The Cedarville Herald, Volume 53, Numbers 1-26

f Ths n w things are advertised by merchants first Advertisements keep you abreast o f the times. Read them! FIFTY-THIRD YEAR Ho. 11. Advertising is news, as much as the headlines on the front page. Often it is o f more significance to you, CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FflfiDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1930 PRICE, $1.50 A YEAR HEWS LETTER FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS 1 COURT NEWS ( SUIT FOR DAMAGES Personal injuries claimed to have; Ibeen suffered when she was knocked j down by an auto owned by the defend-1 , ant and driven by his agent, Robert! Columbus, Ohio—'Secretary o f State [Knapp, Springfield, February 17, 1928, Clarence J. Brown has called a meet-' ore the basis o f a suit demanding $5,- i tog o f a sub-committee o f the special ■000 damages, filed in Common Pleas election code committee, to meet a t ' Court by Miss Nelle G. Rinck, 415 W. his office this week, to give -considers- ‘ Market St, against Walter Day, Xenia, tion to forms in connection with regis- j The plaintiff asserts she was struck tration, primaries and elections. S ta -' by the car as she was walking across tistician George M, Heffner and office i Leaman, St. and that Knapp was driv- force have been working on approxi-j tog at an excessive rate o f speed and mately 200 forms, proofs o f which j sounded no warning as he approached, will be submitted to the committee b y ! Miss Rinck claims she was confined Secretary Brown for approval or con- i to her house fo r four months and to a Bideration,* with the probability that] hospital fo r four weeks and that she members will have many suggestions jincurred, medical and hospital expense to offer in connection with same. Jamounting to $000. In addition she *; * - * . |asks $5,000 for personal injuries suS- Motorists touring the southwestern, j toteed, including torn ligaments in the park o f the state and visiting Serpent j]eft knee and ° th<*r bruise3 aboUt tbe Mound at Peebles, Adams county, will j - be pleased to learn that a •fine shelter j Attorney C. L, Darlington ropve-; house is to be erected in the park and; sebto toe plaintiff, completed jby the middle o f June, the, ~ contract for same having been lately BOARD PILES SUIT SCHOOL NEWS BATHER, I0«NNOT . A UE, 1DIP IT awarded. The shelter house, will be The board o f education o f Xenia city 45 by 70 feet, “ rustic" type o f archi- school district brought suit in common tecture with rubble limestone wall j pleas court against the Beavercreek three feet in height, round barkcover-; township rural board of education to ed timbers,‘ double brick fire place, ]recover $856.30, alleged to be due for chimney in the center and a clapboards tuition o f certain Beavercreek town- roof. j ship residents who attended Xenia t ^ * * Central high school. The pupils, it is Work will start ,within a very short tot forth in the petition, lived more time on the new sheep barn at the!than four miles by the most direct State fair grounds, the plans having jroute from the high school provided Tbefen approved by State Director of IbJ’ toe defendant’s board and attended Agriculture Perry L. Green. It willltoe Xenia school which was nearer to be the largest exhibit building o f its1toeir place of residence, kind in the world and will cost corn-* — ~— plete $130,000. The building will be! ASKS JUDGMENT 400 feet long and 208 feet wide with; Judgment for $420 is sought in- a FARM BOARD PLAN ADOPTED ON TUESDAY judge Hornbeck Completes First Term TODND RARE stadium seats on each side and a dormitory of 40 rooms to take care of the exhibitors during the annual state fair. . ■■■* suit filed in Common Pleas against George L, Jameson' by Homer Jameson, as administrator of the es­ tate o f Jennie Hickman, deceased, who claims that following the death of the State Librarian' George Elliott Me- decedent, October 24, 1929 the defend- ’ ant withdrew from the 1Commercial - LONDON. OHIO—kludge Roscoe G. Hornbeck, o f London, has just com­ pleted his first year as a member of the Court o f Appeals of the- Second Court j District, which includes the counties o f Franklin, *Madison, Champaign, Fayette, Clark, Greene, Montgomery, Miami, Preble, Darke and Shelby. This has been the busiest year in Cormick announces* the cataloging of the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioan Library at the executive mansion in East Broad Street, named