Civil war veteran who became “ Christmas Tree King” of Maine, died, lie left $1,000 In trust to the Portland Y. M. C. A., the income from which is to bo spent to Interest young men in ‘ checkers, buy new boards und men and also to keep the boards and game “clean and sani­ tary." 1 William Kreter of New York, an Irishman and a devoted fisherman, played a bit o f a joke on his fellow- countrymen In Ms will. He left $800 to his friend, Charles Whistler, “ to be spent on a fishing trip after my death,” and gave him also $30 for the expenses-of carrying his ashes out to sea nfter his body had been cremated. To the New York Times he left a fund of $200 “ to be utilized to Americanize the Irish, in particular those o f Amer­ ican birth.” John Quinn, *erenty-two, of San Francisco, veteran street car conduc­ tor, left a $60,000 estate and provided in his will that his debtors need re­ pay only 75 per cent of their debt* to his estate. J. J. Holloway of S t ClairsvIUe* Ohio, left a Gl-word will in which he bequeathed Ms $1,600,000 estate to Ms wife. « John Payne of Australia left a for­ tune of over $2,500,000 and requested that his magnificent home be de­ stroyed by .fire as soon as practicable. Twenty-two persons gathered at the grave of William P. Herman of Paterson, Pa., to receive bequest* ranging from $000 to $2,000. His wilt specified that his heirs should be at his mausoleum on the first E/ecoraflon day nfter Ms death to receive the mofaey- It rained hard that day but they were all there. OBITUARY Walter Lotus, son o f Hiram and Emma Dyer Graham, w*s born at Cook’s Station, Fayette County. Ohio, January 7, 1896 and died at the Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, January 4, 930, When quite young he came with his parents to Clark County near South Charleston, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and grad­ uated from that High School in 1814, In the spring o f that year ho came with h»» parents to the farm near Ce- darville, on which they now live and on which he resided. Thanksgiving day, November 29, 1923, he was united in marriage with Ruth Margaret Bootes. This happy union was blessed with a son, Elmer. Raper. 11 He was converted at the Billy Sun­ day meetings held in Springfield,' fifteen years ago, He entered into a ( deep religious experience which made 1 him a devote and loyal follower of his gracicous master, He united with the Methodist Episcopal, Church at South Charleston, later fransfering his membership to the Cedarville Methodist Church in which he was an active official in the Church and the Church School, He was a member o f the F. and A, M., Cedarville Lodge No, 622, and Eastern Star No. 418. He was active in both o f these organizations being recently installed Junior Warder in the former, and.retiring hs Worthy Patron in the latter. He w.as the youngest son in a fam­ ily o f eleven children all o f whom sur­ vive except one brother, Elmer, : His affable disposition, willingness to lend a helping hand made him many home interests, a loving husband and friends. He was very devoted to his father, obedient son, a good neighbor and friend. He was ill but a few short weeks. No one dreamed o f the seriousness of the malady that had fastened itself upon him until a few brief days before his Home-going. The'following are bereft: Wife and son; Father and mother; four broth­ ers; Dr, William H.; o f Springfield; Addison, Charles and Harry, of Cedar- vine; five sister*: Mrs. Ella Snyder, o f Springfield; .Mrs. John Dungan, Cleveland; Mrs. iSarl G'arlough, Xenia; and Almeda, Graham, Cedarville, be­ sides mahy other relatives and friends. Let all who are s*d take heart again; We are not alone in our hours o f pain; j T k r l , * Our Father stoops from His throne above To sooth and quiet Us with His love. He leaves us hot when the storm is „ hiFh> ( And we have Safety, fo r He is nigh, ’ ■Can it be frouhte that He doth share? Oh, rest in p§|6?» fo r the Lord doth cafe* ' \ J ■ —Busan Coolidgc Public Sale! 1930 A 0 the farm on which I am living has been sold, I will retire from farming and will sell at Public Sale on what is known as the Joe Pitstick farm, located on the Federal pike, five miles from Cedarville, on Tuesday, January 14, Commencing at 12 o’clock, the following: 9 Head oS Mules and Horses . Consisting of 1 pair of black Mares, 10 yrs. old, wt. 3200. 