in honor of Mrs. Myers Y . Cooper, wife o f the Governor. The collection includes out­ standing books o f all Ohio writers and distinctive books about Ohio. The ,purpose.of the library includes .ac- •qta fa rit^r -fe e»l|ieople,of-tlie*yi« t y w,lth the large toimber o f Ohioans who have disr nguished themselves as writers, to assemble the collection in one place as a correlated unit, to hohor thjlise of the state who have contributed to the thought o f the wprid and to maintain a permanent card catalog at the man­ sion and at the State Library o f works o f Ohio writers. ! The state now -has 175 new young attorneys, that number having been sworn to and given the right to prac­ tice law, by Chief Justice Carrington T.;Marshall, several days ago. These exponents o f Blackstone were* mem­ bers Of a class o f 365 which took the bar examination in January, 190 hav­ ing failed .' Included in the list o f new lawyers is a husband and wife, mayor o f a large city and a probate judge. A recommendation o f experts in prison management asks that the Lon­ don prison farm be increased to its full capacity and that a stockade be built around a large portion of the farm land at thi/t institution, also that equipment be made for the care and treatment o f tubercular prisoners and that all such confined in the peniten­ tiary and in reformatories be trans­ ferred to the farm. Warden Thomas states that the population o f the Ohio Penitentiary has increased nearly 4 , 000 in the last eight years. The popu lation at the present time is 4,848 with new arrivals -daily. Milk Producers Hold Annual Meeting Tues. The annual meeting o f the Miami Valley Co-op Milk Producers. Associa­ tion was held in Community Hall, Tuesday evening. Carl Spracklen was elected president; Merle Stormont, vice president; Paul Ramsey, secre­ tary; John Collins and H. H. Stormont, Advisory Board; Fred Flynn, Xenia, and John Collins, directors on the county board. G. V, Runs of Dayton, was tpresent and gave a talk before the gathering. Lunch was served dur­ ing the evening. Mrs. Alice Young* To Be Clifton P .M . and Savings Bank this amount, which was on deposit in a Christmas savings account and carried in the name of Jennie Hickman or George L. Jame­ son for purposes o f convenience. The administrator charges the defendant converted the money to his own use; Suit for $374.93 and foreclosure o f mortgaged property has been filed in Common Pleas Court by ;|he Home Building and Savings Co. against John H. Lansinger, Calvin R. Lansing-- er and Mary M. Lansinger; Jesse Michael,1 claiming an interest in the property, is named co-defendant. Har­ ry D. Smith is the plaintiff's attorney. FRIDAY The body o f a nei fly-born: white in­ fant, a girl, was f< and early Friday in a thiejeet on the fi tttt o f -Mrs. Edgar the history of the court and a good Tobias, by William: Bond, a woodcut­ time to break in the new member. Up- ter. The first i formation came wards of three hundred cases have through Marshal M< heart who notified been submitted most o f which have county officials. In estigatipn at the been determined. Of this number ;udge Hornbeck has written 94 opin­ ions in some o f the more important ,*ases- considered by the court, among which were the Dr. James H. Snook murder' case, the Cities Mortgage Co. FOKEGGOSUftfe A-8KER-*—-— (-^nUnel.^proasautiun .unvolving .R.- E. ^uerinjean and Ray1H. Patterson, The Cleveland Accident Insurance Co., liqUlda^tth,- .1he?-Myete,vs. Blake, Di- rector Department o f IndUstrial Rela- tionsand others. WINS JUDGMENT The Home Building and Savings Co. has recovered a judgment for $3,» 186.17 against Clarence J. Hatfield and others in Common •Pleas Court. Foreclosure o f mortgaged property was authorized by the court. SUIT FOR DIVORCE Charging gross neglect o f duty, Lucy Upton has brought suit in Com­ mon Pleas Court by her father, James Parker, for divorce from Orville Up­ ton, she married when she was but 14 years old. According to the petition, the girl was born April 8, 1913 and she married Upton July 1, 1927. No children were bom of the union. The petition sets forth the girl was mar­ ried without her parents’ consent and that her husband has never provided her with a home or other support. The plaintiff wants the marriage annulled., Bert E. Espey has filed suit for di­ vorce from Oma Wilson Espey, on grounds o f wilful absence from home for more than three years. They were married at Dayton in December, 1924, No children were horn of the mar­ riage. The plaintiff claims his wife left his home March 18,1925, only sev­ eral months after their marriage, and that she has remained away ever since. The husband asserts he does not know where she is. vVater Flow Did Not Meet Requirements The water well for the municipal Water system was given a test Wed- lesday afternoon at a depth o f 107 .eet hut did not prove to have the lapacity necessary. ‘ The specifications call for 125 gal- .ons a minute for four hours or longer if council requires, but twenty-five gallons is all that could be secured. Water stands within, five feet o f the top but when lowered does not rise fast enough. . ■A representative o f the Pittsburgh- JesMoir.es Co., contractors, has been tore arranging to start the work. The steel for the tank structure as well as pipe will be shipped at once. The •ompany has also started the work at he O. S. & S. O. Home on the water ncs. ?ennsy Freight House Is Now No More VALUE THREE ESTATES •Gross value o f the estate o f F. D. Wagner, deceased, is placed at $22,- 209 in an estimate on file in Probate Court. Debts and the cost o f admin­ istration amount to $19,629, leaving a net value o f $2,040. Estate of Sophia Driest, deceased has an estimated gross value o f $9,- 380, composed o f personal property worth $3,630 and real estate valued at $5,750. Debts total $995 and the cost o f administration is $198, leaving a .net value o f $7,508. „ ... Gross value o f the estate o f Charles Mrs. Alice Young, Clifton, will g e t . ^ Davja> deceased, is estimated ati The Pennsylvania Railroad Com­ pany employees oil Monday and Tues- lay wrecked the old freight house that stood to the west o f Main street ‘tr many years. The building was built fifty or sixty years ago and was ne first depot. It formerly stood out at Main street but later was moved back. One incident o f by-gone days waS the number of large holes that had :een bored in the floor. Years ago a ocal saloon keeper had a shipment o f whisky arrive and le ft it in the freight depot over night. Several of the toil-sty knowing the liquor was on hand found a way to help themselves vithout breaking the lock, A large auger was obtained und before the bottom o f a barrel could be found it vas necessary to bore many two inch holes, The men were finally, success­ ful in locating a barrel,1 and once tapped, the liquor was drawn through the floor into buckets and tubs and carried away. ' The rqflroad company expects to on in charge by nty coroner,;and iertaker Ralph Clifton, to succeed Mrs, Bell L. c o n - ^ administ1ftvt;on amount!- ' **nrt t,_. r o u t e d Mrs Young i t0 *42C i addition to care fo r freight. The loaa- farr, who has resigned. Mrs. xoung, tUe m (. v#lue ia $ 573 . 15 . was the only applicant for the civil , . ... — service examination at Yellow Springs j last Saturday. Mr. Confarr, husband ;|*aul Reed Has o f the present postmistress, served . R f t V k e t l i l l F a l l fo r seven years previous to his death ^ A i r III - U i l l l i e i t 111 r a i l time revealed the b ifief that the body had not been there long as rain had fallen the day befo: The body w a s . Dr. R. L. Haines, turned over to 3 $ . when found. An Autopsy was onduct- ed by Dr$. T- F, Myler and Reyburn McClellan and the general belief was that the child hod been murdered. There was evidence the child had been .orn without the service o f a physi­ cian. Sheriff Qhmer Tate and Prosecutor Marshall visited here M,inday investi­ gating the situation and succeeded in bringing to light the "author of the trouble, Miss Ella Cheney, 26, white, was first under investigation at her home near the Clark's Rqp bridge where she resides with her mother, who is 60 or past and nearly blind. A t first she denied any knowledge o f the case but she was taken to Xenia for examina- ;ionMthe result o f which proved her story untrue. She did not give in that she was the mother o f the girl until later and at ohat time made a full confession to Mrs. Anderson o f the Probate Court. She is said to have named several men n this section in connection with the :ase. , The girl's story was to the. effect „hat she and a son, 9 years old, had ,een to Clifton and on her Tefurn she •enched the Tobias thicket when she •vas forced to leave the hoy at the .oadsido and about 100 feet from the mad the child W|is horn. She first con- ;ended the babe was dead but later admitted she heard it cry as she was eaving. Officers say the fingers .of each