1 pair Mules, 8 yrs. old, wt. 2800.1 pair black Mules, 5 and 6 yrs. old, wt. 2600. 1 pair Mules, 6 and 8 ys. old, wt. 2400. 1 odd Mule, 6 yrsf old, wt. 1300. Farming Implements Consisting of 1 Brown Wagon, with box bed. 1 Troy Wagon and flat top ladders. 1 Truck Wagon with flat top ladders, 1 Fordsort Tractor and Plow. 1 Tractor Disc. 1 new John Deere Gang Plow with five horse hitch. 1 John Deere Stag Sulky Plow. 2 John Deere Walking Breaking Plows. 2 two row John Deere Corn Plows. 1 Buck­ eye Corn Plow. ^4 new John Deere five shovel Cultivators. 1 John Deere Fertilizer Corn Planter, with 80 rods of wire. 1 9 0 - tooth Steel Harrow. 1 wooden 60-tooth Harrow. 2 new ten foot Drags. 1 12-7 Hoosier Wheat Drill. 1 new Massie Harris Hal Loader. 1 Hay Tedder. 1 binder. , 1 new Black Hawke Manure Spreader. ' 1 Massie Harris Mowing Machine. 1 one-horse and half John Deere Gas Engine. 1 Clipper Windmill. 1 new John Deere Enggate Seeder. Scoop Shovels, Pitch Forks, L og Chains, Hog Fountain; Galvanized Water Tank, 10 bbl.. 2 Iron Kettles. 6 10-gal. Milk Cans. Threshing O u tfit One 32-50 Aultman and Taylor Threshing Machine. 1 Advance Rumley. Clover Huller. 1 Tractor Binder Hitch. 1 Canvas Cover, 24 by 36. 1 150-ft. 8 in. 4-ply Drive Belt. HARNESS— Harness enough for ten head of horses. 12 good Leather Halters and 12 good Leather Collars. FEED-—50 tons .Clover Hay in Barn. TERMS MADE KNOWN ON DAY OF .SALE T.B.Frame&C.J. Van Ausdall WEIKERT and GORDON, Auctioneers. HARRY LEWIS and R. C. RITENOUR, Clerks. Lunch served, by ladies of M. E. Church. Public^Sale Dates R. C. Watt mid Son, February 6. Ferndale Farms, February 20. - Thomas Frame, January 14, 1930. GETOURPRICES ONPRINTING P y ‘ 1 : k S\ f A fei i here, it* left his small farm to the Unitea States government because he felt ho owe* his greatest debt of grat- Itado to his government tor the priv­ ilege of life, liberty, property and pur­ suit or happlimss. The WUi authorised the United States Treasury department to use the property as It deemed host. There wan a widespread feeling in the county that the farm should go to Ms half-sister, Mis. Sni.icr, and her husband wlln whom Jordan had lived. ConprofiRnifUt 2Vicll C?„ VJnfifci’XvooiJ of the Eleventh district took the matter up and introduced a joint reroluiioiv declining the gift. It was adopted at the last staslm of congress. legality of Wills When a French sailor died recently It was found be had written bis wit! on Ms chest. It read: “ I leave my ail to SiKaime.” JSnstnnne tried to col­ lect but the French voutis ruled that the will was hot a legal document. In London this question Stas brought ui* when a man had Ills will tattooed On his back, A British official said that If the tattooed will were the only ■tm rMHtiaisg a photograph w *l4 b* "Politics Beyond Grave Darling Gardiner, although a South­ erner, was a Republican and carried Ms political fanaticism beyond the grave. He left $4,000 to his two brothers and two nephews provided “ none of them has ever Men known as a Democrat, or suspected o f voting for or supporting the nominees of that party.” In case all of them were Democrats or had ever leaned toward, that side of the fence, Gardiner direct­ ed Hint his money should be used to endow a Republican newspaper, taken for deposit with the law court*. The New York Title and Mortgage company was stumped on the legality of tills rimed will; “All my earthly goods 1 have in store, To niy dear wife I leave forevermore; 1 freely give, no limit do I fix, This is my will and she the executrix." Church Thievti an Grill Theft of religious article* from churches in Italy I* being punished severely slue* application o f canon law to th« kingdom. Mi;.-; Ill,, m cer, I', parent N. Ma Mr. and M more, Smith. guest.- The will bt Buck, at 7:3( in nnr Crochc bright tons a kind i cepted nurse, dress. Mr. have the p- taken ed by ters, ] victim 1 FOl Bull. 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