hand had grass in them showing death did not take place until later. The girl has two illegitimate children, Delbert Andrews, 9 and Omer Chaney, 2, The Chaney girl is being held in the county jail under the care o f a nurse and physician, Meantime authorities are trying to find out what kind of a charge to fi Je against her. joinedOn Plea Of Intoxication Edward R. Kurtz, White, Dayton, entered a plea o f guilty before Mayor Richards when charged with intoxi­ cation, He was given a fine o f $fe and costs which amounted to $15.45. Marcus Ward, colored, Dayton, en­ tered a plea of not guilty to driving a motor truck while intoxicated and his hearing was set for Thursday evening. Both were in a baking company truck when it Upset west of town several days ago, Motor Population For State Given The motor population of the State o f Ohio for the past year was 1,830,- 877 cars of all makes acording ■to figures released by Clarence J. Brown, Secretary of State. This is an increase o f 119,661 automobiles. over the pre­ vious year. The increase of 1928 over 1927 was 82,006 cars. Cuyahoga county was the highest with 300,424 cars for 1929, Hamilton county, 133,206; Lucas county, 105,- 177; Franklin county, -103,304 and Summit county, 98,402. Only two o f the_88 counties failed to show an increase in the number of registration^ oVer the previous yeai*. Ohio may1enter the two million.ear lass tion of the old building is to bo for the new stock yards. The company will have the most modern stockyards on this division. The- floors, will be ce- |menfc and the pens and driveways tyill two years ago to October, _____ i Paul Reed, eon o f Mr. and Mrs, I have flowers ort sal* at Masters']Ulster Reed, sustained a broken right Grocery. Witt have a special assort* mint fo r Easter and Mothers1 Day. H. 0 . FENKER. < arm Monday while skating, The in­ jured member was set by Dr. H, 0. Schick. be all under roof. The company wants the use o f both our municipal water and sewerage system. It is expected that work, will start on the new improvement in a few days according to reports in circulation. LETTER FROM C. N> STUCKEY Wc are in receipt o f a letter from C. N. Stuckey* who with Mrs, Stuckey, are stopping in Oriando, Florida. Mr. Stuckey writes the days are hot but nights cool. Orange crop very poor, He says C, F. Marshall* who has been iq Florida since December, will return to Ohio next week, plates during the past year was $12,- 307,718.50 according t o .Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Chalmers R, Wilson. This was an increase -of $760,403.84 over the previous year. This, revenue does not include the fees from transfers, additional dealers icenses, duplicate plates and certifi­ cates and chauffeurs licenses. The 1929 registrations show an in- irease of 171 percent over the initial automobile census o f 1908 when 10,649 mrs were listed in Ohio. In 1909 there were 23,003 automobiles and ten years ago 540,205 cars were registered in che state./ The number o f ears in Ohio in 1928 was listed as 1,711,216 and the total revenue from the license plate sale was $11,547,304.66. The 1929 registration for Greene county was 9,737. Mrs. Elizabeth Herring Called Mrs. Elizabeth Herring, 60, died at her home in Clifton, Saturday after­ noon at 1:15 o’clock following an ill­ ness dating since last Monday. Mrs. Herring was born in Clark County. She is survived by four sons, William and Lloyd o f Springfield, and Harry and John o f Clifton, two daugh­ ters, Mrs. Pauline Davis, near Spring- field and Mrs. ' Nettie Monnohan, Springfield, and three brothers, John and Adam Muller, Springfield and Charles Muller o f San Antonio, Texas. Funeral services was held at the M. E. Churh at Clifton, Tuesday after­ noon at 2 o’clock. Burial was made in Clifton Cemetery. Special Chapel Exercises ' j ; In honor o f W ishington's birthday] •a special chapel exercise will be held; •by the school on Friday afternoon ati ,2:45 A special program has been ar- j ■■•> r ,ranged. Rev. Fox, o f the Clifton Pres-j A jll o f the Feder<a Farm jbyterian Church will be the. speaker, „ }m o f marketing, for the occasion. Parents are invited irresp(,etive o f genei-ai farm organiza- ttons, was given by the Pittsburgh Producers' Co-operative Commission Association, which drew about 900 representative farmers and stock- feeders from four states to Xenia fo r it s sixth annual meeting, Tuesday. The resolutions, drawn by a com­ mittee headed by L, D, Mu*?elman, Bellefontaine, and composed also o f J. C. Hankies, Washington C. H. and E, J, Cook o f West Virginia expressed belief in the Federal Farm Board policies o f co-operative commodity marketing, and endorsed the action taken by the Ohio Livestock Co-oper­ ative Association at a recent meeting approving the p lan .. The plan was, , also endorsed by the' Buffalo and Cleveland Producers’ Associations at their annual meetings. The constitution -was amended so as to include other farm organiza­ tions than the farm bureau, whose members may under the new plan use the terminal agency. The co­ operative terminal inarkettog agen­ cies were set up and financed through ; the farm bureau, the members o f which alone have had their use, The Federal Farm Board’s demand that they be opened to other farm organ­ ization- 'memberships is receiving ognition of their various terminal as­ sociations. ■ ; ■ ; ■ The resolutions adopted today .also expressed, “ belief in general farm or­ ganizations and interest in support­ ing them” and recommended member­ ship in county farm bureaus; to the membership o f commodity associa­ tions. The most distinguished visitor at­ tending the meeting was Howard M. Gore, who succeeded the late Henry Wallace as United States secretary o f agriculture, by^ppoihtmerit by former President Harding, and who is also an ex-goVeraor o f West Virginia. Mr. Gore, a farmer and feeder o f Short­ horn cattle on a, large scale, a i Clark,s- burg, W., Va., is a member o f the Pittsburgh Producers and was elected a director o f the* organisation, she-1 ceeding W. P. Ireland, o f Pullman, W Va. Other directors named are; E. C. Rector,, Circleville, Ohio and W. H. Favinger o f Albion, Ind., president and vi**e president o f the organization and Irwin Porteus o f Coshocton, Ohio. The.board o f directors consisting o f 11 men .will organize next week at the meeting o f the Ohio Livestock Co­ operative Association in Columbus. ' Mr, Gore Who was .* member o f the committee o f 15 men which to 1920$ drafted the plan o f orderly marketing of livestock, appointed by J. R. How- r ard, then president o f the American Farm Bureau, was introduced and spoke briefly. , E, A.. Beamer, Blissfield, Mich.* president o f the National Livestock Producers Association who was the chief speaker this afternoon, stress­ ed tariff, and said that he is interest­ ed in seeing tariffs on agricultural commodities on an equality with the tariffs on non agricultural products. His subject was “ Phases o f Farm Relief.” L. G, Foster o f the rural economics department Ohio State University, talking on “ Problems In Co-operative Livestock Marketing” pointed o u t, four fundamentals to keep in mind by the livestock mens Competent man­ agement; adequate finance; a goal to strive for that can be attained and an intelligent and loyal membership. The livestock men wqre welcomed at the opening o f the meeting in Masonic Temple by Mayor Jacob Kany, to attend. Hand Book The student hand book which is be­ ing- prepared by the Student Council is progressing rapidly. It is hoped it will be ready for the. press in about two weeks. Rapid Recovery Miss Farquhar, the first grade tei eher* is improving rapidly and we hope she will be with us to about three weeks, ATHLETICS Ross Game Last Thursday night Ross Hi took two out o f three games from us. In a preliminary our Junior High, showing a’ greatly improved team were beaten by the Ross Junior Hi team 14-6. In the girls game Ross started off like a whirlwind. Dropping basket after basket they led at the half 19-10. The tables', turned, in the second half and our guards held Ross to 2 points while our forwards ran up the score until at the crack of the gun we were ahead one point. The final score being 22-21. 7 ." /• ■ ; ' ;> Our boys were less successful! After battling hard .the ■ first quarter at which time the score was tied, 7-7. From then on Ross piled up a sub­ stantial lead. At. the end o f the game we found ourselves on the small end of a 33-20 count. We are offering no alibis for this defeat, but if perchance we meet Ross to the tournament a real, contest is promised. Jamestown Cedarville made an extraordinarily successful invasion of Jamestown last Tuesday night, r Our 7th and 8th teams defeated Jamestown 7th and $th. Our girls experienced little difficul­ ty in defeating the Jamestown sextet, 17-2.* It was a rough and ready con­ test, with Jamestown not playing such sluggish Basket Ball, as the score might indicate. We Used ail.our girls , , duttog 193;ff. - in this contest. Revenue from^the sale 7f^icense '^Pov lliF' end of a perfect evening our boys defeated the. Jamestown lads 28-10. This game was exceedingly fast hut.Jamestown seemed to have the breaks against them. Both teams furnished the crowd many thrills. Caesarcreek—Monday For the last game of the season both the Cedarville teams meet the representatives of. Caesarcreek High School at the College Gym next Mon­ day night. This game is being played merely to enable both teams to keep in good shape for the tournament, however it is far from a practice game and may be one of our hardest con­ gests of the season. An official, is be­ ing sent by the State Athletic Com­ missioner, Mr. Townsend. He promised as to send one of the ‘ officials who refereed the Cedarvilie-Ross game that was played here. The reason for this request is that we want the game called close in preparation fo r the tournament, • Draw for Tournament Monday afternoon at three o'clock the managers of the girls and boys teams, will draw for the tournament; The managers are: Donald Engle and Nina Stevenson. The tournament ’ .ill be played at the Xenia Central Gym. Friday Feb­ ruary 28 and Saturday March 1. Chicago Civic Opera In Columbus Monday Lovers of grand opera will he pleased to know the Chicago Civic Opera Company will appear in Colum­ bus Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The operas to be presented to the fol­ lowing order: "Lucia” , “ Love of Three Kings,” and “ Lohengrin.” Full orchestra and large choruses. Among the opera stars to appear will be: Mary Garden, Tito Schipa, Richard Bonelli, Rene Maison, Hilda Burke, Margherita Salvi, Marie Olszewska and many others. Tickets can be se­ cured in lobby o f Deshler-Wallick hotel. ROBERT ELDER IN FLORIDA Robert Elder,"president o f The Ex­ change Bank, left Tuesday for Florida, where he ‘Will spend several weeks. Mrs, Elflef has been in the south for some time visiting with her father, Mr. Reece Calvert, who has been ill. John Davis Co-op. Manage? At Newark John Davis, who has been connected with the Fayette County Live Stock gdwafd C. Rector o f Circleville, presi- Co*op. Association, has been named manager o f the Licking County Ship­ ping Association and will enter upon his new place the first of March. The new station at Newark is being open­ ed and Mr. Davis will be the first man­ ager. CRESWELL STILL LEADS dent, responded and gave his annual address. L. C. Breidenbach, Columuhs, man­ ager gave a detailed report o f the work accomplished in 1929 and said: “ Our aim in 1930 is l!o give better outlets than we ever had before.” He pointed out that Greene County ranks fifth among Ohio counties in value of ———» livestock marketed co-operatively in The Cincinnati Enquirer Wednesday-1929, and that A. A, Conklin, iocat carried a dispatch from Washington;manager* reports that the volume of stating that Free! Bader, Cincinnati, business hahdled exceeded all previous hat! received no encouragement from j records by 25 per cent and and o f ithe Senators Fess and McCulloch, who in* ]total market weight by 15 per ceht. sisted the new appointee as U. S .: Reports were given by R. ,Q. Smith, Marshal must be an ex-service man. j secretary-treasurer and N. L, Clai- Senfttor Peas is ready to make the,horn, assistant manager and hog recommendation for Croswell but i s 1salesman; O. M. Stevens, hog sales- holding out at present in deference to]man and Harry Forman cattle sales-- McCulloch, ■ ’ho is desirous o f bring- j man all o f Pittsburgh, tog about harmony among the con -: Walter Kirk, master Ohio grange the appointment. j and F. G. Kctner, Columbus, seere- — —--— ——- itary and former treasurer o f the asso- Says Sam: Most o f us accept the 'datum, now manager Columbus Na- good things in life as no more than tional Order Buying Co., were intro- our due, and kick like smoke because duoed fo r brief talks, Other promt* o f our undeserved bad luck when somelnont among those attending Were; N. of.the unpleasant things come along. jE. Shaw, field editor Ohio Farmer; 3. jR . Allgyer, organization department One reason why meat is an expen- j Ohio Farm Bureau; B. B. Brumley, sive food is that its protein and energy!president Cleveland Producers* Asso- vatues do not exceed one-tenth o f the]elation and F» G. Lyle, HUisbiro, same values in the feed which the ani-;president Ohio Co-operative Livestock mal has consumed, 1 Association, ' «, * t